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Meth rise lifts gang activity

BY DAISY HUDSON

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The rise of methamphetamine use in Canterbury has crept into Ashburton in the form of increased gang activity, according to local police.

Ashburton Police Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said there had “certainly been an overall increase” in gang activity in Ashburton, which he attributed to the prevalence of the drug in Canterbury.

“It would be fair to say, with the influence of methamphetamine, that gang activity would probably increase around that,” he said.

Mr Banfield said there had been a stronger policing presence in Ashburton in recent times as a result of increased concerns about drugs and drug related crime in the area.

“We’re determined to put a dent in their business,” he said.

Mr Banfield also believed part of the problem could be the “transient” nature of Ashburton, as people with gang affiliations often travelled between Timaru and Christchurch.

At a meeting hosted by the Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service last month, Detective Craig Clare of the Canterbury drug squad told concerned

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citizens methamphetamine was “rampant, rife and easier to get than cannabis” in Canterbury.

Two people, one of whom had links to the Head Hunters gang, were arrested in Christchurch yesterday for drug and firearm offences, and police said the focus on disrupting illegal activities in Canterbury, particularly in methamphetamine, would continue for the foreseeable future.

Mr Clare said the drug was prolific in Christchurch due to the rebuild following the earthquakes, as there was more money available to purchase drugs.

Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service general manager Chris Clark said the meeting was held to keep the community informed after growing concerns about the effects of the drug in the area.

“It was just so people will become more aware,” she said.

According to Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service counsellor Sandy Jackson-Donlan, methamphetamine users had the potential for violent episodes.

“They don’t sleep, they can have several days without sleep,” she said.

Mrs Jackson-Donlan said methamphetamine users could also be prone to severe mood swings and depression.

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Bono apologises for album release Bono has taken criticism over U2’s recent release through iTunes on the chin and apologised. In a Q&A session on the band’s Facebook page, the frontman said releasing the album Songs Of Innocence for free to all iTunes users was one way to make sure it got heard. Sitting back to back with his fellow band-mates for the filmed Q&A, Bono also admitted it might not have been the band’s best idea. A fan on Facebook, Harriet Madeline Jobson, posed the question: “Can you please never release an album in iTunes that automatically downloads to people’s playlists ever again? it’s really rude.”

She picked up on criticisms that had been levelled at the band for pushing the album out to iTunes’ 500 million users, regardless of whether they wanted it or not.

“Oops. I’m sorry about that,” Bono said.

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Beyonce has got a strange new haircut and Twitter’s gone into meltdown. The singing superstar was pictured as she caught a flight out of Paris on yesterday, showcasing the strange haircut. Her long blonde hair was styled around her shoulders with a slight wave, so far all things appeared suitably coiffed.

However, it was her particularly short fringe or “bangs” as they’re called in the US that caught people’s attention.

“Ya seen Beyonce new bangs?! Shorter than my temper...” one @IAmNiaRich tweeted. “This is a both hard & emotional time for the Beyhive. Please respect our privacy at these difficult times & please pray for Beyonce’s bangs,” @ Dannyonce tweeted.

Some suggested the short, and slightly askew, fringe may have been the handiwork of her two-yearold daughter, Blue Ivy. “blu cut beyonce bangs,” @ theinfluenceee_ posted.

But the scariest - literally - description of her new `do came from people comparing it to the haircut on the doll in the latest horror film, Annabelle.

Gisborne ‘not an official name’ Gisborne is not an “official” name for the city, the New Zealand Geographic Board says. It turns out the name has not been gazetted and is regarded as a collected or recorded name.

“There is no record in the board’s archives for either Gisborne or Turanga (the original Maori name, an abbreviation for Turanga-nui-a-kiwa),” says New Zealand Geographic Board secretary Wendy Shaw. Many place names were classified as “recorded” and had “pseudo-official status”.

Converse sues over iconic American shoe Worn by millions all over the world, the Converse sneaker is a slice of Americana beloved by everyone from Australian teenagers to British public school boys and rap stars, from aged rockers to athletes. But popularity has a dark side. Converse Inc is complaining that more than two dozen companies are knocking off, massproducing and selling imitations of its legendary Chuck Taylor shoe. And it’s had enough. The Nike subsidiary filed lawsuits against 31 companies for breach of trademark. Among the defendants are Wal-Mart, Ralph Lauren Corporation, Skechers USA, FILA, Ed Hardy, Kmart and Tory Burch. Of the companies, four are based in China, two in Canada, one in Australia, one in Italy and one in Japan. Converse is also demanding that the International Trade Commission ban imports, distribution, sale and use of imitation Converse footwear in the US. “We welcome fair competition, but we do not believe companies have a right to copy the Chuck’s trademarked look,” said Jim Calhoun, president and chief executive of Converse Inc. The Chuck made its debut on US basketball courts in 1917.

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NZ tops Aussies in wealth New Zealand’s wealth has grown more than any other country in the world since 2000, a new report released by Credit Suisse says.

It ranks New Zealand top, just ahead of Australia, in wealth growth per adult in the last 14 years, with both countries ahead of China. The report says New Zealand has benefited from “favourable currency movements” and when measured at current exchange rates, the average wealth of New Zealanders has grown by more than 300 per cent since 2000. According to the global wealth report, a person needs just US$3650 ($4670) – including the value of equity in their home – to be among the wealthiest half of world citizens. However, more than US$77,000 ($98,500) is required to be a member of the top 10 per cent of global wealth holders, and US$798,000 ($1.02 million) to belong to the top 1 per cent.

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■ URBAN BUS SERVICE

Seniors call for urban bus service By sue newman

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If there’s a need for an urban bus service in Ashburton, the time is right to make a pitch for that to happen, says mayor Angus McKay. The service was tried in the 1990s and was axed through a lack of support. But a group of seniors is calling for that service to be reinstated.

Yesterday they took part in a workshop looking at life without a car. When they listed their current activities and looked at how they accessed each, they found most involved travel by car.

And when they looked for solutions that would make a carless life easier, an urban bus service was high on the list.

Making that happen could be as simple as asking the Ashburton District Council, Mr McKay said.

“We trialled this once and it didn’t fire, but if I had a formal approach, then I’d try it again but the question will be, who pays,” he said.

If there was a real desire for the service, Mr McKay said the council could build costs into its long-term plan and it could also make a case to Environment Canterbury for a transportation subsidy.

“The council’s door is wide open for any group or individual to come in and

make a formal request. I’m more than willing to have another look at it,” he said.

John Lawler drove the town bus and said it travelled an extensive out and back route three days of the week, around Allenton, Netherby and Hampstead and into Tinwald. It had a number of stopping points and would make minor detours at the request of passengers.

But even in its hey day the service did not generate sufficient support to ensure it paid its way, Mr Lawler said.

Passengers were charged $2 a ride and Mr Lawler believes bus owner Mick Hanham carried most of the costs.

“When it finished people bemoaned the loss of the service but I drove it for four or five years and I know the number of passengers didn’t cover the costs,” he said.

When the original larger bus failed, a book-a-shuttle system was tried. This too failed to find the numbers needed to survive.

A bus service for pensioners had been established in several other smaller communities and it had been key in helping older people maintain a connection with their community, Age Concern workshops co-ordinator Yvonne Palmer said.

Canterbury Age Concern course co-ordinator Yvonne Palmer works with Maurice Allan (left) and Murray Clark during yesterday’s Life Without a Car seminar in Ashburton.

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■ ARMED POLICE

Renewed calls for New Zealand police to be armed

By Daisy HuDson

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There are renewed calls for police to be armed after firearms incidents in Auckland this week, but an Ashburton police officer believes current legislation is sufficient.

New Zealand Police Association president Greg O’Connor has called for all police to carry firearms, as he believes officers could be unable to protect them-

selves and the public in certain situations.

He referred to the recent Winz shootings in Ashburton as an example, saying he did not want to speculate about what could have happened, but police may have been unable to help had they been in the office at the time of the shooting.

“If there had been a police officer in the office, they wouldn’t have been able to do anything,”

he said. Mr O’Connor believed criminals had more access to firearms than they did in the past.

“Police doing drug warrants are routinely finding firearms.”

Mr O’Connor believed it would take an unfortunate incident for there to be “political will” to arm police.

“I would defy any politician or senior police who had observed that incident unfold in Wait-

akere to say that police officers didn’t need guns,” he said.

Ashburton Police Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said all frontline officers had access to firearms, and he believed the current position on arming police was “probably suitable”.

Mr Banfield acknowledged violent crime had risen and there had been a significant increase of currently serving police officers who were in favour of arm-

ing all police, but he believed there was currently a “healthy balance”. “It’s probably coming in the future, but not in the immediate future,” he said.

Police Minister Michael Woodhouse did not respond to requests for comment by deadline, but was yesterday reported as saying he supported the current police position, and there were “sufficient tools in the police officers’ tool box”.

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■ EA NETWORKS CENTRE

In brief

Time to have your say

By Sue NewmaN

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If you want a hydroslide feature in the EA Networks Centre, it’s time to stand up and be counted.

The Ashburton District Council is running a public survey on hydroslides, asking people what they want, when they want it and how much they’re prepared to pay.

At its finance and business support meeting today the survey form will be adopted and it will then become public property. People will have until November 30 to let the council know what they think.

With the stadium and aquatic centre likely to come in with a $34 million price tag, rather than use additional ratepayer money for a hydroslide feature, the council has opted to let the public drive the project.

When the centre opens in March next year it will not include a hydroslide, however the complex has been designed so the

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feature can be added in the future.

Residents will be asked a range of questions in the survey including how highly they rate a hydroslide, how much they’d be prepared to pay to use it, the style of facility they would like and the funding model they prefer.

Currently $169 from each property’s rates goes towards paying for the EA Networks Centre; next year this will rise to $195 – without a hydroslide. Depending on the facility chosen, the council estimates a hydroslide will add between $12 and $20 to each year’s rates bill.

Three payment options for purchase and installation are in the mix – fully council paid, fully community paid or a mix of both.

The results of the survey will help the council decide on a preferred approach and this will form part of its long-term plan that will go out for public consultation early next year.

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No hydroslide – do nothing today, but leave the option open for the future. This would mean the amount funded for the EA Networks Centre would remain at $195 per property in the next financial year.

One basic hydroslide – this would provide a sedate ride and come with a likely cost of $1 million. It would add around $90,000 in costs to running the centre (above user charges) Two standard hydroslides – these would provide one slower and one faster ride and come with a likely cost of $1.9 million. They would add around $133,000 in running costs to the centre (above user charges).

Two hydroslides – both offering signature rides similar to those used in theme parks.

They would come at a likely cost of $2.5 million. They would add around $133,000 costs to the centre (above user charges)

A rural crime spree which had police on alert in recent weeks, has eased off. Ashburton Police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said no new incidents had been reported this week and police were also chasing possible leads.

“We’ve been trying hard to get the message out there and I think people are starting to help themselves, which is good.” The rural theft problem had been spread across rural Canterbury and had involved valuable farm equipment – including a $75,000 tractor from a Mt Somers farm – being stolen under the cover of darkness.

Domestic incident Ashburton Police were called to deal with a domestic incident at 5pm on Tuesday.

Driver suspended A driver was stopped by police and suspended from driving on Tuesday night.

Alarm activation The Rakaia and Ashburton volunteer fire brigades were called to an alarm activation at the Chertsey pub yesterday. Rakaia’s firefighters were also called out in the early hours of Tuesday morning, to a hedge fire north of the Rakaia River.

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Spark sets up scam hotline Spark has set up a hotline following reports of customers receiving “aggressive” phone calls from scammers.

The callers claimed to be from Spark and told customers their services would be cut off due to security issues unless they changed their settings or cleaned up their computers, Spark head of corporate communications Richard Llewellyn said.

“The customers are then directed to a website where they are asked to download some software, which the fraudsters have branded as Spark.”

Customers were also being asked to give remote access to their computer, provide personal banking information and leave their phone off the hook for three days following a “setting change”, Mr Llewellyn said. “Spark understands that in some instances the fraudsters are giving customers a madeup “employee number” to verify their identity.”

Spark manager of channel operations Richard Harrison said it was important customers did not visit the fraudulent webpage, or provide any personal banking information.

“If they have any doubts about a phone call’s legitimacy, they should end the call, and ring Spark’s new scam helpline, on 123, option 9, to check.”

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Crime spree eases

Diver named A diver who died off the coast of North Cape on Tuesday has been named. He was 56-year-old Garry William Pitman of Whangarei. Mr Pitman was diving with two others off North Cape around noon on Tuesday when he floated to the surface without his gear. He was unresponsive and others on board the boat tried to revive him, but he died at the scene, police said.

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Food list out today

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Visitors get a taste of Ashburton A group of Indonesian front line managers and travel consultants experienced a taste of Ashburton on Tuesday when they were hosted by Experience Mid Canterbury.

The group were treated to local catering from Somerset Grocer at Coniston, where

they also had the opportunity to explore the gardens and interact with animals.

Experience Mid Canterbury general manager Nigel Birt also presented key information about the district and tourism products on offer.

Mr Birt said the opportu-

nity to build professional relationships with front line staff face to face was “incredibly valuable”, and communication with them ensured Experience Mid Canterbury could match their needs with local products.

A list of foods suspected of causing a painful food poisoning epidemic will be released to the public today, following continued questions from the public, the Government says. There have been 127 confirmed cases of yersinia pseudotuberculosis and 38 people have been taken to hospital because of the bug. Environmental and Scientific Research (ESR) provided reports to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) last week updating the possible source of the stomach bug. The ministry had refused to release the list to the public, but on Monday Foodstuffs confirmed two of its products – Pams Fresh Mesclun Salad Lettuce and Pams Fresh Express Lettuce – were named in one of the ESR reports. Neither of those products were still on the shelves.

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Man appears in court after Christchurch raid A suspected Head Hunters gangster appeared in court yesterday after a police raid on a Christchurch gang pad allegedly uncovered loaded guns, drugs and cash.

Police executed a search warrant on an Avondale property

yesterday and made two arrests.

Two unsecured, loaded firearms, a quantity of methamphetamine, cash and a Taser were recovered, police said.

Stephen Wallace Smith, 31, who police say has known

links to the Head Hunters gang, appeared from custody at Christchurch District Court.

He made no plea to charges of possession of class A drug methamphetamine for supply and two charges of unlawful firearms possession – a sawn-

off .22 calibre Ruger rifle and a Smith & Wesson .32 calibre pistol. Police opposed bail and duty solicitor Tony Garrett didn’t make a bail application.

Judge Gary MacAskill remanded him in custody to reappear next Thursday. - APNZ

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Council looks to increase units

By Sue NewmaN

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Growing demand may force the Ashburton District Council to increase its stocks of pensioner housing units.

The council currently owns 112 properties it rents to older people with limited assets, but it anticipates more will be needed in the future to meet growing community need.

Over the past 12 months the

units have been fully occupied and waiting lists are hitting an all-time high.

In a report to council, commercial manager John Rooney has recommended planning should begin now to ensure there are sufficient properties to meet future needs.

The council has land set aside for additional pensioner housing units.

And as it looks at growing

its housing stocks, the council has received a pat on the back from tenants in its annual residents’ survey with 90 per cent saying they were satisfied with the standard of accommodation and the service provided by the council.

When it came to safety and security features in their units however, the level of satisfaction had dipped significantly since last year.

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People were concerned about the lack of exterior lighting around their units, that members of the public were walking through the housing estate and that they wanted window and door locks upgraded.

Tenants wanted a review or audit carried out of all units to ensure they had sufficient security.

The level of satisfaction with the council’s maintenance pro-

gramme slipped in the latest survey, down 9 per cent with many wanting their units painted and interiors upgraded. Some asked for double glazing while others wanted kitchen extractor fans installed.

Satisfaction with grounds maintenance was up 11 per cent following strong criticism last year that lawns were not mown often enough and that trees needed to be cut back.

■ AGE CONCERN FUNDRAISER

64 people screened for ebola Screening for the deadly ebola virus at New Zealand’s borders has been carried out on 64 passengers since August, but no cases have been detected, authorities say.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said almost 4500 people had died from the virus to date – nearly all of them in West Africa.

Director of Public Health Dr Darren Hunt said an expert advisory group had been set up to ensure New Zealand was as prepared for the virus as possible, but the Ministry of Health assessed the risk of ebola arriving in the country remained very low.

On average, less than one person a day arrived in the country after having been in

an ebola-affected country, compared with more than 30 per day entering the UK, he said.

There were also no direct flights between the affected countries and New Zealand.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed 47 New Zealanders were registered as being in Ebola-affected countries – 35 in Nigeria, six in Sierra Leone, three in Senegal, two in Liberia and one in Guinea.

Dr Hunt said ebola-affected countries in West Africa had implemented exit screening in line with WHO recommendations and additional border screening had also been implemented here.

Anyone arriving in New Zealand who had visited West Af-

rican countries affected by the virus in the past month was being screened for symptoms of the disease and possible exposure to the virus, he said.

Since screening was introduced early in August, 64 people have been screened, yet none had caused concern.

