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Racers take part in Methven’s Mountain Thunder motorcycle event before it was called off due to the tragic death of a Christchurch racer.

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Methven race ends in tragedy

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The 25-year-old Christchurch man who died following a crash at the Mountain Thunder motorcycle event in Methven on Saturday, has been named as Ruaraidh McLeod.

A police spokesperson said the matter is now before the Coroner and no further information would be released at this time.

The tragedy occurred at 12.50pm with the motorcyclist dying at the scene after initially suffering critical injuries in

the crash. In a statement posted to the Mountain Thunder website, Methven Lions president, Richard Watson, said it was with regret that they confirmed the fatal accident involving a rider.

“All remaining races were cancelled,” he said.

“Methven Lions would like to offer their sincere condolences to the family of the bereaved man.”

He said they were co-operating fully with the Christchurch Police Serious Crash Unit and directed further inquiries to Christchurch Police.

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Police extended their sympathy to his family and friends at this sad time and said McLeod’s family had requested privacy.

The Dubliner Mountain Thunder is an annual motorcycle street race held in the town centre of Methven every Easter Saturday, involving racers from across New Zealand.

The race’s official website says it is hosted by the Methven Lions Club who join with Classic Action Motorcycle Sport (CAMS) from Christchurch to stage the event.

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■ COLD WEATHER

Shortage of warm blankets

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Salvation Army family store manager Maria Macdonald.

An early snap of cold weather is putting pressure on Ashburton charity op shops.

Salvation Army food bank manager Judith Lilley said food supplies were holding up at this point, however there was a real shortage of bedding and warm clothing.

“At the moment we need blan-

kets, duvets, warm jerseys and jackets,” she said.

Pressure on the foodbank would probably kick in as the cold weather started to bite and cashstrapped families faced hefty home heating bills, she said.

St Vincent de Paul food bank manager Paul Thomas said the situation was similar at St Vinnies, but furniture was also urgently required for the many new

families arriving in the district.

“Beds are at a premium and blankets are always welcome – they go out as soon as they arrive,” Thomas said.

“However, we also need tables, chairs and lounge suites.”

Thomas said a higher than usual number of families were moving from the Auckland region to settle in Ashburton and this was putting pressure on the service.

“Many of them can’t afford to shift their furniture and arrive here with none, then they can’t afford to replace it,” he said.

Immigrant families often find Mid Canterbury winters much colder than they had anticipated and required assistance with bedding and clothing.

The district’s charities work together closely to meet the needs of clients.

■ BIG LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY

Show to challenge Big Little Theatre Company actors By susaN saNdys

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Big Little Theatre Company actors are preparing to present the heart-warming and action-packed musical Children of Eden.

Directed by Bryan Aitken and musically directed by Keeneth Love, both of Christchurch, Children of Eden will stage at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre from July 13 to 16.

Big Little director Jackie Heffernan said Children of Eden premiered in the West End in London in 1991, when she was lucky enough to see it.

“I went back twice, I loved it that much,” Heffernan said.

“For our company, it provides an outstanding challenge; creating opportunities for in-depth acting and singing.”

The show’s powerful script is based on the Book of Genesis, and depicts human struggle as the characters are torn between life choices.

Heffernan said the show’s actors included all those in the senior classes, and it would be a great opportunity for those older students following on from their outstanding work in the company’s production of Blood Brothers two years ago.

It would be the first Big Little show involving collaboration with community-based adults and arts-based groups, and there would be a live orchestra from Christchurch.

She was still on the lookout for keen singers to make up a backing choir.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity for anyone that can and loves to sing,” she said.

Children of Eden musical director Keeneth Love and actor Maddie Webb, 10, rehearse for the upcoming Big Little Theatre Company production.

