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■ POLICE NUMBERS

House prices climb in March

Police boost welcomed

BY SUE NEWMAN

SUE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

House prices in the Ashburton District rose 6 per cent last month, settling at $339,395.

That month-on-month increase in the median selling price was a house sale bright light compared to the significant drop in median prices from the $355,000 logged in March 2016.

Sales volumes at 67 were well up on February (46) and on March last year (58). In terms of numbers, Ashburton had the

second strongest growth in Canterbury, up 45.7 per cent behind Timaru, 47.9 per cent.

Ashburton was the only centre in Canterbury-Westland to show a growth in sales numbers month-on-month and year-onyear.

The number of days it took to sell a home also shortened considerably from 43 in February to 33 in March.

Industry commentator, REINZ regional director Jim Davis, described the market across Can-

terbury as “well balanced”.

Inventory levels had changed little over the past year, with about 21 weeks’ supply available at the end of March.

As a region, Canterbury-Westland hit a new high with its median sales price, $440,000. Davis put this down to the end of the tax year and a higher number of buyers in the mid to high price range because of the difficulty first home buyers were experiencing in securing finance.

Nationally the median price

has lifted 10.3 per cent over the past year to $546,000. With Auckland taken out of the mix that median drops to $430,000. Canterbury’s median was $440,000.

Across New Zealand there were 8504 unconditional residential sales in March, 36 per cent more than in February.

The largest increase in sale volumes came in $1 million dollar plus homes. These rose by 5 per cent to 1360 in March over March 2016 and made up 16 per cent of the homes sold last month.

■ PORK PIE CHARITY RUN

Local teams set off on epic charity run

BY MEGAN GNAD

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And they’re off… Mid Canterbury teams competing in the annual Pork Pie Charity Run began their epic six-day rally yesterday.

Local participants include The A Team led

by Gavin and Teresa Agnew, driving Bumble — a 1980 Morris Mini 1000 – and Greg and Irene Anderson, from Methven, making up Team Snowfed.

They join 60 other Minis travelling from Kaitaia to Invercargill over six days and seven nights, to fundraise for KidsCan. As of yesterday, The A Team had fundraised $3728.10 through a Givealittle page, hot on the heels of their ultimate goal to secure $5000 for the charity.

KidsCan currently supports 621 low decile schools across New Zealand, providing access to tangible items such as food, raincoats, shoes and socks and health care products to 8472 children in Canterbury.

Gavin Agnew said he had been tracking the forecast, especially as the weather looked murky and was suffering the effects of Cyclone Cook.

However, he acknowledged they would do their best, as there’s “nothing you can do about the weather” and they made it to Kaitaia on Thursday with no drama.

A total of six teams are taking part in the charity run from Canterbury; including Team Kiwi, Team Snowfed, The A Team, Team Beauts in a Ute, Team Koru Double 7 and Team Mitch’s Mini.

Traversing 2500km of New Zealand roads, teams left from Kaitaia yesterday, before

Mid Canterbury teams competing in the annual Pork Pie Charity Run yesterday began their epic six-day rally.

PHOTO SUPPLIED heading to Wellington, via Hamilton, Taupo and Whanganui, and then down the South Island, where they visit Picton, Christchurch, Greymouth, Haast Pass, Dunedin, and finish in Invercargill on Wednesday.

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BY MICHELLE NELSON

MICHELLE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

News of extra police on the beat in Canterbury is welcome news for Ashburton police.

This week Police Minister Paula Bennett announced the move to introduce 1125 extra police staff nationally over the next four years. Canterbury will get 70 additional frontline officers, the fifth highest number of the 12 policing districts set to benefit.

They will join the 868 officers already stationed across the Canterbury district, representing an 8 per cent hike in numbers.

Included in the announcement was the news Rolleston Police Station will operate around the clock.

Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said 70 extra officers would be a “nice boost on top of existing approved policing numbers”, however other than those marked for the Rolleston station there was no confirmation of where the remainder would go.

“The positive for Mid Canterbury is that we have a new recruit starting in the next couple of months and an extra supervisor has also been approved to add to our policing team which will further strengthen our team’s operational capability,” he said.

The increased numbers of Selwyn-based police officers working out of the Rolleston station will also benefit Mid Canterbury, with staff often deployed to assist from Selwyn to Mid Canterbury and vice versa, Gaskin said.

“Really, for the rural Mid Canterbury Selwyn Districts communities, it’s probably as good as it will ever get.”

In addition to the extra staff, a new national 27/7 phone number is to be activated for non-emergency incidents and additional specialist investigators will be appointed to target specific offending.

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■ YOUTH CRIME

Public meeting on youth crime

By Sue NewmaN

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Concern at Ashburton’s growing levels of youth offending will see Ashburton’s District councillors change their committee meeting times on Thursday to clear the way for attendance at a public meeting on youth crime.

Mayor Donna Favel said the change meant councillors could attend the meeting and gain a better understanding of the issues

involved. “We’re part of this community and we’re here to advocate for the community. It’s important we’re there supporting the community as we’re all working to deal with this issue,” she said.

Favel said she applauded Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew for calling the meeting and her prompt response to the community’s call for help in finding a solution to the growing wave of youth crime.

“We need to hear what the com-

munity is saying,” she said.

Goodhew called the meeting, which will be attended by Ministry of Justice officials, after receiving a letter from security company owner Dean Talbot. He asked her to take the community’s concerns to Parliament and she has responded by calling the public meeting.

Talbot outlined youth offending that stretched over 18 months and involved a group of teens, some

as young as 13, who have been breaking into homes, businesses and vehicles.

Recently members of the group have been sporting colours that imitate those worn by outlaw gangs, he said.

In his letter he gave details of incidents that had escalated to include brawls and public intimidation.

Among the justice team attending Ashburton’s meeting will be

associate justice minister Mark Mitchell whose delegation is reviewing the Youth Action Plan. He has been taking part in meetings around the country that focused on youth offending.

Thursday’s meeting will be an opportunity for people who have responded to online news stories about youth offending to have their voices heard, Goodhew said.

The meeting will be held at Hotel Ashburton at 1pm.

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Three cars involved in Havelock St crash Three cars were involved in a motor vehicle crash on State Highway 1 near Havelock Street yesterday, with one person taken to hospital by ambulance.

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The road was blocked for a time, but was quickly cleared and returned to normal.

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Police had previously warned the highest crash risk period would be on Thursday between 4pm and 8pm, when motorists would be leaving for their holiday destinations, but local police received no reports of any incidents.

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“Police will be highly visible on the roads during this period but we aren’t the only ones who have a part to play in keeping our roads safe,” he said.

“We encourage all drivers to consider how their driving behaviour affects the safety of themselves, their passengers, and other road users.

“If you are planning a long-distance trip, please allow yourself plenty of time to reach your destination and take regular breaks to avoid fatigue.

“Remember, it’s vital to watch your speed and drive to the conditions, and to make sure everyone in the car is ‘buckled up buttercup’.”

The AA reported more than 100 people have died on the roads in first three months of this year, with Motoring Affairs general manager Mike Noon saying it was “sad and frustrating” that many of these deaths were preventable.

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Coster calls time at Mackenzie show

Multiple New Zealand representative and champion all-breeds shearer Tony Coster shearing in possibly his last Canterbury circuit final last November.

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Coster has had more than 70 open final wins, mostly in Canterbury and most prolifically at Mayfield, with 11 wins including five in a row up to last month’s final when he finished runner-up to up-and-coming Pleasant Point shearer Ant Frew.

He thinks his first competition

was at Methven or Mayfield, in the late 1980s, but his first open win is thought to have been a Mid Canterbury circuit final at Ashburton in 1993. It was one of 85 competitions throughout the country that season, which compares with the modern calendar of just over 60.

His specialty became multi-

breeds events, regularly the Canterbury All-Breeds title but with his greatest successes coming in the North Island where he had five PGG Wrightson National Circuit final wins over five different sheep types at the Golden Shears in Masterton and two in the New Zealand Shears Circuit final in Te Kuiti. Both events include merinos.

The only South Island shearers with more individual wins at the Golden Shears are thought to have been the great Snow Quinn (six open titles, one senior and one world title) and Colin King (three open titles and six in the circuit).

The successes in Masterton, including a string of placings, launched him into 12 trans-Tasman tests against Australia and two Shearing Sports New Zealand team tours of the UK, and he was acclaimed a Master Shearer in 2014.

Among the more memorable was the first test trip to Warrnambool in Austalia in 2007 with Paul Avery, and Joe Paewai.

“We got our arses kicked, but we still had a good time,” he said.

Sadly, Paewai passed away before they could reunite for the home test in Masterton a few months later. Another was

the 2010-2011 series, with fellow Rakaia master shearer Grant Smith.

Coster, who runs a courier business with wife Sheryl, still shears about 25,000 sheep a year, and while Monday signals the end of the serious part of his competition career he expects he will still shear occasionally at local shows, especially if there’s a need to make up numbers and provide competition for younger shearers trying to reach their goals.

“I’m still enjoying it,” he said.

“But the body starts to wear down a bit, and you do have to do a bit extra if you are following the shows around.”

He said that if there was one regret it was that he hadn’t taken the chance to work in the North Island when he was younger, to lift the speed needed to be competitive in the major North Island championship finals, a factor highlighted in his only Golden Shears Open final in 2006, when winner Dion King shore the 20 sheep in 16min 56sec, Coster taking 19min 44sec.

Coster was particularly hopeful younger shearers would compete at the Mackenzie show, and learning from such shearers as Smith.

“That’s where they learn,” he said.

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A Rakaia shearer who climbed the mountain to win more times in the North Island than just about any other Southern gun is planning to bow out of top competition at Easter.

At 49, Tony Coster will make his swansong attempting a fourth consecutive Mackenzie A&P Show’s Open title in Fairlie on Easter Monday.

But he won’t have it easy, for also shearing at Fairlie will be Hawke’s Bay gun Rowland Smith, who is heading south after the competition at the Royal Easter Show in Auckland was cancelled.

Smith is hoping to complete a sequence of 19 wins since the start of February, including the Southland All Nations title and successful defence of the Golden Shears and New Zealand open championships.

Coster can, however, call on past experience in the hope of pulling out one last victory in an event which doubles as the New Zealand lambshearing championship.

In 2014 he repulsed the challenge of another northern invader, winning by more than 7pts from runner-up and shearing legend the now Sir David Fagan, who will also be present on Monday to open the Mackenzie A&P Show’s

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Local pilots trans-Tasman champs

By Sue NewmaN

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Two Ashburton Aero Club pilots can lay claim to being some of the most highly skilled of their kind in Australasia.

Darryn Franklin and Ian Begbie, along with Canterbury pilot Graham Rendall made up a formation flying team that represented New Zealand in the recent Trans Tasman Trophy, beating the Aussies on their own turf.

The trio were selected from their performances at several area rallies to be part of the Kiwi team that would perform over several events in the hope of retaining the coveted trophy.

The three had not flown together before being selected for the trans-Tasman team, but managed to grab a little air time before heading to Australia.

“Ian and I fly two-man formations quite often but it was obviously a bit of a change when we went to a three-man, but we had four and a half hours’ practice before we went over and we bedded in really well as a team,” Franklin said.

The event meant flying unfamiliar aircraft in unfamiliar conditions, but the flight from Newcastle to the competition site at Taralgon airfield in the Latrobe Valley enabled them to get familiar with the aircraft.

“We were lucky with the conditions it was pretty much dead calm and the aircraft we were given were Pipers, the same as ours at home, just a different model,” Franklin said.

While the three-man formation team won their event, after holding the trophy for several years, New Zealand had to concede defeat at this year’s event.

The New Zealanders also competed in an Australiawide competition over a range of events, with five of the team finishing in the top eight.

Top pilots (from left) Graham Rendall (Canterbury) and Darryn Franklin and Ian Begbie from the Ashburton Aero Club with medals awarded after winning the formation flying event in the Trans-Tasman Trophy.

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Methven House 40th Methven House founders and volunteers reminisce at the 40th anniversary celebration. Photos Robyn Hood

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Methven House’s early years were recalled at a 40th anniversary garden party at the rest home on Tuesday.

Methven Aged Persons Welfare Association Incorporated (MAPWAI) chairman Colin Lill said it had been great to look back on the early years, and the battle that the community had to undertake in order to establish the facility.

“A lot of people didn’t realise what was involved in the initial set up of Methven House, and how much the community had to fight

for it, and fight for it they did,” Lill said. It had been good to acknowledge the efforts of those who had been involved in the rest home over the years, and even though some of them were no longer alive today, they had left a huge legacy for which the town would forever be grateful.

Well over 100 people were involved in the community celebration, which featured musical items from the town and surrounding area’s schools and preschools. About 60 people attended an invited lunch, for volunteers who had been involved with the organisation.

The celebration included a cake cutting, which was by the Reverend Simon Ballantyne, who had been an early MAPWAI chairman and was the Anglican vicar in town. His efforts to establish the rest home involved travelling to Wellington with a couple of other supporters to see the Minister of Health.

Ballantyne was among speakers at Tuesday’s celebration, and others who addressed the crowd included Audrey Lilley on behalf of the home’s residents, and Joanna Suyker on behalf of Methven Care Trust, which is fundraising to build a replacement rest home.

Methven House nurse manager Elisabeth Hey- Methven House residents Nan James and brook was grateful to receive a rose from Mt Jean Kane were among the more than 100 Somers Springburn School at the celebration. people celebrating the rest home turning 40.

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Methven House residents enjoy the 40th celebration.

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Mt Somers School children perform at Methven House.

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Success for black-billed gull breeding season The Ashburton Zone Team, Forest & Bird, Mid-Canterbury 4WD Club and the Hakatere Huts community worked together to protect the Ashburton River black-billed gull population during their summer breeding season. This resulted in 60% of gulls born at the SH1 colony, reaching fledgling state.

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Scout leaders honoured Several modest scout leaders who have accumulated nearly 100 years of service to the organisation were recognised in Mid Canterbury last week.

It was a happy but sad occasion.

Mid Canterbury zone leader Lori Rusbatch, who joined the Scouts in 1987, is stepping down to help the Hinds scouts until January, when she will exit altogether.

She and team-mate Philip Crozier have been leading the Mid Canterbury organisation since 2000 so there were a few tears when he hijacked another award ceremony to pay tribute to Rusbatch.

The Mania-o-roto group had gathered to see Ian Clough, a leader since 1978, be awarded a Bronze Kiwi and Michelle Brown, who will step into Rusbatch’s zone leader shoes, receive a Medal of Merit.

Retiring venturer leader Niki Bota was also recognised for his good work.

Rusbatch said she felt sad to be breaking up a great leadership team, but it was time for her to step aside for others to advance.

She has been to nine jamborees since moving to New Zealand from Australia, where she originally began with the scouting movement, and witnessed thousands

of young men and women enjoy learning new skills, from how to survive in the great outdoors to life hacks.

She is frequently greeted by former scouts around the district as she goes about her business and Rusbatch says it always makes her smile.

Youngsters can join the organisation as keas, then progress as they age to cubs, scouts and venturers.

“It has always been about the people for me. Scouting has stayed relevant too and moved with the times.”

Her swansong with the organisation will be in January at the triennial Staveley Camp; she will be leading the overnight bush tramp.

Like Rusbatch, Clough is involved with scouting in Mid Canterbury when his children joined the Tinwald Cub Pack. He has filled many roles over the years and is known for his behind-thescenes work.

Brown started as a parent helper for the Methven Cub Pack in 2005 and eventually become a cub then scout leader.

She has taken that leadership to zone level, where her straight-up approach and encouragement is welcome.

A rather surprised Lori Rusbatch after being honoured for her service to the scouting movement.

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t’s been four weeks since Mid Canterbury dairy farmer and extreme runner Greg Roadley completed his last adventure and he still has no feeling in his toes.

That’s what happens when you race 560km across the Arctic Circle with the temperature gauge stuck on -40 degrees Celsius.

Roadley says recovering from the brutal foot race will take a few more months and the nerves in his feet will grow back.

But hey, you should see the other guys!

The Romanian who won it and the Scotsman who came second were hospitalised after crossing the finish line.

Roadley, who was third after seven days of pounding on the equivalent of frozen concrete, had painful blisters, shin splints and numb feet.

The race takes a huge physical and mental toll on those crazy enough to sign up and the 2017 running was no different, with just seven of the 18 starters finishing.

It is the world’s hardest ultramarathon.

Roadley, 43, says it is onethird fitness, one-third mental and one-third “admin”, like having the right gear and survival systems.

It is the kind of race where 30 seconds spent fumbling with the zip on one of your three down jackets can lead to frostbite; where water freezes in the tube of your Camelpak if you forget to blow back after drinking and a cup of boiling water goes cold by the time you put the lid back on the Thermos and stow it away on your sled.

Little things that have big consequences.

Little things that are very hard to remember when you’re cold and tired.

Organisers of the 6633 Arctic Ultra pull no punches when they describe the event that takes place every March and involves fast-trekking from Whitehorse in Canada’s Yukon north to Tuktoyaktuk, on the edge of the Beaufort Sea. It is nothing short of brutal and a challenge of epic proportions.

Roadley is a man who likes challenges.

He has competed three times in the gruelling one-day Coast to Coast and last year ran six marathons in six

days in the Sahara Desert as part of the Marathon des Sables.

The Arctic Ultra, he says, tested the outer limits of his mind and body.

And it was what he signed up for, wife Rachel (trying to sound braver than she felt) reminded him when he was able to call her during a rare patch of cellphone coverage.

She and son Guy spent a sleepless week watching Roadley’s GPS tracker move slowly north on their laptop screen.

The tracker, also followed by close friends and family back in New Zealand, was both a blessing and a worry, she said.

New footsteps on the screen meant he was moving, no new footsteps meant he wasn’t.

Roadley is back on the dairy farm now, his body in recovery, his mind thinking about autumn jobs.

He has taken the wheels off the plastic survival sled he pulled for seven days in the Arctic and intends to nail it to the wall of his workshop as a reminder of an adventure he will not forget for a while.

He said his methodical mind and dedication to processes and planning was key to finishing the race.

There was no let-up from the unforgiving cold and no room for a bad decision.

Roadley said in the end his ability to manage simple tasks while sleepdeprived, or while wearing two pairs of gloves, proved crucial.

He had opted for layers of merino, socks (from the NZ Sock Company), and outer jackets filled with down.

He raced fast enough to keep warm, but not fast enough to break a sweat, knowing the inner layers he would wear for a week would never dry if they became wet.

He was methodical and worked quickly whenever he had to remove his outer gloves to eat or set up a bivvy on the side of the ice road that formed much of the route.

The racers were a source of interest for the truckers, who slowed down to chat or give an encouraging blast on their horns.

Roadley said a Kiwi he encountered slipped him some precious Pineapple Lumps and an Aussie, returning from seeing the spectacular Northern Lights, offered up a muesli bar.

The food and company was a welcome reprieve from the solitude and darkness.

And, towards the end, the pain.

He tried to keep up an intake of 5500 calories a day, cooking dehydrated meals that he ate on the run in the morning and evening.

Between times, he ate Whittakers almond chocolate and honey-roasted peanuts – it will be a long time before he enjoys these again.

