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Clinton farmer Scott McKenzie will always have a soft spot for Chertsey after emerging from a closely contested field to win the Silver Plough trophy at the New Zealand Ploughing Championships.

In the absence of last year’s champion Ian Woolley, who elected not to plough, there was no clear favourite in the conventional class at the national event at the Wilkinson family farm.

McKenzie put his hand up, finishing with an overall tally of

360.5 points to emerge just over five points from runner-up Kelvin Stokes from Taupiri (355 points) and Riversdale farmer Mark Dillon was third on 335.5 points.

For his efforts he earned the right to represent New Zealand in next year’s world championships in Russia.

Despite his protestations Bob Mehrtens was always going to be the favourite in the reversible class.

The Timaru truck driver’s combined total of 406.5 points was some distance away from the rest

of the field. Courtenay farmer Ashley Seaton was runner-up with 388.5 points and Putaruru dairy farmer Malcolm Taylor was third on 376 points.

Leading up to the competition Mehrtens was adamant that he was not the favourite and any ploughmen among the small field of five ploughmen could pull a win out.

But his Ford 7740 tractor and Kverneland plough never let him down and he will also be going to Russia after attending the Minnesota championships later this year

and previously the Germany and Kenya championships.

He was the most experienced ploughmen in the line-up, attending his 41st national event at Chertsey.

Co-organiser John Davison said good crowds supported the “fantastic spectacle’’ of top ploughmen and women at work.

“We reckoned there was definitely 1000 people on the Saturday and maybe two-thirds of that on the Sunday.

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trict so people made the effort to come and I talked to one guy from Methven and he came both days and was absolutely fascinated by it.’’

Aside from Seaton’s top effort, local ploughmen and women also didn’t disgrace themselves.

In the new contemporary event for novices Matt Ridge from Methven was first and Jess Cunliffe was second.

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Passion for the outdoors Linda Clarke

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Veteran tramper Peter Winter was on the end of a pick recently helping improve a steep section of the Mt Somers track.

The 88-year-old Mid Canterbury man has spent most of his life climbing and walking tracks all over the South Island and says they’re all great walks, especially in good company.

Winter has a soft spot for his own backyard though and is a long-time volunteer with the Mount Somers Walkway Society. He was among a group of 10 working on the south face recently, near the bus stop overhang.

The area gets a bit icy and the volunteers were making the track more user-friendly.

Winter was in his element.

His love of the outdoors started when he was a kid, going deer stalking with one of the shearers who used to visit their South Otago farm.

When he later moved to Mid Canterbury, Winter joined the local deer stalkers’ association then the tramping club. He says both groups taught him a lot.

While he has traversed many South Island tracks, Winter has also tramped in Nepal and climbed Mt Kinabalu in Borneo with his wife Judith.

“I find it is always good, whether it is Stewart Island or Fiordland. As a general rule you are with a like-minded group and always just having good fun.”

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By Sue Newman

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Mount Somers Track volunteer Peter Winter, 88, takes a break from working on the track near bus stop overhang.

PHOTO SUPPLIED keas, Winter says he has never been in serious strife, thanks to good planning and a bit of luck.

“I have been in some rough places at times and asked what the hell am I going here, but it is just a matter of making certain that you don’t get into those situations.”

He always carries an emergency locator beacon and even on short walks takes a first aid kit and a parka.

Winter said it was always in-

teresting to talk to others on the track and exchange stories and he had noticed an upsurge in the number of young women enjoying the great outdoors.

“There are wonderful people that you meet. They are always willing to share some clothing or food, if you needed it, and there are always jokes and stories to tell.”

Winter still enjoys hunting and spent last weekend shooting wallabies near Waimate.

“I only shot three, but others in the group shot about 40.”

Walkway society chairman Barry Austin said volunteers like Winter were an important part of the team keeping the track in shape for trampers. Some 10,000 people used the track in the past 12 months, including domestic and international visitors.

New information boards, made possible by a grant from the Plains Rotary Club, will also be erected soon.

Ploughers had a tight furrow to plough From P1 The competition was closest in the vintage event with only seven points separating the first and fourth place-getters.

Hamilton mechanic Paul Houghton earned the national title on 341 points, narrowly ahead of retired Ashburton farmer Pearce Watson on 337 points, while John Stalker finished with 335 points and Murray Grainger

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was just behind on 334 points.

In contrast, Oxford couple John and Sharon Chynoweth accumulated 371.5 points to put some distance between their pairing and the rest of the field in the horse ploughing.

A drawcard for the onlookers was a grass to barley attempt by three massive tractors carrying 12 furrow ploughs at the end of each day’s competition.

Farmers had one hour to have

a four hectare Chertsey grass paddock cultivated, ploughed and cultivated again into a seedbed for drilling in winter barley.

Making easy work of the challenge was Peter Butterick’s 525 horsepower eight wheeled Versatile with the May brothers and fellow agricultural contractor Roger Smith on John Deere tractors.

They were assisted by a quad track tractor with a large set of

discs from Hewson Farms and Power Farming drilled the barley.

Davison said the crowds emptied out of the competition paddocks to watch the attempt.

“I believe they did it under [the time target] quite comfortably.

The tractors would be $500,000, the ploughs $150,000 and the driller $150,000 so that adds up to a gazillion quite quickly and it will be some time before people see that again.’’

The health and welfare of people in the Ashburton District will shortly become a higher priority for the Ashburton District Council.

On Thursday the Local Government community wellbeing amendment bill was passed by Parliament and this effectively adds four areas known as well-beings to the council’s mandate. These involve lifting the quality of life of the community’s health and its environment. The four well-being areas are social, economic, environmental and cultural.

The well-beings were part of all council’s portfolios for several years but were removed by the National Government.

Since then most councils have continued to deliver across those areas as part of their constitution.

Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel welcomed the reinstatement of the four aspects of community well-being into the Local Government Act. “The act reconfirms the council’s approach to improving the quality of life of its residents,” she said.

While the council was committed to providing quality infrastructure and other core services, it had always understood that through providing these services, it had an important role to play in improving residents’ lives and looking out for the environment.

“The passing of this bill reconfirms the importance of local governments in raising the well-being of our communities.”

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■■ADVANCE ASHBURTON SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarship to drive education

By Sue Newman

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The delivery of education is changing and Ashburton College principal Ross Preece is committed to ensuring his school is at the forefront of that change.

He’s an advocate of the move towards project based learning that is designed to equip students for a working world of the future, and last year outlined to college parents the way that would change the delivery of education.

Project based learning was a significant change from the traditional silo style of learning where a curriculum is divided into subjects. Instead it sees inquiry based learning where subjects were integrated.

Next year Preece will have an opportunity to learn from international leaders about that change when he undertakes a study programme at Harvard University, funded by the Advance Ashburton community foundation through its $10,000 leaders’ scholarship programme.

“This is about the future of education at Ashburton College and accepting that change in education is coming,” he said.

There would always be a focus on skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic, but you would be more likely in the future to see problem solving and communication take the place of rote learning and repetition, he said.

“As technology transforms access to information, the traditional role of teaching to impart knowledge had become far less relevant. With computers and artificial intelligence increasingly replacing jobs, it is even more important to emphasise the need to develop

a school system that teaches and enhances the soft skills, dispositions such as communication, collaboration, resilience and creative problem solving,” Preece said.

With the college to undergo a $50 million rebuild, he said it was important to understand the shape that change would take and the impact it would have on the style of buildings required for future learning needs.

“We’ll be designing our new school for the next three generations.”

His scholarship will see him attend a one-week education leadership course at Harvard University that will look at the direction education is moving into the future.

In addition, he plans to visit schools already committed to project based learning to see first-hand how this is working.

“This will give me first-hand knowledge and it’s perfect timing with the new school coming.”

In announcing the scholarship, Advance Ashburton chairman Trevor Croy said that with Preece’s proven track record for positive school and community transformations, the college was in safe hands.

Two additional scholarships were also awarded thanks to the generosity of Sir Graeme Harrison, Croy said.

These were to Lisa Anderson, a Leaders’ enhancement scholarship, and Katrina Palmer a Leaders’ development scholarship.

Preece will take up his scholarship in term three next year.The Advance Ashburton Leaders’ scholarship will open again in February 2020 for applications.

Ashburton College principal Ross Preece and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern earlier this year.

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Rural support trust to undergo strategic review The 2018/2019 year has been an unprecedented one in terms of demands on its services for the Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust, says chairman Peter Reveley.

In his report to the organisation’s annual meeting last week, Reveley said that in addition to its normal work the trust had been heavily involved alongside the Ministry of

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Primary Industries (MPI) to provide welfare support around the mycoplasma bovis eradication programme.

The significant change in the thrust of the trust’s work meant it was now the right time to have an independent party conduct a strategic review of the organisation or ensure it had the appropriate

structure in place to provide the most essential support and guidance to the community, Reveley said.

That independent party will be appointed within the next few weeks with the review scheduled to be completed within four months.

The trust will hold off holding an election of officers for the new year

until this is completed.

The trust’s founding vision was to be a response and recovery organisation focused on short term events such as fires, floods, drought and snowfalls, and work around M. bovis had placed an additional workload on the trust members, he said.

The Mid Canterbury Rural Driv-

er Licensing Scheme, this year saw another 19 new drivers passing driving tests. The trust had also supported many farmers and their families, and hosted several successful events including Good Yarns, Farming Family Day and evening presentations with Doug Avery, Pup Chamberlain and Struan Duthie, Reveley said.

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New branch opens doors

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Seventeen years after Kiwibank first opened its doors in New Zealand, they now have their own stand-alone branch in Ashburton.

The branch was officially opened by mayor Donna Favel at 9am yesterday, with the first customer walking through the door at 9.03am.

Kiwibank regional manager Brent Hefford said it was fantastic to be able to offer even better service to their customers in the district through the new branch.

“It is really exciting to be able to invest in Ashburton so that we can enjoy being here and our customers can enjoy it as well,” he said.

The branch will have five staff members, including branch manager Derek Rive.

“It gives us more capacity in less overall space and it will give our customers more options,” he said.

The bank had previously been operating in conjunction with New Zealand Post in a shared premises on East Street, but has now flown the coop to operate their own branch.

“Being part of a post office wasn’t quite the right fit for some of our customers so hopefully this will be more suiting,” he said.

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Ashburton’s pie makers have an opportunity to chase honour and glory for their baking prowess in this year’s pie of the year awards.

Over the years local bakers have scored highly in the awards and most year’s an array of pas-

The Methven Rugby Clubrooms have been left with an empty feeling after a donated rugby jersey was stolen last week. The Black Ferns jersey is from the 2010 World Cup and was donated to the club by a former member and Black Fern. Club secretary John Fulton said they believed the jersey had been stolen some time in the middle of last week. “There are plenty of pictures and stuff all over the walls and they are all important, as well as the fact it was donated,” he said. The club has reported the theft to the police and has shared posts on Facebook in the hope someone may come forward. “Hopefully someone might know something and come forward,” he said.

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Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel cuts the ribbon to officially open the new Kiwibank branch in Ashburton.

PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 130519-JPM-0002 branch also allowed Kiwibank to acknowledge two people as part of their local heroes scheme.

Patricia McLaren and Janet Benfell have both had rooms in the new branch named in their

honour, and were present at the opening of the new branch.

Mayor Donna Favel said it was great that the two legends were being acknowledged in the opening, along with the growing

strength of the Ashburton District.

“I just want to thank Kiwibank for recognising that we are a growing and thriving district,” she said.

Bakers all set to chase top pie honours

By Sue Newman

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try clad taste tempters make their way onto the judges’ table.

Entries in the 23rd Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards are now open.

Each year entries have grown and the event is now the biggest food competition in the country.

The awards are divided into a number of categories from tra-

ditional mince through too innovative gourmet and this year one of the most popular categories has been renamed.

Steak and gravy pies have been branded the truckie and tradie pie of choice and this year that’s what this category will be called.

Judging day in this year’s

awards is July 25. It costs nothing to enter.

Pies are ranked New Zealand’s favourite convenience food and more than 100 million are eaten in New Zealand each year.

Entries in this year’s awards close at 5pm on June 27 and winners will be announced on July 30.

WorkSafe has opened an investigation into the death of an intellectually disabled man after he fell from a moving van on an Auckland motorway. The middle-aged man died at the scene after he fell from a van on the Southern Motorway just after 11am on Thursday. The van had been travelling at 100km/h. The incident forced the motorway’s closure for more than two hours, with a police helicopter landing on the road to provide immediate first aid. A WorkSafe spokesperson said it had opened an investigation into this incident but were unable to provide any further comment at this stage.

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Search for armed men Waikato police are on the hunt for two armed men who fled a pub empty-handed after an attempted aggravated robbery.

Police are now on the hunt for the men who were described as being heavily disguised when they entered the Dinsdale Office bar in Hamilton about 9.15pm on Sunday. Waikato police Senior Sergeant Mike Henwood said one of the men was armed with a firearm, the other a hammer. They both entered the pub through a back door before confronting and threatening staff. “The offenders demanded cash, however left the bar without obtaining any money.” Police would like to hear from anyone who has any information about the incident.

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■■VARIETY THEATRE ASHBURTON

A huge personal challenge Mid Canterbury audiences will be rejoicing in the musical power of Sister Act when the Variety Theatre Ashburton production opens at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on May 24. As disco diva Deloris Van Cartier, played by Sharleyne Diamond, hides from her murderer ex-boyfriend Curtis, played by Matt Williams, an exciting and hilarious storyline unfolds.

Here the Guardian profiles some of the leading duo’s fellow cast members.

Emma Gilkison Accountant Plays Mother Superior What do you like about playing this character?

Mother Superior is a strong woman with a will of iron, who knows how she wants to run things. But she always has an overall sense of protection for the sisters in the convent.

Because Mother Superior is often toe-to-toe with Deloris, her protective nature sometimes spills over into acid-tongued sarcasm.

Are there any similarities between yourself and this character?

I definitely feel sometimes that playing the role of Mother Superior is a bit like art mimicking life!

What have been the highlights and lowlights, challenges and achievements, of rehearsals so far?

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Everything has been a highlight for me so far. The entire cast and crew and production team were very welcoming from the first day of auditions.

It is always daunting being new to the group, I only knew a few others beforehand, but I feel like I have known everyone longer than the four months it has been.

Auditioning for, and playing a character role, like Mother Superior, was a huge challenge for me personally to take, having never played a role like this before. But that just pushes me on to be the best I can.

I was extremely nervous about singing in front of everyone in character for the first time, so was very pleased when we got that particular rehearsal out of the way!

Director Regan Jackson, musical director Jo Castelow and cho-

reographer Jessie Thomson are so encouraging to everyone. We are very lucky to have this team in our corner, as it just makes it so much easier to travel the 118 kilometres round trip to rehearsals after a long day at work, or to spend full days away from our families at the weekend.

What are you looking forward to most about bringing Sister Act to the stage?

Sister Act has a very powerful underlying message of love and friendship, which comes through despite the difficulties that are faced by lots of the characters day after day.

The transition of characters, particularly Mother Superior and Deloris, from the beginning to the end, is truly something to see, and is very apparent in Mother Superior, particularly at the end of the show!

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Dolphin death cause identified NZME A microscopic parasite spread by cats has been found to be the main non-fishery cause of deaths for Maui and Hector’s dolphin in a new scientific study.

Toxoplasmosis has killed nine maui and hector’s dolphins recovered in New Zealand since 2007 and is to blame for more deaths than commercial fishing.

The 18-month study was undertaken by Niwa’s Dr Jim Roberts, Massey University and Quantafish, leading to a revived understanding of the dolphin’s biology.

Seafood New Zealand chief executive Tim Pankhurst said the industry is doing its part to prevent dolphin deaths and welcomes the results of the study.

“It is heartening to see recognition that commercial fishing is not the most significant threat to the sustainability of the dolphins and with that, the opportunity to prevent further deaths,” said Pankhurst.

“The industry remains focused on preventing dolphin deaths.

“No maui death has been attributed to commercial fishing since 2002 and that is because we have vast areas of ocean closed to trawling and set-netting in dolphin territory.”