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■ ASHBURTON TRAFFIC

Money, not need, driving solutions

BY SUE NEWMAN

The two intersections had to be treated as one and that made it a transProgress on three key port agency project, McAshburton roading Cann said. projects are in limbo as “I told them I thought a battle of wits is fought this would be great timover their funding. ing with the work alOn one side is the ready under way at the Ashburton District intersection, but they’ve Council and on the said if we’re prepared to other, the NZ Transport front up with the East Agency and at stake are Neil McCann Street money they’ll do the timing of Ashburton’s second river bridge build, it right away.”

When it came to the second the installation of traffic lights at Walnut Avenue with West and bridge, programmed for design East streets and finding a solution work in 2024 and construction in 2026, the council wanted this to to traffic snarl-ups in Tinwald.

The transport agency wants be moved up the priority list, bethe council to pay 49 per cent of cause traffic problems were escathe costs of the bridge and all of lating through town.

At the end of the day, it again the costs for the East Street lights, but the council says the agency came back to funding, he said.

“I know the council is unlikely should pay because the high traffic volumes are a national prob- to put money into the second bridge, it’s an NZTA problem and lem, not a local one.

Last week council staff met with they should solve it but they’re the agency and made a bid for adopting the stance that they’ll work on both the lights and the pay 51 per cent and we pay the second bridge to be moved up the rest.”

The project will come with a to do list.

They came away without any price tag that could top $30 milassurance that timings would lion, with the council’s share of change, said service delivery this likely to be around $14 million. manager Neil McCann.

If the bridge project was pushed “We wanted to make sure these projects were in the Regional Land up the programme, it would solve Transport programme so they can many of the traffic problems be put into our long-term plan,” in Tinwald and would ease the congestion bottleneck created at he said.

The agency continued to play the redeveloped East and South hardball over funding, McCann streets intersection, McCann said.

“We’re at a bit of an impasse resaid, maintaining its position where it would pay only 51 per ally. We got nothing out of them, cent of the second bridge costs but we want to keep this at the and for the West Street lights only. front of their minds to let them The council was not prepared know there is increasing awareto hand over the $1 million plus ness that driving through Ashburneeded for the East Street lights. ton is stressful.”

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■ TINWALD SCHOOL

First haircut a big deal for Courtney Tinwald School student Courtney Ross had her first haircut on Thursday at a special school assembly.

It was the first time Ross had her haircut as she had been waiting for it to be long enough to be donated to Freedom Hair. The organisation uses donated hair to create wigs for people who require them for medical reasons,

such as cancer or alopecia.

Along with Tinwald School, money was raised to be donated to the Children’s Cancer Foundation. At the time of the assembly, $2304 had been raised.

Ross was not alone in sitting in the hairdresser’s chair, with school principal Peter Livingstone having his head shaved in support and to raise money

through sponsorship for the foundation.

The entire school also got behind the day, having a mufti day with students challenged to come to school with the wackiest hair they could. Students then voted for the best hairdo from each class, with the winning student collecting an Easter egg prize.

Vegetable prices set to rise Kiwis will be forking out more for winter vegetables with weeks of record-level rainfall wiping out crops.

It has been a chaotic few weeks for storm-battered New Zealand, as the Tasman Tempest and Cyclones Debbie and Cook drenched the country, causing widespread flooding and damage.

With crops swamped in growing regions such as Pukekohe and Levin, winter staples includ-

ing broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and lettuce will be in short supply.

President of produce industry body United Fresh, Jerry Prendergast, said prices would rise as a result. As yet, there had not been any “massive spikes”.

The rainfall had also caused unusual gaps on supermarket shelves.

“We might end up seeing flushes over the next few months of certain lines but other lines

won’t be there for a week or so,” said Prendergast.

“You have to be prepared to be a little bit flexible. That way you’ll find you still get really good value, you’ll still be able to meet your budget requirements, you’ll still get five plus a day.

“It’s about thinking a little bit differently because we have got so used to walking in to a retailer and...expecting to have the full range available every day of the week.”

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■ TOWN WATER NETWORK

Network widens reach

By Sue NewmaN

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People living on the eastern outskirts of Ashburton will soon have the benefit of a town water supply to their gate.

