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Enthusiastic initial support for a sports campus to be established at Lake Hood is now rolling into positive engagement with inves-

tors, the project’s director Catherine Stuart said.

The Southern Parallel Sports campus project was announced last month at Lake Hood and since then the SPSC team was

continuing to work closely with the Lake Hood Extension Trust.

Both parties were committed to seeing the project to fruition, Stuart said.

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New Mount Hutt College principal Jack Saxon was welcomed with a powhiri yesterday after replacing former principal John Schreurs.

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Sports campus speeds forward

New Mount Hutt College principal Jack Saxon was welcomed with a powhiri yesterday after replacing former principal John Schreurs.

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Reputation precedes new Mount Hutt principal

By Susan Sandys

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New Mount Hutt College principal Jack Saxon brings mana and a strong reputation to his new role.

Beginning at the college yesterday after replacing former principal John Schreurs, Saxon was welcomed with a powhiri attended by the whole school and community, held in the school gym due to the cold weather.

He was accompanied by about 15 students, staff and hapu members from his former school of Kaitaia College.

Tangata whenua members welcomed him and his wife Kirsty and their three children, who will be attending Methven Primary School.

Manuhiri members addressing the gathering left Mount Hutt College students, staff, board of trustee and community members and tangata whenua in no doubt they were to be served by a much-treasured leader.

First speaker from the manuhiri, Kaitaia College teacher Raymond Subritzky, said when Saxon was farewelled, the whole school had turned out and he had never seen so many students make

sure they shook his hand before he left.

Saxon had enjoyed not only the community, but its location, living near Ninety Mile Beach.

“And then to come to a place where there’s no sea, what’s wrong with you Jack?” Subritzky joked.

However, as much as he would be missed, those he was leaving behind could see that he was coming home to whanau in the South Island.

Kaitaia College former deputy principal Thomas Tumai said Saxon had been just 35 when he arrived to take up his first principalship role at Kaitaia five years ago, and his policy throughout his reign had been to connect with the students.

“So yes you are lucky,” he told the gathering. But he warned Mount Hutt College teachers that Saxon was a “smiley assassin”.

“He will smile at your face, then when you walk out you will think ‘sh…., he just told me off’.”

Third speaker from the manuhiri, John Paitai, said it had been a privilege for himself and the fellow members from Kaitaia to come to Mount Hutt with Saxon, and if Kaitaia could have afforded it there would be another 850 students here

as well.

Saxon had made a difference in the school and was a principal who made a difference when it came to the students.

“The thing that’s most affected us is the raising of student achievement under Jack’s watch,” Paitai said.

He said he saw Saxon as “a pied piper”, because students and parents followed him.

He had been with Saxon on a recent school trip to 14 European countries, among a party of 40.

“I don’t know many principals that can walk in a walking bus for 21 kilometres through the streets of Paris, in 35 degree heat, and not have a mutiny.”

After Saxon was received by Mount Hutt College, he addressed the gathering and, like the speakers before him, talked in Te Reo Maori first.

He urged students, teachers and whanau to have high expectations of him, and said he was excited about building new relationships.

Those relationships would be built on collaboration and joint decision making, and the community would continue to strengthen upon the amazing foundations it already had.

From P1 Planned for the Lake Hood complex are lecture theatres, two 3G turf fields – one indoor and one outdoor, a pool and an elite gym as well as a range of medical and health facilities. Athletes will be housed in lakeside residential-style accommodation.

The proposed campus will offer programmes that will benefit a range of people – including high performance and disabled athletes, as well as Wounded Warrior Service Personnel from the coalition forces made up of the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and supporting countries.

Supporting the project are key advisers from the elite of New Zealand and international sport who know what is required to stay at the top of the game, both physically and mentally, Stuart said.

“SPSC will be become a leading destination offering programmes in high performance endurance and resilience training.

The holistic programmes will include: medical, mental health, nutrition and academic programmes provided by leading universities, all aimed at providing full support for an athlete’s sporting career and much-needed preparation for a future beyond sport.”

The proposed development is being brought together by its sport services division APT Sports Academy Limited, supported by project advisory specialists in investment, project development, construction and education.

Its key alliance with the Allied Forces Foundation is providing advisory services and the link to over 80 international wounded warrior programmes.

Elite athletes will be working side-by-side with the men and women wounded in service and the APT Team to develop a new and more positive future in sport and access to education programmes for those who have served their country.

In addition, specially structured programmes will be provided to develop regional youth sports.

“The SPSC team believes there will be enormous benefit to both a professional athlete and a wounded warrior in sharing their hard-earned experiences,” Stuart said.

As a side project, the Lake House Restaurant will be refurbished and extended to become a high-end lodge that will include accommodation, a choice of dining experiences and an event centre with lake views.

A health spa is also planned and, once this is in place, it is likely the complex will be renamed The Lake Hood Lodge.

While the extension work is under way a pop-up restaurant and cafe will open and larger functions will be held in a marquee.

The extended and renovated Lake House will reopen in January 2021.

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Long weekends at home

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Kiwis are known the world over as intrepid travellers, yet when it comes to long weekend getaways almost two-thirds (64 per cent) of New Zealanders prefer a “staycation” at home.

According to a recent study, the main reasons for staying at home on weekends was to relax (38 per cent) and almost one in three (31 per cent) were “too busy doing chores” to get away on weekends.

The same trends showed up when the question was put to the followers of the Ashburton Guardian’s Facebook page.

“We love to stay at home and relax and get jobs done,” one comment said.

“Long weekends are for gardening or crafting depending on the weather,” said another.

However, for some Ashburton residents, like Debbie Jackson, a long weekend is a chance to wheel out the 21ft caravan and soak up some of the South Island’s beautiful scenery.

“We get away every long weekend and try to even get away most normal weekends,” she said.

“We enjoy getting away and seeing different places, sometimes we don’t go too far. There are places we regularly go to like

A survey of Kiwis might show two-thirds prefer to stay home over the long weekend, but hitting the road in their campervan is a must-do for Ivan and Debbie Jackson.

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Waitaki Waters and Spencer Park in Christchurch as our son lives up there.”

The research also delved into what factors are important to New Zealanders when choosing a holiday destination.

More than a quarter (27 per cent) chose a holiday destination based on its photographic potential.

Nearly half (49 per cent) of Millennials said their ideal holiday location had to have adventurous activities compared to just 18 per

cent of Baby Boomers who would much rather look for nice weather (55 per cent).

More than half of Kiwis (53 per cent) chose a holiday destination to escape the regular nine-to-five of everyday life, with 44 per cent favouring a cheap destination and 54 per cent saying weather is the most important factor.

Jackson said having the caravan made life easier when it came organising accommodation which also kept costs down.

While too busy doing chores

was a popular reason to not get away at weekends, Jackson said they would just get all of their housework out of the way on Friday night before heading away.

For some of the Guardian’s readers, dodging the long weekend rush was a big reason to stay home and take their holidays at different times.

“Being retired now I prefer to stay at home and get away when there’s a lot less traffic and more accommodation available than on the long weekends,” one said.

“We prefer to go away when everyone’s back at work and stay home long weekends,” said another.

Jackson said while traffic can be frustrating around busy times like Easter, back roads can be taken to avoid the worst of it.

“At Easter it can be frustrating getting back in Ashburton. From Tekapo back it can crawl, so we have learned to go the other way,” she said.

However, of those who said they planned to stay home on the next long weekend, many still have aspirations for a great New Zealand road trip, with 40 per cent saying they would like to experience the iconic drive from Te Anau to Milford Sound and 39 per cent nominating the West Coast of the South Island as their dream drive.

Jackson and her husband Ivan are still seven years away from retirement and say a big road trip around the North Island will be on the cards when that time comes.

The research, conducted by Budget New Zealand which analysed a wide range of travel trends, found Kiwis were avid road trippers with almost three million people (62 per cent) doing a roadie within New Zealand in the past year.

Boost for mycoplasma bovis support More counselling for Mid Canterbury farmers affected by the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis has been arranged by the local advisory group.

Former Ashburton mayor Donna Favel, who has led the group out of concern over the stress of the disease on the district’s farmers, said counselling sessions had been extended beyond the three initial sessions.

Counselling is accessed through the Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust’s dedicated bovis arm. Trusts around the country were given a financial boost

over the weekend when Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced an extra $250,000 for their work.

Favel said M. bovis compensation for the Ashburton District at September 23 was $24.16 million. Farmers confirmed with the disease must have their farms depopulated and disinfected.

Many other farmers are working with Federated Farmers’ Farmers Assistance Programme if they are under active surveillance for the disease.

Favel said the advisory group was due to meet again this Fri-

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“While the group understands that spring is a busy time onfarm and there is a barrage of draft legislation in the pipeline causing distraction, it is imperative to keep focused on biosecurity. As farmers, a district and a nation, we are still working towards eradication.”

O’Connor said he knew rural families were worried about some of the challenges facing them, including the ongoing uncertainty created by the M. bovis outbreak.

“Those concerns sit alongside

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ongoing worries about bank debt and how best to meet the challenges of improving our waterways and meet New Zealand’s climate change commitments.

“To that end, I’ve spoken to the Rural Support Trusts and, alongside our mycoplasma bovis programme partners, Beef + Lamb New Zealand and DairyNZ, we’ve set aside an extra $250,000 to help with their work talking to farmers on the ground.

“The trust will develop a plan for using the money, in addition to the other farmer support mechanisms provided by the M.

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bovis programme, and the DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand Compensation Assistance Teams (DBCAT). “ He said Rural Support Trusts did a fantastic job and were wellplaced to deliver additional help.

“They’re experienced and practical people who can coach farmers through difficult times.’’

O’Connor said he met last week with all the major banks and Rural Support Trusts. “I asked that financial institutions make sure they are working alongside Rural aSupport Trusts and others to help farmers where required.”

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Guilty plea follows fatal crash A Christchurch woman pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of careless driving causing injury following a fatal accident on Coldstream Road in March.

Nicole Marie Wheadon drove through a give way and into the path of a car being driven by 82-year-old Mary Ashfield, who later died of multiple injuries sustained in the crash.

Wheadon, 31, admitted the charge when she appeared before Ashburton District Court Judge Joanna Maze, who remanded her to December 2 for sentencing.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Scott said Wheadon had left a farm on Surveyors Road and then driven through the give way onto Coldstream Road without seeing the car driven by the elderly driver. It was about 10am on March 4 and the weather was fine.

He said Ashfield’s car had been travelling with the right of way in a 100km/h zone and her car hit Wheadon’s vehicle on its passenger side. A work colleague had been in the front seat of Wheadon’s car.

Both vehicles ended up off the road following impact. Ashfield was flown to Christchurch Hospital from the crash scene with multiple injuries; she died five days later.

Judge Maze remanded Wheadon to December 2 for sentence and referred the case to restorative justice co-ordinator Toni Sowman.

Vishal Kumar, 23, was discharged without conviction on a charge of assault. Kumar and his victim have made peace through the restorative justice programme and his lawyer Paul Bradford said Kumar would be at risk of being deported if he was convicted.

He said the consequences of a conviction and deportation would have a big impact on family that he was supporting in New Zealand.

Judge Maze said she had heard from Kumar’s wider family that he had acted out of character after drinking alcohol.

Eloni Ngu, 57, was sentenced

Interim name suppression was granted to a 30-year-old man charged with sexual violation and indecent assault.

The man, who needed an interpreter in court, was remanded in custody to the Christchurch District Court on November 1, where an application for bail will be made.

The charges relate to an incident in Mid Canterbury in early August.

to 50 hours community work and disqualified from driving for 12 months after admitting drink driving on the Hinds Highway on August 22.

Sergeant Scott said it was Ngu’s third conviction for such an offence, though the earlier two had been in 1998.

Ngu was stopped about 3am and breath-tested. He blew 454mcg.

Ngu’s lawyer Derick Lotz said his client had made a mistake, and he didn’t have issues with alcohol. “But he was a risk to himself and members of the public.”

Judge Maze said Ngu’s previous offending had been 21 years ago and in the circumstances, August 22 could be considered out of character.

Jason Robert Gannaway, 48, admitted a charge of assault and was ordered to pay $500 to his victim.

Police said he tried to evict a person from his property and in the process struck the person several times on the chest.

Judge Maze convicted Gannaway and sentenced him to six months supervision, with direction to attend a stopping violence course and pay $500 reparation.

His victim ended up with a mild concussion.

“The situation is serious,” Judge Maze told Joshua Hurst, a young man who admitted three charges of shoplifting and one of burglary.

“You can’t afford to attract any more charges,” she said, remanding Hurst for sentence to December 16.

Sergeant Scott said Hurst had gone to the Warehouse on two different days and stole a headlamp, torch and perfume with a combined value of $450. He also stole a gas butane torch worth $107 from Mitre 10 Mega. He was challenged, but left the stores without paying.

Hurst also admitted his part in a break-in at the Ashburton Racecourse on the night of August 15, when the function room was broken into and boxes of beer worth $160 were stolen from a storeroom.

Judge Maze referred the case to restorative justice before sentencing.

