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Hospital work resumes BY CAITLIN PORTER

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Work on the refurbishment and rebuild of Ashburton Hospital has started four months after the project was originally scheduled for completion. The first steps in the rebuild were taken yesterday with the start of the refurbishment of Ward Block C. The $8.7 million rebuild of the outpatients area and operating theatre, as well as earthquake strengthening of other

parts of the hospital and the refurbishment of ward blocks and an extension to the Acute Admitting Area of the hospital was announced in June 2013. The project was originally scheduled for completion at the end of last year. It was confirmed shortly before Easter that Bradford Building Ltd of Ashburton was the successful tenderer for the refurbishment and redevelopment of the hospital. Bradford Building’s manag-

ing director Mark Wilson said scaffolding around Ward Block C was now being erected and once that was completed the block would be re-roofed and repainted. Mr Wilson said during the time that the work is being done there will be minimal disruption to the patients and staff at the hospital. “It’s just business as usual.” Once the outside refurbishment is completed Bradford’s will move indoors and complete

some minor internal work on the block, including a fire upgrade. There will also be some minor structural strengthening completed on Ward Block D. A tentative start of June 1 has been set for the construction of the new Integrated AAU and Theatre Building. This has already undergone significant delays because of the need to deal with and safely remove asbestos in the old building. All work is due to be completed by June next year, nearly

two years later than the original completion date. As the work progressed, Mr Wilson said it was important the public was kept up to speed with what was happening on the project. “With the local investment the general public of Ashburton need to know what’s happening,” he said.

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Mel Gibson visits Aussie pub Hollywood superstar Mel Gibson has visited regional Victoria, stopping at a local hotel to enjoy a burger. The Oscar winner was in Ballarat scouting potential film locations yesterday, also eating lunch at The George Hotel. Barman Lochie Whitaker says Gibson and a group of about five people spent about an hour in the establishment, poring over some photographs on a laptop at the table. “I heard they were looking at film locations, or something like that,” he said. Gibson’s entourage called the hotel about 10 minutes before they came in and asked for a quiet table out of the way. Mr Whitaker initially didn’t believe it when a co-worker told him Gibson was there for lunch. “Someone said, Mel Gibson is here,” he said. “I was like, ‘come on’.”

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Ginger-coloured kiwi released A unique ginger-coloured kiwi chick has been released into the wild after reaching stoat-proof weight. Rainbow Springs Kiwi Encounter in Rotorua hatched its first kiwi with unusual ginger-tinged feathers, Kindara, last November. After reaching 1kg at a Taupo kiwi creche, he was released at the Karioi Rahui Reserve on the southern slopes of Mt Ruapehu. Emma Bean, from the Rainbow Springs Kiwi Encounter, made the trip to Ohakune for Kindara’s release along with students from Tauhara College in Taupo. Kindara is sponsored by Tauhara College, and is named after their school and their sister school, Kindai in Japan. Two students from the college helped the Department of Conservation kiwi team catch Kindara at the sanctuary, and a group of students then went to the forest to take part in Kindara’s release. Tauhara student Tegan Clark said through Kindara’s sponsorship, the students knew more about the kiwi, and the efforts that go towards saving kiwis. Kindara is one of an estimated 70,000 kiwi left in New Zealand.

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Ronan Keating engaged Former Boyzone star Ronan Keating is planning to wed again after proposing to his girlfriend just a month after finalising his divorce from first wife Yvonne. The Irish pop star, 38, and Storm Uechtritz have been dating since 2012 – the year after he separated from his wife, the mother of his three children. Keating met Uechtritz on the set of Australian X Factor. Confirming the engagement news to Hello! magazine, Keating says, “I proposed twice and she said yes both times, thank God.” He got down on one knee the first time during a recent trip to Thailand and the couple waited until they were back in Ireland, surrounded by his children, when he asked again.

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Lou Reed’s ﬁrst wife writes tell-all book Lou Reed’s first wife is writing a tell-all book about their marriage. Bettye Kronstad wed the rocker in 1973 and he is rumoured to have written his hit track Perfect Day about her. But the marriage fell apart after less than a year as they struggled to cope with Reed’s new-found fame and heavy-drinking. Kronstad admits she was devastated by Reed’s death in 2013 and is now dealing with her grief by telling the story of their life together in a new book. She tells Britain’s The Independent newspaper, “When I heard about (Reed’s) death in 2013, I was blindsided by grief, and completely caught off guard. “I had no idea Lou’s passing would affect me so deeply. It had all been so long ago! But it got me thinking about stories from the past. I’m beginning the process of addressing some of these stories about Lou and I in the book I’m writing.” Reed went on to walk down the aisle two more times. He wed Sylvia Morales in 1980 and in 2008, he tied the knot with Laurie Anderson.

Fleas bring court to a halt Courtroom 1 at Auckland District Court is where many cases start from scratch, but that took on a different meaning at the weekend. Saturday’s hearings – which usually feature overnight arrests – were due to take place in the room, but a Ministry of Justice spokesman confirmed they had to be moved after staff noticed fleas. It was cleaned and back in action by Monday, and yesterday the spokesman said there had been no further complaints about an insect infestation. However, one lawyer approached court staff to complain about the fleas making an appearance in interview rooms where lawyers speak privately with clients. “I saw one jumping around,” he told them. The man later confirmed he had not been bitten and the situation had subsequently been remedied. He blamed it on the “clientele” the court attracted.

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■ PRE-BUDGET SPEECH

■ ART GALLERY

Cash injection for schools

Air con teething problems

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Schools were the big winners in the prime minister’s pre-Budget speech yesterday as a $244 million boost for the education sector was announced. The news was welcomed by Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Chris Murphy, who says the cash injection is a positive sign for schools. John Key announced the spending in his pre-Budget speech to Business NZ in Wellington. Seven new schools, including

three new kura kaupapa Maori schools, will be built around the country. A further four schools will be expanded, while 241 new classrooms will also be funded at various schools over the next four years. While about half of those classrooms have been allocated to Auckland schools, Mr Murphy believes Mid Canterbury will be proportionally over-represented thanks to the region’s booming school rolls. A flurry of building work has already kicked off in the district as schools try to cater for

an ever increasing number of pupils. “The sector’s continuing to grow, so it needs that continued investment,” Mr Murphy said. He believed at least 5 per cent of the new classrooms signalled by the government would be built in Mid Canterbury. “People are optimistic, and one of the reasons we’re optimistic here in Mid Canterbury is that generally schools are stable or growing,” he said. Mr Key said the Government is investing heavily in building new schools and modernising

classrooms to meet school roll growth and provide modern learning environments. Education minister Hekia Parata said the announcement demonstrated the government’s commitment to ensuring all children could do their best at school. “This further funding will help meet roll growth as well as deliver school environments that meet the needs of kids in the 21st century,” she said. The project will be funded by the remainder of the Future Investment Fund.

■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Hospital construction work finally under way From P1 Electraserve also has its own contract at the hospital, and is in the process of moving the main switchboard from the basement to its new location near the pharmacy area. Electraserve’s managing director Blair Watson said the shift will take about 10 weeks as it needs to be staged correctly to ensure critical power was kept going. “We started work two weeks ago and so far the job is on track and going well,” said Mr Watson. The rebuild was announced in June 2013, with demolition work to start in August that year. The project was due for completion at the end of 2014 but there were several delays during demolition work because of a series of asbestos finds. The rebuild and renovation is funded jointly by the Canterbury District Health Board ($7.2 million) and a group of local charities, $1.5 million. The charities include a significant

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District council wage bill $9.8m BY SUE NEWMAN

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Last year the Ashburton District Council paid out $9.8 million in wages; this year that figure is likely to rise. But in spite of having a hefty wage bill, council chief executive Andrew Dalziel says, like every business, the council still has some yawning gaps in its ranks, forcing it to find new ways of working. “We’re a growing business and at any one time there will be some areas where we’re fully recruited and others where we have people leaving. There are always some areas it’s hard to recruit for,” he said. At June 30 last year the coun-

cil’s staff numbered 115 fulltime equivalents; today that number has grown to 160. If part timers and casuals are counted, the number of individuals on the pay roll could hit 190, Mr Dalziel said. Currently the council has long running vacancies in its property, building and accountancy areas. In spite of extensive recruitment drives, it has not secured the senior staff members it needs and that has prompted Mr Dalziel to start contracting out some of the council’s work. He is currently looking for contractors to pick up work from the council’s property department as either a contract

deal or as a preferred provider. Local authorities struggle to match the pay rates in the commercial sector and that meant finding the right people prepared to make the switch into local government wasn’t easy, Mr Dalziel said. “To be fair we’ve interviewed people who would be really great, but we can’t offer to pay them what they could get in the private sector.” Like most other councils, Ashburton struggled to employ enough building inspectors to carry out on-site inspections. The increasing use of technology in this area meant a different skill set was required to the past where older builders often

moved off the tools and into inspection, he said. “Auckland and Christchurch are impacting on this but work in Waimakariri is a bit slow at the moment so we’re sending work there.” The council was also struggling to find senior accounting staff, forcing it to outsource some of this work. Contracting work to the public sector, however, carried a higher cost than if the work could be done inhouse, he said. The council’s staff turnover was about 20 per cent a year and while he would like to see this reduced, it was about average for a local authority, Mr Dalziel said.

The days of long-serving council staff were almost over, with 67 per cent of staff having been at the council less than five years. Ashburton faced unique recruitment challenges in that it was more than an hour’s commute from Christchurch, but a number of staff travelled at least that distance every day to work. A large number of international staff were also now employed, he said. The split of female to males on staff was now almost equal at 54 per cent v 46 per cent. Five out of its 19 senior positions are filled by women and Mr Dalziel admits he would like to see a more even gender split.

■ MT HUTT SKIFIELD

A long, cold walk to work BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Mt Hutt Ski Area summer maintenance workers had to walk two-and-a-half kilometres through snow to get to work yesterday. While just five to 10 centimetres of snow fell on the skifield itself, drifts of up to half a metre formed on the road, blocking vehicle access. And due to the heavy snow on the road, it is likely it will not be able to be cleared until next week. Manager James McKenzie said it was not unusual for workers to have to walk in through snow a couple of times each year before winter, and they had kept warm despite the wind chill in their ski work wear and winter hiking boots. But due to the depth of the snow on parts of the access road, it would require a groomer to clear it. The skifield’s grooming fleet was still in Methven as part of their off-season maintenance programme, and it would not be possible until next week to get a machine up the road.

Until then, staff would be accessing the ski area on snowmobiles. Meanwhile, as Mt Hutt temperatures struggled to climb above zero yesterday, they remained in single digits in Mid Canterbury after up to five centimetres of snow fell in the Methven, Mt Somers and foothills areas overnight Monday. The maximum for Ashburton was nine degrees, and for Methven seven, according to the MetService. A severe weather watch warned of severe southwest gales on exposed eastern coasts, particularly Banks Peninsula, last night through to today. MetService duty forecaster Rebekah LaBar said cloudless conditions forecast for last night and tonight would create conditions suitable for frosts for inland areas such as Methven, and even Ashburton could get frosts. Temperatures would start to climb later in the week but there was another cold spell on the horizon for the weekend, although snow was not as likely. “The cold air mass isn’t coming from Mid Cantabrians, including Mt Hutt workers forced to walk to work, had to rug quite as far south,” Ms LaBar said. up in low temperatures yesterday. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Innovative technologies brought to farmers Agricultural industry leaders hosted the second in a series of professional development workshops last month. The workshop focused on how to optimise farm management and increase the bottom line through software solutions. The event is an organisational partnership between Aoraki Polytechnic, Lincoln University, Primary ITO, and Craigmore Sustainables. The collective has launched the series as a new way for agribusiness owners to improve their business skills and increase agribusiness capability. Aoraki Polytechnic primary industries portfolio manager Andrea Leslie said the seminars provided relevant and current professional development and networking opportunities for agribusiness owners, rural professionals and those servicing these sectors. The seminars will be run quarterly. “The event focused on showcasing new and innovative technology that enables agribusiness to increase productivity and profitability’’.

Leslie said there was a waiting list of speakers wanting to present at these events. Investment analyst at Craigmore Sustainables Ben Groundwater said while there was a huge amount of agricultural data and many software initiatives, both in New Zealand and overseas, those on the farm and closest to farmers were seldom exposed to the benefit of these tools for the farmer, farm business, and farm environment. The software solutions seminar bridged this gap. “We want farmers to be exposed to an array of farming tools which are considered market leaders or innovators all in one place so they can see how these tools benefit them in different ways. Farmers are then able to make informed decisions when looking to improve their business using software.’’ Agribusiness owners, managers and professsionals are invited to the software specialist events, if you would like an invitation to the next seminar contact liz.smillie@aoraki.ac.nz

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Andrea Leslie, Primary Industries portfolio manager for Aoraki Polytechnic “The event focused on showcasing new and innovative technology that enables agribusiness to increase productivity and profitability’’.

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■ DENTAL CARE

Future dental care needs thought By Caitlin Porter

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A plan needs to be put in place for the oral health of baby boomers as they move into retirement, says an Ashburton dentist. Dentists nationally are warning that baby boomers will need enormous amounts of dental work in years to come, and Ashburton dentist Justin Wall has

said options need to be worked out. People born in the years following World War Two through to the 1960s – otherwise known as baby boomers – make up 14 per cent of New Zealand’s population. Dr Wall said teeth deteriorated naturally, and teeth that have been restored or have had fillings in them, would also deteriorate. “Brittle, fracturing teeth is

something that comes with age,” he said. “And the more people that keep their teeth, the more people that require care for their teeth as they grow old.” Up until 30 years ago, by the time you got to 65 and retired you weren’t looking at a long life span, but today many people were still working into their 70s, creating a shift to an ageing population, he said. “The phenomena is older peo-

ple retaining more of their teeth but they’re on fixed incomes because they are no longer working, they are superannuitants.” He likened the situation with older people and dental care to the child and adolescent service at the opposite end of the spectrum where the government provided dental care for under 18s. Strategies are currently being looked at, with the review

process for the 2006 oral health strategy already in progress, he said. One of the main goals of the strategy was looking at oral healthcare for lower income adults, Dr Wall said. He said this could potentially become a priority when the new strategy comes into play. “The difficulty though, is targeting the money to those who need it most.”

■ EA NETWORKS CENTRE

Long-serving pool staff excited about the future By Sue newman

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Between them four staff members at the Ashburton Community Pool share almost one century’s worth of work. That’s in the past, however, and the four – Jo Wicketts, Mel Peritton, Jill Newton and Bev Stevens – say it’s the future, working in the aquatic centre at the new EA Networks Centre, that they’re looking forward to. When each signed on as a pool employee, they were simply looking for work. None expected they would end up loving their jobs and signing on for the long term. At 27 years on the pay roll, learn to swim coach Bev Stevens said she has no intention of throwing in the towel. She’s excited about her new workplace and having already tested the water in the aquatic centre, said she can’t wait to start teaching young swimmers in the new space. The women all took up jobs at the community pool because

Looking forward to taking their career as lifeguards and swim coaches to the next level when the EA Networks Centre opens next month are long-serving Ashburton Community pool staff members (from left) Jo Wicketts, Mel Peritton, Jill Newton and Bev Stevens. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 080415-TM-004

their children were involved in swimming, but Jo had the distinction of growing from a nonswimming adult to teaching other people to swim.

After 21 years she believes learning to swim as an adult has made her a better teacher and made her aware of how difficult mastering swimming really is.

“I love the job, it’s so satisfying when you see the progress you get when you’re working with kids,” she said. Three of the long servers are

on the pay roll, but Jill is not. She started as a volunteer lifeguard 32 years ago and said she’s never thought of changing. “I just love what I do and I hope I can continue in the new pool,” she said. With a child training every morning at 5.30am she decided she may as well spend her time usefully while she was pool-side and put her hand up to volunteer. Aquafit Mel has the shortest service at 17 years. She’s an aquafit coach and is looking forward to increasing the number of classes she can take in the new pool complex. They say the pool today is pretty much the same as when they started work, the only changes have been managers. And while the old pool has served the community well, they’re looking forward to a new work place that has everything the old one doesn’t – a light and airy feel, plenty of room and best of all, Mel said, a pool bottom that feels great on your feet.

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■ ASHBURTON REAL ESTATE

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House prices take a dip

Man jailed over attack on boy

By Sue NewmaN

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House prices in the Ashburton District dipped significantly in March, dropping to $285,000, the same as the median selling price achieved in March 2014. This, however, was significantly down on the February median of $308,500, giving the district the sharpest drop, 7.6 per cent of any area in Canterbury and Westland. While prices might have dropped, the number of houses sold rose significantly from 45

in February to 59 last month the REINZ statistics show. Each month three real estate market watchdogs measure sale prices, and data released by each paints a different picture of the market. The REINZ figures are drawn from data provided by real estate companies across New Zealand and measure the median, or middle sales price. QV data measures average sales prices over a three-month and annual scale. The third, Trade Me, quotes average listing prices rather

than the sale price achieved. For February, QV put the average sale price at $325,192, the same as February, while Trade Me statistics show the average listing price for a three or four bedroom home was $389,000. Across last month’s REINZ data, regional director Jim Davis said the number of days it took to sell a house had dropped in March from 36 in February to 30. Over the same month last year the number of new home buyers in the market had risen by 30 per cent, Mr Davis said.

