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Local primary school teachers and principals walking off the job are urging that their strike action is about far more than just pay claims.

Seventeen of Mid Canterbury’s 19 primary schools have been forced to close today as the result of industrial action by members of the teachers union, NZEI Te Rui Roa, in the hope of more time to teach, lead and support students with additional needs, as well as a pay rise.

Ashburton Intermediate principal Brent Gray was among a number of principals that had heard very little feedback from parents regarding the strike and

said he could only assume why.

“I hope it’s because they are supportive of us. There has certainly been no one bagging us out yet,” he said.

But he was also among a number of schools and boards of trustees across the district who had issued notices to parents explaining the vast number of factors driving the New Zealand education system to a crisis point.

Faced with increasing social and mental health issues among students, teachers want more resources and staff, better access to specialist support and more time so that they can work on the things that will make them better at what they do, Methven Primary School principal

Chris Murphy said to parents.

Local teachers are facing limited chances to grow in the profession due to issues with relativity, and limited recognition for teachers and principals with specialist skills, Gray explained.

And it is also hoped the pay rise could stem teacher shortages – which local schools last year said they are bearing the brunt of, with the added difficulty of teachers not wanting to shift away from main centres.

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■ SPCA ASHBURTON

Facility to help homeless

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Mid Canterbury’s vulnerable pets will soon be getting more help as the SPCA introduces opening hours and adds an adoption portacom to its services.

The Ashburton SPCA has been sharing its headquarters with the Ashburton District Council dog pound on Range Street, following re-establishing after the former Ashburton branch located at Vetlife on Seafield Road broke away from the national organisation.

It has recently installed a portacom with nine large locally-made cat cages on site, and this is expected to fill up quickly with cats suitable for adoption.

The SPCA in Ashburton is a busy centre, and has animals coming in all the time, however, to date most have had to go to Christchurch SPCA facilities for rehoming.

That will all change on August 27, when the portacom will open and the headquarters will become an open centre, with the hours of 10am to 1pm Monday to Saturday.

The new portacom has already been given the purr of approval. This was from Louie the dark fluffy feline, belonging to SPCA animal attendant Hayley Sparrow, who very happily settled into one of its cages yesterday prior to a quick Guardian photo shoot.

Dobson said she was looking forward to having the office operating with opening hours, and the centre could develop in future to a fully functional facility with quarantine, isolation and further

Ashburton SPCA centre manager Rebecca Dobson (left) and animal attendants Hayley Sparrow and Tracey Clark, prepare to open the new adoption portacom.

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adoption units.

“I think it’s a great new direction for us to be going and to showcase what the SPCA is about. And I’m looking forward to talking to the community about what they want from us and what we can do to help,” Dobson said.

While there was a big stray

cat problem in Ashburton, the SPCA’s core role would remain in assisting injured, vulnerable and abused animals. Whether it would be able to take healthy strays would depend on space.

Those adopting cats will pay $100 to cover desexing, microchipping and other costs, and those adopting kittens $150.

Cats were generally harder to adopt out than kittens, but they had more settled behaviour and were less likely to start clawing into their owner’s furniture, Dobson said.

“They do make really good pets, a great way to give back is to adopt an older cat,” she said.

Strike closes 17 local schools From P1 Murphy said five years ago, he had received in excess of 50 applications for teaching vacancies, but last year received a mere fraction of that number.

“In line with this there has been a 40 per cent drop in the number of people training to be teachers. Most new teachers don’t make it to the five-year mark before they realise that there is more money and better conditions in jobs outside of education.”

Only two of the district’s schools will remain open today – Ashburton Christian School, which is classed as an area school, and Our Lady of the Snows, which will have enough staff still working.

Many principals were citing student welfare as the key reason for closing.

“It’s a health and safety matter,” said Netherby Primary School principal Phil Wheeler.

“We just won’t have enough staff here to look after children.”

For parents unable to take time off work, a number of kids’ activity days are being held.

HitPlay are holding a fun day at Allenton School, OSCAR are holding a day programme at Ashburton Borough School – and a Kids Activity Day at the EA Networks Centre has reached full capacity.

Mid Canterbury members of NZEI are planning a walk of protest this morning when they strike.

Principals and teachers will meet at the Ashburton Domain paddling pool at 11am when they will hear the latest developments in their negotiations with the government.

Equipped with placards and pamphlets, they will then walk along West Street to McDonald’s, across to the East Street Green, north through the town centre and back to the paddling pool on West Street by 12 noon.

Other Mid Canterbury teaching staff will be attending a rally and march in Christchurch, beginning at 11am in Cathedral Square.

An estimated 29,000 teachers and principals will walk off the job around New Zealand during the first primary teachers’ strike in 24 years.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Hurst jailed for 9 months Convicted burglar Shaun Nathan Hurst was jailed for nine months when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court this week on eight charges, including breaking in to Stirling Sports and stealing clothing.

Hurst, 24, had admitted the burglary, plus four charges of dishonestly using a stolen paywave card and three of theft.

Judge Joanna Maze ordered him to make reparation of $2747.89, which covered the sports store’s insurance excess of $450 plus the $509.40 credit card offending and the theft of grocery items, electronic gear and clothing valued at $1788.49.

She remitted Hurst’s outstanding fines of $1672 so he could concentrate on reparation to victims.

Police withdrew a second burglary charge, which alleged Hurst broke into the Tinwald Tavern on the same night in January that he smashed his way into Stirling Sports.

He used a hammer to break a window and made off with an armful of clothing worth about $3000. He was spotted leaving the store, dropping clothes as he went, and found in nearby public toilets.

Defence counsel Paul Bradford said he had asked police in April for further information, known as disclosure, about the Tinwald Tavern offending; it was now August and none had been provided.

Judge Maze dismissed the charge.

He said Hurst knew he was going to jail but asked for leave to convert it to home detention should an address suitable for electronic monitoring be found.

He said Hurst was committed to paying the reparation, though he would struggle.

Judge Maze said there was a continuing pattern of dishonesty that went back to the youth court and Hurst had problems living within the law.

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Home invasion arrests Two women have been arrested after two elderly people were assaulted and robbed in their own Christchurch home.

Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Cottam said the women were arrested on Monday afternoon in Papanui, shortly after the alleged assault.

A witness noticed a disturbance and called police, who stopped the offenders close to the property, Cottam said.

“Such an attack on elderly, vulnerable members of our community will not be tolerated,” Cottam said.

“Everyone has a right to feel safe and be safe in their home and community.”

A 39-year-old woman had been charged with aggravated robbery and two charges of aggravated assault. A 38-year-old woman had been charged with aggravated robbery.

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About 250 spectators witnessed four-wheel-drives negotiating tough terrain at Saturday’s winch challenge.

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■ SUPERWINCH MAINLAND WINCH CHALLENGE

Roll-overs part of the competition

By SuSan SandyS

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Alford Forest Fire Force members had to undertake rescues of a different kind on Saturday.

Rather than saving people from fires, they were retrieving vehicles and their drivers from precarious situations at the Superwinch Mainland Winch Challenge at Staveley.

Force members were marshalling at the event which attracted more than 30 four-wheel drivers from Auckland to Dunedin.

About 250 spectators witnessed the vehicles negotiate tough terrain in a series of time

trials. Fire chief Nathan Currie said he and fellow members had four tractors and one bulldozer on hand to help retrieve vehicles which had either rolled over or somersaulted.

“Most of them you would pull them back onto their wheels and then they would drive off again, that’s how well built they are. A couple of motors blew up, it was a very eventful day,” he said.

Winch challenges involve four-wheel-drives ranging in value up to competition-built vehicles costing over $100,000.

Winches are affixed to pull

them from a variety of situations, such as from gullies or after rolling on their side or somersaulting nose-first, as vehicles had done on Saturday.

Currie said the event, organised by 4x4 Events in Christchurch, was a steep learning curve for brigade members, but they could not wait to hold another one next year.

Members were in the process of tallying funds raised.

He was grateful to the Methven Lions and Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade, who helped on the day, as well as landowner Hamish Bruce.

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Big night drinking leaves hangover A Rakaia man found out the hard way that a big night drinking can mean you are still over the limit the following afternoon.

Cameron Hugh Muckle, 22, was on a zero alcohol licence after two previous drink driving convictions when he was stopped by police near Rakaia on June 8, the Ashburton District Court was told yesterday.

A blood test showed 24 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood – his limit was zero.

Muckle said he had had been drinking the previous night and thought that by 3.17pm in the afternoon he would have been legally able to drive.

Muckle, who admitted the drink driving charge, was convicted and sentenced to an alcohol interlock device, which will be fitted to his car and require a clean breathtest for the vehicle to start. The cost of the device is around $2500.

He was also ordered to pay $184.25 to cover the cost of the blood test and analysis, and sentenced to six months’ supervision which will include education around alcohol and drug use.

He is disqualified from driving for 28 days, before he can apply for an interlock licence.

A probation officer said Muckle didn’t appear to have an alcohol problem, just difficulty around making good decisions.

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to be fitted for up to 12 months and followed by a three-year period on a zero alcohol licence.

Judge Joanna Maze said drink drivers on a zero alcohol licence could find themselves in prison if they returned high readings.

“You need to take on board the warning I have given you,” she told Muckle.

Hugh Jowers Donaldson, 18, avoided conviction on a charge of drink driving, but was disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to make a $700 donation to St John.

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by police on West Street on June 7. As a driver under 20, his limit was zero.

Donaldson’s lawyer Paul Bradford had sought a discharge on the grounds that the consequences of a conviction would be disproportionate to the wrong-doing for his client.

The young man is nationally-recognised in the world of waterskiing and a conviction might cause complications competing in countries like the United States of America.

Judge Maze said any person seeking to enter the USA must declare if they had ever been arrested or charged with an offence, so Donaldson was still obligated to declare his drink driving.

However, she was persuaded to a discharge by other supporting documents.

“There is not a single person who appears in this court on drink driving who does not feel shame, embarrassment or humiliation.

People who elect to drink and drive all suffer the consequences,” she said.

Pio Lomano was sentenced to six months’ community detention after admitting charges of drink driving, disqualified driving and breaching community work.

He was also disqualified from driving for 13 months and can only drive on a zero alcohol licence after that.

It was his fourth conviction for drink

driving and fourth for disqualified driving.

Defence lawyer Roz Burnside said Lomano did not qualify for an alcohol interlock sentence because he had sold his car.

He had been caught driving in January with 552mcg.

An Ashburton woman who stole 102 DVDs from her uncle while he was in respite care was sentenced to 60 hours’ community work and six months’ supervision.

Rosa Louise Pagie Steer, 27, must also pay $1000 reparation for the DVDs, which she sold for $57.

Judge Maze said Steer had extensive convictions for dishonesty and had been staying with her uncle because she had no stable address at the time.

“Your actions were particularly shabby in relation to someone who was trusting you in his home,” she told Steer.

Callum Graham, 19, admitted a charge of assault and was remanded to October 1 for sentence, following restorative justice.

Police said he was arguing with a woman following an evening at a nightclub and he pushed her, hit her on the back of the head and choked her from behind. The woman sought help from a neighbour.

His counsel Roz Burnside said Graham was so drunk he could not remember events of the night.

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■ TAYLORS STREAM

Taylors Stream rest area (right) will open this summer after being closed to the public for almost two years.

The Ashburton District Council was forced to close the rest area on Route 72 late in 2016 due to health and safety issues.

The area had become boggy, causing vehicles to get stuck, and trees which were dangerous needed to be either trimmed or removed.

Council open spaces staff moved it to the bottom of their priority list, much to the disappointment of the many Mid Canterbury families who liked to picnic at the picturesque spot.

Staff said in a statement to the Guardian yesterday that work was now being undertaken to re-open the popular picnic spot for the summer.

“Work involves the construction of new access track, some tree removal, as well as re-contouring and re-grassing of the site,” they said.

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New toilets set to open New toilets installed recently at the Ashburton Domain playground will open in two to four weeks. The new build replaces an old toilet block, which sits alongside and is awaiting demolition. The project began in May and has taken longer than anticipated, and the fenced off area has been called an eyesore by visitors to the nearby playground. Open spaces staff said yesterday the project involved not only building the new toilets and demolishing the old toilets but also installing a disabled parking space, undertaking landscaping and achieving compliance certification.

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Suffrage 125 Mid Canterbury committee members have confirmed their speaker for celebrations. The 125 Suffrage Celebration Ceremony will be held at Ashburton Museum, which will be opening a special suffrage exhibition at the same time. Kate Sheppard Memorial Trust Advisory Committee chairwoman Judith Sutherland is to be the guest speaker for the event, September 18, 5.30pm to 6.30pm. There is an open invitation and people must RSVP to confirm attendance. A Memorial Walk will be held the following day, leaving from the Baring Square Cenotaph at midday, to the Ashburton Domain. It will conclude with the planting of a rose.

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Appeal decision a win for irrigators An appeal to Environment Canterbury’s Plan Change 5 nutrient modelling rules has been resolved, avoiding a $300 million cost for farmers with older spray irrigation systems.

Irrigation NZ chief executive Andrew Curtin said the hearings panel on the plan change had proposed a new requirement that would have effectively required all older spray irrigation systems in Canterbury be replaced with new ones by 2020. It was estimated that this change would cost irrigators $300m.

But all parties to the appeal have agreed that an error in law was made when the panel introduced the new requirement because no submitter had asked for the change.

Resolving the appeal was a major win for irrigators, Curtis said.

IrrigationNZ carried out testing on 300 irrigation systems in Ashburton and Selwyn districts over two summers recently which found that older spray irrigation systems could achieve good levels of water efficiency if regular checking and maintenance was carried out.

“IrrigationNZ spent a lot of time on this appeal. We knew the decision by the Hearing Panel would have wide ranging impacts

The appeal on an Environment Canterbury Plan Change related to the rules around some types of spray irrigation systems.

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Curtis says that irrigators are already investing in modernising their systems as they age and need replacing. This was reflected in Agricultural Production Census data which show that the amount

so we commissioned an independent Aqualinc report which showed there were huge costs to implement this change. We are very pleased that the appeal has ruled out this rule that no one requested.”

The rules around irrigation systems will now be the same as those notified in the Plan Change consultation. These new rules

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Multi-talented trio Henry Gray, Austin Watson and Tim Connelly-Whyte received a hearty congratulations from NZ Young Farmers Tasman territory manager David Highsted yesterday.

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Mid Canterbury’s three resident AgriKids champions got to show off their shiny, new trophy to classmates yesterday during an event at Ashburton Intermediate School.

A presentation was held for Austin Watson, Henry Gray and Tim Connelly-Whyte, who came first out of 21 teams in the competition’s national grand final in Invercargill last month.

The team, called the AIS Fencers, had to prove their practical and theoretical skills across a number of modules – including putting tyres on a quad bike, tensioning

the chain on a two-wheeler, building a bee hive, building a shearing handpiece and cooking a pancake with no recipe.

Yesterday, they met with NZ Young Farmers Tasman territory manager David Highsted, who commended the “three awesome lads” on their outstanding success at both the Tasman Regional Grand final and the national final.

Presenting them with certificates and a trophy, Highsted recounted how every other team had dreamed of having their names read out as the grand winners.

He encouraged anyone else with an interest in the competition to give it a go.

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Bridges demands inquiry after expenses leak National Party leader Simon Bridges is calling for an independent inquiry into who leaked details of his expenses to the media before they were released publicly.

Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard is already looking at the leak and will consider whether a forensic examination is needed of a document containing the information which was given to Newshub.

Newshub reported on Monday night that Bridges’ accommodation and travel for the last quarter totalled more than $100,000, the majority of it on crown limousines.

Bridges told reporters yesterday he had spoken to Mallard and there needed to be an independent inquiry.

“It has to be away from the Speaker, from parliamentary services and the Government.”