After several months of consultation with property owners in the area, the Ashburton District Council has signed off a project that will make a town water supply available to people on Northpark Road between Bremners and Taits roads, on Taits Road

from Glassworks Road and on Glassworks Road between Taits and Company roads.

The council last year received a request from 12 Tait’s Road property owners who wanted access to the urban water supply. Some had been experiencing problems with their bore supply and were looking for a permanent solution.

All property owners were consulted and 17 of the 31 said they supported the council undertak-

ing investigations into a water main extension.

The council prepared design work for the extension and decided to expand the connection option to a wider area.

In total this bought 57 households into the net.

Of those only 29 responded to a survey carried out in March asking whether or not they supported the work.

Of those replying, 23 said they supported the extension while

just one did not. Five did not indicate. Eleven said they would connect immediately they were able, four said they would do so within four months and six within five years.

The costs of the extension will be spread over the 57 properties at a cost of $7985 inclusive of GST. This includes a connection fee of $1368 and for those who opt to connect there will also be a $925 development contribution fee.

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Cooking up a feast of Easter treats Easter treats can extend beyond a chocolate egg, and Kitchen Kapers had a few offerings of different Easter-time treats for someone with a sweet-tooth.

Locally-made icing eggs lined

the shelves, while freshly baked Simnel cakes cooled on racks behind the counter.

“Simnel cakes are a traditional Easter fruit cake with marzipan baked in to them with marzipan

on top as well,” said staff member Peter Allan.

“There are 11 balls on top of each cake and they are to represent the 12 apostles, minus Judas of course.”

A Polish round-the-world solo yachtsman stranded in the south Pacific Ocean had to be convinced to leave his vessel, Maritime New Zealand says.

Rescuers had to go as far as to fly a Polish speaker four hours in a Defence Force plane to talk him off the yacht.

Sixty-four-year-old Gregor Wegrzyn set off an emergency beacon 2700 metres east of Christchurch when his yacht Regina R suffered a steering failure on Thursday and a New Zealand Air Force Orion found him on Friday.

But he was reluctant to leave his yacht when the cargo vessel Key Opus arrived to rescue him on Saturday afternoon, the Rescue Co-ordination Centre New Zealand said.

An Air Force Orion arrived on scene just after 9am yesterday with a Polish speaker on board.

Weather conditions in the area were rough throughout the operation with 25 knot winds and a three metre swell.

RCCNZ is now broadcasting a warning for other vessels that the yacht is drifting in the area.

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In brief Series of quakes Whanganui was rocking and rolling at the weekend with a series of quakes recorded in the region.

The most recent was at 7.59pm on Saturday night and was recorded

by Geonet as a “light” magnitude 3.3. It was 19km deep and centred 25km southwest of Whanganui. At 9.36am a 3.8 magnitude moderate shake was recorded south of the town at 12km deep.

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Baby critical A one-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being pulled from a pond in Hawke’s Bay. Emergency services were called to the showgrounds in Hastings about 4.37pm yesterday, police say. The boy was taken to hospital where he was listed as critical but responsive.

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River overflows A family has been rescued and homes are being evacuated after a Waikato river breached its stopbank. Police say a small number of homes near Patetonga have been evacuated after the Piako River river flooded yesterday morning. The extent of the damage to homes is still not yet known but all affected residents have been accounted for. - NZME

Driver sought A man who allegedly rammed a police car during a pursuit in the Coromandel Peninsula is still on the run. Police say they set up spikes in several locations after the driver of the stolen vehicle fled towards Tairua when they tried to pull him over at 10am yesterday.

Ten minutes later the driver rammed a police vehicle, putting it out of action, before he fled again.

No one was injured in the crash.

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Capturing that perfect shot

BY SUSAN SANDYS

Right – Aurora Australis and the Milky Way at Wakanui Beach late last month, in a photographic composition stitched together from a panorama of several shots.

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In 2014 Bailey Chambers of Ashburton started taking photos with a cheap cellphone.