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The simple act of removing gear to access food presented an element of risk, so it was sometimes easier to just keep going.

“It is a race that is unforgiving for any small mistake or any lapse in concentration, all these little things when you are really fatigued. Well organised gear and systems in place is critical.”

Luckily, then, Roadley is a systemsoriented person.

He had a schedule, a plan and achievable goals.

He was disciplined about maintaining speed, even when he dropped down to just 4km an hour, and about leaving the relative comfort of checkpoints.

“I also resisted the temptation to loiter.

“You’ve got to keep your speed up or you will not get to the end.”

And along the way he became friends with a former Commonwealth Games cyclist, Scotsman Roddy Riddle, who had “unfinished business” having failed to complete the race in 2016.

Roadley said his stories of being so disoriented that he ended up walking in the wrong direction made him concentrate harder.

Every stop, he parked his sled pointing in the right direction; every low point, he thought about Rachel and Guy who would be waiting for him in Whitehorse, and about daughter Mia, at school back in New Zealand.

He said the timely patches of cellphone coverage meant he could share highlights and low points.

“It was all part of it and the experience, and I tried to relish it. I embraced the discomfort because if you let it get into your head, it would be a slippery slope.

It is the stuff that will be great memories afterwards, so you just suck it up.”

Crossing the line, with Rachel among thousands of supporters watching the finish livestreamed on Facebook, was an awesome moment.

Roadley said he was spent, barely aware of his actions, longing to get off his feet.

His first meal was a microwaved pizza and a mug of hot chocolate.

“It was pretty good.”

A week in Mexico on the way home to New Zealand helped him defrost, though he didn’t leave the hotel room for several days while his energy levels rebuilt.

Back home on the dairy farm, he is thinking about autumn management.

His toes are still uncomfortably numb but all things considered he is in good shape.

“I love a challenge and get a lot of satisfaction out of setting a goal and working to achieve it.

“I enjoy taking myself outside my comfort zone . . . and that was right to the limit.”

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Public meeting on crime important Michelle Nelson

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here was a collective sigh of relief among law-abiding residents of Ashburton on Thursday, when word of a public meeting to address youth offending filtered down.

Residents in the Hampstead area, which has become a hot seat for youth crime, began calling for a public meeting months ago, however there was no will from officials to proceed at that point.

Informal neighbourhood groups formed to patrol the streets and social media has been used to keep track of the movements of members of this group, however numbers continue to increase and scarcely a day goes by without complaints.

A frank letter written by Dean Talbot, of Talbot Security, addressed to Rangitata MP Goodhew and published in last Saturday’s Guardian, appears to have been the catalyst for action.

Goodhew realised just how serious the situation is, with groups of marauding youth thumbing their nose at the law as they continue to offend.

By Wednesday, Goodhew had spoken to both Police Minister Paula Bennett and Justice Minister Amy Adams and wheels were set in motion and later in the day plans were announced to hold a public meeting.

As it happened Associate Justice Minister Mark Mitchell had free time in his diary on Thursday, which coincided with Goodhew’s Ashburton day.

Mitchell will be accompanied by other government officials when he shows up at the Hotel Ashburton on Thursday afternoon.

While it has taken more than a year to get the Government’s ear, it is vitally important that we take advantage of this meeting to make our voices heard.

This is our big chance, perhaps our only chance to effect change when it comes to the escalating level of youth offending and anti-social behaviour on the streets.

And if we don’t like what we hear, Labour’s police spokesman Stuart Nash will also be in town on Thursday, hosting a meeting at the MSA in the evening.

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ith a number of buildings being demolished in Ashburton’s CBD to make way for new projects, the landscape of the main street is changing.

In the past few weeks, we’ve seen the demolition of the former Unichem and Life Pharmacy building, with initial plans leaning toward the construction of a two or three level building.

Then, on Monday, work began to remove the Gluyas Motor Group building on Kermode Street to make way for a show area.

We also have the planned Eastfields precinct to look forward to, and of course, we’re still in the process of discussing the future of the civic centre and library rebuild.

So, in this week’s poll, we want to know what’s on your wish list for Ashburton? If you could be town planner for the day what would you bring to the district?

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aving trodden on thin ice, toes and egg shells earlier this week and, so far as I can see, survived, I thought I might today venture into another quagmire of controversy by reflecting on our now deeply embedded system of voting, MMP (Mixed Member Proportional).

In the twenty or so years since we embraced this voting procedure in the belief it was just about as democratic a scheme as any so far available to man – and, of course, woman – it has become customary to criticise it on the grounds it gives the tail too much licence to wag the dog.

Thus minute party representation in Parliament – as of now or instance, with Maori holding a mere two seats but those still enough to provide National with life-support – has seen National frustrated by having desired legislation prevented from becoming law owing to the Maori Party’s rejection of it while, at the same time, being obliged to pass bills at the behest of their coalition partners, all two of them.

Thus a party which was able to attract not far short of a majority of the whole voting public, is held to ransom by a tiny number representing a mere 1.3 per cent of the country-wide vote. Therefore, the tail is no longer just wagging the dog; to all intents and purposes it now is the dog.

In this way, under the present make-up of parliament, the opportunities for the major party, whose name is given to the administration, to lead, break new ground and bring what it sees as sweetness and light to the nation as a whole, is very much curtailed.

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What sort of a lottery result will emerge from the September 23 election? the demands of its pernickety partner.

For a start, despite his oftrepeated disdain for the “baubles of office”, we can be fairly sure that will be Winnie’s first demand. Deputy PM, perhaps or, at the very least finance or foreign minister, probably both.

This reflection on the inadequacies of MMP, will, I’m sure be added to by many voters who find the system less than convincing – the concept of the list seat being particularly susceptible to the quagmire referred to earlier – but I think I had better leave that to another day. I don’t really want to get “bogged down” – even though I am now well into the quagmire! – by the minutiae of the scheme. There will be plenty of opportunities for that between now and September 23.

that brought it to “power”, gave it the largest number of seats – list and real – and thus an impression of strength and certainty, all that is, in reality, a sham with as much room to manoeuvre as only its mini partner will permit.

So Aotearoa, New Zealand, gives the (false) impression of luxuriating in one of the planet’s most democratic systems of government, second only to that originally practised in Athens in about 508. BC. All that was required of the “voter’ then was that he should attend meetings in the city square and when the matter under discussion came to decision time put up his hand to indicate support or keep it down to show lack of.

Neat and effective in a situation when a majority of inhabitants were able to meet and deliberate in face-to-face exchanges of view. Not so now, of course, the franchise having become vastly more numerous and spread somewhat further afield. However, MMP is supposed to replicate that kind of democracy even if the context is

so very different.

Unfortunately, this modern form is as likely to stifle and frustrate as much as it supposedly is to offer a voice to as many political persuasions as can rustle up five per cent of the popular vote on election day.

As our next such day approaches, and despite their considerable achievements for their people, it seems probable that the two lonely Maori supporters of the National administration, may be swept away, to be replaced by another small group, though this time round, an unusually inflated one.

Under its war-wearied, but always up for yet another fight, nobly, gnarled and gnarly, leader, Winston Raymond Peters, NZ First looks like emerging as the one to hold all the court cards.

We can be sure that should this political upheaval actually eventuate, Mr Peters will drive the hardest of bargains with any other party which wishes, longingly, to get its hands on NZ First votes. Thus, whichever, “main” party NZ First deigns to join, it will soon find its cloth cut to suit

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cordingly reduced sentences, and instead of maintaining a justice system we installed a legal system.

Offenders have since learned that society cannot bite back, the result was always predictable.

We now refer youth offenders to Youth Aid, a form of warm and

fluffy benevolent grandparent.

We protect their identity and generally wrap them in cotton wool, and in the process we fail them by not showing them that society can bite back, a policy which invariably leads to the offenders graduating to ever more serious criminal activities.

It is time to end this failed experiment and concern ourselves with the victims of crime, rather than wringing our hands and being nice to the criminals in the forlorn hope that by some miracle they will see the error of their ways.

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YOUR VIEW Failed experiment Around 30 years ago we began an experiment which changed our treatment of people who have offended against society.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – The Ashburton Borough School was built in which year? a. 1862 b. 1872 c. 1882 2 – What is the current land speed record? a. 670 km/h b. 720 km/h c. 770 km/h 3 – The Italian Agnelli family are associated with ...? a. Monarchy b. Sport c. Cars 4 – What colour is cobalt? a. Grey b. Blue c. Brown 5 – When was the eruption of Mt Tarawera? a. 1876 b. 1886 c. 1896 6 – By what name is the Nissan March car known in the UK? a. Nissan Micro b. Nissan Micron c. Nissan Micra 7 – Which Smith is not a member of the Highlanders Super Rugby team? a. Fletcher b. Aaron c. Richard 8 – If the Latin name of a plant featured the word saxatilis, where would it be growing? a. On trees b. Among rocks c. Near the sea

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Ashburton Rural Fire Force Ashburton Rural Fire Force chief and rural fire officer Greg Bruce has been a fireman for 41 years (even though he assures me he’s not “that old”) and he feels humbled to work with such a good bunch of guys.

“It’s like your second family,” he said. “We all get on really well.”

I asked him what keeps him volunteering for so long and his answer resonates with many of the other firefighters I’ve talked to.

“I think it’s the fact that you are able to go and help people that need it. That’s the big thing that keeps you going.

Knowing that you can assist in some way. You want to give something back to your community, so that’s what you do.

“I think we get as much out of it as what we put in — seeing the appreciation on people’s faces — that’s what you get out of it, I think, at the end of the day.”

“Seeing the appreciation makes it all worthwhile.”

He said another huge part of it is the camaraderie. They go on camping trips every year, never too far away from Ashburton though, in case they’re needed.

“And the families. It’s all about the families.

“All the families are really supportive. They’re right behind their husbands or their kids. And that’s why you try and make sure that when you’re doing social stuff, that they’re all part of it.”

His team of 14 are trained in first aid, but don’t go to medical events or car accidents.

“We’re mostly vegetation and we do some structure work (houses, sheds, etc from the outside).”

The Ashburton Fire Brigade usually goes out to the medical events – car accidents etc.

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“It’s a big call on employers “We’re a 4WD unit, so we go carry a defib (defibrillator) as well. All the ones in our fire when 4WD is needed.” with us.”

It’s classified as a 4WD tank- force have really supportive The Ashburton Rural Fire Force works closely with the er and can accommodate five employers.”

“Overall I would like to Ashburton Fire Brigade and or six crew and can carry 3600 thank the employers and famwhile the rural team gets litres of water.

Years ago, Greg remembers ilies of the fire force members. around 40 call-outs a year, the “But the other thing is, I’d a fire at Mt Cook and Ashburbrigade will get around 400.

“We’re really lucky, I mean ton crews were asked to help like to thank Don Geddes for everything he’s done. Since I look at the Ashburton boys out.

“We had a crew go down. he’s been principal rural fire and they’re doing 400 call-outs That was all a good experience officer he’s done some rea year. That’s huge, massive.”

Actually, after July 1 when cause we were out in steeper ally good stuff — getting new alterations to the Ashburton country than we would nor- trucks and stations around the Volunteer Fire Station on Bur- mally be on and that was Ashburton area. I think he’s nett Street are completed, the something you never forget done a great job.”

Don is actually a member of rural team will be packing up about.”

Another event he remem- the Ashburton rural unit, as is at South Street and sharing bers well was in 2012 with the Terry O’Neill, who had a forpremises with the brigade. estry accident and ended up “We’ve got a really good re- big winds.

“We got a call-out and we in a wheelchair. lationship with the Ashburton “We don’t let him off the had a new recruit with us, a boys around there anyway.

“And we’re all there to do young lady. There were strong hook either.”

“We said to him ‘you’re still the same job. We’re all there winds and we were going up to help our community. That’s the road and she said ‘I don’t part of us and that’s the way it’s going to stay’. And that’s like this’. the important part of it all.”

“I said ‘don’t worry, we won’t what family does.”

While the Ashburton Rural Terry did the New York MarFire Force was originally part put you in any dangerous situof the county council, around ations’. But as we were head- athon in his wheelchair a cou20 years ago they formed their ing up to Alford Forest, seeing ple of years ago and the unit own unit with only about trees just blowing over as you raised funds to help get him three or four firefighters turn- went up the road and sheds over there.

“He’s (Terry) been a real inblown to bits. ing out.

“I guess it’s frightening. spiration to us and we try and A couple of decades on and the unit boasts 14, with a cou- But you know you’ve got eve- help where we can.”

Terry is the unit’s secretary/ ple of new guys joining just ryone around you and I feel very humble at the people treasurer, he comes along to before Christmas.

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Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade is the grand-daddy of the Mid Canterbury brigades.

It has been around for nearly 150 years and deputy chief fire officer Graeme Baker has been a firefighter for a third of that.

He joined in 1966 and still enjoys firefighting and also assists chief fire officer Alan Burgess with some of the administration.

Fire Service resources have changed considerably over the years – from older heavier woollen uniforms compared to the lighter fire-resistant ones used currently.

Fire appliances have changed dramatically from the old open cab type to the hi-spec appliances used today.

Nowadays health and safety is paramount, which is the way it should be: hence breathing apparatus is worn

at a lot of fire calls.

When he joined, the brigade was dealing with approximately 100 calls per year. Nowadays the 31 volunteers respond to 400-plus calls per year.

“That is more than a call a day, and yes it is a big commitment”, but Graeme said when they are called, someone is in trouble and requires help from a group of people who willingly sacrifice their time to assist those in need.

“The brigade is like a big family and we rely on looking out for each other, both on the fire ground and in our everyday lives.”

The Ashburton brigade has three modern frontline appliances, a water tanker and also a van which is used as a command point at major calls.

The type of call-outs vary – the Fire Service has an agree-

ment with St John, so “a lot of our calls are medical whether it is an accident or to assist with CPR on a person who has suffered a heart attack”, Graeme said.

Over the years there has been a huge increase in responding to motor vehicle accidents. They have more sophisticated cutting equipment now for extricating people out of cars than what they had in the early days.

The Fire Service has strategies in place for dealing with serious incidents, they have an extremely good counselling and support system available if required.

The brigade has its fair share of false alarms (alarm activations) and, Graeme said, that is part of the job – it’s just one of those things that happen.

While they don’t struggle for volunteers as a rule, it

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“We need to take people who are available during the day and work in town.

“That is one of the biggest things we ask of people. We are in the process of looking at some of the people who have shown an interest in joining the Fire Service.

“It is a big commitment, sometimes we can have three or four calls a day,” Graeme said.

It can be hard on the families at times when the brigade is called during a storm, flooding etc, families are left to cope on their own.

Graeme wants to thank the employers for allowing the firefighters to leave work to attend calls and the volunteers’ families. He also wants to thank the brigade members for their commitment.

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While firefighter Jim Nelson has lived in Methven for twoand-a-half years, he spent the bulk of his working life living and working on the Upper Rakaia Valley’s Glenaan Station as the farm machinery syndicate manager (looking after machinery for five high country stations), and it’s during this time that he became a rural firefighter.

The force probably averages one major fire event a year and, these days, Jim doesn’t get out to the action much, but he’s there if he’s needed.

He’s a school bus driver in Methven and “you can’t just not be there to pick the kids up” while off fighting a fire.

Jim was also responsible for the firefighting machinery when he lived in the Rakaia Gorge.

“It’s pretty relaxed up there (the Gorge), but behind the relaxed attitude, there’s a bunch of people who know what they’re doing.”

The Upper Rakaia Valley Rural Fire Force has a medium rural fire appliance, with a 2000-litre tank and a Wayjaxtype pump.

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pump, that’s totally portable.

There’s a third high-volume pump on a trailer these days, that’s for filling tankers and things.

Around 10-12 firefighters make up the team and when Jim went there in 1979, they had a NZ Fire Service Wayjax kit (a trailer with a Wayjax pump in it).

“In those days it was pretty much anyone who was in the area was in the fire brigade.”

The unit ended up with a Land Rover fire unit, which was a big advance for them.

“And then we put the Wayjax kit in that and had that as our firefighting resource.”

After that came the highvolume pump and other things, ending up, in the early 2000s, getting the rural fire appliance.

Around that time they built a fire station up there, around 2006 or 7, Jim reckons.

It sits on Glenaan Station, which is quite central to the other stations.

“Actually the fire station is a great asset to the community.

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“And that’s all considered as part of team building. It’s getting people together in a social manner, that’s all part of it. If you socialise together, you’re going to fight fires together better too, because you’ll know everybody better.

You work together better as a team.”

And they need to be a good, cohesive team when the bigger fires need battling.

There is one call-out that sticks in Jim’s mind.

A paddock of grain went on fire. One of the things

that happened there was the fire jumped about three paddocks.

“There was a bit of a whirlwind came along and it picked up a pile of straw; lifted it way over the top of the trees and dropped it down by the homestead.”

The farmer’s wife came up to us and said: “Is anybody going to come and put this fire out by the homestead?”

We were like “what fire?”

“It was probably 500m that it carried the fire before it dropped it down again.”

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The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade does a bit of everything and even carries cutting gear, the jaws of life, so they’re pretty busy for a one-truck station.

Formed in 1952, the brigade has a new chief at the helm, Tyrone Burrowes, who took over the role in December.

He joined in 1995, moved his way up to station officer, then deputy and now chief.

He’s responsible for 18 volunteers, with call-outs averaging 180-200 a year and they seem to be getting busier.

“We’ve always done medical calls (jobs that St John request us to attend), but we’re now a first response brigade.

It hasn’t really increased our workload, it’s just made it more of an official title, of something we’ve always been doing. We’re a first responder to medical calls, so if someone’s having a cardiac arrest we’re actually a first response, so we’ve obviously got a bit

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more equipment now that we’re trained to that next level.”

Being on the border of a fire district and a district council makes Rakaia a bit unique.

“When we cross the river we’re dealing with the Selwyn council” and their area goes just up past Synlait.

And any fire in their district the Rakaia brigade goes to, whether it be vegetation or structural. “The Fire Service covers rural also, so it doesn’t matter what type of fire, if it’s in our patch we get turned

out. We work closely with Lauriston and Pendarves (rural fire forces).

“We don’t get a lot of structure (building) fires, but obviously vegetation fires are up there,” Tyrone said.

Vegetation, motor vehicle accidents and medical calls are probably their top jobs.

Probably one of the tougher parts of the job would be vehicle accidents, but they’ll always turn up to the station and go if there are seats on the truck.

“There’s peer support and

counselling available and if there’s a major event we always do a debrief and bring in other guys if there’s deaths involved, but we’re always checking on the welfare of the guys after an event like that.”

Tyrone said it can be hard to find day crews because they have a lot of people working out of town and shift workers.

So if you’re local and available during the day, the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade would be interested in hearing from you. Common-sense is another attribute that’s good, someone that’s an allrounder, able to get in and get the job done. The fire brigade’s a great way to make new friends and help out the community at the same time.

Tyrone would like to thank volunteers’ employers, and particularly the self-employed, because they sometimes get forgotten about.

And, of course, a big thanks to the families.

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Pendarves Rural Fire Force Fifteen years ago the Pendarves Rural Fire Force (which at the time had been going for around 10 years) nearly folded.

