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Elvis Presley memorabilia up for grabs Want an Elvis Presley the Starburst jumpsuit which he wore during concerts in Las Vegas in 1973?

How about a diamond and gold pendant the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll gave Sammy Davis Jr.? They’re among 174 authenticated artifacts up for auction at Graceland, Presley’s longtime Memphis, Tennessee, home.

The auction is part of Elvis Week, the annual commemoration of Presley’s death at age 42 on August 16, 1977. Auctions are also held on his birthday in January. Bids are accepted online for several weeks prior to the live auction, when all the bids are brought to the floor, said Laura Pickett, the managing director of Graceland Auctions.

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Air NZ safety video a hit The All Blacks safety video for Air New Zealand has been viewed almost four million times in the past 24 hours – making it the airline’s biggest launch of a safety video ever.

The Men in Black Safety Defenders video is inspired by the Men in Black films and features several high profile All Blacks and their coach Steve Hansen and includes cameo appearances from international rugby greats. Kiwi musician Stan Walker and All Black Israel Dagg provide the vocals, while American actor Rip Torn adds to the Men in Black authenticity in his role as chief of the Men in Black. The video, which was launched Thursday morning, has also attracted significant media attention around the world, with coverage from CNN and The Washington Post in the US, The Telegraph in the UK, France’s Le Figaro Magazine and the Sydney Morning Herald. Air New Zealand head of global brand development Jodi Williams said the airline has become world renowned for its quirky safety videos.

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Harry visits South African wildlife park South African officials say Britain’s Prince Harry has been on a private visit to the country’s flagship wildlife park, which is facing heavy pressure from poachers who are killing rhinos in record numbers. The national parks service said it had provided Harry with “exposure” to its efforts against rhino poaching in Kruger National Park, but said the activities did not include operations against suspected poachers.

Kensington Palace said on June 19 that Harry had ended his army career and would spend three months working on “front-line conservation projects” in southern Africa.

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Cooper’s gran: If they boo, I’ll get cross Quade Cooper is the Wallaby Kiwis love to hate - but this Saturday at least one New Zealander will be cheering him on, his grandma, Millie. In the last four years Cooper has been subject to much booing from All Blacks fans here and across the ditch and during the 2011 Rugby World Cup the first five-eighth was dubbed “public enemy number one” by fans and media alike. Arrogance from Aussie players never goes down well here, but Cooper made the added mistake of targeting the saintly Richie McCaw, first in Hong Kong in 2010 and again in Brisbane a year later with a knee to the face. Mrs Cooper was having none of the heckling that followed. “I rang the news and said ‘leave my grandson alone’.” She said Cooper, who moved to Australia from Tokoroa at 15, did not deserve the hate he got and said some of it was just sour grapes from Kiwi fans.

Mrs Cooper said she did not experience any conflicting feelings about cheering against the All Blacks when they played the Wallabies.

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NZ grows faster than Oz New Zealand’s population is growing at a faster rate than Australia and at its fastest rate for more than a decade, according to new estimates. Statistic New Zealand figures released yesterday show the country’s population grew by 86,900 people, or by 1.9 per cent, in the year to June 30. The latest figures show Australia’s population growing at 1.4 per cent a year.

Net migration - arrivals minus departures - was 58,300, and the “natural increase” - births minus deaths - was 28,700. New Zealand’s estimated resident population was 4.6 million. “The last time New Zealand’s population grew at this rate was in 2003 when the increase was 2 per cent,” population statistics manager Vina Cullum said. “The last time New Zealand’s growth rate exceeded Australia’s was 2004.”

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■ ASHBURTON POLICE

Drugs in short supply

BY DAISY HUDSON

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The fact that methamphetamine is being couriered into Mid Canterbury from outside the district is a good sign, according to police.

Police have been cracking down on drug offending in the district, with a major raid last year resulting in multiple arrests.

Illicit drug offences have also been trending downwards, dropping in Mid/South Canterbury by 8.1 per cent last year.

However despite that success, police haven’t been resting on their laurels, according to Ashburton Police Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield.

Like in all communities, drugs such as cannabis, methamphetamine, and cocaine are available to some degree, he said.

Cocaine was a relatively small problem locally, being more prevalent in larger cities.

However as a result of last year’s operations, and the continued follow up targeting of known offenders, cannabis and methamphetamine are more difficult to obtain locally, he said.

“While we are aware the supply and distribution of these drugs continues within this fine province, we take pride in knowing that we are continuing to make it difficult for local dealers,” he said.

“So much so that drugs are being couriered from the bigger cities in an attempt to keep their business ticking over.”

He also warned of the dangers of methamphetamine, which has become increasingly prevalent in the district in recent years.

“Methamphetamine does not discriminate,” he said.

“Irrespective of your culture or your status in our community, it will destroy lives, families, and potentially any hope of a good future for its user.”

The effects of the drug also

A crack-down on drugs has made it more difficult for local suppliers, according to police.

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cently, methamphetamine was “certainly showing its head”.

The service was also bracing for the flow-on effects of the dairy downturn.

Ms Clark said she expected the stress of the low payouts would have an effect on the number of requests for alcohol and drug support.

“There will be pressure, because pressure will be put on all sorts of relationships, and it’s going to have an effect,” she said.

“People just need to be aware, look out for other people, and seek help.”

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Mining companies eye up Solid Energy West Coast mining companies are eyeing up Solid Energy, which is probably going to be broken into pieces and sold.

Solid Energy announced on Thursday it had gone into voluntary administration and will meet with creditors next month.

That could begin a two-year process of selling off assets.

NZ Coal and Carbon executive director Brent Francis, said today they would be “keen to look at Solid Energy assets at the appropriate time.”

“West Coast/Buller assets obviously would be our focus, however we wouldn’t rule out any possibility.”

NZCC operates the Roa Mine, near Blackball, and the Echo Mine, near Reefton.

“Our business is also challenged by the current international prices, however the coal business is cyclical and although times are tough we have enjoyed some very good years leading into this downturn.”

Mr Francis said until they could undertake due diligence, he could not comment on the viability or suitability of the assets.

“It is my firm belief that if patient capital is behind any bid for Solid Energy assets then the benefits and rewards will come not only to the owner of the assets, but the regions that will again prosper as they have done for years gone by.”

Mr Francis said voluntary administration was a “commercially responsible” move by Solid Energy.

“Hopefully (it) provides the platform to launch a structured sell down of their coal assets with minimal operational disruption.

“It is important that our industry, associated industry and regions are both supportive and united in this approach.”

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■ HEALTH

Centre coping with influx

By Caitlin Porter

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To cope with an influx of patients this flu season, Allenton Medical Centre has implemented a triaging system.

Practice manager Nicky Webb said she believed all Mid Canterbury GP practices were busy seeing patients with the flu, but some people were not self-managing as well as they could be.

“It’s the usual expectation for this time of year for the flu season,” Ms Webb said.

“A lot of people don’t necessarily self-manage themselves, they have a few coughs and sniffles and instantly feel they need to see the doctor so we’ve just been trying to sort of help people.”

So instead of putting the patient in front of a doctor, which they would be charged for, nurses are speaking to the patient first.

Allenton Medical Centre nurse manager Andrea Kinley said the triaging system worked by phone.

On fully booked days nurses discuss the patient’s symptoms and condition with them, she said.

The nurse can then decide whether or not the patient requires an urgent appointment or symptomatic advice.

Mrs Kinley said there were

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Allenton Medical Centre nurse manager Andrea Kinley administering a flu vaccine earlier this year.

only a limited number of urgent appointments available with doctors each day, however there was always the option of booking patients in with a practice nurse for a review.

Moore Street Medical Centre practice manager Greg Baker agreed this time of year was always a busy one.

“We are super flat out all the time, flu or no flu,” he said.

“We are just busy as usual… nothing over the top, normal day-to-day stuff.”

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The signs of symptoms of influenza can include a fever (a temperature of 38 degrees or higher), a cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches and pain, headaches, chills and stomach upset (vomiting or diarrhoea).

It can take up to three days to feel the symptoms after you catch the flu, and the worst symptoms usually last about five days, but coughing can last up to two to three weeks.

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If you have a high fever that won’t come down, especially if you are pregnant, it is advised people seek medical advice.

If you have chills or severe shaking, difficulty breathing or chest pain, purple or bluish discolouration of lips, skin, fingers or toes, seizures or convulsions, signs of other serious conditions such as meningococcal disease (which may include severe headaches, sleepiness, vomiting, stiff neck, aversion to bright lights and sometimes a rash).

Looking out for signs of dehydration (such as dizziness when standing, and not passing urine regularly) is important too.

If a person you are caring for is less responsive than normal, unusually quiet, or confused – call a doctor urgently.

Also call a doctor if babies or children’s breathing is fast or noisy or if they are wheezy or grunting.

Information provided by Allenton Medical Centre nurse manager Andrea Kinley

■ EDUCATION

In brief New meeting schedule Six-weekly meeting schedules are out and four-weekly schedules are in for the Ashburton District Council. As part of its streamlining of meetings, the council agreed this week to hold its three committee meetings on the second Thursday of each month and its council meeting on the fourth Thursday. Council workshops will be held on the third Thursday of each month as required. The Methven Community Board now has to decide how it wants to meet. Currently the board is on a six-weekly schedule, but the council is asking it to move to either four or eight-weekly meetings. This decision will be made at the next board meeting on Monday.

Chch hospital on track Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has said the development of the Christchurch Hospital’s new building is on track. Dr Coleman met with the Acute Services Building project team yesterday and visited the construction site. On track for completion in 2018, the building is well into the foundation construction phase, he said. The 10-storey building will include operating theatres, intensive care, radiology, acute medical assessment and an expanded emergency department, a rooftop helipad and support areas. The build, along with the developments at Burwood Hospital is costing an estimated $650 million.

It’s in the Box Looking for some entertainment on a wintry Sunday afternoon?

Look no further than Ashburton’s St Andrew’s Church, where a fundraiser with a difference will get under way at 2pm tomorrow.

It’s in the Box will adopt a similar format to the late Selwyn Toogood’s It’s in the Bag travelling television quiz show – popular in the 1970s. It’s in the Box compere Selwyn Toogood (AKA Bernard Egan) will ask participants selected from the audience a couple of quiz questions before inviting them to choose a numbered box and bargaining for its contents.

Mr Egan said the competition was as much about entertainment as it was about fundraising and had some good prizes on offer. Tickets can be bought at the door for $10 and include afternoon tea.

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Local principals say student parking is not an issue in Mid Canterbury.

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No parking woes for Mid Canterbury schools

By Daisy HuDson

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A war of words may have erupted over school carparks this week, but Mid Canterbury schools say local students have spaces to spare.

Prestigious Christchurch school Christ’s College was thrown into the spotlight after a group of students went to the

media over their parking woes.

They claimed a lack of carparking near the school was impacting their education, as they faced constant parking fines and lateness from trying to find parks.

However local principals say while it is more important for students in rural areas to be able to drive to school, parking

is essentially a non-issue.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said while there was not an abundance of parking spaces on-site, there was plenty of parking for students on Walnut Avenue.

That parking tended to fill up a bit more as more students got their driver’s licences throughout the year, he said.

It was a similar situation in Methven, with Mt Hutt College principal John Schreurs saying there didn’t appear to be a shortage of parking near the school. A rise in the driving age had meant a decrease in the number of students driving to school, and students also had the option of catching the bus to school, he said.

A team of New Zealand earthquake engineers has been sent to Nepal to assist with its earthquake rebuild - costing the Government $1 million. Foreign Minister Murray McCully yesterday announced New Zealand had sent a team of 15 earthquake engineers to Nepal to assist with its rebuild following massive earthquakes in the country earlier this year. “The specialist engineers departed for Nepal this week and will remain there until November,” Mr McCully said. “They will provide Nepal’s Government with technical support in seismic assessment, design of repair and retro-fit solutions, barricading, shoring, temporary works, deconstruction and demolition.”

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■ ROCK N POP SHOW

Musical extravaganza hits the stage

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Five weeks of hard work were put to the test last night when the curtain rose on homegrown show Rock n Pop. The winning team of Jo Castelow and Alice Sollis have worked with a cast of 46 singers and dancers to turn on a show that takes the best of the music world and turns it into an entertainment extravaganza.

The show is a major fundraiser for the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, but it also provides a great opportunity for locals to test their talents on stage, said musical director Jo Castelow.

The Castelow-Sollis partnership is the brains behind Ashburton’s annual summer singing school for young performers and the winter concert provides a similar opportunity for adults, Mrs Castelow said.

“We’ve got secondary school students to, well, quite mature performers.”

Last year a similar show was staged and it raised a significant amount of the money needed to

replace 12 performer microphones, transmitters and receivers for the event centre.

Profits from this year’s shows will be put towards other technical items, she said.

Rock n Pop is a broad sweep show across several decades of popular music and popular artists. Many of the numbers involve the full cast but there are also break-out cameo spots for individual soloists.

The field is broad, Mrs Castelow said, ranging from Elvis and Simon and Garfunkel to Madonna and a scene from the movie Titanic.

No auditions were held, finding a cast was a word of mouth exercise, but it yielded a crew that was high on talent and energy, Mrs Castelow said.

“We’ve got a real mixture of experience and fresh faces, people who haven’t been on stage before.”

She believes that for the cast, the appeal of shows such as Rock n Pop is the relatively short rehearsal time.

Rock n Pop opened last night and Kelsey Jackson belts out Let’s Get the Party Started by Pink at the start of musical extravais also on stage in the Ashburton ganza Rock n Pop in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. The show opened last night and will also be on stage tonight.

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■ STOCK DEATHS

Sickness and snow results in stock deaths

Staff illness and a snowstorm resulted in the deaths of a large number of sheep near Chertsey last weekend.

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By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Ninety ewes and lambs perished on a farm in the Chertsey district after staff were struck down with influenza during a recent cold snap.

The Guardian was notified of the dead sheep by a passerby yesterday morning.

Later in the day Mid Canterbury SPCA inspector John Keeley confirmed about 90 ewes and lambs had died – largely as a result of last week’s snow dump and ensuing subzero temperatures.

The person managing the property had become ill then developed pneumonia and was unable to tend to the stock.

Unbeknown to him the farm worker also went down with influenza and was unfit to take

care of the lambing flock.

“It was a shocking accident – but this is what can happen when illness strikes on a farm,” Mr Keeley said.

“When he (the manager) found out he was more concerned about looking after the livestock than picking up the dead animals.

“In his state of health it was the right decision.

“I’ve seen it happen before; another farmer also came down with pneumonia and I walked into a paddock with more than 300 dead sheep in it.

“The message is if neighbours or anyone else notice something like this they should check up and make sure everything is okay – or call the SPCA and we can do it.”

Mr Keeley said other stock

on the property were inspected yesterday and found to be in good condition.

“The rest of the sheep were in good nick. They were on a stubble paddock but there’s good grass growth underneath and plenty of tucker around under the trees,” he said.

The property owner said the event came about as the result of unseasonal weather.

“We were also a bit short staffed when the sheep died,” he said.

“Going back 20 years or so we had a lot less twins (lambs) than we do these days, twins tend to be just that bit smaller and are more vulnerable when bad weather hits.”

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury meat and fibre chairman Michael Salvesen said

most farmers were managing to keep stock feed despite experiencing two dumps of snow already this winter.

“People are alright at the moment as far as I’m aware, but there’s not much grass growth – even down by the coast it’s not very warm,” he said.

Foothills and high country farms are still blanketed with snow, which is putting pressure on supplementary feed supplies, Waimarama farmer Alistair Maxwell said.

“It’s been a pain really, we’ve had to feed out a lot more silage which we were already short on,” he said.

“We’ve managed to bluff our way through – hopefully we will get to spring without anymore (snow).”

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Council tidies up election sign policy By sue NewMaN

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When it comes to gathering voter support, the weight of power is all in the favour of local body politicians rather than candidates in a general election.

This week the Ashburton District Council tidied up its election signs policy and in that policy it spells out how long candidates can fly the flag to catch the voters’ ticks.

Anyone hoping to win a parliamentary seat can have their hoardings up around the district for just two months before election day.

Local body candidates, however, can start their campaign

six months ahead of election day.

Where candidates can place advertising, however, has changed and signs are no longer allowed on council land or streets (apart from selected spots) and that prompted councillor Darryl Nelson to ask at Thursday’s council meeting where that left the large banner that hangs across East Street and has been used by political candidates in the past.

While the banner might hang over a council owned street, the poles that support it and the banner itself do not come under the election sign policy as they are owned by the Ashbur-

ton Business Association and are hung from privately owned property.

The street side advertising ban could create issues for candidates who had advertising material signwritten on their cars, said councillor Russell Ellis.

Technically, if they parked in town, they would be in breach of the hoardings policy, he said.

Commonsense, however, carried the day, and councillors decided casual parking of a signwritten vehicle would be taking the advertising ban too far. The policy was designed to avoid candidates parking trailers with signs on the side of

the road, or parking signwritten vehicles on council land for lengthy periods.

Election signs can be erected on private property with the consent of the land owner but candidates are limited to one sign per site.

Areas where space is limited will be restricted to a first-in, best-served approach and the council will not be responsible for any damage or loss of signs on council land.

With local body elections due to take place in October next year, candidates could start publicly touting for votes by erecting hoardings as early as mid April.

Central Plains Water irrigation scheme opens The official opening of Stage 1 of the Central Plains Water irrigation scheme opens the door to generate more than $1 billion in economic growth.

Prime Minister John Key opened Stage 1, which will irrigate 20,000ha between the Rakaia and Hororata rivers, yesterday.

When completed the CPW scheme will provide irrigation water for 60,000 hectares of farmland between the Rakaia and Waimakariri rivers.

IrrigationNZ (INZ) chairwoman Nicky Hyslop attended the opening with INZ CEO Andrew Curtis.

“Access to reliable water is particularly important at the moment during a dairy downturn as it will allow farmers to diversify and weather the storm,” Mrs Hyslop said.

“Tapping into this water also means farmers can more cost effectively and efficiently grow grass using precise application of water and reducing nutrient run off. This will help our pastoral farmers better compete in international markets.”

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy said the supply of reliable water would deliver major economic and environmental benefits.

“Providing this reliable water supply is estimated to generate economic activity of between $1 billion and $1.4 billion, an export boost of $328 million per year across the Canterbury region, and around 1100 new full-time equivalent jobs,” Mr Guy said.

“Reducing deep groundwater abstraction will also reduce electricity use and improve water quality in Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere.”

The Government has supported the project through Crown Irrigation Investments Ltd, which has invested $6.5 million into CPW Stage 1, and the Irrigation Acceleration Fund (IAF) which invested $5.3 million into the early stages.

