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In an effort to keep a cap on rate rises, Ashburton’s district councillors may spend more than $1 million less on the district’s roads next year. Injecting the extra spending into the budget would catapult the council over its self-imposed rate rise threshold of a maximum 6.6 per cent, but not doing so could see the district’s roads slip into disrepair. Yesterday councillors began

a three-day workshop on next year’s budget, working from a base rate rise of 3.5 per cent; the extra $1m for roading would push this to 7.3 per cent. Last year an 11th hour bid saw an extra $1 million injected into unsubsidised roading work, with $300,000 of this funded directly from rates. Mayor Angus McKay was keen to boost the roading budget again next year, but this time ratepayers would carry the full cost of the extra roading vote.

That should not stand in the way of spending more money on roads, Mr McKay said. “We can’t afford to downgrade our infrastructure and I think we should put options to ratepayers. “We put this out there as an option and let’s hear from them. I want to put both options out there and let the people decide. I don’t like putting the extra $1 million in, but we’re out of options,” he said. If the roading budget was

upped by $1 million the costs would be borne 80 per cent by rural ratepayers and 20 per cent by urban. Mr McKay said he was so committed to ensuring the district’s roads were well maintained, he was prepared to commit an extra $1 million for the next 10 years if needed. “If we let our roads fall apart, we let our district fall apart,” he said. Some of his councillors weren’t feeling as generous,

with Alan Totty saying he was prepared to support a lesser figure, around $650,000. Don McLeod suggested councillors were looking at the extra spending from the wrong angle; before decisions were made on where extra budget dollars would go, they had to decide what the district’s number one priority was, he said.

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Schwarzenegger on real estate mission Action movie legend Arnold Schwarzenegger is used to blowing buildings up. Now he’s coming Down Under to talk them up. The Terminator star will speak at a Queensland Real Estate convention in Brisbane on March 17. A spokeswoman for the event said Schwarzenegger would appear at the summit for about three hours and conduct a VIP meet and greet as well as deliver a speech. Of late, Schwarzenegger has been the face of realestate.com.au Australia Lives Here television campaign. Brisbane real estate agent coach Glenn Twiddle is behind the deal to bring the Hollywood star to the Sunshine State for the second day of the two-day meeting. “I’m such a massive fan of Arnold and I cannot believe he’s agreed to come out from LA,” Mr Twiddle said.

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Fuel savings only at pumps The price of petrol keeps plunging but the savings are yet to ignite discounts for consumers elsewhere in the economy. The price of 91 octane fell nine cents a litre in three days at most urban outlets and major service stations, down to 172.9c per litre yesterday afternoon. Diesel dropped four cents a litre and was yesterday selling for 107.9c a litre at most locations, according to the Automobile Association (AA). It’s the seventh significant price cut in a fortnight, the AA said, but not all motorists were enjoying the benefits. AA Petrolwatch said fuel company margins were “so high that fuel companies can still afford to cut pump prices by 5c a litre or more.” Although fuel in some inaccessible or rural areas was always more expensive than in cities, the AA said people in some of those locations could be forking out for excessively high premiums. Prices were still well above $2 per litre of 91 in some areas such as the alpine South Island and Waiheke Island where there are supply issues. Areas with a small customer base were most likely to miss out on price cuts. “What a lot of people forget is the price we pay is a function of volume,” AA senior policy analyst Mark Stockdale said. “So the more fuel you sell, the lower the price can be, because your overheads are spread over a larger volume.

Boyhood cast calls for a sequel Patricia Arquette and the cast of Boyhood are begging director Richard Linklater to make a sequel that will follow the stars through the rest of their lives. The Golden Globe-winning filmmaker spent 12 years making his acclaimed movie and now his leading ladies and men want to pick up where they left off. Arquette, who picked up a the Best Supporting Actress Globe for her portrayal of a single mum in the drama, says they keep trying to pressure Linklater. “I kept lobbying last year, like, ‘This is not a 12 year movie, this is a 20 year movie’. “This is the movie that ends when mum turns 80 or 90 and dies.”

Gale urges fans to be kind to critic Megan Gale has stepped in to stop her fans from abusing a woman who accused the model of posting too many photos of her baby boy. Gale has urged her 223,000 Instagram followers to stop trolling the the critic who said she was “bored” of Gale’s posts. The comments were made on a video of the model’s eight-month son River bouncing to Nelly’s Country Grammar. “I’m as bored as the animals,” the woman reportedly said referring to pets in the video. Gale responded by calling the user a “silly silly little girl” and defended her right to post pictures of her son. The 39-year-old’s fans were quick to show their support and the woman has since deleted her account. But now it appears the comments have gone too far and Gale has asked her followers to stop their insults of the critic. “While I greatly appreciate the support, please let’s not hurl abuse at the person I was messaging,” she said on Instagram. “The whole point I was making was that we should all be a little bit more positive and kinder to one another.”

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Kiwi trolley man a hit A video of a man riding a shopping trolley down Auckland’s Queen Street while being followed by police has been viewed more than 3.25 million times on Facebook. The video was posted overnight on The Lad Bible, a British Facebook page that shares humorous videos, articles and photos from around the world. It has more than seven million fans. The short clip shows a man leaning over a shopping trolley and riding it down Queen Street. Witnesses cheer as the man passes them. A police car quickly turns around and follows the man on the trolley, with its lights and siren on. The video had more than 90,000 likes and nearly 10,000 comments, a lot of them from New Zealanders supporting the man on the trolley.

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Fluoride may be back up for debate By Sue NewmaN

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During drinking water supply discussions at the first day of workshops on the Ashburton District Council’s long-term plan, councillor Neil Brown dropped the F bomb. His fellow councillors were startled, but he hastened to add there was no provision for the fluoridation of Ashburton’s water supply in next year’s budget, he was simply signalling that the Ministry of Health was looking at changing the rules around the substance’s status. The Government plans to remove fluoride from the list of medicines making it a health supplement and that would clear the way for local authorities to add it to water supplies at will. That wasn’t what Ashburton was planning to do, Mr Brown hastened to add, but it did signal that the issue could resurface again in Ashburton. During the council’s discussions around the district’s drinking water supplies, councillors talked about the future reticulation to properties on Ashburton’s north east, leakage in Ashburton’s supply and the water shortage in Mt Somers over the Christmas period. Storage tanks in the village were virtually dry after heavy consumer demand, forcing the council to impose emergency restrictions – bathing and cooking use only. These have since been lifted. That didn’t indicate the drink-

ing water budget needed to be increased to create additional storage at Mt Somers, however, council assets manager Andrew Guthrie said. Pressure only came on the village’s supply when there was a short period of high demand over the summer. The monitoring system was also a “bit flukey”, he said. “If you manage demand against inflow there are no issues if it’s correctly monitored. If you think there is a need to do more work on the Mt Somers supply we can but you would be investing in infrastructure for a very small time of the year.” Mayor Angus McKay was keen to see $500,000 added to the drinking water budget in case it was needed to develop new water supplies for small clusters of rural property owners who would be affected when the council turned off the last of its water races. By 2023 no water can be taken from the Ashburton River for irrigation or household supply and while some current users of that water might be able to source a new supply from irrigation schemes, there would be clusters where there were no real options, Mr McKay said. “Someone will have to take the lead on this. Drinking water is a core requirement of local government and we are local government,” he said. “We’re giving notice of future expenditure and I want a figure in there for people to understand we’re working towards this.”

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Hospital rebuild ‘on track’ By Caitlin Porter

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The rebuild of Ashburton Hospital’s day surgery theatre and outpatient areas might be one year behind schedule but it is now on the horizon. The Canterbury District Health Board has called for tenders for the rebuild work as well as for the refurbishment of several of the hospital’s ward blocks. These close on February 17. Building consents for the work, valued at $4.880 million, are close to being signed off by the Ashburton District Council, building services manager Michael Wong said, with processing of 1400 plus pages of drawings and specifications almost completed. “There are still a few questions that we are awaiting responses for [but] once these have been received and checked we will be able to issue the consent,” he said. In June 2013 the CDHB announced an $8.7 million dollar rebuild of the operating theatre and outpatients area, along with earthquake strengthening of other parts of the hospital, the refurbishment of ward blocks and an extension to the Acute Admitting Area. Demolition was delayed when asbestos was found before work started. It was then further delayed when contractors found new traces of white asbestos in the theatre block. Originally, the rebuild was scheduled to be finished by the end of last year, but by December only the demolition of therapy services and outpatients had been completed. In spite of the lengthy delays, mayor Angus McKay was confident the rebuild project was now on track. “If there was any problem they [the Canterbury District Health Board] would have contacted me,” Mr McKay said. The hospital is vitally important to the community as part of its range of health services, he said. He said he expected the consent to be put through quickly, as the building consent department at the council had a good track record when it came to processing consents within a designated timeframe. The Canterbury District Health Board, however, could not supply a timeframe around the start of construction or for a likely completion date.

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Vandals leave hefty repair bill Vandals caused thousands of dollars of damage to Ashburton District Council owned property including road signs, garden beds and public toilets over the Christmas/New Year period. Council staff have been kept busy repairing the damaged property, the bill for which was thought to be around $4500. At least 11 road signs were damaged – three on Wakanui Road, three on Chalmers Avenue, and one each on Wakanui School Road, Seafield Road,

Kennels Road, Lills Road and Grey Street. They included directional signs, give way signs and chevrons. Many of the signs had been pushed over by vehicles, resulting in broken posts that needed replacing. Council staff were also left to clean up the mess caused by someone who drove their vehicle through the flowerbeds inside the entrance to the Ashburton Domain, on the left-hand

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side as you drive in. “We patched it up the best we could but you can imagine the damage caused by a car doing wheelies on a flowerbed,” council open spaces manager David Askin said. Vandals also hit the Ashburton Business Estate where a number of shrubs and trees were badly damaged after a vehicle was driven up and down an embankment, running over the top of them. Mr Askin said many of the

damaged plants would have to be replaced. “There were also three quite established trees in the estate which have been broken to the point where they’re having to be pulled out and replaced and that means years of growth is lost,” he said. Public toilets didn’t escape the attention of vandals. Graffiti had to be removed from the Argyle Park toilets and from the toilets by the paddling pool at the Ashburton Domain.

Council estimates the cost to repair the road signs to be about $3000, the graffiti removal about $500 and the cost of replacing the shrubs and trees damaged at the Ashburton Business Estate about $1000. Service delivery manager Neil McCann said as well as the direct financial cost involved, a lot of staff time had to be committed to addressing vandalism damage which took staff away from doing other work.

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Contractors busy dealing to weeds Contractors have been out since late last week trying to get the Ashburton District’s current weed problem under control, according to the Ashburton District Council. Concerns were raised this week about an abundance of weeds growing out of footpaths, kerbs and channels and traffic islands around the town. The weeds were thought to have been a result of a combination of weather conditions and the timing of the holiday period, which meant the weeds got away on the contractor responsible for the district’s weed and vegetation management. On Tuesday council contracts manager Brian Fauth said he had met with the subcontractor to discuss the programme, and yesterday he moved to assure

the public that the contractors have been out trying to get the problem under control since late last week. Mr Fauth said work was now under way removing the weeds which had made an unwelcome appearance around the district’s 220km of footpaths, kerbs and channels, traffic islands and various other public areas. “We are aware of the situation and the contractor is working hard to get it sorted. The weather we’ve been having seems to be conducive to some weeds growing a lot over the last couple of weeks.” Mr Fauth said if people were concerned and would prefer the contractor did not spray outside their properties could they please let council know and the contractor would be notified.

Buildings set to be demolished Demolition is under way at the earthquake-damaged Party People shop in Victoria Street. The million dollar project includes the rebuild of two buildings – the Ashburton Operatic Society’s Party People costume hire shop and the society’s storage/rehearsal buildings. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 140115-TM-002

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The Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) temporary Ashburton home is growing after a crane lifted additional portacoms into place in the yard at the Ashburton Police Station on Tuesday night. The new portacoms will house Child, Youth and Family staff, who will move into the complex in early February, an

MSD spokesperson said. Work and Income (Winz) staff moved into the premises in late November. The move followed the fatal shooting of two Ashburton Winz staff members in September, at the old Ashburton Community Link rooms also occupied by Child Youth and Family.