Bridges said it should be led by someone such as a High Court judge, agreed by the National Party, and with the best forensic expertise.

“The reason I think this is very important isn’t about me, I don’t think it’s about the opposition. I think it’s ultimately about the fact that a leak such as this potentially affects all Members of Parliament.”

Bridges was confident the leaker was not one of his MPs, despite confirming earlier that all would have received the information.

“I very much doubt it. I’m incredibly confident it’s not going to be a National MP.” But if it was, there would be consequences, he said.

“A leak from Parliament, involving Members of Parliament, has to be taken very seriously.”

National Party leader Simon Bridges is calling for an independent inquiry into who leaked his expenses to the media.

Mallard told reporters yesterday that the document used by Newshub was not in the same format as that given to the parliamentary library or to his office ahead of public release.

“I have indicated that to a number of parties and am going to take 24 hours and take soundings about whether there needs to be a further, forensic examination as to the source of the document which was used last night,” he said.

“It doesn’t reflect well on the organisation as a whole but I prefer to wait for 24 hours now before making any further comment.”

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters was clear where he thought the leak had come from, saying that of the 56 members of the National Party caucus, 55 of them were suspect.

“They’re the ones who would know, not us. We never see that

information, nor any other party.

No party is getting any other party’s information on that matter,” he told reporters.

“It just shows you that the happy family that they portray themselves [as] is not quite true.”

Bridges has stopped short of blaming the Government directly but said they were looking for distractions from their own problems.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has denied any of her MPs were involved.

“We’ve sought assurances from Ministerial Services who manage this information, that none of the opposition’s numbers were shared with anyone but them and they’ve given us that assurance.”

“The only groups, as I understand, who will have had access are the opposition themselves and the Speaker,” she told reporters.

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Police have a new suspect for the murder of Japanese tourist Kayo Matsuzawa in 1998.

New suspect in cold case murder Police have a new suspect in a 20-year-old cold case in which a Japanese tourist’s decomposing body was found in the service closet of a central Auckland building.

Following Sunday night’s Cold Case show on TVNZ, police revealed yesterday that they have a new suspect for the murder of Japanese woman Kayo Matsuzawa and banking records show the suspect was in the immediate vicinity of where Matsuzawa’s body was found.

However, police are remaining tight-lipped over the person of interest, who used a bank card at a nearby BNZ ATM machine on September 11, 1998, the day Matsuzawa went missing.

Auckland police were alerted to the suspect by another policing district.

“I’m not prepared to say what district or where we get information which might assist the homicide investigation,” Detective Inspector Scott Beard told the Herald when asked if he could release any further details.

A new piece of evidence also came to light on the show after unknown male DNA was located under Matsuzawa’s fingernails.

The 29-year-old was killed just hours after she arrived in Auckland. Her naked body was dumped in a utility cupboard

in the Centrecourt Building on Queen Street. She had came to New Zealand in 1997 to study English in Christchurch before, on September 11, travelling to Auckland to explore the city.

Matsuzawa checked into the Queen Street Backpackers for three nights and at 2.14pm was filmed by CCTV cameras getting off a bus and crossing Queen Street.

The grainy images are the last of her alive.

Ten days later her body was found in the cupboard.

But Matsuzawa’s cause of death was never established and the case went cold.

However, Beard told the Herald he was encouraged by the level of interest shown by the public after the television show.

“We received more than 20 phone calls and emails from the programme and these will take some time to collate, assess and work through.

“We know we now have somebody, as a nominated suspect, who we know and can say was in Queen Street [and] was in the vicinity of where Kayo was.

“And he’s been nominated for us for a reason.

“So when we get the name of a new person of interest, then we are going to thoroughly investigate that person.”

People with information can contact the 0800 Cold Case.

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Rogue supermarket ordered to stop scanning customers A rogue supermarket operator has been told by chain bosses to stop using airport-style handheld scanners to check for light-fingered shoppers.

Countdown has apologised to shoppers of its Countdown Ferrymead store in Christchurch after customers complained of the “heavy-handed” tactics.

Privacy law expert Kathryn Dalziel questioned its legality.

“From a legal point of view, stores have got no right to insist that you stop,” she said.

“They’ve got no right to insist that you submit to that sort of search with a scanner, so I’m just not sure on what basis any shop thinks this is a good idea, either legal or from a PR perspective.”

Civil liberties lawyer Michael Bott congratulated Countdown for stamping out the “intrusive” practice.

“People accept it’s justified at airports where there is a public safety concern but I fail to see it could be justified when going for your weekly shop,” Bott said.

“Unless one is prepared to take one’s rights seriously, people almost try to chip away and diminish them.”

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der what Act can they do so,” said the shopper, who did not wish to be named.

“Maybe they wanted to make people feel uncomfortable or wary but it was all too heavy-handed and invasive for my liking.”

After the Herald contacted Countdown head office, the store manager was ordered to stop scanning customers.

And the nationwide supermarket chain has now apologised to patrons.

“We have a numbers of ways to deter theft at our stores, however, it is not our policy to scan customers at checkouts and we don’t have equipment in our stores to do this,” a Countdown spokeswoman said. “We have now addressed this

with the store. It’s now been reiterated with the security team.

“We apologise to customers for any frustration caused to them.

It’s not the experience we expect in our stores.”

The spokeswoman was not aware of other stores using handheld scanners.

She added that theft is a reality of retail, but the company has many ways to deter shoplifters, including the use of CCTV cameras.

The Foodstuffs supermarkets group, which includes Pak’nSave, New World and Four Square, confirmed earlier this year that it uses facial recognition technology in some North Island stores to protect them from serial shoplifters.

A sign at the entry to Countdown Ferrymead, which stipulates shoppers entering the store agree to have their bags searched, was also criticised by Michael Bott.

“It is a condition of entry to this store that all bags be presented upon request for inspection at the checkout when leaving the store.

Thank you for your co-operation,” the message reads.

Bott said he wouldn’t even enter a shop with such an imposed condition.

“It’s intrusive and unless there’s good cause [of suspected theft] then I don’t see why they should.

What’s going to happen next? ‘Do you mind if I frisk you?’” he said.

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Teachers a valuable part of our lives T

he art of being able to teach is not something that everyone is blessed with in life.

It’s a particular skillset that is only gifted to so many people and we’re lucky that it’s given to those that it is, because teachers are really such a valuable part of our lives.

I know first-hand just how hard our school teachers work – the hours they put in, the stress that they have to deal with daily, the fact that their role is now no longer just the teachings of the usual subjects but instead it’s a diversified role in which they are asked to be not only educa-

tors but counsellors, confidants, friends and in some extreme cases, parents.

If your children, or your grandchildren are lucky enough to go to one of the wonderful schools across this district you will know exactly what I’m talking about.

Yes, there are times when you get frustrated with things, that’s

just part of being a parent.

But hand on heart I would imagine a huge percentage of this region would have nothing but admiration and respect for those charged with educating our young ones and helping to guide and grow their lives.

For some, when teachers walk off the job today to strike over pay rates, they will turn up their nose and suggest it is nothing more than attention seeking – but the pure bones of it all is that what is currently being served up to our teachers in terms of remuneration is pretty poor, especially when you consider what the role involves these days.

Teachers deserve the right to be able to build themselves and their families a good life.

The role takes up so much of their time away from the office, that it should be a given that they are rewarded financially in a suitable manner and the bottom line is that we need more of them.

There aren’t enough teachers to go around and there’s not enough coming through the educational facilities to service the demand either and we’re not going to find that happy medium until we right that wrong.

But most of all we should agree with today’s actions for the sake

of our own children, or the sake of our grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Their wellbeing is paramount, and a teacher will always strive to offer an optimal safe environment where a child can learn and grow in an enjoyable space, often that will come at their own expense either financially or through time.

You can’t put a price on a child’s education, but you can put a price on the payment to those who are responsible for delivering that education.

And at the moment, it’s not enough and they have every right to demand better.

signed a US-backed truce with Russia, even as he denounced the Russians as invading barbarians and accused the West of all but encouraging them to overrun his country.

Record producer Jerry Wexler, who coined the term “rhythm and blues,” died in Sarasota, Florida at age 91.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama scrapped plans for joint military exercises with Egypt, where spiralling violence in and around Cairo were claiming hundreds of lives. A powerful car bomb ripped through a crowded southern Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah, killing at least 27 people.

One year ago: President Donald

Trump, who’d faced harsh criticism for initially blaming the deadly weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia on “many sides,” told reporters that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the confrontation and that groups protesting against the white supremacists were “also very violent.” (In between those statements, at the urging of aides, Trump had offered a more direct condemnation of white supremacists.) An Army Black Hawk helicopter with five soldiers aboard crashed during offshore training in Hawaii; all five were declared dead after a lengthy search.

Today’s birthdays: Actress

Abby Dalton is 86. Actress Lori Nelson is 85. Actor Jim Dale is 83. Actress Pat Priest is 82.

Musician Pete York (Spencer Davis Group) is 76. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 72. Rock singermusician Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers) is 70. Actress Phyllis Smith is 69. Britain’s Princess Anne is 68. Actress Tess Harper is 68. Actor Larry Mathews is 63. Actor Zeljko Ivanek is 61. Actor-comedian Rondell Sheridan is 60. Rock singer-musician Matt Johnson (The The) is 57. Movie director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is 55. Philanthropist Melinda Gates is 54. Country singer Angela Rae (Wild Horses) is 52. Actor Peter Hermann is 51.

Actress Debra Messing is 50.

Actor Anthony Anderson is 48.

Actor Ben Affleck is 46. Singer Mikey Graham (Boyzone) is 46.

Actress Natasha Henstridge is 44. Actress Nicole Paggi is 41.

Christian rock musician Tim Foreman (Switchfoot) is 40.

Actress Emily Kinney is 34.

Actress Courtney Hope is 29.

Rock singer Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 29. Actorsinger Carlos PenaVega is 29.

Actress Jennifer Lawrence is 28.

Rap DJ Smoove da General (Cali Swag District) is 28.

Thought for today: “Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.” — Hannah Arendt, American author and philosopher (1906-1975).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, August 15, the 227th day of 2018.

There are 138 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 15, 1945, in a prerecorded radio address, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War Two. On this date: In 1483, the Sistine Chapel was consecrated by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1812, the Battle of Fort Dearborn took place as Potawatomi warriors attacked a US military garrison of about 100 people.

(Most of the garrison was killed, while those who remained were taken prisoner.)

In 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

In 1944, during World War Two, Allied forces landed in southern France in Operation Dragoon.

In 1947, India became independent after some 200 years of British rule.

In 1961, as workers began constructing a Berlin Wall made of concrete, East German soldier Conrad Schumann leapt to freedom over a tangle of barbed wire in a scene captured in a famous photograph.

In 1965, the Beatles played to a crowd of more than 55,000 at New York’s Shea Stadium.

In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.

In 1974, a gunman attempted to shoot South Korean President Park Chung-hee during a speech; although Park was unhurt, his wife, Yuk Young-soo, was struck and killed, along with a teenage girl. (The gunman was later executed.)

In 1989, F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as acting president of South Africa, one day after P.W. Botha resigned as the result of a power struggle within the National Party.

Ten years ago: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili grudgingly

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Finding the flaw in Queenstown’s facade B

oy does our little country dish up the plaudits for Queenstown. It is the alluring asset to our country’s fullerfigured South Island, drawing the eyes away from the less appealing features like Waimate (sorry, nothing personal).

We work Queenstown, and in turn Queenstown works the wallets of fascinated foreigners, luring a tasty $1.82 billion in annual visitor spending.

Around the same time as I made the move to Ashburton last year, my old flatmate from Wellington was making the move to Queenstown to study at the school of tourism.

As we departed on our respective journeys, I hoped I had got the right end of the stick.

Because really – what does Queenstown have that Ashburton District doesn’t?

Both have hills, lakes and ample thrill-seeker adventures (I tell ya, that giant flying fox in the Ashburton Domain can really get the heart racing). Of course I shouldn’t have any quiet envy.

But last year, when the time was nigh for me to see Queens-

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town for the first time – I found myself unable to contain a little excitement. The bags were packed five days in advance.

Work crawled past at glacial speed.

Would my expectations would be blown out of the water like one of those weird Hydro Attack submersible shark boats, or be sunk like a cheeky tequila shot at a backpackers’ bar?

It was a blast. Our activities focused on wreaking havoc on the adrenaline system, liver and bank balance.

There were parties, scenic strolls, mean brunches and – inevitable bungee jumping.

Three idiots opted into the latter experience. Whilst standing behind the comfortably thick glass panes of the viewing platform I pondered: Had they

quietly had a lobotomy during the night? Were they oblivious to Newton’s laws of motion? Were they … pulling their own leg?

(Ha ha) “Alright Katie, let’s go put our harness on and do this,” my friend then said.

And it was epic. But as I drove back to Ashburton, I found myself a bit bummed out. I had failed to find anything … lacking … in Queenstown.

My inner cynic wanted so badly to call the city out, undermine the Auckland-level cost of living there, to find just one thing Ashburton did better.

At the beginning of last month I had my second chance to do so, on a gals’ weekend with Auckland friends.

One bicycle winery tour in a hoar frost, four amazing meals, a heavy dose of beautiful scenery and a bit more partying later, I still couldn’t find anything amiss.

The people are lovely. The sights and smells and sounds are lovely. The fudge is lovely. There’s even a man who busks on the lakefront with his lovable, singing dog.

But then I noticed it … and

couldn’t un-notice it.

Much to the disappointment of my inner linguistics minor, and to the glory of my inner cynic, I observed the one thing Queenstown can’t do: street names. Suburb Street. Cow Street. Beach Street. Man Street.

Lake Street. All abominably boring and all too easy to remember.

Where are the fun, challenging words like Lagmhor and Farquhars?

And it was with that glimmer of Ashburton superiority, saved up and ready to share with my ex-flatmate, that I departed.

While it certainly won’t stop me from haemorrhaging my money on that beaut of a city, it felt pretty good to finally find a petty, little flaw.

I look forward to our next acquaintance, Queenstown.

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$24m loans written off Prosecutors rested their case yesterday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after two weeks of testimony detailing the million-dollar lies they say he told to the IRS and banks that loaned him money.

The six-man, six-woman jury in Alexandria, Virginia, is expected to hear closing arguments later this week, and yesterday’s session ended without defence lawyers signalling how many witnesses – if any – they intend to call to rebut the government’s case.

The judge is expected to decide today whether to grant a defence motion to dismiss the case before the case goes to the jury – a frequent defence request that is rarely granted.

Manafort, 69, faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison if he is convicted on many of the 18 charges of lying on tax forms and loan applications in the case brought

by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and related matters.

Prosecutors say Manafort lied to the IRS to hide millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts and then, when that money ran out, lied to bank executives to get loans to maintain his seven-figure lifestyle of expensive suits and luxury homes.

In the course of testimony from more than two dozen prosecution witnesses, the biggest arguments were not between prosecutors and defence lawyers, but between prosecu-

Third time lucky?

Paul Manafort was former campaign chairman for Donald Trump. tors and Judge T.S. Ellis. The judge has repeatedly expressed scepticism over points raised by the government, to the frustration of prosecutors, who have urged him not to misstate facts or law in the jury’s presence.

Twice, the prosecution team filed formal requests that the judge tell the jury to ignore a prior statement of his.

The prosecution had planned to rest its case last week, but an unknown issue that the judge decided to keep under seal delayed the start of proceedings for several hours.

The absence of three witnesses offers intriguing hints

about potential ongoing investigations and additional prosecutions that could yet take place.

Prosecutors also called an executive from Federal Savings Bank to testify about loans Manafort received in 2016 and 2017.

By that time, according to investigators, the millions of dollars Manafort had been making every year as a political consultant in Ukraine had dried up.