Maui dolphins are thought to only number 60 alive today, compared to about 15,000 hector’s dolphins.

Both species of dolphin have a preference for cloudy, coastal waters which house red cod and small inshore fish, their main food source.

Maui dolphin Unfortunately, these waters have also brought them into contact with other threats, including toxoplasmosis which is spread by cats and is carried down streams and rivers into the ocean, Roberts said.

He said little is known about the parasite but Professor Wendi Roe and colleagues from Massey University has found it has killed native birds including kererū and kiwi.

However, the new study has altered the understanding of how much commercial fisheries weighs into the risk of maui and hector’s dolphins.

“Commercial fishery deaths are estimated using data collected by government fisheries observers, and those estimates are more precise than for non-fishery deaths,” he said.

“But if carcasses that wash up on our shoreline are representative of the cause of death in the wider population, the numbers of dolphins dying from toxoplasmosis are likely to be much greater than commercial fishery deaths.

“They may add up to hundreds each year for both the East and West Coast dolphin populations.”

Rental home standards out soon NZME Landlords will have to include detailed information in new or renewed tenancy agreements about how their property meets current standards from July 1.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development says the final healthy homes standards will be released on Thursday, May 16.

It will outline the minimum requirements for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture and drainage, and draught stopping in rental properties.

Deputy chief executive policy Jo Hughes said the finalising of the standards is a significant milestone for the rental market.

“Making sure all New Zealanders have warm, dry homes is a key focus for the Government and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development,” Hughes said.

The insulation requirements from 2016 will remain in force and from July 1, ceiling and underfloor insulation will be

compulsory in all rental homes where it is reasonably practicable to install.

How the new standards will make rental homes healthier: • All rental homes will be required to have a heater that can heat the main living area to 18°C. • Rental homes must have ceiling and underfloor insulation that either meets the 2008 Building Code insulation standard, or (for existing ceiling insulation)

has a minimum thickness of 120mm.

• Rental homes will also be drier under these changes as kitchens and bathrooms will have to have extraction fans or range-hoods.

• The standards also reinforce existing law that says landlords must have adequate drainage and guttering to prevent water from entering the home. Draughts that make a home harder to heat will have to be blocked.

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■■ July 1, 2021 – All boarding houses must comply with the healthy home standards.

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■■ July 1, 2024 – All rental homes must comply with the healthy home standards.

Mega teachers strike set for May 29 NZME Worried parents unsure of whether they need to take a day off work during the mass strike action by teachers will stay in the dark for a while longer.

The public school system could effectively shut down on Wednesday, May 29, when primary and secondary teachers down their pens and walk out of the classroom, in an unprecedented industrial action likely to affect 800,000 students.

It is a historic first – with primary and secondary teachers taking to the picket lines together in a move which has the potential to affect every state-run school in the country.

The Ministry of Education is seeking an urgent return to talks to avoid the strike. But the Government has indicated it will not budge on a $1.2 billion offer previously offered to teachers.

Teachers’ unions say the offer doesn’t go far enough and fails to

address teachers’ towering workloads and the need for extra resources.

Fifty-thousand members across the primary teachers’ NZ Educational Institute (NZEI) and the Post-Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) will take part in the strike.

If it goes ahead – on the eve of the Government’s much-vaunted May 30 Wellbeing Budget – some parents may be forced to take the day off work to look after their children, others may have to negotiate working from home or bringing their kids to the office.

Others will be scrambling for babysitters or asking grandparents or other relatives to take the kids.

For some parents struggling to find care options, schools may be able to open their doors – but only if they have teachers who are non-union members.

Michael Williams, president of Secondary Principals’ Association and principal of Pakuranga Col-

lege, said how schools respond to the strike action would very much vary from school to school.

Secondary school principals will not be on strike, as their contract does not fall under the current negotiations.

Williams said he will be at school on strike day, and expected there to be some non-union members in his school who would also be at work.

Teachers were aware not all parents have the capacity to miss a day of work and schools “will do what we can”, he said.

Parents would have to talk to their children’s schools in order to find out whether it will be closed completely on May 29, or partially open for those who are unable to miss a work day.

An upshot of both primary and secondary schools striking at the same time would be older teenagers being able to look after younger siblings or babysit for neighbours, Williams said.

The New Zealand Education-

al Institute (NZEI) said teachers were willing to lose a day’s pay in order to “send a strong message to the Government that they can’t wait another three years until the next round of negotiations to fix the crisis in our schools”.

“Your child’s school will advise you shortly about whether the school is completely closed on May 29 or if there will be some limited supervision available for families unable to make alternative arrangements,” she said.

“There will be rallies and meetings around the country on May 29. Everyone who supports the teachers is invited to attend. Details of events will be released soon at backtheteachers.co.nz The Ministry of Education said schools were encouraged to remain open for instruction during the strike action if it had non-union member teachers.

“If this is not possible, they are expected to provide supervision for children who turn up,” it said in advice to parents posted to its

website said.

“For some schools it may not be possible to safely provide supervision sue to the availability of staffing, in that case parents and carers will need to make other arrangements.”

It added: We know that strike action is disruptive for you and your children, and will continue to make every effort we can to settle the collective agreements with the two unions.”

The New Zealand School Trustees Association is expected to publish advice for school boards late yesterday.

The teachers’ strike will come five days after a second national student strike for more action on climate change, scheduled for May 24.

It is the third time primary teachers will take to the picket line in a year, but the first time in New Zealand history that primary and secondary school teachers have voted for a combined all-schools strike.

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Boost for Duterte NZME Voters in the Philippines headed to the polls yesterday for Midterm elections that are expected to deliver a win for allies of President Rodrigo Duterte and allow him to advance his agenda despite international condemnation.

Duterte himself is not on the ballot.

Roughly 60 million eligible voters in the Philippines will select a dozen senators, or half of the chamber, 200 representatives and local officials – about 18,000 in all.

Nevertheless, the vote is seen as a referendum on Duterte’s populist programme three years after he was elected.

“A big win for [Duterte’s] allies would mean support for the flagship policies of the President, especially the controversial ones,” said Cleve Arguelles, a doctoral fellow in politics and social change at Australian National University.

“What is at stake in the 2019 Midterm elections is whether Duterte’s presidency will even be more dangerous than it already is.”

The tough-talking Philippine President is best known for his bloody war on drugs.

The Government says more than 5000 drug dealers and users have been killed in police operations.

Human rights groups say the toll is likely significantly higher – up to 20,000, including low-level drug users and even ordinary citizens, some in vigilante-style killings related to the drug war.

The Midterms will also determine the independence of the senate, at a time when Duterte is gaining influence over institutions meant to check the presidency.

Although senators have increasingly been allying themselves with Duterte, the body has been able to block key legislation introduced by the President, including measures to reinstate the death penalty, lower the age of criminal liability, and create a federal form of government – proposals that have been condemned by human rights groups.

The senate has been “the last bastion of resistance,” said Aries Arugay, a political scientist at the University of the Philippines.

BIndi ready to film again Bindi Irwin found her dad’s death “really challenging” to deal with. Steve Irwin passed away at the age of 44 in 2006 when he was stabbed in the heart by a stingray whilst filming a documentary, and now his daughter Bindi – who was just eight years old when her father died – has said she found it “scary” going into “unknown territory” without a father figure. Bindi, now 20, says her new reality show Crikey! It’s the Irwins – which she films with her mother Terri and younger brother Robert, 15 – felt right to film because she was used to being in front of the camera, and has helped her feel more comfortable since Steve’s death.

Protesters shout slogans during a rally at the Chinese Consulate to coincide with the country’s commemoration of Araw Ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) in suburban Makati. President Rodrigo Duterte’s name is not on the ballot but the midterm elections are seen as a referendum on his phenomenal rise to power.

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Administration allies are expected to dominate voting for the House of Representatives.

Though the opposition is politically credible, Arguelles said, they remain “electorally uncompetitive,” still widely perceived as elitist, compared to Duterte’s image as a brash everyman.

Candidates endorsed by Duterte – who enjoys high approval ratings – have consistently topped polls. These include his former special assistant, Bong Go, former police chief and drug war enforcer Bato dela Rosa, and Imee Marcos, daughter of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Duterte’s campaign in 2016 was widely seen as aided by online disinformation and trolls.

Social media analytics show that Filipinos spend the most time online of any population

in the world, with a daily average of more than 10 hours on the Internet.

The unprecedented weaponisation of social media for political campaigns caught the Philippine Commission on Elections off guard.

Politicians across party lines have rushed to join the cyber war, hiring online hands with fake accounts to boost their platforms, defend their people and sometimes smear their rivals.

The elections commission has introduced rules in an attempt to regulate campaigning online. Candidates now are required to disclose all their official online accounts.

Thirty days after the election, Facebook and other platforms are expected to submit reports of paid advertisements.

“We had an experience that totally caught us flat-footed,”

said James Jimenez, a spokesman for the elections commission.

The new rules, he said, wouldn’t solve all problems, – especially since he has a team of only ten monitoring the use of social media advertising – but will “make a dent.”

Analysts doubt this will be enough.

“You can come up with rules and regulations,” Arugay said.

“But if you don’t have infrastructure, or political will to implement it, it has no value.”

Jonathan Ong, a sociologist at the University of Massachusetts who has studied the troll industry, says plenty of campaign propaganda can still fly under the radar.

“We all know trolling doesn’t happen on the official accounts. It happens on the alter[native] account, the anonymous account,” he said.

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Children held in watch houses like caged animals Children in Queensland are reportedly being held “like caged animals” in police watch houses that are meant to be for adult offenders, the state’s public guardian has said.

ABC’s Four Corners show features hundreds of documents detailing cases of chil-

dren being held in those facilities for lengthy periods of time, in adult holding cells.

This is reportedly happening because youth detention centres in Queensland are full.

“We have significant numbers of kids, from traumatised backgrounds, held like

caged animals in concrete pens,” Public Guardian Natalie Siegel-Brown told the ABC programme.

Siegel-Brown singled out a case where a girl was accidentally put in a cell with two alleged male sex offenders.

Files obtained by Four Cor-

ners detail how kids as young as 10 have been held, sometimes in isolation.

More than 70 cases reportedly saw children held for 10 or more days in these adult watch houses.

Two children were held for 33 days or more.

Superstar not impressed Australia … do you have to? Midway through country-pop queen Kacey Musgraves’ sold-out show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre this week, a call rang out from the surprisingly rowdy crowd: “Do a shoey!” That lone voice grew into a chorus, as the audience cheered for Musgraves — 2019 Grammy Album of the Year winner, recent Met Gala show-stealer — to skol a beer from the man’s shoe. Or from one of her band member’s shoes. Or, hell, even her own platformer heel. Her response proved you best not mess with Texas: “That’s That’s disgusting. I’m not f**king drinking out of your shoe.” And on with the show.

A very odd apology Constance Wu received some devastating news this week: Her popular sitcom Fresh Off the Boat was renewed for a sixth season. Well, at least she seemed devastated by it. The actress caused a fresh boatload of controversy by appearing to express almost existential unhappiness at the renewal of the popular ABC sitcom in a series of expletive-ridden social media posts, some of which she has since deleted.

On Saturday, she issued a lengthy essay explaining her displeasure. The statement appeared to invoke the #MeToo movement, drawing further criticism.

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Kids sporting sideline not for bullying I

t has been said that if you want to get a full understanding of the variances of parenting across a community – standing on the sideline at a children’s sporting match on a Saturday morning will give you a good indication.

It’s always an interesting situation to find yourself in – listening, albeit absentmindedly to the manner in which some people talk about their own children, other people’s children and just children in general while they run around on the football pitch, the rugby paddock or the netball court.

I’d always thought the best path of a sideline spectator was a positive one – someone who offers encouragement, praise and

general feel-good words from the side of the field while a youngster is out there enjoying running around with their mates.

But it appears that it’s not the only way to handle the situation.

On Saturday morning, while watching sport at a couple of different venues across the Ashburton District I was witness to all sorts of parent behaviour on the sideline. Some were fantastic,

cheering on not only their own children, but others as well.

They could quite easily see that the youngsters in front of them were giving it their all and having fun, which at that age, is largely what sport is about and really how it should be viewed by everyone in attendance.

But unfortunately I also endured some not pleasant situations too.

I can’t repeat some of the things that were said directly to children because they include words that aren’t suitable to print – but it’s safe to say it was pretty disgusting to listen to.

I remember seeing a picture on Facebook one day of a sign at a sports field somewhere overseas and it was in direct relation to

the sort of stuff I witnessed at the weekend.

It outlined the expected rules for parents standing on the sideline at children’s sporting matches and how they were expected to behave and uphold themselves during the match.

From memory the sign said the following; 1. These are kids, not adults, 2. This is a game and it is supposed to be fun, 3. There will be mistakes, some kids will run the wrong way or throw the ball in the wrong direction, this is ok, 4. The coach is a volunteer, 5. the referee is also a volunteer and 6. Your child is not an All Black (changed to suit New Zealand).

I thought it summed up how we should expect ourselves to behave on the sideline on a

Saturday morning. If we don’t set the precedent in a public arena, how do we expect our children to behave in the same manner when they get older.

And besides, standing and yelling and calling your child useless because they missed a tackle, or dropped a pass isn’t constructive, it’s bullying and this society is trying to stamp that behaviour out at the moment.

So, when you are standing on the sideline at you child, grandchild, niece, nephew or family friend’s sporting match at the weekend – keep an ear out for those who are speaking in a manner they shouldn’t and if you’re feeling brave, ask them to stop.

I wish I had done so at the weekend.

during re-entry in 1979.)

In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that there is no exception in federal law for people to use marijuana for medical purposes.

In 2004, Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper published a front-page apology after photographs supposedly showing British forces abusing Iraqi prisoners turned out to be fakes. The US Supreme Court refused to step in and block gay marriages in Massachusetts.

In 2008, the Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice. Justine Henin, 25, became the first woman to retire from tennis while atop the

WTA rankings.

Ten years ago: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA of misleading her and other lawmakers about the waterboarding of detainees during the Bush administration, disputing Republican charges that she’d been complicit in its use.

Five years ago: A wildfire erupted in the north San Diego suburb of Carlsbad, destroying eight houses, two businesses and an apartment complex.

One year ago: Israel and the US held a festive inauguration ceremony for the new American Embassy in Jerusalem; just a few miles away, Israeli forces shot and killed nearly 60 Palestinians and wounded

hundreds of others during mass protests along the Gaza border that were the culmination of weekly demonstrations aimed at breaking a border blockade.

Today’s birthdays: Photo-realist artist Richard Estes is 87. Actress Dame Sian Phillips is 86. Movie producer George Lucas is 75. Guitarist Gene Cornish is 75. Actress Meg Foster is 71. Rock singer David Byrne is 67. Actor Tim Roth is 58. Rock singer Ian Astbury (The Cult) is 57. Rock musician C.C. (aka Cecil) DeVille is 57. Actor Danny Huston is 57. Rock musician Mike Inez is 53. Fabrice Morvan is 53.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Raphael Saadiq is 53. Actress Cate Blanchett is 50. Singer Danny

Wood is 50. Movie writer-director Sofia Coppola is 48. Actor Gabriel Mann is 47. Singer Natalie Appleton is 46. Singer Shanice is 46. Actress Carla Jimenez is 45. Rock musician Henry Garza is 41. Alt-country musician-singer Ketch Secor is 41. Rock singer-musician Dan Auerbach is 40.

Rock musician Mike Retondo is 38. Actress Amber Tamblyn is 36.

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is 35. Actress Lina Esco is 34. Actress Miranda Cosgrove is 26.

Thought for today: “The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” — Ring Lardner, American humourist (1885-1933).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 134th day of 2019. There are 231 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On May 14, 1955, representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland. (The Pact was dissolved in 1991.)

On this date: In 1643, Louis XIV became King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox by using cowpox matter.

In 1866, sailing from Melbourne to London, the General Grant hit cliffs on the west coast of the main island in the subantarctic Auckland Islands. Fifteen of the 83 people on board survived the sinking, but only 10 of them were ultimately rescued 18 months later.