“Ebola is not easy to catch – it is not spread through the air, it’s not as infectious as the flu or measles,” Dr Hunt said.

Infection required direct contact with infected body fluids such as blood or heavily contaminated objects.

Dr Hunt said existing isolation facilities and infection control protocols in New Zealand hospitals were suitable for managing a suspected or confirmed case of ebola. - APNZ

■ RELAY FOR LIFE

Gearing up for a boomer Relay for Life Relay for Life is a chance to celebrate, remember and fight back, and in March next year it will again be happening in Ashburton. A fundraiser for The Cancer Society, in 2012, Ashburton’s Relay for Life raised more than $200,000. The event will return on March 28/29 next year and last night Relay for Life chairwoman Alison Driscoll (left) officially launched the event at the Ashburton Cancer Society rooms. At the launch, individuals, businesses and groups interested in finding out more about the event listened to what was planned, as organisers continue to build what they hope will be an even bigger and better Relay for Life in 2015.

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Spring fashion on show Claire Rushton puts her best foot forward on the runway to raise funds for Age Concern Ashburton yesterday. She was taking part in a fashion show fundraiser at Aeroview. It showcased what’s in this spring and was the second fashion show fundraiser Age Concern has held this year.

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■ METHVEN RODEO

In brief

Planning the key for rodeo

By Erin TaskEr

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Have fun, but don’t overindulge – that’s the advice from Ashburton’s Community Alcohol and Drug Service (ACADS) ahead of the Methven Rodeo.

The Methven Rodeo takes place on the Sunday of Labour Weekend and it’s tagged as a fun day out for the whole family; although it hasn’t always been that way.

In years gone by, the event has experienced excessive alco-

hol consumption related trouble. But the organisers have worked closely with organisations like ACADS and police to put measures in place to ensure it is a safe and fun place for the whole family.

Moves like the establishment of a glass ban have improved it immensely and in recent years the event has gone off without a hitch.

ACADS general manager Chris Clark said planning was the key for rodeo-goers, to ensure that trend continued.

“From designating a safe, sober driver, to food, non-alcoholic drinks and where to stay the night needs to be planned – for you and your friends,” she said.

People are reminded to be mindful of their alcohol intake, especially if it is a hot day and parents of young people are also being encouraged to be proactive and ask their young people how they are going to get there and home again safely.

ACADS is also urging people to be careful when driving the day after the rodeo if they have

been drinking alcohol.

“Only having a few hours’ sleep is not enough to sober you up if you have had a big night out, the only thing that will is time,” Ms Clark said.

The ACADS’ youth team will be at the rodeo during the event itself, providing a safe, chill-out area for anyone needing assistance.

Free bottled water will also be available, plus free sunscreen.

The chill-out tent will be situated just inside the rodeo admission gate.

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Violent assault A man who died at his Meremere home on Monday morning was the victim of a violent assault, police say. A post mortem examination on the body of the man, named yesterday as 49-year-old Michael Patrick Robert Bull, was carried out on Tuesday. The results indicated Mr Bull was the victim of a violent assault, police said. Police said they were continuing a scene examination at the address.

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Parole denied A man who was charged with manslaughter after he fatally stabbed a 16-year-old boy three times in the back was denied parole yesterday. Daniel Ethan Smith, now 20, was also 16 when he fatally stabbed William Lewis three times in the back during an altercation in Oamaru on April 1, 2010. He was convicted of murder in 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 10 years before parole. Smith’s conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal last year and Smith was then found guilty of manslaughter at a new trial. On August 29, he was sentenced in the High Court at Timaru to five years and nine months’ jail for manslaughter. Yesterday, the Parole Board announced Smith had been declined parole as he still posed an undue risk to the safety of the community.

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Centenary Today marks the centenary of the first major departure of New Zealand troops who fought and died in World War One. On October 16, 1914, 8500 men and almost 4000 horses sailed out of Wellington Harbour in the early morning. The troops eventually landed in Gallipoli on April 25, 1915.

It was the largest single departure from New Zealand up to that point, and a poignant moment in our history, said Ministry of Culture and Heritage chief historian Neill Atkinson.

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Ride Out of the Blue

Killed in burn-off

Stopping off for a bite of lunch in Ashburton yesterday were the Out of the Blue cyclists, cycling the length of New Zealand to raise awareness and money for mental health.

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A cycle ride raising awareness of mental health wheeled its way through Ashburton yesterday.

Ten riders, dressed in bright yellow cycling lycras, stopped off to visit staff and shoppers at Ashburton New World and had a bite to eat in the Ashburton fresh air before continuing

on the road to Rakaia – their stop-off for the night.

They’re riding from one end of New Zealand to the other, and yesterday’s leg took them from Fairlie, through Geraldine, to Ashburton and then Rakaia, and this morning the team will head for Christchurch.

The ride is all about raising funds for New Zealand’s Mental Health Foundation, and raising awareness of issues around mental health including depression and suicide.

Ride Out of the Blue also aims to raise at least $50,000 towards the Mental Foundation Mindfulness in Schools project.

The programme aims to prevent the development of childhood mental distress by encouraging positive mental health practices for children at primary school level.

The 2300km cycle ride, that started in Bluff, will finish at Cape Reinga on November 2.

One person was killed during a controlled scrub burn-off near Arthur’s Pass in the South Island yesterday. Emergency services were alerted to the fire near Mt Alexander about 3.40pm yesterday. Police have confirmed one person was been found dead at the scene and two colleagues of the deceased were uninjured.

The rural fire was a controlled scrub burn-off. The death has been referred to the Coroner.

Police, Fire Service and WorkSafe investigations into the incident are continuing. A further update would be made later this week once next of kin have been fully informed.

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West Auckland policeman pleads guilty to 14 charges West Auckland policeman Peter Pakau has pleaded guilty to 14 charges relating to methamphetamine, accepting bribes, corruption, conspiring to pervert the course of justice and

accessing the police computer system.

Pakau, 36, who organised drug runs and tipped off gangsters, admitted the charges yesterday in the High Court at Auckland.

He had earlier pleaded not guilty and was set to stand trial alongside six alleged co-offenders.

While Pakau has admitted the charges, a disputed facts hearing will be held in relation to

the particulars of some of the counts. That hearing will be held before Pakau is sentenced.

The father of five, who resigned from the police after his arrest, appeared nervous as he

stood in the dock.

He cried as family members sat behind him, opposite former police colleagues who were tasked with investigating and charging him.

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Stabbing earns jail term A young Whangarei woman who used a kitchen knife to stab her boyfriend – who later died while shopping – has been sentenced to three years and two months in jail for manslaughter.

Shaylene Wharerau, 22,

was in August found guilty by a jury of manslaughter and appeared for sentencing in the High Court at Whangarei yesterday.

Wharerau stabbed Brandon Panapa Ripia, 17, during a dispute at an Onerahi house

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on October 30, 2012. He died three weeks later while shopping at The Warehouse in Whangarei after a wound to his heart re-opened and bled.

In court yesterday, Justice John Faire declined a plea by her lawyer Arthur Fairley to

consider home detention if a sentence of two years or less was arrived at by the judge.

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■ NZ BLOOD SERVICE

Anti-IS summit ‘regular meeting’

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By audRey young Prime Minister John Key said he was not aware that US President Barack Obama had planned to address military chiefs from various countries – including New Zealand – at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington DC about defeating Islamic State.

Mr Key said he had been assured by the Defence Force it was just a “regular meeting” although virtually every news outlet in Washington is billing it as a meeting of the anti-ISIS coalition.

Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Tim Keating is one of more than 20 military chiefs at the meeting.

New Zealand has so far committed only humanitarian aid and is yet to decide if the Defence Force will make a contribution. Mr Key told reporters in Wellington yesterday he had found out about the meeting last week or the week before.

“It is a regular meeting the CDF always goes to. It’s true that one of the topics of conversation will be what contributions countries might make although that is not the purpose of the meeting as I understand it.”

He said he wanted General Keating to have discussions there that would help to inform the cabinet’s decision on what contribution New Zealand would make that would be useful.

It was easy for people to jump to conclusions and think that New Zealand’s contribution would take one particular form - combat troops.

“But as I have said there is a big spectrum and a big range here where a contribution might be made. It is part of the overall process we are going through, a fact finding mission of having information presented to the Government so the Government can make a decision about what contribution, if any, we make and if we make one, what area it might be taken.”

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Giving life by giving blood Giving life by giving blood during one of the New Zealand Blood Service’s regular donation days in Ashburton was Trevor Scott.

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■ MISSING AT SEA

Body of fisherman located

By Sophie Ryan The search for a fisherman missing at sea near Warkworth has been suspended until this morning, after one body was located earlier yesterday.

The police launch remained on the water at Martins Bay until late last night, but the main search had been called off for the day.

The body was found in the water near Kawau Island.

Police said they were unable to confirm the cause of death or the identity of the man.

“Our thoughts are with the family and at this stage our search does continue for the second missing person,” Inspector Mark Fergus, relieving area commander for Rodney, said.

He would not say whether the body had been found wearing a lifejacket.

Mr Fergus said the search yesterday involved the Navy, Coastguard, Westpac Rescue Helicopter and the Harbourmaster.

The 14-foot fibreglass dinghy left Martins Bay in the Mahurangi Peninsula, Auckland, about 5pm on Tuesday night with two fishermen on board, but did not return.

Police yesterday confirmed debris belonging to the missing boat had been found.

Mr Fergus said the two missing men were from Warkworth. One was aged in his 20s and the other mid-30s.

He described them as regular fishermen and friends. “[The family] is in shock. They’re worried and scared for their loved ones.”

He said a number of people had joined the search from the community.

“In a small community like this everyone knows everyone.”

Martins Bay was a popular spot to launch boats, Mr Fergus said.

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In brief Crash investigation Police are still working out the cause of a fatal head-on crash in South Canterbury on Tuesday.

Two cars collided head-on while negotiating an easy corner on State Highway 1 near Orari, police said. One of the drivers died at the scene. His passenger suffered minor bruising. A passenger in the other vehicle sustained serious injuries including a possible fractured hip, while the driver in that vehicle escaped with minor bruising. The death has been referred to the coroner.

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Snapper costly Laying the foundations for Ashburton’s business association board are (from left) Luenne Zelke (managing director Lloyd Gabrielle Ltd), Greg Martin (senior associate White Fox Jones), Neil Pluck (managing director Plucks Engineering Ltd), Rene Artz (Grow Mid Canterbury business development manager), Jessie Chan-Dorman (managing director Riverstone Farm Ltd) and Jeremy Adamson (EA Networks commercial manager).

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Working for all local businesses

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Business Mid Canterbury is a new organisation with a goal of making the Ashburton District the best place in New Zealand in which to do business.

It was born out of the ashes of the Ashburton Business Association, and its directors are determined it will be an organisation that touches every business in every corner of the district.

It developed from a series of business leader focus groups held in April, where it became clear people wanted an organi-

sation that worked for all businesses across the district, urban and rural.

The new organisation’s goal was to be inclusive, to reach into every part of the district, board member Jeremy Adamson said.

“We found there was a strong desire for a business group.

We’ve created the foundation and now we need members to come on board.”

The organisation will officially be launched on Tuesday with a cocktail function with guest speaker Mike Pero at the Ashburton Trust Event Cen-

tre. It already has more than 60 signed up members.

As a dairy farmer, fellow board member Jessie ChanDorman said the business association would be actively seeking rural members, recognising that farmers were also business owners.

Twice monthly business master classes will be held for members as part of its training and networking role.

It would also maintain a strong focus on supporting businesses, lobbying and advocacy.

The spread of business in-

terest across board members meant the organisation would be able to tap into a wide range of sector groups gathering opinions, passing on information and when needed working on their behalf on specific issues, Neil Pluck said.

While its scope and activities would be broad and wide ranging, Mr Pluck said the association’s focus would always be on making Mid Canterbury the best place to do business.

Business Mid Canterbury will be officially launched at 6.30pm on Tuesday at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

NZ to vote on new flag next year - Key New Zealanders are likely to get their first vote on a new national flag at the end of next year, Prime Minister John Key says.

Mr Key revealed more details about the process for deciding on New Zealand’s flag at a

press conference yesterday. He has previously confirmed that it would require two referenda, held outside the election period.

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Mr Key said yesterday he had been advised that this vote could take place at the end of 2015.

New Zealanders would vote for an alternative flag regard-

less of whether they supported a change from the status quo or not.

In the second referendum, the public would vote whether to change to the winning alternative design or to keep the current flag.

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Fish fans forking out top dollar have made snapper the most expensive fresh fish, with prices for the Kiwi delicacy surging past blue cod. Hoki was cheapest among the fish monitored in Statistics New Zealand’s latest consumer price index survey.

“Overall, fish prices have risen 9.2 per cent in the past five years, but edged down a little last year,” Statistics New Zealand prices manager Chris Pike said. Trevally bucked the trend, going up in price 4 per cent to over $20 a kilo for the first time. Mr Pike said snapper was available widely from Nelson north, but hard to find in Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill.

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Futures up in air Jobs on Paul Henry’s new breakfast show, destined to take the early morning slot on TV3 and RadioLive next year, are expected to be finalised in the next fortnight.

The announcement of the crossplatform show on Monday from MediaWorks, owner of TV3 and RadioLive, has triggered a series of individual meetings in the company with affected staff.

Big broadcast names like Hilary Barry and Marcus Lush will be contemplating what is next as their early morning jobs come under scrutiny for the new show - which sees Firstline, Breakfast with Marcus Lush and Hilary Barry as well as The Paul Henry Show dissolved. Henry said no staff announcements would be made until the show format had been “fine-tuned”. Henry never expected to return to earlymorning presenting.

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Aussie homes sell Foreign buyers are flocking to buy Australian property, snapping up one out of every six new homes - and that number is set to get higher. Foreign demand for new homes surged in the September quarter and is tipped to rise further next year, according to the National Australia Bank’s latest residential property survey.

Overseas buyers accounted for almost 17 per cent of total demand for new properties and in Victoria, they accounted for almost 25 per cent, or one in four new homes, the report said. Foreign buyers were also more active in the established property market last quarter, accounting for eight per cent of demand.

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A police offer stands guard at a occupied area in a main roads in Mongkok district in Hong Kong.

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tions, the biggest challenge to Beijing’s authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997.

A front-page editorial Wednesday in the People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party’s mouthpiece, condemned the protests and said “they are doomed to fail.”

“Facts and history tell us that radical and illegal acts that got their way only result in more

severe illegal activities, exacerbating disorder and turmoil,” the commentary said.

“Stability is bliss, and turmoil brings havoc,” it said.

However, there were no signs that the central government was planning to become directly involved in suppressing the demonstrations, which have marshalled opposition to plans for a pro-Beijing committee to screen candidates to run

in Hong Kong’s first elections to choose the city’s chief executive in 2017.

The protesters also want the current leader, the deeply unpopular Leung Chun-ying, to resign.

The demonstrations have posed an unprecedented challenge to the government, and it is unclear when and how the crisis will be resolved.

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■ UNITED STATES

Health worker tests positive for ebola A second health worker at the Texas hospital where the first case of ebola contamination on US soil occurred has tested positive for the disease, the state government says.

Like the first case, the second concerned a caregiver who treated a Liberian ebola sufferer who later died at the Dallas hospital, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.

Meanwhile, a top UN official says the world is falling behind in a desperate race stop the deadly ebola outbreak, amid dire predictions that thousands of new infections are possible before year’s end.

“Ebola got a head start on us,” said Anthony Banbury, head of the UN Mission for ebola Emergency Response.

“It is far ahead of us, it is running faster than us, and it is winning the race,” the Briton told the UN Security Council in

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Police attack sparks anger Hong Kong police battling activists for control of an underpass in the dead of night yesterday sparked public anger after officers were seen kicking a handcuffed protester in the worst violence since street demonstrations for greater democracy began more than two weeks ago.

Officers armed with riot shields, batons and pepper spray knocked activists to the ground, dragging dozens away, and tore down barricades protesters used as roadblocks around the underpass outside the government’s headquarters.

Outrage over their aggressive tactics exploded after local TV showed half a dozen officers taking the protester around a dark corner and kicking him on the ground. It’s unclear what provoked the attack. Local Now TV showed footage of him splashing water on officers beforehand.

“Hong Kong police have gone insane today, carrying out their own punishment in private,” said pro-democracy lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan. “Hong Kong’s values and its rule of law really have been completely destroyed by police chiefs.”

Beijing, meanwhile, issued its harshest condemnations yet of the protests, calling them illegal, bad for business and against Hong Kong’s best interests. The central government has become increasingly impatient with the demonstra-

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New York, by remote link from UNMEER headquarters in Accra, Ghana.

“If ebola wins, we the peoples of the United Nations lose so very much,” he said.

The UN official made his remarks as the World Health Organisation said the ebola infection rate could soon reach

10,000 a week as world leaders prepared to hold talks on the crisis at the UN. “We either stop ebola now or we face an entirely unprecedented situation for which we do not have a plan,” Banbury stressed.

He said that with infection rates rising exponentially every

day, UNMEER will need 7000 beds for treatment.