The Community Link building is currently empty. A temporary home for the MSD services was found in portacoms in the Ashburton Police Station yard but a more permanent home was also being sought, and options were still being assessed, the spokesperson said. With the additional porta-

coms now in place, they will be fitted out with electrical and plumbing work before Child, Youth and Family staff move in. The additional portacoms will provide an extra 126sqm of working space, making the total working space 390sqm.

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Successful 2014 for Allenton School pupil By CaitliN Porter

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Nikita Turner is a 10-year-old Allenton School pupil who is achieving great things. Nikita has been blind since birth, and has been learning Braille since she was 5 years old. She said learning it was tricky but the help she received at school with lessons and Braille books helped. One day, she said, she would even like to help others learn the writing system. Last year was a busy one for the 10-year-old, and a successful one at that. She entered a national story writing competition, and won the South Island section. Nikita wrote about travelling on a plane to an immersion course in the North Island – and she did it all on a Braille Sense machine. A Braille Sense machine is a note taker for the blind and has the capacity of a word processor. Nikita said she was excited to win the writing competition and was thrilled to be given a pink

iPod shuffle as a prize, along with a $30 voucher. When asked if she could think of her best day at school Nikita said it would have to be the day that her school visited Sharplin Falls. “We had to be super careful,” she said. “It was tricky.” Outside of school Nikita participates in Riding for the Disabled and said she really enjoys it. After spending the school holidays relaxing with family, it will soon be time for Nikita to head back to school. This year will be Nikita’s last year at Allenton School and she said she is looking forward to being “one of the big kids” and helping out the younger students. Her favourite subject at school is music, in particular singing. She plans to keep up with her singing this year in the school choir. When she grows up Nikita said she would love to be a new entrant teacher as she loves to help people. “I think it is such a great job,” she said.

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A woman charged with the murder of a 1-year-old girl has been remanded on bail after a court appearance yesterday. The 18-year old woman appeared from custody at Christchurch District Court yesterday. She was granted interim name suppression by Judge Alistair Garland and granted bail with strict conditions. The woman was charged with the murder of baby Aaliyah Ashlyn Chand in Christchurch after police ruled out accidental or health reasons for the death. Police say the woman was caring for Aaliyah at a city address last Tuesday when the infant suffered unexplained serious head injuries. The woman took her to Christchurch Hospital with the assistance of a neighbour. But Aaliyah died in intensive care about 8.30pm on Wednesday with her parents, Anjani and Dev by her bedside. - NZME

Code Brown – everyone out of the water. That’s the call no pool supervisor wants to make, but it’s the call that is made several times a year in most aquatic centres, says Ashburton’s sports facilities manager Steve Prescott. Ashburton, however, seems to get off lightly when it comes to people pooing in swimming water, he said. While the Christchurch City Council has forked out more than $15,000 over the past year in refunds for learn to swim lessons that were cancelled after 155 Code Brown calls, Ashburton has had relatively few. “In most big facilities you’d get one call a week and it can get quite expensive if it happens too often,” Mr Prescott said. Ashburton swimmers seem to have got the message on the importance of youngsters wearing swim nappies in the water and some of that came down to pool staff keeping a close eye on youngsters in the water to ensure they wore the waterproof nappies, he said. “If they spot someone they think should be wearing them, they ask parents to put them on, but most of our parents are pretty good.” Swim nappies are stocked at the pool. If a Code Brown is called, a pool is immediately cleared of swimmers and the faecal material removed. A simple clean-up job would see a pool out of action for an hour or two while it was cleaned and heavily chlorinated. A messier job would mean a longer closure and the need for pool water to go through three filtration cycles before it could be guaranteed clear and the pool reopened, Mr Prescott said. And he’s hoping the high standard of pool hygiene will be carried over into the new aquatic complex in the EA Networks Centre. This is due to open in the middle of the year.

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Wait for NCEA results over By Daisy HuDson

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Hundreds of Mid Canterbury students had a nervous start to their day yesterday as NCEA results went live. Students were able to log on to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority website and see their results from 7am. For Ashburton College student Ashley van Staden, the stress was compounded by troubles logging on to the NZQA website. “It took a while, about half an hour, because there were so many people trying to get on,” he said. However, when he finally managed to access his results, he discovered his months of hard work and study had paid off. The 16-year-old student, who was named the top Year 11 student at the college last year, said he was “pretty happy” with his results. “There were a couple of surprises,

you can’t really predict what you’re gonna get,” he said. Schools will not receive data and analysis regarding pass rates for some time, while national statistics are expected to be released by NZQA in March. Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said he had spoken to some students yesterday about their results. “I met some students down the road who were very happy with their results and people were taking them out for lunch, so that’s good,” he said. Mr Schreurs said he would have a closer look at data in the near future. More than 163,000 students across the country took part in exams and internal assessments last year. New Zealand Scholarship examination results will be available from mid-February.

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The fine art of balancing a budget Sue Newman

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hen it’s budget time for Ashburton’s district councillors, the long rounds of discussions before the final figures are hammered out provide the ultimate test of who can take a long-term, big picture view of spending and who gets bound up in minutae. For three days this week our councillors are spending eight hours each day deciding where ratepayers’ money will be spent and why. But before they opened their budgets hundreds of hours of council staff time had gone into preparing each area of spending and justifying every cent spent. That’s where the hard work and the analysis has been done; councillors get a best possible endeavours draft to debate, discuss, change and eventually sign off. To most of us, hours spent poring over a budget is tedious stuff, but these budgets effectively spell out how our district will fare in the year ahead. Staff have given their councillors a no frills budget, with a 3.5 per cent rate rise. It’s up to the elected members to change, cut or increase spending as they see fit but in pushing spending up they are fully aware they’re pushing rates up, possibly to or above their self-set limit of a 6.6 per cent rise. Within two hours yesterday they came close to doing just that with a bid to up the roading budget by $1 million. The New Zealand Transport Agency keeps a tight rein on the amount of work it will subsidise each year and after that local authorities are on their own; if they want work carried out on their roads then they foot the bill. And in a district with a roading network the size of ours, and where roads carry hundreds of high tonnage vehicles each day, wear is rapidly exceeding our ability to repair. If the Government won’t foot the repair bill, what option do we have but to foot it ourselves or watch our roads revert to cart tracks.

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nce again, hosing restrictions are with us. I have no problem with that. If we need to conserve water, then we need to conserve water. I lived in the Kapiti Coast District for years, and there we were restricted to hand-held hoses, apart from the times we had complete bans, for the entire year. The current Ashburton bans annoy me for a number of reasons. I know some farmers have restrictions as well, and that’s how it should be. But I fail to see any reason why those massive sprinklers should be sending water off into the ether in the middle of the day, in a stinking hot Mid Canterbury nor’wester. I remember the days of border dykes, where water ran through water races and was released straight on to the parched earth. Surely the evaporation rate is far higher for these lumbering juggernauts, than it was back then. Why in the heat of the day? I am assuming the farmers (or their workers) in these cases are relatively fit and able to turn them on earlier or later in the day when the sun is not out and the winds have generally lost some of their intensity. I am also assuming that farmers have to pay for their water, (and if not, why not?) and aren’t particularly keen on seeing it evaporate in front of their eyes. And to those who say it can’t be done, look back to how our forefathers and foremothers managed. They farmed to the climate, that’s how. I’m sure there was no irrigation in 1925 when my grandmother was widowed, and with eight children, had to take on the farm. She didn’t let go of the reins till the early seventies when she was about 90. Now that farm is a dairy conversion, and I’m told the picturesque pond shown in the old pictures has completely

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It seems absurd that our elderly residents are expected to toddle out in the middle of the night in their pyjamas, with torches, walking sticks and walker frames, to tend their gardens.

be in his eighties at the least. Or his neighbours, in their nineties, whose garden has been visited by buses full of garden enthusiasts over the years, and still hosts a few people passing through. Are they expected to toddle out in the middle of the night in their pyjamas, with torches, walking sticks and walker

dried up ... Back to the point, the restricted watering hours from six to midnight for the townies seem absurd, and ill thought out. This is an area known for its gardens, and many of the most amazing gardens are tended with loving care, by people well over the retirement age.

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The restricted watering hours from six to midnight for the townies seem absurd, and ill thought out

One retired farmer I know has a section considerably larger than the old standard quarter acre, and is working in it from dawn till dusk. His fruit and veges are the envy of many. Is he expected to stay up till all hours to look after his pride and joy? He must

frames, to tend the amazing garden they’ve built on what was virtually paddock 45 years ago? There’s a friend whose mobility is compromised, who has over the years had all the lawn turned into a very productive garden, which is the best

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mulched garden I’ve ever seen. Tripping in the hours of darkness wouldn’t do her any good either. How were the arbitrary hours for watering arrived at? Is that person(s) a keen gardener? Do they have any demonstrated knowledge of horticulture, or understanding of the gardener’s psyche? Believe me, avid gardeners think differently than other people. Apart from nicking the odd cutting, they are probably among the most law abiding of citizens, and therefore the people who are most likely to stick with the rules. Given we’ve still got a reasonable amount of daylight saving left, couldn’t the rule makers demonstrate a little flexibility. If necessary include the principle in the long-term plan which they are pounding out at present. These people are some of the council’s constituents after all.

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Controversy ahead of release By Fran Blandy French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo returns to newsstands with a record print run, but its first edition since Islamist gunmen massacred its staff has already drawn ire from Muslim groups. The front cover shows a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed holding a sign that says “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie), the slogan taken up by millions of supporters around the world after 12 people were gunned down in an attack on the magazine’s Paris offices. France, home to Europe’s largest Jewish and Muslim communities, was shaken to the core last week when jihadists took to Paris’ streets in an Islamist killing spree that left 17 people dead. Prime Minister Manuel Valls yesterday declared a “war against terrorism” and a packed parliament sang a stirring rendition of the national anthem, a first since the end of World War One. President Francois Hollande earlier led a solemn ceremony paying tribute to the three police officers who lost their lives in the attacks, while in Israel thousands turned out to mourn the four Jews killed during a siege in a kosher supermarket. “Our great and beautiful France will never break, will never yield, never bend” in the face of the Islamist threat that is “still there, inside and outside” the country, Hollande told weeping families and uniformed colleagues of the victims. Controversial weekly Charlie Hebdo, which lampoons everyone from the president to the pope, has become a symbol of freedom of expression in the wake of the bloodshed. The magazine is planning to print up to three million copies of its “survivors’ issue” - profits from which will go to victims’ families - far more than its usual 60,000 and a historic record for a French publication. “Our Mohammed is above all just a guy who is crying,”

Indonesian divers are investigating an object believed to be the fuselage of the crashed AirAsia jet and the resting place of most of the victims. Flight QZ8501 crashed in the Java Sea on December 28 in stormy weather during a short, routine flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people on board. Both black boxes, the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, were recovered this week after a frustrating, lengthy search often hampered by bad weather. Scores of divers yesterday shifted their focus to investigating an object thought to the jet’s main body, which was earlier spotted on sonar scans and is lying about three kilometres from where the plane’s tail was found. - AFP

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People queue up to buy the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo newspaper at a news stand in Paris, yesterday. AP PHOTO

said cartoonist Renald Luzier, known as Luz, who designed the new front cover. “He is much nicer than the one followed by the gunmen.” French and Italian versions will be printed, while translations in English, Spanish and Arabic will be offered in electronic form, editor-in-chief Gerard Biard said. A Turkish version will also be published as an insert in the centre-left opposition daily Cumhuriyet, one of the Turkish paper’s journalists said, in what Biard described as “the most important” of all the foreign editions. “Turkey is in a difficult period and secularity there is under attack,” he said. But the cartoon has already drawn ire from Muslim groups, who warned that it could inflame tensions among those who believe the depiction of the prophet is blasphemous. Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most

prestigious centre of learning, warned that new cartoons would only serve to “stir up hatred”. The drawings “do not serve the peaceful co-existence between peoples and hinders the integration of Muslims into European and Western societies”, the Cairo-based body’s Islamic research centre said. Egypt’s state-sponsored Islamic authority, Dar al-Ifta, said the cover was “an unjustified provocation against the feelings of 1.5 billion Muslims. “This edition will result in a new wave of hatred in French and Western society,” it said. French Muslim groups also urged their communities which have already been targeted - to “stay calm and avoid emotive reactions” to the cartoon. France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls, in a speech that drew several standing ovations, called for the country to pull to-

gether after the attack, arguing that “France is at war against terrorism, jihadism, radicalism ... (not) Islam and Muslims”. “I don’t want Jews in this country to be scared, or Muslims to be ashamed” of their faith, he added, calling for France’s intelligence capabilities and anti-terrorism laws to be strengthened and “clear failings” addressed. Questions have risen over how supermarket killer Amedy Coulibaly and the Charlie Hebdo gunmen, Said and Cherif Kouachi - who were known to French intelligence had been on a US terror watch list “for years” - had slipped through the cracks. Underlining the ongoing threat, France’s biggest satirical weekly, Le Canard Enchaine, said it received a death threat the day after the Charlie Hebdo attack. - AFP

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UN council condemns bus attack in Ukraine The UN Security Council has strongly condemned a rocket attack on a bus in east Ukraine that left 11 civilians dead. In a unanimous statement of the 15 members including Russia, the council called for an investigation to bring those responsible for the attack to justice.