In 1870, Around 200 people were on hand at Nelson’s Botanic Reserve to watch a new version of rugby football brought to New Zealand

by Charles Monro.

In 1907, Dr Frederic Truby King helped form the Society for the Promotion of the Health of Women and Children at a meeting in Dunedin Town Hall. This society was later renamed the Plunket Society.

In 1940, the Netherlands surrendered to invading German forces during World War Two. In 1941, The minesweeper HMS Puriri was the second victim of mines laid off the Northland coast by the German raider Orion. Five of its crew were killed.

In 1948, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv by David Ben-Gurion, who became its first prime minister; US President Harry S. Truman immediately recognised the new nation.

In 1961, Freedom Riders were attacked by violent mobs in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama.

In 1973, the United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station. (Skylab 1 remained in orbit for six years before burning up

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big shakeup could be coming for New Zealand’s immigration policy.

Many of the proposed changes are sensible and will lead to a simplification of the immigration system, but there is also concern that while the system might be easier to understand, it will be harder, longer and more costly to employ workers from overseas.

Under the proposals, every employer who wishes to employ a migrant must become an accredited employer. In theory, this is good – migrants deserve to come to New Zealand to an employer who treats them well and complies with New Zealand employment law.

However, if basic level accreditation becomes overly bureaucratic and limits access to desperately needed labour,

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small businesses especially will not be able to be sustainable, let alone grow.

A lot of the rhetoric around the last election and since, including many of the justifications for the most recent proposed changes to immigration policy, has centred on the risk that migration poses to New Zealand.

Presumably, that’s about taking jobs from New Zealanders or depressing wages, but there is little evidence of this panning out in reality. Plus, beyond

anything else, we have to get past the idea of considering migrant workers simply filling a gap until New Zealanders are available.

We have an advanced economy that will likely always have labour shortages in certain areas, especially in rural communities.

There may be a tenuous link to pressure on infrastructure such as housing, roading and hospitals by population growth through migrants in Auckland, but when it comes to rural settlements that’s certainly not true.

Migrant families who work on dairy and other farming operations are often the new growth that gives the vital critical mass to schools, sports clubs and the like.

Migrant families who come

to work on New Zealand farms bring an important diversity to the regions. It’s something that is valuable beyond the impact on the labour force.

They pay tax and contribute to society in a million different ways.

Restricting sensible immigration not only hurts business, but it holds communities back from making social advances.

We need migrants to grow, not just economically.

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Canty farmers shine in dairy awards

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Culverden farm manager Matt Redmond and Fairlie assistant herd manager Nicola Blowey have national titles attached to their names after impressing the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards judges.

Redmond was named the New Zealand dairy manager of the year and Blowey the national dairy trainee of the year at an awards function in Wellington last weekend.

Northand couple Colin and Isabella Beazley are the New Zealand share farmers of the year with Canterbury-North Otago finalist Ruwan Wijayasena missing out on the major placings, but winning several section awards.

The three main winners collected a combined prize pool worth $210,000.

Redmond, 25, is the farm manager on Craigmore’s Pahau Flats Dairy-Landsend, a 232 hectare, 830-cow property at Culverden.

He only entered the dairy industry four years ago after graduating at Lincoln University with a Bachelor of Commerce (Agriculture) degree and has worked for the past two as a manager.

Dairy manager head judge Mark Shadwick said Redmond was an all-rounder who benchmarked himself against others in the industry across all aspects of farming.

“He concentrates on all aspects of the farm, but his financial capability and thorough understanding of his finances really set him apart,” he said.

Co-judge Malcom Scott said Redmond was goal-focused and knowledgeable.

“He’s not willing to just sit still, he wants to continually challenge himself to learn and grow. He has strong support from his wife Mel.

National winners (from left) – Nicola Blowey, Colin and Isabella Beazley and Matt Redmond.

He doesn’t just have business focus; he has life focus.”

Judges noted the continued use of technology and innovation in pasture management and stock movement by the finalists and strong performance in the health and safety area, particularly with farm inductions, records and the use of social media to monitor the location of staff on farms and getting them home safely.

Runner-up James Matheson from Gore, also won the leadership merit award and was complimented by judges for managing a casual and relaxed style, yet still being goal-driven.

Dairy trainee judges described Blowey, as “confident, mature and compelling’’.

“She has a mature outlook and her communication skills were exceptional, said dairy trainee head judge Jenny Sinclair. “Nicola came to New Zealand to learn about low-cost pasture-based systems.

She has a sound general knowledge base and an ability to interpret farm reports and make recommendations from those.”

Blowey, 25, won $9700 in prizes as well as the knowledge award, communication and engagement award and best video award.

She is employed by Matthew

and Vanessa Greenwood as an assistant herd manager on Kieran and Leonie Guiney’s 600-cow, 175ha Fairlie property.

Runner-up was Matt Dawson from Waikato.

In the main event, winners Colin and Isabella Beazley had entered the awards twice previously and were third placegetters last year in the same category.

Head judge Kevin McKinley said they stood out for their resilience, team work and attention-to-detail.

“They are such a great team and complement each other with their roles on farm.”

The Beazleys, both 31, are 50/50

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sharemilkers, milking 330 cows at a 163ha Wellsford property.

They won $52,000 in prizes and collected four merit awards.

Tokoroa contract milkers Marc and Nia Jones were runners-up and third were Manawatu 50/50 sharemilkers Thomas and Jemima Bebbington.

Wijayasena might have been outside of the major placings, but he would have been pleased to win the business performance award and the dairy hygiene award.

The 43-year-old is a contract milker for 1840 cows for Theland Farm Group Ltd on two farms in Hororata.

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By Guy Trafford Finally, the day that concerned many farmers when Labour, New Zealand First along with the Greens managed to form an against the odds government has arrived; zero carbon policy roll-out.

Farmers will not be blamed if they came away totally confused if they listened to the same media sources I did. Very little on the facts, some of which were blatantly wrong.

Nitrous oxide was not mentioned once in reports I listened to and a remarkable lack of detail around how it will be rolled out except for a snippet from the PM saying that ag is crucially important to New Zealand and liabilities would increase at 1 per cent per year for 30 years. Among all this farming leaders were not happy saying methane was being dragged in at too high a rate and higher than the working party had recommended and Greenpeace saying farmers had been let off the hook.

So, what are the facts as we know?

The aim of the bill is to get to (net) zero carbon (except methane) by the soonest possible time. This is seen as 2050, (so perhaps not as urgent as we were led to believe). With the result to reduce any climate warming to 1.5c or less.

Agriculture has to reduce its gross methane emissions from a 2017 base figure by 10 per cent by 2030 and by a figure between 24 per cent to 47 per cent by 2050.

This means that offsets such as trees cannot be used to assist in this budget. For livestock farmers this will currently be problematic, and it is this area that will attract the most debate going forward.

Nitrous oxide, as with other gases such as CO2 will need to be at net 0 per cent by then.

Sounds easy? Total net emissions lifted by 23 per cent between 1990 and 2017, to be fair much of it has come from transport energy (38.2 per cent) with agriculture lifting by 13.5 per cent, among that sheep and beef, due to declining numbers, has reduced by around 30 per cent so sorry, but dairying is the major culprit here.

Emission budgets will be set for five-year periods once we are past 2025 and up to 2035 these will be all set by December 31, 2021.

In setting the targets consideration must be given as to how these targets may be realistically met plus another range of cover all options clauses.

If a budget period achieves greater savings than budgeted these can be carried forward into the next period and if a budgeted period falls short of budgeted emissions government may drag back up to 1 per cent (borrow) from the following period.

So, for livestock farmers, what does this mean?

As usual the devil will be in the detail and that is yet to be revealed. Almost as an aside

the PM said that the ETS would be the tool to achieve this. Which takes us back to the hoary old chestnut of how emissions will be assessed on livestock farms?

Politicians like easy/simple solutions so are likely to go for an averaged stock-unit based system which is likely to blur the incentives as a specific measuring of individual farms will be overly complex and expensive.

Planting trees is relatively simple to measure in comparison. Whatever is to be applied to farming, setting up this bill to this stage will be seen as a simple exercise when compared to what’s ahead.

This is when farming leaders will start to earn their pay as if the M. bovis programme is anything to go by MPI cannot be relied upon to have a detailed understanding of farming systems and provide the correct advice.

Onto more mundane things, the latest GDT came out last Wednesday and again commentators are applauding the 11th straight lift in a row and that is certainly better than falls.

Markets The sheep schedule finally began to get some traction and made some significant improvements over the previous couple of months. However, despite all the rhetoric about how beef is in demand especially with the impact of African swine fever on many pork supplies in many countries, prices here still seem firmly anchored.

Sheep Saleyard prices still remain firm for all classes and numbers of store stock locally have started to increase as the cooler weather starts to remind farmers of what is ahead and some conservative feed planning is still required.

While top prices have not exceeded previous weeks, it does appear that more lambs are falling into the better priced categories.

Wool No sale last week so at least prices have held.

Cattle A similar story applies to cattle although until the schedule improves prices will just remain firm rather than lifting. As with sheep greater numbers are coming forward at the moment.

Venison No change to the schedule so prices remain at a nearly two year low (June 2017).

Dairy A with the last three auctions whole milk powder has fallen, be it at only .5 per cent.

WMP is the main driver of the New Zealand dairy price and while prices are adequate at $3249 the trend is a little disturbing. Given the overall GDT price was up .4 per cent, cheddar dropping by 2.4 per cent, butter par at 0 per cent change and the WMP .4 per cent fall it is hardly a pass mark.

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continuing investment and focused ownership to be sustainable for generations to come. It’s not something we’re in a position to do right now,” he said.

UK-based Froneri has more than 10,000 employees and operates in 20 countries.

Hurrell said he was pleased with the price.

Regarding other divestments, Hurrell said that, while Fonterra has “other one-off transactions

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Infratil could have competition in its bid to buy Vodafone’s New Zealand operations.

Three private equity giants – all US-based – are said to be eyeing Vodafone NZ: Blackstone, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and TPG Capital (not to be confused with Australian company TPG Telecom, which is attempting to merge with Vodafone Australia), with two bids placed.

Infratil shares were put in a trading halt on Friday after it filed that it was in talks with Vodafone. Canadian investment giant Brookfield is reportedly Infratil’s partner in the deal, which is said to value Vodafone NZ at $2.65 billion.

The halt was still in place yesterday morning. Infratil says it will be lifted when it has news on its possible transaction or before the market open today – whichever comes first.

While Intratil and Vodafone are said to be in “late-stage” talks, The Australian reports two global buyout funds with experience in telecoms have come forward with higher offers for the Vodafone subsidiary.

TPG Capital and KKR have been lurking with intent around the NZ telco scene for some time.

The pair were reportedly the private equity players in the frame when ASX-listed Vocus (owner of Orcon and Slingshot) put its NZ assets on the block in 2017. It was said the pair wanted to partner in a two-stage deal that would see them buy 2degrees, then 2degrees buy Vocus NZ. However, a price could not be agreed for 2degrees, and Vocus NZ was withdrawn from sale in early 2018.

The sprawling Blackstone has held stakes in numerous NZX-listed companies. Market scuttlebutt holds that it is trying to offload its Burger King NZ franchise.

Meanwhile, one analyst has told the Herald that if it goes ahead, and Infratil-Vodafone deal could see some assets offloaded and listed on the NZX as per the Z Energy listing in the wake of Infratil’s acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Shell NZ For 2017 (its most recently reported financial year), Vodafone NZ made a profit of $57.5 million, turning around a loss of $18.3m.

Revenue increased 2.8 per cent to $2.05b.

In the mobile market, it has around 2.4m mobile customers, putting it neck-and-neck with Spark and well-ahead of thirdplaced 2degrees.

In fixed-line broadband, Vodafone NZ has around 430,000 customers, putting it second behind Spark (around 670,000) and well ahead of third-placed Vocus (around 200,000).

Vodafone chief executive Jason Paris has set about making the telco a more attractive proposition, by taking an axe to costs, then seeking new digital opportunities.

In February Paris told media that

as a proud Kiwi, he would like to see his company listed on the NZX but said the decision could well be made higher up Vodafone’s global foodchain.

Asked then if the company was being positioned as a growth or value stock he said: “I’d like to think both, right? It’s good to have your cake and eat it, too. But the reality is we’re in a very competitive industry where low single-digit revenue and margin growth is the norm. So a yield and dividend stock is where we’ll be positioned initially.”

Good fit for Infratil Buying into Vodafone would not be Infratil’s first tech investment.

In 2016 it bought a half share in Canberra Data Centres (CDC) for $A392m and a year later invested a further $A50m to help fund its growth.

Last month Infratil said the value of its 48 per cent stake in CDC had risen from $487.8 million to $841$942m.

And when Vocus put its NZ assets (Orcon, Slingshot) on the block, Infratil was one of the rumoured bidders. The Vocus board eventually ended the process without a buyer.

Fat Prophets’ Greg Smith noted that Infratil chief executive Marko Bogoievski was one of Theresa Gattung’s top lieutenants at Telecom before he left in 2007, so has experience in thse telco market.

“Vodafone is a good cashflow generator, it fits well with Infratil and makes a bit of sense … even though there is competition, it does have a dominant position, is number one in mobile and two in broadband.

“And it’s not like there’s going to be a whole host of new disrupters coming into our market.”

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents Company CODE

a2 Milk Company ATM Air NZ AIR ANZ Banking Gr ANZ Argosy Prop ARG Arvida Gr ARV Auckland Intl Airpt AIA Chorus CNU Contact Energy CEN Ebos Gr EBO F&P Healthcare FPH Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Share Fund FSF Freightways FRE Genesis Energy GNE Gentrak Gr GTK Goodman Prop Tr GMT Infratil IFT Investore Property IPL Kathmandu Hldgs KMD Kiwi Property Gr KPG Mainfreight MFT Mercury NZ MCY Meridian Energy MEL Metlifecare MET NZ Refining NZR NZX NZX Port of Tauranga POT Precinct Properties PCT Prop for Industry PFI Pushpay Holdings PPH Restaurant Brands RBD Ryman Healthcare RYM Sanford SAN Scales Corp SCL Skellerup SKL Sky Network TV SKT Sky City SKC Spark SPK Stride Prop & Inv SPG Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM Synlait Milk SML Tourism Holdings THL TrustPower TPW Vector VCT Vista Gr Intl VGL Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP Westpac Banking WBC Z Energy ZEL

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Last sale

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Daily Volume move ’000s

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 10150 10052 9954 9856 9758 9660

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unitholders and the fact that Froneri’s offer ensured the business remained in New Zealand was “paramount”.

Hurrell said the sale was a tough decision but “we are a dairy nutrition company and this is a confectionery company”.

He said it’s “been a privilege being the guardians of Tip Top, but it’s time to hand the baton to new owners.

“The well-loved brand needs

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forward with the right terms and conditions. He acknowledged Tip Top is an “iconic brand in NZ and it is hard” when a brand is sold to an offshore buyer.

While the company will now be foreign owned, Hurrell said its attractiveness – with an average 340 serves of Tip Top every minute – “came through in both the number and quality of bids we received”.

He said Fonterra had secured a good price for its farmers and

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Global ice cream company Froneri has bought Fonterra Co-operative Group’s Tip Top for $380 million, ending a six-month sale process.

The price was about $100 million above book value, which will lift earnings by six cents per share, Fonterra said.

The agreed settlement date is May 31. While there will be a transition period over a number of months, it will be “very much business as usual” and Tip Top employees will transfer across to become part of Froneri, Fonterra said.

Froneri, a Nestle-R&R joint venture, also confirmed that the Tip Top business will continue to be led by the existing management team. The Tip Top name and its operations, including the factory in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington, will be maintained.

Fonterra announced the sale of assets no longer deemed core after reporting its first ever full-year loss last September. When it announced the business was for sale, Fonterra said it wanted Tip Top to stay based in New Zealand.