“There’s much bad news about Ebola but the good news is we know how to stop it,” said Banbury.

But to push back the spread “we must defeat ebola and we must do it fast”, he said.

WHO assistant director general Bruce Aylward, describing his figures as a working forecast, said the epidemic “could reach 5000 to 10,000 cases per week by the first week of December”.

The latest death toll is 4447, from 8914 recorded infection cases, Aylward said as the worst-ever ebola outbreak spirals in the three hardest-hit countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

The WHO has called current ebola outbreak the most severe in modern times.

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The parents of Reeva Steenkamp will not pursue a civil claim against Oscar Pistorius for killing their daughter and will pay back around $10,000 that the athlete gave them in monthly instalments to help with living expenses, they said yesterday. Lawyer Dup de Bruyn said he had also advised Barry and June Steenkamp to remain “neutral” with regard to Pistorius’ sentence for negligently killing Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her multiple times in his home.

Relatives of victims sometimes testify to their suffering in sentencing hearings, but de Bruyn suggested Steenkamp’s parents would not. Pistorius’ sentencing continues.

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Avalanche kills 4 An avalanche on a mountain pass in northern Nepal killed four trekkers from Poland, Israel and Nepal, officials said yesterday.

Nepalese army official Niranjan Shrestha said rescuers recovered the bodies, including two Poles, from the Thorong La pass, about 160km northwest of the capital, Katmandu. The avalanche hit the area on Tuesday, but with the area covered in 1m deep snowfall, it took army rescuers from nearby training camps several hours to get there.

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Vehicles recalled Toyota Australia has recalled 10,800 Lexus vehicles as part of a worldwide recall of more than 1.75 million vehicles. Degrading seals in vehicle fuel system are to blame for the recall of Lexus LS, GL, IS, IS C and IS F vehicles in Australia.

The affected vehicles were built between September 2005 and August 2010. The fault could create a fire hazard, though there had not been any accidents, injuries or fires reported in Australia, Lexus Australia said in a statement.

Lexus will offer free repairs for all affected vehicles.

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Winning book Man Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan says he’s ashamed to be Australian when he sees the destruction being wrought on the country’s extraordinary environment. The Tasmanian writer claimed the $96,000 literary award for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. It follows the story of army doctor Dorrigo Evans from his upbringing in Tasmania to being a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway in World War II.

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Property market too hot Stu Oldham

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national slowdown in sales that belies the health of the Mid Canterbury housing market must make the Reserve Bank relax restrictions that have made it much too hard for many people to buy their first home.

In amending its loan to value mortgage restrictions, it will help countless Mid Canterbury people who continue to struggle to save the sometimes hefty deposits they need to buy into the district’s buoyant market.

That is not to say Mid Canterbury’s low-equity buyers are not buying – new data suggests they are – but that the money-goround their money will help fuel will spin quicker if things were made easier.

The district is far from the most expensive area in the country – it’s still cheaper than in nearby Selwyn, Waimakariri and Christchurch – but its property values are anything but cool.

Property prices have climbed nearly 25 per cent in the past five years. Meanwhile, the average selling price climbed in September, even as the average South Island selling price dropped.

On low volumes, these figures are heavily influenced by the most expensive sales but there is no doubt the cheaper end of the market is not as cheap as it once was.

Value is not really the problem in a market where real people risk real money when they put their bricks-and-mortar investment on the market. Access to the market is.

That is why the Reserve Bank must amend restrictions that limit low deposit lending to no more than 10 per cent of new mortgages. They have slowed double-digit price growth in Auckland and Christchurch but they are an unnecessary barrier to the market for people in more affordable regions.

Nationally, sales volumes have slipped for the 11th successive month and prices have continued to cool.

So, as Auckland and Christchurch “problems” ease, it is increasingly difficult to see why the average Mid Cantabrian should, for the sake of the greater good, need a deposit equivalent to a year’s wages to buy the average Mid Canterbury home.

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YOUR VIEW Statistically representative?

More baffling figures - this time from 400 phone calls at a cost of $25,000 to a statistically representative segment of the community” (Sports centre clear winner, October 15).

Will someone tell me please - were they all ratepayers?

As I suggested before why don’t they include such questionnaires with the rates invoice and give all ratepayers the opportunity to voice their opinion because, after all, they are the ones who do all the paying.

Doug Forsyth Ashburton District Council chief

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executive Andrew Dalziel responds: It is a resident and ratepayer survey. It’s harder to obtain age, gender and area quotas for written surveys.

We have over 15,000 rateable properties. Printing questionnaires and surveying all ratepayers versus a sample of 400 residents and ratepayers would be more expensive.

School trip queried [Ashburton College principal Grant] McMillian’s reluctance to provide details of the costs of the Ashburton College trip to the powhiri in Levin is regrettable (Your view, October 15).

by David Fletcher

I am not seeking “to discuss” this topic, rather I am seeking straight answers, through your column, to my questions: How many staff and students attended the powhiri at Horowhenua College; what was the cost of the trip and what proportion was met by College funds, and how many days of student education were affected by the event?

Our community is entitled to know this information.

A. Morison Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan responds: I am disappointed the letter writer does not want to discuss this, however the offer to do so still remains.

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Let’s play a game . . .

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Do clothes really look better on skinny people?

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’m bored, let’s play a game.

How about we make this into a TV game show because playing games in public with winners and losers is such fun for everyone (apart from the losers, but that’s life isn’t it?)

Being the shy, shun-thelimelight, background sort of a guy that I am, I want to be in the middle of this game. I’m going to call this game Stretch ’n’ Break.

Here is how we play this game.

First you need three key players, they are a board of trustees, some teachers and one principal. Actually the principal has to be from a primary school because the ever decisive secondary principals decided they didn’t want to play.

We also need a gimmicky machine on stage like a big spinning wheel or a letters board that flashes. For this game of Stretch ’n’ Break we will go retro and look to bring back some wonderful machine from the past.

Actually we will go way back to a time when the fastest form of communication was Friar Tuck on a cart. What machine will we use? The Rack! Yes that most devious of devices, that insidious instrument of inquisitive investigation. Oh what a way to lock in the TV ratings!

So let’s play.

First introduce the players – Team BOT, Team Teachers and Team Nigel No Friends aka The Principal. Then explain the point of the game to the audience which is to see how far you can stretch the principal before he/she breaks. The winner is the team who manages to persuade the principal to get off the rack and join their team. The principal can’t be a winner because that would not be fun to see.

Once Nigel No Friends is in place on the rack and shackled by policies to Team BOT and chains of loyalty to Team Teachers, the host announces reasons for racking up the ratchets.

Reason 1: Announce a $359 million IES policy to improve student achievement. No reaction from Team BOT, however Team Teachers wearing sponsored shirts from their support crew – NZEI – place a hand on

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the lever, and then decide to give it a pull. Click! and so the game begins.

Reason 2: Announce that this policy is in word only, and all details need to be added by the interested parties. Again no reaction from Team BOT, but a definite pull from Team Teachers who also look to their support crew for confirmation.

Nigel No Friends wriggles a bit because that second reason is worth thinking about.

Reason 3: Announce that the Principals’ Federation have voted against this policy and that the NZEI have introduced their own version of what to do with the money to raise achievement.

Wow! Absolutely no reaction from Team BOT but before the announcements have finished, Team Teachers went for a big crank on the handle, cheered on by the NZEI. Old Nigel is starting to sweat and wonder if he should call it quits and choose a side.

Reason 4: Announce that the NZEI have asked teachers to vote and the result is an overwhelming rejection by teachers of this policy. Instant reaction

by Team Teachers who crank

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tees who have the say whether or not a school signs up to this strategy.

The point of the game is to see how far you can stretch the principal before he/she breaks

up the handle again and really start stretching out Nigel No Friends.

Oh boy, the audience love it as they wonder how much more Nigel can take.

Reason 5: Quietly inform the players that the decision to be part of the IES Policy is not actually up to the teachers at all.

In fact it is Boards of Trus-

Silence, then finally a reaction from Team BOT, they place a hand on the handle and wait.

Reason 6: Announce the winner of the general election, and that the IES policy will be implemented as planned. This throws NZEI into a state of paralysis and they have no idea what action to suggest to Team Teachers. Statistically, NZEI know that even though teachers

voted against this policy, some must have voted to keep the government that introduced it.

Team BOT keep a hand firmly on the handle and wait – what tactics are they playing?

Reason 7: The Wild Card, it is worth three pulls on the handle and will surely break old Nigel unless he chooses which team to join. Announce that …

Sorry this broadcast has been suspended while we televise ongoing riveting stories about who will captain the SS Titanic/Labour Party. Don’t worry we will get back to the show Stretch ’n’ Break to find what happens to old Nigel No Friends.

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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Most Heinz Wattie’s job losses in Auckland

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They were not covered by union collective agreements.

Two men leaving the head office last night said they had been “instructed not to talk to the media”.

Service and Food Workers Union food sector spokesman Chas Muir said he’d spoken to Heinz Wattie’s management about the cuts.

There were only two workers affected by the 100 job losses who were covered by the union’s collective employment agreement – one in Hastings and one in Christchurch.

The workers were both “front line” engineers and they had been notified.

The other employees set to lose their jobs were likely to

Most of the 100 job losses at Heinz Wattie’s are believed to be in Auckland, with only one Hawke’s Bay job to go as part of cuts announced on Tuesday, union officials say.

The company announced it was implementing a new structure for its Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand businesses to make it more flexible and efficient, with 100 jobs in New Zealand to go.

Union sources said most of the redundancies were believed to be white-collar workers in non-production roles in the company’s New Zealand head office in Parnell, Auckland.

be based in Auckland, where Heinz Wattie’s has sales and marketing operations.

“We strongly suppose that they are white collar workers in Auckland ... it is good news for the Hastings plant.”

Mr Muir said workers were shocked by the company’s announcement.

“Workers were given no information about these plans before they hit the media. It’s incredibly disrespectful behaviour from their employer,” he said.

“These redundancies aren’t being driven by any desire to improve business, develop better products or create stable, high-skilled jobs. It’s all about short-term profit for Heinz Wattie’s’ owners.”

Tukituki MP Craig Foss was on Tuesday calling on Heinz Wattie’s to provide more details about the cuts.

“We need more information from the company itself, to deal with the uncertainty and angst that a lot of us are sharing at the moment.

“It would be good to have clearer information as soon as possible, so everyone can get on with the great work they’re doing across the Bay.” Heinz Wattie’s has three plants in New Zealand with two sites in Hastings and a site in Christchurch.

A Heinz Wattie’s spokesman said in response the company did not wish to make any further statement.

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Domino’s puts pizza plans on hold

At close of trading on October 15, 2014

 Dow Jones Indust.

16,315.19 –5.88 –0.04%

At close of trading on October 14, 2014

 FTSE 100 index

6,392.68 +26.44 +0.42% At close of trading on October 14, 2014

 Nikkei 225 index

15,073.52 +137.01 +0.92% At close of trading on October 15, 2014

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Pizza chain Domino’s have been forced to push back their plans of entering the Ashburton market, due to being unable to find a suitable premises.

Following a number of requests from members of the public for Domino’s Pizza to set up shop in Ashburton, the chain went public in August with its desire to come to the town.

But they said they needed the public’s help. They were looking for a franchisee and a site and said the establishment of a Domino’s in Ashburton would create up to 20 new jobs.

The plea generated a number of phone calls from interested parties, but so far, no suitable location had

been found and Domino’s had now put Ashburton on the backburner until early next year.

Domino’s New Zealand general manager Scott Bush said the brand was on a mission to open new stores around New Zealand, and Ashburton was still in its sights.

“We need a site and we need a franchisee to help make this possible. We offer fantastic opportunities for someone who wants to get into their own business, including intensive training and ongoing support.”

He said they were committed to coming to Ashburton and they have a long-term vision to become a permanent fixture in the Ashburton area.

Details are available on the Domino’s website.

Family ‘happy’ with outcome Allan Hubbard’s family say they are “generally happy” with the outcome of the South Canterbury Finance fraud.

Former South Canterbury Finance (SCF) chief executive Lachie McLeod, 50, and former director, accountant Robert White, 70, were found not guilty on all charges by Justice Paul Heath after a lengthy and complex trial.

The pair were now considering legal action against the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for bringing the charges.

Ex-director, lawyer Edward Sullivan, 72, was found guilty on five of nine charges, including making false statements and misuse of a document for pecuniary advantage.

Long-time SCF chairman, Timaru financier Allan Hubbard, died after a September 2011 car crash, aged 83 - just months after the SFO laid 50 fraud charges against him.

His daughter Lesley Limbe said she was pleased it was over.

“We are generally happy with the outcome, but we are saddened that Edward Sullivan has been found guilty on a few charges,” she said.

“We’re happy that the other two have not been found guilty. That’s good.

“I know my mother [Jean] will feel the same way.”

She declined to comment further.

The Serious Fraud Office has been castigated by one of its former bosses for its “inept” investigation in the SCF case.

Former SFO assistant director Gib Beattie worked for all five of the South Canterbury accused helping prepare for their trial, which ended with only Sullivan being found guilty on five of the nine charges he faced.

Beattie, who left the SFO after 20 years in 2010 during restructuring under then boss Adam Feeley, has described his former agency’s investigation in the case as “incompetent”.

SFO director Julie Read defended the inquiry, saying it was a “difficult and complex” prosecution.

“While the SFO was unsuccessful in part, given the scale of the collapse and the impact it had on investors, it was clearly in the public interest to put all matters before the court,” she said.

Jonathan Eaton, Queen’s Counsel for Mr McLeod, said all the defendants had spent “significant resources” answering serious allegations.

“As part of the washup, from our perspective, we’ll be having a very close look at our entitlement to seeking some sort of contribution to the costs that have been incurred,” Eaton said. It is understood that the total defence costs could come to more than $1 million. Sullivan will be sentenced on December 12.

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■ DAIRY CALVING

Calving without inductions routine business

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the job is finished. A majority on the incumbent co-op boards still favour pro(stag) tecting theVENISON status quo which puts our 9.00 future in jeopardy,” said Mr Patterson.

“They 8.00continue to fiddle and tweak while we 7.00while continue to bleed capital stock. In a year where we’ve lost anoth6.00 ewes and hoggets, there’s still er million 5.00 no sign of the kind of industry leadership4.00 we need from Alliance Group to make the step towards change for our 3.00 industry.

“It’s2.00 more important than ever that we get1.00 the right people around the coop board tables,” he said. “Farmers have 0.00 a chance to21-Jul continue this process 18-Aug 15-Sep at up13-Oct coming elections.”

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natural mating with bulls.

“They will go out with the heifers this year, on the 15th, which is 10 days earlier than the planned start date of the herd.”

The LUDF journey has focused on achieving a tight calving pattern, by taking responsibility – in other words not blaming the technicians, making heat detection a top priority, and reducing the temptation to extend mating.

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Pressure on processors paying off Farmers have been putting more and more pressure on their processing cooperatives over the past 12 months and it is beginning to pay off, says Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) deputy chairman and Alliance shareholder Mark Patterson, but that pressure must be maintained.

He was commenting on the Alliance Group reporting to farmers at company roadshows this week.

“Farmers should be encouraged that their votes are starting to count,” he said.

It’s a credit to Alliance shareholders who have held their board to account.

“Some shareholders might argue that it is just more of the same, but it is a start – apart from anything else, there is an effort to communicate more.”

Mr Patterson said it was also significant that for the first time, the director elections would be managed professionally and independently, as a result of farmer pressure around last year’s elections.

“Alliance shareholders turned out in record numbers last year to vote for reform,” Mr Patterson said.

“This shows that new thinking on the board is making a difference, and that directors are starting to take heed.”

But he warned farmers not to take their foot off the accelerator.

“Our Co-ops and our industry need urgent reform, and no-one is going to do it unless farmers take a lead,” he said.

“Have we made progress? Yes. Have we solved the problem? Not yet.

“Farmers need to continue to vote for reform in this year’s elections for farmer directors at both Alliance and Silver Fern Farms.

“Farmers are mistaken to think that

good one without the need to use inductions.”

LUDF farm manager Peter Hancox said tail painting had started five weeks out from the start of mating.

“We won’t be doing any intervention other than having the vet palpate non-cycling cows,” Mr Hancox said. “We won’t be using CIDRs. “We will be doing six weeks of AI followed by four weeks of

Export prices (NZ$/tonne fob)

Dr Burke said the choices were accepting late calving cows or reducing the mating period.

“Accept late calving cows as part of your farming system – in other words follow the route that the Australian dairy industry went down and become less and less seasonal.

“The LUDF has a zero induction policy for a decade now, and have come from a poor reproductive performance to a very

Net c/kg for 300kg cw

Managing calving without inductions is routine business on the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF).

From next calving season vets will no longer be allowed to do routine inductions, and recognising the writing was on the wall, the LUDF management team has been doing the ground work for a decade.

DairyNZ reproduction expert Dr Chris Burke was surprised about how many Canterbury farmers rely on the practice to manage late calving cows.

At a LUDF field day he said nationwide 69 per cent of farm did not induce, and 98 per cent of the national herd calved spontaneously.

