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Samuel L Jackson to star in The Blob Actor Samuel L Jackson has been cast in the remake of cult classic The Blob. The Pulp Fiction star will play a biochemistry professor who attempts to prevent the alien predator from wreaking havoc on Earth. Jack Harris, the producer of the original 1958 film, will return for the reboot, which is set to shoot later this year. The original film starred Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut. In 2009, rocker-turnedfilmmaker Rob Zombie announced plans to bring The Blob back to the big screen, but it is unclear if he is still moving forward with his own rival project.

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Stones to tweet Q&A The Rolling Stones will host their first ever Twitter question-and-answer session next Monday. It will be used to promote the band’s upcoming tour and Sticky Fingers album re-release. Mick Jagger and his bandmates made the official announcement about the rare fan interview on their official @RollingStones account yesterday, revealing they will be making a major announcement during the chat.

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Clash over Depp’s dogs A fiery exchange between Barnaby Joyce and Kyle Sandilands has ended with the government minister calling the radio shock jock “a savage little man”. And it was all over Johnny Depp’s dogs. Sandilands questioned the Agriculture Minister’s handling of Pistol and Boo’s quarantine ordeal after Mr Joyce gave the Yorkshire terriers a deadly ultimatum. Mr Joyce defended his words, saying that if the actor had brought a disease such as rabies into the country, Sandlilands’ listeners would be up in arms. “I’m not saying that he shouldn’t be fined or the dogs shouldn’t be quarantined,” Sandilands replied. “What I’m saying is, you sound like an absolute clown telling the guy to bugger off back to Hollywood or we’ll kill his dogs.

You sound like an idiot. You should have re-worded your statement. You’re a government minister – have some decency.” Rather than being offended or backing down, Mr Joyce egged the shock jock on. “Jeeze Kyle, that seems interesting coming from you.” At that point Sandilands went off. “Oh shut up, Barnaby. You’re an absolute joke, Barnaby!” the host said. But Mr Joyce continued to poke the bear: “Keep going mate. Keep going mate. Good on you.” “I’m going off because you sound like an insensitive wanker,” Sandilands said. “You’re a savage little man aren’t you?”

Mr Joyce observed.

Sandilands replied: “I’m not even a little man, I’m six-foot-one.”

Stars should ‘stay off social media’ French acting veteran Catherine Deneuve wants her fellow stars to give up social media because she fears over-sharing is ruining the mystique of Hollywood.

The 71-year-old turned out at the Cannes Film Festival in France for the premiere of her new movie Standing Tall, which opened the glitzy event on Thursday. She took the chance to urge other film stars to give up sites such as Twitter and Instagram. “It’s the social networks that prevent people from dreaming anymore about stars,” Deneuve told reporters. “Their private life is displayed constantly on social networks; and some even post private pictures of themselves. I find it a pity. Being a star entails glamour and secrecy; it’s hard to keep any degree of mystery nowadays.”

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Racist attitudes High-profile lawyer Mai Chen locks her car on the drive to work because of abuse stemming from racist attitudes, Act leader David Seymour says. Mr Seymour has hit out at a social media post that criticises an unidentified driver, saying such activity makes Kiwis look like “a bunch of slackjawed [yokels]”. A photograph posted to the “Overheard @ University of Auckland” Facebook page shows a car being driven on the wrong side of the road, and is captioned “overseen Asian driving on wrong side to uni”. Noting the post had been “liked” about 1400 times in only three hours, Mr Seymour appealed to people to “raise the level a notch or two”. In a post on his own Facebook page, Mr Seymour said he knew a prominent New Zealander who has driven here for 25 years and now locks her car on the way to work, due to the abuse she gets “for the way she looks”. “Posts like this don’t help ...”

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■ MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL WELFARE

Abuse complaints on the rise

By Michelle NelsoN

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Thousands of animals have been beaten, starved, neglected and injured on Mid Canterbury farms in recent years, but only a handful of farmers have faced prosecution.

Figures obtained from the Ministry of Primary Industries showed the number of complaints relating to animal welfare has crept up over the past five years.

Mid Canterbury SPCA inspector John Keeley was not surprised by the news.

“There are more animals, and maybe better public awareness,” he said.

In the past year – April 2014 to April 2015 – the MPI received 150 complaints relating to farm animals Canterburywide; 57 of those were received this year. Five years ago the ministry dealt with 107 complaints.

Many of the complaints involved multiple animals, and frequently more than one charge was attached. For example, transporting a lame cow could result in two charges under the Animal Welfare Act. Mr Keeley said extreme weather events were often a catalyst for waves of animal welfare complaints, and this year’s drought had undoubtedly con-

tributed. Only four per cent of the cases investigated ended up in court, resulting in five prosecutions in Canterbury last year.

Dairy cows have been at the centre of the majority of prosecutions in Mid Canterbury, with two farmers sentenced on multiple charges in the Ashburton District Court this year.

One of these farmers was before the court on similar charges just 12 months earlier – he was sentenced to five months’ community detention and 150 hours community work. The other man was fined $4500 and ordered to pay $2509.60 in vet fees.

In both cases neglect rather

than malice was the cause of the animal suffering. Prosecution resulted after MPI inspectors, Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury, and Rural Support Trust had intervened in an attempt to resolve the issues for several months beforehand.

In 2013 a Mid Canterbury herd manager was convicted of wilful mistreatment of dairy cattle, after breaking the tails of 154 cows – some more than once.

He spent eight months on home detention and was indefinitely disqualified from owning animals.

The same year a Rakaia farmer was found guilty of causing

a deer to suffer by neglecting to treat injuries sustained when it became caught in a fence – he was ordered to pay $1300 to the SPCA and MPI vet costs of $780.

Mr Keeley said many of the complaints he received stemmed from ignorance, and frequently involved lifestyle blocks.

Recent changes to the Animal Welfare Act would possibly result in an increase in the numbers of complaints the SPCA dealt with, he said.

On the other hand, the changes give inspectors more room for leniency, in that they can intervene earlier to prevent suffering.

■ WHEELS WEEK PARADE

Adding the final polish ahead of street parade Car enthusiast Peter Jacob is nearly ready for Sunday’s final Wheels Week hoorah, the street parade.

Mr Jacob and his 1963 Sunbeam Alpine will be lapping the streets of Ashburton come Sunday morning.

“It just needs a little polish and she’ll be right,” he said.

Mr Jacob will be one of potentially hundreds of motorists in the annual parade.

Organiser Meredith Lowe said the event had an open entry, so it was hard to gauge how many people would participate, but he was confident it would be bigger and better than other years.

“We’ve had such a lot of enquiry about it,” he said.

“Anything that has got one wheel or more and the driver or rider is over 16 can enter, so it’s a big age range.”

Mr Lowe joked that in previous years the parade had seen an entrant on a unicycle. Entrants will meet at 9.30am at Mona Square for a 10.30am start.

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■ MID CANTERBURY SPORTS AWARDS

Bailie Perriton, Kate Lloyd, Ella Sinclair.

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By Jonathan Leask

Swimmers made a big splash at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards, collecting four gongs at the Hotel Ashburton last night.

The Mid Canterbury sporting community came together for their annual celebration of local champions and the people that help create them.

Special guest speaker former Kiwi league international and New Zealand Warrior Logan Swann

was on hand to present some of the awards.

The biggest winner on the night was swimming which collected four gongs.

Multiple masters world gold medallist and record holder Steve Prescott was named the top senior sportsperson with fellow swimmer and multiple national title holder Matthew Harford the outstanding junior.

Swimming coach Shane Jones was named coach of the year while another swimmer – Mat-

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■ MID CANTERBURY SPORTS AWARDS

Jessica Windhorst, Tamzyn Barnes, Leanne Walsh.

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ab top awards thew Clough – was named the allrounder of the year.

The senior team of the year was the Hampstead senior women’s hockey team that were MidSouth Canterbury champions, and the Jion Dragon karate team were the outstanding junior team after winning six gold medals from seven events - including at the nationals.

Softball’s Heath Lyttle was the Official of the year, Basketball Mid Canterbury’s Wayne Rodgers the administrator of the year and

elle Thompson.

Sensei Thorsten Windhorst received a special award for his outstanding achievements as a coach, official and administrator.

There was also a special award for consistent achievement at an outstanding level in their sport presented to New Zealand waterskiing representatives Lana, Hugh and George Donaldson.

The Robilliard Trophy for services to sport was presented to Kevin Hurley.

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Pam Clough, Ross Clough, Lucy Clough and Neville Field.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Plan submissions mixed bag

By Sue Newman

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Hydroslides, a new civic building and rate rises were top of the list of concerns for the more than 350 groups and individuals who filed submissions on the Ashburton District Council’s long-term plan.

Many submitters were concerned not only at the size of next year’s proposed rate increase, 6.5 per cent, but flagged the 11.1 per cent rise signalled for the 2017/2018 as untenable.

Rates will rise significantly to fund the new kerbside refuse collection that swaps black plastic bags for wheelie bins. It is budgeted to cost $1.2 million.

The wheelie bin project has already been through public consultation, with the weight of support in favour of change.

The project was not included on the long term plan feedback form, however a number of submitters commented on the impact it would have on rates; others wanted the kerbside collection to become a user-pays service.

“Postpone wheelie bin implementation for at least five years as costs will rise dramatically for people on fixed incomes,” Ian Amos said.

Gary Gluyas challenged whether the council had a clear mandate to introduce the system.

“My understanding is of a relatively low response received from public feedback is mainly from residents,” he said.

While many submitters were happy to see rates rise annually to pay for additional services, just as many were not, saying that people on fixed incomes were already struggling; a rate rise of 11.1 per cent such as that planned in three years’

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Ashburton’s resource recovery park has undergone a revamp.

The recycling centre has been relocated, traffic flow improved and by the end of the year, the park’s weighbridge will be relocated. A much larger and more convenient recycling area has been set up past the Re-Use Shop and the old recycling area has been turned into diagonal parking for people browsing in the on-site shop. All bins in the recycling area are clearly marked and a drop-off zone for people donating household goods has been created. Later this year the weighbridge will be moved and additional changes will be rolled out over the next few months. As well as sprucing up the resource recovery park, the Ashburton District Council is running a competition to name the re-use shop. Entries can be emailed to Craig Goodwin, craig.goodwin@ adc.govt.nz

Quake at Seddon One submission even urged the council to stay in its present home.

Over the coming three years, when rate rises were compounded, they ran out at a 22.8 per cent increase.

He challenged the council to look at savings, to consider what it could do to reduce rates.

Jack Allan wanted the 2017/2018 increase to be averaged out over three years to lessen the impact while Barry Aschen challenged the council to break new ground in New Zealand and go for zero rate rises.

The council’s preferred option when it comes to hydroslides is is for two to be added to the EA Networks Centre in the 2016/2017 financial year.

In the consultation document it gave ratepayers alternatives of either moving the project out one year or putting it on hold.

Submitters divided themselves into two camps, those who were keen for the project

How can we keep coming up with more money for rates? I can only work the hours my boss gives me. I am 40, my grandparents are over 80. How do they keep paying these - Tania Hooper increases?

time, would put huge pressure on them, they said.

Jeremy Adamson described the proposed rate rises as ‘eyewatering’.

“Does the council seriously believe that this is a sustainable level? Has the social impact of these increases been considered,” he said.

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to move ahead with speed and those who wanted it halted.

Moving it from one year to the next had few supporters.

When it came to plans to build a new headquarters for the council itself, with or without a new library, there were few takers and plenty of critics.

Many submitters suggested the old museum and art gallery building in Baring Square East should be renovated and used to accommodate surplus staff.

One submitter suggested the new building should not go ahead until the new art gallery and museum were running at a profit.

Retired district councillor Russell Anstiss, however, supported the council’s plans.

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$30,000. Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury also wanted more money spent on roads but wanted work on a replacement civic building delayed.

A good potable water supply was number one priority for the South Rakaia Bach owners’ association. It’s 71 members had reviewed their current supply and looked at future options. While the supply was generally good it was vulner-

A strong earthquake centred in Marlborough was felt as far away as Wellington last evening. GeoNet said the magnitude 4.6 quake happened 16km underground.

A short sharp shake could be felt across the Cook Strait in downtown Wellington about 5.35pm. The epicentre was 5km southeast of Seddon, GeoNet said.

A Fire Service southern communications staff member said firefighters had received no reports of damage related to the quake.

GeoNet defined the quake’s intensity as “strong”.

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We cannot afford to have NEW everything – use the old - Len Hunt council building

“I agree the council needs to upgrade its building to accommodate all administration staff in one area.

“I support the concept of selling assets to provide the amenity given the outcome is no less in equity.”

Len Hunt suggested that a new building should be pushed well out into the future.

Several organisations funded by the council or who do significant business within the Ashburton District, also made submissions.

Dairy co-operative Fonterra supported the council spending an additional $650,000 of its own money on roading and asked that it consider increasing roading expenditure over the next three years.

The chairman of Experience Mid Canterbury’s board, Dominic Moran asked the council to up its annual grant to his organisation to take into account increased compliance costs. It asked for an additional

able to contamination, they said, and wanted the council to pay $15,000 towards a new tank, microfilter and ultraviolet treatment plan.

While he might not like all of the comments in all of the submissions, mayor Angus McKay said he was pleased with the number of people who had taken the time to read the plan and to tell the council what they thought.

“It’s so important that we hear from people during any public consultation process, otherwise we simply don’t know what they think of the proposals.

“Whether people have been in agreement or not, we’re appreciative they’ve told us what they think,” he said.

With 50 submitters wanting to present their views in person, the council would have a good opportunity to ask questions and gather more information on a range of issues, Mr McKay said.

Police say the woman who died in a fire at a sleep-out in the Bay of Plenty was an 18-year-old local.

Neighbours were alerted to the blaze in Papamoa following an explosion around 11.15pm on Thursday. Firefighters and police were called to the property where the sleep-out building was well ablaze. Inspector Karl Wright-St Clair of Tauranga Police said initial investigations had been completed and police were working with the woman’s family to provide support. Police were not looking for anyone else in connection with the death.

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Appeals rejected A former multi-millionaire who fell from grace after being found guilty of stealing pokie money from his bar has yesterday lost appeals against his conviction and sentence. Michael McGurk was found guilty last year of stealing some $35,000 from central Auckland hotel and bar, the Albion.

A jury at Auckland District Court found McGurk guilty of theft by a person in a special relationship after the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) brought the charge.

A gambling compliance director said McGurk used the pokie money for hotel trading expenses. McGurk said last year the conviction was “an absolute joke” and he promised an appeal. Fourteen months on, the Court of Appeal has rejected his case. The DIA said the money McGurk took was meant for the Pacific Sports and Community Trust, later known as the Nautilus Foundation. - NZME

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■ EA NETWORKS CENTRE

Parking space already a problem

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Just one week after the EA Networks Centre opened its doors, it has become so popular car parking space is at a premium.

On Thursday night, the first occasion on which premier grade netball was played on its indoor courts, the parking area was overflowing, with vehicles using the grassed bank as temporary parks.

And while patronage that exceeded expectations was a great problem to have, it was also a problem that needed a speedy solution, said Ashburton District Council service delivery group manager Neil McCann.

If Thursday night was busy, Mr McCann said the council anticipated today would be even busier.

“We’ve met to look at how and where we can open up the site for extra parks,” he said.

The cost involved in creating additional permanent parking spaces meant the council had to keep in mind its long term plan

for the stadium site, Mr McCann said.

“We have got an area at the side of the building where parking could be developed but that depends on the hydroslides.”

While there might appear to be plenty of open space west of the centre, this was part of a longer term plan to develop playing fields for a range of other sporting codes, some of which had already indicated they were keen to move to the area sooner rather than later, he said.

“We don’t want to go putting in parking where these fields will go, but we are keeping a very close eye on it.”

Engineers are currently testing soil and substructure in the future greenfields area but no concrete plans were in place for this development.

“We have to look at what is possible and where but we don’t have heaps of money to throw at it. This is a good problem to have but we have to address it without spending too much.”

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Prince Harry took possession of an All Blacks jersey and spoke with sportspeople battling adversity before meeting political leaders during a busy day in Auckland yesterday.

Yestetrday morning, students at Southern Cross Campus in Mangere filed in to the school hall to await the prince’s arrival.

As rain bucketed down outside, excited students waited before Harry arrived at the hall, looking wet and cold from the downpour outside.

He gave an exaggerated shake to get the rain off his suit, much to the children’s delight.

A Samoan cultural group was welcomed to the stage with students blowing conch shells.

Tongan students performed a song and dance in traditional dress for the prince.

Cook Island drums also rang out, as girls in straw skirts and tall headpieces with shells made their way to the stage.

A dancer from the Tongan cultural performance said Harry watched with a big smile on his face.

Seline Paletua, 18, said the group had prepared every day for two weeks. “It was nerve-wracking, but then we were happy because we were representing our culture.”

Later, Harry visited the Middlemore spinal unit.

At the unit’s gym, he met several former rugby players who now used wheelchairs.

He also encountered former All Black Sir Colin Meads and current star players Keven Mealamu and Jerome Kaino.

Mealamu and Kaino presented an All Blacks shirt, which had ‘P Harry’ and

the number 15 on it. “He was like, ‘finally, I get one of these’,” Mealamu said. “It was pretty special to have him come in.”

Harry also received watercolour paintings from patients at the spinal unit.

Artist Philip Spring, who was injured in a rugby accident 36 years ago, gave the prince a painting of a wheelchair rugby clash, while Grant Sharman, who paints holding a brush in his mouth, gave him a watercolour depicting the prince with a helicopter.

The prince also visited Turn Your Life Around, a youth development programme for children, young people and families to reduce and prevent youth offending.

Harry stepped straight up to play a young man at table soccer.

The prince and the youths then sat down and ran through the programme’s values of trust, truth, respect, choice and consequence.

In the evening, the debate over New Zealand’s flag was a topic in Harry’s meetings with both Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader Andrew Little.

Mr Little said the prince was “a very genuine guy”.

Harry congratulated Mr Little on his 50th birthday as well.

Later, a spokesman for Mr Key said the prince and Prime Minister spoke about the flag referendums, recent Wellington floods, and efforts to raise educational achievement for Maori and Pasifika students.

At a reception last night, Prince Harry honoured emergency service and disaster response teams.

He also praised New Zealand’s skill at rugby.

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Saturday, May 16, 2015

■ METHVEN DENTAL SERVICE

Bookings filling up fast

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.co.nz

Business is booming at the new Methven dental centre.

General & Emergency Dentists, known as G&E Dental, moved into Methven on April 1.

Practice manager Soni Khan said bookings were filling up fast at their premises in the Methven Medical Centre.

“We’re pretty booked up every single time we are there,

which is three days a week at the present time,” Ms Khan said.

She said the centre could see as many as 20 patients per day, although the treatments varied.

It could be a full-on treatment, or a follow-up, review, removal of stitches or a consultation, she said.

Currently G&E Dental Methven operate every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

In the meantime patients who

need to access dental care after-hours or on weekends will be looked after – either by one of the dentists in Methven or by dentists at the Hornby or Rolleston practices.

Previously, head dentist Meena Chawdhry said if the need was there, the centre would look at expanding its hours.

“We want to grow,” Dr Chawdhry said.

Yesterday Ms Khan said she was unsure if an expansion

was in the pipeline, but it was definitely a possibility.

Soon, dentist Elliott Stevens will be joining the Methven team and will work two days a week, aiding Dr Chawdhry.

Operations manager Sergey Pyntya, who trained as a general surgeon, will stay on at the practice.

Appointments for G&E Dental Methven are to be made through the Methven Medical Centre or through 0800 GEDENTAL.

In brief Vigilante attack Online anger has led to a real-life vigilante attack after police say a Facebook post prompted two Cromwell men to assault another man. The alleged offenders have both been charged with assault and are on bail ahead of an appearance in Alexandra District Court next Tuesday. It is understood the assault last Friday night took place after members of the community found out about a prior criminal offence committed by the victim. A police spokesperson said comments were made on Facebook discussing the man’s offence, and it was believed the online conversation led to his assault. Local police have asked people not to take matters into their own hands following the incident.

