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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE TEACHER BARRED

Conduct ‘inappropriate’

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A former Ashburton College teacher has been barred from teaching after admitting he engaged in inappropriate relationships with three students.

The Guardian can reveal former teacher Michael BurrellSmith, 25, has been deregistered, censured and ordered to pay more than $3000 in costs after being found to have committed serious misconduct by the New Zealand Teachers’ Disciplinary Tribunal.

The tribunal released the de-

cision yesterday, which related to a series of events that took place in 2013.

The notice of charge, dated September 6, 2013, states that Mr Burrell-Smith committed serious misconduct by engaging in inappropriate relationships with three students, whose names are suppressed.

An application to have Mr Burrell-Smith’s name suppressed was denied.

The serious misconduct included exchanging intimate text messages and phone calls with students, writing notes to

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a student with lists of romantic songs and drawings, and telling a student he wanted to hug her.

It was also alleged Mr Burrell-Smith attempted to fulfill the responsibilities of a counsellor, a role he was unappointed to and unqualified for.

The students were found to have suffered emotional harm as a result of his behaviour.

The tribunal stated in its decision that while there was no evidence to suggest Mr BurrellSmith had engaged in a physical relationship with the students, the relationships were “un-

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doubtedly romantic and overtly sexual”, and there was potential for them to become physical.

The New Zealand Teachers’ Council received a complaint from Ashburton College in July 2013 over Mr Burrell-Smith’s behaviour.

The school had previously given him “specific attention” towards ensuring he maintained professional relationships with students.

This included a meeting with Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan on October 30, 2012, where, according to the

report, Mr McMillan “strongly reminded” him of the expectations of teachers and their interactions with students.

A development and support plan was put in place following the meeting.

Mr Burrell-Smith may apply for re-registration in the future, but would be required to demonstrate that he fully appreciated the seriousness of his actions and was no longer a risk to students.

Mr Burrell-Smith did not respond to requests for comment by deadline yesterday.

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Pint-sized pop star Kylie Minogue had to use a car booster seat for her latest screen role. The Australian singer, who is just 152 centimetres tall, needed a helping hand when she was filming for Nick Cave’s documentary 20,000 Days on Earth, in which Minogue has a small cameo. She was shooting a scene in which she sits in the back of a car while Cave is driving, but Minogue is so small she could not be seen on camera and had to use a booster seat to lift her up. It is not the first time the diminutive singer has needed some height help - whilst appearing on BBC talent show The Voice in January, she used a set of steps to help her into her spinning chair and stop her legs from dangling down.

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Trout devour mice A mouse plague which has overrun Arthur’s Pass has an upside – West Coast anglers are catching trophy trout of a lifetime. A beech forest seeding event has led to an explosion of mouse numbers, many of which end up in waterways in the backcountry. It has also filled Arthur’s Pass village with vermin, which are also seen scampering across State Highway 73. “These floundering mice quickly get snapped up from below by large adult trout,” Fish and Game West Coast manager Dean Kelly said. “This can turn a five-pound (2.2kg) trout into a 10-pound (4.5kg) trophy in a matter of months,” Mr Kelly said. One fish caught during a similar event in 2008 was found to have 20 mice in its stomach.

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Bill Cosby broke his silence amid a flood of rape accusations in a brief interview with The New York Post’s Page Six. “Let me say this. I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that you have to go in with a neutral mind,” Cosby told the publication’s Stacy Brown, who noted that she frequently writes for AfricanAmerican publications. Cosby, 77, has stayed silent in light of the more than two dozen women who have come forward to accuse him of having drugged and raped them. In the interview, Cosby also addressed how his wife, Camille Cosby, has weathered the allegations and ongoing public scrutiny.

The Warriors will play the Gold Coast Titans in a historic Anzac Day clash at Mt Smart Stadium, as part of the NRL’s tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli. It will be the first league match played in New Zealand on Anzac Day, and the first of five NRL games to be played across Australia and New Zealand on Anzac Day. Each match will feature a special Anzac commemoration, as part of one of the biggest days of football in the game’s history. “It’s a real positive from our point of view to have a game here for the first time ever,” said Warriors chief executive Jim Doyle. “It’s the first time that there has ever been a game of rugby league in New Zealand on Anzac Day and it’s good being that the first one is the 100-year celebration.”

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

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Local caught up in Sydney siege scene

By Caitlin Porter Caitlin.p@guardian.Co.nz

Central Sydney felt eerily quiet yesterday - like a public holiday - but former Ashburton man Matt McIntyre knew something was wrong.

An armed gunman was holed up in a chocolate café only a short distance from where he worked.

Suddenly it seemed as if Sydney was under siege.

Unbeknown to many, the New South Wales police force were scrambling to respond to claims an armed gunman who was seen to be waving an Islamic/ Jihadist flag - was holding a number of hostages in the Lindt Chocolate Café.

Police contacted management at Mr McIntyre’s office and told staff to stay put until further notice.

A mere hour later, Mr McIntyre said the bank opposite his building could be seen evacuating. His office was given the option to do the same.

Like most, he made the decision to head home.

Together with a co-worker he proceeded toward the Harbour Bridge and walked across, in the hopes of finding a way home.

“The CBD was pretty quiet with not many cars or taxis on the road at all,” he said.

Mr McIntyre resides on the North Shore of Sydney and said while he usually took the train to work, he did not feel safe using public transport to get home.

He did not bother trying to get close to the cordoned off café, he said, as he did not want to put his life in even more

danger. A lift from his co-worker’s partner ensured Mr McIntyre made it safely back to his family.

The incident, he said, would not change his daily habits.

To play it safe though he said he would remain working from home until he received the all-clear to head back into the CBD. Ashburton woman, Anna Aitken, was also not far from the drama that unfolded in Sydney yesterday.

She was on holiday with her daughter as news of the siege at the café broke.

As the scene developed, she told the Guardian about what she could see in the area of the city near the Lindt Café.

She said it was “very blasé in the CBD, especially a few blocks away from Martin Place”.

Mrs Aitken was due to return home last night and on advice arrived at the airport early.

She was optimistic her travel would not be interrupted.

Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the National Security Committee of Cabinet had been convened and also issued a statement calling the incident “deeply concerning”.

Former Ashburton man Ryan Lilley lives in Sydney, but was in Melbourne when the siege started.

It was “absolutely horrific” he said, but it did not leave him questioning his safety in his adoptive home.

“When you live in a big city you’re prone to these kinds of things.

“Will it change my behaviour … no it won’t.”

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A Mid Canterbury farmer of more than 40 years’ experience has been sentenced to community detention and community work on his second batch of animal welfare charges.

But Geoffrey Edgar Walter Deal, 63, will not hear whether he will be banned from keeping animals until February 23.

Deal was convicted on charges of illtreating dairy cattle in October last year, and sentenced to four months’ community detention, however the Ministry of Primary Industries held back from asking he be disqualified from owning animals at that time.

Yesterday, Deal appeared in the Ashburton District Court before Judge John Strettell, for sentencing on three charges of failing to meet the physical needs of the animals, reckless ill-treatment of a cow and wilful ill-treatment of a cow.

On this occasion MPI prosecutor Grant Fletcher argued for a ban from keeping animals, but conceded time was required to come up with a workable solution.

MPI alleged Deal had failed to provide sufficient food and water, which caused the animals to suffer pain and distress.

In addition, he had failed to provide veterinary treatment for a number of cows.

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Deal had lost his contract with Fonterra due to his earlier animal welfare convictions, and had replaced more than 100 of the 229 affected animals, in order to get the contract reinstated.

Mr Brown said a number of leased cows had arrived on the property in poor condition, but rather than send them back Deal had battled on in adverse conditions.

His irrigator had broken down in the midst of a dry patch, and, his pasture cover was likened to that of a freshly mown lawn at the time the fresh charges were laid.

Judge Strettell agreed that Deal had not committed the offences out of malice, but had been extremely neglectful in his farming practices for a man of his experience.

He said the offending was aggravated in that it was just over 12 months since he had been sentenced on similar matters.

He sentenced Deal to five months’ community detention and 150 hours community work, but adjourned the decision over whether he will be banned from keeping animals until February 23, to see what arrangements can be put in place.

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■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND HERITAGE CENTRE

In brief

Report ‘small comfort’

By Sue NewmaN

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The Morrison Low report into the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre is vindication for the thousands of people who voiced their objections to the project says Ashburton Citizens Association spokesperson Diane Rawlinson.

That, however, is small comfort when it comes to a project that most people knew was flawed from the outset, she said.

Under her watch as president the association prepared a petition calling for a halt to the project. It attracted more than 4200 signatures but failed to raise a flicker of interest amongst councillors of the day “They basically binned this.

They chose to ignore it, they treated it like a joke and they refused to take seriously the concerns that everyone in the community had voiced.”

The failures identified in the Morrison Low report led to the project coming in two years late and at $4.5 million over budget.

The Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre saga continues.

It was commissioned by council chief executive Andrew Dalziel.

A key problem had been the failure to commission a feasibility study, the report said and that was something many people had questioned, she said.

“The project seemed to be piecemeal and rushed by the people who were determined to see it through. If they’d done a feasibility study first a lot of the problems that have happened may not have happened.

The first thing people say to us is ‘you must feel vindicated’.”

Russell Ellis might be an

Ashburton District councillor today, but in his pre-council days he played a key role as a community agitator against the art and heritage project, spearheading a community rally that attracted thousands.

“I felt embarrassed sitting around the council table when this report was read and it was clear there were many mistakes made,” he said.

The rally came because of the lack of information that ratepayers were getting, he said.

“We wanted costings but we never got answers and now we understand why. Neither did

all the councillors it seems but maybe they should have asked more questions.”

Now the report had been tabled, Mr Ellis said he just wanted the last issues resolved so the building could open.

“Consequences – should there be any? I don’t know but in terms of consequences for the councillors involved, well that’s up to the public of Ashburton.

Yes, there have been some good lessons learned but you have to ask why they haven’t been learned before now.”

If the project had been well audited at some point, the problems would have been picked up much earlier, says past mayor Geoff Geering.

He’s critical of the failure of the council of the day to carry out a feasibility study that he believes is a fundamental for any large scale project.

“Both the council and the ratepayers would have been relieved of this problem if one had been done and it seems the battle is not over yet,” he said.

■ ASHBURTON NEW WORLD

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One Ashburton shopper looks set to have a very merry Christmas indeed, after purchasing a winning Lotto ticket worth $200,000.

Staff at Ashburton New World are buzzing after selling the lucky Lotto ticket, although mystery surrounds the lucky punter, who is yet to claim their First Division winnings.

For Ashburton New World Lotto manager Karen Rouse, having the winning ticket sold at her store was “very exciting”.

“It’s great that it came from here,” she said.

Mrs Rouse said she did not know who had purchased the lucky ticket, but she hoped the money went to somebody local.

“I most definitely hope it’s a local, somebody that needs it,” she said.

“It’s a good time of year for it.”

Mrs Rouse said business had not picked up yet at the supermarket, and she did not think people were aware of the local windfall.

She said the store had sold tickets in the past that had won $30,000, but nothing to this scale.

“Hopefully we’ll be the new lucky store,” she said.

Cars collide Ashburton police attended a car crash on the corner of West and Moore Streets at 4.50pm on Sunday. A car allegedly failed to stop and crashed into the back of another vehicle. No injuries were reported.

Domestic incident Police attended a domestic incident at 8.30pm on Sunday.

Sharing her lucky win Ashburton woman Louise Hopkins was one of eight lucky people to win $5000 in a national competition. To celebrate its 32nd birthday Jennian Homes asked people to share what was important to them, 340 entries were received and there were nearly 34,000 votes. Ms Hopkins said she planned to pay her win forward after the community was so generous when her beloved cat, Blacky was hit by a car. She intends to gift some of the money to a relative with cystic fibrosis as well as providing Christmas treats for single parent families through the organisation, Birthright.

One killed in crash One person is dead after a car collided with an Intercity bus at Awakino in Taranaki yesterday.

Police were called to the scene of the crash on State Highway 3 at 12.30pm. An Intercity bus was travelling southbound, and a car was travelling northbound when the crash occurred near the southern end of the Awakino Gorge, north of New Plymouth.

The driver of the car, who was also the sole occupant, died at the scene. The bus driver and passengers were left shaken but sustained no injuries.

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Sentence shortened A man found guilty of the murder and kidnapping of pregnant Hamilton woman Rae Portman has had a year shaved off his sentence.

But a second man who was also found guilty of kidnapping the 32-year-old woman has had an appeal against his sentence and conviction dismissed. Paraire Hori Te Awa and Dean Michael Addison were tried together in the High Court at Auckland last year on charges arising from Ms Portman’s disappearance.

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Fire in flats Firefighters from six fire trucks were sent to battle a house fire in Mt Albert, Auckland yesterday.

Officers at the fire in Mcgehan Close had reported that the building was well ablaze. Everyone who had been inside the building was accounted for and was quite safe. The fire was in one of three flats in a block.

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Waimate police are investigating after a man was found with knife wounds to his face and chest on Saturday.

The 26-year-old Waimate man was located in his vehicle on Glasgow St outside the medical centre by a member of the public at about 11.30am.

Waimate police Sergeant Mike van der Heyden said the man had been in

his vehicle at Knottingley Park when he was approached by a male asking for money. When the man refused, he was attacked with a knife.

The victim then drove his vehicle to Glasgow St, where he was located by a member of the public, and taken to Timaru Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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‘Inspiring’ mountaineer mourned

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Methven outdoor enthusiasts are mourning the loss of wellknown and popular mountaineer Stu Haslett.

The 28-year-old’s body was recovered after he fell on the north side of the east ridge of Aoraki Mt Cook on Saturday.

Mr Haslett was an experienced climber and had called Mt Cook village home for the past three months where he was a seasonal mountaineer, employed by the Department of Conservation as part of the Aoraki Alpine Rescue Team.

Mr Haslett made his mark in Methven as a teenager, coming to the town from the North Island, to attend Mount Hutt College’s outdoor pursuits course.

As well as revelling in the surrounding mountain environment, he joined the school’s First XV. He also played for the Methven Rugby Club, and after graduating from Mount Hutt College would travel from Christchurch for games.

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Braden Currie said Mr Haslett had a lot of friends in the ski town.

“He was definitely super-likeable. He was one of a kind, he was super happy.

“He was always happy, and he was always doing what he loved,” Mr Currie said.

“He was inspiring and out there doing it.”

terbury skifield Mt Cheeseman for six seasons before spending this winter at The Remarkables, near Queenstown.

He started his outdoors career as a rookie lift operator and ski patroller, and last year achieved his Avalanche Safety Stage 2 qualification – the top qualification for snow safety.