A show of hands indicated managing late calving would be a bigger deal in Canterbury.

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■ WOOL LEVY VOTE

‘Disappointing result, but great voter turnout’

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.m@theguardian.co.nz

Sheep farmers have baulked at a paying a levy on wool, with the results of a referendum seeking their opinion in yesterday.

Electionz released the final count on the Wool Levy Referendum at noon yesterday, showing the wool grower vote was 42.81 per cent to 57.19 per cent against the levy.

The weighted vote from larger enterprises was against the levy 40.12 per cent to 59.88 per cent.

However, the record voter turnout (47.22 per cent) indicated farmers care about the future of the wool industry, Wool Levy Group chairwoman Sandra Faulkner said.

“The turnout is significantly higher than the last wool levy referendum of 39 per cent and of most commodity levy orders which are around 35 per cent.

“Feedback I have been getting is that there is real value in many aspects of the proposal which was voted on and

Sandra Faulkner

I am hopeful that the conversation will continue so that this exercise is not lost to the industry and we can continue to progress.”

Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairman Rick Powdrell agreed.

“While we are disappointed in the result, we are pleased with the voter turnout, which was larger than the local government elections last year,” he said.

“This tells us that there is still a strong desire for an industry good body to represent wool growers, especially from the smaller sheep farmers.

“At the moment their only non-commercial representative is Federated Farmers, which represents six other industry groups, while other industries tend to have more than one representative.

“The wool industry is nearly split down the middle on this, and I know a lot of farmers will be disappointed with this result.”

Mr Powdrell said with the levy, the $700 million industry would continue to sit at the same level.

“The next question is how we proceed to promote and grow the industry without an independent, internationally recognised, non-commercial voice.

“Without a levy, our $700 million dollar industry will more than likely continue to sit at this level operating as purely commercial, rather than choosing to organise itself.

The Wool Levy Referendum was open for a month and closed on October 10.

Voting packs were sent to 12,201 sheep farmers.

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■ LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

Small herd farmers put under spotlight in university survey

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Heavy prime lamb prices lifted up to $3 a head at this week’s sheep sale at Tinwald.

About 3000 prime lambs were yarded, and met with good demand.

Heavy lambs fetched $145-$155, mediums

$125-$138 and lighter lambs $100-$115.

Top woolly prime ewes made $115-$130, mediums $90-$110 and light sheep $70-$80.

An advertised line of romney ewes with blackface lambs at foot made $72 a head.

The business plans and personal requirements of smallherd dairy farmers are to be put under the spotlight as part of a survey being organised by Lincoln University.

Irrespective of the fluctuating price for milk solids, dairy farmers with smaller herds face unique challenges and considerations when it comes to questions of progressing their business or improving their lifestyle.

For instance, it is thought that most farmers with smaller herds are probably working the farm largely by themselves, which creates particular problems and stresses.

The research, which has been commissioned by the Small Milk and Supply Herds group (SMASH), and will be overseen by agricultural management and agribusiness lecturer Dr Victoria Westbrooke, and research fellow, Dr Peter Nuthall.

It will entail phone interviews of approximately 10 minutes each for around 350 farmers.

Only those farmers with 350 cows or fewer will be asked to participate in the interview.

Farmers will be randomly selected from the SMASH client list and the electoral roll.

The information collected will include views on development and change with regard to

such things as purchasing land, investing in labour-saving technology, investing in off-farm ventures, or even diversifying into farm-based tourism.

There will also be an opportunity for interviewees to express any ideas or thoughts that sit outside the set questions.

Farmers will be asked to provide information about their business to enable the categorisation of groups for assessing any emerging themes.

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Relating attitudes to requirements will help ascertain what type of information is required and how it might best be framed or presented.

Farmers will also be asked their preferred method for obtaining this information; such as online, in topical booklets, at field days, or through a specialist consultant.

The material collected will be kept strictly confidential, and, although it is the intention of the researchers to publish general research findings, no information in which any individual farm can be recognised will ever be provided – farm details will only ever be available to the researchers involved.

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■ FORD MUSTANG

50 years on - still a mo

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hen Richard Gluyas was in Ashburton last weekend two 50th anniversaries were on his mind.

Richard was here to enjoy lunch with other former pupils of Ashburton High School, and this year’s gathering was significant because it is 50 years since the school closed and was merged with Hakatere College to form Ashburton College.

Those present shared many happy school day memories.

Three former teachers were present and one of them, Bruce

He hastened to add that it didn’t look as if it had done any harm!

The winds of change blew strongly during the early sixties.

In the case of local education a decision had been made to merge two wonderful local secondary schools, each of which had a proud heritage.

Nationally and internationally a new generation were looking at things through different eyes, new freedoms were emerging, epitomised by people like the Beatles and Bob Dylan.

In the midst of this Lee Iacocca, a man whose name is legendary in the annals of motoring, recognised that his company, Ford, was in the doldrums and urgently needed to a shot in the arm.

He also accurately read the mood of the times, he saw new attitudes emerging and instinctively knew that post-war people had a more relaxed approach to life and were looking for fun.

Lee Iacocca saw a way of kill1965 Mustang ing two birds with one stone.

He decided a new sports car Ching, spoke about the changes would not only provide fun, but he had witnessed during his also stave off Ford’s financial teaching career. difficulties.

Referring to the punishment It was largely a gut feeling, which was sometimes meted out even to the extent that it has in times gone by Bruce had a been said that the customer grin on his face when he looked survey results used by Lee around the room and said he Iacocca to persuade the company thought he may have given some directors to proceed with his of us the privilege of becoming plan were - how shall we put it acquainted with the cane. more imaginary than real.

Long story short, Ford produced the Mustang.

Following a spectacular public relations campaign the American people couldn’t wait to see the new car.

And once they saw it after its release on October 17, 1964 – 50 years ago tomorrow – they couldn’t wait to own one.

Ford was smiling all the way to the bank!

So that’s the other 50th anniversary Richard Gluyas has been thinking about.

Looking back Richard recalls the hype wasn’t as great here because the Mustang wasn’t released in this country, but gradually enthusiasts began to import them.

Richard thinks the Mustang has stood the test of time and he says “The thing about the Mustang is that 50 years on it still looks good”.

While the original Mustang was not released in this country, a new right hand drive model will appear here in 2015 and local Ford dealer Peter Gluyas and his team can’t wait for that to happen.

Mustang clubs have existed in New Zealand since 1975, and the legend of the “Pony Cars” is well and truly established here.

It is estimated that there are maybe 3000 privately imported Mustangs in New Zealand and over Labour Weekend the 35th National Ford Mustang Convention will be held in Christch-

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Coinciding with the Mustang’s 50th anniversary the convention is going to be a very special event which will include an undercover public display at Turners car auction facility in Christchurch on Saturday, October 25.

Over 225 Mustangs, with examples of most models and variants, will be lined up, giving visitors the chance to see some wonderful cars.

And while

that many Mustangs all together in one place is very significant so too is the combined value of those cars, estimated at around $12 million!

Gut feeling, intuition, straight-out gamble - call it what you like, Lee Iacocca’s idea and Ford’s decision to go with it and produce the Mustang paid off as has the continuation of the name.

Happy 50th Mustang and all the best for the next 50!

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ot long after its introduction the Ford Mustang was being raced, and in very short order made its presence felt, soon becoming and remaining an iconic performance car.

The names of many legendary race car drivers, including Paul Fahey, Jim Richards, Leo Leonard, Graham Baker and Alan Moffat are associated with the Mustang.

In this country the PDL Mustang Two became one of if not the most well-known racing race car of its time. The car in which many track records were set was virtually unbeatable and crowds swelled whenever it appeared.

From time to time the PDL Mustang Two is seen at classic car racing events and continues to be a crowd pleaser.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

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ow did the Ford Mustang gets its name?

Ever since its introduction there has been conjecture about how the Ford Mustang got its name.

There are various suggestions.

One of the more likely explanations is that a member of the design team originally suggested the name as a way of acknowledging the World War Two American fighter plane the P51 Mustang which was introduced in the latter part of the conflict and because of its manoeuvrability and

range in no small way contributed to the Allied victory.

However the idea was considered a bit “areoplaney”. So the designer came back with the same name but this time associating it with American wild horses, which proved more acceptable.

And of course ultimately it flowed on to the design of the cars badging and the nick name – pony cars – by which they have become well known.

As an aside I suppose that leads to another question – how did the plane and the horses get their names?

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Serves 4 360g kumara, steamed or boiled, diced 1 spring onion, finely sliced 1 banana, peeled, sliced ½ cup pumpkin seeds Dressing: ½ t lemon zest 1 T lemon juice 1 T vegetable oil ½ t sugar black pepper, to taste ■ Place kumara and spring onions in a bowl and mix.

■ Mix dressing ingredients together and pour over bananas.

■ Add banana mixture to kumara and toss.

■ Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and serve.

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Club news Thursday, October 16, 2014

www.guardianonline.co.nz Ashburton Musical Club Ashburton Musical Club held the final concert for the year on Saturday October 11. The Annual Scholarship of $600 was presented to Olivia Brown, vocalist, who has successfully auditioned for entry to Otago University next year. The Grace Ackerley Award was presented to Joshua Pike, another vocalist, who often performs for the Club.

The programme was as follows: Violin Duet – Ruth Hall & Justus Frank, - Sechs Duos op. 46 Allegro non troppo, Andante, Allegretto – Mazas – Piano Solo – Saba Polderman Charles - Intermezzo in Eb – Brahms. Vocal Solo - Joshua Pike – Sleep – Peter Warlock & Ombra Mai Fu – Handel. Vocal/Guitar – Michael Petrus – Two original compositions.

Saxophone Solo – Stefan Hall – Light of Sothis – Amy Quate. Vocal Solo – Olivia Brown – O Del Mio Dolce Ardor – R. De Calzabigi & The Black Swan form Opera “The Medium” – G. Menotti. Piano Solo – Joy Sun – 2nd Mvt. Op 31 No. 2 – Beethoven & Etude – Op 25 No. 1 “Aeolian Harp” – Chopin. Violin Duet – Ruth Hall & Justus Frank – Beautiful music for two string instruments: - Exuberance – Mozart , The Quiet Stream - Spohr, & Duo 3 – Allegro – Pleyel . Accompanist for vocalists – Jo Castelow.

President Janice Allen thanked all who had performed on Saturday evening, and all who had performed during the year. Members were also thanked for their loyal support of the concerts. Best wishes were extended to two Club members who were continuing their music tuition at University next year – Olivia Brown at Otago University and Joy Sun who has successfully auditioned to gain entry to Auckland University where she will be tutored by Rae de Lisle. Hopefully these two talented young ladies will return to perform for us again if time allows. Our next concert will be on April 11, 2015.

Ashburton Writers’ Group There was a small attendance at the recent meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group.

Debbie read a quotation – “The traveller sees what he sees, the tourist what he has come to see” The Assignment for the meeting was to write a Movie Review.

Members wrote of “Frozen”, A Father’s Little Dividend” and “Diana”. None of these were highly recommended.

The instant exercise was to begin with the words “He inhaled”. Members wrote of bankrupt, coffin surrounded by flowers, Marlborough man, and on the floor.

The meeting concluded at 2.50pm with the serving of afternoon tea.

The assignment for the next meeting is “The person in the seat beside you on the plane is holding something. Reveal what it is”.

Visitors are welcome to the meetings, please contact Rae at 308 8927.

Grey Power Ashburton On Wednesday October 8 Ashburton Grey Power hosted representatives of Zone 6 to a meeting at the Seniors Centre. Grey Power Zone 6 is made up of all the associations in the Canterbury region. Delegates were present from North Canterbury, Christchurch; Ashburton; Temuka; and Timaru; unfortunately Waimate were unable to attend because of illness. There were several observers from Ashburton. The meeting was chaired by Denise Fitzgerald the Zone 6 Representative.

All associations presented reports on recent activities and there was lively discussion on the following topics; the possibility of a ward system being introduced for voting for members of the Canterbury DHB because rural representation is disadvantaged by the large urban vote; maintaining and growing membership; the possibility of raising the age for free breast screening; rates rebates and the on line calculator provided by Internal Affairs; the future of social housing; AGM in Rotorua May 2015; the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and its possible impact on our society.

Those present were served a tasty lunch, morning and afternoon tea by members of the Ashburton committee.

The next meeting will be hosted by the Temuka Association in February 2015.

Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club President Val Farr welcomed members to the October meeting of the Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club held recently. After the National Anthem was sung, members were reminded of the Probus Area Luncheon to be held on Thursday 30 October, also of the Christmas Lunch.

Trip Convenor Avis Kingsland told of the future event at Aeroview. The raffles were drawn. The Mini Speaker was Dame Elizabeth Harper who spoke of being honoured by the Queen in 1995 for her work with Save the Children Fund. A letter had arrived from Government House from the Governor General, Dame Catherine Tizard, advising Elizabeth she had been nominated to be a Dame Commander. The Investiture was held at Government House in May 1995, and Elizabeth’s family had been seated in the front row to see the presentation of the Award. It was an amazing experience.

After morning tea Janice Finch introduced Tony Sands from Lochlea Estate, who told of his background. He had attended Burnside High School and then worked at the Freezing Works, where he learnt respect, hard work and to save.

Ashburton Bridge Club This deal illustrates the importance of establishing a suit in the lesser hand while there are still entries available. N/S reach the excellent contract of 3 No Trumps requiring 9 tricks to succeed. South is declarer giving West the opening lead, most likely a club, or a heart.

If a club is chosen South must take it in hand with either the A or K and immediately look to establish 2 spade tricks in dummy.

He leads the spade J from hand, taken by East’s K. Now what? Although the norm is to return partner’s suit, East may switch to a heart leading towards weakness on the table.

Should he lead the heart K, South must play West to hold both the spade A and the heart Q, so he rises with the heart A, and leads his last spade towards the Q, 10, 9 in dummy. It matters not when West rises with the spade A as declarer can reach dummy with the club Q, or diamond K, 10.

What if East ducks the 1st spade lead? South plays his last spade from hand, but still has 3 sure entries to dummy – enough to enjoy his 2 spade tricks.

If, however, after taking the second trick with the spade K, East returns his partners’ club suit, South will make 10 tricks, giving him an overtrick and a very satisfying result.

A heart opening lead, on the other hand, has

After that he had a series of jobs, and in 1969 became a traffic officer and eventually moved to Alexandra, joining the Police in 1976. In 1980 he came to Ashburton, where he did some community policing and was in the CIB, specialising in serious crime. He received the Silver Merit Award in 1995. In 1997 he left and worked in security before buying a half share in a restaurant, later on working in real estate for ten years. Eventually he because Manager of Lochlea Estate, a resort of 15 hectares, there will be 107 villas eventually. In January 2014 the Lodge was completed.

There are 4 different styles of villas available, also there is the Lounge with a television, bar, pool table and semi-commercial kitchen.

There are lots of other services available including hairdressing, massage, library, medical room, and soon there will be the bowling green. The Village is gated, access after hours is by cards, and there is a security visit nightly, consequently it is a safe, secure environment. Tony was thanked for his presentation by Jean.

President Val closed the meeting with the Thought for the Day – “It wasn’t until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say “I don’t know” – W Somerset Maugham.

Nor’Westers Musos September 2014 Jam - Part 1 ‘Soak Up The Sun’ were first up for the day, consisting of Pete from Orari on

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drums/vocals, joined by Adele from Geraldine on acoustic guitar/keyboards & vocals. Their set included covers of Cat Stevens, Donovan, Eurogliders, Dire Straits and Sheryl Crow. Nice stuff guys, hope to see you back again soon.

Liam Scott was up next on electric guitar playing Pink Floyd’s Money, magic!

He was then joined by Kinnear on vocals, Zippy on drums and Justin on bass. Metalica’s Nothing Else Matters was then given the full treatment with Liam’s fret work top notch. ‘Knitting Room’ took centre stage next with Hoover on bass, Kinnear on guitar/vocals, Paul on guitar /harmonica/vocals & Justin on bass. A powerful set from Black Keys, Queens Of The Stoneage, Talking Heads, Kings Of Leon, Staid, Greenday, Tom Petty’s Mary Jane’s Last Dance, with some tasty harmonica from Paul, and finished off with a rollicking Rocking In The Free World from Neil Young. Brilliant guys. ’Glitch’ minus 1 + 1 were up next, Zippy on drums/vocals, Jesse on guitar/vocals, Phil on bass /vocals , were joined

by Liam on electric guitar and they tore into Pink Floyd’s Money. You didn’t look out of place up there Liam, and I think you enjoyed every minute of it, we all did. Glitch minus Sheryl for the day, then powered their way through Cream’s Crossroads & Sunshine Of My Life, Pink Foyd’s Another Brick In The Wall, and the song/performance of the day, ZZ Top’s La Grange with Jesse really cut-

first 2 heart tricks – East cannot continue with hearts, then, nor when you attack the spades!

ting loose on the axe, with the highlight being playing most of the song with the guitar behind his back. Amazing stuff Jesse, was a real treat to listen & watch.