Chief executive Miles Hurrell said no New Zealand buyer came

that are under way but not yet completed, such as the potential sale of DFE Pharma, it is too early to assess the overall impact of the co-op’s divestment programme on its FY19 earnings.”

In a separate statement, Froneri chief executive Ibrahim Najafi said Tip Top is an “iconic brand” in New Zealand.

“Our vision is to build the world’s best ice cream company; an important part of our strategy is to develop local market successes and roll them out across our other markets.”

Fonterra has signed an agreement with the new owners to supply milk to Froneri.

Hurrell couldn’t disclose the terms of the milk supply deal but said “it’s a long agreement”. Fonterra will retain full global ownership of the Kapiti brand and will be licensing its use for ice cream to Froneri. Hurrell said that the Kapiti brand pre-dates Fonterra’s foray into ice cream. “We see value in that brand through the cheese and liquid milk market and so that will continue.”

Units in the Fonterra Shareholders Fund are up 0.5 per cent at $4.30.

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

10,126.83 +27.46 +0.27%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

6,744.24 +23.73 +0.35%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

10,955.55 +31.15 +0.29%

p Rises 48 q Falls 45 Top 5 NZX gainers Company

NZME Cavalier Corp TrustPower Ryman Healthcare Burger Fuel

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+3.57% +3.57% +2.86% +2.56% +2.44%

Top 5 NZX decliners Company

Plexure Gr CDL Investments Rakon Asset Plus Sanford

daily % fall

–5.66% –4.11% –3.03% –2.38% –2.06%

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,286.10

London – $US/ounce

+2.3

+0.18%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

14.82

+0.09

+0.61%

p Copper London – $US/tonne

6,135.50

+23.5

+0.38%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm May 13, 2019

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

TT buy

0.9589 0.9022 4.7784 0.6003 1.4637 0.5156 73.92 1.8128 9.4759 21.09 0.6721

TT sell

0.9263 0.8686 4.1925 0.5741 1.3452 0.4973 70.78 1.5806 9.1278 20.06 0.6478

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Black, Speed and Thrash are subgenres of which type of music? a. Jazz b. Reggae c. Heavy Metal 2 – Which is the smallest country in South America? a. Uruguay b. Suriname c. Guyana 3 – Which animal is the national emblem of France? a. Rooster b. Swan c. Eagle 4 – Which author wrote The Pillars of the Earth? a. Jack Higgins b. Robert Ludlum c. Ken Follett 5 – Persil is the French word for which herb? a. Sage b. Parsley c. Rosemary 6 – If you have hypodontia, what do you have less than the usual amount of? a. Fingers b. Teeth c. Legs 7 – Who became the first female solo artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? a. Diana Ross b. Dusty Springfield c. Aretha Franklin 8 – What decimal number is equal to the binary number 10? a. 2 b. 20 c. 100

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Ignacio Muñoz took this photo high in the hills above Arthur’s Pass, showing the road over the mountains as it meanders from east to west

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EASY SUDOKU

Chicken and leek pie

■■ Melt butter in a medium sized pot. Add garlic, leek and carrot.

Cook on low heat, covered. Cook vegetables until soft, but not browned. Add tarragon, mustard and stir. Add flour, stir and cook for 2 minutes. Slowly add chicken stock, stirring until it has thickened. Season with salt and

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QUICK RECIPE 20g butter 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 large leek, sliced lengthwise then chopped 1 carrot, grated 1/2 t dried tarragon 1/2 t wholegrain mustard 20g flour 1 ½ cups chicken stock Salt and pepper to taste 400g chicken breast, cooked and shredded 50g grated tasty cheese 400g flaky puff pastry 1 egg, beaten with 1T water 300g green beans, steamed

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■■ Add chicken and stir through.

■■ Preheat oven to 200°C. ■■ On a lightly floured board, roll 3/4 of the pastry to fit a 20cm pie dish/springform tin. Line the tin and leave the excess hanging over. Roll the remainder of the pastry to fit the top.

■■ Spoon your filling mixture into the pie dish and sprinkle over the cheese. Brush the edges of the pastry with beaten egg and place on the top pressing the

edges together. Brush the top with remaining egg.

■■ Bake for 40 minutes until pastry is puffed and golden.

■■ Remove from oven and allow to set for 15 minutes. Serve with green beans.

Tip: This pie is also fabulous with a potato topping. Replace the top with mashed potato and sprinkle over cheese.

Recipe courtesy of www.countdown.co.nz

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Rajah – Methven’s wonder dog

By Connor Lysaght I had been back working at Ashburton Museum for about a week and a half when I first heard a particularly interesting story involving one of Methven’s former residents.

To my surprise, I was told that Methven was once home to a famous dog that nearly made it to Hollywood, which I found somewhat hard to believe at first.

However, the more I learned, the more impressed I became that this Methven dog nearly became a world star.

It started with Kathleen Stringer, the museum archivist, showing me an image of a dog, which was just barely visible through the murk of the grubby glass plate she was working on. This was during an early stage of what became Snap! The Glass Plate Negative Project.

Kathleen told me that there was a “wonder dog” that once lived in Methven, and it could perform tricks in front of crowds.

After Kathleen had scanned the negative, I did some research and found that it couldn’t have been the dog whose portrait was found among the glass plate negatives, since that dog was the wrong breed.

I kept investigating despite this and became fascinated by this particular dog from Methven, which I had found out was named Rajah.

Dog days Rajah lived in Methven for seven years, from 1929 to 1936 with his owner, police constable John Robertson.

Robertson was the sole serving police officer in Methven during this period, and he took Rajah practically everywhere with him while on duty. This means that Rajah was New Zealand’s first police dog, although unofficial.

John, and his son Ian, trained Rajah from when he was just six weeks old, which eventually led to Rajah having an almost supernatural instinct when it came

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to finding things – weapons, lost objects, pretty much anything!

Rajah could also understand 52 commands, and was often put to task finding things around Methven. It was these abilities that sprung Rajah into humble New Zealand fame.

Rajah was also used for the grim purpose of finding remains from time to time.

The only known time that Rajah failed at this task was when he tried to find the body of one particular woman – a case in which foul play was suspected by the authorities. It was revealed later, after a flood had taken out one of the rail bridge’s pillars, that the woman that Rajah tried to find had been embedded in the concrete, likely during the pillar’s construction.

[The bridge is believed to have been near Parnassus].

A barking mad legacy Rajah nearly made it to Hollywood when the canine motion picture star Rin Tin Tin passed away in 1932, and Robertson was offered the opportunity to bring Rajah to America to perform and potentially star in movies. Robertson politely declined this offer however, as he thought that the move would have been too much of a change for him and Rajah.

Rajah and Robertson continued to travel and perform across New Zealand, attending shows across the country where Rajah showed off his moves.

Rajah continued to serve as a police dog, as well as participate in shows, until he sadly passed in 1942 at the age of 14 years. Robertson later remarked that Rajah “was really the world’s best”.

Rajah’s story represents how it’s not only people from the Ashburton District and Methven that can become famous – animals have just as much a chance.

Moreover, this tale has shown that both people and animals from the Ashburton District can have a shot at international fame – just like Rajah!

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Rajah lives on Decades later, the memory of Rajah carries on.

In February 2015, an adorable bronze statue of Rajah was unveiled outside the Mt Hutt Function Centre, which is periodically maintained and touched-up to keep him presentable.

As well as this statue, Mount Hutt College staff and students collaborated to publish a children’s book during that same year – Rajah the Wonder Dog of Methven.

This has left me wondering, when are we going to see a Rajah cartoon for kids?

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2. Rajah sitting on a box, likely during a trick or a performance.

3. Statue of Rajah in Methven, outside the Mt Hutt Function Centre.

4. Illustration of Rajah doing his thing.

5. Front cover of the Rajah book, which was written and illustrated by the staff and students of Mount Hutt College.

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Email museum@adc.govt.nz mail to Ashburton Museum, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740 or phone 307-7891.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club May 8 Winter Bowls 1st round for the Bishop Plate: 1st B. Holdom, A. Sargisson & S. Doig 3 wins, 20 ends & 53 points, 2nd M. Quinn, S. Holdom & J. May 3 wins, 18 ends & 35 points, 3rd G. Bishop, J. Mitchell & R. Johnston 2 wins, 16 ends & 26 points.

May 11 Aussie Pairs: 1st B. & S. Holdom 2 wins, 1 draw, 15 ends & 35 points, 2nd B. Hopwood & T. Johnson 2 wins, 1 draw, 13 ends & 25 points

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club May 6 Flaxmere & King Trophies N/S 1st Pauline Scott & Ruth Logan, 2nd Bruce Leighton & George Brown, 3rd = Catherine Robins & Anne Gilbert and Pat Wise & Graham Gilbert E/W 1st Jill Wilce & Jackie Chisnall , 2nd Colin Clemens & Hilda Blee, 3rd Bev Blair & Sheila Lyons May 7 A Ladder N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward , 2nd Leigh Wackrow & Mike Holdaway, 3rd Melva Stowell & Pauline Fergus E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd John McDonald & Paul Fergus, 3rd Gordon McCormick & David Sewell May 8 Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond, 2nd Melva Stowell & Val Ferrier, 3rd Paul & Pauline Fergus, 3rd E/W 1st Beth McIlraith & Maree Moore, 2nd Mary Buckland & Trish Small, 3rd Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward May 9 Duplicate N/S 1st Sheila Lyons & Peter Downward , 2nd Pat Jordan & Rewa Kyle , 3rd Jim & Audrey Rooney E/W 1st Trish Small & Mike Holmes, 2nd Kate White & David Sewell , 3rd Paul & Pauline Fergus

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets May 17 At Rakaia – 9.30am for 10.00am start New players and 9 Holers welcome Please bring small gift for raffle and bring own lunch

Ashburton Golf Club May 18 The Semi-finals of the Watson Cup and the Newton Trophy will be played. For those not involved Stableford round will be played. The draw for the match play follows Starting Times: Morning start at 8am; Afternoon report at 11.30 for an 12pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 12.30 for a 1pm start.

Number 1 Tee 12.00 W Hii & J Richards vs G Sparrow & B Davidson 12.06 D & R Stoddart v J Power & E Parr 12.12 A White & W Hetrick v P Bradford & P Turton 12.18 B Smith & J Overend v H Niles & B MacGregor.

■■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Association May 17 to 22 Small Sticks - Duty Club: Methven May 17 Kiwi Sticks [Yr 5] 3.45pm Allenton v Tinwald Bonnington Painting [Turf a] L Ellis, Tinwald Mayfield Transport v Wakanui Black [Turf b] G Tavendale H Kidd; 4.30pm Rakaia v Methven White [Turf a] L Ellis; Collegians D & E v Methven Black [Turf b] G Tavendale H Kidd Kiwi Sticks [Yr 6] 5.15 pm Collegians White v Allenton [Turf a] R Kidd S Geeson, Tinwald Smith & Sons v Methven [Turf b] G Muir G Oates; 6.00pm Rakaia v Tinwald The Tool Shed [Turf a] R Kidd G Oates, Wakanui v Tin-

2019 Winter Series 24 Riders, 16km Out and Home 1st. Lucy Kirwan CT.34.21. HT. 4m. RT. 30min 21sec. 2nd. Debbie Skinner CT. 34.22. HT. 2.45m. RT. 31min 37sec. 3rd. Ross Proctor CT. 34.23. HT. 4m. RT.30min 23sec. 4th. Liz Wylie CT.34.23. HT.4m. RT.30min 23sec.

5th. Janette Hooper CT.34.24. HT.2.45m.

RT.31min 39sec. 6th. Colin Teahan (Timaru) CT.34.25. HT. 2.45m. RT. 31min 40sec. 7th.

John DeLore CT.34.25. HT. Go. RT. 34min 25sec. 8th. Paul Summerfield CT.35.43.

HT.9m. RT.26min 43sec. 9th Roger Wilson CT.35.43. HT.7m. RT.28min 43sec. 10th.

Doug Coley CT.35.46. HT. 7m. RT.28min 46sec. 11th. Andy Shinner CT.35.47. HT.7m.

RT. 28min 47sec. 12th. Brian Ellis CT.35.47.

HT.7m. RT.28min 47sec. 13th. Ronnie Campbell CT.35.56. HT.9m. RT.26min 56sec. 14th.

Nick Grijns CT.35.57. HT.9m. RT. 26min 57sec. 15th. Paul Sinclair CT. 36.47. HT. 13m.

RT. 23min 47sec F/T. 16th. Rob Hooper CT.36.48. HT. 13m. RT. 23min 48sec. 2f/t.

17th. Tony Ward CT.36.48. HT. 13m. RT. 23min 48sec. 3f/t. 18th. Mike Hansen CT. 36.49. HT. 13m. RT. 23min 49sec 4f/t. 19th. Gerard Morrison CT.36.49. HT. 13m. RT. 23min 49sec.

5f/t. 20th. Merv Drewar CT. 37.22. HT. Go. RT. 37min 22sec. 21st. Brent Hudson CT. 38.19.

HT.7m. RT. 31min 19sec. 22nd. Nigel Chatterton CT.38.33. HT. 9m. RT. 29min 33sec. 23rd.

Mark Summerfield CT, 39.47. HT. 13m. RT. 26min 47sec. 24th. Richard Kirwan CT.43.21.

HT.13m .RT. 30min 21sec.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club May 11 The Radius Care Player of the Day: Josh Ackerley 72-8=64 and +6 in the Par round.

Other winning scores: Guildford Lane, Paul May and Vince Carr +4; Owen Millar and Charlie Alexander +3; Peter Walker +1; Neil MacDonald, John Fechney, George Brown and Paul Morrison all square Winners in the Watson Cup matchplay were: J Power & E Parr, D & R Stoddart, G Sparrow & B Davidson and W Hii & J Richards.

In The Newton Trophy the winners were: A White & W Hetrick, P Bradford & P Turton, B Smith & J Overend and H Niles and B MacGregor Twos: Chris Lovelock, Ron Carlson, Tufuga Sa, Alan White, Vince Carr, Hamish Niles, Owen Millar, Paul May (2) and Brendon Davidson (3).

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Paul May; Rothbury Insurance: Tufuga Sa; Allenton Meat Centre: Brent Smith; South Island Seeds: Kevin Hurley: Property Brokers #6:

wald Mayfield [Turf b] G Muir S Geeson 1st Grade Women 6.50pm Methven White v Hampstead Collegiate Tinwald; 8.00pm Collegiate v Tinwald Methven White Hampstead At Nga Puna Wai 1 Connetics SSL Div 1 Boys 6.30pm Christchurch Boys’ High School 2nd XI v Ashburton College 1st XI Umpires supplied Small Sticks Duty Club: Methven May 18 Mini Sticks [Yr 3] 9.30am Tinwald Mayfield Red v Rakaia [Turf a] Coaches Methven v Tinwald The Green Grocer [Turf b] Coaches Wakanui v Tinwald Mayfield Black [Turf c] Coaches Mini Sticks [Yr 4] 9.30am Allenton Eagles v Tinwald Skip-2-It Flooring Xtra [Turf d] Coaches 10.10 am Wakanui Blue v Tinwald Mayfield [Turf a] Coaches Wakanui Black v Hampstead [Turf b] Coaches Rakaia v Collegians [Turf c] Coaches Methven v Allenton Hawks [Turf d] Coaches Fun Sticks [Yrs 1 & 2] 11.00 am Draw made on the day Coaches At Ash NBS Senior Women 1.00 pm Hampstead v Geraldine [K McIntyre, C Hastie] At Ash NBS Senior Men 2.40 pm Wakanui v Temuka [C Watson, M Marshall] May 19 At NBS Ash 2nd Grade Girls 1.40 pm Opuke-Hakatere v Roncalli 1st XI [H Young, H O’Reilly] 1st Grade Men 4.00pm Tinwald Black v Wakanui Black [Tinwald, Hampstead] 5.15pm Allenton v Wakanui Blue [Tinwald Black, Wakanui Black] 6.30pm Tinwald v Hampstead [Allenton,Wakanui Blue] Tinwald Lowcliffe [Bye] May 20 At Timaru AE 2nd Grade Boys 6.15pm Mackenzie v Wakanui [Umpires supplied] At Timaru TA 6.15pm TBHS Colts v Allenton [Umpires supplied] 1st Grade Women 7.30pm College v Methven Black [R Law, A Mitchell] May 21 Kwik Sticks [Yrs 7 & 8] 3.45pm Wakanui 8s v Tinwald Mayfield [M Wilson, J Cameron] 4.45pm Tinwald Black v Methven Black [K

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Bill Mason; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Neil MacDonald; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: John Richards.