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Flood victim named An elderly man who died after his car became submerged in rising floodwaters on Thursday has been named by police. He was 80-year-old Dr Paul Hill from Karori, Wellington. Police said they responded to a phone call from a member of the public, who saw Dr Hill’s car submerged in floodwaters in the Sladden Park area about 11.30am. Two police divers located Dr Hill’s body a short distance away from his vehicle once the high floodwaters had subsided Thursday afternoon. Dr Hill was a doctor and physiologist who taught at Auckland University’s medical school for many years, his family said in a statement. Mr Hill’s death has been referred to the coroner.

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Air gun incident

■ SHOW REVIEW

Grease a slick, professional production Tickets have been selling fast for Variety Theatre Ashburton’s production of Grease, which opened last night at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

And it’s easy to see why. It’s a show which has attracted a host of young talent, alongside well-respected local names in musical theatre.

So people were expecting a good show, and they got it, at a media and sponsors’ night on Thursday.

Nothing says how good a show is quite as much as audience reaction, and even with a less-than-half-full theatre at the media night, applause, laughter and cheering filled the venue.

Leads Luke Glendining, as Danny, and Nikita Hyde, as Sandy, set the scene right from the start with their opening

number. Mr Glendining may have only made it to boot camp in this year’s X Factor, but his Grease performance is a winner all round.

The same goes for Miss Hyde, and indeed it has to be said that the vocals throughout the whole show truly shine.

For that, credit must go not only to the principals and backing vocalists, but to musical director Jo Castelow, who is also a pianist in the show’s band.

She and director Alice Sollis have staged a show which comes together magnificently as an upbeat performance, with a sheer enjoyment of music and dance to the fore.

Greta Casey-Solly is perfectly cast for the sassy Rizzo, her professional theatre training and natural stage presence giving justice to the central role.

Her on-again-off-again boy-

friend Kenickie, by Matt Williams, and his fellow male leads do a brilliant job playing the testosterone-fuelled T Birds.

The Pink Ladies are just as brilliant, and the antics of the two cliques’ members are matched by the fantastic caricaturisations brought to the stage by their fellow principals.

Leading up to the opening, cast members were talking about being exhausted, in a good way, after each rehearsal, and the high-energy dance routines having caused them to lose weight.

High-energy is right, and choreographer Julia Bell needs to take a bow for how she has worked with the principals and talented ensemble.

The routines are stunning, showing that Miss Bell is moving to a professional level, no

doubt helped by her time at NASDA. When it comes to songs, everyone has their favourites, and on this night I loved Beauty School Dropout, with John Bayne bringing just the right amount of cheese to the role of Teen Angel.

Costuming and stage design was spot on for this scene and all the others.

The sets, complemented by amazing lighting, make sure the talent on stage is given the professional and immaculate finish it deserves.

Variety Theatre Ashburton’s Grease is staging at the event centre through to next weekend, and it’s a show sure to bring the house down at each of its performances.

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A man accused of pointing an air gun at a bar patron was arrested on Thursday after being found with a pistol, tomahawk and cannabis. The 52 year-old Nelson resident was arrested after an incident at a Bridge St bar in the city. Staff called police after reporting a man pointed a pistol at a customer. Tasman District Police claimed officers found the offender soon after and he had a pistol, tomahawk and a tyre iron, along with cannabis. The arrested man was scheduled to appear in Nelson District Court charged with firearms and cannabis related offences.

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Christchurch rebuild Remarkable aerial photographs were released yesterday to graphically illustrate how Christchurch’s cityscape has forever been changed by the devastating earthquake sequence.

Rebuild Christchurch has released 24 interactive 360 degree aerial panoramas to highlight the post-quake city’s changes. The interactive panoramas focus on the central business district, residential red zone, port of Lyttelton, and scenic areas. “With most buildings that were damaged now demolished, a blank canvas has emerged where the new city can take shape,” said Rebuild Christchurch founder Deon Swiggs.

“Viewing regular updates from the air enables us to see the gradual rebirth through the rebuild.”

The images will be updated to reflect rebuild progress. (link to website: www.rebuildchristchurch/ panorama) - NZME

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Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, May 16, 2015

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Testing times on-farm have thrown a new focus on depression and how to get help. Reporter Nadine Porter looks at an issue about which opening up is sometimes the hardest – and best – thing to do.

Brave farmer’s massive battle wi I

t was an ordinary task – drilling oats – but on this day it was insurmountable for Dennis Bird.

Wracked with conflicting thoughts and anxiety, he got out of the tractor and vomited. Afterwards he struggled to recall what he had been doing. It was a behaviour that had become all too common as he battled the darkest period of his life.

Every day on the farm became a huge hurdle. By mid-morning he would often need to sleep. He couldn’t eat and didn’t want to talk to anyone. He was withdrawing from life and, as his thoughts darkened, life itself became questionable to his fragile mind.

The personal hell that best describes severe depression has been Dennis’ constant companion for almost five years and, although he is a long way down the road to recovery, the memories of those pained years remain with him.

A livestock and cropping farmer from Chertsey, Dennis was the third generation of his family to work on the land he owned. After a difficult marriage break-up and the pressures of modernising his farm to best meet the needs of today’s business, the turmoil festered and grew and his increasingly dark thoughts left him feeling as though his body had shut down.

“I wasn’t thinking right.”

It got so bad that even seeing

MID CANTERBURY RURAL SUPPORT TRUST

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he Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust is equipped to deal with any concerns family or neighbours might have about a farmer’s wellbeing.

Trust co-ordinator Allan Baird said any calls registering concern can be anonymous and can come from anybody in the community, including banks.

Once an issue is raised the trust assesses the situation and sources the professionals needed

to give the support and assistance needed.

“That can be counselling, doctors, a farm adviser or mentor.”

Often people that call in “can’t put a finger on” what is happening with a farmer, but have noticed a change in behaviour, or that a farmer who has previously had a tidy farm has now “let the farm go”.

Although the trust hasn’t dealt with many mental health

issues recently among farmers, as winter arrives the impact of the drought and dairy prices will wear people down, he said.

The trust is now working closely with the CDHB and Safer Ashburton so that between the three groups they can refer to each other if needed, he said.

It’s a team approach that will help the rural community recognise the trust’s role in helping those farmers in need of support.

Mr Baird advises farmers to call the trust this season if they need support.

“Don’t be frightened to ask for help.

“So often people struggle on and don’t ask for help because they are afraid it shows weakness.

But that is not the case at all.”

Anyone with concerns about a member of their rural community should call the trust on 0800 787-254.

his farm or driving anywhere near it induced panic attacks and cold sweats. Once a strong member of the Pendarves Fire Brigade, Dennis no longer left the house ... no longer wanted to be around other farmers.

“I just felt lost.”

Eventually, his concerned parents took the drastic step of “bundling him into the truck” and taking him to their home in Ashburton.

It wasn’t until they took him to see local doctor Penny Holdaway that he understand what was happening, but it would be a long journey over the next 12 months to some semblance of recovery.

While the farm was leased out Dennis tried five different antidepressants before he responded

positively to treatment. He was referred to a rural councillor who he said “opened him up”.

“I was talking about things for the first time.”

Although medicated and receiving counselling, Dennis still spent much of that first year hiding himself away at his parents’ house. During that time he read Sir John Kirwan’s first book All Blacks Don’t Cry and, like many depression sufferers, he found comfort in his honest and frank approach to what it was like to live with depression.

“It helped me turn my life around.”

In time Dennis began to realise how much pressure running his 245ha farm had put on him.

“From pumps to irrigators, to stock work, the constant red

tape coming in and the administration ...”

Although the first five years farming alone had been fine, he now realises that all the stresses of those years had built up until it became unbearable.

In 2014 he made the gutwrenching decision to sell the farm. At first it was upsetting, not least because he felt he had let his family down. But now he sees it differently.

“The burden has gone, but I’ve still got the responsibility of going to work.”

Now Dennis works for farmers John and Andrew Doak and credits them for helping him to remain positive. He has just purchased his own home in Ashburton and has begun to enjoy life again.

That Dennis has chosen to speak out about his illness is testament to the courage he has shown in battling his condition.

He remains a firm advocate of farmers seeking help when they are overcome by negative feelings, or worse still, suicidal thoughts. He knows how difficult it can be to make that first step and understands that it may only be possible if someone else takes charge.

He concedes that his parents saved his life by taking him off the farm and making him see a doctor, and knows that all too often in rural situations farmers do not let their partners or families know how they are feeling; instead taking their lives before someone has had the chance to intervene.

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Farmer Dennis Bird’s constant companion for almost five years has been severe depression and, although he is a long way down the road to recovery, the memories of those pained years remain with him.

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ith depression FARMSTRONG – A NEW PROGRAMME TO KEEP OUR FARMERS WELL

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ver the past year rural insurer FMG has been working with the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand to build a programme that will help farmers, growers and those living in rural communities to invest in their own personal health and wellness.

The programme will be called Farmstrong and will be launched on June 3.

Farmstrong will offer a range

of practical tools and resources that will help improve a person’s wellbeing so they’re better prepared and able to deal with the ups and downs of living and working in rural businesses.

Farmstrong’s focus on wellbeing aims to provide farmers and their families with access to resources and information through

its website, within a context of helping them to “live well and farm well”.

The initiative will also encourage rural communities and farmers to connect with each other via social media, through regional farmer ambassadors and via a number of regionallyfocused programmes and events which will be further

detailed next month.

“This is an important and timely initiative for us and the Mental Health Foundation to be supporting,” FMG chief executive Chris Black (pictured left) said.

“It’s one that has the potential to make a positive difference for all farmers, their families and staff – and support the agricultural sector in terms of its broader growth aspirations over the next five to 10 years.”

Dennis has lost three other farming friends to suicide – all of them seemed positive on the outside to their families and friends and all of them gave no indication prior to taking their lives that they were depressed.

So why won’t our farmers seek help? Why do they choose to hide the anguish they are suffering from their partners and families? And why are they often hiding behind a persona that is so completely different to what they are actually experiencing?

These are questions wellknown Marlborough farmer Doug Avery has struggled to answer as he meets grieving farming families around the country.

Doug’s own battle with de-

pression led him to run workshops called Resilient Farmer – a seminar bringing highperforming companies together to work collaboratively with farmers to help introduce new tools in the office and on farm to grow wealth and well-being.

It has also been a platform in which Doug has spoken on his personal journey with depression following years of successive droughts.

He has spoken to many women who have lost their husbands to suicide. Often these women talk of men with highly successful farms. Most were aged 42 to 52 – the demographic in which most farmer suicides take place.

“My experience is that this is more of a challenge among medium to very successful farmers

than to those that are unsuccessful.”

There remains an unchanged culture among the farming community of appearing staunch and that feeling depressed is somehow shameful, he said.

Doug believes some farmers will think him “a loser” for speaking about his experiences but says he couldn’t care less if they do because the status quo has to change.

“We have to talk about it.”

In 2013/14 22 farmers, including seven women, committed suicide. Six of those farmers were under the age of 24 and 10 over the age of 50, leading Federated Farmers’ health and safety spokesperson Katie Milne to label it a “national disgrace”.

Former chief coroner Neil

MacLean was so concerned during his time in the top job that he ordered coroners to report more on the leading causes of farmer suicides.

He blamed rural stoicism for the abnormally high rate, saying that stress and depression was not talked about – leaving farmers to deal with problems alone.

Doug also believes isolation remains a major contributor to the suicide rate and the growing challenge of a changing agricultural industry.

“New Zealand as a country has a huge expectation in the performance of agriculture and its farmers.”

And this year, low dairy payout and depressed sheep and arable industry could create the perfect storm, he said.

HELP ■ Rural Support Trust (Mid Canterbury) 0800 787-254 ■ Lifeline – 0800 543354 or 09 5222-999 within Auckland ■ Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828-865 (0508 TAUTOKO) ■ Healthline – 0800 611116 ■ Samaritans – 0800 726-666 (for callers from the Lower North Island, Christchurch and West Coast) or 0800 211-211 or 04 473-9739 For callers from all other regions ■ Depression-specific helplines: ■ Depression Helpline – 0800 111-757 ■ www.depression.org. nz – includes The Journal online help service

News 14

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, May 16, 2015

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■ LOCAL WOMAN’S MEDICAL MISADVENTURE

‘A doctor maimed me’

By Lee ScanLon of the WeStport neWS An Ashburton woman who says she was “maimed” at Greymouth Hospital three years ago wants the law changed so people who aren’t in paid employment when they’re injured can get ACC compensation for lost earnings.

“ACC legislation is absolutely flawed and leaves people like me, who are maimed through medical misadventure, without justice, and worse, leaves our families having to support us for the rest of our lives,” said Jen Branje.

The 46-year-old, formerly of Westport, gave up work in 2011 because she was debilitated by endometriosis.

She was eventually referred to the West Coast District Health Board (DHB) for a hysterectomy. An overseas surgeon working for the DHB performed the operation in June 2012. He also inserted a surgical mesh device, a TVT-O , to relieve Mrs Branje’s mild urinary incontinence.

She said no one told her of the risks of surgical mesh or that a similar procedure could be done using her own body tissue.

The mesh can erode inside women’s bodJen Branje wants ACC to pay weekly compensation for a serious medical misad- ies, tear tissue and damage organs. ACC venture.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 220714-TM-058 has paid out for hundreds of surgical mesh treatment injury claims.

Mrs Branje said that after the operation she spent months in agony and unable urinate properly. Other Coast DHB surgeons concluded the TVT-O had been inserted too tightly and should be cut to release her bladder. However, none felt qualified to do it and she had to wait for her previous surgeon to return from a sabbatical overseas.

Your locally He performed corrective surgery at Proud to FOR THE owned and Greymouth Hospital in October 2012. support the OPPORTUNITY TO Mrs Branje said it left her with no bladoperated daily Community der control. newspaper “I attempted to resume a social life, but after urinating on myself at a friend’s birthday dinner, I confined myself to home to save embarrassment. I began to manage my fluid intake, almost to a point of dehydration, so I could cope with everyday life.”

She and her husband were unable to have sex because the TVT-O had eroded through her vaginal wall and felt like “barbed wire”.

The couple moved back to Canterbury to try to resolve her medical issues.

ACC agreed to cover three medical injuries: nerve damage to her groin which caused pain and loss of sensation in her thighs; a ‘closed’ bladder injury; and her inability to resume sexual activity.

Mrs Branje had more remedial surgery at Christchurch Women’s Hospital in November 2013. Three surgeons removed as much of the surgical mesh as possible and Ashburton Guardian General Manager Desme Daniels giving a cheque of the inserted a sling made of her own tissue proceeds raised from the Anzac Day feature for the Poppy Welfare Fund to to support her bladder. However, the surGary Whiting, representing the Rotary Club of Ashburton. gery was less successful than hoped.

Mrs Branje said she was now only able to urinate standing up. She still lacked sensation in her legs, couldn’t sit long and suffered chronic pain in her groin and thighs.

“My life at present is unmanageable. I cannot help or assist my family in a financial capacity. This has affected not only my mental health, but my relationship with my husband. I am completely @AshGuardian www.guardianonline.co.nz www.facebook.com/ashguardian dependent on him for my basic human

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needs and am incapable of contributing to our future.”

She had tried to re-enter the workforce, but had to resign a job as a cleaner/tea lady after two shifts because of the unbearable pain in her legs.

The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) had yet to investigate her complaint, filed two years ago, against the West Coast DHB, she said.

The DHB has said it won’t comment while the case is before the HDC. Mrs Branje is about to send letters to the HDC, the Ombudsman, the Human Rights Commission and the ministers of health, ACC and women’s affairs, seeking help and a law change.

She said it had cost her $4000 in legal fees to obtain an ACC lump sum payment of $12,000, which was insufficient. ACC would not pay her weekly compensation.

“ACC legislation says I cannot receive compensation for loss of earnings as I was not in employment at the time of the operation. This injury has taken from me everything I was, everything I dreamed of being, doing and becoming.”

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It is black and white. A doctor maimed me.

The surgical device failed, both of which have had a major impact on my physical life, and my mental health

She had suffered a breakdown and was receiving mental health treatment from the public system as it could take months to see an ACC-approved psychologist.

ACC continued to ask for time extensions and more information to assess whether she was entitled to an emotional harm claim. The claims process was “a complete joke”.

“I have now had four different case managers, all of whom have treated my case like some sort of fraudulent crime.

They continue to look for things that are not there, or ways to refute the severity of my injuries or the impact they have had on my life ...

“It is black and white. A doctor maimed me. The surgical device failed, both of which have had a major impact on my physical life, and my mental health.”

Mrs Branje said the law must change to provide ACC cover for people like her who had no recourse if they were injured while temporarily incapable of working.

“I am a victim not only of medical misadventure, but legislation that is completely discriminatory... It’s wrong. It’s criminal, and it has completely devastated me.”

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■ SYNTHETHIC CANNABIS

Local outlet months, years away

By Sue NewmaN aNd martiN JohNStoN, New ZealaNd herald Ashburton may have been put on notice in November that a psychoactive products outlet could be coming to town, but its arrival could be months, if not years away.

The inquiry met the district’s local approved products policy (LAPP) in that the potential premises was within the area defined in the policy as a sales zone – within Cass, Havelock and Moore streets and east of the railway line.

But meeting the sales area guidelines, did not mean the business could begin trading as all psychoactive substances were ordered off shop shelves in May last year when the Psychoactive Substances Amendment Act came into effect.

That put the district’s only legal high trader, Rakaia’s Gary Davies, out of business while products were tested to determine whether or not they had

Research has shown synthetic cannabis could trigger psychosis in those with no history of the mental disorder and those who had had previous episodes.

the potential to cause harm to a user’s health. This testing regime is still under way.

Since the product was ordered off the shelf, the number of synthetic cannabis users seeking mental health care has halved, but new drugs are turn-

ing up to replace synthetic cannabis, making some users “quite psychotic”, says psychiatrist Dr Paul Glue.

He said the legal clampdown on synthetic cannabis had virtually stopped the flow of mainly young male patients into mental

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health care suffering from its toxic effects.

“You might see one every two or three months. It seems there is a very small amount of synthetic cannabis now. The number of people presenting with some sort of toxicity due to it is incredibly rare.”

This is in marked contrast to early 2013 – before the Psychoactive Substances Act was passed in July of that year – when doctors found that 13 per cent of patients at an acute psychiatric ward in Dunedin had been using K2, a popular brand of synthetic cannabis.

The researchers said in the New Zealand Medical Journal it appeared synthetic cannabis could trigger psychosis in those with no history of the mental disorder and those who had had previous episodes.

In this week’s journal, Dr Glue’s research group report on their count of patients in the three months before and after the act’s implementation.

Beforehand, there were 42 at

Dunedin’s emergency psychiatric services who had used synthetic cannabis, compared with 20 afterwards. The frequency of symptoms was similar in both periods: around 70 per cent were depressed, around 25 per cent were paranoid and around 70 per cent were agitated.

Around 80 per cent had had prior contact with mental health services and about 25 per cent were admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The researchers say the reduction in patients most likely reflected reduced availability of the drugs.

Massey University drug researcher Dr Chris Wilkins, however, said some use of synthetic cannabis had continued after last year’s ban, probably from stockpiling.

Drug Foundation executive director Ross Bell said some people sought the synthetics because they liked the high or because they could pass drug tests which hadn’t kept up with the changing chemicals used by manufacturers.

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A mammoth mission across the Sahara Trekking around the Sahara desert is a feat in itself, racing across it is something else entirely. But that is what 31-year-old former Mid Canterbury resident Hollie Woodhouse did, and she caught up with the Guardian’s Caitlin Porter to talk about her experience.

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he Marathon des Sables is dubbed the “toughest footrace on earth”.

Known simply as the MdS, the 250km race takes place over a number of stages across one of the world’s most hostile climates – the Sahara Desert.

The rules of the race require participants to be self-sufficient. while the organisers generously provide water and a tent to sleep in at night, they must carry on their backs everything else needed to survive.

Originally from Carew, 31-year-old Hollie said she loves to travel and is very much into multisport which is how her involvement with the MdS came about.