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The council “condemned in the strongest terms the killing of 11 and injuring of 17 civilians as a result of the shelling of a passenger bus in Volnovakha, Donetsk region,” the statement said. Both separatist leaders and Kiev military commanders rejected responsibility.

Donetsk regional interior ministry department chief Vyacheslav Abroskin said the long-range Grad rocket appeared to have gone astray after being fired at a Ukrainian military checkpoint. “It was a direct hit on an intercity bus,” Abroskin said by telephone.

Ukrainian General Bogdan Bondar told parliament that the rebels had staged “a provocation” by launching their strike from a residential area in the hope of drawing retaliatory fire from state soldiers that would kill scores of civilians. - AFP

A fourth ship will join the underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre said Fugro Supporter would join fellow ships Fugro Equator and Fugro Discovery in the Indian Ocean search zone later this month. Fugro Supporter has been equipped with a Kongsberg HUGIN 4500 autonomous underwater vehicle, which will scan parts that cannot be examined effectively by equipment on the other vessels. - AAP

War vet executed A Vietnam war vet with posttraumatic stress disorder has been executed in the United States for murdering a police officer, the country’s first death row inmate killed this year. Andrew Howard Brannan, 66, was declared dead by lethal injection at 8.33pm local time yesterday at an execution chamber in Jackson, Georgia, prison spokeswoman Susan Megahee said. Brannan, who fought in the Vietnam War, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and was convicted in January 2000 for the murder of 22-year-old police officer Kyle Dinkheller. - AFP

Army kills fighters Cameroon’s army has killed 143 Boko Haram fighters, the state broadcaster reports, with the government saying it was the biggest defeat it has inflicted on the Nigerian Islamist group to date. The insurgents were killed this week after they attacked a military camp in Kolofata, in the north of Cameroon, CRTV said, citing the government. The military initially said that 33 Boko Haram fighters had died in the more than five hours of fighting. - DPA

Home brew kills 31 A batch of home-brew liquor has killed at least 31 people in northern India, with more than 100 others ill in hospital, police say, in the latest incident of alcohol poisoning in the country. The figure jumped from Monday’s toll of 14 after more people died in hospital after drinking the toxic alcohol in a village on the outskirts of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state. “Till now 25 deaths have been reported from Lucknow and six from Unnao (district),” police said. - AFP

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■ DRY CONDITIONS

Drought ‘seems inevitable’

Ryan O’Sullivan

thirds of its annual rainfall but rainfall from July through to December was below average. A hot January had brought conditions to a head, he said. “If there was significant rain in the next fortnight there would not be a huge cost to it, but January and February are not known for being high rainfall months,” O’Sullivan, who

farms near Fairlie, said. O’Sullivan said the situation would get “extremely serious” if current conditions persisted over the next six weeks to two months. As it stands, the Opua dam, which serves South Canterbury, is running low and is expected to run dry by February 10. North Otago Federated Farmers’ president Richard Strowger said conditions were dry but that farmers were not pushing the panic button. “It’s definitely drier and it seems to have taken hold,” he said. “Not a lot of supplementary feed has been made either.” But he said the Waitaki River, which feeds most of the region’s irrigation systems, was still running high. “It’s just a matter of getting stock through the winter, because we don’t have a lot of supplementary feed,” he said. - NZME

The first of the three sequels to the blockbuster movie, Avatar, has been set back a year because of delays in completing the scripts, the films’ director, James Cameron, told a media conference following the first meeting of the New Zealand Screen Advisory Board in Wellington. The decision to push the release back to late 2017 rather than late 2016 reflected the desire for release at that time of the year with the timetable for such movies shifting in “one year increments,” said Cameron. - NZME

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“But weaker fuel prices do leave more discretionary income available to spend, so a sustained and substantial drop in fuel prices is likely to give spending in other categories a boost over time.” Local retailers, particularly those in the rag trade, had signalled a slow lead in to their peak Christmas season as they squeeze margins to compete with overseas online retailers luring customers with discounted products.

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Pumpkin Patch, the unprofitable childrenswear chain, has flagged to its shareholders it is at risk of breaching its banking covenants if the season doesn’t deliver sales, while rivals Kathmandu Holdings and Warehouse Group have bemoaned challenging conditions in the lead up to Christmas. Yesterday’s figures show apparel spending in December advanced 2.4 per cent from November, to a seasonally adjusted $292 million. Consumables, the largest measure in the series, gained 0.8 per cent to $1.7 billion in the month, as hospitality increased 0.8 per cent to $777 million. Durables fell 0.6 per cent, extending November’s 1.1 per cent decline, to $1.1 billion. On an unadjusted basis, core retail spending climbed 5 per cent from the same month the previous year to $4.98 billion, with hospitality surged 9.9 per cent to $845 million, consumables advanced 5.5 per cent to $1.98 billion and durables climbed 3.3 per cent to $1.72 billion. Apparel rose 1 per cent to $437 million. Total retail sales rose 3.5 per cent to $5.88 billion, while total spending increased 4.1 per cent to $7.47 billion. The average value per transaction rose to $54 from $51 in November. - NZME

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East producers engaged in a price war to keep their market share. Oil is now trading at a sixyear low, and has been blamed as a contributing factor to ongoing low interest rates, as the cheaper petrol prices keep a lid on global inflation. “With fuel prices likely to be even lower on average over January, this spending category will likely soften further in the near term,” Nathan Penny, rural economist for ASB Bank said in a note.

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Card spending edging up New Zealanders increased their spending on debit and credit cards in December, with gains in apparel, consumables and hospitality offsetting a drop in spending on durables. The value of core retail sales on electronic cards, which strips out spending on fuel and vehicle related items, rose 0.1 per cent in December from the previous month, to a seasonally adjusted $3.84 billion, following November’s 0.3 per cent gain, Statistics New Zealand said. Including fuel and vehicle spending, total retail spending dropped 0.1 per cent to $4.71 billion, led by a 4.2 per cent drop in fuel to a 19-month low of $714 million, following the global slump in oil prices. Total spending, which includes non-retail industries and services, slipped 0.3 per cent in the month to $6.22 billion. “Although most retail industries were up in December, fuel spending fell significantly,” acting business indicators manager Tehseen Islam said. “Like November, the fall in fuel spending coincided with falling fuel prices.” The price of oil began its tumble from its high in the middle of last year, as oversupply led to an oil glut while Middle

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■ FUEL PRICES DOWN

BY SUZE METHERELL

One of the largest stonefruit operations in the country has been sold to an unnamed New Zealand buyer. Summerfruit Orchards Ltd, which owes $5.75 million, went into receivership in September, owing among its debts just over $4 million to the Southland Building Society. The first report by receivers Colin Gower, of Christchurch, and Tim Ward, of Invercargill, has revealed the main creditors after the collapse of the company. Summerfruit Orchards’ assets included a 201ha stonefruit orchard at Earnscleugh with plantings of cherries, apricots, nectarines and peaches. - NZME

Farmers in South Canterbury and North Otago will soon be feeling the pinch of drierthan-normal weather and the situation is expected to get serious if current conditions persist. Conditions are also dry on the rest of east coast of the South Island, and in Hawkes Bay and the Wairarapa. Westpac, in a report, said that without rain over the next couple of weeks “it seems inevitable” that large parts of the South Island will become drought zones. The bank’s head of agribusiness, Mark Steed, said it was preparing to assist its customers in the southern regions. “We’re hearing that some areas south of Timaru have had less than 100mm of rain since June,” he said. “It is so dry that

some stock is being fed grain on dirt with no feed in sight. “The rivers are running very low, with some areas running out of stock water, and farmers are starting to feed-out supplementary feed which is hugely expensive at this time of year,” he said. Steed said that if significant rains don’t come there would be a potential shortage of winter feed, with the majority of dry-land crop yields around South Canterbury significantly reduced. It was “crucial” that farmers kept in contact with their bank and other professionals so they could plan for the coming months, he said. Ryan O’Sullivan, Federated Farmers’ South Canterbury dairy chairman, said drier-thannormal conditions had crept up over several months. By the end of last June, the region had experienced two

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■ MID CANTERBURY FARMERS

Farmers’ mental health a cause for some concern By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

The mental health impact of an impending drought and milk price cuts is causing concern among rural support agencies. This week the Herald on Sunday reported at least four farmers had taken their own lives since Fonterra cut its forecast farm gate price to an eight-year low of $4.70 per kilogram of milksolids in December. The news came on the back of a record $8.40kg/ MS pay out for the 2012-14 season, and almost halved the $1.39 billion dairying pumped into the Mid Canterbury economy that year. On top of the low payout, the threat of drought remains high. However, Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust co-ordinator Allan Baird said the district’s efficient irrigation schemes were, to some extent, holding the crisis at bay. On a local level the trust offers practical support during adverse events and does not employ a social worker as such, but works with

other agencies to provide support to farmers affected by stress on a case-by-case basis. “We have used Presbyterian Support Services in the past, but we haven’t had a lot of call for that type of support here,” Mr Baird said. “We find farmers tend to support each other quite well, as they are often in the same boat.” However, he said anyone with concerns was welcome to make contact with the trust. Other groups, such as Federated Farmers, Rural Women and DairyNZ, are also proactive in offering support. Federated Farmers mental health spokesperson said the federation has adopted an advocacy approach, to make sure people are aware of the services and resources available in their communities. Rural Women New Zealand has also expressed concern over the mental wellbeing of farmers struggling with drought. “However, the overriding

concern for Rural Women is women, who are often at the sharp end when mental illness strikes,” the group’s national president Wendy McGowan said. “While they are seen as carers and nurturers they are not immune to stress and depression, but are more likely to put their own mental wellbeing on hold and ‘keep calm and carry on’. “It is well recognised that family violence spikes after an adverse event with increased reports continuing for up to two years following the event.” DairyNZ general manager of extension Craig McBeth said there was a lot of industry and farmer support available. “Its important farmers know that – and where to go for advice. “Our Tactics for Tight Times campaign to help farmers cope with a low payout will also going to be focused on all the issues that farmers might have to deal with including summer dry conditions and extra feed costs,” he said.

