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$50m sports campus proposal

By Sue Newman

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A $50 million sports campus that will attract elite athletes from around the world, will be built at Lake Hood.

The Southern Parallel Sports Campus is designed to provide a bridge for international elite athletes as they retire and make the transition to life away from the sporting arena.

But the facility will be about much more, said one of its promoters Catherine Stuart. It will also be a facility that is used by top athletes, junior athletes and injured military personnel.

While the project was launched yesterday at Lake Hood, it has been more than a year in the making. Support has been committed from the Allied Forces Foundation, a joint project between Britain and America to provide support and training for retired and injured military personnel. And it has backing from a range of international sporting organisations.

It’s about helping people make the transition to life away from top level sport and that involves providing mental, physical and academic support, Stuart said.

“It’s about life after sport, about education and building up selfesteem, about moving forward in life,” she said.

An artist’s impression of the $50 million Southern Parallel Sports Campus planned for Lake Hood.

A range of top performance sports personnel would be working at the campus and education would be provided by a range of visiting experts. Programmes were being developed and these would be delivered according to the needs of those enrolled.

While other locations were considered, the Lake Hood environment was the ideal location for the campus, she said.

“We wanted to bring this to a region rather than plonk it outside Christchurch. We wanted a destination, a place where people

will be sitting in the breadbasket of New Zealand close to the mountains, the lakes and a skifield. Ashburton was ideal. The icing on the cake was the lake. It’s a lovely environment.

“It will be an international marketplace coming into Ashburton.

It is major for the district as at any one time there will be 190 to 200 attendees on campus for 50 weeks of the year.”

The campus will include two 3G pitches, one indoor and one out, a running track, tennis/netball and basketball courts, a high

peformance gym, medical and therapy suites, mental health and wellness clinics, a nutriition centre, academic lecture halls and 20 residential-style accommodation units.

In addition the Lake House Restaurant will undergo a major redevelopment with an upper level added and an extension into the carpark area that will include an event centre and accommodation. While this work is under way, a pop-up restaurant will be in place.

“We want to create opportu-

nities for the district to embrace this project, to take ownership of it. We want this to be very much about Ashburton,” Stuart said.

Some of those opportunities would come through investment and while there could be an element of offshore support, she hopes there will be a solid slice of Kiwi investment too in both seed capital and as major investors.

A major commitment had already been made from the United States to cover 50 per cent of the cost of the two major wings of the sports centre. These will wrap around the outdoor sports fields.

“We’ve launched this with confidence that we can get the funding and we want New Zealand and Ashburton to embrace this so it is owned by the community.”

The project will not be a slow burner with construction scheduled to start in March. The extended and renovated Lake House will reopen in January, 2021, and the campus in the first quarter of that year.

The campus will also have huge benefits for the local community in terms of its availability for school sports programmes, sporting events and conferences and with the opportunities it offers in its construction, in ongoing support services and in the jobs that will become available.

Ashburton District economy would be devastated – farmers

By Linda Clarke

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Farm gate revenue could fall from $1.6 billion to $160 million in the Ashburton District if tough, new proposed water rules become law, says Mid Canterbury farmer Ian Mackenzie.

Mackenzie was among the hundreds of farmers to attend a Ministry for the Environment meeting this week in Ashburton, where farmers have said bottomline nitrate limits for waterways would have a devastating effect on the economy and farming systems.

“We know that these proposals, if unchanged will have a huge effect on our economy,” Macken-

zie said. “Modelling shows that to reach the proposed N limit, we could only run sheep at 0.5 sheep/ha over all but the heaviest soils and that the foothills would have to be planted in forestry.

This would mean gross farm gate revenue could fall from $1.6b to $160m in this district with a devastating flow-on effect in our towns.”

Farmers are being urged to make submissions on the proposed water rules, many of which are already contained in the good management practice conditions of farming consents in this district.

Deputy mayor Neil Brown said the local farming community

had members who were leading the way for their environmentally sustainable farming practices and water quality in rivers had improved; he was willing to drink from the Rangitata, Ashburton and Rakaia rivers to prove his point.

“Farmers throughout Ashburton have taken their responsibility seriously and have put in major efforts to mitigate or reduce the impacts of farming on our rivers, and it shows by the Ashburton rivers showing improved nitrate levels.

“Make no mistake, we depend on the environment, so it’s in our best interests to protect it best we can.

“We have no problem with the industry having to play its part in improving water quality; we just want to see a fair share of the burden being borne by the other sectors who create river pollution, not just by the farming sector.”

Brown, like many others at this week’s meeting, said the lack of robust economic impact assessment was a major concern.

Farmer and rural advocate Angela Cushnie said there was a lot of stress, anxiety and uncertainty in the region and Government needed to hear the impact of the new proposed rules.

Some farmers said the new rules would push farming families who had been in business

for over a 100 years off their land.

Farmers said they were not refusing to adapt, but needed a range of tools, including science and technology, and time to continue to achieve environmental gains.

Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel was also concerned at the effect on the wellbeing of farmers and the wider community.

She said Ashburton District already had a higher rate of suicide than the wider Canterbury region and the region had the highest level of prescription antidepressant use in the country.

“The important thing is people.”

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Ellis bids a reluctant farewell

By Sue Newman

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When he called the meeting to order on Thursday, it was a bitter-sweet moment for Russell Ellis.

The two-term Ashburton District councillor is currently chairman of the finance and business support committee, but come October’s local body election, Ellis’ name will be missing from the ballot papers.

An error on his nomination paper was not picked up until after nominations closed and that saw him declared ineligible to stand.

He was gutted and while there are never any guarantees at an election, Ellis said he was looking ahead and hoping for a third term around the council table.

It was not to be and while he was still hugely disappointed at the way his local body political career had ended, he was moving on.

Looking back over the past six years, Ellis said he had enjoyed his time as a councillor and committee chair far more than he anticipated.

He admitted he’d become a councillor who was passionate about the business of the district and ensuring ratepayers were not only listened to but that their opinions were considered around the council table.

There was plenty of business left

undone, he said, particularly the rebuild of the council administration building and district library.

“I was part of the project control group (PCG) from the beginning and I’ll look forward to seeing the finished result with that building,” he said.

With time to reflect on the issues around his invalid nomination form, Ellis said he was still hugely disappointed.

“What’s happened, happened and there’s nothing I can do about it so I just have to be resigned to it really. I’ll watch the election with real interest and will wish the new team of councillors well,” he said.

Mayor Donna Favel made it clear from the moment Ellis’ nomination was declared invalid that she was disappointed he would not have an opportunity to become a third term councillor.

“Russell’s been an extremely valuable member of council and he’s been a shining example to many councillors how we should consult the community and how we should listen to them,” she said.

With him missing from the council table a strong advocate for the district and the community had been lost, Favel said.

“He will be very much missed.”

Ashburton District councillor Russell Ellis, chairing his final meeting of the finance and business support committee.

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Expenses rocket up for mayor and councillors

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton mayor Donna Favel and her team of councillors have cost ratepayers more than double the amount it cost to cover the expenses of last term mayor Angus McKay and his team.

To July 30, Favel and her 12 councillors had racked up $161,298 in costs for mileage, allowances, training and travel; for the same period in the last council term, McKay’s team cost ratepayers $73,679.

The numbers, however, don’t paint the full picture, Favel said.

One of the biggest gaps in expenditure came in training, up from $23,339 to $42,221, but with seven new councillors around

the table after the 2016 election and a new mayor on the job, extra training was needed to ensure the team was brought up to speed as quickly as possible, she said.

By comparison, McKay was a second term mayor with an experienced team behind him.

The most significant difference in costs to ratepayers for the council team came between the two mayors – McKay’s total expenses for the three year term were $15,101 and Favel’s $50,525.

Mileage and travel costs were the two big ticket items for Favel, but unlike McKay who did not claim for running his personal vehicle on council business, Favel did. For the term her mileage bill was $17,624 and over that

time she has travelled more than 22,000 kilometres.

“I’m a hardworking mayor and I’ve been at a lot of places and for much of this term I was doing double duty filling in the economic development role too,” she said.

Her travel was Canterbury-wide, rather than just locally for council business.

“At times I was wearing my hat as a regional chair of migrants and newcomers for the Canterbury region and one trip on one day involved Oamaru, Waimate and the Mackenzie Country.”

Councillor mileage was also well up on the McKay term, from $5933 to $17,449.

Favel attended six conferences at a cost of $8196 while McKay

attended only two, at a cost of $3665. He attended one training course at $680, and as a new mayor, Favel attended four at $2190.

On top of this in-house training courses were held for both the mayor and councillors, four in McKay’s term at a total of $8721 and seven during Favel’s tenure, $30,226.

Favel’s travel costs were double those incurred by McKay, $22,515 compared to $10,756.

For most of her term, she said, she had incurred extra costs while covering the vacant economic development portfolio.

An additional cost during this council term was the appointment of a mayoral PA (at the mayor’s request). While $65,000

It’s the job of the Council to make decisions on behalf of our community that will make Ashburton a better place to live, work and play.

In the last three years we’ve seen decisions that have gone against the strong wishes of the community, like the permanent closure of the Ashburton i-Site Centre.

The plan to move the water feature from East Street, initially voted for by a majority of Council, was never feasible. Those involved in the original design and construction agreed it would cost far more than the Council estimated. That poor decision took weeks to unwind.

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was budgeted for this position, the mayor shares the PA’s time with the three person governance team, the chief executive and councillors as needed.

As a cost, it is recorded against the council’s governance function rather than being costed separately to the mayor.

While the mayor and councillor spend may have been significantly up on the last council terms, it still came in at just 67 per cent of the budget set for elected member expenses – $244,000, Favel said.

Councillor and mayoral travel, allowances, conference and training costs were a legitimate part of governance costs, chief executive Hamish Riach said.

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Lions members become demo crew

By Sue Newman

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For years they served as the heart of a thriving garden centre, but yesterday, the extensive shade houses at Trott’s Gardens had a date with a demolition team.

That team was made up of volunteers from the Hinds and Ashburton Lions clubs, with more than 20 members on site tearing down timber supports, salvaging what they could ahead of the bulldozer moving in.

The shade house might have taken many weeks to build, but in the hands of the Lions’ demo team, it was demolished in a day.

For the two clubs it was a great opportunity to be part of a joint community project, Hinds club president Malcolm Read said.

The heavy clearing work was made much easier by the donated use of a teleporter machine from Power Farming, he said.

‘We’re extremely grateful for that as it’s halved the work.”

With the shade house site clear, gardens supervisor Leanne Davis said the trust could now look at options for the area.

The shade demolition continues an extensive clean-up along the eastern boundary Davis said, with a number of large trees felled.

“It’s fantastic we were able to have an organisation like this keen to come in and do this; it’s been gold for us,” she said.

Members of Hinds and Ashburton Lions clubs volunteering their time to demolish unused shade houses at Trotts Gardens.

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More units on unlettable list

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Change could be in the wind for people living in the Ashburton District Council’s elderly housing units, with some of those units considered no longer fit to live in.

Two units in the oldest complex, Mona Square, have now been listed as unsuitable for tenants. Both are of weatherboard construction and both have a shower over a bath. The units are also listed as having significant mould issues.

In its Friendship Lane cluster, one unit is empty, unable to be let because it cannot be insulated to the required standard and another 16 in this group cannot be insulated to meet new rules and when their tenants leave, they too will sit empty.

While there are significant costs around insulating units, the roof design of many means they cannot be insulated and that

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is likely to put their future in doubt.

The council has commissioned a report on the future of both those units and on its complete 112 unit elderly housing portfolio. Included in future options could be moving that portfolio into the hands of a third party to manage.

Demand for the units is high with a waiting list of nine, currently.

It is council policy that the pensioner units should be self supporting – rentals should provide enough money for ongoing maintenance.

An estimated $40,000 to $60,000 needs to be spent on each unit in order to upgrade it and the council would need to find tenants alternative accommodation while this work was done.

Estimates for a rebuild could run to $150,000 per unit and the council would need to borrow this money.

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DOC: Gulls will move to river

By Susan Sandys

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If Ashburton’s black-billed gulls decide to build nests on shop roofs in Ashburton, it will most likely be a world first.

Shop owners fear the tarapuka will all of a sudden decide to call Harvey Norman, New World and Mitre 10 their permanent home.

But the Department of Conservation says this will simply not happen.

About 300 of the critically endangered gulls have been congregating in the area over the past few weeks, angering some shoppers as they foul buildings and carparks.

One disgruntled Ashburton resident, who did not provide their name, sent a letter to the Guardian threatening to “take out” most of the birds if the problem was not fixed.

The writer said the “last straw” for them was when they were at Mitre 10 and they returned to their vehicle to find bird poo “splattered all down the side of my guard”.

Local flocks of the gull, which exists only in New Zealand, gather in the town each year prior to beginning their nesting season in the bed of the nearby Ashburton River in September. This year they have been more prominent, gathering in greater numbers and congregating over many weeks.

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Firefighters are once again urging farmers to think more carefully about lighting fires after a string of burn-offs have spread in the Mid/South Cantebrury area, including five in the past week.

Firefighters from Rakaia and Pendarves were called to a vegetation fire on Thursday afternoon after a rubbish burn-off spread to a nearby hedge.

“A lot of people think it is probably a good time to be burning

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Dogs behaving badly earn council $21,000

By Sue Newman

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Critically endangered gulls fouling cars in the Mitre 10 and Harvey Norman carparks has angered one shopper to the point of threatening to harm the birds. stalled on the roofs of Harvey Norman and Mitre 10 as a deterrent.

Flick pest control branch manager Mark Tomlinson echoed shop owners’ fears of the birds eyeing up the roofs as a nesting spot, and said in Christchurch black-billed gulls had buddied up with their more common cousins of red-billed gulls to nest of top of a refuse centre.

However, the Department of Conservation says this is incorrect. River restoration ranger Brad Edwards based at Geraldine

said black-billed gulls, which are critically endangered and found only in New Zealand, generally nest on gravel riverbeds, where the river or nearby farmland provide their food source.

“We’re not aware of any cases of tarapuka nesting on building roofs. In Oamaru, red-billed gulls have nested on buildings, but they are a completely different gull and utilise urban areas much more readily,” Edwards said.

There had been a case in 2016 of a colony nesting in a dairy farm paddock at Waikuku that

resulted in 440 chicks fledging thanks to protection provided

by Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group and the farmer.

“However, paddock nesting is the exception, rather than the rule,” Edwards said.

Meanwhile, he reminded anyone who wanted to harm the gulls, of the laws protecting them.

“Disturbing protected birds and destroying nests is an offence under the Wildlife Act 1953, and can result in imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $100,000,” Edwards said.

Beware the risks, dangers of burning off

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off, and it probably is, but people aren’t thinking about the risks,” deputy principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said.

Geddes said this week there had been high winds across the district, especially in the high country, but despite that people were still continuing to light fires.

“While a lot think it is all green out there and it is okay to burn, there is still a lot of fuel out there and they are also burning when the risks are elevated and are not putting proper thought in to

it,” he said. Geddes said people also needed to put more thought in with fires that have finished burning.

“There are a lot of people that don’t rake out their ashes and those embers in a pile can stay hot for months and if the wind gets up there can be ember transport and it can cause fires,” he said.

Geddes said many of these fires that have occurred recently have had the potential to become worse given their proximi-

ty to things such as plantations or wind breaks.

“We just want to encourage people to undertake a risk assessment, check the forecast, supervise the fire, and by that I don’t mean stand there watching it the whole time but check back regularly and ensure it is under control,” he said.

“Check the wind location, make sure it is out when it is done and rake the ashes and make sure you have supression available so that 111 is not your only option.”

FOR DISTRICT COUNCIL WESTERN WARD.

Across the Ashburton District the council has 6514 registered dogs on its books and while most of those dogs are well behaved, over the year to June 30, the council received 830 complaints about dog behaviour.

Ninety-one of those complaints resulted in infringement notices being issued, earning the council $21,000.

Wandering dogs were the council’s dog control contractor’s biggest headache, with 399 complaints made. Of those complaints, 43 saw owners issued with a $200 fine.

There were 106 complaints about barking dogs and over the year 191 dogs were reported as lost. There were 44 reports of dog attacks and 40 of dogs that rushed at people, but no dog owners were prosecuted.

Dog control teams impounded 170 dogs over the past year with the majority of those reunited with their owners. Seven of those making their way to the pound were euthanised and another 18 were rehomed.

It was unfortunate that some dog owners refused to pay the fee required to collect an impounded dog and that meant the council had to look at the rehoming option, environmental services manager Jane Donaldson said.

Euthanasia was always the last option for dogs that were not suitable for rehoming, she said.

Pound fees increased significantly for a dog making a return visit and that ensured for most a stay at the pound was a one-off event, she said.

Social media was also playing a significant role in reuniting dogs and owners before those that were missing were picked up and impounded, Donaldson said.

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Big move to find the quiet life

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Seven years ago, Karen Keene and her husband Steve packed up their belongings, their daughter Taylor and the family greyhounds – Pippa and Zara and left the Auckland rat-race behind.

The traffic, long working hours combined with lack of family time had all got too much.

The pair both agreed they needed a town with a quieter pace but one that still offered the quality of life they all craved.

“Ashburton was the perfect place for us,” Karen said.

“It is small enough to be friendly but big enough to still provide everything we need.”

For any family, moving long distance is always a mission, but throw in their leggy greyhounds and things get more complicated.

“Two hounds, two utes, two stressed out adults and one whingeing child and we moved in the middle of winter, slightly nuts.”

When the Keene family arrived in Ashburton they knew nobody, not a single person.

Within the first week of being here, their decision was justified as a kind neighbour arrived on the doorstep with a big smile, freshly baked scones and flowers.

“That would never have happened in Auckland, there we didn’t know any of our neighbours. People are so friendly here they smile and say hello. It’s lovely to see the domain full of kids and families doing things together.”

Having the dogs has also helped Karen meet new people and feel part of the community.

Dogs need exercise, and being out in public with two pyjamaed greyhounds is enough to pique the curiosity of even the most eyes straight-ahead walker.

Greyhounds are so gentle and placid that for them standing still and being patted by the curious public is something close to heaven.

Greyhounds have been a longterm part of the Keene family.

When in Auckland Karen volunteered for Greyhounds as Pets (GAP). She was involved in fundraising and attended events to raise the awareness of rehoming

these aristocratic hounds.

Zara was used as a demo dog at a vet expo in Auckland for two days.

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kept coming.”

One of the common myths surrounding the breed is that they need a lot of full-on exercise. In

That would never have happened in Auckland, there we didn’t know any of our neighbours.

People are so friendly here they smile and say hello.

“On day one she was lying so still a vet mistook her for a cadaver dog. He grabbed her leg and got a huge fright when she raised her head and looked at him as much to say, ‘what did you do that for?’

She quite happily participated for the two days as long as the chicken sandwiches and head rubs

fact, this is not true.

As with any dog, daily exercise is important and they enjoy a good fast run as much as the next guy, but your average greyhound is just as happy curled up on the couch snoozing in the sun.

“They are just like big cats,” Karen said.

Until the early 20th century greyhounds were principally bred and trained for hunting, so their eyesight is very strong. Because of this trait Karen prefers to walk her dogs on a lead.

“Just because you can’t see the thing of interest in the distance, doesn’t mean the dog can’t and zoom they could be off running.

The good thing is they are wonderful to lead as that is how they have been trained.”

A few years ago Zara, aged 6 at the time, succumbed to cancer.

“She was our little angel, and we miss her a great deal.”

Enter Pedro.

“He was originally a foster dog, but somehow along the way the big lug became a permanent addition to our household.

“Pedro is the same height as the dining table, so I have to remember not to leave snacks, etc unattended.”

Greyhounds love treats, so

these very intelligent dogs are soon well versed in the art of knowing when the jug goes on the biscuits come out.

They make perfect family pets as they are so easy and calm to have in the house. Greyhounds travel well in vehicles, don’t bark, are happy to be left at home and are always pleased to see you when you return.

They make perfect library dogs, rest-home visitors, and work wonders for children with anxiety issues.

The affection in Karen’s voice is obvious when she talks about her dogs.

“Greyhounds do a lot of things, but one thing they don’t do is play fetch. If you throw a ball for a greyhound, they will look at you like ‘well you threw it, you get it’.”

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Gathering of the Stewart clan When John and Janet Stewart arrived in New Zealand in 1858 they were a young couple in search of a new life; 162 years later their hundreds of descendants plan to gather and honour those early pioneers.

The couple settled at Brookside, Central Canterbury. One of their sons, Peter Stewart decided to look further afield for his farming fortunes, eventually settling at Wakanui where he and wife Mary Donald bought 4500 acres of land. They had 11 children.

One of their great grand daughters, Maxine Stewart has now issued a call of the clans, with a reunion planned for April 5 and 6 next year.

Contacts have been made with virtually every branch of the family but one, descendants of Grace Stewart (one of Peter and Mary’s daughters).

Maxine Stewart said she had explored every possible avenue to track down this branch of the family but had continued to draw blanks.

Already the event is promising to be huge, she said.

“We have family coming frm Hong Kong, Canada, Englind, Perth and Broome, and Grace’s family is the only one we can’t find.”

Grace married Joseph Adams. The couple initially farmed at Wakanui but later moved to Halswell. Some of their children were Reece, Keith, Brian and Brenda.

A family tree will be available at the reunion for family members to update and fill in missing names.

Peter and Mary Stewart (centre) with their growing family will be remembered at a Stewart family reunion next year.

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The week in pictures It has been another busy week across Mid Canterbury and we have all the best photos from the past week to share.

It was a muddy good time at the opening of the Mid Canterbury 4x4 park on Saturday.

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Left – Trucks of all shapes, sizes and colours were at the Ashburton Truck Show.

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Right – Rebecca Dinmore, Carol McGeady and Johnathan Grueber at the Ashburton Truck Show last Saturday.

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Left – Sunny weather graced the opening day at the Waireka Croquet Club.

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Right – Volunteers were out in force to assist with the Clean Up Ashburton day last Saturday, including Noel Lowe and Dave Bennett from the Ashburton Pakeke Lions.

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Tamarind halts Tui drilling after well a dry argument

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Tamarind Resources has halted drilling at its Tui oil field off the Taranaki coast after the first of the three planned wells came up dry.

Managing director Ian Angell says that despite the “unexpected” result from the first well, the firm believes the other two prospects are worth pursuing.

But the company will not continue the programme “at this time” and is preparing to demobilise the rig – the COSL Prospector.

“Tamarind has been unable to agree terms with the rig provider with respect to the second and third wells and as a result has suspended rig operations,” Angell said in an emailed statement.

“Tamarind will continue to produce from the existing wells at the Tui field once the rig has moved off location, which will be completed shortly.”

The suspended programme is a setback for Kuala Lumpurheadquartered Tamarind, an expert in late-life assets which bought out the former venture partners in 2017.

Low oil prices at the time meant the field, once New Zealand’s

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A company could be liquidated over a debt as small as $1000 thanks to a Court of Appeal ruling.

The appeal court this week said associate judge Roger Bell was wrong to consider proportionality when he decided Luxury Rentals NZ shouldn’t be moved into liquidation.

The judge said the company shouldn’t be declared insolvent because the liquidator’s fees as proposed were likely to total much more than the $1000 to be collected.

EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist Richard Conway’s Pure SEO had won a Disputes Tribunal ruling against Luxury Rentals NZ which said the car hire firm must pay $1000 by February 2018.

Pure SEO assigned the debt to 90 Nine in October of that year. The debt-buying firm then took steps to liquidate Luxury Rentals NZ. In March, associate judge Bell refused to liquidate the company, after hearing that 90 Nine had served a statutory demand and sent letters of demand.

The minimum amount of debt for a statutory demand is $1000, according to regulations in the Companies Act 1993.

“I am not satisfied that this is an appropriate case to make a liquidation order.

“I regard liquidation of a company for a $1000 debt as dispro-

portionate. It only needs two hours’ work by the liquidator for the amount of the debt to be consumed by the cost of the liquidation,” his minute dated March 1 said.

The judge said that other steps should be taken to recover the debt.

However, 90 Nine director Brent Norling, as a matter of principle, took the case to the Court of Appeal which found in his favour. Despite the small debt, the court said the rules have to be upheld.

“We consider that there is considerable merit in Mr Norling’s point that the utility of the statutory demand process would be substantially undermined if corporate debtors perceived that such demands could be ignored with comparative impunity.

“Creditors must have available to them the ability to obtain liquidation orders when there is a failure to respond to a demand.

“Consequently we consider that the issue of proportionality between the amount of indebtedness and the deployment of an application to wind up a debtor company is one for the creditor and liquidator,” the judgment dated September 11 said.

The panel of judges – Justices Brendan Brown, Simon France and Rachel Dunningham – said that because there wasn’t an abuse of the court’s process, the appeal must be allowed. The matter was

sent back to the High Court to be determined.

Having won the case, Norling told BusinessDesk he is not pursuing the liquidation further.

Lawyer’s correspondence before the Court of Appeal had indicated the car rental firm’s sole director and ultimate shareholder Adam Bsisou had left the country and the company had already been removed from the register.

Norling added that the economics of the case were bad – it cost about $5000 in proceeding fees plus his own time as a lawyer.

“I self-funded it and did it out of principle, but principles are expensive,” Norling said. He would not say how much he paid for the debt.