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“Sometimes these things can happen to the best, it’s very sad, my thoughts are obviously with his family,” Mr McLeod said.

Mr Haslett was with a fellow member of the Aoraki Alpine Rescue Team when his ice pick came loose and he toppled backwards, falling 200 metres to his death.

The pair left Plateau Hut early on Saturday to climb the peak’s east ridge. The alarm was raised about 7.30am when Mr Haslett fell on the north side as they traversed the ridge.

Senior Constable Les Andrew of Twizel police said Mr Haslett had to solo climb through a rocky area.

“He has put his ice axe into a rock, and it’s levered out, the rock has given way, and he’s fallen backwards,” he said.

He said mountaineers were well aware of the risks but added it was “very rare for something like this to happen to someone so experienced”.

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“When we were growing up that was quite a prestigious job, we thought we would be king of the mountain to get that.”

But before Mr Currie got to phone to congratulate his friend, he was devastated to hear of the tragedy.

Former Mount Hutt College principal Don McLeod instantly remembered Mr Haslett as a former outdoor pursuits student when the Guardian informed him of the news of his death yesterday.

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February Far left, top: Grace Goulter enjoys performing and has a range of emotions captured on film; she was headed to film school.

Far left, middle: Mid Canterbury school kids tested their earthquake drills as the February earthquake was remembered.

Far left, bottom: Mount Hutt College’s 22 youth advocates were tasked with helping fellow teens with bullying and other issues youth face.

Below left: Farm machinery told a tale of technological advances at a clearing sale in Tinwald.

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Below: Bishnu Lama from Nepal, on stage during Ashburton’s Multi Cultural Bite festival.

Right, top: Chinatsu Hunt, 9, was among hundreds of people who were hard at work preparing food to feed the masses at the Multi Cultural Bite festival.

Above: Brayden Poulter,12, and Tessa (shiz) take time out from the activities at the Dog Day Out.

Right: Taking Chicago singers through their paces at rehearsals was musical director Luke Di Somma.

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By Sue NewmaN

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It might be four months away from opening, but Ashburton’s EA Networks sports complex looks just weeks away from completion.

The Riverside site is a hive of activity, with dozens of tradesmen working long hours to bring the project in on time. And while it might currently be running about 10 days behind schedule complex manager Steve Prescott is confident it will come in on time.

An impressive 4000 square metres plus of sprung beechwood floor has been laid in the stadium area and nets, goals and time keeping equipment are in place.

Each strip of wood was individually laid with the project taking a large flooring crew around 10 days to complete.

Each of the four courts has its own electronic scoreboard that can be operated courtside and each will carry multiple markings to accommodate a wide

range of sporting codes.

The stadium area also has a drop-down central divider to allow different events to run at the same time without one encroaching on the other, Mr Prescott said.

Just the finishing touches need to be added to the large gym which boasts a spin room, general gym area and a group fitness room that can be divided in two.

The front of house Sports House will become home to dozens of sports groups, in a hot desking system, with three possible tenants – Sport Mid Canterbury, Mid Canterbury Rugby and Mid Canterbury Netball looking at taking space on a full-time basis.

In the pool area tiling on all but the children’s area has been completed. This will contain play areas, a wet deck and a lazy river that can be amped up with the turn of a dial to become a rapid.

Behind the scenes, the filtration, heating and treatment plants are installed. Pool temperatures will be set at 27.5 degrees

for the main pool, 32 degrees learners’ pool, 34 degrees hydro pool and 32 degrees for the spa.

While ticket prices have still to be set, Mr Prescott is keen to see a system that will allow access to all areas for the one price.

That will change, however, when a hydroslide is installed, this will be an additional cost for users.

He’s adamant that one of the big criticisms of the existing pool, the lack of space for casual swimmers, will not carry over to the new complex.

“There will always be lanes available for the public unless there’s a big event on and then we’ll be publicising that,” Mr Prescott said.

The main pool will be stocked with a range of pool equipment and inflatables at weekends.

While it might be four months away from opening, the 320 space car park is sealed, lit and waiting for the first users’ cars to roll down the hill and onto the tarmac.

Bain in compensation discussions David Bain’s legal team has been in confidential discussions with the Minister of Justice over his bid for compensation.

A judicial settlement conference was held at the High Court at Auckland yesterday in relation to the redress Mr Bain is seeking after spending 13 years behind bars for the murder of his family in 1995. Mr Bain was later acquitted at a retrial.

The meeting between Mr Bain’s legal team, including Michael Reed QC and former All Black Joe Karam, and lawyers representing Justice Minister

Amy Adams, was held ‘in chambers’, meaning media could not report on proceedings.

Media were also barred from sitting in on the conference.

Mr Bain’s representatives remained tight-lipped after the meeting, declining to comment on what happened or reveal anything that was discussed.

Mr Karam said: “Judicial settlement conferences, by their nature, are completely confidential, so apart from saying I was there, I can’t say anything else.”

Mr Reed QC, confirmed the meeting was “completely pri-

vate”. The compensation bid has hit a number of obstacles since Mr Bain first asked for redress from the Government in 2010.

An independent report into his case by retired Canadian judge, Justice Ian Binnie, ruled Mr Bain was innocent “on the balance of probabilities”, and ordered him to be paid compensation.

However, this was questioned by then Justice Minister Judith Collins, who ordered a review of the report by High Court Judge Robert Fisher, who concluded it “would be unsafe to act upon the Binnie report”.

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‘Terrifying ordeal’

By Peter trute

A far north Queensland community is grieving the death of an 18-year-old man who was attacked by a shark in front of shocked friends.

The Mossman teenager is believed to have been spearfishing with two of his friends who had used a tinny to get to Rudder Reef, north of Port Douglas, when he was mauled about 11.30am (AEST) yesterday.

The teenager’s mates made frantic attempts to perform CPR on the way back to shore, but he was pronounced dead when they arrived at Port Douglas

Union man convicted Craig Thomson was blowing union funds on prostitutes while he was serving its members on “a 24-hour basis far from home”, according to his barrister. The former federal MP could yet face jail after being convicted of 13 charges of thieving about $5000 from the Health Services Union while he was its national secretary. He spent thousands of dollars of members’ fees on escorts and trips to brothels, while also splashing out on a lavish meal for himself and his wife.

- AAP

HK protests over Hong Kong’s leader has declared an end to more than 11 weeks of sit-in protests by pro-democracy demonstrators after police cleared the last remaining camp and arrested a handful of peaceful protesters. A committed core of around a dozen demonstrators had staged a sit-in at the centre of the last site in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay as police cut away barricades and tore down banners and shelters. Seventeen people, from students to the elderly, were arrested without resisting, with some shouting “We will be back” and “Fight to the end”.

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Jihadi network broken

A hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney yesterday.

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visible on their faces, sprinted to waiting police about 90 minutes later.

As the horrific situation unfolded, two women were forced to hold a black Shahada - an Islamic banner professing faith in God - against the window of the cafe.

Kathryn Chee, who was due to start her shift at the cafe an hour after the siege began, told of her horror at seeing a colleague forced to hold up the flag.

Ms Chee said her colleague had “a look of sheer horror on her face and the longing that it would end”.

NSW Police Commissioner

Andrew Scipione said police had not confirmed the siege was a terrorism related event but could not rule that out.

“We are dealing with a hostage situation with an armed offender and we are dealing with it accordingly,” he said.

People including office workers and a small baby were evacuated from floors above the cafe via ladders erected on street awnings.

The Lindt cafe is opposite the Channel Seven studio, where Morning Show co-host Kylie Gillies watched as the drama unfolded.

“We can see them and we can

see the fear in their eyes,” Ms Gillies said.

The siege is in the heart of Sydney’s government, legal and business district, with the NSW Parliament and government offices, the Reserve Bank, the Supreme Court and other banks in the vicinity. Those buildings were locked down as the alert level was raised across Sydney.

The siege has grabbed attention around the world with US President Barack Obama briefed and leaders from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada expressing their concerns for the hostages.

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■ AUSTRALIA

Five people have fled a cafe in central Sydney but a gunman is still holding up to 25 hostages and making bomb threats in a terrifying siege drama that has shut down the heart of the city.

Negotiators have been in contact with the man, who is reportedly armed with a shotgun and forced two women to hold a black Islamic flag up to the window of the cafe after taking control of the Martin Place cafe yesterday morning.

Police are yet to discover who the man is or what is motivating his actions.

Late yesterday Network Ten reported two women held inside the cafe had relayed demands from the gunman directly to the network.

The gunman, who calls himself “the brother”, had reportedly demanded a flag of terrorist organisation Islamic State be delivered to the cafe and wants to speak with Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

The women reportedly said the man claimed to have four bombs - two in the cafe and two at other locations in the city.

Large numbers of heavily armed and armoured police are holding positions outside the cafe where a morning coffee turned into a terrifying ordeal for patrons at around 9.45am.

It is not clear whether the man released the five people or they escaped.

Three men ran from the Lindt chocolate cafe at around 3.30pm, two running from the front door and one scrambling through a fire exit, to take shelter behind a group of armed police.

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around 1.30pm (AEST). A helicopter wasn’t available to fly to the scene because it was already en route to Townsville with a patient.

But Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman Greg Thiedecke said the victim’s injuries were so severe he was unlikely to have survived even if a chopper had been able to reach him quickly.

He sustained massive injuries to his right upper leg, right groin and right upper arm, and suffered a heart attack, likely from blood loss, Mr Thiedecke said.

“You’re twice as likely to get

killed in a vending machine accident than a shark bite,” he said of the tragedy. “One in 8000 people will have a car accident while one in about 300 million will get a shark bite.”

It’s not known what type of shark attacked the teenager, who had only just completed his Year 12 schooling at the nearby Mossman high school.

The attack was unusual and would rattle the local community, Douglas Shire mayor Julia Leu said.

“We’re a close-knit family and this will affect everyone in some way as we try to comprehend this tragedy,” she said.

“One of our own has been tragically killed just doing what we all do and that is to get out and enjoy the Great Barrier Reef.”

Ms Leu wasn’t able to say if the shark responsible would be hunted and destroyed by authorities.

The reef was popular among spearfishing enthusiasts, veteran diver Col McKenzie said.

There was a fatal shark attack at nearby Opal Reef almost a decade ago to the day. Spearfisherman Mark Thompson, 38, died from a heart attack soon after being attacked by a shark on December 11, 2004.

- AAP

French police have launched raids across the country, dismantling a network sending jihadist fighters to Syria. Elite and anti-terror police units descended on around a dozen targets, mostly in the southern region of Toulouse, but also around Paris and in the northern region of Normandy, a police source said on condition of anonymity. In recent months France, which has Europe’s largest Muslim population, has been facing the fact that hundreds of its citizens have openly joined jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria.

- AFP

Drug bag on show Malaysian customs officials have paraded the backpack seized from a Sydney woman who could face the death penalty for allegedly possessing crystal meth. Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, reportedly a mother of four and grandmother from Liverpool, was allegedly caught on December 7 with 1.5kg of the drug known as ice. She was transiting through Kuala Lumpur from Shanghai to Melbourne. The 51-year-old faces a mandatory death penalty if found guilty of trafficking.

- AAP

Barbarian travellers Chinese state-run media has branded four unruly air passengers “barbarians” after they scalded an air hostess and threatened to blow up a plane, in the latest embarrassment by the country’s travellers. The national tourism watchdog vowed to “punish” the group after a low-cost flight from Thailand to the eastern city of Nanjing was forced to return to Bangkok when a female Chinese passenger threw hot water and noodles at a cabin attendant.

Online video images also showed another male passenger threatening to blow up the aircraft following the row with crew, reportedly because they could not be seated together.

- AFP

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OUR VIEW

Terror close to home Stu Oldham

EDITOR

T

he siege of a Sydney café by an alleged extremist is close enough to home for the people of Mid Canterbury – and New Zealand – to consider what it means for their own safety and their country’s national security.

As the siege developed yesterday it became clear that whoever the gunman was, they appeared to be allying themselves with a cause that many of us would consider an issue for “somewhere over there”.

But, emphatically, it is not.

The cause of Islamic extremism knows no boundaries and its dedication to using terror as an indiscriminate weapon of war seems limited only by access to willing participants.

This was a chocolate café in Sydney – not a backstreet in Syria, an underground railway line in London or an office block in New York. It was frighteningly unexpected in a scene so ordinary and so close.

The proximity of this attack will vex New Zealand policymakers who have struggled to walk the thin line between legitimate security surveillance and broadbrush, invasive eavesdropping.

They will doubtless say this shows what eavesdropping might well stop and, if it does, then the eavesdropping takes on the moral might of life-saving, legitimate surveillance.

There will be added weight to this argument now that something akin to terrorism has made its way to our neck of the woods, just a direct flight away from Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown.

And Christchurch. And Canterbury. And, given Mid Cantabrians’ enthusiasm for transTasman travel, to us.

Today’s story about Mid Cantabrians either visiting or living in Sydney reinforces the interconnectedness of our countries and our links to the places terrorists – or wannabes – choose to wage their wars.

There is little chance this will stop people from travelling there – and nor should it – but it will refocus debate on New Zealand’s anti-terror response.

Parliament passed terrorism surveillance laws this month and the Government appears poised to send military personnel to Iraq. Both are controversial but cannot be divorced from the very real threats now closer to home.

YOUR VIEW Art gallery and museum Headlines in the paper are once again telling us that the new building in the town is a disgrace and not needed.

Well for some that may be true but for some of us we need this building and from the planning from Chris Currie to the staff and the volunteers and builders of the fixtures many long hours have been used up to make the most of this building and make it a place that will keep history well and truly on display for all to see.

There is a big group of us raising money, giving our time to ensure this will be a better place for the past, present and future of the town.

So to the reporters and anyone who has voiced dissent please give a thought to the folks in the background doing their very best and just getting on with their job.

Anne Stroud The editor responds: The

CRUMB

Guardian has not claimed this facility is a disgrace or not needed and none of its editorial staff has written of dissent except where they have recorded the opinions of others.

Editorials have certainly been scornful as to the way the project was managed by the building owner – but never as to the value of the project or the people who will see it to fruition. * * * Ratepayers may care to reflect on the fact that Kelvin Holmes was chair of the finance committee when this infamous project was conceived and must bear some of the responsibility.

Ken R. Leadley

Thanks Many thanks to our customers at Netherby Four Square for contributing so generously to our Movember fund.

This year we raised $446.00.

A great effort from everyone.

Netherby Four Square owner/operator Peter Walker

by David Fletcher

* * * Through your newspaper I would like to pass on to all the individuals, firms, organisations, schools and service clubs throughout the Mid-South Canterbury region our sincere thanks for their generous support during 2014.