Hollie has a number of other sporting achievements under her belt, not only did she place third in the open women’s two-day event at the Coast to Coast last year, she also ran the London

Marathon. She placed second in the Mystery Lake 12-hour Rogaine Adventure Race in 2013 and took part in the Lake Hood half ironman in 2012.

The MdS though, is on a different scale altogether.

For starters, it takes place over a gruelling six days in the heat of the desert.

However, Hollie dubbed the experience as “awesome”.

“It was pretty surreal being amongst a whole lot of strangers, I think there were 49 different nationalities represented and 1400 people competing,” she said.

As to how she came to take part, she said the race was something she had heard a lot

about. She signed up while living in London last year where the ultra-race scene is pretty big, she said.

Unforunately, all the spaces were full and she was put on the waiting list.

“I thought nothing of it until my sister mentioned that her husband Sam wanted to do the ‘crazy race’ with me in Morocco,” she said.

“I was like ‘oh we will do it the next year, in 2016’.”

“Then I got an email about two months later. They obviously had a cut off when people had to pay their deposit by and people hadn’t.”

She was told a space was available and she emailed back and

told her brother-in-law she had been accepted.

He said he had a friend that wanted to go too, so in the end five people ended up forming the Running for Rangers team.

The reason rangers were the group they chose to represent, was due to personal involvement.

“Sam [Hollie’s brother-inlaw] is the chief conservation officer at Borana Lodge which is in Kenya and he has just bought on 20 rhinos,” she said.

One of Hollie’s other teammates Joss, lives on a neighbouring property to Sam and Pete, another team-mate, is ex-British military and his company now train the rangers who look after

Above – Hollie (far right) and her team-mates (from left) Joss, Jacqueline, Pete and Sam. Right below – It was all go on day one of the Marathon des Sables.

Right above – Hollie with Jacqueline and Sam, said her team-mates were a whole lot of fun.

the rhinos.

“The cost to Borana is massive and they are always looking at ways for fundraising, so it was a great way to get attention and raise some money.”

While the thought of participating was exciting, the next step was training.

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A TYPICAL DAY OF RACING

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We woke up about 5.30am and we would get our little cookers going and boil water for our breakfast which was all freeze dried,” Hollie said.

Then the team would get their bags sorted and in that time the tent would be taken down.

“We normally started racing between 7.30am and 9am although the race director loved to talk, so we would stand at the start line for a long time waiting for him,” she joked.

“Then we set off for the day, days one, two and three, we were out there for seven hours on average.”

“We would do the race and come back in and you would collect your water for the evening and the next morning and we would go back to the tent and have a chat about the race.

“Then wander round and cook dinner and then repack for the next day and go to bed!”

The team had six months to train and Hollie left London to start hers off in New Zealand.

“I came back home at Christmas and had two months here before flying back,” she said.“That was really good, I’d do long runs that would be three back-to-back days of about

35km each.”

“It’s alright doing a couple of days, but it’s the days after three and four and five that really get you.”

Hollie said she had no idea what to expect when she got there.

“I don’t really know what I

imagined,” she said.

The team started off by launching a fundraising campaign entitled #runningforrangers where people were asked to submit a photo of themselves in an iconic location with the hashtag, along with a donation.

“That really ramped up,

in the two weeks before we started running we raised about $40,000. It was a great campaign that went world-wide,” she said.

The race took six days, but Hollie spent 13 days away in total.

The team flew in and spent

two days in the desert before the racing began.

Hollie said more walking than running was done, which surprised her, but most importantly herself and her friends looked after themselves and had fun.

It was definitely a race, Hollie said, as it was completed over stages and each stage was a day.

“You went through checkpoints but there was a start and a finish.” This year, a Moroccan won it and “absolutely smashed it”, Hollie said.

All in all, it was a once-in-alifetime experience and one Hollie said she would never forget.

“It was crazy, totally crazy; but awesome,” she said.

“Everyone just loved it, it was a really cool experience.”

After the race Hollie spent a couple of nights in Marrakesh before flying back to London for a week, packing up her life and coming home to New Zealand.

Now based in Christchurch, Hollie, who studied design at Victoria University, has published her own quarterly magazine, Say Yes to Adventure.

“I have always wanted my own sports-based magazine,” she said.

“It’s all go!”

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Marinated roast lamb with fresh mint topping Lamb 1 Quality Mark whole lamb leg, bone in 1 bag French (or pickling) onions, peeled 2C chicken stock (for the gravy) 1/4 C flour (for the gravy) Marinade 5 cloves garlic, crushed 2T Dijon mustard 3 anchovy fillets, finely chopped 1/2 C fresh rosemary, finely chopped 2T dried marjoram 2T lemon zest 2T butter, softened 2T lemon juice 3T oil Fresh mint topping 3/4 C crème fraiche 1 bunch or 25g packet fresh mint leaves, very finely chopped 1 bunch fresh tarragon, very finely chopped (optional) 1 clove garlic, crushed 1T oil 1T white wine vinegar Garnish 2 spring onions (green ends only), cut into very thin strips approx.

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1 bunch fresh mint leaves ■ Preparation: Place the lamb leg fat-side up on a clean chopping board and pat dry with a paper towel. Make a series of shallow cuts into the lamb, a few centimetres apart. Combine the marinade ingredients together and spread over the lamb, rubbing it into the cuts. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate, overnight or for at least two hours.

■ Lamb: Remove the marinated lamb from the fridge 30 minutes before cooking. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the lamb in a roasting dish fat side up and season. Transfer to the oven and bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes per 500g for medium. Baste occasionally. With one hour remaining, add the onions to the roasting dish. Turn them over once while cooking. Remove from the oven, transfer the lamb and onions to a warm plate and cover loosely with foil. Leave to rest for 20-30 minutes.

■ Fresh mint topping: Combine all ingredients in a food processor or mortar and pestle and mix well.

■ Garnish: Submerge sliced spring onions in a bowl filled with lots of ice and water to make them curl up. Add the mint leaves. Leave in the fridge covered for an hour.

Drain and rest on paper towels.

■ Gravy: To make a rich gravy, discard the fat from the lamb roasting dish, leaving the meat juices. Combine the flour with 1/2 C water and add to the roasting dish, with remaining meat juices, on the stovetop over a medium heat. Add chicken stock, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon, for about 5-10 minutes until thickened. Make sure you scrape all the caramelised meat juices and onion off the bottom to add flavour.

■ To serve: Place the rested lamb on a platter or board and spread with the fresh mint topping. Garnish with the spring onions and mint. Arrange the onions around the lamb. Serve with the gravy, roast potatoes and your choice of a salad or vegetables.

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Sports diary Around the Grounds

Saturday Combined Country Cup Celtic v Kaiapoi, Celtic, 2.45pm Hampstead v Ohoka, 2.45pm, at Hampstead Southern v Burn/Dun/Irwell, at Mayfield, 2.45pm Rakaia v Hornby, at Hornby, 2.45pm

UC Championships Ashburton College 1st XV v Christchurch BHS, at CBHS, midday

Premier Mid-South Canterbury Hockey Hampstead v Cambridge at NBS Ashburton Turf, 1.30pm Hampstead/Collegians v Geraldine at NBS Ashburton Turf, 3.00pm Wakanui Blue v Northern Hearts at NBS Ashburton Turf, 4.30pm

Mainland Football Men’s Div 5 Methven v Universities Creatures at Methven Domain, 2.30pm Men’s 18th Div 3: MCU v FC Twenty11 at Burnside Park, 10:45am Men’s 18th Div 4: Methven v St Bedes at St Bedes, 10.35am Men’s 16th Div 1: MCU v Shirley Boys at Shirley Boys, 12.30pm

Netball Junior grades from 9am-midday at the EA Networks Centre.

Senior B, Senior Reserve A and B and Second Grade from 1.30pm at EA Networks Centre.

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Sunday Mainland Football Men’s Div 4: MCU Eastern v Western at Ashburton Domain, noon Women Div 1 Methven A v Western @ Walter Park 10.30am Div 2 Methven B v Hornby @ McFarlane Park 10.30am

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■ RUGBY

Blues’ win ends bad week

By PatRick MckenDRy The Blues have finished the week from hell with a moraleboosting 23-18 victory over the Bulls which they will rightly be very proud of.

It was an ideal way for them to prove their togetherness in the wake of continued speculation over John Kirwan’s coaching future, but, as has become traditional for this franchise, there was also a big downside.

The shoulder injury to Blues skipper Steven Luatua which forced him off in the second half looks serious. Already a battered figure this season, he took the leadership duties from Jerome Kaino who was injured here at Eden Park a fortnight ago and the Blues might be forced to look further afield for a captain after this latest problem.

Elsewhere, there was much for a crowd of about 8000 to

cheer about. Wracked by controversy all week, the players hung tough and maintained their remarkable record at their fortress against a tough, but slightly limited, Bulls.

George Moala’s try, after a sustained, clinical build-up, put the Blues ahead with 12 minutes remaining and Ihaia West’s conversion, which put the margin past three points, was important. The breakthrough came after a fair amount of pressure from the Bulls, and in the absence of loose forward Luatua _ with lock Josh Bekhuis also flat on his back receiving treatment.

It was a good reward, with Blake Gibson looking good as Luatua’s replacement, and Francis Saili taking the right option and spearing a break near the prone Bekhuis.

Saili had a chance to score a try which would have sealed it, but his hands let him down.

However, his spot tackle with two minutes remaining which earned his side a penalty was crucial.

Poor Marcel van der Merwe.

The Bulls tighthead prop had a try ruled out in the opening minutes due to obstruction by Phillip van der Merwe on Akira Ioane and was then bamboozled by the pace and swerve of Blues fullback Lolagi Visinia, who went over from 40m.

Visinia’s run showed what a sense of purpose can do and a few of his teammates began to follow suit. Second-five Moala, after a sketchy start, bulldozed defenders at will and even little halfback Jamison Gibson-Park was making gains up the middle.

They looked a chance to score every time they got into the Bulls half, but unfortunately for them the reverse was true too. After surviving that early scare when van der Merwe’s

try was ruled out by the television match official, there was no doubt about the one scored by Jan Serfontein, the second-five going over thanks to Handre Pollard’s assistance.

There is nothing mysterious about the Bulls, who rest their entire game squarely on a tripod of scrum, lineout and rolling maul. With Victor Matfield and Phillip van der Merwe in the second row, plus the massive Pierre Spies at No8, the Bulls had a set piece weapon almost guaranteed to get results.

Serfontein’s second try came from a scrum on halfway, and, while the second-five’s pass to left wing Bjorn Basson looked forward in the build-up, it wasn’t worth another viewing.

In the end it didn’t matter. A memorable week which threatened to tear the Blues apart ended with the players looking more united than ever.

Blockbuster clash between NZ teams

By Daniel RichaRDson Here’s the game we have been waiting for.

Super Rugby’s two best teams of 2015 will finally meet at Westpac Stadium in Wellington tonight and the stakes are high.

The Hurricanes could all but settle the New Zealand conference, which would give them home advantage during the playoffs, while the Chiefs could keep the race alive with victory.

Due to a quirk of the draw, the teams will play each other twice during the final five weeks of the season with the return leg set for New Plymouth in the last round of the campaign on June 13.

Despite having won 10 from 11 this season, the Hurricanes are well aware of the threats in the Chiefs.

“Everyone knows they’re a good team.

They’ve got some excellent players,” Hurricanes halfback TJ Perenara said. “They’ve been the foundation of the competition for the last few years. We just know that we’ve got to do our job. We’ve got to play our game. We know they’ve got game-breakers and stuff like that and they play a good game of footy as well and if they get things going, they’re a tough team to beat.”

One regular sight at Hurricanes training this season is Perenara continuing to put himself through his “extras” at the end of practice. As some players have showered and changed and are leaving Rugby League Park in Newtown, Perenara is still working on his passing.

Part of it involves a drill where he is strapped to a harness that restricts his movement and he powers through a few steps to dig a ball out from the middle of an old car tyre to throw another pass.

The drill is meant to mimic an on-field scenario where players may block Perenara’s path to the base of a ruck, while he might have to unearth the ball from a sticky situation. “The old man always told me that the hardest workers make the best players,” Perenara said. “So I’ve always wanted

TJ Perenara in action for the Hurricanes.

to work hard and I enjoy working hard. It’s part of the career that I do like.”

Highlanders No 9 Aaron Smith might be the gold standard for halfbacks in New Zealand but Perenara has improved markedly this season and there’s a growing maturity that is evident in the 23-year-old.

With Smith as first-choice and Perenara next in line, competition is heating up for who will be the third halfback in the All Blacks’ squad for this year’s World Cup. One man who has been mentioned in various circles is Brad Weber who will wear the No 9 jersey for the Chiefs.

Perenara and Weber probably won’t cross paths too often on the paddock in Wellington but their duel is one of a host of interesting individual battles within the game.

Ma’a Nonu is set to play his 50th match alongside Conrad Smith in the Hurricanes’ midfield but Chiefs second-five Sonny Bill Williams was a late scratching due to a back injury, while wing James Lowe suffered a shoulder complaint and also withdrew.

The game could be the last in Wellington for a handful of departing Hurricanes if they don’t secure home advantage for the playoffs.

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■ MID CANTERBURY SPORTS AWARDS

No substitute for hard work

By Jonathan LeaSk

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Logan Swann was once plucked from obscurity to make his international debut, marking the start of an illustrious league career as a Kiwis league international and with the Warriors.

As the guest speaker at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards last night, the advice he had to offer Mid Canterbury’s future talent resonated from his own development.

“Massive personal drive and commitment,” Swann said.

“I was in the right environment and given good tools, but there is no substitution for drive.”

Swann showed ability at a young age and joined the Warriors Colts in 1995 and later went on to play in the reserves team in 1996.

At the end of the 1996 season he had impressed the then reserve grade coach Frank Endacott so much that he was picked for the New Zealand Kiwis squad and made his test debut against Great Britain.

The second rower went on to earn 29 caps over nine years from 1996–2004.

Swann made his first grade

debut for the Warriors in 1997 and stayed with the Warriors for seven seasons, winning the Minor Premiership in 2002 - coming off the bench in the 2002 NRL grand final loss to the Sydney Roosters.

In 2004 Swann moved to England joining the Bradford Bulls where he would win Super League VIII and then in 2005 he switched to the Warrington Wolves for two seasons.

He returned to the Warriors in 2007 before he retired at the end of 2008.

Swann has since made a career as a real estate salesman.

The career choice had its teething problems but the current climate in Auckland suggests he is on to a winner - except the weekend work keeps him away from his beloved Warriors.

Having eagerly watched the Kiwis take down the Australians for the third straight match, Swann believes the streak is only just getting started.

“What a fantastic performance.

Just so dominant and it should be like that for the next few years until Australia can rebuild.

“In my opinion, I think we’ll have the measure of them for the next four to five years.”

Right - Former Warrior and league international Logan Swann says top athletes need massive personal commitment.

Aussie finds the Wright stuff here

By DaviD Skipwith Jonathan Wright has taken the good with the bad during his well-travelled NRL career but as he approaches his 100th match today, against the Parramatta Eels, he credits the Warriors for helping him rediscover his love for the 13-man code.

After posting a try – his third in as many weeks _ in last week’s win over his old – Cronulla side, Wright is hoping the celebrations continue this week with a follow-up victory over the club that helped start his career in 2009.

“It has been a long journey and it has taken a lot of hard work and sacrifice to get here.

Now I’m excited for the weekend and hopefully we get the win,” Wright said.

“I’m pretty happy and proud but it wasn’t always sweetness and light.

“There have been a few good years that I’ve had and a few dark years.”

Twelve NRL games was all he

enjoyed over two seasons in the blue and gold before shifting to arch rivals Canterbury for another two-year stint that included the 2012 grand final.

Two further years with Cronulla followed as the supplement scandal enveloped the club but by the end of last year Wright found himself without a contract and on the NRL scrapheap.

“There’s been times when I questioned why I was playing rugby league but I continued with it and the Warriors gave me a lifeline and a chance to come over here,” he said.

“I’ve taken it with both hands and I am enjoying my footy again.

“I feel like I’m debuting again with a new club.”

After missing selection for round one, Wright was thrown on to the right wing for the road trip to Canberra and has proven a valuable acquisition.

“It was very daunting for the first few games,” he explains. “I was coming in from Australia

Jonathan Wright at a training session for the Warriors recently.

and probably taking someone’s spot but the boys have embraced me and I feel very welcomed.

With the way we are playing now I’m starting to get my bearings with everyone and am happy playing and it’s really exciting.

“It’s a team I want to play with.

We just want to keep building on last week’s win and doing my

job and improving each week.

I’m looking for a really big year.”

It might have taken some Shaun Johnson brilliance to get them home at the death, but Wright says they have taken great confidence from their strong defensive effort against the Sharks.

“That’s the way we want to play and the style that the War-

riors want – to be able to grind out a win.

“It was the whole game, the talk and communication was a lot better.

“Our edge was very strong, probably the best we’ve been all year, but we need to build on that and make sure we’re doing it consistently.”

Coach Andrew McFadden is impressed with Wright’s poise and composure and says he has proved some doubters wrong after taking some time to settle in to the team’s structures.

“He copped a bit of criticism early on but certainly the team has valued his contribution,” McFadden said.

“Most people don’t see what he does in terms of how he carries for a lot of metres, he’s always working for the team and he’s obviously very, very safe under the high ball so those are pretty good attributes to have as a winger.

“He’s been rock solid the last few weeks and he has been a very valuable asset to us.”

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Swimmers scoop the p

By Jonathan Leask

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Swimmers scooped the pool at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards last night.

Multiple World Masters Games gold medallist Steve Prescott was named the outstanding senior sportsman and Matt Harford was the outstanding junior sportsperson for collecting five national titles in the pool.

The two swimmers’ coach Shane Jones added to the swimming swag by being named outstanding coach of the year while another swimmer, Matthew Clough, was named the all-rounder of the year.

Prescott stood out from the field

of nominees after winning four gold medals at the World Masters Swimming Championships in Canada. He won the 800m freestyle in a world record time and in his four gold and two silver medal haul, he set six New Zealand Masters records.

He had also cleaned up on the Gold Coast winning six gold and two silvers - with five games records - at the Pan Pacific Masters Championships on the Gold Coast.

At the New Zealand Masters Long Course Championships he had set four new national records in winning four gold medals and was named the New Zealand Masters swimmer of the year.

The Hampstead senior women’s hockey team was named the outstanding senior sports teams after winning a maiden title in the MidSouth Canterbury Hockey competition - beating five-time defending champions St Andrews 2-1 in the final.

Jones got the nod as coach of the year helping guide the Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim team to six national gold medals, four silver, and five bronze among 39 top 10 placings at the National Age Group championships.

Mid Canterbury Softball’s Heath Lyttle was the official of the year - umpiring a total of 51 national games in the season and

Champion swimmer nets to

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Outstanding senior sportsman and top masters swimmer Steve Prescott.

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Outstanding junior sportsperson was swimmer Matthew Harford.

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Having five national titles to his name had swimmer Matthew Harford named the junior sportsperson of the year.

Harford won four national titles at the National Age Group swimming championships, as well as four silver medals and a bronze.

He had a further national title at the national short course championships and during the year set new Canterbury, Aoraki and Ashburton College records.

His strong performances saw him gain selection to the Swim

New Zealand Age Group development camp and he swam for the Southern Makos at the New Zealand Zonal swim meet.

The judges had the arduous task of picking out one name from a field of 21 nominees. Such was the quality and quantity of the entries that they made the rare move of naming a runner-up.

That went to rower Veronica Wall.

Wall won gold in the under 16 single at the Maadi Cup New Zealand Secondary Schools’ regatta and also won silver in the under 16 double with Grace Wilson. The

Outstanding senior official, softball’s Heath Lyttle.

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15-year-old also won silver in the Open women’s single at the New Zealand Rowing Championships.

The outstanding junior team of the year was Jion Dragon, a Karate team out of the Jion Ashburton International Dojo. From seven events around the country, they won six gold medals and a bronze - including gold at the New Zealand Open Championship in the 10-13 year old Kata team and winning the Kyoso Cup in Wellington, finishing first out of 17 teams, some that included adult instructors.