“It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get liquidation orders for small debt and the reality is the liquidation process is important because if it wasn’t there nobody would repay small debts,” he added.

There are few official statistics on liquidations but Official Assignee figures for 2018/19 show 51 per cent of the liquidations it administered have total debts of less than $100,000.

Figures from liquidator Gerry Rea from 2017 suggest that about 80 per cent of liquidation applications which are not brought by Inland Revenue do not result in liquidation. In those cases a settlement is reached, meaning there is usually payment at least in part.

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ronments, is booked to drill for OMV in Taranaki and potentially in the Great South Basin.

The company, which operates the Pohokura and Maui gas fields and the Maari oil field, says it only heard of Tamarind’s change of plans yesterday.

It is planning three exploration wells in Taranaki and a fourth in the Great South Basin off the Dunedin coast.

One well, Toutouwai-1, lies in a permit directly north of Tui which OMV manages on behalf of partners Mitsui and Sapura Energy.

Gladstone-1 lies further north, off the coast north-west of New Plymouth in a permit OMV shares with Malaysia-based Sapura.

OMV is also planning an in-fill well at the 40-year-old Maui field it is trying to extend the life of.

It says the results of its Taranaki exploration campaign will be “pivotal” to its forward strategy for assuring long-term energy security for New Zealand.

The company, headquartered in Vienna, is also awaiting consent for one well – Tawhaki-1 – which it had been planning to drill early next year about 146 kilometres south-east of Balclutha.

biggest oil producer, could have faced decommissioning from the end of 2019. It produced about 693,000 barrels last year, according to government data.

The change of plan has also created challenges for COSL and gas producer OMV, which had been expecting to take over the rig in December for its own summer drilling campaign.

“OMV is now working with COSL on options and consulting with a range of local and international drilling support and equipment suppliers in the coming weeks to see what flexibility the company does have,” the company said in an emailed statement.

“At this stage, OMV expects it will still be sometime in November before it is able to get underway.”

Tamarind had expected to spend about 135 days drilling three side-track wells at Tui – Tui-3H, Amokura-2H and then Pateke-4H. The rig arrived midJune but the programme suffered from severe storms in July and August, which contributed to almost a month of delay.

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Rural economies, not just farmers, will be hit by the financial and social cost of meeting impossible water quality targets, writes Mid Canterbury farmer Ian Mackenzie.

Freshwater

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... gross farm gate revenue could fall from $1.6

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he nearly 400 people who met at the Ashburton Hotel to listen to the Government’s proposals for freshwater this week will have gone home disappointed and frustrated.

Having to listen to how the Government is going to save the elite soils in Pukekohe from urban sprawl was not a good start.

We heard that the health of our waterways are now going to take priority over all other aspects of life in NZ and that social and economic and even cultural wellbeing will IAN MACKENZIE run second

fiddle. We heard that these proposals will set an impossibly high standard for water quality for many of our smaller rivers, which means that, for most of us, whatever we do on-farm or as a community, we will never be able to reach this standard, other than in the alpine-fed rivers.

We heard that these proposals apply to all and any river or stream that is over 1m wide, including the drainage network in the Hinds district regardless of their importance to the community.

We heard that the regional council, despite having land and water plans in place, will have to start giving effect to these proposals in any new planning process as soon as they are cemented into law. Community input will become irrelevant; catchment by catchment solutions are no longer wanted because those in Wellington have dictated the solution.

We heard that there has been no economic or social impact analysis on these proposals.

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Council steps into water quality fray

By Sue Newman

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billion to $160 million in this district And we heard that the freshwater leaders group, whose job was to advise the minister of the implications of these proposals, did not do that, but meekly accepted them as presented by a team of scientists dominated

by Mike Joy. They didn’t push back on whether these proposals were achievable, nor on the effect these proposals would have on the morale of farmers striving to reach difficult water quality goals already agreed to.

They don’t seem to have asked whether the health of our waterways could have been achieved by focusing on a range of attributes rather than just focusing on nitrogen. They didn’t push back on the social and economic effects on rural communities like Ashburton, and they seemed oblivious to the additional mental stress that these proposals are likely to cause. They have let us down and I can only guess that they are very popular with the ministers they were advising!

We heard that the only way to stop these proposals is to submit comprehensive sub-

missions showing the economic and social damage that will ravage those areas most affected. We were told we will have to put up science to show that alternative water quality parameters can deliver on healthy water quality outcomes. We were also told we only had four weeks to prepare these submissions and that the Prime Minister [Jacinda Ardern] had declined any extensions to time.

Worst of all, we were told – somewhat patronisingly – not to worry as the timeframes to achieve this perfect state had not yet been determined.

What we do know is that these proposals are unnecessarily draconian in their method of reaching the aspirations. We know that in-stream health can be achieved with higher nitrate levels than are proposed. Water quality has many components and that by adjusting some (eg flow) when it is difficult to adjust others (eg N), the same result for healthy aquatic life can be achieved. This goes for temperature, dissolved oxygen,

phosphate, sediment and many of the attributes that make up water quality.

We know that whatever the goals are, it is important that they are achievable and that we are allowed to use all the tools we have to deliver on the water quality aspirations we as a community have.

We also know that these proposals, if unchanged, will have a huge effect on our economy. Modelling shows that to reach the proposed N limit, we could only run sheep at 0.5 sheep/ha over all but the heaviest soils, and that the foothills would have to be planted in forestry; this would mean gross farm gate revenue could fall from $1.6 billion to $160 million in this district with a devastating flow-on effect in our towns.

Most importantly, we know we can achieve the healthy waterbody outcomes sought by these proposals using much less draconian methods.

It is up to all of us to submit in the hope of persuading this Government to see some sense.

shburton’s voice will be heard loud and clear among the submissions of concern over the Government’s proposal to introduce a raft of tough, new freshwater quality rules.

At Thursday’s Ashburton District Council finance and business support committee meeting councillors made it clear they wanted a submission written and they wanted it written with urgency to meet the Ministry for the Environment’s October 17 deadline.

The deadline was very tight and policy and strategy manager, Toni Durham, said she intended to request an extension, but there were no guarantees.

“This topic is moving very quickly and we wouldn’t look at a highly technical-based submission, we’ll make our submission on the proposal’s impact on the local economy and on the community,” she said.

The indications were that the Government wanted to hear submissions by the end of the year and to have the new regulations in place in the new year, Durham said.

Ashburton would also be part of submissions of concern made by ECan and by Local Government New Zealand, mayor Donna Favel said.

While work had yet to be done to measure the economic impact of the new regulations, there was absolutely no doubt they would be significant for the district, she said.

Councillor Stuart Wilson didn’t mince words, saying it was “absolutely idiotic” that an organisation such as the Ministry for the Environment could bring out this document without having carried out an analysis of its potential economic impact.

“They’re trying to ram this through at election time and it’ll have a huge impact,” he said.

Chief executive Hamish Riach assured councillors that staff would be treating work on the submission as a priority.

“I’m reasonably confident the submission from the mayoral forum will be something this council can support and we’ll reinforce this. Our submission will strengthen and reinforce concerns over the very significant impact of the report on this district,” he said.

For the council, Riach said he would be pushing to have the submission deadline extended to at least October 30.

“We understand the urgency and importance of this to our district, so we’ll rejig work to make sure we get this done.”

The draft National Policy Statement and National Environment Standards on freshwater paper was released last week and makes it very clear that farmers and local councils will be held responsible for freshwater quality.

The Government wants to cut fertiliser use and pollution going into waterways, protect urban streams and improve protection for wetlands on both public and private land.

Many of the proposals would have significant impact on the Ashburton District – new irrigation or conversion to dairying would only be allowed from June next year where there was clear evidence there would be no increase in pollution, there would be a requirement for farmers to have plans to manage the risks posed to freshwater in their area and they would need to ensure stock were excluded from waterways are among them.

For councils, the new regulations would mean reporting against five components of the ecosystem – aquatic life, habitat, water quality, water quantity and ecological process. They will be required to set targets that would ensure water quality was maintained or improved.

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■■UNITED KINGDOM

Boris denies lying to Queen NZME The British government insisted yesterday that its forecast of food and medicine shortages, gridlock at ports and riots in the streets after a no-deal Brexit is an avoidable worst-case scenario, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied misleading Queen Elizabeth II about his reasons for suspending Parliament just weeks before the country is due to leave the European Union.

In better news for the embattled British leader, a Belfast court rejected claims that the Conservative government’s Brexit strategy should be ruled illegal because it risked undermining Northern Ireland’s peace process.

Johnson took office in July vowing to get Brexit done on the scheduled October 31 date, even if there is not a divorce deal to smooth the way.

But many lawmakers, economists and businesses fear a no-deal Brexit would be economically devastating and are fighting him every step of the way.

This week, Parliament forced the government to publish its official assessment

Cup gig slammed

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says the bloc is still waiting for proposals from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to end the impasse in talks over Britain’s departure, due at the end of next month.

PHOTO AP of the impact of leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

The six-page classified document, dated August 2, said customs checks meant the number of trucks crossing the main freight route between Calais and Dover would drop

by between 40 per cent and 60 per cent within a day of a nodeal Brexit, with disruptions lasting up to three months.

The supply of certain types of fresh foods and essential medicines would decrease, prices would go up and the poor would be hit hardest, it said.

■■AUSTRALIA

The paper also described major disruptions for travellers between Britain and the EU and uncertainty for UK citizens living in Europe, and it said attempts to maintain an open border between Ireland and Northern Ireland would probably fail.

■■UNITED STATES

Missing couple found dead in car Adele files for divorce NZME

The search for a couple who went missing while on a camping trip in regional Victoria has come to tragic end after they were found dead yesterday.

Caleb Forbes, 22, and his girlfriend Shannon Lowden, 21, told family members last Friday that they were heading to Thomas Dam in West Gippsland to camp overnight.

They failed to return as planned and the alarm was raised when Forbes didn’t turn up to work on Sunday.

“The pair were found deceased in their car on Trig East track, east of Thomson Dam at about 11am,” Victoria Police said in a statement.

Police will investigate the circumstances and prepare a report for the Coroner.

Taylor Swift is heading to Australia to take part in one of the country’s biggest national events, but not everyone is happy about it. The star’s decision to perform at the race that stops the nation has caused outrage among animal activists, who have taken to social media in an attempt to have the performance cancelled. Victoria Racing Club announced on Thursday the 10time Grammy Award-winning singer will appear at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day on November 5. Swift, 29, will perform two songs from her criticallyacclaimed new album, Lover, ahead of the famous $8 million race.

Police, SES and volunteers have been searching the area for almost a week following their disappearance.

Authorities believed the couple’s 4WD may have become bogged on one of the tracks, leaving the campers stranded.

Tributes have started flowing in from social media users who have been following the search for the couple.

“Everyday this week when I woke up I checked this post for updates. Hoping and praying for good news. They have constantly been on my mind. Condolences to the families and friends,” one Facebook user said.

“My heart breaks for their families and friends. I’m so very sorry to hear this news.

May they Rest In Peace,” another person wrote.

BBC Singer Adele has filed for divorce from her husband Simon Konecki, according to legal documents filed in the US. A representative said the pair were “committed to raising their son together lovingly”.

Adele gave birth to her son, Angelo, in 2012. She married Konecki – an investment banker turned charity boss – in 2016 after five years of dating.

The best-selling north London-born artist is known for her chart-topping albums 19, 21 and 25.

The statement added that the couple, who announced their separation in April, were asking for privacy and there would be no further comment.

The divorce papers were lodged at a court in Los Angeles.

They married in a secret ceremony in 2016, with Adele publicly addressing the wedding for the first time during an acceptance speech at the 2017 Grammys, where she thanked her husband.

The singer’s debut album, which was released in 2008 and featured hits including Chasing Pavements and Hometown Glory, reached number one in the UK. She went on to win a string of awards and her follow-up, 21, topped the charts in 30 countries including the US and the UK. Her third album, 25, sold a record-breaking 800,000 copies in its first week and became the best-selling album of 2015.

Recent reports suggest Adele is recording new music.

Magic gesture Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has made a substantial donation for research into the treatment of multiple sclerosis at a centre named after her late mother.

The 15.3 million-pound ($NZ30 million) donation will be used for new facilities at a research centre based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The author’s mother suffered from the disease and died at the age of 45. The new gift follows a major donation Rowling made in 2010 that started the Anne Rowling clinic at the university. Rowling said she is encouraged by advances being made and proud that the clinic has also provided “practical, on the ground support.

Comedian apologises A US comedian who peddled a myth about Māori and Moriori long used to justify colonialism has apologised and says he had “no idea” it was not true.

In his show Quality Time, on Amazon Prime, comedian Jim Gaffigan joked about a long-debunked myth that Moriori were the first people to settle New Zealand, until they were conquered – and eaten – by Māori. “Māori were not even the first people in New Zealand,” says Gaffigan. After being called out on social media, Gaffigan tweeted an apology.

“Wow. I’m so sorry. I had no idea it wasn’t true or there was debate on the issue.”

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■■BAHAMAS

1300 still missing after Dorian

By Danica Coto AP

They scan social media, peer under rubble, or try to follow the smell of death in an attempt to find family and friends.

They search amid alarming reports that 1300 people remain listed as missing nearly two weeks after Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas.

The government has cautioned that the list is preliminary and many could be staying in shelters and just haven’t been able to connect with loved ones.

But fears are growing that many died when the Category 5 storm slammed into the archipelago’s northern region with winds in excess of 290km/h and severe flooding that toppled concrete walls, cracked trees in half and ripped swings off playgrounds as Dorian battered the area for a day and a half.

“If they were staying with me, they would’ve been safe,” Phil Thomas Sr said as he leaned against the frame of his roofless home in the fishing village of McLean’s Town and looked into the distance.

The boat captain has not seen his 30-year-old son, his two grandsons or his granddaughter since the storm. They were all staying with his daughter-in-law, who was injured and taken to a hospital in the capital, Nassau,

Phil Thomas Sr (left), walks next to his daughter Ebony Thomas as she looks at her phone inside their home, shattered by Hurricane Dorian in Mclean’s Town, Grand Bahama. PHOTO AP after the US Coast Guard found her – but only her.

“People have been looking, but we don’t really come up with anything,” Thomas said, adding that he’s heard rumours that someone saw a boat belonging to his son, a marine pilot, though

the vessel also hasn’t been found.

He especially misses his 8-year-old grandson: “He was my fishing partner. We were close.”

The loss weighs on Thomas, who said he tries to stay busy cleaning up his home so he

doesn’t think about them.

“It’s one of those things. I’m heartbroken, but life goes on,” he said. “You pick up the pieces bit by bit. ... I’ve got to rebuild a house. I’ve got three more kids.

I’ve got to live for them until my time comes.”

Toddler kills mum with press of a button A young mother died after getting her neck wedged in the window of her car, which was then closed by her toddler.

Yulia Sharkom was celebrating her 21st birthday with friends when she tried to pull her 2-year-old daughter from the vehicle through the halfopen front seat window in Staroe Selo, Belarus, on August 31.

At this moment, the child

8.3%

In brief Malaria vaccine The world’s first malaria vaccine is being rolled out in parts of Kenya.

It will be added to the routine vaccination schedule, and more than 300,000 children are expected to receive the vaccine over the next three years. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people globally each year – mostly children.

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Extradition ‘not on’

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pressed the automatic switch closing it – which garroted her mother, say reports citing law enforcement.

Her husband Artur found the mother-of-two soon after the freak accident, breaking the window to pull her “lifeless body” from the car.

The distraught man called emergency services and she was rushed to hospital.

She never regained consciousness and died eight days

after the tragic accident having suffered asphyxia leading to brain damage.

“Her brain suffered irreversibly due to clamped arteries,” said a local report.

Dmitry Ivanyuk, of the Belarus Investigative Committee, said: “The young woman was with her family at a friend’s house in the village of Staroe Selo.

“On August 31 around 4.30pm her husband found her unconscious, with her neck jammed

by the window of the front left door of their family car.”

The mother was taken to Brest regional hospital “in a grave condition with signs of mechanical asphyxia and traumas”, he said.

The investigative committee is examining the circumstances of the young woman’s death.

The car was reported to be a BMW E34.

The couple had two children, Margarita, 4, and Arianna, 2.

Venezuela’s former military spy chief told a Spanish court he won’t waive extradition to the United States, claiming that the drug smuggling and other charges against him are politically motivated. Defence lawyers for retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal claimed in the court that the US sought the man who for nearly a decade controlled the secrets of Venezuela’s armed forces because that information had the potential to “topple” the current Venezuelan government. In 2014, the former general was arrested in Aruba on another drug warrant, but authorities in the Dutch Caribbean island rejected extraditing him to the US and sent him back to Caracas.

- AP

Boat capsizes, 11 dead At least 11 Hindu worshippers drowned when their boat capsized early Friday during a religious celebration on a lake in central India, police said. Police officer Akhil Patel said five people were rescued from the lake in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state. The boat tilted and capsized while the worshippers were immersing a big idol of Hindu god Ganesh into the lake, Patel said.

He said 11 bodies were recovered from the lake.

- AP

Check-ups ‘successful’ Kuwait says its ruling 90-year-old emir has left a US hospital after having “successful check-ups” that forced him to cancel a visit to the White House. The state-run KUNA news agency reported Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah’s checkups “showed reassuring results”.

KUNA earlier said Sheikh Sabah would reschedule his visit with President Donald Trump. On August 18 Kuwait acknowledged the emir suffered an unspecified medical “setback,” without explaining what that setback was.

- AP

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Tough times for rural communities T

here’s plenty to talk about in the Ashburton District at the moment, with some troubling times ahead for one of the largest parts of our community, our rural farming friends.

I won’t profess to be an expert on the subject, we’ve got some strong opinions from some very well respected people at the coalface of the issue in today’s edition of the Guardian and they are better placed than me to offer opinion.

From what I can gather through, after some pretty extensive reading and research on the subject is that the Government’s freshwater proposal is, as someone described it to me – a blunt knife into a pretty

complex situation.

The issues that people have brought to light in other pages today are very concerning for this major sector though and the potential losses are devastating so it’s going to be a tough and nervous time for them ahead which will require the entire district’s support – that much I do know.

Largely, Mid Canterbury farming is doing well and some strong

movements have been made to stay ahead of the game and it’s important that, in this consultation process, that enough room is given in the final decision to allow for different regions to be treated separately and fairly with the best possible outcome for everyone being reached.

Keep an eye out for our rural friends, have a chat with them and learn what the impact of this might be for them, the more information we can glean and gather in our minds, the easier itwill be to offer that support.

Away from the freshwater issue, we’ve put together a comprehensive breakdown of the upcoming local government elections today which we hope you will find

useful in reaching your decisions when it comes time to sit down and tick the boxes.

A big thank you to all the candidates for taking the time to contribute to the lift-out, it’s nice to have a place where everyone’s voice can be heard in the one spot and in a form that can sit on the table right up to voting time to allow maximum exposure.

What is evident from the liftout, you’ll find, is that we have some incredibly talented and passionate people putting their hands up to represent us all and we should be thankful for that.

From all walks of life and different professions and areas of expertise, there’s a wide-spanning wealth of knowledge to choose

from which is fantastic.

It’s now our job as a community to absorb all that information and then take it to the polling booth to get the best possible people in the right positions to continue to advance the Ashburton District as a whole.

That period, the voting period, is fast approaching with voting papers mailed out from next week so, keep an eye out for them in your mailbox.

Last election we had a voter turnout of just over the 50 per cent mark and I’m certain that, with the polarised opinions around the place and some real strong options in all races, that the Ashburton District can top that in 2019.

camps and queues at soup kitchens shocked many New Zealanders.

In 1954, the Soviet Union detonated a 40-kiloton atomic test weapon.

In 1963, Mary Ann Fischer of Aberdeen, SD, gave birth to four girls and a boy, the first known surviving quintuplets in the United States.

In 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before.

In 1991, the government of South Africa, the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party signed a national peace pact.

In 2001, Americans packed churches and clogged public squares on a day of remembrance for the victims of the September 11 attacks.

President George W. Bush prayed with his Cabinet and attended

services at Washington National Cathedral, then flew to New York, where he waded into the ruins of the World Trade Centre and addressed rescue workers in a flag-waving, bullhorn-wielding show of resolve.

In 2012, fury over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad spread across the Muslim world, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the Sinai.

Ten years ago: Death claimed Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze at 57; former White House press secretary Jody Powell at age 65; and comic character actor Henry Gibson at age 73.

Roger Federer let the US Open championship slip from his grasp two points from victory as sixth-

seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina won his first Grand Slam title by upsetting the No. 1-seeded Federer 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Five years ago: North Korea’s Supreme Court sentenced Matthew Miller, a 24-year-old American, to six years with labour for entering the country illegally and trying to commit an act of espionage. (Miller was released in November 2014 along with another detained American, Kenneth Bae.) One year ago: Hurricane Florence blew ashore with 90km/h winds, swamping entire communities along the Carolina coast.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Zoe Caldwell is 86. Actor Walter Koenig is 83. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is 79.

Singer-actress Joey Heatherton is 75. Actor Sam Neill is 72.

Singer Jon “Bowzer” Bauman

(Sha Na Na) is 72. Actor Robert Wisdom is 66. Rock musician Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) is 64.

Actress Mary Crosby is 60. Singer Morten Harket (a-ha) is 60.

Country singer John Berry is 60.

Actress Melissa Leo is 59. Actress Faith Ford is 55. Actor Jamie Kaler is 55. Actress Michelle Stafford is 54. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is 54.

Actor Dan Cortese is 52. Actor Andrew Lincoln is 46. Rapper Nas is 46. Actor Austin Basis is 43. Country singer Danielle Peck is 41. Pop singer Ayo is 39.

Actor Sebastian Sozzi is 37. Actor Adam Lamberg is 35. Singer Alex Clare is 34. Actress Jessica Brown Findlay is 32. Actor-singer Logan Henderson is 30. Actress Emma Kenney is 20.

Thought for today: “What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print.” – Isadora Duncan (1877-1927). – AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, September 14, the 257th day of 2019. There are 108 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the poem Defence of Fort McHenry (later The Star-Spangled Banner) after witnessing the American flag flying over the Maryland fort following a night of British naval bombardment during the War of 1812.

On this date: In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte’s troops entered Moscow following the Battle of Borodino to find the Russian city largely abandoned and parts set ablaze.

In 1847, during the MexicanAmerican War, US forces under General Winfield Scott took control of Mexico City.

In 1861, the first naval engagement of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off Pensacola, Florida.

In 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin; vice president Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.

In 1927, modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France, when her scarf became entangled in a wheel of the sports car she was riding in.

In 1938, the cornerstone of the first New Zealand Labour government’s welfare programme, the Social Security Act, overhauled the pension system and extended benefits for families, invalids and the unemployed. From the late 19th century New Zealand had gained a reputation as the “social laboratory of the world” and a “working man’s paradise”, but this status was severely challenged by the harsh economic conditions of the 1930s Great Depression.

High unemployment, grim work

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s I approached the sales desk with two plastic containers and a paint stirrer stick, the transaction was basic and business-like.

Not being familiar with the man behind the register, I hadn’t entered into any additional banter beyond the necessary.

As the eftpos responded with the message “accepted”, my $8.45 left the account and about to leave, the sales assistant hit me with “So what are you writing about this week?”

I was a little taken aback? I was in the presence of a follower.

Nice.

I opened up a bit and confessed I had been deliberating about weighing in with my two cents on the Paddy Gower on Weed documentary.

At that stage it hadn’t aired, but I had already formed some thoughts.

“Don’t write a thing until you’ve seen it,” advised Mrs Mac. The reality is, I am a fairly poorly qualified person to comment.

The position my entire life, and I mean literally my entire life is that I am totally, utterly and unreservedly against recreational drug use.

I don’t know why. It has just never been my thing. The prospect of indulging has never done anything for me. I have never at any point felt the urge to experiment. It’s not a cultural thing, nor a religious thing, it’s just that somewhere along the line my

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moral compass was set to “drug free”. It feels right for me and it’s the position I am very comfortable with. Basically I hate drugs.

We have all seen the bad cases where entire families’ lives are tragically impacted. The desperate situations and hopelessness anger me greatly.

I also know that amongst my generation I’m probably a fairly rare breed. To be frank, I wouldn’t imagine there are too many in my profession who haven’t at least had a dabble at some point in the old wacky backy.

Some would have made a career of it. “Don’t knock it til you try it.” No thank you.

“Alcohol is much more harmful than weed man, loosen up.”

Probably factually correct, and I enjoy the odd drink, but sorry still not my bag!

Call it upbringing, call it my own inner-being, I just don’t need or want drugs.

It comes with being a bit of a control freak. I actually like to be in control of my actions and the consequences of those at all times. Nothing stirs me up more than individuals who claim bad behaviour to not be their fault,

“the booze made me do it”.

“I was a bit f**ked up – the drugs are the problem.”

Nup, sorry mate the problem is you. People take drugs before drugs take people.

One of the real problems to be sure is peer pressure. External coercion. The need most people have to “fit in”.

My clinical black and white view is that if your friends are goading you into recreational drug use, get new ones.

Friends, not drugs, that is. I know that’s a hard position for a lot of people.

Interesting and complicated though, isn’t it?

A good measure of the music we have all loved and grown up with over the years has probably been conceived by songwriters and musicians under the influence of various illicit substances.