As his business haemorrhaged money, Manafort decided to take out loans on various properties he owned, but prosecutors say he lied about

his debts and income to get those loans approved.

James Brennan, a vice-president at Federal Savings, which issued two loans worth a total of $24 million, testified that Manafort didn’t declare that he had mortgages on two properties in New York – information that would have made it harder for him to secure a loan.

Steve Calk, the bank chairman who pushed for $16m in shady loans to Manafort, also sent him a list of Trump Admin jobs he wanted “in rank order.”

Calk had hoped to land a Cabinet position in the Trump Administration, a former bank executive testified.

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■ AUSTRALIA

Rogue nun caught smuggling cocaine A nun who smuggled more than a 1kg of cocaine into Australia using her high heels has been caught.

Denise Marie Woodrum, 51, was caught at Sydney Airport last August after customs discovered she stuffed cocaine into the heels of her shoes, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

But the rogue nun, from the US, has shifted the blame for her illegal activity, accusing a mystery man she met online of grooming and duping her.

After a failed marriage and crippling bills, Woodrum, who lives alone, thought she and her online lover Hendrik Cornelius would one day settle down together.

“Can you promise you will never leave me?” the 51-yearold texted him on July 11 last year, according to the SMH. “You are my Only and First True Family!!! [sic]” But a month later she would be caught smuggling cocaine into Sydney.

A nun allegedly smuggled cocaine in these shoes.

In court last week, Woodrum’s lawyer said the items were meant for Cornelius, but that Woodrum thought she was bringing in artifacts, not drugs.

“She was groomed to provide a financial gain for this person, Hendrik Cornelius, whatever person or persons it was behind this identity,” Neil said, according to the paper.

“She went on this trip thinking she was bringing artifacts for him.”

Despite exchanging hun-

dreds of texts, Woodrum had never met Cornelius face-toface.

Woodrum pleaded guilty in January to importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.

But Judge Penelope Wass questioned Woodrum’s claims she didn’t know she was smuggling cocaine, saying the US nun’s story is “inconsistent and unbelievable”.

Woodrum had flown from Missouri to Texas and then to Trinidad and Tobago on July

18 before the next day flying to Suriname in South America.

On July 25 she texted someone named Stacie, saying “This whole trip is paid for and will get additional payment for work.”

On July 30 she made contact with Cornelius then on August 2 she texted him a list of her expenses for hotels and flights before departing to Sydney.

After landing in Sydney, the nun was stopped and questioned by authorities where she told them she’d come to Sydney to see the Harbour Bridge and that the shoes in her suitcase were a gift from her mother.

When the shoes were Xrayed, Woodrum asked, “How much did they find in the shoes? Sorry, just talking to myself.”

But after the tests came back positive, she reportedly told authorities: “Why, how much did you find?”

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House of Cards star Robin Wright reportedly walked down the aisle for the third time in southeastern France on Saturday, marrying her much younger boyfriend Clément Giraudet. Vogue Paris claimed that the 52-year-old bride donned a bohemian lace wedding gown likely selected by stylist Kemal Harris at her ultra-secret ceremony. A source confirmed the nuptials noting: “It was very intimate and low-key. Robin wanted it to be about them, not a big production.” The Golden Globe winner’s 27-year-old daughter Dylan Frances Penn shared a festive video of herself dancing at the ensuing reception held in La Roche-sur-le-Buis.

Tabatha taking over Celebrity hair stylist and reality television star Tabatha Coffey has joined the board of Dunedin spa and salon software company Timely. Coffey is an Australian hair stylist, American salon owner and host of television series Tabatha Takes Over.

While 2018 was always going to be “a cracking good year” for Timely, the combination of new investment, an astute new director and a growing footprint in Australia is exceeding the hopes of cofounder and chief executive Ryan Baker.

The company, founded in 2012, provides cloud-based booking software to the global spa and salon industry.

Support payments reduced Denise Richards voluntarily had her child support payments from Charlie Sheen reduced. The World is Not Enough actress currently receives $20,000 a month for their daughters Sam, 14, and Lola, 13. The 47-year-old actress agreed to have her money cut two years ago in order to help her ex-husband with his rocky financial situation without going through the courts. The 52-year-old actor in 2010 was the highest-paid star on TV, receiving $1.8 million per episode of Two and a Half Men.

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Opunake to quit power retailing

PGG Wrightson, which is selling its dominant seed and grain business, posted record full-year earnings but lowered its final dividend payment to shareholders, saying it was eyeing reinvestment opportunities.

Operating earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose to a record $70.2 million in the year ended June 30, in line with its forecast for earnings at the top end of its guidance range of $65 million to $70 million, and ahead of $64.5 million a year earlier, the Christchurchbased company said. One-time items pulled net profit after tax down to $18.9 million from $46.3 million.

Wrightson is reducing its final dividend to 1.25 cents per share from 2 cents last year, which pulls the 2018 annual dividend down to

3 cents from 3.75 cents in 2017.

The country’s largest rural services business is undertaking a strategic review with Credit Suisse (Australia) and First NZ Capital, exploring growth opportunities, its capital and balance sheet requirements and potentially its shareholding structure. Earlier this month, it agreed to sell its seed and grain business, its largest unit, to Danish co-operative DLF Seeds for $421 million in cash and $18 million of debt repayment.

It said it could return up to $292 million to its shareholders and was evaluating the full range of options, including debt reduction, distributions to shareholders and strategic growth opportunities.

In the latest year, operating ebitda for seed and grain fell 4 per cent to $35.6 million as strong sales volumes in New Zealand were off-

set by extremely dry conditions in South America and Australia.

Its agency group operating ebitda rose 12 per cent to a record $20.1 million as higher sheep prices in the livestock business offset a lower number of dairy transactions while volumes in the wool business returned to more normal levels on a lift in underlying wool prices.

Meanwhile, its retail and water group increased operating ebitda 30 per cent to a record $23.8 million. Improvement was evenly split between retail and water, which improved its contribution despite the ongoing challenges facing the irrigation sector.

PGG Wrightson’s shares, which are 50.2 per cent owned by China’s Agria Corp, last traded at 67 cents, and have gained 12 per cent over the past year.

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Spark acquires Premier League rights Spark New Zealand has secured exclusive rights to Premier League football in the UK as it builds out a suite of content for the livestreaming sports service it plans to roll out early next year.

Spark has secured the football rights for three seasons from August 2019 through to May 2022.

It has also gained exclusive rights to content from Manchester United TV from later this year.

The new content builds on agreements for rugby content the firm announced in April when it first detailed its plans for a subscription-based streaming service on a dedicated sport platform.

The earlier deals include the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

Chief executive Simon Moutter says the firm is being disciplined in the content it acquires and wants to be sure it can commercialise any package of rights.

While there will be broader brand benefits from the firm’s association with high-profile sports coverage, the new service must be viable in its own right.

“We’re keen to secure sports rights that can stand on their own two feet,” he said in a statement to the NZX. “This is not about using sports content simply as an acquisition or retention tool for our broadband or mobile base.”

Spark, New Zealand’s biggest telecommunications provider, has yet to say what the new

service will cost.

It will be offered on a different platform to the one the firm uses for its existing Lightbox service.

Moutter wouldn’t name its partner but said they are a specialist platform provider with extensive experience in live sports.

Moutter also announced that Jeff Latch, previously director of content at state-owned TVNZ, will run Spark Sport. In that role he will lead the acquisition of content rights and the delivery of the new platform.

Prior to joining TVNZ a decade ago, Latch ran an independent sports production company.

Spark shares last traded at $3.825 and have are up 5.8 per cent so far this year.

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tract competitive bids from four generators, twice that just a few years ago.

He said there is now a complex wholesale relationship to manage with those customers, incorporating production and risk management.

The company already offers data, demand management and commercial-scale solar as services. Longer-term there will be more opportunities to help the larger users manage the complexity of reducing their carbon footprint, he said.

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past year, given the volatility of wholesale conditions and the tight spreads it must operate to.

Earnings from its own commercial and industrial customers also fell by $8 million as the firm surrendered volume rather than match low offers from rivals. The firm will now fold that business into its generation arm given there is little retail margin left on those sales.

Chief executive Dennis Barnes said pricing in that segment had trended closer to that of the ASX futures and tenders typically at-

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er book to Trustpower. Johnson wouldn’t disclose the sale price.

The block customer acquisition is the second by Trustpower this year and reflects the tough competition power retailers are facing in many parts of the market.

Last month it completed the transfer of about 17,000 retail accounts from King Country Energy.

But it is not just the smaller players who have found the past year difficult.

Contact Energy yesterday said it lost $2 million on its ASX market-making activities during the

Trustpower is the country’s fifth-largest power retailer by accounts. It supplies about 273,000 power connections, 38,000 gas connections and 89,000 telco accounts.

Last month it told investors the electricity sector remained highly competitive and that failures and further consolidations were likely.

It said its own commercial and industrial business was profitable and sustainable, selling about 1700 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually. On average those customers – typically supplied on two or three-year contracts – had been with the firm for seven years.

Opunake’s customer book peaked at almost 1500 accounts in January. About 1100 of the customers being transferred are in the North Island and the firm is aiming to complete the transfer by the end of September.

Johnson said the firm will start looking at generation options after that work is completed.

The company operates 2MW of gas-fired capacity at TAG Oil’s Cheal site in Taranaki and markets the production from a small hydro plant on the beach at Opunake.

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Trustpower is to acquire about 1400 commercial power accounts after Opunake Hydro opted to quit the retail market citing tough competition.

Opunake supplies mostly smallto medium-sized firms through its Utilise business.

It served 1423 electricity accounts at the end of June – almost twice that two years earlier – according to Electricity Authority data.

But the firm, controlled by Hamilton-based WEL Networks since June, said it is quitting the retail market immediately to focus instead on growing its generation activities.

Chair Kevin Johnson said the board’s decision was a strategic one. The firm had done well but increased competition and volatile wholesale prices had made the past six to eight months particularly challenging.

“It’s both those things,” he said.

“The price swings are quite hard to address in a business sense.”

“We were a small player and with those market dynamics it’s quite difficult to compete effectively.”

Opunake is retaining the Utilise brand and has sold the custom-

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1/2 red capsicum cut into thin strips.

2 x 200g packet udon noodles Bok choy, courgettes and green beans

here’s a lot to recommend noodles and rice – they’re quick to cook, cheap to buy and marry happily with a wide range of other ingredients to form a tasty, nutritious meal with very little fuss.

The range of both is now wide and it’s fair to say there’s a rice or noodle variety available for every taste, every occasion.

■ Combine chicken, honey and soy, marinate for 5 minutes.

■ Drain chicken but reserve marinade.

■ Stir-fry chicken in batches until just cooked through.

■ Remove from pan and set aside.

■ Add vegetables and lightly cook.

■ Return chicken to pan, add marinade and noodles.

■ Toss until marinade is well heated through.

Mexican rice 1T olive oil 1 red onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1C basmati rice 1t ground cumin 1 small red capsicum, finely chopped 1 small green capsicum, finely chopped 2C chicken stock 400g can chopped tomatoes 1/2 C coriander leaves ■ Heat the oil in a saucepan and gently cook the onion and garlic until tender.

■ Add rice and brown in the oil while stirring.

■ Add cumin and capsicum and cook for 1 minute.

■ Pour in the stock and tomatoes, and season to taste ■ Cover and turn the heat down as low as possible.

■ Cook for 20 minutes until liquid has been absorbed and the rice grains are tender.

■ Scatter with chopped coriander

Vegetable and egg fried rice 500g cooked cold rice 2T oil 4 eggs, beaten 3T light soy sauce 1t chilli flakes, to taste 1 medium courgette cut into cubes 150g frozen peas 1 bunch coriander, leaves and stalks separated, leaves roughly chopped, stalks finely chopped 1 lime, juice of half, half cut into wedges Salt and black pepper ■ Heat a tablespoon of the oil in a large frying pan or wok.

■ Add the egg, a dash of soy sauce and the chilli flakes.

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■ Fry the egg, stirring constantly and breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon as it cooks.

■ Once the egg is cooked through, add the courgettes and cook for 3-4 minutes ■ Add the frozen peas, cold rice, the remaining oil and the chopped coriander ■ Add two tablespoons of soy sauce.

■ Stir-fry over a high heat ■ Mix constantly with a wooden spoon until the rice is hot and everything is mixed together.

■ Taste and add more soy sauce if needed, plus a little salt and black pepper if necessary.

■ Turn off the heat, squeeze in the juice of half the lime ■ Stir in three-quarters of the coriander leaves.

■ Transfer to serving plates and garnish with the remaining coriander leaves and the wedges of lime.

■ Serve immediately.

Chicken and rice 2T oil 1t black mustard seeds 1tp cumin seeds 1 medium onion, peeled and diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 C long grain rice 300g boneless and skinless chicken thighs 1/4 C flour 2T oil

2 courgettes, sliced 1C frozen peas 3C chicken stock 2 cinnamon sticks ■ Heat the first measure of oil in a large frying pan until hot, but not smoking.

■ Add the onion and garlic and cook for a further 2 to 3 minutes or until the onion is soft.

■ Add the rice and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly ■ Remove from heat.

■ Cut the chicken into 2cm pieces and toss in flour.

■ Heat the second measure of oil in another frying pan.

■ Add the chicken and brown evenly.

■ Add the cooked chicken, courgettes and peas to the rice.

■ Stir to combine.

■ Add the chicken stock and bring it all to a slow simmer.

■ Push the cinnamon into the rice mixture and place a tight fitting lid on top.

■ Turn down the heat to low and cook for 20 minutes.

■ Remove from heat and let it rest for 10 minutes before serving.

■ Remove cinnamon sticks before serving.

Beef ‘n’ noodles 500g dried flat rice noodles 400g beef rump steaks, thinly sliced ½ onion, sliced

1 large packet fine dried egg noodles 4T light soy sauce 4T rice wine 1T cornflour 400g steak or fillets finely sliced 3T vegetable oil 1t chilli flakes 3 garlic cloves, finely diced 1 knob ginger, finely diced 1C small broccoli pieces 1C sugar snap peas 1 red pepper, finely sliced 2T light soy sauce 2T sweet thick soy sauce 2t sesame oil

2T ginger, shredded 1 packet Mung bean sprouts 2 spring onions, split in half and cut into 5cm pieces 2T light soy sauce 1T dark soy sauce 1T sesame oil 1t sugar ■ Soak flat noodles in boiling water until soft then drain and set aside.

■ Pat beef dry with paper towels.

■ Heat oil in a frying pan or wok over medium-high heat.

■ Add beef to pan and fry until nearly cooked then drain oil and put beef to one side.

■ Heat more oil in pan or wok.

■ Add onion and stir fry until translucent, followed by ginger and mung beans.

■ Add noodles to frying pan and toss together ■ Add spring onion, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar to pan ■ Cook until spring onions have softened.

■ Add beef and combine all ingredients over a high heat.

■ Taste and add extra soy sauce if needed.

Honey chicken noodles 500g chicken breast, skin removed, cut into strips 1/4 C soy sauce 2T honey 2t minced garlic 2 medium carrots cut into strips 1 onion cut into thin wedges

■ Soften the dried noodles by soaking in boiling water for 5-10 minutes.

■ Once soft put in cold water, drain and set aside.

■ In a bowl, mix together the light soy sauce, rice wine and cornflour.

■ Coat the pork in the mixture and set aside for 20 minutes.

■ Heat the vegetable oil in a wok until hot and add the garlic, ginger and chilli flakes.

■ Fry gently for about 2 minutes.

■ Add the pork mixture and continue to fry until cooked through – about 8 minutes.

■ Add the veges and fry for a further 2 minutes.

■ Add the drained noodles and toss with the pork and vegies until well coated.