Three years later and he has upgraded to a Canon 760D, and taken thousands of photos.

The 17-year-old Ashburton College student can be found out at all times of the day and night trying to capture that perfect shot.

He is grateful he has supportive family and friends, who are all too keen to take the opportunity to see some cool scenery and take him to photographic locations.

He is also a member of the Ashburton Photographic Society, and enjoys picking up tips from fellow members.

One of his latest photography successes was getting a spectacular panorama shot of the Aurora Australis (southern lights) at Wakanui Beach late last month.

Getting the right conditions for the lights to be shot involves monitoring a website, which informs when Kp numbers are high enough. On this particular evening, all was going well, so Bailey set off with tripod and camera in tow and started taking photos about 10pm.

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It was an early night in comparison to some jobs he does, as getting a beautiful night sky shot will sometimes have him out after midnight.

Landscapes are among his favourite, particularly those of

mountains, and locations he has taken his camera to include Castle Hill, Mt Sunday and Peak Hill.

Another subject he likes to capture is vehicles at car shows.

Bailey shares many of his images on his Bailey Chambers

Photography Facebook page.

Bailey plans to go into farm contracting after finishing Year 13 this year, but plans to always keep his camera handy as he cultivates his photographic skills further.

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■ EDGECUMBE FLOODING

In brief

Sightseers slowing clean-up Sightseers looking to get a glimpse of flood-devastated Edgecumbe have drawn the ire of those trying to clean up the town.

An army of 150 volunteers is out in the Bay of Plenty town as residents return to their flooddamaged homes.

The Ngati Awa Volunteer Army has joined the regional and district councils with helping owners of flooded homes in removing their worst-affected belongings and cleaning silt from public areas.

But Whakatane District Mayor Tony Bonne said volunteers had been reporting steady stream of sightseers driving around the town and getting in the way on Sunday.

“This is frustrating and annoying for the volunteers and residents working on the clean-up,” he said.

“If you are concerned for the people of Edgecumbe then come and help with the clean-up.”

The district council has opened volunteer registrations on its website.

About 1600 residents were evacuated from the town nine days ago when a floodwall gave

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The clean-up is under way in Edgecumbe after the recent flooding. way as former Cyclone Debbie crossed New Zealand.

They’ve have been slowly trickling back in, but many homes have been left too damaged to be lived in at present.

More than 680 people have already also registered as volunteers at the Ruaihona Marae Recovery Centre and many set to work this weekend.

Boil water notices remain in place across much of the Whakatane District and water tankers have been brought in to Ruatoki, Taneatua, Waimana and Edgecumbe.

State Highway 2 remains closed at the Waimana Gorge due to a large slip and is not expected to reopen until midweek.

Galatea Road at Te Mahoe and

Waimana end of Stanley Road are also shut.

Whakatane Civil Defence has urged residents not to hose or wash mud into drains or the stormwater system.

“Mud and silt in the system may block pipes and cause flooding when further rain comes,” Civil Defence Controller Paula Chapman said.

Residents are being urged to pile silt on their berms until they are collected over the next few days.

The Rautahi Marae Civil Defence Centre closed at noon on Sunday, with evacuees being transferred to the Edgecumbe War Memorial Hall.

Power companies were on Sunday morning also still working to restore electricity to hundreds of mainly rural properties around the North Island , after lines were downed by Cyclone Cook on Thursday night.

Lines company Horizon said repairs in the Bay of Plenty were taking longer than anticipated, while some pockets in the Hawke’s Bay are not expected to have power until Monday, according to Unison.

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■ EASTER TRADING

Fundraising Easter Sunday trading a first for some page closed A man charged in relation to New Zealand’s biggest cocaine bust who was asking Kiwis to help fund his legal defence has now closed a fundraising page online.

Gonzalo Rivera-Pavon, 30, fellow Mexican national Augustini Suarez, 44, and American Ronald Cook Snr, 56, were arrested in July after Customs found 35kg of the drug inside a 400kg diamanteencrusted horse head statue that arrived by plane from Mexico.