The scheme is planned as a three stage development. Stage 2 has already been gaining support from shareholders. This stage will potentially irrigate another 30,000ha.

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In brief

■ METHVEN SUMMER SCHOOL

Enrolments trickling in

By SuSan SandyS

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Just a few days after Methven Summer School organisers launched the 2016 programme, enrolments are starting to trickle in.

New courses range from playwriting and planning a funeral, to sausage making and fly fishing for women.

A number of high profile tutors from around the country will join with Mid Canterbury talent to deliver the programme from January 5 to 10.

Organising committee chairperson Judith Sommerville said golf, upholstery, distressed furniture, painting and photography courses were already filling up.

“Some of those ones we haven’t even started advertising yet, and they are already selling,” Mrs Sommerville said.

New additions included a

■ DROUGHT

three-day course on playwriting, to be tutored by Auckland playwright and theatre director Gary Henderson. It would require a minimum of five people to run, but Mrs Sommerville said the more the merrier.

“It would be awesome if we got about 10 people because it would just make so much more input, it’s so much more dynamic when you get a few more people. If we get people interested in that sort of thing we can have more and more of that sort of stuff,” Mrs Sommerville said.

No classes would have more than 12 people, and some classes had lower maximum enrolment levels. Small class sizes were part of the philosophy at the summer school, where people could enjoy the Methven community feel and be “pampered”. Filtered coffee and fresh baked scones were a traditional

part of the deal, being offered for morning and afternoon tea, she said.

Planning a funeral would be offered by retired long-time funeral director Roger Paterson of Ashburton. The organisers had decided to introduce the course after people had requested it.

Sausage making would be instructed by award-winning Ashburton butcher Paddy Kennedy, while Methven guide Al Kircher has added a fly fishing for women course alongside the perennial of intermediate to advanced fly fishing.

“Al is determined to get more women into this fascinating sport,” the programme explains.

Tutors include Auckland make-up artist Briar Howard who worked on Dancing With the Stars. She will tutor a makeup for mature women course as

well as a make-up for young women course. They also include Wellington photographer Caroline Atkinson, who will take a range of photography courses, including a new one on cell-phone photography, and award-winning Ashburton painter Heather Sarin, to take a course on abstract art as well as one on choosing the right colours to wear.

Mrs Sommerville said many of the courses aimed to make the best use of the Methven landscape, and these would include a family day tramp, costing just $20 per adult for early bird enrolments with children free, to Inverary Hut. Organisers had produced a smaller summer school brochure this year, putting the majority of information about the courses and enrolment instead on the school’s website, at methvensummerschool.co.nz

■ HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL

Drought support extended Support for the drought-affected eastern South Island has been extended, and an extra $100,000 has been granted to help struggling farmers.

The Government has also extended the drought declaration until February next year.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy said he met with local farmers in the Hurunui district yesterday.

There had been little rainfall throughout the year, despite it being well into winter, he said.

“North Canterbury, Southern Marlborough and parts of South Canterbury and Otago continue to experience very dry conditions.

“Pasture growth is well behind normal for this time of year and with lambing and calving starting, the situation remains serious for some.

“For this reason we are extending funding of $100,000 to Rural Support Trusts in the eastern South Island to carry out drought recovery activities.

“The North Canterbury Rural Support Trust will be allocated $30,000 of this funding.”

Mr Guy said the funds would help provide support and guidance to farmers.

- NZME

Missing for a month A 14-year-old boy last seen in Auckland has been missing for almost a month, police say.

Paora Peachey was last seen in Henderson, west Auckland, on July 19 and has not made any contact with his caregivers since. He is a male Maori, about 1.7m tall and of medium build with short dark hair. Police believe he could be in the Auckland area or he could have returned to his home town of Gisborne. Police and his family have concerns for his safety due to the length of time he has been missing.

- NZME

Pedestrian named The pedestrian killed when struck by a truck in Paengaroa has been named as Alexander Trevor Forbes Taiatini. The 44-year-old man from Te Puke was walking with an associate along State highway 2, near Te Puke when he was hit by a tanker truck at 7.56pm on Thursday night. There are indications alcohol may have been a contributing factor. The associate was not physically hurt. Police said the driver of the tanker was left “severely shaken”.

- NZME

Gisborne quake It is highly unlikely any Gisborne residents would have been woken up by a “severe” earthquake yesterday, an expert says. The 5.1 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Gisborne around 4am, GeoNet said. It was described as “severe”. The quake was located 705km north-east of Gisborne, at a depth of 12km. Duty seismologist Caroline Holden said because the quake was centered so far off the coast of Gisborne, it was unlikely any residents would have felt the tremor.

- NZME

Convicted of trespass Four Greenpeace protesters who climbed onto Parliament have pleaded guilty and been convicted of trespass. Johno Smith, Jeff Harrison, Abi Smith, and Verena Maeder, have been convicted after appearing before a judge in the Auckland District Court yesterday.

All have been remanded at large for sentencing in October. In July, the group scaled the walls of Parliament, and erected solar panels on its roof. They stayed on the roof for the day.

- NZME

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Months of hard work pays off After months of hard work, Hampstead School pupils got to show off their skills at Flava Festival in Timaru yesterday. Hampstead was one of several Mid Canterbury schools taking part in the cultural festival, which features

kapa haka, performing arts and visual arts segments.

Principal Peter Melrose said tutor Koka Bernie Stephens had been working hard with the children to develop their routine for the performance.

“There were some nerves

before going on stage but once there the children rose to the occasion to deliver their best,” he said.

The group was already looking forward to the Hakatere Festival in Ashburton in mid-November, he said.

Additional staff have been brought in to Mt Eden prison since Corrections stepped in to run the jail last month, the department has confirmed. However, Serco is being urged to pay for more staff before it once again takes over management of the prison.

Corrections took over the running of the jail, after private operator Serco came under fire following a series of incidents over the last few weeks. On Thursday, Corrections ran into problems, when an inmate was discovered dead in his prison cell. The prisoner, 63-year-old Liberty Charles Baker, was due to be sentenced in the High Court at Whangarei this week after pleading guilty to nearly 80 charges including rape, sexual violation, assault, kidnapping, threatening to kill and grievous bodily harm.

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■ CONNOR MORRIS TRIAL

Accused guilty of murder Michael Thrift Murray has been found guilty of murdering Connor Morris.

A jury of eight men and four women returned their verdict yesterday in the High Court at Auckland following a two-week trial.

Murray, 34, admitted killing Mr Morris during a street fight in West Auckland last August.

But he claimed he acted in defence of his brother, hitting Mr Morris in the head with a sicklelike tool to stop a violent assault.

He pleaded not guilty to mur-

Connor Morris

der, saying he did not intend to hurt or kill Mr Morris. He was worried that Mr Morris

would seriously hurt or kill his 22-year-old brother, Stanley Popata-Murray.

As the verdict was read out Mr Morris’ mother and sister hugged and cried.

A relative called out to the jury “thank you from our family”.

The Morris family and their supporters left court without commenting.

However they did stop to thank police for their work and support.

Police will not be commenting

■ NETBALL WORLD CUP

on the case until after Murray is sentenced.

In court a relative of Mr Morris yelled a threat to the murderer.

“Murray, your time is coming,” he said before he was quietened by the judge.

Murray will be sentenced in September.

Millie Holmes said on Instagram after the verdict was announced: “We all knew it, glad that the justice system came through for you baby @cnnrmrris cant believe I’m happy about

something so sad, doesn’t bring you back or change our reality now, doesn’t change how much we all miss you or how much we all wish we could turn back time...but you got justice and for everyone who knew you it means a little bit of closure... #JusticeForConnor” She also uploaded a quote from American novelist Stephen Chbosky.

“So, this is my life. And I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be,” it read.

- NZME

■ HOMELESS IN GENEVA

In the thick of the netball action Homeless man One of Mid Canterbury’s local MPs was getting in on the action at the Netball World Cup, taking on the Aussies in a slightly different trans-Tasman challenge.

The ‘ParlyFerns’ netball team, which is made up of New Zealand MPs and parliamentary staff, headed across the ditch yesterday to take on their counterparts from both the New South Wales parliamentary netball team and the Australian federal parliament team.

Selwyn MP Amy Adams was one of the players putting on a bib and taking to the court, all in the name of friendly rivalry.

At stake was the Diggeress Cup, a tribute to the Anzac soldiers - known as diggers - who fought in World War I. The Kiwis claimed the first victory of the day, comfortably beating the NSW team by 2610.

The team also had the chance to get some tips from the pros when they watched the Silver Ferns take on Uganda in their last match before their Netball World Cup semi-final today.

The Parlyferns eventually took out the cup, beating the Aussies 14-10.

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Selwyn MP Amy Adams with the Diggeress Cup.

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Fundraising campaign for baby Ayla Four old team-mates of Jerry Collins are joining forces to raise funds for his orphaned baby daughter Ayla.

Collins played for Welsh club Ospreys from late 2009 to early 2011.

A group of his friends known to Ospreys fans as the “Fab Four” say they want to help Ayla, orphaned in a June 5 car crash in which Ayla’s mum Alana Madill died alongside Collins.

Ayla’s health condition has since been precarious. Now 5-months-old, she suffered bleeding on the brain and spent weeks in a French hospital.

She’s since returned to her native Canada with Madill’s parents and met Collins’ parents Frank and Galuia.

Collins was playing in France for Racing Club Narbonne at the time of the crash - but just a few seasons ago made a big impact

in Swansea, the second-biggest city in Wales and home of the Ospreys.

Former Ospreys fullback Lee Byrne, wing Shane Williams, halfback Mike Phillips and centre James Hook were helping organise an event at the city’s Liberty Stadium on November 11.

Byrne said the players would sell tickets, have an auction and a raffle to raise funds for whatever Ayla might need. - NZME

A young unpaid Kiwi intern at the United Nations who caused an uproar after he was reportedly living in a tent has admitted to arranging a publicity stunt.

David Hyde, 22, was offered somewhere to stay after Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve photographed him in his suit in front of the tent he was camping in on the shores of Lake Geneva.

Yesterday Mr Hyde told The Intercept website he and his girlfriend had planned ahead to alert media to his living arrangement.

“I looked up some studios and room shares to see the sorts of prices I would be paying in Geneva and it was clear that it would be too expensive for me,” Mr Hyde told The Intercept.

“I needed a solution. The answer was fairly simple. I would live in a tent.”

He said doing so allowed him to “hit two birds with one stone”.

With limited funds, the tent was a cheap way to live in Geneva. And he said he wanted to raise awareness about the plight of unpaid interns.

“And so I arranged for my situation to be leaked to the media. The intention was to spark a small discussion in Geneva on intern rights and get the media reporting on the issue. However, the response was more than I could have ever planned for or expected,” he added.

“It is somewhat degrading spending hours trying your best to convince people to let you work for them for free. For six months. In some of the

David Hyde

most expensive cities in the world.”

Mr Hyde said he and others believed unpaid internships were inherently unjust but such internships had continued after falling “through the cracks in our moral codes and legal systems.”

The 22-year-old’s mother Vicki Hyde earlier this week said David was a “typical Kiwi kid” who wasn’t afraid to rough it.

Mrs Hyde and her husband Peter did not know their son was living in a tent, until he sent them a link to the Tribune de Geneve story.

“We were shocked in one way in that when he mentioned he was going to get a job with the UN we thought it would be a paid one and we thought it would be a really good thing for him to do and really good experience. We were a bit dismayed to find it was unpaid, and of course that he’s actually living in a tent to make ends meet.”

She would have expected the UN “to be up on issues of equity and non-exploitation”, she said.

- NZME

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■ NEW ZEALAND FLAG

Flag debate heating up

By Nicholas JoNes The flag debate is heating up with a post by the Prime Minister supporting change attracting more than a million views, at the same time as one of his MPs came out against the alternative designs.

John Key has posted a message to his Facebook page making the case for a change, which has been seen by more than one million people since it was put up on Thursday, and shared three times more than a post on

election night last year.

Meanwhile, National MP Simon O’Connor has come out in strong support of the current flag - posting a video in which he shakes his head and laughs at the 40 proposed alternatives.

In a video posted to Mr O’Connor’s Facebook page, the MP for Tamaki sits at his desk and points to the alternative flag designs, shaking his head and saying “no” to each, at times laughing at the designs.

Mr O’Connor, who is on the board of Monarchy New Zea-

■ ISIS LIST

land, then turns to the current flag behind him and says, “yeah”.

The video has been well received, with one person commenting that it “might get you a summons to the PM’s office”.

Mr O’Connor laughed at that suggestion, and said there were a range of views within the National Party on changing the flag, although he was unsure how many MPs wanted to keep the current one.

He had kept an open mind on a change, he said, but none of the proposed alternatives jumped

out to him. The video was a way to express his view to his constituents.

Mr Key’s opponents to the process have labelled the referendum process his vanity project. A long-list of 40 alternative flag designs has been released by a panel, which selected them down from more than 10,000 submissions.

The panel is tasked with whittling down the shortlist to four designs for the first referendum in November and December.

Once an alternative flag is

chosen, it will then go up against the current flag in a second referendum in March.

Mr Key originally supported the silver fern with a black background, but changed his mind when it was compared to the Islamic State’s flag. He now supports a design featuring the silver fern and southern cross.

Labour leader Andrew Little has said he does not plan to vote in the referendum because he felt it was not the time for Government to be spending $26 million on a flag.

- NZME

■ MID CANTERBURY CANCER SOCIETY

ISIS list ‘an open call for lone wolf attacks’

By JohN Weekes Homegrown extremists will not be concerned a kill list the socalled Islamic State purportedly published is riddled with dated or public information, a security analyst says.

The list, published on social media, is mostly of American soldiers and officials but included contact details for a New Zealander.

Some IT security analysts have questioned the list’s veracity and origin but geopolitical analyst Dr Paul Buchanan said the list was designed to sow fear indiscriminately.

“There wasn’t any hardcore hacking involved. But that’s not the point,” Dr Buchanan said.

“The message was an open call for lone wolf attacks. It was explicit, saying ‘behead them in their homes, do it now’.”

Police, Prime Minister John Key, and Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee have all voiced concerns about the publication of the personal details.

Dr Buchanan said if any of the 30 or 40 people suspected of being local extremists acted on the list, they’d end up attacking the New Zealand target’s father, since the targeted man was now living abroad.

“So now imagine if one of these guys attacks the house or hurts the father. That’s the point - they want to sow fear and panic.”

Such an attack would cause some members of the public and more politicians to start questioning the current Kiwi deployment in Iraq, he said.

“The point is to sow fear, saying, ‘We can touch you now that

we have self-radicalised people in your country’. So let’s just hope the SIS [Security Intelligence Service] and the cops are onto it,” Dr Buchanan said.

Isis operatives or sympathisers didn’t care how accurate or current the information was, he said. “They just want to send a message to the New Zealand public that they can be touched in a bad way.”

Some tech commentators have cast suspicion on the kill list.

“This is at least the third time this year that Isis has claimed to have hacked into government servers and extract the personal details of United States officials. ‘Hack’ is a misleading verb, though, because in each of those instances, the terrorists didn’t exactly compromise America’s information security fortress,” Gizmodo reported yesterday.

“Either the ‘hacked’ information was already public, or apparently completely fabricated,” Gizmodo added.

Deakin University information security researcher Prof Matt Warren also raised questions about the kill lists’ authenticity. The list was “a non-government subscription list” and “not such a great victory” for Isis, he wrote on Twitter.

Prof Warren said the leaked passwords seemed fake and did not conform to password naming conventions.

Isis has sparked more disgust in recent days with new atrocities and the emergence of details on its theology of mass rape. Even the Taliban condemned an execution where Isis forced prisoners to kneel on landmines, blowing them up simultaneously.

- NZME

Ashburton Trust Lion Foundation Distribution Committee representatives Jim Lischner (left) and Fay Watson (right) hand over the keys to the newly sign-written car to Mid Canterbury Cancer Society manager Annie Bonifant (seated).

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Staff set to travel in style Staff at the Mid Canterbury Cancer Society can now zoom around in style, thanks to the Ashburton Trust Lion Foundation Distribution Committee.

Cancer Society manager Annie Bonifant said the branch was in need of a vehicle and put an application to the committee earlier in the year.

Thankfully, their application

was granted and they received their car a couple of months ago – but only recently has it come back from the signwriters.

Committee trustee Fay Watson said the foundation was happy to help out.

“It’s a great opportunity to support organisations and the infrastructure of Ashburton.”

The car is the Cancer Society’s primary vehicle and will be of great use, as staff will use it to visit people in their homes and carry out their day-to-day work which can see them traverse wider Mid Canterbury and beyond, Mrs Bonifant said.

“We are just extremely grateful for the support and generosity,” she said.

AOS arrest man in Timaru The Armed Offenders Squad carried out an arrest warrant in Timaru yesterday.

A street in Timaru had been cordoned off, to allow an arrest to take place, a police spokesman said.

The cordon effected an area of Evans Street in Timaru, the spokesman said.

A part of State Highway 1 had also been cordoned off, however the cordon had since been lifted.

The spokesman said no gun shots were fired as the warrant was carried out, however, a distraction device was used.

A man had since been taken away by police, he said.

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■ CANTERBURY HEALTH

Craig being sued

Time running out for free check-ups

Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig is being sued by one of the men he has claimed is behind a “campaign of defamatory lies”.

Lawyers for Jordan Williams have filed a statement of claim under the Defamation Act in the Auckland High Court against Mr Craig and Nathaniel Heslop, Kevin Stitt and Angela Storr, all officers of the Conservative Party.

In a statement, Mr Williams, an executive director of the lobby group the Taxpayers’ Union, said the action related to statements made by Mr Craig at a media conference on July 29, and a leaflet subsequently distributed to households across the country.

The claim seeks general damages of $250,000 and punitive damages of $50,000 in relation to Mr Craig’s statements at the media conference.

It also seeks general damages of $500,000 and punitive damages of $100,000 in relation to

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the leaflet. The action comes after Mr Craig announced at the July 29 media conference that he would sue Mr Williams, former Conservative board member John Stringer and blogger Cameron Slater for $300,000, $600,000 and $650,000 respectively.

At the conference he held up a booklet, titled Dirty Politics and Hidden Agendas, which he claimed outlined a “campaign of defamatory lies” against him.

Mr Craig said in the booklet

he was releasing he outlined what he saw as the “strategy” to remove him as leader of the Conservative Party.

He has vehemently denied allegations against him, including sexual harassment, payouts against victims and sexually explicit texts. He has previously denied sexual harassment claims involving his former press secretary, Rachel MacGregor.

Mr Craig told the Herald he had not done anything wrong and was not worried about Mr Williams’ legal action.