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Irricon farm environment plan template approved Mid Canterbury-based environmental consultants Irricon Resource Solutions is the latest company to have its farm environment template approved under the proposed Land & Water Regional Plan. Environment Canterbury chief executive Bill Bayfield said Irricon had met all the requirements of the plan. “We hope the farm environment plans that come from this template are valuable both for farmers and for Irricon,” Mr Bayfield said. “It was pleasing to see as part of the application an on-farm risk assessment guide, setting out a clear list of actions to be undertaken together with dates. The Land & Water Regional Plan is a primary delivery mechanism of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. The documents presented to the panel had been completed using the example of Irricon principal Keri Johnston’s South Canterbury property. Ms Johnston was delighted that the farm environment plan had been recognised as meeting the standard set by Environment Canterbury. “I believe we have created a farmerfriendly farm environment plan – it has been prepared by a farmer for farmers, and I can’t wait to get it out there,” she said. Under the proposed Land & Water Regional Plan, a farm environment plan will need to be produced in any circumstances where an application for consent to farm is required. “There are several situations where a consent will be needed at different times in future, depending on how at risk water quality is in the zone where the property is located,” Mr Bayfield said.

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Dry spell depresses prices Prices eased at this week’s Tinwald sheep sale, reflecting decreasing schedules and the long spell of dry weather. Heavy prime lambs made $105-$120, medium weights $85-$100 and lighter lambs, $70-$80.

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ith the Mazda3 winning lots of NZ awards during 2014, including that of “New Zealand Car of the Year” and then Ford’s Ranger knocking off Toyota’s Hilux to become the best selling ute in the country, a certain Kermode St dealership has good reason to celebrate. And 2015 will be another very busy year with a variety of new models from both marques now here, or arriving. Like the Mazda2 (2014 Car of the Year in Japan) and priced from $21,745 to $28,595. It’s now available, with the compact SUV, the CX-3 due mid-year. While the CX-3, complete with on demand AWD is based on the Mazda2, it has a 2 litre petrol engine instead of the 2’s 1.5 litre, 81kW/141Nm unit. Also the CX-3 has a 1.5 litre, 77kW/270Nm diesel option. Irrespective of which engine is under the bonnet it’s reported to have great road manners and spirited handling. Speaking of which, the new MX-5 is expected later in the year. Mazda3’s Car of the Year win is a record fifth time for Mazda. The fresh and exciting “3” range is a worthy winner with its combination of styling, performance, fuel economy, comfort, handling and safety technology. A first drive in any of the range immediately shows they have inherited Mazda’s philosophy of celebrating driving with their nimble handling and responsiveness. And while they’re longer, wider,

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with comfortable and well-equipped cabins and carry much more standard gear, they are lighter than before. There’s four models most of which come either as a sedan or 5-door hatch. Pricing starts at $32,795 for the 2 litre 114kW/200Nm GLX auto (same engine/auto in $35,595 GSX) while the SP25 versions have a 2.5 litre four-cylinder petrol engine developing 138kW and 250Nm. They’re priced from $38,395 rising through to $47,495 for the SP25 Limited. While they are all swift, the diesel engined SP22 with its 2-stage turbo and resulting129kW and 420Nm of torque is the quickest of them all! It delivers heaps of mid-range torque and effortlessly sprints from 0-100kmh in 7.7 seconds, while its claimed and observed fuel use, is 5L/100k. SP22 Limiteds cost $49,195 for the 6-speed manual or $50,695 for the auto. Ranger No 1 It’s interesting to note that Chris Masterson, Ford’s Marketing Manager, suggests overall value as the main driver for the Ranger’s success. He says “It’s a highly competitive

segment and to be honest Kiwis are spoilt for choice when it comes to tough utes. “However the Ranger offers so much more than just toughness. “The entire range possesses unmatched levels of refinement. “In addition to the Ranger’s reliability and capability, customers appreciate the smart technology, the great design and the 5-Star Safety rating for all models both 2WD and 4WD”. So with a possible “facelift” for the Ranger later in the year and lots of new and revised vehicles (including the new Mondeo, Focus, the Edge, Everest and of course the Mustang also arriving this year, Ford is obviously keen for the celebrations to continue! First to arrive, and available next month is the revised FGX Falcon lineup. They now have a hands-free communications/entertainment system with advanced voice control and other refinements. Prices range from $54,340 for the 195kW/391Nm XR6 with 6-speed auto, $59,340 for 270/533Nm XR6 Turbo, $54,340 for G6E while the G6E Turbo is $59,340. The XR8 returns with lots of fire-power courtesy of its “Boss” supercharged, 5-litre aluminium V8 developing 335kW and max torque of 570Nm between 2200 and 5500 rpm. In keeping with this it’s said to deliver the expected and desired ride, handling and stopping power! And it may well be a collector’s item!

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azda, Ford Ashburton’s Samuel Goulter racing in the Junior Development Class at Ruapuna. JDAS PHOTOS

Samuel on a hot streak By Jonathan Leask

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Ashburton’s Samuel Goulter produced a clean sweep in the Junior Development Class in the opening round of the New Zealand Superbike championships at Ruapuna last weekend. Now the 16-year-old is hoping for a repeat dose in round two at Levels raceway in Timaru this weekend. “The juniors were a long way back but there was a senior (development) rider I battled with all weekend. “I beat him a couple of times. It wasn’t really important because he wasn’t in my class but still good to beat him.” Comfortably accounting for everyone is his own class, winning all five races including race five which doubled as the New Zealand GP title race, the added competition of racing alongside the senior development class kept him sharp. So sharp he set a new lap record by 0.4 seconds for the class on his Ninja 250, a bike he’s been on for six months after being loaned it from Linda and Noel Young for the season. Goulter is repaying that kindness in full by making it a winning one.

He will be out to step up to the top of the podium in Timaru and in the back of his mind is the third and fourth rounds in the North Island at Hampton Downs and Taupo in March. “I possibly could get up north but it depends on how a few things pan out. “It would obviously be good to go.” Winning another three races in Timaru this weekend could be the extra motivation to get him there. Continued success will only spur on his desired progression to a bigger bike. Fellow Ashburton teenager, Bailie Perriton, has done just that and will also be chasing chequered flags in Timaru in the Supersport class on his GSX-R 600cc. Perriton had two second placings in round one but was hindered by a mechanical issue and two crashes. Andrew Rudd is also running fifth in the Superlite class coming off a run of three fourth place finishes while Lewis Dray is in fifth in the 125G. Methven’s Steve Rutherford and former Methven man Aaron Shral are in the Pro Twin and Dean Watson will race in the 250cc production class.

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1 – How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot? a. Two b. Three c. Four 2 – What name is given to someone who lives in Hamburg? a. A Hamburgian b. A Hambian c. A Hamburger 3 – What does ‘dolce’ mean on a bottle of Italian wine? a. Sweet b. Dry c. Sparkling 4 – Where in Europe did NZ soldiers have their first major defeat of World War Two? a. Greece b. Italy c. Germany 5 – What plant is linseed oil produced from? a. Corn b. Flax c. Cotton 6 – In which NZ city would you find the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery? a. New Plymouth b. Blenheim c. Hastings 7. How many volts are there in an AA battery? a. 1.5 b. 9 c. 18 8 – How many medals are presented at the end of the movie Star Wars? a. Two b. Three c. Five

1. Local killed in crash. 2. Thieves targeting Sallies (+Video) 3. Indecent exposure ‘premeditated’ 4. Residents back hydroslide. 5. Shareholder refunds going begging.

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In brief Boxall on the move? Wellington Phoenix defender Michael Boxall is reportedly set to follow former team-mate Jeremy Brockie to play for SuperSport United in South Africa. South African football website Soccer Laduma reported yesterday that SuperSport United have signed the All White centreback for the 201516 season. “We’re excited to have signed Michael, and we wanted to have him here sooner, but his club indicated that he was very important for them and that they didn’t want to lose him now,” said SuperSport chief executive Stan Matthews. - NZME

Everton hearts broken West Ham United keeper Adrian proved an unlikely match-winner as his side edged 10-man Everton 9-8 in a nail-biting penalty shootout after a gripping FA Cup third-round replay yesterday. Enner Valencia put West Ham ahead early in the second half at Upton Park and Everton then had Aiden McGeady sent off, only for Kevin Mirallas’s late free-kick to send the tie to extra time. Mirallas teed up Romelu Lukaku to put the visitors in front, but Carlton Cole made it 2-2 and the hosts prevailed when Adrian netted his spot-kick in the ensuing shootout after his opposite number Joel Robles had hit the bar. - AFP

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Pounding out the miles Runners and walkers make their way around the Ashburton Domain in the first of the 5km Fun Run/Walk Series, held by the Ashburton Harrier Athletics Club. The series is held every Tuesday night until the end of March, starting at the Walnut Ave pavilion. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 130115-TM-089

Allenton Bowling Club New Year is well & truly up and running. Some results: Friday Triples at Allenton 02/01/15 Sponsors for this were Midland Seeds, Calder Stewart and NZ Breweries our. Thanks to these for terrific sponsorship. 1st Wendy Suttie (s) Brent Mason & Pauline Simpson. 2nd Murray Smallridge (s) Alan McIntosh & Gordon Sparks. 3rd G. Clarke (s) Rosemary Bennet & Ian Kaye. 4th Bob Neilson (s) Robyn Petrie & Jack Schlater. Well bowled everyone. Progressive Pairs: 03/01/15 Leads: 1st Lester Tarbotton. 2nd Denis McEvedy Skips: 1st. Bob Harrison, Alan McIntosh. The first night of the Tuesday Night Pairs were played 06/01/15 with a great attendance bringing both greens into play. Excellent night and bowls had by all. Result as follows: 1st. D & L Muir. 2nd: P. Whinham & B. Harper. 3rd: W. Watson & J. Drayton. 4th: B & S Holdom. The club would like to wish JC a speedy and full recovery and all the members send their regards. Your wee birds are missing you they chirped all through our match today wanting attention. Them and us hope to see your presence at the clubhouse very soon. Cheers. That’s all this week.

Members were reminded that the Rawlinson Trophy will be played at Methven on the 27th January and for those wishing to play to put their entries in. Flag matches are still progressing. It is possible that the C and B grades will go to a countback so some good close games have been played. Plans for the Windsor Richards tournament to be played at Allenton on the 10-11 January were finalised. Members to have a garden bee on the 9th. Gardens to visit for our garden walk on the 14th February will be advertised shortly but mark your calender for that day. Entrance fee is $5 and after viewing there is free morning tea and sales tables plus raffles at the sports club in Cavendish Street. Our HAVE-A-GO at croquet and golf croquet will have gone by the time this goes to print. If you went I hope you enjoyed it and will come again. If you missed it but would like to see what croquet is all about come around to our lawns at the Allenton sports club on Cavendish St. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. We have made welcome two new members who have joined in the last couple of months.

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There was a good turnout of members at our January meeting.

We now have the top 19 players for the Hydraulink shoot out, the final cut off was

the best of the 78 pointers. In the final we have 6 ladies, 7 first timers, 1 ex-champion and 2 first fence fallers from previous years. It all adds up to being a great game. I have cobbled together a form guide, that is on display in the club house, and will be on the web page. We will be having an auction for the finalists at 5pm in the club house next Saturday the 24th, then the final will tee off on Sunday the 25th at 10am. This Saturday we have the Club opening day, mixed pairs playing for the AC Browne Trophy and Mens pairs playing for the Smith Salver. The mixed days are always great fun, so grab a girl or a guy and come along and join us, or just come down on your own and we will do some match making for you. Till next time good golfing.