All three have pleaded not guilty to charges of importing and possessing the drug, which had an estimated street value of $14 million.

The Herald on Sunday revealed yesterday that, a month before the trio are set to go on trial at the Auckland High Court, a Givealittle fundraising page had been set up in Rivera-Pavon’s name and was asking people to donate money for his legal fees.

As of Saturday night six people had donated, bringing the total to $2745.

No further donations were made after the Herald on Sunday published the story yesterday and the page has been closed.

It was set up by Melanie Bachi who described herself as a good friend of Rivera-Pavon. RiveraPavon’s Facebook page has also been disabled.

Neither he or Bachi responded to requests for comment.

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Some businesses traded legally on Easter Sunday for the first time.

A new law passed late last year allowed local councils to permit shops within their districts to open on Easter Sunday, if they wished to do so.

About a third of councils around the country introduced policies allowing retailers to open on Easter Sunday if they

choose, Small Business Minister Jacqui Dean says.

The new law levelled the playing field by taking away loopholes that, for example, allowed a garden centre to open, but not a hardware store that contained a garden centre.

Retail New Zealand says it’s pleased that 25 councils around the country have so far adopted a policy, and is optimistic that

others will be looking at the issue ahead of Easter 2018.

Retail NZ’s spokesman Greg Harford has said mostly business-friendly councils in “heartland New Zealand” had moved quickly, while the big cities such as Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin had yet to consider the issue formally.

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A 17-year-old has been found and rescued after becoming trapped on a cliff south of Tauranga.

Police say the teenage girl was reported missing in the Omanawa Gorge at about 3pm on Saturday, prompting a search by police, Land Search and Rescue, Tauranga’s NZ Response Team and volunteers, including her father. After hearing her voice about three hours later, a harness was used to pull her back up the cliff. As the sun set during the search, four volunteers at the bottom of the cliff face also eventually had to be pulled up by rope, Sergeant Craig Madden said.

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Man dies in river A Christchurch man who went to cool off in a West Coast river after being in hot pools has died.

Christchurch man Ben Gourdie was in hot pools with a group in Tyco Gorge near Jacksons when he went into Taipo River to cool off on Saturday night, Senior Sergeant Stu Koefoed says. The group the man was with activated a personal locator beacon just before midnight and the 29-year-old’s body was later found in the gorge.

His death has been referred to the coroner.

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Death ‘not suspicious’ The death of an 18-year-old at a Dunedin home was not suspicious, police say. Officers had been investigating after the man was found dead at a property in Cumberland Street on Saturday afternoon and were awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination. They yesterday said the death was not suspicious and has now been referred to the coroner.

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Arrest after hit and run A man is dead after an alleged hit and run in the Gisborne region.

Police say he died at the scene after being struck by a car on Tapuaeroa Road in Ruatoria at about 1am yesterday. Officers arrested a 29-year-old man shortly after.

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Home on-sold for extra $530k A retired couple who sold their dream home for nearly $2 million to a young family were mortified to learn the buyers immediately on-sold the property for half a million dollars more.

“My poor husband doesn’t even want to talk about it, he’s devastated,” Dianne Millar said.

“It is absolutely galling. We feel foolish. We feel stupid. I think that’s the hardest thing to get over because nobody likes to feel like that.”

Millar and her husband built and landscaped the sprawling four bedroom, four bathroom property on Redoubt Road in Flat Bush, where they lived for nearly 15 years.

Zhenfeng Xie and his wife Jessy Li visited the property with their children last year to collect a Trade Me purchase. They told Millar and her husband they

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loved the house and wanted to buy it for their family.

It was not on the market, but the pensioners decided to downsize and free up capital to help their own family.

They obtained a valuation then negotiated a price of $1.95 million and sold privately to Xie and Li in July, with settlement to occur on January 27 this year.

Xie and Li told the couple they planned to live in the house with their extended family from China.

But in February, just two weeks after settlement, Millar received a call from her sisterin-law saying the house was on the market.