■ Fry for about 3 minutes, then add the thick, soy sauce and sesame oil.

■ Season with salt and serve

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Leek and sausage risotto 3 fresh spicy chorizo sausages 2T olive oil 1 leek, sliced thinly 1 onion, chopped finely 2 cloves garlic, crushed 250g Arborio rice 1/4 C white wine 1.5L chicken stock Zest of 1 lemon 1T butter 1C Homebrand frozen peas 20g grated parmesan plus extra for garnishing 1/2 C grated tasty cheese 2T parsley plus extra for garnishing Salt and pepper to taste ■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Place sausages on an oven tray and cook for 15 minutes until cooked through. Cool slightly then slice thinly on a diagonal.

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■ Cook for 5-8 minutes covered until the leeks are softened but not browned.

■ Add rice and stir for 2 minutes until lightly toasted.

■ Stir through the wine and allow it to evaporate.

■ Slowly add the chicken stock 1 cup at a time allowing it to be absorbed before adding the next until all the liquid has gone and the rice is cooked.

■ Add sausage slices, lemon zest, butter, peas, parmesan, tasty cheese and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.

■ Serve hot and garnish with parsley and parmesan.

■ Tip: This risotto can also be oven baked in a heatproof dish. Add chicken stock all at once and bake at 180°C 40 minutes. Then add remaining ingredients.

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■ OPINION

When writing is a pleasure A

s a sports reporter, you get the opportunity to interview all sorts of sporting superstars and some stick in your mind more than others.

Like the time Shane Cameron came to town for something and I got to go over to the Tinwald Tavern to interview him.

I have no memory of what exactly we talked about, but I remember at the end he asked if he could catch a ride to, I think, his sister’s place.

So, our then photographer Kirsty Clay got in the driver’s seat of the Guardian’s wee Rav 4, with the hulking, burly boxer in the front seat and me squished into the back seat, and off we went.

Then there was the time I was all psyched up ready to meet Jonah Lomu, who was coming to Ashburton as part of his book tour.

But the weather had other ideas and his flight was delayed, so instead of meeting the great man I had to settle for a phone conversation with him.

Even though I didn’t actually get to meet him, I did get to in-

terview him, and that was pretty great.

But to me, it’s the stories that you find a lot closer to home that are often the ones that stick with you the most, like the day I had to ring Hayden Roulston just after it was announced his cycling career was over due to a heart condition.

That was a really tough call to make, but that story did go on to have a happy ending, with an unexpected comeback to the sport he loved following some time later.

Then there was one of Roulston’s young proteges.

I’ll always remember the first time I ever interviewed Lauren Ellis.

It was well before the days of her riding around velodromes at world championship or world cup meets, or the Olympic or Commonwealth Games.

It was after she’d won her first national title and she came into the old Guardian office for a chat.

She wasn’t very old at the time, and she was extremely shy and not overly talkative.

It was hard work and even

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today, although a lot easier to interview than she was as a youngster, Ellis still isn’t one who likes the spotlight a great deal, preferring instead to let her performances on the track do the talking.

But sometimes it’s the stories that you least expect that stay with you.

The stories of local successes, and people taking massive leaps of faith, or defying odds.

This week I had the pleasure of meeting two young men who blew me away.

I can’t tell you too much about them at this stage, because their story is still a work in progress, but they were two of the most positive, driven and determined young guys I’ve interviewed in my time.

They absolutely love the sport

they play and their only future goal is to just keep learning, and keep getting better at what they do.

They are forever positive and refuse to let any kind of negativity into their lives, and as a result they’re achieving what they’re setting out to do.

They are learning, they are growing, and they are becoming better, just as they set out to do.

As a reporter, it’s an honour every time someone sits down with you and tells you their story.

You just hope that you’re able to do justice to what they’re telling you and write one heck of a story.

And you never really know whether you have or not.

You soon get told if you’ve made a mistake, but it’s not often the phone rings with positive feedback.

As I say, I can’t tell you too much about these two young guys, but hopefully when you come across their story in the Guardian later this week you’ll be able to pick exactly who I’m talking about.

I do hope I do their stories justice.

■ MOTOR RACING

Dixon sticks with Ganassi Amid months of speculation, Kiwi IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon has signed an extension contract with his longtime team Chip Ganassi Racing.

The multi-year extension contract that was announced yesterday will see the 38-year-old in the cockpit of the No. 9 PNC Bank Honda for the 2019 season and likely through until the end of his career.

The extension ends speculation that the four-time champion would leave the place he’s called home for 18 years to join Fernando Alonso on a new McLaren team.

Chip Ganassi spoke highly of Dixon following the announcement and said the New Zealander was possibly in the best form of his career.

“I’m very pleased to be sitting here today announcing him for the future and I’m a happy man,” Ganassi said.

“Scott and I have been together a long time and he knows how to win, more importantly, he knows how to win championships.”

“He’s not just a normal run of the mill driver ... he’s the driver that if you were to take a stone and inject some brains into it you’d chisel out Scott Dixon.”

“Is he driving as well this season as he’s ever driven in his career?

“I would have to say yes ... he has the same desire to win today than he did when he came with our team and that’s impressive.”

In brief Serena looking ominous Serena Williams has taken just 65 minutes to beat Daria Gavrilova in the first round of the Cincinat-ti Open. Williams was in commanding form just a fortnight out from the US Open, breaking the Australian’s serve twice in each set in the 6-1 6-2 thumping. The 23-time grand slam winner hit 27 winners and served eight aces to steamroll world No.23 Gavrilova. Williams bounced back from the most lopsided loss of her career two weeks ago – 6-1 6-0 to Johanna Konta in San Jose – to set up a meeting with eighth seed Petra Kvitova in the second round. - PA

Davis Cup team named 19-year-old Ajeet Rai could make his debut for New Zealand in next month’s Asia Oceania zone Group 1 relegation tie against South Korea in Gimcheon on September 14 and 15. Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Simon Rea and team captain Alistair Hunt have named a five strong team with Rai who attended a tie against in April last year, becoming a fully-fledged member of the team for the first time. He joins seasoned pros Michael Venus, Rubin Statham, Artem Sitak and Marcus Daniell in the squad.

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Pouille sinks Murray Andy Murray’s comeback from hip surgery hit another roadblock when he was beaten by France’s Lucas Pouille in the first round of the Cincinnati Open. Pouille, the world No.17, proved to be the more resourceful as he claimed his first win in five tries against Murray 6-1 1-6 6-4. The former World No.1 Scot has endured a frustrating time since he came back to the ATP Tour after 11 months off in June. Murray had hoped to build on the momentum leading into the US Open after a run to the quarter-finals of the Citi Open before he pulled out of the Washington tournament citing fatigue.

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Walker’s horror year Adelaide captain Taylor Walker says being suspended for the rest of the AFL season sums up his horror year. Walker has opted not to contest a two-game ban for a slinging tackle which knocked out GWS star Josh Kelly during Saturday’s game. “It probably sums up my season, very challenging for me individually and us as a footy team,” Walker said yesterday. Walker’s Crows can’t make the playoffs, a dramatic slide since losing last year’s grand final against Richmond.

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Swans out for season Superstar Kiwi driver Scott Dixon will remain with Chip Ganassi Racing for a few years yet.

Dixon’s career started in 2000 with PacWest Racing but when the team struggled with funding in 2002 the Kiwi driver was picked up by Ganassi.

Dixon said although he respected the other teams he had spoken to, he loved the people at Ganassi Racing and admired Ganassi’s desire to win.

“I definitely respect the teams and people that we spoke to

over the last few months ... but for me it’s family and being here this long, there’s a reason that is, because it works so well,” Dixon said.

“I have always said I have a massive amount of respect for Chip and what he’s done in this sport.

“This is not an easy business.”

“I just love being here, love the people, and admire Chip and his

passion to win. It drives all of us.”

With four races remaining in the 2018 campaign, including this weekend’s ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway, Dixon boasts a 46-point lead over Alexander Rossi as he guns for his fifth title.

Dixon’s latest victory, at the Honda Indy Toronto, gave him 44 career victories to trail only AJ Foyt (67) and Mario Andretti (52) on the all-time win list.

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Scans have confirmed that powerful Sydney defender Alex Johnson will require a sixth knee reconstruction while hamstrung team-mate Nick Smith will miss the rest of the AFL season.

Johnson, who ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his ‘good’ knee for the first time, is yet to decide whether he will attempt yet another comeback next season. Meanwhile, veteran Swan Smith will be spending the next six weeks on the sidelines because of a hamstring tendon injury.

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In brief Eradicate the draws Consistency is key for Liverpool if they are to topple Manchester City from their English Premier League pedestal, says Reds defender Virgil van Dijk. Despite what the Holland captain described as an “almost complete” performance in Sunday’s 4-0 dismantling of West Ham, the Dutchman knows there will be more difficult hurdles to overcome. Liverpool finished 25 points adrift in fourth last season having drawn 12 matches. Van Dijk said it was those kind of results they needed to eradicate.

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Spanish career over Manchester City midfielder David Silva has announced his retirement from international football after winning 125 caps for Spain. The 32year-old playmaker, who won the World Cup with La Roja in 2010 as well as clinching back-to-back European Championship trophies, has called time on a 12-year career with Spain. “It’s taken many days and weeks of reflection to reach this decision to end my time with the Spanish team,” he said on Twitter. “Without doubt, it has been one of the hardest decisions of my career, and one I am making with gratitude and humility.” - PA The Mid Canterbury United’s 17th grade side’s Bradley Phillips gets a pass away during his side’s win over Cashmere Technical FC 17A on Saturday.

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■ FOOTBALL

United wrap up final berth

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Mid Canterbury United headed to Christchurch on Saturday eyeing up a convincing win against the FC Twenty 11 Bombers to cement their spot in the Mainland Football division two Knockout Cup final.

And that’s what they got, coming home with a 3-0 win to their names and a spot in this weekend’s final at Warren Park in Christchurch secured.

Mid Canterbury United coach Marty Fitzgerald said despite the best efforts of the FC Twenty 11 Bombers, they found it hard to penetrate Mid Canterbury United’s solid defence playing into the win.

Mid Canterbury United opened the scoring with Luke Mar-

tin smashing it past the keeper around the 20 minute mark, with his side playing well, controlling possession and producing some good, sharp passing.

FC Twenty 11 did have two corners and came close to scoring late in the half, but the defensive efforts of John Moses put great pressure on the striker who sent the ball sailing over the crossbar.

Fitzgerald praised his team for their first half efforts but asked for sharper passing and for his side to play more as a team in the second half, reminding them that three goals was the bench pass mark.

He said their approach to the second half was a lot better with Stan Pokipoki and Gareth Tolley controlling the midfield, and good ball distribution led to their

next goal, finished off by Eddie Kettle.

FC Twenty 11 fought hard and presented United with some tough moments, but were outplayed across the park, with Bernie Martin at left back named Mid Canterbury’s man of the match, Fitzgerald said.

With less than 10 minutes to play, Mid Canterbury United were awarded a direct penalty which was again finished off well

by Kettle, taking his second half goal tally to two.

Fitzgerald said he was happy with the result but he’d be looking for another step up from his side in the final.

Meanwhile, in the Mainland division four knockout competition, Methven FC Senior As are also through to the final.

They secured their spot with a win over Christchurch United Presidents in a thrilling game in Christchurch on Saturday.

They won 3-1 with goals coming courtesy of Jan Lukasek (2) and Liam Hett.

In the lower grades, Mid Canterbury United’s 17th grade division one side picked up a 2-1 win against Cashmere Technical FC 17A on Saturday at the Ashburton Domain.

After finishing sixth in the main season competition after some extremely close games and draws, Mid Canterbury United’s 17th grade side were currently sitting second in their cup round, with the young team having come a long way this season under the guidance and coaching of Darren Cavill.

Cambodia job just fine Melbourne Victory chief Trent Jacobs is confident Keisuke Honda’s secondary job with the Cambodian national team won’t distract his focus during his debut A-League season. A week after he was confirmed as Victory’s marquee signing, the Japanese superstar was unveiled as the new “general manager” of the world No.166-ranked Cambodian team. The 32-yearold doesn’t have the credentials to take on an official coaching position but it’s understood he’ll be Cambodia’s head coach in all but name, with his new role tailored specifically for him. - AAP

Another Cup for Barca Barcelona lifted the Spanish Super Cup for a record extending 13th time by coming from behind to beat Sevilla 2-1. A stunning strike from Ousmane Dembele and a penalty save in stoppage time from MarcAndre ter Stegen were crucial in their victory in Morocco. Barca captain Lionel Messi lifted his first piece of silverware since inheriting the armband from former midfielder Andres Iniesta – the Argentine becoming Barca’s most decorated player with 33 trophies to his name.

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Keeper Cech responds to Leverkusen Twitter taunt

By Mark Mann-Bryans Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has hit out at Bayer Leverkusen after the Bundesliga club’s Twitter account mocked his performance in Sunday’s defeat to Manchester City.

With new Gunners head coach Unai Emery encouraging his team to play out from the back, Cech looked uncomfortable on occasions when trying short passes to his team-mates.

Cech was preferred in goal in their EPL opener to Bernd Leno,

who joined from Leverkusen in the closed season.

A video of Cech almost scoring an own goal as he attempted a pass across the face of his own goal started circulating on Twitter – with Leverkusen’s English account getting involved.

“We might know a guy...” they replied to one Tweet highlighting Cech’s error, seemingly suggesting their former number one Leno would be more adept at implementing Emery’s vision.

That was followed by a 29-sec-

ond video of Leno playing out from the back in a game for the German side, with the caption: “In case you were all wondering how to play out from the back...”

Retweeted over 1750 times, plenty of supporters of both clubs found the reply humorous, but Cech took to Twitter to post a reply on Monday evening, criticising the “professionalism” of the post. “@Arsenal we share important values which make us a big club not only on the football side. Fair competition, professionalism and

sportsmanship are the biggest ones you teach young footballers and it’s sad to see when other clubs don’t share the same values. .@bayer04_en ,” he wrote.

Cech spoke after the 2-0 defeat and urged fans to give the team time to adapt to the new approach and said he feels adept at helping the team to build from the back.

But it remains to be seen whether Cech, who was named captain against City, will retain his place in goal when Arsenal visit his former club Chelsea on Saturday.

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In brief Next Crusader 10?

Fair dinkum? The next great Crusaders first five-eighth may have been unearthed in a posh Australian school. New Zealand-born Campbell Parata will cross the ditch to train with the Tasman academy, with his sights set on the New Zealand under-20 team. The Canterbury history of producing outstanding No. 10s, led by Dan Carter and Andrew Mehrtens, means there will be huge scrutiny on Parata. - NMZE

Folau ready for assault Israel Folau is vowing to attack the high ball with his usual vigour in Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup clash with the All Blacks despite being suspended for a clumsy aerial challenge earlier this year. The defiant Wallabies star maintains there is nothing wrong with his technique despite copping a onematch ban for his aerial contact on Ireland’s Peter O’Mahony.

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Rakaia completes senior B clean sweep A cup with big history went on the line in Mt Somers on Sunday.

Rakaia and Collegiate headed to Mt Somers to fight it out for the prestigious Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup, the final act of the Mid Canterbury Rugby senior B season.

A week after the same two

teams met in the final of the Second Grade Cup, which Rakaia was victorious 39-10, it was again Rakaia’s day, although it was a much closer finish this time around.

Rakaia won 31-29 to make it a clean sweep of all senior B trophies this season.

They won the Michael Duff

Memorial Trophy for their first round win and the Centennial Mug for their second round win, followed by the Second Grade Cup and the Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup. The Beckley Cup was donated by the Beckley family following the passing of Bruce Beckley more than 50 years ago and as a

rule was always to be played at Mt Somers between the top two qualifiers at the end of the round robin.