So a meeting was called and a few local farmers turned up, got behind it and got it all going again.

One of those was Paul Stewart, now chief fire force controller for Pendarves.

“It all started with a flyer in the mail, for me, that said there needed to be some support or the unit would fold.

That was 2001.

“The thought of losing that service in the district wasn’t good, we’re just as inclined to have fires as anyone else.”

And, as Paul said, it makes a huge difference the closer you are to the fire or medical emergency.

“It’s a big area towards the

Pendarves Rural Fire Force members. coast here and previous to that Rakaia and Ashburton covered it all ... so it’s a long time, from the time you dial 111 until the time you get a fire engine there.”

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numbers remaining fairly stable for years and handle around 40 call-outs a year (mostly vegetation, also medicals and motor vehicle accidents (MVA), and the odd structure fire).

They have “an absolute-

ly splendid training facility – shed and training room” where they practice and have a meeting once a month and are eagerly awaiting a brand, spanking new yellow tanker soon. Paul reckons the fire chief should have dibs on having first drive.

The team of mostly farm owners and workers does a fair bit socially and fundraise as well.

“We’ve just been on a fishing trip. You’re in it with a good bunch of people, all like-minded, wanting to help your community.

Paul would like to thank volunteers’ families.

“We make sacrifices, but our families more so.”

He’d also like to thank the Ashburton District Council “for their contribution over the years”.

Willowby Rural Fire Force Willowby Rural Fire Force chief Steve Russell has been a volunteer firefighter for 23 years and believes it’s that sense of community that makes the volunteers do what they do.

His unit has 13 volunteers, averaging 30-35 call-outs a year, and they handle mostly vegetation and some structure (building) fires.

Willowby received a relatively new truck around September last year. “Pretty much the same as the one we had, but it’s newer and we have a double cab now, which is quite nice.

“Before we could only fit three (crew members) in and others had to make their own way there in separate vehicles. But now five can jump on the truck (which holds 6000 litres) and you’ve basically got a crew right from the word go.

“What we do need now is a new shed. We’ve got a shed we can barely fit in.

“It was just bad timing, we were on the list to get this all sorted out, but then the whole FENZ (Fire Emergency New Zealand) thing started and the Mid South Canterbury Enlarged Fire District started, so funding changed.

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“We’re still on the list, hopefully we’ll get something at some point,” Steve said.

“To a certain extent now, the fire units that have got these better sheds and better social facilities have become the hub of the district. Whereas 20 or 30 years ago it was the community hall, there was always something happening there and that’s changed.

Most of those halls have shut down, are not there, they couldn’t keep up the maintenance etc etc.

“Lauriston (Rural Fire Force) was a prime example, I

mean they got their new shed and they’ve had a much greater increase in people joining up because of that.”

He wants to say a huge thank you to crew and families.

“Their time is absolutely appreciated, it really is, because it can be quite taxing at times.”

Steve says that for the Willowby unit, daytime coverage can be an issue.

But the good news is that they have a couple of new guys on board that are attached to the land.

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The Willowby Rural Fire Force has been going for 40plus years.

“It started with the locals.

They wanted the ability to be able to deal with things locally here. And then it transformed from that into a fully-fledged fire service,” Steve said. “It got hooked up to the 111 system in the early 90s, the pagers came along and everything started to change from there.

“Once the council got involved then a bit more money got chucked in and a vehicle was purchased and things got upgraded,” Steve said.

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Hinds Rural Fire Force Talk to Hinds Volunteer Rural Fire Force chief Dave Kingsbury and you get a real sense of the dedication and service to their community that drives people to put their time and energy into the fire service.

Dave became a rural firefighter in 1981 when he shifted to Hinds, so he’s dedicated a good 36 years of his life to helping keep Hinds and other areas safe.

The Hinds station, started in 1962 by a group of locals after a fire, now boasts around 22 volunteers, with the training of five new recruits going on at the moment.

As far as equipment goes, Hinds has a rural appliance, which is essentially a mobile pump and carries medical equipment, and a tanker.

And Dave’s responsible for all of it, but while his job may carry a heavier load, he won’t send anyone on a job that he can’t do himself.

So in his area, as chief, he’s responsible for the safety of everyone, co-ordination of

Hinds Fire Service Dave Kingsbury. teams and monitoring of the situation. Safety of crews and members of the public is always paramount, Dave said.

Most of their call-outs are vegetation fires, which is what the crew is mainly trained for, but they also attend motor vehicle accidents.

“Essentially we are the only emergency service in Hinds.

We are first responders.”

While Dave believes the job’s not for everyone, Hinds will never turn a volunteer away.

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strengths. Everybody has different abilities/attributes that they can add to the crew.”

And as first responders they do come across scenes that are horrific.

“I’ve got some images and memories that I’m going to go to my grave with,” Dave said.

But through it all is a “hell of a lot of camaraderie”.

“I liken it to a family. At the end of the day you have to be able to rely on whoever you go in with. He or she has to get you out if anything goes wrong.”

And it’s not just the Hinds crew, Dave said. “We have neighbours we work with – Rangitata, Willowby, Mayfield, Ashburton, Ashburton rural.

We’ve worked with Pendarves … and every volunteer has to be able to trust that the person they’re working alongside is going to have their best interests at heart.”

As far as thanking anyone that helps the Hinds unit out goes, Dave won’t single any one person or business out at this stage, but they’ve recently attained a new shed, moving into it around Christmastime.

“Thank everybody who helped us gain the facility that we have, so that we can continue to provide a service in our area.

“There were a hell of a lot of people that helped us out.

“I need to thank my other fire brigade members, and partners and spouses and siblings for allowing them to do what they do. And employers of those people.”

Mayfield Rural Fire Force The Mayfield Rural Fire Force have got it all in their station – a water tanker (put together by the Ashburton District Council), an ex-NZ Fire Service fire appliance and a St John ambulance.

“We also have a trailer that the boys actually built up. It’s a small tank and pump, with the pump able to be used as a pumping station. The main purpose of it is that it can shift a lot of water in a hurry. It can go to a big fire and be used as a pumping station,” Mayfield chief fire officer Ian Fielder said.

St John deals with the ambulance, but Ian said the firefighters and St John personnel work closely and well together and have a training session and get-together at least once a year.

Mayfield, which is probably in its 60th year of operation, has 15 volunteers and Ian reckons that they’re all good friends and get on well together.

The Mayfield team gets

called out to a mixture of medical assists, vehicle accidents, vegetation and house fires.

While the majority of the Mayfield volunteers were trained mainly in vegetation fires, Ian says that in the past 10 to 15 years they’ve also started training in different aspects as well.

“We’ve done house fire training. We don’t enter a house, but we are certainly, what we’d call, a first response to a house fire or first response to anything and we sort of secure the scene.

“With a house fire we start the attack from the outside until the NZ Fire Service arrives with breathing apparatus,” Ian said.

Ian said they’re always on the look-out for volunteers “and they aren’t always easy to find”.

“Things have changed a lot, particularly in the rural fire sector,” Ian said.

“Years ago, particularly when I first started (20-plus

Mayfield Rural Fire Force members during a recent practise. years ago), you went along, you joined and that was it.

Nowadays you have to do a certain amount of training before you can enter the fire ground. There is a unit standard that you have to do.

“You can’t just bowl up and jump on to a fire engine now.”

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He also wants to say a huge thanks to the local community and his team, their families and the businesses that let them drop their jobs at a moment’s notice.

“Thanking them just comes naturally,” Ian said.

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Clearwater Rural Fire Force Clearwater may be one of the newer rural fire forces in Mid Canterbury, with a lifespan of around 6-7 years, but it’s also unique in that the firefighters don’t live locally.

Clearwater chief Greg Brake said he and Don Geddes, Ashburton District Council principal rural fire officer at the time, got it off the ground and it boasts 18-19 firefighters, with 10 newbies completing training around about now.

Made up mostly of hutholders, it’s all about them protecting their own environment, so Greg said it certainly hadn’t been hard finding volunteers.

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Firefighters in action in the Lake Clearwater area. ones closest who can make it, which is usually Mt Somers.

And it’s not just about their patch, either.

“We have one of the bigger areas to look after in Mid and South Canterbury.”

So like any other rural fire force, they mostly deal with

vegetation fires.

“A little bit of structural (housing). We’re not allowed to go inside, but we can do outside.”

From humble beginnings, the Mid South Canterbury Rural Fire Force has just provided them with a tanker

truck and that arrived Waitangi Weekend.

Clearwater force has two buildings, one to house the tanker.

Greg particularly wants to thank Don Geddes for all his help in getting Clearwater up and running and, also, the hutholders’ association and the Ashburton District Council for helping fund eight or nine 30,000-litre tanks around the village.

“It is awesome. We can just hook up and blast it, by the time they’re empty, we’ve hopefully got back-up.”

It may seem odd that at two lakes the fire force would need tanks, but the lakes can be a fair distance away from where a fire might be.

It certainly gives the Clearwater crew a better chance of containing a fire quickly.

Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade The Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade marked its 90th anniversary last year and senior station officer, Brent Anderson, reckons Methven’s a great community to be in.

They have the Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade Supporters’ Group, which includes members and ex-members.

“They’ve set up an incorporated society and we bought the land next door, which is the old RSA area, and we have since built a tanker shed on it and plus we’ve just extended that building into another two bays for some of our old equipment to be stored in. So that was something that our brigade set up as a society to raise money to do the stuff ourselves.”

Since they built that they do their fire safety programme with the kids in that building. “We’ve got a mezzanine floor set up with some mini firefighting uniforms for when the kids do their Fire Wise programmes.”

The brigade has 24 members, two trucks, a tanker and attend roughly 100 call-outs a year, which are spread fairly evenly between vegetation and property fires, medical assists and motor

Firefighters are often called out in atrocious conditions. vehicle accidents.

Brent said they’re certainly doing more medical and motor vehicle accidents than they used to. The Fire Service made an agreement with St John about five years ago “so we got called for medicals if there wasn’t a St John vehicle available”, Brent said.

In the last financial year the Methven brigade attended 20 accidents, 28 vegetation fires and only eight property fires.

Like many brigades and fire forces, they struggle a bit with

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daytime turn-out.

“At the moment we’ve got our quota (of volunteers), but we’re always looking for other members who are keen or interested in it,” Brent said. “And we’re trying to get more daytime people.”

Brent reckons anybody can be a firefighter, you’ve just got to be keen to learn different things, because there’s a lot of training involved.

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Ongoing training is just part of the job, but even the experienced guys are always learning and they even get trainers that come to their station at different times of the year.

It’s a big commitment.

“You’re on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week when you’re around town, and like I said, training as well and then you get the odd weekend training. Yep, it’s a pretty big commitment, for everybody really.”

So why do they do what they do? “I guess we just want to make a difference ... you want to help people who are in need” and brigade members are like an extended family.

“And you definitely have to thank your family,” Brent said.

He wants to thank employers for letting employees take the time off work to volunteer and also the other brigade members “for watching your back when you’re at jobs and all working as a team really”.

“And thank the community for supporting us as well, cause they do a great job helping us out.

“The Methven community’s great anyway, so it’s certainly a good place to be.”

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Richard Joseph is a crew boss with the Mt Somers Rural Fire Force, which began in 1957, and he believes it’s everyone doing their bit that makes a difference.

The Mt Somers team has about 10 volunteers, who go to roughly 30-35 call-outs a year, using an appliance smoke chaser, which is basically just a fast way of getting to a fire, and a tanker.

They mostly deal with vegetation fires. Richard reckons it’s around three-quarters vegetation and a quarter car accidents and medical.

They could do with two to four more volunteers (available during the day). “Daytime call-outs can be a problem at times ...”

Why do it? “A sense of duty I suppose. You do it to help people and I guess you hope someone else would do the same for you.

“It’s the old story about the storm at the beach and it blows a whole lot of starfish

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Somebody comes up beside him and says ‘what are you doing that for? Isn’t that a bit of a waste of time?’ and the guys replies ‘Well, it made a difference for that one starfish’.

“If everybody does their bit it’ll make a difference. And I think that’s the thing for volunteers, it isn’t easy being a volunteer, but if everybody does their bit it’s not going to

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be such a big deal.”

One of the big things that Richard remembers well from his 24 years with the force is the Mt Somers fire.

“It was a big fire in the Mt Somers riverbed. It’s probably the biggest on record for Mid Canterbury.

“There were something like 100 people fighting that fire, at least, and probably about eight to 10 aircraft.”

He was one of the first at the scene.

It burned out about 8km down the river.

“We came in at the very top of it, so you really didn’t have any idea of how big it was.

“Basically what happens is, when you get fires running along the ground, they go really slowly.

“But then at a certain point the wind picks it all up and gets it into the tree tops and that’s how it gets blown along.

“Within about two hours, helicopters were buzzing around and they could see very quickly what was happening “and then you got a whole different picture of how big the fire was”, Richard said.

In the first instance, you’re just dealing with what you can see around you.

Richard would like to thank the businesses that let their workers go do their bit for the community and the Mid South Canterbury Rural Fire Authority.

“They’re great. We’re thankful that we’re part of them.

That works really good.”

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Lauriston’s deputy rural fire force controller and training officer Charlie Tomlin says there’s no doubt about it, volunteers do what they do for the benefit of their community.

Most call-outs would be vegetation fires, and Charlie reckons it would be 80 per cent vegetation fires and 20 per cent everything else … roughly.

“Having said that it’s probably only in the past year that we’ve started doing MVAs (motor vehicle accidents) and medicals and that sort of thing.”

Averaging around 30 to 35 call-outs a year, Lauriston operates with about 17 or 18 fully-trained volunteers.

Charlie wants to give a really big thank you to volunteers’ families.

“It can be very disruptive to family members … time and that sort of thing.

“We’re available 24/7 if we’re in the area and it is a bit of a drag on the members’ families.”

And it can also be disruptive to any business owners

that allow their employees to leave their businesses and go and attend the calls.

“So thank you to them and also to the businesses’ clients for understanding why their job isn’t finished on time because the member’s taken off to assist somebody else in need.”

There are definitely benefits for members though – training and the skills you learn or achieve over the years.

“There are a lot of benefits to being a member, you do a lot of training and you learn a lot of practical jobs.

There is on-the-job training and behind-the-scenes training.”

So why do they do it? Charlie said that for him personally and, he believes, for most of the volunteers, it’s “to assist our local community, with whatever disaster or assistance they might require. If someone wants a hand, we want to be able to help if we can.

“We do respond for medicals, cause we carry a defib.

The whole unit has basic first aid training.”

Lauriston Fire Force members.

Lauriston has two members who have given 50-plus years of service. One is John Leonard, who is still an active member, and was a founding member of the local station.

Des Syme, who started with Alford Forest, and then came to Lauriston, has done 50plus years for the Ashburton District Council, which was in charge of the local rural fire forces until merging with

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Charlie, who has been with Lauriston for about five years and 30-plus with Rakaia before that, said it is like being in one big family and “we try and be as social as we can”.

The team has had a small 4WD unit for about six or seven years, built for the Australian outback, which allows them to get to places other vehicles might not.

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The Alford Forest Rural Fire Force hard at work in chilly conditions.

Sandy Payne started with the Alford Forest Rural Fire Force in 1995 when he moved to the district.

It was a sub-unit of Mt Somers and in those days they had a little single-axle trailer, which was housed at the Alford Forest Store, until a little garage was built in 1998 to hold it.

There were only four other volunteers when Sandy joined and he’s the only one left in the unit now. “But the whole five of us went through until eight years ago.”

In 2013 it was registered as a standalone fire force and they got a secondhand double-cab appliance.

Last year the unit started going to road crashes and attending medicals and they got a defibrillator for the truck.

The Methven Lions gave a lot of the money for that.

A couple of years ago they got a new shed and before that the tanker was housed on Sandy’s farm.

He stood down from being chief a year and a half ago.

“I stood down to deputy and then stepped down as deputy and put young Nathan Currie in. Nathan’s very motivated. Graeme Smith and Nathan are basically sharing the chief job.”

There are 22 volunteers, many of them new and mostly locals.

“They have to do their unit standards before we’re allowed to put them on the fire ground, which is probably a good thing.

But we have got a lot of members who have only been there two to five years.”

Alford Forest is between Mt Somers and Methven and the force’s area ranges from Ashburton Staveley Road to Methven Highway, follows Barkers Road through to the Rakaia River and then it goes up the Rakaia River to Hut Stream. “So it’s quite a big area we’ve got.”

Sandy still goes out on callouts — of which Alford Forest gets about 25 a year — but he also looks after all the plant, trucks and stuff like that.

In 2005 Sandy bought a tanker for the unit and any money that was generated from that, like it being used for DOC fires, which were paid for, Sandy donated all the money that came back from those fires into the unit to help keep it going.

“We used that until 2013 when Don (Geddes) got us that appliance.”

“We’ve got an ex-Fire Service appliance and a 6500-li-

tre tanker, formerly of Methven.

“We got their old cab and chassis and I built the tank and deck and everything up in the workshop here and set it all up for them.”

And that tanker did seven days at the recent Port Hills fire. It was run over there by Nathan. “We swapped crews around, but Nathan stayed there most of the time and did all the running of it (the tanker), he did head home at nights, but he’d be back there early the next morning with a new crew. He did a fantastic job. He organised everything ... he’s a great organiser,” Sandy said.

“Some people say you’re mad for the hours you put in (to the volunteer fire force),” but at the end of the day, they’re just a bunch of good people who want to put the time and effort in to help keep their community safe.

“You just do it to help people. If you can save someone’s shed or shelterbelt, you get a buzz out of it at the end of the day.

“And once you get into it, you sort of get hooked on it.

It doesn’t matter what you’re doing, when the pager goes off, you just take off to deal with it.”

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Sandy wants to say a huge thank you to deputy principal rural fire officer Don Geddes.

“All the units now have good gear and good stations all because of Geddes. He’s done a fantastic job over the years and we really appreciate what Geddes has done for us. He’s been a fantastic boss for the 20-odd years that I’ve dealt with him,” Sandy said.

“There’s no way that the rural fire force in Mid Canterbury would be the way it is now if it wasn’t for him. The ratepayers have paid for it, but he has been the driving force behind all this stuff that we’ve got.”

So here’s a message for Don: “Grumpy says you’re a real good bastard and has really enjoyed working with you over the past 20-odd years.”

Another mention from Sandy (AKA Grumpy) is for Dan Simmons, one of the originals with Sandy. “He’s done quite a lot on recruitment drives when we’ve wanted new members, going and talking to people. He’s done a great job too.”

And, of course, a massive thanks to all the volunteers and their families for their hard work and dedication to helping people in their community.

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In brief One last endeavour Des Buckingham wants one final win to wrap up the Wellington Phoenix’s up-and- down season before his focus shifts to contemplating a more long-term future at the A-League club. Seventh on the ladder, five points astray of sixthplaced Western Sydney, Wellington have no chance of making the play-offs. But Buckingham, cocoach alongside Chris Greenacre since early December, says there’ll be no change in approach for the Phoenix’s final game against fourth-placed Brisbane Roar tomorrow.