The Life Education Trust would not succeed without this help.

We would not be able to deliver our programme to over 8000 children in 66 schools and “Harold” would be very sad.

Best wishes to everyone for a safe and enjoyable Christmas break.

Life Education Trust MidSouth Canterbury chairman Ray King

Minister of Health New Zealanders want a health professional as our minister of health.

Dr Jonathan Coleman has seen the face of disease. We hope that a doctor would bridge the gaps between policy and reality, between the masses and

our privileged representatives.

Sadly, Dr Coleman braggingly admits using illegal drugs [he says he smoked cannabis once or twice in his 20s], at the same times wishes to be tough on drug users.

Youth will emulate our actions! But they will pay no heed to a hypocrite!

Tough penalties did not prevent the wealthiest and most privileged from breaking the law. Our government estimates more than 45 per cent of Kiwi adults have broken our drug laws.

Thousands of New Zealanders have their potential destroyed by convictions for soft drugs. These Kiwis will not be lawyers, doctors or politicians.

If we want our law to be respected it must be respectable.

What will our children think of a doctor who accepts the hospitality of big tobacco companies? What will they think of a drug users who wants to be tough on drugs?

We can cure addiction, there is no cure for a conviction.

Mark Powell (Edited)

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Participation a challenge

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Did you go to Christmas in the Park?

No 79%

Rick Powdrell

Yes 21%

T

he recent Alliance Group director election has seen a marked improvement in voter participation.

As a critic of the often insignificant shareholder participation in industry matters I must commend the manner in which shareholders of 63 per cent of eligible votes had their say in choosing those to be part of the team leading the company forward.

This is a significant improvement from the 49 per cent in 2013 and 25 per cent in 2012.

For too long the meat industry has lacked the strong visible shareholder and supplier input, which is needed to hold the industry to account on a company by company, year by year basis.

Also, the future direction of companies and the industry as a whole must be influenced by significant numbers of shareholders and suppliers expressing their views and ideas to industry leaders.

Congratulations to all four candidates. The close results show quite clearly that shareholders felt you all had necessary attributes to contribute to the future of the company.

Unfortunately four doesn’t go into two and never will.

Therefore I issue a challenge to the Silver Fern Farms candidates, and shareholders and suppliers, when the annual meeting occurs on February 18, to better the engagement and voter turnout witnessed in the Alliance Group elections.

It is easy when returns are stronger, and company profitability better, for us all to be guilty of resting on our laurels.

Yes, we must acknowledge our successes and improvement, both from the quality product being produced, through to the processing efficiencies, and in to the market place.

In my view the present is the perfect time to be examining the industry at all levels to define where we all head at our own respective levels and also as a wider industry with joint

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aspirations for future gains for all participants benefit.

This is not easy. If it was it would have happened already,

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in shelf life and packaging, are just a few of the many factors that companies feature.

Science and technology is

The present is the perfect time to be examining the industry at all levels to define where we all head at our own respective levels

but it is certainly easier when all industry participants are not desperately struggling for financial survival.

The really hard discussion is around just what the factors are that make up the forward progression.

The Alliance Group annual meeting reports highlighted some of these areas.

Improved profit, pool distributions to shareholders, branded product to the market and the scientific improvements

an area that must feature at all levels, with a great deal already occurring, from the Red Meat Profit Partnership on farm, to robotics in plants, to freight alliances to transport product to market.

The important factor in all industry progression is that it provides improved returns to the industry as a whole on a sustained basis. The development of new markets will often not provide an immediate

golden egg but so long as the necessary research, ground work and relationship building is undertaken the long term benefits will flow.

Likewise implementation of robotics requires development funding that will be recovered in the initial years before the real savings gains are realised.

On farm, we, as farmers, need to ensure that new systems, feeds and technologies will provide the required returns to cover additional costs. We also need to remember that what works in one region, or for one particular stocking policy, or on any given farm, will not necessarily be successful for another.

Looking forward there is still much discussion around industry structure but it is important this is not the sole focus as there are numerous parts to this complex industry of ours which are all worthy of our examination.

Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat and Fibre Chairman

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■ FAILED ENTREPRENEUR BACK

Quake claim settled

Wilson targets regional routes

The University of Canterbury can claim $550 million to cover the damage wrought by the series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 after reaching an agreement with its insurers. The university will receive an additional $247 million to claims already paid or agreed to be paid, taking its total claim to just over half a billion dollars under the Universities NZ collective insurance policy, which will be used to rebuild the campus, vice-chancellor Rod Carr said in a statement.

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BY PATTRICK SMELLIE Ewan Wilson, the founder of failed mid-1990s Kiwi Travel International Airlines, is eyeing up investors to take on at least some of the regional air routes being abandoned by Air New Zealand, with the principals of imported used car dealers 2 Cheap Cars the first to put up their hands.

A name for the company, Kiwi Regional Airlines, has been accepted by the Companies Office, but as yet has no details, including directors, have been listed and it so far has no website.

Wilson is not listed as a director or shareholder of any other New Zealand companies.

Air New Zealand announced last month it was abandoning services from Auckland to Kaitaia and Whakatane, Wellington to Whangarei, Taupo

Pulse sinks deeper Pulse Energy, the electricity retailer controlled by lines company Buller Electricity, sank deeper into the red in the first half as historical electricity derivatives tied the company to substantially higher than expected wholesale prices and chewed up revenue growth. The Auckland-based company reported a net loss of $9.99 million, or 2.9 cents per share, in the six months ended September 30, widening the loss of $3.41 million, or 1.3 cents, a year earlier, it said in a statement. Of this, $6.3 million was unrealised losses on electricity derivatives, used by electricity retailers to create certainty over their costs, but which have moved against Pulse as wholesale electricity prices have fallen in recent months. - NZME

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nessDesk his company’s investment in the venture would be “substantial” but would not comment on the size of his intended shareholding, saying Wilson was negotiating with other potential investors “related to tourism in New Zealand.”

His role would be “giving

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advice on marketing.”

While he could not comment on the type or ownership of aircraft the airline might use, he said it would not be competing with scenic flight operators and would seek to appeal to “the business traveller who doesn’t want to fly in a single engine Cessna.”

He expected KRA to be operating in 2016 “with further consortium partners being announced soon.”

2 Cheap Cars turned over $40 million in its last financial year, Williams said in a statement announcing his involvement.

The company has two directors listed at the Companies Office, Williams and Yusuke Seno, and both are recorded as living at the same Auckland address.

The company has become a force in the market for used imported cars from Japan.

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and Westport, and the Palmerston North to Nelson service in April next year, while the Auckland to Hamilton service will end in February 2016.

The national carrier has offered to make load factors and other commercial information relating to the routes available to would-be operators after concluding it could not run them profitably.

Wilson was banned from being a director for five years after four fraud convictions following the collapse of Hamilton-based Kiwi Air after it collapsed in 1996 under the weight of competition from Air New Zealand subsidiaries Freedom Air, now defunct, and Mt Cook Airlines and logistical problems created by his leased aircraft being too often fogbound at Hamilton airport.

2 Cheap Cars chief executive Eugene Williams told Busi-

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Fiji Airways is to begin flights direct from Wellington to Nadi.

The new service will allow Wellingtonians to escape twice a week to the tropics from next June.

Fiji Airways managing director and chief executive Stefan Pichler said New Zealand was an “incredibly” important market for the airline and a testament to the company’s strong performance here.

“This is one of the most significant new routes recently announced by Fiji Airways, and reflects the airline’s strong performance both globally and in New Zealand.”

The new service will run twice weekly, departing Wellington on Thursday and Sunday from June 25 using a Boeing 737-800.

The new Wellington-Nadi route opens up an additional 328 weekly seats between New Zealand and Fiji, as well as providing Wellingtonians with an opportunity to fly to Apia, Los Angeles and on to other North American cities, via Nadi.

“We announced earlier this year in our five-year strategic plan that we were committed to increasing capacity between New Zealand and Fiji.

“The introduction of this new route reflects our commitment to the New Zealand market, and

in growing our global network,” said Pichler.

The airline also recently announced that it was doubling its capacity to Christchurch from next winter.

The Wellington schedule provided more opportunities for Kiwi holiday makers to book either short stays of either 3-4 nights, or longer stays of 7-10, he said.

Wellington Airport chief executive, Steve Sanderson said there had been a 20 per cent surge in Wellington residents travelling to Fiji and to the United States over the last two years.

“The new service to Fiji, which will add up to 34,000 seats to Wellington’s market,

really demonstrates the demand and growth in international traffic to and from Wellington,” he said.

Fiji Airways operates up to 13 weekly services between Auckland and Fiji.

As part of Fiji Airways five year plan unveiled early this year it increased its fleet size by 25 per cent with the purchase and/or lease of four new aircraft, including one A330200, two B737-800s and two ATR72-600s by 2017.

The additional aircraft will support the company’s plans to increase the number of available seats across all markets by 35 per cent and an increase in passenger numbers by 39 per cent.

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Fonterra speeds up collection Fonterra has installed a transfer station in the Ashburton Business Park to streamline milk collection.

Milk is collected from Mid Canterbury Fonterra farms in the co-operative’s branded tankers and stored at the silos on JB Cullen Drive.

It is then transported to Clandeboye by contractors.

Fonterra general manager national transport and logistics Barry McColl said the station enabled the timely collection of milk, particularly during peak season.

“The Ashburton transfer station reduces travel time for our tankers between farms and their drop-off point. This allows us to meet our obligations to our farmers with timely pick-ups, as well as optimising milk transfer back to the processing site

in terms of both time and cost,” Mr McColl said.

“The milk transfer station provides 200,000 litres of capacity and operates in a hub and spoke model feeding through to our Clandeboye site.”

■ SILVER FERN FARMS

Meat company leaves workers ‘in limbo’ Silver Fern Farms faces a bill of up to $3 million after it was ruled it made more than 100 Dunedin seasonal meat workers redundant.

New Zealand Meat Workers Union (NZMWU) went to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) seeking redundancy

payments for up to 180 Silverstream staff after no lambs were offered for processing during their usual working season, between about December last year and about June this year.

At an ERA hearing in Dunedin in October the union argued Silver Fern Farms had acted in

a “reprehensible” way over the matter, given workers had been left in limbo, and faced uncertainty and reduced income for 18 months.

Silver Fern Farms argued the usual “seasonal layoff ” had just been extended, meaning no redundancy situation existed.

However, ERA member Christine Hickey, in a decision just published online, disagreed, ruling staff positions were made redundant when the decision was made not to open for the 2013-14 season.

Ms Hickey rejected Silver Fern Farms argument the

workers were on an “extended seasonal lay-off ”. If its interpretation was correct, it would “theoretically never be in a position in which it was required to make redundancy payments for seasonal employees”, she said.

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Alliance outlook is positive

use Farmlinks as a tool too.

“We want everyone to be involved. It has the potential to develop into a national online hub for NZ farmers, and we’re keen to reach as many people as we can.”

To find out more, visit www.farmlinks. co.nz

Alliance Group will focus on strengthening its position as New Zealand’s leading red meat processor and exporter, shareholders were told at its annual meeting in Gore.

Chairman Murray Taggart said it was encouraging the co-operative recorded an improved operating profit and resumed pool distributions to shareholder suppliers.

“The balance sheet remains strong and operating cash flow is positive despite ongoing challenges in some markets such as casings and pelts. The strength of the Chinese market has been an important factor in driving improved international prices.

Traditional markets in UK and North America are also showing signs of recovery while there is potential in emerging markets.”

Alliance Group was well-placed to benefit from global retailers’ focus on the integrity of their supply chains, Mr Taggart said.

Favourable climatic conditions resulted in improved lambing percentages and higher carcase weights, however continuing land use change meant an increased mutton kill.

“This poses challenges for future processing volumes and that’s why we are focused on achieving operational efficiencies at our plants,” Mr Taggart said.

“The demolition of our Mataura sheepmeat facilities and the first full year of operations for the new rendering plant at Lorneville reflect this commitment.”

■ ONLINE TRADING

Farmers’ new trading platform A casual conversation at a wedding two years ago has led to this month’s launch of a new online trading system for Kiwi farmers.

For a modest listing fee, Farmlinks offers farmers nationwide a direct digital marketplace for rural transactions. There’s no commission, and no subscription.

The two friends behind the venture say it has started with feed, but Farmlinks also has the capacity for other direct rural trading categories, including machinery, livestock and contracting.

“We’ve made it as simple and accessible as we can, to encourage people to get involved,” says Farmlinks co-founder Robert Begg, an arable farmer from Wakanui.

“We’re farmers, so we know it needs to be practical. We are aiming for ease of use with lots of good, relevant information.

That’s where the mapping and regional searching comes in!”

Mr Begg said he’s only partly joking when he blames his West Coast dairy farming father-in-law for nagging him into action on the concept.

“He manages several farms - I got sick of him pestering me for feed all the time, or looking for some inside knowledge on what the price of grain should be.

“A couple of years ago I caught up with a mate from Southland while we were both at a wedding.

“I’d just sold barley locally for $250 per tonne, because apparently there was heaps around at the time; he’d just bought barley at $450, because it was in short supply down there.

“Even with the trucking, we realised we would have both been better off if we’d known about each other’s situation, but there wasn’t an easy way for us to do this.”

Some method of easily connecting buyers and sellers was required, whether they be 400km away or next door. For Mr Begg and his partners, a dedicated website the obvious choice.

Cue Farmlinks, launched mid-October and already attracting listings.

He said the time is right for a digital trading system specifically aimed at farmers, operated by farmers, and while it might be seen as encroaching on the role of local agents, in fact the partners hope they will

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■ HI-TECH DAIRY

LIC integrate technology LIC is merging its farm automation and milking sensor businesses to deliver more integrated technology and meet demand from farmers.

The co-op’s Protrack business will transfer into subsidiary Dairy Automation Limited (DAL) in 2015.

LIC chief executive Wayne McNee said the move follows the co-op’s acquisition of DAL in February, and a lot of discussion between both businesses on how they would work together as one.

“Since the acquisition of DAL we have witnessed a number of key market developments that we will be better placed to leverage as one entity,” he said.

“New Zealand dairy farmers are seeking a direct link between DAL, Protrack and MINDA systems, to provide valuable insights into the performance of their animals.

“Moving Protrack into DAL will create one new entity that will oversee all future developments in farm automation for LIC, reducing duplication, providing greater integration across the product range and allow us to grow the business and meet demands of being a significantly larger internationalised entity in the future.”

A little boost last week for growth rates not because of volumes of rain but the small amount was well utilised by the pasture and growth rates are predicted to recover to where they should be at this time of year.