Shocked, Millar attended an open home. The house was empty and just as she had left it.

But a bunch of flowers she had bought for the purchasers as a welcoming gift was displayed

on a bench. Millar eventually learned the property had been on-sold through First National for $2.48 million – more than twice its capital valuation – giving Xie and Li a $530,000 windfall.

The on-sale is yet to settle and the new owner is unknown.

Millar said she and her husband felt like “suckers” and in hindsight wished they had used a real estate agent.

Li said she and her husband had intended to live in the house but had trouble raising finance and were forced to sell.

She felt bad about what had transpired but had not set out to profit on Millar’s home.

While the mark-up was more than $500,000, their actual profit was “not huge” after paying capital gains tax, agency fees and steep interest payments on loans.

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One person is dead after a tanker and an SUV collided in Southland.

Emergency services were called to the crash on the RivertonWallacetown Highway near Oporo about 8am yesterday. The driver of the four-wheel drive died at the scene, police said.

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Sex charges An Auckland rugby coach is set to stand trial next year facing dozens of allegations of sexually abusing young boys. Alosio Taimo pleaded not guilty to 81 charges of sexual offending against children under 12 and teenage boys when he appeared at the High Court at Auckland on Wednesday. The charges included 25 of indecent assault against boys under 12, along with sexual connection with children and unlawful sexual connection with teenage boys, among others. While Justice Simon Moore lifted a suppression on Taimo’s name on Wednesday, he prohibited the publication of any schools or clubs he had been associated with.

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■ ASHBURTON TRUST EVENT CENTRE

Exciting 2017 programme

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BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Top entertainment is set to draw crowds at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre over the next few months.

The upcoming programme features a wide variety of acts, including national names such Tiki Taane and Rhys Darby.

Marketing co-ordinator Lisa Scammell said variety-wise she believed 2017 was turning out to be one of the most exciting years in the history of the event centre.

The programme would cater to audience members of all ages, she said.

On June 9 Tiki Taane Mahuta will be presented by Taki Rua and Aotearoa Aerial Theatre Company as part of a nationwide tour.

Both the show’s narrative and soundtrack emerge from award-winning Taane albums, and the Kiwi musician will play live alongside Sam Trevethick, supporting some of New Zealand’s best performers from the worlds of kapa haka, dance and theatre. The staging also features audiovisual projection from Aotearoa’s leading multimedia designers.

Rhys Darby will perform his show Mystic Time Bird at the centre on July 27. He will turn to the world of ancient mysticism to find answers to the world’s problems. “Are we truly free in this day and age or is alien technology guiding us into an even greater trap?” is among the big questions he will be addressing.

Russian ballet dancers will captivate audiences on April 26, when Moscow Ballet La Classique stages the all-time classic Swan Lake.

There is a range of plays and musical acts on the calendar, with the next one this Friday. Written by Kiwi playwright Dave Armstrong and funded by the NZ WW1 Centenary Fund, Anzac Eve is being promoted as an exciting new play about a disparate group of 20-somethings on their big OE who happen upon each other the night before Gallipoli dawn commemorations.

My Name is Moana, starring Moana Maniapoto, will be the next open hat night, on Sunday.

Scammell said the event centre’s open hat nights were growing in popularity, and attracting up to over 100 in the audience each time.

Locals are a big highlight on the exciting performance schedule this year. Ashburton’s own Liam Kennedy-Clark will put on a hometown concert on June 24, while Variety Theatre Ashburton’s The Addams Family is to stage next month.

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April 21 – Anzac Eve, an exciting new play about a disparate group of 20-somethings on their big OE, who happen upon each other the night before dawn commemorations at Gallipoli. To stage at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

April 23 – My Name is Moana at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 4pm, $23.

April 25 – Medals of Courage, hands-on activity at the Ashburton Art Gallery on Anzac Day. All finished medallions can be placed alongside the names on the cenotaph in Baring Square East.