A lot of it is pure genius. No doubt about that. So right there is clearly a contradiction to my standards.

But I am trying to find some grey in my black and white world now and open my mind to the non-binding referendum being held next year around our country’s position on drugs and their use.

Before Paddy Gower’s powerful first instalment on the tele this week, I had already made up my mind on one aspect.

Medicinal cannabis. Bring it on.

If people in horrendous medical circumstances find

relief and indeed some peace in medicinal cannabis, then be my guest. Let them take absolutely anything available on this earth to improve their lot. It’s humane and decent, surely?

As for next year’s referendum and recreational drug use, I want more information, more evidence of the experience overseas where laws have been relaxed and more evidence on the potential harm against any perceived benefits of an easing of controls.

My gut on recreational is still “no”, but I’m probably leaning towards decriminalisation rather than straight out legalisation.

But perhaps I can be swayed.

There’s plenty of time to consider the pros and cons.

If you missed Wednesday night’s first instalment of Paddy’s investigation, find it online and watch it. It was incredibly powerful and thought-provoking.

Then look forward to part two this coming Wednesday and an opportunity to see things from both sides as you consider your position.

Looking forward to a joint on Sunday.

A roast that is.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL LEEN BRAAM

Mayoral candidate

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t has been a privilege to be a councillor for the last three years, and immensely satisfying to see progress on the CBD redevelopment, Civic Centre plans and the preservation of the Chinese settlement, all projects that will benefit benefit the community in the long term.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, the family values of honesty, loyalty and respect for others are my guiding principles.

Mid Canterbury became home in 1982, and Lianne and I have enjoyed raising our family here, joining many community groups.

Sports, church, theatre and music continue to enrich our lives and those of our children and grandchildren.

During the early years I was part owner of Martin and Braam Garden Centre and Landscapes, and for the last 19 years I have owned and operated Braam Landscapes Unlimited!

UnlimThe skills and attributes I ited!. use every day in attributes my business The skills and I use have useful in my have role as everyproven day in my business councillor. proven useful in my role as councilA landscape designer needs vision, lor. and the ability designer to listen, needs mediate and A landscape vision, interpret. and the ability to listen, mediate and They must also be able to set and interpret. manage budgets, think They must also and be able to clearly set andand strategically. manage budgets, and think clearly and These skills are even more important strategically. inThese a mayor, who everyone’s skills aremust eventake more important views into account while a in a mayor, who must takeretaining everyone’s long forwhile the district. viewsterm into vision account retaining a Myterm clients havefor come from all walks long vision the district. of My life clients and resided throughout thewalks have come from all whole district. of life and resided throughout the This district. has given me a good underwhole standing ofgiven both me rural and urban resiThis has a good underdents andofwhen sit around the council standing bothIrural and urban table, I think ofaround the people residents andabout whenall I sit the who have shared theirabout viewsall with me, council table, I think of the and represent theshared districttheir as a whole. people who have views

with me, and represent the district as I feel very strongly that we need to rea whole. duce the rural/urban divide I feel very strongly that we and needunite to reas onethe strong, unique divide district. duce rural/urban and unite have enjoyed usingdistrict. my skills to give asIone strong, unique back to the community andskills overto the I have enjoyed using my give years Lianne and I have and donated back to the community over plans the and many projects with yearsworked Lianneon and I have donated plans schools, churches andprojects other communiand worked on many with ty groups. schools, churches and other commuI have recently enjoyed working nity groups.

I have recently enjoyed working alongside students at the Christian School to redevelop their outdoor learning spaces.

Governance roles as trustee and property chair at Ashburton College, trustee and chair at Tinwald School and membership of the Tinwald Reserves Board have all helped develop strategic and leadership skills and increase my community knowledge.

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The re-development of the Tinwald Domain and Holiday Park and the building of the new lodge have been highlights of my time working with the Reserves Board.

I have learnt a lot about the mechanics of local government in the last three years; the rules, regulations and policies are very different to running your own business.

However my work philosophy of “com“commonmon-sense and doing sense and doing the the basics well … the rest will follow” also works well in local government.

Much is said about the restrictions laid down by central government, but I believe that to make this district the best it can be for our children and grandchildren, we need to concentrate on the things we can achieve and change.

Mid Canterbury is a hidden gem and we all need to work together to make it even better.

This vibrant community is full of good people working hard to help each other.

Their generosity and willingness to work together needs to be supported by council.

I am standing for mayor because I am a strong leader committed to the whole district.

I offer clear, independent thinking thinkand a determination to utilise the the ing and a determination to utilise strengths of all councillors and leaders in the community.

As mayor, I would strive to strengthen infrastructure and encourage economic growth, unite the district by bridging the rural/urban divide, and focus on community well-being in the broadest sense.

I would not come with agendas or affiliations, affiliations, but would bring comcommonmon-sense and an absolute commit-to sense and an absolute commitment ment do my bestdistrict. for the district. do mytobest for the

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ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL NEIL BROWN

Mayoral candidate

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am a born and bred Ashburton family man, having been married to Judy for 27 years and raised three children here.

I attended Primary School in Rakaia, went to Ashburton College for my secondary education and obtained my Diploma in Farm Management from Lincoln University.

I’ve lived and worked on farms throughout the district all my working life and have business interests in our towns.

As both a rural and urban resident and ratepayer, I have the advantage of understanding the unique issues facing each community.

For the past 15 years I have represented residents as both a rural and town councillor, with seven years as chair of the Finance Committee and three years as Deputy Mayor.

I have also chaired the Audit and Risk committee for eight years, which provides oversight for council’s finances and has seen Ashburton being rated as one of the most financially sound councils in New Zealand with some of the lowest rates and lowest borrowings of a council in the country.

I know the complexities of running a medium-sized council like Ashburton District Council.

In my time as a councillor, committee chairman and deputy mayor, I have overseen some very large projects, always ensuring a watchful eye on using ratepayers’ money wisely.

Council has some big projects ahead and we need a steady hand to ensure common sense prevails over our spending.

With good oversight, we can afford to enhance our community facilities in a financially prudent way and keep

the rates affordable.

I am campaigning on the basis of “Uniting Town and Country”.

We are at heart a rural community, with prospering towns throughout Ashburton District that benefit from the buoyancy of the agricultural sector.

Our farmers and our manufacturers

help keep our economy thriving, providing opportunity for our professional services sectors and employment in our community.

It is important that our rural and urban residents appreciate the fact that we each have a part to play in making Ashburton District truly one of the best places to live.

One of my passion projects is to help bridge the gap in understanding between urban and rural residents over the care of the environment and the state of the rivers.

There has been some negative press over the years as to what the farmers are doing to the environment, which has not been a fair or balanced view of what modern farmers actually do.

Ashburton can take pride in having some of the most innovative and environmentally sound farming practices in NZ. If elected as mayor, I want to bring country and townspeople together so they can share their stories and concerns with each other, and hopefully we can understand what’s important to everyone and how we all depend on each other for economic prosperity, environmental sustainability and community wellbeing.

I am running for mayor so Ashburton District will have the most consistent, stable and positive leader it needs for its future given I have the most council experience of all the candidates.

With our reduced number of elected members, it’s important now more than ever that the people of the district’s voices are heard and the very best candidates are elected to effectively represent the whole community and not just the vocal minority.

I have proven time and again that I listen to the public and take action when necessary; after hearing the public outcry over moving the East Street fountain, I successfully had this decision overturned and the fountain will stay where it is.

With me as your mayor, you can be confident that Ashburton District will be in good, steady and safe hands.

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ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL DONNA FAVEL LEEN BRAAM

Mayoral candidate

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nt has 1998, my ahusband Favel been privilegeDavid to be a counand I, for took over of the cillor the lastmanagement three years, and imthen struggling Regent Theatre. mensely satisfying to see progress My background in administration, on the CBD redevelopment, Civic sales and marketing coupled Centre plans and the–preservation with David’s experience in cusof the Chinese settlement, all tomer service andbenefi showmanprojects that will t the ship, was a strong community in thecombinalong term. tion andand a great foundation Born raised in the to succeed. the family valNetherlands, Weofhave both loyalty workedand ues honesty, long andfor hard, to breathe respect others are my new life into a revamped guiding principles. business model (ReMid Canterbury begent cameCinema) home inand 1982, and turn around Lianne and Iwhat have was endeclining attendance, joyed raising our famdelayed ily here,movies joining and many indifferent communitycommunity groups. support to become Sports,– church, theaatre thriving business, and music continue with strong attendance, to enrich our lives and showing movies those of current our children and connected to andwell grandchildren. theDuring community. the early years In 2010, stoodof for the I was part Iowner Ashburton CounMartin andDistrict Braam Garden cil and have since served Centre and Landscapes, for years, andnine for the lastsix 19years yearsas I councillor and then three have owned and operated years asLandscapes mayor.

Braam UnlimAfter operating the cinema ited!. forThe 21 years on counskills and and being attributes I use cil nineday years, I can assurehave you every in my business there areuseful manyinsimilarities proven my role as between councilthe lor.two – always keep an eye on the bottom line – seek out opportunities A landscape designer needs vision, –and work - be agile –and thecollaboratively ability to listen, mediate customer interpret. is king, serve them well and listen tomust their also needs.

They be able to set and Sales, marketing, customer service, manage budgets, and think clearly and like council are all reliant on strong strategically. people toskills people These areconnections. even more important of mywho firstmust termtake as mayor, has inAalot mayor, everyone’s been on relationship building viewsfocused into account while retaining a and been great opportunilongthere termhave vision for the district. tiesMy coming clientsfrom havethose. come from all walks am and optimistic, those relationofI life resided that throughout the ships be enhanced further and wholecan district. have the opportunity flourish in a This has given me ato good undersecond term as mayor. standing of both rural and urban Prior to becoming I was residents and when Imayor, sit around the asked to table, describe my about leadership council I think all of style. the Then Iwho responded – sometimes I will people have shared their views

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lead the front, other from withfrom me, and represent thetimes district as beside and occasionally I will lead a whole. from behind.

I feel very strongly that we need to reAs I the reflect on my first termand as mayduce rural/urban divide unite or, have doneunique all three. as Ione strong, district.

While striving for a collaboraI havealso, enjoyed using my skills to give tive approach, with improved commuback to the community and over the nications, in an open and transparent years Lianne and I have donated plans manner. and worked on many projects with I have also been and asked, what is the schools, churches other commurole mayor? nityof groups.

For me it hasenjoyed been equal parts I have recently working –alongside chairmanstudents of the board, at theadvocate Christian for the community cheerleader School to redevelopand their outdoor for this outstanding district and its learning spaces. people.

Governance roles as trustee and I’ve been toldat “Council should property chair Ashburton College, be run more like aatbusiness” – my and trustee and chair Tinwald School response has been we are not membership of the“But Tinwald Reserves just running a business, we arestrategic also Board have all helped develop leading a community”. and leadership skills and increase my “Not all of our decisions can be solecommunity knowledge.

ly economically driven.”of the Tinwald The re-development This will beHoliday even more in the next Domain and Parkso, and term of council, withlodge Central Governbuilding of the new have been ment reinstating the Four Wellbehighlights of my time working with ings.

Meaning that councils are the Reserves Board. required to consider the future I have learnt a lot about the social, economic, mechanics of localenvironmengovernment tal andlast culture in the threewell-being years; the of the community. rules, regulations and policies My desire for the are very different toAshrunning burton District, is to be your own business. recognised as awork district of However my opportunity. philosophy of “commonIf weand candoing just get sense thethere way, the people thiswill basics well … theofrest district the ability follow” have also works well to greatness. in achieve local government.

IMuch have worked is said about the tirelessly and amdown very by restrictions laid proud many achievecentralofgovernment, but ments in that my first term I believe to make as mayor, but meit this district thelet best share few: can bejust foraour children and I have led councilwe to grandchildren, progress several longon need to concentrate term projects the things we can achieve and change.

We have done so collaboratively and with Mid Canterbury is avery hidlittle contention den gem and we all need to work

The consultation together to make it even we have done, has been well better. prepared, and community yet we have is still This vibrant full been open to change of good people working hard to help Ashburton has made National each other.

Headlines for positive reasons to Their generosity and willingness together We’ve been honest the work needs to bewith supported community regarding budget by council. the new because library and I amshortfall standingon for mayor I civic centre am a strong leader committed to the During whole district.this term of council, the Ashburton District hasthinkreceived I offer clear, independent anaunprecedented amount ing and determination to utilise of the Central funding strengths of allGovernment councillors and leaders Ministry of Education, in thefrom community.

Tourism Infrastructure Fund, As mayor, I would strive to strengthProvincial Growth Fund and en infrastructure and encourage the full funding of the ourdistrict NZTA by economic growth, unite request. bridging the rural/urban divide, and I strive deliver a quadruple focus on to community well-beingbotin the tom line –sense. people, purpose, prosperity broadest and planet.not come with agendas or I would I therefore, seek yourbring support for the affi liations, but would commonposition ofan mayor for the 2019-2022 to sense and absolute commitment term – together we district. succeed. do my best for the

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ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL TONY TODD

Mayoral candidate

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ometimes, you have to stop and read the signs.

It would have been very easy to put up my feet and smell the roses after more than a half century of commerce and public service in this district.

In fact until a few months ago, that was the plan.

Until increasingly, I was being stopped by people from all walks of local life and being urged to throw my hat in this October to lead our district from the front.

Ultimately, I couldn’t ignore it.

With great health and plenty of vigour remaining, plus a deep-seated love of this community that has been my whole life, I became driven by a need to offer my experience and collective wisdom to lead this great district through the next few crucial years.

We have great bones, thanks to the foresight of many civic leaders past, but we are now on the cusp of something really special.

It’s exciting.

Building on the foundations, hard work and enterprise of citizens past, we are now home to a new generation of people of diversity who are driven to embrace what we have whilst adding their own special “herbs and spices” to our tastes, our ideals, our collective community experience.

In workplaces both urban and across our rural district, I see new settlers from shores afar working hard to do their bit to make Mid Canterbury outstanding and prosperous.

We offer so much to them, and they in turn offer so much to us.

Let’s embrace it, wholeheartedly.

A cornerstone of my vision is to develop initiatives that involve

cross-culture community endeavours.

Building if you will on the hugely successful Multi-Cultural Bite by offering more regular and more intimate experiences where we can celebrate our cultures, all of them, more frequently in the heart of our town.

On another note, there is a current wave of commercial building activity

going on through the town, and this is all good, but I want to work closely with stakeholders to ensure that going forward, splintered or fractured development does not come at the expense of the CBD. My energies will be considerably expended ensuring that the East Street-anchored CBD is reinvented to

become a fun and entertaining retail resource that everyone will want to spend time and money in.

We must protect it, we must improve it. Under my leadership I pledge: “We WILL do better.”

I am committed to protecting strategic local assets such as EA Networks and other resources and facilities that could be at risk from external pressures.

The value of these assets must remain in Mid Canterbury.

Under my watch, the days of sitting at level crossings whilst trains shunt painfully slowly back and forth will be numbered as I lead council to work with the appropriate stakeholders to get the railway yards out of town and where they should naturally be, to the north, as part of the Ashburton Business Estate.

I am committed to working with Central Government and Transit New Zealand on issues including the second bridge crossing, four lanes to Christchurch and traffic lights for Tinwald.

My council will work co-operatively with CBD businesses to bring their buildings up to expected earthquake standards.

We will take a partnership approach and work positively with owners to achieve good outcomes.

A fully-resourced council-supported open-for-business East Street information centre is also part of my powerfully positive agenda.

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In my opinion this is one of the great treasures of not only our district, but our nation.

We must embrace and support its continued development.

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DISTRICT COUNCIL ASHBURTON WARD Thelma Bell LEEN BRAAM

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am Thelma Bell, an experienced first-term councillor of the Ashburton District Council.

Currently the first and only Filipina born member of Local Government NZ has first, beenand a privilege to be member a counandt the only, Filipina cillor for the of the Justices oflast the three Peaceyears, NZ in and the immensely satisfying to see progress district. onI the haveCBD livedredevelopment, in Ashburton forCivic more than Centre plans and themy preservation 30 years, longer than own birthplace. of I’m thepassionate Chinese settlement, all about advocating for projects that will benefi t the Ashburton. community long term.

My faith is in anthe important part of who I Born and raised in the am.

Netherlands, thewife, family valI am a mother, community leader ues of honesty, loyalty and and trained primary school teacher. respect others are my the PhilipI havefor graduated in both guiding principles. pines and New Zealand with a Bachelor Mid Canterbury became home in 1982, and Lianne and I have enjoyed raising our family here, joining many community groups.

Sports, church, theatre and music continue t has been a privilege to be a counto enrich our lives and cillor for the last three years, and those of our children immensely satisfying to see progress and grandchildren. on the CBD redevelopment, Civic Centre During the early years plans and the preservation of the Chinese I was part owner of settlement, all projects that will benefit Martin and Braam Garden the community in the long term.

Centre and Landscapes, Born and raised in the Netherlands, and for the last 19 years I the family values of honesty, loyalty and have owned and operated respect for others are my guiding princiBraam Landscapes Unlimples. ited!.

Mid Canterbury became home in 1982, The skills and attributes I use and Lianne and I have enjoyed raising every day in my business have our family here, joining many communiproven useful in my role as councilty groups. lor.

Sports, church, theatre and music conA landscape designer needs vision, and the ability to listen, mediate and interpret.

They must also be able to set and manage budgets, and think clearly and strategically.

These skills are even more important in aam mayor, who must take everyone’s a born and bred Southlander views into account while retaining a who has chosen to call Ashburton long termsince vision2017. for the district. home My clients have from all walks I love it here andcome am embracing the of life and throughout the chance to resided represent the Ashburton wholeby district. ward standing in this election.

This given me a good underI am has passionate about people and standing of both rural and urban committed to doing what I can to lift residents when I sitso around the the profileand of the area, it continues council table, I think about all of the to thrive and deliver on the opportunipeople shared their viewsoffer. ties thatwho thehave region and its people

of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning.

As a community leader I believe in the true value of volunteering and have immersed myself into many local community activities and events.

During my first term as a councillor, I learnt a lot and would like

Leen Braam

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tinue to enrich our lives and those of our children and grandchildren.

During the early years I was part owner of Martin and Braam Garden Centre and Landscapes, and for the last 19 years I have owned and operated Braam Landscapes Unlimited!

The skills and attributes

Rochelle Castle-Wilson

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I am well-travelled, have been self-employed in the farming, cray-fishing and the tourism sectors

with represent the district as and me, am aand trained anurse. whole.

IIfeel very strongly that we need to recurrently duce the rural/urban divide and unite work as an as one strong, unique district.

Office Manager I have enjoyed using my skills to give and believe I back to bring the community and over the would a years Lianne and I have donated plans raft of transand worked ferable skillson tomany projects with schools, churches the council table and other community thatgroups. include governance experience in private enterprise, recreational groups and

Mayoral candidate

My campaign is about “Integrating to further apply Cultures and Strengthening Unity”. the acquired I believe I have represented the Ashburknowledge and ton community well including the ethnic wonderful and migrant communities of our district. experiences The re-development of the Tinwald I have just arrived from a brief visit to into the next Domain andinHoliday Park and theweek four cities the Philippines last term. the new lodge have been where I of showcased our district.

The oppor- building highlights my time working with There wasoftremendous opportunity tunities of conthe Reserves Board. to show what we can offer to the world necting with I have a lot about the regarding ourlearnt agricultural and pastoral the right people mechanics of local government products and the scenic tourist attracto assist our conthe last three years; the stituents have been tions ofinAshburton. rules, and from policies It has ignitedregulations a lot of interest govtremendous. are very different to runningand ernment agencies, private businesses I would like to see your own business. educational providers. through our ongoing proHowever my connected work I hope to see Ashburton to jects, such as the construction philosophy of “commonthe Philippines economically. of our Civic building and Public Library. sense and doing the basics well … the rest will follow” also works well in local government.

Much is said about the restrictions laid down by central government, but I believe that to make These skills are even more important in I use every day in this district the best it a mayor, who must take everyone’s views my business have can be for our children into account while retaining a long term proven useful and grandchildren, we vision for the district. in my role as need to concentrate on My clients have come from all walks councillor. the things we can achieve of life and resided throughout the whole A landscape and change. district. designer needs Mid Canterbury is a hidThis has given me a good understandvision, and the den gem and we all need to ing of both rural and urban residents ability to listen, work together to make it even and when I sit around the council table, mediate and better.

I think about all of the people who have interpret.

This vibrant community is full shared their views with me, and repreThey must also of good people working hard to sent the district as a whole. be able to set and help each other.

I feel very strongly that we need to manage budgets, Their generosity and willingness to reduce the rural/urban divide and unite and think clearly and work together needs to be supported as one strong, unique district. strategically. by council.

I am standing for mayor because I am a strong leader committed to the whole district.

I offer clear, independent thinking and a determination to utilise the strengths of all councillors and leaders in the community.

I have recently enjoyed I have a strong sense of integrity theworking educational As mayor, I would strive to strengthalongside students at the Christian with a charismatic approach to life in sector. engeneral. infrastructure and encourage School to redevelop their outdoor I support economic growth, unite theall district by learning spaces.

I can’t promise to have the ana respectful, bridging thecan rural/urban and Governance roles as trustee and swers but promise divide, a well informed collaborative, community well-being in the property chair at Ashburton College, and on pragmatic approach to dealing common sense focus sense. trustee and chair at Tinwald Schoolto and broadest with issues that will allow our commuapproach I would come with agendas or membership of the Tinwald Reserves andnot beautiful region to continue problem solving nity affi Board have all helped develop strategic toliations, thrive. but would bring commonand promise a sense and an absolute commitment and leadership skills and increase my Should you support my effort toto give fresh perspective doback my best forcommunity, the district. your vote for community knowledge. to this with an openmind and transparency to anything I commit to.

me will be a vote for fiscal prudence, community engagement, and a big tick for #commonsenseinanutchelle.

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ASHBURTON WARD Carolyn Cameron

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t would be a privilege for me to work for the people of Ashburton.

I grew up in the farming community of Eiffelton, and attended secondary school in Ashburton, followed by Otago University where I studied pharmacy.

I am married to John and we have two daughters.

After some time travelling we returned to Ashburton and were given the opportunity to buy into a pharmacy in Allenton.

Now, nearly twenty years on, having over those years learned from many people of their hopes, aspirations, insights and love for Ashburton, I want to be part of the council to make those ambitions real.

I have strong connections to the area.

My mother lives here, my sister teaches locally and my brother still farms at Eiffelton — this is my home town.

Our commitment to business here demonstrates our belief in this community.

I understand what people want from their home town and I am optimistic, impassioned, and enthusi-

astic for the future of Ashburton.

If elected, my priorities will be the core business of council of providing infrastructure services to the township.

Roading, footpaths and traffic management are vitally important, as is ensuring a quality robust water supply into the future.

Of course my background in

business and health means I will be interested in ensuring the CBD space is fit for purpose.

My vision here would include making it more attractive, making all parking free, and creating an ambience in the town centre.

I also acknowledge the importance of a town our size having an information centre.

As a councillor I will safeguard ratepayers returns on their rates by careful, accountable and transparent expenditure.

First, and foremost Ashburton, is our town.

Let’s keep moving forward and make it an even better place to live.

council makes comes with a cost that comes straight from our pockets.

Council has an obligation to spend your money wisely.

Quality infrastructure: The next council has important decisions to make on investment in infrastructure.

It’s important we prioritise fit-for-purpose water and

wastewater systems, and a robust local roading network to keep us safe and keep our businesses flowing.

Responsible governance: Council must be focussed on the big issues rather than nonsensical discussions like shifting the water feature.

I’ll work hard to ensure projects like the civic centre and library are delivered on time and on budget rather than see another council funded blow-out.

The Ashburton District Council needs responsible governance and I have the practical experience to ask the hard questions. A vote for John Falloon for the Ashburton Ward is a vote to get the basics right.

community first before debating, discussing and deciding.

After all – we are acting on behalf of the people. This process should happen in a harmonious and positive way.

We need to build on what past generations have provided for – a safer and more sustainable future.

I am standing to ensure you enjoy living here and see the value in what you are paying for.

Sensible budgeting, minimising debt, enlivening the Central Business district, pushing government for better standards of roading, extending sporting facilities and playgrounds are all on my agenda.

To achieve these, we need a strong team in council adopting affordable solutions, the best possible decision-making as well as ensuring project funding is timely with minimal rate rises.

Leadership, communication, understanding and experience will build our future.

John Falloon

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y involvement with Ashburton stretches back to 1967 when I first began working on a farm in the Lismore District.

Two degrees and a wedding later, Shirley and I moved back to Ashburton in 1978 to raise a family. Since then, I have run a successful accounting business, employing people in our town, helping local businesses and community groups succeed.

On a national level I have: served on and been chair of various committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, chaired the finance committee of IHC – which had a turnover of $250M at that time, served on the IHC’s board as a non-elected member.

I want the Ashburton District to continue to grow and prosper.

That requires a Council that shows responsible leadership and someone on council with the experience to get the basics right.

If I’m elected as your councillor I’ll focus on: Keeping a lid on rates: Every decision that

Angus McKay

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he love I have for this district and its people has ignited my passion to offer my experience back to council again. Having lived in the district all my life, I am very thankful for the resources and opportunities given to me.