Methven Bowling Club All the club Champs are getting closer to the finals Men’s winners this week: Singles Rob Fensom 2 wins Pairs Rob Fensom and Ivan Syme, Alan Hill and Gary Eddington. David Isherwood and Neil Owen Triples: Craig Carter Simon Fleetwood and Jeff Nowell Brent Mayson, Adrian Kemp and Roger Callaghan

Fours: Rob Fensom Ivan Syme, Jim Lattimore and Bruce Redmond. Ladies Singles Di Callaghan had another win Pairs Wendy Blackwell and Melva Middleton At the 1/2 day Rakaia Triples Anthony Holmes and Noel Bilby won. This was a great effort as the two of them played with Eric’s bowls between them after Eric had a turn and was taken to hospital. The club wish you a speedy recovery Eric and well done Anthony and Noel. On Saturday the 8/s had a 2/1 win over St Albans and the Juniors had a 2/1 win over Morrison Ave. Good start to this completion guys. Sunday 3 mens teams and 1 ladies played in the centre pairs. Some very good bowls were played by all our members. Brent Mayson and Rob Fensom Qualified to post section. Well done and we wish you all the best. At the Umpires tournament Brent Mayson, Wendy Suttie, Murray Smallridge and Bruce Harper were 1st and Alan Hill, Raoina Isherwood, Wendy Blackwell and Ivan Syme were 3rd. Have a good week bowling everyone.

Nor’westers Muso’s Club We had visitors from Christchurch come down in November, friends of Colin from ‘Underpass‘. First up was Kevin O’Leary on guitar and

Lionel Messi confused everyone at the Ballon d’Or awards with his purple tuxedo and his comments about his future at Barcelona. The Argentine superstar’s spangly suit was the latest of a long line of fashion statements at the annual football gala, and he made notable headlines two years ago with a striking polka dot outfit. But there is as much speculation about whether Messi will stay at Barcelona as there is on his fashion sense. The alarm bells rang loud after Messi said on Monday “I’ve always said I want to end my career at Barcelona”. He added: “But you never know what will happen in the world of football. I do not know where I’ll be next year.” - AFP

vocals with a couple of blues numbers including Walking Mans Blues, before Mike on electric guitar and harmonica joined in on Can’t Be Satisfied and Please Don’t Go. Another three joined in with Rod Ward on drums, Jo on bass, Kevin on electric guitar, with Colin joining them on electric guitar and vocals - covering Mary Had A Little Lamb, Keep Your Hands To Yourself, It Hurts Me Too, She Called Me Katie, Sunshine Of Your Life, La Grange & Johnny Be Good. Jenna from Two Crates on acoustic guitar/ vocals treated us to a cruisey set -Folsom Prison Blues from Johnny Cash and Rhianna, Dreams and Landslide from Fleetwood Mac. Debut duo, Paul Johnson and Sandra McLintock, on acoustic guitars played I Used To Care from Leonard Cohen, Folsom Prison Blues, and About A Girl from Nirvana. George Brown donned the acoustic guitar and sang a set including Tainted Love and Lonely Boy from Black Keys. Mike’s set on electric/vocals included an original song - Love Is On Your Mind, and a super blues mix to finish. The visitors finished off with a set including Boys Light Up, Proud Mary April Sun In Cuba, I Saw Her Standing There, Move It On Over, Keep Your Hands To Yourself, and a sweet instrumental.

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Personal bests for ski twins By Jonathan Leask

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The Donaldson twins, Hugh and George, produced some personal bests at the Junior World Water-skiing championships at Bujama Lacus in Peru. Overall Hugh was 19th and George 24th out of the 27 competitors, most of whom were three years older than the twins including fellow Kiwi, Curtis Williams, who was 17th. In the jump American Taylor Garcia landed a 57.9m for the gold, with Hugh’s 38.6m enough for 22nd and George 27th with his 32.3m - both personal bests. Hugh was 26th in the slalom with a two buoys on the 13m line with George 29th, with Robert Pigazzo of the Dominican Republic taking gold with a new junior record of five on the 11m line. In tricks George scored 4040 to finish 20th while Hugh was 27th with 3340, where the gold went to Ukrainian Danlylo Fil’Chenko with a score of 10020. The New Zealand team, also including Lily Meade, finished in 10th. There was some drama before the tournament began with the Mastercraft boats, the major sponsors of the tournament,

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stuck in customs and the skiers were forced to adjust to being towed by a 200 Nautique, as well as the new lake conditions. That proved a difficult task with only seven minutes of lake time per skier per day to prepare for the four days of top competition.

The Kiwis witnessed the stark social contrast in Peru, passing corrugated huts without running water en route to the lake, before turning into the gated and guarded luxury of the private water ski community at Bujama Lacus. With the junior worlds over

and some valuable experience gained ahead of another potential crack at the next junior worlds, the brothers - and their parents Janeen and Neil - were off to the Amazon for a few days and then up the Inca trail before heading home in time for the Lake Hood Aquafest.

Breakthrough eludes Mid Canterbury Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

A stubborn Nelson middle order frustrated the Mid Canterbury side on day three of the South Island Primary Schools’ Cricket Tournament in Blenheim yesterday. Mid Canterbury couldn’t penetrate the middle order early enough as Nelson stubbornly batted out for the draw.

RESULTS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club January 13 Finals Intermediate Ladies Singles Dawn Bruce defeated Pip Kiddey

Hampstead Bowling Club January 9, Devon Friday Triples 1st 3 wins, 17 ends, 32 points, R. Holdom (sk), A. Crawford, S. Holdom; 2nd 3 wins, 13 ends, 23 points, G. Baker(sk), G. Crack, B. Robinson; 3rd 2 wins, 15 ends, 32 points, B. Harper, R. Fensom, I. Syme.

Don’t read too much into Tom Latham’s promotion into Kane Williamson’s No 3 batting spot for today’s one day international against Sri Lanka at Seddon Park. Williamson is out for at least the next two matches to rest a wonky shoulder. Williamson leaves a substantial hole in the New Zealand batting order. Lefthander Latham gets the job for today, but it won’t change the essence of his battle for the No 5 position with veteran Grant Elliott. “I think it’s probably a good thing,” senior batsman Ross Taylor said, without wishing any malice towards Williamson. “Kane has been the go-to guy for the last 12-18 months. They want to see these guys under pressure and that bodes well for the World Cup.” - NZME

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Latham promoted

Mid Canterbury had declared at189/7 after Thomas Schmack made 54, Archie Redfern 49 (his second score of 49 at the tournament) and 27 from Michael Bell. They then made a strong start with the ball to have Nelson reeling at 19/3, which then had them go on the defensive to play out for the two points from the draw. Jolly Potter Tournament January 3 and 4 Hampstead 2nd, B. Marsh (sk), D. Turner, J. Drayton, L. Neale. Plate Hampstead 3, A. Miller(sk), M. Broker, W. Kellett, B. Broker.

■ Golf Tinwald Golf Club Women’s Results January 13 Summer Golf: Bisque Par Lyn Bird 11up: Shirley Young 10up: Dawn Sharplin 9 up: Bev Jackson 8 up: Two’s Not Struck 9 Hole Summer Golf – Bisque Par Nancy Costin 6 up: June Cartwright 3 up

It was slow going as Nelson went from 62/4 in the 36th over to be 115/5 in the 51st over. A late flurry of three wickets wasn’t enough to secure Mid Canterbury’s second win, after they dispatched Marlborough on Monday. Robert MacDonald had 2/26 and Liam Begg picked up 2/15.

DRAWS ■ Bowls Bowls Mid Canterbury January 19 Over 60s Tournament at Hinds 12.30 pm start. B Wilkins S Holdom I Withell A Hill S Doig R Devereux G Eddington W Herriott l Currie J Hardy B Wade H Mowatt B Mayson W Watts I Porter W Watson M Wilkins T Molloy

Mid Canterbury meets Buller, who held on for a draw against Marlborough after losses to Nelson and Invercargill Metro. South Canterbury sit on top of the table with three wins, beating Invercargill Metro, West Coast outright and Southland Country, but should face a tougher test against Canterbury Country today. B Holdom M Richardson R Johnston B Harrison L Connell U Crack B White B Officer D Prendergast C Leech H Kemp G Brooker G Crack B Stott I Cleghorn B Harper J Argyle M Jones W Suttie D Ross. A Johnston F McKnight R Prendergast M Sunbeam J Cleghorn N Woods J Dennis H Goodall L Connell G Clarke Controller: Sylvia Mellish -Phone: 3027 128 Any other players prepared to be ‘on call’ as reserves for the tournament would be most welcome. Please contact the controller.

Alex McKinnon continues to inspire the Newcastle Knights with coach Rick Stone revealing he stood on his own for the first time since suffering a devastating spinal injury in an NRL game last March. The former Knights forward has returned to Newcastle following rehabilitation in Sydney after suffering the injury in a tackle which left the 22-yearold in a wheelchair. “He’s just finished his rehab and he actually stood up on his own which is a terrific sort of step for Alex,” Stone said. - AAP

Losing streak broken Mo Williams scored a career-high 52 points on Tuesday to power Minnesota to a 110-101 victory over Indiana, ending the Timberwolves’ 15-game NBA losing streak. Williams scored 37 points in the second half - 16 in the third quarter and 21 in the fourth - setting a Timberwolves’ record for points in a game and a record for a visiting player at the Pacers’ Bankers Life Fieldhouse arena. - AFP

Darts in the capital It sounded like a scene from Coronation Street. Three Englishmen chatting about darts and their time in this little country called New Zealand. Two of them - Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis - are multi-time world champions, while Russ Bray is regarded as the top referee in the game. Their whirlwind tour of New Zealand, part of the inaugural Australasian Darts King series, has brought them to Wellington after the first leg took place in Invercargill earlier this week. - NZME

‘Melbournitis’ hits There’s a strange virus sweeping through the Heineken Open - it could be called ‘Melbournitis’. It comes in many forms and can strike at any time, affecting some of the fittest and most focused athletes on the planet. The main symptom is an overwhelming desire to be in Melbourne as quickly as possible - and forgo any previous commitments you may have, no matter how long they have been set in stone. We are talking, of course, about the unfortunate situation at the Heineken Open this week, which has seen five of the top eight seeds pull out. Tommy Robredo made his apologies on Tuesday, and third seed Roberto Bautista Agut pulled stumps early yesterday. - HOS

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Ashburton Guardian 19

Thursday, January 15, 2015

■ CHAMPIONS ON THE TRACK

Adore Me now up with the very best Matt MarkhaM

Harness racing new Zealand

he title of champion is a slice of common parlance thrown around a little too often in harness racing. Win a couple of big races and it can be easy to get caught up in the hype of a horse’s aura and all of a sudden they are right up there with the best to ever grace a racetrack. Yes, there are those who deserve to be placed on the mantle – but when you look back through the last 20 years

or so there are just as many, if not more, who don’t. Adore Me, however, does. Sitting back and watching her in action at Cambridge last week when she sat parked outside one of New Zealand’s best one mile exponents in Gold Ace, was truly something to behold. In a similar style to which a lion hunts its prey – she stalked the leader until it was time to pounce and when she did, she did so with authority that is only reserved for the

best of the best. Couple that with everything else the wonderful pacing mare has achieved in her career so far and the hallmarks of a champion are there for all to see. I went as far on the weekend to publicly state she was the best mare I have seen. Now although I haven’t hit 30 yet and I’m not old enough to recall the likes of Delightful Lady, I do remember one other very special lady - one of the Blossom variety. I grew up idolising Blossom

Blossom Lady: The darling of the Addington crowds.

Lady and everything about her. I never missed a race and

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cheered her on in every race. Her toughness and will to win was incredible and it’s a trait that shines through brightly in Adore Me. She will go on and do greater things than Bloss ever did, but using the former darling of Addington as the benchmark I feel safe in declaring Adore Me as a modern day champion of the harness racing turf. And I’d happily argue the fact with anyone who might disagree into the small hours of the morning.

Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Northern Southland Trotting Club Inc Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 15 Jan 2015 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 2.50pm (NZT) SBS BANK RURAL TROT $10,000, 4yo+ c2 trot, stand, 2700m 1 34512 Feather Boyz (1) fr ........................ B Barclay 2 25838 Moon Countess (2) fr ..........................G Lee 3 6x191 Grey Power (3) fr ..................... N Williamson 4 8x800 Southland Reflector (4) fr ................ E Swain 5 22349 Queen Kenny (5) fr........................... D Dunn 6 49x01 Golden Gate (U1) fr .......................... J Ryan 7 1315x Father Christmas (U2) fr .... B Williamson (J) 8 97867 Another Crusher (U3) fr ..............B McLellan 9 06120 Och Aye The Noo (U4) fr.................J W Cox 10 013P0 Moa Bones (U5) fr................... M Williamson 2 3.24pm NORTHERN SOUTHLAND’S VETS MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 44x33 Leigh Major (1) fr.........................B McLellan 2 2 Zac Mac (2) fr................................B Orange 3 3327 Lightning Flight (3) fr ...........................G Lee 4 60036 Newmans Jet (4) fr ................R McIlwrick (J) 5 Tact Tate (5) fr ................................T Chmiel 6 04 Bonnie’s Khaleesi (6) fr ..................C Barron 7 02005 Red Electric (7) fr ................... S Walkinshaw 8 3 Private Jet (8) fr ............................ B Barclay 9 Cool Changes (21) fr............... N Williamson 10 2 A Damn Good Excuse (22) fr ........... D Dunn 11 54 Lakeisha (23) fr ....................... M Williamson 3 3.58pm GRINALDI LODGE TROT $10,000, 3yo+ c1 trot, stand, 2700m 1 62373 No Potato (1) fr................................. D Dunn

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53254 Mass Invasion (2) fr........................C Barron 27049 Continental Boy (3) fr ......................R Swain 56251 Space Ace (4) fr ................... C Ferguson (J) 18239 Euromaxx (5) fr ........................... T Stratford 40270 Starlight Invasion (6) fr ........... S Walkinshaw x2032 Ruby’s Jewel (7) fr........................ B Wallace 61045 Starlight Starbright (8) fr.................... A Beck x8429 Anothersuperstar (9) fr .................R Norman 11x80 One Two Kenny (10) fr ............ M Williamson 122x3 Poppymalda (U1) fr ................. N Williamson 7P550 Scarlett Lane (U2) fr..............R McIlwrick (J) 05702 Larch (U3) fr ...................................K Larsen 4 4.34pm GORE NEW WORLD HANDICAP PACE $10,000, 4yo+ c1 to c2 spechcp pace, stand, 2700m 1 62484 Mach Of The Man (1) fr .................M Purdon 2 89222 Take After Me (2) fr .......................B Orange 3 53237 Vera’s Delight (3) fr......................B McLellan 4 90x30 Who Knows (4) fr ............................J W Cox 5 x5535 Rattling Thunder fr ....................... Scratched 6 32205 Shards Phoenix (5) fr .............. M Williamson 7 3x456 King Louie (6) fr ............................ K Butt (J) 8 35682 Acolyte (7) fr........................... S Walkinshaw 9 32132 Just Rusty (8) fr .................................A Beck 10 43301 Delightful Dash (9) fr ........................ D Dunn 11 71387 Milligan (1) 20 ...................... C Ferguson (J) 12 110x6 Livy Franco (2) 20 ................... N Williamson 13 22971 Even Flo (3) 20................................... R May 14 19514 Add No Interest (4) 20................... B Barclay 15 37172 Groomsman (5) 20 .........................H Hunter 16 07439 Machrie (6) 20 ............................... A Armour Emergencies: Rattling Thunder, King Louie 5 5.09pm KINA CRAIG STUD SOUTHERN BELLE SPEED MOBILE PACE $10,000, 4yo+ mares c0 to c3

mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 39x06 Double Impact (1) fr ........................... R May 2 3x726 Millwood Pink Lady (2) fr................T Chmiel 3 58647 Van Eva (3) fr ................................M Purdon 4 3x220 B D Windermere (4) fr ................... A Armour 5 3317x Real Intentions (5) fr .....................B Orange 6 524x7 Repeat After Me (6) fr .................B McLellan 7 22641 Sheeza Shark (7) fr ................. N Williamson 8 26728 Justalittlebettor (8) fr ...........................B Butt 9 1x212 Digital Art (21) fr ............................... D Dunn 10 70x86 Tact Charlotte (22) fr .............R McIlwrick (J) 11 24882 Sage (23) fr ............................. M Williamson 12 24x59 Curragh’s Princess (24) fr ...... S Walkinshaw 6 5.39pm NEVILLE CLEAVER FISHING MOBILE PACE $10,000, 2yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 22 Leolas Delight (1) fr.........................J W Cox 2 06 Balfour Butler (2) fr .................. M Williamson 3 02232 Thinking Smart (3) fr ........................ D Dunn 4 Takitimu Express (4) fr ........... S Walkinshaw 5 x8087 Art Exhibit (5) fr ...................................G Lee 6 Zen Warrior (6) fr...........................B Orange 7 57297 I Try (7) fr ........................................H Hunter 8 418x0 Tour Director (8) fr .................R McIlwrick (J) 9 2 Rocker Band (21) fr ............................ R May 10 24586 First Son (22) fr ..............................C Barron 11 20030 Nothingforthemedia (U1) fr ............T Chmiel 12 30800 Billy Klondike (U2) fr........... B Williamson (J) 7 6.05pm YALDHURST HOTEL NORTHERN SOUTHLAND CUP HCP PACE $40,000, c4 to oc spechcp pace, stand, 2700m 1 12375 Onedin Mach (1) fr .................. N Williamson 2 x7141 Jango Fett (2) fr..............................K Larsen 3 41169 Canardly Lover (3) fr .............. S Walkinshaw

4 38206 The Wrath Of Robyn (4) fr.... C Ferguson (J) 5 81583 Quick As A Trick (U1) fr ........... M Williamson 6 x6x70 Devil May Care (1) 10 ....................H Hunter 7 13181 Mossdale Conner (1) 20 .................... R May 8 12124 Bettor’s Brigadier (U1) 20................J W Cox 9 56212 Meticulous (U2) 20 ........................M Purdon 10 x3311 Isaiah (1) 30 ...........................N Rasmussen 11 x6672 Belkmyster (1) 40 ..........................B Orange 12 51215 Mighty Flying Mac (2) 40.................. D Dunn 8 6.35pm PGG WRIGHTSON AON INSURANCE BROKERS MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 15 Statham (1) fr .......................... N Williamson 2 261 Another Windermere (2) fr ...... M Williamson 3 01044 Double Rainbow (3) fr ............ S Walkinshaw 4 57x41 Princess Arts (4) fr ........................... D Dunn 5 05420 Macardo (5) fr 6 64917 Lucky Lands (6) fr ...........................J W Cox 7 1x3 Southern GNP (7) fr ......................B Orange 8 41 Leave It To Me (8) fr ..........................A Beck 9 15x19 Change The Rulz (21) fr..................... R May 10 11x I’m Full Of Excuses (22) fr .............C Barron 11 0x912 Nureyev (23) fr .............................. A Armour 12 42185 Jacks Salute (24) fr .........................R Swain 13 64753 Sammy The Bull (25) fr ...............B McLellan 14 320x2 Arden Castle (26) fr.............. C Ferguson (J) 15 47521 Ohoka Royal (27) fr ....................... B Barclay 16 3x131 Take To The Sky (28) fr .................M Purdon Emergencies: Double Rainbow, Macardo 9 7.05pm KINA CRAIG STUD SOUTHERN LIGHTS HANDICAP TROT $25,000, c3 to oc spechcp trot, stand, 3200m 1 83401 Davey’s Gift (1) fr ............... B Williamson (J)

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0x114 Eyre I Come (U1) fr .......................B Orange 1211x King Denny (1) 20 .........................M Purdon 15181 Moment Of Sun (2) 20 ........................G Lee 150x8 Sir Lexington (3) 20 .........................J W Cox 77322 Saratoga (4) 20 .............................. K Barron 13347 Mr Mayfly (5) 20 ................................. R May 1P368 Experiment (U1) 20 .......................... D Dunn xPx76 Jaccka Jack (1) 30 ................R McIlwrick (J) 3x213 Alley Way (2) 30 ...................... M Williamson 18112 Dwindle Mist (3) 30 ................. N Williamson x0705 Springbank Sam (1) 40 ............P Williamson 74141 Vulcan (2) 40 .......................................B Butt 51370 Jaccka Justy 40............................ Scratched 10 7.35pm BALFOUR TAVERN & MOTELS MBL PACE $10,000, 3yo+ c2 to c3 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 2x397 Risk Factor (1) fr ............................K Larsen 2 88094 Hudson Sully (2) fr .................. M Williamson 3 94600 In The Kitty (3) fr .................... S Walkinshaw 4 08710 Just Ned (4) fr .......................R McIlwrick (J) 5 32031 Music fr ........................................ Scratched 6 32143 Someardensomewhere (5) fr .N Rasmussen 7 13561 My Guy Mac (6) fr ......................... B Barclay 8 55354 Ultra Shok (7) fr.............................B Orange 9 42118 I Smart (21) fr....................................A Beck 10 11619 Pulp Fiction (22) fr............................ D Dunn 11 21212 Costa Del Magnifico (23) fr ..... N Williamson 12 x4717 Shak’n Cullen (24) fr ...........................G Lee 13 P1293 Twilight Franco (25) fr.....................C Barron LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

1 4x457 National Pride (13) 58.5 .............. R Hannam 2 22527 Perfect Symbol tdm (4) 57.5............ K Myers 2 96594 Jibril (2) 58.5 .................................. J Parkes 3 x3073 Miss Ana t (6) 56.5 ...........................S Doyle 3 48306 Kingiesstar (3) 58.5 4 58345 Pearls t (2) 55............................. V Johnston 4 6 Zed Em h (15) 58.5 5 90660 Kohi Road td (3) 54 ..................... R Hannam 5 0x0 Dukebox (16) 58.5...................... V Johnston 6 03006 Revolve (1) 54 ................................. R Myers 6 53868 Obrahma (6) 58.5...........................H Tinsley 7 48x57 Love Me Moore td (5) 54 ...............L Allpress 7 2 Dee I Cee h (11) 57 ........................ R Myers 8 89204 Mischievous Mis mh (7) 54 R Goldsbury (a3) 8 38 Gifted Lad (12) 57 6 4.21pm RIVERSIDE BAR MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 9 25004 Irish Chat (4) 56.5 ....................... B Lammas 1600m 10 x3359 Mystery Gift (1) 56.5 ........................S Doyle 1 032 Start Wondering h (5) 58.5............L Allpress 11 x2774 Sanjara (5) 56.5 .................... N Teeluck (a3) 2 753x3 Barthez (9) 58.5 ...............................K Smith 12 88x65 Annievegas (8) 56.5 ......................D Bradley 3 442 Crystal Secret h (10) 58.5 ............... R Myers 13 800x5 Lady Jessica (7) 56.5 ...............J Shackleton 4 06x33 Super Scot b (12) 58.5 .....................S Doyle 14 0x07 Surreal Legend (10) 56.5 ..............L Allpress 5 78529 Suspect (6) 58.5.............................. K Myers 15 x0403 Crafty Lady (9) 55 ........................... K Myers 6 0478x Crack A Tui h (1) 58.5.................. R Hannam 16 09573 Mountain Princess (14) 55 ...... D Turner (a1) 7 34068 Last Trump h (11) 58.5 ............... V Johnston 5 3.45pm THE WHANGANUI VINTAGE WEEKEND R75 8 x9789 Mr Chevalier (7) 58.5 .............. D Turner (a1) 2040 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2040m 9 95 Hank Moody (2) 57 ........................H Tinsley 1 42396 Pirinitete (8) 59...................... N Teeluck (a3) 10 00 Karching (3) 57 ........................... B Lammas