Tiny Beckley (middle) was on hand to watch the match on Sunday, and before the game started met the two captains, Rakaia’s Josh Walker and Collegiate’s Hemi Tahuri.

August 10 9 hole Golf - Canadian Foursome Alistar Goodwin & Karen Blacklow 56-23-33, Mike Markille & Jodie Monk 52-17-35, Barbara Duffy & Judy May 61-23-38, Trish Pedofsky & Shirley Fitzgerald 69-26-38. PGG Wrightson – Best Players: Alister & Karen. Methven Travel – 2nd Shot: Trish & Shirley

■ Shooting Mt Somers Rifle Club August 13: Josh Jones 66, Jeremy Jones 82, Jess Heaven 95.4, 96.2, Emily Heaven 70, Lachlan Rooney 91.3, 89.2, Brea Greer 73.1, Caleb Greer 81.1, Tim Greer 91.1, Mark Smith 90.1, 89.1, Dave Millichamp 97.5, 96.3, Brent Frame 97.6, Wayne Tubb 92.1, Kevin Fews 92.4, 90.3, Julian Fews 86.

Mayfield Rifle Club Robert Spencer Jnr 93.2, 90, Daniel Gould 83, Ben Nordqvist 96.2, 95.2, Nicholas McDowell 82.1, John Fleming 98.4, 98.4, Andrew Donaldson 95.4, Carl Nordqvist 97.4, Martin Fleming 98.5.

Mayfield Scouts: Trista Farnell 75, Caitlan Paddon 70.1, Ella Mielnik 59, Kade Farnell 58.

■ RUGBY

Fifita being unfairly set up to fail

By GreGor Paul

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t’s time Vaea Fifta had some justice or at least an agreement from the Hurricanes that they will cease and desist picking him at lock.

He doesn’t want to play there, the All Blacks don’t want him to play there and if the Hurricanes want him to continue to be part of their set-up, they are going to need to stop picking him there.

By continuing to pick him at lock the Hurricanes are in danger of killing the career of one of the most exciting loose forwards to emerge in years.

Enough is enough.

The central contracting system is supposed to ensure players are not unjustly disadvantaged the way they are in other nations.

Players here are supposed to be managed in a way that allows them to have a fair and reasonable opportunity to make the All Blacks.

They can’t be set up to fail and Fifita, by continually being picked at lock when the national side have specified he is a blindside, is being set up to fail.

As he says, it has not been easy for him to demonstrate his extreme pace and athleticism during Super Rugby when his legs are constantly being drained by the scrummaging load he endures at lock.

It’s not easy to impose himself as either destructive tackler or explosive ball carrier when he’s being tasked with thankless grunt work.

The Hurricanes can of course push back with their legitimate contention that they are entitled to hold a different view about Fifita to the All Blacks.

He’s their player in their environment and they can pick him where the teams needs him.

But it’s an argument that can be trumped by the almost universally held belief that it is a near

criminal lack of judgement on the part of the Hurricanes to consider Fifita a lock.

What were they looking at last year when Fifita played against the Pumas at No 6 and delivered the sort of performance that left all rugby followers in awe?

Fifita screams out as being better, if not exclusively suited to blindside.

He’s the fastest forward in New Zealand.

And fastest by some distance – with only a handful of backs thought to be quicker.

Fifita is thought to have recorded the highest standing jump of any player in New Zealand – an exercise done to gauge explosive potential.

At 1.96m he’s in the short lock category.

The likes of Sam Whitelock and Brodie Retallick are 2.03m and 2.04m respectively.

But short locks survive in test football on the basis of their heft

and typically weigh around 116kg to 120kg.

Fifita is about 112kg, longlimbed and athletic in build rather than square-shouldered and barrel-chested.

Physically he doesn’t fit any lock mould and it would seem that the Hurricanes forced him into the second row to avoid facing a weekly selection decision at blindside between Fifita and captain Brad Shields.

The All Blacks had their view that Fifita was the better player and is it any wonder that the 26-year-old has confessed to being confused at why he’s currently with Wellington and not the national side?

In a central contracting system which is designed to allow players to follow a pathway agreed by club and country, Fifita was picked at lock by the former against the wishes of the latter so as the Hurricanes could develop a player who committed his

allegiance to England.

The fact he has been dropped by the All Blacks who have said he must play blindside and not lock, while the man who has replaced him at blindside, Jackson Hemopo, has spent the season playing at lock for the Highlanders, has left Fifita a touch disillusioned.

That’s understandable but it doesn’t naturally flow to his claim he has been misled by All Blacks coach Steve Hansen.

Fifita has been given specific feedback on what he needs to do to return to the national fold and clearly Hansen feels that playing the 26-year-old at lock has hurt his development and damaged his form.

Hemopo, on the other hand, has played with enough mobility and athleticism at lock for the Highlanders to convince the All Blacks he can successfully convert to blindside in the international arena.

- NZME

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In brief

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Hard road for Baabaas

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

A 44-16 loss to the Burnham Chevaliers on Saturday meant the Ashburton Barbarians faced a tough road to get to their first Canterbury Rugby League division one final.

The match was a semi-final, with the top placed Chevaliers taking on the second placed Barbarians and the winner head straight to the grand final, but the way the finals worked meant the game wasn’t up for the losing side and the Barbarians planned on making the most of their second chance.

But, they knew it was going to be far from easy.

The Barbarians will take on the Woolston Rams – who won the three versus four semi-final on Saturday against Marist Saints Gold – in a preliminary final on Saturday.

The winner of that game earns the right to take on Burnham in the final.

Ashburton Barbarians player/ coach Johno Simon said Saturday’s loss was hard to take, but his side was determined to make amends against a Woolston side that handed the Chevaliers their biggest loss of the season two weeks ago.

Burnham were hurting from that loss and simply blew the Barbarians off the park on Saturday, Simon said.

“They said they wanted to get one back for getting that 47-0 deficit (against Woolston) the week before,” Simon said.

“They were out for revenge and we just happened to be in their way.

“They were hurting real bad.”

The Barbarians came away

Johnathan Thurston admits he’s growing tired of an NRL farewell tour that still has three games remaining.

Saturday’s clash with Cronulla will mark the North Queensland playmaker’s final game in Sydney, with his Cowboys currently last on the ladder.

Next week will be his Townsville swansong, before he officially signs off on the Gold Coast in what could be a battle for the wooden spoon against the Titans.

While the idea of having the last laugh over long-time foe Paul Gallen appeals, the 35-year-old admitted his retirement sideshow had started to drag.

“It’s a little bit tiring; I’m sure you guys (the media) are all getting sick of talking about it too,” Thurston, who made his NRL debut in 2002, said to reporters yesterday.

Agent rules tightened The NRL has proposed an overhaul of the player agents accreditation scheme that includes ensuring agents are subject to NRL rules.

The proposal, which has the backing of the players’ association, was presented to NRL club CEOs yesterday. The governing body also confirmed that they are close to locking in next year’s NRL seasonopening match to be played in the United States. The return of the NRL All Stars match, a Magic Round in Brisbane and a Sunday State of Origin in Perth have been locked in for next ear.

- AAP

Choker tag sticking It’s been the off-limits “c-word” that hasn’t been mentioned all year, but St George Illawarra halfback Ben Hunt now admits he can see why talk of the Dragons “choke” is back and potentially playing on some team-mates’ minds. Early-season ladder-leaders, the Saints are out of the top four for the first time this year after dropping five of their past six. And ahead of the crucial clash with the Wests Tigers on Sunday, the Dragons are open and frank in acknowledging their form has to turn around fast if they want to strike come finals. - AAP

Gallen’s future call

The Ashburton Barbarians suffered a heavy defeat, 44-16, in their semi-final against the Burnham Chevaliers on Saturday.

PHOTO SUPPLIED from Saturday’s game with two or three serious injuries, too, including a broken wrist and a rolled ankle.

That ankle injury was sustained by fullback Xavier Bartlett, who had been one of the side’s most influential players this sea-

son, and Simon was hopeful he’d recover in time for the preliminary final.

Saturday would be the first time that Ashburton had hosted a finals match, with the Barbarians not having made the final before, and they were determined

to keep the history-making happening.

The Barbarians were undefeated at home so far this season, and Simon said with a strong home crowd behind them they were hoping to keep the ball rolling.

Thurston tiring of long NRL farewell

By Murray WEnzEl

Ashburton Guardian 17

“There’s few games to go, hopefully we cause a couple of upsets.

“It’s been a lot more enjoyable when you’re on the right side of the scoreboard.”

Long-time team-mate Gavin Cooper likened Thurston’s farewell to NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s final season at the Los Angeles Lakers two years ago.

“We’re getting farewell movies everywhere we go,” he laughed.

“The (New Zealand) Warriors are probably setting the standard with how they’re sending off retirees, then obviously we have a long history with the Broncos and I’m sure Sydney will offer something too.

“It’s probably a fitting end in Sydney, finishing at Shark Park for Johno, given our history.”

That history includes a round one encounter this year when Cooper accused the Sharks of employing dirty tactics, while the

teams have knocked each other out of four of the last five finals campaigns.

Thurston has also enjoyed a long period of State of Origin dominance over Sharks veteran Paul

Gallen, who at 37 is yet to decide if he will join the Cowboys legend in retirement.

“Yeah, there’s a good rivalry between the two clubs.

“Both have forward packs that like to come after each other and as a half you like to sit back and watch that,” Thurston said.

“It’d be nice to get one more over the Sharkies, but I know it’s not going to be easy.”

- AAP

Johnathan Thurston’s days at the Cowboys are drawing to a close.

Cronulla skipper Paul Gallen is close to deciding whether to play on for a record 19th NRL season next year. The Sharks ironman, who is the NRL’s oldest player, blew out 37 birthday candles yesterday as he contemplates his future. “I have to make a call soon. It’s come to the point now where it needs to be done, I need to make a decision,” Gallen said. “I’ve got two home games left if I’m going to retire. I don’t know what to do.”

- AAP

Holmes going nowhere Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has predicted Valentine Holmes will one day overtake Andrew Ettingshausen as the club’s greatest try-scorer and categorically ruled out granting him an early release. Holmes has been linked with North Queensland and an early exit from the final season of his Sharks contract after Ben Barba announced his intention to return to Australia and the NRL next year. “There’s less chance of me releasing Valentine Holmes out of his contract than there is of me playing for Australia at hooker during the end of the year test matches,” Flanagan said. “We’d be crazy to let him go.”

- AAP

Maloney sidelined Penrith’s top four hopes have been dealt a major blow with playmaker James Maloney sidelined until at least the NRL finals with a knee injury. The Panthers confirmed the NSW five-eighth had suffered a grade two medial ligament tear during Saturday’s get-out-of-jail win over the Gold Coast. The club said he had been sidelined indefinitely and would not be back for the final three regular rounds. He is now eyeing week one of the finals as his earliest possible return. Medial ligament strains generally take three to six weeks to heal, meaning he may not be back at all this year should the Panthers go out in straight sets in the finals. Maloney has been hindered playing with a toe injury and broken thumb. - AAP

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Trotter picks up his ticket

In brief Stakes mission for Rayas Woodville trainer Shane Brown is planning a long-range stakes mission with his promising fiveyear-old mare Rayas, who will resume at Waverley on Saturday.

A winner of four of her 11 starts, Rayas has had three black-type starts and was runner-up in the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki two years ago and now Brown believes she can take the next step up the ladder.

- NZME

Ocean Emperor surprises

Michael Heenan and Boyz Invasion have the field covered in the opening heat at yesterday’s Chertsey Trotting Club workouts.

Trained by Heenan, Boyz Invasion stood on the mark and gave his rivals a decent head start before looping the field and trotting solidly to the line to win impressively over his stablemate, DD’s Super Stuart who roared home late to nab second in the hands of young driver Tess Watson. The two horses were the only two in the heat to go the qualifying time. Boyz Invasion is raced by Heenan, his wife Diane and Noel Taylor while DD’s Super Stuart is raced by George Martin and David Isherwood.

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Matamata trainer Gary Hennessy holds Ocean Emperor in high regard, but even he was surprised by the dual Group Two winner’s performance at Monday’s Te Teko trials.

Ridden by Jasmine Fawcett, Ocean Emperor bounced out to lead in the early stages of his 1030m heat then, after being joined in front, he kicked clear on straightening in the run home to win by three-quarters of a length from Summer Monsoon.

“He ran a second quicker than any of the other winners over the distance and he did it on his ear,” Hennessy said.

- NZME

Te Aroha gallops Today at Te Aroha Raceway

Racing Te Aroha Venue: Te Aroha Meeting Date: 15 Aug 2018 NZ Meeting number: 2 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 11.54am CONGRATULATIONS LAEKEEPER MAIDEN HURDLE 3100 $10,000, MDN HDL, 3100m 1 23x9F Cruiseo tmh (1) 68 .......................W Gordon 2 x8222 Henry Tudor m (3) 68 ........................ A Kuru 3 54949 Mr Doole m (2) 68 .........................S Higgins 4 x0400 Ray’s Legacy (12) 68 .......... J Seivwright (3) 5 x8860 Big ‘N’ Rich (8) 68 6 175P6 Defer m (5) 68 .............................. T Moki (3) 7 72092 Fort Knox tm (4) 68 ................B Lammas (3) 8 97423 In A Minute m (13) 68 ....................S Phelan 9 0000x Kakahu Stalker (11) 68 ........M Roustoby (3) 10 04158 Master Poet tm (9) 68 .....................G Walsh 11 033F5 Borninasandpit tm (10) 66...... Shaun Fannin 12 80547 Into The Mystic m (6) 66 .................... E Farr 13 00xP0 Result Merchant (7) 68 .........H Bognuda (3) Emergency: Result Merchant 2 12.29 GRAHAM LEMON/MURRAY DARROCH/OPTIMISM SYND HURDLE $20,000, RST OPN HDL, 3100m 1 24x60 Lucky Tonight tm (4) 69 ................ T Moki (3) 2 48812 Banbury Lad tdmb (5) 66 ..............S Higgins 3 62L59 Hesalljazz tm (6) 65.5 .............L Douglas (3) 4 L9x07 Clapathunda m (3) 65 ............ A Kuru 5 80996 He’s Dan tm (2) 65 ............................. E Farr 6 84317 Suffice To Say tdm (10) 65 ..... Shaun Fannin

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7 97823 Raaj m (1) 65 .......................M Roustoby (3) 8 0x9LP Sino Heights tdm (9) 65 ..................G Walsh 9 44684 The Dash (7) 65 .....................B Lammas (3) 10 84F90 Arite Guru m (8) 65 ....................... C Dell (3) 3 1.04 JOHN THE SPANNER HANNAH 1400 $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m 1 14355 Justacanta dmb (3) 60 ........ T Yanagida (a4) 2 840x1 Repo Sun dm (2) 58.5................. D Johnson 3 x1113 Lupelani dmb (6) 58 ............... K Cowan (a3) 4 x4549 Az Given dm (5) 57.5 ...........T Newman (a3) 5 62261 Inca Warrior tdm (7) 57.5 ................J Riddell 6 61428 Quantum dm (4) 57.5 ...................... T Harris 7 740x2 Mi Piaci m (1) 54 ........................A Sims (a3) 4 1.39pm THANK YOU FIBER FRESH MAIDEN 2200 $10,000, MDN, 2200m 1 x7225 Country Bumpkin (3) 58.5 ..............V Colgan 2 90x72 Canzac (2) 58.5 ..........................T Thornton 3 7x002 Cassio (5) 58.5............................C Lammas 4 33 Gingee (7) 58.5 .......................... L Satherley 5 70431 Party At Paroa 58.5 ...................... Scratched 6 5 The Anarchist (8) 58.5 ....................J Riddell 7 096 Mr Woodi (1) 58.5 .................... D Danis (a3) 8 607x7 Mueled (10) 58.5 ........................A Sims (a3) 9 x8089 Tokoroa (9) 58.5 ..................................C Dell 10 x6700 Show Me Tiz (4) 56.5 .................R Elliot (a1) 11 x6899 The Final Fling (6) 56.5 ..............M Cameron 5 2.14 TE AROHA STALLION PLACEMENT SCHEME