I wish to give back by helping as many as I can. Representing the Canterbury region at two national bodies to begin with, I then moved on to become an arable and livestock farmer.

From 1998 to 2010, I represented this district on Environment Canterbury.

After being the mayor, I am now an entrepreneur involved in international trade.

This has added a wider dimension to my

life. Current council decision making without optimal outcomes, eg the St John station, the Fire Museum, the i-Site Visitor Information Centre and the recent water feature decisions, have left me worried.

There is a need for tangible change in council where we need to listen to our

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ambulance service, a decision which was later revoked by council.

I advocate for council to listen to the community, and am a passionate voice for consultation.

I meet the community face-to-face and communicate online, attending close to four hundred events each

am a sitting councillor seeking re-election to the Ashburton Ward.

I have a reputation for hard-work in the community and for being well prepared for meetings. hasthe been a privilege tothe be aService counI tam deputy chair of cillor for the last threewhich years,overand imDelivery subcommittee, mensely to of seeallprogress sees aroundsatisfying 80 per cent council on the CBD redevelopment, Civic expenditure annually.

Centre plans the preservation I believe myand detailed knowledge in of the Chinese this area will besettlement, invaluable all to council projects that will benefit the going forward. community in the term.is as My reputation onlong council Born and raised thebigger picture someone “who getsinthe Netherlands, family val- up and be and who’s notthe afraid to stand ues of honesty, andreasons”. counted – for allloyalty the right respect for others are my For example, I spoke out over the deguiding cision toprinciples. not grant access to the St John’s Mid Canterbury became home in 1982, and Lianne and I have enjoyed raising our family here, joining many community groups.

Sports, church, theatre and aving musicnow continue served one term as an to enrich our lives District and Ashburton Councillor, those ofI our children willingly and enthusiastically and grandchildren. offer myself for re-election. early years IDuring wish tothe continue with my strong inI was part owner terest in local andof wider governance.

Martin andbeen Braam Garden term since This has a progressive Centreand and Landscapes, 2016, we have commenced several and for theprojects last 19 years important whichI have been in have owned for andmany operated the pipeline years.

Braam UnlimI haveLandscapes been the deputy chairperson of ited!. the Environmental Services committee, The skills and attributes I use every day in my business have proven useful in my role as councillor.

A landscape designer needs vision, and the ability to listen, mediate and interpret.

They must also beme able set and eople describe asto honest, manage budgets, and thinkand clearly friendly, hardworking, ap-and strategically. proachable with a great sense of These skills important humour.

I greware upeven withmore a keen interest in apolitics mayor,and whogovernance; must take everyone’s for learning the views intoofaccount whilebeliefs. retaining a strengths democratic long term for the district.

Love for vision governance and politics was My clients from walks instilled in mehave as acome child by myall father at of life and resided throughout dinner table; always discussingthe merits whole district.of policies and their imand demerits Thison has given me a good underpacts people. standing of bothcared ruralfor and urban I have always the commuresidents and when sit around the to nity and district I amIpart off. I want council table, I think about allAshburton of the bring same enthusiasm to the people who have shared their views District Council.

I want to be a councillor, because I want to serve the people of our community and I want to make a difference.

ADC needs a young talented person with a fresh perspective who with me, and our represent the district as understands achanging whole. comI feel very that we need to remunity; andstrongly imduce the rural/urban divide and unite portance of the as one strong, unique district. community’s I have enjoyed perspective on using my skills to give back to the community and over the council policies years Lianne and I have donated plans and procedures. and worked on many projects with I am motivated schools, churches to rejuvenate the and other community groups. voice, incommunity terest and add diversity.

As a councillor I promise to find ways to minimise

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and chairwoman of two working groups – these being the urban roading working group, and the town centre working group.

I have also participated in many other committees of council.

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year, and posting daily their views around the council table.

My passion for the community is on my dedicated demonstrated through being secretary Facebook page. of Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust, Voter decisions a trustee for Multi-Cultural Bite, and a in this year’s The re-development of the Tinwald member of Hakatere Marae and Ashelection are Domain Holidaycommittees.

Park and the burton and Art Gallery crucial. building newsocial lodgeconscience have been and I haveofa the strong Ashburton highlightsand of my working integrity, votetime according towith all the Ward has the Reserves Board. clear principles available information, recently seen I havevalues. learnt a lot about the and shared their rates go mechanics of local government Having promoted the Four Wellbeings up year-onin the last threemaking, years; the approach to decision I believe year at a higher rules, regulations andguide policies I am uniquely placed to help our percentage than areinto verythis different to running community new phase of local elsewhere in the your own business. government. district, and it is imHowever mychallenging work We live in exciting and portant voters consider philosophy of “commontimes! who will best represent sense and doing the basics well … the rest will follow” also works well in local government.

Much is said about the restrictions laid down by central government, but I believe tolook make with the ability to listenthat well, at I believe that thisissue, district best it both sides of an andthe give positive I have involved can be for our children direction. myself, not anda grandchildren, we I try to adopt good common sense only in council need to concentrate on view of all the information that comes matters, but the things achieve before councillors, andwe becan aware of the reached out and change. effects on rates when we are setting into the combudgets andMid LongCanterbury Term plans.is a hidmunity which den gem we all need to Representing ourand community is very was one of my work together to need makeaitcouncil even important to me, and we goals. better. that can be transparent, open, and workI am friendly, honThis vibrant community is full ing for the good of our community. est and open minded, of good people working hard to help each other.

Their generosity and willingness to work together needs to be supported by council.

I am standing for mayor because I am a strong leader committed to the whole district.

I have a strong accounting, finance rates increases; I offer clear, independent thinkand management background, having see that every ing and a for determination to utilisepreparthe worked two district councils ratepayer strengths of all councillors and leaders ing annual budgets, annual plan & long dollar is interm the community.

I have recently enjoyed working council plans. spent for the AsI have mayor, I would strive to strengthalongside students at the Christian own businesses, worked for Ancommunity infrastructure encourage School to redevelop their outdoor Church, aand finance company and with optimum englican economic growth, unite the district by learning spaces. organisations within the community. return. the rural/urban divide, for andthe Governance roles as trustee andensure bridging I am standing as a councillor I will on community property chair at Ashburton College, Ashburton Ward. well-being in the the council is focus sense. and accountability will trustee and chair at Tinwald School and broadest Transparency answerable, I would not come with agendas or membership of the Tinwald Reserves be my motto. accountable affiliations, but bring common-to Board have all helped develop strategic I urge you towould take this opportunity and responsible sense an absolute commitment to and leadership skills andtoincrease my vote and for change. its ratepayers. do my best forinthe community knowledge. I also promise Your vote mydistrict. favour will strengthen your voice. that I will be standI will be extremely grateful and huming up with a loud voice for ratepayer’s rights. bled to be youra voice in the council.

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WESTERN WARD Evan Chisnall

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am a 51-year-old fifth-generation farmer from Hinds, who has been married for 27 years with two adult sons.

I was educated at Hinds School, Ashburton College and Lincoln University.

We have been farming now for 27 years, first as a sheep, beef and cropping farmers, then 13 years ago we converted to dairying.

Over this time we have grown our operation and now have farms in Hinds, Ruapuna and Mt Somers.

These properties are run by contract milkers which will allow me to pursue my passion for our community and its governance.

For the past three years I have been a director in a major water scheme (MHV), and

as the chairman of Infrastructure and Health and Safety.

I am also a shareholder of BCI Irrigation.

I’m able to think outside the square and have first-hand experience in running my own business, personally overseeing devel-

opments and working with my team of staff and contractors.

I understand the importance of having a district that has strong economic and long-term plans.

If elected I would: Actively listen and advocate for my constituents.

Be a prudent custodian of Mid Canterbury’s hard-earned rates, making sure we get value for money and equity of resources.

As an active farmer living in the rural community, I believe there needs to be a voice around the council table that understands the fast-changing world that the rural community is in.

I have deep roots and a passion for Mid Canterbury, I humbly ask for your vote.

Liz McMillan

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have put forward my nomination to be Western Ward councillor for a second term.

My key roles this term have been chair of Road Safety and chair of the Safer Ashburton Safe Communities steering group, who achieved a safe communities’ accreditation earlier this year.

I have also been a keen member of the project control group for the civic centre and library building as well as contributing to general council business and group discussions I am approachable, and down to earth. I like to know the facts before I make decisions and feel that common sense is key.

Growing up on a sheep and

beef farm in Waikari, living and travelling overseas, working in the New Zealand tourism industry for 10 years and many years of community

involvement has left me with a wide variety of knowledge to call upon.

What’s important to me next term?

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As a mum of two school aged children I believe the continued improvement of our district for this, and future generations, is key.

If given the chance I will ensure the new build stays on track, roading and road safety remains high priority, continue the safe communities work, and continue maintaining a good working connection between council, reserve boards and hall committees.

I am committed to our district and wish to see it moving forward in the best way possible.

With nine years’ experience on the Methven Community Board, and three years on council I know I have the energy and knowledge to continue with a second term.

Rodger Letham

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have lived in the Ashburton District all my life.

I farmed at Lauriston from school days until 1988 when economic and climatic circumstances forced a change of direction.

During that time I was involved and held leadership positions on school committees, Young Farmers clubs, Federated Farmers, Jaycees, Lions, Mt Hutt College Board of Governors and National Sheep Breeding organisations.

Since 1988 I have been in business as a rural real estate agent within the Ashburton District and further afield and I feel the time is now right to return something to this community that has served me so well.

I believe I have an understanding of both rural and urban living and business and I am a firm believer that we are all in this same boat together.

I am married to Yvonne and we have three adult sons and three grandchildren.

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past president of Ashburton i I am Lynette Lovett The re-development of the Tinwald t has been a privilege to be a counA&P Association, Garden and I am seeking Domain and Holiday Park and the cillor for the last three years, and imClub, Women in Arable, a second term on building of the new lodge have been mensely satisfying to see progress Rural Women and Federated council. highlights of my time working with on the CBD redevelopment, Civic Farmers.

I have the ability, energy the Reserves Board.

Centre plans and the preservation In my current tenure withand will work collaboratively I have learnt a lot about the of the Chinese settlement, all in the council I have not been for the best outcome for the mechanics of local government projects that will benefit the afraid to make hard decisions Ashburton District to grow in the last three years; the community in the long term. or in some cases support a and excel to be a desirable rules, regulations and policies Born and raised in the retraction after listening to place to live, work and play. are very different to running Netherlands, the family valratepayers, whom are fearful I am proud to be living on your own business. ues of honesty, loyalty and of continued increases. our arable family farm of four However my work respect for others are my I look forward to being part generations in the Eiffelton philosophy of “commonguiding principles. of the future council to condistrict, which gives me a sense and doing the Mid Canterbury betinue with the governance good grounding on the agbasics well … the rest will came home in 1982, and role and the ongoing projects ricultural industry and rural follow” also works well Lianne and I have enand developments. communities. in local government. joyed raising our famteering are, I thrive on a challenge and As a district we need to rerecent times has been Much is said about the ily here, joining many County Lions, I am here for all Ashburton new the connection between eroded. restrictions laid down by community groups.

Civil Defence, Red Cross, people. town and country, that over My interests and voluncentral government, but Sports, church, theaI believe that to make tre and music continue this district the best it to enrich our lives and fifth generation can be for our children those of our children Ashburtonian with a and grandchildren, we in and grandchildren. diverse experience need to concentrate on and During the early years employment, business the things. we can achieve I was part owner of farming andI change.

Martin and Braam Garden am of 58 years of age, Mid of Canterbury is astandhidCentre and Landscapes, one the younger dening gem and we alland need to and for the last 19 years I councillors bring work togetherbusiness to make skill it even have owned and operated a diverse set better.

Braam Landscapes Unlimto the council table but I high, cropping is getting y name is Philip Thisbelieve vibrant that community is full ited!. my being local rising prices and deer have Rushton, having lived of good and people working hard to The skills and attributes I use community minded been through a very positive inin Mid help eachwith other. every day myCanterbury business have an ability to listen are period. all my life I now Their generosity and willingness to to proven useful input mymy rolename as councilmy greatest assets I have forward for the Eastern Ward Commercial developwork togetheroffer needs to be supported lor. you. position on thedesigner Ashburton ments in the district are veryby council.

A landscape needs vision, In the past I have held District positive including our new I am standing for mayor because and the Council. ability to listen, mediate and many leadership rolesI in If elected I pledge to give industrial park and buildingsam a strong leader committedand to the interpret. the community am 100 per must cent commitment toset and in town. whole district.presently president of the They also be able to the wholebudgets, district Iand serve.

Employment is at a high I offer clear,Rakaia independent thinkmanage think clearly and Lions club which I My background is a lifetime district wise except for the re-ing and a determination to utilise the strategically. enjoy the fellowship and in These arableskills and livestock cent Fairton works announcestrengths of all councillors andthey leaders are evenfarming more important service projects do for in Mid Canterbury. ment meaning we need to in the community. a mayor, who must take everyone’s I have recently enjoyed working with me, and represent the district as the locality.

My community involvement see aat growth in alternative As mayor, I would to strengthviews into account while retaining a alongside students the Christian a whole.

Withstrive the experience of includes, employment options for the en infrastructure and three encourage long termRakaia vision Lions for theClub, district. their outdoor I feel very strongly that we need to re- School to redevelop the last years as your Jaycees, rugbyhave andcome squash district. economic growth, unite the district My clients from all walks learning spaces. duce the rural/urban divide and unite councillor I have seenby clubs community We as need new and saleyards forbridging the rural/urban divide, and of life and andother resided throughout the Governance roles trustee as one strong, unique district. many new projects started arising chair Mid ble to give full service.

Canterbury. focus on community well-being the whole district. property at Ashburton College, I have enjoyed using my skills to give in this district and in I wish from some justice for this Our family other regions re-esbroadest sense.

ThisRushton has given me a have good undertrustee and chairMost at Tinwald Schoolare and back to the community and over the to see them to fruition as econom- of a long history of community tablishing theirReserves saleyards.

I would notyour comevoice with on agendas or in standing of both rural and urban role. membership the Tinwald years Lianne and I have donated plans major council ic and animal health a number involvement the Ashburton Affordable off farm water affiliations, but would bring residents andinwhen I sit around theThere are Board have all helped develop strategic and worked of on many projects with the district thatcommonmakes us issuescommuthe other sectors our issues impacting Mid and other District I pledge continstorage as an alternative to council and table, I thinkto about all of the and of leadership skills and increase my to sense and an absolute schools,upon churches all proudcommitment to call ourselves district are doing very well.

Canterbury I am interested in ue that tradition. river takes which are coming do my best forAshburtonians. the district. people who have shared their views community knowledge. nity groups.

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EASTERN WARD Stuart Wilson

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have lived my entire life in the District, and have served on the Ashburton District Council for three terms, two as chairman of the Service Delivery Committee; I want to continue to represent all people of the district with the same commitment I have shown in the past.

Enjoying good health, I have the support of my wife and family, and am able to devote the time needed to be an effective councillor.

When voting on issues before the council, I would continue to speak out and vote for what I believe would be the best interests of the whole district, always welcoming comments from members of the community.

I am mindful of the need to return the Ashburton River to a good environmental flow, always remembering that the wealth of our district comes from the efficient use of our plentiful water resources.

Seeking to improve the conditions of the district roads has been some-

I have a sound knowledge of meeting procedure, having been involved in many community organisations, including school, farming, church, and Hinds and District Lions Club.

Being the council representative on the Ashburton Water Zone Committee,

thing I have worked constantly for, and am delighted that NZTA has granted the council extra subsidy to be spent on roading maintenance over the next two years.

I have always been mindful of the rate burden that discretionary spending puts on ratepayers, so would do my best to concentrate council’s priority on providing the core services such as roading, clean drinking water, wastewater infrastructure, efficient refuse collection and processing, library, and the necessary planning and regulatory services.

Ashburton District is a great place to live and work, I would be mindful of the responsibility to continue to serve as your council representative.

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ASHBURTON LICENSING TRUST DISTRICT COUNCIL Kieran Breakwell LEEN BRAAM

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and its investment policies. orn, raised and educatI have also enjoyed being ed in Ashburton, I have The re-development of the Tinwald t has been privilege to be a couna part of these changes and lived anda worked here Domain and Holiday Park and the the last three years, and imhope to continue to contribute mycillor entirefor life. mensely satisfying to see progress to the future success of the building of the new lodge have been My wife Emma is equally on the to CBD trust with community support highlights of my time working with proud callredevelopment, herself a local, Civic the Reserves Board.

Centre plans and the preservation for re-election. and with the recent arrival of I have learnt a lot about the of the ChineseI am settlement, all Through both the Ashburour daughter enthusiasmechanics of local government projects will benefi t the ton Licencing Trust and the tic aboutthat continuing to offer in the last three years; the community long of term.

Lion Foundation, it has been a my skills for in thethe benefit the rules, regulations and policies Born and raised the up satisfying experience helping community she willingrow are very different to running Netherlands, the family vallocal clubs and organisain. your own business. ues andmy tions obtain funding for their Atof 21honesty, years oldloyalty I started However my work respect forKB others my projects, and I look forward business, Panelare & Paint philosophy of “commonguidingover principles. to being able to do so in the which, 15 years with the sense and doing the Midsupport Canterbury be-people, future. loyal of local basics well … the rest will 1982, and I am proud of our commuIcame built home into a in successful and follow” also works well Lianne and I have ennity and have the enthusiasm thriving business. in local government. joyed raising our famand drive required for this I have recently sold KB Much is said about the ily here, joining important position.

Panel & Paint inmany order to ing Ashburrewarding restrictions laid down by community My business management, focus on mygroups. other entities ton business experience. central church, theadecision making and leaderinSports, the residential, commermovedgovernment, to Ashburtonbut 22 economy.

I am proud of what I believe that to make tre and continue ship ability contribute to the cial andmusic agricultural sectors years ago with my wife, Elected to the Ashburton has been achieved by the curthis districtfor the bestwas it goto enrich our lives and balance of skills around the locally.

Carolyn, what Trust Board in 2016, I have rent board. cantobe for our children those of our children trust table.

I understand what it takes ing be a temporary stay.

Through careful planning, and grandchildren, we the andagrandchildren.

It would be a privilege to for business to grow and suc- completed my first threeWe soon realised that year term which has been we have made strategic chang- be elected with your vote and need to concentrate ona During the early years ceed and have enjoyed being Ashburton District was es to the direction of the trust, the things I wasofpart owner of and grow- a thoroughly enjoyable and support. part a prosperous great placewe to can live achieve and raise and change.

Martin and Braam Garden a family.

Mid is a hidCentre and Landscapes, As Canterbury a family we have been deninvolved gem and we numerous all need to and for the last 19 years I with work together to cultural make it even have owned and operated sporting and organbetter.

Braam Landscapes Unlimisations that have benefited Thisfrom vibrant is the full ited!. thecommunity generosity of of good Ashburton people working hard Trust to The skills and attributes I use Licensing help eachand other. every day in my business have I would like to ensure Their generosity and willingness to proven useful in my role as councilthat generosity continues work togetherinto needs be supported lor. theto future for the benby council. efit of many more people in A landscape designer needs vision, subdivisions in other parts obert Harnett is a mediate true I am standing mayor because I and the ability to listen, and ourfor community. of the south island were/aream a strong leader committed to the local having been interpret.

I have been involved in managed. raised Mid whole district.finance and banking for 31 They mustin also beCanable to set and This is the perfect backterbury, is well known to clearly and I offer clear,years independent thinkmanage budgets, and think with the past 12 years ground to the current first ing and a determination to utilise the the community where he strategically. as an Authorised Financial term on the ALT, where lives with his wife and more three important strengths of all councillors and leaders These skills are even Advisor specialising in inproperty matters on build- in the community. children. in a mayor, who must take everyone’s I have recently enjoyed working with me, and represent the district as vestment management and ings post-earthquake He isinto a Registered Valuer As mayor, I planning. would strive to strengthviews account while retaining a alongside students at the Christian are a whole. under-way. and en infrastructure andproposed encourage longreal termestate/property vision for the district. their outdoor I feel very strongly that we need to re- School to redevelop With changes manager. unite the district by as My clients have come from all walks learning spaces.Previous committee roles economic growth, duce the rural/urban divide and unite that the ALT reconstitute rugby and racing at resided the District Coun- the bridging the rural/urban divide, ofRoles life and throughout Governancein roles as trustee and have as one strong, unique district. a community trust,and I would wrappedCollege, up which al- focus on community well-being in the cil Property, Wrightson’s and whole district. property chairbeen at Ashburton I have enjoyed using my skills to give be a trustee with experience, lows boardbroadest sense.

Farmlands were me managing This has given a good undertrustee and chair atindependence Tinwald Schoolatand back to the community and over the knowledge and relevant inlevel. real estate I would notdustry come with agendas or standing ofand bothstock ruraland and urban membership of the Tinwald Reserves years Lianne and I have donated plans qualifications to help It has develop been a privilege station aspects. would bring commonresidents and when I sit around the Board have all helped strategicto affiliations, but and worked on many projects with manage, grow and protect ableand to deliver faithfully The subdivisions Conissense and an absolute commitment to council table, I thinkofabout all of the and leadershipbeskills increase my schools, churches and other commuthe trust assets for the beneracecourse maintained assets and cash do my best for the district. ton, Riverside Industrial and viewsRecently people who have shared their community knowledge. nity groups. fit of our future generations. the St Vincent developto the community groups in Nursery Drive and others De Paul rebuild, ments and our district. were concluded.

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ASHBURTON LICENSING TRUST Roger Paterson

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offer myself for a further term on the trust, and my passion for its ‘ideals’ remain very strong.

Having been a member for several years, and seeing this community asset trade through some challenging times, and now changing to a community trust has been a privilege.

With your support it would allow me to see the new policy and process completed for the long term advantages of Ashburton.

I was born, educated and lived all my life in Ashburton, and have never wished to live any where else.

I have had a life time involvement in basketball and

other sports, both as a player and an administrator, as well as several other Community organisations.

As chairman of the Lion Foundation which distributes funds from gaming machines, I see the assistance this gives

the wider community organisations, assisting in education – sport – health – art – community events.

I represent the Trust on the Event Centre Management Committee, and currently their elected chairman, I am also president of the Lions Club of Ashburton.

Having operated a successful business for 31 years, I offer my business skills, governance and leadership, and being a team member, and using my professional skills of listening to the needs of people, I once again humbly seek your support in the long term future of the trust and contribution to the future projects and events in Ashburton.

Chantelle is seeking election to the Ashburton Licensing Trust in order to start giving back to the community that

has always given to her.

If elected she would bring a new fresh perspective, diversity and a generational point of difference to the table, as well as a keen willingness to collaborate with and learn from those around her.

Chantelle has been heavily involved in charity work over the years and continues to work closely with Ronald McDonald House South Island, Maia Health Foundation, Breast Cancer New Zealand and The New Zealand Cancer Society.

If elected she would draw on all of her experiences to ensure the best interests of the wider Ashburton community, and contribute to ensuring the ongoing sustainability of the company for future generations.

Chantelle Quinn

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hantelle Quinn is an Ashburton businesswoman who runs Twentyfour Catering Co, a successful wedding, corporate and special events catering company since 2014 – previously owner operator and head chef of Twelve Restaurant & Bar. Chantelle employs a seasonal casual part time workforce of around 15 local chefs and wait staff.

She returned home to Ashburton 15 years ago, after living and working in New York and London, and is now married to Irishman Damien Quinn with one daughter Bella, who attends Ashburton Intermediate School.

Building a successful local family-run business has been a key focus for Chantelle over the past decade, and she was

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am 58 years of age and have business and property interests, both residential and commercial, in Ashburton and surrounding districts.

In the past I have held a manager’s certificate and owned and operated an licensed premises, so I am no stranger to the hospitality industry.

I am presently involved with property development and for the last three years I have represented you as a councillor for the Ashburton District Council for which I am seeking re-election.

In that present role one of the many committees that I sit on, is the Community Grants Committee, which gives me insight into the financial needs of various clubs and organisations within the district.

I have been involved with many community projects and am presently president of the Rakaia Lions.

I believe I have a diverse range of and the necessary skills to offer to the trust for the future of the people of Ashburton.

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DISTRICT COUNCIL ASHBURTON LICENSING TRUST Chris Robertson LEEN BRAAM

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am pleased to put myself forward for re-election for a third term.

I have learned a lot over the last two terms about the hospitality industry, its t has been a privilege to threats. be a counstrengths, weaknesses, and for thethe last three andplays imI cillor appreciate role thatyears, the trust mensely satisfying see progress within the greater Midto Canterbury comon the CBD Civic munity, bothredevelopment, in the past and importantly, Centre plans and the preservation moving forward. of Ithe Chinese alltrust’s busisupport the settlement, change of the projects thatfrom will one benefi ness model of ta the trading entity community in the long term. to that of a landlord.

Born and is raised in the The trust now profitable, and is able Netherlands, the family valto address long-standing and expensive ues of honesty, loyalty and remedial work on our premises, which respect for others are my guiding principles.

Mid Canterbury became home in 1982, and Lianne and I have enjoyed raising our family here, joining many I am a person with a passion for community groups. numbers. This led me to complete Sports, church, theamy Bachelor of Commerce degree tre and music continue with Advance Accounting and Auditing. to enrich our lives and I have over 25 years of experience in those of our children accounting, management and finance and grandchildren. streamlining business finances to ownDuring the early years ing my own business.