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Man United foiled A brilliant late header by Leander Dendoncker earned Anderlecht a 1-1 draw against Manchester United in the Europa League quarterfinal first leg clash. Manchester United took an away lead through Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the Armenian firing home from a tight angle after Marcus Rashford’s effort was repelled. But Ivan Obradovic crossed for Dendoncker who crashed a header home in the 86th minute. In other games, Celta Vigo beat Genk 3-2 and Ajax saw off Schalke 2-0.

- PA Brynmor Workman bounced back from a second place at the Aoraki Athletics to take first place at the South Island Secondary Schools’ athletics.

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■ ATHLETICS

Extra effort pays off

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For Ashburton College student Brynmor Workman, transitioning his rugby skills to the athletics track has brought him quick success.

Workman recently finished in first place in the javelin event at the South Island Secondary Schools’ athletics.

He said this was his first full year of competing in athletics, and that he has discovered a real

passion for the sport.

“I like it because it is an individual sport and it is down to you and the effort you put in,” he said.

It was the effort that took Workman over the line at the South Islands, sitting in second place before his final throw.

“I was behind the other guy by 40cm, so it took a big one on the final throw to overtake him,” he said.

“The other guy still had one

throw to go so I couldn’t even watch while he did it.

“There was quite a few people watching so there was some pressure.”

Also a regular on the rugby paddock as a part of the college’s first XV, Workman believes there are a lot of attributes between the sports that mix well.

“The trainings complement each other quite a bit, stuff like the strength and conditioning,” he said.

“I spend around five hours a week training, the strength and conditioning as well as throwing a few javelins.”

Looking towards the future, Workman said athletics will now take a break over the winter before nationals in about eight months’ time.

Still 15 years old, Workman’s main goal is, with the help of coach Mark O’Brien, to be national champion by the time he finishes school.

NBA player pocketed $714,000 by not shooting Face it, we’re all Moe Harkless.

The Portland Trail Blazers forward was in an interesting spot in the team’s final regular-season game this week.

All he had to do to make a sweet US$500,000 bonus was finish the

season making 35 per cent of his three-point attempts, a delicious prospect complicated by the face that he went into the game at 35.1 per cent.

What to do, what to do?

Even though he’s in the first

year of a four-year, US$42m contract, Harkless did the only sensible thing, really.

He didn’t take a three-point shot in the 103-100 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Who among us would not take

the money and run? It wasn’t like he cost his team-mates anything – the Blazers are in the playoffs as eighth seed and, besides, who can’t use an extra US$500,000?

Harkless let his team-mates throw up 30 three-pointers. - PA

Lyon fans run riot Fans fought inside the stadium and crowd disorder delayed the LyonBesiktas kick-off by 45 minutes in the Europa League quarter-finals.

Incidents inside Lyon’s stadium – which hosts the final next season – followed earlier clashes between French and Turkish fans on the streets. After a delayed kickoff, Besiktas led at halftime through Ryan Babel’s low shot in the 15th minute. Lyon waited until almost time to score twice in two minutes. Both clubs will be fined

by UEFA, which increased security measures at all Champions League and Europa League matches this week after Borussia Dortmund’s team bus was targeted by a bomb attack on Tuesday.

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Sydney FC confident Skipper Alex Brosque declares Sydney FC are lapping up the pressure to crack Brisbane’s all-time A-League points record, branding it exactly what the premiers need to take them all the way to the title. Anticipation is high ahead of the Sky Blues’ final regular-season hit-out at Allianz Stadium, where Graham Arnold’s team will lift the Premiers Plate they won three weeks ago. Still on the table is the best-ever points mark of Ange Postecoglou’s aweinspiring Roar side of 2010-11, who racked up 65 over a 30-game season.

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■ RUGBY

Celts bounce back in style

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Celtic put their season back on the right track yesterday afternoon in Canterbury Country Combined rugby.

After tasting their first defeat of the season last week, there was plenty of interest in how Shane Enright’s men would react and their first 40 minutes against Hornby yesterday suggested they reacted quite well.

Playing at home, Celtic went into the break ahead 35-3 thanks in large to some ill-discipline by Hornby which saw them down to 12 players at one stage with two yellow cards and a red dished out in the first 25 minutes.

Celtic scored through Nick McCain, Junior Lagokauru, Dominic Viesso, Iromi Dawai and Christian Vainerere with Nathan McCloy adding all the extras.

They took the foot off the pedal in the second half, which included another two yellow cards, and Hornby pounced, scoring 19 points before Celtic added two late tries of their own through a second for Viesso and one to Hamish Finnie.

The win shunts Celtic back into second place in Section One, behind the unbeaten Darfield, a position they will be looking to hold when they head north to tackle Prebbleton next Saturday.

Meanwhile Rakaia will head into their bye week in good stead after a big win 38-13 over Southern in a rematch of last year’s Watters Cup final.

Playing under lights on Thursday night, in misty conditions, the Rakaia side were slow out of the blocks, but warmed to their task impressively.

First half tries to Thomas Hanham-Carter and Ryan Walker both went unconverted, while two penalties and a conversion to Richard Fridd and a try to captain Eric Duff left Southern in front at the half-time break.

For the second week in a row though, Southern conceded a lead and went without scoring in the second half as Rakaia put them

Celtic midfielder Christian Vainerere on one of his many bursts during his side’s win over Hornby yesterday.

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to the sword, scoring three more tries through a double to Tim Hanrahan and another to Isaiah Renata.

What Rakaia did well were the basics.

They ran hard, tackled harder and at times introduced that flair that has been such a big part of their game for a number of years now.

But while the plaudits usually go to their big ball runners, on Thursday night it was the work from the engine room that was most deserving of recognition.

Their forward pack were monsters, both on attack and on defence.

“Pretty pleased with that perfor-

RESULTS ■ Cycling World Championships Collated results from World Championships in Hong Kong yesterday.

Men Scratch Keirin Team Pursuit 1. Australia (Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nicholas Yallouris, Kelland O’Brien, Rohan Wight) 2. New Zealand (Regan Gough, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Nick Kergozou) 3. Italy 4. Great Britain 5. France Women: Team Pursuit 1. United States, 2. Australia, 3. New Zealand (Racquel Sheath, Rushlee Buchanan, Kirstie James, Jaime Nielsen, Michaela Drummond) 4. Italy, 5. Great Britain.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 11, Women’s Section Nancy MacCormick (36 hole foursome): Vicki Moore & Heather Robertson 150, Mary-Lou Watson & Daphne Hinton 154.

Stroke: Marilyn Walker 69, Jan McArthur 71, Maryanne Urquhart 72, Kath Read 72, Sue Letham 72, Sue Hastie 73, Jenny Williams 73.

mance,” coach Sean Carter said.

“We stuck to our game plan and executed it well I thought, things are going nicely.”

Discipline was again a concern for the side though with three yellow cards issued, two for repeat offences at the breakdown.

Andrew Veint marked his return to Mid Canterbury rugby after a long sabbatical with 10 in the bin for a dangerous tackle, most probably on his brother Will, which left Rakaia down to 13 men for the closing stages of the match.

Southern for all their effort were largely left without reward.

They threatened on a number of occasions, but pushed one too

many passes, or receivers were guilty of not treating the wet ball with the respect it deserved as it slipped through their grasp.

This was not a match for explosive play with a hot potato, but more a match where the big men did the work and the nimble-footed finished it off.

Rakaia did that well whereas Southern battled.

What will be most concerning for Michael Ellis is though that for the second week in a row his side has started a second half in front only to have two big tallies go unanswered.

They will have to turn that all around and put the demons of the past two weeks behind them be-

fore they square off with Lincoln at Hinds next Saturday.

Hampstead, who also played on Thursday night, remain winless after they were soundly beaten by defending competition champions Waihora.

In tricky conditions, the Hampstead side were left almost answerless to the Waihora unit who ran away 27-5 victors.

A try to Brian Matoramusha, his third for the season, was the only bright spot in the otherwise damp and sombre night at the office for Regan Broker’s side.

The will head away to play Saracens next weekend.

Methven take on Rolleston this afternoon.

Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites: Jeanette Montgomery, No 8 House of Travel: Daphne Hinton, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon: Wendy Parr, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Jacqui Welch, No 4 Somerset Grocer 2nd shot Judy McKeown, No 18 2nd Shot to Green: Jan McArthur.

Twos: No 14 Jacqui Welch

Mayfield Golf Club April 11, Ladies Division 3rd Round LGU; 0-21 Jan Clucas 94-16-78 21-30 Sharon Duthie 99-25-74 30+ Johnny Wright 108-36-72 3rd Round Stablefords; Johnny Wright 36, Sharon Duthie 34 Hastings McLeod Property Brokers Marilyn Cross 2nd Shot 2&11; 0-29 Christine Ross, 30+ Margaret Read Sim’s Bakery Nearest Pin 5 & 14; not struck.

Player of the Day; Johnny Wright.

Tinwald Golf Club April 11 Medal Silver: Phylis Smith 91-14-77 c/b, Leen Bell 93-16-77, Bronze 1: June Bruhns 93-23-74, Joan Undy 104-24-80, Bronze 2: Madeleine Smith 106-32-74, Maree Moore 10830-78 Murray Young Property Broker #2 Sue Newman, Sims Bakery #6 Sue Newman, Mac & Maggie #12 June Bruhns, Outdoor Adventure #16 Maree Moore.

9 Hole Competition LGU Deb Ellery 59-21-38, Betty O’Neill 58-19-39.

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Historic home fixture The Lions tour opener in Whangarei on June 3 will be the biggest home fixture in the 80year history of the proud NZ Barbarians club.

While the team should be known as the NZ Barbarians rather than the NZ Provincial Barbarians, there are no qualms about the make-up of the squad, drawn from the top Mitre 10 Cup or fringe Super Rugby talent with Peter Rowe of Wanganui representing the Heartland Championship.

The Barbarians toured the UK in 1987, ‘96 and 2003, playing England on the last two occasions, but in recent times they have played the Maori All Blacks, in a 2010 thriller in Whangarei, and in 2015 at Eden Park, a fixture they won in something of an upset.

The 2017 team will dine at the Eden Park clubrooms on May 27 before travelling north.

If some of the squad’s knowl-

edge of the Barbarians and their ethos is hazy now, by the time they ran out onto Toll Stadium in their specially made jerseys, they will know exactly who and what they are playing for.

“It’s a great opportunity for this match in Whangarei to set the scene for what should be an enthralling Lions tour,” says Barbarians club president and former All Blacks prop Ron Williams.

“The game will be a real highlight for our club and it recognises our role in amateur rugby.”

Club patron Bryan Williams played many games for and against the Barbarians and is relishing the prospect of the June 3 fixture.

He will also enjoy the fact that two MAGS old boys are in the squad, the Northland pair of Josh Goodhue and Matt Matich.

Matich is one of four loose forwards named – there is one to be added – and he brings versatility and work-rate which saw him

Bryan Williams, an All Blacks superstar in his day, is the Barbarians’ club patron.

stand out in 10 games, mostly at No 8, for the Taniwha in 2016.

He did play for the Blues at the Brisbane Tens and has also appeared for the Blues A or his Western Sharks club in between his

day job as RDO for the Northland union. He feels he may be called upon to help organise some of the community engagement for the Barbarians in Whangarei.

“When I missed out on Super Rugby, I was training pretty hard to get a crack at this,” says the 25-year-old, who headed back to his native province in 2015 after several seasons in Auckland, where he was the inaugural John Drake Memorial scholar.

Matich played for Auckland in 2014. He is relaxed about where coach Clayton McMillan may use him against the Lions.

“I have played all three positions my whole life, so I’m comfortable playing anywhere, hopefully starting to get some minutes,” Matich says.

McMillan likes the mix of his loosies.

“All our loose forwards fit a profile. They are all tough bastards, versatile and will go 80 minutes.”

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■ OPINION

SBW just can’t keep away from headlines W hat to make of the Sonny Bill saga?

Or his latest saga, if you

will.

This is the guy who walked out on his contract with the Bulldogs in 2008 amid massive publicity, heading to France to play rugby for Toulon with a great many of Mourad Boudjellal’s francs in his pocket.

Since then, this ridiculouslytalented athlete has carved out a stellar career.

That’s not only in his new sport of rugby, where he’s become a double world champion, but while flip-flopping back and forth to league he managed to get himself named the world’s best rugby league player as well.

Oh, and somewhere in there he found time to become the New

Zealand boxing heavyweight champion.

Perhaps he’s aiming for Wimbledon next year, who would know?

But its his latest effort that has transported him from the back pages to the front; taping over the BNZ logo on his jersey because he objects conscientiously to things that banks do.

Presumably he doesn’t utilise the services of such institutions himself in real life.

The NZRU has in its wisdom decided that because he’s a Muslim he can do stuff like that, and they’re all good with it.

Not sure how they would react if all the Presbyterians, Catholics, Methodists, Buddhists, Hindus, Children of God and Zoroastrians in the All Blacks decided to

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

object to the AIG logo proudly displayed on the front of the black jersey, on the grounds that this company was the one that floundered into gigantic financial difficulties a few years ago.

It lost the poor people at the bottom of the chain billions of dollars through disastrous if not dodgy business practices, while the directors at the helm continued to accept multi-million dollar bonuses.

Eventually it was saved by billions of rescue dollars injected

by Uncle Sam; that is the taxpayers who had already lost their shirts.

Obviously that’s not worth a mention for those who object to bad things happening in the world.

And the winners in all this?

Ironically, its the BNZ, who quite like getting their logo on the telly on a Blues jersey (if you have a look, its on the collar and not exactly in-your-face), but they will absolutely love getting the headlines, especially when it’s controversial and at the same time they haven’t actually done anything wrong.

And all the good people at Plunket, of course, who as a result of all the kerfuffle now have their name shining prominently on SBW’s jersey.

In brief Lions on a good lurk The British and Irish Lions squad will share a record jackpot of just under £3 million (NZ$5.3m) if Warren Gatland’s side record a first series victory over world champions New Zealand since 1971, the Telegraph has revealed. Of that figure, each player will receive a bonus of £10,000 each if the Lions win two of the three tests, on top of a tour fee of £70,000 (NZ$125,000) for every player who remains in the squad for the full tour.

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Quade back for Reds Acting captain Samu Kerevi is tipping returning playmaker Quade Cooper to add some much-needed creative spark in Queensland’s battle of the Super Rugby stragglers tonight. The Reds are one from seven and on a six-game losing streak, while the visiting Southern Kings are one from seven and winless in a month. Queensland have struggled to score tries without Cooper, with the five-eighth missing the Reds’ past three games after being suspended for a dangerous tackle.

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Backlash expected The Chiefs are bracing for a Cheetahs backlash in Bloemfontein this weekend as the South Africans face the chop in next season’s revamped Super Rugby competition. Assistant coach Andrew Strawbridge is expecting the boys from the high veldt to have plenty to play for, with the franchise’s future on the line. “They’ll be upset their names have been linked with extinction, and we spoke about how we would feel if that was us, so they will be dangerous,” he said. The Chiefs have recalled Sam Cane, who missed last week’s 34-26 loss to the Stormers with concussion. - NZME

Cheika on the case Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says he will ensure all players who lose their jobs when one of Australia’s five Super Rugby teams is cut from the competition next season are absorbed by the four remaining teams. Cheika said he is working with the Australian Rugby Union high performance manager Ben Whitaker to ensure none of Australia’s top players are forced to go overseas to continue their careers.

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Weekend Sports Box A look ahead to the sporting weekend, with a glance back over the shoulder at the week that was.

On the couch

That’s bizarre …

With a three from six record to start the season, the Warriors’ NRL beginning has hardly been awe-inspiring, Tonight they tackle the Raiders in Canberra. Over the past two season, despite their woes, the Warriors have a good record against the greens, having beaten them in three of the four matches they have played. That could bode well for a good match tonight in which a win would shunt the Warriors into the Top 8. Live on Sky Sport 2 from 7pm.

A Bangladesh cricket side, playing in second division, have taken a few bad umpiring decisions to the extreme with a single over costing 92 runs. Lamatia, playing Axiom, couldn’t fathom decisions by the umpires so in protest threw their match. Opening bowler, Suion Mahmud conceded 65 runs from wides and 15 from no-balls while his four legal deliveries in the over went for 12 runs. 32 balls in total were bowled in the over.

Out and about …

The gambler …

Love the sound of a motorbike going at full speed? Then the Mountain Thunder today in Methven is just what you need. An action packed day of motorcycle racing around the streets of Methven with some of the best talent in the country on offer. It’s loud, exciting and edge of the seat stuff so make sure you head out and check it out.

We don’t proclaim to be football aficionados here at Sports Box. But this person is, they spent a modest $5 on this massive multi to net himself a profit that was 588 times more than their initial investment at $2940. How’d they do it? Here’s the bet: Hull City v Middlesbrough Head to Head: Hull City @ $2.00, Mainz v RB Leipzig Head to Head: RB Leipzig @ $2.15, Oxford Utd v Fleetwood Head to Head: Fleetwood @ $3.55, Huddersfield v Norwich Head to Head: Huddersfield @ $2.10, Newcastle v Burton Head to Head: Newcastle @ $1.40, Leganes v Real Madrid - Head to Head: Real Madrid @ $1.35, Chelsea v Man City Head to Head: Chelsea @ $2.30, Darmstadt v Bayer Leverkusen Head to Head: Bayer Leverkusen @ $1.65, Swansea v Tottenham Head to Head: Tottenham @ $1.65, Metz v Lyon Head to Head: Lyon @ $1.55.

The weekend punt …

Highlanders got the job done for us last weekend so another tick in the win column.

This week we return to the horses and to tonight’s Easter Cup meeting at Addington.

And we will also head to the last race of the night. Dexter Dunn jumps on a talented one here in Pirate Bay who is fresh up with a big motor, we think you’ll get a nice each way price that’s worth taking. Race 11 No.3.

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Warriors wary Reining in Canberra centres Joey Leilua and Coach Stephen Kearney says the WarriJordan Rapana will be key for the Warriors if ors will have to be at their very best if they they want to secure a rare NRL win over the want to limit Rapana and Leilua’s effectiveRaiders today, says experienced back-rower ness.

Ryan Hoffman.

“We have a bit of an idea of how to do that Still hunting their first away win of the – it’s going to take a real physical effort to season, the Warriors have finally built some slow them down,” he said. momentum with back-to-back home wins “They’re both playing wonderful footy, over the Eels and Titans. and the Canberra side are in reBut with only three wins at GIO ally good form.

Stadium in 14 attempts, they face “It’s an exciting challenge for a tough battle against a Raiders us.” team looking to string three wins Kearney admits being able to together for the first time this searun with an unchanged 21-man son. squad for the last couple of games Between them, Leilua and Rahas played an important part in a pana have scored 11 tries this seamore settled performance. son, including a hat-trick to RaKearney has been pleased with pana in Canberra’s 42-16 win over the improvement his team have Ryan Hoffman Gold Coast last weekend. shown in their last couple of Hoffman says it’s going to take wins, but says there’s still plenty a committed defensive effort from the War- of room for improvement. riors to keep the duo in line.

Against Parramatta, he said they lost their “We need to tackle very, very well, be- way on a couple of occasions, letting the cause they’re very good at breaking tackles,” Eels regain momentum with two separate he said. tries.