Nationally 8803 houses sold in March, up 20 per cent on March last year and 27 per cent on February. This is the highest number of sales since March 2007. The REINZ national median price was $475,000, up $35,000 on March 2014 and up $45,000 on February. While the increase in sales numbers is spread across the country, the national median sales price has been significantly driven by the Auckland market.

■ ANZAC DAY

Old war uniforms on display for Anzac Day Allan Gawn checks out the display of old war uniforms in the Ashburton RSA. The display has been mounted as part of the 100-year commemoration of the start of the Gallipoli campaign on April 25, 1915. Across New Zealand the RSA has undertaken a white cross campaign that will see one cross for every soldier who died in World War One named and sold to a sponsor. The crosses will be ‘planted’ at cenotaphs around New Zealand every Armistice Day until the 100-year commemoration of the war’s end on November 11, 1918. Ashburton’s crosses have been assembled, painted and named by members of the Compulsory Military Training organisation and many have been sold to descendants of the fallen soldiers. Those not sold are available to the public. Funds raised from the cross sales will be used in Ashburton for RSA members’ welfare.

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Cafes for lease Ashburton has two café spaces looking for someone to love them. The EA Networks Centre and Ashburton’s art and heritage centre both have cafes that are currently unleased. Their owners, the Ashburton District Council, called for tenders for both, received several for the new sports complex but none for the art and heritage centre. The council and the tenderers, however, were not able to agree on lease terms and when the sports centre opens to the public on May 10, the café space will be empty. The café is fully equipped for an operator to move in and start trading and council intends to re-advertise for a tenant. The art and heritage centre café, however, has not been fitted out. It has been designed as a sales point for food prepared largely off site rather than as a fully functional café. Its lease will also be re-tendered.

A man who attacked a 10-month-old boy in his care and broke several of the child’s bones has been jailed for three years. Eugene Paul Harris, 32, originally blamed the child’s injuries on other children “being rough”, when charges were laid last year, but he pleaded guilty to amended counts last month. In the High Court at Auckland yesterday he was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to injure and injuring with intent to injure. Though the victim was expected to recover from the physical injuries, the court heard of the emotional toll the violence had taken. Justice Pamela Andrews said the child, now aged two, suffered from night terrors when first discharged from hospital. “[Caregivers] also report he has a propensity to lash out violently without warning or provocation,” she said. The baby was in the care of Harris and his partner in early February last year, when the abuse happened. He was “happy and content and was rolling around using both hands” at his childcare centre on February 5, according to staff. However, when he was returned to the centre two days later they noticed he was unusually unsettled. “A childcare assistant believed [the baby] was in some sort of pain due to the fact that he would not stop crying. It was noticed [his] left arm was floppy and fell to his side,” court documents said. On February 7, childcare staff took the infant to an accident and emergency centre in Takanini, where his arm was xrayed and found to be broken. He was sent to the Kidz First children’s hospital at Middlemore, where another x-ray found his shin bone was broken and a full skeletal x-ray uncovered other fractures. Harris admitted to police that on Waitangi Day, when the attack happened, he had drunk pre-mixed bourbon and cola in his garage area from about 2pm. Justice Andrews highlighted Harris’ criminal history which saw an escalation in his violent offending since 2000 and said the trend “must be met with a firm condemnation”. However, she give him credit for a number of courses he completed while on remand and for his guilty plea. - NZME

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■ DOCTORS’ PATIENT SAFETY RECORDS

Debate over release of records By Caitlin Porter

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An Ashburton health professional is refuting claims that individual doctors’ patient safety records should be released to the public. The Medical Council has opened up the debate on releasing individual doctors’ patient safety records and health officials are now investigating how

to release the information, which could cover anything from how often a surgeon’s patients die after surgery to how often medical errors required fixing. The debate was spurred by a ruling from Ombudsman Ron Paterson stating that a district health board should release surgeon-specific case volume data after a journalist sought information under the Official Infor-

mation Act and was declined. Ashburton GPs’ spokeswoman Dr Charlotte Cox said she does not agree with the Medical Council exploring this topic. “Doctors are human beings and will make mistakes, it is called human error,” she said. Dr Cox argued that training to become a doctor takes several years and once qualified in a specific field doctors were required

to undergo hours of continuing medical education each year to maintain their annual registration. It is the Health and Disability Commissioner’s job to deal with complaints in regards to doctors, Dr Cox said. “Most doctors have had complaints made about them to the HDC and these occurrences are very stressful. “For some doctors it is this un-

savoury side of practising medicine that makes us retire early,” she said. Exactly what information could be released remains unclear. A statement released by Medical Council chairman Andrew Connolly said the value of accurate performance and outcome data needed to be addressed before any data was considered for release.

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Pork Pie Charity Run participants raised more than $190,000 for Kidscan, and there is still the opportunity to donate. Fifty-seven Minis were driven from Kaitaia to Invercargill over six days at Easter for the run, and Methven dadand-daughter team Greg and Irene Anderson were among participants. The pair, named Team Snowfed, also took part in the run when it was last held two years ago. Miss Anderson said on arriving at Invercargill the 57 Minis lined up and did

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a celebratory lap around Invercargill before the formal dinner and prizegiving. “Although many breakdowns and repairs occurred over the more than 2500 kilometres that were travelled over six days, every Mini that started in Kaitaia made it to Invercargill,” Miss Anderson said. It had been great to catch up with fellow drivers, and she was grateful to the many Mid Cantabrians who had donated. People could still donate via her Give a Little Team Snowfed fundraising page.

Keeping active during the holidays Keeping active these holidays are (from left) Toby Grant, 6, Quinn McDowell, 6, and Adam MacFarlane, 7, with leader Danyelle Lusty. The children, along with a number of others, were taking part in the Ashburton Sport Canterbury Holiday programme. The programme runs until Friday and includes activities such as rippa rugby, basketball, tee ball and a tug of war challenge. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 130415-DW-262

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An Ashburton man is warning people about the perils of social media after posts accusing him of rape appeared online. The man, who is taking legal action over the posts and cannot be named, says people need to be careful about what they post online as it can have serious, real world consequences. While the man readily admits he does have a criminal conviction, he has never been convicted of rape or sexual assault. However he was shocked to discover posts claiming he was a sex offender circulating on social media. He believes people are not fully aware of the impact of posting potentially defamatory material online. Some posts had the potential to ruin

someone’s life, he said. The man believes there needs to be tougher consequences for people who post damaging things on social media. Those harsher penalties could soon be on the way if a new bill is passed in parliament. The Harmful Digital Communications Bill would see a complaint handling agency established to resolve complaints about harmful digital communications. It would also make it an offence to send messages and post material online that were intended to cause harm, and it would create a new offence of incitement to commit suicide. Justice Minister Amy Adams said the bill would prevent and reduce the harm caused by cyberbullying and harassment. The bill recently passed its second reading in parliament.

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Father ‘failed to protect son’ A Hamilton father failed in his obligation to protect his son when he beat the eight-monthold boy so hard that he died, a judge has said. Charlie Lackner was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum nonparole period of 15 years in the High Court at Hamilton. He was convicted of killing Cassius Takiari who died from

serious head injuries in Auckland’s Starship Hospital last year. Justice Geoffrey Venning said Lackner failed to protect his son and inflicted fatal injuries and that had immeasurable consequences. “It is one of the most fundamental instincts a human being has to protect their children,” he said. “You not only failed to

protect Cassius in this case, but you are the one who inflicted the fatal damage on him.” On June 15 last year Lackner was home looking after his children, including Cassius. When his partner returned home from work she saw Lackner lying on the couch with Cassius unresponsive lying on top of him. When she asked Lackner

Home invasion A man suffered a suspected broken leg after three men came into his house and took a small amount of cash and a cellphone early yesterday. The 22-year-old man was taken to Christchurch Hospital following the incident. He had surgery yesterday, and was yet to be interviewed by police. Police said unfortunately, the victim was unable to provide a detailed description of the offenders, but the men were described as wearing balaclavas. - NZME

what had happened he replied: “I slapped him I’m sorry”, Justice Venning said. The police were called and Cassius was taken to Waikato District Hospital. Cassius was found to have significant swelling and bleeding on and around the brain, bruising to both sides of his forehead, and two detached retinas, Justice Venning said. - NZME

East Cape quakes Three earthquakes centred off shore shook East Cape yesterday. GeoNet recorded a 4.2 magnitude earthquake at 11.05am, a 4.6 magnitude at 12.25pm, and a 3.1 magnitude at 12.47pm. The quakes were all centred about south-east of Ruatoria at depths between 11km and 5km. Three reports of people feeling the quakes were lodged with GeoNet after the first quake yesterday. - NZME

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Doing their bit to help women in need By Caitlin Porter

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An Ashburton business is doing its part to help women in need. Todd’s of Ashburton has partnered with lingerie giant Triumph to support the Dress for Success campaign by providing a significant donation of bras to women in need. Dress for Success is an organisation designed to break the cycle of poverty and help women transform their lives and achieve financial independence. Since the beginning of April Triumph has donated one bra to Dress for Success for every 20 bras purchased by Todd’s and will continue to do so until Friday. The donation has an estimated value of $50,000 and was designed to raise awareness and encourage women to be fitted for a bra. As part of the partnership Todd’s held a fitting day yesterday, with the help of Triumph International South Island regional sales manager Koren Scott, to make sure women were wearing a correctly fitted bra. Mrs Scott said it was im-

Robbers on the run Two teenagers who robbed a Mr Whippy owner at gunpoint in Auckland remain on the run, police say. The youths approached the woman just after 3pm on Sunday while she was parked by the Michael Joseph Savage Memorial in Orakei. They allegedly pointed a pistol at the woman and threatened to “put a hole” in her if she did not hand over her cash. They then fled towards Mission Bay, police said. - NZME

Ratings rise Embattled TV show Campbell Live has thanked viewers for “sticking with us” after Monday night’s episode scored a big ratings rise. The John Campbell-hosted current affairs show – currently under “review” by management at TV3 – scored 333,960 viewers on Monday, making it the night’s third-highest rating show behind The X Factor and 3 News. The figures were posted to the show’s twitter account yesterday. They’re vastly improved ratings for Campbell Live, with Throng.co.nz reporting Campbell Live’s average viewership last week was 245,373 - a 42 per cent increase on the previous week. - NZME

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portant for women to be fitted every time they purchased a new bra, as an ill-fitting bra can not only be uncomfortable but

could cause back, shoulder and neck pain. Todd’s of Ashburton owner Christine Todd said by lunch-

time yesterday around 18 women had come in for a free fitting, and nearly 50 bras had been sold.

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smith and wool wash worker among them. In Methven there are about 24 members today after membership peaked in the 1960s with more than 150 members. The decline in membership was reflected worldwide. “Freemasonry was a very big part of society and it seems to have dropped away, there’s no difference in relation to community than there was 100 years ago, it’s as applicable as much today as it was then,” Mr Currie said. Mr Currie believed the more people knew about the organisation the more likely they would be to join, and he hoped the website would help. Masonry is steeped in tradition, its values include temperance, fortitude, peace, family and good citizenship. The Methven group, which has its own rooms, meets monthly and is active in its community, making donations annually, and awarding education scholarships. The vacant chair ceremony,

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Masonry is just as important to society today as it ever was, says the Methven Masonic Lodge’s master. George Currie was pleased with a good turnout to the lodge’s annual vacant chair ceremony this month, but said that generally membership had declined. He wanted to turn this trend around, and see masonry in the ski town return to its heyday when a large sector of society belonged to the group. Mr Currie has recently completed a new website for the organisation, on which he has put much of its history. It has the name and profession of its members, all male, going back to when the branch was founded in 1883. The professions listed for early members give a hint of the vibrancy of the growing rural town, with jeweller, railway guard, engine driver, station master, livery stable hand, tobacconist, black-

held earlier this month, has international origins dating back to 1875. The ceremony offers tribute to lodge members and others who go to war and do not return – leaving a vacant chair.

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he faith, patience and belief of the people of Ashburton has been sorely tested. Two years ago we were promised a rebuild of parts of Ashburton Hospital and the refurbishment and strengthening of other parts. The work was supposed to be completed by December. The bulldozers moved in, the demolition began and then it stopped. Asbestos it seemed was the problem as it has been in many demolitions across Canterbury. Our problem, however, appeared to take an inordinately long amount of time to resolve, but finally it seems the all-clear, well the almost all-clear, has been sounded. Construction contractors rather than demolition contractors are finally on site. Throughout the months of inaction the flow of information on the project has ground to a halt. People could be forgiven for thinking what was launched in June 2013 with great fanfare was simply a smokescreen behind which the hospital was being quietly downgraded. History has taught the people of Ashburton that hospital services cannot be taken for granted. We’ve fought many battles to retain a functioning hospital in town and the inactivity and lack of information from the CDHB fuelled growing fears that we could have another battle on our hands. But it seems we were wrong. Tenders have been let for construction and refurbishment, work has started and God and the CDHB willing, we’ll have new operating theatres and outpatient areas within a year. The whole process of delay after delay could have been handled so much better; a steady flow of information could have stalled the community’s growing angst. There’s a sure-fire way to disengage with the public, and that’s by starving them of information. The more tight-lipped the CDHB has been about the project, the more anxious and disbelieving the people of Ashburton have become. Information about community projects doesn’t belong behind closed doors, it belongs in the community.

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he Prime Minister wasn’t overly happy with the look and feel of the Remuneration Authority recently awarding him and other Members of Parliament a 3.56 per cent pay rise. To get around the Authority’s decision, new legislation was rushed through Parliament in March. The Bill passed 106 in support and 14 opposed. In so doing, it ensured MPs’ overall pay rises were kept at 1.5 per cent. The Remuneration Authority is an interesting entity. Previously called the Higher Salaries Commission it is an independent body set up by Parliament to set remuneration for a number of key office holders. These include MPs, local government elected members (not CEOs), judges, and people like the Chief Ombudsman and the Commissioner of Police. When it comes to setting local government mayoral/ chairperson and councillor/ community board member remuneration the Authority undertakes a review at the start of each three-year election year. A ‘council size index’ is worked out. It is based on factors like the population size of the city/district/region and the council’s expenditure. The Authority also looks at how much work elected members do in different roles and makes a judgement about whether the roles are full-time or part-time. Because of the population statistics and council expenses weighting components, you get some head scratching results when you benchmark what should be broadly similar roles between different councils. Ashburton District Council, serving a population of 31,000 plus has a mayor, 12 councillors and five Methven Community Board members. By comparison Christchurch City Council, serving 341,000 plus has a mayor, 13 councillors and 40 community board members. Ashburton’s mayor receives an annual salary of $95,450.