I was part owner of Thereon advancing to multinational Martin and Braam Garden IT company, district councils and AngliCentre and Landscapes, can Church as CPT accountant. and for the last 19 years I These experiences have helped me have owned and operated to develop skills in areas of leadership, Braam Landscapes Unlimgovernance, interpersonal commuited!. nication, business acumen, coaching The skills and attributes I use ability and problem solving ability with every day in my business have innovative and creative ideas. proven useful in my role as councillor.

A landscape designer needs vision, and the ability to listen, mediate and interpret.

They must also be able to set and manage budgets, and think clearly and strategically. am a partner at RMF Silva, Mid CanThese skills are even more important terbury’s “oldest new law firm”, having in arecently mayor,merged who must everyone’s withtake Russell Moon and views into account while retaining a Fail. long term vision for the district.

I specialise in property, agribusiness, My clientslaw have from all walks commercial andcome succession. of Apart life and resided throughout thein Lonfrom five years as a lawyer whole district. don I have lived in Mid Canterbury since This has given me good under1996 and am proud toacall it home. standing of both and urban I am married to rural Rachel with twin boys residents aged 9. and when I sit around the council table,farm I think all of the We lifestyle on about the outskirts of people who have shared theirtime views Ashburton and spend as much as possible in the hills.

I joined the Ashburton Licensing Trust in 2017 following a vacancy arising from a

Mayoral candidate

in a previous trading environment, could not be undertaken with any certainty.

I have a strong desire to see the process of change be completed by the trust’s incorporation into a community trust, and the associated solidifying of our investment policies and granting policies.

Ash Shah

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I am experienced in managing high asset value portfolios including charities.

I have lived in Canterbury region for nearly 18 years and in Ashburton since 2015.

I whole-heartedly support the Ashburton Licensing Trust philosophy of investing profits back into our community.

I believe I have a very good under-

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trustee retirement.

My experience with and represent the district as withme, the trust has abeen whole. immensely I feel very strongly that we need to reenjoyable and duce the rural/urban divide and unite rewarding. as one strong, unique district.

My entry I have enjoyed coincided with using my skills to give back to thestrategic community and over the extensive years Lianne I have donated plans planning andand policy and worked on formulation for many the projects with schools, trust. churches and other community groups.

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That will create a By having a Local Grants Committee community trust that has on it representatives from both that has a 100 year the trust and the wider community, timeline, which The re-development of the Tinwald we have a vehicle to distribute within can in turn make and Holiday andmillion the per our community $1.2Park to $1.5 significant grants Domain annum.of the new lodge have been to the benefit of building highlights my time working with I remainof committed to the continuaour community theofReserves Board. tion that model for the benefit of our on an inter-generI have learnt a lot about the community. ational basis. local government Themechanics changes toofthe trust’s business The close ties that thebeen last three years; the modelin have profound. the trust has with rules, and policies We are nowregulations able to move forward for the Lion Foundation is aretovery toconfidence. running the next 50 100different years with also critical to our comyourfor own business.

I thank you your support. munity trust model moving However my work philosophy of “commonsense and doing the basics well … the rest will follow” also works well in local government.

Much is said about the or interest as I don’t own any business standing of our restrictions laid down by in the district. community needs central government, but I promise to always be honest, vocal particularly the I believe that to make commercial pres- and work in the best interest of the this district the best it trust. sure placed on can be for our children Provide vision with progressive ideas.

ALT activities. and grandchildren, we My community involvements are Looking at the need to concentrate on Coldstream 4th grade cricket coach, current finanthe things we can achieve vice-chairman of Ashburton Menzshed, cial results of the and change.

Wastebusters Trust Trustee and comtrust, I believe that Mid Canterbury is a hidmittee member of Mid Canterbury the ALT can play a den gem and we all need to Badminton Club. significant role in our work together to make it even I urge you to take this opportunity to district as an investor better. vote for change. plus create new employThis vibrant community is full I will be extremely grateful and humment opportunities for our of good people working hard to bled to be your voice in the Ashburton district. help each other.

I have no potential for conflict of duty Licensing Trust.

Their generosity and willingness to work together needs to be supported by council.

I am standing for mayor because I am a strong leader committed to the whole district.

I offer clear, independent thinkingconclusion. and a determination to utilise the erations to come. all councillors anddone, leaders A lot ofofhard work has been but we We need to ensure strengths in are thenot community.

I have recently enjoyed working there yet. that the trust is AsWith mayor, would strive to strengthalongside students at the FayIWatson’s retirement following inChristian a position to and to encourage School to redevelop their outdoor grant enainfrastructure huge contribution the trust, I believe consistently growth, unite the district by learning spaces. it is important to ensure trustee continuity to the community economic bridging divide, and Governance roles as trustee and throughthe thisrural/urban crucial phase. without eroding on community well-being in the property chair at Ashburton College, I seek re-election for this reason. the trust’s capital. focus sense. trustee and chair at Tinwald School I am very proud to have been part of the This has in-and broadest Itrust’s would not come with agendas membership of the Tinwald transformation and believeor I can volvedReserves a significant affi liations,to but would commonBoard have all helped amount developofstrategic continue add valuebring from my experience policy sense anand absolute commitment to and leadership skills work and increase my as a and lawyer from other governance that will contindoroles. my best for the district. community knowledge. ue into the next term.

There is still much to be done to ensure The current trustees are that our 100-year vision for the trust bevery keen to see the stratcomes a reality. egy implementation through to

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CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD CANDIDATES Blair Anderson Peter Ballantyne Geoff Booth Sally Buck Catherine Chu Gray Crawford

Anna Crighton Alexandra Davis Andrew Dickerson John Edie James Gough Tubby Hansen

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Expectations exceeded

By Erin Tasker

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Fresh off a top 10 placing at the ITU Junior World Elite World Championship in Europe, Brea Roderick has returned home to Methven and hit the books.

After a long three months of living out of a suitcase and taking her triathlon training to some of the most picturesque parts of Europe, the 17-year-old Mount Hutt College student has got a bit of catching up to do, but the experience was well and truly worth it.

She finished 10th at the world championship race in Switzerland, blowing her own expectations out of the water and well and truly cementing in her mind what her future held.

She’s a triathlete, and when she finishes school, she wants to go as far as she possibly can in the sport.

And if the results she’s achieved already in her young career are anything to go by, that could be far.

Her latest achievements though, surprised even Roderick herself.

She spent the first five weeks of her three-month European adventure based in a little Spanish town training, before heading to the Czech Republic for the first of two Junior European Cup races.

“That was my first race in Europe so I was pretty nervous, but I somehow pulled a second placing out of the bag.

“I was pretty shocked,” Roderick said.

It was a great result, and a great race that had the type of atmosphere, and the depth when it came to competitors, that she simply wouldn’t have got closer to home.

Things were going well and she was in good form heading into her second Junior European Cup race in Latvia.

But, that one didn’t go quite as planned.

Roderick got caught up in a

pretty serious crash in the bike leg which meant she finished with a DNF next to her name.

“I was okay, it was my bike that couldn’t finish,” Roderick said.

Fortunately her bike – the only bike she had in Europe – was able to be fixed, but it still wasn’t an ideal way to finish her build-up to the world championships.

“I went from a massive high one week, to a big low the next week,” Roderick said.

Latvia was followed by almost two weeks of solid training in

Methven triathlete Brea Roderick is back from a successful stint in Europe, where she finished 10th at the ITU Junior Elite World Championships.

PHOTO SUPPLIED France, near the border with Switzerland, before crossing the border for the big race in Lausanne.

It was Roderick’s second tilt at the world championships, having finished 40th in her first shot in 2018 on the Gold Coast.

“I didn’t really have any goals of where I wanted to place, I just really wanted to work on the process of what I was doing in the race and wasn’t too focused on

the outcome,” Roderick said.

“But when I finished I was so shocked to finish 10th.”

It was a massive improvement from her 40th placing on the Gold Coast and Roderick was over the moon.

It’s made her want more, and she’s already looking ahead to the next installment of the world championships, in Edmonton, Canada, next year.

But, there’s quite a bit of water to go under the bridge before then.

With no races lined up in the immediate future, training is taking a bit of a back seat for a while, as Roderick catches up on the schooling she’s missed.

But, when the triathlon season rolls around again, there’s no question, she will be ready and waiting.

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Jacobsen ‘gutted’ NZME Steve Hansen has revealed that Liam Squire wasn’t considered as an injury replacement for concussed All Black loose forward Luke Jacobson.

Jacobson was ruled out of the Rugby World Cup with just over a week before the All Blacks’ first game of the tournament against the Springboks, after suffering a delayed onset of concussion.

Hansen said the 22-year-old had not shown any signs of concussion after the All Blacks’ test against Tonga last week, but they presented upon arrival in Japan.

With Jacobson ruled out, the natural replacement would’ve been Squire, who was under a self-imposed exile from the All Blacks – later revealing that he didn’t feel “physically or mentally” ready for the pressures of test rugby – but was kept on as a possible injury replacement.

“After what has been a really tough year for me mentally and physically, and after speaking with people I trust on whether I should make myself available again for the All Blacks, I felt I wasn’t ready just yet physically or mentally for the pressures of test match rugby,” Squire wrote on Instagram.

“As Steve said yesterday, if the All Blacks do get injuries, and I’m performing well enough, then I’m 100 per cent available.”

However, Hansen said yesterday the situation around Squire hadn’t changed from when the initial World Cup squad was announced.

“Not really because nothing has changed,” Hansen said when asked if Squire was considered as an injury replacement.

“It’s happened right at the beginning of the tournament. We had the discussion and that was based around the time over here so nothing has changed from that point of view for him.”

Instead, Highlanders flanker Shannon Frizell has been called up as a replacement and will arrive in Japan today.

Jacobson, who was one of the bolters in the World Cup squad, said he understood the decision, despite his disappointment.

“I’m gutted to be missing the Rugby World Cup. “However, I completely understand that this decision has been made with my health and best interests at heart.

“Whilst I’m feeling 98 per cent okay, I know I’m still not quite right and by taking a break now, I’ll give myself the opportunity to continue my career in the future.

“I wish the team all the very best and will be with them absolutely all the way.”

Hansen also revealed that loose forwards Vaea Fifita and Dalton Papalii weren’t considered for selection because they are currently Luke Jacobsen is out of the All Blacks’ World Cup squad. injured.

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New Zealand’s unsung Rugby World Cup heroes

By Phil Gifford

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s you’d expect, in a country where rugby still dominates the sporting landscape, the brightest stars of the Rugby World Cup through the years have been feted and honoured.

John Kirwan and Michael Jones, who lit up the first tournament in 1987, are now knights.

So is Graham Henry, who coached the side to the 2011 title.

Richie McCaw and Dan Carter have been eulogised in feature length documentary movies. A mini-series on Jonah Lomu, who stunned the rugby world in 1995 in South Africa, recently screened on TV3.

Kiwis pride themselves on living in an egalitarian society, so in that spirit here are my nominations for our unsung heroes of the World Cup, men who played vital roles without often being in the spotlight.

Dick Littlejohn There wouldn’t be many farmers in the Whakatane district that haven’t bought a tractor from Dick Littlejohn’s engineering firm over the last 50 years or so.

But what even some of his customers may not realise is that without former All Black manager Littlejohn, and the work he did in 1984 with former Wallaby Sir Nicholas Shehadie, there would have been no World Cup in 87.

Australian writers called it the Nick and Dick Show, and when the pair set off to Britain early in 1984 the blizzard they faced when they flew into Dublin was barely more frosty than the reception they received from the stiffnecked defenders of the amateur faith in the northern hemisphere.

Their first meeting in Dublin was cancelled. When they did

finally sit down with Irish officials they were told a World Cup would shatter the amateur ethos of the game.

In Edinburgh, Gordon Masson, the treasurer of the Scottish union, was as grim and forbidding as the rain swept granite his hometown, Aberdeen, is famous for. “The World Cup will be staged over my dead body,” he snarled.

Shehadie didn’t back off, and snapped back, “Then when the World Cup is held, don’t bother coming.”

In London, the English were reserved. But behind the stiff upper lips, Littlejohn and Shehadie, undaunted by opposition in Ireland and Scotland, sensed signs of support.

The crunch came in Paris at a full meeting of the International Rugby Board. Support swayed back and forth after the 10.30am start. Ten minutes before an afternoon tea break, the chairman, Australian Dr Roger Vanderfield, decided, in his words, “to bite the bullet. I’d had enough.”

The votes were counted and it was 10-6 in favour of a Cup. The voting was officially a secret, but it was firmly believed Australia, New Zealand, France and South Africa were for the Cup. he wildcard vote that tipped the balance came from England.

Littlejohn and Shehadie’s mission into mostly hostile territory had paid off.

Warwick Taylor and Joe Stanley The All Blacks of ‘87 had speed to burn out wide, with wings John Kirwan and Craig Green backed up by fullback John Gallagher, a flying red-headed Englishman, then working as a cop in Wellington.

The back three scored most of the tries, but the midfield of

second-five Taylor, a schoolteacher at Burnside in Christchurch, and born and bred Aucklander, Stanley, then driving his own concrete truck, was at once a rock wall for attackers, and a polished, intelligent force with the ball.

Shortly after the Cup, John Kirwan told me that he thought when Stanley retired “people will suddenly realise just how great he is. I’ve always rated him as one of the best in the world, and the way he looks after his wings makes him a pleasure to play alongside”.

It was Stanley, Kirwan noted, who often made the backline calls, and if things ever became overheated, it was usually Stanley who kept the coolest head.

Taylor was originally from Matamata, where he followed in the First XV footsteps of his older brother Murray, who was also an All Black.

Kirwan marvelled at the precision Taylor brought to the field.

“Second-five is such a demanding position, and Warwick handled it all brilliantly,” Kirwan said.

“Taylor’s work ethic was always reflected in his kick chase, he’s just as flat out following a kick as when he’s running with the ball.”

By shutting down opposing backlines, and setting free runners on the wings Taylor and Stanley provided the foundations for the 87 triumph.

Graeme Bachop In 1995 at No 9 for the All Blacks at the Cup in South Africa, Bachop appeared to be a walking contradiction, a shy halfback.

Halfbacks are usually mouthy, cheeky, and determined to be the boss.

A 1970s All Black Lin Colling once summed up a halfback’s relationship with his forwards by saying “forwards are like sheep.

You need to bark at them a lot,

and occasionally they need a bite.”

Bachop shunned the spotlight, and presented so seriously in public his nickname of Grim seemed appropriate.

But in fact, if you got to know him, while quietly spoken, he was actually as sharp off the field as his bullet passes were from the scrum or breakdown.

At first he was on the not wanted list for All Black coach Laurie Mains. In 1993 Bachop didn’t play a test. But how much did Mains want Bachop in 95? Bachop had signed to a Japanese club, Sanix, but a handshake deal was struck so that after joining and training with Sanix, Bachop would be free to go to South Africa. So Bachop became the first All Black to play for New Zealand while a member of an overseas club.

As a halfback it helped that he had enormous strength in his wrists and hands. The All Blacks did a training exercise in which two men put their hands on a ball and tried to wrestle it away. The only one in the team who could match Bachop was Zinzan Brooke.

Bachop’s pinpoint passing, and rocket running with the ball in hand, gave the All Black backline a flying start, which, until they were upset 15-12 by South Africa in the final, made them the try-scoring toast of the tournament.

His own life reads like the darkest Grimm family fairytale.

Born in Masterton with five older brothers, his father left the family while the boys were very young, and returned to his native Rarotonga. His mother was crippled, physically incapable of raising the boys. Until he was 12 Enoka shuffled between boys’ homes. Back with Mum in Palmerston North he was rejected by Boys’ High because, he believed, he was from the wrong side of the tracks.

Determined to make something of himself he started university at 16, graduated with a BA, represented New Zealand at volleyball, became a teacher, and then discovered his true calling, helping sports stars handle any mental demons that hindered their success.

Wayne Smith started using him with the Crusaders in the 1990s, and by 2011 coaches Graham Henry, Smith and Steve Hansen all swore by him.

Enoka found triggers for every player to refocus. Brad Thorn tipped water over himself, and snorted like a Kaikoura sea lion, McCaw stamped his feet, while Kieran Read adopted a 1000 yard stare. When their rituals were finished they were thinking clearly again. Thorn later said he was sure the All Blacks couldn’t have held on to win the final 8-7 without Enoka’s guidance.

Gilbert Enoka When the All Blacks won in 2011, they had a secret weapon in the form of Gilbert Enoka, Bert to all in the team, a lanky, positive man with an easy manner and smile, who worked as a mental skills coach.

Enoka, in Japan now with the current side, had been around the All Blacks through the good and bad years.

An unsung hero in 2019?

Hopefully there will be a long list of candidates, but if I had to predict one, I’d lean to Sam Cane, who does so much of his best work in the dark, painful recesses of the breakdown.

His play is not often spectacular, but talk to the men rubbing shoulders with him on the field, and they’ll all agree his intensity is inspirational.

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■■ RUGBY

Complete performance

By Erin Tasker

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Three weeks into the 2019 Heartland Championship, Mid Canterbury rugby coach Dale Palmer is still waiting on his side to put a complete performance on the park.

He’d love to see it happen today against South Canterbury at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds, and if it does it will give Mid Canterbury a much needed boost and push them up the competition leaderboard.

Three games in, Mid Canterbury have just the one win under their belts, with their latest result being a gutting 43-41 last minute loss to top-of-the-table West Coast in Greymouth, where Mid Canterbury let a big lead slip.

It was a result that led to a bit of soul-searching this week, but it was a game which also proved that this year’s Mid Canterbury side is capable of doing some real damage on attack.

To score 41 points but still lose in a game of rugby, isn’t something that happens often.

“We, again, just didn’t do it for the whole 80 minutes,” Palmer said.

“We had the opportunity to beat the top-of-the-table team, and we let that go past.”

In all three of their opening games, Mid Canterbury have only shown glimpses of what they’re truly capable of, and Palmer knows that when it all comes together they’ll be hard to beat.

“The boys have been working pretty hard and we believe, particularly after last weekend, that a lot of teams will struggle to contain us if we attack like we did in that first half against West Coast,” Palmer said.

His side isn’t the competition’s biggest, and they can’t match a lot of oppositions physically, so they need to be smarter and dictate the game.

“We are small, but our guys have got a lot of ticker,” Palmer said.

That ticker will only go so far though, if they allow big forward packs like South Canterbury’s to run at them all day.

Dunedin’s Corey McKay has been a good find for Mid Canterbury this season, and will again start at first-five in today’s game against South Canterbury.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN Mid Canterbury did stand up well to that traditionally strong pack when the two sides met pre-season, but Palmer said the past is the past.

South Canterbury just came out on top in that low-scoring affair at a sodden Alpine Energy Stadium in Timaru.

“We took a lot of heart from how we competed with them in the scrum in particular, so you can take little bits from it, but overall we are three or four weeks into it now and things have changed and players have changed,” Palmer said.

The Mid Canterbury side for today’s clash features just one change from the starting lineup that took to the field against

West Coast, with Will Mackenzie coming back to start at halfback ahead of Tyler Blackburn.

Blackburn moves back to the bench, from where Tom Blyth, Richard Catherwood and Timoci Nabakeke are also set to return to the fray after missing a game or two.

Although one win from three games isn’t exactly where Palmer wanted his side to be at this point of the competition, he and his players are remaining positive.

They know they’re more than capable of footing it with the Heartland’s best.

“We are not panicking at all, we are just looking at taking it game by game,” Palmer said.

He said the thing about the Heartland Championship is that, as usual, it’s close.

“West Coast and North Otago are the only unbeaten teams three weeks in, and one upset could result in a lot of movement on the table.

Heading into today’s clash, Mid Canterbury are seventh on the leaderboard, but they’re only a bonus point win away from third spot, so a win over fourth-placed South Canterbury today could change the look of the competition dramatically.

Today’s game will kick off at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds at 2.30pm, with Mid Canterbury A and South Canterbury A playing the curtain-raiser at 12.50pm.

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The teams ...

The Mid Canterbury team to take on South Canterbury is:

1. Tom Heywood

2. Jackson Donlan

3. Sorby Sorvea

4. Eric Duff

5. Matt Bentley

6. Tevita Ula

7. Seta Koroitamana

8. Jon Dampney

9. Will Mackenzie

10. Corey McKay

11. Lima Savaiinaea

12. Nete Caucau

13. Josh McAtamney

14. Manasa Bari

15. Matt McAtamney Reserves: 16. Joel Leo, 17. Adam Williamson, 18. Ataata Langilangi, 19. Tom Blyth, 20. Tyler Blackburn, 21. Richard Catherwood, 22. Timoci Nabakeke The South Canterbury team for today’s game is:

1. Tokomaata Fakatava

2. Ben Hewitson

3. Dan Suter

4. Anthony Amato

5. Reegan O’Gorman

6. Cam Russell

7. Nick Strachan

8. Kieran Coll

9. Willie Wright

10. Miles Medlicott

11. Kalavini Leatigaga

12. Joel Smith

13. Shayne Anderson

14. Charence Moli

15. Zac Saunders Reserves: 16. Cameron Hucker, 17. Aifala Taelega, 18. Solomone Lavaka, 19.

Pita Halaifonua, 20. Theo Davison, 21. Reilly Cormack, 22. James Wilson-Bishop

The history ...

A look back at the history between the two sides.

Played: 140 games between 19272018, Mid Canterbury wins: 51, South Canterbury wins: 84, Draws: 5.

Last match: South Canterbury 41 Mid Canterbury 10 in Timaru 22.09.2018 (HC) Last Mid Canterbury win: Mid Canterbury 34 South Canterbury 17 in Ashburton 22.08.2015 (HC) Highest score Mid Canterbury: 52 in Ashburton 18.10.1998 (NPC D3SF) Highest score South Canterbury: 55 in Timaru 7.09.1935 Biggest differential: South Canterbury by 49 (52-3) in Timaru 31.05.1992

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■■ BASKETBALL

Return season culminates in final

By Erin Tasker

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Mid Canterbury’s first men’s team to tackle big city basketball in 20 years started the season with their sights set on a top six finish.

They did that, and then kept on going, fighting their way through to the final of Canterbury Basketball’s division one competition.

That final will play out at Cowles Stadium in Christchurch this afternoon, where their opposition will be an Atami Casa De Banos side that they have a bit of unfinished business with.

Mid Canterbury coach Brian Kerr said his side has played the Atami side twice already this season – once in the round robin where Mid Canterbury came out on top 85-68, and then again in the top six where Atami came out on top by just two points in one of the most tense finishes of the season.

“The game we lost by two, the boys played obviously really well, but we didn’t have big Jase, and it makes a bit difference,” Kerr said.

That “big Jase” is Jason Greig, who towers above most opposing players at a massive seven-foot tall.

He’s been one of Mid Canterbury’s key players this season, but Kerr said every member of the squad has played a part.

Before this season, Mid Canterbury’s last appearance on the Canterbury club scene was in 1999, in the premier grade, and while this year’s side may not have been the biggest or the most experienced, they have a lot of heart and play every week for each other, Kerr said.

He said defence has been key for his side this season.

Halfway through the season things weren’t going quite as they’d hoped. They sat down together and captain Pip Johnston told them they needed to refocus.

So they did. They made a few changes to the way they went into games, and those changes paid off.

“The guys have got all the skills and ability, it’s just a matter of focusing on the job at hand and doing the business,” Kerr said.

The Mid Canterbury side that will head to Christchurch to play in the division one men’s basketball final today, bar Gareth Hunt.

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“When we get running, a lot of teams just can’t keep up.”

Kerr said at the start of the season, top six had been their goal.

“We left it pretty tight because we were running fifth or sixth, but when we just started focusing on what we wanted to do, we started winning, and we started winning well,” Kerr said.

Today, in the final, the key will be to retain the focus that has got them this far. Kerr said his side can’t afford to be overawed by the occasion, as big as it is.

Captain Johnston said for him and most of his team-mates it won’t be their first final, but it’ll be their first big final as a team,

and he’s looking forward to it.

“The best thing about this group is that it’s got guys in it that I coached in the (Ashburton) College side, so to be able to play among them instead of being on the sideline yelling at them to do this and that, I can do that on the court with them,” Johnston said.

Johnston came to the side this season after almost 20 years of premier basketball in Christchurch, and he’s loved being able to play for his home association.

Playing for Mid Canterbury meant dropping from premier down to the next grade – division one – but it also meant an end to

the years of largely lonely drives to Christchurch for training and games.

“The best thing about playing here is you don’t have to travel to get to trainings, and yeah you still have to travel to games but you’re travelling with a group of guys, so you build team chemistry in the van,” Johnston said.

He knows the final will be tough going, but he’s confident his team is up for it.

“This team we are playing is experienced and they have played a lot of finals before.

“I’ve played them in prems finals quite a few times and they are definitely a good bunch of guys to

compete against, even though we hate their guts on court,” Johnston said.

Any off court friendships will be cast aside today, with a title on the line, and if the last encounter between the two sides is anything to go by, the crowd at Cowles Stadium for finals day could be in for a treat.