Tautala Tavete Leuluaialii admitted a charge of assault on his adult son, who he beat with a guitar until the instrument broke.

Police said the pair got into an argument on September 18 and it ended with the musical bashing. The victim ended up with

bruising to his arm and head, and grazing to his shoulder.

Leuluaialii was remanded to November 1, when he will appear by audio-visual link before Judge Maze for sentencing. He leaves the country for Samoa the next day.

Marica Jane Gordon, 50, was sentenced to six months supervision and an alcohol interlock device when she appeared for sentence on a charge of driving with excess blood alcohol.

Gordon was stopped on Wakanui Road on April 24 for suspected drink driving. She had pulled out in front of another vehicle and nearly crashed.

A blood test revealed 162 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood; the limit is 50.

Her lawyer Roz Burnside said she had been comfort drinking following a period of stress and grief. She said Gordon had organised her work to take account of her disqualification and hoped the interlock device would help change her behaviour.

Judge Maze did not impose a fine, because of the cost of the alcohol interlock programme, but ordered Gordon to pay an analyst fee for the blood test of $109.

Daniel John Sampey, 29, was sentenced to nine months supervision after admitting three charges of driving while disqualified.

Judge Maze granted a Section 94 application to avoid a further period of disqualification that would usually follow conviction for such charges.

Police were opposed to granting the application, but the judge said in this case it had been a victimless crime and Sampey was working towards getting his restricted licence.

Interim name suppression was granted to a 26-year-old man who admitted charges of unlawful possession of a cannabis pipe and firearms. He also faced another charge of threatening to kill, to which he did not enter a plea.

The man was remanded on bail to appear again on December 2.

Police had argued for a bail clause preventing the man from consuming alcohol or drugs, but the judge refused, saying it was likely to be some time before the matter was resolved.

William Christopher Waters, 24, was sentenced to six months supervision and disqualified from driving for 12 months on charges of careless use and driving while disqualified.

Sergeant Scott said Waters would have been a good candidate for the Driver Change Programme, but that did not operate in the Ashburton district.

The charges arise after an accident in Rolleston on June 27, when Waters was at fault.

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Halls of residence to face fines up to $100,000

By Boris Jancic NZME

University halls of residence could face penalties of up to $100,000 under new laws announced after a student in Christchurch lay dead for at least four weeks without being found.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins yesterday said the Government would be introducing a new mandatory code of practice that would set out the duty of pastoral care tertiary providers owed to pupils.

“The recent death at a student

hall of residence in Christchurch exposed the limitations of our current system,” Hipkins said.

“Halls and hostels charge a premium for their accommodation and parents have every right to expect a high level of care for their sons and daughters.

The announcement comes after the body of 19-year-old student Mason Pendrous was discovered in the Sonoda, a hall of residence at Canterbury University, last month, at least four weeks after he died.

Hipkins said under urgent

changes to the Education Act would make care of students consistent across the country from 2021.

“Tertiary education providers could have complied with a voluntary code which was created in 2004, but the self-regulation approach has failed to maintain adequate and consistent standards across the board,” Hipkins said.

“We are putting safeguards in place to prevent another tragedy like the one at the Sonoda student accommodation.”

The law would also create new offences carrying maximum penalties up $100,000 for breaches that resulted in serious harm or the death of a student.

Hipkins said in the interim, a temporary code would be set up for the 2020 academic year, that would apply to both domestic and international students.

Student unions last month demanded changes to stop a repeat of the Christchurch death.

Pendrous was only found in September when his friend climbed onto the roof at the halls

of residence where the teenager lived and looked into his missing friend’s room.

Pendrous was in his first year studying e-commerce and was living at Sonoda – a student hall of residence run by Campus Living Villages (CLV).

Victoria University of Wellington this month also confirmed a male Australian student, aged in his 30s, was found dead in his flat three days after he died in a university residence at Education House in Willis Street in January 2018.

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Mud & Steel a success

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Organisers of Methven’s first Mud & Steel 4WD event are thrilled with the turnout and success of the event.

The event, which saw teams of two test their 4WD vehicles to the limit tackling the muddy hills near Alford Forest, was organised by the Methven Lions for the first time.

“Despite the best efforts of the weather gods it was a success,” Methven Lions Mac McElwain said.

“We hit budget for the event and I was amazed at the amount of people that came despite the rain, we had more than 500 through the gates but we are just doing the final count-up.”

McElwain said he was concerned that the wet weather over the weekend might keep

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punters away.

“It is a weird thing, obviously it being raining is good for the competition but I thought it might keep a few people away, but nobody seemed to care,” he said.

“I think a lot of them that showed up would have been there out of curiosity.

“There was smiles on everyone’s faces.”

McElwain said the hot food and drinks that were available to purchase proved popular.

“We sold one million hotdogs and the lady from the coffee cart said she had sold of a lot of hot items,” he said.

McElwain said this year was very much an experiment to see if they could hold an event like this, and while it was still up to the club to run the event next year, he would like to see it done.

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Women mean business The popular idea that, ‘traditionally’, a woman’s place was ‘in the home’ has coloured our understanding so completely that the ‘businesswoman’ is often considered to be a late twentieth-century phenomenon, but author Dr Catherine Bishop is proving that that is not the case with her book Women Mean Business.

Women Mean Business turns the spotlight on New Zealand’s nineteenth-century urban businesswomen to reveal that they were more numerous than usually imagined and were engaged in an extraordinary variety of enterprises, including in Ashburton.

Bishop will be visiting Ashburton for a book talk at the Ashburton Museum on October 25, at 11am.

The women highlighted in the book range from hard-work-

and butcher – and Australasia’s first woman chemist.

Eliza Tye took her Thames drapery ‘on the road’ through Māori villages in the 1870s, later she exploited her mana for alternative medicine, opening a hydropathic hospital in Takapuna.

Mary Ann Simpson reinvented her Thames millinery business in the 1880s, rebadgeing herself as Mrs Ah Mow and importing tea, tea curios and fireworks from Chinese and Auckland stallholders, Margaret Matheson Motion’s oyster sale in 1878 caused such a commotion that when a stranger was told there was a giant sea serpent on display, he believed it.

Bishop grew up in Whanganui, and completed her first degree at Victoria University in Wellington, before working as a maths teacher, bookseller and mother in the

UK and Australia.

She finished her PhD at the Australian National University in 2012 and now lives in the Blue Mountains near Sydney. Her first book, Minding Her Own Business: Colonial businesswomen in Sydney, won the prestigious Ashurst Business Literature Prize in 2016.

She currently holds a research fellowship funded by the Australian Research Council at Macquarie University, where she is writing a history of women in business in twentieth-century Australia.

The research for Women Mean Business was assisted by a New Zealand History Trust Award.

Anyone interested in attending is asked to RSVP by calling 307 7890.

A morning tea will be provided.

In brief 189 Strike winners One-hundred-and-eighty-nine Lotto Strike players from around the country have received a $5932 cash boost from Saturday’s Must Be Won Draw, including one ticket from Ashburton. The Strike Must Be Won jackpot of $1 million was not won by a single ticket and therefore rolled down to Division 2, where it was shared by 189 players.

Ashburton’s winning ticket was sold at the Allenton Foodmarket.

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Animal rescues remain an oddity

The Guardian wishes to apologise to those subscribers and readers who were impacted by Saturday morning’s wet delivery. Due to weather conditions and an issue in the packaging of the Guardian a number of issues were found water damaged when picked up. The Guardian is constantly looking at the way and the manner in which the newspaper is delivered to our readers and issues such as those which arose on Saturday will be used in future decision making.

Again, we wish to apologise to those who were affected on the weekend and encourage anyone who encounters issues with the delivery of their paper to make contact with the Guardian office to organise a redelivery.

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For local firefighters it is not often raining cats and dogs when it comes to animal rescues, but they do occasionally get the ‘odd oddity’.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand figures show they have attended 58 animal rescues this year.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said he cannot recall any animal rescue calls this year.

“We have had a few over the years but they do tend to be bigger animals, horses can be a real challenge,” he said.

“There have been a number of occasions when they have gone

down in floats and we have been called in to assist in removing restraints or just getting the animal back upright.

“The key with those often is just keeping the scene as quiet as possible and waiting for the professionals to arrive and just providing manpower really.

“We try and get the professionals, like vets, in as quickly as we can and we have been fairly lucky in that sense in the past, on one occasion a horse went over the bar at the front the float and luckily the first person on the scene was a trotting trainer.”

Burgess said they were less likely to be called to incidents such as cats that were stuck up trees and poles.

“The rule generally is if they have found their way up there, they can find their way down,” he said.

In 2013 firefighters were involved in an odd animal rescue when they had to rescue two horses and a dog from the Ashburton River.

The two horses were being ridden along River Road when one rider’s dog fell in to a fast-flowing Ashburton River and swam to an island.

The dog made several attempts to get back to the banks, but was at risk of drowning under overhanging branches, meaning the owner had to rely on its extensive obedience training to trust to it stay on the is-

land until rescue.

When the fire officers arrived the horses spooked and crossed the river to another island.

The rescue required volunteer fire officer Jeff Marshall to don a wet suit and harness up. Secured by lines tied to a tree he crossed the river and got the dog, before making another trip to rescue the horses.

During the rescue the other firemen had to hide, to avoid scaring the horses coming back across the river.

In New Zealand so far this year firefighters have been involved in the rescue of 22 dogs, 11 cats, 10 horses, eight cows, two sheep, two birds, a donkey, a goat and a duck.

Crying fowl at fanciers auction LEft – An auctioneer is in full flight during the Ashburton Fanciers Society’s Spring Auction on Sunday.

The fancier’s auction was capped at 300 lots and saw a variety of accessories and birds, ranging from bantams to waterfowl, going under the hammer at the Ashburton Sports Hall.

The society holds two auctions a year, one in autumn and one in spring, and has been holding auctions for around 25 years.

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Vector crews are closely monitoring weather reports as wild weather is due to hit the upper North Island. The MetService has issued a number of severe weather warnings for strong winds and heavy rains for areas including Northland, the Coromandel Peninsula, Gisborne, Auckland, Great Barrier Island and Waikato from Cambridge northwards.

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Shooting holiday Maverick MP Shane Jones was supposed to go on holiday and read the Cabinet manual – instead he’s been firing a semi-automatic firearm banned in New Zealand by his own Government. A series of photos posted on social media

by Jones’ wife, while on holiday in Asia, show the Forestry Minister and self-proclaimed Champion of the Regions at a firing range with a semi-automatic rifle last week. An expert says the firearm appears to be an AR-15 — one of the weapons used by the accused Christchurch mosque gunman and now banned by this Government.

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Ramp kills worker A male worker was fatally injured by a falling 300kg ramp at a worksite in Te Kuiti yesterday.

Police said they were called about midday to the incident. The death has been referred to WorkSafe and the Coroner. Worksafe said the man was killed by a falling 300kg ramp and that it was investigating and no further information was available.

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Taupo drug bust Police have arrested four people in a Bay of Plenty drug bust and seized nearly $1 million in assets.

After search warrants were executed in the Taupō area four people are to face charges over dealing methamphetamine, MDMA, and LSD and charges relating to cannabis cultivation.

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‘Huge star’ groped me Naomie Harris said she was groped by an unnamed male actor during an audition years ago, describing him as “a huge star”.

The actress candidly opened up in an interview about her numerous film roles and her upcoming role in new Bond film No Time To Die. Previously claiming she never experienced racism or sexism in show business, her interview revealed she was less-than-honest. “I was in an audition and he put his hand up my skirt. What was so shocking about it was the casting director was there and the director, and of course no one said anything at all because he was – is – a huge star.”

Cars are stranded on a road as the city is submerged in muddy waters after an embankment of the Chikuma River broke, in Nagano, central Japan.

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Death toll 35 and rising NZME Japan dispatched tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers after a typhoon unleashed widespread flooding and left 35 people dead and 17 missing.

Typhoon Hagibis, which means “speed” in the Philippine language Tagalog, tore through Tokyo and large swaths of Japan’s main island of Honshu on Saturday, bringing record-breaking rains to many areas.

By Sunday, more than 20 rivers in central and eastern Japan had burst their banks, flooding more than 1000 homes in cities, towns and villages and pushing the death toll higher.

At one point, the government had advised nearly eight million people to evacuate.

Many ignored the advice

and stayed home, but others headed to shelters.

Public broadcaster NHK said some died making their way to shelters, including a 77-yearold woman who fell more than 100 feet to her death during an airlift.

The storm sank a Panama-registered cargo ship anchored near Tokyo, killing at least five crew members and leaving three missing, according to local media reports.

Around 200,000 homes were without power on Sunday, Japanese media reported.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set a task force to deal with the damage and dispatched the minister in charge of disaster management to the worst affected areas.

“I extend my condolences for all those who lost their lives and offer my sympathy to all those impacted by the ty-

phoon,” he said. “The government will do everything in its power to cooperate with relevant agencies and operators working to restore services as soon as possible.”

Winds reached 145km/h at its centre shortly after the typhoon made landfall on the Izu Peninsula, not far from Tokyo, on Saturday evening, with gusts up over 195km/h.