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That’s a good salary that effectively allows somebody to give up whatever their job was and be a full-time mayor. The Mayor of Christchurch, receives quite a bit more – $179,350. While the mayors’ role descriptions, to the extent that they exist, will be broadly the same, most people would agree the Mayor of Christchurch has a much larger and more complex job on their hands than the Mayor of Ashburton. The $83,900 difference in pay can be argued as justifiable. But, here’s where things unravel. According to the Remuneration Authority’s determinations, Christchurch City’s councillors are entitled to a salary of $95,300 each p.a. for carrying out their roles. That’s pretty much what the Mayor of Ashburton receives. Are the respective roles of city councillors and district mayors really the same size? Christchurch’s Deputy Mayor, on $109,900 receives more than our mayor. If you are a councillor at Ashburton District Council you receive $22,400 p.a. You have a similar job description to a Christchurch councillor but get

paid $72,900 less a year. Less than a fourth of what they get. Are Christchurch City Councillors’ roles really that much more involved and complex?! The chairperson of our Methven Community Board receives $4600 p.a. for carrying out that role. Christchurch has eight community boards. The chairs of six of them get paid $29,200. That is more than Ashburton’s Deputy Mayor or three standing committee chairs (each on $27,979), and all of our other councillors. Are Christchurch’s community board chairperson’s roles really more involved than all of our Ashburton’s District councillors’ roles? If you expected an independent authority to have taken any notice of the Prime Minister’s message about the size of percentage increases for awards, you would be wrong. For the next financial year beginning July 1, 2015 the Mayor of Ashburton will receive a 4.97 per cent increase, moving the mayoral salary to $100,200 p.a. Other Ashburton councillors will receive a 9.82 per cent increase, taking a councillor’s salary from

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In brief El Nino in Australia? Australia is now just one step short of declaring it faces a drought-inducing El Nino. The Bureau of Meteorology has moved its fortnightly El Nino Southern Oscillation tracker to the alert phase, meaning there is now at least a 70 per cent chance an El Nino will develop during the year. The alert phase is the final step before the BOM declares the existence of an El Nino, a weather phenomenon that includes a warming of waters in the tropical central Pacific Ocean - which tends to lead to below average rainfall in winter and spring. - AAP

Croc on the fairway Wildlife officers are heading back to a Port Douglas golf course to catch an elusive croc that bit a man in his 70s. The juvenile croc clamped down on local John Lahiff after he went to retrieve his ball on the 11th hole of the Palmer Sea Reef golf course, owned by federal MP Clive Palmer, on Monday. Paramedics attended the club that afternoon and he was taken to Mossman District Hospital with lacerations to his lower leg. He’s now in a stable condition in Cairns Hospital but his reptilian opponent hasn’t budged. - AAP

Whalers’ ‘please explain’ Japan has not fully explained why it needs to resume what it calls scientific research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean, says a group of experts appointed by the International Whaling Commission. Tokyo was ready to modify its new whaling programme further, Japan’s envoy to the IWC Joji Morishita was reported as saying. The programme was first submitted to IWC in November. Morishita said Japan will resume its research whaling as planned in the current financial year from April, the report said. - DPA

Sanctions threatened The United Nations Security Council has pressed Libya’s warring factions to urgently form a unity government and threatened sanctions against those behind spiralling violence. In a declaration adopted by consensus, the 15 council members urged the parties taking part in peace talks to “agree on arrangements on the formation of a national unity government to end Libya’s political, security and institutional crisis”. A meeting attended by political party leaders and activists took place yesterday in Algiers, with participants hoping to reach an accord to end the chaos that has engulfed Libya since the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi. - AFP

Dog still on death row It’s not every day two senior barristers in Australia’s highest court go head-to-head over the fate of a pooch on death row. But yesterday in Canberra that’s exactly what happened. Lawyers for Victorian woman Tania Isbester appealed to the High Court hoping to have her Staffordshire terrier Izzy, deemed aggressive by Knox City Council, saved from being put down. The dog has been housed by the RSPCA since it was seized two years ago, sparking a lengthy legal battle. - AAP

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Rubio joins the fray Calling for new American leadership that is not “stuck in the 20th century”, Republican Senator Marco Rubio officially launched his presidential bid, a day after Democrat Hillary Clinton announced her campaign. Rubio, a 43-year-old Florida lawmaker and son of immigrants from Cuba who often casts his personal arc as the embodiment of the American Dream, presented the 2016 presidential election as “a generational choice about what kind of country we will be”. The remark, in a hometown speech at Miami’s Freedom Tower that once processed Cuban immigrants into the US, was a clear jab at his older rivals, notably Clinton, 67, and his fellow Republican and former mentor Jeb Bush, 62. “While our people and economy are pushing the boundaries of the 21st century, too many of our leaders and their ideas are stuck in the 20th century,” Rubio said to loud cheers. “Now, the time has come for our generation to lead the way forward toward a new American century.” “Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday,” he said as supporters booed at the mention of Clinton. “But yesterday is over, and we are never going back.” Rubio joins two other Republican first-term senators who are already running: Ted Cruz of Texas, who is also CubanAmerican, and Libertarianleaning Rand Paul from Kentucky. Should Bush, a former governor and the son and brother of two presidents, enter the race as expected, his duel against

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fellow Floridian Rubio could be a compelling narrative of the Republican primary. Rubio wants to take voters beyond the dynastic Bush-Clinton dynamic that has ruled national politics for much of the last three decades. Youthful, charismatic and articulate on several issues, Rubio hopes to transcend the Republican Party’s reputation for difficulty in connecting with young, Hispanic or African-American voters.

Rubio’s kickoff notably came just days after Obama shook hands with Cuban strongman Raul Castro at a regional summit, the visual symbol of a detente to which Rubio is fiercely opposed. Former secretary of state Clinton finally announced Sunday what everyone already knew: her intention to join the race to succeed Obama and give Democrats a third-straight presidential term for the first time in more than half a century.

Clinton immediately hit the campaign trail, striking a note of humility with her pledge to champion “everyday Americans” - a departure from her hard-as-nails approach in 2008, when she lost her party’s nomination to Obama. Crowding into a van, she drove from New York toward the key Midwestern state of Iowa, where she will be holding small roundtables with middleclass voters beginning today. - AFP

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Restart of Japanese nuke reactors blocked A Japanese court has issued a landmark injunction against the restarting of two atomic reactors, after the country’s nuclear watchdog had given the green light to switch them back on. The district court in the prefecture of Fukui made the temporary order in response to a bid by local residents to halt the restart of the No.3 and No.4 reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) last December approved the restarting of the reactors, saying they met tougher safety standards introduced after Japan’s tsunami-sparked nuclear disaster at Fukushima in 2011. But “the safety of the reactors hasn’t been secured”, the court ruled, saying the watchdog’s new standards were “lacking rationality”. Plant operator Kansai Elec-

tric Power described the injunction as “extremely regrettable and utterly unacceptable” and said it would appeal against yesterday’s decision. A lawyer representing the plaintiffs called the ruling a “perfect victory”. “This is the best decision that we could have expected,” he told supporters outside the courthouse. Two other reactors at Takahama also remain offline.

A separate court ruling on the restart of two other reactors in southern Japan is expected to be delivered later this month. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has backed an industry push to return to nuclear power - which once supplied more than one quarter of Japan’s electricity - as a plunging yen sent the country’s energy import bill soaring. - AFP

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In brief Emergency landing An Alaska Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in Seattle after a gate worker in the northwestern US city fell asleep in the cargo hold before takeoff, and wound up trapped. The airline said in a statement that the pilot on flight 448 made an emergency landing after hearing knocking coming from below. When the Los Angeles-bound flight landed back in Seattle, airport staff found a man in the front hold, who said he had fallen asleep. - AFP

Marathon man Sir Ranulph Fiennes has become the oldest Briton to complete a desert marathon regarded as the “toughest footrace on Earth”. The 71-year-old, dubbed by the Guinness Book Of Records as “the greatest living explorer”, competed in the Marathon des Sables, a six-day, 256km race through the Sahara Desert in Morocco. He raised around STG1 million for Marie Curie through his extraordinary feat. Sir Ranulph completed the gruelling event in temperatures of more than 50C and 64km/h winds. - PA

New planet ‘weird’ People march during a silent protest calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, who were abducted a year ago, in Abuja, Nigeria, yesterday. AP PHOTO

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Anniversary of abduction The world is marking the first anniversary of Boko Haram’s abduction of 219 Nigerian schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok. The commemoration and renewed calls for their release came as Amnesty International said the Islamists had kidnapped at least 2000 women and girls since the beginning of last year. The UN and African rights groups also called for an end to the targeting of boys and girls in the conflict, which has left at least 15,000 dead and some 1.5 million people homeless, 800,000 of them children. The focus of the one-year commemoration was on Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, where a vigil has been held demanding

the girls’ immediate release almost every day since they were kidnapped. In New York, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign said the Empire State Building would be lit in its colours of red and purple, to symbolise an end to violence against women. Prayers, candlelit vigils and marches have been held or are planned and campaign group member Habiba Balogun said it was important to mark the anniversary. “It’s wonderful that the world is remembering and ... sending the message that we are not going to forget and we are not going to stop until we know what has happened to our girls,” she told AFP. Boko Haram fighters stormed

the Government Secondary School in the remote town in Borno state on the evening of April 14 last year, seizing 276 girls who were preparing for end-of-year exams. Fifty-seven escaped but nothing has been heard of the 219 others since May last year, when about 100 of them appeared in a Boko Haram video, dressed in Muslim attire and reciting the Koran. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has since said they have all converted to Islam and been “married off ”. The mass abduction brought the brutality of the Islamist insurgency unprecedented worldwide attention, and also prompted a viral social media campaign demand-

ing their immediate release. In a new report published yesterday, Amnesty quoted a senior military officer as saying the girls were being held at different Boko Haram camps, including in Cameroon and possibly Chad. The Chibok abduction was one of 38 it had documented since the beginning of last year, with women and girls who escaped saying they were subject to forced labour and marriage, as well as rape. #BringBackOurGirls organisers thanked supporters across the world, from ordinary men, women and children to public figures such as US First Lady Michelle Obama and Nobel laureate Malala - AFP Yousafzai.

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US Blackwater guards get heavy sentences A former Blackwater guard has been sentenced to life in prison and three others have received 30-year sentences for their roles in a 2007 mass shooting in Iraq that left at least 14 civilians dead. The four ex-employees of the US private security firm were convicted last October on an

array of charges ranging from first degree murder to voluntary manslaughter stemming from the incident in Baghdad’s Nisour Square. During a two-month trial in US federal court in Washington, a jury heard how the four defendants opened fire with sniper rifles, machine guns and

grenade launchers in the bustling square as they escorted a diplomatic convoy. A toll compiled by American investigators recorded 14 deaths and 17 injured. Iraqi officials say 17 civilians were killed, and 18 injured in the shooting. US federal judge Royce Lamberth sentenced Nicholas Slat-

ten, who was accused of firing the first shots, to life in prison on the first-degree murder charge. The other three defendants - Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard - received sentences of 30 years, the minimum by law for the charge of using a machine gun in a violent crime. - AFP

It was first classified as a planet, then an asteroid and then a “dwarf planet” with some traits of a moon - the more scientists learn about Ceres, the weirder it becomes. And new observations of the sphere of rock and ice circling our sun between Mars and Jupiter have added to the mystery, researchers said yesterday. Astrophysicists have been looking to a $US473m mission to test theories that Ceres is a waterrich planetary “embryo” - a relic from the birth of the solar system about 4.5 billion years ago. - AFP

Bitcoin porn payment Paedophiles are using the digital currency bitcoin to buy child sexual abuse images online, a British internet watchdog has found. In its annual report for 2014, the Internet Watch Foundation said a number of the “most prolific commercial” child sexual abuse websites started accepting the currency as a payment for images last year. - PA

US deputy charged A white volunteer deputy sheriff in Oklahoma has been charged with manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man that was recorded on video. Robert Bates, 72, thought he had drawn his Taser when he shot Eric Harris, 44, a suspect in an undercover gun-sale operation, on April 2, police said. “He shot me! Oh, my God!” Harris is heard screaming in a video released over the weekend, in which deputies are seen pinning him to the footpath. -AFP

Concern over Ukraine The French, German, Russian and Ukranian foreign ministers have expressed “grave concern” about violations of a shaky ceasefire in separatist-held east Ukraine but pledged to continue dialogue. As surg-ing fighting around hotspots put fresh pressure on the accord, the four gathered in Berlin late Monday to assess progress in the truce deal that was agreed agreed in February. - AFP

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Termite house: No punishment BY SOPHIE RYAN A real estate agent who sold a house infested with termites to first-home buyers has escaped punishment for unsatisfactory conduct related to the sale of the house. Wayne Heron sold a Te Aroha home to Tobi Lawton and Sarah Lee, who were buying their first home in December 2013. Before the sale was complete, Mr Lawton and Ms Lee were provided a report of a building inspection that showed some dampness in the house, but no mention of a termite problem was made in the report. Shortly after moving in to the house, the couple found termite damage throughout the house. The house had to be demolished and a Givealittle campaign kicked off by Campbell Live early last year raised almost $200,000 for the couple. GJ Gardner stepped in to

build the couple a brand new home, which they moved in to in mid-2014. Mr Lawton and Ms Lee laid a complaint against Mr Heron with the Real Estate Agents Authority in May last year. The authority found him guilty of unsatisfactory conduct for failing to disclose all knowledge of a dampness problem and not disclosing a previously terminated sale agreement. Mr Heron was not found guilty of wrongdoing around the termite infestation because the authority found there was no evidence Mr Heron could have or should have known about the problem. The authority’s complaints assessment committee released its penalty decision over Mr Heron’s unsatisfactory conduct today. Mr Lawton and Mr Lee submitted to the committee that Mr Heron had taken steps to

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Mr Heron submitted to the committee that he and his family had suffered significant stress due to the media interest in the case, and asked for the decision not to be published. The committee agreed with the submissions and ordered no

penalty be made. However, the committee said publication of the decision was in the public interest and consumers had a right to be made aware of unsatisfactory conduct. - NZME

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redress the situation and no further penalty should be made. Mr Heron had paid back the couple the commission fee from Century 21 for the sale, and also provided accommodation for the couple while their new home was built.

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Prime Minister John Key believes a surplus is still possible but the Government will not deliver a slash-and-burn Budget to get one. Mr Key delivered his first major pre-Budget speech in Wellington yesterday in advance of the May 21 Budget. He did not believe a surplus was out of reach “but it’s going to be tight”. He described it as an “artificial target”.

“Could we hit an artificial target? We are so close to it that potentially the answer is ‘yes’. But I don’t think people would really want us to take irresponsible actions just to hit an artificial target.” He said the Government would stick to its $1 billion cap on new spending and would not trim that down to get a surplus. “If we had to take $300 million out of the health budget

or something to achieve that, I think most people would think that’s a bit silly.” He said the Government would spend more on areas it believed were important, “but not excessively more”. After the election, Mr Key said child poverty would be a focus of his third term. He said he stood by that. “It’s something I’d like to see us continue to work on.” - NZME

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man who sent numerous derogatory texts to his former manager has been ordered to pay $2500 in fines. Robert Beentjes called his former manager an “a***hole” and “greedy” and accused him of having lied. Other texts disparaged his former employer Jacks Hardware at Timber Ltd, trading as Mitre 10 Mega Mosgiel and Dunedin, and another staff member calling him a “sycophantic sociopath”. Mr Beentjes and Jacks Hardware had entered into an Employment Relations Authority (ERA) agreement in September last year. Part of that agreement was to not “speak ill” of each other. The agreement also included a sum of money. Jacks Hardware asked the ERA to order Mr Beentjes to

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repay the money awarded to him in that settlement. They also asked that Mr Beentjes comply with the terms of the Agreement by ceasing to make negative statements that undermine Jacks Hardware and its staff. The manager receiving the texts was not a willing recipient of the texts which were numerous and referred to the Police. ERA member Christine Hickey disagreed the full sum should be paid back however she said Mr Beentjes’ breaches

of the agreement were “flagrant and deliberate and ongoing”. Ms Hickey found it in the public interest to impose a penalty which not only punishes Mr Beentjes for his wilful breach of the Agreement, but which will act as a deterrent to others who may contemplate engaging in such behaviour. Because of the degree of harm suffered by Jacks Hardware a penalty of $1500 was ordered to be paid by Mr Beentjes to Jacks and a $1000 fine be paid to the Authority. Ms Hickey said it is important that parties agreeing a settlement can have confidence in the enforceability of the terms. Christine Summerville of Chapman Employment Relations is an employment and HR advisor for businesses in Ashburton christine@chapmaner.co.nz

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Lamb cutlets, potato rosti, herb pistou 1 Quality Mark lamb rack with eight cutlets Potato rosti 6-7 medium potatoes, peeled and grated 2 t rosemary, finely chopped 2 T butter, melted ¼ C oil Pistou ½ C fresh Parmesan, grated 1 C fresh basil leaves ½ C fresh mint leaves 1 clove garlic, crushed 3 anchovy fillets 1 T red or white wine vinegar (or use lemon juice) 4 T olive oil ■ Preheat the oven to 220°C. Lamb ■ Trim the fat layer off the lamb rack. Rub the rack with a little oil and season with salt and pepper. ■ Heat a frying pan until hot, then sear the lamb for a few minutes each side to brown (or if you leave the fat layer on, cook this side longer to render out some of the fat and crisp it up nicely). ■ Transfer the lamb to a roasting dish and bake in the oven for 12-16 minutes depending on how you like it done. ■ Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and leave to rest for 10-15 minutes before carving across the grain. Rosti

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■ Squeeze as much liquid out of the grated potato as you can – the more the better. Combine the potato, rosemary and melted butter in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. ■ Press down into 5-6 patties about 2cm thick. Heat oil over a mediumhigh heat and fry the rosti until golden brown on both sides, about 5-7 minutes. ■ Transfer to the middle of the oven for 15-20 minutes to finish cooking while the lamb rests. Pistou ■ Place all ingredients in a food processor or mortar and pestle and blend (or chop everything very finely). You may need to add more oil if it’s too thick. Taste and season if required. To serve ■ Slice the lamb rack into 1 or 2 bone cutlets, drizzle with a little pistou and serve with the rosti and a salad or vegetables.

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here’s an old saying – ‘when there’s an egg in the house, there’s a meal in the house’. That’s as true today as it was whenever the phrase was first coined. While many people think of eggs as simply something to poach, scramble, fry or use in baking, there’s a whole lot more to the humble package of goodness. Eggs can be used in many ways and can form the foundation of a great and usually inexpensive dinner or lunch. Don’t under rate the egg, it can be your best friend when the fridge is all but empty.