Birdy Jackpot: #2, Net Eagles Jackpot: #7 Nine Hole The Harvey Bakehouse winner of the day: Kevin Hurley 24pts.

Other winning scores: Peter Woods 19, Dick Hansen 18 and Muriel Morgan 18.

Mayfield Golf Club May 8 Ladies Division 1st Eclectic: Heather Santy 94-27-67, Catrina Glass 89-19-70, Ruth Smith 94-22-72 3rd Tuis: Heather Santy 42, Catrina Glass 39, Ruth Smith 37 Nearest the Pins: #17 Open Aribica Sharryn Bree, #4 Open Cinema Paradiso Lynn Worsfold, #6 Br B & Open Methven Foursquare Gail Limbrick, #13 Open Methven Travel Jane Helmore, #14 Br B 2nd shot Supervalue Roz Grant, #17 Saturday Girls Methven Pharmacy Gayle O’Duffy, Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Nett of the Day:-Heather Santy 67 Twos and Nett Eagles: Gail Limbrick. Lynn Worsfold. Heather Santyx2. Ellen Kemp. Sally Jones. Gayle O’Duffy. Ruth Smith. Catrina Glass.

May 9 9 Hole 4th Handicap & Putting Ladies: 1st Lynley Mackenzie 52-20-30; 2nd Jo Cook 56-19-37 Men: Eddie Graham 52-16-36 Putting: 1st Lynley MacKenzie 13 putts, 2nd Tessa Gallagher 15 c/b Jo Cook 15 Greg Sim Building & Excavating No 2: Eddie Graham, Mayfield Transport No 5: Not Struck

Methven Golf Club May 11 Men’s Division Semi-finals of the Duff & Middleton trophies.

Stroke round.

Senior: Pete Wood 81-11-70 by lot. Intermediate: Tim Robinson 81-17-64. Junior A: Mike Gray 85-18-67. Junior B: Russell Currie 9526-67.

Other Good Scores: 68 Bernie Walsh, Geoff Rhodes. 69 Peter Kemp, Paddy Helmore, Ian Lucas. 70 James Anderson, Frank Sandys, Graham Gunn. 71 Roger Callaghan, Michael Kemp, Mark Gazzard, Greig Overall, Allan Smith.

Two’s: Tim Robinson x2, Keith Middleton x2, Frank Sandys, Ian Lucas, Graham Gunn.

Dubliner Best Nett: Tim Robinson 64. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Mike Gray

Dalgety, T C] 5.45 pm Allenton v Wakanui 7s [L Ellis [H O’Reilly] 6.45pm Collegians v Methven White [A Quigley, Hampstead Snr Women] May 22 Connetics SSP Boys 6.45pm Shirley Boys’ High School 1st XI v Timaru Boys’ High School 1st XI [J Gray, C Hastie]

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby May 18 Allenton Club Day Luisetti Seeds Cup Quarter Finals Glenmark v BDI, 2:45pm, Omihi, Glenn Peddie Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting v Darfield Hinds 1 2.45pm, Jared Le Gros, Kevin Opele, Hamish Grant Lincoln v Prebbleton, Lincoln1, 2:45pm, Roly Eder Springston v Waihora, Spring1, 2:45pm, Sam O’Reilly Playoff 9-12 Canterbury Rugby Supporters Club Trophy Rakaia v Southbridge, Rak, 1, 2.45pm, Andrew Brosnahan, Simon Bennett, Perry Hunt Saracens v Celtic Darryl Phillips Motor Company, Southbrook1, 2:45pm Rob Goodman Playoffs 13-16 North Canterbury RSU Plate Hampstead v Kaiapoi Ham1, 2.45pm, Kalifa Faalogo, Graham Shaw, Peter McKnight Methven Wareings v Oxford Meth 1, 2.45pm, Justin Currie, Geoffrey Barr, Colin Clemens Playoffs 17-22 Plaque West Melton v Ohoka, Nathan Lyall (Southland) Hurunui v Ashley, Russell Lane Hornby v Rolleston, Marth Gameson Women Senior Championship Celtic B’s Barber v Kaiapoi, Celtic2, 2:00pm, TBC Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Allenton v Rakaia, Allenton 1, 2:30pm, Joc O’Connor, Linda Kelsall, George Williams RFC: Kelly’s Cafe & Bar v Southern: Wholesale Seeds, Celtic 1, 1pm, Charlie Kelland Collegiate v Hampstead, Collegiate 1, 2:30pm, Gary Clement, Jeremy Robinson, Moon Tuilaepa Mt Somers v Methven R & R Spreading, Mt

by lot.

Methven Travel Best Gross: Graham Gunn by lot.

Closest to the Pin: Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Tim Robinson, Hunters Wine No 6: Keith Middleton, Ski Time No 13: Jimmy Anderson, Green Parrot No 17: Craig Middleton, Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Cruise Tane.

Next Week May 18: Two Man Ambrose.

Rakaia Golf Club May 8 Ladies Division Connelly Cup – Extra Medal: Jill Burrowes 101 – 28 – 73, Tina Pearce 97 – 23 – 74, Sue MartiN 102 – 28 – 74 Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Tina Pearce, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Marion Wederell, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 Freda Bierema, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 Freda Bierema, S.Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 Jill Burrowes

Tinwald Golf Club May 11 4BBB and Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round. Snow Pierce, Wayne Mellish, Dave Rush, Bruce Collins 69, Paul Hefford 70, and in the women Barb MacGregor 72, Christine Kinita 73.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Neil Rayner. Gluyas Ford # 6; Steve Kircher.

House of Travel # 12; Struan Scott. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Alan Anderson. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Struan Scott.

Two’s; Wayne Ross, Christine Kinita (2), Lawrence McCormick, Alan Anderson, Andrew Barrie, Pete Nolan, Clarrie Whiting, Cameron Miller. Net Eagle; # 12 Cameron Miller, Pete Nolan, Christine Kinita. Eagle; Paul Hefford # 14 Finalists in the Findlay Cup 4BBB are Lawrence McCormick and Mike Sandrey, Des Green and Alec Millar and in the Findlay Plate Neil Connelly and Kevin Bishop, Steve McCloy and Brian Rouse.

Ashburton Guardian 15 Celtic B’s Barber Women 0 v Marist Albion 66 Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Collegiate 19 v Rakaia Rugby Club 20 Methven R & R Spreading 29 v Celtic Kelly’s Cafe & Bar 27 Mt Somers 26 v Allenton 29 Southern Wholesale Seeds v Hampstead – Southern won by DEFAULT Combined Colts Southern 12 v Springston 34 Methven/Rakaia Combined 12 v Ashley 43 Lincoln 15 v Celtic EuroAgri Colts 76 Under 18 Combined Comp Mid Canterbury Alps 17 v Prebbleton 10 UC Championship Waimea 17 v Ashburton College MC Combined 15 Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Under 16 Lincoln 64 v Mid Canterbury Plains 5 Mid Canterbury Alps 91 V Ohoka: North Canterbury Combined 10 Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury/North Canterbury Under 14.5 Mid Canterbury ALPS 24 v Darfield: Darfield 22 Mid Canterbury Plains v Bye

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club

Southbridge 31 v Rakaia Senior 17 Methven Wareings 29 v Ohoka 28 Lincoln Div 1 29 v Celtic Darryl Phillips Motor Company 14 Women’s Senior Premier

May 6 Team 1 beat Team 3 12-11: Jason Feutz beat Adam Clement 3-1, Harry Stanway beat Ben Kruger 3-2, Julie Smith beat Chris Thompson 3-1, Tim Kuipers beat Rob Giles 3-1, Sam Kuipers lost to Rebecca Abernethy 0-3, Guy Stanway lost to Julian Syme 0-3.

Team 6 beat Team 7 16-7: Billy Nolan beat Chris O’Reilly 3-1, Ron Carlson lost to Jimmy Hunn 1-3, James Bowker beat Jordy Hooper 3-2, Melissa Wilson beat Shane Muckle 3-0, Hamish Trott beat Michelle Boleyn 3-0, Kate Williams beat Jane Kingan 3-1.

May 8 Team 5 beat Team 8 14-12: Paul Cousins lost to Jason Feutz 1-3, Ed Harrison beat Pete Blacklow 3-2, Steve Devereux lost to Jordy Hooper 1-3, Neil Keenan beat Kirsty Clay 3-1, Amy Muckle beat Charlotte Smith 3-1, Sian Hurley beat Hayden Robinson 3-2.

Team 4 lost to Team 2 8-15: Kevin Milne lost to John McDonnell 0-3, Mick Hooper beat James McCloy 3-2, Ian Dolden lost to Blair Horrell 0-3, Chris Lima lost to Brendon Clair 2-3, Robbie Kok lost to Reece Wallington 0-3, Hayden Robinson beat Jan Lee 3-1.

Som1, 2:30pm, Ant McGirr Combined Colts Glenmark Cheviot V Southern 13:00 Omihi: Omi 1 Methven/Rakaia Combined v Waihora: Colts Rak 1, 1pm Simon Bennett Celtic EuroAgri Colts v Prebbleton: Celtic 1, 2.30pm Matt Gallagher Under 18 Combined Comp Mid Canterbury Alps v Springston, Celtic 2, 1.15pm, Phill Everest UC Championship Mid Canterbury Combined v Christ College, Ash College, 12:00pm, Kevin Opele, Matt Gallagher, Mike Southby May 15 Secondary School Girls Craighead v Ashbutt, 5:20pm, Alpine Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Under 16 Mid Canterbury Alps v Southbridge Hinds 1, 1.15pm, Hamish Grant West Melton v Mid Canterbury Plains 13:00 Wmelt: 2 Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury/North Canterbury Under 14.5 Mid Canterbury ALPS v Lincoln Allenton 1, 1:15pm, Greg Jopson Prebbleton U14.5 v Mid Canterbury Plains 12:00 Prebb: 1 Under 13 JAB ACL Celtic Lysaght Glass Celtic v Methven Black, Celtic 3, 12:30 pm, George Williams Collegiate Crane Hire v Hampstead, Coll1.

1:20pm, Jeremy Robinson Methven White v Southern/Tinwald combined, Meth1, 1:15 pm Geoffrey Barr Under 11.5 JAB ACL Allenton Smallbones v Ashburton Celtic RFC: Ashburton Online Celtic U11.5 White, 12:00 pm, Allt1 Linda Kelsall Collegiate Morgan Fencing v Celtic Lysaght Glass Green, 12:15pm, Coll1, Moon Tuilaepa Southern v Tinwald/Hampstead Combined Hinds 2, 1.15pm, Liz Bell Methven v Bye Under 10 ACL Collegiate Cates Grain & Seed v Celtic Blacklows, Coll2, 1:15pm Hampstead v Rakaia, Hamp1A, 1:00pm Methven White v Methven Black, Meth4. 1:15pm Southern v Bye

Under 9 ACL Allenton Trembath Construction v Tinwald Ace Electrical, All2, 1:15pm Collegiate Ross Leadley Building v Celtic Green Ross Leadley Building, Coll2, 12:15pm Methven W v Celtic White Summerfield Builders, Methv5, 1:15pm MtSomers/Methven Combined v Methven Black, Mtsom2. 1:30pm Southern v Methven Red, Hinds3, 1:30pm Rakaia Bye Under 8 ACL Allenton Engineering Solutions v Tinwald NZ Livestock, All2, 12:15pm Celtic Green Summerfield Builders v Collegiate Redpaths, Cel4 1:15pm Celtic White McCrea Painters v Rakaia, Celt4, 12:15pm Hampstead v Methven White, Hamps1b 1:15pm Southern White v Methven Black, Hinds 3, 12:30pm Southern Blue Bye Under 7 ACL Allenton Alpine Vies v Collegiate Red Matt Lovett Slurry, Allt3, 1:30pm Celtic Finishing Company Green v Tinwald Canvas, Celtic 2A, 12:30pm Celtic White Summerfield Builders v Collegiate Gold Cranfield Glass, Celtic2b 12:30pm Hampstead v Rakaia, Hamp 1 B, 12:30pm Mt Somers v Methven Black, Mt Som1, 1:45pm Southern Blue v Tinwald Gluyas Nissan, Hinds 4, 1:30pm Southern White v Methven White, Hinds 4, 12:45pm Under 6 ACL Allenton Gold Auto Centre v Collegiate Gold Groundworks Services, All3, 12:45pm Allenton Young Electrical Maroon v Collegiate Red Garador, All3, 12:00pm Celtic Anderson Joinery Green v Rakaia, Celt1A, 12:15pm Celtic Anderson Joinery White v Tinwald the Stables, Celt1b, 12:15pm Mt Somers v Methven Black, Mt Somers 1, 1:00pm Southern Blue v Southern White, Hinds2a, 12:30pm Southern red v Methven White, Hinds 2b, 12:30pm Tinwald Cranfield Glass Bye

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby May 11 Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting 22 v Kaiapoi 20 Hornby 20 v Devon Tavern Hampstead 22

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■■FOOTBALL

Masters lead the way Neil Simons winds up for a kick during the Mid Canterbury United Masters football side’s latest win in their South Canterbury Football masters division three match.

Timaru AFC C travelled to the Ashburton Domain on Saturday and went away with a resounding 8-1 defeat to report.

It was the Mid Canterbury side’s fourth win from four outings in what was their first year playing in the South Canterbury competition.

The team did not play in 2018, last taking to the field in a Mainland Football competition in 2017.

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Bounce of the rugby ball goes Waimea’s way

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

With an ounce of luck, the Mid Canterbury Combined 1st XV rugby team could have found themselves driving back from Nelson with a win under their belts on Saturday.

They headed north for their round two match in the Crusaders region’s secondary school competition, the UC Championship, and gave Waimea Combined a real run for their money, but fell just short, 17-15.

Mid Canterbury Combined coach Brent Middleton said it was a tough battle which his side

could easily have come out on top in.

The visitors struck first, with Tom Middleton crossing for the day’s opening try to give his side a 5-0 lead, and another looked set to follow, but instead it went the other way.

A 90-metre intercept try put Waimea on the board, and they added another soon after to go ahead 14-5.

But Mid Canterbury struck back with a try late in the half – a wellworked team try finished off by Thomas Henderson – which gave the Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College combined side a

narrow 15-14 lead at the break.

The second half was to-and-fro from start to finish, with neither side able to break through the other’s defence.

With around 10 minutes to go Waimea were awarded a penalty, which they slotted to go ahead 17-15.

Then with about five minutes to go Mid Canterbury were awarded a kickable penalty, but the attempt it hit the post.

“Unfortunately we didn’t get the right result that we would’ve liked, but the boys did play well and they have improved again,” Middleton said.

And, really, that was all you could ask for.

“I was a bit gutted for the boys because, really, they played some good rugby at times, and unfortunately it didn’t happen.

“But they can hold their heads up high,” Middleton said.

Waimea Combined was a side made up of players from four schools, and Middleton said hopes had been high that it might have been one that Mid Canterbury could win.

Mid Canterbury Combined didn’t win a game in 2017 and while they were disappointed not to notch up a victory over

Waimea, the performance gave both the players and the coaching staff confidence, and a great platform to continue building on.

Mid Canterbury’s forward pack dominated the Waimea scrum, with Henderson and Ben Donald – who tackled himself to a standstill – standing out along with Tom Middleton and Mark Gabriel in the backs.

In their week one loss to Marlborough Boys’ College, Middleton said Mid Canterbury’s defence let them down, but the performance against Waimea was much improved.

Ferns fend off biggest rivals NZME The Black Ferns are back on top.