The all-rounder of the year was

Outstanding all-round athlete Mat

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pool Basketball Mid Canterbury president Wayne Rodgers was the administrator of the year.

There was a special award presented to Thorsten Windhorst as an outstanding coach, official and administrator, the sensei of the Jion International Karate Dojo Ashburton and an assistant coach for the New Zealand Karate team.

There was also a special award for consistent achievement at an outstanding level in their sport presented to New Zealand waterskiing representatives Lana, Hugh and George Donaldson.

The Robilliard Trophy for services to sport was presented to Kevin Hurley.

op award Matthew Clough.

He won bronze from four top 10 finishes at the National Age Group Swimming Championships, is the New Zealand Aquathon under 16 national champion, was seventh in the under 16 boys’ New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Open Water Swim and was selected to the Triathlon New Zealand Youth academy.

He won two Aoraki athletics championships titles, was second in the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ road race, played basketball and football and raced in Tinwald Cycling Club road race programme.

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Outstanding junior team was the Jion Dragon, a karate team represented by (from right) Leanne Walsh, Jessica Windhorst and Tamzyn Barnes.

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Outstanding senior team was the Hampstead senior women’s hockey team, represented by (from left) Claire van Polanen, Lauren Pangborn, Rachel Curd, Sara Harrison and Jess Yeatman.

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Basketball Mid Canterbury’s Wayne Rodgers was administrator of the year.

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■ FOOTBALL

Chance for Tuiloma to shine

BY STEVEN HOLLOWAY When Bill Tuiloma returns home from France next week, he will walk on to centrestage at one of the biggest sports shows in the world.

Tuiloma was yesterday named captain of the Junior All Whites for the upcoming Fifa U20 World Cup and will quickly transform from a rising young star at Olympique Marseille, to a leader of young men with New Zealand football.

It’s been a rapid rise for the 20-year-old who was playing in the Northern Premier League for Birkenhead United two years ago. Now, he is a constant in the match-day squad at one of the top teams in Europe.

Marseille are nine-time French champions, have one of the biggest supporter bases in France and play in a 67,000-seat stadium.

Junior All Whites coach Darren Bazeley said he is in negotiations with Marseille, who are nearing the end of their season, over exactly when Tuiloma will be released, but hopes he will be able to play in at least one of their remaining two friendlies against Honduras and Austria before the tournament starts on May 30.

“The captaincy is something we thought about for a while but Bill is the most senior player that we have, he’s a regular All White, is in a great environment and when I’ve spoken to him I’ve been very impressed with his maturity and leadership within the All Whites camp,” said Bazeley.

“He can really help drive our culture and philosophy and he has a lot of respect from the players.”

Tuiloma is one of 10 players in the squad who have been part of the senior New Zealand setup in recent months, including six players who have played for the All Whites.

Six of the squad of 21 are based overseas and Tuiloma is joined offshore by Jesse Edge (Italian club Vicenza Calcio), striker Monty Patterson (Ipswich Town FC) goalkeeper Nik Tsanev (Brentford FC) and United States-based Cory Brown (Xavier University) and Stuart Holthusen (Akron University).

The tournament is expected to reach 170 million television viewers across 100 coun-

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tries and football governing body Fifa is hoping 500,000 fans pass through the gates over the course of the 52 games.

“I think the players are gradually getting it, just how big of an opportunity this is, and how much pressure and expectation will be on them,” said Bazeley.

“They’re starting to realise that now. I think the public won’t really get it until it starts and will then say ‘oh this is a really big event and there are unbelievable players here’.”

The Junior All Whites open the World Cup against Ukraine, before facing youth powerhouse USA and Myanmar.

“Myanmar are probably the team we are expected to do well against, but, because they are our third game, we can’t target that, because our tournament could be over by then.

“If we pick up no points from our first two games, it’s over.

“So we’re targeting the opening game against Ukraine. But all three will be tough

New Zealand vs Ukraine, North Harbour Stadium, Saturday, May 30, 1pm.

New Zealand vs USA, North Harbour Stadium, Tuesday, June 2, 7pm.

New Zealand vs Myanmar, Westpac Stadium, Friday, June 5, 7pm.

opposition,” said Bazeley.

All Whites defender Deklan Wynne said it had been a bittersweet week for the team, who were all thrilled about getting selected for the adventure ahead, but also sympathetic with those who had played for Wanderers SC in the national league for the past two years before getting cut at the final hurdle.

“To see some of the guys crying yesterday when they got cut was quite heartbreaking, and you could see just how much it meant to everyone,” said Wynne. “We’ve been training together for two years so it has been quite a long process.”

NZ Under 20 football squad: Goalkeepers: Damian Hirst, Oliver Sail, Nik Tzanev. Defenders: Sam Brotherton, Cory Brown, Jesse Edge, Brock Messenger, Adam Mitchell, Deklan Wynne. Midfielders: Andre de Jong, Moses Dyer, Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, Clayton Lewis, Matthew Ridenton, Bill Tuiloma. Forwards: Noah Billingsley, Andrew Blake, Stuart Holthusen, Monty Patterson, Alex Rufer, Joel Stevens.

Cricket league for old guns gains traction Cricket Australia says Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar’s plan to start a new Twenty20 competition for former international stars could help promote the sport globally.

News Corp reports Warne and Tendulkar have offered 28 bigname ex-international players contracts worth around $30,000 a match to play in a worldwide tournament, the Cricket All Stars League.

Among those understood to have been contacted are Australians Brett Lee, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath, along with Englishmen Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff and South African Jacques Kallis.

Cricket Australia and the In-

ternational Cricket Council said they had not been advised of the venture, but a CA spokesman told AAP it could be a positive way to promote and grow the game in new or emerging markets - as long as it didn’t poach contracted international players.

Lee’s manager Neil Maxwell confirmed his client had received an offer and would be seeking permission from CA to play.

“I can’t see anything wrong with it. It’s a group of retired blokes playing a game of cricket,” Maxwell told Fox Sports.

It means Lee could potentially return to the field only a few months after calling time on his professional career, though the Test quick retired from the international game in 2012.

If it comes to fruition, the Cricket All Stars League could affect some domestic Twenty20 competitions such as the BBL and Indian Premier League, which often include former international cricketers.

Lee played in last summer’s Big Bash League along with Flintoff and Kallis, who is contracted to return to the club for the 2015-16 season.

Under the reported proposal, a series of matches will be held around the world over a threeand-a-half-year period, with the US to host the first series of three matches in September.

New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are understood to be the leading contenders to hold matches.

The news follows a report two weeks ago claiming Australian stars Michael Clarke and David Warner were being targeted by an Indian conglomerate keen to offer them $50 million contracts to play in a new rebel Twenty20 league.

Essel Group, owned by millionaire media mogul Subhash Chandra confirmed its ambitions to launch an unnamed cricket venture, understood to be a new global Twenty20 tournament similar to Kerry Packer’s creation of World Series Cricket.

The group, which was behind the now-defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL), also reportedly wants to create a breakaway world governing body for the sport.

- AAP

Cheika won’t gift Wallabies spot to new star Wallabies coach Michael Cheika insists he won’t be gifting Taqele Naiyaravoro a Test cap this season to keep the in-demand Fijiborn winger from fleeing Australia.

Cheika yesterday bristled at the notion, saying Naiyaravoro would have to earn a national call-up like anyone else hoping to play for the Wallabies.

“Playing for Australia is a special thing,” he said.

“If we’re going to belittle it by doing things like that, then I shouldn’t be doing the coaching job.”

Cheika made his stance crystal clear the day after Naiyaravoro was granted an Australian sports visa that frees the tackle-shedding NSW Waratah to travel internationally with the Super Rugby champions.

Naiyaravoro missed two Waratahs games in New Zealand earlier this season due to visa restrictions.

But being free to come and go now means Naiyaravoro - who’s been drawing comparisons with Jonah Lomu following his tackle-busting try against the Western Force last week - can play for Cheika in the Waratahs’ key upcoming matches against the Lions and Cheetahs in South Africa.

Cheika, though, pointed out that the lifting of restrictions hasn’t altered Naiyaravoro’s position when it comes to any possible Wallabies call-up.

The 23-year-old has a contract with the Scottish Rugby Union to join Edinburgh next year but is believed to have a get-out clause should he be capped by the Wallabies.

“I wouldn’t cap anyone just for that. It’s too important a thing, really,” Cheika said.

“You don’t want to give it away. If he earns the right to play, he’ll get selected, like any other player that’s playing on the Super Rugby tour now or who qualifies according to the status playing overseas.

“Any of those players will be considered if they’re playing well.”

Having said that, Cheika concedes he’d be crazy not to consider the 195cm, 120kg powerhouse for this year’s Rugby World Cup.

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In brief

■ BASKETBALL

James struggles, Cavs advance past Bulls Cleveland displayed its depth of talent in the absence of strong performances by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, beating Chicago 94-73 yesterday to win the series 4-2 and progress to the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

In the day’s other game, Houston came from 19 points down to stun the Los Angeles Clippers on their home court and square that series at 3-3.

Cleveland’s James struggled to score 15 points while Irving limped off the court in the first half, but Matthew Dellavedova (19 points) and Tristan Thompson (13 points and 17 rebounds) picked up the slack to guide the Cavaliers to the final four of the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

Cleveland is right where it expected to be after James decided to come home from Miami and return to his first team.

The Cavaliers didn’t expect to get there like this though, with Kevin Love suffering a seasonending shoulder injury in the opening round and Irving playing through leg injuries.

“These guys work their tails off every single day when you guys are not around,” James said of the lesser-known players who stepped up. “I’m a little bit surprised because of how we’ve handled the postseason so far.

These are first-timers right here (Dellavedova and Thompson) as well as Kyrie and Kev before the injury. They want to be good, they want to be great, and every single day they prepare the right way.”

Irving scored six points in 12 minutes before twisting his left knee when he came down on Thompson’s foot early in the second quarter. The score was 35-35 and he did not return.

James had 11 assists and nine rebounds but hardly looked like

the superhuman that carried Cleveland in Game 5. He shot 7 of 23 from the field and missed all four 3-point attempts in this game. But the Cavaliers had more than enough to get by, setting up a meeting with Atlanta or Washington.

It is James’ fifth straight conference finals, the previous four with Miami.

“I do everything for my team, do everything for my teammates,” James said. “I want these guys to be able to feel this moment. That’s what I came back here for. I’ve got four guys that never made the postseason that played a huge role on this team.”

Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 20 points and Derrick Rose finished with 14. Pau Gasol scored all of his eight points in the first quarter after missing the previous two games with a strained left hamstring, and the Bulls simply got overmatched in what could be their final game under coach Tom Thibodeau.

There is heavy speculation that he could be out because of friction with management despite leading Chicago to playoff appearances in each of his five seasons.

“Until they tell me I’m not, I expect to be here,” he said.

“That’s the way I’m going to approach it.”

Iman Shumpert scored 13 points for Cleveland. Dellavedova, James Jones and J.R. Smith (12 points) all hit three 3-pointers and combined to score 40 points.

Houston pulled off a stunning comeback to win 119-107 at the Clippers, thanks chiefly to Corey Brewer scoring 15 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter.

James Harden, who played less than a minute in the fourth quarter, scored 23 points — making all 11 of his free throws — and

Concern is growing that Patrick Tuipulotu’s groin injury could rule him out of the World Cup. The Blues lock has been sidelined for several weeks by an injury that refuses to respond to treatment. It is understood that more information will be available early next week following scans.

Those investigations will determine what happens next.

Options will include immediate surgery, which will involve a rehabilitation period of three months, a timeframe that will make things tight in terms of the World Cup, or an operation

after the tournament in the hope the injury comes right.

Not surprisingly, Tuipulotu is understood to be extremely concerned about where the injury leaves him in the All Blacks selectors’ plans.

The 22-year-old, who played seven tests during his breakthrough year in 2014, has risen to the top of New Zealand’s second tier of locks behind Sam Whitelock and Brodie Retallick, who are becoming increasingly important to the All Blacks due to their experience, consistency, and the fact that, apart from Tuipulotu there is a big gap to the next best.

If he is ruled out, it’s likely

Bocock capped Coxswain Natalie Bocock will represent New Zealand after being named in the under 21 squad. Bocok was selected to call the shots for the New Zealand men’s crews in two-Trans Tasman regattas.

The first regatta is in Sydney from July 2-4 and the second at Lake Karapiro in August.

Bocock called the Southern RPC women’s premier eight to gold at the Coxswain the New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha earlier this year and will again take a seats in an eight-but this time for the boys. It is a big opportunity for the young boat caller, as Rowing New Zealand looks to expand their fleet for future major events. Another local rower, Emma Dyke is also representing New Zealand in an eight boat. Dyke is busy preparing for her first foray into the elite level with the New Zealand women’s eight at two world cup regatta’s and the all-important World Rowing Championships at Aiguebelette, France in August -where crews can qualify for the Olympics.

A-League final

Houston Rockets guard Corey Brewer (right) shoots over Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin during the second half of Game 6 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series.

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Dwight Howard added 20 points and 21 rebounds for the Rockets, who will host Game 7 on Sunday.

The Clippers were cruising with a 19-point lead in the third quarter, seemingly assured of earning the franchise’s first berth in the Western Conference

finals, but the Rockets scored nine straight to cut it to 13 heading into the fourth.

Houston hit seven 3-pointers in the fourth and stymied the Clippers offensively. Blake Griffin, who finished with 28 points, didn’t score in the final quarter.

- AP

Injury puts cup dream at risk

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Hurricanes lock James Broadhurst will quickly enter the frame.

Tuipulotu has a rare mix of athleticism and power and the Blues scrum has been better for his presence this season but he will almost certainly not play for the Blues again this year.

The All Blacks selectors have taken a pragmatic approach into this Super Rugby year ahead of their World Cup defence. They have expected injuries and they are getting them. Aaron Cruden has already been ruled out of the tournament due to knee surgery, with Beauden Barrett’s own knee problem giving them a further scare. Barrett will be

back in a matter of weeks, with Chiefs lock Retallick expected back next week after a four-week break due to a shoulder problem.

Blues skipper Jerome Kaino’s dislocated finger is another potential headache for the national selectors, although Kaino’s initial eight-week rehabilitation period after his surgery a fortnight ago is thought to be very much worse-case scenario.

Kaino, who suffered his injury - a compound dislocation of the ring finger on his left hand - in the victory over the Force at Eden Park on May 2. He is still in the frame though for the All Blacks’ first test of the year, against Samoa in Apia on July 8.

The Melbourne Victory will host Sydney FC in the A-League’s grand final tomorrow in a stadium that, quite frankly, is only about half as big as they’d prefer. The match, dubbed the “Big Blue,” will be played at a 30,000seat venue, the Victory’s home ground for the regular season, meaning tens of thousands of fans will miss out. League officials wanted to use a larger stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne which seats 53,000 for the title match, but the venue was unavailable because the Australian rules Australian Football League had already booked the field for a game on the same day.

The Melbourne-based AFL says the A-League waited too long to ask for permission for a switch.

- AAP

Pieterson shadow The shadow of Kevin Pietersen continued to hang over England’s cricket team as a 12-man squad containing uncapped pair Adam Lyth and Mark Wood was selected on Thursday for the first test against New Zealand. The first squad announcement since the firing of coach Peter Moores, and the hiring of Andrew Strauss as England’s new director of cricket, consisted entirely of players who recently toured the West Indies. Opener Lyth and paceman Wood did not play any of the three tests in the Caribbean, but both could make their debuts at Lord’s next week in temporary coach Paul Farbrace’s first match in charge. Lyth is sure to be captain Alastair Cook’s opening partner following the retirement of Jonathan Trott.

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Hannam relishes stern test

■ GALLOPS

Draw boosts Kiwi star’s hopes A lucky pre-race touch from Paul O’Sullivan has enhanced the prospects of his globetrotting star Aerovelocity continuing his winning form on the road.

The expatriate Kiwi trainer was delighted when he opened his selected envelope with an inside barrier draw for his New Zealand-bred sprinter in Sunday’s Gr.1 KrisFlyer Sprint International Sprint at Kranji, in Singapore.

“Three is an ideal gate,” O’Sullivan said.

“He’s got good tactical speed, there appears to be a lot of speed in the race and this gives the option to stay one off the fence. We should get a pretty good run from that gate.

“That draw lets Zac (Purton) do what he wants, he doesn’t have to jump and think ‘do I go forward or do I slot in?’

“Our jockeys understand the opposition so well in Hong

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Only the strong will survive at Awapuni today, according to local jockey Robert Hannam.

“It won’t be heavy – it will be just bottomless,” he said. “It’s going to be like a winter meeting in July at Trentham.

“We’ve had a truck-load of rain here and it’s going to be the survival of the fittest.”

With the testing conditions in place, Hannam fancies his chances of success in the feature event on the card.

In the Listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup, he will combine with the in-form St Ransom for Gary Vile.

“He might not be the best horse in the field, but what he lacks in ability he makes up for with his toughness,” he said.

“He’s a good grinder, he loves a fight and the mile is his pet distance.” - Racing Desk

Aerovelocity in training at Hong Kong.

Waikato gallops Today at Te Rapa Raceway

Waikato RC Venue: Te Rapa Meeting Date: 16 May 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 10.35am CAL ISUZU MAIDEN HURDLE $10,000, MAIDEN HDL, 2800m 1 6x923 Derby Dan m (5) 68 ..................... M Mitchell 2 4Fx00 Noah Jon tm (3) 68 ...........................R Cully 3 0594x Hunters Creek (6) 68 ......................M Gillies 4 6x082 In For Fun (7) 68 ..................... T Harris (2.5) 5 64x66 Authentic (4) 68 ................................. A Kuru 6 4x9P3 Za Brute m (2) 68 .......................... E Farr (3) 7 87605 Thats How We Roll t (1) 68 .........D Miller (a) 8 Px0x9 Cloemmbai (8) 66 ...................... S Karnicnik 2 11.05 PORRITT SAND WAIKATO HURDLES $50,000, OPEN HURDLE, 3200m 1 518x5 Just Got Home tm (4) 69 ................. D Nolan 2 20Px7 Zenocoin m (2) 67 ........................... T Harris 3 1x634 Venerate tb (5) 66 ........................ M Mitchell 4 1x008 Wee Biskit m (8) 65.5 ......................... E Farr 5 4Px74 Comte de Jeu m (3) 65.5 ................... A Tata 6 1x191 Prologue tm (10) 65.5 ....................... A Kuru 7 Px662 Thenamesbond m (7) 65.5..............M Gillies 8 5x891 Endor t (9) 65 ....................................R Cully 9 63x72 Maharishi m (1) 65 ......................D Miller (a) 10 31x93 Brave Buccaneer t (6) 65 ................ C Studd 3 11.35am NRM 1200 RATING 85 $20,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1200m 1 43723 Elusive Gold dm (5) 59..................O Bosson 2 39x5x Ruready td (3) 56.5 ....................V Gatu (a3) 3 1706x The Last Shower (2) 56...................A Collett 4 100x7 Sir Darci td (1) 56 ............................ C Grylls 5 259x9 Aaja Nachle tm (7) 55.5 .................. S Spratt 6 32x35 Ramarro dm (4) 55.5................... D Johnson 7 74055 Coriander tdmh (6) 54 .................T Thornton 4 12.10pm ALLIED SECURITY MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE $10,000, MDN STP, 4100m

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Kong but here, who knows? If he’d been drawn nine in a nine horse field he could easily be stuck three deep, no cover, so the draw is a big help. The options are open, but if nothing wanted to lead we’d be pretty happy to.”

A son of Pins, Aerovelocity has pleased O’Sullivan since his arrival in Singapore and the sixyear-old worked comfortably on the turf at Kranji during the week.

Aerovelocity is at the top of his form following wins in the Gr.1 Hong Kong International Sprint and in the Gr.1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo.

In between times, he was runner-up in the Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize.

“I think the experience he had in Japan where he did a lot of travelling has stood him in pretty good stead,” O’Sullivan said. “He’s settled in well.”