Smokey hash and eggs 1 C of cooked potatoes 1/2 small onion, finely diced 1/2 medium red or green pepper 1 C spinach 1 teaspoon smoked paprika plus a little extra to garnish salt and pepper to taste 2 eggs A little oil Parsley to garnish ■ Add cooked, diced potatoes or kumara to a frying pan with a little oil. Add onion and peppers ■ Cook until onion is cooked but not brown. Add spinach and smoked paprika. Stir or toss the ingredients in the pan. ■ When the spinach is a little wilted remove from the heat and transfer all of the ingredients to a plate. ■ Top with 2 poached eggs

6 eggs 50mls of milk 200g chopped ham, 6 cherry tomatoes (quartered) 1 large handful spinach leaves 3 spring onions, salt and pepper to taste A little grated cheese ■ Heat oven to 180°C ■ Cut out 6 rounds from tortilla sheets. Mould each round into a giant muffin tray hole ■ Into a mixing bowl add eggs and milk. Beat gently then add chopped ham, cherry tomatoes, and spinach leaves and spring onions. ■ Divide the mixture between the totilla cups and top with a little grated cheese. ■ Bake in an oven pre-heated to 180°C for about 20mins depending on muffin size.

Moroccan scramble 4 eggs 1/2 C uncooked couscous 6 sun dried tomatoes, chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 1 t ground cumin 1 t ground cinnamon 1 handful fresh coriander, chopped 1 T lemon juice ■ Cook couscous following directions on the packet. ■ Fry onion until cooked then add sun dried tomatoes, cumin and cinnamon. ■ Once couscous is cooked add it to the frying pan and stir to mix in with onion and spices. ■ Add lemon juice. ■ Remove from heat and crack eggs into couscous. ■ Stir to combine and return to heat. ■ Cook gently until eggs are cooked. ■ Garnish with fresh coriander finely chopped.

Italian tomatoes 4 eggs 1 tin chopped tomatoes 1 onion, finely diced 1 red pepper, finely diced 3 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 small stick of celery, finely sliced salt & pepper A little oil for frying 1/2 C grated tasty cheese A handful of chopped parsley to garnish ■ Fry the onion, celery, capsicum and garlic until the onion is soft but not brown. ■ Add the tomatoes and simmer for about 15mins. ■ Crack 4 eggs into the pan, being careful not to break the yolks. ■ Cover and simmer until the eggs are set. Serve on pasta. ■ Sprinkle garted cheese and parsley on top

Sausage and egg bake 600gms good quality sausages 6-8 slices wholegrain bread 2 C tasty cheese, grated 10 eggs 4 C milk 1 t mustard powder 1 onion finely diced 1 C mushrooms, sliced salt and pepper ■ Preheat oven to 170°C ■ Pan fry the sausages to brown them. Set aside to cool. ■ Cube the bread and place in a well greased baking dish. ■ Top with cheese and onion. ■ Whisk eggs, milk, mustard powder, salt and pepper together until combined. Pour the mixture over the bread. ■ Slice the sausages and place on top, pushing into mixture. ■ Bake uncovered for approximately 1 hour.

Supplying the good oil to our mature drivers

ecently I attended the Confident Driving for the Mature Driver. I had been assured that it was a positive refresher course for older people and not one designed to get rid of the older drivers off the roads. I am sure many have heard it being said by people who believe that the older driver is the cause of many accidents. We of the mature driving age can take heart that statistics prove it not to be the case but we do acknowledge that older people do have accidents. I was encouraged by the captions, Confident Driving for the Older Person and The Older and Wiser Driver. The day course is aimed to ensure that mature drivers maintain their confidence in driving and understand the importance of changing rules and the hazards associated with today’s traffic conditions. Not taking the time to understand Road Code changes can prove costly even though some fines have been reduced, the increase in demerit points can be inconvenient. As we get older our reactions become slower and it is therefore vital that we remain constantly aware of the environment around us and be prepared for the unexpected. There will always be some drivers who are impatient but it is not wise to react especially to the one behind who toots the horn or waves their fist particularly when approaching traffic lights. We need to stay alert and avoid fatigue.

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It is of concern that many older people who are on medication may be unaware of the effect it could have on driving ability. We tend only to think that the illegal drugs and alcohol are the problem but it is possible that our daily medications could be affecting our ability to drive safely. It is wise to ask the prescribing doctor or pharmacist for advice and certainly not take for granted anecdotal comments from the uninformed. When licence renewal time approaches face the requirements positively and accept any limitations that may be necessary. Confident Driving for the Mature Driver course is well worth attending. Age Concern Ashburton has been fortunate to be able bring this to Ashburton courtesy of Age Concern Canterbury with the support of Canterbury Police and Ashburton District Council. The course has proved to be so popular that there is a constant waiting list. A timely reminder from the course, “Responsibility for MY safety rests with ME in spite of the actions of others and the conditions affecting me”. Jeanette Tarbotton is a member of Ashburton Age Concern

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Ashburton artists Ngaio McKee (left) and Margaret Digby hang Okains Bay, an artwork by Mrs Digby, at the Short Street Studio this week. PHOTO DONNA WYLIE 130415-DW-430

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Seeing artwork fly into a lake and being almost stampeded by cattle are among incidents which have made painting in the outdoors an adventure for Margaret Digby and Ngaio McKee. The two well-known Ashburton artists are preparing for a joint exhibition, Journeys, at the Short Street Studio this coming weekend. They have called it Journeys as it mainly features landscapes, and the title is apt for the many trips they have been on to paint their works. The pair say that as fun as painting in the outdoors is, it is

not always easy. Once Mrs McKee had set up her easel near her car beside a paddock containing some young steers, which took a great interest in her. “They were all crowded up against the fence, and all pushed against the fence, I had to get back into the car and drive away because I thought they were going to knock the fence over.” Another time while painting at the Maori Lakes with Mrs Digby, a gust of wind blew her painting into the lake. “We managed to rescue it, we dried it out in the sun,” Mrs McKee said. Mrs Digby had the misfor-

tune once of the main subject of one of her landscapes, cows, being moved to another paddock. “The farmer came along and asked ‘do you mind if I move the landscape’?” While both Mrs Digby and Mrs McKee are keen en plein air artists, they differ markedly in their styles. Mrs McKee focuses more on traditional forms, which she mainly paints in watercolours, but also uses pastels, acrylics and oils. Mrs Digby’s style is more modernistic with abstract elements. She also paints in watercolours and oils, while many of her recent works are in acrylic.

While Mrs McKee takes many photos, Mrs Digby said she doesn’t like to do so and will finish her work on site no matter what the weather. “It’s a challenge to paint within the landscape and come up with something,” she said. “And it’s such a lovely thing to do, sitting out there in the open air, (although) sometimes it’s a bit uncomfortable,” Mrs McKee added. The pair have been painting for much of their lives, and have known each other for 35 years. Journeys will open Friday 6pm to 7.30pm and run on Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm at the Short Street Studio.

The Buried Giant The author of this one takes us way back to the dark ages in England, somewhere just after the great King Arthur’s demise, and it’s the story of poor peasants Axl and Beatrice, who decide to take a trip to see their son in a far away village. Things immediately get murky, because they have trouble remembering much about their son, or about anything much that happened more than a day ago, and that malaise seems to affect everyone around them. They begin their journey, and the reader has to exercise a fair bit of patience, because not a lot happens on that journey

except long, tedious conversations about their plight. They meet a man standing in the ruins of a once-grand house, who is apparently tormented by a woman holding a skinned rabbit, but nothing actually happens, and they move on their way again. I suspect there’s supposed to be something deep and meaningful in there, but I must have missed it. And that is the most exciting occurrence in the first 100 pages, but it does get a little better when they cross paths with a Saxon warrior on a secret mission, and later Sir Gawain, an old knight from King Arthur’s Round Table also enters the fray. There’s a lot of talk about goblins, sprites and dragons,

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The Buried Giant Written by Kazuo Ishiguro Published by Allen&Unwin

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April 17 – Ashburton artists Ngaio McKee and Margaret Digby open their joint exhibition, Journeys, at 6pm at the Short Street Studio. The weekend exhibition will be open on Saturday and Sunday 10am to 3pm. April 20 – Mid Canterbury Choir open rehearsal, at the Bradford Room, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm. Do you think you might have what it takes to join the choir? No need to book, just show up on the night. Contact manager Carol Gunn thegunnclan@xtra. co.nz or 308-7225 for further information. April 24 and 26 – Salute to ANZAC, a song and dance show with all your old favourites from the war years, including the opportunity to join in the sing-a-longs with a talented cast of 22. At the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 1.30pm. April 28 – Save the Children movie fundraiser night for Vanuatu. Woman in Gold, $20, Regent Cinema, 6pm. To April 30 - April is the month for animals at Selwyn Gallery, with sculptures, drawings and paintings from Stephen Robinson, Amelia Guild, Elaine McDonald and Andrew Lyons. To May 3 - Methven artist Karen Smith exhibiting at the Methven Art Gallery. May 10 – Mothers’ Day concert, The Big Band Theory by the Mid Canterbury Choir, 2.30pm at the Sinclair Centre. Musical director Lois Johnston, accompanist Deb Sloper, soloist Courtney Carter, band MSA and Silver bands combined, led by Fiona Maginness. Tickets $20 including afternoon tea available from a Mid Canterbury Choir member or at the door. To June 7 - Ashburton Society of Arts autumn show at the Short Street Studio. Guest artist is Timaru painter and sculptor Zita Waldron June 16, 17, 18 – Mount Hutt College production Law and Order Nursery Rhyme Unit (NRU).

but it isn’t clear until late in the piece whether they are real or just borne in the imaginations of the ignorant population of the time; if you have the perseverance to get to the end you’ll find that one out. You’ll also find out why everyone has such trouble with their memories, while on their journey Axl and Beatrice have more and more flashbacks of who they are, and why they are travelling such a tough, difficult road to find someone they know so very little about. Critics have called this “a thought-provoking literary masterpiece”, and “a sublime new chapter in one of the most significant bodies of work of anyone writing today”. Wow. The fact that I found it so

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In brief Win for Black Sticks A goal from Gemma Flynn in her 200th international test has helped the Black Sticks Women secure a 2-1 win against Korea at the Hawke’s Bay Cup in Hastings last night. The win means the Kiwis finish top of Pool B and will face either Australia or India in the quarter-final on Thursday. Black Sticks head coach Mark Hager says although there are still improvements to be made, he is pleased with the win and can see the progress the team is making. “I don’t think we are playing at our best yet. I imagine the statistics were probably pretty even for both teams, so I’m just really pleased we hung in there and converted enough chances to get us over the line,” said Hager.

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Braden Currie let’s all his emotions show after he won the Xterra Rotorua Festival on Saturday.

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Currie notches Xterra win The year has really started with a bang for Braden Currie. In January he became the New Zealand long distance triathlon champion. In February he won the Coast to Coast for the third consecutive year. Then at the weekend he added a third championship title, taking out the New Zealand Xterra championship at the Rotorua Xterra Festival. The Red Bull athlete finished the tough three-discipline ‘offroad triathlon’ race in 2.06:24, comfortably ahead of New Zea-

land triathlete Sam Osborne (2.06:37), and Xterra rival Olly Shaw (2.07:59) of Rotorua. “This has been a race on my bucket list for a long time now. “It was amazing to have the opportunity to race it and win,” Currie said. He began strongly in the 1km swim, exiting the water in second before heading into the tricky 26km mountain bike section, where he met his match. “On the bike, I struggled to find a good rhythm with the extremely wet and slick conditions, which made for really

technical riding. Ollie Shaw soon showed me his technical ability and knowledge of the trails.” Currie stuck with the local rider and came into the transition only 30secs down on Shaw – before unleashing another trademark performance on the off-road run to pull away from him. Currie passed Shaw early into the run, but Osborne worked hard to catch them both. “Things got extremely exciting, about 3km from the finish . “I glanced behind me and saw

a glimpse of Sam laying it all on the line. “I had to step up the pace and managed to hold on for the win.” The victory felt particularly sweet for Currie in what was his first Xterra race for the year, with a long list of many to come. He travels to Sydney this week for the Asia-Pacific Xterra championships and then it is on to the United States in pursuit of gold at the USA Xterra Championships and the World Xterra Championships.

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Parker ‘extremely talented’ says Klitschko Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has spoken of his admiration for New Zealander Joseph Parker. Parker, 23, is currently in a training camp with Klitschko in Miami as the Ukranian prepares for his 18th title defence when he faces Bryant Jennings on April 25 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. “He’s extremely talented,” Klitschko told ESPN.com of sparring partner Parker. “He’s strong but he is very different from [Englishman] Anthony Joshua even though

they are both very determined and very tough. “I see myself in Joseph in a certain way. I can’t say anything negative. I don’t know how the guy will develop but he has the potential. “[Former sparring partner] Deontay [Wilder] is a champion now. Anthony Joshua is getting better. “They’re all in the process of developing and they still have things they have to go through.” Klitschko said Parker’s size - at 1.94m and 106kg he is of

similar dimensions to Klitschko - made him an ideal sparring partner. “Parker’s size is perfect and I like to have actual boxers competing in there when we spar, guys who want to become champions, guys who bring that attitude to the ring,” Klitschko said. “We’ve had some intense sparring. He has given me great work, exactly what I need.” Parker will next fight on June 13 in Palmerston North against an opponent yet to be announced. - NZME Joseph Parker: ‘Has potential.’

South Sydney back-rower Glenn Stewart has admitted he took a dive to deny North Queensland a try in their 30-12 NRL win over the Rabbitohs on Monday night. Stewart hit the ground after colliding with Cowboys forward Ethan Lowe as Michael Morgan scooted over for a try on the stroke of halftime. Referee Adam Devcich referred the decision to the video referees who came back with a notry verdict. Cowboys captain Johnathan Thurston expressed extreme frustration over the decision. Yesterday at a Rabbitohs’ recovery session, Stewart admitted to taking a dive to fool the referees. - AAP

Flower regrets attack The man who brutally attacked Lance Hohaia in last year’s UK Super League grand final says he regrets the incident “every day”. The match was barely two minutes old when Wigan prop Ben Flower king hit St Helens playmaker Hohaia to the ground. In the next moment, as the former New Zealand Warrior lay knocked out on the turf, Flower punched him again flush in the face. It was a sickening spectacle, and Flower was immediately sent from the field - the first player to ever be sent off in a Super League grand final. He went on to endure death threats, international ignominy, and a six-month ban. Flower has kept quiet about the incident ever since, and has only now broken his silence, on the eve of his comeback from suspension, telling of the disgust he felt after seeing the ugly scene for the first time at his disciplinary hearing. - NZME

Matai keeps the faith Manly has made its worst start to an NRL season in 11 years but centre Steve Matai insists they can still extend their decade-long finals streak. A loss to Canterbury on Friday would replicate the Sea Eagles’ 1-6 start to their 2004 campaign - then coach Des Hasler’s first at the helm - when they ended up 13th, the last time they finished outside of the top eight. Kiwi centre Matai made his debut in 2005 and he admitted on Tuesday it was a novel experience being at the wrong end of the table. “I’m not used to that, we are usually up there, but it’s only us that can turn it around,” Matai said. “I am sure if we prepare well and get some momentum that we will be alright.” A lengthy injury list has contributed to the Sea Eagles’ slump. - AAP

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

M8 NZ Metro harness Today at Addington Raceway

NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 15 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 5.15pm TERROR TO LOVE - WINNER OF 31 RACES MBL PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 8L0 Eilean Shona (1) fr 2 Big Boys Club (2) fr ........................T Chmiel 3 056 Lady Warhol (3) fr............................ G Smith 4 58x64 Shard Diego (4) fr 5 32703 Changeover A Flyin (5) fr .......... M Edmonds 6 02058 Millwood Lanoch (6) fr.................... K Barron 7 Baywatch (7) fr 8 66700 Yippe Ki Yay (8) fr ....................... R Close (J) 9 Volatile Lavra (9) fr 10 03304 Boomer Bailey (21) fr ....................... G Telfer 11 Lucky Three (22) fr .........................H Hunter 12 42329 Flagpole (23) fr.................................P Davis 13 2 Classielea (24) fr .........................N McGrath 14 Semper Fidelis (25) fr 2 5.45pm TERROR TO LOVE-WINNER OF 22 GROUP RACES HCP TROT $9000, 3yo+ c1 to c2 spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 03349 Petite Royal (1) fr ........................C DeFilippi 2 91 The Zigmeister (2) fr ........................P Davis 3 96220 Insignificant (3) fr ........................... B Hutton 4 6x182 K D Muscles (4) fr ..................... M Edmonds 5 60520 Shell Seeker (5) fr ............................ D Dunn 6 09195 Soney Beatt (6) fr ......................A Tomlinson 7 07170 Alvira Hest (7) fr 8 0x00x Keeping The Dream (U1) fr ................ R May 9 00x90 Berkshire Son (U2) fr .......................G Laing 10 24421 Sunny Ruby (U3) fr ......................... G Smith 11 3230x Commander Paris (U4) fr ..................J Dunn