After losing their long unbeaten run in Japan they have prevailed in the Canada sevens, beating Australia 21-17 in the final.

They needed a lucky late knock-on call to get home, and will go into the final tournament in France with a big lead in the world series.

They have already booked a toptwo finish, and thus a place in the Olympics, despite operating without injured superstar Portia Woodman.

“That was our goal this season, to qualify for the Olympics,” said captain Sarah Hirini, after New Zealand’s third consecutive Canadian triumph.

Australia misfired with their opening kickoff, allowing Ruby Tui to go on a big run.

But Ellia Green quickly got Australia back into the match, smashing Niall Williams to win a turnover and then going on a long run for a try.

Green, whose match play had been limited to keep her fresh for the big games, was required again soon after, cutting down Dhys Faleafaga who

was threatening a long break.

Tyla Nathan-Wong then set up a Hirini try, giving the Black Ferns a 7-5 lead.

A clever switch presented Williams with a try late in the first half, with Charlotte Caslick again caught out on defence.

With the halftime hooter having sounded, Australia launched a long-range move down the left, with Emma Tonegato keeping Kelly Brazier at bay for the try.

Final player of the match Nathan-Wong blew the opening second-half kickoff handing Australia the initial advantage, but they were saved by an Aussie knock-on.

And Nathan-Wong struck with a 60 metre try to send New Zealand to a 21-10 lead, and well on the way to victory.

A great breakdown steal by Hirini looked to have got New Zealand home but Green grabbed a brilliant intercept try.

That left Australia with under 10 seconds to overturn a 21-17 scoreline but they could not grab the kickoff cleanly and were unlucky with a knock on call.

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High scores order of the day Mid Canterbury’s footballers came out on the right and wrong side of some big scores in Mainland Football competition games on Saturday.

In the Mainland Football division one competition, Mid Canterbury United ensured their unbeaten record this season remained well and truly intact with a 7-2 win over Universities AFC Gators at Ilam Fields in Christchurch.

Mid Canterbury United led 3-2 at half-time and put the result beyond doubt with a dominant second half performance, which meant that six games in they were at the top of the table with five

wins and a draw to their names.

It wasn’t such a good day in the office for the Mid Canterbury United division six team, though.

They lost their spot at the top of the table with a 9-1 loss to the Christchurch United Presidents side that had not been beaten since dropping down from division three a couple of weeks into the season.

Oxford FC were now the top team in division three, but Mid Canterbury United does have a game in hand.

In the same division, the Methven FC Reserves didn’t have a great day at the office either, go-

ing down 6-2 to the Universities AFC Burgundy Beavers.

Juan Fissore and Dylan Sheer scored both of Methven FC’s goals, but the side’s players know they will desperately need to improve in defensive areas if they are to prosper in their promotion aspirations.

The Methven FC Seniors gave the club something to smile about though, beating Selwyn United FC 5-0 in Rolleston, in the Mainland Football division three competition.

The Methven Mountaineers appeared to be on the ball from the off and it wasn’t long before they made their dominance

count with Rory Lawn flicking on a corner at the near post, to be headed in from close range by Nick Eden to make it 1-0.

The visitors then seized on good fortune to make it 2-0 after a goalmouth scramble ended in disaster for Selwyn, with Diego Moreira having the final say, calming the melee with a fine strike.

The man mountain, Liam Hett, soon made it 3-0 buffer, heading with authority from an accurate Wesley Torres cross.

Veteran keeper James Wasley was kept redundant for large parts of the game with Methven’s defence in fine form, and the first

half onslaught continued with Eden rifling the ball home from a Thabs Khabu lay-off to make it 4-0.

Khabu then got himself on the score sheet when the striker demonstrated good timing to beat the offside trap and with great composure finished well under pressure.

All the work was done in the first half, with the second half finishing scoreless.

The only blemish on an otherwise top day for Methven FC’s Seniors was an injury to skipper Rowan Smithers.

It was not yet known how serious the injury was.

Tough day out for the Phat Ducks Right – Amy Pearson from the Mid Canterbury United Phat Ducks makes a break up the sideline during her side’s 7-1 loss to the Halswell United Women at the Ashburton Domain on Sunday.

Halswell are the top team so far this season in the Mainland Football senior women’s division one competition, with Mid Canterbury currently third on the table.

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City’s Guardiola ‘addicted to winning’ AP

Vincent Kompany in celebration mode.

PHOTO AP

All the strain Pep Guardiola feels during the pursuit of titles becomes worthwhile when a winners’ medal is placed around his neck.

It happens quite a lot.

Manchester City won their second straight Premier League trophy yesterday, finishing one point ahead of Liverpool in a thrilling title race and giving Guardiola eight league championships over 10 years in three countries.

“We’re so, so tired, but at the same time winning the title gives you a lot of energy,” Guardiola said after the clinching 4-1 victory over Brighton, “and is so addictive”.

Winning has become routine for City in a way it never was before the flow of Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth began in 2008.

When Sheikh Mansour bought City, City’s only English championships in a history stretching back to 1880 were won in 1937 and 1968.

Now the club that was trampled over for so many years by Manchester United – and had to escape the third tier 20 years ago this month – is the force of English football with four titles in eight seasons. City finished first

in 2012 under Roberto Mancini and 2014 led by Manuel Pellegrini, then under Guardiola became the first repeat champion in a decade since United.

Guardiola, who earned six league titles as a defensive midfielder for Barcelona in the 1990s, had hat-tricks of league titles as coach at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

“This is the toughest one,” Guardiola said, “especially (because) of the rival we had to face all season.”

Guardiola sets standards on the field that require rivals to raise theirs.

City trailed Liverpool by seven points in late December but won its final 14 games after a January 29 defeat at Newcastle and finished with 98 points, the second-highest total in English history behind its 100 last year.

Liverpool was chasing its first championship in 29 years.

“Liverpool was exceptional, I don’t mean to rub it in, it is what it is, they didn’t deserve to lose,” said 33-year-old City captain Vincent Kompany, who helped maintain the lead last week when his long-range goal in the second half provided a 1-0 win over Leicester.

“It makes me so much more happy that we played such a great team all season.”

During a 21-minute stretch in the first half at Brighton, City gave hope to Liverpool supporters at Anfield, about 200 miles (320 kilometres) to the northwest.

With both grounds bathed in brilliant sunshine, Sadio Mané put Liverpool in front against Wolverhampton in the 17th minute and a jittery City fell behind 10 minutes later – the first time the champions had trailed in a league game since January.

“We heard the Brighton fans singing ‘1-0 to Liverpool’ just at the moment we conceded,” Kompany said.

Even when Sergio Aguero levelled 83 seconds after Glenn Murray’s header, City only moved back into top spot when Aymeric Laporte nodded in from Riyad Mahrez’s corner in the 38th minute.

It turned out to be the goal that decided the title.

“We were creating chances, finding the gaps, imposing ourselves,” Kompany said.

“Though the pitch was slow I felt we were magnificent.

“We did everything we needed to do in a game such as today.”

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Blazers scrape into finals AP Damian Lillard’s shots kept banging off the backboard, rattling off the rim, going everywhere but through the hoop.

But the Portland Trail Blazers are going to the Western Conference Finals anyway because CJ McCollum had his back.

McCollum scored 37 points and added a crucial chase-down block in the closing minutes that helped the Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 100-96 in Game 7 yesterday to advance to their first conference championship since 2000.

They’ll open Tuesday night at Golden State against the two-time defending NBA champion Warriors in a series pitting Portland’s Seth Curry against his big brother, Golden State star Steph Curry.

Lillard scored 13 points and made just 3 of 17 shots from the field, but two of them were critical 3-pointers in the fourth quarter that put Portland ahead 81-76 and 92-85.

“It’s a luxury to have two guys like that who can find different ways to score in different ways,” Blazers coach Terry Stotts said.

“CJ does it one way, Dame does it in another. On a night when Dame struggled shooting the ball CJ came up big.”

“CJ McCollum showed why they have one of the best backcourts in the NBA,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.

“He put his team on his back and made big play after big play.”

None bigger than when his crucial chase-down block with 4:44 left and the Trail Blazers leading 87-83.

McCollum raced to stop a breakaway layup by Jamal Murray, who had a miserable night shooting, missing 14 of 18 shots.

“Seth did a good job of cutting off his lane and making him have to go over his head,” McCollum said. “He put it right there for me and I went and got it ‘Bron style.

Shout out to my guy ‘Bron. It was a mini-version of ‘Bron’s block on Iggy some years ago.

“Definitely didn’t get up as high but it was a cool play. I might get a picture of that.”

Lillard said it was just the spark the Blazers needed to complete the comeback from a 17-point first-half hole.

“Those are the plays that get teams going, coming off a turnover and they get an easy one,” he said.

“At that point of the game you

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard drives past Denver Nuggets forward Torrey Craig in the first half of Game 7 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series yesterday in Denver.

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want to make them work for everything.”

The Nuggets were down 96-95 coming out of a timeout when McCollum hit a pull-up jumper over Torrey Craig with 12.4 seconds left.

“All summer long I’m going to probably be second-guessing myself at the timeout,” Malone said.

“That’s a shot he makes consistently. Torrey played good defence, as good a defence you can play 1-on-1.

“And I was saying after we should have sent someone at him.

“He’s having a great game and make somebody else make a play or make a shot.”

The mismanagement continued: Jokic was fouled inside shooting a 2-pointer with 11.4 seconds left and missed the first free throw. Instead of missing the second on purpose, he made it for a 98-96 deficit.

Eric Turner then hit two free throws with eight seconds left for the final margin, and Jokic missed a long 3-pointer, with five seconds remaining, Turner grabbed the rebounds and dribbled out the clock.

The Nuggets raced to a 39-22 lead and Game 7 was beginning to look a lot like Game 5, when Denver blew out Portland by 26 points in this building.

But Stotts called a timeout with 7:26 left in the second quarter and his team began chipping away.

“There wasn’t going to be any quit,” Stotts said. “I didn’t think they ever stopped believing. ... It was just about regrouping.”

The Blazers were down 48-39 at halftime and trailed by just a point heading into the fourth quarter.

That’s when the Nuggets’ hopes of reaching their first Western Conference Finals in a decade died with a 7-of-24 shooting performance, including 3 of 10 from Jokic, who tearfully blamed himself in the locker room for the loss.

Nonsense, said his coach, who suggested Jokic established him-

self during these playoffs as the best big man in basketball and he only petered out at the end because the Nuggets had to rely so heavily on the 7-foot All-Star.

“I hope after 14 playoff games, America, everyone around the world, came to appreciate his game,” Malone said.

“For him to be as emotional and upset as he was speaks to his caring. He was upset because he thinks he didn’t do enough for us to win tonight.”

It was a devastating end to Denver’s season after the Nuggets ended a six-year playoff drought and earned the second seed in the Western Conference bracket.

■■MOTOR RACING

Hamilton leads fifth Mercedes 1-2 home Lewis Hamilton wasn’t going to be kind to his team-mate this time.

Hamilton blasted past pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas at the start of the Spanish Grand Prix, kept his nerve when things got tight at the first corner, and then raced away

to reclaim the overall Formula One lead yesterday.

Two weeks ago, five-time and defending champion Hamilton said he was maybe “too friendly” when Bottas stayed in front after a similar grid start for the

Mercedes drivers in Azerbaijan.

Hamilton hinted that he wouldn’t make that mistake again in Spain, and he got some help from a poor getaway by Bottas to overtake him in the opening metres en route to winning the race

at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit for a third consecutive year.

The Mercedes pair strengthened their grip on F1 with their record-extending fifth one-two finish in as many races in 2019.

“This is history in the making

to have five one-twos,” Hamilton said after his 76th career win. “It is incredible what we are achieving ... And I plan on working with this team to help it become the most successful team of all time.

“That is my sole goal.”

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■■JACKFROST

In brief

Steeples campaign planned NZME Plans are under way to have Jackfrost, last year’s top hurdler, in Melbourne for a possible tilt at a couple of the feature steeplechases.

Jackfrost ended last season with a hat-trick of wins and notably completed the Grand National Hurdles (4200m) – Great Northern Hurdles (4200m) double.

He won the Riccarton feature effortlessly by eight and a half lengths and the manner in which he charged home late to claim the Great Northern Hurdles at Te Aroha suggested he could also star in the role as a steeplechaser with Melbourne in consideration.

Wingatui trainers Brian and Shane Anderton have given the Gallant Guru eight-year-old two recent runs in preparation for a planned Melbourne campaign, but the extremely testing track at Invercargill on Sunday prevented Jackfrost from having more than just have a run under his belt when third-last in a Rating 72 1600m, which was run in 1.53.72. ‘’He pulled up all right, but you

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Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 14 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.02pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 310m 1 65244 Black Bobby nwtd........................... B Conner 2 42213 Taramakau nwtd.........................J McInerney 3 42336 Avalanch City 18.80...................J McInerney 4 12867 Punch On Woody 18.84.............J McInerney 5 63755 Homebush Carl 18.85................J McInerney 6 66265 Smokey Dodger 18.94.............. P Hammond 7 76443 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 8 77828 Homebush Mikey nwtd...............J McInerney 9 86875 Magic Jean Lass nwtd....................C Healey 10 76877 C’Mon Benny Boy 18.73.................J Guthrie 2 12.19pm FORBURY MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 1 66767 Kowloon Lights nwtd.......................J Guthrie 2 76327 Lozza The Rascal nwtd..............J McInerney 3 844 Cadillac Mack nwtd....................J McInerney 4 364T Pontiac Pat nwtd........................J McInerney 5 36232 Goldstar Dayton nwtd S &................B Evans 6 57783 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 7 42452 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 8 58364 Nippa Credit nwtd......................J McInerney 9 76746 Unhinged nwtd.......................... P Hammond 10 45577 Starr Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 3 12.38 GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C1, 310m 1 11523 Memoir 18.85.................................R Adcock 2 x4735 Flying Canary 19.20...................J McInerney 3 565x1 Homebush Razz nwtd................J McInerney

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 14 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.04pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 72861 Dream Runner 17.34 J M................. McCook 2 32385 Ineffable nwtd.................................... B Dann 3 7548 Inky Dinky Jewel nwtd...................C Roberts 4 46585 Jay Spencer nwtd.......................... L Waretini 5 85624 Big Cod nwtd J M............................. McCook 6 7 Ebony May nwtd H &............................Taylor 7 64585 Honey Dew Jewel nwtd.................C Roberts 8 6 Jetstream Marley nwtd..................A Williams 9 83686 Smash Burton nwtd......................... M Grant 10 57661 Knows No Better 17.48.............. M Dempsey 2 3.22pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 84265 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 2 65786 Call Me Dolly 17.63................... A Botherway 3 76343 Cannonball Bolt 17.45......................R Casey 4 58752 Homebush Flynn 17.30..............J McInerney 5 76885 Blue Sky nwtd H &...............................Taylor 6 4777x Every Minute 17.51..............................A Lee 7 24884 Smash Rebel 17.59......................... M Grant 8 56442 Goldstar Galaxie 17.66 S &.............B Evans 3 3.38pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 31554 Right On Time 17.54...................H Anderton

Jackfrost in winning form at Riccarton. couldn’t take much out of the run,’’ Shane Anderton said. ‘’The ground was just too heavy. He had 60kgs on his back and he was not ready for a track that heavy.

“But it was a bit more mileage for him before Australia. ‘’He’ll have another run over

here at Riccarton on the flat over 2000m (on May 31) and if we’re happy with him he’ll then fly straight over.’’

Jackfrost is booked to be flown to Sydney on June 2 and be floated down to Melbourne, where he will have to pass a schooling test over steeplechase fences.

Another Aussie entry All Cashed Up has been confirmed as the most recent Australian horse to be invited to compete in the IRT Harness Jewels at Addington on Saturday June 1. Following the announcement last week that Majestic Player will represent Anton Golino and Yabby Dam Farms in the 4yo Ruby, stablemate All Cashed Up will line up in the 3yo Ruby in the Green Harness Jewels colours also.