“They’re big, they’re fast, they’re strong – “We could have been a little bit better last we just need to be committed in our tackles week with the execution, and I don’t think because if we go in half-pace or half-heart- our attack flowed quite as well as I would ed, that’s when they’re going to start making have liked. long breaks.

“But again, I guess that’s asking for perfec“In the end, it just comes down to com- tion. mitment.”

“We’ve got to keep working on that.”- AAP

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

In brief

■ EASTER CUP

All Stars eye another trophy

By Matt MarkhaM

Matt.M@theguardian.co.nz

Natalie Rasmussen has no idea what might happen at the start of tonight’s Easter Cup at Addington, but she does know that one of two scenarios will play out – one good and one not so good.

Rasmussen has the drive on hot-pot Heaven Rocks and what the monster pacer does from behind the barrier strand will determine what happens for the remainder of the 3200-metre Group One. The 13-time New Zealand Group One winning driver was rather frank in her assessment of her chances.

“He’ll either step away and probably win, or blow it and take no part,” she said.

“And I don’t really know which one it will be. It very much depends on what kind of mood he is when he gets around to the start and that.”

But if Heaven Rocks’ mood is anything to draw confidence from then punters who have him at $2.50 to win tonight might be a little worried when they hear what the Rock N Roll Heaven gelding has been like around home this week.

“He’s been in a horrible mood

The Natalie Rasmussen/Mark Purdon team have three runners in tonight’s Easter Cup at Addington. most of the week in the weather,” Rasmussen said.

“I’ve been working him on the round track and he’s been a bit of a brute and Mark (Purdon) worked him on the straight track today (Friday) and said he was good but still in a foul mood.”

Second last start behind his superstar stablemate, Lazarus, Heaven Rocks will start from the outside of the front line and be given plenty of room by Rasmussen, who intends to have a starters assistant at the horse’s side

throughout the starting process.

While the clear air in front of him when the tape pings could be a concern, there’s more worry about what will be coming from behind him.

“It’s a really quick 10 metre line and those horses rushing forward on him could be a problem.”

The Purdon and Rasmussen stable have three runners in the event, with Chase The Dream and Piccadilly Princess also lining up in the $100,000 race.

Piccadilly Princess will be look-

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ing to become the third mare since the start of the millennium to win the race and follow in the footsteps of Adore Me and Alta Serena.

Nigel McGrath also has a strong hand in the race with his two runners, Classie Brigade and Maverick.

The former was very good sitting parked outside Lazarus and if Heaven Rocks was to leave his manners at home he would become the most likely victor of the race.

Robert Dunn also has two runners engaged with Southern import Captain Dolmio a real sleeper off his front mark and Franco Nelson who returns after setting a New Zealand record when he was produced two weeks ago.

Maxim will be out to become the first North Island horse since Alta Serena in 2005 to win the Easter Cup and incidentally will have trainer/driver Brent Mangos in the bike who drove Alta Serena.

Dexter Dunn will be aiming for his third straight win in the race when he combines with Titan Banner for Graeme Anderson, having won with Locharburn and Christen Me in the past two years.

Travis next up Sofia Rosa will attempt to add to her black type record in the Travis Stakes at Te Rapa in a fortnight.

Last season’s Australian Oaks winner will appreciate the step back up to 2000 metres following her laststart fifth in the NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. “Bringing her back to the mile was probably asking a bit much the other day,” said Bruce Perry, racing manager to owner Lib Petagna.

- NZME

Chasing top honour The Waikato Stud-bound stallion Tivaci will have four further opportunities to break through at Group One level before his retirement to the leading Matamata farm. The son of High Chaparral will line up in today’s All Aged Stakes at Randwick before heading to Brisbane. “He’s got three cracks,” trainer Mike Moroney said. “Hopefully, the sooner he can get one out of the way, the better.”

- NZME

Stud fee unchanged Sir Patrick Hogan has announced that Tavistock’s 2017 fee will remain unchanged at $65,000+GST. He admitted he had serious thinking to do before deciding not to raise the fee in reaction to demand from breeders and outstanding results.

“The demand from Australian breeders has remained strong,” he said.

“We took 30 applications for bookings to Tavistock just in the few days we were there.” - NZME

Today at Hastings Raceway

Hawkes Bay RI Venue: Hastings Meeting Date: 15 Apr 2017 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.24pm (NZT) WELCOME AMBASSADOR TRAVEL 1400 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 7x443 Boy Soldier (2) 58.5 2 0x03 Molizlad (7) 58.5 ...........................L Allpress 3 5x7. Mr Murfitt (1) 58.5 4 22 Prince Hareem b (12) 58 5 33 One Prize One Goal b (3) 58 ....S McKay (a) 6 2744x Fogarty Fegen (6) 58 ..................... J Parkes 7 0x34x Lord Mapperley (14) 58 8 Shanzino (10) 58 9 Hoof Hustler (11) 58 10 38632 Proficient h (13) 56.5................. M D Plessis 11 5525x Briar Rose (16) 56.5...................M Cameron 12 22695 Petite Midas (15) 56.5 13 32 Miss Doherty b (9) 56 14 333x Myrtle bh (5) 56 15 4 Strut h (8) 56 16 Epic Dreamer (4) 56 2 1.00pm FASTTRACK INSURANCE 2YO $20,000, 2YO SW+P, 1300m 1 1 Bostonian (10) 57.5 2 1 Lincoln Hills (1) 57.5 3 14x02 Gilhoolie h (3) 57.5.................... M D Plessis 4 4x0 Mofara (6) 56.................................L Allpress 5 6 Heart Of Courage (7) 56 6 9 Formidable (9) 56 7 Jimmy Rocket (2) 56 -

8 Miss Scandinavia (4) 54 9 5 Nocturnal (8) 54 ........................S McKay (a) 10 Casey Undercover 54 .................. Scratched 11 Lubaya (5) 54 3 1.36pm TARZINO 1400 $25,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 23398 Irish Call d (12) 59 2 1515L Marky Mark d (13) 59 3 59116 Wills Road td (1) 58 ...................M Cameron 4 12386 Henree Winkler tdb (14) 57.5 5 36953 Silhouette Noire dm (8) 57 ........S McKay (a) 6 x1x52 Royal Success db (5) 57 7 5328x Prize Lad db (9) 56 8 x5151 Astrid d (7) 55.5 9 0217x Meritaggio dm (11) 55.5 10 1340x Joby d (3) 55.5 .......................... M D Plessis 11 63380 Aotearower m (6) 55 ................... D Johnson 12 x1130 Echezeaux (2) 54 13 830x1 Goodsav tdh (10) 54 14 35219 She Knows (4) 54 ...........................S Collett 4 2.15 NZB WEANLING-BROODMARE-MIXD B’STOCK SALE 8-9 MAY $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 7424x Bushfire (18) 60 2 9x826 Eprouvez db (2) 59.5 3 34712 Scandalo h (11) 59.5 4 31632 Endean Express (7) 58 .................O Bosson 5 175 High Distinction (9) 58 6 49x23 Danmulan d (15) 57.5 7 15824 Monie O’Ceirin d (16) 57.5 8 4x12 Lady Guinness th (10) 57 -

9 x12x0 Lady Hass d (1) 57 10 77555 Botanic dm (12) 57............................L Innes 11 73016 Incantation d (14) 57 ............. H Andrew (a3) 12 03052 Toulouse m (8) 57 ................. N Teeluck (a2) 13 1 Exceptional d (4) 56.5 14 1 Flamingo d (13) 56.5 ..................M Cameron 15 50824 Deja Roo (3) 56.5..........................L Allpress 16 637x1 Royal Ruby d (17) 56.5 ..................H Tinsley 17 15x8 Exhibit d (5) 56 18 9x46x Ballychine d (6) 56 19 x8047 Satin Ridge 56.5 .......................... Scratched 5 2.50pm STELLA ARTOIS STAYERS $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2500m 1 25x11 Just Ishi (8) 59 ................................A Collett 2 5x272 Victory Drive (9) 59 .......................O Bosson 3 01207 Sanjara m (1) 58.5 ................ N Teeluck (a2) 4 15064 Bang t (14) 57.5 .........................M Cameron 5 66411 Magic Chai (3) 57 6 x7461 Ticket Clipper m (11) 57 ................L Allpress 7 42623 Sheridan (4) 56 8 64993 Wait A Sec h (2) 56 9 00326 Zed Leppelin th (12) 55.5 ....... J Bassett (a4) 10 83627 Play The Game m (7) 54.5 ........ M D Plessis 11 84153 Irish Chat (13) 54 ............................ R Jones 12 71846 Contessa Belle (6) 54 13 17463 El Bayardo (10) 54 ................ H Andrew (a3) 14 x7190 Shocktillyoudrop t (5) 54 6 3.25 WINNING EDGE PRESENTATIONS HB GOLD CUP (LR) $75,000, OPN HCP, 2200m 1 0x484 Maygrove m (8) 60 .....................M Cameron

2 33452 Five To Midnight m (1) 57 3 x5045 Pacorus dm (7) 57 4 x6528 El Pistola d (6) 55 5 55107 Savaria t (2) 55 6 04x46 Cheeky Boy dm (9) 54 ...............D Prastiyou 7 64713 Endean Rose (5) 53 ........................A Collett 8 12371 Sopraffina d (3) 53 9 60834 Balham t (12) 53 ....................... M D Plessis 10 19424 Clarify d (10) 53 11 31061 Pure Lorde (4) 53 12 90042 Tiffany’s td (11) 53 7 4.00pm NZB FINANCE SPRINT (LR) $50,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 3388x Taurus dm (10) 60 .......................... J Parkes 2 124x7 Amarula td (12) 58 3 18114 Shadow Fox tb (13) 57 4 2212x Underthemoonlight mb (9) 56.5 .M Coleman 5 51346 Reilly Lincoln td (8) 56 6 02052 Passing Shot td (1) 56 7 11425 Volks Lightning db (6) 55 8 x3213 Smashing d (11) 54..................... D Johnson 9 22947 Snowdrop d (7) 54 10 x140x Bonniegirl dm (14) 53.................M Cameron 11 25659 Rocanto d (3) 53 12 06418 La Fille En Jeu td (5) 53 ................L Allpress 13 63451 Xcuses Xcuses dh (2) 53 ................S Collett 14 x1444 Thien Ly td (4) 53 15 94583 Ruby Armani d (15) 53 .............. M D Plessis 8 4.35 LIVAMOL AUTUMN STAKES - 29 APRIL 1300 $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1300m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

x9497 Santiago (17) 59 82354 Lord Ernesto m (16) 58.5 15433 Vinevale (7) 58 94913 All Charm d (8) 58 ....................M Singh (a3) 6x00x Altius (10) 58 63525 Platinum Express tb (12) 57.5 61377 Princess Davone (13) 57.5 23211 Ruby Bloom t (6) 57.5 21157 Princess Belle (9) 57 03211 Andado m (5) 57 1220x Hutch (19) 57 .................................H Tinsley x1664 Honey Rider td (15) 56.5 ............M Coleman 20471 Hundyamonth m (14) 56.5 ..... K Cowan (a4) 1x1 Alamosa Express (3) 56 x8226 Belle Cadeau (2) 55.5 .................... J Parkes 38751 I Am Gracie (4) 54.5 x118x Missy Moo (1) 54.5 60637 Silver Bubbles m (11) 54.5 ........ D Hirini (a2) 38206 Foxy Wolf 54.5 ............................. Scratched 62081 Steppenwolf th (18) 55.5 -

Blinkers on: Myrtle (R1), Eprouvez (R4), Hutch (R8)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Boy Soldier, Lord Mapperley, Prince Hareem, Strut, Shanzino Race 2: Jimmy Rocket, Bostonian, Lincoln Hills, Miss Scandinavia Race 3: Irish Call, Wills Road, Royal Success, Astrid, Goodsav Race 4: Monie O’Cierin, Endean Express, Lady Guinness, Exceptional Race 5: Jush Ishi, Magic Chai, Wait A Sec, Ticket Clipper, Sheridan Race 6: Five To Midnight, Cheeky Boy, Pacorus, El Pistola, Sopraffina Race 7: Underthemoonlight, Volks Lightning, Bonniegirl, Reilly Lincoln Race 8: Princess Davone, All Charm, Ruby Bloom, Vinevale

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

■ PACKER PLATE

Mongolian Wolf’s turn to shine Another graduate of New Zealand’s top three-year-old class of 2017 will be out to make his mark in Sydney this weekend.

Off the back of Group One carnival wins for Bonneval, Gingernuts and Jon Snow, Mongolian Wolf will make his first appearance for new owners Australian Bloodstock and champion trainer Darren Weir in Saturday’s Gr.3 Frank Packer Plate at Randwick.

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“We’re really excited to see him go around in our colours,” Australian Bloodstock co-director Jamie Lovett said. “It’s a big ask for Darren who’s only had the horse for a couple of weeks, but he did come over here in terrific order.

“We’ll see how he goes on Saturday – we could push on to the Brisbane carnival or back off and get him ready for the Melbourne spring.”

An Australian-bred son of Pluck, Mongolian Wolf won three of his eight starts for Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman before his sale.

Two starts back he finished third in the Avondale Guineas before he was unplaced, again behind the subsequent Rosehill Guineas winner Gingernuts, after racing three wide without cover in the New Zealand Derby.

“We’re always on the lookout

for horses with a bit of upside and this year the New Zealand threeyear-olds have been very, very good. The form lines have been strong,” Lovett said.

“This one looks like he’s still six months away and Darren made that comment, I think even Murray has said that. He’s still got some maturing to do and as a four-year-old he could be a Caulfield Cup type of horse.”

- AAP

Darren Weir

Tauranga gallops Today at Tauranga Raceway

Racing Tauranga Venue: Tauranga Meeting Date: 15 Apr 2017 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.48pm (NZT) BULK LINES LTD 2100 $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 F144x Mr Kanton tdm (2) 60 ...........T Newman (a4) 2 45150 Baymax t (5) 58 ........................J Nason (a2) 3 75061 Martiniz Special tdm (1) 58 ........R Elliot (a2) 4 7x354 El Disparo b (3) 56.5 5 370x1 On Parole tmh (7) 56....................... S Spratt 6 P1692 Uabasso t (4) 54 .........................T Thornton 7 76020 Neala (6) 54 .................................. R Norvall 2 1.24 STE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL 1200 $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 01114 Ferrando dm (10) 61.5 ...............R Elliot (a2) 2 8651x Pappa Ragazzo d (3) 61.5 .....J Fawcett (a4) 3 7162x McCullum tdm (6) 59...........Z N Azman (a3) 4 1550x Wooden Edge m (2) 58 .........H Marzuki (a4) 5 1905x Doubtless Princess dm (9) 57.5 6 8233x Tranky Doo dm (4) 57 ................. E Farr (a2) 7 79734 Az Given (1) 55.5 ........................T Thornton

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8 1 Swiss Military m (7) 54 9 7008x Rich Billie Marsh tdm (5) 54 10 6098x Stocktake m (8) 54 .....................A Sims (a3) 3 1.58 GARTSHORE RETAIL FIT OUTS 1600 $25,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1600m 1 3211x Pump Up The Volume tdm (4) 66.5Azman (a3) 2 110x0 Jochen Rindt tdm (2) 61.5..G Saejorhor (a4) 3 77788 Fortune Knight d (5) 59.5 ......H Marzuki (a4) 4 3131x Maximum Height tdmh (10) 59.5 A Jones (a) 5 x1x52 Royal Success db (7) 57 ...............M McNab 6 71195 Prince Mambo d (1) 55.5 ................ C Grylls 7 3x161 Ocean Emperor m (6) 55 ...................M Hills 8 1146x In A Minute dmb (8) 54 ............... E Farr (a2) 9 65x55 Luen Yat Miracle td (9) 54 10 775x5 Adriatic Pearl tdmh (3) 54 ...........T Thornton 4 2.35pm TASTE OF ASIA MOUNT MAUNGANUI 1400 $30,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 75x36 Southern Icon dm (7) 60 2 199x8 Illuminati tdm (6) 59.5 ..................... S Spratt 3 8336x King’s Spun d (10) 59.5................R Elliot (a) 4 42514 Our King Sway tdm (2) 59.5 -

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6632x Danza Lad m (9) 58.5 ................ L Satherley 7827x John Gray tdmh (5) 58.5 ............J Nason (a) 59x40 Ohope Prince tdh (8) 58..............T Thornton 147x3 Seventh Up tdmb (4) 56.5 ..........G Cooksley 0217x Meritaggio tdm (1) 54 ...................... C Grylls 050x8 Hayley Grace t (3) 54 ........................ D Hain 5 3.09 DOMINATOR GARAGE DOORS TAURANGA 1200 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 1729x Classic Warrior m (7) 59.5 ............ R Norvall 2 96x1 Command Royale d (5) 58.5 3 263x2 Honour Princess d (3) 58 4 52443 Salted Caramel dm (11) 58 ........A Sims (a3) 5 3039x Acrylic mbh (9) 58 ......................G Cooksley 6 57564 Chatham Whisper d (10) 58 ............ C Grylls 7 2470x The Secret’s Out m (4) 57 ...Z N Azman (a3) 8 79x56 Brilliant Magic (2) 57 ...........A Schwerin (a2) 9 21x Maenoha (1) 56.5 10 3489x Jacqui Ickx dm (14) 56.5 .............T Thornton 11 43976 Pasabahce tdm (12) 56.5 ...........R Elliot (a2) 12 2780x Amber Rayne dm (6) 56 ............T Wenn (a3) 13 210x6 Good Vibes t (15) 55 ................. T Miles (a4)

14 77635 Simply Classic 55......................... Scratched 15 0300x Lola Jane mh (13) 54.5 ................... S Spratt 16 0790x Grayson th (8) 55 Emergencies: Lola Jane, Grayson 6 3.43pm ANDREW AND LOUISE MARRIED TODAY $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 02901 Motuman mh (5) 59..................J Nason (a2) 2 21505 Lustrous d (4) 58.5 ...................... E Farr (a2) 3 59548 Te Waewae Bay (1) 58.5 ............R Elliot (a2) 4 37242 Eskimo Kiss (6) 56.5 ...........Z N Azman (a3) 5 45690 Lady Pimpernel (7) 56..................... S Spratt 6 5740x Cardon Boy m (3) 56 .................T Wenn (a3) 7 42524 Epae Road b (2) 55....................A Jones (a) 7 4.19pm ICON SECURITY TAURANGA 1600 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1600m 1 804x2 Asylum Seeker 58.5 ..................... Scratched 2 24x50 All About Doom 58.5 .................... Scratched 3 Windy Height h (8) 58.5 .............A Jones (a) 4 x69x8 Arterial (10) 58.5 ........................ L Satherley 5 76707 Big Marne (5) 58.5 .............................M Hills 6 06797 Brat Pack (1) 58.5 ....................... E Farr (a2)

7 03022 All Razzle Dazzle (2) 56.5.............M McNab 8 25680 El Healo (3) 56.5 ........................... R Norvall 9 8x00x My Alayne h (11) 56.5 .................T Thornton 10 77x53 Tourmaline (4) 56 ............................ C Grylls 11 6985 Brookbars h (6) 56 .......................... S Spratt 12 06x6 Cheex (9) 56 13 7 Queen El Jay (7) 56 ...................R Elliot (a2) Blinkers on: Martiniz Special (R1), Swiss Military (R2), King’s Spun (R4), El Healo, My Alayne, Brookbars (R7) Blinkers off: Pappa Ragazzo (R2), Acrylic, Jacqui Ickx (R5), Big Marne (R7) Winkers on: Adriatic Pearl (R3) Winkers off: My Alayne (R7) SELECTIONS

9 41744 Carluke 18.97 R &.......................N O’Regan 10 5F884 Krampus 19.11..................................B Craik 9 2.38pm GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE SPRINT C4, 318m 1 4276x Box Of Fluffies nwtd ...............G Fredrickson 2 62633 God Particle nwtd............................P Green 3 46211 Hallo Star 18.23 R & ...........................L Udy 4 47326 Homebush Ramona nwtd ......J T McInerney 5 78851 Up High 18.47 ...................................G Hunt 6 66147 Sandor Glegane 18.37 .................... T Green 7 54422 Unileven 18.45 ...........................D Schofield 8 61328 Botany Win nwtd ....................J T McInerney 9 34247 Thunderation 18.66 ............................L Cole 10 18556 Allegro Boom 18.79 ...........................L Cole 10 2.54pm EASTER CUP FINAL C5f, 527m 1 74514 Gold Class 30.33 .......................D Schofield 2 31412 Kava Blu 30.08 W & ........................T Steele 3 33477 Our Sambo 30.87.......................M Mathews 4 46673 Opawa Kuru 30.35 W &...................T Steele 5 13414 Lochinvar Brogue 30.38 .............D Schofield 6 52354 Belcroft Banker 30.64 ................H Laagland 7 54662 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 8 53125 Timma Turtle nwtd..............................L Cole 9 x8356 Yap’s Me Mum 30.26 ..................D Schofield 11 3.13 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT C5, 318m 1 2F732 Allegro Lass 18.55 .............................L Cole 2 81461 Fantastic Ava 18.47....................D Schofield 3 5218F Classy Impact nwtd ......................... T Green 4 47161 Highland Laddie 18.48 ................. H Mullane 5 3414F Eva Diva 18.38 ...........................D Schofield

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■ AFGHANISTAN

11,000 tonne bomb dropped The United States has dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat.