But rather than the wind, it was the rains that drenched Honshu all day that caused most concern.

The storm brought life in Tokyo to a standstill on Saturday, but the rain had stopped by midnight and there was nothing more than a light wind.

Residents woke up to blue skies on Sunday, and life in the capital soon resumed to normal.

At least 800 flights out of Tokyo’s two main airports were

still cancelled Sunday, but flights were operating on Sunday evening and train services were back to normal.

The typhoon also disrupted the Rugby World Cup. Two matches in Yokohama just outside Tokyo were cancelled Saturday, and a third between Canada and Namibia was cancelled in Kamaishi in northeastern Japan.

But the eagerly awaited and important clash between host Japan and Scotland went ahead in Yokohama, with Japan exciting a raucous home crowd with a swashbuckling 28-21 victory, putting it through to the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time.

The stadium observed a minute’s silence for victims of the typhoon, while Canadian players volunteered to help clean up Kamaishi.

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Death sentence for killing six family members NZME A man who prosecutors say was driven by vengeance when he fatally shot six members of his ex-wife’s family in Texas, including four children, has been sentenced to death.

Jurors sentenced Ronald Lee Haskell after deliberating for little more than four hours. The jury had to choose between life in prison without

parole or a death sentence.

The same jury last month convicted Haskell of capital murder in the 2014 killings of Stephen and Katie Stay at their home in suburban Houston.

The jury rejected his attorneys’ efforts to have him found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Haskell killed the couple and four of their children in the living room of their suburban Houston home in 2014. A fifth

child, 15-year-old Cassidy Stay, was shot in the head but she survived by playing dead.

During closing arguments in the punishment phase of Haskell’s trial, prosecutor Kaylynn Williford described the terrifying scene as Haskell fulfilled his plan to kill his exwife’s family.

Williford described how Haskell shot 4-year-old Zach in the shoulder and said the

frightened child scurried in the chaos to his father on a couch, burying his head in his father’s shoulder for protection, but by that point, Zach’s father was already dead. Haskell then went over to Zach, pointed a gun to the back of his head and pulled the trigger, she said.

“How cold and vengeful do you have to be to take the life of a four-year-old?” Williford said.

Hayley makes it five years Breakfast host Hayley Holt proudly announced on TVNZ’s Breakfast show yesterday she has been sober for five years. Alongside an old photo of Holt free pouring a “very expensive bottle of vodka” on a night that “didn’t end well” in Las Vegas, the broadcaster took a moment to thank her friends and family who have helped her on her sobriety journey. She said: “I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the wonderful people in my life who have stuck by me when the going got tough, you know who you are.”

Two NZ gigs for Gladys Gladys Knight, known as the Empress of Soul, has announced that she will play two New Zealand shows next year. The shows in Auckland and Christchurch mark the first time the soul music legend has performed here in over 20 years. The seventime Grammy award winner will be joined onstage by her nine piece band and are promising to perform all the soul hits from her career, such as Midnight Train to Georgia, Neither One of Us, as well as her iconic Bond theme Licence to Kill.

The soul star will play Auckland’s Civic Theatre on Thursday February 13 before heading to Christchurch to perform at the Town Hall on Saturday February 15.

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Blair Vining has left an indelible mark N

ew Zealand lost a man of great standing last week – a man who so many were only really just starting to get to know.

However, because of his tireless work in the face of extreme adversity, many will remember Blair Vining and his battle for many years to come.

A simple Southland man, a lover of family, rugby and the more relaxed way of life, Vining’s world was turned upside down almost a year ago when he was diagnosed with incurable, stage four, cancer.

He was given just six-to-eight weeks to live.

Instead of resting on the inevitable and waiting for life to happen, Vining took the power back into his own hands and set about fighting the good fight for people

in a similar situation to his.

After being told it was unlikely he would be able to see a specialist before the cancer took over his body, Vining took a petition right to the front door of Parliament, fighting for better cancer care funding.

The petition gained 140,000 signatures and in response the government announced a Cancer Action Plan, including $60 million in funding for cancer medicines through Pharmac, and establish-

ing a Cancer Control Agency with a national director.

A huge result, but it didn’t stop there.

Vining set about coming up with a bucket list of things he wished to achieve before he died.

His list included; establishing the Blair Vining Sports Foundation to provide better access to sporting opportunities for local teenagers, an invitational rugby match and black tie dinner to raise funds for the Foundation, a ‘Final Farewell’ event to say his goodbyes, and the launch of a charity hospital to address the shortage of specialised medical care in Southland.

And most importantly, to renew his wedding vows with his wife, Missy.

And, in true Kiwi style, he ticked

off each and every one.

Vining became a well-known figure around New Zealand as news of his own personal battles and the bigger fights he was trying to achieve for future New Zealanders went viral.

If, at any point, it looked as though the weight of it all was coming down on him and his health, he never showed it. He stood tall, stood proud and lived for each and every moment in a manner which endeared himself to everyone.

Vining was so much of what we should hope ourselves to be.

A genuine, kind, compassionate, fiercely determined Kiwi who, despite his own adversities, was still entirely focused on doing his best for others so that they might have a better chance than he did.

It’s pretty raw stuff when you really sit down and think about it.

Many of us will live much longer lives than Vining and leave nothing behind, yet here’s a man who had his own time cut tragically short but managed to achieve, and put in place, so much within such a short period of time.

A legacy which will be continued for years to come and a legacy which every New Zealander should be proud and in awe of.

A nomination for New Zealander of the Year was put in place and it’s hard to think of anyone more fitting or more deserving for their contribution to this country, especially given the circumstances in which were faced.

A true-blue Kiwi bloke, and a true-blue Kiwi legend.

18 people near the Bay of Plenty township of Rūātoki.

In 2017, actress and activist Alyssa Milano tweeted that women who had been sexually harassed or assaulted should write “Me too” as a status; within hours, tens of thousands had taken up the #MeToo hashtag.

Ten years ago: A report of a 6-year-old Colorado boy trapped inside a runaway helium balloon engrossed the nation before the boy, Falcon Heene (HEE’-nee), was found safe at home in what turned out to be a hoax.

Five years ago: Fresh signs of slow global economic growth and the Ebola crisis sent stocks on

Wall Street tumbling as much as 460 points in the most turbulent day since 2011 before partially recovering; European shares slid as well.

One year ago: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died in Seattle at the age of 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; he had used the billions from the company he founded with childhood friend Bill Gates to invest in conservation, space travel, arts and culture and professional sports. Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with plans to shutter 142 unprofitable stores.

Kensington Palace announced

that Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, the former Meghan Markle, were expecting their first child in the spring.

Today’s Birthdays: Jazz musician Freddy Cole is 88. Singer Barry McGuire is 84. Actress Linda Lavin is 82. Rock musician Don Stevenson is 77. Singer-musician Richard Carpenter is 73. Actor Victor Banerjee is 73. Singer Tito Jackson is 66. Actor-comedian Larry Miller is 66. Actor Jere Burns is 65. Movie director Mira Nair is 62. Britain’s Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, is 60.

Actress Tanya Roberts is 60. Rock musician Mark Reznicek is 57.

Singer Eric Benet is 53. Actress

Vanessa Marcil is 51. Singeractress-TV host Paige Davis is 50. Country singer Kimberly Schlapman is 50. Actor Dominic West is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ginuwine is 49. Actor Devon Gummersall is 41. Actor Chris Olivero is 40. Christian singer-actress Jaci Velasquez is 40. Actor Brandon Jay McLaren is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Keyshia Cole is 38. Actor Vincent Martella is 27. Actress Bailee Madison is 20.

Thought for today: “A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384 BC-322 BC).

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Matt Markham

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, October 15, the 288th day of 2019. There are 77 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On October 15, 1991, despite sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill, the Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court, 52-48.

On this date: In 1783, the first manned balloon flight took place in Paris as Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier ascended in a basket attached to a tethered Montgolfier hot-air balloon, rising to about 75 feet.

In 1877, Former Governor Grey became Premier of New Zealand. Sir George Grey was a dominant figure in 19th-century New Zealand politics, serving two terms as governor before becoming premier.

In 1917, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari (Margaretha ZelleGeertruida MacLeod), 41, convicted by a French military court of spying for the Germans, was executed by a firing squad outside Paris.

In 1940, Charles Chaplin’s first all-talking comedy, The Great Dictator, a lampoon of Adolf Hitler, opened in New York.

In 1942, Seventeen New Zealand coastwatchers and five civilians captured in the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) during World War Two were beheaded at Betio, Tarawa In 1945, the former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, was executed for treason.

In 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed.

In 1989, South African officials released eight prominent political prisoners, including Walter Sisulu.

In 2003, eleven people were killed when a Staten Island ferry slammed into a maintenance pier.

In 2007, New Zealand pokice conducted Anti-terror raids in Urewera, citing the Terrorism Suppression Act, police arrested

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he Government’s $7.5 billion operating surplus is ramping up debate on what to do with it and, with an election looming, it is sure to become a potent political weapon.

The 2018/19 surplus was the biggest in more than a decade.

It was $2 billion more than that for 2017/18 and $4 billion more than forecast in the May 2019 Budget for 2018/19.

Meanwhile, net core Crown debt decreased as a per cent of GDP to 19.2 per cent, below both the previous year’s forecast and the Budget 2019 forecast.

Inevitably the news generated much noise on what to do with the apparent largesse.

Those on the left are clamouring for more social spending while those on the right are demanding tax cuts.

People on both sides also seem keen for the Government to take advantage of its low debt and the low interest rate environment to borrow more for infrastructure, but the sides differ on what infrastructure should take priority.

And with monetary policy having relatively little room to move, economists are saying that fiscal policy should be deployed to stimulate the steadily slowing economy.

But before we all get too

Nick Clark

FROM THE FARM

excited about a big spend-up, a slashing of taxes, or a borrowing splurge it’s important to remember that the $7.5 billion surplus is already past history.

What’s more relevant is what the current year is looking like and this is not so clear.

We have yet to see progress on how 2019/20 is faring, but Budget 2019 made provision for hefty multi-billion spending increases. The upshot was a forecast slashing for this year’s operating surplus to just $1.3 billion.

Even such a modest surplus was predicated on strong GDP growth of over 3 per cent.

Three per cent growth was always going to be a stretch and with growth now running at barely 2 per cent (and slowing) a surplus might now be in doubt.

So assuming the Government wants to maintain its credentials for fiscal responsibility, which Grant Robertson seems keen to do, it might not have as much extra room as expected for further spending increases or

tax cuts unless it gets tougher in prioritising its existing spending.

Where it does have room is to borrow more. Governments can borrow to plug operating deficits, and they did in response to the Global Financial Crisis and the Canterbury earthquakes – two severe economic shocks.

But, unless another shock hits us, a better use of more debt is to invest in infrastructure, especially if it is used on projects that will grow the economy.

There is certainly no shortage of need, whether it be for more and better transport, energy, communications, and water infrastructure.

Others want the Government to substantially boost social infrastructure spending, such as for housing, schools and hospitals.

More debt means higher interest costs and that would impact on the operating surplus, but with long-term interest rates so low (10 year government bond rates slipped below 1 per cent this week) it is as good a time as ever to borrow to invest.

When considering the choice between higher spending and tax cuts, this isn’t necessarily binary, but the Government is forecasting to hoover up $89 billion this year in tax revenue alone plus several billion

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in other revenue.

Its operating spending is forecast to top $93 billion this year, up $6 billion on last year, and it is factoring in further multi-billion increases in spending over the next few years.

Taxpayers are being squeezed and they need a break.

Furthermore, while we need a fiscal stimulus the Government also has to recognise that poor business confidence and its impact on economic growth is not due to fiscal policy, except perhaps a feeling of over-taxation.

It is mainly due to widespread concerns about the impacts of a wide range of its policies. For farmers, proposed policies for freshwater management and climate change are top of mind.

So unless the Government gets its broader policy settings right it shouldn’t be surprised if businesses remain gloomy and the economy continues to sag.

Nick Clark is Federated Farmers general policy manager.

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Leading the way in performance

By Heather Chalmers

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A Mid Canterbury dairy farm judged to have achieved one of country’s best business performances will open its doors in early November.

River Terrace Dairy at Carew was joint runner-up in the 2019 Dairy Business of the Year (DBOY) and judged the best Canterbury farm, with its low-cost, high-production performance.

It is managed by lower-order sharemilkers Brent and Rebecca Miller, who were first-time entrants.

The farm, owned by Andrew and Rachele Morris, will this season milk 1150 cows on 318 hectares.

A field day will be held on November 5 starting at 9.30am at the property, 908 Withells Road, just north of the Rangitata River.

River Terrace Dairy also won the business resilience and best people leadership awards.

The farming business recorded the lowest cost of production in the competition, at $3.84/kg of milksolids and judges said run-

ning a tight ship with good cost control ensured the win in that category.

Operating expenses were contained at 45 per cent of gross revenue and River Terrace had a good pasture harvest of 15.5 tonnes of drymatter/ha, with pasture being 78 per cent of all feed consumed. Production was 495kg/MS per cow, with the business achieving a return on capital of 7.5 per cent.