– NZ Racing Desk

1 5x005 Fair Script t (4) 68 ...................... S Karnicnik 2 13Lx6 It’s A Message tm (9) 68 ...................R Cully 3 4F75x Mangaroa Hustler (5) 68 .................M Gillies 4 258x8 Joking m (7) 68 ............................ M Mitchell 5 8x9x Reveal (8) 68........................... T Harris (2.5) 6 006x8 Sunset Pass (2) 68......................D Miller (a) 7 x9x90 The Oysterman (3) 68 ................... E Farr (3) 8 079x6 The Painter (6) 68 ........................R Cole (3) 9 P890x Nells Belle (1) 66............................. C Studd 5 12.45pm WARREN STORM LIFEBROKERS WAIKATO STEEPLECHASE $50,000, OPN STP, 4100m 1 2LFx0 Tim dm (6) 69.................................. T Harris 2 Fx606 Rosetown Joe m (1) 67.5 ............... C Perrett 3 03x9F Bally Heights dm (7) 67..................... A Kuru 4 x6355 Sea King tm (12) 66 ........................M Gillies 5 4054x The Fox tm (8) 66............................... E Farr 6 11x91 Carinya tdm (5) 65.5 ....................... C Studd 7 711x4 Jack Romanov tm (2) 65.5 ........... M Mitchell 8 22x02 Yorkie m (3) 65.5 ...............................R Cully 9 0x212 Racquetor tm (4) 65 ................... S Karnicnik 10 713x8 Goosebumps m (9) 65 ....................G Walsh 11 7Px03 Mister Deejay m (10) 65 ..............D Miller (a) 12 P5Fx5 Sinista t (11) 65 ................................. R Cole 6 1.20pm FAIRVIEW MOTORS 2100 OPEN HANDICAP $25,000, OPN HCP, 2100m 1 45315 El Soldado td (2) 59 ............ U Holmquist (a) 2 709x8 Little Alfie Brown 58 ..................... Scratched 3 60425 Lion Red tm (9) 56.5 .......................S Collett 4 345x5 Magna Carta tdm (6) 56.................V Colgan 5 36182 Taaxman tm (4) 56 .......................... C Grylls 6 62666 He’s Dan tdm (7) 55.5 ................A Jones (a) 7 52164 Seconds Out d (3) 55 ..................T Thornton 8 70202 Dubai Shuffle d (8) 55 ................. D Johnson 9 x8113 Augusta National tdb (1) 54 ......B Hutton (a) 10 677x0 Malbec tdm (5) 54 ...........................A Collett 11 555x8 Bachelor Zeel td (10) 54 ...................L Innes

7 1.55pm MICO PLUMBING 1400 OPEN HANDICAP $25,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 10304 Spin Doctor tdm (5) 60 ........A Schwerin (a3) 2 04420 Jubilate td (9) 57 ......................A Jones (a2) 3 25666 Goldminer td (1) 55 ..................... D Johnson 4 21231 Gustavo tdm (4) 54.5 ...................... C Grylls 5 718x6 Kelly O’Reilly td (2) 54.......................L Innes 6 22116 Matimba td (6) 54 ....................B Hutton (a2) 7 42115 Irish Heartbeat dm (3) 54 ...................M Hills 8 51113 Irish Moon tb (7) 54 .........................S Collett 9 37405 Needlly d (8) 54...............................A Collett 8 2.30pm PRINT HOUSE 1200 3YO $17,500, 3YO SW+P, 1200m 1 11345 Staccato d (11) 59.5...................V Gatu (a3) 2 x1128 Harbour Star d (10) 58.5 ...............O Bosson 3 18271 Trojan Warrior td (14) 58.5 ......B Hutton (a2) 4 1 Steadfast (9) 57.5..............................L Innes 5 15x8 Ocean Emperor tdb (4) 57.5 ........... C Grylls 6 664x5 Southern Icon (7) 57.5 .......................M Hills 7 21083 Dennis Denuto (5) 57.5 ................... S Spratt 8 54x21 Saoirse td (2) 56.5 ...................... D Johnson 9 7116. Arpeggio d (6) 56.5 ........................V Colgan 10 2118. Massofdash t (3) 56.5 .....................S Collett 11 13x56 Niki Piki Milo dm (13) 56.5 .......A Jones (a2) Thiago h (8) 56.................................. D Hain 12 13 6468x Divissima (12) 55.5 .........................A Collett 14 765x0 It’s Bianca d (1) 55.5 ......... U Holmquist (a3) 9 3.07pm NEW WORLD TE RAPA 1400 RATING 75 $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 39x5x Ruready td (16) 60.5 2 56292 Alleyoop t (10) 58.5 .................B Hutton (a2) 3 16547 Ohope Prince d (8) 58.5.................. R Jones 4 428x6 Boy dm (14) 58.........................A Jones (a2) 5 11x1. Snapshot d (1) 58 ........................... C Grylls 6 5640x Secret Whisper dm (13) 57.5 .......... S Spratt 7 44589 Zero Tua Hundred td (7) 56.5 ........P Holmes 8 30222 Increditable Hulk b (2) 55.5 ............V Colgan

$17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 1 Ambitious Pins (3) 59 ....................O Bosson 2 0500x Le Bon Fin tm (11) 59 ..............A Jones (a2) 3 37251 Aranmore td (2) 58.5 ......................V Colgan 4 91200 Hollywood Lad d (9) 58.5 ............ D Johnson 5 75x17 Mister Tom b (12) 58.5 ......................L Innes 6 24132 Light Up A Screen (10) 57.5 ...........S Collett 7 1 My Alegria m (13) 57......... U Holmquist (a3) 8 020x0 Heistheone (8) 57 .........................P Holmes 9 84319 Adriatic Pearl m (14) 56.5 ............... R Jones 10 60534 Sheez All Heart td (1) 56 ...........V Gatu (a3) 11 91402 Goodn’targ dm (5) 55.5 ...............T Thornton 12 57426 Sonic Rocket db (4) 55....................A Collett 13 05900 Artifact m (7) 55 ......................B Hutton (a2) 14 08x40 Tegwin td (15) 54 ............................ C Grylls 15 0959x Cool One d (6) 54 ...............A Schwerin (a3) 11 4.22pm WENTWOOD GRANGE 1600 RATING 65 $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 x6053 El Bandido (13) 59 .......................... C Grylls 2 966x7 Vitali m (14) 59 ................................ S Spratt 3 014x0 Ready Eddie dm (8) 58.5 ................S Collett 4 42164 Vantaa (10) 58.5 ...............................L Innes

5 6 Trudy Thornton is down to ride 7 Seconds Out in the Fairview Mo- 8 9 tors Open at Te Rapa today.

10 9 x0030 Lucky Country d (9) 55....................S Collett 11 10 3136P High Society (6) 55 ....................V Gatu (a3) 12 11 810x0 Sky Idea td (15) 55............................M Chui 13 12 83556 Bingo d (3) 54 ............................. D Johnson 14 13 5116 My Secret d (12) 54 ...................M Sweeney 15

02312 Galaktika d (7) 58 .................... O Bosson 59x54 Budwiser (2) 58 .....................V Gatu (a3) 63672 Kentucky Son m (1) 58..U Holmquist (a3) 780x6 Pioneer dm (4) 58 ......................R Jones 83202 Cantina (3) 57.5 ......................D Johnson 5240x Cops ‘N’ Coyote (6) 57.5 ..........P Holmes 25x70 Stella dm (15) 57 41890 I’m Bronson (9) 57 .................T Thornton 57091 Singapore Girl td (11) 56.5 .B Hutton (a2) 7x616 Soul Sista (12) 56 ......................A Collett 43x58 High Tail It m (5) 55 .............A Jones (a2)

14 22123 Santiago db (4) 54 ............................L Innes 15 5240x Royal Sceptre dm (5) 54 ... U Holmquist (a3) 16 42550 Gerry Merito m (11) 54 ..............G Cooksley 10 3.42pm LODGE REAL ESTATE 1600 RATING 65

Blinkers on: Jubilate, Goldminer (R7), Secret Whisper (R9), Hollywood Lad (R10) Blinkers off: Gerry Merito (R9), Stella (R11) Winkers on: Authentic (R1) Winkers off : Bingo (R9), Hollywood Lad (R10)

3 90x75 Dal Kyann h (10) 58.5 ............ K Chiong (a2) 4 727x7 Alice Webb Ellis d (8) 56 .................R Myers 5 7097x Kennys Chance tdmh (6) 55.5 .R Harris (a4) 4 790x7 Banteneighty (16) 58.5.............J Shackleton 6 3801x Let Me Think mh (1) 54 .............J Oliver (a2) 5 888 Dal Laureon h (11) 58.5 ...... C O’Beirne (a3) 7 139x8 Philipa Charlotte dm (3) 54 ...........D Bradley 6 89980 Keen Tempo h (3) 58.5 ......... M McNelis (a4) 8 01x51 Justlikeyasister dmh (5) 54 7 x766x Make Big (1) 58.5.......................L Hemi (a3) 8 4707 Platinum Song h (8) 58.5 ................J Riddell 7 2.53pm TRC TOYOTA HANDICAP R75 $18,500, Rat9 x4563 Miss Maka (7) 56.5 .........................R Myers ing 75 Benchmark, 1600m 10 7420x Pacific Belle h (4) 56.5 ............ R Smyth (a1) 1 1211x Tallyho Twinkletoe tm (3) 59 ............ K Myers 11 4 Mischelt h (18) 56.5 ....................... J Parkes 2 2126x Crikey Cron mb (9) 58.5 ...... C O’Beirne (a3) 12 306 Perran Beach h (6) 56.5 .................. K Myers 3 27474 Diamantine td (4) 58 ...................... J Parkes 13 4x656 Waipatiki Girl (5) 56.5.......... M Dravitzki (a1) 4 95599 Arizona Jazz d (6) 57 .....................H Tinsley 14 6857x Cartagena h (12) 56.5......................S Doyle 5 009x2 Brad Thorn tdmh (2) 57 ...................R Myers 15 507x9 Eden Rock h (17) 56.5 ................ R Hannam 6 8x444 Thorn Pass tdmh (1) 57 ..................J Riddell 16 32000 Lady Jessica h (15) 56.5 .......... T Baker (a3) 7 95534 Just Ishi dh (8) 56.5 ..................J Oliver (a2) 17 0x978 Lady Of Leid h (19) 56.5 ...R Goldsbury (a3) 8 68x26 If I Can I Can mh (7) 55 .............. R Hannam 18 Lilydale (9) 56.5 .......................M Singh (a4) 9 87532 Bella’s Delight dm (5) 54 ......... R Smyth (a1) 19 64470 Castup h (20) 58.5 .........................H Tinsley 8 3.28pm JAMES BULL RANGITIKEI GOLD CUP 20 6x0x7 My Alarose h (13) 56.5 $50,000, OPN HCP, 1600m Emergencies: Castup, My Alarose 1 21617 Iamishwara tdh (10) 59.5 ................J Riddell 6 2.18pm AB EQUIPMENT/SOUTHERN RANGITIKEI 2 206x2 Thorn Prince tdm (4) 55.5 .............. J Parkes 3 4x913 Taurus m (5) 54.5 ........................J Oliver (a) VET SERVICE R75 $18,500, R75 Benchmark, 1200m 4 3x292 Duffers Creek m (7) 54.5................. K Myers 1 6447x Mighty Matt tdmh (7) 64 .............L Hemi (a3) 5 20x04 Danza Lad dm (3) 53 .......................K Smith 2 248x1 Miss Appleton tdmh (4) 56.5 ....... R Hannam 6 11226 Girl Of My Dreams 53 .................. Scratched 3 37x15 Vibrant Moss d (2) 56.5................... K Myers

7 410x1 St Ransom tdmh (2) 53 ............... R Hannam 8 x17x3 Good One Glady tdm (8) 53 9 86x41 Porotene Park d (9) 53 ....................R Myers 10 36x82 Bonny Heights dm (6) 53 ..............D Bradley 11 12323 Crackling Rosie dbh (1) 53.... M Dravitzki (a) 9 4.08pm TOD SEEDS / TURFSTAR HANDICAP R65 $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 1x97x Crafty Lad dmh (9) 59 ................. R Hannam 2 516x6 Secret Power d (11) 58.5 ................ K Myers 3 7x452 Pass It On m (1) 57.5 ........R Goldsbury (a3) 4 x10x1 Pepperpot Annie d (4) 57 ................R Myers 5 0430x Another Bachelor tmh (2) 57 ...S McKay (a3) 6 568x7 The Quiet Man h (3) 56.5 ............... J Parkes 7 x15x3 Endure t (6) 56 .................................K Smith 8 0169x Golden Bay dh (5) 56 .................L Hemi (a3) 9 3740x China Star h (7) 55........................D Bradley 10 6650x Gipsy Star tdmh (8) 55 ............ R Smyth (a1) 11 1889x Needs To Play tmh (12) 54.5 .. K Chiong (a2) 12 67649 Awesome Diva (10) 54 ..............J Oliver (a2)

Rangitikei gallops Today at Awapuni Raceway

Rangitikei RC Venue: Awapuni Meeting Date: 16 May 3 12.32pm WATERFORCE HANDICAP R85 $20,000, 2015 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and Rating 85 Benchmark, 2100m 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 1 10x87 Superturf tmh (4) 59...................L Hemi (a3) 8 and 9 2 x2414 Blathwayt tdm (3) 57.5 ....................J Riddell 1 11.25am (NZT) MANGOIHE LOGGING / APB ELEC- 3 77186 Saint Kitt t (5) 57 .............................R Myers 4 435x1 Kipkeino tdm (7) 56.5 .......... M Dravitzki (a1) TRICAL 2YO $17,500, 2YO SW+P, 1200m 5 121x8 Lady’O tdm (6) 54.5 ..........R Goldsbury (a3) 1 7x1 Mr Conductor tm (3) 57.5 ................R Myers 6 88221 Jack’s Boy tdm (8) 54 .................. R Hannam 2 58x Charlie Chine (8) 56 .................... R Hannam 7 36711 Rock Band tdm (2) 54 ......................K Smith 3 5 Weapon Of Choice (6) 56 ................K Smith 8 20201 Mendoza (1) 54 .............................. J Parkes 4 Five To Midnight h (4) 56 ................. K Myers 5 634 Liana h (2) 54 ..........................S McKay (a3) 4 1.07pm JOHN TURKINGTON FORESTRY HANDI6 Alarmist (1) 54................................ J Parkes CAP R65 $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 7 Reiveke (5) 54 ...............................D Bradley 1 48932 Full Monty db (4) 59 ........................ K Myers 8 0 Strolling Vagabond (7) 54............. D Mo (a3) 2 6x333 Itsallbelt (2) 58.5 ............................H Tinsley 2 11.57am SB CONTRACTORS / TAYLOR AGRICUL- 3 35L3x Irishwise m (5) 57................ C O’Beirne (a3) 4 72751 Twilight Offer (7) 56 .........................R Myers TURE 3YO $17,500, 3YO SW+P, 1200m 5 63317 Sanjara (1) 55 ...................R Goldsbury (a3) 1 574x4 Leeds tdmbh (8) 58.5 ......................J Riddell 6 95406 Mash t (8) 54.5 ........................S McKay (a3) 2 12742 Bushfire th (7) 57.5 ....................L Hemi (a3) 7 04872 Twilight Doll (3) 54.........................D Bradley 3 5x213 Darci Mac d (1) 57.5 .................... D Mo (a3) 8 809x7 Ivenoida m (6) 54 .......................L Hemi (a3) 4 x2232 Hundyamonth (5) 56 .................J Oliver (a2) 5 72212 Slimline tdmh (4) 55.5 .....................R Myers 5 1.42pm TIM HARRIS LTD MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 6 21392 Gilt b (2) 55.5 .................................. K Myers 1600m 7 31 A Tad Leica tdm (6) 55.5 ...R Goldsbury (a3) 1 425Px My Magician h (14) 58.5 .........S McKay (a3) 8 2895x Good Mama m (3) 55.5 ............... R Hannam 2 74P6x Just Collie h (2) 58.5 .................J Oliver (a2)

Blinkers on: Charlie Chine, Strolling Vagabond (R1), Leeds (R2), Make Big (R5) Blinkers off: Castup (R5), Needs To Play (R9) Winkers off: Make Big, Cartagena (R5), Kennys Chance (R6), Bonny Heights (R8)

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Saturday, May 16, 2015

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■ ASHBURTON BUSINESS

Compliancing company sets up shop

BY CAITLIN PORTER

CAITLIN.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Business owner Flo Orlandea has a new one-stop vehicle compliancing business operating in Ashburton.

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NZX halts trading in dairy derivatives on information errors NZX Regulation, the NZX website and in supervisory arm of the the Fonterra statement. stock market operaFonterra on Thurstor, has placed a tradday released a stateing halt on dairy fument saying a change tures and options after in its supply/demand technical errors led to balance led to an indiscrepancies in inforcrease in its forecast mation detailing how offer volumes over the much product Fonterra coming 12 months by Graeme Co-operative Group 7530 metric tonnes, Wheeler plans to offer in next of which 6210 tonnes week’s GlobalDairwill occur in the next yTrade auction, a benchmark three months and the remainfor the derivatives. der coming in the following four Trading was halted at months.

11.07am yesterday “pending a “WMP (whole milk powder) correction to the announcement offered by Fonterra on the GDT regarding the Fonterra Offer auction is the main contributor Quantities for the GlobalDair- to the change with a 2480MT yTrade (GDT) auction released increase over the May to June yesterday afternoon,” NZX period,” Fonterra said.

Regulation said in a statement.

“AMF (anhydrous milk fat) is The technical errors are un- the second largest contributor derstood to relate to differences with a 2000MT increase over in skim milk powder and total the June to September period, volume data published on the while cheese has been increased

1675MT over June to December.” Fonterra also scaled back its forecast offer of Australian skim milk powder by 1210 tonnes over the next 12 months, about half of which would occur in the next three months.

The Reserve Bank this week warned persistently low dairy prices could put stress on indebted farmers operating with negative cash flow this season, that could taint the wider financial system if it stressed lenders’ loan books.

Governor Graeme Wheeler told Parliament’s finance and expenditure select committee this week that the bank estimates prices will return to an equilibrium price over the medium term of between $US3200 and $US3800 per tonne, though market pricing only suggests it will rise to about $US2700/ tonne by the end of the year.

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registrations and motorcycles.

It also provides warrant of fitness (WOF) services for all light vehicles and motorcycles, including agriculture machinery.

Mr Orlandea said he only knows of one other independent compliance business in New Zealand, based in Nelson.

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Milton Road, but Mr Watson said he would also continue to run Ashburton Vehicle Compliance for the foreseeable future.

CVC has now been up and running for a month and is fully NZTA approved.

Its main form of business is entry certification for freshly imported motor vehicles, lapsed

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A new independent vehicle compliancing business has set up shop in Ashburton.

Local businessmen Flo Orlandea and Larry Watson have partnered up to form Canterbury Vehicle Compliance (CVC).

Changes to the Vehicle Licence Reform last year resulted in qualified people now being allowed to operate independent compliancing businesses. The only catch is that the business is not allowed to associate itself with any kind of repair work.

Until recently, compliancing businesses could operate, but not completely independently.

Some work had to be outsourced and they had to report to other organisations.

Since the reform, that has changed.

Certified compliance inspector Flo Orlandea said his locally-owned and operated business has the same expertise and authority as the other, larger vehicle compliancing businesses across the country.

And he himself has all the relevant qualifications.

Mr Orlandea is working with Ashburton businessman Larry Watson, who for many years operated his own compliancing business, Ashburton Vehicle Compliance, under the old regulations.

Mr Orlandea is operating out of Mr Watson’s premises on

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4,333.9

+17.57

+0.41%

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p Rises 53 q Falls 41

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+38.9

+0.68%

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+1.20%

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17.40

+0.75

+4.50%

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6,399.0

–17.0

–0.26%

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Opinion 28 Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, May 16, 2015

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OUR VIEW

Talking is strength Stu Oldham

EDITOR

L

ocal farmer Dennis Bird is a very brave man who speaks for the many hundreds of Mid Cantabrians who, for all sorts of reasons, find themselves suffering in silence.

Mr Bird talks about his intensely personal experience with depression in a news feature in today’s Guardian. He is frank and open and in being so, he is very brave.

He is brave because he has defied a slowly-eroding convention that men of a certain age and background should harden up in adversity and keep their feelings to themselves.