In many areas of the south, temperature is the major limiting factor to pasture growth, forage crop germination, and optimum animal performance.

Milk flows are in definite decline in the deep south and in other areas compromised with irrigation restrictions and below average pasture growth rates.

Fonterra announced their adjusted forecast payout to $4.70/kgMS, down 60c, but no change to the dividend level.

While this held no surprises, what is worrying out of this announcement is whole milk powder prices will need to lift soon by 40 per cent to achieve this low payout, and with the global market awash with milk, some analysts think this is unlikely.

Also more caution is being expressed about when the upturn may occur, and bank economists are adjusting 2015/16 predictions down.

In a surprise move, sure to upset existing shareholders, Fonterra launched a new company MyMilk, formed to attract opposition milk back, initially from Canterbury south, by waiving for up to five years the cost of share capital.

This is seen as a dominant play by NZ’s biggest dairy processor, as they aim to recover a bigger share from new dairy conversions, who have found other processors attractive, because less or no share capital is needed in often highly leveraged developments.

Lamb

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LIC launched its first Protrack automation system in 2003, and has since developed a range of systems that are installed on more than 1500 New Zealand dairy farms. Some integrate with to the co-op’s herd management software, MINDA. DAL provides milk testing sensors that measure fat, protein, somatic cell counts, lactose, conductivity and volume, and present real-time data while a cow is being milked.

Employing around 50 staff combined, a full review will be undertaken next year on how the teams should be put together.

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lamb market.

However processors are reporting the first signs that China is buying again and North American interest is promising, but low oil prices has slowed demand in the Middle East.

The Alliance director elections saw one more MIE reformist elected but chairman Murray Taggart again rejected meat co-op amalgamation, citing a poor return for his shareholders out of the proposal.

Wool

The North Island wool sale saw prices holding in a sale of increasing main shear volumes, and characterised with an excellent 95 per cent clearance.

Another double sale next week will increase the volumes but marketers remain confident demand should match supply and prices should hold steady.

Beef

Southern beef schedules fell again but at slower rates than their northern counterparts, as processing figures show South Island farmers have been quick to cash in on the beef boom.

Australia has killed record volumes but past heavy harvests and some rain in specific areas could soon see restocking commence and export volumes drop.

Deer

More summer venison schedule adjustments as exporters report a belief that the European game meat competition will not influence as much as last year.

However for all the optimism, values have now bottomed to exactly where they were in December 2013, so these positive vibes are not being shared with deer producers.

More reports of good prices for this season’s velvet as prices lifted for the third year in a row, led by strong interest in Chinese style cuts and a lift in heavy Korean grades.

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125g butter 125g caster sugar 2 eggs, beaten 30g flour, sieved 125g ground almonds 1 precooked pastry case (20cm diameter) 1 C drained stewed rhubarb 3 stalks red rhubarb, cut into 2cm lengths 1 T apricot jam 1-2 T boiling water ■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Place butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until creamy.

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Maps tell you a lot

BY KATHLEEN STRINGER Recently, I was given the task of going through a large pile of uncatalogued maps that the museum had held for quite some time. Many were duplicates of others we already had, but a few were quite interesting. One was a beautifully hand drawn plan of a stormwater channel between Methven and Highbank Chasm. While drains aren’t normally something to admire, the person who drew them was really artistic.

The other item which caught my attention was a plan of Chertsey – which we didn’t have in our collection.

It’s always pleasing to be able to add something to the large store of knowledge we hold for our community, but I was intrigued by the amount of information it had.

As one can see it mentions railway employees’ cottages.

Another map I found in the bundle spoke exactly of plate layers’ and station masters’ houses. The plan also shows the cemetery, hotel and a building which is now the well visited book barn. Keen eyed readers might even be

able to make out a library reserve.

Visually, the map tells us a great deal about what was happening, and what people thought might be needed in Chertsey in 1883. One of the most interesting factors is that the Private Township was the part of town which took off and has the majority of homes, as well as the school.

This government-planned area with its exotic place names (chosen for who knows what reason) plucked from everywhere from Italy and Java to England and Portugal took quite some time to be settled. Sadly, perhaps, when this part of the town was developed the names were for the most part discarded.

While High and Maldon remain, the sensational Ischia and Anjer are no longer, but at least they have been memorialised in this single archive.

Maps and plans, while sometimes hard to handle due to their size, are such an informative and interesting resource. I am enjoying working through the bundle and if any other finds occur I will be sure to let you know.

Pass the pickled fish, please

BY KATHLEEN STRINGER English food has the reputation for being bland and rather boring, certainly compared with European cuisine. While some might say it’s due to the English personality, the real reason is that before a global larder, cooks could only use that which was on hand. Being a temperate island, many of the items we take for granted today were either unobtainable or too expensive to use for all but the most special of occasions.

In an attempt to add interest to daily fare, Isabella Beaton in her Household Management dedicated a whole section to sauces, pickles, gravies and forcemeats.

As with many of her recipes, the section

uses unusual (to our palate) ingredients or interesting combinations. One of her first offerings is brown apple sauce which combines apple sauce with brown gravy.

Cucumber sauce follows closely behind.

Ornamental Savoury Jelly (or aspic) uses among other things a knuckle of veal, a glass of sherry, and a cow heel.

Younger readers may find the idea of eating cow’s heels repulsive, but as gelatine it can be found in all manner of items such as ice cream, marshmallows and of course jelly.

More appetising and exciting recipes include the Bengal recipe for “Mango chetney” (which came from an Indian native), as well as ketcheps made from oysters, walnuts or mushrooms. For

those who are more interested in words than food, it should be no surprise that chetney/chutney comes from the Hindu meaning to lick. However that American of words ketchup is actually Chinese and was originally ketsiap – a dish of pickled fish and spices.

After how to pickle or otherwise preserve fruits and vegetables, Mrs Beaton goes on to mention egg balls (to put in soup) which is mainly boiled eggs (remember to boil your egg for at least 20 minutes!).

Fish soups obviously require fish balls – which comprise lobster (female only), anchovies and eggs. Other forcemeats or stuffings included boiled calf udder (for French forcemeats).

Above: The map of Chertsey keeping museum staff intrigued.

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club Toyota Friday Triples December 12 1st B Harper, W Blackwell and E Syme 3 wins 12 ends 36 points. 2nd G Eder, M Eder and D Bruce 2 wins 1 draw 18 ends 39 points 3rd M Smallridge, P Winham and G Sparks 2 wins 1 draw 30 points 4th A Crawford, B Holdom and J May 2 wins 1 draw 13 ends 30 points. 5th B Mason, A Smith and H Weir 2 wins 14 ends 28 points.Heartland Pairs and Fours Mixed played Dec 13 1st R Gutberlet, D Gutberlet, G Crack and M Quinn 5 wins 39 ends 84 points. 2nd G Eder, M Eder, W Lee and D Bruce 5 wins 33 ends 56 points. 3rd G Clarke, F McKnight, J Drayton and S Doig 4 wins 37 ends 56 points. 4th B White, B Holdom, N Woods and S Holdom.

■ Basketball NBL Results, standings NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 77 (E Ibekwe 18 C Jackson 15 C Webster 14) bt PERTH WILDCATS 66 (S Redhage 19 D Daniels 16 J Beal 13) at Vector Arena.

ADELAIDE 36ERS 90 (A Gibson 16 J Wilson 14 B Anthony 12) bt MELBOURNE UNITED 77 (J McRae 22 M Worthington 19 D Kickert 12 D Barlow 12) at Adelaide Arena.

CAIRNS TAIPANS 77 (S Weigh 18 C Tragardh 15 C Gliddon 9 S Wilbekin 9) bt TOWNSVILLE CROCODILES 61 (B Conklin 24 T Blanchfield 16 S Markovic 7) at Cairns Convention Centre.

WOLLONGONG HAWKS 82 (J Carson 16 R Martin 15 L Nevill 14) bt SYDNEY KINGS 77 (J Childress 34 A Brandt 12 C Ellis 8) at WIN Entertainment Centre.

NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 92 (C Webster 19 C Jackson 18 M Vukona 11) bt MELBOURNE UNITED 87 (S Dennis 24 D Kickert 20 J McRae 13) at Hisense Arena.

PERTH WILDCATS 97 (D U’u 20 D Daniels 17 M Knight 16) bt ADELAIDE 36ERS 76 (J Wilson 26 A Petrie 14 A Gibson 10) at Perth Arena.

P W L Pts %Won NZ Breakers 15 11 4 105.34 73.33 Perth Wildcats 14 10 4 110.69 71.43 Cairns Taipans 14 10 4 104.80 71.43 Melbourne United 14 7 7 101.83 50.00 Sydney Kings 12 6 6 100.31 50.00 Townsville Crocodiles 14 5 9 98.33 35.71 Adelaide 36ers 14 4 10 93.79 28.57 Wollongong Hawks 15 3 12 88.09 20.00

NBA results NEW ORLEANS PELICANS 122 Golden State Warriors 128 OT MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 94 LA Lakers 100 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 112 Phoenix Suns 88 DENVER NUGGETS 91 San Antonio Spurs 99 MIAMI HEAT 75 Chicago Bulls 93 WASHINGTON WIZARDS 93 Utah Jazz 84 NEW YORK KNICKS 90 Toronto Raptors 95 OT

■ Croquet Waireka Croquet Club Interclub - Advanced Grade December 8 Waireka Hoops 64 v Ashbury 55; Games Waireka 6 v Ashbury 4; Singles: Sue Lamb 7 v Kay Tegelaars 3; Jill Wilce 5 v Carole Graham 7; Audrey Leath 5 v Helen Cooke 7; Bev Blair 7 v Patricia Quinn 3; Sue Lamb 7 v Carole Graham 5; Jill Wilce 7 v Kay Tegelaars 6; Audrey Leath 7 v Patricia Quinn 4; Bev Blair 7 v Helen Cooke 6; Doubles: Sue Lamb and Jill Wilce 6 v Kay Tegelaars and Carole Graham 7; Audrey Leath and Bev Blair 6 v Helen Cooke and Patricia Quinn 7; Primary Grade, December 10 Waireka Red Hoops 52 v Waireka White 55; Games Waireka Red 4 v Waireka White 8 Phyllis Reith 5 v Edmund Fordyce 7; Gail Benseman 3 v Heather Kaye 7; Eva Kircher 7 v Lyn Jones 1; Jackie Rollinson 6 v Richard Turpie 7; Phyllis Reith 7 v Heather Kaye 4; Gail Benseman 1 v Edmund Fordyce 7; Eva Kircher 4 v Richard Turpie 7; Jackie Rollinson 5 v Lyn Jones 7; Doubles: Phyllis Reith and Gail Benseman 7 v Edmund Fordyce and Heather Kaye 5; Eva Kircher and Jackie Rollinson 7 v Lyn Jones and Richard Turpie 3;

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014 58 riders, December 12 Trainer Wheels W/W Group 1. 1st Fluer Kingsbury 12pts. 2nd Tineke Artz 9pts. 3rd Harrison McCormick 7pts. 4th Noah Blampied 3pts. 5th Hazel McCormick 2pts. 6th Holly Douglas 0pts. W/W. Group 2. 1st Conrad Artz 12pts. 2nd. Ella Hudson 11pts. 3rd Archie Stevens 7pts. 4th Elvis Johnson 2pts.

A. Grade W/W. 1st Rosie Gray 12pts. 2nd.

Charlotte Gray 11pts. 3rd Harrison Russell 7pts. B. Grade W/W. 1st Jayden Etheridge 10pts. 2nd Zac Bartlett 9pts. 3rd.= Cody Etheridge & Josh Bellow 5pts. 4th Henry Gray 4pts. C. Grade W/W. 1st Brooke Wylie 11pts. 2nd Luke Rhodes 9pts. 3rd William Samuels 8pts. 4th Sharlotte Russell 5pts.

D. Grade W/W. 1st Abby Samuels 11pts. 2nd Callum Kinsbury 10pts. 3rd Samuel Pye 7pts.

4th Briar Clark 3pts. 5th Emma Lowry 2pts.

6th Juliet Kingsbury 0pts. E. Grade W/W. 1st Jamie Paine 11pts. 2nd Stella Smith 8pts. 3rd Ollie Jackway 7pts. 4th Lachlan Storey 3pts.

5th.=Riley Stevens & Amwolf Artz 2pts.

F. Grade W/W. 1st Lochie Mills 10pts. 2nd.

Zander Etheridge 7pts. 3rd Ethan Johnson 6pts. 4th Oliver Bellow 5pts. 5th Alex Samuels 4pts. 6th Ryan Gallagher 1pt. 7th Bonnie Smith 0pts.

OPEN & U17. 1st. Grant Paine 12pts. 2nd. Peter Restiequx 98pts. 3rd. = Drew Titheridge & James Skinner 5pts. 4th. Ben Sutton 1pt.

6th. Bailey O’Donnell 0pts. B. Grade U17. 1st.

Ryan Jackson 9pts. 2nd.= Caitlin Titheridge & Abe O’Donnell 7pts. 3rd. = Connie Davidson & Bella Roulston 5pts. 4th. Oliver Davidson 0pts. C. Grade U17. 1st. Jenna Borthwick 12pts. 2nd. Luke Skinner 10pts. 3rd. Ethan Titheridge 6pts. D. Grade U17. 1st. Madison Clark 15pts. 2nd Maddie Lowry 9pts. Goodyear Cup Open: Grant Paine. 12pts. GoodYear Cup. (Cadets) A. Grade James Skinner. 5pts.

P.L. Cairns Trophy, B. Grade U17. Ryan Jackson 9pts.

www.guardianonline.co.nz Ian Dolden lost to Brendan Clark 1-3, Pat Summerfield lost to Ed Harrison 1-3, Lawrence McCormick beat Gary Casey 4-0, Chauntel Kentish drew with Charlotte Smith 2-2, Steve Devereux beat Cath Blacklow 3-0.

The club’s summer league will restart late in January.

■ Tennis Mixed Masters

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney (left) fights for the ball against Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester yesterday.

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17 starters, 14kms, Fords Road December 13 1st Abe O’Donnell CT. 31m 30.27s. HT. 7.30m.

RT. 24m 00.27s. 2nd. Dean Rattray CT. 31m 30.75s. HT. 7.30m. RT. 24m 00.75s. 3rd. Don Sutton CT. 31m 35.73s. HT. 7.30m. RT. 24m 05.73s. 4th. Bailey O’Donnell CT. 31m 37.64s.