“Obviously it will go to our lawyers and it will be a twoway claim with Mr Williams.

We are quite clear in having outlined what he has done wrong.”

Mr Craig said he expected to lodge his own legal action imminently, and was still committed to it and the reasons he had given for it.

“We are in the process of compiling our claims.” - NZME

Canterbury residents who are not enrolled with a doctor have until the end of the month to get a free check-up with a GP. Last month the Canterbury Health System launched an initiative to encourage people who are not enrolled with a doctor, to get enrolled. Anyone enrolling for the first time in Canterbury will receive their first consultation free.

Canterbury District Health Board chief executive David Meates said if people were not enrolled with a GP, they were missing out.

“To make the most of health services here in Canterbury, you need to enrol or register with a general practice who can either help you there and then or refer you to specialist services,” he said.

Mr Meates said signing up to a practice provided access to not only expert advice and

check-ups, which meant people pay less for their health care, it also meant an opportunity for ongoing vaccination and health screening check reminders.

“Prescriptions will be cheaper too (or free for those under 13 and enrolled with a GP team),” he said.

People are entitled to enrol if they are a New Zealand, Cook Island, Niue or Tokelau citizen or are entitled to stay in New Zealand for two years or more – for example, people with a work visa.

Vouchers for a free general practice consultation can be downloaded from www.cdhb. health.nz and are only valid for people who enrol for the first time in Canterbury before the end of August 2015.

Once enrolled, people can use their free consultation voucher any time before December 31, 2015.

Annual protection of native braided river wildlife under way soon The 13th consecutive year of an operation to help protect three of New Zealand’s rare and endemic birds, among other native wildlife, will start soon in Ashburton District with the co-operation of landowners.

In late August and September Environment Canterbury will start this season’s control operation targeting animal predators in the lower Ashburton River to help protect wrybill, black-fronted tern and black-billed gull.

“These operations are not a quick fix, however. It takes many years to allow breeding birds to boost numbers through natural recruitment and encourage other birds back into area where they have been largely absent.

But bird survey results were encouraging.”

Brent says starting work in late August is critical to make sure there are fewer predators on the ground when the birds are nesting in late spring/ early summer.

“Unfortunately we can’t eradicate these predators totally or fund sustained The Ashburton River is an important breeding ground for braided river bird control over larger areas, but by helping to protect these birds when they species, but before the programme started there was a significant decline are most vulnerable we hope to make a difference.” in bird populations in the riverbed, especially tern and wrybill.

While the wrybill, black-billed gull and tern are the main species for Environment Canterbury has engaged a local contractor to focus predator protection, all birds, invertebrates and lizards in the Ashburton riverbed will benefit from the control work. control on two sections of the river. The lower Ashburton riverbed site of approximately 920 hectares runs downstream from the State Highway 1 Signs will be erected at control locations advising the public of what is Bridge to a point 9.5 kilometres down the river. taking place. Please keep dogs under tight control in these areas.

The upper site located at Hakatere on the south branch of the Ashburton For more information: River between Blowing Point and Buicks Bridge covers about 560 hectares ecinfo@ecan.govt.nz and 7.5 kilometres of riverbed. This site has seen control for the last 0800 ECINFO 18 months, with a large number of predators caught.

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Malcolm Luxton’s collection of New Zealand agate has become so extensive it’s earned itself a special home at the end of his garden.

Where some might see simply a stone, Malcolm sees potential and it’s that potential that keeps rock hounds collecting, cutting and polishing, always seeking something different, something rare or unusual.

Today his collection numbers 4000 and growing, but his passion for agate is undimmed.

And this week he launches a book that represents two years of work, in which gems from his collection (largely agates from the Ashburton District) are profiled in photo and text.

When he looks at the book Malcom said he knows he’s travelled a long way from the child who was happy fossicking with his family on the local beach to being the owner of a collection that is amongst the best in New Zealand.

Realising that what he thought were simply ‘pretty stones’ were agates that would tell their own individual story when cut and polished, was a light bulb moment.

“I discovered that we live in the best agate bearing locality in New Zealand and that no two stones are the same, that’s the really intriguing part.”

He provided all the text and photos for his book, Agates of New Zealand, but a professional designer was used to ensure the finished product would match the best of coffee table books.

“I had to decide whether to spend the money and go for the Rolls-Royce version or not, but I wanted this to be a quality book.

“It’s cost me thousands of dollars to put together, I’ve worked another two years longer to fund it,” he said.

When he saw the finished product Malcolm was impressed. He believes his book will stand up to scrutiny from

Agate expert Malcolm Luxton sets up an exhibition of Mid Canterbury agate in the Ashburton Museum ahead of the launch of his book, Agates of New Zealand, this weekend.

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any lapidarist, anywhere in the world.

“My book is a record of Mid Canterbury treasures. It’s taken four or five years to put together but it is really the experience of a lifetime,” he said.

Agate is formed as a secondary filling in cavities generated or forged within lava flows.

The minerals involved are responsible for the widely varying shapes and colours of each agate, a process that takes millions of years.

And the exciting part is that until a stone is cut, it’s usually unremarkable exterior gives

little indication of the world of colour and form that is hiding inside, he said.

Mid Canterbury is home to New Zealand’s best agates, with the raw stones needing to be cut with a diamond saw and polished to reveal their story.

And that story can be an explosion of colour, subtle monotone bandings or a random arrangement of colours and lines that creates an almost perfect landscape painting.

They can come from river beds, beaches or from hill sides.

The Rangitata, Hinds and Ashburton rivers yield the great-

est treasure. It’s the eternal search for something new and different that keeps collectors collecting, but with his collection now almost outgrowing his museum, dubbed The Agate Orphanage, it’s now a case of a new agate arriving and an old one departing.

“The unwow ones, if they’re worth polishing and selling I do that because it’s an expensive hobby to maintain. Even the wow ones now, with 4000 in the collection, they need to be wow, wow to keep,” he said.

Internationally, New Zealand does not have a reputation as

What does a passionate rock hound do when he wants to share his extensive knowledge on agates? Write a book of course.

the home of outstanding agate, but Malcolm hopes to change this through his book. Eventually he hopes it will be stocked in museums and by lapidary groups worldwide.

For him, the book is a way of sharing his collection. It’s fine having it in the back yard where people have to know it exists before they want to see it.

And with that book now launched, Malcom is looking forward to getting back into river beds and the hills, looking for just one more special agate to add to his collection.

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Capturing the present to enjoy in the future

Rakaia photographer Rebecca Watson opened her town centre studio this week.

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Rakaia photographer Rebecca Watson has added new photography awards to her name, and has been busy opening a new showroom. She talks to Guardian reporter Susan Sandys.

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etting a good photograph of a child relies on engaging with them and getting them to relax, says award-winning Rakaia photographer Rebecca Watson.

Rebecca this week opened a new photography showroom in the town centre, and has been busy painting and getting the premises ready.

“I guess the best way to take a photograph of a child is to engage with a child,” Mrs Watson said.

Some children took longer to relax than others, and they were all different, she said.

“There’s lots and lots of different personality types, you can tell what kind of person they are, you can tell whether they are bright and bubbly or shy and cautious.

“For me I will go in and try and relate to them on their level, whoever they are.”

Mrs Watson is herself a mum, living in the town with her four-and-a-half-year-old

son and husband Daniel.

Last weekend she received two bronze awards in the creative portrait category of the Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards in Queenstown.

It was a repeat of the success from when she last entered the annual awards two years ago.

Mrs Watson said she felt excited and thrilled to receive the awards, especially as it was always nerve-racking having one’s work judged by one’s peers, especially in a world where styles and trends changed all the time.

“What is popular and on trend changes so quickly in this digital age, that it is very hard to keep up,” she said.

“So instead I try to stay true to my own style.

“In a world full of photographs and digital images I feel very passionately about providing imagery that is composed and lit beautifully, that

communicates the emotion of my subjects and impacts the viewer, all the while maintaining an excellent standard of professional technique and print quality.”

She is the principal photographer at Borrowed Light Photography Studio, and is opening the town centre showroom after having operated the business for eight years.

The new studio would complement her residential studio.

Recently while on-site painting, a man driving past had swung round in his car, and she had wondered what he might be looking for.

However, he ended up just wanting to talk to her about her photography – asking “Are you that photography lady?”

Rebecca said she specialised in capturing the essence and imagination of her subjects.

She strived to capture the beauty in everyday family interactions and create portraits families could treasure forever.

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Sports diary Around the Grounds Hockey Timaru 3.20pm Cambridge (2) v Wakanui Black (3) Semi Final 2 5.00pm Tainui (1) v Wakanui Blue (4) Semi Final 1 Ashburton 1.30pm Hampstead v Hampstead/Collegians, semi final Sunday: 1st Grade men Johny Hunt Trophy game Sunday night at 6pm Wakanui v Collegians Rep Hockey all day Sunday starting at 9am last game at 5pm, Primary girls A and B and Development plus Development Boys, featuring Canterbury, South Canterbury and Mid Canterbury.

Rugby Heartland Pre Season The Trust Ashburton Mid Canterbury v North Otago, Whitestone Stadium, Oamaru, 2.30pm Hanan Cup Fixture Mid Canterbury A v North Otago Development, Whitestone Stadium, Oamaru, 12.50pm Under 65Kg Hanan Selection Games, Old Boys Club, Timaru, Field 1 South Canterbury v North Otago, 10Am North Otago v Mid Canterbury, 11.45Am Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury, 1.30Pm Under 48kg Hanan Trial Games, Old Boys Club, Timaru, Field 2 South Canterbury v North Otago, 10am North Otago v Mid Canterbury, 11.45am Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury, 1.30pm

Summer Swansbury: Eligible for the junior category, but proving that she’s up there with the best.

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Exceeding expectations

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few months ago Summer Swansbury knew little about powerlifting, but today she’s a national record holder.

At last weekend’s summer powerlifting nationals in Wellington she broke the open records for her weight category in both the deadlift and the squat.

At just 20 years old and 57kg, Summer was eligible for the junior category, but proved that she was up there with the best in the open category.

In the deadlift she needed a lift of 140.5kg to break the open record, and she lifted 145kg, while in the squat she lifted 130.5kg – 0.5kg above the existing record – and in the benchpress she lifted 70kg.

She’s only been a powerlifter for a few months, so her lifts and her records far exceeded her own expectations, but also made her want more.

Now, her aim is to get to the world championships in Texas, USA, next year.

“It was so much fun, I just want to keep doing it and keep getting better,” she said.

Summer was joined in Wellington by her partner Craig Manson and her coach Steve Lousich – both powerlifters themselves.

Lousich broke the bench-press record in the 120kg category with a lift of 252.5kg, while Manson produced a 260kg deadlift in the competitive 120kg category.

It was Manson and Lousich who talked Swansbury into giving powerlifting a go, after she

initially wanted to try her hand at bodybuilding.

But she’s more than happy with the choice she made, and so are they.

Manson hopes to travel to Texas to compete too, and together, they’ve started a Facebook page – Craig and Summer’s Strength Quest – so people can keep up with their progress.

Making it to Texas will take a lot of hard work, and Summer knows that.

“I’m willing to give up heaps to save for Texas.”

It’s a big dream for someone who has just competed in her first equipped meet, but she’ll forgo the leg wraps and squat suits for her next challenge – a raw event for record holders in Dunedin.

It’s a dream that will also take a lot of commitment; there’s a lot more to it than just lifting a few weights.

“It’s pretty hard and it takes a lot of energy out of you.

“You’ve got to eat well; you need to eat heaps and you need to eat every two to three hours when you’re training, and I have to be really strict with what I eat,” she said.

But she comes from a sporting family, and has always been sporty herself.

She’s played netball, tried boxing, and has always been a runner, so she knows what hard work is and has the drive to achieve what she wants.

And what she wants is to be a personal trainer, and a champion powerlifter.

Opportunity for Kiwi punters to win big New Zealand’s sporting rivalry with Australia reaches tipping point this weekend and a confident Kiwi punt could have lucrative returns.

A $10 multi-bet on New Zealand teams to beat their transTasman rivals in rugby, league,

basketball and netball this weekend would return $1280 at the TAB. The All Blacks are huge favourites to retain rugby’s Bledisloe Cup tonight while New Zealand’s netballers, basketballers and Warriors are all at long

odds to beat their rivals from across the ditch.

In netball - everything going to plan - Australia and New Zealand will meet in the World Cup final tomorrow in Sydney.

And in basketball, the nations’ men and women meet in Mel-

bourne on Saturday in the opening leg of qualifying games for Rio. The Tall Blacks are paying $10-1 to beat the Boomers.

And on Saturday night the Warriors are paying $3-1 to halt their end of season slump against the Panthers. - NZME

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In brief Bowlers selected The following players have been selected to play for the Ashburton Indoor Bowls team against Geraldine and Temuka combined on Thursday, August 20 at the Ashburton Stadium 7:30 pm start. Players a plate please. M Nordqvist, G Hurst, N Chapman, M Clucas; M Sheard, J Cuthbertson, G Pitt, D Whiting; G Wilson, G Anderson, M Bensdorp, M Stewart; M Markham, J Stewart, L Mackenzie, R Richards; D Turner, J Gibbs, A Peek, N Atkinson; M Lawson, K Taylor, B Bensdorp, A Richards; R Ellis, C Tubb, B Allnut, J Cleghorn; D Bell, Michael Teirney, C Cleghorn, W Cullen. Any players unavailable should contact John Cuthbertson on 0274399158.

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Mid Canterbury’s Emily Hickman is busy making a name for herself on the basketball court.

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Making her mark on court

Premier League champions Chelsea travel to Manchester City, last season’s runnersup, tomorrow with manager Jose Mourinho embroiled in a growing row over accusations he has sidelined team doctor Eva Carneiro. Media reports claim Carneiro will no longer attend matches or training sessions after Mourinho reacted furiously to the sight of her running on to the pitch to treat Eden Hazard during the latter stages of last weekend’s opening 2-2 draw, which temporarily reduced Chelsea to nine players. Mourinho has received widespread criticism, with Liverpool’s former head of sports medicine Peter Brukner branding his behaviour “absolutely appalling”. - AFP

De Gea sidelined

By Caitlin Porter

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id Canterbury’s Emily Hickman has a wealth of experience when it comes to representative basketball, and it’s taking her all over the world.

Emily captained the winning U13 Mid Canterbury regional team to a national victory back in 2010, and she was selected in the New Zealand Development Team to compete in Australia in 2011 and 2013.

She was selected to represent the South Island in 2012, at the Port Maquarie Pacific Slam in Australia.

Most recently she went to Las Vegas with New Zealand Basketball Academy team – her second trip.

Emily is the only South Island player to make the cut for the 17-years-and-under New Zealand Basketball Academy tour, the same academy that launched Steven Adams’ basketball career.

She trialled for the team after being prompted by a friend.

In Mid Canterbury Emily is quite well known on the basketball scene, so she said it was refreshing to go somewhere where no-one knew her.

“It was good to go somewhere and prove myself,” she said.

“It was a wake-up call.”

Emily took part in three trials, one each month, and shortly after the team was named.

The academy team played two games a day over a four day Jam On It tournament at the Las Vegas Convention Centre last month, coming second overall after losing the final by three.

“It was neck-and-neck,” she said.

Emily didn’t feel like she played her best though, and was

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lege A team, of which she is a part of, sitting atop the Premier netball points table with Methven.

Emily also plays for the College secondary school SuperNet competition team, and they are heading into finals on Wednesday after a 25-20 semi-final win over St Andrew’s College this week.

Back in Las Vegas, the team then turned their attention

It was good to go somewhere and prove myself

keen to do whatever it took to get back to her old level.

“I had been playing a lot of netball and I didn’t feel like I had shown them what I had,” said.

The transition from netball was difficult, as the style of game was completely different.

Ironically, the Ashburton College student gave up basketball this year to concentrate on netball.

“For my last year [at high school] I just wanted to see what I could do with netball,” she said.

And it’s paid off, with the Col-

to their second lot of games - a four-day-long U19 tournament – which was a big step up for the young side whose players ranged between 14 and 17-years-old.

Thankfully, prior to the second tournament one of Steven Adams’ sisters took Emily aside and gave her a bit of a pep talk.

“It was that spark I needed,” she said.

The team went on to win all of their pool games, and came fourth overall in the tournament.

The team didn’t have any more games so had a couple of

days to explore their surroundings.

Steven helped out with that, he had been present for the majority of the tournament and helped get the New Zealand team into one of the most sought-after Vegas restaurants – Caesar’s Palace – and pointed them in the direction of some must-do attractions.

“He followed us around and even shouted us up the Stratosphere,” Emily said.

Emily too has her own affiliation with Adams, as his niece is a team-mate of hers.

While the basketball aspect of the trip had come to an end, Emily and her mum, who accompanied her, stayed on an extra couple of days.

While sport is a big part of Emily’s life, academics are also important to the 17-year-old, who hopes to gain a place at Christchurch’s Broadcasting School next year.

She has a number of sporting contacts in the city, and says she plans on staying active next year.

It’s a busy time for Emily right now, not only is she focusing on the upcoming Premier netball semi-final and final and of course, next week’s SuperNet final, she is also working on submitting her application for tertiary study.

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea will not return to the squad for his side’s game against Aston Villa overnight, manager Louis van Gaal has revealed. Spain international De Gea, 24, missed United’s 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend because Van Gaal felt he was not in the right frame of mind due to speculation linking him with a move to Real Madrid. Sergio Romero deputised for United in their Premier League opener against Spurs and is likely to do so again at Villa Park. - AFP

Kaka back for Brazil Kaka has been recalled to the Brazil squad for next month’s friendly double-header against the United States and Costa Rica, while Neymar is included, but Thiago Silva is dropped. The 33-year-old Orlando City playmaker Kaka becomes the first player based in Major League Soccer to be called up by Brazil as coach Dunga makes a host of changes to his squad after a disappointing Copa America.

“Kaka is a reference and we are bringing him to provide his experience, maturity,” Dunga said. “He will have an important job on and off the pitch.”

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Rugby future wide open By erIn TaSKer

N

icole Purdom thought it couldn’t get much better than scoring a try in the first three minutes of her side’s Christchurch club rugby final, and going on to win the title.

But it did.

When the Canterbury women’s rugby side was named over a loudspeaker at the end of the final, Purdom’s name was among those called.

She’s just 18 years old, and usually you have to be 19 to play in the national women’s competition.

If you’re younger, you need a special dispensation.

But sometimes, timing is everything.

“Luckily I turn 19 next week, before our official first game,” Purdom said.

That meant no dispensation was needed.

For the former Mt Hutt College student, who played for Ashburton College due to a lack of girls playing rugby in Methven, it’s going to be a big leap into the unknown.