Hoppy & Reg then joined in on vocals along with Zippy on The Kinks Sunny Afternoon. Their set finished off with guest vocals from Hoover on Steppenwolf’s Born To Be Wild. Wild alright, these guys really rocked, cheers guys. Will have to conclude the Jams review of the final act, another supergroup - “Chorduroy” next week - don’t miss it!

Sunday 26th October (Labour Weekend) we will have a late start to the day, 4pm, and then carrying on till later in the day/evening. We require lots of acts to carry us through, so come on everyone, get on down to the Dev, and lets have a great day might even throw in some supper and raffles.

Methven Bowls What a week. The ladies that played in the Chartered clubs had a great week.

What more could a woman want than to get up and play bowls everyday. No housework. No cooking and being run after by so many great people. Yes folks, that’s how it was. It was the workers from the clubs that made all this possible. They need all the thanks and credit for our great time. Firstly to all the four host clubs: Ashburton, Allenton, Methven and headquarters The MSA Bowling club.

All the Greenkeepers and their teams had some trying weather the first couple of days to deal with. They were up at daybreak rolling and preparing the greens.

You guys did a wonderful job I heard that there was even ice to get thawed in Methven on the Tuesday before the green could be rolled. So a big thanks to you all.

Every one of these clubs had their ladies out in force to man the kitchen and to provide us with morning teas, lunches and afternoon teas. These ladies worked all week to provide us with pure luxury.

This unpaid service is a great credit to all the clubs and to every person that gave their time. This was a very well organised tournament and some amazing bowls were played. Camaraderie and bowls were defiantly the winner on the day.

Congratulations to all the prize winners.

Congratulations to our Methven boys and girls selected to play reps in the Triangular on Sunday the 19th.

Friday Triples at Hampstead 1st Bruce Harper, Rob Fensom and Ivan Syme.

3rd Don Duff, Jim Lattimore and Bruce Redmond.

Saturday saw the start of the 7/s and Junior 4/s for the men.

Methven won 2/1 against Parklands in the 7/s.

And the juniors had a win against Rakaia.

Well done. Keep up the good bowls.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Great day at races for the O’Reilly family

BY MATT MARKHAM

HARNESS RACING NEW ZEALAND

Sunday’s race meeting at Timaru was a good day to be an O’Reilly.

For the first time in longer than any member of one of Mid Canterbury’s most famous harness racing families cares to remember, all five of the O’Reilly boys were in the money.

The day started off with a bang when the Patrick trained and driven Tyron’s Aphrodite was successful in the maiden

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trot, continuing a long association with the Neumann brothers who own and bred the fouryear-old chestnut mare.

In second placing behind his older brother was Leo driving Paradise Spur for Mid Canterbury trainer Wendy Stevenson.

Leo was back in the action a couple of races later when he trained and drove Ethelsville to finish second.

The up-and-coming trotter is part-owned by another brother, Dennis.

The high-flying O’Reilly brother, Gerard, nearly picked up a winner when he steered a much-improved Ardwells Key to a second placing in the following race for Winslow horsewoman, Raewyn Loe. Then, not to be left out, Kerry, who is based at Lauriston, produced one of the best-timed drives of the weekend when he got his own horse, Sounds Swift up in the shadows of the post in the last race of the day.

The Love Or Die mare was

well overdue a winning turn after some strong recent efforts and was tipped out in this column last week as the local horse to follow on the weekend.

Sounds Swift is owned by Kerry along with the mare’s breeder Vic Lamb.

Racing this week heads locally to Methven for the running of the Group Three Moutain River Processors Methven Cup which features leading New Zealand Trotting Cup contender, Smolda from the Mark Purdon and

Natalie Rasmussen stable.

There will be plenty of interest in the grass track meeting with brilliant trotting mare Habibti in action as well.

And this week’s local tip?

Go to the last race at Methven and look for the Andrew Stuart trained Sailing On who returns to his more favoured grass tracks.

Not trained locally, but owned by the Ashburton Racing Centre’s head lady, Fiona Stuart and her husband Doug.

3 87938 Leroy Brogden (3) fr ....................A Donnelly 4 00x36 Got To Be Good (4) fr ....................P Butcher 5 02905 Last Man Out (5) fr ........................T Mitchell 6 60049 Speak Up (6) fr............................. G Noakes 7 380x9 Big Ern (7) fr...................................S Phelan 8 9P00x Miss Lara (8) fr ........................ T Macfarlane 9 48756 V C Dell (21) fr ..............................Z Butcher 10 079x0 Millwood Roxy (22) fr ................... D Butcher 11 69674 Classy Ambition (23) fr......................D Balle 6 - 8.40pm HIGHFIELD COUNTRY ESTATE HANDICAP PACE $7000, 4yo+ c2 & faster, stand, 2700m 1 31436 Strawberry Courage (1) fr ...........J Stormont 2 58647 Westburn Courage (U1) fr ..........P Ferguson 3 05849 Broadway (1) 10 ............................T Mitchell 4 14314 Hot Mach (2) 10 ............................Z Butcher 5 33478 Lucky John (3) 10 .........................P Butcher 6 23653 Take The Hint (1) 20..................... D Butcher

7 94503 Debs Pal (U1) 20.......................... B Mangos 8 57686 Hunua Honey (U2) 20 .......................L Hollis 9 81741 Electric Chapel (1) 40 ...........Shane Butcher 7 - 9.10pm PEGASUS SPUR STANDING AT WOODLANDS HANDICAP TROT $6500, 5yo+ c1 & faster +claimers discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 77x57 Jimmys Girl (1) fr.................... K Marshall (J) 2 30x09 Door Slammer (2) fr ......................P Butcher 3 58233 Latent (3) fr ...................................Z Butcher 4 00690 Innes Boyz (U1) fr .........................T Mitchell 5 64210 Loki Brogden (1) 10 ....................A Donnelly 6 45734 Thanks Charlie (1) 20 .......................L Hollis 7 82329 King Of Cool (U1) 20....................M Teaz (J) 8 24411 Dragon Lady (U2) 20 ................S Abernethy 9 27476 Oto Invasion (1) 30.........................S Phelan 10 x1022 Foxtrot Jack (U1) 30 .................. J Abernethy 11 x1781 Knapdale Girl (U1) 50 .................. D Butcher

1 83171 Botany Blake 30.45 ...................J McInerney 2 31272 Opawa Amy 30.30 J & ....................D Fahey 3 41217 Voussoir 30.33 H & .............................Taylor 4 11131 Opawa Karen 30.31 J & ..................D Fahey 5 22246 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts 6 13121 Opawa Rocky 30.55 J &..................D Fahey 7 25153 Opawa Stella 30.33 L & ..................... Wales 8 12131 Shines Bright 30.31........................ H Cairns 9 76845 Opawa Jed 30.06 L &......................... Wales 10 13877 Chloe’s Prodigy 30.62 ..................C Roberts 9 2.27pm CTV SPRINT C5, 295m 1 21282 Mr. Whippy 17.12 ...............................C Weir 2 21315 Spud Gun 16.95 .............................. M Grant 3 46333 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 4 47427 Clone Your Own 16.87 ........................A Lee 5 64118 Dillmanstown 17.30...........................J Dunn 6 74424 Laredo 17.12 .....................................M Flipp 7 55715 Ketut 17.30 ...................................C Roberts 8 14711 Sophie’s Terra 16.99 C & ................... Fagan 9 x5357 Wandy Gaylene 17.30....................G Cleeve 10 15857 Impersonator 17.27 ...................A Bradshaw 10 2.45pm OPAWA BOWL & JACK STAKES C5, 520m 1 66511 Culvie Magic 29.92 .......................R Adcock 2 12644 Cawbourne Abbi 30.34 ................C Roberts 3 11211 Dream Collector 29.85 J & ..............D Fahey 4 73216 Cawbourne Philip 30.34 ............J McInerney 5 83436 Stolen Money 30.24 .......................G Cleeve

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Bay of Plenty HR Club’s meeting at Cambridge Raceway on October 16. NZ Meeting number: 5. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7.

1 - 6.05pm (NZT) SHADOW PLAY AT ALABAR AMATEUR DRIVERS MBL PACE $5500, 4yo+ c1 to c3 +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 09684 Mister Dann (1) fr ............................. T Vince 2 96x25 Cougar Bromac (2) fr .....................F Phelan 3 82354 Easy For Cullen (3) fr .................M Northcott 4 48266 JD’s Dream (4) fr ..............................J Darby 5 94771 Our Southern Man (5) fr ...... J Kriechbaumer 6 12379 Live Life Betta (6) fr ........................ T Thorby 7 00194 Viewfield Apache (7) fr .......Stephen Butcher 8 98586 Winstone P (8) fr ........................R Frampton 2 - 6.40pm BIG JIM AT ALABAR FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ f&m c0, 2200m 1 0684 Happy To Go (1) fr ..........................S Phelan

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway on October 16. NZ Meeting number: 9.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 12.05pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 x4884 Know Wisdom 17.36 ......................G Cleeve 2 33558 Two Ways 17.30 S & .......................B Evans 3 53476 John Dory 17.45........................J McInerney 4 86713 Smoking Marley 17.38 ..............A Bradshaw 5 35646 Tepirita Charger 17.10 ......................J Dunn 6 48366 Mighty Twist 17.62..............................C Weir 7 11613 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 8 32154 Business Affair 17.29 ................R Blackburn 9 68x46 Know Favours 17.37 ......................G Cleeve 10 77476 Big Muddy 17.42 M &.......................... Smith 2 12.24pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES SPRINT C4, 295m 1 65616 Sprinkles 17.23 .........................J McInerney 2 22357 Red Hot Fury 17.42 M & ...................Jopson 3 54452 Irish Blue 17.01 J & .........................D Fahey 4 31541 Neddy Seagoon 17.29 ........................A Lee 5 7x742 Life’s A Laugh 17.17..................R Blackburn 6 65738 Butterbean 17.29 M & .....................P Binnie 7 18666 Homebush Bruno 17.34 ............J McInerney 8 18753 Wee Terra 17.34 C & .......................... Fagan 9 54F88 Excuse Please 17.35 .................. J McMillan 10 48886 Know Fault 17.24 ...........................G Cleeve 3 12.41pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m

2 70758 Dorrie D (2) fr ............................... G Noakes 3 9x32 A Chance To Dream (3) fr ....... T Macfarlane 4 x6433 Strawberry Miss (4) fr..................J Stormont 5 135 Ideal Quest (5) fr ...........................S Lawson 6 Easy Delight (6) fr ......................P Ferguson 7 59660 Brandy (7) fr ........................... K Marshall (J) 3 - 7.10pm HIGHVIEW TOMMY STANDING AT WOODLANDS MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ c0, 2200m 1 077x6 Smiling Tom (1) fr ......................S Abernethy 2 Diamond Supreme (2) fr .............J Stormont 3 56358 Caesar’s Prince (3) fr ..................A Donnelly 4 Danger Mouse (4) fr .............. T Cameron (J) 5 6x Clinton Jones (5) fr........................T Mitchell 6 2327 Smiling Nick (6) fr .................... T Macfarlane 7 66x3 Jazz It Up (7) fr ..............................S Phelan 8 470x Shipshewana (8) fr .................... J Abernethy 4 - 7.40pm BUPA ST KILDA MOBILE PACE, $6000,

3yo+ c1, c2 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 74570 Youbetteryoubet (1) fr ............. T Macfarlane 2 68375 Take Charge (2) fr .........................T Mitchell 3 4610x Brooks Desire fr ........................... Scratched 4 09x10 Nikita Maguire (3) fr ..................... D Butcher 5 26627 Bettorkeepthefaith (4) fr ................Z Butcher 6 1 Starlight Brigade (5) fr ...................S Lawson 7 50047 Miss Firefly (6) fr ...................... M McKendry 8 70x00 Prince Tudor (7) fr .........................P Butcher 9 21990 Royal Arthur (21) fr ...................S McCaffrey 10 40022 Fleetwood Mach (22) fr .............S Abernethy 11 179x7 Idealistic (23) fr .........................D Alexander 12 80605 License To Kill (24) fr................. J Abernethy 5 - 8.10pm CARTERS CAMBRIDGE MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1, c2 with cond. mob. pace, 2700m 1 x9784 Flanyattice (1) fr .......................G Wolfenden 2 21006 Zoltina (2) fr.............................. M McKendry

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 1 87781 Smash Easy 17.46 .......................... M Grant 2 42621 Abogado 17.32..................................M Flipp 3 31F87 Goldstar Chyna 17.30 S & ..............B Evans 4 11F32 Know Mayhem 17.42 .....................G Cleeve 5 681F6 Que Tee Pix 17.54 M & .....................Jopson 6 23575 Bigtime Tip 17.55 .......................D Stapleton 7 24313 Dee 17.31 .................................A Bradshaw 8 25362 Ringa Ding 17.50 ......................J McInerney 9 x8278 Hanna The Spanna 17.23 .................J Dunn 10 7783P Even Seven nwtd ...............................C Weir 4 12.59pm GLENBYRE TAVERN STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 36366 Opawa Andrea 30.53 L & ................... Wales 2 55736 Cawbourne Witch 30.64 ...............C Roberts 3 51115 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 4 76877 Invidious nwtd ...................................J Dunn 5 88737 Grunt Rodgers 31.49 ................J McInerney 6 55281 Opawa Zara 30.37 L & ....................... Wales 7 71281 Lunar Tom 30.24 J & .......................D Fahey 8 48762 What I Like 30.59 ......................J McInerney 9 76845 Opawa Jed 30.06 L &......................... Wales 10 52747 Ohoka Frenchi 30.69.................... L Waretini 5 1.16pm DOGZONE DASH C3, 295m 1 44464 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 2 53468 Jack’s A Jewel 17.35 ....................C Roberts 3 11433 Botany Zenvo 17.35 ..................J McInerney 4 28464 Know Pride 17.26...........................G Cleeve 5 11222 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 6 86144 Waimak Dave 17.60 ..................J McInerney 7 65252 Run For Sophie 17.30 ........................C Weir

8 36524 Editorial 17.34 ...........................R Blackburn 9 37457 Goldstar Mario 17.42 S &................B Evans 10 76765 Wellywood 17.52 ................................C Weir 6 1.34pm (NZT) SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C5, 295m 1 44341 Drysdale 17.09 ....................................A Lee 2 77613 Mary Marlow 17.14 ......................... M Grant 3 23223 Angelic Star 17.33.............................J Dunn 4 11687 Flying Swan 17.31 ....................J McInerney 5 22155 Wunzee 17.39 ...........................J McInerney 6 71618 Pedro Force 17.28 S & ....................B Evans 7 32736 Go Housie 17.03 ............................G Cleeve 8 31277 No Leaf Clover 17.31 .........................C Weir 9 x5357 Wandy Gaylene 17.30....................G Cleeve 10 78771 Mer De Noms 17.19 ..................R Blackburn 7 1.51pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C4, 295m 1 75288 Wandy Jewel 17.39 .....................D Kingston 2 8F773 Star Dreamer 17.32 C & .................... Fagan 3 43256 Will Excite 17.33 .......................... L Waretini 4 33676 Jumpin Sally 17.41....................J McInerney 5 47554 Know Advantage 17.04 ..................G Cleeve 6 84162 Billy West 17.18 .....................M K Dempsey 7 53627 Sting Me 17.12 ................................ M Grant 8 77576 Captain’s Choice 17.27 ................C Roberts 9 54F88 Excuse Please 17.35 .................. J McMillan 10 78685 Trans Tasman 17.23 ..................R Blackburn 8 2.09pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C3, 520m

12465 Abound nwtd .................................R Adcock 41224 Fast Archer 30.16...............................C Weir 43425 Idol Girl 30.51 L & .............................. Wales 71557 Opawa Casper 30.20 L & ................... Wales 41678 Cawbourne Axe 30.52........................C Weir 11 3.02pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C5, 295m 1 21563 Rodriguez 17.10..................................A Lee 2 68631 Starburst Terry 17.24....................... M Grant 3 54224 Zebidiah 17.02 ..........................A Bradshaw 4 31516 Cawbourne Jelly 17.11 ......................C Weir 5 61486 Iona Haka 17.33........................J McInerney 6 72537 Popstar Rocket nwtd .........................M Flipp 7 43711 Quedrago 17.22 C & .......................... Fagan 8 34863 Ohoka Coby 17.26 ....................... L Waretini 9 x5357 Wandy Gaylene 17.30....................G Cleeve 10 88187 Fireman’s Legacy 17.34 ....................J Dunn 12 3.20pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C4, 295m 1 46344 Blonde Tori 17.47 ......................A Bradshaw 2 41533 Bump 17.01..................................C Roberts 3 67111 Another Colt 17.19 ....................J McInerney 4 76647 Adroit 17.18 H &..................................Taylor 5 21438 Token Stu 17.28 ................................ J Rush 6 77718 Mulberry Brook 17.51................... K Cassidy 7 52544 Know Jealousy 17.29 .....................G Cleeve 8 88672 Noble Fantasy 17.30 S & ................B Evans 9 54F88 Excuse Please 17.35 .................. J McMillan 10 78685 Trans Tasman 17.23 ..................R Blackburn