6 F75L6 Sir Al Syd h (2) 68..... A Roustoby (3) 7 x3P4P Caballo Noir (4) 68 .............. J Seivwright (3) 8 65744 Fast Catch tm (9) 68 ......................S Phelan 9 x0748 Kokanee Gold tm (1) 68 10 9 Wonder Jump (7) 68 .............. Shaun Fannin 11 50690 Magic Wonder (11) 66............B Lammas (3) 7 3.24pm KNOTTINGLY FARM STEEPLECHASE 3500 $20,000, RST OPN STP, 3500m 1 45511 Thenamesbond tdm (3) 71............S Higgins 2 70LL7 Stagehand tdm (1) 65 .................. T Moki (3) 3 68695 Yipson m (6) 65...................... Shaun Fannin 4 12P56 That’s How It Goes tm (4) 65 .B Lammas (3) 5 03960 Highly Likely tm (7) 65......... J Seivwright (3) 6 51F12 Perry Mason mb (8) 65 ..................... A Kuru 7 00344 Top Choice m (5) 65........................... E Farr 8 Lx321 Zamora tdm (2) 65 .......................W Gordon 8 3.59 FLAIR AMATEUR RIDERS SERIES 1600 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 1 Merlot m (9) 70.5..................... L Myers (am) 2 95741 Tweedledee dm (10) 70.5 ....... S Wenn (am) 3 0P017 Red John tm (5) 69.5 ............N Jensen (am) 4 78290 Wagner tdm (8) 69.5 ................ N Alam (am) 5 04x15 Sweet Treat tdm (6) 68.5 ...B Rogerson (am) 6 85498 Senassy dm (2) 67.5 ...............C Isdale (am) 7 50308 Aongatete Express t (1) 67.5 ...L Calitz (am) 8 F0555 Raisedinasandpit tdm (3) 66.5J McIlroy (am) 9 26580 Keen To Keeper dm (12) 66.5L Wheeler (am)

10 x007P Coat Of Honor (7) 66.5 ..... M Northcott (am) 11 0x070 Lotus Laud m (11) 66.5 ...Sarah Fannin (am) 12 0x767 Not Allowed d (4) 66.5.........E Nicholas (am) 9 4.33pm FAREWELL GRAEME AMIES 1400 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 64102 Vincentius dmh (6) 59.5 ........... D Danis (a3) 2 85010 Toodaloo m (4) 58.5 ................... L Satherley 3 6409x Uabasso (9) 58 ........................... D Johnson 4 89055 Prodigal Son dm (5) 56.5 ............D Mansour 5 880x0 Time Alone (10) 56.5 ...................... J Nason 6 22184 Moet Molly tdmh (7) 56 ..............R Elliot (a1) 7 8x709 Eeny Meeny Miny Mo (1) 56 .. K Cowan (a3) 8 x9203 Princess Raaj m (2) 55.5A Goindasamy (a4) 9 08000 I’ma Shygirl dm (3) 54 ..................... S Spratt 10 760x0 El Coolio (8) 54 ...........................T Thornton Blinkers on: The Final Fling (R4) Blinkers off: Justacanta (R3), Stagehand (R7) Winkers on: Henry Tudor (R1), Arite Guru (R2), The Anarchist (R4), Caballo Noir (R6) SELECTIONS

10 66454 Spirit Of Nathan 17.92 ....................C Morris

9 2.22pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 HT3 C1q, 520m

Race 1: Henry Tudor, Borninasandpit, In A Minute, Fort Knox Race 2: Banbury Lad, Raaj, Suffice To Say, Lucky Tonight Race 3: Lupelani, Justacanta, Quantum, Inca Warrior Race 4: Country Bumpkin, Canzac, Gingee, Mueled, Cassio Race 5: Charlie Runkle, Braced, Ultimatexpectation, Iktomi Race 6: Istimagic, Fast Catch, Zedsational, Kokanee Gold Race 7: Thenamesbond, Zamora, Highly Likely, Top Choice Race 8: Tweedledee, Merlot, Sweet Treat, Raisedinasandpit Race 9: Vincentius, Princess Raaj, Uabasso, Toodaloo

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 8 Opawa Marcie nwtd ........................R Wales way Meeting Date: 15 Aug 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 9 76 Stormy Jay nwtd.................................W Kite Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 10 77448 Bigtime Bridget nwtd ....................... C Brider Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 3 12.38pm AON CPF C0 C0, 305m 1 12.03pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 1 84747 Ponder Rosa nwtd......................B Goldsack 1 22343 Cawbourne Agar nwtd .................M Roberts 2 25 Bigtime Jasmine nwtd ........................L Cole 2 7656 Indy’s Boy nwtd ..................................W Kite 3 787 That’s Frank nwtd ......................J McInerney 3 65342 Subway Kay nwtd.......................B Goldsack 4 66764 Monsoon Malabar nwtd...............A Turnwald 4 33 Sedgebrook Saint nwtd .......................F Kite 5 67747 Bigtime Polly nwtd ......................... M Gowan 5 35641 Swift Liberty nwtd.............................R Waite 6 Liberty Blue nwtd .............................R Waite 6 5665 Slam It nwtd ..............................J McInerney 7 68536 Bigtime Clever nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 7 84 Tuff An’ Spicy nwtd ........................B Mitchell 8 868 Tuff Jewel nwtd..............................B Mitchell 8 3223F Bigtime Jetty nwtd ..............................L Cole 9 66888 Shark And Tayty nwtd ................B Goldsack 9 66888 Shark And Tayty nwtd ................B Goldsack 10 87878 Nippa Mint nwtd ........................J McInerney 10 87878 Nippa Mint nwtd ........................J McInerney 4 12.55pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION C0, 520m 2 12.20pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C0 C0, 520m 1 Eye Far nwtd ...................................R Wales 1 676 Tuff Mr. Tee nwtd ...........................B Mitchell 2 Jetlag Jag nwtd .........................J McInerney 2 24 Lizzy O’Shea nwtd ......................B Hodgson 3 6F Bigtime Kiowa nwtd ............................L Cole 3 875 Rose And Crown nwtd .................M Goodier 4 82274 Arthur’s Crown nwtd .........................R Waite 4 3234 Zara Jinx nwtd.................................R Wales 5 7 Three Of Hearts nwtd .................B Hodgson 5 5F It’s Complicated nwtd .........................L Cole 6 Sub Eighteen nwtd .............................L Cole 6 Here’s Hemi nwtd ......................J McInerney 7 745 Idol Little Girl nwtd ............................M Flipp 7 Cheese And Chalk nwtd ....................L Cole 8 Bill’s Barker nwtd.............................S Maher

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MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 426x2 Go For Dough (12) 58.5 ..............T Thornton 2 3 Charlie Runkle (6) 58.5 ................... S Spratt 3 Braced (4) 58.5 ..........................M Cameron 4 Iktomi (3) 58.5 .................................J Riddell 5 Ultimatexpectation (15) 58.5 ............B Grylls 6 Innocent Man (16) 58.5 ..................... D Hain 7 9x2 Ivette (18) 56.5 8 0x2 Lilly Thunder (17) 56.5 ...............A Sims (a3) 9 6x843 Caleb’s Shadow (11) 56.5 ... T Yanagida (a4) 10 9x Night Captain (1) 56.5 .............E McCall (a4) 11 007x5 Remember Rosie (9) 56.5...............R Smyth 12 5 Atropos (8) 54 ............................. D Johnson 13 Miss Posh (7) 56.5 14 Whero Rapa (2) 58.5 15 8 Sunontherun (14) 58.5 16 0 Dontgiveadam (13) 56 17 8x7 Roc ‘N’ Gold (10) 58.5 18 08x Conquering Kelly h (5) 56.5 Emergencies: Miss Posh, Whero Rapa, Sunontherun, Dontgiveadam, Roc ‘N’ Gold, Conquering Kelly 6 2.49 THENAMESBOND MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE 3500 $10,000, MDN STP, 3500m 1 P2420 Istimagic mh (5) 68 ............................ E Farr 2 9L538 Big Meadsy (6) 68 ....................D Jensen (3) 3 L5375 Beverley Beck tm (3) 68 .....S Higgins 4 0x64 Jealous Boy (10) 68 .............M Roustoby (3) 5 40864 Zedsational (8) 68 ............................. A Kuru

9 58557 Jay Grim nwtd .................................R Wales 10 77448 Bigtime Bridget nwtd ....................... C Brider 5 1.13pm HATRICK DASH C0 C0, 305m 1 7 Sedgebrook Pride nwtd.......................F Kite 2 78555 Captain Kate nwtd...........................C Morris 3 37 Arm Turner nwtd........................J McInerney 4 F2488 Bigtime Ashii nwtd J & ........................D Bell 5 66824 Bigtime Claws nwtd A & ..................Williams 6 Leger’s Magic nwtd ...........................M Flipp 7 47786 Way Anchor nwtd .......................B Goldsack 8 Tuff Temptress nwtd ......................B Mitchell 9 66888 Shark And Tayty nwtd ................B Goldsack 10 87878 Nippa Mint nwtd ........................J McInerney 6 1.30pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m 1 73412 Epic Spark 18.22............................... B Hunt 2 26264 Bigtime Blast 17.72 ............................L Cole 3 32232 Secret Indy nwtd ...............................M Flipp 4 33123 Little Tornado 18.16..........................R Waite 5 54253 Alamein Tiger 18.05 ................. K Gommans 6 14364 Bigtime Dean 18.15 A &..................Williams 7 41251 Bigtime Eyore 17.80...........................L Cole 8 83221 Manly Monkey 17.80 J & .....................D Bell 9 45351 Cawbourne Johno 18.23 .......... K Gommans

7 1.48pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI HT1 C1q, 520m 1 57445 Lucky James 30.68 ...........................M Flipp 2 65758 Cockney Rip Off 30.78 ....................M Olden 3 18468 Idol Jan nwtd ...................................R Wales 4 44424 Vicarious nwtd..............................M Roberts 5 24342 Bigtime On Track nwtd ........................F Kite 6 85645 Bigtime Allgood nwtd G & ...... S Fredrickson 7 77676 Skitzer nwtd ............................. K Gommans 8 211 Midnight Molly 30.63 ...................B Hodgson 9 74887 Bigtime Ronnie 30.65 G & ..... S Fredrickson 10 84658 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd J & ................D Bell 8 2.05pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 HT2 C1q, 520m 1 18885 World Freakshow 30.47 ..................M Olden 2 74768 Goldstar Holly 30.58 ......................... B Hunt 3 86366 Bigtime Nibbles 31.17 .....................L Doody 4 17474 Idol Jazz 30.61 ................................... N Udy 5 16671 Luke Skywalker nwtd ..................... L A Hunt 6 21324 Flying Lachie nwtd ......................A Turnwald 7 8Px28 Token Vikkers nwtd .........................R Wales 8 58564 Cawbourne Muzza 30.42 J & ..............D Bell 9 74887 Bigtime Ronnie 30.65 G & ..... S Fredrickson 10 86588 Cawbourne Bettsy 30.99.......... K Gommans

1 56427 Judge Me Jackie nwtd.................... L Pearce 2 F4524 Dream On Dreamer 31.14 ..............M Olden 3 75747 Cawbourne Merl 30.51 J & .................D Bell 4 71755 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd .......................... T Downey 5 75266 Go Ring nwtd ....................................M Flipp 6 31286 Brazil Cambara nwtd ...................A Turnwald 7 x8255 Secret Agenda 30.81 ..................B Hodgson 8 53574 Spot On Hearty nwtd ...............E Duganzich Emergencies: 9 74887 Bigtime Ronnie 30.65 G & ..... S Fredrickson 10 78776 Alf Tupper nwtd .............................. L A Hunt 10 2.39pm HATRICK STAKES C1 HT4 C1q, 520m 1 87387 Bigtime Kaea nwtd J & ........................D Bell 2 13421 Tuff Knight 30.47 ...........................B Mitchell 3 46453 Jinja Flash 30.65 ...............................D Edlin 4 64732 Idol Alan nwtd ...................................M Flipp 5 17 Our Tyson nwtd ...............................R Wales 6 53623 Bigtime Lonestar 30.53 G & ... S Fredrickson 7 67547 Meteor Vege 30.41 ...................E Duganzich 8 47243 Take Action 30.84.........................M Goodier 9 74887 Bigtime Ronnie 30.65 G & ..... S Fredrickson 10 86588 Cawbourne Bettsy 30.99.......... K Gommans

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 9 74887 Bigtime Ronnie 30.65 G & ..... S Fredrickson way Meeting Date: 15 Aug 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 10 78776 Alf Tupper nwtd .............................. L A Hunt Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 2 3.16pm ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS FINAL C1f, 305m 1 2.58pm (NZT) FIRST SECURITY C1 HT5 C1q, 520m 1 36441 Uno Eleven 17.75............................... N Udy 1 58657 Dermott Brown 31.45 .........................W Kite 2 72511 Little Juzzy 17.68 ........................A Turnwald 2 15 Jay Mike nwtd .................................R Wales 3 54312 Bigtime Hunter 17.58 .........................L Cole 3 25832 Bigtime Maci nwtd ...............................S Kite 4 46771 Shakti 17.89 ......................................M Flipp 4 56557 Cawbourne Lick 30.38 J & ..................D Bell 5 36715 Bigtime Hannah 17.88 .......................L Cole 5 51467 Four Twenty nwtd ......................J McInerney 6 53117 Bigtime Reece 17.91..........................L Cole 6 85746 Thrilling Stan 30.40 ...........................D Edlin 7 32571 Homebush Demi 18.02 .............J McInerney 7 34838 Bigtime Sam 30.52 G & ......... S Fredrickson 8 42135 Naharis 17.73....................................D Edlin 8 62468 Go Show 31.45 .................................. N Udy 9 46262 Zoe Jean 17.87 .................................M Flipp

10 25652 Idol Patches nwtd ..............................M Flipp

3 3.33pm LASER PLUMBING C0D C0d, 645m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

64563 Diamond Geezer nwtd .................M Goodier 48773 Bigtime Chloe nwtd ......................M Goodier 22225 Verta Bale nwtd ............................M Roberts 36554 Go Belle nwtd..................................R Wales 54515 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts 11332 Clover Bubba nwtd ......................A Turnwald 54 Lady Jellybean nwtd ....................M Goodier 22351 Rumors nwtd ......................................L Cole 77564 Allen Mack nwtd ...........................M Roberts 46314 Oity Allen nwtd .............................M Roberts

4 3.51pm MAX REFRIGERATION C1 C1, 305m

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Ralph still cautious on Bond Trainer Stephen Ralph is more hopeful than confident that jumper Thenamesbond can extend his winning record at Te Aroha today.

The 10-year-old has an impressive record at the venue, having won 10 races at Te Aroha and will be back at his favourite course when contesting the Knottingly Farm Steeplechase (3500m) where he will lump top-weight of 71kg.

Thenamesbond has won his last two starts with Grand National Hurdles-winning jockey Stuart Higgins aboard, the latest win at Te Aroha last month when beating Notabadrooster.

But Ralph isn’t expecting the gelding to extend the winning sequence today.

“I’d be surprised if he won it,” Ralph said yesterday.

“He’ll need the run because he hasn’t run for a while.

“He’ll try, as he usually does, but could be struggling the last bit.

“He’s pretty big and missed some work.

He banged his back leg in his jumping and we’ve treated his fetlock joint.