Today’s division one final will tip off at 12.20pm, and it will be followed by the women’s premier grand final between the Lincoln University and North Canterbury premier women’s teams, and the men’s premier final between the University of Canterbury and the Pioneer Pacers.

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■■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Oilers eyeing up first ever win

By Erin Tasker

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When the Chertsey Oilers run out onto the rugby league field for the first time this season, they’ll have one thing on their mind, and that’s winning.

It’s something that – in the two years the club has been in existence – has so far eluded them, but the coach of this year’s side reckons that will change in this year’s Aoraki competition.

That competition, for the Duncan McGregor Memorial Aoraki Cup, gets under way in Geraldine today with a double header which will pit the Oilers against the Timaru Outlaws in the first game, and the Ashburton Barbarians against the Country Cowboys in the other game.

Oilers coach Matt Milne said the feeling in his camp heading into the opening round is good, particularly after a pre-season match against an invitational Halswell side last weekend.

That Halswell side feature some pretty good players and the game ended in a 34-all draw – the closest the Oilers have come to winning since their formation ahead of the 2017 season.

Now, they want to build on that performance and kick-start their 2019 campaign with their first win, and Milne knows they’re more than capable of it.

Unlike the first couple of seasons, the Oilers side this year features more rugby league players than rugby players, Milne said.

Within their ranks they’ve got a couple who’ve featured for the Aoraki Eels in the South Island premiership this season, and a premier grade player from Christchurch, who lives in Ashburton.

The Chertsey Oilers are eyeing up their first ever win in this year’s Aoraki rugby league competition.

They’ve got all the pieces of the puzzle, it’s just a matter of putting it all together on the park.

“But I’m still claiming underdog status, until we win,” Milne said.

The Oilers have picked up a few Barbarians, too, but it hasn’t left the Ashburton team short.

When the two Mid Canterbury clubs meet on the field next week, friendships will be put aside, but the two clubs do work together reasonably closely with a mutual end goal of growing the game.

“It’s just about the game, it’s just about getting people playing

league,” Milne said.

The Barbarians will play in today’s second game, against the Country Cowboys in what will be a repeat of last year’s final, which the Barbarians won.

They’re eager to start this year’s competition where they left off – winning – but coach Steve Gamble said it’s about more than that.

“The boys are up for it but I told them I’m not expecting miracles off them.

“We are starting probably with more non-playing league players than we ever have, and it’s just about getting them out there and

exposed to it,” Gamble said.

“A heap of new boys have turned up, we’ve got a couple of boys from out at Southern rugby and Hampstead, we’ve got a really good mix this year.”

One of the big losses they’ve suffered is the departure of Marvin Brown to the Oilers, but Gamble said his boots will be ably filled by one of those Southern players – James Hastings.

Just how the two new-look Mid Canterbury sides come together will be clearer in a few hours time, with the Oilers and Outlaws set to kick the 2019 competition off at

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1pm at the Geraldine Rugby Club, followed by the Cowboys and the Barbarians at 2.30pm, with kids’ games also taking to the field from 10am.

Round two of the Aoraki competition will be a double header at Rakaia, which will feature two local derbies.

The two Mid Canterbury clubs will play for the new Mid Canterbury Shield, and the two South Canterbury sides will play for the new South Canterbury Shield, on a day where junior league teams from the clubs will also be in action again.

Johnson all revved up for finals football Shaun Johnson knows that NRL finals campaigns don’t come around nearly as often as you want.

Johnson has played 179 games since his debut in 2011, and four of his five finals matches have been played in September.

The other was on that fateful first Sunday in October against Manly during his rookie season.

“It’s weird.

“When you look back on your career and you think of the times that you’ve missed and made the

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“All those bad times, all the good times ... you get to these points and you can really appreciate it more than anything.

“When I came through in 2011, it just happened so quick.

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“Man, just so quick. And now that you’re in this position again, you really just don’t want to waste it.”

Johnson played all five of those finals games with the Warriors, where he was arguably the biggest

rugby league star in the country.

The Kiwi star sensationally parted ways with the club last summer, and now he is in the finals again, with the Cronulla Sharks, while the Warriors are planning for 2020.

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Saturday, September 14, 2019

■■METHVEN

Out to get one over rivals

By Matt Markham

with a local entrant engaged in each of the 10 races on the card.

All counted they number 36 with some strong hopes throughout the day and Mid Canterbury-based drivers are kept busy with a number of drives too.

As well as the action on the track, it’s a big day for the Methven Trotting Club with a big crowd expected as part of their Clubs of Canterbury Race Day, where a number of the chartered clubs from around the region send busloads of racegoers along for the occasion.

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One of the most enigmatic trotters in New Zealand will be hoping he can get the feet moving in the right direction for a group of local owners when the grass track racing season kicks off at Methven tomorrow.

And don’t bother asking the trainer of One Over Dover, Ben Waldron, if he knows what version of the horse will turn up to the Methven Trotting Club meeting, he’s given up trying to guess.

It’s simply a case of show up, get ready for the occasion and hope for the best, really.

“He’s a bit of a character, to be honest,” Waldron said.

“You never quite know what you’re going to get, but if you do get him on a good day, he’s pretty handy, we know that much.”

Raced by the Oh Yeahh Syndicate, which is made up largely of Mid Canterbury locals, One Over Dover has had 40 career starts for four wins and five minor placings – statistics which are reasonably impressive considering the number of times he’s taken no part because of his manners.

Waldron said there is no rhyme nor reason to the mistakes in race, but he does suspect the horse jars up a little and that impacts on his performance.

Matt Markham’s selections

One Over Dover will be out to start a new campaign in the right fashion at Methven tomorrow.

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Waldron has given the eightyear-old gelding two preparation runs for this weekend’s opening performance for the new season, which have resulted in a second at the Orari workouts and a strong fourth at the Ashburton trials last week.

“I know it was only fourth, but he’s never felt any good on the Ashburton track.

“But on that day he felt better

“He can feel like a superstar at home one day and then have issues the next and it’s any excuse really.

“But he’s got a really big engine on him and has the speed to be competitive with most going around.

“The grade he’s in now, that’s perfect for him really, he’s always going to be very competitive if he trots the whole way.”

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than he ever has. I was really happy with him.

“He’s nice and bright and as ready as I can get him so the rest is up to him.”

Regular driver Craig Thornley will drive One Over Dover tomorrow.

Waldron has just the one horse entered at the meeting, but is one of a plethora of Mid Canterburybased runners at the meeting

Race 1: Palisade, Mono Gamble, DD’s Super Stuart, Silver Surfer Race 2: Somekindawonderful, Stevie Lynn, Carita, Laver Race 3: Ruby’s A Delight, Standout, The Guild, Street Appeal, Alta Endeavour Race 4: Rogie Falls, Boyz Invasion, Deborahs Gem, Stellar Success Race 5: Prodigal Guinness, Duke, Sparkling Annie, Just Michael Race 6: Franco Garrett, Silk, Portalegre, Ascalabus Race 7: Matt Damon, Only In America, Clasina Maria, Shadow Minister Race 8: Essence Of Easton, Bush Man, Doctor Tim, Sounds Lika Gem Race 9: We’ll Meet Again, One Over Dover, Momentous, Ideal Invasion Race 10: Friend, That Alexander Guy, Unico Enchantress, Bakari BEST: Essence Of Easton (Race 8) VALUE: Carita (Race 2)

Tomorrow at Mt Harding Racecourse

Methven Trotting Club Inc Venue: Mt Harding Racecourse Meeting Date: 15 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 11.35am WOOLSTON CLUB TROT $8000, non-winners, stand, 2400m 1 006 Goose Healy (1) fr..........................L O’Reilly 2 0584x Superfast Lad (2) fr...........................S Ottley 3 7 Lady Hillary (3) fr...............................J Dunn 4 Dudes Star (4) fr........................... S McNally 5 4 Mono Gamble (5) fr.......................T Williams 6 8x0x4 Tiptoe Trouble (6) fr.................. S O’Reilly (J) 7 860x0 Excite (7) fr.....................................B Orange 8 8297x Flyin Mandy (8) fr........................... G Chmiel 9 0x032 Awesome Impee (9) fr................... P Wakelin 10 55 Silver Surfer (10) fr.........................B Weaver 11 7 Eilish Hall (11) fr................................J Curtin 12 3 Best Wishes (12) fr.......................C DeFilippi 13 54386 Maranatha Atlas (13) fr....................... R May 14 9 Moons Way (14) fr.............................R Close 15 9097x Tuscan Sun (U1) fr..................... C McDowell 16 4x272 Palisade (U2) fr....................................B Butt 17 07052 DD’s Super Stuart (U3) fr............ J Markham 18 7 Just Another Legend (U4) fr.... J Morrison (J) Emergencies: Excite, Moons Way, Tuscan Sun 2 12.05 THE PAPANUI CLUB MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2300m 1 50505 Gotta Party Doll (1) fr.....................B Weaver 2 07x Motu Cullen (2) fr..........................T Williams 3 The Terrorist (3) fr..........................B Orange 4 Somekindawonderful (4) fr.................J Dunn 5 7x057 Jive (5) fr.................................. C D Thornley 6 Albasini (6) fr..............................M Anderson 7 20 Stevie Lynn (7) fr...............................R Close 8 7868x Szybka Lane (8) fr............................. G Telfer 9 5x Laver (9) fr..................................... G O’Reilly 10 27295 Iron Woman (21) fr.................. J Morrison (J) 11 59 Negara (22) fr....................................J Young

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12 Rachel Alexandra (23) fr 13 Make Believe (24) fr......................... G Smith 14 80530 Carita (25) fr........................................ R May 15 My Man Rooster (26) fr...............S Payne (J) 16 840 Silent Rapture (27) fr....................C DeFilippi Emergencies: Albasini, Rachel Alexandra 3 12.35 ASHBURTON MSA LIQUOR CENTRE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2400m 1 Webs Reactor (1) fr.................. S O’Reilly (J) 2 56953 Don’t Tell Ange (2) fr................A Mugford (J) 3 09487 The Diva (3) fr........................B Laughton (J) 4 7x6 Mongolian Marshal (4) fr................B Orange 5 Ruby’s A Delight (5) fr................... G O’Reilly 6 Alyssa Delight (6) fr...................... B Hope (J) 7 32 Standout (7) fr......................... J Morrison (J) 8 0600x Fusitua (8) fr...................................... G Ward 9 El Chapo (9) fr..................................... R May 10 44355 Jacks Anne (10) fr..........................R Holmes 11 x6548 Rafa Novak (11) fr.................K Tomlinson (J) 12 665 Street Appeal (12) fr......................... G Smith 13 2 Alta Endeavour (13) fr................M Anderson 14 0 Genelis fr....................................... Scratched 15 068x0 President Pat (14) fr........................N Burton 16 723x The Guild (15) fr................................... J Hay 17 0980x Darryl Kerrigan (U1) fr....................L O’Reilly 4 1.05 KAIAPOI CLUB TROT $8500, r40-r51,r52-r55 w/c, stand, 2400m 1 9x166 Rogie Falls (1) fr..........................M Lewis (J) 2 402x9 Foreigner (2) fr...................................G Hunt 3 00271 Dr Cliff (3) fr.........................................B Butt 4 4578x Stellar Success (4) fr............... J Morrison (J) 5 03626 Don’t Rock The Boat (5) fr......S Thornley (J) 6 60050 I’ldoitmyway (6) fr............................. T Quate 7 3221x Deborahs Gem (7) fr................ M Williamson 8 3617P Ardee Trouble (8) fr....................... S McNally 9 03670 Rusty I Am (9) fr............................ P Wakelin 10 19506 Chasing Great (U1) fr.................... K Townley 11 80080 Dolly Jones (U2) fr................K Tomlinson (J)

12 02210 Boyz Invasion (U3) fr.....................M Heenan 5 1.41pm LINCOLN CLUB PACE $8000, non-winners, stand, 2400m 1 2089x Franco Hatton (1) fr......................T McMillan 2 00385 Tiger Moth (2) fr...................... J Morrison (J) 3 0254x Just Michael (3) fr..........................L O’Reilly 4 26 Prodigal Guinness (4) fr.....................J Dunn 5 77 Conquer Me (5) fr 6 50072 Supreme Lincoln (6) fr............. S O’Reilly (J) 7 6404D Jamies Bad Boy (7) fr........................S Ottley 8 0 Krystal Delight (8) fr..................... B Hope (J) 9 Changeover Jo (9) fr.......................T Chmiel 10 380x Emma G (10) fr...............................G Archer 11 The Consultant (11) fr.......................J Curtin 12 07696 Miss Behavin (12) fr.........................J W Cox 13 6x0 Days Of Destiny (13) fr..............B Williamson 14 Cambire (14) fr................................. G Smith 15 4x479 Duke (15) fr....................................B Orange 16 6x Beau Major (16) fr..........................R Holmes 17 Sparkling Annie (17) fr.................. G O’Reilly 18 9 Just A Smile (18) fr............................. R May Em: Conquer Me, Changeover Jo, Days Of Destiny 6 2.16pm RICHMOND CLUB JUNIOR DRIVERS PACE $8500, 4yo+ r40-r55 jun.d, stand, 2400m 1 70949 Dynamo (1) fr.........................B Laughton (J) 2 66089 Dreaminsover (2) fr.................... L McKay (J) 3 31 Franco Garrett (3) fr................ J Morrison (J) 4 9180x Wild Excuse (4) fr.........................S Smith (J) 5 21829 King Of Heroes (5) fr...............K Newman (J) 6 0x673 Artfilly Crafted (6) fr....................E Barron (J) 7 43321 Silk (7) fr................................S Tomlinson (J) 8 83185 Victor Tango (8) fr...................A Cameron (J) 9 391P4 Sweeney Todd (9) fr..................... B Hope (J) 10 4180x Pembrook Blue (10) fr.............. S O’Reilly (J) 11 23x10 Portalegre (11) fr........................M Hurrell (J) 12 5805x Rainy River (12) fr.................K Tomlinson (J) 13 34x31 Ascalabus (13) fr......................... D Keast (J) 14 08425 Jonty James (14) fr.................S Thornley (J)

15 1309x Sister’s Delight (U1) fr............ O Thornley (J) 7 2.51pm HORNBY WORKING MENS CLUB HANDICAP PACE $9000, r50+ discrhcp, stand, 2400m 1 9704x Canardly Remember (1) fr..........M Lewis (J) 2 32118 Cathy Brown (2) fr.............................S Ottley 3 2111 Matt Damon (1) 10M..................M Anderson 4 27613 Arocknatthepark (2) 10M................. G Smith 5 8378x The Valiant (3) 10M............................... I Lee 6 41143 Only In America (4) 10M......... J Morrison (J) 7 2311x Norman Richards (5) 10M................... J Hay 8 15680 Flamboyant (6) 10M...............B Laughton (J) 9 36378 Shadow Minister (7) 10M...............L O’Reilly 10 8x172 Homebush Lad (1) 20M............... B Hope (J) 11 7x477 Unico Legend (2) 20M........................ R May 12 1076x Clasina Maria (1) 40M.......................J Young 8 3.26 OXFORD CLUB MOBILE PACE $9000, r53-r60., mobile, 2300m 1 8234x Bush Man (1) fr..................................J Dunn 2 8213x Iknow (2) fr........................................... J Hay 3 086x4 Essence Of Easton (3) fr..................... R May 4 74982 Overarm (4) fr.................................T Chmiel 5 09253 Ardent Lustre (5) fr.........................R Holmes 6 16707 Kardesler (6) fr..............................T Williams 7 194x0 Frankie Jones (7) fr.................. M Williamson 8 74955 Doctor Tim (8) fr............................ G O’Reilly 9 91885 Sounds Lika Gem (9) fr..................L O’Reilly 10 1x398 Rollova (21) fr.......................................B Butt 11 81390 Leading The Way (22) fr.......... J Morrison (J) 12 24815 Proactor (23) fr..................................J Curtin 13 9585x Mr Midnight (24) fr.................... S O’Reilly (J) 14 69270 God Only Knows (25) fr................... G Smith 9 4.01pm OAMARU CLUB HANDICAP TROT $9000, r52-r70 discrhcp, stand, 2400m 1 7x534 Momentous (1) fr...............................S Ottley 2 0490x Take After Me (2) fr.................... R Houghton 3 5088x Ali Lindenny (3) fr...............................J Dunn 4 22844 Neverneverland (U1) fr.................C DeFilippi 5 84808 Beyond The Horizon (1) 10M.........L O’Reilly

6 05D30 Ideal Invasion (2) 10M.............. S O’Reilly (J) 7 1082x Missie Castleton (3) 10M.................... R May 8 8590x One Over Dover (4) 10M.......... C D Thornley 9 5570x We’ll Meet Again (1) 20M.................. J Smith 10 05976 Renezmae (2) 20M...........................R Close 10 4.36 NEW BRIGHTON & LYTTELTON CLUBS MOBILE PACE $8500, r40-r52., mobile, 2300m 1 87478 Flyingmasterwilliams (1) fr.............L O’Reilly 2 09560 Martin John (2) fr............................T Chmiel 3 567x8 Betstars Blue Jean (3) fr..................J W Cox 4 21499 Jungle Gem (4) fr....................... B Borcoskie 5 05197 Tact Denzel (5) fr.........................R McIlwrick 6 80227 Snow Printz (6) fr......................... B Hope (J) 7 P3282 Unico Enchantress (7) fr................B Orange 8 23346 Friend (8) fr......................................... R May 9 55948 Bakari (9) fr...................................... G Smith 10 04075 Melt Down (21) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 11 0349x Swap Over (22) fr........................M Lewis (J) 12 84298 Motoring Major (23) fr.......................J Curtin 13 08007 Jetenara (24) fr............................. G O’Reilly 14 15965 That Alexander Guy (25) fr...............R Close Pacifiers on: Moons Way (R1) Pacifiers off: Ardee Trouble (R4), Neverneverland (R9) SELECTIONS

8 45339 Ascomanni m (5) 67........... M Northcott (am) 9 6760x Carnaby dm (7) 66.5........Sarah Fannin (am) 10 x4339 Easy Walking m (4) 66.5.......... S Wenn (am) 11 0x0x8 Raise The Phantom (1) 66.5.B Harrison (am) 12 0x00x Teapot (2) 66.5.....................L Petersen (am) 6 3.44pm K MYERS RACING STABLES 1250 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1250m 1 47153 Saint Croix mb (3) 59.5....M Hashizume (a3) 2 431 New York Jazz m (6) 59..........J Fawcett (a1) 3 38225 Manhattan Flame m (4) 58.5Goindasamy (a3) 4 88303 Benaud (1) 57.5.................................R Elliot 5 32200 Chiquitita (5) 56.5................S Weatherley (a) 6 07813 Goodnight Irene tm (2) 56.5 7 4.20pm FOLLOW THE SIMON’S & WHEELER’S TO ASCOT MDN 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 9402x Charred (6) 58.5.............................. A Calder 2 6832 Into The Deep (7) 58.5... A Goindasamy (a3) 3 75345 Making Waves b (8) 58.5 -

4 54 Abu Dhabi (4) 58.5..............S Weatherley (a) 5 677x5 Senor Moss (2) 58.5..........................R Elliot 6 7235 Midnite Invasion (3) 56.5.............M Coleman 7 67x05 Blushing Heights (1) 56.5........J Fawcett (a1) 8 8x070 Just Kate (5) 56.5........................ L Satherley Blinkers on: Henry Tudor (R1), Jochen Rindt, Manhattan Street (R2), Henry Tudor (R3), Toorak Tower (R5) LEGEND: Runner Form - b - Beaten favourite at last start c Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months SELECTIONS

Race 1: Palisade, Awesome Impee, DD’s Super Stuart Race 2: Somekindawonderful, Laver, Stevie Lynn, Jive Race 3: Alta Endeavour, Street Appeal, Standout Race 4: Deborahs Gem, Dr Cliff, Rogie Falls, Boyz Invasion Race 5: Prodigal Guinness, Duke, Jamies Bad Boy Race 6: Franco Garrett, Silk, Portalegre, Ascalabus Race 7: Matt Damon, Homebush Lad, Only In America, Clasina Maria Race 8: Overarm, Bush Man, Doctor Tim, Proactor Race 9: We’ll Meet Again, Renezmae, Momentous Race 10: Unico Enchantress, Friend, That Alexander Guy LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Rotorua gallops Tomorrow at Rotorua Raceway

Rotorua Bop HC Venue: Rotorua Meeting Date: 15 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.49pm TEAM WEALLEANS HURDLE $20,000, RST OPN HDL SWP, 3500m 1 21335 Just Got Home dm (2) 66.5.............S Phelan 2 453P3 Henry Tudor dm (3) 66.5...............R Cole (3) 3 P138P Who Can Tell m (5) 66.5 Thomas-Rantall (3) 4 43313 Ave Maria m (1) 66.................. K Veenendaal 5 x8982 Aigne (4) 65..........................M Roustoby (3) 6 702P1 Caballo Noir dm (6) 65.................. T Moki (2) 7 x13PP Doctor Hook 65............................. Scratched 2 1.24 FARMLANDS CO-OPERATIVE HURDLE $10,000, MAIDEN HDL, 3000m 1 873L8 Jochen Rindt tm (2) 68....................S Phelan 2 737P3 Manhattan Street m (11) 68......... B Lammas 3 25498 Ali Baba m (4) 68..........................R Cole (3) 4 11724 Look Out tm (7) 68............................. A Kuru

5 75472 Each Way (9) 68 6 28Px3 Markwood (8) 68........................... T Moki (2) 7 60857 Princeville (10) 68.....................H McNeill (1) 8 89907 Signor Dal (6) 68..............................M Cropp 9 43607 Whopper’s m (3) 68..... B Thomas-Rantall (3) 10 85B21 Mandalay tm (1) 66................. Shaun Fannin 11 67xB9 Press My Buttons (5) 66.......M Roustoby (3) 3 1.59 SWEENEY TOWNSEND INSURANCE & ROTO BOP HUNT CUP $20,000, OPN HDL, 3000m 1 51214 Zentangle tdm (2) 69.....................R Elliot (3) 2 64755 Hesalljazz m (7) 66..................L Douglas (3) 3 01F2P Senassy m (4) 65..................M Roustoby (3) 4 9x087 He’s Dan m (3) 65...................E Nicholas (3) 5 18F87 Class Above m (5) 65.............. Shaun Fannin 6 78317 Florence Ivy tdm (6) 65................. T Moki (2) 7 453P3 Henry Tudor m (1) 65....................R Cole (3) 4 2.34pm T.W.MOORE LTD HIGHWEIGHT $11,000, Rating 72 & Jumps HWT Benchmark, 2200m

1 70213 Guy Fox dm (7) 71.............K Veenendaal (2) 2 13126 Mondorani (9) 68......... B Thomas-Rantall (3) 3 01439 Rocking Good Time m (8) 68....... B Lammas 4 73771 Magnanimous Man tdm (3) 67.5.....S Phelan 5 70110 Rodmar m (6) 67.5........................R Cole (3) 6 28671 Good Vibes tm (5) 65.5...................... A Kuru 7 96224 In A Minute m (1) 65..........................R Elliot 8 75177 Red John tdm (2) 65........................M Cropp 9 95508 Wagner dm (4) 65...................E Nicholas (3) 5 3.09 ROTORUA DISTRICT RDA-FLAIR AMATEUR RIDERS SERIES $10,000, R65&JMPS Benchmark*, 1950m 1 00907 Goodwill (10) 70.................B Rogerson (am) 2 34145 Dr Velocious m (11) 68.5........ J Grundy (am) 3 27351 Handsome Blue m (6) 68.5.. S MacNab (am) 4 66051 Rodolfo m (3) 68.5................ J Fillmore (am) 5 96224 In A Minute m (8) 68 6 820P6 Toorak Tower (12) 68................C Isdale (am) 7 5822P Sir Ritchie m (9) 67.5...........L Kennedy (am)

Race 1: Ave Maria, Henry Tudor, Aigne, Caballo Noir Race 2: Look Out, Manhattan Street, Jochen Rindt, Each Way Race 3: Zentangle, Florence Ivy, Class Above, Henry Tudor Race 4: Mondorani, Magnanimous Man, Good Vibes, Rodmar Race 5: Handsome Blue, Sir Ritchie, Dr Velocious, Rodolfo Race 6: Saint Croix, Manhattan Flame, Benaud, Chiquitita Race 7: Into The Deep, Abu Dhabi, Charred, Making Waves

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Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 15 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 1.15pm (NZT) SPEEDMAPS @FORMPRO RATINGS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 64276 Star Secret 19.14 A &......................Williams 2 78583 Snoopy’s Hero 18.63........................... D Ray 3 78756 Was Just Saying 18.59 R &.................L Udy 4 43176 Prerogative nwtd U &.........................Cottam 5 31632 Tamantha 19.04.................................B Bond 6 77667 Rion King nwtd R &..............................L Udy 7 45444 Bigtime Gal nwtd R &...................N O’Regan 8 61123 Big Time Prickle nwtd A &................Williams 9 31676 Rainy River nwtd.............................S E Hunt 10 67854 Small Boy nwtd A &.........................Williams 2 1.33pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SPRINT C0, 318m 1 3 Noise Maker nwtd............................P Green 2 88275 Mr Felix nwtd.....................................M Black 3 Choo Choo nwtd............................. G Farrell 4 48746 Donny nwtd U &.................................Cottam 5 65864 Smash Burton nwtd R &......................L Udy 6 78537 Hopcorn nwtd A &............................Williams 7 4 Carbon Tiger nwtd W &....................T Steele 8 357 Master Brady nwtd...........................S Codlin 9 55586 Bigtime Lola nwtd A &......................Williams 10 56647 Coober Pedy nwtd R &.................N O’Regan 3 1.50pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES STAKES C2, 527m 1 21366 El Narco 30.69.................................P Green