HT. 10.40m RT. 20m 57.64s. F/T. 5th. Ben Sutton CT. 31m 38.04s. HT. 9.45m. RT. 21m 53.04s. 4 f/t. 6th. Myles O’Donnell CT. 31m 38.36s. HT. 10.40m. RT. 20m 58.36s. 2 f/t.

7th Paul Macfie CT. 31m 42.87s. HT. 9.45s.

RT. 21m 57.87s. 8th Ross Templeton CT. 31m 43.18s. HT. 9.45m. RT. 21m 58.18s. 9th Matt Marshall CT. 31m 45.23s. HT 10.40s. RT. 21m 05.23s. 3 F/T 10th Ryan Jackson CT. 31m 46.39s. HT 4.15m. RT. 27m 31.39s. 11th. Nigel Chatterton CT. 31m 47.52s. HT. 6.30m. RT. 25m 17.52s. 12th. Luke Skinner CT. 31m 48.21s.

HT. 6.30m. RT. 25m 18.21s. 13th. Janette Hooper CT. 32m 08.71s. HT. 6.30m. RT. 25m 38.71s. 14th. Andy Skinner CT. 32m 08.92s.

HT. 6.30m. RT. 25m 38.92s. 15th Allan Cox CT. 32m 37.33s. HT. Go. RT. 32m 37.33s. 16th.

Harley Davies CT. 33m 16.35s. HT. 6.30m. RT. 26m 46.35s. 17th James Skinner CT. 34m 39.33s. HT. 9.45m. RT. 24m 54.33s.

Glasgow Celtic 4 (Sc Brown 4, 18, Forrest 15, Stokes 67) St Mirren 1 (Kelly 10) Hamilton 2 (Andreu 3, Antoine-Curier 14) Dundee 1 (Stewart 61) Send-offs: (Harkins 94 Dundee) Motherwell 2 (Sutton 53, Ojamaa 59) Ross County 2 Dingwall 45, 90) Dundee Utd 0 Aberdeen 2 (Rooney 19, 33) Inverness CT 0 Partick Thistle 4 (Stevenson 12, 40, Fraser 49, Balatoni 56) Kilmarnock 0 St. Johnstone 1 (Graham 82 pen)

■ Football English Premier League English Premier League results and standing Swansea 1 (Bony 48) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Kane 4, Eriksen 89) Manchester United 3 (Rooney 12, Mata 40, van Persie 71) Liverpool 0 Arsenal 4 (Giroud 15, 58, Cazorla 54, 89pen) Newcastle United 1 (Perez Gutierrez 63) West Bromwich Albion 1 (Gardner 72) Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 1 (Gomez 22 pen) West Ham 1 (Downing 29) Leicester City 0 Manchester City 1 (Lampard 40) Crystal Palace 1 (McArthur 11) Stoke City 1 (Crouch 13) Burnley 1 (Barnes 73) Southampton 0 Chelsea 2 (E Hazard 7, Diego Costa 68) Hull City 0.

Standings P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 16 12 3 1 36 13 39 Manchester City 16 11 3 2 33 14 36 Manchester United 16 9 4 3 29 17 31 West Ham 16 8 4 4 27 19 28 Southampton 16 8 2 6 25 13 26 Arsenal 16 7 5 4 28 19 26 Tottenham Hotspur 16 7 3 6 20 22 24 Newcastle United 16 6 5 5 18 22 23 Swansea 16 6 4 6 21 19 22 Liverpool 16 6 3 7 19 22 21 Stoke City 16 5 4 7 18 21 19 Aston Villa 16 5 4 7 10 20 19 Everton 15 4 6 5 24 23 18 West Brom Albion 16 4 5 7 15 20 17 Sunderland 16 2 10 4 14 24 16 Crystal Palace 16 3 6 7 19 24 15 Burnley 16 3 6 7 11 24 15 QPR 15 4 2 9 16 27 14 Hull City 16 2 7 7 15 23 13 Leicester City 16 2 4 10 15 27 10

■ Golf Ashburton County Vets Ladies Section December 12 Tinwald: Ambrose Helen Hawksby, Lesley Glassey, Bernadette Cameron Net 60.9; Judy Webb, Val Cartney, Lynn Bird, Mara Kennedy Net 66.8; Heather Robertson, Carol Shanks, Bev Jackson net 69.7 Nearest Pin: No. 6 Phyllis Bishop; No. 12 Not Struck

Ashburton Golf Club December 13 Results from the first Summer Stableford Round were: Graham Behrnes 84 -24 = nett 60 and 48 pts!! Other winning scores were: John Dudley 43; Rodney O’Neill 41; Chris Ralston 40; Tufuga Sa, Troi Kingsford and Charlie Alexander 39; Tony Gimblett, Kevin Smith, Andrew Tindall, Gordon Crawford, Guildford Lane, Jason Gutsell and Mike Holmes all 38.

Nearest The Pins: Robbies: Chris Ralston, Braided Rivers: Paddy Bradford, Rothburys Insurance: Graham Behrnes, Netherby Meats: Andrew Tindall, Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt #9) Elliott Jones.

Twos: Kevin Smith, Chris Ralston, Bruce Ferriman, Tony Bennett, Andrew Tindall, Cameron Grant (#11), Kyle Brown, Graham Behrnes and Ken Clucas.

Nett Eagles: # 2; Birdy Jackpot: # 7.

Friday Night Teams, December 12 Top Team: Four Putters 90.5 – Ken Borland, Ted Connell, Peter Huggins, John Easton Ladies: Periwinkles 90 Men: Smoking Trees & Stroking 3’s – 90, Reads Rammers 87, Big Test Icicles 87, 3 Amigos 87. Mixed: Nanas & Papas 87, New World 87, Wait n C 87. Top lady: Sheryl Reid 31. Top man: Murray Young 33.5 Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Wendy Bruce; Paul May Motors – Sue Lamb; Mac & Maggies – Harley Shearer; BP Ashburton – Adrian Hopwood Gabites Lucky Player – Craig Goodwin, BP Lucky Player – Steve Thomas Twos: Wendy Bruce, Hugh McLenaghan

Tinwald Golf Club December 13, Stroke Best scores in the stroke round played on Saturday. Senior; Brent Kirdy 63, Randall

Feutz 64, Gordon Rennie 65. Intermediate; Richard Hewson 64, Dave Rush 65, Cawte Whiting 65, Wayne Mellish 66, Cameron Miller 67, Craig Meyrick 67 b/l. Junior; Kerry Whiting 70. Women; Jacqui Beardsley 68, Elizabeth Collins 69. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liqourland # 2; Dave Rush. Gluyas Ford # 6; Elizabeth Collins. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Wayne Mellish. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; Alan Anderson. Twos: Malcolm Fechney, Ryan Ford, Trevor Emery, Randall Feutz, Paul Boon, Gordon Rennie, Elizabeth Collins, Alan Anderson. Net eagles # 13. Not struck. Eagle; # 1 Brent Kirdy.

Twilight December 11, Stableford 0-6: Jeff Hewitt 21, Gordon Rennie 20, Paul Boon 19, Ryan Ford 19 b/l. 7-10: Alton Fletcher 23, Andrew Barrie 21, Mark Banks 21, Lucas McGee 21, Selwyn Munro 21, Craig Meyrick 21. 11 plus: John Vucetich 25, Pete Summerfield 25, Andy Rattray 22, Eddie Tulip 21 b/l. Women 0-14: Belinda Kirdy 23, Barb Harris 20 b/l. 15 plus: Maxine Whiting 21, Shirley Young 19, Margaret Pawsey 19, Madeline Smith 19. Non-Handicap: Lee Dixon net 31. Bayley’s nearest the pin; # 6 Brent Kirdy. # 12 Lee Dixon.

Radio Hokonui longest drive; Mark Argyle.

Twos: Jeff Hewitt, Elizabeth Collins, Alton Fletcher.

■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club Second round of Club Championships At 300, 500 and 600 yards John Snowden 50.5, 50.8, 49.2, 149.1, John Miller 49.4, 49.7, 47.2, 145.13, Tim Webb 48.2, 50.6, 47.5, 145.13, Kevin Hooper 49.2, 45.2, 50.4, 144.8, John Fleming 47.1, 49.5, 44.3, 140.9, Brian Hawksby 42.1, 49.1, 47.3, 138.5, Murray Cook 42.2, 47.2, 48.2, 137.6, Coby Snowden 40.2, 46.3, 46.0, 132.5, Charlie Ledbrook 43.2, 43, 43.1, 129.3, F class, Darren Swaney 55, 51, 53, 159, Joey Meldrum 42, 45, 56, 144, Harvey Westland 53, 55, 108, Brian Greenstone 51, 43, 94.

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from the last round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league season for the year: Mick Hooper lost to Chris O’Reilly 1-2, Jess Dargue beat Di Ness 2-1, Paul Cousins beat Sam Harrison 3-0, Rebecca Abernethy beat Robbie Kok 4-1.

Paul Cousins beat Scott van den Bemd 5-0, Brendan Clark beat Axel Fox-Holmes 4-0, Jordan Hooper drew with Nigel Tiffen 2-2.

Steve Devereux lost to Craig Campbell 0-4, Sam Harrison lost to Billy Nolan 1-3, Nathan Forbes beat Reece Wallington 3-0, Rob Beale beat Scott van den Bemd 4-0, Trish Beale lost to Nathan Forbes 0-4.

Chrissie Stratford beat Nik Millichamp 4-0,

December 14 Orange beat Red 4 matches to 2: C. Christie & M. Morrow lost to C. Thomas & L. Robinson 7-9; P. Scott & G. Donaldson beat A. Hodson & R. Donaldson 9-6; C. Christie & G. Donaldson beat C. Thomas & R. Donaldson 9-3; M. Morrow & P. Scott beat L. Robinson & A. Hodson 9-2; C. Christie & P. Scott lost to C. Thomas & A. Hodson 7-9; M. Morrow & G. Donaldson beat L. Robinson & R. Donaldson by default.

Gold beat Green 5 matches to 1: D. Fisher & H. Woodhouse beat W. Christie & G. Wilson 9-8; F. Royston & S. Clemens beat P. Gallegos & G. Esker 9-3; D. Fisher & S. Clemens beat W. Christie & G. Esker 9-2; H. Woodhouse & F. Royston lost to G. Wilson & P. Gallegos 1-9; D. Fisher & F. Royston beat W. Christie & P. Gallegos 9-2; H. Woodhouse & S. Clemens beat G. Wilson & G. Esker 9-6.

A Grade Tinwald lost to Hampstead 4 matches to 2: A. Mitchell & S. Benny lost to A. Wilson & C. Brosnahan 3-6, 2-6; A. Rollinson & M. Thyne lost to S. Bubb & C. Brosnahan 2-6, 4-6; S. Benny lost to A. Wilson 2-6, 3-6; A. Mitchell beat S. Bubb 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-5); A. Rollinson lost to C. Brosnahan 1-6, 1-6; M. Thyne beat C. Brosnahan 6-2, 6-4.

Allenton beat Hinds/Mayfield 4 matches to 2: L. Glendining & E. Dargue lost to D. Lake & M. Ward 0-6, 3-6; B. Looij & P. McCaw beat C. Stock & M. Martin 6-3, 7-5; L. Glendining lost to D. Lake 0-6, 1-6; E. Dargue beat M. Ward 6-3, 6-2; B. Looij beat C. Stock 7-5, 6-1; P. McCaw beat M. Martin 6-4, 6-4.

Methven lost to Dorie/Fairton 4 matches to 2: H. Ross & F. Ness lost to R. Cromie & M. Amyes 1-6, 3-6; M. Beaumont & H. Hood lost to P. Crozier & D. Taylor 3-6, 0-6; H. Ross lost to R. Cromie 1-6, 0-6; F. Ness beat P. Crozier 6-1, 6-4; M. Beaumont beat M. Amyes 7-6, 6-2; H. Hood lost to D. Taylor 2-6, 0-6.

A Reserve Allenton Blue beat Hinds/Longbeach 4 matches to 2: H. Dargue & L. Donnelly beat R. McNulty & C. Elvines 6-1, 6-2; T. Leonard & T. Kelland lost to O. McKeown & H. Stock 4-6, 4-6; H. Dargue beat R. McNulty 6-2, 6-4; T. Leonard beat O. McKeown 6-0, 6-2; L. Donnelly beat C. Elvines 6-4, 6-2; T. Kelland lost to H. Stock 1-6, 0-6.

Methven lost to Allenton Green 6 matches to 0: I. Talbot & F. Lobb lost to S. Ness & N. Thomassen 0-6, 0-6; L. Muckle & S. Kemp lost to M. Looij & R. Twamley 2-6, 3-6; I. Talbot lost to S. Ness 1-6, 0-6; F. Lobb lost to N. Thomassen 2-6, 3-6; L. Muckle lost to M. Looij 1-6, 0-6; S. Kemp lost to R. Twamley 2-6, 1-6 Hampstead beat Lowcliffe by default

Christchurch Competition Challenger Boys 2 Mid Canterbury beat Cashmere 5 matches to 1 Doubles: C. Brosnahan & A. Mitchell beat E. Dargue & H. Dargue 6-0, 6-2; S. Bubb & A. Reid beat R. Gunn & T. Phillips 6-0, 6-4 Singles: S. Bubb beat E. Dargue 6-4, 6-1; A. Mitchell beat R. Gunn 6-3, 6-2; C. Brosnahan beat H. Dargue 6-1, 6-0; A. Reid lost to T. Phillips 3-6, 0-.6 Girls Challenger 2 Mid Canterbury beat Te Kura 7 sets to 6 Doubles: C. Brosnahan & M. Looij beat E. Morrison & P. McCaw 6-3, 6-1; S. Ness & J. Brosnahan lost to O. Ridgen & S. May 4-6, 6-1, 0-1 (6-10).

Singles: C. Brosnahan beat E. Morrison 6-2, 6-2; S. Ness beat P. McCaw 6-3, 6-2; J. Brosnahan lost to O. Ridgen 0-6, 1-6; M. Looij lost to S. Hay 3-6, 1-6.

ASB Premier Grade Women’s Division – Final December 13 Waimairi beat Hagley 6 matches to 0 M. Kelsen & A. Leonard lost to M. Matson & F. Paton 7-5, 6-3; A. Leonard lost to F. Paton 7-5, 6-1.

ASB Senior Interclub Women’s Division, December 14 Burwood Park beat Waimairi 5 sets to 1 T. McCann & A. Falck beat M. Hart & R Walkerden 6-0, 6-0; T. McCann beat K. Paviell 6-3, 6-2.

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■ MOTORCYCLING

In brief

Highs and lows of racing

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Baillie Perriton’s learning experience on his 600cc had a big up and down on the weekend.

The New Zealand 250cc Production champion is in the middle of preparing to step up to the 600cc Supersport class in the 2015 New Zealand Superbike Championships.