The focus was mainly on pasture, with supplement used in the shoulders of the season to extend lactation.

The people performance award showed the Millers had been able to achieve their financial results while caring for their people, the judges said.

An emphasis on a good team culture meant staff turnover was virtually nil. The Millers like to empower their staff, including getting them to do their own rosters.

Staff are trained to do every job on the farm, so they can fill in if required and to provide variety within roles.

The awards used data from the 2017-18 season when the Millers milked 925 cows on 273ha. In addition to this farm increasing in size and cow numbers in 201819, the Millers have also this season taken over the Morris’ second farm, a 398ha property carrying 1450 cows.

It was the first time in DBOY’s 12-year history that two runners-up were chosen, but judges said they could not be separated.

The other runners-up were Richard and Nadine McCullough, from Karapiro in Waikato.

The DBOY supreme award went to Okaihau Pastoral in the Bay of Islands, Northland. Okaihau, a 367ha property milking 1150 cows and producing about 646,000kgMS, was an equity partnership with 17 shareholders.

Okaihau had the highest per cow production of 538kgMS and a cost of production of $4.01kgMS. Its return on capital of 11.3 per cent was 30 per cent greater than the farm with the second highest return.

Top Mid Canterbury dairy business operators Brent and Rebecca Miller are hosting a field day in early November.

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Scholarship boost for agricultural apprentices Mid Canterbury agricultural apprentices can now apply for scholarships that will cover fees for the whole of their apprenticeship programme.

Primary ITO has launched the scholarship programme in response to an urgent need for skilled workers in agriculture and horticulture.

Applications are open until November 30 and will cover fees for the whole duration of the apprenticeship programmes, which generally take 2-3 years.

“Our industries are facing unprecedented challenges right now and we believe scholarships for apprentices will help business gain the skills they need,” Primary ITO’s incoming chief executive Nigel Philpott said.

“Offering scholarships for apprenticeships is one way of encouraging people to build a career in the primary industries, particularly as we know there is huge demand for people across all industries.

“We also recognise that it takes

effort to study and learn. Training is valuable and Primary ITO believes that taking care of the fees will make apprenticeships very attractive.”

The scholarships are available for apprentices in dairy farming, sheep and beef, and horticulture production.

Philpott says an apprenticeship sets people on a pathway to a successful career, with support, advice and goal-setting coming from both a Primary ITO training adviser and the apprentice’s employer.

“With issues like trade, biosecurity, the environment and competition all putting pressure on our industries, we believe the time is right to invest in people.

“The future of farming and horticulture will be driven by innovation, not just scale.

“Our job is to train people to accelerate the pace of innovation, improve farming and horticulture practices, and deliver more profitable growth.”

Federated Farmers has teamed up with Primary ITO to recruit

around 200 apprentices for the dairy industry.

Federated Farmers will identify dairy farm employers and ensure they are well-placed to take on an apprentice, while Primary ITO will recruit the apprentices and arrange formal training. MPI estimates that New Zealand will need an extra 50,000 qualified workers in the primary sector in the next eight years.

The scheme is being piloted in four regions, including Christchurch.

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MARKET REPORT Another good week for most producers across the board, with lifts for most products.

With China being the major purchaser of New Zealand meats now, the influence of swine fever is making itself felt still as alternative protein sources are in demand.

Sheep The schedules for mutton and lamb have had lifts and both are at record levels when compared to other years. The saleyards appear to have peaked, for lamb at least, with a softening occurring throughout the country.

No doubt due to fewer lambs available and those that are starting to get close to mature teeth eruption and the associated downgrading of meat price.

Once new season lambs start to come through markets, we should start to see prices lift again.

Wool Prices had a small lift for most wool grades, with the finer grades making the most gains and regaining most of the lost ground of the previous month. However, brokers are reporting that buyers are holding very little stock on hand. This should mean more upward pressure if and when demand improves.

Cattle A lift in most schedule grades with local trade being the exception with a small drop there. Saleyard prices have held, however, once the weather warms the grass market should put pressure on buyers again.

Venison No changes this week.

Dairy The share price has continued its upward trend and (finally) hit the $4 mark last week.

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quake, rang serious alarm bells, with a heap of steel – starter bars, drag bars, saddle bars – missing or installed so as to render them useless.

People had been evacuated from buildings that scans had picked up problems in, after that 2016 quake.

It was a problem for earthquake assessments now as these relied

Tourism nights up in August

By Paul McBeth NZME

The first increase in international guest nights for nine months will give accommodation operators some reprieve, although indicators are still pointing to a slowing sector.

Statistics New Zealand’s accommodation survey showed there were 958,000 guest nights in August, up 0.5 per cent from the same month a year earlier, and the first gain since November.

Both islands reported more international visitors, with North Island stays up 0.2 per cent at 470,000 and South Island rising 0.8 per cent at 488,000. Hotels were the biggest beneficiary, with a 1.3 per cent lift to 422,000.

“International guest nights picked up in August, after falling each month since the end of 2018.

On the other hand, domestic guest nights have generally been rising

for about 18 months,” accommodation statistics manager Melissa McKenzie said in a statement.

“August is typically one of the lower months for overseas visitors, with international guest nights doubling in summer compared with the quieter winter season.”

New Zealand has attracted fewer Asian tourists over the course of 2019 – a year that was meant to be the NZ-China Year of Tourism – although rising numbers of Australians and Americans more than offset that the decline.

While international visitors have continued to come to New Zealand, accommodation operators haven’t benefited. Instead, they’ve relied on domestic tourism to prop up their occupancy.

Total guest nights were up 3.7 per cent at 2.62 million in August from a year earlier, with domestic guest nights up 5.6 per cent at 1.66 million.

The PSI’s overall reading of 54.4 in September was down 0.2 of a point from August, but still indicated activity was growing.

Stats NZ figures showed the increase in guest nights were spread across the country, except on the West Coast, where the flooding that washed away the Waiho Bridge in March continues to affect the area.

Jim Little, regional tourism manager at Development West Coast, said the Waiho Bridge is estimated to have caused $50.4 million of lost earnings, and now the closure of Fox Glacier Valley Road was affecting Fox Village.

“However forward bookings are solid and we are seeing plenty of camper vans and rental cars on the road,” Little said.

The West Coast is the country’s smallest regional economy, estimated to be $1.6 billion, or 0.6 per cent of national gross domestic product, in 2018.

Upgraded revenue, earning guidance from F&P

By Victoria Young NZME

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp has upgraded revenue and earnings guidance after gaining US regulatory clearance for its new sleep mask earlier than expected.

The company said it expects operating revenue of $1.19 billion for the 12 months to March 31, 2020.

That’s up from the previous estimate provided in August, when it held its annual meeting, was $1.17 billion.

Net profit after tax is now forecast at $255 million to $265 million, up from earlier guidance of $245 million to $255 million. The new esti-

mate assumes an exchange rate of about 63 cents to the dollar for the rest of the year. About half of F&P Healthcare’s operating revenue is in US dollars.

Shares of F&P Healthcare closed on Friday at $17, having gained 32.4 per cent over the year to date.

The company said it had improved guidance after receiving regulatory clearance to sell its ViteraTM breathing mask in the United States. The face mask treats obstructive sleep apnea and was not expected to be released in the US until next year.

“Clearance of Vitera for sale in the US this month is sooner than

we had previously guided and this has been a meaningful contributor to the increase in our guidance,” managing director Lewis Gradon said in an announcement.

Gradon says the mask has already been received well in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Europe.

The new guidance also incorporates a refinement of its expected research and development tax credit, F&P Healthcare said.

In 2019, the company posted record operating revenue of $1.07 billion, up 9 percent. Net profit after tax was up 10 percent to $209 million.

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Commonly, consulting engineers find a flaw, and call in scanners, who find many other faults.

In other cases, a contractor closes down, and the new builder who is brought in asks for scans, to be sure of what they are dealing with.

The worst Michael Roach-Gray has seen? An extension to a busy public building in Wellington, scanned after the Kaikoura earth-

on the plans being an accurate representation of what had been built, he said.

“The technology didn’t really work that well,” Michael RoachGray said.

“The contractors on site decided they’d try and hide the fact.

“It was only by fluke that the engineer happened to just see a spot on the concrete – a little pithole – and he put his finger on it and he could’ve stuck his finger right through it.”

The better engineers used the data to fix the buildings, but they knew this was not always the case, the partners said.

“At a construction underway, voids were found in the foundation wall,” Jane Roach-Gray said.

“Basically, we were left with the impression that as soon as we could identify a problem on this job ... the client was keen to see us off site.”

They were not trying to scare up business, Michael Roach-Gray said – they were plenty busy, and did not actually want to do this forensic work, but wanted to return to what they set the company up for in 2013, to find ways to improve existing buildings.

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New imaging technology has revealed hundreds of major buildings nationwide have defective or missing concrete or reinforcing steel.

Concrete investigators say their scanning shows many buildings have not been constructed according to the plans.

They were “astounded” and “appalled”, Jane Roach-Gray of Wellington company Concrete Structure Investigations said.

It is using ultrasound technology, developed with Crown agency Callaghan Innovation, to look up to two metres inside concrete columns, beams, walls and floors.

The technology is “pioneering”, Dr Paul Harris of Callaghan Innovation said. They also use ferro-scanning and ground-penetrating radar.

Critical structural parts were defective or missing in 1100 of the 1200 buildings they had scanned since 2016, Roach-Gray said.

“The divide occurs between what’s in the plans and what ends up in the structure,” she said.

“Some key structural elements are not going in correctly or they’re

not going in at all, and of course, once they’re covered up with concrete, we – any of us – don’t know what’s actually gone into the building.”

Her partner Michael RoachGray has four decades experience managing construction sites. He thought he had seen it all, until he began looking inside concrete.

He said to call it a “crisis” was to understate it – “it’s bullshit”, he said bluntly.

“Cover it in concrete, nobody will know,” he said.

“And when the structural elements aren’t there, like they should be, like they’re on the drawings, and they’re sitting in the waste bin at the skip, they just say, ‘Oh, nobody will know’.”

The weakened structures include apartment blocks, offices, public building, most constructed since the 1980s, and some new or still-to-be-finished buildings, including in Christchurch.

The buildings cannot be identified for legal reasons.

The investigators were aware of legal action being taken, but in each case they knew of, it had been settled out of court – keeping the problems out of the public eye.

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■■ Add the remaining ingredients and pound to form a paste (or

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■■ Panang curry: Place a large frying pan on a medium heat and add oil. When hot, add curry paste. Fry for 2 minutes or until the paste is cooked and very fragrant.

■■ Add coconut cream, reserving about 1 tablespoon for the garnish, and bring to the boil.

■■ Add diced eggplant, then coconut milk. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.

■■ Add fish and prawns and simmer until the seafood is just cooked.

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■■ Serve curry in bowls garnished with a drizzle of reserved coconut cream, and a sprinkle of reserved shredded kaffir lime leaf, and sliced red chilli.

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The namesake of our Valetta

By Tanya Zoe Robinson

W

hile the team at Ashburton Museum were working on our latest exhibition, Ashburton: Feels Like Home, we became even more interested than usual in all the things that make this district feel special and familiar.

Home is a big theme and it’s especially interesting trying to tease out the myriad sights, ideas, experiences and influences that make a place feel like the centre of something with distinct personal meaning.

Ashburton is full of locations that are reminders of “home”.

Many were named at a time when home most likely meant the British Isles.

Early colonial settlers named homesteads, rivers, roads and other places almost as if they were souvenirs. These new names helped make these new sites, districts and locations into reminders of now-distant places.

Some places were named in direct reference to a fondlyremembered home town, perhaps as a reminder of ancestral lands, or because of a prominent family connected to a home location.

Others were named for farflung places that evoked a feeling, or because the physical environment looked or felt just like home.

Elgin, Arundel, Chertsey and Barrhill are all local examples of such naming. Another is Anama, an aboriginal word, used by W. S. Peter to name that location after a pastoral property in South Australia owned by his brotherin-law.

Valetta, Ashburton One local place name with fewer detailed connections is Valetta.

Valetta is the name of a wellknown homestead and early run in the Ashburton District.

Today the area includes many properties in a roughly triangular area bounded to the north by the Ashburton River and the Hinds River to the south-west.

According to the renowned historian A. W. Reed, who wrote Place Names of New Zealand, the early settlement of Valetta took its name from the capital city of Malta, Valletta. As often happened with colonial settlement, a variant spelling was used and became standard, so our Valetta is spelt with just one L. George Duncan Lockhart (1821-1890) was the first runholder of this area, which was initially known as Run No. 14 at the time of surveying. Lockhart named the parcel of land Kenilworth about 1854-1855. About 1857, he sold the run to Charles Hurst, who it is believed to have been the person that chose the name Valetta.

Valletta, Malta Valletta is a tiny, fortified town and the southernmost capital of Europe. At just 0.8 sq km, it is the European Union’s smallest capital city.

Malta has a long and varied history of occupation and has been home to a great number of occupying nationalities, due to its

Above – Mid Canterbury’s Valetta Homestead about 1900.

Left – Part of the fortified ramparts and buildings of Valetta towering above the harbour, looking much as they would have done for generations.