M4 Woodville Pahiatua gallops Today at Woodville Raceway

Woodville Pahiatua Racing Club’s meeting at Woodville on October 16. NZ Meeting number: 4. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

1 12.15pm (NZT) RODDY MCRAE DISTANCE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 22x43 Cool Hand Duke (2) 58.5 ...L Magorrian (a3) 2 36365 Redeem (8) 58.5 ......................... B Lammas 3 x5939 Earl Spencer (7) 58.5 ......................J Riddell 4 6902 Last Trump (5) 58.5 ..........................K Smith 5 463x3 Lykaroc (3) 58.5 .................. M Dravitzki (a1) 6 5P84F I’m Your Man (1) 58.5 .......... R Hutchings (a) 7 9278 Kings Kite (12) 58.5 8 04485 Seaweed (14) 58.5 C O’............. Beirne (a4) 9 0460 High Commissioner (6) 58.5 ..........H Tinsley 10 8957 Zedace (16) 58.5............................. K Myers 11 0x700 Scarred (11) 58.5 ......................J Oliver (a3) 12 x5002 Minstrel Flyer (15) 56.5 .................D Bradley 13 20x75 Skybird (4) 56.5...............................S Collett 14 59484 St’ruth (13) 56.5 ..............................R Myers 15 93959 Oma Elle (10) 56.5 ........................... R Stam 16 077 The Duke’s Secret (9) 54 ............ D Johnson 2 12.50pm THE MEAT COMPANY DANNEVIRKE STAYERS RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2200m 1 35788 Just Ishi t (7) 59 ................R Goldsbury (a4) 2 12152 Jimmy Mac m (5) 57 .....................D Bradley 3 x0660 Shotgun dm (6) 57 ...................... B Lammas 4 31394 Mr Cool Boy m (3) 56 .......... R Hutchings (a) 5 x8313 O’Ceirins Secret td (8) 56 ...............S Collett 6 56505 Perfect Symbol m (4) 55.............. D Johnson 7 45108 Jack’s Boy d (1) 55 ...................... R Hannam 8 10403 Vicki Anne tm (2) 54........................R Myers

3 1.25pm MURRAY CONTRACTORS DASH MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 04 Spanish Gold 58.5 ....................... Scratched 2 9x49x Suarez 58.5.................................. Scratched 3 Fifteensixty (14) 58.5 ................J Oliver (a3) 4 224x6 Miss Kaylee b (2) 56.5 ................ R Hannam 5 7x3. Unico (1) 56.5 .................................S Collett 6 7x0x5 Aribasan (8) 56.5 .............................A Taylor 7 4 Hundyamonth (11) 56 ...................D Bradley 8 5358x Wheeler Fortune (9) 56 ....... R Hutchings (a) 9 Dances With Wolves (7) 56 ........ M Dee (a1) 10 52445 Elusive Jane (5) 54 ......................... K Myers 11 536x Astute 54 ...................................... Scratched 12 4 Billie Frechette 54 ........................ Scratched 13 Earhart (13) 54........................... V Johnston 14 La Fille En Jeu (12) 54 ....................R Myers 15 Mill Lee 54.................................... Scratched 16 Mountain Princess (6) 54 ................. R Stam 17 0 Suchapalava (4) 54 ............... N Teeluck (a3) 18 00x Cramer (10) 58.5................L Magorrian (a3) 19 00x9 Worzel Gummidge (3) 58.5 . M Dravitzki (a1) 20 Savaria 54 .................................... Scratched Emergencies: Suchapalava, Cramer, Worzel Gummidge, Savaria 4 2.00pm MIKE JAMES PLUMBING SPRINT MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 86x Chuck It In Bro (14) 58.5 ....L Magorrian (a3) 2 6. Saint Remi (2) 58.5 .................... M Dee (a1) 3 4086x Obrahma (15) 58.5..................S Wynne (a1) 4 523x2 Poster Girl b (13) 56.5 ......... R Hutchings (a) 5 2560x Tequila Sunrise (4) 56.5 .............. C Dell (a1) 6 4540x Ferragosto (10) 56.5 ............. N Teeluck (a3) 7 67509 Five Tarts (3) 56.5 .....................J Oliver (a3)

8 0x Ima Viking (6) 56.5 ................. B Murray (a3) 9 Lucquide (11) 56 .................... K Chiong (a3) 10 07x Pentathlon 56 ............................... Scratched 11 2 Courtesan (7) 54 ..................... R Smyth (a2) 12 3. Jonquil b (9) 54 .........................R Black (a1) 13 Donna Beel (12) 54 ............. M Dravitzki (a1) 14 Judith Kate (16) 54............ U Holmquist (a3) 15 6669x Piccadilly 56.5 .............................. Scratched 16 7x900 Cheyenne Princess (1) 56.5.....A Jones (a3) 17 6x00x Sallymontjeu (5) 56.5 C O’ ......... Beirne (a4) 18 00x0x Mr Polo h (8) 58.5 19 7 Miss Distinguish 54 ...................... Scratched Emergencies: Piccadilly, Cheyenne Princess, Sallymontjeu, Mr Polo, Miss Distinguish 5 2.35pm JAMESON’S MOTOR TRIMMERS&UPHOLSTERERS SPRINT R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 941x Pleasure Palace d (1) 59..... M Dravitzki (a1) 2 21487 Viceroy tm (2) 58 .......................R Black (a1) 3 22431 Perfect Mix h (13) 57.5 ................ C Dell (a1) 4 4208x Doing Time (3) 57.5 ............... A Donald (a4) 5 068x2 Myminkcoat (5) 57 .............. R Hutchings (a) 6 02700 Powelka dm (4) 56.5 .............. B Murray (a3) 7 09x36 Bazinger d (9) 55.5 .................. T Baker (a4) 8 700x4 Edge Of Glory d (10) 55.5 ..... N Teeluck (a3) 9 1000x Godzila Girl m (12) 55.5 ....R Goldsbury (a4) 10 2190x Star Emerald tm (11) 55.5....... R Smyth (a2) 11 0x9x0 Tansava d (14) 55 ..............L Magorrian (a3) 12 39804 Persian Dancer m (6) 54.5 ..... K Chiong (a3) 13 x650x Girl With A Pearl b (8) 54 ..... T Johnson (a4) 14 0979x Ellie’O d (7) 54 C O’ ................... Beirne (a4) 6 3.10pm BAMBRY*S WATER TREADMILL METRIC MILE RATING 85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark,

1600m 1 060x5 Mungo Jerry d (1) 59....................... K Myers 2 x581x Red Mafia dm (2) 57.5 ........ R Hutchings (a) 3 44543 Gendarme (4) 57......................... D Johnson 4 12873 Liv’n Paradise tdm (3) 56 ................R Myers 5 49229 Gold Card m (6) 55.5 ......................S Collett 6 5007x Miss Ana d (8) 54 ....................... M Dee (a1) 7 1x670 Centre Attention d (7) 54....... N Teeluck (a3) 8 097x0 Missteeflying (5) 54 ................. R Smyth (a2) 7 3.45pm D&G AUTOSPRAY DISTANCE RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 3x938 Casino Jack (6) 59 ........................D Bradley 2 40714 Thatz Louie (8) 57.5 .............. N Teeluck (a3) 3 00650 Sortemout m (9) 56 .........................R Myers 4 10000 Golden Penny dm (5) 55 ..................K Smith 5 5P6P1 Racquetor m (14) 55 ........... R Hutchings (a) 6 38939 Spike Miligan (7) 54.5 ................. C Dell (a1) 7 0x007 The Painter (3) 54.5 ................... M Dee (a1) 8 1x556 Exquisite Jewel m (12) 54 ........... R Hannam 9 05852 Bunkered m (1) 54 ............ U Holmquist (a3) 10 x7557 Party Ice b (13) 54 ...................... D Johnson 11 04608 Little Storm (10) 54 ..................J Shackleton 12 090x0 Lorraine (4) 54 ..........................J Oliver (a3) 13 08958 Patience m (2) 54 C O’............... Beirne (a4) 14 9200x Savarose dm (11) 54.........R Goldsbury (a4) 8 4.20pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE F&M MAIDEN $12,000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 20524 Kirra Belle (12) 57.5 ................S Wynne (a1) 2 2469x Catalina De Lago (13) 57.5 . R Hutchings (a) 3 27684 Honey Queen (11) 57.5 ........ N Teeluck (a3) 4 8804x Lawries Choice (4) 57.5 .............. B Lammas 5 Belle Cadeau (15) 57.5 ............... R Hannam 6 6x Maxssistar h (10) 57.5 .....................K Smith 7 I’ma Colombian (17) 57.5................J Riddell

8 9807x Madam Zenno (7) 57.5 .............. M Dee (a1) 9 Super Soph (16) 57.5.....................H Tinsley 10 2x3 Scarlet Letter (2) 55 ........................R Myers 11 5x447 Eyesonyou (6) 55 ........................ D Johnson 12 3 Platinum Command (1) 55 ...... R Smyth (a2) 13 9x4 Just A Lover (9) 55 ........................D Bradley 14 Brillante Brigitte (3) 55 .................... K Myers 15 57x Dignify (8) 55.............................. V Johnston 16 0x Black Fern (5) 55......................A Jones (a3) 17 7x3 Unico 57.5 .................................... Scratched 18 67509 Five Tarts (14) 57.5 Emergencies: Unico, Five Tarts 9 4.52pm PAHIATUA GOLF CLUB SPRINT MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 x2365 Malone bh (15) 58.5 ......... V Ravikumar (a2) 2 207x3 Lamborghini (11) 58.5 ......... R Hutchings (a) 3 36383 Stonemason (8) 58.5 ................. M Dee (a1) 4 6 Bigredmoon (4) 58.5 .................J Oliver (a3) 5 Guy (6) 58.5 ......................R Goldsbury (a4) 6 62832 Zeditave Rose (7) 56.5........... K Chiong (a3) 7 4 Lady Capella 56.5 ........................ Scratched 8 00x Prioritise (12) 56.5.....................R Black (a1) 9 6570x Freelinks (9) 56.5 ....................S Wynne (a1) 10 7x Indiscretion 56.5........................... Scratched 11 597x Special Bid (5) 56.5................ B Murray (a3) 12 6x60x Caulfield (2) 56............................ C Dell (a1) 13 7 Dixie Express b (14) 54........... R Smyth (a2) 14 Savaria (13) 54.................... M Dravitzki (a1) 15 6669x Piccadilly (10) 56.5 C O’............. Beirne (a4) 16 7x900 Cheyenne Princess 56.5 .............. Scratched 17 6x00x Sallymontjeu (3) 56.5 18 00x0x Mr Polo h (1) 58.5 19 7 Miss Distinguish 54 ...................... Scratched

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

■ MASTERS GAMES

Mike’s on a medal mission

By Erin TaskEr

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Mike Hanson has big sporting dreams, so entered the South Island Masters Games because he thought it’d be good training.

He didn’t go for the medals and the glory, but that’s what he’s got - six medals and counting.

Hanson, 42, is an Ashburton butcher whose love of multisport was only born a couple of years ago when he entered a local duathlon. Now, with a Coast to Coast under his belt and the Taupo Ironman in his sights, Hanson wishes he’d made the discovery sooner.

When the Guardian spoke to him yesterday he was working, out doing some home kill. Today he’ll be doing the same, but he’ll be starting before dawn and knocking off at 3pm to get to Timaru by 5pm for the next of his South Island Masters events.

Tonight he’ll compete in a 3km swim in Caroline Bay, followed by a 5km run.

Tomorrow he’ll do a 25km mountain bike race, followed by another on Saturday, then a half marathon on Sunday.

It’s a hectic schedule he’s been keeping up all week. He competed in a cycling hill climb on Saturday, followed by a 50km road race and a triathlon – which he won in a time of 49 minutes 45 seconds. He had just two or three hours’ rest between the road race and the triathlon.

On Sunday he raced the 20km

time trial and the criterium, followed by the duathlon, which he also won. He’s won medals in all events so far – three golds, the rest silver.

“It’s all really for training, I didn’t really expect to go and win,” he said.

It’s training he hopes will put him in good stead for his first ever ironman – the national event in Taupo in March. He’ll take part in the Lake Hood Half Marathon in November as part of his preparation, but Taupo will be his first full ironman – which involves a 3.8km swim, a 180km cycle and a full marathon to finish.

He’s hoping to do enough to earn himself a place at the world’s biggest ironman event, in Kona, Hawaii.

He’s aiming for 11 or 12 hours, but knows he might need to produce a 10-hour effort to secure a spot at Kona.

But anything’s possible for the Ashburton father-of-two who’s been competing in multisport events for less than two years. He works 50-70 hour weeks as a butcher, trains on top of that, and is producing results.

“Richard Ussher, Braden Currie and those kind of blokes… watch out, here I come,” he laughed.

Hanson is one of 151 Mid Cantabrians participating in the 50 different sports on offer at the South Island Masters Games – six per cent of the total entrants.

The South Island Masters Games will finish on Sunday.

Mike Hanson locks his road bike on the roof, ready for action.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

■ BASKETBALL

Abercrombie aiming for Breakers’ return CJ Bruton might not be the only Breaker returning for tomorrow night’s home opener at Vector Arena.

The Breakers will honour Bruton’s legacy at the club by retiring his No 23 jersey before the encounter with Adelaide, a game in which Tom Abercrombie is hoping to feature.

Abercrombie sat out his side’s confidenceboosting victory in Perth last weekend, having been consigned to the sidelines after undergoing surgery to remove a sports hernia.

The initial prognosis called for a rehab time approaching two weeks, which is set to end right around the time the 36ers come to town. Abercrombie had talked before the operation of his determination to recover in time for what will be a special night, and there were promising signs the swingman would achieve that aim.

Abercrombie was partially involved in practice to start the week and remained on the right track for recovery, one of three Breakers starters looking to shake off health concerns to take the court against Adelaide.

Tom Abercrombie

Alex Pledger will probably have to prove his fitness on a weekly basis for much of the season, with the alternative option to treat his toe injury being season-ending surgery.

Neither the club nor player wants to resort to that drastic measure and Pledger’s involvement against Perth provided cause

for optimism. The big man played almost 14 minutes off the bench and, while he hardly filled out the stat sheet, his presence under the rim helped restrict a dangerous Wildcats offence to 70 points.

The other member of the crocked trio is Corey Webster, who failed to return against Perth after being substituted in the second quarter. The shooting guard took a knock to the back that tightened up but wasn’t expected to miss any more time.

A full complement will only help the Breakers mark Bruton’s big night with a win and improve to 2-0 on the early season.

There is danger in letting the emotion of the occasion interfere with the task at hand _ as Perth probably noticed on the night they raised their championship banner _ but assistant coach Paul Henare said the side would be wary of such an issue.

“We have to be sure we don’t let the pregame stuff around CJ become a distraction,” he said. “We have to be good enough to deal with that and go through our processes and get on with playing and executing from the get go on Friday.”

- APNZ

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■ RUGBY

All Blacks signal beat and run plan As promised, the All Blacks have tinkered with their line-up for Saturday’s test in Brisbane and signalled their intention to try to beat up the Wallabies then run them off their feet.

Brodie Retallick, Wyatt Crockett and Dane Coles return to starting roles and, with Patrick Tuipulotu on the bench, the tight five has a menacing feel and will be tasked with repeating the performance they delivered in their last outing against Australia at Eden Park.

Cory Jane has won the nod for the right wing spot vacated by the recuperating Ben Smith and Beauden Barrett retains the No10 shirt despite Aaron Cruden once again being available.

Cruden’s failure to make the match-day 23 will open inquiries as to whether he is still being punished for his indiscretion in missing the flight to Argentina.

These inquiries, though, will just as likely be met with management explanations that Barrett played too well to be dropped and that there is longer term value in having Colin Slade on the bench.

The selectors know they have a world-class player in Cruden and want to further develop Slade in a game they have already stated is one they see as ideal to dabble in limited experimentation.

But it is the return of a rejuvenated Liam Messam, who brought so much off the bench in South Africa, which perhaps provides the best clue of what to expect from the All Blacks.

Messam has been picked partly on the strength of his last performance, partly because Jerome Kaino looked a little flat, but mainly because he’ll be able to provide some rapier to the abundance of bludgeon.

The All Blacks want to get back to playing fast and wide in Brisbane. They want their attacking game to be more accurate and functional than it was against the Springboks.

Things improved in the second half, but for most of the first they were a little hurried, erratic and error-prone. It was also noticeable that none of the loose trio were regularly available to carry the ball in the wider channels.

Compare that with the equivalent game a year ago when Kieran Read made one try with an offload and scored another down the tram-tracks, while Messam collected two while lurking on the wing. - APNZ

Sport 22 Ashburton Guardian

Thursday, October 16, 2014

■ NETBALL

■ TENNIS

Diamonds in clean sweep

Venus returns as ASB star

After a horror series, the Silver Ferns were on the verge of pulling off the unthinkable in last night’s final Constellation Cup clash in Auckland.