April 26 – Moscow Ballet La Classique presents Swan Lake at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

April 28 – Too Many Chiefs band at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, open hat night.

To May 7 – Uncovered, the Ashburton Licensing Trust Collection, at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

April 30 – Jub Jub Club school holiday session textured landscapes at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

To May 7 – John Badcock, Portraits, at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

May 8 – The Ashburton Art Gallery’s exhibition spaces will be closed for 12 days for installation of a major new exhibition. The gallery shop and regular programmes will operate as normal.

May 13 – Ashburton Musical Club public concert Olivia Pike in Recital, 7.30pm, Sinclair Centre. Door sales $15, members $10, students free. Supper will be served.

May 14 – Mid Canterbury Choir presents a Mothers’ Day performance, The Heavens Declare, at St Stephens Anglican Church, 2pm.

May 20 – Variety Theatre Ashburton opens The Addams Family at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, to stage until May 27.

May 20 – Steve Carr, Variations for Troubled Hands, opening and artist talk, 2.30pm, at the Ashburton Art Gallery. Exhibition May 21 to June 24.

June 11 – Ashburton Musical Club Mid Winter Celebration, 2pm, Sinclair Centre. Arranged

by Margaret Hawkey. Visitors welcome, $5 at door, afternoon tea.

To August 23 – Mark Braunias Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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Mystery over missile A North Korean missile has exploded during launch, a high-profile failure that comes as a powerful US aircraft supercarrier approaches the Korean Peninsula in a show of force.

It wasn’t immediately clear what kind of missile was test-fired from the east coast city of Sinpo yesterday but the failure will sting in Pyongyang because it comes a day after one of the biggest North Korean propaganda events of the year celebrations of the 105th birthday of late North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, the current leader’s grandfather.

The North’s test firing can be seen as a message of defiance to the Trump administration in Washington, coming as it does on the day US Vice President Mike Pence is set to arrive in Seoul for talks on North Korea.

President Donald Trump was uncharacteristically quiet about the failed launch.

In a statement, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump and his military team “are aware of North Korea’s most recent unsuc-

cessful missile launch. The president has no further comment.”

Washington and Seoul will try hard to figure out what exactly North Korea fired.

This matters because while North Korea regularly launches short-range missiles, it is also developing mid-range and longrange missiles meant to target US troops in Asia and, eventually, the US mainland.

The ultimate goal is to have a full array of nuclear-tipped missiles in response to what Pyongyang says is hostility by Washington and Seoul meant to topple its government. North Korea is thought to have a small arsenal of atomic bombs and an impressive array of short- and mediumrange missiles.

Many outside analysts believe that North Korea has not yet mastered the technology to build warheads small enough to place on long-range missiles, though some civilian experts say North Korea can already build nuclear-tipped shorter range missiles that have South Korea and Japan within its striking range.

The US Pacific Command said in a statement that yesterday’s missile exploded on launch. South Korea’s Defence Ministry said it was analysing exactly how the North Korean launch failed. Neither military knew what kind of missile was fired.

In Seoul, South Korea’s presidential office convened a national security council meeting to examine security postures.

Always high animosity has risen on the Korean Peninsula in recent months, as the US and South Korea conduct annual war games that North Korea claims are invasion preparation and the North prepared for Saturday’s anniversary celebrations. A US aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, is heading to waters off Korea in a show of force.

Analysts warn that even failed missile launches provide valuable knowledge to North Korea as it tries to build its weapons program. The country launched a longrange rocket and conducted two nuclear tests last year, including its most powerful to date.

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Star Wars trailer unveiled The first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has dropped, showcasing a Luke Skywalker who just might be flirting with the dark side. Director Rian Johnson unveiled a teaser at the Star Wars Celebration fan event in Orlando. After he, producer Kathleen Kennedy and the cast chatted for an hour with host Josh Gadd, Johnson premiered a brief trailer for the much-anticipated next chapter in the Star Wars saga. The footage offered few clues but notably featured Mark Hamill’s Skywalker intoning from a dark cave that “it’s time for the Jedi to end.”