Below left – The Maltese Cross, still the symbol of Malta today as seen on a one-euro coin.

Below – A narrow street in Valetta, looking much as it would have done for centuries.

strategic importance as a naval base. Just a few include the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, French, and British.

This mix of cultures has shaped the language and culture of Malta today.

By the time Hurst took up his run, Malta was a British colony; almost 100 years later, in 1954, it became the modern Republic of Malta.

During and just prior to Hurst’s lifetime, Valletta had been an important base for British, French and Russian naval forces.

It no doubt seemed an exotic, fascinating location and remained a strategically important British colonial outpost.

In Hurst’s imagination, Valletta was likely also a fascinating and spiritual place, having been established as a fortified city and ruled by the Knights Hospitallers, the Order of Saint John, as part of Malta from 1530 to 1798. The order was established in 1023 to provide care for sick, poor or injured pilgrims coming to the Holy Land, and later became a military religious order.

Valletta took its name from one of the most significant members

of the order and founder of the city, the respected Grand Master of the Order of St John, Jean Parisot de la Valette.

Today, the Maltese cross, used as the symbol of the Order of St John in New Zealand, owes its origin to this history.

Hurst would go on to become well known for his work and property. Having started as a Yorkshire farmer, he then managed a large station in Victoria, Australia. He made a good investment when he paid Lockhart one thousand pounds for the licence and “50 good cows in calf”.

Whether Hurst ever saw Vallet-

ta, had read about the city, or was inspired by stories of the knights of Malta, something in that his-

tory or place shaped his feelings and inspiration for naming his new home.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club October 11 Sponsored by Skip2It Flooring Xtra Winners: B. Williams, M. Hill, D. Taylor 3 wins 15 ends 31 points, Runner-up: D. Kinvig, D. Prendergast, P. Quinn 3 wins 14 ends 39 points, 3rd: M. Anderson, J. Kewish, G. Crack 2 1/2 wins 13 ends 29 points

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club October 7 B & C Ladder N/S 1st Mervyn Jones & Graham Gilbert, 2nd Hilda Blee & Jan McClelland, 3rd John F Rickard & Paul Leadley. E/W 1st Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson, 2nd Janine Havis & Debbie Seddon-Sewell, 3rd Sue Smith & Ann Richards October 8 Ron Sutherland Trophy N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Judith Edmond, 2nd Bill Kolkman & Mike Holmes, 3rd Trish Small & Val Ferrier. E/W 1st Lois Rose & Maureen Kolkman, 2nd Kay Robb & Alan Wright, 3rd =Maree Moore & Trish Downward and Audrey Rooney & Pat Jordan October 9 Brabant Trophy N/S 1st Maree Moore & Judith Edmond, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Rewa Kyle, 3rd Lynette Leadley & Jeanette Lovett. E/W 1st David Wilkinson & Johnny Wright, 2nd Kay Robb & Edna Segers, 3rd John Fechney & John Shearer October 10 President’s Trophy N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Sonia Gill, 2nd Mary Bruce & Jan McClelland, 3rd Val Ferrier & Trish Downward. E/W 1st John Fechney & Bev Turton, 2nd Audrey Rooney & Edna Segers, 3rd Wendy Parr & Dee Murdoch

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club October 9 Men’s Division Winner of the Tony Bennett Memorial Trophy: Robert Pawsey 88-24-64; Winner Grade 0-18: Brayden Wood 78-13-65; Winner Grade 18-36+: Manny Simm 93-27-64.

Other good scores 0-18: Kevin Smith 67, Bill Mason 67, Darron Young 68, Greig Sparrow 69, Royce Jamieson 69, Dylan Stoddart 69.

Other good scores 19-36+: Neil Connelly 66,

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Norm McFarlane 66, Des Green 66, Brendan O’Sullivan 69, Derek Prebble 69, Doug Osbourne 71, Leo Johnston 71.

Twos: Terry Kingsbury, Nigel Heney.

Closest to the Pin No 14: Leo Johnston Battle of the Bridges: Tinwald nett average 73.42; Ashburton nett average 72.51 Ashburton won The Battle of the Bridges.

October 10 Ashburton 9 Hole Golf Winners of the Stableford Round were: Jenny Matthews 23, Gordon Clinton 22, Peter Greening 21 Smith & Church Gobbler - Janice Dunlop October 11 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: The Big Test Icicles 91 – Pete Morrison, Paul Morrison, Dave Morrison, A Wilson; Men: Wez R Good 89, Keith’s Kids 88, Pakeke Pros 87; Women: Golden Girls 87, Baby Boomers 86; Mixed: Stroke & Poke, 90; Country Classics 88, Hoppy’s Hopefulls 86; Top lady: Jenny Harrex, Lynn Small 32; Top man: Kevin Smith, Eric Weir, Paul Morrison 33 Nearest the Pins: Columbus Coffee – Pete Fourgere, Mac & Maggies – Perry Hunt, Paul May Motor – Judy Webb, Gabites Ltd – Ryan Stoddart Twos: Sue Graham, Pete Fougere, Isaac Robertson, Jake Sherratt October 12 Round 2 of the DCL Cup the Radius Care Player of the Day: Jamie Stone 92-27=65.

Other winning scores: Paul Greer, Kevin Smith, Stephen Russell and Greig Sparrow 68; Brayden Wood, Peter Morrison and Jason Overend 69; Dylan Stoddart and Paul Morrison 70; Stewart Dunlop, Ian Rive and Brad Fitzgerald 71; Peter McGee and Kahlia Sutherland 72 on c/b. Twos: Terry Molloy, Kevin Smith and Kahlia Sutherland (2).

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Tufuga Sa; Rothbury Insurance: Kahlia Sutherland; Value Plus Processing: Kevin Smith; South Island Seeds: Andrew McAuliffe: Property Brokers #6: Neill Kydd; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Kahlia Sutherland; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: Dick Hansen.

Birdy Jackpot: #10, Net Eagles Jackpot: #4 Nine Holes Harvey Bakehouse Player of the day: Terry O’Reilly with 23pts.

Other winners: Peter Stretchman, Peter Woods and Jenny Matthews on c/b.

Methven Golf Club October 9 Ladies Division Competition: Captains Choice “Silly Golf” Jan had lots of silly fun things for the girls to do during their 18 hole round. Thank you Jan

for the time and effort you put into organising the days play.

Best Stableford Scores: Sharon Burrell-Smith 28, Gail Limbrick 28, Sandra Marr 28 Aqua Japanese Best Score of the Day: Sandra Marr B/L Nearest the Pins: #4 Open Cinema Paradiso Jan Lane, #6 Open Methven Foursquare Wendy Wareing, #17 Br B 2nd shot & Open Methven Travel Roz Grant, #13 Open Methven Pharmacy Robbie Maw, #14 Sil/Br A Supervalue Pam Watson Two’s and Nett Eagles: Gail Limbrick. Sharon Burrell-Smith

Tinwald Golf Club October 10 Twilight Stroke Leading scores in the twilight stroke round: -6; Gordy Kenton 32, Phill Hooper, Owen Miller 33 b/l.7-10: Mitch VanderKrogt 32, Ray Wards, Adam Lowe, Paul Hefford 33, Cameron Miller 34, Shane Webster, Kerry Venmore 35 b/l. 11 plus: Murray Beach 31, Mark Schrader, Graham Mills 33, John Young, Lawrence McCormick, Phil Prendergast 34. Women: 0-14: Linda McClea 34 b/l. 15 plus: Emily Wilson 33, Kim Ellery 34. Non-Handicap; Ryan Bell 30. Nearest the pin: # 2 Linda McClea. # 12 Paul Lane. Two’s; Nigel Heney, Brian Rouse, Paul Lane. Radio Hokonui hacker; Selwyn Munro with net 44 b/l.

October 12 Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round for the Centennial Trophy. -12; Raui Tare 68. 13-18; Paul Hefford 66, Dave Rush 67. 19 plus; Neil Rayner 72 c/b, Des Green, Kerry Whiting 72.

Women; (Stableford) Leen Bell 36, Elizabeth Collins 34. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Leen Bell. Gluyas Ford # 6; Gordon Rennie. House of Travel # 12; Struan Scott.

Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Gary Lee. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Pete Marshall. Two’s; Simon Ross, Dave Rush, Das Green. Net Eagle; # 16 Dave Rush.

October 13 Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round of the 50 years of age and over tournament. 50-59; Kerry Whiting 68, Paul Boon 73, Paul Hefford 74 c/b. 60-69; Gross, Brent Holmes 84.Net, Neiol Rayner 71 c/b Brent Holmes, Pete Marshall 71. 70 plus; Des Green 73. Women: 5059; Maxine Whiting 71. 60 plus; Leen Bell 70, Christine Kinita 71, Jacqui Beardsley 72 c/b.

Two’s; Bruce Collins, Lindsay Jackson.

All Blacks skipper Kieran Read has stressed the need for his team to step up mentally this week as they prepare for their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Ireland.

The challenges have already come for them in Japan.

The All Blacks have had to cope with a cancelled final pool game against Italy due to a typhoon which also severely limited their training time on Saturday – they spent the majority of the day in the team hotel playing cards, darts and watching movies – but now the weather has come right so too should their mental application go up a notch because there are no second chances.

“This is the real deal right now for us,” Read said. “This week if we don’t perform we go home.

“That’s the reality of it and that’s the exciting part. The reason we’re here is to give our ourselves a chance and this is week on in that quest.

“Mentally we’re going to have to be a lot stronger and step up.

“Pressure is one of those and how you deal with that. Hopefully the guys get really excited by it.”

■■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis October 9 Twilight Famous Grouse 16 v Out of Service 17, We Are Stihl Suzuki 15 v Tridents 18, What’s The Score 16 v Hackers 17, Let’s Play 13 v Council Crew 20, Grand Slammers 19 v The Raqueteers 14, Courtiers 14 v Family Affair 19, Mighty Meerkats 15 v The Aces 17.

October 10 Sunset Doubles Division 1: Double Faults 0 v Coaster 6, Croziers Turnkeys ½ v Cates Grain & Seed 5½, Heineken Openers 5 v Lakers 1, AFC 5 v Geraldine 1.

Division 2: Ruapuna 6 v Faultless 0, Carrfields 4 v New Boys 2, Cream of the Crop 4½ v Agitated Panda 1½, B Team 4 v Winchmore 2, Ball Wackers 3½ v Court Nite 2½ Division 3: Backspin 6 v The Young & the Rest of Us 0, I’d Hit That – Property Brokers 3½ v Farm & Kitchen 2½, Miss Hits 2½ v 4 Aces 3½, Willies Wonkers 2½ v Rough Enough 3½, Wanna Bees 4½ v The Ladies 1½, In with a Shot 0 v RMF Silva – Great Sets 6.

October 12

Open Grade Methven lost to Southern 7 matches to 2: C. McCracken & T. Leonard lost to S. Bubb & G. Evans 7-5, 4-6, 0-1 (8-10), A. Watt & N. Alombro lost to O. Bubb & M. Bubb 1-6, 2-6, V. Talbot & D. Gilbert lost to J. Barry & J. Aldridge 0-6, 1-6, C. McCracken lost to S. Bubb 3-6, 4-6, T. Leonard beat G. Evans 6-0, 6-4, A. Watt beat O. Bubb 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), N. Alombro lost to M. Bubb 3-6, 2-6, V. Talbot lost to J. Aldridge 2-6, 0-6, D. Gilbert lost to J. Barry 1-6, 1-6.

Dorie lost to Fairton 8 matches to 1: R. Cromie & J. Cromie lost to D. Quispe-Kim & C. Brosnahan 4-6, 3-6, T. Groves & H. Dargue lost to M. Kerr & J. Brosnahan 2-6, 2-6, B. Adam & J. Pye lost to P. Crozier & J. Leslie 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) 0-1 (6-10), R. Cromie lost to D. Quispe-Kim 0-6, 1-6, J. Cromie lost to C. Brosnahan 1-6, 2-6, H. Dargue lost to M. Kerr 3-6, 1-6, T. Groves lost to J. Brosnahan 3-6, 2-6, J. Pye lost to P. Crozier 2-6, 3-6, B. Adam beat J. Leslie 6-0, 6-1.

Allenton lost to Hampstead 8 matches to 1: J. Feutz & L. Gilbert beat P. Leonard & P. Kirwan 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7), M. Lucas & L. Adam lost to B. Looij & J. Jones 2-6, 4-6, M. Dargue & S. Holland lost to D. Leonard & A. Cromie 1-6, 1-6, J. Feutz lost to J. Tiller 5-7, 6-7 (47), L. Gilbert lost to P. Kirwan 6-7, 7-6, 0-1 (7-10), M. Lucas lost to B. Looij 4-6, 0-6, L. Adam lost to J. Jones 1-6, 1-6, M. Dargue lost to D. Leonard 0-6, 2-6, S. Holland lost to A. Cromie 1-6, 0-6.

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club October 19 The final stroke round will be held for the DCL Cup Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 12.30 for a 1pm start.

October 20 The annual County Stroke Tournament will be held with a Tee time of 12 noon. Casual golfers are advised to play in the morning.