And he is brave for doing so in a very public way, knowing what he says will colour how some people regard him. But he has done so to show others they are far from alone.

Some of Mr Bird’s battle with depression will be familiar to many who know the pressures and isolation that can come with farm life and rural business.

He was a third generation farmer whose life was increasingly dominated by the sometimes overwhelming business of modernising and running his 245ha farm.

Things got on top of him, as they do for many of us. Mr Bird stayed stoic and tried to fix things himself, to the point where the stress fed into a depression he did not know he had.

His parents intervened and he got help.

He made many changes, but among the most important was that he started talking about his feelings.

Not many men of a certain age and a certain background feel comfortable doing this. The former chief coroner blamed stoicism and silence for a high farmer suicide rate.

New stresses on our farming communities in the wake of the dramatically reduced milk payout and lower prices for other commodities, throw this back into focus.

The Rural Support Trust has urged neighbours to support neighbours, and for people to simply ask for help.

Mr Bird’s story – a story mirrored all over the place – shows none of this is about weakness or failure.

Our response should be a sign of self-belief and community strength.

YOUR VIEW Klondyke storage Rangitata Diversion Race Management Ltd (RDRML) would like to thank residents who attended our recent public information sessions about the proposed Klondyke Storage Pond.

While the numbers attending weren’t huge, it was pleasing to see neighbours and other interested parties take the time to listen to eight of our team of experts involved with the project.

One of the common questions was around seismic risk.

If we proceed, the foothills pond would be designed in accordance with guidelines published by the New Zealand Society on Large Dams.

The guidelines would require the pond to be designed for the maximum credible level of

CRUMB

earthquake shaking that could occur on the site.

GNS Science has been engaged to provide estimates of possible earthquake shaking on the site, taking into account knowledge gained from the recent earthquakes in Canterbury.

A concrete spillway back to the Rangitata River will act as an emergency drainage safeguard, as well as transporting sediment out of the pond. In the unlikely event of a leak or break, an emergency protocol (which will be required as a condition of consent) will be followed.

Potentially affected parties and the emergency services would be contacted directly and via radio. This is the international standard response.

Another question was around the noise, dust and vibration ef-

by David Fletcher

fects likely to occur during the construction process. RDRML has already made contact with 40 landowners who could be affected and every effort will be made to work with them constructively regarding their concerns during this phase.

The consultation process is ongoing as RDRML continues to meet farming, regional council, iwi, recreational and environmental representatives over the proposal.

Anyone who wishes to know more about the project can review maps of the proposed storage options on our website www.rdrml.co.nz or contact myself for further details or if you have questions.

Ben Curry Rangitata Diversion Race Management Ltd chief executive officer

Lone pine As usual my wife attended the service at the Baring Square Anzac service and, as others were, we were very impressed with all aspects of the service.

As we always do we went to check up on the pine tree in the south corner of the square and were pleased to see that it continues to be in good health.

I wonder how many folk know that it is descended from the lone pine in Anzac Cove and was planted there in 1957 and the rock to which the plaque is attached came from the same area in 1960.

Congratulations must go to John Leadley for the excellent and topical article in Guardian Farming last week.

Ralph Bassett

Opinion Saturday, May 16, 2015

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An icy education

Ashburton Guardian 29

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should New Zealand change its flag?

No 85%

Hanne Nielsen

TOWNIE GOES COUNTRY

B

Yes 15%

efore moving to the South Island, I had very little experience with snow and

ice.

My first-hand knowledge was limited to the chill of the walk-in freezers at the gigantic Auckland supermarkets and to Disney cartoon snowflakes, large as a hand and as detailed as the paper cut-outs we made at school each December for Christmas bunting.

Three winters (and an intimate knowledge of Antarctica) later, it’s safe to say that my apprenticeship in all things icy is just about complete.

Strange as it may seem, this apprenticeship has stood me in good stead “across the ditch” as well, where I’ve been busy sharing my knowledge about snowchain-fitting and slushy-making with all who shiver.

Why? Well, last week we had the first snow of the season here in Hobart (pictured above).

Australian snow is somewhat different to the Kiwi stuff, mainly because it exists for the vast majority of Australians either as a faraway fiction, or on the slopes of the mountains in Queenstown.

Not so here in Tasmania. Like New Zealand, this island sits on the edge of the Southern Ocean, with a highway of open

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skies across which Antarctic winds can race.

Our very first Ashburton snow day stands out as one of the most exciting mornings. It started off quietly, which was the first clue.

Overnight a layer of thick white dampening had coated the gardens, the street, the trees – stealing all sounds.

Remembering this, I was given instructions to find us a house up as high as possible in Hobart, so that the “snow day” effect might be replicated.

This time we awoke not to a snowy street, but a white vista, with mountain blending into sky.

For a moment I had to check

whether I was wearing my glasses, as it seemed unlikely that Mt Hutt had migrated quite so far to the west in such a short time-frame.

With powder so tantalisingly close, we had to head up for a closer look. As we wound up the Mt Wellington access road we were greeted by a strange sight – car after car heading down had a carefully sculpted snowman figure on the dash.

It got weirder. Up in the carpark, people were using shovels not to dig out their cars, but to cover their vehicle in snow before heading back to town.

Instead of scraping ice off the windshield as we have become so accustomed to doing,

they wore the sculpted rime as a badge of honour.

It’s a local tradition, so of course we had to join in.

Trying to keep the figure upright as we wound our way down the hill was great fun – plus the snowman comes with the built-in safety feature of encouraging drivers to slow down.

No matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn – especially in the case of snow and ice.

If you see a station wagon cruising down the highways this season with a miniature snowman taking pride of place as the hood ornament, don’t forget to give us a wave.

Red Cross stems from good Christian values

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nzac Day, April 25, 2015 was a really important occasion, celebrating 100 years since the Gallipoli landings and it was marked by record numbers of New Zealanders gathering in front of war memorials throughout the land.

Another important anniversary that was marked here in Ashburton, with a simple but moving ceremony, was the celebration of the 100 years that the Red Cross has been active in New Zealand.

Many people gathered to view the inspiring display of the work of Red Cross in New Zealand since it began.

This took place on May 8, which is World Red Cross Day. I was invited to attend and since my own mother had been an active member of the Red Cross in Timaru during my youth, I proudly wore the 20-year service badge that she had been awarded, and which I

Geoff Gray

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

recovered from her trinket box after she died in 1988.

Reading a history of the Red Cross recently I was inspired by the story of the founder, Henry Dunant.

It was upon seeing at first hand on the battlefield of Solferino the unimaginable suffering of the countless soldiers dying in terrible agony under the scorching sun of the Lombardy Plain in June of 1859 that inspired him to write a book which caused a sensation, Un Souvenir de Solferino.

He wrote at the conclusion of the book: “Would it not be desirable for the princes of the art of warfare, from different nations ... to formulate some international principle ... which might constitute a basis for

Societies for the relief of the wounded in various countries of Europe.” Thus were laid the foundations of the Red Cross Society.

What is worth noting is that Henry Dunant’s incredible contribution to the alleviation of human suffering had its foundation in his strong Christian faith, his love of God and, flowing from this, his love for his fellow man and woman.

He used to meet regularly with a few friends at his house to study the Christian Scriptures, “to help and sustain one another in good works”.

Mr Dunant’s genius for organising and inspiring others eventually developed from this gathering into what became the World Federation of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the YMCA that still functions across the globe. The Red Cross Society is his other major gift to the world.

For Mr Dunant, his vision of

a suffering human-being was to see a brother or sister. His saying – “Tutti fratelli” (“We are all brothers”) would still be repeated by the members of the Red Cross over 150 years on.

At the heart of the Christian faith is the belief that God is Our Father as Jesus taught his followers to address God in prayer, and to “love one another” is the Great Commandment of the moral life.

I think it a great pity that as fewer people read the Bible, and as fewer schools allow the traditional Bible in Schools programme to take place, future generations could lose a sure basis for good moral living and humanitarian action that is found in such organisations as the Red Cross and in the lives of countless good living people throughout the world.

Fr Geoff Gray is with the Holy Name Catholic Church, Ashburton

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In brief Couple has 13 sons A US couple who already have 12 sons but no daughters have welcomed a 13th boy into their household. The latest member of the Schwandt family was born earlier this week in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In keeping with family tradition, Jay and Kateri Schwandt chose not to know the baby’s sex before the birth. “I was thinking, ‘If this is a girl, I don’t know what my reaction is going to be’,” said Mr Schwandt, 40, just moments after his son was born. The ages of their boys extend over more two decades, starting with Tyler, 22, followed by Zach, 19, Drew, 18, Brandon, 16, Tommy, 13, Vinnie, 12, Calvin, 10, Gabe, 8, Wesley, 6, Charlie, 5, Luke, 3, and 21-monthold Tucker. “There’s a lot of commotion, a lot of chaos, but there’s also a lot of love,” said Ms Schwandt.

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B.B. King dies, 89

Newly arrived migrants sit inside a warehouse turned into a temporary shelter in Langsa, Aceh province, Indonesia.

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Migrant crisis growing More than 1000 migrants came ashore in different parts of Indonesia and Thailand yesterday, becoming the latest refugees to slip into Southeast Asian countries that have made it clear the boat people are not welcome.

Weak, hungry and dehydrated, most of the migrants were crammed onto three boats that Indonesian fishermen towed ashore in Aceh province and North Sumatra, while another 106 people were found on a Thai island on Thursday and brought to the mainland yesterday, authorities said.

Earlier this week, about 1600

migrants were rescued by the Malaysian and Indonesian navies, but both countries then said they could not accept any more and sent other boats away in what has become a regional humanitarian crisis — that no one in the region is rushing to solve.

It wasn’t clear whether those who came ashore yesterday had been turned away earlier.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “alarmed by reports that some countries may be refusing entry to boats carrying refugees and migrants,” according to a statement from his office. Ban urged

governments in the region to “facilitate timely disembarkation and keep their borders and ports open in order to help the vulnerable people who are in need.”

Southeast Asia for years tried to quietly ignore the plight of Myanmar’s 1.3 million Rohingya but is now being confronted with a dilemma that in many ways it helped create.

In the last three years, more than 120,000 members of the Muslim minority, who are intensely persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, have boarded ships to flee to other countries, paying huge sums to

human traffickers.

But faced with a regional crackdown, some captains and smugglers have abandoned the ships, leaving many migrants to fend for themselves, according to aid workers and human rights groups.

The boats are also filled with Bangladeshis fleeing poverty and seeking better jobs.

Most of the migrants are believed to be heading to Malaysia, a Muslim country that has hosted more than 45,000 Rohingya over the years but now says it can’t accept any more.

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■ BURUNDI

Coup fails as president is said to return An attempted coup in Burundi appeared to have fizzled out after the office of President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he was back in the country and the streets were mostly calm.

Along a highway in the south of the country, there were many police checkpoints but otherwise life was going on as normal.

On Thursday fighting erupted between loyalist troops and forces supporting a major general who had announced the coup bid on Wednesday while Nkurunziza was in Tanzania

for a meeting with regional leaders about unrest in his country.

His bid for a third term had triggered protests, with opponents saying it violated the Constitution as well as peace accords that ended a civil war here. At least 15 people were killed in the demonstrations that began on April 26, a day after the ruling party made Nkurunziza its presidential candidate.

Burundi’s presidency announced late Thursday that Nkurunziza had returned to

Burundi. He has not appeared in public. The announcement also saluted the police, who had tried to quell the demonstrations, for their patriotism.

Still, the US urged its citizens to leave Burundi the country and advised against travelling to Burundi.

The US Embassy in Burundi said it is closed amid the insecurity.

Burundi’s Constitution states a president can be popularly elected to two five-year terms.

Nkurunziza maintains he is eligible for a third because par-

liament elected him to his first term, leaving him open to be popularly elected to two terms.

Burundi erupted into civil war in 1993 following the assassination of the country’s first ethnic Hutu president, Melchior Ndadaye. That conflict, which split open longstanding ethnic tensions between the Hutu and the Tutsi people, lasted until 2005.

Nkurunziza, a Hutu, took over as president and embarked on a campaign of ethnic reconciliation and economic rehabilitation.

- AP

B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that “as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.” But no one could play the blues like B.B. King, who died yesterday at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care. Although he kept performing well into his 80s, the 15-time Grammy winner suffered from diabetes and other problems.

He collapsed during a concert in Chicago last October, later blaming dehydration and exhaustion. For generations of blues musicians and rock ‘n rollers, King’s plaintive vocals and soaring guitar playing style set the standard for an art form born in the American South and honoured and performed worldwide.

- AP

Bodies found Nepalese rescuers yesterday found three bodies near the wreckage of a US Marine helicopter that disappeared earlier this week while on a relief mission in the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation, and officials said it was unlikely there were any survivors from the crash. “The wreckage of the helicopter was found in pieces and there are no chances of any survivors,” Nepal’s Defense Secretary Iswori Poudyal said.

He gave no details about the nationalities of the three victims, only saying their remains were charred. The helicopter was carrying six Marines and two Nepalese army soldiers.

- AP

Laws violated The Philippines’ top labour official says a rubber slipper factory where a fire killed 72 people has violated employment laws. Police and other agencies are conducting separate investigations looking into safety records and criminal liability.

Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said yesterday at least 104 workers at the Kentex Manufacturing Corp. were recruited by an illegal subcontractor. She says owners will be summoned to answer the charges next week. Officials couldn’t say how many workers were at the factory in a Manila suburb when the fire raged through it on Wednesday because records were lost. It was one of the worst fires in the country after the 1996 disco blaze where 162 people died.

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WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

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METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

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ASHBURTON REST HOMES

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ART GALLERY

Due to relocation, the Art Gallery is closed until further notice.

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

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METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm.

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BUS DEPARTURES

COMMUNITY SERVICES Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

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Research facilities weekday afternoons.

EA NETWORKS SPORTS AND AQUATICS CENTRE 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020

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BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

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MID CANTERBURY SPCA

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MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

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

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Kate Foxcroft. Small: Nina Fields.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Toni Johnston. Small: Ref Vet Ent. CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

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If you enjoy working as part of a team, have a strong work ethic and take pride in your work, we want to hear from you. These roles would suit a mature minded person, reliability is essential.

You must have had previous experience with water, power, fibre, irrigation, sewer and storm water services.

A background in the security industry would be preferred, however full training will be provided to the successful applicants.

In return you will receive a competitive remuneration package and be able to use the latest technology available in this field.

Essential requirements are: • Strong communication skills, • Self motivated, • Work independently and in a team, • Must have clean criminal record, • Full clean NZ Drivers licence, • Be able to follow instructions, • A proven ability to learn new skills, • Committed to study and gain qualifications, • A desire to succeed, • Live within the Ashburton area.

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Wanted for the new, please feel free to phone: Applicants need to be motivated and coming Japanese Greg on 308 8479 passionate about the beauty industry, must be restaurant in Ashburton. or if you wish to apply, please send your CV and a flexible team player and reliability is essential.

Successful candidates covering letter to either: require five or more Please contact Panache Hair and Beauty on donaldsoncontracting@xtra.co.nz years experience 308 9127 or drop your CV into the salon at URL Closing date or P O Box 439, Ashburton 7740 ______________________ 36With: _______________________________ Date:_______________________________ cooking as a chef in a Beach Road, Ashburton. tested: checked: Applicant must be a NZ resident or hold a current Japanese restaurant. work permit.

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We are committed to supporting and developing our people and we offer a competitive remuneration package.

If you have the skills and motivation to succeed in this role, and would like to be part of the exciting future of our company then we want to hear from you.

Please provide your Curriculum Vitae, aproof letterbased of application advertisement on our and referees’ details to: Enquiries/applications to understanding of the instructions Sheena Tyrrell, Management received.Administrator, In approving the cost (excl gst) it is client’s responsibility Ashburton College, P Oadvertisement, Box 204, Ashburton 7740. $876.97 to check the accuracy of both the Email: sheena.tyrrell@ashcoll.school.nz $436.15 advertisement, the media and the Phone: 308 4193, ext 812, Fax: 308 2104

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With a thirst for building innovation, pride in traditional business values and a commitment to ‘build it the right way’, Calder Stewart is a recognised leader in the New Zealand building industry. Calder Stewart is a privately owned company and has been operating for 60 years.

Panache Hair and Beauty are seeking a fully qualified beautician who is confident, enthusiastic and customer focused.

• a trade qualification in services engineering or fitter/turner • at least five years working knowledge of maintaining industrial plant/equipment • a working knowledge of manufacturing operations in the food or related industry • maintenance diagnostic or faultfinding experience and repair of industrial equipment • knowledge and experience of reliability-based maintenance.

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Culture and benefits In return for your skills and commitment we can offer: • competitive rates including overtime rates • tool allowance if applicable • scope for long term training and development.

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We currently have a permanent Maintenance Fitter role available at our Canterbury plant near Ashburton.

This is a fast paced and busy role that will require excellent organisational abilities and enthusiasm for the processing environment and you will be able to think logically and remain calm under pressure. You will also have proven computer skills, knowledge of monitoring and auditing systems for compliance and considerable understanding of the Health & Safety requirements for a processing environment. In addition you will have:

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We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting:

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An excellent remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant including a competitive rate of pay.

For more detail go to: www.talbotsecurity.co.nz E-mail: tsgltd@xtra.co.nz Applicants must be able to attend an interview.

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Office Administrator We are a large Tourist Retail shop based in Ashburton with majority of our customers from South Asia. We are currently looking for the following positions.

Assistant Marketing Manager China Region We are expanding, and we’re looking for someone who has a strong background in Asian market, and who is specifically familiar with the region of China.

The duties include: • Collaboration with overseas clients which involves translation • Assist the Managing Director to establish connections between Asian regions especially China.

• Plans, organises and coordinates the sales and marketing activities within an organization.

• Previous sales and marketing experience is must.

The applicant should have: • A Bachelor’s degree • Able to speak English and Chinese is preferred • Previous sales and marketing experience is must • Exporting experience is preferred

Sales Assistant Manager The applicant will manage our retail operation, including managing sales staff and dealing with the Asian tour market operators and customers. The ability to work under pressure and work flexible hours, including weekends.

To be a successful applicant must meet the following requirements: • A Bachelor’s degree • At least 2 years experience in sales • Experience in the tourism/hospitality industry • Able to speak English and Chinese is preferred Please send a current CV to:

Farmers Corner Ltd. PO Box 497, Ashburton Or E-mail to john.y@farmerscorner.co.nz

CUSTOMER SALES Would you like a job with variety and the opportunity to use your mechanical knowledge?

Do you have a practical, common sense approach?

If so, then we have the job for you.

We are looking for a Customer Salesperson to provide sales support to our nationwide customers, both over the phone and face to face, plus process and pack orders. » You must be able to provide a high level of service to our customers » You will need to be physically fit » Have a positive “can do” attitude » Be enthusiastic » Have a solid work ethic, with experience » Take pride in your work » Be trustworthy » Have the ability to think on your feet » Get on well with fellow workers We are a leading importer and wholesaler of light trailer components within New Zealand.

We offer job stability plus top wage to the right person. All applications are treated with total confidentiality.

If this sounds like you please apply now. Send your CV and cover letter to:

Superannuation Scheme/General Administration Full time role Full training provided Competitive salary Free life and heath insurance after 12 month commitment Leech & Partners Chartered Accountants is a well established, expanding, dynamic and proactive practice operating from outstanding premises in Ashburton and Christchurch.

Working alongside the Directors, accounting and other financial professionals, you'll get the chance to channel your natural ability with computers and with people as you play a hands on role in processing applications, handling client funds and working with a range of customers and financial advisors.

You won't be one to shy away from a challenge and will confidently communicate with a range of professionals to ensure smooth processing of applications and transactions.

It goes without saying, you'll need to be a great organiser, with the ability to calmly and effectively juggle multiple projects at once.

Attention to detail is crucial in this role, as is a high level of accuracy.

From corresponding with members and financial advisers to providing support to our team, your natural initiative will come into play in helping to run the scheme efficiently, maintaining the superannuation scheme documentation and records, and the office generally.