He has completed a lot of testing but headed to the North Island for two rounds of the Suzuki TriSeries.

On his debut at Hampton Downs a fortnight ago he was fifth in race one and sixth in the second race to be seventh equal overall, but gained some invaluable experience racing at Hampton Downs – the site of the third round of the national series.

Things didn’t go quite so well

at Manfeild at the weekend.

After qualifying fourth race one didn’t go quite as planned, getting thrown from the bike.

“I was running up the front most of the weekend but unfortunately I suffered from a highside in race one while I was running second.”

They got the bike sorted for race two, however, he didn’t feel as comfortable on the bike after the knock to his confidence and came in ninth.

It was his first major incident on the 600cc machine, but as he said “it had to happen sometime” and hopefully he has got it out of his system before the nationals.

Perriton won’t race the final round of the series in Wanganui on Boxing Day with his next outing set to be the opening round of the New Zealand Superbike Series at Ruapuna on January 9-11.

■ ROWING

Bailie Perriton: Crashed in the first race at Manfeild.

■ CRICKET

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Ashburton rowers enjoyed a good weekend at the Otago Championships at Lake Ruataniwha.

Veronica Wall collected the win in the girls’ under 17 single for the Ashburton Rowing Club and she was fourth in the women’s club double alongside Charlotte Cox. Racing under the Ashburton College banner, Matt Beveridge was second in the boys’ under 18 single A final where Benji Barry was fifth.

There were third place finishes for the under 16 girls’ coxed four, boys’ under 15 coxed four and the boys’ under 19 pair of Beveridge and Matt Rae. Ashburton College had two crews in the men’s novice double progress to the A final, with

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R. Neilson, B. Stott, R. Mitchell, C. Leech, A. Smith, J. Ryk, M. Smallridge, B. Williams, A. Waddell, G. Taylor, E. Maw, N. Atkinson, R. Brassell, R. Anstiss, A. MacKenzie, R. Harrison.

Harrison Davies and Haxby Hefford coming third, while Aidan Campbell and Johnny Lysaght were seventh.

The women’s novice double of Tessa Puleaga and Katie Dolan were fifth.

The men’s club quad were sixth as was Georgia Lysaght in the club single and the girls’ under 17 coxed quad were eighth in their A final.

Winning their respective B finals were the women’s club four, the boys’ under 15 coxed quad and Lysaght in the girls’ under 18 single.

The college rowers break this weekend for three weeks until the summer training camp in January begins the journey towards the Maadi Cup National Secondary Schools Regatta at Lake Karapiro in March.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club December 20 The second Round of the Summer Stableford competition starts, this is also a qualifier for the Shootout competition.

Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.30 for 12.00 start.

Saturday Starters: Morning Bryan Donaldson; Afternoon Greig Sparrow and Noel Sutton.

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■ Rugby league 2015 NRL First Round: Thursday, March 5 Broncos v Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium Friday, March 6 Eels v Sea Eagles at Pirtek Satdium Saturday, March 7

NZ sevens blitzed There will still be the odd question for Sir Gordon Tietjens, despite a much improved showing by his All Blacks Sevens in Port Elizabeth at the weekend. New Zealand were defeated 26-17 in the Cup final against South Africa yesterday but progressively got better during the third leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series until they struck their recent nemesis, the Blitzbokke, who played strongly before their home crowd.

New Zealand defended stoutly during the tournament, allowing just two tries before the final.

However, it was the bruising South African defence and effective work in contact that was the difference, not to mention the searing pace of Seabelo Senatla.

- NZH

Big year for Warriors

Rowers in good Poor bowling costs preparation for Maadi Black Caps dearly

By Jonathan Leask

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By DaviD Leggat New Zealand must come from behind once again if they are to salvage their ODI series against Pakistan.

They managed to bounce back to square both the test and T20 series after conceding early defeats and the 147-run beating Pakistan inflicted on the New Zealanders yesterday left them 2-1 behind in the five-match series and needing to win the last two games of their tour to finish their trip on a winning note.

Yesterday’s victory was a Sharjah slaughter. New Zealand’s bowling was poor, as Pakistan rattled up 364 for seven, the highest ODI total at the ground, and their bat-

Knights v Warriors at Hunter Stadium Titans v Tigers at Cbus Super Stadium Cowboys v Roosters at 1300SMILES Stadium Sunday, March 8 Panthers v Bulldogs Sportingbet Stadium Sharks v Raiders at Remondis Stadium Monday, March 9 Dragons v Storm at Jubilee Oval

■ Softball Mid Canterbury Softball T Ball 9:00-T3 Allenton Strikers v Longbeach Stars; T4 Allenton Giants v Hampstead Pitchers; T5 Hampstead Gold v Hampstead Catchers; T6 Mighty Red Midgets v Wakanui Wackers; T2 Tinwald Dolphins v BNZ Rakaia Rangers; Borough Bashers Bye. T Ball 10:15-T2 Allenton Tigers v Hampstead Fielders; T3 Allenton Blue Jays v Hampstead Blue; T4 Hampstead Strikers

ting was unable to make sufficient headway chasing an imposing total.

The contest was over long before the required run rate reached 10 an over, with 20 overs remaining, and they were dismissed for 217 with 11.4 overs unbowled.

New Zealand were outclassed in both departments.

Both openers were gone in 5.1 overs to left arm giant Mohammed Irfan. Ross Taylor hit three sixes in eight balls before being bowled by Shahid Afridi’s quicker ball, and New Zealand’s slide just gathered momentum.

On a flat and easy paced wicket, opener Shezhad led the way with his sixth ODI hundred, and second against New Zealand.

- NZH v Wakanui Wrecking Balls; T5 Borough Black v Longbeach Strikers; T6 Netherby Nomads v JFM Rakaia Royals.

Little League Div 1 9:00-D1 Elite Panthers v Pearsons Rakaia Red Sox, Rustys to umpire; D2 ADSC Cubs v Quigleys Contracting Tinwald Black Sox, Renegades to umpire; Metalcorp Hampstead All Stars Bye. Little League Div 2 10:15-D1 Farifield Junior v Resolve Tax Rakaia Ravens, Hampstead to umpire; D2 Rookie Panthers v ADSC Tigers, Panthers to umpire; ADSC Cardinals v Rakaia Bridgestone Battlers, Rebels to umpire.

Senior Mixed 1:00-D1. Bedrock Panthers v Nosh Hampstead Hawks, Reneades to umpire.

Senior Mixed 3:00-D1 ADSC Renegades v ADSC Rustys, Hampstead to umpire.

All defaults to be in by 3:00pm Friday contact Leigh 0275494738. Cancellations will be on our Facebook page and cancellation line.

A rematch against inaugural opponents the Brisbane Broncos, a first-ever Anzac Day clash at home and visits by heavyweights Melbourne, Manly, the Sydney Roosters and North Queensland are the standout features of the Warriors’ NRL draw for their 20th anniversary season. The muchanticipated 2015 draw revealed the Warriors will have a fourth-round meeting with the Broncos on Sunday March 29 (2pm kick-off), the launching pad for the club’s historic campaign. The match will be shown live on Channel Nine in Australia and will provide the lead-in to live coverage of the 2015 Cricket World Cup being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. - NZH

Carter in the money Is Dan Carter set to be rugby’s first 1 million pound (NZ$2m) man at the end of next year’s Rugby World Cup? British media are reporting that the All Blacks first five-eighth, who is off contract at the end of next season, is in line to sign a one million pound deal with French club Racing Metro. With Jonathan Sexton moving back to Leinster, the French Top 14 side are on the lookout for a big name to replace the Irish number 10. According to the Times, Racing Metro are willing to make Carter “rugby’s first 1 million pound man”.

- NZH

Bryant passes Jordan Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant has passed NBA icon Michael Jordan for third on the league’s alltime scoring list - and lifted his Los Angeles Lakers to a victory. Bryant, a five-time champion in his 19th season, came into the contest against the Minnesota Timberwolves needing nine points to surpass Jordan’s career total of 32,292. He tied and passed the Hall of Famer with a pair of free throws that gave the Lakers a 38-32 lead with five minutes left in the second quarter.

- AFP

Blame game in full swing West Indies cricket bosses, players and their union representatives have all been blamed for October’s catastrophic abandonment of the tour of India. The West Indies team left India four matches into a fivegame one-day series after a pay dispute between players and the board, with the fifth one-dayer, a subsequent Twenty20 international and three Tests abandoned. It was a decision that prompted India to demand $US42 million in compensation and damages. - AFP

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

In brief

■ BIZARRE IN BALLARAT

Eight Carat for top filly

Terror ‘not the same horse’

Group One winner O’Marilyn is expected to be back in action during the Auckland Christmas carnival.

The Gr.2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic at Ellerslie on Boxing Day is likely to be her next appearance. Last season’s Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes winner missed a return trip to Awapuni for Saturday’s Gr.3 Eulogy Stakes due to a minor leg issue.

- NZME

By Matt MarkhaM One of the very few chinks in the armour of Terror To Love might just have been his undoing in Saturday night’s bizarre event that was otherwise known as the Ballarat Cup. That’s the opinion of his driver Ricky May anyway, who has come under some hefty criticism for his drive on the threetime New Zealand Trotting Cup winner.

After the field was decimated to just four runners following the controversy that is now known as Sulkygate, many expected Terror To Love to just rock up and win against what appeared to be four horses who seemed far inferior to himself.

The predictions looked correct too when May managed to flush Uncle Wingut off the fence to grab a one out one back ride home, but when Chris Alford and the Amanda Grieve-trained Im Corzin Terror dashed home in just over 53 seconds it proved too much for Terror To Love to run down.

Higher honours for Genius Genius added her name to a growing list of potential black type contenders in the stable of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman at the weekend. The Savabeel mare came off a six month break to convincingly beat the race-fit duo of Dufellforte and Massale at Ellerslie over 1400 metres. I expected her to go a really good race,” Baker said. “She had been working well and I think there’s a good race in this mare.”

- NZME

Ringo looking good Ringo looks set for a profitable summer campaign following his encouraging debut effort for Caulfield trainer Mick Price. The fiveyear-old resumed in the Wellfield Lodge colours at Flemington on Saturday to finish a close second behind his stablemate Mighty Like over 1400 metres. Ringo is a brother to the Group One winner and former NZB Filly of the Year Planet Rock.

- NZME

May is being criticised for his decision not to put the horse in the race, just as he had seven days earlier when he wore down the Miracle Mile winning Christen Me. He’s not one to let the opinions of others worry him too much and had he felt a little different about the way Terror To Love travelled through the race things might very well of panned out different.

But they didn’t and May was left feeling even more confused than what he had as he watched a good portion of his opposition disappear before the race.

“He didn’t feel like the same horse that he had last week,’’ May said.

“I had to chase him along quite a bit, he just didn’t really get up on the bit like he normally can.’’

And that’s where the chink in the armour comes into it.

Those who know Terror To Love will attest to the fact that he isn’t the greatest

M5 Kumeu harness

of horses when it comes to trials and workouts.

In fact he’s renowned for goofing around and never really putting in his best efforts.

And as silly as it might sound to some, that could have been exactly what happened on Saturday night.

“He felt a lot like what he does when he goes to the trials.

“He knows

when things are serious and he knows when it’s just a trial.

“I do wonder if that’s why he didn’t feel quite as sharp, it could be.’’

May said he still felt confident coming off the back when Uncle Wingnut had applied pressure to the leader and they ran their first quarter of the last half in 26 seconds.

“When that happened I thought he would be pretty hard to beat.

“But he just didn’t come out and go like he can, he did work into late but by then it was too late.’’

Terror To Love will return back to his West Melton base tomorrow and be freshened up before heading back across the Tasman to tackle the plethora of riches up for offer early on next year.

- HRNZ Ricky May

Today at Alexandra Park Raceway

Kumeu District Trotting Club Venue: Alexandra Park Meet- 6 x875x Letz Hope (2) 20 5 74866 Classy Ambition (5) fr...............N Purdon (J) ing Date: 16 Dec 2014 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 7 09884 Franco Nadal (U1) 20.............. T Macfarlane 6 43665 Red Sky Night (6) fr .................J Wallace (J) and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 3 2.37pm BRETT MARSHALL FARRIER HANDICAP 7 184x8 Jennalee (7) fr ..............................A Veint (J) and 8 TROT $6000, 3yo+ c0 to c1 spechcp trot, stand, 2200m 8 3x216 Liberty Styx (8) fr .................. T Cameron (J) 1 1.27pm (NZT) KUMEU VILLAGE REST HOME MO- 1 04559 Pippa Middleton (1) fr................D McGowan 9 54346 Pricillas Girl (21) fr .................. B Butcher (J) BILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1 to c3 +claimer mob. pace, 2 34343 KD Hall (2) fr ................................ B Mangos 10 0x590 Chokullen (22) fr ................ J MacKinnon (J) mobile, 2200m 3 My Secret Stride (3) fr ....................T Herlihy 5 3.47pm CADUCEUS CLUB HANDICAP PACE $6000, 1 58156 McRoyal (1) fr...................................J Darby 4 Megaspeed (4) fr............................J I Dickie 5yo+ c2 & faster +claimers discrhcp pace, stand, 2700m 2 45724 Easy For Cullen (2) fr .................M Northcott 1 95098 Vengeance (1) fr.............................. S Argue 5 722x7 Gintaras (5) fr .............................. R Brosnan 3 0x590 Chokullen (3) fr ..............................S Phillips 2 23341 Hudy Haxwell (2) fr ................. T Macfarlane 6 50x08 Stuey D (6) fr............................. J Abernethy 4 57379 Here’s Shifty (4) fr .....................V Blanchard 3 00x09 Sandpark Senator (3) fr .................S Phelan 7 978 Shardon’s Pearl (7) fr ....................T Mitchell 5 87x79 Howzat (5) fr ...............................J Brownlee 4 42477 Brydon Delight (4) fr ................. M McKendry 8 Sundazforyumcha (8) fr ............... D Butcher 6 27561 Lucky John (6) fr .............................A Shand 5 47035 Westburn Courage (U1) fr ..........P Ferguson 9 70x38 Star Monarch (1) 30 ................. M McKendry 7 81988 Leroy Brogden (7) fr ..........................W Rich 10 35552 Tarn (2) 30............................... T Macfarlane 6 P6447 Debs Pal (U1) 10 8 71113 Our Southern Man (8) fr ...... J Kriechbaumer 11 P49x0 Rocky Six (3) 30........................S Abernethy 7 53755 Imajollywally (1) 20 ...................S Abernethy 9 05196 Hadrian (21) fr ............................M Stormont 12 5x310 Spud Murphy (4) 30 .......................S Phelan 8 4x614 Lofty Brogden (U1) 20............. B Butcher (J) 2 2.02pm NZ TROTTING HALL OF FAME HANDICAP 13 08485 Getaway Doug (U1) 30 .................. C Wilson 6 4.22pm HORSELANDS KUMEU GRAIN MOBILE TROT $6000, 4yo+ c2 to c5 +claimer discrhcp trot, 4 3.12pm CINZ CONVENTIONS & INCENTIVES NZ PACE $6000, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, 2200m stand, 2700m MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1 to c2 mob. pace jun.d, 1 0890x Rado (1) fr .................................... B Mangos 1 70004 Makarewa Jake (1) fr .....................T Herlihy mobile, 2700m 2 97x55 Trial By Jury (2) fr ..........................T Mitchell 2 76900 Sunny Vacation (U1) 10 .................J I Dickie 1 x8767 Darjeeling Bromac (1) fr ...............J Moka (J) 3 6959 Easy Delight (3) fr ......................P Ferguson 3 15875 The Scruff (U2) 10 2 84399 Kurahaupo Gambler (2) fr .......T Hopkins (J) 4 9990x Billy The Bad (4) fr ...................... R Brosnan 4 13525 Moment Of Truth (U3) 10 ...........P Ferguson 3 x4815 Jimmy MacElroy (3) fr ............ S Grayling (J) 5 79488 Alcaesar (5) fr ................................S Phelan 5 34321 Thanks Charlie (1) 20 ...................P Butcher 4 680x9 Clarius (4) fr .......................M Blakemore (J) 6 50237 Tullow (6) fr....................................S Lawson