The 11,000 tonne device was dropped on an Islamic State cave tunnel complex in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan.

It’s official name is the Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb but it is widely known in the US military as the “Mother Of All Bombs”.

It was the first time the bomb has been used against an enemy.

The bomb, also known as the GBU-43B, was dropped in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, close to the border with Pakistan.

Because of the size of the 9.2 metre long bomb a cargo plane with a rear door, a US Air Force MC-130, had to be used and it was pushed out of the aircraft rather than dropped from a bomb bay.

A US official told Fox News: “We kicked it out the back door.”

The bomb explodes in the air and creates a massive shockwave, and the resulting “overpressure” collapses tunnels.

One official said: “It’s a con-

Divorce for Affleck/Garner

The MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat. cussive blast. Everyone in the area is obliterated, ears are bleeding, or they’re completely destroyed.”

General John Nicholson, Commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said: “As Isis losses have mounted, they are using IEDs, bunkers and tunnels to thicken their defence.

A damage assessment was being carried out.

US officials said intelligence suggested Islamic State in Afghanistan was based overwhelmingly in Nangarhar and neighboring Kunar province.

The Afghan Taliban, which is trying to overthrow the US-

backed government in Kabul, are fiercely opposed to Islamic State and the two group have clashed as they seek to expand territory and influence.

President Trump said: “Very, very proud of the people. Really, another successful job.

We’re very very proud of our military. It was another successful event.”

“If you look at what’s happened over the last eight weeks and compare that to what’s really happened over the last eight years, you’ll see there is a tremendous difference. Tremendous difference.”

Asked if he had authorised

the use of the bomb, Trump said: “Everybody knows exactly what happened and what I do is I authorise my military.

“We have the greatest military in the world and they’ve done a job as usual so we have given them total authorisation.

And that’s what they’re doing.

And frankly, that’s why they’ve been so successful lately.”

Asked if it sent a message to North Korea he said: “I don’t know if this sends a message.

It doesn’t make any difference if it does or not. North Korea is a problem. The problem will be taken care of.”

- NZME

Venezuelan anti-government protests escalate Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets in wealthy eastern Caracas amid a tropical downpour Thursday to support a protest movement that is gaining steam even as it turns more deadly.

Venezuela officials confirmed earlier in the day that a fifth person had died in the wave of anti-government protests now entering its third week.

The opposition had planned protests in more than 300 mu-

nicipalities, with the aim of diluting the power of government security forces. But a tropical rainstorm suppressed turnout.

The Caracas rally was peaceful until the end, when young men clashed with hundreds of riot police who lobbed tear gas to break up the crowd. As state security forces lean more heavily on tear gas, protesters have begun coming ready with goggles, vinegar-soaked rags and gas masks.

“It’s time to stop being poor

and hungry. I’m going to stay in the streets until we get rid of this government,” 21-yearold graphic designer Rolisber Aguirre said as he marched in the rain toward the centre of the city.

More protests are planned for the coming days, leading up to an April 19 demonstration the opposition is billing as the mother of all marches.

While demonstrations are often held in middle-class neighbourhoods, this most

■ UNITED STATES

recent wave of unrest for the first time has sparked protests in the slums that have historically been bastions of support for the socialist revolution launched nearly two decades ago by late President Hugo Chavez.

Eurasia Group analyst Risa Grais-Targow said this month’s protests look more dangerous for the government than similar efforts the opposition has mounted in past years.

- AP

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have filed divorce petitions, the first step in formally ending their marriage more than a year after they publicly declared their relationship was over. The actors both filed divorce petitions in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences and seeking joint custody of their three children, who range from 5 to 11. The filings were made without lawyers and are virtually identical. Neither lists a date of separation. The couple announced they were separating in June 2015 after 10 years of marriage.

Highest paid actress Emma Watson is on track to become the world’s highest-paid actress as Beauty and the Beast has now passed the $1 billion mark at the box office. The British actress looks set to overtake Jennifer Lawrence as she continues to take a portion of the Disney film’s profits. Not only is Beauty and the Beast the first film of the year to reach $1 billion, it is also now officially the highest-grossing live action musical of all time. While Watson was given a £2 million upfront fee, she is expected to get more than £15 million thanks to the deal that entitles her to a slice of the film’s worldwide earnings.

■ AUSTRALIA

Wrongly jailed for 27 years Teen shot while The key witness in a murder that sent a teenage boy to prison for 27 years has recanted and accused authorities of coercing her testimony.

The stunning declaration led a judge to set bail in the case, drawing a gasp from the packed courtroom and sending the defendant’s wife to her knees.

Tony Sanborn, who was convicted of killing his girlfriend, 16-year-old Jessica Briggs, dropped his head into his hands in apparent disbelief after Hope Cady testified that as a 13-yearold she was pressured by police and prosecutors into identifying Sanborn as the killer.

“They basically told me what to say,” Cady said.

Justice Joyce Wheeler said she’ll have further proceedings before deciding whether to grant a motion to set aside the conviction and order a new trial.

She set bail at $US25,000 ($NZ36,000), which Sanborn’s family and friends posted later to get him released.

“Quite frankly, I wouldn’t want to go forward on a case based on her testimony,” Justice Joyce Wheeler told the courtroom before setting bail.

“It has been conceded that she is, and was a material witness in this case.

“She’s the only eyewitness

in this case.”

Cady’s stunning admission came in a standingroom-only courtroom packed with Sanborn’s supporters, including family members and friends.

Tony Sanborn, now 44, had insisted over the years that he didn’t kill Briggs, and supporters say he somehow managed to avoid becoming bitter despite being convicted as an adult and sentenced to prison for 70 years.

In prison, his conduct was exemplary, and he taught classes to fellow inmates.

He wed Michelle about five years ago, and he had plenty of support in court.

- AP

lying in bed

A 15-year-old boy died in hospital after being shot in the head while lying in bed at his southwest Sydney home.

The teenager’s family was asleep on yesterday morning when a man forced his way into their Glenfield home and shot the boy, in what appears to be a targeted attack, Detective Chief Inspector Mark Brett told reporters in Sydney.

The boy was in a critical condition when police arrived at the Moresby Avenue home and he was taken to The Children’s Hospital in Westmead.

He died later in yesterday.

His mother, stepfather and two young siblings, reportedly aged one and seven, were not injured but his mother was “extremely distressed”, Det Chief Insp Brett said.

He told reporters the attacker wore a face covering.

AAP

King of insult comedy dies Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, baldheaded “Mr. Warmth” whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died onThursday. He was 90. Rickles, who would have been 91 on May 8, suffered kidney failure and died at his home, said Paul Shefrin, his longtime publicist and friend. For more than half a century, Rickles headlined casinos and nightclubs from Las Vegas to Atlantic City, New Jersey, and livened up late-night talk shows. No one was exempt from Rickles’ insults, not fans or presidents or fellow celebrities.

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9am - 12.30pm CRAFT MARKET. Crafts for sale in the West Street car park.

Easter Sunday 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Easter Day Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9am ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Regular play, families welcome. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

9am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Easter Day Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Allenton.

Easter Monday 10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

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10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

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10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

12.50pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, doubles and singles, Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf croquet doubles, Waireka, Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Easter Day Communion led by Rev Henry Mbambo, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined Easter Sunday Service at Baring Square Methodist Church, Baring Square East.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST BARING SQUARE CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome. Rev Tevita Taufalele. Baring Square East.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Easter Day Holy Communion. Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship Easter Sunday, in the Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Easter Day Holy Communion, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass 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.

11am - 4pm THE PLAINS RAILWAY. Steam train and rail car rides, museum village open. Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf croquet doubles, Waireka, Philip Street.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

12pm - 1pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Free lunch for everyone. Baptist Church, please enter off Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE EUCHRE. Every Monday night, Catholic Parish Hall Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

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Storeman Wanted Key responsibilities:

People & Capability Advisor Fixed term 12 months, 40 hours per week This intermediate HR position will provide you with the task diversity and task ownership to ensure each day is challenging and allows you to make a difference to our great organisation.

To find out more about this vacancy and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you – go to our website.

− Timely receipting, packing and dispatching of orders − Record all stock movements in job management software − Liaising and problem solving with suppliers, customers and staff − Accurately fulfilling internal store requisitions − Forklift operation including safe loading and unloading of orders and deliveries − Light assembly of irrigation parts and components − Processing of inwards goods including quality checks and stocking shelves The successful applicant will have the following skills and attributes: − − − − −

Applications close Wednesday, 26 April 2017.

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www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

We design, we build, we innovate.

Greg Donaldson Contracting “Do it Once, Do it Right”

Experience in warehousing Forklift licence (F endorsement and OSH) High level of computer competency Follow instruction and work unsupervised Self-motivated and able to work in difficult situation with a can-do attitude Punctual, reliable and safety focussed Physically fit as the role involves manual handling and lifting Current drivers licence Customer focussed and excellent communication skills

Please direct all enquiries to: Rainer Irrigation Ph 307 9049 or email lucas@briggs.co.nz

Editor - Ashburton Guardian A rare opportunity has arisen to lead the editorial team of a daily newspaper that has long been an integral part of the thriving Mid Canterbury region.

The Ashburton Guardian has one of NZ’s highest levels of local readership in a region which is benefiting from a thriving local economy driven by a diverse agricultural sector, population inflow from Christchurch, and tourism. Independently owned, the Guardian is based in modern premises in the centre of Ashburton.

The six-day morning newspaper, with a strong subscription-only digital edition, also publishes YOU, a monthly lifestyle magazine, two monthly rural publications and Guardian Property weekly – in total publishing over 400 publications a year.

The Editor will lead and motivate a news team of 11 comprising reporters, photographic staff and sub-editors. Key attributes will be regional or community newspaper reporting experience, staff management skills and strong interpersonal abilities.

As a member of a small management team, the Editor will be expected to contribute ideas for business growth and work collaboratively with other managers and sales leaders.

An hour’s drive from Christchurch, Ashburton and Mid Canterbury offer an enviable lifestyle that includes affordable housing, good schools, a rural lifestyle for those who want it, and access to the great outdoors including Mount Hutt skifield.

The position offers a competitive salary package.

Please apply to:

Bruce Bell, Owner & Publisher Email bruce.b@theguardian.co.nz Phone +64 21 339079 Applications close on April 28

EXCAVATOR OPERATOR Full time Monday to Friday

Greg Donaldson Contracting Ltd is a locally owned and operated company based in Ashburton. We offer a wide range of services to our local community and surrounding areas, including, residential, commercial and farm development. Within the work load, we operate a large range of machinery and are looking for the right person to operate a new 6 ton rubber tracked excavator and truck. There is a varied workload and any applicant would need to have experience in working around utility services.

In return GDC would offer a good employment package and work environment.

We require applicants to have the following licences and skills: • Class 1-5 truck licence and WTR • Be a team player • Be able to work with minimal supervision • Have good communication skills • Competently undertake all aspects of general excavation • Take care of day to day machine maintenance • Strong health and safety focus • Must have NZ residency or current work permit If you have the above attributes and would like to join our team, please send your CV and covering letter with at least 2 references to either: P O Box 439, Ashburton 7740 or office@gdcgroup.nz If you wish to find out more about the position, please phone: Greg on 027 432 6915

Norwest Seed Processing Ltd Methven

Assistant Manager Career opportunity - join our team • Work alongside current manager • Bulk seed inward - machine operating despatch - record keeping • Forklift licence would be an advantage, but not essential • Seed Sampling and Phytosanitary Inspection qualification would also be an advantage • Supervision and training will be given to successful applicant.

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211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

TRADES, SERVICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

Weekend 7am - 3.30pm and 5pm - 1.30am

Cleaning Position Available in the Rakaia / Dunsandel area.

Applicants should possess an eye for detail, experience in the cleaning industry, a strong work ethic and a positive attitude.

The successful applicant will be required to be a responsible person who is capable of working closely with our client.

Apply at the Christchurch Spotless Offices, 16 Magdala Place, Middleton, Christchurch.

Or email: jock.mackay@spotless.co.nz Phone: 03 335 3142

STAFF WANTED

We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart

We require an experienced fodder beet harvester and baler operator to begin ASAP. Must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience and a full, clean drivers licence.

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

TRADES, SERVICES

RURAL TRADING POST

AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine cleaner and more. Call local distributor: Veehof, phone TRADES, SERVICES CHIMNEY SWEEP - Don’t 302 2911. get caught out this winter, call FEED for sale: now to book your chimney Wheat straw $50/bale. sweep in to ensure your fire is running to its maximum Barley straw $55/bale. potential and avoid Rye grass straw $75/bale. dangerous chimney fires. Dan Square balage $90/bale.

McKerrow Chimney Sweep & Round balage $80/bale.

Repairs, phone 021 118 Ring/text Bruce 7580.

027 553 3085.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a pre-employment drug test.

Please apply online at: www.quigleycontracting.co.nz

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OPERATOR We require an experienced operator to join our potato harvesting crew for an immediate start.

Experience with Grimme harvesting equipment would be an advantage as would being able to perform repairs and maintenance as required.

The successful applicant will need to have the ability to work night shifts and be on call as weather conditions dictate.

Own transport is essential.

Please email KM & VA Wild Ltd at keithmwild@gmail.com

RURAL TRADING POST

HOME handyman available. GOOD quality bales of Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph conventional hay, various lines, available from $6, 027-677-1952. delivered. Phone 027 390 OAMARU STONE: Repairs - 0002.

Cleaning - Sealing. Call 0274 GOOD quality grass and 508 194. lucerne, conventional bales OLD newspapers available. from $12 per bale. Phone 027 Perfect for packing, fires, 390 0002. bedding for animals, birds, GRAIN Auger wanted. Any craft work and so on. Please condition considered. Phone call in to the Guardian, Level 03 349 9569 or 021 050 3, 161 Burnett Street or 2222. phone 307 7900 for bundles of 10 or more.

PUBLIC NOTICES

OLD newspapers available.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles of 10 or more.

PLANTS, PRODUCE

CONVENTIONAL bales of weed free pea straw. $4 per bale, delivered. Phone 027 390 0002.

FRESHLY dug Nadine potatoes. $1.20 per kg.

Easter special 10 kg bags $10. 81 Elizabeth Street.

Phone 308 3195 or 027 531 9103.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

We currently have funds available to distribute in grants for the following purposes in the Canterbury area: • Research, treatment, provision of equipment in relation to, and the education and training of skilled persons relative to, the disease of cancer.

• Research, development, education for, training and expansion of, the science and practice of agriculture.

• The needs of young people who suffer physical or mental disabilities or have less chance in life than their peers.

Applications close at 5pm, Friday, April 28, 2017.

For further information and application forms, please contact: The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation C/- Croys Ltd Level 2, 161 Burnett Street PO Box 582 Ashburton 7740 Phone: 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz www.mcf.org.nz

St David’s Union Church

Easter Celebration 10.30am

The Rangitata Diversion Race will be shut down for maintenance over this period and will therefore will be closed for any recreational use.

Maintenance will occur throughout the length of the Race and the public is advised to keep clear of any works for their own safety.

For further information please contact: Ben Curry: 021 893 944 or Neill Stevens: 0274 398 411 Ben Curry, Chief Executive

Guardian

Situations Vacant

307 7900

48 Allens Road, Allenton

Saturday, April 15 Sunday, April 16 8.30am 9.00am 10.00am 6.00pm

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Tinwald Methven Ashburton Rakaia

PLANTS, PRODUCE

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Avocado KEYBOARD player required.

Novice keyboard player required to form duo. Playing mainly older styles of music.

All equipment supplied.

Phone 027 335 0639.

MOTORING 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.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

$1.49 ea

Celery Apples 1kg Cali Oranges N.Z Lemons

$1.49 ea $1.99 bag $2.49 kg $1.99 kg

Specials available from 11/04 - 17/04

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. HIRE We also sell pet food. Call hire.

LawnNick’s Pet Food 0272 101 GENERAL mowers, chainsaws, concrete 621, A/H 03 348 9439. breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / party hire, call LET OR LEASE and see Ashburton U-Hire.

STORAGE units. Various 588 East Street. Open Monsizes up to 11 metres deep. Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am Within town boundary. Armed - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am and monitored compound 3.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 with security cameras. Phone www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz 0274 491 871.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

ALL VERY WELCOME

ASHBURTON ANGLICAN PARISH

EASTER SERVICES Easter Day

Sunday, April 16 At St Stephen’s, Park St, Ashburton 8am Holy Communion 10am Holy Communion At St Andrew’s, Thomson St, Tinwald 10am Holy Communion At St Peter’s, Harrison St, Ashburton 9am Holy Communion Come Celebrate Easter Parish Office: Phone 308 5438 Email: stephash@xtra.co.nz

Parish AGM

We welcome you

MUSICAL

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison

New email address office@st.davids.org.nz

8.00pm - Ashburton - Vigil Mass

239 Racecourse Road, Ashburton

Enquiries: Rangitata MP Electorate Office 03 308 7510

From: Monday, May 1, 8am Friday, May 17, 6pm

Sunday, April 16 at 9.30am

Ashburton, Methven, Rakaia, Tinwald

Experience the love of Christ

Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Rd, Ashburton

Funded by Parliamentary Service and authorised by Jo Goodhew MP, 139 Stafford St, Timaru

Easter Sunday 10am

Mid Canterbury Catholic Churches

1 PM, THURSDAY, 20 APRIL

RANGITATA DIVERSION RACE CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE

Sunday Easter Day Worship and Communion

Easter Church Services

PUBLIC MEETING Come and discuss policing and youth crime in our community with Associate Minister of Justice Hon Mark Mitchell & Rangitata MP Hon Jo Goodhew.