She’s been in the Canterbury women’s wider training squad this year, but she didn’t expect to make the final cut of 26 so soon.

A blindside flanker who plays for the University side which beat Christchurch 21-19 in the club rugby final in Christchurch last weekend, Purdom has been playing rugby for as long as she can remember, starting as a five-year-old in

what was then touch rugby.

Her season playing for Celtic under-14.5s was the last she was able to play with the boys in Mid Canterbury, so she took her skills to Christchurch, where she’s played since.

This year was the first she was eligible to make the Canterbury side and while she’s made it, she’s not taking her place in the team for granted.

She knows there’s competition for starting spots and to keep a place in the team.

“Just because you’ve got in the team it doesn’t mean you can slack off,” she said.

Making the team had already been a step-up in commitment.

Suddenly she was having to train every day, and there would be travel to away games, and somewhere in there she’s still studying to become a PE teacher and dreaming of one day soon returning to Ashburton College and coaching some of the young players she was playing with just last year.

This was her first year living in Christchurch, but Mid Canterbury is still home, and her family continued to support her every step of the way, as they always had.

They were there when her name was called out after the final.

“My family is very proud.

“After the game my aunty was just bawling her eyes out and dad came running over to give me a big hug.”

Purdom was one of six University players to make the

Nicole Purdom looks for support on a charge upfield.

Canterbury team, along with Stacey Anderson, Elizabeth Pera, Kendra Cocksedge, Keila-

marita Pouri-Lane and Jessie Hansen.

Injury plagued her early-sea-

son, and she now had to wear an ankle brace, but overall it had been a season where Purdom believed her overall fitness and knowledge of the game have gone ahead in leaps and bounds.

“And probably knowing that the selectors were watching, and they were actually considering me for the team probably motivated me more to push myself.

“At the end of the season I was scoring in every game, but I don’t know if I was just in the right place, at the right time.”

Canterbury plays Otago in Pleasant Point today in a warm-up match, before starting its national competition against Counties Manukau at Christchurch’s Rugby Park next weekend.

“The goal is to win obviously, because in the past couple of years we have always come second to Auckland.

“They have such a huge forward pack, but we are trying to take it a step further this year.”

Representing Canterbury is a dream come true for Purdom, but there’s still more to come in her rugby future if she has her way.

“It’s been my overall goal for a long time, but finally they have recognised new talent.

It has been virtually the same team for a long time, but they are now realising they need to develop new players,” she said.

“This is big for me.

“There’s nothing else past this one, except the Black Ferns.”

And that’s her next goal.

McCaw - crowd can help us intimidate Cooper

By PaTrICK MCKenDry All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw says the Eden Park crowd can help his team put pressure on his old sparring partner Quade Cooper tonight.

The comment, on the eve of his final test at the All Blacks’ fortress, is likely to fuel a response to the Wallabies No10 which always promised to be a hostile one.

McCaw and Cooper’s history began when the Tokoroa-born Wallabies first-five put a cheap shot on McCaw near the end of his team’s victory in Hong Kong in 2010 and followed it up with another in Brisbane a year later.

They led to boos and jeers every time Cooper touched the ball at the World Cup four years ago.

Asked yesterday how he thought the crowd would react to Cooper, McCaw said: “I don’t know.

“He’s the fly-half of their team and we want to make it as tough a night for him as possible.

“That’s what I’m worried about and if the crowd help out with that, I don’t know, that would be good.”

McCaw won’t be overly worried about how Cooper is treated but there was enough edge to his reply to indicate just how seriously the All Blacks were

of 142 caps tonight - he is currently level with Irishman Brian O’Driscoll - said he wanted to put the talk of milestones and final games behind him for the moment.

“One thing I haven’t allowed is to get caught up in that because I really wanted to train as well as I could to play well on Saturday.

“When you have that focus you don’t get caught up in those what-might-be’s.

“I want to enjoy playing here and when you have a loss like last week it makes Quade Cooper

taking the match as a whole.

There is a Bledisloe Cup on the line and a World Cup to come next.

Another defeat after last week’s 27-19 reverse would put a serious dent into the confidence levels ahead of their title defence.

McCaw, who will create a new test record

you want to play even more.

“The key is to let it fuel you, obviously, coming off a poor performance but just that in itself isn’t going to make it work.

“We have to do things right this week and I think we have to this point.”

He said the World Cup final victory over France in 2011 was his fondest memory of Eden Park, adding when asked whether the All Blacks were hurting after last week’s defeat: “Yeah there’s some people hurting, definitely.

“We’re just lucky we have a chance to turn it around.”

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ABs skipper always destined for greatness

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black scrum cap framed his fresh face and his jersey looked a touch baggy as Richie McCaw made his test debut at Lansdowne Rd, almost 14 years ago.

He knocked on when he was clobbered in his first carry and up in the stands, new All Black coach John Mitchell wondered whether he had picked the 20-year-old too early.

The All Blacks were under the pump for long stretches before a late flurry pushed them to a 40-29 victory with the rookie McCaw winning a unanimous verdict as man of the match.

“We will be seeing a lot more of this young guy in the future,” Mitchell suggested.

After the game, the teams went to a formal dinner laden with rugby luminaries where McCaw, Aaron Mauger and Dave Hewitt were awarded their first test caps.

When McCaw was called to receive his, former Lions great Syd Millar, clambered to his feet and began clapping. The Irish captain Keith Wood followed before the whole room rose to applaud the All Black flanker.

“That was an amazing introduction to test rugby,” McCaw said in his autobiography.

Since then McCaw has continued to bless the All Blacks, astound the rugby world and infuriate opponents in a career which reaches a world record 142 caps tonight at Eden Park.

It’s remarkable in every sense of the word - that someone playing a role where he is targeted by every opponent and referee, where he’s had to alter his style a number of times to conform to rule changes, is still such a distinguished flanker in the game.

“He is phenomenal and it’s extraordinary the level of consistency that Richie produces,” said Reuben Thorne, who played alongside him on debut.

“He was highly-involved in that game and I remember in particular, one high ball he took with complete confidence.

In brief Cheika ‘unaware’ Wallabies coach Michael Cheika claims he was unaware of the hostility directed at Quade Cooper in New Zealand but that would not have changed his selection for tonight’s Bledisloe Cup decider. He wanted to test both Bernard Foley and Cooper at five eighths against the All Blacks just as he had mixed up his starting sides on the Wallabies end of year tour to Europe. He believed in Cooper’s qualities and his turbulent history playing the All Blacks was irrelevant. “I think I am the only one who didn’t know about (Cooper’s Kiwi past), to be honest,” Cheika said. - NZME

Soward takes blame

A fresh-faced Richie McCaw, a young man with the rugby world at his feet.

“It was typical of him he got the man of the match.”

Thorne remembers McCaw turning up at Crusaders training that year and making a nuisance of himself before they played in tandem in a trial game against the Waratahs.

“He flew off a defensive lineout at one stage and nailed this guy running down the inside channel and I remember thinking this guy has got something about him.

“It’s not often guys would make that sort of impact on me but Richie did this time.

“He only got a few minutes in Super rugby but played a full provincial campaign and when he scored three tries against Otago at Carisbrook, everyone started to take notice.

“Next he was on tour and playing the house down.”

When he leads the All Blacks out tonight McCaw will be captaining his men for the 105th time as they look to retain the Bledisloe Cup in their final hit out before the World Cup. McCaw has delivered many times over on an awkward teenage promise he made to a

rugby-mad uncle when he inked on a restaurant napkin that he’d make the All Blacks by 2004 and be a G.A.B. - a great All Black.

He hid the note in his bedroom cupboard at the family’s Hakataramea farm and went about his business until Mitchell cemented the promise.

Mitchell rated McCaw’s technique, high fitness levels and ability to adjust to all types of game.

“There are many aspects of his game that separate him from the rest, starting with his physical capacity. His decisionmaking on defence at the front and back end of the breakdown is superb,” Mitchell told SA Rugby magazine.

“He gets on the potential wrong side of the law by getting there early and keeping his feet for as long as possible.

“He also gets his body in the perfect position before the ruck is formed.

“He has evolved his breakdown work as the law interpretations have changed, and learned to put up with taking physical hits off the ball as

well as the pressure put on him by opposition coaches and the media, who have suggested he cheats at the breakdown.”

McCaw offered a lineout option, had improved his handling and ball protection while his mental tenacity allowed him to stay calm even under tremendous stress.

He was totally professional with his balance between rugby and time away from the game.

“He has mental toughness that allows him to dig deep when the momentum is against his team, and his calmness in preparation and performance is transferred to his team-mates.

“McCaw knows he will be at the ball from the first phase in attack and defence, and this is something he thrives on.

“He loves every contest, never gets frustrated and communicates effectively during the game.”

“He is a genuinely good bloke who is very gifted in many aspects.

“He has maximised his talent and fulfilled his dream of not just becoming an All Black but a great All Black. ” - NZME

Tasman sounds a warning to ITM contenders Not for nothing did the Tasman Makos reach the Premiership final in 2014.

They came up to Hamilton after a dusty pre-season, won the game 35-20, took the bonus points and taught this youthful yet promising Waikato side a thing or two about patience and controlling the key moments.

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ty Banks who slotted the goals, and punted astutely, though he did pick up a yellow card.

The groundwork was laid in the second quarter, after which they took a 17-9 lead into the sheds.

“We’re stoked with the result,” said Tasman skipper Shane Christie. “The first 30 minutes was a struggle for both sides,

but we managed to grind them down.”

Tasman scored the game’s first try, a very useful one too, with a long Quentin MacDonald pass putting Liam Squire across in the corner. The second was more prosaic, yet just as effective, Christie crashing over from a lineout drive.

Waikato’s 18-year-old fullback

Shaun Stevenson, a 2014 NZ Schools rep, who was presented with his debut Mooloo jersey by his parents before the match, sliced through for his team’s sole try, which hauled them back in the match when all looked lost.

But halfback Jimmy Cowan came off the bench to score the bonus point try and it was mis- NZME sion accomplished.

Penrith five-eighth Jamie Soward has taken the blame for his side having the worst attack in the NRL. The Panthers’ 15.8 points per game is easily the poorest in the competition, including a league-low 6.3 points in the first half of matches. Just last year the mountain men fell one game short of a grand final. But with four games remaining in 2015, the Panthers are suddenly in danger of being handed the wooden spoon. “Taking away from the weekend, I was pretty poor and I put my hand up for the poor attack,” he said. - AAP

Warriors chase Eel The Warriors are keen on securing the services of Parramatta speedster Reece Robinson as the club looks to bolster their outside back stocks ahead of the 2016 season. With no less than 11 players set to leave at the end of the current season, both coach Andrew McFadden and managing director Jim Doyle have made it clear they are looking for players with experience to help foster the development of the club’s younger emerging players. With 112 NRL games under his belt, Robinson fits that description, having started his career with the Broncos in 2008, and playing five years with the Raiders before joining the Eels. - NZME

Roosters need to lift Sydney Roosters are enjoying an eight-match winning streak, but coach Trent Robinson has implored his side to lift their game a month out from the NRL finals after a series of worrying defensive lapses. The Roosters can move into second place on the NRL ladder with a win over Parramatta tonight.

However Robinson yesterday raised concerns about recent matches in which his side has leaked big points over a short period of time.

- AAP

Luke facing ban South Sydney may turn to NRL bad boy Paul Carter to solve their hooking crisis with Issac Luke facing up to a month on the sidelines. Luke became the latest victims of the NRL’s crackdown on the shoulder charge when cited following Thursday’s win over North Queensland in Townsville.

- AAP

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■ NETBALL

Ferns wallop Uganda The Silver Ferns went into lockdown mode following last night’s final round qualification match against Uganda (won 7633) as the Netball World Cup moved into the final weekend.

Following last night’s match against Uganda - a surprise qualifier for the top eight - the Ferns sealed themselves off from friends and family and focus on the final few days.

If all the final round results go the way the rankings suggests they should, New Zealand are expected to meet England in today’s semi-final, while Australia look set to take on Jamaica in the other semi-final.

Coach Waimarama Taumaunu said the team decided collectively they would prefer to insulate themselves from outside distractions as best they could ahead of the finals.

“Our senior leadership group has been through this a number of times so that message has been pretty clearly communicated.

“The players have been great and there’s a real sense of focus about them.”

Taumaunu said the intensity in the camp has been lifting as they approach what for many of them will be the biggest games of their careers.

Laura Langman in action.

The Ferns have had a much more physical lead-in to the finals than the likes of England and Australia on the other side of the draw, battling through a couple of torrid tests against Jamaica and Malawi.

“The idea of a top eight has meant the pool games and [the second round] have been pretty difficult, more from a physical perspective.

“I’m really well aware and so are the team that we’re not really there on Sunday until we get through Saturday,” said Taumaunu.

Maria Tutaia racked up her 100th test appearance last night.

The star shooter, who made her debut back in Jamaica in 2005, is just the fourth Silver Fern to achieve the milestone, behind Lesley Rumball (2003), Irene van Dyk (2009) and Laura Langman (2014).

- NZME

■ BOXING

South Island boxers in the ring at Celtic tonight Ashburton’s boxing fans have an opportunity tonight to see some of the district’s top fighters in action against boxers from around the South Island.

The annual Ashburton Boxing Club event will be held at the Celtic Rugby Club and will see fighters from across a range of

weight categories in the ring.

At least five Ashburton fighters have been matched with out of towners, organiser Colin Sheehan said and these include Matt Miller, Cornelius Grobler, Ben Bailey and Aron Juhasz.

“It’s shaping to be a good event.

“Each year we’ve held it it’s got better.

“The standard of boxers is high and these are all mature fighters,” he said.

He anticipates all matches will be keenly contested with the match-ups very even.

Ashburton coaches Royden

and John Leath are happy with the form of their team going into the event, Sheehan said.

One female bout is schedules with out of town fighters.

Referees for the event are all from Christchurch.

Weigh in for boxers is at 4pm with the action starting at 7pm.

■ OPINION

Eden Park stronghold under attack R evenge is a dish best served cold, so they say, but I don’t think the All Blacks will be going into tonight’s big Bledisloe clash with the thermostat turned down, not at all.

In fact, the men in black will be white hot when they take on the Wallabies at Eden Park, which is of course their impregnable fortress, and no team dressed in yellow, especially with that fella from Tokoroa with the number ten on his back, is going to being taking that monstrosity of a cup home with them anytime soon.

The All Blacks must be hot favourites, on their favourite ground, and there’s several of them needing a big game to impress after last week’s debacle.

There was plenty made of the breakdown in the Sydney defeat, and indeed the ABs were horribly outclassed by the two Aussie speedsters there, but I thought equally bad was the awful lack of communication (and apparent lack of basic skills) when we did have the ball - players seemed unaware of each other, as if they’d just been introduced, and

seemed surprised to get the ball (maybe that’s why they dropped it. Again and again).

What exactly were the players will small numbers on their backs doing at first receiver, repeatedly?

There’s some who played ok; let’s pick on Jerome Kaino.

Good game, by anyone’s standards - but at the last World Cup he was a tiger, Pocock and Hooper combined, he completely had his captain’s back for three magnificent games.

While people still like to have Stephen Donald as the Cup hero, he wasn’t, he kicked a goal you’d like your club kicker to manage, and played quite well - meanwhile Jerome Kaino was instrumental in bringing that trophy home, just ask any of the opposing players that he tackled, and kept tackling.

We need him to be back at that level, and perhaps he’s heading that way for the big dance, starting tonight.

What is going on with the Wallaby selectors? Pocock on the bench? What about that don’t-change-a-winning-team mantra?

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

Michael Cheika has already stamped his mark on the rugby coaching world, out-thinking Steve Hansen last week, and now coming up with a team that has some pundits saying he’s throwing this one - but is he?

It’s the last game before the Rugby World Cup campaign, and the All Blacks will be desperate to go into that tournament on a winning note. * * * * * The squash season is just about on its last legs, with Pat Mulvihill and Julie Smith taking out the Mid Canterbury championships last weekend, and the incredibly intense interclub competition wrapping up last night, but there’s one more thing has popped up on the calendar.

Rakaia has a regular annual clash with Darfield, where they do something different every

year, but this one’s a cracker.

They’ve scored a real coup in grabbing Paul Coll to play a match with Chris van der Salm at the Rakaia courts on Thursday night.

Lots of folks will have seen Chris demolishing his opponents on court, but Paul doesn’t venture to these parts so much - he’s too busy doing things like going over the Australia and taking on their very best, in their own national championships - and beating them, like he did just a week ago, along with Joelle King winning the ladies title.

There wasn’t much in the news wire about that tournament; the Aussies had plenty of stories on their news feed about the semi-finals and how well their top players were doing, but when the Kiwis took over - suddenly there was no news!

But you can see exactly how good Paul is, up against Chris on the Rakaia courts at about 6.30 on Thursday (time to be confirmed). It might cost you a gold coin, but it’s squash at the very top level, a super way to finish off the season.

Kyrgios faces sanctions Under-fire tennis bad-boy Nick Kyrgios could face a more serious sanction for his unsavoury sledge on Stan Wawrinka with the ATP yesterday announcing an investigation into the remark.

The 20-year-old Kyrgios was fined $US10,000 for the obscene sexual remark against the Swiss star in their second round match at the Masters, but the Tour said it was also fining him an additional $US2500 for another comment made to a ball person.

“Following a review of video from the match the ATP has also issued an additional fine of $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct related to a comment he made to a ball person during the match,” the ATP said in a news release.

“In addition, Kyrgios has been served with a ‘notice of investigation’ which begins a process to determine if his actions also constitute a violation of the Player Major Offence provisions.”

The ATP said the probe could result in further sanctions against Kyrgios.

Following a 7-5 6-3 loss to John Isner, Kyrgios said he wants to put the matter behind him, but the ATP seems to have other plans.

Wawrinka, who separated from his wife earlier this year and has been linked to Croatian tour player Donna Vekic, said the ATP should take “major action this time”.

Kyrgios’ insult rocked the sport and the criticism has come from all directions, including world No.1 Novak Djokovic.

- AFP

Aussie brat Nick Kyrgios

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■ JONATHAN RIDDELL

Focus on flat features Jonathan Riddell has put his temporary return to jumps riding on ice as he focuses on securing further big-race success on the flat.

The versatile Palmerston North jockey has become one of the most reliable big-race jockeys in recent seasons, picking up this year’s Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes on the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Diademe and as the regular rider of horse of the year Jimmy Choux a couple of seasons back.

Riddell was forced to withdraw Wotabuzz from last Saturday’s Grand National Steeplechase at Riccarton after a bad jump with 1000m to run and said that would be his last jumps ride for a while.

“I’m out,” he said.

“That’s the plan - to focus on the Group races but you never know. If I’m not making enough money, I might have to be back again next winter.”