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445x8 Shardon’s Sheralee (2) fr ..............T Mitchell 220x Spare Change (3) fr ..................... B Mangos 33264 Christy Maguire (4) fr ............... M McKendry 7 My Lucky Belle (5) fr ................. J Abernethy Clovelly (6) fr ..............................P Ferguson 8 Baby Houseman (7) fr ....................S Phelan 45500 El Promise (8) fr .................... T Cameron (J) 77 Aliante (21) fr ................................Z Butcher Wise Goddess (22) fr ................... D Butcher 25467 Culler Coded (23) fr .......................T Herlihy

SELECTIONS Race 1: McRoyal, Our Southern Man, Easy For Cullen Race 2: Franco Nadal, Makarewa Jake, Moment Of Truth Race 3: KD Hall, Gintaras, Star Monarch, Tarn Race 4: Liberty Styx, Pricillas Girl, Red Sky Night Race 5: Hudy Haxwell, Imajollywally, Lofty Brogden, Debs Pal Race 6: The Faithful, Hvar, Monterey Jack, Tullow Race 7: Pacific Rapture, Westie Chick, Tormenta, Atomic Jet Race 8: Aliante, Christy Maguire, Culler Coded, Spare Change LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

7x121 Barnicle Bullet nwtd ........................ M Grant 35535 Opawa Laz 22.66 L &......................... Wales 25462 Jack’s A Jewel nwtd .....................C Roberts 24236 Rockwood Archie nwtd...............D Stapleton 62171 Tee Time 22.90 .............................R Adcock 1 12.05pm (NZT) WELCOME SPRINT C0, 390m 23373 Hello Blondie 22.81 .......................R Adcock 1 63435 Sacajawea nwtd .........................D Stapleton 116x4 Goldstar Jeanie nwtd ................J McInerney 2 8 Homebush Naki nwtd ................J McInerney 41567 Glenn Is Goodesy 22.95 ................. M Grant 3 33622 Homebush Flyte nwtd ...............J McInerney 58274 Sarah’s Domain 22.75...............J McInerney 4 7 Mega Volt nwtd................................ M Grant 5 76 Bound To Erupt nwtd ....................... M Grant 4 12.59pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. 6 3 Star Apache nwtd J & .....................D Fahey CO.NZ C3, 390m 7 46835 Master At Arms nwtd......................J Guthrie 1 71836 Rambunctious nwtd ..................A Bradshaw 8 1 Camside Gold nwtd J & ..................D Fahey 2 53335 Bellwave 22.79 ...........................D Stapleton 9 58258 Burno nwtd .................................. B I Conner 3 77x25 Opawa Hog 22.79 L & ........................ Wales 10 77645 Da Last Chook nwtd.................... B I Conner 4 47174 Unreliable Andy 22.72...............A Bradshaw 2 12.23 SANTAS LITTLE HELPER SPRINT C1, 390m 5 65446 Go Tommo nwtd .........................D Stapleton 6 31133 Cawbourne Buttsy 23.10..............C Roberts 1 73242 Mr. November nwtd ....................D Stapleton 7 51116 Tricky Zorro 23.14 .....................J McInerney 2 22217 Ozarks Daughter nwtd ...................J Guthrie 8 23662 Blue Review nwtd..........................R Adcock 3 23121 May May Last nwtd ...........................J Dunn 9 52778 Homebush Bruno nwtd .............J McInerney 4 53422 Norman Jewel nwtd .....................C Roberts 10 81867 Smash Amy 22.92........................... M Grant 5 51464 Homebush Ninja 23.08 .............J McInerney 6 32742 Matty Hooky nwtd .....................J McInerney 5 1.17pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C4, 7 24122 Eyrewell Hawke 23.00.................... H Cairns 390m 8 41232 Homebush Errol 23.00 ..............J McInerney 1 73626 On The Level 22.64 ......................C Roberts 9 84624 Business Boss nwtd ..........................S Keen 2 12783 No More Beersies 22.73 ............. B I Conner 10 55453 Opawa Lucky nwtd L & ...................... Wales 3 83445 Opawa Bart 22.96 .............................B Eade 3 12.41pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C2, 390m 4 63573 Opawa Idol 22.56 L &......................... Wales 1 35514 Jasper Haka 22.88 ....................J McInerney 5 56518 Dee nwtd ...................................A Bradshaw Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 16 Dec 2014 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12

7 424 The Faithful (7) fr...........................Z Butcher 8 36 Bennyandthejets (8) fr ....................T Herlihy 9 67x Brydon Jet (21) fr ..................... M McKendry 10 x8742 Monterey Jack (22) fr .....................J I Dickie 11 76306 Slysu (23) fr.................................J Stormont 12 Hvar (24) fr ................................... D Butcher 7 4.57pm REHARVEST TIMBER MBL PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1 to c2 mobile pace, mobile, 2200m 1 60x00 Infrequently (1) fr..........................A Veint (J) 2 62309 Violet Bromac (2) fr ....................P Ferguson 3 83550 Youbetteryoubet (3) fr ............. T Macfarlane 4 00668 Charming Desire (4) fr ................J Stormont 5 30207 Russian Alsu (5) fr ....................S Abernethy 6 x7x51 Westie Chick (6) fr.........................P Butcher 7 x660x Pixel (7) fr ..................................D McGowan 8 93387 Atomic Jet (8) fr........................ M McKendry 9 8126x Tormenta (21) fr .............................T Herlihy 10 1567x Love My Way (22) fr .............. T Cameron (J) 11 89900 Machinegun Kelly (23) fr ...............T Mitchell 12 209x0 Motu Just In Time (24) fr ................ M Burley 13 78180 Pacific Rapture (25) fr ............... J Abernethy 8 5.32pm HUAPAI TAVERN MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 90x78 Grinfromwithin (1) fr ..................S Abernethy

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6 77335 Impersonator nwtd ....................A Bradshaw 8 2.13pm 9 SLEEPS TO GO C1/2, 457m 7 45536 Sleeper Agent nwtd...................A Bradshaw 1 66112 Lagoon May nwtd .........................C Roberts 8 11132 Puma Pants 22.78.....................J McInerney 2 28x66 Cover To Cover 26.60.................D Stapleton 9 77157 Homebush Rocky 23.23 ............J McInerney 3 71121 Can’t Catch Tim nwtd ....................R Adcock 10 86674 Little Midnight 22.28 ...................D Stapleton 4 31586 Opawa Uno 26.90 L & ........................ Wales 6 1.36pm SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C0, 457m 5 2334F Token Ray 26.29 L & .......................... Wales 6 12365 Homebush Coral nwtd...............J McInerney 1 54536 Malcy nwtd ....................................R Adcock 7 47458 Waimak Dave 26.36 ..................J McInerney 2 45624 Wairio Dee Jay nwtd ................... B I Conner 8 13623 Botany Liz nwtd.........................J McInerney 3 22244 Zulu Chanel nwtd .........................C Roberts 9 18383 Sparrow nwtd ................................. H Cairns 4 52741 Homebush Howard nwtd ...........J McInerney 10 62757 Starburst Clemmy 26.47 ................. M Grant 5 22 Jinja Luca nwtd J & .........................D Fahey 6 3766 Homebush Hansome nwtd ........J McInerney 9 2.30pm CHRISTMAS CRACKERS STAKES C3, 457m 7 56343 Tracey nwtd ...................................R Adcock 1 52744 Opawa Opal nwtd L & ........................ Wales 8 52364 Cawbourne Kitt nwtd ..................D Stapleton 2 51121 Boostin’ 26.04 ................................ H Cairns 9 8 Uno Marguerite nwtd L & ................... Wales 3 21532 Flip Flippa nwtd L & ........................... Wales 10 456x Opawa Darcee nwtd L & .................... Wales 4 33415 Botany Richie nwtd ...................J McInerney 5 35151 Jinja Turtle nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 7 1.53pm SGRC $26 FIVE WIRE MUZZLE STAKES 6 43117 Chloe’s Prodigy 26.14 ..................C Roberts C1, 457m 7 28268 Cawbourne Floyd 26.04 .................. M Grant 1 52644 Starburst Benny nwtd ...................... M Grant 8 31265 Thrilling Bert 26.78.......................... M Grant 2 82164 Kiwiana 26.96 ................................ H Cairns 9 87888 Grunt Rodgers 26.34 ................J McInerney 3 65317 Tui Time 27.36................................ H Cairns 4 53335 Archi Bale nwtd .........................J McInerney 10 2.50pm SGRC $50 LEATHER LEADS C4, 457m 5 16154 Chaimbo nwtd ...........................J McInerney 1 34115 Cawbourne Steve 26.37...............C Roberts 6 22122 Lagoon Belle nwtd .......................C Roberts 2 35422 Karen’s Magic 25.99 .....................R Adcock 7 22512 Thrilling Hunt 26.48 ..................... B I Conner 3 31163 Shines Bright 26.07........................ H Cairns 8 23331 Mickey Tee nwtd ............................R Adcock 4 33386 Botany Seaton 26.33 ................J McInerney 9 11847 Mega Surge nwtd ........................... H Cairns 5 31353 Jessie Surfs 26.50 .......................C Roberts 10 44745 Mr. Johnny nwtd ..............................J Goode 6 41225 Botany Blake 26.14 ...................J McInerney

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72248 What I Like 26.12 ......................J McInerney 14561 Jewel Eagle nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 65334 Botany Kevin 26.69 ...................J McInerney 76656 Sheeza Flower nwtd.................. A Bradshaw 11 3.06pm MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL C5, 457m 1 73231 Opawa Tom 25.83 J & .....................D Fahey 2 32527 Thrilling Marty 25.99 ................... B I Conner 3 16111 Jinjarango 25.81 J & .......................D Fahey 4 63155 Game Girl 26.53............................R Adcock 5 31376 Doleuze 26.25 ...................................J Dunn 6 11463 Thumb Print Tony 26.40 ............J McInerney 7 61172 Invidious nwtd ...................................J Dunn 8 24116 His Lordship 26.12 ........................R Adcock 9 72F28 Elephant Gunn nwtd .....................R Adcock 10 83687 Question Bale nwtd ...................J McInerney 12 3.26pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C5, 390m 1 42211 Irish Blue 22.80 J & .........................D Fahey 2 72144 Chokehold 22.52 ........................D Stapleton 3 27116 Bump nwtd ...................................C Roberts 4 14175 Flying Swan 22.55 ....................J McInerney 5 41147 Charlie’s Choice 22.52 ...............D Stapleton 6 15826 Wunzee nwtd ............................J McInerney 7 25118 Sandi Claws 22.78 ............................S Keen 8 13216 Costing Money 22.60 ...................... M Grant 9 15543 Opawa Colin 22.46 L & ...................... Wales 10 82755 Dillmanstown nwtd ............................J Dunn 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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Sam Burgess in a race with Rene Ranger for the ball in last weekend’s match.

union] would be very similar in a lot of ways but they are actually not,” the 26-year-old told the BBC. “I’ve got mixed feelings.

“There are things I can improve on but I’m happy with some aspects of the game.

“To get a full 80 was good. I’m

looking forward to reviewing the game and seeing where I can improve.

“It’s the first 80 minutes of hopefully a few more and I will take a lot from the game.

“It’s been a great challenge and although it’s been hard, it’s been enjoyable.”

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country’s 45th Test skipper, with Clarke to miss the rest of the four-Test series against India due to a serious hamstring injury.

Smith replaced Brad Haddin as official vice-captain on Monday, with Haddin to serve as the 25-year-old’s deputy when the second Test starts in Brisbane.

Only two men have performed

Smith’s new role at a younger age, the most recent being Kim Hughes over 30 years ago.

The other was the late Ian Craig.

Smith, who only cemented his place in the side last year, will be barking orders at men who were playing for Australia when he was at school.

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Smith today becomes the

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Burgess inadvertently set up the opening try in the 32-12 victory after the ball bounced off his knee and into the hands of winger Matt Banahan.

Burgess, who played 95 NRL encounters for the Rabbitohs, made a few noticable errors including being stripped of the ball after holding the ball too high into contact.

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8. Excellence one discovered in a difficult term (5) 14. Had a grave addition perhaps if stressed (8) 17. I’d put up old instruments as one adds the water (7) 18. Time for playing me up in breaking the pot (5) 20. ‘ ____ he’s in his hammock’ (Newbolt) (5) 23. Under 6, what is there one can’t have and eat? (4)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) The Moon’s last visit to your relationship sector is a chance to focus on your relationships, especially with things becoming more professionally focused.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Just when things should be winding down, the Moon’s return to your work sector is a chance to really get your head in the game.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) At a time that is already auspicious for friendship and relationship building, the focus is on how to sustain this moving forward.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) An important day for work matters makes today all about having your head in the game, communication lines open and ideas on the table.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) If you can’t find a balance between work and play now then you’re really going to struggle over the coming weeks.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) While the Moon’s last visit to your income sector might push buttons, you can’t avoid financial tension, but you can use it to your advantage.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) There isn’t a better day for giving your emotional responses a voice, with the conditions ideal for a communication and/or relationship breakthrough.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

NICHOLSON, Ena Doreen (Doreen) 11.7.1935 – 12.12.2014.