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Ashburton District Rifle Club

ABs ‘in good shape’

By Patrick McKendry

October 13 At 300, 500 and 600 yards.

TR, Allan White 50.6, 50.8, 50.6, 150.20, John Snowden 50.4, 50.7, 49.5, 149.16, Chris Kershaw 49.3, 49.6, 50.5, 148.14, Tim Webb 48.4, 50.6, 49.1, 147.11, Brian Hawksby 48.1, 50.5, 47.2, 145.8, Megan Snowden 49.3, 48.2, 46.4, 143.12, Daniel Alexander 45.2, 48.5, 49.3, 142.10, Martin Fleming 44.3, 48.5, 47.4, 139.12, John Miller 45.3, 46.1, 47.3, 138.7, John Fleming 44.2, 46.1, 44.4, 134.7.

Free Target Rifle.

Brian Graystone 58.4, 53.2, 55.4, 166.10, Murray Cook 60.7, 57.2, 49.1, 166.10, Mark Alexander 56.3, 55.1, 55.2, 166.6.

Free Open, Mike Chui 58.8, 59.5, 59.4, 176.17, Bob McDonald 58.5, 57.2, 53.1, 168.8, Blair Gabites 56.3, 57.4, 55.0, 168.7, George Cuthbert 54.0, 55.2, 55.2, 164.4, David Smith 54.1, 58.4, 50.1, 162.6, Andrew Torrington 55.2, 52.1, 55.2, 162.5, Michael Bradley 52.2, 53.2, 53.1, 158.5, Lou Donaggio 56.2, 52.0, 50.0, 158.2, Ashron Wright 49.1, 45.0, 94.0.

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■■BASKETBALL

Ballers’ season winds up The Under-13 Southern Regional Basketball Championships wound up for another season at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre on Saturday.

Mid Canterbury’s development girls’ team was in action on finals day, but not in a final, with all finals battled out between visiting teams.

The A grade boys’ was won by North Canterbury Maroon, beating Canterbury Red in the final, while the A grade girls’ title went to Otago, who beat North Canterbury.

In the B grade, both the boys’ and girls’ titles were taken out by the West Coast, with the boys beating North Canterbury Maroon in the final and the girls beating Otago B.

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■■ IRONMAN

Currie produces late surge at Kona Running down some of the best endurance athletes on the planet, Methven’s Braden Currie clawed his way back to finish seventh at the 2019 Vega IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii on Sunday.

Currie produced the race’s third fastest run time and was the first Kiwi home, and was happy to have achieved a top 10 in the world result, at what was commonly known as the toughest ironman course.

Currie was pleased with how two of his three disciplines panned out on the hot and humid Hawaiian island of Kailua-Kona.

The 3.8km swim and the 42.2km run, which took maxedout competitors through volcanic lava fields, were his high points.

Currie was in sixth place exiting the choppy ocean water, but dropped down to 23rd at the end of the gruelling 180km bike ride.

He then showed true grit to clock a blistering marathon time of 2.46.25 hours to finish in an overall time of 8.08.48 hours.

“I’m proud of my run.

“It’s the first time I’ve managed a better run in Kona in the heat, so that’s a good positive I can take away from today.

“I also had a great swim and swam at the front with the top guys.

“I felt really comfortable coming into the beach with the lead group and that was exactly where I wanted to be,” he said.

He started out the bike in a pack that contained a few expected names – Jan Frodeno, of Germany, Brit Alistair Brownlee,

Methven’s Braden Currie had to settle for seventh at Ironman World Championships in Kona a the weekend.

PHOTO SUPPLIED the United States’ Tim O’Donnell, two-time defending world champion German Patrick Lange, plus Australian Josh Amburger – and rode with them for about the first 50km.

With the pace threatening to irreparably damage him for the upcoming run, Currie slipped back, only to find himself surrounded by a group of surging super-cyclists including Australian

Cameron Wurf, German Sebastian Kienle and Canadian Lionel Sanders.

As they hit Kawaihae and started the daunting Hawi climb at the 65 kilometre mark, Currie

dropped down to 16th, a full three minutes down on the leaders.

“My biking legs just weren’t really there today.

“They sucked to be honest.

“I had some bad luck, in that I couldn’t hold on to the group I was with at the front with Jan [Frodeno].

“Then the next group was full of the top bikers and there wasn’t a group in between, which there usually is,” Currie said.

“I ended up in between groups and riding the race solo for quite a while.

“I tried to ride as consistently as I could and just hoped that by time I got to the run, I would be in reach of a few front-runners.”

As the race wore on the increasing air temperature and humidity made it even tougher, but Currie cut a swathe through the field on the run.

By the 14km mark he had made his way up to 12th, overtaking two-time Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee by the Energy Lab turnaround.

Nearing 30km he gained a couple of extra spots to sit in ninth, and managed to reel in a couple of other athletes to finish seventh, 17 minutes behind the now three-time winner Frodeno.

“I would have liked to have bettered my fifth place from last year, but racing doesn’t always go to plan no matter how dedicated you are and no matter how much training you put in.

“I accept this result and at the end of the day, I’m still in the top 10 in the world – happy days.”

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Umpires upset the Aussies NZME

Rep bowlers kick off season The first rep bowls of the season were rolled down dewy greens in Mid Canterbury on Sunday morning, and among those turning out to represent Mid Canterbury was Scott Hyndman from the Hampstead Bowling Club. Teams from Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury and Canterbury Country took to the greens for a triangular tournament hosted by both the Ashburton and Allenton bowling clubs.

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Losing back-to-back games against the Silver Ferns for the first time in four years didn’t sit well with the Australian Diamonds.

But worse so for Australian media and fans, who have expressed anger over the “disgraceful” umpiring.

A number of calls made in favour of New Zealand in the final quarter of the Constellation Cup clash sparked an uproar on social media, with many fans claiming a controversial non-offside call on Ameliaranne Ekenasio in particular, the turning point of the Ferns’ success.

Ekenasio tipped a pass between Australia centre Liz Watson and Jo Weston in the eighth minute of the final quarter before losing her balance and tossing the ball back while stepping into the Diamonds’ goal third and then out of court.

The rogue ball was picked up by Jane Watson as Ekenasio walked casually along the court line assuming an off side penalty would be called.

But when Watson’s following pass to Laura Langman saw play continue, Ekenasio scrambled down court to receive the ball again in the shooting circle and score to put the Ferns ahead by one goal.

“Do you even understand why this was a huge moment?? It was a howler from the umpire. You make it sound like it was a great tip.” one user wrote.

■■ CYCLING

Brooklands the best of the bunch at Wakanui Big fields were the order of the day when the Tinwald Cycling Club hosted a 38km handicap event around a Wakanui-Hakatere course on Sunday.

The Brad Hudson Flooring, Mathieson Chartered Accountants event saw 60 riders go to the line in the senior race, and it was anyone’s for the taking.

Shane Brookland proved to be the strongest on the day, as he – along with his break co-markers –

found the front of the race inside the last 2km.

Brookland jumped clear in the charge to the line to take the hard-earned victory, while Kristine Marriott kicked off her season with a solid ride to secure the second place spoils, and Rob Hooper finished the race strongly to stake his claim on the final podium spot.

Paul Chapman, John Uden, and Paul Sinclair were in the thick of

the finish to round out the event’s top six, while scratch marker Oliver Davidson kicked clear in the charge to the line to secure fastest time honours, riding the course in 53.19 minutes.

Co-markers Tony Ward and Nigel Douglas took second and third time respectively.

A great field of juniors also contested a 16km handicap event, where Lily Davidson dusted off her bike and opened her new sea-

son account in the best possible way with a win.

Hayden Young produced an awesome effort to hang on by the smallest of margins to secure second place, while Jack Templeton pulled out a top shelf effort to claim the third place spoils and Brodie Young was hot on his tail in fourth.

James Reid and Ryan Gallagher rounded out the top six, while Joshua Young made it a very

good day for the Young stable, securing fastest time honours, riding the race distance in 32.10 minutes.

Zoe Spillane and Flynn Turnbull took second and third time honours for the juniors, while in division two, Rachel Reid secured the victory.

Next week the club will contest a 45km handicap event, to be raced around the Dawson’s Road block.

■■GYMNASTICS

Biles creates more golden history AP Soon after securing a convincing victory on the beam in Stuttgart to overtake Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo’s record tally of 23 world medals, 22-year-old Biles successfully defended her floor title to win medal number 25.

The four-time Olympic cham-

pion is now the owner of 19 gold medals across four championships against 12 for Scherbo, who competed in five world events between 1991 and 1996.

Making her final appearance of the week in front of a raucous crowd, Biles wasted no time as she landed a superb triple-twisting double back flip – known as the

Biles II – on her first pass.

Biles’s double layout with a half turn – another skill named after her – put her out of bounds for a 0.1 penalty but she did enough to post a winning score of 15.133.

“Honestly, I just couldn’t move. I was so tired,” Biles said of her final pose on the stage.

“This is really the best worlds

performance I have ever put out.”

The Americans took a one-two finish as Sunisa Lee finished with 14.133 for the silver medal, while Russian Angelina Melnikova came third.

Earlier, Biles delivered a polished routine on the beam before a full twisting double tuck dismount for an impressive 15.066.

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■■MOTOR RACING

Scotty heading stateside?

A move to the United States is back on the cards for Scott McLaughlin after the Supercars star impressed American motorsport giant Roger Penske with his stunning maiden Bathurst 1000 victory.

And the Ford gun admitted he didn’t care what category Penske had in mind for him in the US, saying he’d “race a wheelbarrow if I need to”.

McLaughlin, 26, has been linked to a NASCAR move but that appeared to be put to bed when the defending series champion re-signed with Supercars heavyweights DJR Team Penske in July until the end of 2020.

However McLaughlin’s Ford team’s majority owner Penske – who also owns NASCAR and IndyCar outfits – kept the door ajar for his charge after the American savoured his first Bathurst victory at Mount Panorama on Sunday.

“We want him to come over (to the United States),” Penske said.

“He’s got a good future. You will see him in America I am sure in the near future.”

Asked what made McLaughlin such an appealing NASCAR prospect, Penske said: “Let’s call him a race driver.

“He’s a guy who knows how to win, knows how to race fast and has great commercial savvy to us in today’s world as we deal with our partners.”

McLaughlin then interjected: “I will race a wheelbarrow if I need to”.

But Penske hinted that he would only look at relocating McLaughlin once he completed his current Supercars contract.

“We have a job to do here.

“We are committed to our sponsors on a long term basis so we have to look at that,” he said.

Scott McLaughlin “Scotty has a great future with us. People ask what are we going to do next – at the right time we will figure that out.”

McLaughlin seemed happy to stay in Australia for now.

And why not – he extended his Supercars championship lead to 622 points with his stirring Bathurst victory.

With Penske looking on from the Ford garage, McLaughlin held out a hard charging Shane van Gisbergen by 0.68 seconds to be crowned King of the Mountain for the first time.

McLaughlin had earlier claimed pole position with an extraordinary Mount Panorama lap record.

A Bathurst win appeared to tick off the last entry on McLaughlin’s wish list in Australia but the New Zealander said he still had things to achieve in Supercars.

Asked what was his next challenge, McLaughlin said: “Who knows but I still have things I want to achieve here, I want to keep winning.”

Penske was sure grateful McLaughlin wanted to stick around in Supercars after the Kiwi reinvigorated his once battling DJR Team Penske outfit since signing in 2017.

Team co-owner Dick Johnson added: “Having Scotty up front is a real bonus, from our point of view he is a cut above the rest.”

Kids set sail on the lake Trying his hand at sailing at Lake Hood on Sunday was Jack Scoon, who was among those taking up the opportunity offered again by the Ashburton Sailing Club, to teach kids the art of sailing this summer. The club’s Learn to Sail programme will run at Lake Hood – on the new extension – on Sundays from 11am until 1pm during term four.

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■■BASKETBALL

Rockets’ focus returns to the basketball court AP The Rockets are back home in Houston, looking to leave behind the distractions from their trip to Asia.

The two games they played in Japan were greatly overshadowed by the aftermath of a tweet by general manager Daryl Morey in support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, angering

fans and officials in China.

In their first practice since returning, the Rockets insisted they wouldn’t let the fallout distract them from preparing from the season.

“Guys can handle it,” coach Mike D’Antoni said.

“We still got good work in.

“Everything’s fine, but you know what happened (is) regrettable, and it happened, but as I

said, our work will get done.”

Veteran P.J. Tucker denied that dealing with this situation has been a distraction to this team trying to contend for its first title since winning back-to-back championships in 1994-95.

“Not really, honestly,” he said.

“This time of season, everybody’s getting in shape, getting ready for the season, focusing in.

“So with all of the things that go

on in life, and whatever, this is still our job, so we still come in and do our job every single day.”

The Rockets were in Hawaii on Oct. 4 to play a preseason game against the Los Angeles Clippers on the first leg of a trip that included two games in Japan when Morey tweeted an image that said: “Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong.” His tweet was in reference to pro-democracy demon-

strations in the semiautonomous Chinese territory that has been mired in escalating violence between protesters and law enforcement.