This is a superb opportunity for a person with 2 years or more administration experience, who is well presented and eager to make a mark within this organisation.

To apply for this job go to: www.leech.recruitmenthub.co.nz and enter ref code: 2142457.

Applications close: 25th May 2015

Arable Assistant Manager GW & MC Lill Ltd are currently seeking an energetic and motivated assistant manager for our arable farm, 5km from Methven. We run an intensive 400ha small seed and grain farm, finishing up to 4000 lambs each winter. 350ha is irrigated by four pivoting laterals with water from the BCI scheme.

This role would suit somebody who has experience in the arable industry, a passion for farming and is ready to take on responsibility. Graduates with some practical experience will be considered.

This position requires: - A focus on high quality and efficient production - Commitment to care and precision in all tasks in order to achieve high performance of crops - A high level of self-motivation and ability to work independently - Willingness to work as part of a team, to learn and share ideas - A suitable agricultural qualification would also be advantageous Key responsibilities of this position are fertiliser spreading, cultivation, drilling and maintenance of associated gear. General tasks will be across all areas of the farm including irrigation operations, grain carting, seed handling, winter stock work and maintenance.

We will provide: - Remuneration package to match the applicants experience and responsibility.

- Training to further develop skills and knowledge in the arable industry.

- Five bedroom house on farm.

Please apply with a copy of your CV by email to:

bevanlill@hotmail.com

alasdair@cm.net.nz or post to PO Box 124, Ashburton 7740

Honda’s range of lawn and garden advanced 4-stroke technology products offer everything you need to make gardening a dream.

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An opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse to work in a rostered relief position in our facility.

Healthcare Assistant

This role required an experienced Registered Nurse, committed to excellence in care for our residents and own professional development.

Tuarangi Home is a residential care facility that provides hospital level and dementia care at both rest home and hospital levels. We’re looking to build a skilled and dedicated workforce within our dementia and hospital unit to provide quality care in a friendly environment.

Healthcare Assistants are instrumental in the provision of care to our residents.

In this role, you will work closely with the Registered Nurse, Diversional Therapists and other Healthcare Assistants to support the needs of residents.

We have 16 hours per week available for (ideally) an experienced Healthcare Assistant who is interested and passionate about the care of older persons and people with dementia, are a motivated and good team player with excellent interpersonal skills. You will be working morning and afternoon four hour shifts across seven days a week.

Apply online, or to find out more information, please contact Kathryn Clark, Recruitment Specialist Nursing, Phone: (03) 3377923.

There is further opportunity for the appointee to undertake permanent shifts as the facility continues to expand.

Please apply to the Facility Manager by email: manager@terraceview. co.nz

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Accountant This is a great opportunity to join a firm that will allow you to reach your full potential with exciting career development opportunities.

Brophy Knight Limited is a well respected Chartered Accounting firm in Ashburton with an excellent range of corporate and agricultural clients. We are looking for either an experienced Accountant, or a fully qualified Chartered Accountant to join our firm.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work along side partners to meet existing client needs and also grow the client base. Building strong business relationships with our clients has been the key to our success. The successful applicant will need the interpersonal skills required to continue these client relationships.

Brophy Knight Limited is a member of the NZCA group. This is a group of Independent Chartered Accounting firms throughout New Zealand committed to best practice and improving the member firms ability to meet client needs. The NZCA association also gives staff access to a large group of their professional peers and good training opportunities.

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The The successful successfulapplicant applicant will will be be required required toto demonstrate: demonstrate: • A •history of proactive customer A history of proactive customerservice service • The ability to communicate at all alllevels levels • The ability to communicateeffectively effectively at • Accuracy andand attention • Accuracy attentiontotodetail detail • Effective participation • Effective participationinina ateam teamenvironment environment • Be• able to work unsupervised Be able to work unsupervised If you believe you and If you believe youpossess possessthe the above above qualities qualities and would relish thethe challenge NBS, then then would relish challengeofofworking working for NBS, th th please forward a copy 29 May May please forward a copyofofyour yourCV CVby

by Friday Friday 29 20152015 to: to: JohnJohn Moore, Branch Manager Moore, Branch Manager Nelson Building Society Nelson Building Society 324 324 EastEast Street, Ashburton Street, Ashburton Email: john@nbs.co.nz Email: john@nbs.co.nz

For further information about Brophy Knight Limited visit our website www.brophyknight.co.nz or feel free to give us a call on (03) 307 9051. All enquiries are handled in complete confidence If this sounds like you, then forward your CV by June 5, 2015 to: Accountant Brophy Knight Limited P O Box 314, Ashburton 7740 Phone: 03 307 9051 Email: enquiries@brophyknight.co.nz

Building –

it’s what we know and it’s what we do best. That’s why clients have chosen us, again and again.

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

ASHBURTON ASHBURTON

FRONT STAFF FRONTOF OF HOUSE HOUSE STAFF Hotel Ashburton are currently looking for

Hotel Ashburton currently for Front of Front of Houseare staff to worklooking in the Clearwater House staff to work in the Clearwater Restaurant.

Restaurant.

We are looking for someone who has passion, high We are looking for someone who has passion, standards and is ready to take on a new challenge. high standards and is ready to take on a new You must be challenge. willing to learn, be confident, energetic and be able to work as a team in a busy You must be willing to learn, be confident, environment. energetic and be able to work as a team in a

If you a general managers certificate busyhave environment. there is also an opportunity to join the team at If you have a general managers certificate management there is alsolevel an depending opportunityon toyour join experience. the team at management level depending on your Please e-mail CVs experience.

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TENDERS

Full-Time

Kirk Irrigation Ltd is an established Irrigation Company based in Waimate, South Canterbury, providing irrigation and pumping solutions for our clients.

We require an experienced engineer to supervise our busy workshop.

TRADES, SERVICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

Responsibilities include: • Fabrication ,welding, machining • Equipment repairs • Ordering materials and consumables • Maintaining workshop in a tidy and safe condition • Supervision of work to ensure high quality results

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

The successful applicant will have: • Experience in fabrication, welding, machining • The ability to produce high quality work • Good decision making and problem solving skills • Excellent communication skills required to work with project designers ,service staff and customers • A desire to run a workshop efficiently and to a high standard

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

If you have experience and are looking for a challenge and an opportunity to manage a busy workshop contact Kirk Irrigation on 03 689 8474 or send your CV to admin@ kirkirrigation.co.nz

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TENDER POLYTHENE PIPE BUSINESS FOR REMOVAL Canterbury Polythene pipe is a family run business that has been manufacturing pipe since 1994.

The owner is now retiring.

This successful business, including all manufacturing equipment, customer lists forklift, website etc is for sale by tender for removal.

Closing date for TENDERS: Fri 22 May 2015 Address for TENDERS: 7B/303 Blenheim Rd, Chch INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT WITH SOLE AGENTS Edwin Lewis Ph 0275 963 912 REAA2008 SOUTHERN WIDE REAL ESTATE

Senior Engineering Position

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0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

TRADES, SERVICES CHIMNEY CLEANING. Clean Sweep Canterbury Ltd will be in Ashburton Thurs, May 28 and Weds, June 24. We can bird-proof your cowl and replace broken bricks and baffles. Please phone to make a booking, Karen 0800 793 3737.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For Prompt Reliable Service Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 308 8989.

30yrs Local experience, Same day service if possible, *~ SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed ~*

SERVICES: Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire.

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton www.petermay.co.nz

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

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

Daily Events Saturday

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

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY

GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from

the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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

Sunday

Worship led by Laurence Ennor. 48 Allens Road.

8.00am 9.30am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

Service and worship with Rev Tevita 8.30am Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge.

HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Baring Square East. (combined service at Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, St Paul’s, see below).

Tinwald.

9.30am 9.00am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. ASHBURTON DRESSAGE GROUP. Combined Church service led by Rev. Autumn dressage series. Ashburton A&P Tevita Taufalele, all welcome. 65 Oxford Showgrounds. Brucefield Avenue.

Street.

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

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

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

Main Street, Methven.

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

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

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

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

Thomson Street, Tinwald.

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

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

63 Princes Street, Netherby.

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

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club and family day, everyone welcome.

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

6.30pm - 8.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth group meet in youth room, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

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

Monday

New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome.

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

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

2.00pm GREY POWER. Annual General Meeting with speakers from the Sock Company. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real Women circuit training in hall. 48

Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter Street.

8.00pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night concert, all visitors very welcome. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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

Anglican Church, 157 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

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

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS 6.00am GOLF. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Members will play a gross/nett round.

Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Mayfield Golf Club.

Allens Road, Allenton.

1.00pm - 3.00pm 10.00am ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road. interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, 1.00pm - 4.00pm Methven.

ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

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Saturday, May 16, 2015 PLANTS, PRODUCE

Hamilton Boys High School, Argyle House 50 year reunion (1965 - 2015)

Saturday, August 1, 2015.

Expressions of interest to: kmclaughlin@hbhs.school.nz ph 07 853 0437.

Or brett.walker@farmside.co.nz ph 07 877 6633.

For further info, visit: www.hbhs.school.nz/argylereunion

ENTERTAINMENT

Bananas Mandarins Easypeel Kumara 1kg Broccoli Brussel Sprouts 500g

Saturday, May 23 Ashburton MSA | 6.30pm

Wear Something Pink! $10 from the price of your ticket* will be donated to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation *Tickets cost $36.00

 Best pink outfit competition  $2 raffle  Merchandise available to purchase  Quiz  Facts and information  Spot prizes  Two course meal

Contact Becky on 027 800 5551 Advert kindly sponsored by the Ashburton Guardian.

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PUBLIC NOTICES M.S.A

Outdoor Bowls Club A.G.M. Sunday, May 17, 2015 10am Cardroom, MSA Burnett Street

PLANTS, PRODUCE

PLANT CLEARANCE - Big grade trees, camellias and rhododendrons, standards etc. Shrubs from $2.50. All must go: Friday, 8am - 3pm and Saturday 9am - 1pm.

NO EFTPOS. Braam Landscapes, 119 Maronan Road, Ashburton.

MOTORING

All members and intending members welcome.

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

Public Notice

LIVESTOCK, PETS

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Public notice of application for on-licence, off-licence, or club licence (or application for variation of conditions of onlicence, off-licence, or club licence) Warapron Dangprasurtkul, 82 McMurdo Street Tinwald, Ashburton, Director has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ashburton for the renewal of an on-licence in respect of the premises situated at Unit 4, 668 East Street, Ashburton, known as Miyabi Japanese Restaurant.

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is restaurant.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday - Sunday, 10.00am - 10.00pm.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Committee at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary, Ashburton District Licensing Committee, PO Box 94, Ashburton District Council No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 105 (1) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

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BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

HIRE

GENERAL hire.

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

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street.

Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

GRAZING

GRAZING required for 300 plus lambs. Please phone 027 230 2188.

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MEETINGS, EVENTS

The next meeting of the Ashburton Trust Board will be held in the Head Office Boardroom, Level 1 Somerset House, Cnr East + Burnett Streets, Ashburton

Beckley Coachlines Programme

Church Services Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

◊ SLEEPING BEAUTY ON ICE Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, June 21 @ 1pm

10am Morning Service Guest Spreaker

“Livewires” for the children

◊ MALVINA MAJOR Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, July 11 @ 6pm

Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

For bookings phone

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton)

308 7646

LET OR LEASE

Office Space To Let

Approximately 65m2, newly redecorated.

Light and warm.

Shared common facilities – meeting room, bathrooms, staff room.

Phone Sally to enquire: 307 8888 or 027 622 7748.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ASIAN, sweetie, pretty busty, friendly. Great excellent FIREWOOD Dry massage. Phone 020 4068 macrocarpa oregon, blue 7352. gum $250, semi dry pine $170, green blue gum wattle MISS Eva, abc, gf, no texts $150 all 3.6m³. Phone Shane all block calls will not answered. Phone 021 044 James Firewood 303 7063.

0698.

FIREWOOD dry pine $160, semi dry old man pine $150, TERRI, 46, mature, sexy, green $130, dry blue gum busty, blonde. Come and $215, semi dry $180. Ph/text: have some hot and juicy fun.

John 0274 334 740 or 308 In town Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. Book now.

2590 after 7pm.

Phone 022 065 7059.

FIREWOOD - pine $60 a metre, macro, blue gum $70 ACCOMMODATION, a metre, all dry. 027 507 RENTAL 3880.

LIFESTYLE block rental. Four SCOOTER’S - new and bedroom/three bathroom secondhand three and four older style villa, log burner, wheel electric scooters and open fire, heat pump. Approx wheel chairs. Call Fred 2ha land currently used for Reddecliffe at Electric horses, has sheds for calf Mobility Ashburton today. rearing. Town boundary, NE Phone 308-3602 side. Available now. $480/wk.

TREES wanted. Suitable for Ph 0274 339 912. milling and export. No TWO bedroom townhouse. obligation quote. Phone John Warm, sunny, heat pump, all Rose Logging 03 693 9385 or recently redecorated.

021 935 628.

Allenton, single garage, small section. No pets, no smoking.

References required. Phone 0274 382 311.

FOR SALE

WANTED - one bedroom flat/house, mature tenants, references available. No pets.

Please phone 027 206 9366.

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Saturday, May 16, 2015 TV ONE

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:25 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 0 9:30 Come Dine With Me Australia PGR 3 11:55 Real Pasifik 12:25 The Food Truck 3 0 12:55 Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook 3 Annabel Laingbein and her daughter Rose visit an apricot orchard, where they make the most of the fruit. 0 1:25 Highway Cops 3 0 1:55 The Fixer PGR 3 0 3pm Code –1 PGR 3 0 3:30 Border Security – International 3 0 4pm Topp Country 3 0 4:30 Taste Of A Traveller 0 5pm The Fishing Show 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Frozen Planet During summer in the polar regions, the sun never sets, and the many visitors must feed, fight, and rear their young in the brief period of plenty. 0 8:35 Coronation Street PGR 0 9:35 Nashville PGR 0 10:30 M Goddess PGR 2013 Comedy Romance.

Ronan Keating, Laura Michelle Kelly.

6am Guess How Much I Love You 3 0 6:10 Transformers Rescue Bots 3 0 6:35 Doc McStuffins 3 0 6:55 The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue! 0 7:20 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:45 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 8:15 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 3 0 8:40 Adventure Time 3 0 9:05 Regular Show 3 0 9:35 Lab Rats 3 10am Fresh 10:30 Switched At Birth PGR 0 11:30 The 100 PGR (Part 1) 0 12:30 The Hero 0 1:30 Malibu Country 3 0 1:55 The Bachelor Australia PGR 0 3:30 The Fosters 4:30 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Oh Sit! 0 7pm M Shanghai Knights PGR 2003 Action. 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 M Shanghai Knights PGR 0 9:15 M Bubble Boy AO 2001 Comedy. A man born without an immune system, who must live in a plastic bubble, discovers the woman he loves is about to be married. 0 10:55 M Striptease AO 1996 Drama. 0

12:40 Gavin And Stacey PGR 3 0 1:50 L Football – English Premier League Queen’s Park Rangers v Newcastle United. From Loftus Road in London.

4am Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

1:20 M Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds AO 2012 Comedy Drama.

Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton. 0 3:25 Magic Beyond Words – The JK Rowling Story PGR 0 4:50 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome 3 0 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Beat My Build 8:30 Ask The Butcher 9am Simply Italian 9:30 House Crashers 10am Million Dollar Contractor 10:30 Baggage Battles 11am Buying The Bayou 11:30 American Restoration Noon Eco Home Adventures 1pm Gardeners’ World – Life In A Cottage Garden 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Garage Gold 3:30 House Crashers 4pm Holiday Home Sweet Home 5pm This Old Thing 6pm Extreme Collectors 6:30 Talk To The Animals 7:30 Natural World In-depth stories of incredible animals with award-winning photography.

8:30 Speed With Guy Martin Motorcycle racer and mechanic Guy Martin undertakes a series of speedbased challenges, exploring the boundaries of physics and learning about the science of speed.

9:30 Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR Baz Ashmawy immerses himself in extreme situations.

10pm Odd Folks Home PGR 10:30 Garage Gold 11pm House Crashers 11:30 NZ Hunter Adventures PGR

SUNDAY

Midnight This Old Thing 1am Extreme Collectors 1:30 Talk To The Animals 2:30 Speed With Guy Martin 3:30 Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 4am Odd Folks Home PGR 5am Holiday Home Sweet Home

TV THREE 6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 The X Factor New Zealand 3 11:55 The X Factor New Zealand 3 12:55 The Bachelor New Zealand – After The Final Rose Special PGR 3 0 1:55 Face Off PGR 3 2:55 The Face Australia PGR 3 4pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking 3 0 4:30 Native Kitchen 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News

7pm Storage Hunters PGR 0 7:30 Highway Thru Hell 0 8:30 CSI AO 3 0 9:25 Chicago PD AO 0 10:25 Hannibal AO 3 Now a special investigator with the FBI, Will teams up with Jack Crawford to find a killer who buries his victims alive to grow mushrooms. 0

11:20 Last Resort AO 3 Warships close in on the island; Prosser confronts Chaplin about a personal matter. 0 12:20 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:25 Digimon Fusion 3 8:50 Rocket Power 3 9:15 Power Rangers – Super Megaforce 9:40 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Big Time Rush 3 5:30 Mr Young 6pm ICarly 3 6:30 M The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl 3 2005 Fantasy. A 10-year-old boy realises the cool characters, adventures, and secret powers in his imagination might be more real than anyone wants to believe. Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, David Arquette. 0 8:20 M Rocky II PGR 1979 Action.

Rocky deals with family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while Creed goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire. 0 10:45 90210 PGR 3

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Round 10 of the NRL Premiership.

Noon The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:30 Shearing Gang PGR 3 Young shearer Kelly Christie is recovering from illness, and is keen to get back onto the gang so, to prove to Peter Lyon that he is back to his best, he enters a shearing competition.

3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA PGR 3 3:30 Rivers 3 4:30 Fishing And Adventure 5pm Addicted To Fishing 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Chef’s Apprentice 3 6:30 Jamie At Home

11:35 Just Shoot Me! PGR 3 Elliott regrets persuading Finch to give in to Betsy’s advances. 0 Midnight Infomercials

11:30 Sleepy Hollow PGR 3 The Sandman seeps into the dreams of Sleepy Hollow residents and, when he sets his sights on Abbie, she must face her past, and her institutionalised sister, Jenny.

12:30 Home Shopping

7pm Storage Wars – Canada PGR 7:30 MasterChef Junior USA The young home cooks compete to flip and stack the most pancakes; the judges find themselves in a sticky situation.

8:30 Top Gear USA PGR 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Hurricanes v Chiefs.

From Westpac Stadium in Hamilton.

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Tribe 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Maumahara 3 2 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm The Big Hit 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 4:30 City Slickers Rodeo 3 5pm Project Whenua 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

8:30 New Girl MS 8:55 Modern Family PGL 9:20 The Amazing Race Omnibus PG 12:45 Wild West Alaska M 1:35 Ice Road Truckers PG 2:25 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 2:50 Graceland MVLC 3:40 SVU MVS 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

7:30 New Girl MS 8pm Modern Family PGL 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Wild West Alaska M 10:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 11:25 Crossing Lines MV

SUNDAY

12:25 Raw MC 3:05 Crossing Lines MV 4am New Girl MS 4:25 Modern Family PGL 4:50 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 5:15 CSI – New York MV

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Blues v Bulls.

From Eden Park, Auckland.

8am World Rugby 8:30 Grassroots Rugby 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Blues v Bulls.

10am World Rugby 10:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Blues v Bulls.

Noon Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (Highlights) Doha.

1pm L Triathlon – ITU World Series Yokohama. Women’s Race.

3:20 Cricket – IPL T20 (Highlights) Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore.

4pm L Triathlon – ITU World Series Yokohama. Men’s Race.

6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Blues v Bulls.

7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Hurricanes v Chiefs.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

9:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Sharks.

From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

11:40 Fox Sports News 12:10 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Hurricanes v Chiefs. 2:10 Random Rugby TV 2:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 3am L Rugby – Super Rugby Lions v Brumbies.

5:05 L Rugby – Super Rugby Cheetahs v Highlanders.