Riddell, who topped the million-dollar mark for stakes earn-

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ings for the fifth successive year last season, has secured the Gr.1 Makfi Challenge Stakes ride on Vespa and was pleased with his mount’s performance in running third to Choice and King Sambo in a 1000m trial at Foxton on Thursday.

“He ran a nice third. It was a good trial. I’m pleased to be on him for Hastings,” Riddell said.

Riddell was granted a release from Mighty Solomon for the Makfi but looks set to combine with that horse this spring after trainer Lisa Latta indicated she would be starting the Group One performer in undercard events through the Hastings spring carnival.

Mighty Solomon finished second to Group One winner Nashville at the trials on Thursday, delighting Riddell with the effort.

“He went a terrific trial. Him and Vespa have been my two standouts,” Riddell said.

Riddell’s immediate attention will turn to Otaki today, when he

continues a successful association with the Evan and JJ Raynertrained Taurus in the feature Hunting & Fishing Otaki Handicap (1300m).

Riddell has combined with the No Excuse Needed seven-yearold on five occasions for two wins and two placings, only their laststart fast-finishing fourth at Otaki blotting the copybook.

“He’s a neat horse, a lovely horse,” Riddell said.

“He’s never gone a bad race for me, except maybe last start but then he’d missed a race the day the Opunake meeting was called off and he was dropping back in trip to 1200m.

“But even then he was still hitting the line hard.

“He’s up in the weights this weekend and in the small field I’ll probably have him a touch handier. I’d be disappointed if he didn’t win.”

Riddell’s other rides at Otaki are Wiggle, Karching, Another Bachelor and Conroy. - NZME

Start for Wondering Former Wanganui galloper Start Wondering is set to have his first start from the Sydney stable of Chris Waller today.

The five-year-old gelding comes into the 1350m Benchmark 75 event at Rosehill with an impressive formline, having won four of his past five starts. However, a wide barrier draw (15) means Sydney premiership winning jockey Hugh Bowman will have a big task on his hands.

- NZME

Hasslehoof returns

Jonathan Riddell

The date for a return of Donna Logan’s highly rated galloper Hasslehoof has been set with the trainer nominating Ruakaka’s meeting on the 29th of August as the stage.

Now a four-year-old, the son of Tavistock produced two sterling efforts in his first two starts at Ruakaka last preparation over 1400 metres and 1600 metres respectively for a combined winning margin of almost 13 lengths. “He’s super, he’s really well and has been galloping superbly,” Logan said yesterday. Logan will produce the talented staying type first up over a mile this preparation.

- NZME

Rangiora harness Tomorrow at Rangiora Raceway

Rangiora Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Rangiora (All weather) Meeting Date: 16 Aug 2015 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.35pm SUNNY RUBY 14/15 HRNZ 3YO FILLY OF THE YEAR TROT $7,058, c0 trot, stand, 2600m 1 06P3D Precious Moment (1) fr ................ S McNally 2 2x Gleneleven (2) fr ............................. G Smith 3 0x29x Trial Separation (3) fr .......................J Curtin 4 57452 Squire John fr............................... Scratched 5 P2286 Natives Brite Gem (4) fr ............. K Cameron 6 Duchess Grace (5) fr................. C McDowell 7 43033 China Express (6) fr ........................R Curtin 8 88004 Brite N Lovely (7) fr ......................I Cameron 9 75462 Diana Harbour (8) fr ....................... K James 10 04357 Chivasion (9) fr .......................... M Edmonds 11 00 No Fears (U1) fr ........................... G O’Reilly 2 1.05pm DREAM ABOUT ME NZ 2YO FILLY OF THE YEAR MBL PACE $7,058, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, 2000m 1 54530 Sifty Tuesday (1) fr ........................B Orange 2 0x266 El Of A Kiwi (2) fr ..........................R Holmes 3 Jackalack Sue (3) fr ........................J W Cox 4 Ashes To Wings (4) fr .......................J Curtin 5 43402 Cullens First Meddle (5) fr......... R Houghton 6 244 Derringer (6) fr ................................M Jones 7 70090 Beaudiene Gambler (7) fr ............ M Neilson 8 700x Areion (8) fr ............................. C D Thornley 9 7x223 Easy Rider (9) fr ..................................B Butt 10 0 God Of War (21) fr..................... C McDowell 11 80000 Dover Delight (22) fr .............A Fitzgerald (J) 12 63534 Flagpole (23) fr.................................P Davis 13 The Golden Cross (24) fr ............. G O’Reilly 3 1.35pm CHASE THE DREAM HRNZ 2YO MALE OF THE YEAR PACE $7,058, 3yo+, c0 with cond. pace, stand, 2000m 1 0670x Maninthemirror (1) fr 2 0 Linton Shard (2) fr ................. J Markham (J)

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3 72466 Hangover (3) fr ........................ C D Thornley 4 Kia Kaha (4) fr .............................. G O’Reilly 5 80x34 Atchoo (5) fr .....................................J Curtin 6 7844x Anika Lindenny (6) fr ....................... G Smith 7 0 God Of War (7) fr....................... C McDowell 8 Stuover (8) fr .................................B Orange 9 Mykonos fr ................................... Scratched 10 562 Lis Rulz (9) fr...................................... R May 11 76x37 Tuapeka Art (10) fr ..........................R Payne 12 47x9x Monkey Puzzle (11) fr .................C DeFilippi 13 Forgot To Remember fr ................ Scratched 14 7 Lollapaloosa Midfrew (12) fr ........N McGrath 15 0x7x2 Dreamcoat (13) fr ................... J Morrison (J) 16 Jema Jet (14) fr ............................ S McNally Emergency: God Of War 4 2.05pm CHRISTEN ME HRNZ PACER OF THE YEAR MBL PACE $7,058, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 0849x Ma Joi (1) fr ...................................R Holmes 2 5 Bettor In The Dark (2) fr ......................B Butt 3 42D63 Party Rage (3) fr ................... J Whittaker (J) 4 39880 Jayees Supreme (4) fr...................... G Telfer 5 4 Cee Ess Tee (5) fr ........................ S McNally 6 422 Franco Hamilton (6) fr ........................ R May 7 0 Myboylolliepop (7) fr .................. M Edmonds 8 29889 Smackwater Jack (8) fr ...............C DeFilippi 9 5 Bettor’s Power (9) fr ..........................J Dunn 10 00 Rhythmist (21) fr............................ K Butt (J) 11 6 Extra Guinness (22) fr ............... R Houghton 12 0377 Midnight Flyer (23) fr ........................P Davis 5 2.40pm ADORE ME HRNZ 4YO &OLDER MARE OF THE YEAR PACE $7,558, c1, c2 with cond. spechcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 059x3 Sounds Swift (1) fr ........................K O’Reilly 2 47260 Shantahlia Knight (2) fr .................B Orange 3 00x1 Miss Lilac (3) fr............................. M Neilson 4 52487 Best Defence (4) fr ............................. R May 5 06500 Top Brass (5) fr ............................ G O’Reilly

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54979 Contractual Issues (6) fr................R Holmes 00x33 Going Going Gone (7) fr ................T Chmiel x0930 Drover’s Eyre (8) fr .................. C D Thornley 821 Stoney Eyre (9) fr ................................B Butt 2x036 Webb Ellis (U1) fr ..............................J Dunn 08909 Coyote (U2) fr..................................R Curtin 72090 Boomer Bailey (1) 10 ....................... G Telfer 78082 Albuquerque (2) 10 ..................... G Pearson 56060 Incredible Anvil (3) 10 ..................... G Smith 6 3.16pm ORANGE AGENT HRNZ 3YO FILLY OF THE YEAR MBL PACE $10,058, c3 to c6, c7 to c8 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 15000 Mr Meddle (1) fr ......................... C Smith (J) 2 31713 Western Art (2) fr ............................... R May 3 90x10 Donegal Jimmy Dave (3) fr ............. G Smith 4 6153x New York Town (4) fr.........................J Curtin 5 32154 Happy Heidi (5) fr ............................J W Cox 6 28473 Nikola (6) fr .......................................J Dunn 7 6040x Eyre County (7) fr......................... M Neilson 8 28959 All Delight (8) fr ....................... C D Thornley 9 3322x Lewy Risk (9) fr ...........................C DeFilippi 7 3.52pm STENT 14/15 HRNZ TROTTER OF THE YEAR HCP TROT $7,558, c1 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 8610x Princess Galleon (1) fr ................. G O’Reilly Ricky May is down to drive West2 96855 Little Bro (2) fr .............................. M Neilson ern Art in the Orange Agent 3YO 3 57858 Gin Rummy (3) fr .........................I Cameron Filly of the Year Pace at Rangiora.

4 01807 Izinthezone (U1) fr ..................... K Cameron 5 50x77 Shpeedy (U2) fr....................... C D Thornley 6 00534 Insignificant (U3) fr ...........................J Curtin 8 4.28pm HAVE FAITH IN ME NZ 3YO MALE OFTHE 7 0880x Classy Boyz (U4) fr ................... R Houghton YEAR MBL PACE $8,058, c2, c3 with cond. mob. pace, 8 42672 Sarah Palin (1) 10 ............................P Davis mobile, 2000m 1 95423 She’s Got It (1) fr ....................... M Purvis (J) 9 77450 Clean Break (2) 10 ........................R Holmes 2 x8326 Nui Toc Tien (2) fr ..........................B Orange 10 00133 Danke (3) 10 ...................................M Jones 3 51021 Princess Arts (3) fr ............................J Dunn 11 09000 Natural (4) 10 ......................................B Butt 4 07852 Change The Rulz (4) fr....................... R May 12 7060x Cherry Lindenny (1) 20 ................... G Smith 5 738x1 Justalittlebettor (5) fr ...........................B Butt 13 0x010 William Lance (U1) 20.................C DeFilippi

6 51x21 Maverick (6) fr .............................N McGrath 7 22557 Zin Zan (7) fr ................................ G O’Reilly 8 13408 Franco Salisbury (8) fr......................J Curtin 9 09Px1 Tilly Brogden (9) fr .......................T Williams 10 28136 Fair Dinkum Bromac (21) fr ........... K Butt (J) 11 x0010 Native Caesar (22) fr .....................R Holmes 9 5.05pm CHRISTEN ME 14/15 HRNZ HORSE OFTHE YEAR MBL PACE $7,558, c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 12 Like A Prayer (1) fr ....................... G O’Reilly 2 1x Cullect A Guinness (2) fr ...................J Dunn 3 09x70 Tuscaloosa (3) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 4 325P0 Betty Golightly (4) fr ....................C DeFilippi 5 12237 Gunpowder (5) fr ..............................J Curtin 6 63544 Little Tess (6) fr...............................T Chmiel 7 1x15 Shezalegend (7) fr ........................B Orange 8 0100x The Mighty Falcon (8) fr .................. G Smith 9 20x41 Fulham Royale (9) fr .....................R Holmes 10 2316 Black Regal Princess (21) fr .............. R May 11 36557 Handlebar Hank (22) fr ................ M Neilson 12 x2531 Love That Guest (U1) fr............. R Houghton Pacifiers on : Areion (R2) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated 1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

SELECTIONS Race 1: Trial Separation, Chivasion, China Express Race 2: Cullens First Meddle, Easy Rider, Sifty Tuesday Race 3: Linton Shard, Kia Kaha, Stuover Race 4: Cee Ess Tee, Extra Guinness, Franco Hamilton Race 5: Albuquerque, Going Going Gone, Webb Ellis Race 6: Lewy Risk, Nikola, New York Town, Happy Heidi Race 7: William Lance, Danke, Insignificant, Clean Break Race 8: Princess Arts, Zin Zan, Change The Rulz, Maverick Race 9: Like A Prayer, Cullect A Guinness, Gunpowder

Wanganui gallops Tomorrow at Wanganui Raceway

Wanganui JC Venue: Wanganui Meeting Date: 16 Aug 2 09396 Thatz David mh (2) 68 ....................G Walsh 1360 $7000, MDN, 1360m 2015 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 3 7L230 Venerate (5) 68 ............................... I Lupton 1 x4529 Broken Belt (10) 58.5 ........R Goldsbury (a3) 4 978x6 Prestigiosa mh (8) 65 ......................M Gillies and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 2 27x5 Il Campione (7) 58.5 ................M Singh (a3) 5 68312 Boy mb (4) 65..............................D Miller (a) 3 9385x Bennies Approval (3) 58.5..... N Teeluck (a3) 1 12.20pm PALAMOUNTAINS NEW MY BEAU VET 6 27671 My Magician m (3) 65 .....................

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■ DEVELOPMENT WEST COAST

■ JOB LOSSES

West Coast mayors welcome windfall

Tui Brewery slashes 24 jobs

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Preparing for business expansion

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our business is going really well but you want to grow. You may already be dealing with the challenges of growth. What things do you need to think about and plan for as you expand? What steps do you take?

If you are a small to medium size business these are important questions.

Building a business strategy to underpin new expansion plans or even refining an existing strategy can be a daunting task and is likely to require guidance from a trusted advisor.

First and foremost you need to have a clear vision and strategy. You need to be clear about what you want to achieve as the business owner and what your dream is for the business.

The vision for a business is often directly linked to the personal dreams and aspirations of its owners. This is important as it not only sets the context for any plan, but it gives a sense of the future, guides decisionmaking and inspires a bit of emotion. Sharing your vision with staff will help create buyin and encourage them to be a part of your journey.

Matt Hannah

BUSINESS MATTERS

Creating a business plan that lays the foundation for future commercial success is not as simple as annually reviewing your previous strategy.

For many businesses, the planning process is too often actually more of a writing process. Planning is about the process of exploring your opportunities and the written document is simply a summary of your outputs.

A well-prepared business plan will also help if you need to raise capital. It will inspire the confidence of the lender or investor.

Once you have your business plan in place, ensure you have an ownership structure that fits with your goals. It is important to be aware of tax and legal factors while also considering how to protect your assets in the future.

You may want to structure the business to allow for family

succession or consider creating buy-in through an employee share scheme that will help retain key staff.

Managing cashflow, forecasting and the generation of cash from your business is another important factor when you are planning to expand.

It is not unusual to be profitable yet have no cash in the bank. Effective cashflow management can be the difference between achieving and exceeding growth goals or failure as a business.

Cashflow forecasting should not merely be a fixed annual process. Every business should re-forecast every 90 days to allow for changing business conditions.

Lastly, it is important to do your due diligence. Any major business decision requires taking the time to think through all possible scenarios based on your business’ strengths and weaknesses.

A careful analysis of opportunities and risks against your current business capability provides an essential foundation for future business growth.

Matt Hannah is a director of KPMG Private Enterprise

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tives to help businesses grow and can also be used by councils to leverage additional funding from central Government and other funding sources,” he said.

It was anticipated the funding would be used for projects like progressing the implementation of ultra-fast broadband and other initiatives to make doing business easier.

“This is a really positive and timely initiative for the Buller region and we will be looking carefully at what is the best use

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Tony Kokshoorn

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Development West Coast yesterday announced it was giving $1 million to each of the three Coast councils as part of a district economic stimulus fund.

The announcement came less than 24 hours after Solid Energy announced it had put itself into voluntary administration.

Dependent on a vote from shareholders in the next five weeks, the business will continue trading while the company is broken up, and sold.

Development West Coast said the new $3m fund could not be used towards community assets, but instead must be used by the district councils for projects to support business on the Coast.

Chairman John Sturgeon said trustees recognised businesses were hurting.

“Trustees want to provide funding that supports the business environment and encourages employment on the Coast.

This fund will support initia-

of the fund,” Buller Mayor Garry Howard said. In Greymouth, the money will be used for the town redevelopment. The $1m coming from council reserve funds has now doubled.

Mayor Tony Kokshoorn said the $2m would be enough to create a town square, and probably redevelop the floodwall too.

“The stimulus package DWC is offering the three councils is just what we need at the moment and will enable us to get on with economic development and keep employment in the region.” Westland Mayor Mike Havill said it would allow each council to get the maximum value for their communities.

“There is the opportunity to leverage off the $1m so we will have to come up with projects that will allow us to generate even more funding and ensure the whole of the Westland district and its businesses benefit.”

Each council will develop proposals to be submitted to DWC for consideration.

- NZME

Corporate relations director Matt Wilson said the job losses would not take effect until the new brewery was operational, expected to be in May 2016.

He said it was hoped some of the affected staff would be able to be relocated to other DB sites or redeployed to the new brewery, as well as some assisting with the decommissioning works on the existing brew plant, which could take until December 2016.

“This has not been an easy decision to come to and it’s certainly not something anyone at DB has taken lightly.

We’ve considered a spectrum of options and we believe that the best outcome for the region and the brand is to keep an operational brewery on site at reduced production capacity,” Mr Wilson said.

Mr Rogers said the Tui Brewery was “very important to the brand”, with tourism numbers on the increase.

- NZME

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BY LAURA MILLS

Two-thirds of the staff at the iconic Tui Brewery in Mangatainoka will be cut as the brewery halts production of quarts and kegs.

DB Breweries confirmed yesterday 13 full-time and 11 part-time roles would be disestablished next year, with a “smaller capacity, fit for purpose brewery” replacing the existing plant.

The brewery employs 37 people, mainly from the Tararua district, with at least three from Palmerston North.

Commercial manager Nick Rogers said a changing market had meant quart production the tall brown bottles in crates - would be passed to Timaru, while kegs would “most likely” be handled in Auckland.

He said demand for quarts had declined 17 per cent in the past five years.

“Product types have changed,” he said. “It’s more the 330ml bottles [the market wants], and they are bottled elsewhere.”

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At close of trading on Aug 14, 2015

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–2.86

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OUR VIEW

Driving to school a privilege of convenience Sue Newman

CHIEF REPORTER

K

ids, cars and school, it’s a happy mix that’s been around for decades.

Check outside Ashburton College any day of the week and there’s a solid line-up of vehicles on surrounding streets that have arrived there with a young person at the wheel.

A few days ago there were screams of outrage, cries of elitism when students at Christchurch’s Christ’s College said they were fed up with having nowhere to park when they drove to school.

The students were labelled spoiled brats and worse. Their cause might have been good, but the way they handled it was all wrong.

And yet if the same situation had arisen at a school of less privilege, the reaction may have been quite different.

Close to home the number of students who arrive at school in either their own or mum and dad’s car is probably quite high.

They come by car for a variety of reasons, often convenience both for the student and the parent.

We’re in a very different situation at Ashburton and Mt Hutt colleges. Both schools have a large number of rural children on their roll and for every one of those, if there’s an after school activity on the agenda, that means a missed ride home on the bus and a parent making the trip into town to collect that child later in the day.