11 73884 Petty Thief (8) 55 ............................ J Parkes 12 7 Senorita (4) 55 ..............................D Bradley 7 4.57pm RACEWAY MOTEL R65 1600 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 33626 Longbeach db (9) 59 ......................H Tinsley 2 4x490 The Beama d (2) 58.5 .......R Goldsbury (a3) 3 41026 Beautiful Man (7) 57.5......................S Doyle 4 0x83x Brecon Grosve d (1) 57.5 ..............L Allpress 5 0516. King Sambo (8) 57 ......................... J Parkes 6 6x671 Notionannagins d (11) 56.5............. K Myers 7 21206 Poster Girl (3) 56 ............................. R Myers 8 4x360 Takemehomebabe (5) 56 ........... V Johnston 9 17406 Sweet Magnus (6) 55.5 ........... D Turner (a1) 10 9x079 I Suggest m (10) 54.5 ................. R Hannam 11 30x87 Waitino Biscuit (4) 54.5 .................D Bradley Blinkers on: Andronicus (R2), Dukebox, Obrahma (R4), Petty Thief (R6) Blinkers off: Von Toll (R1), Super Scot (R6), Brecon Grosve (R7) Pacifiers on: Andronicus (R2)

M4 Wanganui gallops Today at Wanganui Raceway

Wanganui JC Venue: Wanganui Meeting Date: 15 Jan 1 62 Airlie House (3) 57.5 .................. V Johnston 2015 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 2 0 Andronicus (2) 57.5..................... B Lammas and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 3 23666 Porotene Diva (5) 55.5 ................... J Parkes 2 Worldclass h (1) 55.5 ...................... K Myers 1 1.25pm VISIT YOUR HORSE AT RACEIMAGES. 4 5 x59x3 Jolly Girl 55.5 ............................... Scratched CO.NZ MDN 1200 $7000, MAIDEN, 1200m 6 0x580 Clementine (6) 55.5 ......................L Allpress 1 20x82 Platinum Empire (8) 58.5 ..............D Bradley 7 Heatwave (7) 55.5 ........................... R Myers 2 Sam Finell (3) 58.5......................... J Parkes 8 69x78 Rockafilly (4) 55.5 ............................S Doyle 3 Cafe Culture (11) 58.5....................H Tinsley 4 00x0x Mr Polo (1) 58.5 ................R Goldsbury (a3) 3 2.35pm G BRISTOL & SONS R65 1200 $7000, Rat5 960x Von Toll h (4) 58.5 ........................... R Myers ing 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 6 62 Airlie House 57............................. Scratched 1 70x95 Hinyuen Paladin d (5) 59................H Tinsley 7 372 Konohiki h (2) 56.5 ...................... B Lammas 2 x8x03 Lanzara h (3) 59.............................. K Myers 8 66394 Miss Kaylee h (9) 56.5 .................... K Myers 3 7x982 Fancy Nancy b (2) 57 ............ N Teeluck (a3) 9 085 Pindy’s Secret (10) 56.5 ...........J Shackleton 4 55616 Exquisite Jewel m (4) 56.5 .......... R Hannam 10 956 Kaldorei (5) 56.5 ..............................S Doyle 5 x0x54 Dancer’s Tale tmh (6) 56 ...............D Bradley 11 36x86 Maggie’s Secret (6) 55 .....................K Smith 6 13068 Miss Lightning d (1) 55.5................. R Myers 12 6 Porotene Rippa (7) 55 ................ V Johnston 2 2.00pm SPOONERS DRYCLEANERS 3YO MAIDEN 4 3.09pm WANGANUI RACEHORSE OWNERS ASSOCIATION MDN 2040 $7000, MDN, 2040m 1200 $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 1 26252 About Town 17.32 ...............................A Lee Raceway Meeting Date: 15 Jan 2015 NZ Meeting num- 2 52778 Homebush Bruno 17.34 ............J McInerney ber: 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 3 22332 Wears The Gold 17.50 .................C Roberts 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 4 61441 Botany Zenvo 17.33 ..................J McInerney 5 13456 Sheza Gamble 17.33 M & .................Jopson 10, 11 and 12 6 25854 Bugsy Bangles 17.16 .......................S Stone 1 4.42pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 7 8x123 Judith Mary 17.49 ..................... R Cockburn 1 65864 Another Colt 17.19 ....................J McInerney 8 28126 Senorita Tina 17.31 ...........................M Flipp 2 12658 Botany Win 17.32 ......................J McInerney 9 62542 Homebush Zane 17.64 .............J McInerney 3 66886 Que Tee Pix 17.54 M & .....................Jopson 4 83666 Rambunctious 17.67 ................. A Bradshaw 10 85753 Butterbean 17.29 M & .....................P Binnie 5 7271x Out Back Bill 17.31 ................M K Dempsey 4 5.55pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C3, 520m 6 14211 Collecting Money 17.38 .................. M Grant 1 56545 Opawa Webby 30.38 L & ................... Wales 7 72342 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 2 46331 Culvie Sprite 30.49 H &.......................Taylor 8 11261 Mickey Tee 17.11 .......................... R Adcock 3 35366 Opawa Jed 30.06 L &......................... Wales 9 62542 Homebush Zane 17.64 .............J McInerney 4 64737 Opawa Kendal 30.46 L & ................... Wales 10 38553 Cawbourne Buttsy 17.45..............C Roberts 5 15787 Botany Richie 30.30 ..................J McInerney 6 14774 Opawa Tania 30.58 L & ...................... Wales 2 4.59pm THE TURF BAR SPRINT C4, 295m 7 41x54 Know Security 30.54 ......................G Cleeve 1 17643 Know Knowing 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 8 65687 Sheeza Flower 30.16 ................ A Bradshaw 2 21421 Barnicle Bullet 17.33 ....................... M Grant 9 78728 Runaway Taxi 30.21 M &...................Jopson 3 71643 Explodable 17.27 ..............................M Flipp 4 22155 Rattle Ya Dags 17.29................. R Cockburn 10 53F57 Ambilight 30.30 J & .........................D Fahey 5 2438x Laudable nwtd ...............................R Adcock 5 6.19pm OPAWA BOWL & JACK DASH C4, 295m 6 86574 Ringa Ding 17.26 ......................J McInerney 1 11111 Tee Time 17.24 ............................. R Adcock 7 88x77 Broken Pedro 17.25 S & ................. B Evans 2 65266 Goldstar Chumlee 17.27 S & .......... B Evans 8 78352 Homebush Rocky 17.33 ............J McInerney 3 23178 Know Wisdom 17.36 ......................G Cleeve 9 77361 Homebush Ariel 17.42 ..............J McInerney 4 36152 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 10 55777 Dillmanstown 17.30...........................J Dunn 5 14473 Know Mayhem 17.42 .....................G Cleeve 6 65643 Homebush Kelso 17.14 .............J McInerney 3 5.27pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m

1 86854 Punch On Jaime 30.69 .............J McInerney 51712 Big Muddy 17.36 M &.......................... Smith 2 25674 Idol Girl 30.51 L & .............................. Wales 51886 Ohoka Hope 17.49 ....................... L Waretini 3 15184 Jinja Turtle 30.43 J &.......................D Fahey 77361 Homebush Ariel 17.42 ..............J McInerney 4 74575 Opawa Zara 30.37 L & ....................... Wales 45758 Paperbond nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 6 6.49pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY DIS- 5 41112 Opawa Rosie 30.19.......................... B Dann 6 68356 Doleuze 30.36 ...................................J Dunn TANCE C1/2d, 645m 7 12763 Opawa Rocky 30.55 J &..................D Fahey 1 56583 Chill Out Ralph nwtd L & .................... Wales 8 7Fx56 Magic Emily 30.15 H &........................Taylor 2 84643 What I Like 38.74 ......................J McInerney 9 78728 Runaway Taxi 30.21 M &...................Jopson 3 56177 Know Attempt 38.48.......................G Cleeve 10 68377 Cawbourne Floyd nwtd ................... M Grant 4 41265 Cawbourne Miami 38.21 ..............C Roberts 5 67653 Know Ambition 38.50 .....................G Cleeve 9 8.07pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C5, 295m 6 85666 Blushing Belle 38.77 L & .................... Wales 1 32153 Cawbourne Jelly 17.11 ......................C Weir 7 21161 Botany Kevin 38.51 ...................J McInerney 2 62185 Ohoka Coby 17.13 ....................... L Waretini 8 66745 Court The Belle 39.48 L &.................. Wales 3 62564 Star Dreamer 17.24 C & .................... Fagan 9 33743 Stich Up 38.69 S &.......................... B Evans 4 53361 Little Regus 17.01 J & .....................D Fahey 10 14462 Goldstar Junior nwtd S & ................ B Evans 5 18541 Dee 17.31 ................................. A Bradshaw 6 15826 Wunzee 17.39 ...........................J McInerney 7 7.19pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C5, 295m 7 23442 Angel Noir 17.15 .............................. B Dann 1 41358 Know Pride 17.08...........................G Cleeve 8 37325 Rodriguez 17.10..................................A Lee 2 15784 Token Stu 17.18 ................................ J Rush 9 14157 Increasing 17.33 ............................. M Grant 3 45157 Mary Marlow 17.14 ......................... M Grant 4 41454 Sprinkles 17.23 .........................J McInerney 10 41647 Opawa Casper 17.40 L & ................... Wales 5 42414 Clone Your Own 16.87 ........................A Lee 10 8.29pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C5, 520m 6 71318 Stirling Dann nwtd C & ....................... Fagan 1 11311 Fast Archer 29.86...............................C Weir 7 11221 Sozin’s Comet 16.94 .................J McInerney 2 56153 Botany Blake 30.42 ...................J McInerney 8 56155 Jewel Eagle nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 3 35175 Thumb Print Tony 30.36 ............J McInerney 9 11377 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 4 63535 Cawbourne Philip 30.34 ............J McInerney 10 23746 Plagiarism 17.02 .......................R Blackburn 5 2F286 Elephant Gunn nwtd ..................... R Adcock 8 7.49pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STKS C3/4, 520m 6 13213 Opawa Tom nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 7 8 9 10

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25145 Opawa Amy 30.30 L & ....................... Wales 81683 Cawbourne Abbi 30.30 ................C Roberts 15435 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 11676 His Lordship 30.29 ........................ R Adcock 11 8.47pm GLENBYRE TAVERN SPRINT C5, 295m 1 13227 Quedrago 17.22 C & .......................... Fagan 2 31446 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 3 136F4 Culvie Magic nwtd ......................... R Adcock 4 35461 Homebush Churro 17.29 ...........J McInerney 5 53313 Zebidiah 17.02 .......................... A Bradshaw 6 41112 Grand Apache 17.27 S & ................ B Evans 7 22331 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 8 14453 Business Affair 17.28 ................R Blackburn 9 4175F Flying Swan 17.31 ....................J McInerney 10 11638 Irish Blue 17.01 J & .........................D Fahey 12 9.05pm LIVALMOL DASH C4, 295m 1 8753x Wee Terra 17.34 C & .......................... Fagan 2 12177 Cawbourne Arrow 17.48 ....................C Weir 3 377x5 Trumped Up 17.34 M & .....................Jopson 4 86182 Porky Pig 17.33 ......................... A Bradshaw 5 21188 Van Gerwin 17.51 ......................H Anderton 6 78662 Bo’s Business 17.31........................ M Grant 7 35275 Tricky Zorro 17.33 .....................J McInerney 8 27254 Know Jealousy 17.22 .....................G Cleeve 9 77361 Homebush Ariel 17.42 ..............J McInerney 10 48848 Iona Haka 17.33........................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Friday 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. 1.00pm - 3.00pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. 1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL. Open daily in the Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road. 1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, Racecourse Road. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Open, Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

Level 3 - Hand Held Hosing - Hosing may only be carried out by hand between 6.00pm and midnight Schemes Garden watering from a hose connected to the scheme supply and washing vehicles and building exteriors using buckets is permitted. Note the following is not permitted: Irrigation using micro-spray and automatic systems, washing vehicles building exteriors and paved areas using hoses. Mt Somers Properties of Pattons Road - even dates All other properties - odd dates Permanent Water Conservation Measures Schemes Dromore Permanent water conservation measures are in Methven / place. No use of water from a hose connected to the Springfield Council water supply is permitted. Montalto Further information on Council’s water conservation approach and tips on how to conserve water are available from ashburtondc.govt.nz Neil McCann Group Manager Service Delivery www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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14. Retaliation, say, never to be given up (7) 15. Product of distillery may frustrate it (6) 16. Ball of shot half left in animal skin (6) 18. It has its point, putting book title on it (5) 19. The fireplace, used in warming leggings (5)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Pay attention to what your financial instincts are telling you, especially when it comes to your financial resolutions for the coming year. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) The Moon’s first visit to your relationship sector for the year allows emotional responses to alert you to anything that needs your attention. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Take each situation as it comes today, trusting your gut when it comes to how much time and energy you need to invest into anything. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) All you have to do to ensure life doesn’t become all work and no play is to buy into today’s playful lunar vibes and challenge your excuses. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) A clearer sense of what you want from your relationships and what they need from you puts a lot more importance on communication. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Communication resolutions will make it much harder to sweep things under the carpet, as you may have been tempted to do in the past. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Whether it’s an inability to shake off the holiday spirit or unwillingness to work till you drop, life can no longer be all work and no play. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) The Moon’s first visit to your sign for the year is a chance to get your bearings and check your internal compass before venturing too far. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) The Moon is moving through a lazy and languid part of your chart today, encouraging you to slow down and take time out to hear yourself think. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) The Moon’s first visit to a social, serendipitous part of your chart gives your hunches the power to put you in the right place at the right time. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) As your professional instincts kick in gone is old pressure or a call to take responsibility, while having a chance to learn from the past. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) Embracing a sense of wanderlust, curiosity and adventure whipped up by the today’s lunar vibes is a lot more important and urgent than you think.