SKY SPORT 2 6pm Te Irikura 6:30 Death Threat PGR 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M City Of Ember PGR 2008 Family Adventure. Bill Murray, Toby Jones, Tim Robbins.

9:15 M Do The Right Thing AO 3 1989 Drama. Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee. 11:25 Te Kaea 3 2 11:55 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Blow Your Own Sail. 7:30 MythBusters PG Torpedo Tastic. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Savage Family Diggers PG 10:30 Railroad Alaska PG Mountain Danger. 11:30 What Happened Next? M 12:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Green with Envy. 1:30 Gold Rush PG 2:30 Dual Survival M 3:30 You Have Been Warned M Cowboys of Chaos. 4:30 Auction Hunters PG Off the Deep End. 5pm Auction Hunters PG 5:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 6:30 Big Giant Swords PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Growing Pains. 9:30 Billy Bob’s Gags To Riches M 10:30 Moonshiners M 11:30 MythBusters PG

SUNDAY

12:30 Tabloid M 1:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 2am Man v Wild PG 3am Man v Wild PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am MythBusters PG

Annabel Langbein the Free Range Cook, 12:55pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:05 Below The Beltway MC 2010 Comedy. Tate Donavon, Noah Wyle.

8:40 Over/Under MC 2013 Drama.

Steven Pasquale, Caroline Dhavernas.

10:10 Deadfall 16VLS 2012 Crime. Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde.

11:45 The World’s End MVLS 2013 Comedy. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

1:35 Closed Circuit MVL 2013 Crime.

Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall. 3:10 One In The Gun 16 2010 Thriller.

Steven Man, Katherine Randolph.

4:45 The Wolverine MVL 2013 Action. Hugh Jackman.

6:50 Paranormal Activity – The Marked Ones 16VLC 2014 Horror.

Andrew Jacobs. 8:30 Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit MV 2014 Action. Chris Pine, Kevin Costner.

10:20 The Heat MVLS 2013 Comedy.

Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy.

SUNDAY

12:15 Insidious – Chapter 2 MV 2013 Horror. 2am One In The Gun 16 2010 Thriller. 3:30 Paranormal Activity – The Marked Ones 16VLC 2014 Horror. 5:10 Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit MV 2014 Action.

Bubble Boy

9:15pm on TV2

MOVIES GREATS 6:20 The Bourne Supremacy MVL 2004 Action. Matt Damon, Franka Potente. 8:05 Slumdog Millionaire MVL 2008 Drama.

Dev Patel. 10:05 Deuce Bigalow – Male Gigolo MS 1999 Comedy.

Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin. 11:35 Jurassic Park 3 MV 2001 Adventure. Sam Neill, William H Macy. 1:05 The Bourne Supremacy MVL 2004 Action.

Matt Damon, Franka Potente.

2:50 Kinky Boots ML 2005 Comedy.

Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

4:35 The Host MV 2013 Adventure.

Rachel Roberts, Shyaam Karra.

6:40 Never Been Kissed PGS 1999 Romantic Comedy. Drew Barrymore, David Arquette. 8:30 The Bourne Ultimatum MV 2007 Action.

Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles.

10:30 The Whole Ten Yards MVS 2004 Comedy Thriller. SUNDAY 12:10 Hitman 16VLS 2007 Action.

1:45 Kinky Boots ML 2005 Comedy.

3:30 The Host MV 2013 Adventure.

5:35 The Whole Ten Yards MVS 2004 Comedy Thriller.

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

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6am The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

6:30 World Rugby A show reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world.

6:55 L Rugby League – UK Challenge Cup Wigan Warriors v Hull KR. 9am L Cycling – Tour Of California Stage Six – Individual Time Trial. From the City of Big Bear Lake.

11am Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) Stage Seven – Grosseto to Fiuggi.

11:30 InCycle A preview of the week’s upcoming races with historical insight and tactical analysis.

Noon Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 10, Friday.

12:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Eels U20 v Warriors U20.

2:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Wentworthville v Warriors.

4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Eels v Warriors. From Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta.

6:55 The After Match Awen and guests discuss the big issues in rugby league.

7:30 L Rugby League – NRL Titans v Sharks. From Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Storm v Rabbitohs. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

Midnight L UFC Fight Night Edgar v Faber.

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6am Rural Delivery 3 6:25 Road To The Young Farmer Final 6:50 Sunday 3 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 3 0 8:05 Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 11:55 Survival Tales From The Wild 3 0 12:55 Postcard From Afghanistan With Mike King PGR 0 1:55 Location, Location, Location 30 3pm Dynamo – Magician Impossible 0 3:55 This Town 3 0 4:55 Saved By The Lioness 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm Nigel Latta Blows Stuff Up 0 8:30 When We Go To War AO 0 9:30 Our Girl AO 0 10:40 A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

6am Pajanimals 3 0 6:20 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:30 Art Attack 3 0 6:50 Crash And Bernstein 3 0 7:15 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:35 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 8am What Now The brand new presenter is revealed; special guests Fletch, Vaughan, and Megan from ZM are in the studio.

10am ANT Farm 0 10:25 The Bachelor PGR Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2:30 Suburgatory PGR 3 0 3pm Hot In Cleveland PGR 3 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 30 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Joey 3 0

11:40 Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Round Three – Kingsmill Championships. From the River Course in Williamsburg, Virginia.

12:40 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 1:40 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials

11:10 M Chernobyl Diaries AO 2012 Horror Thriller. 0 12:55 The Flash PGR 3 0 1:50 Arrow AO 3 0 2:35 Infomercials 3:10 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4am Secret Mountain Fort Awesome PGR 3 0 4:10 It Is Written 3 4:40 The Carrie Diaries PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Talk To The Animals A zoologist takes an in-depth look into the world of animal communication.

7am Natural World In-depth stories of incredible animals with award-winning photography.

8am Yard Crashers 8:30 Speed With Guy Martin 9:30 Holiday Home Sweet Home 10:30 This Old Thing 11:30 Extreme Collectors Noon Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 12:30 Odd Folks Home PGR 1pm Natural World 2pm House Crashers 2:30 Merlin 3:30 IFish 4pm Nigel And Adam’s Farm Kitchen 5pm Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill 5:30 Coast 6:30 Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 7:30 Million Dollar Critic Giles Coren is a controversial restaurant critic.

8:30 The Time Of Our Lives PGR A drama following the lives of a typical extended Australian family.

9:30 Twenty Something AO 10:30 Coast 11:30 Heaven’s Kitchen At Large

MONDAY

12:30 The Time Of Our Lives PGR 1:30 Twenty Something AO 2:30 Yard Crashers 3am Merlin 4am Heaven’s Kitchen At Large 5am Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill 5:30 IFish

7pm Thunderbirds Are Go 0 7:30 Galavant PGR 0 8pm Black-ish PGR 0 8:30 M Iron Man 3 AO 2013 Action.

When those closest to him are targeted, Tony Stark must rely on his own ingenuity, instead of the Iron Man suit, to fight back.

Robert Downey jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce. 0

TV THREE

FOUR

PRIME

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Tree Fu Tom 3 7:25 Rugrats 3 7:50 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 8:15 Digimon Fusion 3 8:35 Rocket Power 3 9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm ICarly 3 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3

11:25 F State Of Affairs AO Charlie leaves the CIA to find and kill Omar; Payton faces adversity over threats that secret information will be publicly released. 0 12:20 Jono And Ben PGR 3 1:20 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11:50 Infomercials

11:25 Silk AO 3 Reluctantly representing Jody Farr, Martha faces shifting power plays, and begins to suspect foul play.

12:30 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2 1pm The Rugby Show (Replay) De La Salle College v Kelston Boys College.

2:30 Code 3 3:30 Rugby – World Cup 2011 3 England v France.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Paepae Chris and Tupoutahi Winitana debate the latest issues with te reo speakers from around the country.

THE BOX 6:05 The Amazing Race Omnibus PG 9:25 The Simpsons Marathon PG 11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:45 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Ice Road Truckers PG 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Wild West Alaska M 7:30 N The Musketeers MVLS The Musketeers are sent to retrieve the Comte de Rochefort, the Cardinal’s man in Madrid, who has escaped from a Spanish Prison.

8:35 CSI MV The team investigates the murders of three rival teen rappers.

9:35 CSI MV 10:30 Banshee 18VLSC

MONDAY

12:40 SmackDown!

MC 2:20 Banshee 18VLSC 3:15 Banshee 18VLSC 4:20 CSI MV 5:10 CSI MV

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans.

Noon River Cottage Australia 3 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall goes to Australia to help friend Paul West set up a new River Cottage in New South Wales.

1pm Village SOS 3 Sarah Beeny follows the residents of Honey Street in Wiltshire as they attempt to renovate their local pub.

2pm The Animal Files PGR 3 2:30 Grassroots Rugby 3:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Stephen Fry – Gadget Man 7pm Storage Wars – Texas 7pm The X Factor New Zealand 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 F Hustling America PGR 8:30 CSI – Cyber PGR The team 30 must solve a mystery when 8:30 The Xtra Factor New a murder victim’s electronic Zealand PGR Highlights, devices indicate she was alive interviews, and previously for three days after her official unseen clips. time of death.

9pm The GC PGR 3 0 9:30 Elementary AO 9:30 F Burn Notice AO 10:25 Welcome To The Family PGR 10:30 Top Gear USA PGR 3 10:55 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 3 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Three60 9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation 0 11am The Bold And The Beautiful Omnibus PGR 1pm Big Angry Fish 3 2pm Motorsport – WTCC (Highlights) 2:30 Motorsport – D1NZ Round four at Hampton Downs in the Waikato. 3pm Motorsport – Rally New Zealand Round two from Otago. 4pm Motorsport – Indycar Series (Highlights) Grand Prix of Indianapolis. 5pm Whale Adventure With Nigel Marven 0 6pm 3 News 7pm F The X Factor New Zealand The top three acts perform to be the winner.

8:30 M Transformers – Dark Of The Moon AO 3 2011 Sci-fi Action.

Shia LaBeouf, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel. 0

7:10 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Hurricanes v Chiefs.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

7:40 Small Blacks TV 7:55 Random Rugby TV 8:15 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Cheetahs v Highlanders.

From Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein.

8:45 Small Blacks TV 9am Rugby – IRB World Sevens Series (Highlights) Day One. 10:30 Rugby – Women’s Sevens World Series (Replay) 2pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Vixens v Fever.

4pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Swifts v Tactix.

6pm College Netball (Delayed) Wellington Girls v Mt Albert Grammar.

7pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Pulse v Steel.

9pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Swifts v Tactix.

From Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre in Sydney.

9:30 Rugby Nation 10:30 Cycling – Giro d’Italia (Highlights) Stage Eight.

The riders travel 188km to Campitello Matese.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Midnight Cycling – Tour Of California (Highlights) 12:30 L Cycling – Giro D’Italia 3:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 4am Rugby Nation 5am Golf – OneAsia Tour (Highlights)

SKY SPORT 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Warriors v Eels.

9:30 M Far From Heaven AO 2002 Drama.

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tension in the outside world.

Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid.

When We Go to War 11:25 Te Kaea 3 2 8:30pm on TV One 11:55 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Dodge a Bullet. 7:30 MythBusters PG Bubble Park Plunge. 8:30 You Have Been Warned M Cowboys of Chaos.

9:30 What Happened Next? M 10am What Happened Next?

M 10:30 Death Row – The Final 24 Hours PG 11:30 Naked And Afraid M 12:30 Why Is Sex Fun? M 1:30 Billy Bob’s Gags To Riches M 2:30 Railroad Alaska PG Mountain Danger. 3:30 Gold Rush PG Pile of Nuggets (Freddy Dodge Special).

4:30 Moonshiners M 5:30 Big Giant Swords PG 6:30 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Wingsuit Warrior – Jeb Corliss v The World M 8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 9:30 Dual Survival M 10:30 Taiwan Made PG 11:30 You Have Been Warned M Cowboys of Chaos.

MONDAY

12:30 What Happened Next? M M 1:30 A Crime To Remember M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Taiwan Made PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:55 The Heat MVLS 2013 Comedy.

Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy.

8:50 The Making Of Fury PGV 2014 9:05 Insidious – Chapter 2 MV 2013 Horror. Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson. 10:50 The Wolverine MVL 2013 Action.

Hugh Jackman. 12:55 One In The Gun 16 2010 Thriller.

Steven Man, Katherine Randolph.

2:25 Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit MV 2014 Action. Chris Pine, Kevin Costner. 4:10 Bad Johnson 16LS 2014 Comedy. Cam Gigandet.

5:35 Beyond MVL 2012 Thriller.

Jon Voight, Dermot Mulroney.

7:05 Scary Movie 5 MVLS 2013 Comedy Horror. Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex. 8:30 Fury 16VL 2014 Action War. Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf.

10:50 The Hangover Part III 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis. MONDAY 12:30 Joy Ride 3 – Road Kill 18VLSC 2014 Horror. 2:05 The Making Of Fury PGV 2:20 Fury 16VL 2014 Action War. 4:35 Joy Ride 3 – Road Kill 18VLSC 2014 Horror.

6am Rugby League – UK Challenge Cup (Delayed) Leeds v Huddersfield. 8am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Eels v Warriors.

8:30 L Cycling – Tour Of California Stage Seven – Ontario to Mt Baldy.

10:30 Cycling – Giro d’Italia (Highlights) Stage Eight.

11am Sport 365 11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Iron Man 3 (Replay) Cheetahs v Highlanders.

8:30pm on TV2 1:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Dragons U20 v Raiders U20.

MOVIES GREATS 3:30 L Rugby League – NRL 7:10 The Bourne Ultimatum Dragons v Raiders.

MV 2007 Action. Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles. 9:05 Never 6pm L Rugby League – NRL Knights v Tigers.

Been Kissed PGS 1999 Romantic 8pm Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Comedy. Drew Barrymore, Cup Series (Highlights) All-Star Race.

David Arquette. 10:50 Hitman From the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

16VLS 2007 Action. Timothy Olyphant, 9pm Rugby – World Sevens Dougray Scott. 12:25 The Whole (Highlights) Day One. Ten Yards MVS 2004 Comedy 10:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Thriller. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Championship (Highlights) Winton Amanda Peet. 2:05 Twilight Supersprint – Race 12.

Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 2 11pm L Athletics – IAAF MV 2012 Fantasy. Kristen Stewart, Diamond League Shanghai.

Robert Pattinson. 4pm Night At MONDAY The Museum PGV 2006 Comedy.

1am Rugby League – NRL Ben Stiller. 5:45 The Curious Case (Highlights) Round 10, Sunday.

Of Benjamin Button MLS 2008 1:30 Fishing And Adventure Drama. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett.

2am Motorsport – V8 8:30 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Supercars (Highlights) Winton The Galaxy PGV 2005 Sci-fi Comedy. Supersprint – Race 12. 2:30 Fox 10:20 The Last Samurai MV 2003 Sports News 3am Rugby Drama. MONDAY League – NRL (Highlights) Eels v 12:50 Twilight Saga – Breaking Warriors. 3:30 The After Match Dawn Part 2 MV 2012 Fantasy.

4am Fishing And Adventure 2:45 Night At The Museum 4:30 Cycling – Tour Of California PGV 2006 Comedy. 4:30 The (Highlights) Stage Seven.

Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy 5am L Cycling – Tour Of PGV 2005 Sci-fi Comedy.

California Stage Eight.

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

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MACAVOY – Jeremy and Sarah along with big brother Ben are proud to announce the safe arrival of Angus George 7lb 14oz. Born May 8, 2015 at Ashburton Maternity. A very special thank you to our midwife Anna Campbell for all her support and care. Thanks also to the staff at Ashburton Maternity.

DEATHS DOIG, Rex Malcolm – On May 13, 2015 at Ashburton. Dearly loved brother in law of the late Doug Hood, Janice and Donald MacKay, Keith and Dennise Hood, Ian and Julie Hood, loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews.

“Will be sadly missed.”

MCKEE, Margaret Anne, (Meg) – (Late of Kaiapoi and Oxford).

On May 12, 2015, at Rosebank Hospital, Ashburton. In her 100th year.

Beloved wife of the late Dr Colin McKee. Loved mother and mother in law of Jane and David Bruce (Ashburton) and Sue Dash (Nelson).

Loved nan of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Messages to the Bruce family, 182 Racecourse Road, Ashburton 7700. Special thank you to Dr Penny and the staff at Rosebank. A private family service has been held.

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TAYLOR, Joseph Robert, (Joe) – On May 12, 2015. Passed away peacefully, at Ashburton. Aged 88 years.

Dearly loved husband of Dot for 67 years and a much loved father, father in law, grandfather and great grandfather. Messages to the Taylor family, 111 Elizabeth Street, Ashburton 7700. At Joe’s request a private family service has been held.

HELLEWELL, Blanche Thelma – On May 13, 2015 at Ashburton. Passed away peacefully, with her family by her side. In her 95th year.

Dearly loved wife of the late Paterson’s Funeral Services Hunter Rollinson and the late FDANZ Ashburton Cliff Hellewell. Dearly loved Ph 307 7433 mother and mother in law of Brian and Val Rollinson Please note all late death (Lincoln).

Trevor and notices or notices sent Rollinson Rosemary (Dunedin), Janice (Ashburton), outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: Gavin (deceased) and Adele Rollinson. A much loved nana deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. and nannan of Darrell, Vicky, and Craig; Ailsa, and Garrick; During office hours notices Emma, and Tianna and a may also be sent to: grandmother. classifieds@theguardian.co.nz great Messages to P O Box 472, Any queries Ashburton 7740. A service to please contact celebrate Blanche’s life will 0800 be held at Our Chapel, Cnr ASHBURTON East and Cox Streets, (0800-274-287).

Ashburton, TODAY, May 16, commencing at 11.30am.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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DOAK, Jennifer – 05/10/1940 - 25/03/2015 Bill, Philip and Alison, Janfrey and Steve and families wish to sincerely thank friends and family for their support and love with the many flowers, cards, phone calls, visits and food following the loss of their loving wife, mother, motherin-law and most loving Nan to her four granddaughters.

Thank you also to all who attended Jennifer’s funeral at St David’s Church, and your donations to the Ashburton Cancer Society Support group. Your support and love over the last four years has been much appreciated. A special thank you to Dr Shillito and the Allenton Medical Centre for your caring and compassion throughout Jennifer’s journey.

Thank you also to the staff of the Rosebank hospital wing for your care of Jennifer during her stay. Please accept this as personal acknowledgement.

TERRY, Lynne Dave, Sarah, Ged, Mathew, Steve and family wish to express a great big thank you to all those wonderful folk who gave their support during the time our beloved Lynne’s passing. Your friendship, kindness, messages, cards, baking and remembrance gifts of flowers truly helped mellow our tragic loss. To those who attended Lynne’s funeral, thank you. You helped create a magic day for us to recall and smile upon in the times ahead. Thanks to you all again.

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Wind at 2000m: Gale S 70 km/h, gradually easing to 50 km/h.

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YOUR STARS

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) With life getting busier and more complex, Venus brings a chance to gain pleasure and solace from the things close to home.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) There’s still likely to be financial tension but the worst of it is over and already turning into motivation and sense of determination.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Weekend or not, as an alliance between income and career forces peaks there’s a need to keep your money and professional hats on.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) You’ve reached a point in the year when you’re not only finally valuing the importance of time out, but you’re getting a hang of how to do this.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) In the past a fear of disappointing others has meant disappointing yourself but there are forces in play that aren’t allowing that anymore.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Despite the fact that things are coming together professionally there are just too many distractions to take yourself too seriously.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) With Mars in an adventurous part of your chart you’ll need to balance this with also embracing a sense of wanderlust, curiosity and adventure.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) An alliance between dreamy romantic forces and a spirit of adventure reminds you that there’s more to life than money and life’s demands.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Get your head around your work options, ready to draw a new line in the sand on Monday, putting things on the track you want them to continue on.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) This weekend is a last ditch attempt to find a balance between work and play, with work forces becoming even more dominant next week.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Not only do income and work forces come together, but in a way that is likely to boost your confidence and a new sense of what’s possible.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) Having the communication lines open doesn’t mean dealing with issues, with a chance for some real intimacy and sharing of dreams today.

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