The tweet was deleted soon after it was posted, and Rockets owner and billionaire casino and restaurant owner Tilman Fertitta quickly rebuked his GM with a tweet saying that Morey does not speak for the team.

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Aussie invasion

By Michael Guerin The Auckland Inter Dominion has received a timely boost after a record run Victoria Cup. Because the first three home as well as the horse who made the A$250,000 classic at Melton on Saturday night are all likely to come to Auckland for the series which starts in late November.

Bling It On, having only his second start back after coming out of stud retirement, paced a remarkable 1:51.5 mile rate for the 2240m to beat Colt Thirty One and Cruz Bromac, with all three likely to come to the Inters in Auckland.

They are almost certain to be joined by San Carlo, who sat parked and forced the hot pace until fading late in the piece, and he is already confirmed for the

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New Zealand Cup on November 12.

The looming possibility of a stronger than originally expected Australian pacing presence at the Interdoms will bring the series alive, especially at a time when the locals headed by Spankem are not as scary as some recent open class crops.

And while Bling It On is now a nine-year-old, he has shown right from when he won the Breeders Crown at two and the Hunter Cup five years later he can beat the best New Zealand has to offer so he offers some real Australian resistance to the threatened All Stars domination of the Interdoms.

Chase Auckland showed great toughness to win the latest stop on the road to the NZ Cup when he overcame sitting parked for the

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 5 57377 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan 6 44336 Venetia 17.46................................ K Cassidy 7 T4153 Prince Zulu 17.57............... L Waretini 8 87666 Smash Story 17.86.......................... M Grant 9 27686 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 10 38878 Tearaway Tara 17.43 J M................. McCook 4 4.16pm ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 51683 Precious Payton 17.49 S &..............B Evans 2 13363 Smash Dragon 17.63....................... M Grant 3 44584 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson 4 42557 Every Minute 17.51..............................A Lee 5 63153 Punters Kirsty 17.40.........................R Wales 6 22876 Gracie Lee 17.30.......................J McInerney 7 76222 Sozin’s Azure 17.49...................J McInerney 8 26444 Epic Boom 17.47 J M....................... McCook 9 18578 Aroha 17.19.............................. A Botherway 10 57787 Lozza The Rascal nwtd..............J McInerney 5 4.36 SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES HEAT 1 C1q, 520m 1 42742 Hustle Ace 30.72.........................N Wanhalla 2 11 Miss Honey nwtd..............................R Wales 3 F4656 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans 4 77578 Bossy Affair 30.29......................... L Waretini 5 6578x Never Knew nwtd J M...................... McCook 6 58785 Mulberry Will nwtd......................... K Cassidy 7 14666 My Giovanni 30.57...........................R Wales 8 65633 Opawa Jody nwtd............................R Wales 9 4F788 Mulberry Sox nwtd........................ K Cassidy 10 57768 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 6 4.53pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL DASH C1, 295m 1 76413 Gracias Maestro nwtd...................... M Grant 2 16454 Goldstar Charger 17.72 S &.............B Evans

3 55238 Gadzooks 17.44................................ B Dann 4 8F485 Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 5 22328 Platonic Affair 17.47...................... L Waretini 6 32315 Sozin’s Delight 17.56.................J McInerney 7 35233 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 8 44526 Homebush Alexei 17.41.............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 18578 Aroha 17.19.............................. A Botherway 10 87868 Little Lozza 17.93.......................J McInerney 7 5.11 SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES HEAT 2 C1q, 520m 1 72242 Go Punter Go nwtd..........................R Wales 2 57133 Opawa Lola 30.82............................R Wales 3 88858 Sly Rose 30.96 J M.......................... McCook 4 63565 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 5 5325x Know Talent 30.75...........................G Cleeve 6 32422 Barrel Runner nwtd....................A Bradshaw 7 77848 Ester 30.33.......................................R Wales 8 23113 Creme Brulee 30.26...................... L Waretini 9 4F788 Mulberry Sox nwtd........................ K Cassidy 10 57768 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 8 5.28pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 295m 1 54665 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 2 47725 Sozin’s Symphony 17.58............J McInerney 3 23527 Jealous Affair 18.13...................... L Waretini 4 76378 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 5 112 Opawa Di 17.10 J &.........................D Fahey 6 47547 Know Burden 17.48........................G Cleeve 7 53683 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &.............B Evans 8 54478 Homebush Scorpio 17.38..........J McInerney 9 27686 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney

10 38878 Tearaway Tara 17.43 J M................. McCook 5.46 SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES HEAT 3 C1q, 520m 1 23684 Know Leave 30.71..........................G Cleeve 2 21237 Goldstar Truman 30.85 S &..............B Evans 3 66757 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 4 51777 Black Stockings 30.75................ A Bradshaw 5 4F775 Jay Shirley 31.20..............................R Wales 6 83276 My Kirsty 31.03 H &.............................Taylor 7 31522 Opawa Toddy 30.25 J &...................D Fahey 8 16 Go Falcon nwtd................................R Wales Emergencies: 9 4F788 Mulberry Sox nwtd........................ K Cassidy 10 57768 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 10 6.03 CRATE & BARREL HOTEL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 34374 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith 2 45775 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 3 456x5 Cisco Reign 17.58.........................D Roberts 4 25662 Citizen Aguero 17.56.................J McInerney 5 67241 Souffle Sue 17.25......................J McInerney 6 76641 Double Scoop 17.28.......................J M Lane 7 31687 Vik Vikkers 17.47 J M....................... McCook 8 53868 Pacemaker 17.54....................... A Bradshaw 9 18578 Aroha 17.19.............................. A Botherway 10 57787 Lozza The Rascal nwtd..............J McInerney 11 6.21pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES HEAT 4 C1q, 520m 1 312x1 Rivalries 30.16 J &...........................D Fahey 2 16 My Rosie 30.96............................. L Waretini 3 21445 Goldstar Vale 31.08 S &...................B Evans 4 85645 Galway Gal 30.80 S &......................B Evans 5 45564 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith

6 2365x Go Belle 30.96.................................R Wales 7 65522 Born Ellie 30.92...............................R Wales 8 75787 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales Emergencies: 9 4F788 Mulberry Sox nwtd........................ K Cassidy 10 57768 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 12 6.38pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 68435 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 2 78457 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini 3 64567 Sozin’s Blue 17.26.....................J McInerney 4 12345 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 5 18673 Rosies Choice 17.81...................N Wanhalla 6 47244 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 7 31431 Opawa Oscar 17.24.........................R Wales 8 58278 Ineffable 17.40.................................. B Dann 9 18578 Aroha 17.19.............................. A Botherway 10 876x8 Crushington 17.51......................J McInerney SELECTIONS

7 16671 Disobedience 18.79 S &..................B Evans 8 63585 Kalonga 19.08 S &...........................B Evans 9 14567 Know Shame nwtd..........................G Cleeve 10 48688 Justin Ryan 18.51 S &.....................B Evans 11 3.04 PETER SINTON PLUMBING DASH C5, 310m 1 2315x Lord Louie 18.32...........................M B Fuller 2 52146 Magic Jess Lass 18.40...................C Healey 3 21438 Chasing Fame 18.27.....................M B Fuller 4 41335 Goldstar Major 18.75 S &.................B Evans 5 33341 Jinja Ellie nwtd..................................A Joyce 6 25188 Tee An’ Cee 18.39.......................... B Conner 7 71824 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &...............B Evans 8 18532 Homebush Boots 18.87.............J McInerney 9 18x88 Black Rounder nwtd...........................J Dunn 12 3.23 OGRC LATE QUADDIE STAKES C4/5, 545m 1 45513 Egomaniacal 32.35.......................D Roberts 2 23Px8 Goldstar Ashton 32.81 S &..............B Evans 3 13111 Pearls Are Us 32.36........................G Cleeve 4 46236 Know Refusal 32.57........................G Cleeve 5 66285 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 6 61343 Double Speed 32.93......................R Adcock 7 85414 Know State 32.49............................G Cleeve 8 55157 Bashful Buffy 32.64....................J McInerney 9 7548x Know Betrayal 32.72.......................G Cleeve 13 3.46 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C1, 310m 1 48733 Nikko Baxter 18.71.....................J McInerney 2 44422 Homebush Reed 18.84..............J McInerney 3 35664 Miss Nina 18.81............................M B Fuller 4 52431 Lakota Scout nwtd.......................... H Cairns 5 36424 Homebush Miles 18.46..............J McInerney 6 87133 Khatia nwtd................................J McInerney 7 24574 Yi Feng 18.76.............................J McInerney 8 31161 Homebush Maxi nwtd................J McInerney 9 68187 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 10 32256 Punch On Woody 18.84.............J McInerney 14 4.06pm FORBURY NOVICE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 63125 Homebush Monkey 19.11..........J McInerney 2 17 Billy nwtd.........................................D J Lane

3 46262 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans 4 16632 Machine Gunn 18.53......................R Adcock 5 1823 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney 6 5118 Know Majority 19.02.......................G Cleeve 7 44351 King Toliman nwtd.........................C Roberts 8 x7688 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 9 78157 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 10 68187 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 15 4.26pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 29TH OCTOBER C1, 310m 1 45554 Homebush Liam nwtd................J McInerney 2 86452 Rum Gin Mixer nwtd.........................A Joyce 3 36241 Homebush Jordie 18.89.............J McInerney 4 22343 Punch On Scooby 18.91............J McInerney 5 F3226 Homebush Rehaina 18.78.........J McInerney 6 64718 Smokey Dodger 18.72.............. P Hammond 7 86838 Sozin’s Melody nwtd..................J McInerney 8 43665 Homebush Boden 18.60............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 22766 C’Mon Benny Boy 18.63.................J Guthrie 10 42F87 Elton Blueblood nwtd.................J McInerney SELECTIONS

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Race 1: Impressive Flash, Billy Budd, Sydneys Sox, Just William Race 2: Second Summer, Tremonti, Giancana, Mitcham Shemon Race 3: Goldstar Wynter, Prince Zulu, Calm Inferno, Mitcham Doug Race 4: Sozin’s Azure, Smash Dragon, Punters Kirsty, Epic Boom Race 5: Miss Honey, Hustle Ace, Opawa Jody, Never Knew Race 6: Gracias Maestro, Goldstar Charger, Know Legend Race 7: Creme Brulee, Ester, Opawa Lola, Barrel Runner Race 8: Opawa Di, Sozin’s Symphony, Jealous Affair, Batty Who Race 9: Opawa Toddy, Go Falcon, Know Leave, Black Stockings Race 10: Double Scoop, Souffle Sue, Pacemaker, Cisco Reign Race 11: Rivalries, Born Ellie, My Rosie, Goldstar Vale Race 12: Opawa Oscar, Sozin’s Blue, Jay Spencer, Andrea Said 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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10 48757 Shift The Blame 32.60................J McInerney 4 12.57 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS STAKES C1, 545m 1 18356 Lakota Micco 33.10......................... H Cairns 2 54867 Baldrick 33.04............................J McInerney 1 12.05pm (NZT) FORBURY PARK FIRST 4 SPRINT 3 42183 Aussie Muscle nwtd J &...................D Fahey 4 41461 Haidee Bale nwtd..........................D Roberts C0, 310m 1 23232 Jinja Dylan nwtd................................A Joyce 5 83376 Chunk 32.86...............................J McInerney 2 88 Pukeko Magic nwtd.........................B Healey 6 x6526 Opawa Jane nwtd............................R Wales 3 77246 Citizen Zagreb nwtd...................J McInerney 7 17484 Homebush Vassy nwtd...............J McInerney 4 4 Homebush Caesar nwtd............J McInerney 8 14433 Know Crime 32.48..........................G Cleeve 5 27523 Captain Davo nwtd........................D Roberts 9 58556 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 6 68566 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 10 87867 Midnight Maggie 33.03 S &..............B Evans 7 8x424 Lakota Wichapi nwtd....................... H Cairns 5 1.15pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT 8 6721 Prince Rohit nwtd.......................J McInerney C2, 310m 9 34363 Eric Blueblood nwtd...................J McInerney 1 67573 Lucky Scar 18.43.............................R Wales 10 3748x Opal Hunter nwtd.......................J McInerney 2 23122 Yanira Bale nwtd...........................C Roberts 2 12.22 OGRC EARLY QUADDIE SPRINT C0, 310m 3 72436 Cosmic Jase 18.43....................J McInerney 1 68245 Goldstar McQueen nwtd S &...........B Evans 4 41811 Starr Blueblood 18.72................J McInerney 2 52334 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 5 87145 Homebush Hundy 18.57............J McInerney 3 7 Homebush Marissa nwtd...........J McInerney 6 61234 Goldstar Montana nwtd S &.............B Evans 4 48743 Sozin’s Assassin nwtd................J McInerney 7 56874 Punch On Jessie 18.58..............J McInerney 5 47642 Mitcham Manering nwtd.............J McInerney 8 55138 Whose He nwtd.................................A Joyce 6 45642 King Theoden nwtd.......................D Roberts 9 55444 Gotcha Pixie nwtd S &.....................B Evans 7 231 Know Baby nwtd.............................G Cleeve 10 83163 Go Mufasa nwtd...............................R Wales 8 23223 Cool Beans nwtd........................J McInerney 6 1.32 GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C2, 310m 9 86336 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 1 71143 Dusty’s Ink 18.87.............................B Healey 10 68376 Sideline Sally nwtd.....................J McInerney 2 11111 Archie John Hill nwtd J &.................D Fahey 3 12.40 WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 3 88415 Homebush Comet 18.69............J McInerney 4 27241 Amuri Liv nwtd...........................J McInerney 545m 1 37888 Homebush Hotshot nwtd............J McInerney 5 83351 Goldstar Shiloah nwtd S &...............B Evans 2 53213 Goldstar Yankee 33.28 S &..............B Evans 6 44421 Know Sweat 18.59..........................G Cleeve 3 62242 Shermo Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 7 14551 Punch On Buzz 19.14................J McInerney 4 34445 Lakota Tonka nwtd.......................... H Cairns 8 24626 Reign Of Fire 18.37....................J McInerney 5 51331 Go Diego nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 9 74742 Goldstar Whitey nwtd S &................B Evans 6 22354 Mick The Mower 33.31...............J McInerney 10 43163 Jinja Cream Fizz nwtd.......................A Joyce 7 66745 Black Dan 32.67.........................J McInerney 7 1.50pm ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS STAKES C1/2, 8 14 Tucker nwtd.....................................D J Lane 545m 9 66785 Meka nwtd.....................................D Roberts 1 21143 Lakota Kohana 33.39...................... H Cairns Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 15 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15

1200m in Sunday’s Methven Cup. He produced a huge form turnaround after dropping out in his previous start at Addington and just as importantly his standing start manners were better than when he galloped away in his previous two runs.