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Saturday, September 14, 2019

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Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium 2 75187 Wairoa Angel nwtd...................... M Prangley 3 46351 Monsoon Malabar 30.93 U &.............Cottam 4 17622 Jetsun Doll 30.78............................G Wilson 5 13153 Jinja Nice 31.08.................................E Potts 6 1x517 Dyna Naya nwtd............................ H Mullane 7 15274 Hey Khali 30.90 U &...........................Cottam 8 24211 Jinja Babe 31.03................................E Potts 9 73776 Kapai Tahi 31.00 R &...........................L Udy 10 63446 Jinja Shake nwtd................................E Potts 4 2.08pm $4,000 BONUS FIRST4 SPRINT C4, 318m 1 26645 Suspicious Minds 18.67.....................B Craik 2 61848 Blocker 18.52 R &........................N O’Regan 3 87245 Powerful Lomar nwtd.........................B Craik 4 24618 Over Indulgence nwtd.....................P Henley 5 23378 Mobility Scooter 18.65......................M Black 6 41814 Guru Secret 18.61 A &.....................Williams 7 25315 Nangar Dream 18.56...................... G Farrell 8 13418 Oskitz 18.52.....................................S Codlin 9 38647 Tres Vite 18.56.................................T Patton 10 27568 Miss Claude 18.62 U &......................Cottam 5 2.26 LAST ONE STANDING 22 SEPTEMBER SPRINT C1, 318m 1 87256 Opawa Kong nwtd........................... G Farrell 2 717 Just Nia 19.14...................................M Black 3 25827 Bigtime Jasper nwtd A &..................Williams 4 13486 Gain Capital 18.81.............................B Craik 5 72288 Unconscionable 18.61 R &..................L Udy 6 12 Cosmic Meteor 18.66.................... D R Laing 7 55476 Platinum Tears 18.87.......................R Roper 8 48533 Yella Ella 18.58 R &.............................L Udy 9 67854 Small Boy nwtd A &.........................Williams

10 84857 Clausen Jewel nwtd R &..............N O’Regan 6 2.43pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH GRADUATION DISTANCE C1d, 603m 1 24543 Go Angel nwtd................................ G Farrell 2 63371 Amy Amy nwtd................................ G Farrell 3 Box Vacant 4 68885 Finkle Foot Hero nwtd......................... D Ray 5 42132 Opawa Magic 35.87........................ G Farrell 6 Box Vacant 7 52526 Heart Shaped Box 35.94....................B Craik 8 74643 Little Apple nwtd W &.......................T Steele 7 3.01 AGRC SUPPORTS BLUE SEPTEMBER SPRINT C3, 318m 1 18466 Bigtime Hunter 18.83.................... H Mullane 2 87437 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.33 U &...................Cottam 3 11221 Captain Kev 18.67 W &....................T Steele 4 71778 Zipping Gabby 18.38...................P Ferguson 5 15445 Digger Ace nwtd U &..........................Cottam 6 37317 Stay Rich 18.55 M &......................... J Smith 7 76648 Jetsun Paint 18.53..........................G Wilson 8 23618 Always Dreaming 18.58.................. G Farrell 9 286F8 It’s Pawsible 18.61...........................P Green 10 67588 Clover Victoria 18.65........................S Codlin 8 3.18pm $15,000 GUARANTEED PICK6 SPRINT C2, 318m 1 76211 Waiterimu Ripper 18.51 R &................L Udy 2 83821 Talkabout Izzy 18.81........................... D Ray 3 14231 Thank You Next 18.63........................B Craik 4 58x83 Bigtime Brucie nwtd...................... H Mullane 5 12122 Express Emporium 18.72 W &.........T Steele 6 84218 Mega Munchies 18.61 U &.................Cottam

7 44315 Jetsun Bear 18.65...........................G Wilson 8 77124 On Demand 18.54.............................M Black 9 53434 Our Simba 18.81............................. G Farrell 10 21474 Botany Esmay 18.69........................P Green 9 3.36pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C3, 318m 1 67474 One Cool Chap 18.47 W &...............T Steele 2 12318 Wedgwood Warrior 18.55 M &.......... J Smith 3 54684 Waerenga Star 18.63 U &..................Cottam 4 41245 Bigtime Jason 18.53..................... H Mullane 5 26726 C’est L’Amour 18.67...........................B Craik 6 11762 Audrette 18.45.................................S Codlin 7 78254 Podium Phobia 18.89.................... H Mullane 8 6386x Wong Way 18.27 U &.........................Cottam 9 27565 Botany Wayne 18.49........................P Green 10 78778 Kapai Lana 18.57 R &..........................L Udy 10 3.53pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STKS C3/4, 527m 1 58735 Billy Bright nwtd..........................P Ferguson 2 31222 Opawa Big 30.91............................ G Farrell 3 88345 Jetsun Singer 30.73........................G Wilson 4 18451 Bear Claws 30.81 W &.....................T Steele 5 52875 Kiwi Gal 30.40 U &.............................Cottam 6 88F64 Ti Amo 30.73......................................B Craik 7 46552 Odnoc Ankie 30.86.....................P Ferguson 8 14485 Damaging Lomar nwtd.......................B Craik 9 74231 Crackling Gal 30.49 U &....................Cottam 11 4.11pm QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 33383 Alex Attack 18.38 U &........................Cottam 2 55341 Shallay Pallay nwtd U &.....................Cottam 3 21158 Does He Exist 18.53........................R Roper 4 18878 It’s That Fresh nwtd A &...................Williams

5 15271 Kiwi Boy 18.18 U &............................Cottam 6 11552 Quara’s Yoshi 18.45...................... H Mullane 7 53214 Manila Bala 18.24 R &.................N O’Regan 8 71116 Ashen 18.42.......................................B Bond 9 27568 Miss Claude 18.62 U &......................Cottam 10 38647 Tres Vite 18.56.................................T Patton 12 4.28pm WATERLOO CUP 6/10 STAKES C1, 527m 1 12371 React Respond 30.77......................R Roper 2 65655 Jinja Liv 31.08 U &.............................Cottam 3 55873 Happy Days nwtd.............................P Green 4 77483 Secret Babe 30.74.......................J T Pruden 5 27F74 Little Moo 30.50 U &..........................Cottam 6 82847 Afridi 31.16 W &...............................T Steele 7 27784 Opawa Pink 30.58 W &....................T Steele 8 57422 Flying Dewy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 9 75558 Zipping Memphis 31.07 R &.........N O’Regan 10 45678 Just Maddie nwtd..............................M Black 13 4.46 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 12456 Elouera Mist 18.53.......................J T Pruden 2 44328 Bigtime Champ 19.01 A &................Williams 3 37535 Big Time Rose nwtd A &..................Williams 4 78765 Karaoke Prince 18.70 R &...........N O’Regan 5 44221 Ford Man 19.06 R &.............................L Udy 6 37783 Vee Marina 18.76 U &........................Cottam 7 32535 Hi Ho Tonto nwtd..............................P Green 8 7325F Kai Nan 18.94................................. G Farrell 9 66464 Banjo Hope 18.94 A &.....................Williams 10 58878 Thrilling Denzel nwtd A &.................Williams

2 503x5 William Wallace d (2) 59.5............... T Harris 3 0648x Excalibur (4) 59...................S Weatherley (a) 4 43411 Light Shadow td (6) 58.5..................R Smyth 5 5003x Starrybeel (3) 57.5....................... D Johnson 6 338x7 Orakei Overlord dm (10) 56.5........O Bosson 7 6229x Pop Star Princess (5) 56............. L Satherley 8 10023 Bluetwentytwo m (8) 56.....M Hashizume (a) 9 39413 Bruegel td (1) 55.................... T Yanagida (a) 10 7535x Savy Yong Blonk d (9) 54...............M McNab 11 51121 Supreme Heights tm (7) 54............. A Calder 7 4.25pm CAMBRIDGE STUD NORTHLAND BREEDERS STAKES $70,000, 3YO SW, 1200m 1 2227x Aotea Lad (3) 56.5.........................O Bosson 2 71x1 Catalyst d (6) 56.5............................ T Harris 3 139x3 Exuberant (4) 56.5......................M Coleman 4 312 Zelenski th (8) 56.5......................T Thornton 5 42318 Elliot Power t (5) 56.5...................... A Calder 6 10x9x Tappy’s One db (9) 56.5................... S Spratt 7 3143x Bella Mente d (2) 54.5.................. D Johnson 8 65x21 Tumbleweed td (10) 54.5.....S Weatherley (a)

9 4139x In Fashion d (11) 54.5.................M Cameron 10 3 Kaareraway h (1) 54.5..................C Lammas 11 Silver Lake (7) 54.5............................L Innes 8 5.00pm RUAKAKA CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES - 17 DECEMBER $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 27x01 Way Above td (2) 59.5.......... T Yanagida (a2) 2 0213x Duck Road (3) 59............................. T Harris 3 1 Hurrian dm (1) 59............................ A Calder 4 38225 Manhattan Flame 58.5.................. Scratched 5 69x25 One Kotukustreet db (10) 57.5Hashizume (a3) 6 88303 Benaud td (6) 57.5........................... S Spratt 7 13x Scottish Star db (8) 57...................O Bosson 8 5x16x Choctoc d (5) 56.5.............................L Innes 9 90007 Pokuru Wild (9) 56.5...................M Cameron 10 50x55 Ritzy Sparkle d (13) 56.5...............M McNab 11 58339 Shesonfire (4) 56.5...................... D Johnson 12 9248x Patsys Lass (7) 55.5........................R Smyth 13 65466 Boogie Easy th (12) 55................C Lammas 14 030x0 Whatsitallabout h (11) 54........J Fawcett (a1)

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Whangarei gallops Today at Ruakaka Raceway

Whangarei RC Venue: Ruakaka Meeting Date: 14 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.52pm (NZT) ALMANZOR AT CAMBRIDGE STUD 3YO MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 528x2 Holy Mongolemperor (2) 57.5.....M Cameron 2 467x Sherwood Forest (5) 57.5................ T Harris 3 5 Ronaldo’s Dream (8) 57.5..............O Bosson 4 7 Gigolo George h (3) 57.5....S Weatherley (a) 5 9 Klassic Zed h (4) 57.5......................R Smyth 6 Reliabull (1) 57.5............................. A Calder 7 54 Karalino (6) 55.5.........................M Coleman 8 9x6 Altar Girl (7) 55.5................................L Innes 2 1.27 TEE CAFE FUNCTIONS AT RUAKAKA RACE COURSE $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 2726x Steven James d (2) 59................M Coleman 2 x940x Mazzuro b (4) 58.5.........................O Bosson 3 90102 Red Dynamo tdh (7) 58.5............. D Johnson 4 519x0 De Koning (8) 57.5...................... L Satherley 5 4167x Overthetop (5) 57.5.............S Weatherley (a)

6 x9321 Badea td (3) 56................M Hashizume (a3) 7 20900 Lady Sequoyah tdh (6) 54............C Lammas 8 0x692 Akoya Pearl m (1) 54....................... A Calder 9 00517 I See Red td (9) 54...................E McCall (a3) 3 2.01 PATRON’S TROPHY $35,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 104x0 Consensus td (5) 61......................... S Spratt 2 53x97 Santa Monica td (2) 59.5..............T Thornton 3 61615 Admiral dm (1) 55.5................J Fawcett (a1) 4 44418 Lucyinrio td (3) 54....................... L Satherley 5 23012 Hanger tdm (7) 54..............................L Innes 6 1x53x Remington d (6) 54.................C Burdan (a3) 7 23029 Rikki Tikki Tavi tdh (4) 54............. D Johnson 4 2.40 HIREPOOL $22,500, R65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 x2304 Super Gee bh (8) 59.5................M Cameron 2 24226 Bak Da Master mb (1) 59...............O Bosson 3 50317 Azabeat d (9) 58.5.................... D Danis (a2) 4 09816 Splendido tdb (12) 58.......M Hashizume (a3) 5 70043 Effervescent (3) 57............... T Yanagida (a2) 6 x0803 Bugs Moran (5) 56.5....................T Thornton 7 82053 Blanco Bay h (11) 56..............J Fawcett (a1)

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■■MOTOR RACING

McLaughlin right on track NZME Kiwi Scott McLaughlin is on target for back-to-back Supercars championships and on the cusp of achieving the record for most wins in a single season.

One victory at Pukekohe this weekend will take McLaughlin past Craig Lowndes’ 1996 record of 16, and bring the youngster’s career total to 42.

“It has certainly been a pretty wild ride throughout the years to this point,” he said. “[I’m] proud that I have been able to sort of put myself in a position to be in the best team and now be able to compete for wins every week.”

As for the 100-round milestone?

“It’s been hard work on a lot of people’s end,” McLaughlin said.

“In the grand scheme of things, it’s just a number but it’s still a proud moment and hopefully we can achieve a lot more in the sport.

“I’ve just got to enjoy this moment while I can because one day I’m going to be the older guy.”

Meanwhile, Supercars veteran Rick Kelly is “not scared or nervous” about approaching the end of his racing career as he heads into his 250th round start at the

Scott McLaughlin in pedal-to-the-metal action

ITM Auckland SuperSprint.

The 36-year-old has been a regular on the grid from 2002 and has accumulated an enviable list of achievements, headlined by two Bathurst 1000 victories and the 2006 championship.

Now the most experienced driver in the field, Kelly is in the middle of a tough season aboard his Castrol-backed Nissan Altima, and is 17th in the standings.

A winner as recently as May 2018 at Winton – a result that

Daily Events SATURDAY 7.30am (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Rise and Shine Saturday. Runners and Walkers, all welcome. Meet at Frontrunner, 28 Moore Street. Visit our facebook page for more details.

9am - 11am HAKATERE PREBYTERIAN PARISH. (formerly St Paul’s/St James Presbyterian. Church Fair, garage sale, plants, cakes, bouncy castle, face painting etc. 65 Oxford Street.

SUNDAY 8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Spring flower service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy. Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox streets (note - new venue).

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

9.30am for 10am start ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS. Copland Trophy at Tinwald. Facebook: Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

broke a seven-year drought – Kelly plans to race next year and is relaxed about the future.

“I don’t have a timeline in mind and I’m pretty open about that as well,” the Altima driver said.

“I mean it could be in the near

future where I stop driving fulltime and it could be in many years’ time. I’m not scared of that approaching, whether it is in the short or medium term for me.

“It could be at the end of next year, it could be four or five years’ time.

“I can’t predict what the future holds and I’m not scared or nervous about it.

“I’m doing the best I can while the opportunity is there.”

Kelly, who has had a long-term relationship with Castrol, noted the importance commercial factors play.

“We have seen in the past, having that commercial support is largely what keeps you on the track and we saw that even with Garth [Tander] and Craig [Lowndes],” he said. “There’s always so many external influences that help you decide when you have to retire so for me I have the support of Castrol and that’s a big thing.”

Meanwhile Penrite Racing has announced a 10-year contract with star David Reynolds, locking the driver in through to the end of 2029. Trumpeted as a “history-making deal” by the squad, it dramatically ends recent speculation about the 34-year-old’s future with the team.

September 14, 15 & 16, 2019 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria St, The Triangle.

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

10am - 12pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB MUSEUM AND PARTS SHED. Open. Ashburton Vintage Car Club, Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of Stitches made by guild members items are on display daily from now until 22 September.

Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf croquet doubles, new members welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB.

Golf and Association croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Runners and Walkers, registration at 1.15pm, start 1.30pm sharp. 3km run and walk with afternoon tea at 3 Country Place. Argyle Park, Middle Road.

1.30pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Registrations at 1pm, start time 1.30pm sharp. Fords Road, Tinwald.

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. (Formally St Paul’s/St James Presbyterian Church). Spring flower service led by Rev David Coster, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

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

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Morning Worship and Holy Communion, service led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

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

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of stitches made by guild

members items are on display daily from now until September 22.

Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON FIRE MUSEUM. Stunning exhibition of firefighting history at the Plains Historic Village in the Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles, new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

9.30am - 10.30am DAYTIME NETBALL. $5 a game, first game free. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

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

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.

Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

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

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of Stitches made by guild members items are on display daily from now until September 22.

Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

12pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf and Association Croquet. Allenton

Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

2pm GREYPOWER ASHBURTON. Your chance to meet the candidates standing for local body elections.

Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night concert, visitors very welcome. Seniors Centre, Cameron St.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

GREENKEEPER SUPPORT PERSON

The Ashburton Golf Club seeks to appoint a support person for our greenkeeper, undertaking work on our 18 hole golf course.

The position will involve course/fairway mowing and tidying and general course/machinery maintenance.

The following attributes would be advantageous but not essential: • A good working knowledge and familiarity with machinery • Being able to work independently and accept responsibility • Being able to work in a small team • A good level of physical fitness • Enjoys working outdoors • A current driver’s licence Please send your CV including references to: admin@ashburtongolf.co.nz or post to PO Box 208, Ashburton 7740 no later than September 30, 2019.

SITUATIONS VACANT

Receptionist / Customer Service Ashburton Clinic – Full-Time We are seeking a highly organised and friendly Receptionist for our Ashburton Clinic.

This is an exciting full time position for an enthusiastic person passionate about animals, with outstanding communication skills to build relationships with our clients.

This is a pivotal role in our practice and involves answering telephones, attending to farming and small animal customers, booking appointments, liaising with our vets, stock ordering and administration tasks.

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding customer service, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply with a letter and Curriculum Vitae to: 73St, Burnett Ashburton Members I.B.A.N.Z & & Brokernet Ltd. NZ Ltd. LevelSt, 2, 73 St,|Ashburton Members of NZBrokers I.B.A.N.Z & NZ Brokernet 2, 73 Level Burnett Ashburton | Members of|of I.B.A.N.Z Canterbury Vets Ltd Level Level 2, 73 Burnett St,2, Ashburton |Burnett Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. www.visioninsurance.co.nz 363 West Street, Ashburton Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. Or email: info@canvet.co.nz Applications close Monday, September 23, 2019.

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Full Analyst Fulltime timeProgrammer Graphic Designer for KiwiCorp Products Ltd.Ltd. for KiwiCorp Products Working as our for KiwicorpAnalyst Products Ltd., Working asGraphic our Designer Programmer for you will be Products designing New Zealand symbolic and tourism Kiwicorp Ltd., you will be analysing products (packaging design) and sales supporting materials data andbanners, marketing to ground increase brand (brochure, posterstrends etc.) from up. You will need to liaise andand work closely with our packaging supplier awareness website traffic.

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Youas will need to charge of projects that are heavily requiring writing & maintain and improve the website inexported line with speaking in Chinese as our products are mainly to Chinese speaking regions. customer feedback.

Part Time Chef/ Cook Wanted

Full Full time time Graphic Graphic Designer Designer for KiwiCorp for KiwiCorp Products Products Ltd. Ltd.

Our busy restaurant is looking for an experienced, confident and competent Chef who shows initiative to join our Kitchen Staff.

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Experience using multiple digital channels, PO Box 52, Ashburton requirements: 1.Language skill in English & Chinese (Mandarin and Or email: Google info@kiwicorp.co.nz 1.Language skill in English & Chinese (Mandarin and Digital EDM, Analytics, SEO, SEM, Taiwanese) including reading, writing, speech and Taiwanese) including writing, speech and Bycomputer April 20, 2018 inputing arereading, the must. marketing campaigns, content marketing. computer inputing are the must.

2.Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop 2.Proficiency in Adobe Suite, especially Photoshop and Illustrator 4.

Proficient use Creative of Microsoft Access, SQL and Illustrator 3.Experience print coordination and photography will Server, with ASP.NET, MYSQL, PHP, HTML, 3.Experience with print coordination and photography will be an advantage be an advantage JAVASCRIPT, MSexperience Office.

4.Minimum of 3 yearsCSS, designing 4.Minimum of 3 years designing experience 5.An impressive work portfolio is required 5.An impressive work CV portfolio Please send your to: is required

Someone with strong emphasis on quality, consistency and presentation, who can take direction as required from Head Chef and also a friendly, enthusiastic and positive attitude who has passion for cooking and is well presented. We have a great team environment and remuneration.

The ideal applicant will have a great work ethic, reliability, time management skills and great communication skills

Please send your CV to: Please CV to: PO Boxsend 52, your Ashburton PO Box 52,info@kiwicorp.co.nz Ashburton Or email: PO Box 52, Ashburton Or email: info@kiwicorp.co.nz Or April email: info@kiwicorp.co.nz By August 21, 2019.

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Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa Please email your CV to Greg King: office@tinwaldtavern.co.nz

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About Mid-Canterbury Netball Mid-Canterbury Netball is a not-for-profit organisation, run by a Management Board, a small number of employees and many volunteers.

We are proudly responsible for the development, promotion and management of Netball in the Mid-Canterbury area.

About the role This role is a critical role for Mid-Canterbury Netball. We are looking for a person with suitable experience to ensure the smooth running of Mid Canterbury Netball. This role will be responsible for the day to day running of the organisation. The role has a lot of scope and manages the administration, finances, sponsorship, people management and ensures the organisation maintains its strategic direction.

We are offering a competitive salary, flexible hours (30 per week, with occasional evening and weekend work) and plenty of opportunity for job satisfaction for the right person.

To apply If this sounds like you and you are looking for your next challenge. Please apply by emailing your CV and a cover letter setting out why this role is for you. If you have any questions or would like a copy of the job description, please contact: Beccy Warwick on jobs@essentialhr.co.nz or 03 659 0377.

Applications close Monday, September 23, 2019.

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Happy Birthday

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Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10! Ten words only.*

Phone 03 307 7900 Email: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

(Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE) *Terms and conditions apply.

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Public Presentation of Review.

Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust September 24 7.30pm At Fed Farmers All Welcome Peter Reveley, Chairman.

MOTORING

LIVESTOCK, PETS

GARAGE SALES

FOR SALE

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

BUYER of unwanted animals.

Cattle, bobby calves, horses and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

SCOOTERS - new and secondhand three and four wheel-electric scooters and wheel-chairs.

Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today. Phone 308 3602.

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

HIRE

DOWNSIZING? Collecting now for Ashburton Pakeke Lions Charity Market February 2020. Quality secondhand furniture, household, garden, and workshop goods. No TVs or computers. Phone Ron 308 5660, Joe 302 4848, Trevor 307 2629.

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

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GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street. Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm. Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

GARAGE sale today Saturday, September 14, 50 Hoods Road Mt Somers, Lilyfields, 9am - 4.30pm.

Clothing, books linen, bric a brac, yams walnuts, lilybulbs paeony, tubers trees, plants and furniture.

EFTPOS available. www.lilyfields.co.nz

GRAZING GRAZING wanted for store lambs.

Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

Birthday Greetings Abbey Robertson Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Lots of love Mum, Dad and Liam. xxxx

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT HERE’S hoping, attractive bust.

Available for appointments. No texting, phone 0210 2759 055.

NEW to town. Asian ladies, size 8, sexy body, 34DD, busty.

Chinese prostate massage.

Two girls available. In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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To advertise here contact Neil on 021 272 2399 or 03 307 7907 Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

Pharmacies

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency Lifeline

Ashburton Rest Homes

Art Gallery

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Emergency Dentist

Ashburton Museum

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered DUTY DOCTORS Sealy Street Medical, Sealy Street, Ashburton, will be the weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultation will Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. be by appointment only.

ELPLINE ERVICES Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, Alcoholics Anonymous will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday.

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) Consultation will be by appointment only. or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Methven & Rakaia Area Support. Phone 03 364 8791 For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Victims Support Group Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the 24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846). after-hours service each weekend.

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.

24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered Alcohol Drug Help Line nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer Call us free on (0800 787 797). advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential. Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

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Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Ashburton Public Library

ANIMAL SERVICES Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Veterinarians

Contact - President 021 1356 969.

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

Mail Closing Times ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

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6am Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 The Long View. 0 7am Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Whanau Living 3 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Tipping Point 3 11am Class Of Mum And Dad 3 0 12:05 Call The Midwife PGR 3 0 1:20 Coast v Country 0 2:25 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 0 3:25 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape 3 4:30 Fishing And Adventure The crew go to the eastern Bay Of Plenty to catch a nine-kg snapper with fresh bait. 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Extreme Cake Makers 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 MasterChef Australia Continued. 0 9:05 The Story Of Rugby AO 0 10:10 Kath And Kim 0

6am The Wot Wots 3 0 6:20 The Wiggles, Emma! 0 6:30 PJ Masks 3 0 6:55 The Insectibles 3 0 7:05 Be Cool Scooby Doo! 0 7:50 Transformers Cyberverse 0 8:15 Star Wars Rebels 0 8:40 Justice League Action 0 9am We Bare Bears 0 9:10 Marvel’s Ultimate SpiderMan v The Sinister 6 0 9:35 The Simpsons PGR 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 0 Noon Splitting Up Together PGR 0 1pm American Housewife PGR 1:30 Car Crash TV 2pm Renters 3 0 2:30 Celebrity Treasure Island Omnibus PGR 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Young Sheldon 3 0 7pm M Bridge To Terabithia PGR 2007 Fantasy. Two very different children become friends and rule over the mythical land of their creation, Terabithia, where magical creatures roam. 0 8:50 M Troy AO 2004 Action. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 The Project 3 7:25 Infomercials 9:30 NewsHub Nation 0 10:30 F Survivor – Game Changers 3 11:30 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3 (Part 1) Noon Married At First Sight NZ PGR 3 0 1pm Married At First Sight NZ PGR 3 0 2:30 Married At First Sight NZ PGR 3 0 4pm M Turbo 3 2013 Comedy.