All Cashed Up is a son of Ready Cash and has won four of 13 career starts. “He’s a tough bugger,” said Golino. “He’s a typical son of Ready Kash he has a little bit of a crazy streak to him but I think that’s what makes him good.”

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‘’He’ll have to qualify over there, as they all do, and his first run will probably be a maiden steeplechase,’’ Anderton said. ‘’The big thing is what weight the handicapper will give him over there. We’re trying to find that out this week. ‘’Really there is still a lot of water to go under the bridge, but we’re happy with him.

“He’s done plenty and seems to be coming up well.’’

Jackfrost’s preparation included a satisfactory school over the steeplechase fences at Wingatui last week in the hands of Jake Lowry.

The plan is to have Jackfrost based at Ballarat and there is a maiden steeplechase over 3200m at the local meeting on June 18 with the main mission, the A$350,000 Grand National Steeplechase (4500m), on the same track on August 25.

Between times there are such options to consider as the Moss Trooper Steeplechase (3500m) at Pakenham on July 21 and the Crisp Steeplechase (4200m) at Sandown on August 4 with the latter being the usual lead-up to the Grand National.

Passing Shot retires Multiple stakes winner Passing Shot has been retired. The Stephen McKee-trained seven-year-old has had ongoing joint issues and as a result the decision was made to end his raceday career. “It is a very heavy heart that we are making the decision to retire Passing Shot,” McKee said. “He’s been having ongoing wear and tear issues which in the past we have been able to successfully manage.

While he has been a little jointy this preparation his form has been superb and when he is well, he is quite a sight flying along in front.

He’s an absolute character and a favourite with my staff.” - NZME

Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway 4 38835 Zipping Mia 18.49.......................... B Conner 5 7446F Mitcham Becky nwtd..................J McInerney 6 568F8 Glass Harpoon 18.76......................J Guthrie 7 48552 Jealous Much 18.80...................J McInerney 8 13647 Elton Blueblood nwtd.................J McInerney 9 12756 Zip Zap Zoe 18.92......................J McInerney 10 57667 Pukeko Rustler 19.13......................B Healey 4 12.54 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS STAKES C2/3, 545m 1 22537 Kia Tere nwtd S &.............................B Evans 2 51238 Black Dan 32.67.........................J McInerney 3 53685 Joe Bonanza nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 62161 Bashful Buffy 32.64....................J McInerney 5 44227 Cosmic Stu 32.65.......................J McInerney 6 24252 Chunk 32.91...............................J McInerney 7 41518 Goldstar Scooby nwtd S &...............B Evans 8 47444 Shift The Blame 32.60................J McInerney 9 34468 Cosmic Ruben nwtd...................J McInerney 10 17388 Forbury Flyer nwtd.....................J McInerney 5 1.11pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 310m 1 73626 Koputai 18.73..................................J Guthrie 2 77627 Jinja Cody 18.47........................J McInerney 3 85543 Half Silver Fern 18.75................J McInerney 4 65747 Astro Tipple nwtd....................D J MacMillan 5 63336 Homebush Hazel 18.77.............J McInerney 6 37377 Gotcha Penny 18.66........................C Steele 7 53622 Cosmic Ryder nwtd....................J McInerney 8 7845x Pip Baxter 18.85........................J McInerney 9 35857 Dream Hard 19.03......................... B Conner 10 86875 Magic Jean Lass nwtd....................C Healey

6 1.28 ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C2, 310m

1 76463 Homebush Comet 18.73............J McInerney 2 48648 Nikko Baxter 18.71.....................J McInerney 3 44145 Blazing Banjo 18.78...................J McInerney 4 33553 Chasing Great 18.77..........................S Keen 5 66711 Homebush Velma 18.75.............J McInerney 6 73437 Goldstar Power 18.83 S &................B Evans 7 46442 Dagny nwtd J M............................... McCook 8 67421 Sefton Jay 19.09........................J McInerney 9 78588 Nippa Eel 18.86.........................J McInerney 10 68878 Homebush Pierce 18.66............J McInerney 7 1.45pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT C2, 310m 1 71561 Fickle Mistress nwtd.......................R Adcock 2 45641 Lonely Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney 3 76746 Sass ‘Em Up 18.87 J M.................... McCook 4 34762 Homebush Hundy 19.18............J McInerney 5 81726 Shaw Winner nwtd J M.................... McCook 6 15121 Ezra Blueblood 18.75.................J McInerney 7 13344 Goldstar Vegas 18.87 S &................B Evans 8 87223 Punch On Jessie 18.62..............J McInerney 9 18355 Homebush Austin 18.62.............J McInerney 10 68878 Homebush Pierce 18.66............J McInerney 8 2.03 PETER SINTON PLUMBING STAKES C1, 545m 1 82886 Homebush Izzy nwtd..................J McInerney 2 48467 Zipping Jen 33.01.......................... B Conner 3 84586 Gotcha Rocky 32.97..................J McInerney 4 174 Mega Dream nwtd..........................R Adcock 5 85775 Mick The Mower 33.31...............J McInerney 6 82544 Midnight Maggie 33.16 S &..............B Evans 7 12653 Guilty Rogue nwtd...........................J Guthrie

8 73472 Melting World nwtd..........................J Guthrie 9 2.21pm HOMEBUSH HOUNDS SPRINT C2/3, 310m 1 15527 Homebush Miles 18.46..............J McInerney 2 67621 Homebush Finn nwtd.................J McInerney 3 33475 Botany Alan 18.46......................J McInerney 4 52311 Sozin’s Blue 18.69.....................J McInerney 5 78884 Nicky Baxter 18.94.....................J McInerney 6 62846 Sierra Delta 18.58 S &.....................B Evans 7 76747 Homebush Tesan 18.69.............J McInerney 8 41157 Crushington nwtd.......................J McInerney 9 52787 Gracie Lee nwtd.........................J McInerney 10 17388 Forbury Flyer nwtd.....................J McInerney 10 2.38 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C2/3, 310m 1 58285 Debbie Baxter 18.44..................J McInerney 2 81867 Homebush Scorpio 18.41..........J McInerney 3 67734 Epic Rose 18.69 J M........................ McCook 4 72888 Nippa Martino 18.53..................J McInerney 5 76153 Homebush Indi 18.64.................J McInerney 6 34674 Shanly Star 19.04......................J McInerney 7 14254 Cosmic Jase 18.43....................J McInerney 8 65311 Dream Stone Jade 18.68...................S Keen 9 52787 Gracie Lee nwtd.........................J McInerney 10 26766 Homebush Maycee 18.55..........J McInerney 11 2.56pm FORBURY PARK DASH C5, 310m 1 46152 Must Be Rusty 18.77..................J McInerney 2 51151 Magic Jess Lass 18.40...................C Healey 3 21738 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &...............B Evans 4 35734 Zefside 18.51.............................J McInerney 5 71487 Goldstar Spotty nwtd S &.................B Evans 6 21466 Disobedience 18.79 S &..................B Evans

7 31546 Reign Of Fire 18.37....................J McInerney 8 21771 Lord Louie 18.41............................R Adcock 9 15368 Homebush Boots 18.87.............J McInerney 10 76788 Homebush Boden 18.60............J McInerney 12 3.13pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 28TH MAY C4, 310m 1 27284 Kalonga 19.08 S &...........................B Evans 2 67662 Tee An’ Cee 18.54.......................... B Conner 3 F8233 Princely Gold 18.31....................J McInerney 4 42365 Mitcham Reado 18.52................J McInerney 5 15247 Goldstar Jay Jay 18.60 S &..............B Evans 6 81737 It’s A Joke 18.42.........................J McInerney 7 26348 Mitcham Faye 18.75...................J McInerney 8 58332 Beck Eleven 18.89.........................R Adcock 9 15368 Homebush Boots 18.87.............J McInerney 10 76788 Homebush Boden 18.60............J McInerney SELECTIONS

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Race 1: Black Bobby, Taramakau, Homebush Carl, Punch On Woody Race 2: Lucy Lingers, Lozza The Rascal, Unhinged, Pontiac Pat Race 3: Flying Canary, Jealous Much, Elton Blueblood Race 4: Bashful Buffy, Kia Tere, Cosmic Stu, Joe Bonanza Race 5: Cosmic Ryder, Gotcha Penny, Pip Baxter, Jinja Cody Race 6: Homebush Velma, Nikko Baxter, Homebush Comet Race 7: Fickle Mistress, Punch On Jessie, Goldstar Vegas Race 8: Mega Dream, Zipping Jen, Gotcha Rocky, Melting World Race 9: Sozin’s Blue, Homebush Miles, Homebush Tesan Race 10: Debbie Baxter, Epic Rose, Cosmic Jase, Gracie Lee Race 11: Lord Louie, Magic Jess Lass, Reign Of Fire, Zefside Race 12: Princely Gold, Beck Eleven, Tee An’ Cee, Kalonga 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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2 76245 Goldstar Charger nwtd S &..............B Evans 3 87676 Evie Rose 17.49 J M........................ McCook 4 21878 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 5 28783 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 6 111 Versailles 17.46..................................J Dunn 7 53726 Smash Grenade 17.59..................... M Grant 8 55536 Platonic Affair 17.47...................... L Waretini 4 3.56pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO STAKES C1, 520m 1 68323 Lacko Allen 30.09.........................C Roberts 2 52544 Know Leave 30.73..........................G Cleeve 3 14341 It’s A Trick 30.13 J &.........................D Fahey 4 27467 Amelia Rob 30.58...................... M Robinson 5 43524 M’Lady Sadie nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 6 54557 Heated Threat 30.73..................... L Waretini 7 17767 Chat Ya Later 30.86 S &...................B Evans 8 21234 Stumpy Bill 30.93....................... M Dempsey 9 77576 Opawa Hope 31.36..........................R Wales 10 76788 Sly Rose 30.96.................................R Wales 5 4.12pm SWIMMING GOAT @ STUD DASH C1, 295m 1 75374 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson 2 52664 Okuku Terra 17.59............................R Casey 3 48644 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 4 22218 Pacemaker 17.58....................... A Bradshaw 5 78857 Homebush Tasha 17.44.............J McInerney 6 84632 Midnight Bolt 17.36 J M................... McCook 7 26454 Ohoka Pheobe 17.43.................... L Waretini 8 12274 Culvie Ness 17.51 H &.........................Taylor

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4.28pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 295m 1 76782 Stompin’ Ground 17.60 S &.............B Evans 2 87888 Opawa Hunter nwtd.........................R Wales 3 56436 Fiery Fagan 17.29............................R Casey 4 22786 Smash Calling 17.34........................ M Grant 5 31357 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith 6 84775 Gotcha Zena 17.48....................J McInerney 7 54743 Say Cheese 17.45...............................A Lee 8 56377 We Rocking 17.44 H &.........................Taylor 7 4.45 ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 21112 Smash Empire 17.36....................... M Grant 2 6F664 Cosmic Marty 17.65...................J McInerney 3 34336 Jingili Jill 17.55 M &............................. Smith 4 47214 Golden Bay 17.43 J M..................... McCook 5 24728 Goldstar Auburn nwtd S &...............B Evans 6 65445 Okuku Mistress 17.85......................R Casey 7 12778 Vik Vikkers 17.47..........................C Roberts 8 42658 Jealous Affair 18.13...................... L Waretini 8 5.01pm CHRIS & LISA EARL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 74765 Goldstar Diesel 17.46 S &................B Evans 2 22625 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37........................A Joyce 3 31767 Mamma Rose 17.73.........................R Casey 4 63733 Mr Black Magic nwtd.......................J M Lane 5 1212 No Kissy Missy 17.62................. A Bradshaw 6 37668 Koroibete 17.92 H &.............................Taylor 7 82475 Homebush Sloan 17.53.............J McInerney 8 42484 Abacus Magic 17.39..................... L Waretini

1 54218 Galway Gal 30.80 S &......................B Evans 2 54443 Opawa Hilary 30.32.........................R Wales 3 65523 Canya Sniper 29.98 J &...................D Fahey 4 46621 Know Potential 30.71......................G Cleeve 5 31722 Mitcham Trudy 30.82......................... B Dann 6 57435 High Sparrow nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 7 77532 Know Talent 30.75...........................G Cleeve 8 42316 Goldstar Montana 30.34 S &............B Evans 9 66131 Opawa Magic 30.29 J &...................D Fahey 10 52544 Know Leave 30.73..........................G Cleeve 10 5.39 FOX FERRET@THE PALMS STAKES C1, 520m 1 18272 Raquel Allen nwtd.........................C Roberts 2 27631 Go Belle 30.96.................................R Wales 3 35415 Know Anxiety 30.82........................G Cleeve 4 35664 Matariki 30.92...................................A Joyce 5 65P12 Barrel Runner nwtd.................... A Bradshaw 6 85365 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 7 56575 Bossy Affair 30.29......................... L Waretini 8 42355 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 9 773F8 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 10 8x8x8 Opawa Silver 30.55..........................R Wales 11 5.56pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH C1, 295m 1 81633 Elsa Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 2 78242 Goldstar Renee 17.42 S &...............B Evans 3 24623 Another Cold One 17.40 J M........... McCook 4 64552 Nuclear Jewel 17.90.....................C Roberts

5 42472 Venetia 17.46................................ K Cassidy 6 615 Belfast Demo 18.10 H &......................Taylor 7 47778 Know Burden 17.60........................G Cleeve 8 64487 Opawa Pam nwtd.............................R Wales 12 6.13pm LIVAMOL DASH C1, 295m 1 44223 Justin Ryan 17.27 S &.....................B Evans 2 62442 Know Approval 17.32......................G Cleeve 3 83463 Black Eye Bill 17.68................... M Dempsey 4 37267 Bombinate 17.41............................... B Dann 5 37775 Whose He 17.44...............................A Joyce 6 83888 Homebush Ellie 17.39................J McInerney 7 54866 Goldstar Hurley nwtd.................... L Waretini 8 63687 Rainy River 17.61..........................D Roberts SELECTIONS Race 1: Dream Runner, Ineffable, Inky Dinky Jewel, Knows No Better Race 2: Every Minute, Homebush Flynn, Goldstar Galaxie Race 3: Versailles, Smash Grenade, Goldstar Charger Race 4: It’s A Trick, Know Leave, Stumpy Bill, M’Lady Sadie Race 5: Pacemaker, Culvie Ness, Heidi Hates Rap, Goldstar Tasman Race 6: Stompin’ Ground, Fiery Fagan, We Rocking Race 7: Smash Empire, Cosmic Marty, Golden Bay, Jingili Jill Race 8: No Kissy Missy, Abacus Magic, Mr Black Magic Race 9: Opawa Hilary, Canya Sniper, Know Talent, Opawa Magic Race 10: Go Belle, Raquel Allen, Barrel Runner, Know Anxiety Race 11: Goldstar Renee, Elsa Blueblood, Venetia, Nuclear Jewel Race 12: Know Approval, Justin Ryan, Bombinate, Whose He

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The connections you make, however profound, casual or insignificant they may seem, have an effect on the culture.

You play a more important role than you realise.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You are afraid of being too scattered, but oddly enough the wide variety of interests you pursue will come together in such a way as to bring more cohesion and order to your life than ever before.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Today feels like dessert, like every bite is a sweet treat that leads to the next delight. You earned the course because you’ve already eaten your vegetables.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You have something to offer. Tell people. If you’re not to that stage yet, then formulate what it is, or experiment until you find it. That’s a much better approach than just doing whatever they need you to do.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Now more than ever the level of empathy a person is willing to go to tells an entire story – one that you either will or won’t like to align with. In a sense, empathy serves as a social dividing line.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ve experienced the highs and the lows, and now you’ll get something steady for a while. This will allow you to catch your breath, gather your ideas and figure out your next move.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): To get someone else to agree, you have to have already agreed to the thing and be living it, walking it and talking it.