Growing up in the country the day you earned your licence and were able to drive to school was a red letter day for kids and parents. No longer did rural mums have to be the family taxi, on-call in the early evening to ensure their children were able to go to sports practice, music or dance lessons.

The independence that came with driving to and from school a couple of times a week had nothing to do with elitism, everything to do with commonsense.

We didn’t snivel about having nowhere to park, we were just happy to have a tiny slice of independence.

YOUR VIEW Vasectomies not always the answer Commenting on the story, Vasectomies to curb boom (Guardian, Saturday, August 8).

Why a man should say NO to a vasectomy! The old adage that ‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it’ is most applicable here.

Men need to find out the truth regarding this ‘simple and safe’ procedure and be armed with the facts that show that a vasectomy is not a good idea.

With the possibility of suffering life-long chronic pain and the gradual assault on your immune system it is not worth the risk.

As we look forward to Blue September and Movember, men are encouraged to make healthy life choices.

Do the research and YOU make the decision!

Grant Hopkins

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Immaculate conception?

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should a law allowing bars to open for Rugby World Cup games be passed?

Yes 64% No 36%

Nadine Porter HALFWAY THERE

W

e had an immaculate conception of biblical proportions on

our farm.

On walking past a paddock near the house recently I saw a lambing paddock, full of grumpy ewes and their young frolicking fumble footed lambs.

I was incredulous as we don’t lamb – we haven’t had a breeding flock on farm for at least five years so you can imagine the interesting conversation I had with the farmer as to the sudden arrival of our woolly friends.

When the farmer finally realised he couldn’t pull the wool over my eyes and quit the immaculate conception explanation he had been espousing enthusiastically, he sheepishly fessed up.

“It was Roger,” he mumbled and gritted his teeth.

On further intensive questioning I found out that it was indeed Roger and no heavenly intervention that had caused our hoggets to street walk along the fence.

You see Roger Ramjet had escaped the abattoir two years prior. I stupidly believed the farmer when he avidly told me all the fat rams had been dispatched as we had no need

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they were toothpicks in an effort to roam free, he also head butted the farmer in a particularly sensitive part of his physique.

Not to be outdone, the farmer spent hours luring him into the woolshed where he was going to deal with the problem once and for all.

But alas, he didn’t quite factor Roger’s fearless nature as he charged through, smashed a window and took off … yet again.

So the farmer, with much cursing, went and got his gun.

This would be an easy option he reckoned. And it looked to be going well when he cornered him and for once Roger stood

for them anymore … but it turns out Roger was the wild exception.

Roger has a rather delicate temperament. He’s not keen on the sheep yards and fancies himself as a violent hurdler – that’s when he’s not siring another unwanted generation on Bonnybrae farm.

I’ve got to give him kudos – he’d been a busy boy among a hundred hoggets, but the farmer assured me he was “dealing with the situation”.

Imagine my bewilderment when the farmer came storming in recently to tell me that Roger had escaped his clutches yet again. Not only did he snap sheep yard fences in two like

stock still and stared at him as if he knew he had munched his last prime ryegrass allotment.

The farmer swallowed, steadied his eye and took aim. Roger blinked, bucked and reared before taking aim at the farmer’s shins.

It was on the way home that the farmer and his bruised pride, said he’d have to get the gun fixed ASAP to stop it misfiring.

“Why’s that?” I asked.

“Because,” he reddened. “I might have forgotten about Roger’s mate as well so go and get the milk powder out love and head down to the back paddock. There’s at least another 50 lambs in there.”

Reaching for the mind of God T he 1968 Apollo astronauts were thousands of years ahead in time and understanding from those who wrote their thoughts in Genesis, the first book of the Bible.

Yet those astronauts could not refrain from quoting the words: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth”.

Man’s mind and knowledge has expanded to the point where he can get up close to the furthest planet in our solar system and also be aware of other galaxies than our own.

Missions into space and more

Janet Benfell

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

and more powerful telescopes have only added to the wonder of the amazing world of which we are a part.

Just as knowledge of the universe has expanded so has knowledge of the being called God (in English, but known by many different names and religions). We read of the philosophers and prophets of ancient times as they pondered on God, who he was, what control he

had over our lives and how we should live according to his wishes.

Those mere mortals spent long hours in remote places trying to understand the mind of God and in many cases were inspired enough to see that their people needed guidance.

Moses was able to set in stone a series of rules that even today is the basis of our spiritual and judicial systems.

They were, basically, that we: Serve one God and only one god; Take a day of rest each week; Respect your parents; Don’t murder; Stay faithful to your spouse; Don’t steal; Don’t

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lie and don’t envy those who have more possessions than you.

Jesus was even closer to the mind of God when he said: Love God with all your soul, heart and mind and love your neighbour as yourself ”.

That sounds simple enough, but He also said: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you and pray for those who ill-treat you,” and that takes a great deal more thinking about.

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In brief Bailout deal approved Greek lawmakers approved their country’s draft third bailout yesterday after a nearly 24hour marathon parliamentary procedure culminated in a vote that saw the government coalition suffer significant dissent. The government needed the bill to pass in time for Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to head to Brussels to meet his eurozone counterparts, who will decide whether to approve the draft agreement. Unable to borrow on the international markets, another bailout is all that stands between Greece and a disorderly default on its debts that could see it forced out of Europe’s joint currency.

The bill passed with 222 votes in favor, 64 against, 11 abstentions and three absent in the 300-member parliament.

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‘Profound grief’

Photographers walk near the charred remains of a warehouse and new cars after an explosion at a warehouse in northeastern China’s Tianjin municipality.

PHOTO AP

Lucky firefighter rescued Rescuers pulled out a firefighter who was trapped for 32 hours after responding to a fire and huge explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin as authorities moved forward gingerly yesterday in dealing with a fire still smouldering amid potentially dangerous chemicals.

A rapid succession of explosions late Wednesday – one equal to 21 tons of TNT – killed at least 50 people, injured more than 700 and left more than a dozen firefighters missing.

They were sparked by a fire at what authorities said were shipping containers contain-

ing hazardous material. They struck a mostly non-residential warehouse district late at night – otherwise the death toll could have been much higher.

However, the toll included at least 17 firefighters among the more than 1000 sent to respond to the disaster.

Firefighters initially responded to a fire at the warehouse and many of them apparently were killed by a series of explosions triggered 40 minutes after the fire was reported.

An additional 13 firefighters are missing, officials said.

“Reinforcements had just arrived on the scene and were

just getting to work when the explosions occurred and therefore there was no chance to escape, and that’s why the casualties were so severe,” Tianjin Fire Department head Zhou Tian said at a news conference early yesterday. “We’re now doing all we can to rescue the missing,” Zhou said.

One firefighter was pulled from the zone at about dawn yesterday and brought to a hospital, where he was being treated for face, chest and feet injuries, the state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Authorities have publicly assured a skeptical public that the blasts have not contaminated

the air but have been relatively reticent about other concerns raised, such as whether residences were too close to the warehouse and whether firefighters may have sparked the blasts by spraying water on volatile chemicals.

Many Tianjin residents weren’t taking any chances, and could be seen wearing airfiltering masks.

“I don’t usually wear a mask but I don’t quite trust what the government says,” said Ma Wiehan, wearing a mask while walking with her 6-month-old daughter. “I’m doing this for my child.”

- AP

Talks offer renewed Pakistan’s president renewed an offer to arch-rival India to hold bilateral talks to resolve the issue of the disputed Kashmir region, among other outstanding matters between the two neighbours.

In a televised speech marking Pakistan’s Independence Day, President Mamnoon Hussain said his nation believes in “peaceful co-existence,” though it would not comprise if its defence and security came under threat. “We want to resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, with India,” he told a gathering of students, government and military officials in the capital, Islamabad.

- AP

El Nino warning

■ IRAQ

IS ‘may have used chemical weapons’ The United States is investigating whether the Islamic State used chemical weapons, the White House said yesterday, following allegations that IS militants deployed chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq.

Alistair Baskey, a spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council, said the US is taking the allegations “very seriously” and seeking more information about what happened. He noted that IS had

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed “profound grief” yesterday for all who perished in World War Two in a closely watched statement marking the 70th anniversary of the country’s surrender. Abe acknowledged in the statement delivered live on national television that Japan inflicted “immeasurable damage and suffering” on innocent people in the war. “On the 70th anniversary of the war, I bow my head deeply before the souls of all those who perished both at home and abroad. I express my feelings of profound grief and my eternal, sincere condolences,” Abe said.

“History is harsh. What is done cannot be undone,” he said. - AP

been accused of using such weapons before.

“We continue to monitor these reports closely, and would further stress that any use of chemicals or biological material as a weapon is completely inconsistent with international standards and norms regarding such capabilities,” Baskey said in a statement.

Earlier yesterday, Kurdish officials said their forces, known as peshmerga, were attacked the day before near the town

of Makhmour, not far from Irbil. Germany’s military has been training the Kurds in the area, and the German Defence Ministry said some 60 Kurdish fighters had suffered breathing difficulties from the attack – a tell-tale sign of chemical weapons use. But neither Germany nor the Kurds specified which type of chemical weapons may have been used.

Confirmation of chemical weapons use by IS would mark a dramatic turn in the US-led

effort to rout the extremist group from the roughly onethird of Iraq and Syria that it controls.

Although the US and its coalition partners are mounting airstrikes against the Islamic State, they are relying on local forces like the Kurds, the Iraqi military and others to do the fighting on the ground. Already, those forces have struggled to match the might of the well-funded and heavily armed extremist group.

- AP

The current El Nino, nicknamed Bruce Lee, is already the second strongest on record for this time of year and could be one of the most potent weather changers of the past 65 years, federal meteorologists say. But California and other drought struck areas better not count on El Nino rescuing them like in a Bruce Lee action movie, experts say. “A big El Nino guarantees nothing,” said Mike Halper, deputy director of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center. “At this point there’s no cause for rejoicing that El Nino is here to save the day.” Every few years, the winds shift and the water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than usual. The resulting El Nino changes weather worldwide, mostly affecting the United States in winter.

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Administration Assistance Needed As our Foundation grows so does the paperwork!

We are seeking the services of a permanent part time administration assistant to help us support our Grants Committee and their grant making programmes. In addition the successful applicant will also provide assistance to our busy secretary/ treasurer andFoundation executive officer.

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Dr C. Cox, Moore Street Medical, Moore Street will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 9am until 12 noon and from 2pm until 5pm. Surgery phone 308 3066 for an appointment.

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COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, OMMUNITY ERVICES Holidays 10am until 3pm.

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ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Except in cases of emergency persons requiring in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. medical attention must consult their own or the Sundays and Public Holidays.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

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Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Rajiv Balbharan, Ciprian Verdes, Toni Johnston. Small: Jess Wood.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Izzy Cassen, Tammy Wilson, Ian Hodge. Small:

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Roading Experts Wanted!

Sicon Ferguson Ltd operates a range of services encompassing roading maintenance, subdivision construction and maintenance, water and sewer infrastructure and parks and reserves. We have an annual turnover of approximately $40M and operate throughout Canterbury.

We are currently tendering for various Roading Maintenance Contracts throughout the Mid and South Canterbury district and, if successful, would require the following experienced people: • Contract Managers • Grader Drivers • Operations Supervisors / Forepersons • Roading/Drainage Forepersons • Digger Operators • Class 2 to 5 Drivers • Labourers Proven roading experience is essential. We are looking for talented, selfdriven people with strong interpersonal skills and a practical down to earth approach.

To register your interest in joining the Sicon Ferguson team and developing your career, please visit our website at: www.siconferguson.co.nz and click on “Work With Us” Or email your application to recruit@sicon.co.nz.

Initial enquiries are welcome by phoning our Recruitment Line on 027 278 3821 quoting reference 097.

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Farm Supplies Sales Position

Preschool Manager We are seeking an experienced Manager to lead our Christian, special character preschool.

ATS is a dynamic and innovative co-operative offering members the ability to purchase all farm inputs through our stores in Ashburton, Rakaia and Methven.

We are seeking a full time sales person for our busy Ashburton Store.

If you are interested in being involved with farming, then this will be the position you are looking for.

You will be dealing with the farming community on a daily basis, provide advice and selling a wide range of products and services to ATS members, dealing directly with our suppliers, ordering product and being responsible for stock control.

You will also need to be physically fit as some lifting is required Ideally you will have: • A passion for agriculture • Strong customer service & sales background • Desire for personal development and willingness to learn • Intermediate computer skills • Forklift & DG endorsements would be an advantage We will provide all the training requirements for you to succeed in this position. To join this friendly, enthusiastic and motivated team, please apply.

Email your application together with your CV to: hr.manager@ats.co.nz Applications close Wednesday 26th August 2015

The ideal candidate will have strong communication and team building skills, as well as having a sound understanding of Te Whāriki and ECE. A willingness and ability to support and uphold the Christian special character of the Preschool is a condition of appointment.

For more information please refer to our website www.ashburtonbaptistpreschool.co.nz or call our Trust Board Chairperson, Mike Hill, on (03) 3077 229

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10.00am - 12.00pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road. Tinwald.

10.00am - 12.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Preloved clothing bargains. St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street. Tinwald.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton

Airport, Seafield Road.

5.00pm ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS SOCIAL EVENINGS. A social group for Masters swimming. E A Stadium, River Terrace.

6.00pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

Sunday

ST PAUL’S PREBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined Presbyterian Churches at 8.00am St Paul’s Led by Rev John Coutts, all ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

Holy Communion, Park Street.

9.30am 8.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Service and worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge.

Tinwald.

Baring Square East.

9.00am 10.00am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Radio controlled aeroplane flying, Allenton. weather permitting. Lovetts Road, off 9.30am Maronan Road.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 10.00am Worship Service. 48 Allens Road.

METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. 9.30am

New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153

Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives.

63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB.

Club and family day, everyone welcome.

M.S.A. Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

2.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Presents “It’s in the Box”, a fun afternoon with afternoon tea to finish. $10 tickets from Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

Monday

floor Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting. Waireka Croquet Clubrooms, Philip Street.

2.00pm GREY POWER ASHBURTON. Monthly meeting with speaker Hollie Woodhouse Adventurer. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6.00pm Ashburton Showgrounds, Brucefield RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Avenue.

Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews 7.30pm Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. 6.00pm Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Street.

Real women circuit training in hall. 48 7.30pm Allens Road, Allenton.

ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND 7.00pm KEYBOARD CLUB. MID CANTERBURY RUGBY SUPPORTERS Club night concert, visitors welcome.

CLUB. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Special meeting in the Downstairs Lounge,

9.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH TINWALD. Community garden working bee and fellowship, each Saturday, weather permitting. Behind the St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 157 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www.toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. 6.00am Members will host the Lady Vets at the ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Rakaia Golf Course.

Real women circuit training in hall, 48 1.00pm - 3.00pm Allens Road, Allenton.

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. 10.00am A great selection of many aircraft from METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY Methven.

GROUP. 10.00am New rooms open for research. Ground

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RURAL TRADING POST

REAL ESTATE

Prime Commercial Site

TENDERS Ashburton 19 King Street

2A1F2I

FIRST HOME - FIRST CHOICE This lovely two bedroom brick home with sunroom is a fine example of an investors starter of first home buyers.

Large double garage - fenced section ideal for children or keeping pets.

So close to school and easy access to main road.

Don’t be disappointed.

Tender

Auction Price On Application – C640 Road Network Operations and Maintenance 2015-2020 View by appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20013 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Tenders are invited for the operation and maintenance of 2,643km of sealed and unsealed roads, and associated footpaths, bridges and other roading assets in the Ashburton District.

Ashburton 21 King Street

3A1F2I

* Commercial kitchen Appealing Home - Secure Section - Close to School Fridges, chill room This*three bedroom homeetc has an open plan kitchen/living area with * Bar and accessories french doors out to a sunny terrace.

Deadline Private Treaty Closes 3:00pm Thursday 3rd September 2015 Double garage plus large storage area on a well fenced section must add appeal buyers. opportunity! Purchase a purpose-fitted hospitality venue offering potential and growth for Anfor outstanding

the discerning entrepreneur with a vision for the future. Comprising ofFor fullSale bar$283,500 facilities, spacious and very View by appointment functional Commercial kitchen, private gaming quarter, expansive storage areas, excellent heating and fully rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20014 secure function areas including private and outdoors.. A full property information memorandum is available Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 upon request.

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Tender documentation is available through Tenderlink.

All enquiries are to be addressed to the Tenders Secretary, Opus International Consultants, Timaru, Ph: 03 684 8539 or email timaru@opus.co.nz

T 03 307 8317 E ashburton.nz@raywhite.com 96 Tancred Street, Ashburton 7700

For Sale rwashburton.co.nz Cindy Hayward 027 259 4644 cindy.hayward@raywhite.com

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited Licensed REAA (2008)

Tenders close Wednesday 9 September 2015.

Neil McCann Ashburton $99,000

Ashburton

Ashburton

Ashburton

Great investment property as it is close to the town and you are not paying over the top for your section.

1012 m2 section (approx) Allenton area.

Clean site, services and vehicle access at gate.

Well and pump plus fenced on three sides.

Primo location for primary schools and only a wander to college.

793 metre square (more or less) Rectangular section next to the park on Cambridge street.

CV $101,000

Potential for investment or build your own new home. 1872m2 (more or less freehold land. Application to District Council for 4 allotment subdivision, subject to resource consent.

Owner states "he will consider all offers"

$249,000 View by appointment, 7 Woodham Drive rwashburton.co.nz / AHB20142

$110,000 View by appointment, 48a Cambridge Street rwashburton.co.nz /AHB20138

For Sale View by appointment, 71 Cambridge Street rwashburton.co.nz / AHB20076

Group Manager Service Delivery www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

This attractive section is worth a look.

TRADES, SERVICES

TRAVEL

View by appointment, 22a Chalmers Avenue rwashburton.co.nz /AHB20072

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

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

Beckley Coachlines Programme

TRADES, SERVICES

MATURE couple with vast experience cleaning have available to clean a few houses, Methven/Ashburton.

Reasonable rates, references available. Phone Sharon 303 0956.

LICENSED (REAA 2008)

RENZ

Guardian Motoring LICENSED (REAA 2008)

◊ MACKENZIE COUNTRY TOUR September 5-6 visit Tekapo, Mt Cook, Plus much more ashburton Omarama Hotel FREE loan trailer available! (overnight) Kurow & From a shovel load to South Canterbury a trailer load.

Netherby Netherby ◊ CHRISTCHURCH Brought youa great

by Kitchen Kapers.