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www. ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

Allens Road “Serving Christ in the community”

GRAZING

GRAZING - 5 hectares of fodder beet plus 35 hectares of grass plus baleage.

AKAROA - CHARMING, Winchmore Mitcham area. spacious holiday home, 3 Reasonable rates. Phone bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all 0274 200 008. electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. WINTER grazing available.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or Overdale kale, grass and straw. Ph 027 284 0377.

308-6180.

Fruit & Vege

GARAGE SALES

308-1095

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

Sunday, April 30 After the Parish Service 10am at St Stephen’s, Park Street, Ashburton

LET OR LEASE

s ASHBURTON FANCIERS SOCIETY

Poultry Auction April 23, 2017 Sports Hall, Tancred Street West, Ashburton Viewing: 11am Start: 12.30pm Huge selection Poultry, Bantams, Ducks, Cavies.

Guinea food. Geese.

All sorts to purchase something for everybody.

MUSICAL

Beckley Coachlines Programme

GARAGE sale. Grove Street, Tinwald. Sign out at 9am.

ALBA, 28 year old, Chinese lady, 36 D cup, busty, size ◊ OPERATUNITY “GLEN MILLER / 10.

Good personality.

ANDREW SISTERS” FOR SALE Professional massage. In/out calls. Phone 021 163 2328.

May 1 - Theatre Royal, OLD newspapers available.

Timaru 11am.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, Annalise in town on Tuesday, ◊ JOSEPH craft work and so on. Please April 18 only. Please phone TECHNICOLOR call in to the Guardian, Level 021 0296 8151.

DREAMCOAT 3, 161 Burnett Street or May 7 - Isaac Theatre, phone 307 7900 for bundles BUSTY 38DD, classy blonde.

Christchurch. of 10 or more.

Mature. You’ll be back. ◊ LIFE OF JOHN SCOOTER’S - new and Phone 021 0261 2761.

DENVER secondhand three and four May 8 - Theatre Royal, wheel electric scooters and CICI professional Chinese wheel chairs. Call Fred sensual massage. 21 years Timaru.

Reddecliffe at Electric old. 36DD busty, size 14. Two For bookings phone Mobility Ashburton today. ladies on special. In/out calls.

308 7646 Phone 308-3602 Phone 022 090 6273.

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Call us today on 03 307 8888

Warehouse for Lease Riverside Industrial Park 545m2 2 x inbuilt offices

Phone Paul Sparrow 021 140 9787 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT EASTER is here. An attractive busty bunny available all weekend long.

Has long hair. Looking for hares. Adult entertainment 0210 440 698. No texting.

Enquiries welcome.

NEW Asian Burma beautiful lady. Hot, sexy, busty 40DD. Friendly, good full service, massage. Phone 021 201 3687.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

HOUSE to rent. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, double garaging. Allenton area. $380 per week. No dogs. Phone 302 6780.

THREE bedroom family home available. Warm and sunny, with garage and fully fenced section. No smokers or dogs.

Phone 027 315 8657.

TO LET. Three bedroom house. West side. Log burner. Separate garage. No pets. $285.00 per week.

Please apply to Box 758, c/o Ashburton Guardian, PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740.

WANTED to rent. Three bedroom, double garage townhouse on west side CBD with parking area. Clean, tidy, professional person. Replies to Box 753, c/o Ashburton Guardian, PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740.

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6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Power Rangers – Dino Super Charge 7am Small Blacks TV 7:30 Infomercials 9:25 Jamie’s Sugar Rush PGR 3 0 10:25 Come Dine With Me New Zealand 3 0 10:55 America’s Next Top Model PGR 3 11:50 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 1:25 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 2:30 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3pm New Girl PGR 3 3:30 The Goldbergs PGR 3 0 4pm Grand Designs UK 3 0 5pm The Hunt 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

11:35 M Kate And Leopold AO 2001 Romance. A New York woman executive meets an aristocrat from the 1800s through a time warp near Brooklyn Bridge. 0 1:40 M Won’t Back Down PGR 2012 Drama. 3:45 Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 0 5am Fresh 3 5:25 Kune’s Kitchen 0 5:35 Paw Patrol 3 0

11:35 M Mental AO 3 2012 Comedy Drama. 1:35 M Pretty Little Addict PGR 3 2016 Thriller.

3:10 M Guilty At 17 PGR 3 2014 Thriller. 0 4:40 Entertainment Tonight 3 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:35 Love Child AO 3 0 12:30 Perception PGR 1:15 M Inside Job AO 2010 Documentary Crime. Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown. Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason.

3:05 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 5:30 The Key Of David

MOVIES PREMIERE

Cast Away

8:50pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 3 10am Hoarders 3 10:50 Australia’s Next Top Model PGR 3 11:55 Kim Of Queens 3 12:45 Masters Of Flip 3 1:40 Hoarders 3 2:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PGR 3 3:25 Dance Moms 3 4:20 Dance Moms 3 5:20 Dance Moms 3 6:20 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 7:30 Millionaire Matchmaker Rozonda Thomas, one of the members of former girl group TLC is ready to get serious and find love, if she can put her work aside for long enough to find someone.

8:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 9:30 Snapped – Killer Couples AO 3 10:30 Made In Chelsea AO 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:25 Infomercials 3

MAORI

6am Kung Fu Dino Posse 6:25 Sanjay And Craig 3 6:50 Shimmer And Shine 3 7:15 World Of Quest 3 7:40 Kid v Kat 3 8:05 Bella And The Bulldogs 3 8:30 League Of Super Evil 9am Victorious PGR 9:55 MasterChef Junior USA 3 11am MasterChef USA 3 Noon Wheel Of Fortune 3 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 2:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) 3:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime 4pm Football – English Premier League Highlights 5pm Addicted To Fishing 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Wonder Of Britain 3 From an ancient volcanic past, through ice ages and modern farming, Britain’s countryside story is one of diversity. 0 7pm M The Last Airbender 7pm Storage Wars 3 PGR 3 2010 Family Adventure. 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 0 A young successor to a long 8:35 Best Of Top Gear PGR 3 line of Avatars must master Jeremy Clarkson, Richard all four elements and stop the Hammond, and James May Fire Nation from enslaving take three V8-engined sports the Water Tribes and the cars on a journey through Earth Kingdom. 0 Patagonia.

9pm M The Book Thief 9:40 Rugby – Super Rugby AO 3 2013 War Drama. 0 Blues v Hurricanes.

6am Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:30 The Furchester Hotel 0 6:45 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 7:05 Transformers Rescue Bots 30 7:35 Ninjago – Masters Of Spinjitzu 0 8am Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 0 8:30 Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 3 0 8:55 Pickle And Peanut 3 0 9:20 Clarence 3 0 9:30 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything 10am Fresh 10:30 Cupcake Wars 11:30 The Fosters 12:25 Pretty Little Liars 0 1:20 My Kitchen Rules 0 6pm The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 The Middle 3 0 7pm Royal Variety Performance 7pm M Mr Magorium’s 2016 PGR 0 Wonder Emporium 8pm L Lotto PGR 2007 Comedy.

The Lotto draw.

Dustin Hoffman, 8:05 Royal Variety Performance Natalie Portman. 0 2016 PGR Continued. 0 8:50 M Cast Away 9:30 Coronation Street PGR 2000 Adventure.

Bethany faces the anger of An executive must survive her family; Carla throws Aidan after being stranded on a in at the deep end; Lloyd and deserted island.

Erica are caught in the act. 0 Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt. 0 10:30 Doc Martin PGR 3 0 6am Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 6:30 Country Calendar Cherries on Top. 0 7am Rural Delivery 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Coach Trip Noon Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2:55 Animals And Love 0 4pm Tales From The Coast With Robson Green Robson travels to the coastline of the Outer Hebrides in northwest Scotland.

5pm Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson Matt and the team prepare the gear they need for a land-based fishing expedition. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6:25 The 5th Wave MVL 2016 Action. Chloe Grace Moretz, Liev Schreiber. 8:15 The Trust 16VLSC 2016 Crime.

Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira. 9:45 Trainwreck 16LSC 2015 Comedy.

Amy Schumer, Bill Hader.

The Last Airbender 11:50 Captain America 7pm on Three – Civil War MV 2016 Sci-fi Adventure. Chris Evans, THE BOX Robert Downey jr, 6am Band Of Brothers Scarlett Johansson.

16VL 7:20 Wild West 2:15 The Trust 16VLSC Alaska M 8:10 Gator Boys 2016 Crime. Nicolas Cage, PG 9am The Woodsmen Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira.

PG 9:50 The Musketeers 3:50 Lost Boy MVS 2015 MVLS 10:50 Elementary Drama. Virginia Madsen, MV 11:40 The Simpsons Mark Valley. 5:20 Break Super Saturday PG Point MLS 2014 Comedy.

2:40 Shipping Wars PG Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, 3:05 Band Of Brothers 16VL Adam Devine. 6:50 Daughter 4:30 The Simpsons Super Of God 16VLS 2015 Crime.

Saturday PG 7:30 Whose Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Line Is It Anyway? US PG Christopher McDonald.

8pm Last Man Standing 8:30 Star Wars – The Force PG 8:30 Counting Cars PG Awakens MVC 2015 Sci-fi.

9pm Pawn Stars – Australia Three decades after the defeat PG 9:30 Wild West Alaska M 10:20 The Musketeers of the Galactic Empire, a new MVLS 11:20 Elementary MV threat arises, and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop it, SUNDAY with the help of the Resistance.

12:10 Whose Line Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Is It Anyway? US PG Carrie Fisher.

12:35 Last Man Standing 10:50 X-Men – Apocalypse PG 1am Counting Cars PG MVLC 2016 Action Adventure.

1:25 Pawn Stars – Australia PG 1:50 Wild West Alaska SUNDAY 1:10 Green M 2:40 The Musketeers Room 18VLC 2015 Horror.

MVLS 3:35 Elementary 2:45 Nothing But Trailers M MV 4:25 Covert Affairs 3:15 Star Wars – The Force MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Awakens MVC 2015 Sci-fi.

Anyway? US PG 5:35 Last Man 5:30 X-Men – Apocalypse MVLC 2016 Action Adventure.

Standing PG

11:40 Scorpion PGR 3 When the team is duped into producing counterfeit money for a foreign entity intent on ruining the US economy, Paige must rely on her mother’s skills to save them.

12:30 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:55 Van Helsing MV 2004 Horror Action. Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale. 9:05 The Lovely Bones MVL 2009 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Rose McIver, Susan Sarandon. 11:15 The Pink Panther PGC 2006 Comedy. Steve Martin, Beyoncé Knowles, Kevin Kline.

12:45 The Pink Panther 2 PGS 2009 Comedy. Steve Martin, John Cleese. 2:15 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama.

Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie.

5pm Role Models 16LS 2008 Comedy. Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd. 6:35 The Getaway 18VLS 1994 Action.

Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, James Woods. 8:30 The World’s Fastest Indian PGL 2006 Drama. Story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle, on which he set the land-speed world record at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. Anthony Hopkins.

10:40 Last Night ML 2010 Romantic Comedy. Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington.

CHOICE

6:30 Pukoro 2 7am The Zoo 3 7:30 Dora Matatoa 2 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Swagger 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Kawe Korero – Reporters Noon Playlist 12:30 Marngrook Footy Show 2pm The Pits TV 3pm Basketball – National League (DLY) 4:30 Golf World 5pm Koroua 3 5:30 Waka Huia Jim Maniapoto, a Maori All Black from Tuwharetoa, the birthplace of the haka Ka Mate, speaks of the pride of wearing the black jersey.

6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm M Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Family. An eccentric inventor creates a car that not only drives, but flies as it leads him, his two children, and his lady friend into a magical world.

9:30 M Drive AO 2011 Crime.

11:20 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:50 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby League – NRL Round Seven Friday.

6:40 L Rugby – Aviva Premiership Harlequins v Exeter.

9am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Crusaders v Sunwolves.

11am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Broncos v Titans.

1pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Sunwolves.

1:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) RBC Heritage – Round Two. 2pm Football – UEFA Champions League (RPL) Quarter-final Three – First Leg. 4pm Cricket – IPL (HLS) Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians.

From M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

4:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Sunwolves.

5pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Reds v Kings.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

7:15 L Rugby – Super Rugby Blues v Hurricanes.

9:40 L Rugby – Super Rugby Rebels v Brumbies.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Hurricanes.

SUNDAY 12:30 Rugby League – 12:10 Bowfinger PGL 1999 NRL (HLS) Canberra Raiders Comedy. Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Steve Martin, v New Zealand Warriors.

1am L Rugby – Super Robert Downey jr. 1:45 The Rugby Cheetahs v Chiefs.

Good Shepherd MVLS 3:10 L Rugby – Super 2006 Drama. Matt Damon, Rugby Stormers v Lions.

Angelina Jolie. 4:30 The 5:25 L Rugby – Super World’s Fastest Indian PGL 2006 Drama. Anthony Hopkins. Rugby Bulls v Jaguares.

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

6am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 7am All 4 Adventure – Across The Top 8am Getaway 8:30 Heston’s Great British Food 9:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 10:30 Storage – Flog The Lot! 11:30 The Best Of Gardeners’ World – Autumn 12:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Double Your House For Half The Money 4pm Beverly Hills Pawn 4:30 American Restoration 5pm American Restoration 5:30 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers – USA 6:30 Weird Wonders Of The World

7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Hector And The Search For Happiness AO 2014 Comedy Drama.

A psychiatrist searches the world to find the secret of happiness.

Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Tracy Ann Oberman.

10:45 Speed With Guy Martin 11:40 Double Your House For Half The Money 12:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 1am Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers – USA 2am M Hector And The Search For Happiness AO 2014 Comedy Drama. Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Tracy Ann Oberman.

4am Weird Wonders Of The World 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Wigan Warriors v St Helens.

8am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Knights v Roosters.

10am Cricket – IPL (HLS) Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians.

10:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Gujarat Lions v Rising Pune Supergiant.

11am Rugby League – Super League (HLS) Wigan Warriors v St Helens.

11:30 Rugby League – Super League (HLS) Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity.

Noon The Professor’s Second Year Syndrome 12:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity.

2:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Blacktown v Newcastle.

4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Sea Eagles v Storm.

From Brookvale.

7pm L Rugby League – NRL Canberra Raiders v New Zealand Warriors.

9:20 The After Match 10pm #SkySpeed 10:20 L Cricket – IPL Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad.

SUNDAY

2am Soccer Saturday 4:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Round Seven Saturday.

5am L Golf – US PGA Tour RBC Heritage – Round Three.

15Apr17

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Hula Moola. 6:30 MythBusters PG Transformers.

7:30 MythBusters PG Star Wars – The Myths Strike Back.

8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:25 People Magazine Investigates M 10:20 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M Rigor Mortis.

11:15 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M Washing of the Sins. 12:10 The Last Alaskans M Dark Winter.

1:05 Idris Elba – King Of Speed PG 2pm What On Earth? PG 2:55 Alaskan Bush People M All Falls Down.

3:50 Mighty Cruise Ships PG 4:45 Mighty Cruise Ships PG 5:40 Mighty Cruise Ships PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG Abandonment.

7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Mindbending Silver Maple.

Pete builds a treehouse in the stems of a twisty silver maple on the shore of Lake Chelan.

8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Zen and the Art of Pools. 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier Special M The Danger Zone.

10:30 Auction Hunters PG Bowling Pin Payday.

SUNDAY

Midnight Gold Rush PG 12:55 Alaskan Bush People M 1:50 Bering Sea Gold PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:10 Bering Sea Gold PG 5:05 MythBusters PG

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6am The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 3 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 The Octonauts 3 0 6:45 Little Monstar 3 0 6:50 Sooty 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:10 Powerpuff Girls 3 0 7:35 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 3 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street Omnibus 0 11:35 M The Water Horse PGR 2007 Adventure.

Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Alex Etel.

0 1:30 M Spider-Man 3 PGR 2007 Action. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. 0 3:55 Blackish 0 4:15 Home And Away Omnibus 0 5:50 The Simpsons 3 0 6:15 M Cinderella PGR 2015 Family Fantasy. Ella escapes from a life of drudgery by way of a magical fairy godmother. 0 7pm Attenborough’s Birds Of 8pm My Kitchen Rules 0 Paradise 0 9pm M Two Weeks’ Notice 7:55 Secret Life Of Twins Special PGR 2002 Romantic Comedy.

0 A lawyer decides she is used 8:45 Broadchurch AO 0 too much like a nanny by 9:35 M Austenland her boss, so she walks out PGR 2013 Romantic Comedy. on him. Sandra Bullock, 0 Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt. 0 10:45 24 – Legacy AO 0

6am Rural Delivery 0 6:25 Fishy Business 0 6:50 Sunday Special – The Price Of Milk? 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Marae PGR 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 Noon Coronation Street 3 0 2pm M City Of Angels PGR 1998 Romantic Drama. Meg Ryan, Nicholas Cage, Dennis Franz.

4:15 Taste Of A Traveller Brett experiences the Fijian mainland through the food of the native Fijians and the Fijian Indians, and discovers how they influence each other. 0 4:45 Topp Country 0 5:10 Outback Truckers PGR 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

11:15 Aquarius Charlie Manson and his family move into their new benefactor’s home. 0 Midnight Q+A Local political-affairs programme. 0 1am Attitude 3 0 1:30 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Infomercials

11:30 M Premonition AO 2007 Drama. 0 1:10 Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD AO 3 0 2am Supernatural AO 3 0 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 The Whispers AO 3 4:05 Mike Tyson Mysteries 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 The Fosters PGR 3 5:30 Infomercials

THREE

Midnight The Wrong Girl AO 3 Lily arrives at work to an unexpected and exciting proposition; Lily must lie to Jack when Simone’s partying gets out of hand.

12:50 Wanted AO 3 1:35 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

MOVIES PREMIERE

Attenborough’s Birds of Paradise, 7pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Dance Moms 3 6:45 Hoarders 3 7:25 Hoarders 3 8:10 Catfish 3 8:55 Catfish 3 9:35 Hoarders (Starting Today) 3 10:20 Millionaire Matchmaker 3 11:05 Masters Of Flip 3 11:55 The Real Housewives Of Sydney 3 12:40 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PGR 3 1:25 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 3 2:10 Teen Mom 3 2:55 Teen Mom 3 3:45 Dance Moms 3 4:30 Catfish 3 5:15 Catfish 3 6pm Catfish 3 6:45 Kim Of Queens 7:30 Australia’s Next Top Model PGR 8:25 Dance Moms 9:10 N Botched

By Nature 10pm Don’t Be Tardy PGR 10:25 Don’t Be Tardy PGR 10:50 Snapped PGR 3 11:40 Snapped PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

7:50 Break Point MLS 2014 Comedy. Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, Adam Devine.