Reeling from three heavy defeats in the opening three matches as well as the loss of their captain Casey Kopua to a serious knee injury, the Ferns took it to Australia for three quarters last night, before a 17-9 final quarter blow-out saw the Diamonds blitz home 51-47 to record a series clean sweep.

It was easily the New Zealand side’s best performance of the series, and certainly a moralebooster for the side in the wake of some ugly losses. But having come so close to finally cracking this Aussie outfit, who have now won nine straight matches against the Ferns, the home side would have been incredibly disappointed with the result.

But it was a result that seemed inevitable heading into last night’s match given the sustained period of dominance the Australia had enjoyed in the build-up. The real intrigue was in what the gap between the two sides would be.

It is the first Constellation Cup clean sweep.

- APNZ

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By Kris Shannon

VENUS Venus Williams will again WILLIAMS headline this summer’s ASB Classic while sister Serena again remains tantalisingly out ■■ Age: 34, Ranking: 20, Career of reach. earnings: US$30.2m.

The elder half of world ■■ - Winner of seven grand slam sport’s most dominant sister singles titles, 13 grand slam act made her maiden appeardoubles titles, four Olympic gold medals. ance in Auckland earlier in the year, falling in a blockbuster fi- ■■ - 2014 season: Four finals and one win (vs Ana Ivanovic in nal to Ana Ivanovic, and WilDubai) liams took little persuasion to sign on for another year.

“Venus was always pretty happy to come back,” said tour- ena here - we were in advanced nament director Karl Budge. discussions with her all year.

“She had a wonderful time here I’m optimistic that at some - she felt really relaxed and it point we’ll see her out in Auckdidn’t take too much to get her land.

“I know she does want to to say she wanted to come.

“It took a little more to get come. It didn’t eventuate this her to sign on the dotted line year but we got pretty close, so but she was always really keen here’s hoping that with another good year with Venus we’ll get to come back.”

It’s proven slightly more dif- one step closer.”

Serena will instead be spendficult to convince her younger sister to follow, though. Serena ing the early part of the year at Williams’ name was last year the Hopman Cup in Perth and, bandied about after Venus con- still the No 1-ranked player in firmed her participation, and the women’s tennis (compared the tournament made a real to Venus’ No 19 ranking), she is run at luring both sisters for always in high demand.

Venus, a seven-time grand January’s event. While that has failed to eventuate, Budge re- slam winner, will still be mained confident of attracting enough to aid in attracting fans the more successful sibling in and fellow players alike, with tournament organisers hopeful the future.

“We also wanted to see Ser- of approaching the heights of

last year’s showpiece match.

“That final last year for us was as good as it gets,” Budge said. “Any tournament around the traps, let alone an international-level tournament, would be absolutely delighted to have that final.

“What Venus was able to unlock for us was something very special. I don’t think we’ve seen that excitement or that buzz around this tournament for many years.”

Williams enjoyed a nice year

after her Auckland exertions, reaching four finals and winning her 45th career title, and she said via a video message that she was happy to be heading back to Stanley St. “I’m so looking forward to coming back to Auckland, taking it a step further this year and hopefully winning the title,” she said.

“I had such a great time last year. Everyone made me feel so at home - I really felt like a Kiwi.”

- APNZ

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS ■■ Bowls Mid Canterbury Mid Canterbury over 70s To be played MSA Bowling Club October 20th Start 12-30pm Mufti R. Neilson, D. Prendergast, F. McComick, C. Rooke A. McIntosh, P. Ladslie H. Kemp, S. Robinson J. Ryk, H. Weir, M. Reid, K. Burke, F. McKnight, B. Stott, M. Jones, B. Hopwood R. Patrick, M Anderson, M. Cabout, C. Andrews B. Holdem, M. Hyde, C. Cross, C. Cleghorn G. Taylor, B. Malloy, A. Dent, J. Allison B. Brasell, G. Crack, J. Cleghorn, G. Sparks R. Mitchell, J. Bennett, R. Duff, D. Thomas B. White, Gaynor Crack, R. Deveraux, D. McEdwise C. Leech, J. Hardy, B. Boothroyd, M.Houston M. Smallbridge, D. Ross, N. Bilby, U. Crack E. Maw, R. Antiss,I. Moore, J. Smith J. Cartwright, R. Prentergast, S. Harrison, J. McIntyre.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women October 21 Medal: Draw Steward: Janice Dunlop 308 3910 Tuesday Starters: J. Early and

J. Dunlop No 1 Tee 9.30 H. Robertson, E. Porter, H. Trott 9.36 K. Green, W. Carter, E. Langford 9.42 K. Shaw. F. Matsinger, B. Cameron 9.48 J. Dunlop, B. Gregory, J. Early No 7 Tee 9.48 H. Ward, K. Read, J. Montgomery 9.54 D. Simmons, A. Hunt, M. Bean No 10 Tee 9.30 W. Parr, B. Turton, S. Lemon 9.36 D. Hinton, J. Williams, M. Urquhart 9.42 K. Robb, L. Wackrow, S. Simpson 9.48 D. Engelbrecht, T. Cates, A. Grant Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Thursday October 23 – Visitors Day – report 9.15 a.m.

Nine Hole Convenors – Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 and Wendy Smith 308 9201 Saturday October 18 – Medal - report 8.15 a.m. for 8.30 a.m. start All women players welcome to join weekend ladies Club Captain – Jenny Williams 308 2081

Tinwald Golf Club October 18 Centennial Trophy - Stroke Centennial Trophy. Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start.

Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times.

No 1 Tee.12.30, D Busch, R Harris, R Kirdy, R Bruce.12.36, P Hefford, B Kirdy, T McAndrew, N Rayner.12.42, K Bonnington, W Eddington, C Whiting, D Gill.No 10 Tee.12.30, T Clarke, P Marshall, B Collins, A Pawsey.12.36, R Wards, S Kircher, M Fechney, A Millar.No 13 Tee.12.30, S Newman, E Collins, J VanderHeide, 12.36, J Beardsley, W Stevenson, S Lane, M Moore Starters: am B Collins, pm K Bonnington, W Eddington. Cards. B Collins Women’s Golf October 21 Lagmhor Salver (Tinwald v Mayfield)

Report 9 am for Club House Draw 9.30 start Starters D Bell J Undy Cards V Prendergast C Linney

■■ Softball Mid Canterbury Softball October 18 9.00am T-Ball Under.7: TD.2 Allenton Strikers v Borough Bashers; TD.3 Allenton Giants v Mighty Red Midgets; TD.4 Hampstead Gold v Tinwald Dolpins; TD.5 Hampstead Pitchers v Wakanui Wackers; TD.6 Hampstead Catchers v BNZ Rakaia Rangers 10.15am T-Ball Under.9: TD.2 Allenton Tigers v Borough Black; TD.3 Allenton Blue Jays v Netherby Nomads; TD.4 Hampstead Blue v Longbeach Strikers; TD.5 Hampstead Fielders v Wakanui Wrecking Balls; TD.6 Hampstead Strikers v JFM Rakaia Royals 9.00am Little League Under.11: D.1 Demon Cubs v Quigley Contracting Tinwald Black Sox (Plate: Panthers); D.2 Elite Panther Cubs v Pearsons Rakaia Red Sox (Plate: Rusty Demons); Metalcorp Hampstead All-Stars Bye 10.15am Little League Under.13: D.1 Fairfield Juniors v Resolve Tax Rakaia Ravens (Plate: Hampstead); D.2 Demons Cardinals v Rookie Panthers (Plate: Demons Rebels); D.3 Kiwi Pets Black Panthers v Demons Tigers (Plate: Demons Renegades) Senior Mixed: 1.00pm: D.1 Demons Rebels v Rusty Demons (Plate & Base: Panthers); 3.00pm: D.1 Nosh Café Hampstead Hawks v Demons Renegades (Plate & Base: Panthers); Bedrock Panthers Bye

■■ Tennis

Mid Canterbury Open Grade

Hore Tokarahi 36, Heather Trott Ashburton 36

Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre October 17 A Reserve 12.15pm Hampstead v Allenton Blue; Lowcliffe v Allenton Green; Hinds/Mayfield/Longbeach v Methven.

A Grade 1.30pm Tinwald v Allenton; Hinds/Mayfield v Dorie/Fairton; Hampstead v Methven.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club Ingold Tray October 11 1st Colin Dennis, Noeline MacKenzie and Colin Cross. 2 wins 1 draw 12 ends and 26 points. 2nd Mike Quinn, Ian Blackwood and Anne Stroud. 2 wins 1 draw 12 ends 17 points. 3rd Jo Ryk, Gaynor Crack and Evan Voyce. 2 wins 12 ends 13 points.

■■ Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Millennium Trophy October 13 Best individual results Pat Barrie Timaru 47, Betty Jackson St.Andrews 41, Sue Brandreth Waimate 41, Jan Clucas Mayfield 40, Carol Brand Gleniti 38, Joyce van de Heide Tinwald 38, Jan Davenport Temuka 37, Kath Rawcliffe North Otago 36, Diane Sutherland Pleasant Point 36, Wendy Watson Rakaia 36, Margaret

Women’s Section October 14 Visitors day stableford competition.

Janice Ackerley 43, Jeanet Leferink 42, Leigh Wackrow 42, Wendy Suttie 41, Win Carter 41, Helen Argyle 39, Margaret bean 37, Kath Shaw 37, Heather McKimmie 37, Kay Penney 36, Kathryn Green 36.

Nearest The Pins: No 4 Gabites, Helen Argyle, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Heather McKimmie, No 12 Lynn’s Small not struck No14 Todds of Ashburton: Helen Argyle 2nd Shot No 18: Wendy Suttie Thanks to Matt from the pro shop for donation of prizes.

Mayfield Golf Club Women’s Division October 14 Fun Teams Day, Stableford, (9 holes due to weather)1st - Trilby Trio - Val Schmack, Anne-Marie Blair, Jillian Lake 25 stbfds; 2nd - Bling - Edna Ralston, Joan Stocker, Pam Morrison 24 stbfds; 3rd - In the Pink - Judy Webb, Trish Corbett, Adrienne Hopping 23 stbfds;ALT nearest pin 5 & 14 - not struck;2nd shot Marilyn Cross Property Brokers 0-29 Adrienne Hopping, 30+ Val Schmack;

Tinwald Golf Club Women’s Division October 14 Tinwald versus Avondale at Avondale Tinwald 38.12 Avondale 33 .83 .Best individual stablefords V Cartney 42 P Bishop 41 P Ellis 41 J Peacock 40 S Gutsell 39 Two’s J Undy

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SITUATIONS VACANT

DRIVER/DELIVERY PERSON/YARD MAN SALESPERSON Helmack ITM are currently seeking to employ motivated team members for our busy timber building supplies store.

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Damp start to twilight session

We operate a “Hiab” truck and trailer, we require a full time person for deliveries. This job will require some manual unloading of certain products i.e. “gib board etc”.

HT licence is essential: Class 4 and 5, preference would be for the applicant to have had “Hiab” Crane experience.

Some heavy lifting would be required and forklift experience would be an advantage.

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A background of building or sales of building products, and or, paint would be an advantage, however full training will be given.

The follow attributes would be a pre requisite: • Excellent customer service focus.

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The positions offer excellent remuneration package along with staff buying privileges. We pride ourselves in customer service. Hours of work will be 7.30am - 5.30pm with a minimum of 45 hours a week and there may be Saturday morning work.

Daylight saving might have come and gone meaning longer evenings for twilight sport, but it was a dismal evening for twilight tennis at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre last night. Afternoon drizzle meant a slightly delayed start to play for the social competition, but play did eventually go ahead for the third round. Among those braving the cooler conditions was Shane Muckle from Team Bubba Downs.

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■ BOXING

Parker issues knockout challenge As Joseph Parker and Kevin Barry put their Sherman Williams fight plan in place at their Las Vegas base several weeks ago, the New Zealand heavyweight’s trainer issued him with a challenge.

It was, simply, to knock out Williams, an aim which was revealed at yesterday’s weighin by the increasingly confident Parker and a statement which earned a swift, and cutting, reply from the man from the Bahamas.

“Joe is a very good boxer,” trainer Barry said yesterday.

“It would be hard to see Sherman Williams outpoint him.

That wasn’t a big enough challenge for me.

“Obviously a win is the most important thing, but we’ve set pretty high goals for Joe right from the start and my challenge for him coming into this camp is ‘I want to break Sherman Williams down. I want to do what only one other person has done before’.”

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The test will come tonight at the Trusts Arena in Waitakere, where the 22-year-old Parker will seek to be only the second fighter to stop the man known as “The Tank” in 52 professional bouts. The only other man to achieve the feat was Robert Davis in 1999.

A wildcard element is Parker’s shoulder injury for which he has received a cortisone injection.

The undefeated Parker, who

will put his WBO Oriental and PABA heavyweight titles on the line, said his shoulder was pain-free and if that continues he should be too fast and skilful for the 42-year-old Williams, who was clearly ruffled by his rival’s knockout prediction.

“I’m actually happy that they’ve underestimated me and have put me in league with these bums,” Williams, who mentioned Francois Botha and Brian Minto, said.

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Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am 9.30am - 12.30pm M.S.A. TAI CHI. For beginners, starting to learn the next 24 ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Goodwill shop, sale of pre-loved clothing. moves. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Archibald 9.30am - 11.30am and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome. Racquets can 9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. be hired. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

Second time round op shop. Baptist 9.30am - 12.30pm Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm HINDS GARDEN CIRCLE. Visiting a garden at Hinds. 99 Frisbys Road, RD 3, Hinds 7773.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time / sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.30pm - 9.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Friday

Cuppa, activities and laughter. St Andrews hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

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

Street, Methven.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY

GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Upstairs in the Old Polytech building, 254 Cameron Street.

1.30pm R.S.A. CARD SECTION. Euchre, Ashburton R.S.A. Cox Street.

9.00am HAKATERE MARAE. 9.00am Marae Health Clinic - Postponed until ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens further notice.

9.30am Road, Allenton.

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– Application for Resource Consent, Corner of South Street & East Street, Ashburton

– Application for Alteration to a Designation Ashburton District Council has received an application for an alteration to designation under s.181 of the Resource Management Act 1991 from New Zealand Transport Agency for the alteration to the existing designation at the intersection of East Street and South Street (SH1) in Ashburton.

Requiring Authority: New Zealand Transport Agency Address for service: New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), PO Box 1479, Christchurch 8140.

Attn: Mr Tony Spowart Application number(s): DES14/0001 Location: East Street / South Street Intersection, State Highway 1 Legal Description: Pt. Res 953 Details of proposed activity and types of consents: This is an application to widen Designation 55 to provide sufficient land at the East Street / South Street intersection on State Highway 1, to facilitate the installation of traffic signals at the intersection and the construction of two lanes of east bound traffic and left and right turning lanes from East St to South St. The area of land required is a strip measuring 93.19 m at its maximum length, 3.32 m at its maximum width and a total maximum area of 174m2.

The proposal will involve the removal of at least five and up to seven mature trees.

The physical extent of the proposed alteration will protect sufficient land for the construction, operation and maintenance of the signalized intersection.

Full details of the application can be viewed at: • • • • •

Ashburton District Council, Ground Floor, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton Ashburton Library, Havelock Street, Ashburton Methven i-SITE, 160 Main Street, Methven Rakaia Mobil Petrol Station, 50 Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia Ashburton District Council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Section 95A of the Resource Management Act 1991 The Ashburton District Council has received the following application for resource consent: Applicant: Progressive Enterprises Ltd (PEL) Address for service: Zomac Planning Solutions Ltd, PO Box 103, Whangaparoa 0932. Attn: Mike Foster Application number(s): LUC14/0083 Location: Corner of East Street and South Street, Ashburton Legal Description: Lot 1-3 DP16897, Pt Lot 1 DP 74977, Lot 4 DP16887 Details of proposed activity and types of consents: This is an application for the demolition of existing industrial buildings, erection and operation of a 4200m2 Countdown Supermarket, and landscaping and 207 customer car parking spaces.

Full details of the application can be viewed at: • Ashburton District Council, Ground Floor, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton • Ashburton Library, Havelock Street, Ashburton • Methven i-SITE, 160 Main Street, Methven • Rakaia Mobil Petrol Station, 50 Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia • Ashburton District Council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz If you have any queries about the application please phone Ashburton District Council on 03 307 7700 and ask to speak to Mary McConnell, Planning Department.

Making a submission: Any person may make a submission on the application. You may do so by sending a written submission to Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740, Attention: Planning Department.

If you have any queries about the application please phone Ashburton District Council on 03 307 7700 and ask to speak to Mary McConnell, Planning Department.

Visit our notified applications page on the Council website for more information about making a submission and for a copy of the submission form.

Making a submission: Any person may make a submission on the application. You may do so by sending a written submission to Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740, Attention: Planning Department.

Note that a copy of the submission must also be sent to the applicant at the address for service stated above as soon as reasonably practicable.

Visit our notified applications page on the Council website for more information about making a submission and for a copy of the submission form.

Note that a copy of the submission must also be sent to the applicant at the address for service stated above as soon as reasonably practicable.

Submission closing date: Ashburton District Council must receive your submission no later than 5.00pm on 14 November 2014.