1960’s dwelling, tileStreet roof, 718m2 section. Updated kitchen with a Not often we get our hands ontosuch site. Located amongst Dobson West REBUILD TOUR sunny dining area. Modernized bathroom with a corner shower good quality homes in a private lane and so handy to local Ph: 307 8302 August unit. Two double, one single bedroom. Lounge with 30 wood burner shopping. Potential for two townhouses (Subject to local planning Hours: Mon-Fri: enjoys the afternoon sun. Close to Primary Extra school,day pre-school, bylaws and consents).

Taj Ian Naika due to - 5pm Intermediate7.30am a short walk away. Shopping Centre is close by. popular demand $187,000 For Sale Offers over $125,000Happy 6th Birthday Taj Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

LICENSED (REAA 2008)

LICENSED (REAA 2008)

307 7900

Trevor Hurley Real Estate Limited REAA 2008

Birthday Greetings

View by appointment, 2 Davis Crescent rwashburton.co.nz / AHB20081

For bookings phone 308 7646

View by appointment, 9d Bridge Street rwashburton.co.nz / AHB20165

Naika.

Hope you have a great day!

Lots of love Mum and Dad.

LICENSED (REAA 2008)

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline

TRADES, SERVICES COMPUTER Tuneup and Repairs, New Computer Sales & Setup, Internet setup, Onsite Day Or Evenings and Weekends, LOW FEES, call Robin Johnstone at Networks Firewalls & PCS 308 1440 or 027-768 4058.

Ashburton

Ashburton

Allenton

Tranquil living at Carters Estate has many added benefits. 2000m2 sections with post/rail fences,key pad access to your property.

Tennis court and pavilion, two hole chip and putt, manicured grounds. Plenty of space and privacy. Close to Shopping centre, Medical centre, Primary school, and stroll to College. $450,000 View by appointment, 28a Carters Road rwashburton.co.nz / AHB20185

Lower priced sites are few and far between.

Flat building platform.

Rear site provides good privacy.

LICENSED (REAA 2008)

LICENSED (REAA 2008)

LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Book now!!

Cake Decorating Classes

Ashburton Ashburton With Kirsten Day HOME handyman available.

This exciting new release of 22 unique peninsula lots provides all The new release of five 3Ha and 4Ha properties marks Stage 7a of Phthe Mid August incredible amenity of this landmark community. this landmark development. Each of the lifestyle blocks, ranging in 0800 274 287 Be quick limited spacesyou can create the With sections from 843m2 to 1606m2 size from 3.22 to 4.17 hectares, offer stunning panoramic views 0800 ASHBURTON waterfront lifestyle family has dreamed of, for far less than and a unique connection to the Lake Hood lifestyle resort. Discover Fromyour only $10pp you’d expect. the best of both worlds.

To enquire phone 308 8287 LOG fire installations. $240,000 View by appointment, Lot 24 Tarbottons Road (Kelburn estate) LBP. tradesman Guardian/AHB20199 Classifieds Qualified rwashburton.co.nz /AHB20040 Stage 7a - Lake Hood rwashburton.co.nz /AHB20055 NZHHA LICENSED member, PromptStage 8 - Lake Hood rwashburton.co.nz The (REAA 2008) LICENSED Ashburton (REAA 2008) LICENSED (REAA 2008) Arcade, service. call Rob 021 193 03 308 8287 307 7900 2600. www.kitchenkapers.co.nz

Due to a change in circumstances this section needs a new owner Minor repairs, painting etc.

NOW. Concept house plans included in sale price. Be part of this 027-677-1952. beautiful sub-division now. Golfers take note..Golf Course very close by!

Rural Consultant

Owners invite offers! $95,000 View by appointment, 39 Clark Street rwashburton.co.nz / AHB20039

Rural

Urban

Urban

Urban

Ashburton 1129m2 section on favoured Ludlow Drive.

Access to water (although this section is not water’s edge), boating, swimming, paintball and fine dining.

It’s all here!

Formulate your plans now for a spring build! $155,000 View by appointment, 27 Ludlow Drive rwashburton.co.nz / AHB20035 LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Urban

Urban

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz PUBLIC NOTICES

Saturday, August 15, 2015 PLANTS, PRODUCE

Ashburton Lakes Rabbit Control August/September 2015 During August/September 2015 the Department of Conservation Raukapuka/ Geraldine Office and Landcare Services Ltd on behalf of LINZ intends to apply Pindone cereal baits on public land to control rabbits.

NZ Oranges 1.5kg $2.99 bag Mushroom Bag Red Kumara Fresh Lettuce Pumpkin large

Rabbit control is to take place on public land at selected sites within the Ashburton Lakes area, specifically the Mt Sunday area.

Method of Control

Poisoning will occur at sites of high rabbit densities throughout the area.

The bait may be distributed by hand and placed in small piles near rabbit sign as required or laid using a bait-feeder towed behind an ATV. The baits are cylindrical in shape, about 1 cm in diameter and dyed green.

These pesticides are poisonous to humans and domestic animals.

Always remember: DO NOT touch bait WATCH CHILDREN at all times DO NOT bring DOGS into this area DO NOT EAT animals from this area

Observe these rules whenever you see warning signs about pesticides.

For an operational fact sheet or further information, contact the Raukapuka/ Geraldine Office, (03) 693 1010.

A detailed map of the treatment area may be viewed on the DOC website www.doc.govt.nz under the Canterbury Pesticide Summary section or is available from the Raukapuka/Geraldine Office, North Terrace, Geraldine.

Lawn REAL ESTATE Mowing THINKIING OF SELLING? yourself up to 15k.

Business Save Looking for my first home For Sale $16,000 • Ashburton based • 94 Regular Clients • Includes 3 mowers, trailer, line trimmer, blower plus more, all in great condition • Great lifestyle, be your own boss.

Call : 03 303 3051 027 505 8660 or : 03 307 2840

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?  Housing  Commercial  Farm

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

$2.00 bag $2.99 kg $1.99 ea $2.49 ea

Specials available from 11/08 - 18/08

Location

• • • •

MEETINGS, EVENTS

$250 – $270k. Tinwald or Allenton. Needs work? No worries. Phone Logan on 027 331 0985.

PLANTS, PRODUCE

CONVENTIONAL pea straw.

Weed free. $6 per bale delivered. Ph 027 390 0002.

MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notice

Section 101,Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Public Notice of application for on-licence, off-licence or club licence (or application for variation of conditions of onlicence, off-licence or club licence).

Mt Somers Rugby Football Club Inc., Buccleugh Street, Mt Somers has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ashburton for the issue (or renewal or variation of conditions) of a club licence in respect of the premises situated at Buccleugh Street, Mt Somers known as Mt Somers Rugby Football Club Inc. The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is: Sports Club.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is (or intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7pm to 10pm Thursday 7pm to 11pm Saturday 3pm to midnight Sunday 4pm to 10pm The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Committee at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary, Ashburton District Licensing Committee, PO Box 94, Ashburton District Council.

No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

Calf Disbudding

Vetlife wishes to advise clients that calf disbudding is staying the same price as last year - $5.25 + GST. Humane protocol is used with sedation and pain relief which enables other routine procedures including ear tagging, DNA testing, vaccination and BVD bloods to be carried out at the same time.

Any enquiries from new and existing clients most welcome.

Please call Steve Burrowes on 027 222 4827 BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

HIRE

FLOAT hire - single, double and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & Feed. Phone 308-3422 anytime.

We design, we build, we innovate.

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

GRAZING

GOOD grass wanted for lamb grazing in spring, mobs 300 plus. Top money for top feed.

Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

Church Services Annual General Meeting To be held On Monday, August 31, 2015 at 2pm

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

10am Morning Service

St John’s rooms, Tancred Street, Ashburton

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison 40 Days Of Community: Pt 3

Apologies/ information:

Life 2 da Max (Kids Church) Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

Phone Kathryn at Community House on 308 1237

The next meeting of the Ashburton Trust Board will be held in the

Head Office Boardroom, Level 1 - Somerset House, Cnr East + Burnett Streets, Ashburton

on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 3.00pm Robert Reid Acting Manager

MEETINGS, EVENTS Mid Canterbury Rugby Supporters Special Meeting To be held Monday August 17 - 7.00pm Downstairs lounge, Ashburton Showgrounds.

A full attendance of rugby supporters would be appreciated.

GOOD Quality grazing FOR SALE available with experienced FIREWOOD - dry old man Graziers Mid Canterbury pine, delivered in 4m or 6m Region. Contact Phone No. loads. Phone 027 465 2122.

027 227 6075.

FIREWOOD for sale. Dry GRAZING REQUIRED for seasoned pine $160 per cord.

400 plus store lambs. Please Phone Sue 021 162 4102. phone 027 230 2188.

LADIES: pop-up shop selling WANTED grazing for 140 NZ designed womens ewes with lambs. Phone 027 gumboots. Sizes 35-45, 8 551 3924. styles in 8 colours. Winter sale: Sunday, August 16 Tuesday, August 18, 10am to 4pm in the former Methven Travel Centre, Main Road, Methven. Eftpos available.

Also pre-packaged fragrant lily bulbs. www.lilyfields.co.nz.

Wendy P. Millichamp.

We Help Save Lives

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

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

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CHURCH SERVICES

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton)

308-1095

LIVESTOCK, PETS

LIVESTOCK, PETS

Ashburton Guardian

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602

RENZ ashburton

Trevor Hurley Real Estate Limited REAA 2008

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays@10.00am Including Children’s Church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron Sts Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

Jubilee Christian Fellowship

St Andrew’s St Paul’s St James

Combined Service at

St Paul’s Oxford St

9.30 am

St Andrew’s 7.00 pm

Assembly Of God

10am Sunday Meeting Every Sunday 10.00am Hakatere Marae All welcome

The way of the transgressor is hard but Jesus came that you might have abundant life.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ATTRACTIVE and friendly 60's lady, size 14, in Ashburton Monday. Older gentlemen preferred. No texts. Ph 027 437 8345.

SH1, Fairton

You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

FOR RENT - 87 Grove Street. Tidy, warm, heated by logburner, three bedroom home. Private, fully fenced section. Garage with carport.

Pets by negotiation. Long DESTINY - Tall, busty, term tenants preferred. attractive, Island, beauty, Available immediately. Phone fantasy of pleasure. In/out 027 460 6489. calls. Phone 021 0279 8086.

RELIABLE working couple FIRST TIME, 100 per cent with two college children Japanese. In town. 23 years, looking for place to rent in the slim size 6, busty 38DD. country. From beginning Doubles. really good October. Two cats and a wellmassage. Phone Aiko 020 trained outside Foxy. Please 4068 7352 phone 027 755 9585 or 03 MISS Eva, attractive and 424 0554. busty, friendly. Straight and SPACIOUS a sunny two clean. No texting, no blocked bedroom house. Close in calls will be answered. Phone west side - walk to town.

021 044 0698.

Good section, single garage with internal access. No dogs.

Suit mature person, couple or similar. Ph 027 600 5573 evenings.

Guardian Job Vacancies

307 7900

WANTED to rent house for couple and dog. Long term.

Prefer country.

Good references. Please phone 302 4968 or 027 319 4753.

It’s time to get in the garden...

Wholesale landscape supplies, direct to the public: • Bark • Screened soil • Oamaru stone • 100% Organic Compost • Rocks and boulders • Sand, Shingle and Stones • Concrete Delivery service available plus a FREE loan trailer.

GOLD PARTNER

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 TV ONE

©TVNZ 2015

6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 0 9:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 3 Noon F Real Pasifik 3 12:30 F The Food Truck 3 0 1pm Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook – Through The Seasons 3 0 1:30 Kiwi Living 3 0 2:30 Highway Cops PGR 0 3pm Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:30 SCU – Serious Crash Unit PGR 3 0 4pm NZ Story 0 4:30 The Game Chef 0 5pm Monster Fish 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 3 0 7:30 Outback Truckers PGR 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 Outback Truckers PGR 0 8:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 9:30 Mr Selfridge AO Surprising accomplices turn up in the search for Kitty’s attackers; Agnes and Henri call it quits; Harry and Nancy reach an understanding. 0 10:30 Word Up 3 0 11pm Best Bits AO 3 0 11:30 Love Child AO 3 0 12:25 Doc Martin AO 3 0 1:20 Neighbourhood 3 0 1:50 L Football – English Premier League 4am Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Lonely Planet – Six Degrees China 8:30 Love Nature – Monkey Thieves 9am Love Nature – World’s Wildest City 9:30 Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple 10am Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 10:30 Decks, Docks And Gazebos 11am House Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings PGR Noon My Dream Derelict Home 1pm Beyond River Cottage 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm American Restoration 3:30 Yard Crashers 4pm The Apartment 5pm The Fashion Fund 6pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 6:30 Secret Creatures Of Jao 7pm Shark Man 7:30 Love Nature – Jungle Gremlins Of Java The slow loris is extremely cute but with a venom that can kill.

8:30 Guy Martin Industrial Wonders 9:30 Toy Hunter 10pm Auction Room 10:30 American Restoration 11pm The Apartment

SUNDAY

Midnight The Fashion Fund 1am Guy Martin Industrial Wonders 2am Shark Man 2:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet 3am Holiday Home Sweet Home 4am Auction Room 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Toy Hunter 5:30 Secret Creatures Of Jao

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2015

6am Guess How Much I Love You 3 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:15 Transformers Rescue Bots 3 0 6:40 Paw Patrol 3 0 7:05 The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue!

3 0 7:25 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:55 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 8:15 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 8:45 Beware The Batman 3 0 9:10 Regular Show PGR 3 0 9:35 Lab Rats 10am 2Kaha 10:30 Step By Step 3 0 11:30 Family Matters Noon Capture PGR 0 12:55 Switched At Birth PGR 0 1:50 Mom PGR 2:20 Reno Rumble PGR 6pm Wipeout 0

TV THREE 6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 Geoff finds a 100-yearold sod hut on top of a mountain which is rich in gold mining history, and makes banana splits on the old fireplace. 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show.

10:30 Survivor – Philippines 3 11:30 F Project Runway – All Stars PGR 3 12:25 Dream Factory 3 0 1:25 Marae DIY 2:25 MasterChef New Zealand 30 4pm MasterChef New Zealand 30 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News

7pm M A Cinderella Story PGR 7pm Safe Crackers PGR 0 2004 Family Comedy. Hillary 7:30 American Ninja Warrior Duff, Chad Michael Murray, The top 30 contenders from Jennifer Coolidge. 0 the Dallas Qualifier compete 8:55 M How Do You Know? in the Dallas finals course. 0 AO 2010 Comedy. A former 8:30 N Blue Bloods AO athlete finds herself in the A criminal seeks revenge on middle of a love triangle as Danny by abducting Jackie; a corporate man in crisis Jamie is assigned a new competes with her current, partner. 0 baseball-playing beau. Reese 9:25 SVU AO 0 Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson. 10:25 Hannibal AO 3 0 0 11:15 M The Social Network AO 2010 Drama. Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield.

1:40 M Girl In Progress AO 2012 Comedy Drama. Eva Mendes, Patricia Arquette. 3:25 The Bachelor Pad AO 0 5:05 2Kaha PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

11:20 Bouncers AO 3 In Newcastle’s gay district, known as the Pink Triangle, on the doors of Eazy Street bar are Paul and Jeff, who have been best mates since they were kids. 0 12:25 Infomercials 4am Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

FOUR

PRIME 6am Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Round 23 of the NRL. Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 All the shows from the past week replayed.

2:20 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) From Allphones Arena in Sydney.

3:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Delayed) Bay of Plenty v North Harbour. From ASB Baypark Stadium, Tauranga.

5:30 Prime News News, sport and weather, with updates through the night.

6pm Netball – World Cup (Replay) Semi-final – Teams TBC. From Allphones Arena in Sydney.

11:05 90210 PGR 3 Navid acts out in jealousy and arranges to have Lindsey and Liam’s sex tape aired at a public event.

11:55 Infomercials 5am Infomercials

11:05 Netball – World Cup (Replay) Semi-final – Teams TBC. From Allphones Arena in Sydney.

12:40 Home Shopping

6am Rugby – ITM Cup Friday Highlights. 6:30 Pro Kabaddi League (Highlights) 7am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Broncos v Dragons. 7:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Waikato v Tasman.

9:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 10:30 Sky Sports UK News 11am Sport 365 11:30 Canoe Slalom World Cup (Highlights) Noon Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Friday Week One. 12:30 Sky Sports UK News 1pm Sport 365 1:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Playoffs – Leeds v Wigan. 2pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Friday Week One. 2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Taranaki v Wellington.

4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Otago v Canterbury.

7:30 F The Great Australian 6:30 L Rugby – Bledisloe Bake Off A tough decision Cup All Blacks v Australia. faces judges Dan Lepard and From Eden Park, Auckland.

Kerry Vincent – who will take 10pm Rugby League – NRL out the title of Australia’s Best (Replay) Panthers v Warriors.

Home Baker?

From Pepper Stadium in 8:35 Rugby – Bledisloe Cup Penrith.

(Delayed) All Blacks v Australia. From Eden Park in Auckland.

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Tribe 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Hoiho 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 2 2pm The Big Hit 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield Mangere v Northcote.

6pm Marae Kai Masters 7pm Te Kaea 3 2

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Modern Family PGL 9:20 Survivor Marathon PG 12:40 Outback Hunters PG 1:30 Shearing Gang PG 1:55 Smashed Palace ML 2:20 Duck Commander ML 2:45 Smoky Mountain Money PG 3:40 SVU MVS 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

7:30 Last Man Standing PG 8pm Modern Family PGL 8:30 Duck Commander ML 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Outback Hunters PG 10:30 Shearing Gang PG 11pm Smashed Palace ML 11:30 Crossing Lines MV

SUNDAY

12:25 Raw MC 3:10 Crossing Lines MV 4am Last Man Standing PG 4:25 Modern Family PGL 4:50 Duck Commander ML 5:15 Survivor Marathon PG

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:25 Sidekick 3 8:50 Rocket Power 3 9:15 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 9:40 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Tree Fu Tom 3 3:25 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Big Time Rush 3 0 5:30 Drake And Josh 3 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 M Curious George 2 – Follow That Monkey 3 2010 Family. George the monkey sets off on a cross-country adventure after he innocently decides to reunite an elephant with its family.

Jerry Lewis, Matt Lauer, Tim Curry.

8:10 M Wayne’s World 2 PGR 3 1993 Comedy. Wayne and Garth continue to host their late-night, cable-access TV show, but Wayne wants to accomplish something more with his life, and has the idea of staging a marathon rock concert called Waynestock.

Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Kim Basinger.

10:10 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 3

Midnight The After Match 12:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Panthers v Warriors.

1am Rugby League – NRL 1:30 Fox Sports News 2am L Rugby League – Super League Playoffs – Wakefield v Bradford.