Ashley Locaz was a solid but fairly beaten second ahead of Smoken By and Gran Chico, with resuming New Zealand Cup winner Thefixer sound in fifth but short of race fitness as his connections had expected.

There is the possibility of another open class pacing race being added to the Addington programme this Friday but if that doesn’t get the numerical support needed the next major NZ Cup lead-up will be at Ashburton on Labour Day. Bling It On is leading the charge for the Australian contingent.

2 45356 Opawa Lara 32.88............................R Wales 3 2111 Ozzie 33.08.....................................D J Lane 4 35581 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 5 48271 Opawa Al 32.90...............................R Wales 6 26255 Orina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 7 81577 Dream Kay nwtd..............................R Wales 8 73428 Kia Tere nwtd S &.............................B Evans 9 72656 Zefside nwtd...............................J McInerney 10 37887 Bruiser’s Day nwtd......................... B Conner 8 2.07pm PRESIDENT’S STAKES C2/3, 545m 1 33664 Know Equal 32.82...........................G Cleeve 2 71728 Know Threat 32.36..........................G Cleeve 3 55553 Go Glow 32.56 J &...........................D Fahey 4 71135 Opawa Roy 32.75............................R Wales 5 78444 Goldstar Alaska 33.38 S &...............B Evans 6 83665 Cosmic Stu 32.65.......................J McInerney 7 11531 Go Vegas nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 8 2332F Know Denying 32.73.......................G Cleeve 9 17588 Sefton Joy 32.75..............................R Wales 10 72656 Zefside nwtd...............................J McInerney 9 2.25pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C3, 310m 1 12463 Opawa Vinny nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 2 72361 Amuri George 19.08...................J McInerney 3 66552 Ezra Blueblood 18.75.................J McInerney 4 38654 Dyna Lenny 18.67.........................C Roberts 5 13134 Sozin’s Empire 18.45.................J McInerney 6 26261 Mitcham Reado 18.52................J McInerney 7 13344 My Girl Sofia 18.62.........................B Healey 8 73745 Nippa Enough 18.87..................J McInerney 9 12746 Jax Jewel nwtd..............................D Roberts 10 28782 Forehand Raid 18.95.........................J Dunn 10 2.45 DELTA ENGINEERING SPRINT C3/4, 310m 1 66714 Princely Gold 18.31....................J McInerney 2 17662 Eyrewell Turbo 18.37....................... H Cairns 3 74658 Cawbourne Britty nwtd..................C Roberts 4 74887 Nippa Martino 18.53..................J McInerney 5 35134 Goldstar Jay Jay 18.59 S &..............B Evans 6 66765 Ketchikan Kim 18.35..........................J Dunn

Race 1: Jinja Dylan, Prince Rohit, Captain Davo, Citizen Zagreb Race 2: Know Baby, King Theoden, Sozin’s Assassin Race 3: Go Diego, Tucker, Goldstar Yankee, Shermo Bale, Meka Race 4: Aussie Muscle, Opawa Jane, Haidee Bale, Lakota Micco Race 5: Yanira Bale, Punch On Jessie, Goldstar Montana Race 6: Know Sweat, Dusty’s Ink, Amuri Liv, Punch On Buzz Race 7: Ozzie, Orina Allen, Opawa Lara, Kia Tere Race 8: Go Vegas, Go Glow, Know Denying, Opawa Roy Race 9: Amuri George, Ezra Blueblood, My Girl Sofia Race 10: Eyrewell Turbo, Disobedience, Know Shame Race 11: Chasing Fame, Homebush Boots, Black Rounder Race 12: Pearls Are Us, Know State, Egomaniacal, Double Speed Race 13: Homebush Reed, Yi Feng, Nikko Baxter, Khatia Race 14: Billy, Machine Gunn, King Toliman, Homebush Monkey Race 15: Homebush Rehaina, Homebush Liam, C’Mon Benny Boy 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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Negativity ‘strange’ The Ireland first five Johnny Sexton has questioned what he describes as a “strange” negativity around Ireland’s Rugby World Cup campaign, insisting the side is ready to peak for the All Blacks.

Sexton insists Ireland always knew Japan’s quality before their 19-12 Pool A loss to the tournament hosts.

Japan beat Scotland 28-21 on Sunday to tee up a quarter-final clash with South Africa, handing Ireland a last-eight battle with the back-to-back world champion All Blacks in Tokyo on Saturday.

Sexton hopes Ireland have already shaken their typical World Cup quarter-final performance “out of our system” with that surprise loss to Japan and now called on his side to produce one of their best-ever

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“We’ve been building pretty well apart from that poor 60 minutes against Japan; everything else has pretty much gone to plan,” he said.

“There’s been some negativity around us and we’d feel that’s been pretty strange.

“But we’re really confident in how we’re building.

“Hopefully we can put that performance out there on Saturday.”

Ireland’s failure to launch past a World Cup quarter-final has become a millstone around the team’s neck. Now New Zealand coach Joe Schmidt has the chance for another history-making achievement, should he guide Ireland past his homeland and into a maiden World Cup semi- final.

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Just as you can learn a dance or a computer program, you can teach yourself to think differently. It takes practice, but with enough repetition you really will change your brain’s default mode of thinking.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The words “quiet” and “confidence” go together. Insecurity, on the other hand, draws attention to itself, as it longs to be seen and begs to be validated.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Unfortunately, you won’t have that extra push from others and the weather today, emotional or otherwise. This is an opportunity to see what you can do without help. “If there is no wind, row.”

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Recognise the difference between a relationship and an entanglement.

In a relationship, harmony and mutual support are the glue, entanglements have more to do with circumstances and leverage.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You don’t always have to fill a role in another person’s life. Sometimes you can write your own. As you acknowledge and accept more of yourself, there will be more touchpoints for connection and sharing.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Among the most amazing talents of the human mind is its ability to ignore 90% of all sensory input. Today, you’ll be extremely effective as you focus yourself like a laser, blocking out more like 95%.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You will laugh at things others do not. Humour, attraction and most preferences on the table today are completely subjective, which makes it all the more satisfying when you find your tribe.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Longing, anticipation, wistfulness, burning passion are all emotions that have an elastic effect on time. Minutes of in-between time can feel like an eternity and/ or can be when the best things happen.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): When one person dances to music the other person doesn’t hear, the dancer comes off like a lunatic and the nondancer a buzzkill. Staying neutral assumes everyone has reasons for acting as they do.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): If only you could feel through another heart and know the depth of emotion there for you. Tt’s not the emotion that matters so much as what is done about it, and that much is readily apparent.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It’s no accident that you have an atypical approach to your work.

This is a purposeful departure reflecting a thoughtful philosophy. Stand up for your methods.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): People act differently in different environments. Sure, the differences may be small, but they are worth understanding. To fully know someone, try to experience the person in different contexts.

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DEATHS

Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd LEIGHTON, Mary Eleanor (nee Johnston) – It is with great sadness Mary died peacefully on October 14, 2019 leaving her devoted husband of 66 years, Bruce.

Dearly loved mother of Diane, Jeffrey, Ian and Joan, and Deborah and Tony Neil.

Cherished Gran of Paul, Sarah and Dan, Scott and Tayla; Elizabeth and Jaeme, Charlotte and Mitchell, and Matthew and great granddaughter Grace.

Messages to the Leighton family, 99 Park Street, Ashburton 7700. A funeral service for Mary will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, October 18, commencing at 11.00am.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

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River Levels

2.84 nc

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 203.9 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 2:15 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:02 pm, yesterday

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.1 14.0 Max to 4pm 9.0 Minimum 8.6 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm October to date 17.2 Avg Oct to date 27 2019 to date 573.2 540 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 17 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 31 Time of gust 11:40am

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FRASER, Jennifer Please note all late death (Jen) (aka Wilson, aka notices or notices sent Gardiner) – outside ordinary office On October 13, 2019 at Ashburton. Loving daughter hours must be emailed to: of Doreen and Robert, deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. beautiful sister of Christine, Linda, Darryl and Gavin, To place a notice during amazing Mum of Linda, and office hours please contact Jamie. Much loved Grandma us on 03 307 7900 for more Baker of Vaughn, Cody, Josh, information.

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Any queries please We will miss you each contact 0800 and every day.

ASHBURTON Messages to the Gardiner (0800-274-287) family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Jen’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton 7740 on THURSDAY, October 17, commencing at 1.30pm.

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Season winds up on court

Young sailors on the lake

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P18 The Mt Hutt College team that have received a Kathmandu scholarship is (from left) Alex Roderick, Adam Shears and Jack Miers.

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By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

A month ago, Jack Miers, Adam Shears and Alex Roderick’s names were on the waiting list for the 2019 Coast to Coast.

Today, the trio from Mount Hutt College are not only secure in their spot in the iconic multisport race from one side of the South Island to the other, they’re also the recipients of this year’s Kathmandu Academy prize.

It’s a prize that comes with $1000 worth of gear from Kathmandu, a free entry into the schools’ two day event in the 2020 running of the Coast to Coast, and free coaching and mentoring from one of the country’s top multisporters from years gone by, Steve Gurney.

And the trio plan to make the most of everything they’ve been

given, as they look to undertake the gruelling event for the first time.

Shears, 16, Miers, 16, and Roderick, 15, admit they thought it was a joke when entering the Coast to Coast was first suggested to them, but now they’re committed, and determined to give it their all.

Roderick will tackle the run leg and Shears will take on the biking section, while Miers has the kayak leg in front of him – the leg that many Coast to Coast entrants dread the most.

But Miers is no stranger to kayaking, although not 70km of it in one go, like he’ll face when the event rolls round on the weekend of February 7 and 8 next year.

For all three, the sorts of distances that make up the Coast to Coast sound a little daunting

right now. All up, it’s 243km from start to finish.

Roderick said the most he’s run in one go at the moment is probably a couple of hours, and the 35km run over Goats Pass in the Coast to Coast takes the average person around five-and-a-half hours.

“But you’re not the average person,” Shears told him.

Shears has completed some duathlons as part of his build up, which is good, given that although he’s the cyclist of the team, he’ll also have to do a bit of running.

That includes the final run to the finish line at New Brighton beach, where both Miers and Roderick plan to join him in crossing the finish line together as a team.

Crossing that line will be a huge

achievement, and they know it’s going to be tough getting there.

“It’s going to be hard mentally,” Shears said.

“And physically, too, I would say,” Miers said.

“It will be fun though,” Shears added.

They’ve got family and friends behind them, and there’s even a bit of historic rivalry in the Roderick household, with dad James Roderick being a past Coast to Coast competitor who set a record for a section of the kayak course.

With the next generation Roderick not tackling the kayak leg, he’s got his eyes set instead on beating dad’s run time.

Most of all though, the trio just want to cross the finish line, and if they can inspire a few other athletes to maybe take on the chal-

lenge next year and become the next recipients of the Kathmandu prize for a school team, they’ll be happy, Shears said.

The Kathmandu Academy prize also sees the team get a free camping spot at Kumara Junction, support in finding a suitable grade two white-water kayaking course, loan of a road cycle and kayak for both training and use during the event, and a Kathmandu branded race kit.

Roderick, Shears and Miers are one of three teams from Mount Hutt College preparing for a shot at the Coast to Coast, while there’s also a possible individual entrant from the school, too.

Mount Hutt College has had teams entered in each of the four years since the Coast to Coast has involved a secondary school section.

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