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CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse MOTORING selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and VEHICLE GROOMING, cars, Flooring, Burnett Street. utes etc. Interior, Exterior, cut and polish. We can pick up COMPUTER PROBLEMS? and deliver, Robinson Street.

For Prompt, Reliable Service Auto Groomers, 13 Robinson contact Kelvin Boult, KJB St, phone Paul 027 887 4786.

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 308 8989.

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GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE - Creek Road. Small furniture items, paintings picture frames art materials artists easels, various ornaments etc.

Saturday, October 18. Signs out 9am. Enquiries phone 308 4533.

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GFE. Phone calls only. 027 448 7011.

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Saturday October 18 First Race 12.25pm

See some of the SPRING STARS race in the $50,000 Ray Coupland Stakes for 3yo and $25,000 EA Networks Ashburton Cup plus a host of promising performers on the undercard.

WIN on-course in the Lucky Punter draw or the Punters Club.

Band, great food options and children’s entertainment.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Pay attention to any work/life balance tensions that have crept in over the last few days, especially as they’re vague enough to be ignored.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) As things start coming together on the work front and with the next 8 days requiring your full attention, there are a mix of reminders and support today.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Venus’ alignment with the North Node is the first in your romantic sector since 1997 and brings your heart face to face with its destiny.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Venus aligns with the North Node in your home and family sector, not only giving you a sense of what’s possible but of what you really want.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) There’s a need to hold back as long as possible, spending some valuable time considering your options, mapping out a rough game plan.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Today’s lunar vibes are giving you an intuitive sense of timing, of people and situations, as well as a chance to read between the lines.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) In stark contrast to last week’s total lunar eclipse in your relationship sector you’re gaining a better sense of perspective on both fronts.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

MCTIGUE, Marion Sandra – Please note all late death On October 13, 2014. notices or notices sent outSuddenly at home in side ordinary office hours Methven. Aged 67 years. must be emailed to: Dearly loved wife of the late deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Kerry. Loved mother and to ensure publication. mother in law of Geoff and Mandy, and Erin and Wayne During office hours notices may also be sent to: Duff.

Grandmother of Ashleigh, and Holly. classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Messages to 23B Lampard Any queries Street, Methven 7730. A please contact memorial service for Marion 0800 will take place at the Methven ASHBURTON on FRIDAY, Cemetery (0800-274-287).

October 17 commencing at 3.00pm.

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MCTIGUE, Marion – Loved sister (twin) of Judith Thomson, Carol Edwards, and Peter Muckle, sister in law of Alastair, Richard, and Karen and loved aunt of all her nieces and nephews.

OWEN, Janet Dian – On October 12, 2014 peacefully in Wanganui Hospital surrounded by her loving family, aged 77 years.

Dearly beloved wife of Bernie for 55 years. Much loved mother and mother in law of Craig and Carra (Wellington), Don and Itu (Auckland), Scott and Fiona (Te Awamutu), and Mary Bennett. A dearly loved grandma of Arohaina, Rikki; Angela, John, Torika, Nadia, Justine; Daniel, Samantha, and Courtney. A loved great grandma of Jakob, Isabella, Addison and James. Loved sister and sister in law of Jim (deceased) and Elizabeth (Auckland), Peter (Dunedin), and Alison and Bob (Ashburton). Special thanks to the Walker family, John and Kerry, and Leith, Amber, and Makayla for their wonderful support. Many thanks to the staff at Wanganui Hospital.

A celebration of Janet's life was held in the Forrest Lawn Chapel, 208 Guyton Street, Wanganui on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 1.30pm and was followed by private cremation.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Donna discovers she has lost her invested savings, leading her to take up Rhona’s offer to move in with her and Paddy. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm May The Best House Win 3pm Selling Houses Australia Joe and Iris live on a two-and-a-half acre block in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, but the upkeep is becoming too much for 71-year-old Joe. 0 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:55 Stitch! 3 0 7:20 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:45 The League Of Super Evil 0 8:15 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle USA PGR 1:30 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:28 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:30 Adventure Time PGR 3 0 4pm Dog With A Blog 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Bella faces trouble in Spaces 0 paradise; Wendy fights for her 8:30 N Love Child AO Series rights. 0 based on the forced adoptions 7:30 Police Ten 7 PGR that took place in Australia in A disqualified driver learns the mid-20th century, set in the hard way that honesty is Kings Cross, 1969. 0 the best policy. 0 9:35 Coverband AO Matt is left in 8pm Renters PGR 0 charge of the Roach Room as 8:30 The Flash PGR 0 Don goes on a marital retreat, 9:30 Arrow AO 0 and things go to plan until Jukebox turns up. 0 10:30 Hell’s Kitchen AO 0 10:05 Short Poppies PGR 0 10:35 One News 0 11:05 Trauma Investigators AO 11:30 Police Ten 7 PGR 3 0 12:05 Michel Roux’s Service 3 Midnight Rizzoli And Isles AO 3 0 1:20 Te Karere 3 2 0 12:55 RBT 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 1:45 Infomercials 2:20 Vampire Diaries AO 3 0 3:10 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0 Jane By Design 3:55 Bethenny PGR 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Lonely Planet’s Year Of Adventures 7:30 Wild At Heart 8:30 Sophie In The Souk 9am The Cook And The Chef 9:30 Storage Hoarders 10:30 Million Dollar Contractor 11am Carter Can 11:30 American Restoration Noon The Wild West With Ray Mears 12:30 Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 1pm Best Of Fishing NZ 1:30 IFish 2pm Lonely Planet’s Year Of Adventures 3pm The Best Of The Jonathan Ross Show PGR 4pm Sicily With Aldo And Enzo 4:30 Catch And Cook – World 5pm My Dream Derelict Home With Simon O’Brien.

6pm Million Dollar Contractor 6:30 Carter Can 7pm Lost And Sold 7:30 Luke Nguyen’s France 8:05 The Flying Winemaker 8:40 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 10pm Sophie In The Orient 10:30 Lost And Sold 11pm My Dream Derelict Home With Simon O’Brien.

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Midnight Million Dollar Contractor 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Best Of The Jonathan Ross Show PGR 2am Sicily With Aldo And Enzo 2:30 Catch And Cook – World 3am Carter Can 3:30 Eco-Challenge 4am Luke Nguyen’s France 4:40 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

TV THREE 6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR Dr Oz gives quick tips for increasing muscle mass and getting rid of belly fat.

11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO An ultimatum for a hoarding mother.

1:55 The Block NZ 3 0 3pm The Real Housewives Of OC PGR 3:55 Rachael Ray 4:55 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals Jamie makes broccoli orecchiette with courgette and bocconcini salad, and prosciutto and melon salad. 0 5:25 Million Dollar Minute 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block NZ PGR The next room-reveal day approaches; Mark challenges the teams’ artistic skills. 0 8:40 N CSI AO Finlay deals with a bomb planted in her car; Russell receives a call from someone who claims to be the Gig Harbour killer. 0 9:40 Motive AO 0 10:40 The Paul Henry Show

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 The Winx Club 7:55 Rocko’s Modern Life 3 8:25 Chuggington 8:35 Humf 3 8:40 Peppa Pig 3 8:55 Bob The Builder 3 9:05 Thomas And Friends 3 9:15 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Smash! Music and entertainment presented by Marty Hehewerth and Stephanie Monks.

6pm The Nanny 3 0 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 3 0 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 8pm American Dad PGR A female alien is discovered in the woods by Francine and Roger, who begins a relationship with her.

8:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR 9pm South Park AO 9:30 bro’ Town PGR 3 0 10pm Nitro Circus Live PGR 10:30 Awake AO

11:10 Bones AO 3 A scavenger hunt 11:25 Entertainment Tonight 11:50 Infomercials ensues when a message written in human blood is found at a national monument. 0 12:05 CSI – NY AO 3 Lindsay is injured when a shooter attempts to kill a political candidate.

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THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Parking Wars PGL 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Pearl Islands PG 9:55 SVU MV 10:45 NCIS PGV 11:35 NCIS – LA MV 12:25 Criminal Minds 16VS 1:15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 2:30 Law And Order MV 3:20 Survivor – Pearl Islands PG 4pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Parking Wars PGL 5:30 NCIS – LA MV 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Parking Wars PGL 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 The Musketeers MVLS 9:35 Matador MVLS 10:35 SVU MV 11:35 NCIS PGV

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12:35 Survivor – Pearl Islands PG 1:15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:40 Law And Order MV 2:30 SVU MV 3:20 The Musketeers MVLS 4:20 Matador MVLS 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

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6am Sky Sport – What’s On 6:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Counties Manukau v Auckland.

7am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Waikato v Bay of Plenty.

7:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Otago v Manawatu. 8am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) 9am Cricket – International (Highlights) India v West Indies. 9:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 10am Football – A-League (Highlights) Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory. 10:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 11am Golf Central 11:30 Golf – Champions Tour (Highlights) 12:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) 1pm Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) 2:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) 4pm Beijing Triathlon 5pm Cricket – International (Highlights) 5:30 Netball – Constellation Cup (Highlights) 6pm Netball – New Zealand Secondary Schools 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7pm Mainfreight Rugby 8pm Total Rugby 7:30 The Millers PGR 8:30 #SkyRugby – Engage 8pm Modern Family PGR 9pm Fox Sports News A dinner is filled by awkward silences when Cam and Mitch 9:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Wellington decide not to talk about the Phoenix v Perth Glory. wedding or Lily; Haley turns 10pm Basketball – NBL the tables when Phil and Championship (Highlights) Claire express concern for her Perth Wildcats v New Zealand future.

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8:30 N Downton Abbey PGR 10pm Secrets of Manor House PGR 10:30 Netball – Constellation Cup (Replay) Fourth Test – 3 New Zealand v Australia.

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 1pm The Test PGR Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions.

1:55 MythBusters PGR 3 3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 3:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3 Jules Hudson helps a couple from Northern Ireland relocate to the country to be closer to their children and grandchildren.

11pm The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Waka Ama 2013 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 5:30 Te Kaea 2

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12:30 Netball – New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship 1:30 Motorsport – FIA Formula One Championship (Highlights) 2am Motorsport – Global RallyCross Championship 3am Beijing Triathlon 4am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay)

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Bitter Tears.

7:30 Man v Wild PG Romania.

8:30 MythBusters PG Toilet Bomb.

9:30 Deadliest Catch M Blonde Ambition.

10:30 Abalone Wars M 11:30 Nightmare Next Door M 12:30 Deadline Crime With Tamron Hall M A Mother’s Mission.

1:30 Scorned – Love Kills M 2:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG Women Drivers.

4:30 Bering Sea Gold – Under The Ice PG Fractures On the Mend.

5:30 MythBusters M Battle of the Sexes.

6:30 Naked And Afraid M 8:30 Commandos PG 9:30 Manhunt M Philippines.

10:30 Naked And Afraid M Primal Fear.

11:30 Blood Relatives M Death Mask Divorcee.

FRIDAY

12:30 Disappeared M 1:30 Beauty Queen Murders PG 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch M Slow Burn. 4am Disappeared PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

6am Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day Two. 7:30 Netball – Constellation Cup (Highlights) Fourth Test – New Zealand v Australia.

8am Basketball – NBL Championship (Replay) Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers.

10am Netball – Constellation Cup (Replay) Fourth Test – New Zealand v Australia.

Love Child Coverband Noon Netball Zone 8:30pm on TV One 9:35pm on TV One 12:30 The Golf Fix 1:30 Golf – Big Break NFL MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS 2:30 Golf – Chasing The Dream 3:30 Golf Focus 7:40 Ghost Rider MV 2007 7:05 Paranoia MVL 2013 Thriller.

4:30 Golf Central Action. Nicolas Cage, Wes Bentley, Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford.

5pm Golfing World 8:50 Homefront 16VL 2013 Action. Eva Mendes.

5:30 Inside The PGA Tour 9:30 The Wrestler 16VLS 2008 Jason Statham, James Franco.

6pm Rugby Nation Drama. Mickey Rourke.

10:30 The Lords Of Salem 16VLS 7pm Football – A-League 11:20 The Importance Of 2012 Horror. Sheri Moon Zombie, Highlights Show Being Earnest 2002 Comedy.

Bruce Davison.

7:30 Fox Sports News 12:10 The Heat MVLS 2013 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon.

12:55 The Whole Nine Yards MVLS 8pm Netball – Constellation Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy.

2000 Crime Comedy. Bruce Willis, Cup (Highlights) Fourth Test – New 2:05 Paranoia MVL 2013 Thriller.

Matthew Perry.

Zealand v Australia. From The Trusts Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford.

Arena in Auckland.

3:50 Homefront 16VL 2013 Action. 2:35 Lara Croft – Tomb Raider MV 2001 Action Adventure.

8:30 Netball Zone A full wrapJason Statham, James Franco.

Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight. up of the weekend’s matches, 5:30 Freezer 16VL 2013 Thriller.

4:15 The Kids Are All Right 16LS and interviews with players and Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli.

2010 Drama. Julianne Moore, coaches from the New Zealand 6:55 Red Dawn MVL 2012 Action.

Annette Bening.

Championship.

Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson. 6:05 Traffic MVLC 2000 Crime.

9pm L Hockey – Sultan Of 8:30 Delivery Man ML 2013 Michael Douglas, Catherine ZetaJohor Cup New Zealand v Pakistan.

Comedy. Vince Vaughn.

Jones, Benicio Del Toro.

From Malaysia.

10:20 You’re Next 18VL 8:30 Win A Date With Tad 10:35 Sky Sport – What’s On 2011 Horror. Sharni Vinson, Hamilton! MS 2004 Romantic 11pm Fox Sports News Nicholas Tucci.

Comedy.

11:55 Let Go M 2011 Comedy.

10:10 Jumper MVL 2008 Adventure. 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild David Denman, Kevin Hart.

FRIDAY 11:40 Harold And Kumar Go To Midnight Mainfreight Rugby White Castle 16LS 2004 Comedy.

FRIDAY 1am Total Rugby 1:45 Freezer 16VL 2013 Thriller.

FRIDAY 1:30 #SkyRugby – Engage Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli.

1:05 Dead Man’s Shoes 18VL 2am Football – Westfield FFA 3:10 You’re Next 18VL 2011 Horror. 2004 Thriller. 2:35 The Kids Are Cup (Replay) Quarter-final One. 4:45 The Making Of Fast And All Right 16LS 2010 Drama. 4:20 Furious 6 PG Lara Croft – Tomb Raider MV 2001 4am Football – A-League (Replay) Sydney FC v Melbourne City.

5am Red Dawn MVL 2012 Action.

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Dan Vettori’s keenly awaited comeback for New Zealand produced a tidy 10 overs for 43 against the Scots at Lincoln yesterday.

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Scots go close to boilover Unfancied Scotland came within a decent blow of embarrassing a New Zealand XI full of World Cup-bound players at Lincoln yesterday.

Maybe the chill in the Canterbury air was more suited to the visitors but the NZ XI escaped with a one-run win in a game they had a grip on early in the chase, then should have lost at the death.

Scotland, one of four associate member countries who have qualified for the Cup early next year, had the NZ XI in trouble at 209 for nine before some late hitting by Kyle Mills and Matt Henry got the hosts up to 263.

Captain Brendon McCullum

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and allrounder Corey Anderson made half centuries in between several misses from other batsmen.

With Scotland 41-3 in reply, the NZ XI were well in charge.

However, a 111-run stand between Hamish Gardiner (54) and Matt Machan, who hit a fine run-a-ball 86, righted the Scottish ship.

Freddie Coleman’s bracing 56 pushed Scotland ever closer to what would have been a celebrated win.

The Scots needed seven off the final over with last pair Alasdair Evans and Majid Haq together. When Evans inside edged Mitch McClenaghan’s

third ball for four, they needed just two off three balls, but could not finish the job.

Evans was run out, sprawling into the bowler’s end, leaving the visitors an agonising run short of a tie.

Dan Vettori’s keenly awaited comeback produced a tidy 10 overs for 43.

The NZ XI play Ireland in Hamilton on Saturday. Scotland face Canterbury tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the South Africans have arrived in New Zealand ahead of their three-game ODI series, starting at Mt Maunganui on Tuesday.

Senior fast bowler Dale Steyn said New Zealand was a dark

horse for the World Cup, though skipper AB de Villiers took a different tack.

“I’d call them one of the favourites,” he said. “We know what they’re capable of, and especially in these kind of conditions. They must be very motivated to do well.”

Although the South African Cup squad hasn’t been named, de Villiers was reluctant to call this tour a trial for players in his group.

“I wouldn’t like the guys to think that way,” he said.

“I’m not saying this 15 will be the final 15 but they’re definitely good enough to be the World Cup squad.

“No one is ever irreplaceable.

All 15 know they’ve got to perform to stay in the side, and it’s the same message for the guys back home. It’s not over yet, there could still be a place up for grabs.”

The tour is an opportunity to give new tourists to New Zealand a feel of the conditions with the cup in mind, but paramount for de Villiers is he wants victories.

South Africa won all three ODIs on their last trip in 2012, but the most recent series between the countries went New Zealand’s way early last year in the republic.

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