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Fanboy And Chum Chum 3 7:25 The Legend Of Korra 3 7:50 Fairly Odd Parents 8:15 Chuggington Badge Quest 3 8:25 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:35 Peppa Pig 3 8:45 Bob The Builder 3 8:55 Thomas And Friends 3 9:05 Ella The Elephant 3 9:30 Barney And Friends 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 3:10 Humf 3 3:20 Lalaloopsy 3 3:40 Scaredy Squirrel 4:10 Dragons – Defenders Of Berk 3 4:35 Punk’d 5:05 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 5:30 The Nanny 3 0 6pm Futurama 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 8pm American Dad PGR 3 8:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR 0 9pm South Park AO 3 9:30 House Of Lies AO 10:05 N Nitro Circus Live PGR The crew performs in the US for the first time. 10:35 The Almighty Johnsons AO 30

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 12:50 The Test AO 3 1:40 Antiques Roadshow 3 Fiona Bruce looks back on another season as experts choose their favourite finds, with updates on what has happened to the objects since they first appeared. 2:50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK 3 3:20 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:20 Tennis – Heineken Open (Highlights) Day Three. From the ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland. 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 A celebrity chat show. 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Country House Rescue PGR Simon Davis advises the owners of British stately homes on how to diversify and raise revenue, and so secure the future of their properties for generations to come. 8:30 The Grand Plan 3 9:30 American Idol 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash (Highlights) Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers. 7am Cricket – Capturing The Cup The 1999 World Cup in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. 8am L Snooker – World Tour The Masters – Day Four, Session Two. 10:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (Highlights) Stage 10. 11am The Crowd Goes Wild 11:30 Cricket World Cup Tales Noon Cricket – Capturing The Cup The 1999 World Cup in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. 1pm The Cricket Show 1:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – Second One-Day International. 5:35 Cricket World Cup Tales 6:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – Second OneDay International. 10pm The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 10:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (Highlights) Stage 10. From Calama, Chile.

11:35 Ten 7 Summer 0 12:05 The Assets AO 1am Highway Patrol 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 Grey’s Anatomy PGR 3 0 3:20 Switched At Birth PGR 3 0 4:05 Posh Nosh 3 0 4:15 Shake It Up 3 4:40 Dog With A Blog 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:40 F CSI – New York AO 3 There is widespread unrest over the police shooting of an unarmed man, and Mac and his team must move quickly to solve the case. 0 12:40 Infomercials

11:35 Entertainment Tonight Midnight Infomercials

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 Midnight Cricket – International (Highlights) Black Caps v Sri Lanka – Second One-Day International. From Seddon Park, Hamilton. 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2am Home Shopping

11pm UFC Rising: Conor McGregor 11:30 Tennis – Second Serve Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 UFC Rising: Conor McGregor 1am Fox Sports News 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 2am L Snooker – World Tour 4:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash 5am Cricket – International 5:30 UFC Rising: Conor McGregor

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana 3

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:40 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 8:05 Ax Men ML 8:55 Gator Boys PG 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 Criminal Minds 16VS 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 Gator Boys PG 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Survivor – Guatemala PG 4pm Modern Family PGL 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Hardcore Pawn PG 5:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 Longmire 16V 9:30 Strike Back 18VLS 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

SKY SPORT 2 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation PGR 3 8pm F Te Po Mekemeke 8:30 You Don’t Know Bo 3 2012 10pm Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10:30 Survive Aotearoa 3 11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Auction Kings PG Pink Cadillac; Baseball Memorabilia. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG A Frozen Finish. 7:30 Ice Lake Rebels M Cracks in the Ice. 8:30 MythBusters PG Walking On Water. 9:30 Edge Of Alaska M Last Days of Winter. 10:30 Siberian Cut M 11:30 Nightmare Next Door M 12:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M Got to Pose as a War Vet. 1:30 Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M Milkshake Murder. 2pm Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M Stay-at-Home Murder. 2:30 Ice Lake Rebels M My Big Fat Lake Wedding. 3:30 Yukon Men M Winter Takes All. 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG Western Myths. 6:30 Edge Of Alaska M Last Days of Winter. 7:30 Gold Rush – The Dirt PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG From the Ashes. 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 Naked And Afraid M 11:30 Blood FRIDAY Relatives M FRIDAY 12:30 Survivor – Guatemala PG 12:30 Disappeared M 1:30 1:20 Modern Family PGL 1:45 Law Scorned – Love Kills M 2:30 And Order MV 2:35 SVU MV 3:25 Auction Kings PG Lady’s Muff Longmire 16V 4:15 Strike Back Pistols; John Hancock’s Book. 3am 18VLS 5:05 Lizard Lick Towing MVL Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v 5:35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

Lara Croft – Tomb Raider 8:10pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE

The Guess List

9:20pm on TV One

MOVIES GREATS

7:15 You Don’t Mess With The Zohan MLS 2008 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider. 9:05 Shall We Dance ML 2004 Drama. Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez. 10:50 No Country For Old Men 16V 2007 Crime. Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem. 12:50 Pride And Prejudice 2005 Drama. Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Donald Sutherland. 2:55 Bruce Almighty ML 2003 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston. 4:35 Enough 16V 2002 Thriller. Jennifer Lopez, Juliette Lewis, Noah Wyle. 6:30 Pretty Woman PGL 1990 Romance. Richard Gere, Julia Roberts. 8:30 Miami Vice 16V 2006 Action. Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Naomie Harris. 10:45 500 Days Of Summer ML 2009 Comedy. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, FRIDAY Midnight The Broken Shore 16VLSC Zooey Deschanel. 2013 Thriller. 1:45 All Is Lost ML FRIDAY 2013 Drama. 3:30 The Making 12:20 Layer Cake 16VLS 2004 Of Oblivion PG 2013 Featurette. Thriller. 2:05 Bruce Almighty ML 3:45 22 Jump Street MVLSC 2014 2003 Comedy. 3:45 Miami Vice Comedy. 5:35 RIPD MV 2013 16V 2006 Action. 5:55 500 Days Of Action. Summer ML 2009 Comedy. 6:25 A Haunted House 16SC 2013 Comedy. Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins. 7:50 Teenage Bank Heist MC 2012 Thriller. Abbie Cobb, Maeve Quinlan. 9:15 Non-Stop MVL 2013 Thriller. Lacey Chabert, Veronica Cartwright, Betsy Russell. 11am Grand Piano MVL 2013 Thriller. Elijah Wood, John Cusack. 12:30 A Haunted House 16SC 2013 Comedy. Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins. 1:55 Teenage Bank Heist MC 2012 Thriller. Abbie Cobb, Maeve Quinlan. 3:25 The Broken Shore 16VLSC 2013 Thriller. Don Hany, Claudia Karvan. 5:10 Odd Thomas MVL 2014 Horror. Anton Yelchin, Willem Dafoe. 6:45 All Is Lost ML 2013 Drama. Robert Redford. 8:30 22 Jump Street MVLSC 2014 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum. 10:25 RIPD MV 2013 Action.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 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

15Jan15

6am UFC Rising: Conor McGregor 6:30 Golf – Big Break Cancun, Mexico. 7:30 The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 8am Cricket World Cup Tales 8:30 Arena Access 9am UFC Unleashed 10am Football – AFC Asian Cup (Replay) DPR Korea v Saudi Arabia. From Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne. Noon Football – AFC Asian Cup (Replay) China v Uzbekistan. From Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane. 2pm Golf – Playing Lessons 3pm Golf – Big Break Cancun, Mexico. 4:30 Tennis – World Challenge (Highlights) Day Two. 5pm Motorsport – Dakar Rally (Highlights) Stage 10. From Calama, Chile. 5:30 Fight Night (Replay) Bernard Hopkins v Sergey Kovalev. 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (Highlights) Stage 10. From Calama, Chile. 9pm Fox Sports News 9:35 L Cricket – T20 Big Bash Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes. From the Gabba, Brisbane.

FRIDAY

1am Inside Cricket Covering all things cricket with analysis and previews of live cricket matches, cricket results and cricket scores. 2am Football – AFC Asian Cup (Replay) Bahrain v UAE. From Canberra Stadium in Canberra. 4am Football – AFC Asian Cup (Replay) Qatar v Iran. From Stadium Australia in Sydney.

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Allenton’s Rachel Davies rolls up for the Mid Canterbury junior women in the annual Quadrangular representative bowls tournament yesterday. At the Allenton club, after being moved from a rain soaked Hampstead green, the juniors came out on top of Ellesmere, North Canterbury and Malvern, but the seniors were pipped on count back by Ellesmere at the MSA bowling green. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 140115-TM-011

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Keith returns to Black Jacks BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Sandra Keith is back in black after the Allenton bowler was recalled to the Black Jacks yesterday for the upcoming TransTasman clash. Bowls New Zealand announced the Black Jacks squad yesterday will work towards the 2016 World Championships in Christchurch, starting with a match against Australia in Christchurch in March. “I’m very excited to get in-

cluded,” Keith said. “It will be good to play at home and see some familiar faces around the green.” Keith will play lead in the pairs with Jo Edwards, and in the fours with Mandy Boyd (skip), Val Smith and newcomer Tayla Bruce. It is two years since Keith was first selected to the national squad but was overlooked for the trans-Tasman last year and subsequently the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

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Her recall comes after a solid performance at the Nationals where she made the post section in all three disciplines but couldn’t collect another title. “I would like to have played a bit better. I probably didn’t go to the best of my ability but I was happy enough with how I went.” So too were the selectors. However, as selection convenor and national coach Dave Edwards suggested, there is still plenty of pressure to perform. “We decided to keep the Black

Jacks squad at just the 13 players,” Edwards said. “We will be putting big demands on this group of 13 targeted players to rise to the challenges we put before them. “If they all achieve what we are after, both on and off the green, then they have the front running for future team selections. “If not, there are a number of other quality players that we will not hesitate to bring into the mix.”

For Keith the announcement adds to an already strong season, which started with a pairs bronze medal in Hong Kong. She has made the final of the Canterbury singles at the end of the month and is in the Canterbury pairs post section. “It’s all going pretty good.” This weekend she eyes up the Burnside invitational pairs which will potentially give her a sneak peek at the Australians, with eight teams crossing the Tasman for the tournament.

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