Sadly but peacefully at Tauranga Hospital with her family by her side. Much loved wife of the late Ian and much loved mother and mother in law of Ross and Sue (Wanaka), David and Dianna (Picton), Jill and Iain Epps (Christchurch).

Treasured nan of Phillip and Pipi, and Blair and Amy; Callum, Emma, and Holly; Joel, and Nathan. Messages to the Nicholson Family c/- P.O. Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A Memorial Service to celebrate Doreen’s life will be held at our Chapel cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on THURSDAY, December 18, commencing at 2.00pm. In lieu of flowers the family request donations to the Ashburton Cardiac Companions or Diabetes Ashburton and these may be left at the service.

Patersons Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

REID, Vera – On December 13, 2014 at Ashburton Hospital.

Peacefully after a long illness, aged 80 years. Dearly loved mum of Ricky, Jeffrey, and Lyndon. Adored nana of Brett, Alisha, and Brandon.

Sister in law of Margy and Gordon, Colleen, and Brian and the late Liz. Messages to Reid family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A special thank you to all the staff at Rosebank Resthome for their loving care of Vera and the staff of Ward 1 Ashburton Hospital. A celebration of Vera’s life will be held at the Salvation Army Citadel, Cnr Cass and Cameron Streets, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, December 17, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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Love always, Stacey and Erin.

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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

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Rain clearing. Light winds.

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Leslie Cornwall to Pauline Elmsly December 16, 1944 at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Ashburton.

Congratulations and love from Alan, Murray, Judith and families.

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ANNIVERSARIES MACDONALD, Della Irene – Passed away December 16, 2004. Loved wife of the late Jim, loved mother and mother in law of Crawford, Lyndia and family, Marilyn, Paul and family, Glenda, Paul and family.

We miss your smile, your friendly face, Your love, your care, your warm embrace.

You left us wonderful memories.

Your love is still our guide.

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Northeasterlies strengthening.

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6am Breakfast 9am MasterChef New Zealand PGR 3 The top 24 contestants face two sudden-death challenges to find who will go through to the top 16. 0 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Jai and Leyla share a cheeky look; Priya must hide her disappointment; David feels left out. 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me UK 2pm Packed To The Rafters PGR 30 3pm Star Treatment 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia The contestants playing for immunity must cook off against Benjamin Cooper from leading restaurant, Chin Chin. 0 8:35 The Mentalist AO 0 9:35 Lockdown AO 0 10:40 One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Little Monstar 0 6:35 Transformers Rescue Bots 3 0 6:55 My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 3 0 7:20 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 3 0 7:50 Slugterra 3 0 8:15 Paw Patrol 3 0 8:40 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am State Of Georgia 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 1:30 Jeremy Kyle 2:35 Ellen 3:05 According To Jim 3 0 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 4pm Austin And Ally 0 4:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Friends 3 0

11:10 Perception AO 3 12:05 Death Row Dogs AO 3 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 5:05 Faith In Action 5:35 Te Karere 3 0

11:25 Body Of Proof AO 3 0 12:20 NY Med PGR 3 1:20 Infomercials 2:20 Private Practice PGR 3 0 3:10 666 Park Avenue AO 3 0 3:55 Shake It Up 3 4:20 Matthew And Marc’s Rocky Road To Bollywood PGR 3 0 4:50 Regular Show PGR 3 0 5:00 Rodney 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Garden Pantry 7am Destination Flavour Japan 7:30 Natural World 8:30 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day 9am The Pioneer Woman 9:30 Kirstie’s Handmade Showdown 10:30 International Open House 11am Kitchen Crashers 11:30 Baggage Battles Noon Coast 1:15 Tropic Of Capricorn 2:30 Destination Flavour Japan 3pm Natural World 4pm The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 5pm Better Homes And Gardens 6:30 House Crashers 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Double Your House For Half The Money Property developer Sarah Beeny helps people achieve their property dreams without breaking the bank.

8:30 My Dream Home Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott are determined to help couples find, buy, and transform extreme fixeruppers into the ultimate dream home.

9:30 Beat My Build Two renovators go head-to-head.

10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Better Homes And Gardens

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Natural World 2am The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 3am House Crashers 4am Double Your House For Half The Money 5am My Dream Home

TV THREE 6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 Rachael Ray 3 Rachael chats with Mark Consuelos and pastry chef Heather Bertinetti; how to pick a glamorous winter coat.

11:30 King Of Dirt 3 Gino Panaro gives insider ideas on how to make over outdoor spaces.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm American Dream Builders 2pm The Biggest Loser Australia 3pm The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR 3 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 Big Brother Australia 6pm 3 News

7pm Campbell Live 7pm Home And Away 0 7:30 M Harry Potter And The 7:30 The Block – Glasshouse PGR It’s Master Bedroom week, Deathly Hallows – Part 1 the jury judging is being PGR 2010 Adventure. As shaken up, and the teams’ Harry works to destroy the plans are being changed. 0 Horcruxes, he uncovers the 8:30 Grand Designs 3 0 existence of three of the 9:30 F Sons Of Anarchy AO most powerful objects in Jax aims to fulfil his father’s the wizarding world. Daniel legacy. 0 Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. 0 10:55 The Paul Henry Show 10:25 Mistresses AO 3 0

11:30 The Good Wife AO Alicia looks to her past for inspiration when she is asked to deliver the keynote address at an American Bar Association conference in New York.

12:25 Infomercials

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Fanboy And Chum Chum 3 7:30 Scaredy Squirrel 3 7:55 Fairly Odd Parents 8:25 Chuggington 3 0 8:35 Humf 3 8:45 Peppa Pig 3 8:55 Bob The Builder 3 9:05 Thomas And Friends 3 9:15 Tree Fu Tom 3 9:35 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 3:10 Lalaloopsy 3 3:30 Scaredy Squirrel 4pm M Cowgirls ‘n’ Angels 3 2012 Family. Bailee Madison, James Cromwell.

6pm The Nanny 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 0 8pm The Cleveland Show PGR 3 8:30 M Big Momma’s – Like Father, Like Son PGR 3 2011 Comedy. Martin Lawrence, Brandon T Jackson.

10:40 90210 PGR A mogul hires Naomi to plan events for his media empire; Annie, Adrianna, and Silver plan a night out with Naomi.

6am Tennis – New Zealand Nationals (Highlights) 7:30 Football – Fifa Club World Cup (Replay) Entente Sportive Setifienne v Auckland City FC. 9:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 10am Football – ASB Premiership (Replay) Wellington Phoenix (Reserves) v WaiBOP United. Noon Golf Central 12:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Franklin Templeton Shootout – Round Three. 1pm Golf – European Tour (Highlights) 1:30 Golf – Champions Tour (Highlights) 2pm Golf – Australian PGA Championship (Highlights) 3pm Golf Central 3:30 Yachting – The Volvo Ocean Race 4pm Sky Sports News UK 4:30 Football League Show 5pm Football – A-League Highlights Show 5:30 Football – A-League (Replay) 7:30 2014 Sporting Moments 7pm Bondi Rescue Bali PGR 3 (Replay) State of Origin – 7:30 60 Minutes 3 Game Two. New South Wales 8:30 Anzac Girls AO v Queensland from ANZ 9:45 Silk AO Martha represents Stadium in Sydney. a captain accused of disobeying an order, resulting 9:30 L Football – Westfield FFA Cup Final – Adelaide in the death of a private, United v Perth Glory. From and discovers the reality of Coopers Stadium in Adelaide. modern combat.

10:50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

11:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:20 Home Shopping 1:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:20 Home Shopping

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7am Harry’s Practice 3 Series filmed largely at Dr Harry’s veterinary practice in northern Tasmania, capturing the special bond between people and their pets.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Test AO 3 Celebrities and viewers answer burning moral questions.

1pm American Idol 3 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 A celebrity chat show.

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

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Palau PG 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 NCIS MV 11:25 Pawn Stars PG 11:50 Shearing Gang PG 12:15 Criminal Intent MV 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 CSI MV 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Survivor – Palau PG 4pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Pawn Stars PG 5:30 CSI MV 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Elementary MV 9:30 Played 16VLSC 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 NCIS MV

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12:30 Survivor – Palau PG 1:25 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 1:50 Law And Order MV 2:40 SVU MV 3:30 Elementary MV 4:20 Played 16VLSC 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

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11:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Midnight Motorsport – Swedish Speedway Elitserien (Highlights) 2:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 3:00 Cricket – International (Highlights) 3:30 The Cricket Show 4:00 Basketball – NBL Championship (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation PGR 3 8pm Project Whenua 8:30 Uspomene 677 AO 3 10:10 John Safran’s Race Relations AO 3 10:40 Tagata Pasifika 11:10 Te Kaea 3 2 11:40 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Batten Down the Hatches. 7:30 Man v Wild PG European Alps. 8:30 MythBusters PG Exploding Pants.

9:30 MythBusters PG 10:30 You Have Been Warned M Epic Fails.

11:30 Dates From Hell M Virgin Targets. Noon Dates From Hell M A Kiss Before Dying. 12:30 Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry?

M 1:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M Stalked. 2:30 Airplane Repo PG 3:30 Auction Hunters PG 4pm Auction Hunters PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG Steam Cannon. 6:30 Yukon Men M The Longest Day. 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8:30 Gold Fever PG 9:30 The Unexplained Files M Voodoo Zombie; Life After Death.

10:30 Codes And Conspiracies M Outlaw Bikers. 11:30 The Perfect Murder M

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12:30 House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M 1:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Flying Wild Alaska PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

Sons of Anarchy 9:30pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:50 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo.

8:45 The Hiding MV 2012 Thriller.

Ana Villafane, Jeremy Sumpter.

10:20 The Bay 16VL 2012 Horror.

Will Rogers, Kristen Connolly.

11:45 Rush MVLS 2013 Drama.

Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl.

1:45 Paranormal Activity – The Marked Ones 16VLS 2014 Horror.

Andrew Jacobs.

3:25 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg.

5:20 That Burning Feeling 16LSC 2013 Comedy. Paulo Costanzo.

6:55 Red Dawn MVL 2012 Action.

Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson.

8:30 21 And Over 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Miles Teller, Skylar Astin.

10:05 RoboCop MV 2014 Action.

Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman.

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12:05 Do No Harm MC 2012 Thriller. Deanna Russo.

1:35 That Burning Feeling 16LSC 2013 Comedy. Paulo Costanzo.

3:10 Red Dawn MVL 2012 Action.

Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson.

4:45 21 And Over 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Miles Teller, Skylar Astin.

6am Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day One. From the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

7:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day Two. From the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

9am Softball – Oceania Qualifier (Highlights) Day One. From Rosedale Park in Auckland.

Silk 10:30 Softball – Oceania Qualifier 9:45pm on Prime (Highlights) Day Two. From Rosedale Park in Auckland.

MOVIES GREATS Noon 2014 Sporting Moments (Replay) State of Origin – Game 6am Space Cowboys PGL 2000 One. A look back to Game one of Comedy. Clint Eastwood. the 2014 State of Origin series as 8:10 Fair Game ML 2010 Drama. the Queensland Maroons host the Naomi Watts, Sean Penn.

New South Wales Blues at Suncorp 9:55 Never Been Kissed PGS 1999 Romantic Comedy. Drew Barrymore. Stadium in Brisbane.

11:40 Bulletproof Monk MVL 2003 2pm Basketball – NBL Championship (Replay) Melbourne Action. Chow Yun-Fat. United v New Zealand Breakers.

1:25 Alien 16V 1979 Sci-fi Thriller.

From the Hisense Arena.

Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver.

3:20 Get Over It MS 2001 Comedy 4pm Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day One. From Drama. Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster. the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in 4:50 A Simple Plan MVL 1998 Port Elizabeth.

Thriller. Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda.

5:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World 6:50 Mean Girls MC 2004 Family Series (Highlights) Day Two. Comedy. Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey. 7pm UFC Ultimate Knockouts 8:30 Finding Neverland PGC 2004 Drama. Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet. Head-Kick Knockouts.

7:30 UFC Now 10:15 Austin Powers 2 – The 8:30 Fight Night Amir Khan v Spy Who Shagged Me MS Devon Alexander.

1999 Comedy. Michael Myers, 10:30 Arena Access Heather Graham, Rob Lowe.

11pm Football – Chelsea TV 11:50 Aliens MVL 1986 Sci-fi.

Chelsea v Hull City.

Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn.

WEDNESDAY

2:05 A Simple Plan MVL 1998 Thriller. Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda.

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Richard Kirwan leads a bunch around the bend during the Tinwald Cycling Club’s Championship race around the Wakanui Beach Block on Sunday.

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Hands sprints to championship title Steve Hands produced a blistering sprint to secure the Tinwald Cycling Club Championship title on Sunday.

A 64km mass start event around the Wakanui Beach block determined the mid-season bragging rights.

With early pressure being applied the race soon split up.

The front group of seven riders settled into their work with all the main championship contenders in the mix.

Hands’ previous performances had made him a hot favourite,

and he lived up to his billing with a strong final sprint to see off all challengers and lift the club championship title.

Hands rode the course in 96.02 minutes, with Timaru’s Craig Domigan coming in second to take the veteran 1 title.

Nigel Douglas produced his best ride of the season to take third, Nathan Tew rode into fourth for the 23 honours and Tony Ward was right on his tail for the veteran 2 ribbon.

The chasing bunch contained two of the favoured women and

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the result was decided in a sprint finish as Kristine Marriott held off the fast finishing Rachel Thow for the women’s title.

Michelle Davidson secured third place and the veteran 2 honours.

Paul Macfie finished the year off with a solid ride to take the veteran 3 title and the evergreen Dave Shurrock secured the veteran 4 championship, while Janis Crawford claimed the women’s veteran 3 title.

Gene Shurrock produced the ride of the day to secure the

sealed handicap honours from Ross Avis and John Harcourt.

The juniors also raced for club titles with the under 17s competing over 32km and the under 15s over 16km.

Ben Sutton finished his days in the junior ranks with a top shelf ride to secure the under 17 title from the ever improving James Skinner, with Ryan Jackson third.

A solid field of under 15s went to the start line but Bailey O’Donnell showed his class with a solo ride to victory.

Younger brother Abe stormed into second with Oliver Davidson third.

Caitlin Titheridge continued her dominance in the girls’ under 15 grade while Bella Roulston and Connie Davidson had a ding dong battle for second, with Roulston getting up.

Maddy Clark dug deep to secure the sealed handicap honours.

Division 2 saw Janette Hooper take the win from Andy Skinner and Rachel Russell.

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