4am Rugby League – NRL (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 7:30 M Return To Nim’s Island PGR 2013 Family Adventure. When Nim and her father receive a message that some people will be buying the island to build an attraction there, Nim comes up with some things to do to save what she calls home.

9:30 M Veronika Decides To Die PGR 2009 Drama Romance. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen.

11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Tickle M Drunk as a Fish.

6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Catching Monsters PG 10:30 Saltwater Heroes PG 11:30 Epic Bar Builds PG 12:30 Sons Of Winter M 1:30 Naked And Afraid M 2:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Auction Hunters 5pm Auction Hunters PG 5:30 Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 6pm Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 6:30 Ice Cold Gold PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Epic Mancave Builds PG 9:30 The Last Alaskans M 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Hour China – Untamed China With Nigel Marven PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Aeroplane Repo PG 1am Crimes That Shook The World M 2am Flying Wild Alaska PG 3am Flying Wild Alaska PG 4am Flying Wild Alaska PG 5am MythBusters PG

The Great Australian Bake Off 7:30pm on Prime

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:55 The Monuments Men MV 2014 Drama. George Clooney, Matt Damon. 8:50 Close Up – Sandra Bullock PG 9:20 Sex Tape 16LSC 2014 Comedy. Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz. 10:55 Red 2 MVL 2013 Action. Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren. 12:50 The Monuments Men MV 2014 Drama.

George Clooney, Matt Damon.

2:50 Bad Words MLS 2014 Comedy.

Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn.

4:20 The Legend Of Hercules MV 2014 Action Fantasy. Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss. 6pm Gone Girl 16VLS 2014 Thriller. Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike. 8:30 300 – Rise Of An Empire 16VLS 2014 Action.

Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton.

10:15 American Hustle MLS 2013 Drama. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams.

SUNDAY

12:30 Deadfall 16VLS 2012 Crime.

2:05 Gone Girl 16VLS 2014 Thriller.

4:30 Close Up – Sandra Bullock PG 5am American Hustle MLS 2013 Drama.

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Playoffs – Leeds v Wigan.

9:30 Canoeing – Slalom World Cup IV (Highlights) From La Seu d’Urgell in Catalonia, Spain.

10am Sky Sport 365 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Broncos v Dragons. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

Curious George 2 – Follow That 12:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Tigers U20 v Knights Monkey, 6:30pm on FOUR U20. From Campbelltown Stadium.

2:30 L Rugby League – NSW MOVIES GREATS Cup Wests Tigers v Warriors.

4:30 L Rugby League 8:20 The Making Of The Dark – NRL Tigers v Knights. From Knight PG Campbelltown Stadium, NSW. 8:35 The Truman Show PGL 1998 7pm L Rugby League – NRL Comedy. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney.

Panthers v Warriors. From Pepper 10:15 Gladiator MV 2000 Action.

Stadium in Penrith.

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, 9:20 The After Match Awen Connie Nielsen.

12:50 Panic Room 16V 2002 Thriller. Guttenbeil and guests discuss the big issues in rugby league.

Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker.

2:45 Autumn In New York ML 2000 9:35 L Rugby League – Drama. Richard Gere, Winona Ryder. NRL Roosters v Eels. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

4:30 Thor MV 2011 Action.

Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman.

SUNDAY 6:25 Captain America – The Midnight Fox Sports News First Avenger MV 2011 Action.

12:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones.

(Highlights) Saturday – Week One. 8:30 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Featuring Taranaki v Wellington and Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, Otago v Canterbury.

Rachel McAdams.

1am Rugby – Bledisloe Cup 10:40 Get Smart PGV 2008 Comedy. (Highlights) All Blacks v Australia.

Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway.

From Eden Park in Auckland.

1:28 L Cricket – Twenty20 SUNDAY Blast Quarter-final Four, Kent v 12:30 Seven 18VS 1995 Thriller.

Lancashire.

Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman.

5am Pro Kabaddi League 2:35 Smokin’ Aces 18VL 2006 5:30 Basketball – FIBA Oceania Action. Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta.

4:20 Autumn In New York ML 2000 Championship (Highlights) Drama. Richard Gere, Winona Ryder. Australia v Tall Blacks.

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6am Rural Delivery 3 6:25 The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 0 6:45 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 0 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 Noon Wild Planet – North America 3 0 1pm What’s Up Down Under 1:30 Global Radar 3 0 2pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 3pm Tricked PGR 0 4pm Australia’s Deadliest 3 0 4:30 Wild Vets 3 0 5pm F Kangaroo Dundee 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm F House Hunt Will Bonnie and Matt’s dreams of prefab living come true? In Hamilton, animal lovers Monique and Chris need to find their first home in a hurry. 0 8:30 Sunday Theatre – How To Murder Your Wife AO 0 10:30 A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

6am Fishtronaut 3 0 6:25 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 6:45 Crash And Bernstein 0 7:10 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:35 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8am What Now Young Ocean Explorers returns for 2015; a new competition.

10am ANT Farm 0 10:25 The Bachelorette PGR Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 3pm Suburgatory PGR 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 30 6pm N Hart Of Dixie Zoe is pleased Wade has decided to stay in BlueBell, but has trouble getting him to notice her attempts at romantic gestures. 0

11:30 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:35 Attitude 3 1:05 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3am Marae 3 2 3:30 Infomercials

12:30 The Walking Dead AO 0 2:10 Mike Tyson Mysteries AO 2:35 Infomercials 3:10 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4am Posh Nosh 3 0 4:10 It Is Written 3 4:40 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV

7pm Repeat After Me 0 7:30 I Can Do That USA 0 8:30 M What To Expect When You’re Expecting AO 2012 Comedy Drama Romance. Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Chase Crawford. 0 10:40 M The Caller AO 2011 Thriller. Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver. 0

FOUR

PRIME

10am Korero Mai 2 1pm The Rugby Show (Replay) Auckland Grammar v Kings College.

From Auckland’s First XV 1A rugby competition, semi-final.

2:30 Code 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield (Replay) Howick v Mt Albert.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Paepae 7pm Te Kaea 3 2

12:30 Midnight In Paris AO 2:30 Buying The Bayou 3am Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson

MONDAY

THE BOX

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake – Berry Bitty Adventures 3 7:25 Rugrats 3 7:50 The Winx Club 3 8:15 Max Steel 3 8:35 Rocket Power 3 9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm M Cheaper By The Dozen 2 3 2005 Comedy. The Bakers take their 12 kids to rustic Lake Winnetka, but their retreat turns cut-throat when they enter a competition with a rival family of eight children. Steve Martin, Eugene Levy. 0 7pm Glee PGR 3 8pm Community PGR 3 8:30 Family Guy PGR 3 9pm South Park AO 3 9:30 F Burn Notice AO As Michael seeks to regain the trust of those he betrayed, James works to bring him down.

10:20 Parks And Recreation PGR 3 10:50 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans.

Noon Rugby – Bledisloe Cup (Replay) All Blacks v Australia. From Eden Park in Auckland.

2:20 Grassroots Rugby Premier and senior club rugby matches from around New Zealand, as well as social grades and junior rugby.

3:20 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) Semi-finals. From Allphones Arena in Sydney.

4:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

5:30 Prime News News, sport and weather, with updates through the night.

6pm The Great British Bake Off 3 Quarter-final.

7pm Netball – World Cup Final.

From Allphones Arena in Sydney.

8:35 Weekend Murders – Lewis PGR When Lewis and Hathaway investigate the murder of a babysitter, they uncover a swingers’ network.

10:35 Netball – World Cup 3 Final. From Allphones Arena in Sydney.

6am The F1 Show 7am Rugby – Bledisloe Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v Australia. 7:30 L Rugby – International Argentina v South Africa. 9:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Saturday, Week One. 10am Sport 365 10:30 Canoeing – Slalom World Cup (Replay) Finals – Day One. Noon Rugby – International (Highlights) Argentina v South Africa.

12:30 Rugby – First XV (Replay) Auckland Semi-final One – St Kents v Sacred Heart.

2pm Rugby – Bledisloe Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v Australia.

2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Counties Manukau v Manawatu.

4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Hawke’s Bay v Northland.

6:30 Rugby – Bledisloe Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v Australia.

7pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Saturday, Week One. Taranaki v Wellington and Otago v Canterbury.

7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm L Golf – The PGA Championship From Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, USA. 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm Netball – World Cup (Replay) Final – Teams TBC.

11:45 Infomercials 5am Infomercials

12:10 Psych PGR When a contestant on a reality dating show is in a car accident that was not an accident, Shawn and Gus go undercover to find out who is causing problems behind the scenes.

1:05 Home Shopping

Midnight Pro Kabaddi League (Highlights) 12:30 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) Final – Teams TBC. 1am Rugby Nation 2am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Counties Manukau v Manawatu.

4am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Hawke’s Bay v Northland.

MAORI TV

6am Toy Hunter 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Love Nature – Jungle Gremlins Of Java 8am American Restoration 8:30 Guy Martin Industrial Wonders 9:30 The Apartment 10:30 The Fashion Fund 11:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet Noon Shark Man 12:30 Yard Crashers 1pm Secret Creatures Of Jao 1:30 Love Nature – Jungle Gremlins Of Java 2:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5pm Thai Street Food With David Thompson 5:30 Backroad Bounty 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 The Auction House Follow the collectors, the eccentric staff and magnificent artefacts that pass through Lots Road Auction House.

8:30 Midnight In Paris AO Gil and Inez are engaged to be married, on holidays in Paris with her parents.

They are officially in love, but maybe what Gil really loves is Paris in the springtime.

10:30 Backroad Bounty 11:30 Being Erica PGR

MONDAY

TV THREE 6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am Three60 9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation 0 11am Missing Pieces 3 0 11:30 Prison Families PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 Noon Family Secret (Starting Today) 3 0 12:30 Crime Exposed PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 1pm Hamish And Andy’s Gap Year – South America PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 2pm Motorsport – Jetsprinting Meremere, round three Superboat and Group A at High Bank Speedway 40km south of Auckland.

3pm Motorsport – NHRA (Highlights) 4pm Motorsport – MotoGP Indianapolis 5pm Big Angry Fish 6pm 3 News 6:30 3D 0 7pm MasterChef New Zealand The top 14 contestants face a double Mystery Box Challenge, in which they must cook one savoury and one sweet dish. 0 8:30 M The Internship AO 2013 Comedy. Two salesmen, lost in the new digital world, must prove they are not obsolete, and talk their way into an internship at Google.

Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson.

0 11pm M Greenberg AO 3 2010 Comedy Drama. 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 23 Saturday.

6:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Panthers v Warriors. From Pepper Stadium in Penrith.

8:30 The After Match 9am Rugby – Bledisloe Cup (Replay) All Blacks v Australia. From Eden Park in Auckland.

11am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Saturday, Week One. Hart of Dixie 11:30 Pro Kabaddi League 6pm on TV2 Noon Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 23 Saturday.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS (Highlights) Panthers v Warriors.

6:05 Thor MV 2011 Action.

7:15 The Legend Of Hercules MV 1pm The After Match 2014 Action Fantasy. Kellan Lutz, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman.

1:30 L Rugby League – Gaia Weiss. 8:55 300 – Rise Of 8am Captain America – The Holden Cup Raiders U20 v Sea An Empire 16VLS 2014 Action.

First Avenger MV 2011 Action.

Eagles U20.

Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton.

Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones.

3:30 L Rugby League – NRL 10:40 Deadfall 16VLS 2012 10:05 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Raiders v Sea Eagles.

Crime. Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde.

Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, 6pm L Rugby League – NRL 12:15 American Hustle MLS Rachel McAdams. 12:10 Get Smart Bulldogs v Titans.

2013 Drama. Christian Bale, PGV 2008 Comedy. Steve Carell, 8pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams.

Anne Hathaway. 2pm The Mask Of Sunday, Week One. Counties 2:30 Rush MVLS 2013 Drama.

Manukau v Manawatu, Hawke’s Bay Zorro MVL 1998 Action Adventure.

Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl. v Northland.

4:15 Monster-In-Law MS 2005 4:35 Stand Up Guys 16VLS 2012 8:30 Rugby Nation Comedy. When a woman finally Comedy. Christopher Walken, 9:30 Rugby – Bledisloe Cup finds the man of her dreams, she Al Pacino. 6:10 Noah MV (Highlights) All Blacks v Australia. discovers his mother is the woman 2014 Drama. Russell Crowe, From Eden Park in Auckland. of her nightmares.

5:55 Harry Jennifer Connelly. 8:30 The Judge Potter And The Goblet Of Fire MV 10pm Rugby League – NRL ML 2014 Drama. Robert Downey jr, 2005 Adventure Fantasy. 8:30 Ace (Highlights) Round 23 Sunday.

Robert Duvall. 10:55 Anchorman 10:30 L Basketball – FIBA 3x3 Ventura – Pet Detective PGL 1994 2 – The Legend Continues MLS World Tour Beijing.

2014 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd. Comedy. 10pm Crazy Heart MONDAY ML 2009 Drama. 11:50 Batman MONDAY 12:45 L Cycling – Eneco Tour Begins MV 2005 Adventure.

12:55 Joy Ride 3 – Road Kill Stage Seven.

MONDAY 18VLSC 2014 Horror. Ken Kirzinger, 3am Rugby – International 2:10 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Jesse Hutch.

(Highlights) Argentina v South Africa.

Action. 4:40 The Making Of The 2:30 Noah MV 2014 Drama.

3:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) 4:50 Anchorman 2 – The Legend Dark Knight PG 4:55 The Mask Of Raiders v Sea Eagles.

Continues MLS 2014 Comedy.

5:30 The After Match Zorro MVL 1998 Action Adventure.

7pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Warriors v Panthers.

9:30 M The Hunters Club PGR 2012 Drama. A teacher lives a lonely life, and worries over his son’s custody. His life improves as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his luck is about to be shattered by an innocent lie.

Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen.

10:30 Poutiriao PGR 3 2 House Hunt 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 8pm on TV One 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

8:35 Crossing Lines MV 9:25 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Shearing Gang PG 5:50 Smashed Palace ML 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Outback Hunters PG 7:30 Longmire 16V After a wilderness leadership trip takes a dark turn, Walt must track down a killer and missing teenaged campers.

8:30 Criminal Intent MV A successful couple is brutally murdered and their drugged up son is the prime suspect.

9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 Father And Son MVL 11:30 Longmire 16V

6am Tickle M Whiskey Boom.

6:30 MythBusters PG 101 Uses for Duct Tape. 7:30 MythBusters PG Video Games Special.

8:30 Alaskan Bush People M Home Alone. 9:30 Epic Mancave Builds PG 10:30 Arctic Rescue M 11:30 Ice Cold Gold PG 12:30 Hell Roads PG 1:30 Fire In The Hole M 2:30 Catching Monsters PG 3:30 Chaos Caught On Camera M 4:30 The Last Alaskans M 5:30 Saltwater Heroes PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Tutankhamun – The Truth Uncovered M 8:30 NASA’s Unexplained Files PG 9:30 How The Universe Works PG 10:30 Epic Mancave Builds PG 11:30 Outrageous Acts Of Psych M

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 Father And Son MVL 3:05 Criminal Intent MV 3:55 Hawaii Five-0 MV 4:45 Counting Cars PG 5:10 Longmire 16V

Midnight Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 12:30 MythBusters PG 1:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 2:30 Tickle M 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am American River Renegades PG 5am Flying Wild Alaska PG

MONDAY

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Messages to 62 Arthur Street, Timaru 7910.

RODGERS, John – “They say it’s a beautiful journey from the old world to the new, some day.

I’ll take that journey up the stairs that lead to you.

And when I reach that garden where all are free from pain, I’ll put my arms around you and we’ll never part again.”

Remembered always by Alison, your five sons and their families.

LAING, Lynton Edwin His Hon. Judge (Retd) 925122 Cpt NZEF – Formerly of Ashburton.

Peacefully after a brief illness on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at Birchleigh Hospital Mosgiel, aged 80 years.

Dearly loved husband of Pamela for 54 years. Much loved father and father in law of Ralph and Ruth (Titirangi), Rachel and Richard Caswell (Karitane), Rosaly and Michael McKinstry (Nelson).

Loved grandfather of Alexander, Charlotte; Sophie, and Angus. A service for Lynton will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street on TUESDAY, August 18 at 1.00pm followed by a private cremation. No flowers by request. Messages to 12 Charlton Ave Chatsford, Mosgiel 9024.

SMITH, Mollie Honor – “Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us every day Unseen, unheard but always near Still loved, still missed and very dear.”

One year ago tomorrow, Mum left us to join Dad - Both now at peace. Love always.

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 7. Undergraduate 8. Overcharged 12. Hard up 14. Staple 16. Dances 18. Street 19. Materialise 23. Party politics Down 1. On to 2. Here 3. Eggcup 4. Harass 5. Rung 6. Stud 9. Veranda 10. Express 11. Dent 12. Hods 13. Use 15. Tot 17. Script 18. Stalls 19. Moan 20. Tote 21. Iota 22. Each QUICK Across 6. Galleon 7. Coven 9. Wan 10. Decadence 12. Withdrawing 15. Contravenes 17. Fairytale 19. Sly 21. Coney 22. Trinket Down 1. Banal 2. Ill 3. Core 4. Go-between 5. Rescind 8. Faerie 11. Distorted 13. Hearth 14. Donator 16. Fleet 18. Lyre 20. End

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LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Is it possible you could live up to your talents without the help of anyone around you? Probably not. Everyone needs a mentor. Stop trying to do it alone.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You get personal satisfaction from helping others, and that’s a reward that overrides any tangible reward you might be offered. Let yourself be helped, too, without feeling you must immediately repay someone.

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Ashburton 60 Grove Street

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* 3 double bedrooms with built in wardrobes * Separate laundry; toilet and bathroom (complete with bath & shower) * open plan kitchen, dining, living area * sunny conservatory * new log fire to be installed prior to possessin * easy care section with loads of extras * secure off street parking

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Ashburton 57 Grove Street * * * * * *

3 bedrooms plus an office open plan kitchen, dining area separate living area (non compliant fire) shower room, separate toilet, bathroom & laundry tandem garage copious amounts of off street parking*

Ashburton 10 Allison Street * 3 Bedrooms * 2 Bathrooms (2 WC) * Open plan kitchen/dining * Polished floors * Sloping section with many fruit trees * Separate double garage

Ashburton 152 Thomson Street * * * * *

3 generously proportioned bedrooms 1 bathroom - 2 toilets Separate laundry & storage aplenty Superb heating - Log fire and Heat pump Sizable double garage, garden sheds and ample off street parking

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Ashburton 40a Nixon Street

What an opportunity awaits here for someone who is looking for an easy care Three bedroom home with Triple car garaging, plenty of off street parking, newish Kitchen and private quiet Cul-De-Sac living.

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