“That’s why I couldn’t give him a flat run going into this one.

“Whatever he does on Wednesday, he’ll improve on for the Pakuranga Hunt Cup then the Great Northern.”

Ralph has also had his problems with stablemate Hesalljazz since he lost his rider in the Hawke’s Bay Hurdle (3100m) at Hastings on June 30.

The nine-year-old will contest the Graham Lemon, Murray Darroch, Optimism Synd Hurdles (3100m) with Lemmy Douglas to ride.

“He was sore after Hawke’s Bay and had 19 days in the box,” Ralph said.

“He’s had a nightmare of a year.

“He got cast in his box in mid-March and we nearly lost him.

“He’s right again now and he’s had the couple of flat runs so should be right to run at the Pakuranga meeting. I’m really excited about him.

“He’s going to win a big race.”

The winner of five flat races, Hesalljazz won the maiden hurdles at today’s corresponding meeting 12 months ago and he was second to the smart jumper Laekeeper before his mishap at Hastings.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2018 SITUATIONS VACANT

The CanInspire Charitable Trust was founded in 2010 with the intention of providing workshops for those affected by illness, trauma or loss.

The workshops consist of jewellery making (CanBead) and fly fishing (CanTackle) and provide a distraction, a sense of purpose and of accomplishment in a supportive and caring environment. The Trust employs workshop tutors and also relies heavily on a large number of dedicated volunteers. Our National Coordinator is moving on and we are looking to replace her to oversee the day to day work of the Trust, its Tutors and Volunteers.

We are seeking applicants who have the following attributes: • Ability to build an excellent public profile • Ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • An interest, passion and commitment to supporting people in need • Ability to develop project plans and give effect to those plans • An ability to seek funding and sponsorship • Ability to recruit, train and support volunteers • Excellent organisational and time management skills • An ability to work in a flexible manner • Experience in NGO sector is preferred, but not necessary Based in Ashburton, your role would be to grow, promote and coordinate the activities of CanInspire, organising and liaising with Tutors and Volunteers across New Zealand and developing new partnerships and opportunities to support this work. This role is multi-faceted and will involve administrative duties through to oversight of our work Nationally.

This position is for 16 hours per week and will be based at Community House Mid Canterbury. Some travel may be required.

For an application pack please contact Coby Snowden at: Community House, 44 Cass Street, Ashburton coby@caninspire.org.nz www.caninspire.org.nz Applications close Friday, August 17 at 4pm

Experienced Technician

Koji Japanese Restaurant

Gluyas Motor Group is a Multi Franchise Dealership with Ford, Nissan and Mazda.

Chef/Manager/ Manager Assistant/ Waitstaff

Hiring

We currently have a position available for an experienced technician to join our Service team.

The successful applicant must be focused on exceptional Customer Service, have a high work standard, a good common sense approach and ability to diagnose faults, be able to follow Work shop manuals and bulletins, be familiar with modern vehicles electronics and it would be an advantage if they held a WOF Inspector Certificate.

We are also considering employing and training a new apprentice. Pre Trade qualification would be an advantage but not necessary.

HAVE

If you would like to find out more or apply to become a part of our team and work in our modern new dealership please forward applications and C.V. before the application close date of Friday, August 31 to: Service Manager stuart.begbie@gluyasgroup.co.nz Post to P.O. Box 144 Ashburton Drop in to Dealership Reception 79 Kermode Street, Ashburton Ph (03) 3075800

Gluyas Motor Group ASHBURTON

Trainer Stephen Ralph

Phone 307 5800

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CanInspire Charitable Trust National Coordinator

ALL APPLICANTS MUST CURRENT NZ RESIDENCY.

Ashburton Guardian

To apply send your CV to: sakebrothers@ hotmail.com

FARM MANAGER/ CONTRACT MILKER Management Accountant The company CANTERBURY Dairy Holdings Limited is a dynamic and progressive corporate dairy farmer that operates Dairy Holdings Limited is a extensive dynamicoperations and throughout the South Island. progressive corporate dairy farming company The thatrole operates throughout the South Island.

Based in Ashburton and working closely with the Company Accountant, and has Chief Financial full-time An opportunity arisen on oneOfficer, of our this farms in position will see you responsible for a wide and diverse the Canterbury area for a Farm range of reporting andMilker. analytical functions that will support Manager/Contract the business.

TheOsuccessful AKDALE applicant’s tasks will include: • Monthly reporting and analysis  240 hectares effective • Participation in budgetary and re-forecast preparation  Milking 800 cows • Management of the groups fixed assets, insurance  and New 50 bail rotary external investments  5 minutes Leeston/45minutes to accounts • Assisting the from company accountant with the Christchurch • Payable and accounts receivable functions  School bus at the gate Applicants to display the following attributes: Well self-motivated housed •  Highly and reliable  Reliable water - 240ha • Previous experience in airrigated CA firm by orpivot, in a ksimilar line and borderdyke irrigation commercial accounting role • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail Competent IT skills the ability to:quickly learn new E• XPRESSIONS OF Iand NTEREST TO accounting software • Ability to communicate (written and oral) at a senior Mick O’Connor level Supervisor, • DesireFarm to build relationshipsCanterbury and get involved across Please business entities send CV’s to: mick@dairyholdings.co.nz • Enjoys working in the agricultural sector www.dairyholdings.co.nz This is an excellent opportunity with one of New Zealand’s most successful and innovative corporate farmers. rd Applications closeof3 interest April and 2015 Please email your expression CV to: info@dairyholdings.co.nz “Management Accountant Position” PO Box 224, Ashburton 7740 For further information on Dairy Holdings Limited www.dairyholdings.co.nz Applications close – Friday, August 17, 2018.

ASHBURTON COLLEGE ‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Cleaning Team Members Required Our cleaning team works Monday to Friday from 3.05pm to 5.20pm during school term time.

The team ensures our facilities are maintained to a high standard.

Successful applicants will display self-motivation, attention to detail and reliability.

All successful applicants must undertake Police vetting requirements.

Previous experience, including operation of a floor buffer, is desirable but not necessary.

Applications close noon, Friday 24 August 2018 Submitted by way of e-mail to: Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz.

Today’s construction is tomorrow’s legacy  Housing  Commercial  Farm  Renovations Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote on 03 308 9936 or 027 432 3258

HEAVY FABRICATOR/ ENGINEER We are looking for an experienced engineer to help with the increasing demand in manufacturing truck bodies and trailer chassis.

Please apply with cover letter and CV to: Engineering Repairs (2012) Ltd 14 Watson Street, Ashburton engrep@xtra.co.nz or phone 03 308 1506

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SITUATIONS VACANT

PUBLIC NOTICES

Photographer We are seeking a creative and motivated photographer. This is a casual position covering occasional evenings and every other weekend – on rotation with another photographer. Approximately 10 – 20 hours a fortnight.

ENROLMENT CONSULTATION FOR ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOL

The position is to cover local events and news stories providing photographs for a range of Ashburton Guardian publications.

Experience in photographing people on location is essential as is an ability to relate easily to people of all ages. You will need to have a passion for the local community, including sports.

The ideal candidate must be able to work as a team member in a creative group environment and work solo, requiring self motivation and prioritisation of tasks.

They must be able to follow tight deadlines and directions but also be able to improvise and be creative.

Good verbal, written communication and organisational skills are essential.

This is a job share position.

To apply, please send your CV and accompanying letter outlining the hours you can work, through to desme@theguardian.co.nz

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

TRADES, SERVICES

DENTURES. Dr Peter Rumping, retired dentist, continues to provide full dentures. Repairs to existing dentures also available.

Phone 027 220 9997.

heat, safety and security. For cars, homes and offices.

Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. www.tinter.co.nz. Facebook.

Member of Master Tinters NZ.

Daily Events WEDNESDAY

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady As You Go Exercise group. Meet at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. ALLENTON - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. St David’s Church, Allenton.

9.30am- 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP SHOP. Op Shop open, clothing donations welcome. Ashburton Baptist Church. Cass Street.

9.30am - 4pm (winter hours) ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something

THURSDAY

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.

WANTED to buy – old huntaway dog suitable for light SUN CONTROL WINDOW RURAL TRADING POST SYNTHETIC work on flat land. Phone 027 TINTING. Quality window AMSOIL 654 1009. films for privacy, UV (fading), LUBRICANTS - All oils, WANTED to rent, late model motorhome or caravan suitable for a couple, for approx 2 months (SeptemberOctober), at North Rakaia river mouth. Phone Peter Hulme 0274 321 681

9.30am and 10.45am (2 sessions).

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for 0-5 year olds and caregivers.

Mixed ages, gold coin donation. 48 Allens Road. (excludes school holidays) 9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria Street, in the Triangle.

9.30am- 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP SHOP. Op Shop open, clothing donations

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.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Closing date : Monday, August 20, 2018.

WANTED For all subscriber TREES to fell, fallen trees for enquiries, missed firewood, prefer Chertsey or Fairton area but anywhere deliveries, new considered.

Any calls subscriptions, temporary appreciated. Phone 021 158 stops – text, call or email: 8382.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine cleaner and more. Call local distributor: Veehof phone 302 2911.

AGM

Methven Trotting Club The Annual General Meeting of the Methven Trotting Club is to be held in the Goodwin Lounge at the Methven Racecourse on Monday, August 20, commencing at 8pm.

To avoid overcrowding, or the likelihood of overcrowding, at Ashburton Borough School the Ministry of Education has developed an enrolment scheme for consultation.

Under this scheme, students will be entitled to be enrolled if they live within the home zone.

The school may still offer places for out of zone enrolments when space is available. The enrolment of out of zone students is governed by the provisions of the Education Act 1989. The enrolment scheme of the draft home zone may be viewed at the school office where copies of the draft scheme are also available.

All feedback should be received by the Ministry of Education by 3 September 2018.

Please send your feedback to: Email: Consultation.Canterbury@education.govt.nz attn: Jill Forgie, Education Manager OR Post attn: Jill Forgie Education Manager Ministry of Education PO Box 2522, Christchurch 8140

All welcome and a light supper will be provided.

August 15 & 16, 2018 in our new workshop. 8 William Street. (not public holidays).

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

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN 206 CLUB. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday each week, 60 years and older. More information ring Age Concern 308-6817.

Cameron Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL TOWN - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social

hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays).

11am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Movies, Regent Theatre, Wills Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Weekly Euchre with cash prizes and afternoon tea. Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. 5km town circuit. All walking abilities and fitness levels catered for. Leaves from Philip Street beside the croquet lawn at 6pm sharp.

6pm ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Mid-winter meal, Tinwald Stables

Restaurant, Archibald Street.

7pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Hinds Domain. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginners/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Fitness Fun and Friendship. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. Club night at the McNally Street Stadium.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC. Practical learning, depth of field. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

welcome. Ashburton Baptist Church.

Cass Street.

9.30am - 4pm (winter hours) ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays).

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school holidays).

11am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. TINWALD-

Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Holy Spirit Catholic Church rooms, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Weekly Mahjong - non counting and beginners table. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. ALLENTONGentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. St Peters Anglican Church, Harrison Street, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

1pm - 2pm MID CANTERBURY TIMEBANK

LEARNING EXCHANGE. Tech Session, Smart phones. Q and A and more. learningexchange@mctimebank. nz 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social games, everyone welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Photos, what to do with them. $2. M.S.A. Reading room, Havelock Street.

5pm - 7pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Kidz Club, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS. Players of all experience who are interested are urged to come along and have a go. R.S.A. Cox Street.

GRAZING

ADULT

LAMB grazing required.

Grass preferred, other feeds ENTERTAINMENT considered. Phone Ian 0272 ASHLEY - Short and sweet.

No texting 021 0275 9055.

302 188.

LAMB grazing wanted, prefer LILY - Beautiful sexy Asian grass or clover. Phone Mitch lady, 34 DD cup, busty, size 8. Professional massage, 027 3131 320. in/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

HIRE

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

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

588 East Street. Open MonFri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

LET OR LEASE

STORAGE units available, various sizes.

Alarm monitored compound, 24hr surveillance cameras. Phone 0274 491 871.

NEW Asian, sweet hot body.

Very busty, slim, size 8, friendly with good massage.

Phone 021 141 3572.

FOR SALE

CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

Guardian

Situations Vacant

307 7900

Happy Birthday

For just $10!* Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10!

Ten words only.* (Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE) *Terms and conditions apply.

Phone 03 307 7900 Email: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street

Puzzles

Puzzles and horoscopes www.guardianonline.co.nz Cryptic crossword

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): When you make a move, even when you don’t really have to, but it’s more exciting and fun than not making a move, there’s a word for that – gambling. Call it what it is and either refrain from it or enjoy it.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): When things go wrong, many feel like cutting ties and isolating themselves, which is exactly the opposite of what needs to happen. Reach out, get together, help each other figure things out.

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CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Just about all of us skewer our perception of the world to feel better about ourselves -- a trick that keeps people in the game. You’re so focused on getting to the truth; you’ve no interest in fooling yourself.

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LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Call a truce on your inner war.

You don’t need to be harsh with yourself to get motivated. A gentle, compassionate inner voice is inside you, not being quite loud enough. Pay attention and the volume will turn up.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Empty your mind onto paper then organise those bits into categories and lists. This will not only help you accomplish more with your days, but it will also help you find the pleasure in each activity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The beginning of a relationship sets the tone for how the whole thing will play out. You’ll be understood completely even if you’re not making perfect sense. How wonderful!

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): To occasionally indulge gives the indulgence a special feeling. Do it too often, and the experience ceases to be a treat. It’s a fine line, and one you navigate well today.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Philanthropist John Ruskin suggested, “It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born.” While a birthright can be an advantage, it’s what you’re doing with your life that will make your enduring legacy.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You are able to turn a mistake into an opportunity for you and yours. So maybe it wasn’t a mistake after all. And there is no bad luck today either, only different kinds of good luck.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

HURLEY, John Augustine – Please note all late death On August 13, 2018. Passed notices or notices sent away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, at outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: Ashburton. Aged 85 years.

Much loved husband of the deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. late Marjory. Dearly loved father and father in law of To place a notice during Kevin and Helen, Karen and office hours please contact Pete Maw, Paul and Sandra us on 03 307 7900 and Susan and Geoff Allnutt. for more information A much loved and admired Any queries Pop of Stacey and Leith, please contact Hamish and Alicia, Kate and 0800 Calum, and Megan; Matt and ASHBURTON Kimble, Danny and Rebecca, (0800-274-287) Sam and Alice, Sasha, Sian, and Ella; Shaun and Symone, Allycia, Jaymee, and Cole.

Special great grand Pop to Lily, William, and George; Bailey, Charlotte and Harriet; Connor, and Ayla; Oakley, and Arlo; Huxley, and Macklin. Messages to the Canterbury owned, Hurley family, C/- P O Box locally operated 472, Ashburton 7740.

Patersons Donations to the St John Ambulance, Ashburton would Funeral Services be much appreciated and and Ashburton may be left at the service. A Requiem Mass to celebrate Crematorium Ltd John’s life will be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Office and Chapel Sealy Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, August 17, Corner East & Cox commencing at 11.00am. Streets, Ashburton Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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NZ Situation

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Winter is one of the busiest times of the year for The Salvation Army, with more people seeking emergency support with the basics of survival—food, warmth and shelter—as well as long-term care such as budgeting, counselling and life skills.

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TODAY FZL: 1400m, rising to 2000m in the afternoon

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Cloudy, scattered rain north of Mount Hutt, clearing to fine from south during morning.

Wind at 1000m: SW 30 km/h, rising to W 45 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: SW 40 km/h, rising to W 60 km/h in the evening.

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TOMORROW Cloudy periods with a few spots of rain.

Northeasterlies, dying out in the south in the afternoon.

TOMORROW

Showers and southwesterlies developing.