9:20 The Making Of Everest MC 9:35 Daughter Of God 16VLS 2015 Crime.

Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Christopher McDonald.

Cinderella 11:15 Star Wars – The Force 6:15pm on TVNZ 2 Awakens MVC 2015 Sci-fi.

Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, THE BOX Carrie Fisher. 1:30 X-Men – 6am Counting Cars PG Apocalypse MVLC 2016 Action 6:25 Pawn Stars – Australia Adventure. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, PG 6:50 Deep Undercover Jennifer Lawrence.

MVLC 7:15 Piha Rescue PG 3:50 Visions 16VSC 7:45 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 10:20 The Force 2014 Horror. Isla Fisher, MC 11:10 Deep Undercover Jim Parsons. 5:15 Grimsby 16VLSC 2016 Comedy MVLC 11:35 Piha Rescue Action. Sacha Baron Cohen, PG 12:05 Survivor – Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson.

Cagayan PG 1pm Covert 6:40 Victor Frankenstein M Affairs MV 2pm Raw MV 2015 Horror. Daniel Radcliffe, 4:45 Smackdown MV James McAvoy, 6:30 Main Event MV Jessica Brown Findlay.

7:30 Survivor – Cagayan PG 8:30 The Magnificent The castaways are drenched by Seven MV 2016 Action a monsoon; the Brains do their Western. Seven mercenaries are hired by a small town to best to avoid another tribal protect the townsfolk from council. exploitation by an industrialist.

8:30 NCIS – LA MV Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, 9:30 NCIS – LA MV Ethan Hawke.

10:30 Covert Affairs MV 10:45 Ted 2 16VSC 2015 11:30 Main Event MV Comedy.

MONDAY

12:30 Survivor – Cagayan PG 1:30 The Force MC 2:20 Piha Rescue PG 2:50 Deep Undercover MVLC 3:15 NCIS – LA MV 4:10 NCIS – LA MV 5:05 Main Event MV

PRIME

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Living Church Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am Wedding Town 3 9:30 The Hui 0 10am World Class? Inside New Zealand Education 3 0 10:45 Arranged 3 11:35 Both Worlds 3 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 12:50 Motorsport – Formula E: Street Racers 1:25 Motorsport – Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars 2:10 Motorsport – Extreme 4x4 3:05 Motorsport – MotoGP 3:55 Motorsport – World Rally Championship 4:40 Gone Fishin’ A slice of outdoor New Zealand life designed around a fishing theme.

5:05 F Operation Snow Tiger 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Titanic PGR 3 1997 Drama. A tale of love, courage, and faith set against the backdrop of the Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912. 0 10:10 M American Reunion AO 3 2012 Comedy. 0

MONDAY

12:40 See No Evil 2 16VSC 2014 Horror. 2:15 Grimsby 16VLSC 2016 Comedy Action. 3:40 Visions 16VSC 2014 Horror. 5:05 Victor Frankenstein M 2015 Horror.

CHOICE

10am Cam’s Kai 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke 3 11am Native Affairs 11:30 Media Take 12:30 Haka Life PGR 3 1pm The Ring Inz AO 1:30 Game Of Bros 2pm Touch Rugby – Youth TransTasman Test Series 3pm L Basketball – National League Taranaki Mountains v Nelson Giants.

5pm Tradition On A Plate 3 Monique and Henry bring back the nostalgic smells of Nan’s bread.

5:30 Matangi Rau Jeremy Tatere MacLeod visits elders from Ngati Kahungunu, which covers the area from Wairoa to the Wairarapa.

6:30 Te Kaea 2

6am The Delicious Miss Dahl 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am All 4 Adventure – Across The Top 8am Natural World – Operation Pygmy Hippo 9am American Pickers 9:45 Double Your House For Half The Money 10:30 Weird Wonders Of The World 11:15 M Khumba PGR 2013 Animated Adventure. Voices of Jake T Austin, Steve Buscemi, Loretta Devine. 12:45 Better Homes And Gardens 1:45 American Restoration 2:30 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers – USA 3:15 Empire 4:15 Jamie At Home 4:45 Jamie’s Fish Supper 5:30 Restoration Man 6:15 The Living Room

7pm Rugby League Warriors v 7:05 Storage Wars PGR 7pm 50 Ways To Kill Your Raiders.

7:30 Doctor Who Christmas Mammy 8:30 M Love Story Special 2016 PGR 3 7:45 Indian Ocean With Simon AO 2011 Romance. A beautiful The Doctor joins a masked Reeve woman on the Coney Island superhero in a New York 8:30 M Defiance AO 2008 train becomes a lead actress adventure to save Manhattan.

Drama. Jewish brothers in and object of desire.

0 Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe 10:15 Iti Pounamu 3 8:30 Soundbreaking AO 3 0 escape into the Belarussian Nga Taumaru – The Shadows.

9:25 60 Minutes USA AO forests, where they join 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 10:10 Bull PGR 3 Russian resistance fighters.

10:55 Anzac Girls AO 3 10:50 Penn And Teller – Fool Us PGR Midnight Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:35 Role Models 16LS 2008 Comedy. Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd. 8:15 The Getaway 18VLS 1994 Action.

Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, James Woods. 10:10 Last Night ML 2010 Romantic Comedy. Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington.

11:40 Bowfinger PGL 1999 Comedy. Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Steve Martin, Robert Downey jr. 1:15 The World’s Fastest Indian PGL 2006 Drama. Anthony Hopkins.

3:20 Patch Adams M 1998 Drama. Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter.

5:15 The Topp Twins – Untouchable Girls MLS 2009 Comedy Documentary.

Jools Topp, Paul Horan, Jean Topp. 6:40 Life As We Know It MS 2010 Comedy.

Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel.

8:30 The King’s Speech ML 2010 Biography. The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne, and the speech therapist who helped him with his stammer.

Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter.

10:25 King Kong MV 2005 Adventure. Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brodie.

MONDAY

MAORI

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Fishing Impossible PGR 3 The team travels to the wilderness of Northern Peru, facing rough seas and desert landscapes to catch a Humboldt squid by hand.

12:50 NCIS – New Orleans PGR 3 1:30 NCIS – New Orleans PGR 3 2:20 The Odd Couple PGR 3 2:45 The Story Of China PGR 3 3:50 Grassroots Rugby 4:40 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great British Bake Off 30

1:25 The Interpreter MV 2005 Drama. Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman. 3:30 Patch Adams M 1998 Drama.

5:25 The King’s Speech ML 2010 Biography.

11pm Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 7:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Cheetahs v Chiefs.

From Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein.

9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Blues v Hurricanes.

11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Bulls v Jaguares.

1:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) RBC Heritage – Round Three.

2pm Golf Central 3pm Golf – European Tour (HLS) Trophee Hassan II – Round Three.

3:30 Cricket – IPL (RPL) Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab.

7pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Sunwolves.

7:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Cheetahs v Chiefs.

8pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Hurricanes.

8:30 Rugby Nation 9:30 NRL – Round Seven (HLS) Saturday.

10pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks.

From Pepper Stadium, Penrith.

10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Canberra Raiders v New Zealand Warriors.

From GIO Stadium, Canberra.

11pm The After Match 11:30 L Cycling – Amstel Gold Race Women’s and Men’s.

From Holland.

MONDAY

3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Hurricanes.

4am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Rebels v Brumbies.

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

11:35 My Dream Home 12:30 I Bought My Own Rainforest 1:30 M Defiance AO 2008 Drama. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell. 4am Indian Ocean With Simon Reeve 5am Restoration Man

SKY SPORT 2 10am Golf – European Tour (HLS) Trophee Hassan II – Round Three.

From the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco.

10:30 UCL Magazine Show 11am Motorsport – Formula One (RPL) Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix – Qualifying.

12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Cheetahs v Chiefs.

1pm Sunday Footy Show 3pm Ironman Championship (HLS) African Event.

3:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) St George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland Cowboys.

5:30 L Rugby League – NRL Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks.

From Pepper Stadium, Penrith.

8:30 League Legends A series of in-depth interviews with some of the greatest rugby league players.

9pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Canberra Raiders v New Zealand Warriors.

From GIO Stadium, Canberra.

9:50 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab.

From Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi.

10:20 L Cricket – IPL Mumbai Indians v Gujarat Lions.

From Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

2:20 L Cricket – IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rising Pune Supergiant.

16Apr17

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Money Makin’ Monster Machines. 6:30 MythBusters PG Flights of Fantasy.

7:30 MythBusters PG Unfinished Business.

8:30 Gold Rush PG Abandonment. 9:25 The Legend Of Croc Gold M Man Down. 10:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier Special M The Danger Zone. 11:15 Killing Fields M The Hunt Continues.

12:10 Diesel Brothers PG Free Willy’s. 1:05 Diesel Brothers PG Tows Before Bros…. 2pm Diesel Brothers PG Hell Camino. 2:55 Diesel Brothers PG Truck v Train.

3:50 Diesel Brothers PG The Hole-Y Grail. 4:45 Diesel Brothers PG From Sweden With Love. 5:40 Diesel Brothers PG Abominable Snowram. 6:35 Diesel Brothers PG Busting at the Sema. 7:30 Hell Roads PG 8:30 Killing Fields M Smoking Gun. 9:30 Killing Fields M The Search Warrant.

10:30 People Magazine Investigates M 11:30 Alaskan Bush People M All Falls Down.

MONDAY

12:30 The Legend Of Croc Gold M 1:25 Bering Sea Gold PG 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 MythBusters PG

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Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

FLAHERTY, Margaret Calmai – Passed away peacefully at Christchurch Hospital on April 12, 2017, after a short illness, aged 90 years. Dearly beloved wife of the late Len. Dearly loved mother of Joanne Fraser. Loved nana of Matthew, Aaron, Rachael and Michael and very special great nana of Hunter.

Youngest daughter of the late Honora and John Smith.

Grateful thanks to the staff in Ward 15 Christchurch Hospital for their care of Margaret. A requiem mass will be celebrated in the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Thompson Street, Tinwald, on WEDNESDAY, April 19 at 11.00am private thereafter.

Messages to the Fraser family, c/- PO Box 35 Rangiora 7440.

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Le LIEVRE, Valerie Ann or call in and visit (Val) – our new premises at On April 11, 2017. Dearly Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams loved sister and sister in law 246 Havelock of Maurice and Barbara Street Beeby (Hastings), Alastair and Heather Beeby (Orari),Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm Jeanette and Cyril* Garlic (Hobart), Jenny and Jim* Leishman (Geraldine), Bryan and Jeanette* Le Lievre (Geraldine). Loved aunt of all her nieces and nephews Leanne, Tony, Julie, Sharon, James, Nick, Catherine, Karel, Nicol, Larissa, and their partners. * deceased Managing Director

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30 to 59 fog

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sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

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TODAY

TODAY

Fine at first, but cloud spreading north during the morning with a southerly change, and a few showers developing in the afternoon. Winds dying out in the evening.

TOMORROW

Mostly cloudy, with isolated morning showers about the foothills. Light winds.

FZL: About 2200m

MONDAY

Cloudy periods. Light winds.

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

Cloudy periods, with patchy evening drizzle about the foothills. Light winds.

Cloudy periods, isolated showers.

Light winds.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Early cloud, then mainly fine. Light winds.

Cloudy periods. Light winds.

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Good fishing Set 11:19 am Rise 9:10 pm

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3 May

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Auckland

showers

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Wellington

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Nelson

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Blenheim

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Greymouth

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Timaru

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Queenstown

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Cloudy periods, isolated showers. Light winds. Wind at 1000m: Light winds.

Wind at 2000m: Light winds.

MONDAY

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

FZL: Lowering to 2000m

Rain about the Divide, easing to a few showers in the morning. Fine with high cloud further east. Wind at 1000m: NW 50 km/h, easing to 25 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW 60 km/h, easing to 30 km/h in the evening.

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Fine, apart from morning high cloud.

Northwesterlies dying out.

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Ex-tropical Cyclone Cook is moving away to the south of the South Island. A northwesterly flow covers the country, ahead of a shallow low that is approaching from the Tasman Sea. A low situated to the west of central New Zealand tomorrow moves east over the North Island on Monday.

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Le LIEVRE, Valerie Ann (Val) – On April 11, 2017 at Ashburton, surrounded by her family. Aged 68 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Barry.

Cherished mum of Suzanne Canterbury owned, locally operated and Bryan (Dunsandel), Justine and Andrew (Slope Patersons Point), and Caroline (Tig) and André (Glenbrook). Much Funeral Services loved nana of Joshua, and and Ashburton Amelia: Anna, Sarah, and Kate; and William, and Lucie. Crematorium Ltd Messages to Le Lievre family, Office and Chapel PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

In lieu of flowers donations to Corner East & Cox Ashburton Cancer Society Streets, Ashburton would be appreciated and may be left at the service.

Special thanks to the staff Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital, Ashburton Cancer Society, St We help save lives every day John, and all involved in through the research and caring for Val. A service to development of improved celebrate Val’s life will be diagnosis, be er prediction and MID CANTERBURY held at St John’s Presbyterian FUNERAL SERVICES treatment of heart disease in our Church, Jackson Street, hospital and community.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FUNERAL CORNWALL, Roger FURNISHERS Francis –

MALCOLM, Alan Kenneth – Janet and Craig, Mark and families would like to thank friends and family for the cards, flowers, and personal contact that was received with the passing of our father and grandfather. Your support made us realise how many lives Dad touched.

Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

Marilyn, Aaron, Sonya and Jane sincerely thank everyone for your special cards, meals, baking, phone calls and messages of support following the sad loss of Roger. Your kindness and thoughts gave us much comfort. We also wish to thank you for your generous donations to the Canterbury Air Rescue Trust.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 15.9 15.9 Max to 4pm 11.7 Minimum 12.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 17.2 16hr to 4pm April to date 118.4 Avg Apr to date 24 2017 to date 300.2 193 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 19 At 4pm Strongest gust W 41 Time of gust 9:55am

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

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WordWheel Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Across 1. Comfort 5. Patch 8. Lined up 9. Exist 10. Antipasto 12. Dye 13. Erase 17. Lap 19. Companion 21. Sauce 22. Narrate 24. Treat 25. Enjoyed Down 1. Cellar 2. Monitor 3. Old 4. Tapes 5. Phenomena 1 14. Privacy 2 15. Closet 8 7 6. Third 7. Hatred 11. Prescient 4 5 16. Indeed 18. Pause 20. Manse 23. Raj

TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 8 Excellent – 12 Amazing – 15

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ACROSS 6. Ecstatic (6) 7. Commend (6) 10. Intimidate (7) 11. Remote in manner (5) 12. Appear (4) 13. Empty (5) 16. Legitimate (5) 17. Enthusiasm (4) 20. Examine (5) 21. Dawdles (7) 22. Dash (6) 23. Doorway (6)

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DOWN 1. Remakes (12) 2. Cavorted (7) 3. Majestic (5) 4. Unpredictable (7) 5. Lesser (5) 8. Easily (12) 9. Towards the back (9) 14. Tires (7) 15. Diverge (7) 18. Cheerful (5) 19. Darkness (5)

Previous solution: cedi, cider, ciré, cred, cried, dice, dicer, die, dire, ice, iced, icer, ide, ire, rec, red, rice, rid, ride.

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PREVIOUS 9 7 SOLUTIONS

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9

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Across 1. Specks 5. Milieu 9. Random 10. Clique 11. Semi 3 7 12. Ladylike 14. Sought 16. Videos 19. Hot pants 21. Vent 5 4 22. Lariat 23. Ad-libs 24. Rhythm 9 25. 8 Even so Down 2. Placebo 3. Cadging 4. Simpleton8 6. Inlay 7. Inquire 3 8. Useless 13. Devastate 14. Scholar 15. Utterly 17. Divulge 9 18. Omnibus 20. Awash

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Relationships are more than what’s at the centre of the Venn diagram of two people coming together. The relationship is its own entity, a cell with a life of its own that neither party has control over.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Here’s how this very successful and productive day will play out. Organise in the morning; adapt in the afternoon; claim what’s yours in the evening; love all through.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You know how telling someone to “relax” usually has the opposite effect? The same is true of telling yourself this. Instead, allow for, agree to and even invite the stressful energy and it will dissipate.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You didn’t mean to tread on the tail of the tiger yet these things can happen; you’re looking the other direction, the sleeping tiger’s tail is in the path. The tiger won’t see you as a threat. No harm, no foul!

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Active passivity is the mode to stay in. Be ready to act, but not until it’s time.

You’re the outfielder. Pay attention. If you busy yourself unnecessarily, you won’t be ready to catch the ball when it comes your way.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There’s no time to waste in wishing for things you don’t have, and neither is there profit in striving. The gifts of the day come from working with what you have. Trade your deeds for compensation.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Your options will be different from before. Any move is a gamble – not a manoeuvre or a calculated risk, but a straightup dice roll. You may as well have some fun, the dice are literally out of your hands.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Look and think ahead before you venture today. Clear the path of small obstacles and you’ll roll right along with your plans. As Confucius said, “Men do not stumble over mountains but molehills.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): No one likes to be corrected. The wise see great value in learning of the error and are likely to reach the error-free, zone while the foolish waste time arguing the rightness of their mistakes.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ll work to improve daily life, including little shifts in organisation, timing and the placement of objects in your home. Small changes brighten big.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): “Alea iacta est,” said Julius Caesar as he led his army across the Rubicon river. Translation: “The die is cast”. You’re in a similar position. You’ve embarked and now you just have to see how it plays out.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You hate to be the alarm clock, but you need the participation of the fully awake. It will be easier to rouse a snoring person than the walking, talking person convinced that he’s already awake.

ACROSS 7. Is answering to one when writing letters (13) 8. Undercarriage used when bringing illicit drugs ashore (7-4) 12. Flood in which one dug eel out (6) 14. Sully one but make Sergeant-Major rich (6) 16. Minds the first sweetheart gets a loving gesture (6) 18. Gather and store and somehow arrange it after a loss (6) 19. Exempted from being fined, I mined it anyhow (11) 23. Programme of compulsory redundancies should make it firm (13) DOWN 1. The model child may grow into an overdressed woman (4) 2. Quantity of herrings put right inside the tin (4) 3. Strive for high things – or one high thing (6) 4. Works in the smithy – on counterfeits? (6) 5. It cuts – and tots up, we are told (4) 6. Rang up to snarl at one (4) 9. Wing flap in a role it is adapted to (7) 10. Make plans to upset a ranger (7) 11. Fish tea for a Cockney (4) 12. Take it off one’s pay to join spacecraft in orbit (4) 13. The main supply of idle conversation (3) 15. Some old bird gave Mother nothing to hold (3) 17. To try a little sulphur is more than enough (6) 18. Uses mill to provide the Navy with digs (6) 19. Something uncritically admired by one who is against it (4) 20. Of course, this may serve as an aerial (4) 21. Not to give one a letter from Greece (4) 22. Fate shows the state of one’s emotions up (4)

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