12 21493 Summer Vacation (1) 10 ............... T Trathen 13 30116 Heard The Whisper (2) 10 ........P Williamson 14 10347 Hazel Alice (3) 10 15 780P0 Lisa Marie P (U1) 10 ....................M Perriton 3 6.10pm TERROR TO LOVE OUT OF BROODMARE LOVETOLOVE PACE $7000, 2yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2000m 1 Clive (1) fr......................................L O’Reilly 2 44 Here Comes Helen (2) fr 3 96737 The Edge Of Reason (3) fr 4 74 Shards Halo (4) fr........................ G A Payne 5 35956 Styx On (5) fr.......................................B Butt 6 66x Baron Von Dracula (6) fr.......... C D Thornley 7 9x330 Matty Groves (7) fr ............................. R May 8 Listentothemusic (8) fr ...................T Chmiel 9 57x Pollyanna Blue Chip (9) fr ................D White 10 5 Allison Stokke (10) fr ....................... G Smith 11 30629 All Nuts N Bolts (11) fr 12 32324 Itsa Leggy Lass (12) fr ............... K Cameron 13 24966 Sioux West (13) fr .........................B Orange 14 The Crofter (14) fr 15 000P3 Billy Klondike (U1) fr.....................T Williams 4 6.37pm TERROR TO LOVE - WINNER OF $2.43M MBL PCE $7000, 2yo c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 6436 Smoke N Fire (1) fr.................. M Neilson (J) 2 05 Kashana (2) fr 3 63 Mossdale Sue (3) fr................. S Golding (J) 4 Ultimate Desire (4) fr 5 Recipe For Dreaming (5) fr .............. D Dunn 6 9 Formula One (6) fr 7 52 Classie Brigade (7) fr 8 555 Sparkling Delight (8) fr ................. G O’Reilly 5 7.03pm TERROR TO LOVE - AUCKLAND CUP WINNER MOBILE PACE $9000, 4yo+ c2 to c3, c4 with

cond. mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 1950m 1 77089 Betty Golightly (1) fr 2 21253 Royal Counsel (2) fr ...................... K Cox (J) 3 14327 Take After Me (3) fr .................... R Close (J) 4 42240 Eva Sophnally (4) fr................. S Golding (J) 5 81006 Whyamibettor (5) fr 6 14264 Goodness Gracious Me (6) fr 7 21707 Artismee (7) fr 8 x9121 Boom Gate (8) fr 6 7.28pm TERROR TO LOVE - NZ CUP WINNER 2011 HCP TROT $7000, c1 to c2 with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 90040 Solar Sam (1) fr............................. K Cox (J) 2 03045 Visualise (2) fr .............................C DeFilippi 3 10000 Saltwater Gold (3) fr ...................I Schwamm 4 87756 Price Of Fame (4) fr .........................S Ottley 5 33060 No Potato (5) fr................................. D Dunn 6 04059 Danke (6) fr ...........................J Anderson (J) 7 7000x Peterhof (7) fr .................................G Archer 8 34786 Clean Break (8) fr 9 45460 Little Bro (9) fr ..................................P Davis 10 07xP0 Donsmedad (10) fr ........................B Orange 11 74000 Kerryn Kylie (11) fr ....................A Tomlinson 12 40060 Thanksforplaying (U1) fr................. K Barron 13 00x90 Berkshire Son (U2) fr .......................G Laing 14 0x00x Keeping The Dream (U3) fr ................ R May 15 50030 Saint Michel (U4) fr ........................T Chmiel 16 16000 Opawa Speed (1) 10 .................. K Cameron 17 8686x Jean Sebastien (2) 10 ........... J Markham (J) 18 780P0 Lisa Marie P (U1) 10 ....................M Perriton Emergencies: Berkshire Son, Keeping The Dream, Lisa Marie P 7 7.53pm TERROR TO LOVE - NZ CUP WINNER 2012

MBL PACE $9000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 679x7 Call Me Danny (1) fr ...................... K Cox (J) 2 48636 She’s Got It (2) fr .......................M Purvis (J) 3 70092 This Ain’t Tennessee (3) fr 4 2546x Betabcool (4) fr 5 66197 Canndew (5) fr 6 2106x Gyrate (6) fr 7 45306 Red Under Fire (7) fr ...................... K Barron 8 58313 Change The Rulz (8) fr....................... R May 9 600x0 Dapper George (9) fr.............J Anderson (J) 10 09505 Bird Of Paradise (21) fr 11 84446 Ask Me Mach (22) fr 12 91008 Jonah Jones (23) fr ...........................J Dunn 13 55x14 Ancient Moonlight (24) fr .....................B Butt 8 8.18pm TERROR TO LOVE - NZ CUP WINNER 2013 HCP TROT $11,000, 4yo+ c3 to c7, oc with cond. spec hcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 17668 Sarah Palin (1) fr ..............................P Davis 2 32234 Father Christmas (U1) fr .... B Williamson (J) 3 67040 Jayceekay (1) 10 .......................... G O’Reilly 4 18104 The Bog (1) 20 ............................N McGrath 5 01111 Belles Son (2) 20 ............................. D Dunn 6 68479 Quality Invasion (U1) 20.................G Archer 7 x188x Sol Invictus (U2) 20 8 25909 Valmagne (U3) 20 ............................S Ottley 9 35205 King Of Strathfield (1) 30 ................ G Smith 10 74290 Clover Don (2) 30 ........................C DeFilippi 11 76607 Vulcan (3) 30 .......................................B Butt 12 13809 Uncas (4) 30 .....................................J Dunn 9 8.43pm TERROR TO LOVE - MULTIPLE JEWELS WINNER MBL PACE $7000, 6yo+ c1 to c3 +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 86860 The Black (1) fr 2 0870x Arden’s Attack (2) fr

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

35863 Chief Kapai (3) fr 00305 Givethejobtobarnsy (4) fr .............J Versteeg 88099 Franco Harrison (5) fr 94050 Stans Day (6) fr ....................... C D Thornley 870x7 Uncle Trevor (7) fr......................... G O’Reilly 20050 Smoken Roman (8) fr ..................C DeFilippi 00180 Real Life Hero (9) fr..............A Fitzgerald (J) 19910 Belmont Fire (21) fr .....................J Young (J) 80702 Hudson Sully (22) fr 00514 Reklaw Supreme (23) fr ..................W Higgs 70x0P Franco Nartiscape (24) fr 32125 Mighty Peruvian (25) fr ....................... R May 10 9.07pm TERROR TO LOVE - STANDING AT PINELEA FARM PACE $9000, 3yo+ c1, c2 with cond. pace, stand, 2600m 1 14423 Sandvik Star (1) fr ...................... R Close (J) 2 72778 Little Tess (2) fr...............................T Chmiel 3 80000 Zakspatrol (3) fr 4 66197 Canndew (4) fr .................................P Davis 5 19807 Duntalkin (5) fr ......................J Anderson (J) 6 89196 Four Starzzz Shiraz (6) fr 7 32537 Little Lion Man (7) fr ..................M Purvis (J) 8 154 Idealindiamonds (8) fr .........................B Butt 9 45805 Sounds Swift (9) fr ........................K O’Reilly 10 04787 Greenburn Creek (10) fr 11 5P759 Woodlea Legend (11) fr K Cox (J, ............Cl) 12 40060 Major Patron (12) fr .....................C DeFilippi 13 20610 Coyote (U1) fr..................................R Curtin Pacifiers on: Lisa Marie P (R2), Lisa Marie P (R6), Gyrate (R7) Pacifiers off: Donsmedad (R6) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Rotorua gallops Today at Rotorua Raceway

Racing Rotorua Venue: Rotorua Meeting Date: 15 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 11.31am (NZT) ROTORUA CUP-9 MAY 1950 MAIDEN HIGHWEIGHT $7000, MDN HWT, 1950m 1 0302 Skyscraper (5) 68........................D Miller (3) 2 9x647 Lord Shiva (11) 68...........................J Riddell 3 594x0 Silverado (10) 68 ..........................R Cole (3) 4 5x0 Impatient Dreams (4) 68 ................S Phelan 5 0 Bay Rocker (6) 68 .....................A Kuru (2.5) 6 El Disparo (9) 68 .......................... M Mitchell 7 04080 Sino Heights (7) 68 ....................C Studd (3) 8 x6704 Irish Gem (8) 66 ............................ E Farr (3) 9 4x458 Excitar (1) 66................................... T Harris 10 80x7 Eden Star (3) 66........................... P Ormsby 11 900. Minted Black h (2) 66 2 12.01pm SPEEDY SIGNS-EMBROIDME 1950 R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark & JMPS HWT*, 1950m 1 0669x D’Llaro tm (5) 71 .......................A Kuru (2.5) 2 15487 Crimson Prince td (1) 70 ............... E Farr (3) 3 92944 Waipipi Lad mb (2) 69.5 ..................J Riddell 4 88120 Gifted Lad (6) 69 ............................. T Harris 5 25788 Cajun 67.5.................................... Scratched 6 16009 Labels (7) 65 ...............................D Miller (3) 7 x64Px Comte de Jeu m (8) 65 ..................S Phelan 8 07000 Quevado tm (4) 65 ....................... M Mitchell 9 0079x The Painter (3) 65 ........................R Cole (3) 3 12.38pm LION RED-KASPERS SPORTS BAR 2YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO, 1200m 1 4 Trigger (13) 57.5.........................M Coleman 2 Stradivarius (15) 57.5..................T Thornton 3 The Rover (6) 57.5 ..............A Schwerin (a3) 4 Blue Print (7) 57.5 ........................... K Myers 5 Sam’s Ready (10) 57.5 ..............M Sweeney 6 3. Sleek Secret (3) 55.5 ................ A Collett (a) 7 Miss Wilson (11) 55.5.......... M Dravitzki (a1) 8 Mistrahma (2) 55.5 .......................... C Grylls 9 Quaalup (9) 55.5 ........................M Cameron 10 5 Tatters (8) 55.5 .................... R Hutchings (a) 11 9 Indy (16) 55.5 .....................L Magorrian (a2) 12 Sacred Wind (12) 55.5 ......................L Innes 13 Cantare (5) 57.5 -

14 Make My Day (1) 57.5 ...................P Holmes 15 Keep Carmen Carion (14) 55.5 16 0 Winor Elsa (4) 55.5 Emergencies: Cantare, Make My Day, Keep Carmen Carion, Winor Elsa 4 1.13pm ROTORUA COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS CLUB 2YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO, 1200m 1 3 Castamere (7) 57.5 ............. R Hutchings (a) 2 All The Raaj (14) 57.5 ..................... C Grylls 3 5 Cadi (5) 57.5 ................................... K Myers 4 Bowie (11) 57.5 ...............................J Riddell 5 Xtravagant (10) 57.5 ..................M Cameron 6 344 Champagne Diva b (3) 55.5 .... R Smyth (a1) 7 44. Honor That (15) 55.5 8 Katie’s So Kool (12) 55.5.............T Thornton 9 Myladyachiever (4) 55.5 ................M McNab 10 Stella Di Paco (16) 55.5 .................V Colgan 11 7 Annettes Joy (1) 55.5 ....................P Holmes 12 Lulu (13) 55.5 ....................................L Innes 13 Cantare (2) 57.5 ..............................S Collett 14 Make My Day (6) 57.5 15 Keep Carmen Carion (9) 55.5 16 0 Winor Elsa (8) 55.5 Em: Cantare, Make My Day, Keep Carmen Carion, Winor Elsa 5 1.48pm SCOTTY’S BAR ON EAT STREAT 1400 MDN $7000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 x4772 Astronomer (2) 58.5 ...........L Magorrian (a2) 2 7. Carter (1) 58.5 ..................................L Innes 3 85 Nessun Dorma (8) 58..................T Thornton 4 7 It’s Complicated (11) 58 ................M McNab 5 6x0x Rock Da b (5) 58 ..................... R Smyth (a1) 6 058x3 Elie Saab (7) 56.5 ........................... C Grylls 7 034x0 Call Me Blondie (6) 56.5 ........... A Collett (a) 8 x0x75 Moneymakehersmile (12) 56.5........ R Jones 9 97x Hearts In The Sky (10) 56.5 .....A Jones (a2) 10 Dreamlife (9) 56 .................. R Hutchings (a) 11 5x Redskin (13) 56..........................M Cameron 12 7580 Spawn of Elaia (4) 56...................... K Myers 13 x3706 Galvanised (14) 56.5 14 42887 Sih Rah (3) 56.5 Emergencies: Galvanised, Sih Rah 6 2.23pm MALFROY’S BAR ROTORUA 1400 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 6267x The Arabian Duke b (6) 58.5 ...........S Collett

2 7730x Heath (3) 58.5 ......................... R Smyth (a1) 3 7 Hushed (8) 58.5 .........................M Cameron 4 55 Cancellara (2) 58 ................ R Hutchings (a) 5 00. London Pride (5) 58 ..................J Riddell 6 x4533 Our Redneck Rebel (12) 56.5 ...........L Innes 7 Rose Of Zanadu (1) 56.5 ................ K Myers 8 9x Tainesupreme 56.5 ...................... Scratched 9 40 Sombreuil (13) 56 ......................M Coleman 10 50 Nom De La Danse (11) 56 .............V Colgan 11 7x All The Drama (10) 56 ............... M D Plessis 12 French Return (7) 56....................... C Grylls 13 x3706 Galvanised (4) 56.5 14 42887 Sih Rah (9) 56.5 Emergencies: Galvanised, Sih Rah 7 2.58pm HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY SUZI POMARE 1560 3YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1560m 1 45332 Douro b (8) 57.5 ................................L Innes 2 3352 First Honour (6) 57.5 ..........L Magorrian (a2) 3 54 Zeus (1) 57.5....................... R Hutchings (a) 4 7095 Arterial (7) 57.5 ............................... R Jones 5 77x65 Battlefield (3) 57.5 .........................M McNab 6 0x Bordeaux (2) 57.5 ......................M Cameron 7 39039 Hayley Ann (9) 55.5 .......................V Colgan 8 64 Tavis Star (4) 55.5 ......................M Coleman 9 37x9 Lady Quasar (5) 55.5 ...................... C Grylls 10 0x In A Trance (10) 55.5....................... K Myers 11 8 Prize Lord 57.5............................. Scratched 12 7580 Spawn of Elaia 55.5 ..................... Scratched Emergencies: Prize Lord, Spawn of Elaia 8 3.33pm RUCK N MAUL SPORTS BAR & TAB 1560 RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1560m 1 x9849 Golden Downs 59 ........................ Scratched 2 421 Mikimoto (2) 59 ..........................M Coleman 3 77103 Dukebox 58 .................................. Scratched 4 19338 Amuse (13) 57.5 ..................... R Smyth (a1) 5 53767 Capinsky tdb (8) 57 ......................... C Grylls 6 516x0 Katy O’Beel (4) 57......................M Sweeney 7 30x89 Moretti (3) 57..................................V Colgan 8 7100x Divine Shiva m (10) 56.5 ............M Cameron 9 410x9 Alessio m (1) 56 ........................ M D Plessis 10 40991 Goodn’targ m (11) 56 .........L Magorrian (a2) 11 x5578 Katorie m (9) 54.5 ..................... A Collett (a) 12 54887 Pit A Pat 54 .................................. Scratched 13 90946 Leslie’s Legacy t (7) 54 ................... K Myers

10 3x637 Keen To Keeper (13) 57 ............ A Collett (a) 11 4x Never In Doubt (8) 57.....................V Colgan 12 9774 Puzzlente (18) 57 ............................S Collett 13 759x8 The Bampot (12) 57.5 .........A Schwerin (a3) 14 Shillelagh (3) 57 15 55665 Hot Topic (9) 57 16 9 Just One Wish (1) 57.5 17 0x Galaxy Miss (4) 57 18 0x77x Knight’s Princess (17) 57 Emergencies: The Bampot, Shillelagh, Hot Topic, Just One Wish, Galaxy Miss, Knight’s Princess 10 4.42pm C U@THE ROTORUA CLUB 1200 MAIDEN $8000, MAIDEN, 1200m 1 3292x Pockets h (4) 58.5 ...........................S Collett 2 53x Davey Crockett (16) 58.5 .......... M D Plessis 3 0x Gotta Reprieve (5) 58.5............. A Collett (a) 4 27534 Blaze Smartie b (8) 58 .................... R Jones 5 2 Ambitious Power (2) 58 .................M McNab 6 4 The Bandito (7) 58 .............. M Dravitzki (a1) 7 6x Striking Star b (1) 58 .....................P Holmes 8 60x24 Hysteria Lane (13) 56 ................M Coleman 9 20x Cagliari (14) 56 ..............................V Colgan 10 04 Metro Miss (11) 56 ....................J Oliver (a2) Rory Hutchings is down to ride 11 00x6 In Memory Of (18) 56 0x Stunner (6) 56 ....................L Magorrian (a2) Steadfast in the last on the card at 12 13 Steadfast (10) 58................. R Hutchings (a) the Rotorua meeting today. 14 Ryker (9) 58 15 9 Just One Wish (17) 56.5 16 0x Galaxy Miss (15) 56 14 8413x Lucky Tonight tm (6) 55.5 ............T Thornton 17 597. Our Iffraaj (3) 56 15 90509 Bagsagold (12) 55 18 006x6 Power Star (12) 58.5 16 007x0 Centarose (5) 54 Emergencies: Katorie, Pit A Pat, Leslie’s Legacy, Lucky Emergencies: Steadfast, Ryker, Just One Wish, Galaxy Miss, Our Iffraaj, Power Star Tonight, Bagsagold, Centarose 9 4.08pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE Blinkers on: Lord Shiva (R1), Gifted Lad (R2), Tatters 1200 F&M MAIDEN $12,000, MDN F&M, 1200m (R3), Rock Da (R5), Sombreuil, Nom De La Danse (R6), 1 0x626 Max A Miss (14) 57.5 Tavis Star (R7), Viva La Jour (R9), Gotta Reprieve (R10) 2 9849. Kaharoa Rose (7) 57.5........ R Hutchings (a) Blinkers off: Waipipi Lad (R2), Sih Rah (R5), London 3 87226 Ashwini b (11) 57 ..........................M McNab Pride, All The Drama, Sih Rah (R6), Zeus (R7), Kaharoa 4 636x2 Jacqui Ickx (15) 57 ............ U Holmquist (a3) Rose (R9) 5 062x Jehanne (5) 57 ................................ K Myers Winkers on: London Pride (R6), Centarose (R8) 6 24x Viva La Jour (10) 57 ...........................M Hills Winkers off: Gifted Lad (R2), The Arabian Duke, Som7 93 Kirina Belle (2) 57 ..................... M D Plessis 8 x344x Laaffaire (6) 57 ............................T Thornton breuil (R6), Amuse (R8), Gotta Reprieve, Our Iffraaj 9