The dreams of an underdog snail go into overdrive when he attains the power of super-speed. Voices of Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson, Snoop Dogg. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

11:10 F Liar AO 3 After having revelations in their own lives, Vanessa and Laura enter a dangerous stalemate face-to-face with their attacker. 0 1:10 Blindspot AO 0 2:05 Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 3 0 4:05 Infomercials

Midnight M Blade Runner AO 1982 Sci-fi Thriller. Harrison Ford. 0 2:10 M Batman – Gotham By Gaslight AO 2018 Animated Adventure.

Voices of Bruce Greenwood, Jennifer Carpenter, Chris Cox. 3:30 The Bachelor PGR 3 0 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 Masterstroke 3

11:15 M The Birth Of A Nation AO 2016 Drama. A literate slave and preacher in the US south uses his voice to empower his people, leading them towards an uprising against their owners. Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller.

1:35 Infomercials 5am Hillsong TV 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

Bridge to Terabithia 7pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 10am Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 11:20 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 12:40 Masters Of Flip 3 1:40 Catfish 3 2:35 Catfish 3 3:30 The People’s Court 3 4:30 The People’s Court 3 5:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 6:30 Little Big Shots – Forever Young 3 7:30 Botched PGR 3 8:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians AO Kourtney lashes out at her mother over problems from the past; Khloe has an unexpected loss; Kylie welcomes her first baby.

9:30 Southern Charm AO 10:35 Cults And Extreme Belief AO 3 11:30 Catfish 3

Sunday

12:20 Infomercials 3 5am Masters Of Flip 3

The Founder

8:55pm on Three

SKY 5 6am 9JKL PG 6:20 Modern Family PG 6:45 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 9:35 Modern Family PG 10am 9JKL PG 10:25 Salvation MV 11:10 Grimm MV 11:55 Ice Road Truckers PG 12:40 Ice Road Truckers PG 1:25 Ice Road Truckers PG 2:10 Ice Road Truckers PG 2:55 F Ice Road Truckers PG 3:40 Highway Thru Hell PG 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Modern Family PG 8pm 9JKL PG 8:30 Counting Cars PG 9pm Highway Thru Hell PG 10pm Mountain Men PG 10:50 Classic Pawn Stars PG 11:20 The Simpsons PG 11:50 The Simpsons PG Sunday 12:15 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 1:55 Counting Cars PG 2:20 Ice Road Truckers PG 3:05 Ice Road Truckers PG 3:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 4:35 Ice Road Truckers PG 5:20 Ice Road Truckers PG

7pm America’s Got Talent 0 8:55 M The Founder AO 3 2016 Drama. The true story of how a struggling salesman saw the potential of a billiondollar industry in fast food and created the McDonald’s empire.

Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman. 0

CHOICE

6am Can I Catch It? 6:30 Restoration Man 7:30 Earthflight 8:30 The Great Interior Design Challenge 9:30 Mysteries At The Museum 10:30 James Martin’s American Adventure 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Restoration Man 1:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 2:30 Big Dreams Small Spaces 3:30 My Family And The Galapagos 4:30 French Food Safari A celebration of French cuisine, filmed around Australia and France.

5pm Food Safari – Water Diver James Palanowski works in the cold water off Tasmania’s east coast to harvest abalone, which is then used by Chinese chef Frank Shek.

5:30 Best Cake Wins 6pm Cesar Millan’s Dog Nation 7pm M Kiwi Flyer PGR 2012 7pm Storage Wars – New York Whanau Movie. When a Out in the suburbs, the New 12-year-old boy sets out to Yorkers hope to discover win the local trolley derby, blue-blood cash value in he learns what matters in greener pastures. life when he faces cheating 7:30 American Pickers opponents, dodgy loan 8:30 Antiques Roadshow sharks, and a mother who has 9:30 Chris Tarrant – Extreme banned him from the race.

Railway Journeys 8:30 M Mahana AO 2016 10:30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Drama.

Detour PGR 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

11:45 SAS – Who Dares Wins AO 3 Ant and his team of former Special Forces operators apply pressure to the eight remaining recruits to expose hidden personality traits in a 12-hour jungle mission. 0 12:45 Closedown

11pm Whare Puoro A showcase of New Zealand musicians performing in te reo Maori, featuring a mix of musical genres including rap, hiphop, folk, reggae, and soul.

11:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6am Marrowbone 16VC 2018 Horror. George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy. 7:50 Nothing But Trailers M 8:05 Truth Or Dare 16VLC 2018 Horror.

Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey.

9:45 Ocean’s 8 ML 2018 Action.

Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett.

11:35 Rampage MVC 2018 Action. 1:20 Marrowbone 16VC 2018 Horror. 3:10 The Bachelor Next Door 16C 2017 Thriller. 4:35 Super Troopers 2 16VLSC 2018 Comedy.

6:15 Christopher Robin 2018 Drama. Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell. 8pm Holmes And Watson 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. A comedic take on the classic literary partnership of detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Doctor Watson.

Will Ferrell, John C Reilly.

9:35 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 16VLSC 2017 Drama. A woman goes against the police force, believing them to be too inept to solve her daughter’s murder. Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson.

11:30 Screamers 16VLC 2016 Horror. Tom Malloy, Chris Bannow.

Sunday 12:55 Super Troopers 2 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. 2:35 Christopher Robin 2018 Drama.

4:15 Holmes And Watson 16VLSC 2018 Comedy.

5:45 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 16VLSC 2017 Drama.

7:40 If I Stay M 2014 Drama. Chloe Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley.

9:30 Planet Of The Apes MV 2001 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter.

11:30 The Pledge 16VL 2001 Drama. Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro.

1:30 People Interview – Anna Kendrick 2:15 The Last Castle MVL 2001 Drama. Robert Redford, James Gandolfini.

4:25 Tower Heist MLS 2011 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy.

6:10 Colombiana 16VL 2011 Action. Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan.

8pm War Horse MV 2011 Drama. A young man enlists to serve in the First World War when his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry, hoping he and his horse will be reunited.

Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson.

10:30 Walk Of Shame MLS 2014 Comedy. Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden.

Sunday

MAORI

6am The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 6:25 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 6:50 Max Steel 3 0 7:15 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 0 7:40 Danny Phantom 3 8:05 Teen Titans 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Justice League Unlimited PGR 10am Raw PGR 3 11am SmackDown AO 3 Noon NRL Try Time 1pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 2pm Pawn Stars 3 2:30 Rugby – First XV (RPL) 4:30 Hot Bench 3 5pm Addicted To Fishing Nicky and her friend Nat go to Waiheke Island to fish with no bait or burly on board. 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Motorsport – Supercars (HLS) SuperSprint.

7:30 Mayday Air Disaster – The Accident Files PGR An air show becomes a fiery disaster; a nosedive into the Mediterranean; the disappearance of an Airbus over the Atlantic. 0 8:30 Silent Witness AO 0 10:45 The Halcyon AO 3 0

12:05 Killer Joe 18VLS 2011 Crime.

Matthew McConaughey.

1:45 Tower Heist MLS 2011 Comedy.

Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy.

3:30 Colombiana 16VL 2011 Action. Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan. 5:20 War Horse MV 2011 Drama.

Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson.

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 3 8:30 Pukana 2 10am Hip Hop International NZ Nationals 3 10:30 Celebrity Playlist 3 11am School Of Hard Knocks PGR 11:30 School Of Training Noon Waka Ama Sprints 3 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 3 2pm Basketball – College Nationals 3 3pm The Pits TV 4pm Marae PGR 2 4:30 He Kakano 3 5pm Fresh 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

SKY SPORT 1 9am First XV Rugby Revision Updates and the latest highlights from New Zealand’s premier secondary school rugby competitions.

9:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Waikato v Hawke’s Bay. 10am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Northland v Canterbury.

10:30 Mainfreight Rugby Club matches from around New Zealand.

11:30 Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) Round Two. Noon L Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Taranaki v Tasman.

From Yarrow Stadium, Taranaki.

2pm Getting Grilled With Marshy Glen Jackson.

2:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Taranaki v Bay of Plenty.

From Yarrow Stadium, Taranaki.

4:45 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Southland v Manawatu.

From Rugby Park, Invercargill.

7pm L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Counties Manukau v Auckland.

From Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe.

9:30 Getting Grilled With Marshy

Sunday

Midnight Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) Taranaki v Tasman.

12:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Taranaki v Bay of Plenty.

1:15 L Rugby Sevens – Premiership Day Two. From Northampton.

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

11:30 Breaking The Magician’s Code – Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed AO 12:30 Best Cake Wins 1am French Food Safari 1:30 Food Safari – Water 2am Collectaholics 3am My Family And The Galapagos 4am Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour PGR 5am Collectaholics

SKY SPORT 2 6am Cricket – CPL (HLS) Jamaica v St Lucia.

7am Cricket – The Ashes (RPL) England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Two. 9am Cricket – CPL (HLS) St Kitts v Jamaica.

10am Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Two. 11am Cricket – CPL (HLS) St Kitts v Barbados.

Noon CPL Magazine Show 12:30 L Cricket – CPL Jamaica v Trinidad.

From Sabina Park, in Jamaica.

4:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) England v Australia.

5:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) St Kitts v Barbados.

6:30 CPL Magazine Show 7pm Cricket – CPL (HLS) Jamaica v Trinidad.

8pm Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Quarter-final Two. 8:30 Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Two. From the Oval Cricket Ground, London.

9:30 L Cricket – The Ashes England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Three.

Coverage of the morning session from the Oval Cricket Ground, London.

12:35 L Cricket – The Ashes England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Three.

Coverage of the afternoon session from the Oval Cricket Ground, London.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG 8:20 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10am Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 12:30 Expedition Unknown 1:20 Legends Of The Lost With Megan Fox PG Viking Women Warriors. 2:10 Diesel Brothers PG Failure to Launch.

3pm Aussie Lobster Men PG Money Fish. 3:50 Aussie Lobster Men PG Superstition.

4:45 Aussie Lobster Men PG 5:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 6:35 BattleBots PG The Desperado Tournament.

7:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Mystery of the Invisible Planet. 8:30 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG 9:25 Deadliest Catch PG Russian Roulette.

10:15 The Very Edge Of China PG 11:05 BattleBots PG The Desperado Tournament.

11:55 How It’s Made PG

Sunday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Expedition Unknown 1:35 Car Crash TV 2am Car Crash TV 2:25 People Magazine Investigates PG 3:15 Murder Chose Me M 4:05 American Monster M 4:55 Murder Calls M 5:45 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M

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6am Blue Planet 3 0 6:55 The Aussie Property Flippers 3 0 7:45 Tagata Pasifika 8:10 Praise Be 3 8:40 The Big Ward 3 0 9:15 20/20 3 0 10am Marae PGR 2 0 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 Fair Go 0 Noon Sunday 0 1pm Broadway Idiot PGR 0 2:50 The Story Of Rugby AO 3 0 3:50 Attenborough’s Dynasties 3 0 4:55 The Celebrity Chase Bonnie Langford, Leonie Elliott, Kevin Clifton, and Russell Kane take on one of Britain’s finest quiz mastersto win thousands of pounds for charity. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 Sunday Theatre – By The Balls AO Grant Fox, John Kirwan, Buck Shelford, and David Kirk tell the story of how the All Blacks’ 1987 World Cup victory united New Zealand after their South Africa tour had divided it. 0 10:25 Deep State AO 3 0

6am Paw Patrol 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:30 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 6:55 Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:05 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7:10 Kitty Is Not A Cat 0 7:35 Andi Mack 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 Noon The Bachelor PGR 0 1:45 The Real O’Neals PGR 0 2:40 Home And Away Omnibus PGR 3 0 5pm Friends 3 0 6pm The 100k Drop Game show where pairs of players start with $200,000, and must prevent it from dropping out of the game by avoiding the wrong answers. 0 7pm Celebrity Treasure Island PGR 0 8pm M Masterminds AO 2016 Crime Comedy. A guard at an armoured-car company in the southern US organises one of the biggest bank robberies in American history. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery. 0 9:50 M Blade Runner 2049 AO 2017 Action. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am F Andy And Ben Eat Australia PGR 3 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 11am Tasty Conversations 3 11:10 Ocean Bounty 3 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – Monster Jam (HLS) 2pm Motorsport – Porsche Carrera Cup (HLS) 2:30 Motorsport – The Grid 3pm Motorsport – DTM 8 4pm Motorsport – Blancpain World GT Series (HLS) Round Five.

5pm Ocean Bounty Exploring the diversity to be found in New Zealand’s marine environment. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm Married At First Sight NZ PGR 0 8:30 M Transformers – The Last Knight AO 2017 Action.

With the Autobots warring against the Decepticons, humans find themselves on the side-lines, but the secret to a peaceful future lies in the past.

Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel. 0

11:35 Secrets And Lies AO 3 A visitor with a secret connection to Kate arrives in Eric’s office and leads him to a startling discovery. 0 12:30 Attitude 3 0 1am Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

12:55 Mike And Molly 3 Victoria involves Mike and Molly in her drama as her 30th birthday approaches. 1:45 Suburgatory PGR 3 2:05 Stitchers AO 3 2:50 Infomercials 3:30 Quantico AO 3 0 4:15 Masterstroke 3 4:45 Love Connection PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 Chicago PD AO The investigation into the murder of a sex offender leads to a private police force operating independently of the Chicago PD. 0 12:30 Infomercials

Sunday Theatre – By the Balls, 8:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Masters Of Flip 3 6:50 Masters Of Flip 3 7:40 Masters Of Flip 3 8:30 Masters Of Flip 3 9:20 Catfish 3 10:05 Catfish 3 10:50 Botched PGR 3 11:40 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 1:25 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 2:20 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 3:15 The People’s Court 3 4:10 The People’s Court 5:10 Dance Moms 3 6pm Love It Or List It – Vancouver 7pm M Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure PG 3 1989 Comedy.

Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter. 0 9pm M The Blue Lagoon AO 3 1980 Adventure.

11:10 Internet Ruined My Life AO 3 11:35 Don’t Be Tardy AO

Monday

Midnight Don’t Be Tardy AO 12:25 Infomercials 3

Masterminds

8pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6:05 Counting Cars PG 6:30 Mountain Men PG 7:15 Ice Road Truckers PG 8am Ice Road Truckers PG 8:45 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 10:15 Ice Road Truckers PG 11am NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:50 Highway Thru Hell PG 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Counting Cars PG 2pm The Amazing Race PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV Percy and Lasalle go undercover at a high-stakes, underground poker game after the organiser targets players with access to a naval research laboratory.

8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS MV 10:30 Main Event MV 11:25 The Amazing Race PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Main Event MV 2:45 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:35 The Amazing Race PG 4:25 NCIS MV 5:10 NCIS MV

CHOICE

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 3 8:30 Waka Ama Sprints 3 9am Marae Kai Masters 3 10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 10:30 Tangaroa With Pio 3 11am Game Of Bros PGR 3 11:30 Off The Grid With Pio 3 Noon Shear Bro PGR 3 12:30 IVF World Sprints 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior National Championships 3 2pm M Kiwi Flyer PGR 2012 Whanau Movie. 3:30 Grid 3 4pm The Puna 3 4:30 Waka Man 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Storage Wars – New York 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Love Nature – My Family And The Galapagos 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Ben Fogle – Return To The Wild 11:30 Food Safari – Water Noon Chris Tarrant – Extreme Railway Journeys 1pm Best Cake Wins 1:30 Ben Fogle – Return To The Wild 2:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 3:30 Seasonal Wonderland 4:30 Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Home Cooking 5:30 Kai Safari 6pm Freedom Riders 6:30 The Home Show

7:30 Inside The Red Arrows PGR 0 8:30 Endeavour AO The disappearance of a public-school teacher tests Endeavour’s investigative skills; Thursday’s continued investigation into Oxford’s criminal underworld proves fatal. 0 10:30 60 Minutes PGR

7pm Te Ao With Moana 3 7:50 L Basketball – Fiba World Cup Grand Final.

10pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 10:30 Kawea Te Reo – Take Our Voices PGR 3 Follow eight students from an extraordinary Maori immersion school as they finish their last year of high school and fundraise to go on their first big overseas trip.

11:50 L Basketball – Fiba World Cup Second Place Game.

2am Closedown

7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Run, Fat Boy, Run AO 2007 Comedy. Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, an out-of-shape man decides to run a marathon to win her back. Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria.

10:30 Ben Fogle – Return To The Wild

11:30 American Crime Story – The Assassination Of Gianni Versace AO Andrew Cunanan leaves his troubled family life behind; Donatella Versace must find her footing within the Versace Empire. 0 12:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:40 Super Troopers 2 16VLSC 2018 Comedy.

Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan. 9:20 Close Up – Christoph Waltz PG 9:50 Christopher Robin 2018 Drama. Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell. 11:30 Holmes And Watson 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly. 1pm Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 16VLSC 2017 Drama.

Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson.

2:55 Ice Girls PG 2016 Comedy. Michaela du Toit, Lara Daans. 4:25 Nothing But Trailers M 4:40 The Children Act ML 2018 Drama. Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci. 6:25 Eighth Grade MLS 2018 Drama.

Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton.

8pm Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes Of Grindelwald MV 2018 Adventure. To thwart Grindelwald’s nefarious plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists the help of a resourceful former student. Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp.

10:15 Welcome Home MVLS 2018 Thriller. Aaron Paul, Emily Ratajkowski.

11:55 Blockers 16LSC 2018 Comedy. Leslie Mann, John Cena.

Monday 1:35 Ice Girls PG 2016 Comedy. 3:05 Eighth Grade MLS 2018 Drama.

4:40 Welcome Home MVLS 2018 Thriller.

7:50 Walk Of Shame MLS 2014 Comedy. Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden. 9:25 Killer Joe 18VLS 2011 Crime.

Matthew McConaughey.

11:10 Tower Heist MLS 2011 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy.

12:55 Colombiana 16VL 2011 Action. Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan.

2:45 Dallas Buyers Club 16VLSC 2013 Biography Drama.

Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto.

4:40 After Earth MV 2013 Scifi. Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

6:20 50/50 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen.

8pm We’re The Millers 16VLS 2013 Comedy. A smalltime marijuana dealer, in trouble with his supplier, creates a fake family as part of a plan to smuggle a shipment from Mexico to clear his debts. Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston.

9:55 Legend 18VL 2015 Biography Crime. Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton.

Monday

MAORI

6am Religious Programme 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programme 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Ready For Take Off 3 In Sydney, storms affect flights, and the CEO unveils the new uniform. 0 1pm Mainfreight Rugby 2pm Mad About You PGR 3 2:30 Rugby – National Top Four Boys’ Final (RPL) 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Motorsport – Auckland SuperSprint (RPL) From Auckland.

12:05 Dallas Buyers Club 16VLSC 2013 Biography Drama.

Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto.

2:05 After Earth MV 2013 Sci-fi. Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

3:50 Nothing But Trailers M 4:20 50/50 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Taranaki v Bay of Plenty.

6:40 L Rugby – French Top 14 Bordeaux v Paris.

From Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux. 8:45 Rugby – French Top 14 La Rochelle v Toulouse. 11am Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Southland v Manawatu. 11:30 L Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Wellington v Counties Manukau.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 1:30 Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Taranaki v Tasman. 2pm L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Wellington v Otago.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 4:15 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Tasman v North Harbour.

From Trafalgar Park, Nelson.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SAMPSON, Mervyn Ross (Merv) – 28/10/1959 – 14/09/2019 Scattered at the Mistake Hut, Back hunting the Mathias with Mo. I am the love you cannot see And all I ask – look for me.

Miss you heaps Little Bro. Love always Ron, Vicky and Alison.

BELL, Helen Marion Jean – Bruce, Alastair and Paul, and Alison wish to thank everyone most sincerely for the love and support shown following the loss of their much loved mother and mother-in-law.

Appreciation to all those who attended Helen's funeral, for the floral tributes, cards and messages. Sincere gratitude to the kind carers at Radius Millstream and Terrace View also special thanks to Mum's long term carer, Beth Booth and life-long friends. Thank you to Linda, Barry and the team at Paterson's Funeral Services, also to Reverend David Brown. Please accept this as our heartfelt gratitude.

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SWAINE, Dorothy Priscilla – It has been two years now, time goes by quickly, but missing you is forever.

We carry on as best we can, you are our strength still.

Your flowers continue to explode into life, drawing on the warmth of spring.

We see you amongst them.

The lambs are running for joy.

The swallows are swooping around us and the fantails flit past in their delicate ways.

All reminding us of the important things, to appreciate those around us, and the time we had with you.

May you rest in peace, And know you are with us still.

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Winds at 1000m and 2000: Light.

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Increasing high cloud. Winds tending northerly.

Becoming fine everywhere in the morning, however rain developing about the divide by evening, with snow lowering to 1100m. Wind at 1000m: Light, W 30 km/h developing in the afternoon, rising to gale 65 km/h in the evening.

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CHISNALL, Joan Mary – On September 12, 2019 at Coldstream Lifecare, Ashburton, aged 84 years.

Dearly loved wife of the late Boyd Chisnall. Loved sister of Bill Roche (Rangiora). Much loved mother and mother-inlaw of Bruce and the late Eileen (Dunedin), and Jane Chisnall and Brett Sangster (Wellington). Loved and treasured grandmother of Alastair and Rachel (Dunedin), and Sarah (Dunedin). Loving great grandmother of Oliver. A special thanks to the staff of Coldstream Lifecare for their care of our mother during her residence there. Messages to the Chisnall family, c/- 118 Trelissick Crescent, Ngaio, Wellington 6035. At our mother's request, a private family cremation.

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ACROSS 1. A bug one mouse, tailless, gets can be taken in two ways (9) 5. A meal made in a pot? (3) 7. Accepted that it’s all right to come first (4) 8. See the money that’s paid on the nail (4,4) 10. Who’s team has been routed, to a degree? (8) 11. It is a low-toned fish, by the look of it (4) 13. A number of horses that may get tied into knots… (6) 15. … will go full out for Georgia if poll returns (6) 18. A weed to cut short (4) 19. How much that could be quaint to try heartlessly for (8) 22. They are as high as one can go in the wood (8) 23. Leading male character found her on the shores of the Hellespont (4) 24. Cut and dried, this maker will give one a swinging blow (3) 25. Thought it wonderful to be given level dram like this (9) DOWN 1. They may draw the stars, it might be (7) 2. It is just the shrub for a besom (5) 3. No harp can be played by one bereft of parents (6) 4. Where they build one sort of set around it (4) 5. It is hard work having to drag wearily around Virginia (7) 6. Plant louse possibly coming from a ship (5) 9. Boast of being a big bird to Kelvin (5) 12. It may be as fresh as undercoat, say (5) 14. A moving chair at end of runway giving one a garden feature (7) 16. Do a play about what aircraft carry for profit (3-4) 17. Last meal went to the wall in Milan (6) 18. The last one to be desperately defended: get rid of it! (5) 20. It couldn’t be better, one piece of business (5) 21. A particle to be found in the period before lunch (4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): There’s a civil war going on inside you. Two parts of you are battling for supremacy, or maybe for the right to stay separate. Alas, the country of you won’t work optimally if you’re divided.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): One person’s help will make life easier; another’s will make it harder.

You’ve an excellent sense about this and will know straight off which help to accept. The tricky part is sticking to that first decision.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): A bored person signifies an active mind. So, if you find yourself really agitated in a situation you consider dull, take it as a sign that there’s something much more interesting inside you to explore.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): If you’re not quite ready to let a thing go, consider merely loosening your grip. It might slip away on its own. If it doesn’t, something interesting will happen to validate why you’ve been holding on to this.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): It will feel good to get organised.

The only thing that feels better is getting free completely. So when there’s a choice between filing something and throwing it out, your feel-best option will be the latter.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The silent can’t be wrong or lying and they are never wasting words. “The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.” – Saskya Pandita LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Hopefully, you’re positioned in a place where your ideas will be valued; you’ll have a lot of them. You’ll be particularly effective as a designer of strategies.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ll break down the barriers between people. It’s very easy for you, because you see everyone as equal but different, and you believe deep down that those differences are what enrich the whole.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You have a knack for spotting how people learn, which is great because whether you’re officially in the role or not, you’ll be the teacher.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): When visiting a new place, it’s easy to believe that you’ll never be in the place again, and it’s only natural to want to take advantage of all that place has to offer you.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Is there more than this? Of course. It’s all a trade. So which part of “this” do you want to give up for the “more”? And don’t feel badly if you’re not ready to give any of it away. Maybe it’s all working right now.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): People get ideas about you because you’re interesting and you spark curiosity. It’s a fine quality, among the finest.

Trying to find out (or even worrying one second about) what exactly they think would only ruin the magic.

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There’s at least one five-letter word.

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