Your own commitment as a testimony gives you a lot to go on.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re a valuable asset to the group. You don’t have to try to be this; you just are. If said “group” doesn’t seem to know this, it’s the wrong group for you regardless of the asset you bring.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ll lead with utility and practicality. You’ll solve the problem in a simple, direct sort of way. It’s smart. You don’t feel you need to do a dance or put on a show. That’s confidence. That is the show.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Your intuition tells you that something’s up, but it doesn’t tell you exactly what. That part takes logical deduction, analysis of the data and good old-fashioned sleuthing.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You do things with people and for people. You’ve been on the receiving end of people whose style is to do things at you or to you and it feels annoying and invasive – the opposite of the effect you’re going for.

ACROSS 1. A dozen, if squared, could make such a profit (5) 4. Vast, her potential might be for the gathering (7) 8. Man working with clay lost his head to a fish-eater (5) 9. I get the wrong sense of her, as I’m moving around (7) 10. In the afternoon, apparently, one can have forty winks (3) 11. From Rilke to me, this may express the distance (9) 12. Stick it as a form of punishment (4) 13. Some car’s hooter will scare away the birds (4) 18. From the Stone Age, ethnic oil production (9) 20. It is nothing less than a grammatical word for a sister (3) 21. In wet periods is producing dried fruit (7) 22. Turn for information that may be free at end of paper (5) 23. They cling on to simple change made around end of August (7) 24. One sold out, being thick (5) DOWN 1. From earth, regulation of air traffic may be seen (6,7) 2. Unharnessing of horses puts on a different aspect of it (7) 3. Don’t work, they say, while the iron is hot (6) 4. Lowly as your servant might have signed himself (6) 5. It makes me sure to take it up again (6) 6. Will turn out, always, on the first Thursday (5) 7. Triangular look of a hat in an election contest (5-8) 14. Had fun, when about fifty? As much as one could hold! (7) 15. Holy way to look for water (6) 16. What coughers suffer with is their coffers, of course (6) 17. Incises a line of twenties (6) 19. There’s nothing I’m up for but a drug (5)

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Previous cryptic solution

Across: 1. Cardinal sin 8. Rifle 9. Leander 10. Omitted 11. Title 12. Scheme 14. Priced 18. Haven 19. Bravery 21. Marconi 23. Terse 24. Tenterhooks Down: 1. Curious 2. Raffish 3. Inept 4 54. Allude 5. Starter 6. Nod 7. Force 13. Monsoon 15. Cheerio 16. Dryness 3 1 5 4 17. Oblige 18. Humid 20. Aitch 22. Rat

Previous quick solution

DOWN 2. Shifty (7) 3. Thin flow of liquid (7) 4. Revive (9) 6. Fragrance (5) 7. Pragmatist (7) 8. Traditional non-working days (7) 13. Freed (9) 14. Clergyman’s salary (7) 15. Feeling of intense joy (7) 17. Hone (7) 18. Perfect example (7) 20. Wonderful (5)

Reap the rewards.

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Previous solution: erk, erks, ers, ire, ires, irk, irks, kris, rise, risk, sei, sike, sir, sire, ski, skier

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FZL: Rising to around 2100m in the morning

Cloud increasing, with isolated showers from afternoon in the east. However, rain developing about the divide in the morning and afternoon, possibly heavy and thundery.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale 65 km/h developing in the morning, rising to 80 km/h for a time in the afternoon and evening.

Wind at 2000m: W gale 75 km/h developing in the morning, rising to severe gale 100 km/h in the afternoon, easing to gale 70 km/h in the evening.

Gradually becoming cloudy. Isolated showers from afternoon. Northerlies strengthening in the afternoon, then turning southwest in the evening.

TOMORROW Mainly fine, some high cloud. Westerlies.

THURSDAY Fine with westerlies.

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SATURDAY Becoming cloudy. Northwesterlies developing.

fine fine rain cloudy showers showers fine thunder fine showers fine drizzle fine fine fine

FZL: Around 2100m

Partly cloudy. Showers about the divide gradually clearing.

Wind at 1000m: W gale 65 km/h, rising to gale 85 km/h for a time in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: W gale 80 km/h, rising to severe gale 100 km/h for a time.

Partly cloudy, chance shower about the coast. Southwesterlies.

World Weather

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Rise 7:39 am Set 5:19 pm Good

Good fishing Set 1:28 am Rise 3:11 pm

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Good fishing Set 2:42 am Rise 3:40 pm

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PRIME

6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 Ellen is joined by George Clooney. 0 10am Tipping Point 0 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Noah is questioned again, much to his annoyance; Trish berates Daz and finds him useless. 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 0 4:30 Funny You Should Ask 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6:30 Thomas And Friends 0 6:40 Kiddets 3 0 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am Ranger Rob 3 0 7:25 Beyblade Burst Turbo 0 7:50 Robin Hood – Mischief In Sherwood 3 0 8:15 Art Attack 3 0 8:35 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am The Middle 3 0 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am My Kitchen Rules 3 0 12:05 Jeremy Kyle 1:10 Judge Rinder 2:05 Will And Grace 3 0 2:40 Home And Away 3 0 3:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:40 F Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything 3 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 DailyMailTV PGR Noon Face The Truth PGR Ivory says her boyfriend of two years, Myles, is a bum who cannot keep a job, and is trying to trick her into having a baby.

12:30 Dr Phil AO 1:30 Dancing With The Stars NZ 3 2:30 Wipeout 3 0 3:30 Entertainment Tonight 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Celebrities must answer questions quickly enough to avoid going over the edge of a cliff in a bathtub. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Emergency Call PGR 0 8pm The Force 3 0 8:30 F How The Other Kids Live 0 9:35 20/20 AO 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules PGR The psychic and the cougar hope to conjure up a topscoring menu, but will they have fortune or failure? 0 8:40 Will And Grace 0 9:10 Grey’s Anatomy 0 10:05 The Resident AO A blackout at Chastain creates tension between the doctors. 0

7pm The Project 7:30 Lost And Found PGR 0 8:30 NCIS AO 0 9:25 NCIS – LA AO Callen meets with ATF Agent Anna Kolcheck, who remains on suspension after her last joint case with NCIS. 0 10:20 NewsHub Late 10:50 The Blacklist AO 0

11:05 Sunday A weekly in-depth current affairs show. 0 12:05 Murder Uncovered AO 3 (Part 1) Kate Moir tells the story of her abduction by serial killers David and Catherine Birnie. 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11pm Cougar Town PGR 3 0 11:25 Love Is… 12:10 First Dates UK 3 0 1am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:30 Mike Tyson Mysteries AO 3 2:40 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 3:25 Jeremy Kyle 3 4:15 Judge Rinder 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:50 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:55 Love On Ice 2016 Romantic Comedy.

Julie Berman, Andrew Walker.

8:20 Dropping The Soap 16LS 2017 Comedy.

Jane Lynch, Paul Witten.

9:55 Nothing But Trailers 20/20 Blood and Thunder – The Sound MVLSC 10:25 Please Stand By ML 2017 Drama. of Alberts, 8:35pm on Prime 9:35pm on TVNZ 1 Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette.

Noon Paul, Apostle Of Christ BRAVO SKY 5 MV 2018 Drama. Jim Caviezel, 6am Jeopardy! PG 10am I Found The Gown 3 James Faulkner. 1:45 Love On 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 10:30 David Tutera – Ice 2016 Romantic Comedy.

PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG Celebrations 3 Julie Berman, Andrew Walker.

7:15 Nightwatch M 8:05 The 3:10 Dropping The 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Force MC 8:30 Supergirl Soap 16LS 2017 Comedy.

MVS 9:15 Parking Wars Of Cheshire AO 4:45 Love Blossoms PG 2017 1:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 PGL 9:40 NCIS – LA Drama. 6:15 Professor MV 10:25 CSI – Miami 2:30 Million Dollar Listings Marston And The Wonder MV 11:10 Nightwatch Los Angeles PGR 3 Women 16VLSC 2017 Drama.

3:30 Four Weddings UK 3 0 M Noon Raw Live MVC 8pm Thoroughbreds 16VLC 3:05 NCIS LA MV 4pm The 4:30 Catfish 3 2018 Comedy. After years of Simpsons PG 5:30 Wahlburgers 3 growing apart, two teenaged 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 6pm Wahlburgers 3 girls attempt to rekindle their 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:30 David Tutera – unlikely friendship and solve 5:30 Parking Wars PGL Celebrations 3 each other’s problems in life.

6pm Supergirl MVS 7:30 Relative Success With 9:35 The Lost City Of Z MVL 7pm The Force MC 7:30 NCIS 2017 Action. True story of Tabatha PGR Tabatha helps a family-owned – LA MV 8:30 Guiltology MVC British explorer Percy Fawcett, 9:30 Prison – First And Last who disappeared while trying pizzeria where everyone is 24 Hours MVLC to prove the existence of an fighting over their piece of 10:30 CSI – Miami MV advanced civilisation in the the pie.

11:20 Supergirl MVS Amazon.

8:30 The Real Housewives 11:55 The Free World Of Beverly Hills PGR Wednesday 16VL 2016 Drama.

9:30 Botched 12:05 Nightwatch M Dr Dubrow helps a New Jersey 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune Wednesday housewife’s agitated breasts; Dr PG 1:15 Pawn Stars – UK 1:35 Professor Marston Nassif tackles a twin’s twisted PG 1:40 The Force MC And The Wonder Women nose; a plastic-surgery fanatic 2:05 Prison First And Last 24 16VLSC 2017 Drama. wants his nose changed so he Hours MVLC 2:50 Guiltology 3:20 Thoroughbreds can reach plastic perfection.

MVC 3:40 CSI – Miami 16VLC 2018 Comedy.

10:30 Snapped PGR 3 MV 4:25 Parking Wars PGL 4:50 Directors – Stephen 11:30 Intervention AO 3 4:50 NCIS – LA MV 5:35 The Frears PG 5:20 The Lost City 12:20 Infomercials 3 Of Z MVL 2017 Action.

Simpsons PG

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6am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 6:25 Krypto The Superdog 0 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 0 7:15 The Loud House 3 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8:05 League Of Super Evil 3 0 8:30 The Thundermans 3 0 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 3 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 3 12:40 Instinct PGR 3 0 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm The Chase Australia 0 5pm Everybody Loves Raymond 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Million Dollar Minute 6:30 Storage Wars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 0 7:30 The Great British Bake Off 0 8:35 Blood And Thunder – The Sound Of Alberts PGR Exploring Australian rock and roll in the 1970s using archival footage, music, and reconstructions to tell the story of the creation of a sound just as hard as the culture of the times. 0 9:50 Game Of Thrones AO 0 11:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 12:30 Scorpion PGR 3 Director Carson demands that Scorpion play in a softball game against the Homeland Security team, but there are more than just bragging rights on the line.

1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 2am Closedown

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12:50 Parental Guidance PG 2012 Comedy. Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei.

2:35 Shanghai Noon PGV 2000 Action Western.

Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Owen Wilson. 4:25 Shanghai Knights MV 2003 Action.

Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson.

6:20 Larry Crowne ML 2011 Comedy. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts. 8pm The Purge 16VL 2013 Thriller. In the future, a wealthy family is held hostage for harbouring the target of a murderous syndicate during The Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalised.

Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey.

9:30 Les Miserables MVS 2012 Musical Drama. In politically fraught 19th Century France, a convict jailed for a petty crime leaves prison to find a new life, but is pursued by the obsessive policeman who arrested him.

Wednesday

12:05 Fifty Shades Of Grey 18LSC 2015 Drama.

2:10 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 2:40 Shanghai Noon PGV 2000 Action Western.

4:30 Larry Crowne ML 2011 Comedy.

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6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Te Nutube 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:50 Kete Korero 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am Marae Kai Masters Special 3 10:30 My Party Song 3 11am Matangi Rau 3 Noon Te Hikoi Mahanga PGR 3 12:30 The Ring Inz PGR 3 1pm F Head Start 3 1:30 Nanakia PGR 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Te Nutube 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 5:30 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 6pm Waka Huia 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure 6:30 Love Nature – Hope For Wildlife 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 8:30 Flippin’ RVs 9:30 Selling Houses With Amanda Lamb 11:30 Vintage Hunter 12:30 Treasures Decoded 1:30 Egypt’s Treasure Guardians 2:30 Lonely Planet – Roads Less Travelled 3:30 Love Nature – Hope For Wildlife 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie’s cooks piri piri chicken with dressed potatoes, rocket salad, and quick Portuguese tarts.

5pm Italian Food Safari 5:30 Posh Pawn 6:30 American Pickers

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Easy Eats Hainanese Chicken Soup, the ultimate Bread Recipe, Baked Snapper, Madeira Cake.

8pm School Of Training 3 8:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 9pm Wild Kai Legends AO 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Whawhai 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Building The Dream Ele and Steve are building an eco-home while dealing with a new baby, and facing bad building weather and manufacturing hold ups.

10:30 American Pickers

11pm Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 11:30 Closedown

11:30 Posh Pawn 12:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1am Cash Cowboys 2am Fishy Business 3am Real Deal 3:30 Before And After 4am Climbing The Property Ladder 5am The French Collection

SKY SPORT 1 6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Super Rugby Wrap 7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Pulse v Stars.

10am Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Magic v Mystics.

10:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) AT&T Byron Nelson.

11:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) Noon Squash – PSA World Tour (RPL) Manchester Open Tournament Semi-final.

1:30 Rowing – World Cup (HLS) 2pm Super Rugby Wrap 3pm Cricket – IPL (HLS) Final.

3:30 Cricket – Royal London Cup (HLS) 4pm Cricket – International (HLS) England v Pakistan.

4:30 Live From The PGA Championship (RPL) 6pm Super Rugby (RPL) Blues v Hurricanes.

8pm The 1014 Rugby Show 8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm Rowing – World Cup (HLS) 10:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Final.

11pm Cricket – England v Pakistan (HLS) Second ODI. 11:30 L Cricket – England v Pakistan Third ODI. From County Ground, Bristol.

Wednesday

3:35 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Final.

4:05 L Cricket – England v Pakistan Third ODI. From County Ground, Bristol.

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7am Big League Wrap 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Cricket – IPL (RPL) Final.

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Hayden Roulston was one of two new inductees to Mid Canterbury’s sporting hall of fame on Friday night.

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Two new hall-of-famers

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Two of Mid Canterbury’s past sporting heroes were officially given the status of sporting legends on Friday night.

At the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards at the Hotel Ashburton, two new sporting legends – Hayden Roulston and Paul Ackerley – were inducted into the Mid Canterbury sporting hall of fame, which will eventually see their pictures grace the walls of Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre.

It was something new that started last year with former Black Sticks hockey player Stac-

ey McKerchar (nee Carr) the first to be inducted, and she had now been joined by cyclist Roulston and another hockey player, the late Ackerley.

Ackerley’s brother and daughter were on hand for the unveiling of the banner, and sat down with the night’s MC James Cochrane to tell the sell-out crowd a bit more about Paul as both a hockey player, and a family man.

Ackerley was a right half who hailed from Ashburton and went on to play for his country, with his biggest achievement as a player being a gold medal he won as part of the New Zealand men’s hockey

team at the Montreal Olympics in 1976.

When his playing days finished he continued to have a strong interest in hockey and coached the New Zealand women’s side for six years, taking them to a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Ackerley died in Wellington in 2011, aged 61.

The night’s other inductee, Roulston, now lives in Christchurch and he was on hand for Friday night’s unveiling, sitting down on stage with Cochrane afterwards to tell those gathered a bit more about his stellar career.

Roulston’s career highlights included a silver medal in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit and a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and three Commonwealth Games medals – a bronze in the team pursuit in Manchester in 2002, a silver in the points race in Melbourne in 2006, and a silver in the road race in Delhi 2010.

While the results and the medals were great, Roulston told attendees that the biggest highlight of his career was actually the moment he turned pro, when he was flown to Europe to sign his first-ever contract.

Roulston’s cycling career wasn’t all plain sailing though, with a heart issue forcing him off the bike for some time, but experimentation with some alternative remedies helped get him back in the saddle.

He still had dreams of an Olympic gold medal and with that in mind Roulston retired from professional road racing to focus on the track, but it didn’t pan out and in October 2016, Roulston announced his retirement from cycling.

He decided it was time to give back, and he’d since started his own coaching business.

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