SATURDAY Becoming fine. Southwesterlies dying away and northeasterlies developing.

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FZL: 2000m, 1400m S, 1600m N

About the divide, rain developing early with some heavy falls and possible thunderstorms. Elsewhere, mostly cloudy with patchy rain during the afternoon. Snow lowering to 1400m.

Wind at 1000m: W 50 km/h, rising to NWly gale 65 km/h in the morning then easing to 50 km/h in the S in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: W 60 km/h, rising to NW severe gales 90 km/h in the morning, then easing to NW gale 65 km/h by evening.

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Please support our Winter Appeal today and help ensure that those in need can get the basics of food, warmth and shelter.

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:20 pm, yesterday 109.2 no data

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The Salvation Army wants every Kiwi to have enough to make it through winter, and the cold winters beyond. Because no-one should have to choose.

Donate now at salvationarmy.org.nz/winterappeal

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 8.8 9.5 Max to 4pm 0.4 Minimum -4.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm August to date 3.0 Avg Aug to date 27 2018 to date 619.0 428 Avg year to date Wind km/h S9 At 4pm Strongest gust SW 19 Time of gust 11:37am

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Fine, apart from areas of cloud and patchy rain in the north. Southwesterlies dying out in the morning. Northeasterlies developing at night.

World Weather

Sadly, this is a decision that thousands of Kiwi families living in poverty are forced to make each winter—whether to feed their children at the expense of paying a power bill, or to miss a rent payment—falling further into crippling debt so a family member can visit a doctor.

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Increasing high cloud.

Northeasterlies freshening.

Imagine being forced to choose between providing food, warmth and shelter for you and your family.

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A low is moving slowly away to the east, and is followed by a slim ridge of high pressure. A front is approaching Fiordland at midnight tonight. The front preceded by a northwest flow and followed by westerlies moves over the South Island tomorrow and North Island on Friday.

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SUNDAY

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RODGERS, John – Taken so suddenly 25 years ago.

We hold him close within our hearts, And there he will remain.

To walk with us thorough out our lives, Until we meet again.

Still sadly missed by Alison and his family and friends.

TODAY: Some early rain, then fine.

SW dying out in the morning.

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MILES, Leo Harry (Lee) – On August 13, 2018, passed away peacefully at Nurse Maude Hospice, Christchurch, aged 93 years.

Dearly loved husband of Nola (nee Kirby), dearly loved father and father-in-law of Anne and Mark Clarkson, and Joy Miles, treasured grandfather of Julia, and Louisa Clarkson; Timothy Evans, and Jenna and Michael Ellis, and loved great-grandfather of Frankie Ellis. Sincere thanks to the compassionate staff of Nurse Maude Hospice for the wonderful care given to Lee. Messages may be addressed to The Family of the late Leo Miles, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. Donations to Nurse Maude Hospice would be appreciated and may be made at the service.

The funeral service for Lee will be held in St Christopher’s Anglican Church, 244 Avonhead Road, Avonhead, Christchurch, on WEDNESDAY, August 22, at 2.00pm, interment thereafter at the Waimairi Cemetery, 195 Grahams Road, Burnside.

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show With Ty Burrell and Lin-Manuel Miranda. 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up AO 0 2pm Alphabetical 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask Comedy game show featuring a panel of stand-up comedians who interact with contestants for prizes.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia Contestants are in South Australia using the best produce the state has to offer. Split into teams, they must operate Adelaide’s first MasterChef night market. 0 9:10 Code Black AO 0 10:05 Coronation Street AO 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0 11:05 Law And Order True Crime – The Menendez Murders AO 3 0 12:05 Queen Sugar PGR 3 0 1am Te Karere 3 2 1:25 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

Wellington Paranormal 8:30pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 6am Informercial 3 10am Beverly Hills Pawn 3 10:28 The Dish PGR 3 10:30 Catfish 11:30 Snapped 3 12:28 The Dish PGR 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Miami AO 1:30 How To Look Good Naked – UK PGR 2:28 The Dish PGR 3 2:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 3:30 Clean House 4:30 Dress To Impress 5:30 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 6:30 Catfish 3 7:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 8:30 M Just Friends PGR 2005 Romantic Comedy.

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man meets the high-school crush with whom he was best friends, and whose rejection of him turned him into a womaniser.

Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris.

10:43 The Dish PGR 3 10:45 Snapped 11:35 60 Days In PGR 3 12:25 Infomercials 3

©TVNZ 2018

6:30 Kune’s Kitchen 3 0 6:40 Darwin And Newts 0 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am F The 7D 0 7:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:50 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 3 0 8:35 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Less Than Perfect PGR 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle AO 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 2pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 0 3:35 Andi Mack 3 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Young Sheldon 0 8pm The Big Bang Theory 0 8:30 F Wellington Paranormal AO 0 9pm Life In Pieces AO 0 9:30 Lethal Weapon AO 0 10:25 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:55 Mom PGR 3 0 11:20 iZombie AO 0 12:10 Private Practice PGR 3 0 12:55 Shortland Street 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:20 Switched At Birth PGR 3 0 3:10 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4am Judge Rinder PGR 4:50 Regular Show 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

The Project

7pm on Three

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Ice Road Truckers PG 8:05 Hardcore Pawn PG 8:30 The Flash M 9:20 Border Security M 9:45 NCIS MV 10:40 SVU MV 11:35 Jeopardy! PG Noon SmackDown Live MVC 2:10 Appalachian Outlaws M 3:05 Doctor Who PGV 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Border Security M 6pm The Flash M 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 RBT MC 9pm Piha Rescue PG 9:30 Real Prison Breaks MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:25 SVU MV

THURSDAY

12:25 The Flash M 1:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 1:50 Real Prison Breaks MV 2:40 Piha Rescue PG 3:05 RBT MC 3:30 Timecop MV 4:20 Border Security M 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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PRIME

6am The AM Show News, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Dr Phil PGR 1pm The Block NZ PGR 3 0 2pm Wipeout 3 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family Jay agrees to fill in on Cam’s bowling team, not realising it is an all-gay league; Gloria and Mitch agree to go out with Haley. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 The Block NZ PGR 0 8:30 NCIS – Los Angeles AO 0 9:25 Hawaii Five-O AO A cache of guns is stolen by a person looking to make a statement on gun violence; Kono and Adam are reunited.

0 10:20 NewsHub Late 10:50 SVU AO 3 0 11:45 Infomercials

6:30 Takaro Tribe 3 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Kia Mau 7:20 Potae Pai 7:30 Pipi Ma 3 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Whanau Living 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am Traditional Kai 3 10:30 The Big Sing 3 11am Tales From The Trails Noon Toa – Toa O Aotearoa PGR 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Head Start 1:30 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Potae Pai 3 4pm Pipi Ma 3 4:10 Pukana 3 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 4:30 Kaitangata Twitch 5pm Marae PGR 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Ultimate Fishing 0 8:30 Emergency Helicopter Medics AO 0 9:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away AO 0 10:30 Angel From Hell PGR

7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Whanau Kai 8pm Moving Out Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton move to Hawera.

8:30 Tales From The Trails 9:30 #whiuatepatai AO Series in which speakers address a variety of topics.

10pm Haati Grassroots Rugby

11pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:30 Closedown

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 KaweKorero 3 Inside news from at home and around the world.

Midnight Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS 6:40 The Hunger Games MV 2012 Sci-fi Adventure.

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth.

9am Bringing Down The House MV 2003 Comedy.

Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Joan Plowright, Eugene Levy.

10:45 Pretty Woman ML 1990 Romance. Richard Gere, Julia Roberts. 12:45 Road To Perdition MV 2002 Crime Drama. Tom Hanks, Jude Law. 2:40 The Hunger Games MV 2012 Sci-fi Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. 5pm The Skulls MV 2000 Thriller.

Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker.

6:45 Here Comes The Boom MVL 2012 Action Comedy.

Kevin James, Salma Hayek.

8:30 Big Miracle PGL 2012 Biography Drama. True story of a small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer who enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three grey whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore.

10:20 Ted MLS 2012 Comedy.

THURSDAY

CHOICE

6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 6:25 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Trulli Tales 7:55 Atomic Puppet 8:05 Sanjay And Craig 3 0 8:30 The Thundermans 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Conviction PGR 3 0 1:35 Mad About You PGR 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 3 0 6:30 Pawn Stars 3

6:40 Fences PGLS 2017 Drama. Denzel Washington, Viola Davis. 8:55 You Must Be Joking? ML 2014 Comedy. Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Ray. 10:25 Broken Vows MVLS 2016 Thriller.

Jaimie Alexander, Wes Bentley.

11:55 Hard Sell MLS 2016 Comedy. Katrina Bowden, Skyler Gisondo. 1:30 Jigsaw 18VLC 2017 Horror.

Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell.

3pm Fences PGLS 2017 Drama. Denzel Washington, Viola Davis. 5:15 East Side Sushi MVL 2014 Drama.

Diana Elizabeth Torres, Yutaka Takeuchi.

7pm Madame MLS 2017 Comedy. A married couple decide to move to Paris for a fresh start but, when their maid begins an unexpected romance, they plot to destroy the affair. Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel. 8:30 Baby Driver 16VL 2017 Action.

Coerced into working for a crime boss, talented getaway driver Baby finds himself involved in a doomed robbery that threatens his life, love, and freedom. Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm.

10:25 War On Everyone 16VLSC 2016 Action Comedy.

Midnight Social Suicide 16VLSC 2015 Drama. 1:30 East Side Sushi MVL 2014 Drama.

3:15 Madame MLS 2017 Comedy. 4:45 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 5:15 Baby Driver 16VL 2017 Action.

MAORI

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – Central North Island First XV (RPL) Semifinal – Teams TBC. 7:30 The Breakdown 8:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 9am Inside The D 9:30 Motorcycling – FIM Speedway GP (HLS) Scandinavian Grand Prix.

10:30 Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (HLS) Mid-Ohio Challenge. 11:30 Motorsport – Nascar Cup Series (HLS) Consumers Energy 400.

12:30 Motorcycling – Canadian Superbike (HLS) Round Five. 1pm Motorsport – MotoGP (HLS) Motorrad Grand Prix Von Osterreich.

1:30 The Challenge Series 2pm Countdown To The Ryder Cup 2:30 Golf Central 3:30 The Back Page 4:30 The Breakdown 5:30 Rugby – Central North Island First XV (RPL) Semi-final – Teams TBC. 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Inside The D 8pm The Breakdown 9pm The 1014 Rugby Show 9:30 First XV Rugby Revision 10pm Fox Sports News 10:30 The Challenge Series 11pm First XV Rugby Revision 11:30 #SkySpeed

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6am Gok’s Fill Your House For Free 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 Love Nature – The Story Of Cats 8:30 Cash Cowboys 9:30 Food Safari 10am How To Cook Like Heston 10:30 Posh Pawn 11:30 Laurence Of Suburbia 12:30 My Dream Home 1:30 Coast 2:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 3:30 Love Nature – Natural World: Living With Baboons 4:30 Bondi Harvest With Guy Turland Bondi chef, surfer, and free diver Guy Turland opens the door to his beachside life to share some of his favourite seasonal recipes.

5pm Cook The Books 5:30 American Pickers 6:30 Strippers – Cars For Cash 7:30 Supercar Mega Build 8:30 The Boat That Guy Built 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa PGR 10pm Saving Lives At Sea On one of the hottest days of the year, the Dover crew go to a Channel swimmer who has collapsed within eyesight of the French coast.

11pm American Pickers Midnight Cook The Books 12:30 Waterfront House Hunting 1am Strippers – Cars For Cash 2am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 3am Coast 4am Hunting Aotearoa AO 4:30 Bondi Harvest With Guy Turland 5am Supercar Mega Build

SKY SPORT 2 6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 NRL 360 7:30 The Fan 8am Queenslanders Only 8:30 NRL Try Time 9:30 Super League Fulltime 10am The Challenge Series 10:30 Countdown To The Ryder Cup 11am The Back Page Noon The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 Sky Sports News 1pm UFC Now 2pm Fight Night 4pm The Hunters Club 5pm NRL 360 6pm The Fan 6:30 Queenslanders Only 7pm First XV Rugby Revision 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday. Raiders v Tigers, Storm v Sharks.

8pm Super League Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 League Life 10pm Michael Ennis The Greatest 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Knights.

THURSDAY

12:30 Motorsport – MotoGP (HLS) Motorrad Grand Prix Von Osterreich. 1am NRL THURSDAY THURSDAY 360 2am Motorcycling 12:05 Hansel And Gretel Midnight The Back – FIM Speedway GP (HLS) – Witch Hunters 16VL 2013 Page 1am L Cycling Scandinavian Grand Prix.

Action Horror. 1:35 Here – BinckBank Tour Stage 3am Motorsport – Nascar Comes The Boom MVL 2012 Three – Aalter to Antwerpen.

Xfinity Series (HLS) Mid-Ohio Action Comedy. 3:20 People 3am The Breakdown Interview – Matthew 4am First XV Rugby Revision Challenge. 4am Motorsport McConaughey 4:20 Big 4:30 Rugby – Central North – Nascar Cup Series (HLS) Miracle PGL 2012 Biography Island First XV (RPL) Semi-final Consumers Energy 400.

Drama.

– Teams TBC. 5am UFC Now

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M Dead in the Water. 10am Scijinks PG 10:25 Scijinks PG 10:50 MythBusters PG 11:40 A Crime To Remember M And Then There Was One. 12:30 The Perfect Murder M Ride with the Devil.

1:20 Murder Chose Me M Looking for Love. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Edge Of Alaska M 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG Winter’s Curse.

7:30 Deadliest Catch PG Blackout.

8:30 Edge Of Alaska M 9:25 Homestead Rescue PG Storm Shelter Showdown.

10:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier M The Day Santa Came to the Homestead.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M Forsaken.

11:55 Murder Chose Me M Looking for Love.

THURSDAY

12:45 The Perfect Murder M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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Dixon stays with Ganassi P14

Rakaia cleans up senior B P16

Mid Canterbury’s Jessie Pitney tries to keep the ball away from a Canterbury opponent during her Collier Trophy side’s lead-in tournament in Ashburton on Sunday. The Mid Canterbury Collier girls went down to Canterbury A 3-1, and drew with South Canterbury A 2-all in their other match of the day. Mid Canterbury B were also in action and they beat South Canterbury B 2-1, before losing to Canterbury Development. Canterbury A also played South Canterbury A and won 6-0, while South Canterbury B’s second game of the day was a win over Canterbury B. The Collier Trophy tournament is being held in North Harbour from October 8-13. Teams will be in action in Ashburton again this weekend, for the Ian Worner and Robertson Trophy competitions, with the first game to be played at 9.15am on Sunday.

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Expect changes, says Willering Netball New Zealand will name the first Silver Ferns squad this afternoon since the national side’s disastrous Commonwealth Games campaign and former coach Yvonne Willering said fans should expect changes.

The Ferns’ horror-run of results in their most recent international

season was pinpointed to a lack of belief and leadership under the guidance of the recently resigned Janine Southby.

Many of the players have escaped responsibility for the team’s disappointing demise with Katrina Grant only recently breaking her silence on her role as captain.

But with today’s announcement the moment of truth for the future of the squad, Willering said she expected changes and believed it was time certain players took responsibility for their performance. “I think there will be some changes and I don’t see that as a bad thing. We can’t say it was just

the coach and everything’s going to be fine.”

“The players have to take responsibility for that performance as well, it’s all well saying they didn’t have the belief, but at the end of the day you’re wearing the Silver Fern, you’re going out on the court to be the best you can

be and that’s irrespective of what happened off the court.”

Willering, who led New Zealand to a silver medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games, said she wouldn’t be surprised to see a couple of young talents named but said in her opinion, experience still mattered most. - NZME

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