4 Har’dlee (16) 57 .......................A Jones (a2)

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Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 1 64856 Homebush Rocco nwtd .............J McInerney 88 For You Spider nwtd ........................S Maher way Meeting Date: 15 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 3 x6724 Working Twinkle nwtd.............. T McCracken 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 4 74476 Homebush Celia nwtd K & ............. J Maisey 5 62256 Cawbourne George nwtd ..........J McInerney 11 and 12 1 12.07pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 6 33366 Lahar nwtd G & ............................... J Clarke 7 7 Another Way nwtd .....................J McInerney 1 Queen Star nwtd ...............................B Bond 8 87 Another Key nwtd ......................J McInerney 2 87325 Homebush Inquiry nwtd ............J McInerney 9 66886 Homebush Chaos nwtd .............J McInerney 3 Another Queen nwtd .................J McInerney 10 77688 Another Prince nwtd..................J McInerney 4 55682 Another Cruise nwtd .................J McInerney 5 45676 Tank’s Rob nwtd ..............................S Maher 4 1.04pm J P PRINT (PETONE) C0 C0, 520m 1 45253 Bigtime Pulse nwtd ..........................L Ahern 6 66386 Another Pearl nwtd....................J McInerney 2 52546 Bigtime Redfoo nwtd ........................L Ahern 7 24344 La Ventana nwtd ...............................M Flipp 3 64335 Fox In Box nwtd........................ T Mischefski 8 47323 Denali nwtd G & .............................. J Clarke 4 74343 Peaky Blinder nwtd .........................B Marsh 9 66886 Homebush Chaos nwtd .............J McInerney 5 74437 Dark Garnah nwtd.................... S Gommans 10 88878 Princess Novak nwtd..................... D Donlon 6 48573 Jetsun Royal nwtd ..........................G Wilson 2 12.27pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 305m 7 22 Box Of Fluffies nwtd .........................L Ahern 1 Whip Uppa Storm nwtd ........... T McCracken 8 x5758 Mr. Zafonic nwtd ........................J McInerney 2 67575 Another Penny nwtd ..................J McInerney Emergencies: 3 471 Another Fan nwtd ......................J McInerney 9 66684 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 4 87775 Homebush Express nwtd K & ........ J Maisey 10 87 Bigtime Reign nwtd ..........................L Ahern 5 32747 Kilimanjaro nwtd G & ...................... J Clarke 5 1.22pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 6 52525 Cawbourne Legs nwtd ..............J McInerney 1 55157 Fair Cruzin nwtd ........................J McInerney 7 76 Diamond Lulu nwtd .......................A Speight 2 37326 Homebush Dodger 18.25 ..........J McInerney 8 57852 Another Russ nwtd....................J McInerney 3 32184 Buzzy As 18.33 ..................................J Hunt 9 66886 Homebush Chaos nwtd .............J McInerney 4 1P Chinese Magic 18.32 L & ................... Morris 10 77688 Another Prince nwtd..................J McInerney 5 13433 Lagoon Fame 17.98 ......................M Gowan 3 12.47pm WWW.RACINGTIPS.CO.NZ C0 C0, 305m 6 41576 Come On Mickey 17.86 G & ........... J Clarke

7 77x4x Momma Rae nwtd .............................M Flipp 8 12642 Cawbourne Teash 17.77 ..............M Roberts 9 26444 Cosmic Rascal 17.90 .............. T McCracken 10 82477 Do More 17.92 .................................... L Bell 6 1.39pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 520m 1 56461 Bigtime Tricks 30.93 .........................L Ahern 2 73457 Thrilling Ava 30.22 ..........................B Marsh 3 23114 Ritza River 30.94..............................L Ahern 4 76376 Homebush Ninja 30.88 .............J McInerney 5 57854 Wall Age 30.92 ................................L Doody 6 27445 Opawa Jen 30.36 ............................S Maher 7 38175 Still Don’t Know nwtd ...........J Woolston-Bell 8 65427 Homebush Stew nwtd ...............J McInerney 9 78588 Boston Spirit nwtd .......................A Turnwald 10 58667 Homebush Hansome nwtd ........J McInerney 7 1.57pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C1 C1, 305m 1 55152 Working Midnight 17.99 .......... T McCracken 2 53F35 Rua Rama nwtd ................................M Flipp 3 61786 Nina Be Good 17.88 ......................R Murray 4 x8877 Another Cover 17.72 .................J McInerney 5 11678 Fangirl 17.88 L & ................................ Morris 6 47621 Worboys 17.74 G R & ..................... S Voyce 7 78x8x Goman Ninnie 18.20 ....................... C Brider 8 52815 Homebush Misha 17.91 ............J McInerney 9 65365 Found My Berries 18.10..................L Doody 10 56834 Renroy nwtd .................................M Roberts 8 2.14pm AON CPF C1 C1, 520m 1 52556 Madam Ice 30.65 ........................J McArthur

2 76668 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 3 86734 Homebush Coral 30.56 .............J McInerney 4 56663 Opawa Cuddles 31.00.....................S Maher 5 58687 Jetsun Jinny nwtd ..........................G Wilson 6 36833 Procrastination nwtd U & ......................Bliek 7 183 Making Time 30.68...........................L Ahern 8 36575 Nicksta nwtd..............................J McInerney 9 78588 Boston Spirit nwtd .......................A Turnwald 10 58667 Homebush Hansome nwtd ........J McInerney 9 2.32pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 1 43474 So Unbelievable 18.43 ....................M Olden 2 51747 Allegro Boom 17.96 .........................L Ahern 3 35778 Macgyver Rama 17.74 ....................L Doody 4 52128 Clearly Magic 18.04 L & ..................... Morris 5 25235 Calamity Sue 17.90............................W Kite 6 81231 Miss Mowhawk 17.79 ................... P Denbee 7 42881 Blaze’s Corporal 18.02 G R & ......... S Voyce 8 48651 Otto Baxter 17.69 ......................J McInerney 9 26444 Cosmic Rascal 17.90 .............. T McCracken 10 61688 Homebush Ted 18.20 ................J McInerney 10 2.49pm THE DOGZONE C1 C1, 520m 1 87728 Into The Fray 30.69 ..........................R Waite 2 716F4 Wrinkles nwtd............................J McInerney 3 53778 Homebush Gru nwtd .................J McInerney 4 32861 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 5 64668 Jinja Pat 30.53 G R &...................... S Voyce 6 56376 Sue Sews Socks 30.62 ............ T Mischefski 7 23564 Opawa Dosh nwtd .............................. N Udy 8 25256 Ritza Rose 31.01 .............................L Ahern

9 78588 Boston Spirit nwtd .......................A Turnwald 10 16787 Scott The Best 30.86 K & ............... J Maisey 11 3.08pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 76212 Made Time 17.97 .............................L Ahern 2 83786 Wee Diger 17.62 ........................ G Hodgson 3 64733 Cawbourne Josh nwtd ........................ L Bell 4 32184 Opportunist 18.09 L & ........................ Morris 5 54255 Gummy Gumpsta 18.18 G R & ....... S Voyce 6 44422 Vinnie Baxter 18.25...................J McInerney 7 64763 Working Working 17.54 ................. D Donlon 8 11568 Wicked Tycoon 18.09 .......................T Agent 9 24554 Flirt With Me 18.02 .................. T McCracken 10 47355 Stand Up Girl 17.83 .....................M Roberts 12 3.26pm KEENAN CONCRETE WANGANUI C1 C1, 305m 1 64261 Homebush Pippi 18.02.................. R Maisey 2 25322 All About Jazz nwtd...........................M Flipp 3 5173 Allegro Senor 18.25 ...........................W Kite 4 56344 Tasha Rama 18.11 ...............J Woolston-Bell 5 63233 Homebush Fine nwtd ................J McInerney 6 34472 Lola’s Quest 18.22 ............................B Bond 7 6433F Kiribati Girl 17.89 ..................... S Gommans 8 875F6 Dogged Denis 17.83 ....................... C Brider 9 72552 Hermione Baxter 17.76 .............J McInerney 10 65455 Snow Demon 17.85 G R &.............. S Voyce LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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In brief Pelicans eye play-offs Anthony Davis had 24 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks to move the New Orleans Pelicans one step closer to a play-off berth with a 100-88 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday. They only need one more win - or an Oklahoma City loss - to clinch a play-off spot in the rugged Western Conference. Meanwhile Russell Westbrook scored 36 points as the Thunder beat the Trail Blazers to keep their playoff hopes alive, and LeBron James returned from a day off to record a tripledouble as the Cavaliers got ready for the play-offs with a 109-97 win over the Pistons. - AP

Coach in demand Jordan Spieth’s Masters domination has sent his Australian coach Cameron McCormick’s stock soaring. McCormick was already getting interest from other big name US tour players before 21-year-old Spieth triumphed at Augusta National. There will be a lot more after the youngster won the Masters by four shots, moving up to No.2 in the world, and then gave his coach the most glowing endorsement. - AAP

Getting on with the job Perth Glory coach Kenny Lowe admits everyone at the A-League club is feeling down about the salary cap saga, but he’s implored his players to get on with the job. Glory will appeal through the FFA’s disciplinary committee tonight in a bid to win back their spot in the finals. Perth, who were kicked out of the finals after being found guilty of salary cap breaches last week, take on Melbourne City at nib Stadium on Sunday. “It’s business as usual. It can’t be any other way,” Lowe said yesterday. “Obviously everyone’s a bit sad at the moment, but we’ve got to get on with it.” - AAP

Bell rescues England Ian Bell’s composed 143 was the cornerstone of England’s revival to reach 5-341 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies yesterday. On the pitch at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua that lived up its well-established reputation as a featherbed, the 33-year-old right-hander respected the early excellence of a disciplined fast bowling attack before flourishing in the remaining two sessions of the day. - AFP

Liverpool still a chance Raheem Sterling and Joe Allen scored in each half to give Liverpool a 2-0 win over Newcastle in the Premier League yesterday that puts the club four points from the last Champions League place. Sterling opened the scoring in the ninth minute when he downed a long cross on the left edge of the area and dribbled past two defenders before slotting a neat finish. Newcastle had a penalty claim waved away near the break when Dejan Lovren tripped Perez in the area during a good spell for the visitors, but Liverpool dominated after the interval and Allen volleyed in the second in the 70th. Liverpool was coming off two losses to Manchester United and Arsenal but bounced back with a convincing display that keeps its hopes of Champions League football alive. - AP

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

SITUATIONS VACANT

■ RUGBY

Crusaders left short of options By Patrick Mckendry Colin Slade’s decision to play overseas next year has just made Todd Blackadder’s rebuilding job at the Crusaders in 2016 a whole lot tougher. Blackadder, who will be in the final year of his contract after signing on as head coach at the franchise in 2008, was already reconciled to losing Dan Carter to Paris and Tom Taylor to Bayonne, and now he has to face up to the departure of another No10 to France following Slade’s announcement yesterday that he will join All Blacks teammate Conrad Smith at Pau. The probable retirement next year of All Blacks captain Richie McCaw will also be a blow in terms of lost experience, but at least Blackadder has an able back-up for McCaw in the form of Matt Todd. Simply put, there is no one obvious at the franchise capable of playing No10 at this level following the departure last year of Tyler Bleyendaal to Munster and the pending moves of Slade, Carter and Taylor. Richie Mo’unga, the 20-year-old who plays for Canterbury in the ITM Cup, might be Blackadder’s only option unless he can sign a more experienced player from elsewhere. One inexperienced player who he would probably dearly love to get his hands on is Damien McKenzie, a Christ’s College old boy who is contracted at the Chiefs until the end of next year. McKenzie, who will turn 20 on April 20, has impressed in deputising for Aaron Cruden this season and the former New Zealand Under-20s player looks a big talent. Slade’s imminent departure will also affect the Crusaders this season. Blackadder’s men, recovering from a defeat to the Highlanders in Christchurch they will feel they should have won, must prepare for the visit of a Chiefs team in good physical shape after a bye and with the distraction of Slade’s contracting situation hanging over them. Blackadder will now have to turn his attention to whether he can get anyone else in at No. 10 or to put all his faith in Mo’unga, a player in the franchise’s wider training group. It is a job he could do without as he attempts to get the best out of his All Blacksladen squad in the midst of yet another inconsistent Super Rugby round-robin. Last weekend’s 25-20 defeat to the Highlanders - the Crusaders were up 14-3 in

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Niagara is an innovative sawmill, manufacturer, and distributor of quality timber products. We export product all over the world, as well as supply building merchants and fabricators throughout NZ. As a company we pride ourselves on delivering outstanding service to our customers, it is vital that we deliver our product on time and in full.

Local dispatch role Due to growth in the domestic market, the Sales and Distribution site in Ashburton is looking to employ someone to assist the local dispatch team, as well as other general duties across the site. This appointment is a full time permanent position with scope to learn and grow as the company grows. Amongst other duties the role will include: • Picking customer orders • Liaising with transport firms to collect orders • Restocking rack supplies • Maintaining stock levels Ideally the successful applicant will: • Be physically fit • Be well organised with good time management skills • Demonstrate good attention to detail • Have reasonable levels of computer literacy Having some knowledge of the timber industry and forklift experience would be an advantage but not critical as full training will be supplied. Applications close May 1, 2015 and must include a cover letter and CV to be considered. Please address to: Phillip Townshend, Niagara Sawmilling Co. Ltd, 145 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, or email: phillipt@niagara.net.nz

Colin Slade: Joining Conrad Smith at Pau. PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON

the early stages - was their fourth in eight matches. Blackadder will also be on the hunt for another assistant coach following Aaron Mauger’s decision to return to Leicester. Former All Blacks second-five Mauger would have been a big influence on the Crusaders’ new No. 10 but, unfortunately for Blackadder, he won’t have that luxury. Crusaders All Blacks leaving: Richie McCaw (probably retiring) Dan Carter (Racing Metro) Colin Slade (Pau) Tom Taylor (Bayonne) Crusaders All Blacks staying: Wyatt Crockett Owen Franks Sam Whitelock Luke Romano Matt Todd Kieran Read Ryan Crotty (to be confirmed) Israel Dagg - NZME

Braid out with concussion Luke Braid is another concussion casualty for the Blues and will miss Saturday’s match against the Highlanders in Dunedin. Braid suffered the injury in the 16-14 victory over the Brumbies at Eden Park last weekend, and, worryingly for the flanker and the Blues, it is his second such problem of the season. In his first case, the 26-year-old, who will leave to take up a contract at Bordeaux at

season’s end, was knocked unconscious in the defeat to the Hurricanes in Palmerston North last month when lock James Broadhurst kneed him in the head, an act which earned Broadhurst a one-week ban. Before Braid was forced from the field last Friday against the Brumbies, he, Brendon O’Connor and Jerome Kaino formed a mobile and effective loose forward trio in the Blues’ first victory of the season. - NZME

FOR DETAILED INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: PHILLIP TOWNSHEND 021 116 4696 • phillipt@niagara.net.nz

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B&N Properties is a leading independent property management company operating in Canterbury and Marlborough We are seeking a highly motivated, conscientious, honest person with a good eye for detail and good communication skills. This is a 7 day a week position with the control to work generally at times that best suits you. Full training will be given to the successful applicant. For more information or if this sounds like the job for you. Contact Matt: matt@bnproperties.co.nz B&N PROPERTIES YOUR PROPERTY IN SAFE HANDS

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Two Positions

SITUATIONS VACANT

Merchandiser (Full-time)

Paint/Flooring Department Salesperson (Part-time)

Merchandiser: Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton requires a self motivated person to join their small Merchandising team. In this position you will be responsible for all displays throughout the store plus all ticketing. This position is for approx 32.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, hours can be to suit applicant between 7am – 6pm. The successful applicant will need: • Be fit and able to lift as this position is physical. • Able to work unsupervised and meet deadlines and merchandising standards. • Good computer skills. • Able to work in a team.

Paint/Flooring Department Salesperson: This position is part-time (8 hours), Saturdays and covers both our busy Paint and Flooring Departments

Photographer The Ashburton Guardian is looking for a keen news photographer who knows how a capture that one image that can tell an entire story. This part-time position is a rare chance to illustrate the news in one of the best news gathering areas in New Zealand. The role will cover everything from news and sport photography, to creative feature work and videography. There will be plenty of scope for the right applicant, whose photos will be published in the newspaper, on the GuardianOnline website and in media across the country.

Sue Newman, Chief Reporter sue.n@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, 161 Burnett Street

HR.Ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to Lyn Church, Human Resources Manager, Mitre1 0 MEGA, PO Box 35, Ashburton 7740 All applications close on Monday, April 13, 2015.

Canterbury Vets Ltd is a busy mixed animal veterinary practice with clinics in Ashburton and Methven. An exciting opportunity has become available for a qualified, experienced Vet Nurse to join our professional, friendly Ashburton team. We seek an extraordinary, enthusiastic person who is compassionate towards people and animals, is focused on providing outstanding customer services; while undertaking all aspects of vet nursing to the highest standard.

We are seeking a qualified Pharmacy Technician to assist our hard working team. This is a part time weekend position. To be considered for this position you must have: • A New Zealand Pharmacy Technician qualification. • Good communication skills and a cheerful disposition. • Experience and ability to work as part of a busy dispensary team. • Be flexible to work rostered hours throughout the weekend (approximately one weekend in three) and other hours during the week as required. Please apply in writing before April 24, 2015 to: Wises Pharmacy PO Box 25, Ashburton 7740

The successful applicant will also have the following qualities: • Ability to differentiate between major and minor issues, as they relate to the care of patients • Ability to multi task in a busy environment, and flexibility with unexpected requests take priority over planned duties. • Confidently assist veterinary surgeons with anaesthesia, surgery and clinical procedures. • Ability to stay ‘focused’ with minimal supervision, and accomplish required tasks by designated deadlines. If the above describes you, then please apply with a hand written letter and enclose your Curriculum Vitae to: Practice Manager - Canterbury Vets Ltd 363 West Street, ASHBURTON or email: saraht@canvet.co.nz Applications close Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more! 151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton www.petermay.co.nz

We are looking for someone who is a self starter and enjoys challenging themselves. We require you to have excellent work ethics, good math and written skills, a desire to work in a team environment and be able to communicate clearly. We offer a stable and interesting work environment plus long term career prospects for quality staff. This position is full time, 8am to 5pm Monday - Friday. If this sounds like you, please email your CV, including references to alasdair@cm.net.nz or post to Picker/Packer Position CM Trailer Parts PO Box 124, ASHBURTON Applications close Friday, April 24, 2015.

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Car penter/Builder Time for a change? Why don’t you hang up the tools and let us kick start your career in residential building inspections. We have an exciting contract employment opportunity available in Mid-South Canterbury for the right person.

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Assistant Office Manager

Part Time Pharmacy Dispensary Technician Opportunity

Ashburton Clinic - Permanent Full Time

You will be required to pick and pack orders on a daily basis, assist with the processing of incoming shipments, package/assemble and label products as required along with general warehouse duties.

If this sounds like you, please send your application and photo portfolio, by 5pm, April 17 to:

Please email your C.V. and covering letter, stating which position you are applying for to:

VET NURSE

FULL TIME PICKER / PACKER We are seeking a physically fit, strong and reliable person to fill a position picking and packing orders.

Countdown Complex, East Street, Ashburton Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755

Blackwell Contracting Methven

Require Truck/Digger Driver

to drive shingle truck. Class 4 or above license a must. Good rates. Immediate start. Phone/text Ken

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Rainer Irrigation requires the services of an experienced office person as a 2nd in charge. This is a senior position & requires the following attributes. • • • •

Proficient with computer skills Able to work in a team environment Capable of dealing with clients and staff Knowledge of Simpro & Xero systems would be an advantage but onsite training would be available. • This is a full time job and would suit a person who has a cheerful disposition and the ability to cover a wide range of office work. Applicants please supply a CV to:

Office Manager Rainer Irrigation Ltd 10 Robinson Street, Ashburton or email: colleen@briggs.co.nz

Motorbike mechanic Part time to service two-wheel farm bikes. Must have experience. Suit weekends?

Impress your clients

Phone 0274 532 087

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

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Wednesday, April 15 , 2015

PUBLIC NOTICES

MEETINGS, EVENTS

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES • 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

Weekend Exhibition

Long Term Grazing Required For 900 Ewe Hoggets Period May to September Contact Rob Harvey Phone 021 331 519 PGG Wrightson

TRADES, SERVICES SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting for cars, WANTED homes and offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), NEW clients wanted by heat, safety and security. experienced private cleaner. Phone Craig Rogers, your Text name and phone ONLY local applicator 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. number to 027 663 0803. Member of Master Tinters NZ.

SHEARING GEAR WANTED. Old shearing plants, grinders, hand pieces, screwdrivers and bale stencils. Anything considered. Good prices paid. Phone 03 614 7858 or 027 363 9930.

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RURAL TRADING POST FOR SALE, Prattley sheep weighing crate with DR 3000 scales. $2500. Phone Barry 027 229 2313.

REAL ESTATE

BUYING OR SELLING real estate. Contact Sue Prendergast, Real Estate SPORT New Zealand, ph 027 322 NEW Strapping Clinic - Open 8422 - REAA 2008. Saturdays 8am-10am. Starting March 28. If you PUBLIC NOTICES need strapping for playing your winter sport, or if you Ashburton Area would like to make an Show Jumping appointment for physio Group treatment, give us a call today! Physio services available Mon-Fri with late AGM nights on Mon and Thur! Physiosteps, phone: 03 308 April 29, 2015 5188. 53 Creek Road, 7.30pm Ashburton. Ashburton A&P Showgrounds. RURAL TRADING POST

4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar protective films, UV block, fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for glass. FREE quotes - 20 years local service, Bill Breukelaar - phone 0800 368 SYNTHETIC 468. www.tintawindow.co.nz AMSOIL LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L CV SUPPORT - Make sure cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust your first impression is your bust, rain clear, engine best. Contact us today for a cleaner and more. Call local professional CV writing distributor: Veehof phone 302 service. Free review/Flat fee. 2911. Contact details are 027 492 WANTED to buy 20 small 5434, bales of good quality meadow zalie@cvspecialist.co.nz, hay. Phone 308 8950. www.cvspecialist.co.nz

PLANTS, PRODUCE

SMITHFIELD FLOWERS, 211 Smithfield Rd, Ashburton. Chrysanthemums $6 bunch or 2 for $10, bouquets $15. Buy at Smithfield Road or Farmers Market on West Street for the next two Saturdays. Ph 0274 425 847 for special orders. Available in many colours.

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 24, 2015. 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

PUBLIC NOTICES Ashburton Learning Centre AGM 71 Park Street April 28, 2015 7pm All welcome

MOTORING FOR SALE - 50cc Suzuki UZ50 scooter 2013. Only done 4250ks. Like new $1800. Phone 03 308 9360.

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WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life GRAZING of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns LAMB grazing wanted. Short Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills term. April or May. Phone Street. Phone 308-6737. Mitch 027 313 1320.

“JOURNEYS” Ashburton Artists at Short Street Studio

Margaret Digby & Ngaio McKee Opening Friday, April 17, 6pm - 7.30pm Saturday, April 18 & Sunday, April 19 10am - 4pm Enquiries - Ph Ngaio 308 4533 or Margaret 302 3983

LOST, FOUND

GARAGE SALES

LOST IPHONE. Lost Black Iphone. Battery is/was flat. In Ashburton town centre night of March 21/22 either near Print Room or Z garage (West St). Has many photos that I want back! Please contact Caroline 022 092 0611.

GARAGE SALE - Tools, household, furniture and items. Saturday, April 18, Aitken Street. Sign out at 8.30 am - 12 noon.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

LULU - cute and cuddly, attractive and busty. Specials, let all your dreams come true. Phone 021 0233 9259 (no texting).

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

100 GREY Street. Three bedrooms. $300 per week. Available April 27. Phone 022 360 8815. HOUSE for sale or for rent. Three bedroom, double glazed, ¼ acre section, no smokers, no dogs. $345 per week. Phone 027 430 8854.

FOR SALE

CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available LIVESTOCK, PETS for delivery. Wilson Bulk BUYER of unwanted Transport, Phone 308-7772. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call DRY, Cracked Hands from Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 the change in Seasons? Kitchen Kapers in The 621, A/H 03 348 9439. Arcade have a beautiful range of Crabtree and Evelyn EXOTIC kittens. Birman X. 8 handbag size hand creams. weeks old. Pure white with Available in an assortment of blue eyes. Very friendly, beautiful scents including ready now. Phone 303 7993 Pomegranate, Rosewater and or 027 4864 013. Lily from only $10.

HIRE

TREES wanted. Suitable for milling and export. No obligation quote. Phone John Rose Logging 03 693 9385 or 021 935 628.

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street. Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

WOODWICK candles. The soy candle with a wooden wick that crackles as it burns! New stock and fragrances have arrived at The China Shop in The Arcade.

GRAZING

ADULT

TOP QUALITY Grazing ENTERTAINMENT available for R2 and Yearling Dairy Heifers with proven CINDY, Kiwi, attractive, late Graziers. Phone No. 0800 30’s, size 8. Ph calls only 022 036 5404. GRAZ4U.

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6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB Mount Peel Station, moderate grade, all welcome, phone Jenny 308-6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West. 9.00am - 11.00am HAKATERE MARAE HEALTH CLINIC. Open today at Hakatere Marae, Fairton, State H/W 1. 9.30am - 12.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH HOLIDAY PROGRAMME. For children 5 years - 12 years. $2.50. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op- shop. Cnr Cass and

Thursday

Havelock Street. 10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Coffee morning, Robert Harris Cafe, 361 West Street. 10.00am ASHBURTON POTTERY SOCIETY INC. Every Wednesday, new comers welcome. Nixon Street, Tinwald. 11.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Movie! What we did on our holiday. Regent Cinema, Wills Street. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrews Anglican church hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ROKOA ORAKANUI.

Street. 9.30am - 12.30pm 9.30pm - 12.00noon ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH CHILDRENS HOLIDAY ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. PROGRAMME. Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist For 5 years - 12 years, $2.50 . 48 Allens Road, Church, cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald. Allenton. 9.30am - 12.30pm 9.30am - 11.00am ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. Term 2 commences 23 April. Balmoral hall, Cameron Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www. toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist Church Street. Hall, Baring Square East. 9.30am - 11.30am 9.30am - 1.30pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Daytime section, great exercise, new players Second time around Op-shop. Cnr Cass Street and welcome, rackets available. Sports Hall, Tancred

Traditional Maori healing, Mirimiri, Wairua, Pani rakau. Hakatere Marae, State Highway 1, Fairton. 1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, West Street. 1.15pm TINWALD 500 CARDS. Playing cards and fellowship. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners. Waireka, Philip Street. 1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 6.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players. M.S.A. Sports grounds, Racecourse Road.

7.00pm ASHBURTON UKUKELE GROUP. Beginners and new members welcome. St Paul’s Church hall, Oxford Street. 7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Rd. 7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/intermediate (8pm-9pm). Annette (instructor) phone 307-7138a/ h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness, fun. New members welcome phone 308-5437. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Kathryn Barr speaking on the Cambodian Centre for the protection of childrens rights. All welcome, St David’s Union Church lounge, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Havelock Street. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. 10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. 1.30pm

M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, Racecourse Road. 1.30pm HINDS GARDEN CIRCLE. Visit Smithfield flowers, 211 Smithfield Road. 7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time /Sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road. 7.30pm - 9.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat, all welcome. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Noticeboard

15 APRIL 2015

HAVE YOUR SAY - LONG TERM PLAN 2015-25 Ashburton District Council’s consultation document, “Working together for lifestyle and opportunity” - which details key decisions facing the district over the next 10 years - is now available for community feedback and comment. The consultation document and supporting information outlines the proposed direction for the district and the impact it might have on rates over the next decade. Council wants to hear what you think. Have we got it right? The consultation document, supporting information and a feedback form can be found on Council’s website at ashburtondc.govt.nz Feedback closes at 5.00pm on Monday 11 May 2015.

COMMUNIT Y MEETINGS

HAVE YOUR SAY

Up & Coming

Draft Revenue and Financing Policy and draft Development and Financial Contributions Policy

Meetings

Ashburton District Council’s draft Revenue and Financing Policy and draft Development and Financial Contributions Policy are now available for community feedback and comment.

Area/Location

Date

Time

Citizens Associations Representatives Domain Pavilion Walnut Avenue

Friday 24 April 2015

7.30pm

Service Clubs Representatives Domain Pavilion Walnut Avenue

Tuesday 28 April 2015

7.30pm

Rakaia Rakaia Community Centre (Supper Room)

Wednesday 29 April 2015

7.30pm

Mt Somers Mt Somers War Memorial Hall (Community Room)

Wednesday 29 April 2015

7.30pm

Hinds Hinds Community Centre (Supper Room)

Thursday 30 April 2015

7.30pm

Methven Methven Heritage Centre (Function Room)

Thursday 30 April 2015

7.30pm

Hakatere Lower Hakatere Hall

Monday 4 May 2015

7.30pm

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING

Ashburton Ashburton Seniors Centre (Lounge)

Tuesday 5 May 2015

7.30pm

ANZAC Weekend Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on: • Saturday 25 April 2015, from 9.00am until 1.00pm • Monday 27 April 2015

The draft Revenue and Financing Policy details how Council will fund each service and/or activity it is involved in and why. The aim of the policy is to ensure ratepayers pay what is fair. The draft Development and Financial Contributions details the approach Council will take to ensure developers pay a fair share of the costs associated with providing additional infrastructure capacity specifically to cater for new development.

Volunteers are at the heart of every community - dedicating hours of time and energy every year to make their community a better place to live. Trustpower and Ashburton District Council join together to recognise volunteers in our community. If you are part of, or know of a group of hardworking volunteers, no matter how big or small, enter them in the 2015 Ashburton District Trustpower Community Awards. Entry forms are available at the Council reception or the Library, or available online at www.trustpower.co.nz/communityawards. Entries close Friday 17 April 2015.

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Environmental Services Committee Meeting Thursday 30 April 2015, 1.30pm Service Delivery Committee Meeting Thursday 30 April 2015, to follow Environmental Services meeting For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Council wants to hear what you think of each proposed policy.

MEETING

Both policies and their additional information can be found on Council’s website ashburtondc.govt.nz, or are available from the Council reception and Ashburton Library.

Ashburton Water Management Zone Committee

Feedback closes at 5.00pm on Monday 11 February 2015.

TRUSTPOWER AWARDS

Methven Community Board Monday 20 April 2015, 1.30pm

The Methven Inorganic Materials Drop-off Facility will be closed on: • Saturday 25 April 2015 Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Monday there will be a change over ANZAC weekend. Collections normally scheduled for Monday 27 April 2015 will be collected on Tuesday 28 April 2015. There are no changes to any other collections. Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740

A Meeting of the Ashburton Water Management Zone Committee will be held as follows: Date: Tuesday 28 April 2015, 1.00pm Location: Ashburton District Council Chamber, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton The meetings are open to the public. Copies of the agendas are available prior to the meetings and can be obtained by contacting Council on (03) 307 7700.The agenda and more information on the committee can be found at www.canterburywater.org.nz/ committees/ashburton.php

WEBSITE Find out what’s happening at your local council on the Ashburton District Council website. It’s easy to use and has all the information you need about the services that the Council offers you. Visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

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Puzzles Wednesday, April 15, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 2. He may back play, carrying a message from the gods (5) 5. From a pram one gets this fish with one net (4) 7. Dog would sound warning to leading bear on Noah’s craft (4) 8. Rid apron of a particle of water that falls (8) 9. Reveals the Right swing to be a setback (8) 11. It has to be a mouldy smell (4) 12. Great age to stand by, one is told, with heaviness (13) 15. Heath to tie craft to (4) 17. Newspapers certain not to have begun such strong demand (8) 19. Mac turning into a car (8) 21. It could be a baron that has some complaint to make (4) 22. One part of the castle not to abandon (4) 23. Adjusted pitch of duet to include finale of Lohengrin (5)

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DOWN 1. Informal talk on French water with a wine producer (7) 2. Take top off 7 for a chest (3) 3. Sugar and spice are productive of women when young (5) 4. Didn’t make oneself obvious, being stricken by illness (4,3) 5. It’s not good to be first with publicity (3) 6. Packs a steamship with flax fibres (5) 10. He has a respected place in the kirk for a tree (5) 11. Scots own in writing of

electricity, water and gas supplies (5) 13. A deed of derring-do one may make use of (7) 14. Gather one less hair undergarment (7) 16. Speak in public or take a tea-break (5) 18. Food being finished by school, one is told (5) 20. Move fast to pinch a measure of the spirit ... (3) 21. ... which, in the this, one will stop at the outset (3)

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CRYPTIC Across 1. Misdemeanour 8. Appraise 9. Leaf 11. Salve 12. Epicene 13. Easy 15. Itch 19. Finance 20. Those 22. Ills 23. Apparent 24. Enterprising Down 2. Impel 3. Deafen 4. Master 5. Overeat 6. Refreshments 7. Laissez-faire 10. Sip 14. Singlet 16. Any 17. Pepper 18. Stearns 21. Ocean QUICK Across 1. Menu 8. Silhouette 9. Woodland 10. Ripe 12. Strobe 14. Prefer 15. Deaths 17. Despot 18. R S V P 19. Restrain 21. Greediness 22. Toss Down 2. Effortless 3. Used 4. Cleave 5. Holdup 6. Peerless 7. Cede 11. Precocious 13. Octuplet 16. Strain 17. Dashed 18. Rage 20. Rest

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QUICK ACROSS 6. Deaden a sound (6) 7. Drives forward (6) 10. Runner (7) 11. Pace (5) 12. Ladder crosspiece (4) 13. Void (5) 16. Started (5) 17. Money (4) 20. Creamy-white colour (5) 21. Prime cut of steak (7) 22. Wager (6) 23. Violent exhalation (6)

DOWN 1. Mortifying (12) 2. Casual (7) 3. Slumber (5) 4. Copy (7) 5. Conditions (5) 8. Swindled (5-7) 9. Pay back (9) 14. Use again (7) 15. Soldier’s knife (7) 18. Condemns (5) 19. Stadium (5)

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Weather

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287).

requirements New headstones and designs Renovations, Additional inscriptions, Cleaning and Concrete work Carried out by qualified tradesmen.

Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

Ph 307 7433

Phone Eddie anytime

308 9051 or 021 267 5563

OVERNIGHT MIN

7 7

SUN PROTECTION ALERT

11: 30 – 1: 35 AM

PROTECTION REQUIRED Even on cooler days Data provided by NIWA

Waimate

NZ Situation

Wind km/h less than 30 fine

30 to 59 fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

rain

snow

hail

60 plus

NZ Today

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

FZL: 1200m, rising to about 1600m

Fine. Wind at 1000m: SW 50 km/h. Wind at 2000m: Gale SW 70 km/h.

Fine. Southwesterlies, strong about the coast.

TOMORROW

FZL: Rising to 3000m

Fine with morning frosts. Wind at 1000m: SW 40 km/h dying out. Wind at 2000m: SW gale 70 km/h easing to 40 km/h in the morning, tending W later.

TOMORROW Fine with southwesterlies dying out.

FRIDAY

Cloud increasing, rain developing about the divide, possibly heavy falls scattered rain developing in the east later. W strengthening, may rise to gale for a time.

SA URDAY SAT

Rain clearing. Northeasterlies developing.

Rain clearing, then fine spells. SW dying out.

SUNDAY

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Delhi Dubai Dublin Edinburgh

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

Mainly fine apart from a few showers developing about the divide. NW strengthening.

Frankfurt Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi

15 7 25 10 18 23 12 25 6 24 26 19 20 3 8

fine fine showers fine showers rain rain fine thunder fine fine showers showers rain showers

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New York Y Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

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

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

Wednesday

9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Thursday 9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

9 noon 3

9 pm

12:10 6:27 12:35 6:48 1:04 7:17 1:28 7:41 1:58 8:07 2:21 8:34 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:05 am Set 6:00 pm

Good fishing

Good

few showers

Hamilton

few showers

Napier

fine

Rise 2:17 am Set 3:48 pm

New moon

Rise 7:07 am Set 5:58 pm

Good

Good fishing

Rise 7:08 am Set 5:57 pm

Bad

Rise 3:30 am Set 4:24 pm

Bad fishing

Rise 4:44 am Set 5:00 pm

First quarter

Full moon

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For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

3:43 pm

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Palmerston North fine Wellington

late showers

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

fine

Christchurch

few showers

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

mainly fine

Dunedin

few showers

Invercargill

few showers

River Levels

cumecs

1.91

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

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 201.3 Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

4.59

Sth Ashburton at 12:00 pm, yesterday

5.48 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:05 pm, yesterday

79.4

Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday

252.4

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Friday

19 26 23 29 23 21 19 34 13 26 24 26 19 21 23

overnight max low

Auckland

Forecasts for today

24 22 33 21 26 30 22 35 26 31 33 33 32 12 10

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

A cold south to southwest flow over New Zealand eases tomorrow as a ridge pushes onto the country. The ridge, retreats to the North Island on Friday as a weakening trough moves onto the South Island. The weak trough should move over the North Island on Saturday then moves away to the east on Sunday.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

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FRIDAY: Cloud increasing, evening rain. A southerly change.

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AUSTIN, Bill – On Tuesday April 14, 2015, peacefully at Allen Bryant Lifecare, Hokitika, aged 80 years. Dearly loved husband of the late Doreen, loved son MID CANTERBURY FUNERAL SERVICES of the late Elsa May and much loved special uncle and Galbraith’s provide choice! Second Dad of Tarn and We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s Ange. Loved brother of the celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, of venue, funeral celebrants and catering. late Betty, loved brother and in your choice provide choice! We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to law of Eileen, Pat, Karen, reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Call us on Sue, Kathy, Mary, and the your family. Call us on 308 3980 late Gerry. Loved uncle of 308 or call in and visit 3980 our new premises at Anne, Grant and the late Lance. Bill will be sadly or 246 callHavelock in andStreet visit missed by all his extended our new premises at family and his many, many Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams special friends. 246 Havelock “Gone Fishing”. Street Messages to 11 Dalton Street, Hokitika 7810.Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm Following Bill’s wishes, Tarn, IN MEMORIAM Ange and family would like to invite his friends to an informal gathering to be held at Bill’s home, 11 Dalton Street, Hokitika, on SATURDAY, April 18 at 1.30pm, to help celebrate his PHELPS, Nancy Kathleen – life and send him on his way. Passed away one year ago Parking in the Hokitika Race today. “Fond memories Course, opposite Bill’s home. of a much loved aunty.” Thompson Funeral Directors FDANZ, Hokitika 037557993 Sadly missed by Linda, Sheryl and Darrell. Please note all late death notices or notices sent out- FUNERAL side ordinary office hours FURNISHERS must be emailed to: MASTER deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. MONUMENTAL MASON During office hours notices E.B. CARTER LTD may also be sent to: For all your memorial

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Ashburton Forecast

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 8.6 9.5 Max to 4pm 2.6 Minimum 0.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.8 16hr to 4pm April to date 49.8 Avg Apr to date 23 2015 to date 165.0 192 Avg year to date Wind km/h SW 19 At 4pm Strongest gust SW 63 Time of gust 1:20pm

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6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show. 9am Infomercials 10:30 The Bold And The Beautiful PGR Katie is given a wakeup call about how much she has fallen for Ridge. 11am Rachael Ray Cameron Diaz talks about her new film. Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR Game show hosted by Jerry Springer. 1pm Dr Phil PGR 2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 2:55 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3:55 Entertainment Tonight 4:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 4:55 The Block – Fans v Favourites 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Bachelor NZ PGR While one bachelorette wonders if she will ever get her time to shine, another falls further for Arthur. A shock announcement turns the competition on its head. 0 8:30 M Failure To Launch AO 2006 Comedy Romance. 0 10:35 3 News

6am Sesame Street 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Turbo Fast 3 7:55 As Told By Ginger 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 0 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:40 Peppa Pig 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d PGR 3 5pm Life’s Funniest Moments 3 5:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6pm Futurama 3 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 The Simpsons PGR When inventor Elon Musk lands in Springfield, he and Homer become friends and revolutionise the town’s nuclear plant. 0 8pm Fresh Off The Boat PGR 8:30 M Spaceballs AO 1987 Sci-fi Comedy. John Candy, Bill Pullman, Joan Rivers. 0 10:25 The Ringer PGR 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 A celebrity chat show. 2pm The Jeff Probst Show Jeff Probst hosts a daytime talk show. 3pm Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Cookery Course 3 Gordon shows how to cook for special occasions, with recipes including stuffed lamb with spinach and pine nuts, and a whole sea bass stuffed with fennel, lemon, and capers. 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Coast Australia 8:30 M The Sapphires PGR 2012 Biography Comedy. In 1968, four young, talented singers from a remote Aboriginal mission are discovered and guided by an unlikely manager. Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman, Chris O’Dowd. 10:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series (Highlights) 7am Inside Supercars 8am Motorsport – Formula One (Highlights) 8:30 Small Blacks TV 8:45 Random Rugby TV 9am Netball – College (Replay) 10am Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) 11:30 Netball Zone Noon Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 12:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 1pm Golf Central 1:30 Squash – El Gouna International (Highlights) 2:30 Cricket – Indian Premier League (Highlights) 3pm Cricket – Indian Premier League (Highlights) 3:30 Swimming – New Zealand Open Championships (Highlights) 4pm Back Page 5pm Sky Sport Select 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 6pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 6:30 Cricket – Indian Premier League (Highlights)

11:30 Anger Management PGR Midnight Distraction AO 3 12:35 Sullivan And Son PGR 3 0 1:05 Moon TV USA AO 3 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 Scandal AO 3 0 3:20 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 4:05 Regular Show 3 0 4:15 Zeke And Luther 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:05 NCIS – LA AO 3 A naval lieutenant dies, and a pilot is hospitalised, after they both drink from a communal water jug laced with cyanide. 0 12:10 Infomercials

11:20 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

11:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 12:10 Home Shopping 1:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 2:10 Home Shopping

11pm Motorsport – Superbike World Championship (Highlights) Midnight Football – Oceania Football Confederation (Replay) 2am NRL 360 3am Sterlo – On The Couch 4am Rugby – The Breakdown 5am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights)

MAORI TV

7pm Rugby – First XV (Replay) This week’s games. 8:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 9:30 Golf World A weekly review of golf tournaments around the world. 10pm Motorsport – IndyCar (Highlights) Grand Prix Of Louisiana. 10:30 Motorsport – MotoGP (Highlights) Grand Prix Of The Americas.

SKY SPORT 2

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowhaa 3 2 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am It’s In The Bag 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Dora

THE BOX

Matatoa 3 2 4:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowhaa 3 2 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari PGR 3 8pm Karanga – The First Voice (Starting Today) 3 8:30 Kowhao Rau 3 9:30 Whaikorero PGR 3 10pm Te Kauta PGR 10:30 Native Affairs 3 11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Covert Affairs MV 7:35 The Simpsons PG 8am The Amazing Race PG 8:50 CSI MV 9:40 The Glades MV 10:30 CSI – New York MV 11:20 Transporter – The Series 16VLSC 12:10 Cleaners MVLS 1pm Pawn Stars PG 1:25 CSI MV 2:15 Covert Affairs MV 3:05 The Simpsons PG 3:30 Raw MC 6:30 Pawn Stars PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS – LA MV 10:30 The Glades MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

6am Game Of Pawns M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Siberian Cut M 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Dual Survival M 10:30 Man v Expert PG 11:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 12:30 Redrum M 1:30 A Crime To Remember M 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Supersized Earth PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Dual Survival M 7:30 Big Giant Swords PG 8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 9:30 Moonshiners M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Dates From Hell M Long Kiss Goodnight.

12:30 We’re The Fugawis PGL 1:20 Covert Affairs MV 2:25 The Glades MV 3:15 The Simpsons PG 3:40 NCIS MV 4:45 NCIS – LA MV 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

Midnight Dates From Hell M Blood Red Proposal. 12:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 1:30 Southern Fried Homicide M The Grim Reaper of Baton Rouge. 2:30 Game Of Pawns M 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Bering Sea Gold PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG Greenland Shark Quest.

THURSDAY

6:45 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo. 8:40 Freeloaders 16LS 2012 Comedy. Olivia Munn, Nat Faxton. 10am Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller. Bow Wow, Seth Gabel. 11:30 Paranoia MVL 2013 Thriller. Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford. 1:15 Knights Of Badassdom 16VLC 2013 Comedy Horror. Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten. 2:40 Biography – Brad Pitt PG 2010 Documentary. 3:30 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo. 5:25 Jack M 2012 Drama. Rick Roberts, Sook-Yin Lee. 6:55 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne. 8:30 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 MV 2014 Action. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx. 10:55 Draft Day MVL 2014 Drama. Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner.

6:15 In The Line Of Fire MVL 1993 Suspense. Clint Eastwood, Rene Russo, John Malkovich. 8:20 School For Scoundrels MLS 2006 Comedy. Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder. 10am Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Drama. Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding jr. 12:15 The Dilemma MLS 2011 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Kevin James. 2:05 Ali MVL 2001 Drama. Jon Voigt, Will Smith. 4:40 As Good As It Gets ML 1997 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear. 6:55 The Transporter 16V 2002 Action. Jason Statham, Matt Schulze. 8:30 Austin Powers In Goldmember MVLS 2002 Comedy. Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles. 10:10 Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street 16V 2007 Crime. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter.

6am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Hull FC v Widnes Vikings. From KC Stadium, Hull. 6:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Castleford Tigers v Hull Kingstone Rovers. From Wheldon Road, Castleford. 7am NRL 360 8am NRL Fulltime 8:30 Super League Fulltime 9:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Eels v Titans. From Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta. 11:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix. From AAMI Park, Melbourne. Noon Football League Show 12:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 1pm NRL Fulltime 1:30 Rugby League – NSW Cup (Replay) Warriors v Wests Tigers. From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland. 3:30 Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Warriors U20 v Wests Tigers U20. 5:30 Golf – Masters (Highlights) Round Four. 6:30 Warrior’s 20 Year Celebration 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Sterlo – On The Couch 10:30 World Of Freesports – Freeride World Tour 11pm #SkySpeed 11:30 Golf – The Masters (Highlights) Round Four.

12:45 High Life 18V 2009 Comedy. Timothy Olyphant, Steven Eric. 2:05 Jack M 2012 Drama. 3:35 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. 5:10 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 MV 2014 Action.

12:05 The Sum Of All Fears MVL 2002 Action. 2:05 The Transporter 16V 2002 Action. 3:35 Austin Powers In Goldmember MVLS 2002 Comedy. 5:10 Ali MVL 2001 Drama.

12:30 Golf – 2014 PGA Europro Tour (Highlights) FSC Invitational. 2:30 Golf – 2014 PGA Europro Tour (Highlights) Cumberwell Park. 4:30 Golf World 5am The Ultimate Fighter Brazil.

Two and a Half Men

The Bachelor NZ

7:30pm on TV2

7:30pm on TV3

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A late run by Alta Las Vegas (outside) and John Dunn wasn’t enough to keep Blair Orange and Chittybangbang from a win in the fourth of the day at yesterday’s Mid Canterbury trainers and owners trials. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 140415-TM-066

Chittybangbang stars at the trials From the gate Chittybangbang and Blair Orange left the rest of the two-year-old field in little doubt that they were on the track to do business at yesterday’s Mid Canterbury trainers and owners trials. The Gotta Go Cullen-Julia R gelding asserted his author-

ity from the opening stages of the mile race, and apart from a brief challenge from John Dunn and Alta Las Vegas, was unchallenged over the distance. The field ran in Indian file with Mr Independent sitting in the trail until the 300 metre

mark and when they swung for home, Dunn gave Alta Las Vegas the message, sending him forward. Chittybangbang was momentarily wrong-footed but came back, showing great tenacity to dig in and win by half a neck from Alta Las Vegas, with Pop

The Cord well back in third spot. The Ken Barron trained Chittybangbang qualified at Ashburton in February but has yet to log a raceday start, while Alta Las Vegas, which is trained by Robert Dunn has a win and a second from three starts and

has now earned sufficient stake money to be currently ranked seventh on the Harness Jewels two-year-old colts and geldings qualifiers list. Chittybangbang ran the mile distance in 2-02.2, with the 800m in 58.3 and the 400m, 27secs.

Dragons forwards soft no more, says Benji BY JAMES MACSMITH St George Illawarra’s forwards have finally shrugged off their much derided ‘soft’ tag, according to the joint venture’s star playmaker Benji Marshall. On the back of four successive

wins the Dragons have rocketed up to third on the NRL ladder and emerged as finals candidates over the last month. The Dragons finally found their gear in attack on Sunday, thrashing Canterbury 31-6, with Marshall firing.

High praise for Joseph Parker P19

In early May last year former Dragons coach Steve Price lambasted his forwards for their “soft performance” in a 38-6 thumping to the Dogs, and a cascade of criticism followed for the men up front in the Red V for much of the year.

But under new coach Paul McGregor things have dramatically changed and Marshall said his forwards can take the credit. “Our forwards have copped a lot of criticism but I really feel the past four games that we have won in a row, they are the reason

why,” Marshall said. “The effort they are putting in for each other in defence and how hard they are running the ball in attack, their attitude is there and when they create quick play the balls for the halves it goes a long way to us scoring more points.” - AAP

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