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■ UNITED STATES

Airline changes boarding rules United Airlines has changed its rule on commuting employees boarding its flights while not on duty after an incident which saw a passenger dragged off an overbooked flight in Chicago.

CNN reported yesterday that crew members and staff taking a United flight to get to another city for work will be required to check in one hour before departure.

This is meant to prevent ticketed passengers being asked to leave the plane after having taken their seats, a United spokeswoman said.

The incident on a flight preparing to leave Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport has sparked widespread outrage, calls for congressional hearings and a petition urging the airline’s chief executive to resign despite apologising to the passenger, his family and passengers on the flight.

The passenger in question was one of several chosen at random to leave the flight. His lawyer Thomas Demetrio said David Dao suffered a concussion, a broken nose, and lost two teeth.

A lawsuit has not been filed, but Demetrio has indicated one is forthcoming.

The airline also has refunded passengers the cost of their tickets, a spokesman for United said.

The incident has prompted a US congressman to propose legislation to prohibit airlines from forcibly removing passengers from flights to make room for other customers after they have already boarded the plane. - DPA

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A year after Prince died of an accidental drug overdose, his Paisley Park studio complex and home is now a museum and concert venue. Fans can now stream most of his classic albums, and a remastered Purple Rain album is due out in June along with two albums of unreleased music and two concert films from his vault. Prince left no known will and had no known children when he died last April 21, and the judge overseeing Prince’s estate has yet to formally declare six of his siblings as its heirs. However, those running the estate have taken steps to preserve his musical legacy and keep the cash coming in.

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World’s oldest person dies at 117 Emma Morano, who at 117 was believed to be the world’s oldest person and the last to be born in the 19th century, has died according to Italian media reports.

Morano, who lived in northern Italy, was born on November 29, 1899, four years before the Wright brothers first took to the air.

Her life spanned three centuries, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments.

Italian news agencies ANSA and Agi said the death was reported by her friends and family.

Dr Carlo Bava said Morano’s caretaker had called him to say she had stopped breathing in the afternoon while sitting in an armchair at her home in Verbania, a town on Italy’s Lake Maggiore.

Bava said he had last seen his patient on Friday when “she thanked me and held my hand,” as she did every time he called on her.

While Morano had been increasingly spending more time sleeping and less time speaking in recent weeks, she had eaten her daily raw egg and biscuits that day, he said.

Bava had been her physician for almost 25

years. Morano had been living in a tidy, oneroom apartment, where she was kept company by her caregiver and two elderly nieces.

“She didn’t suffer. I’m happy she didn’t suffer but passed away that way, tranquilly,” Bava said.

He said she had been her usual chatterbox self until a few weeks ago.

Bava has previously said Morano lost a son to crib death when he was six months old and left her husband in the first half of the last century after he beat her.

Morano “abandoned the husband in the Fascist era, when women were supposed to be very submissive,” Bava said in a 2015 interview.

“She was always very decisive”.

Morano went on to support herself by working in a factory making jute bags, then at a hotel, working way beyond the usual retirement age.

She also defied health advice, Bava said.

Some doctors had warned her against eating three eggs daily, which she did for years, but she ignored their advice.

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Bigger fish for Cruickshank New Zealand’s most famous psychic detective insists he has finally closed the file on the controversial TV show that launched him to fame – and is branching out into other areas of TV. Kelvin Cruickshank only appeared briefly in the most recent series of Sensing Murder, which attempts to shed light on unsolved murder cases. It has had him bawling his eyes out and even throwing up.

For Cruickshank, working on the show was both traumatising and rewarding.

Cruickshank has just committed to hosting his own TV fishing show but details about the project are still under wraps.

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100 killed in bus blast An explosion has killed at least 100 people, including children, government supporters and opposition fighters who were part of a bus convoy waiting to cross into government-held Aleppo in Syria.

The blast ripped through the bus depot in the al-Rashideen area where thousands of government loyalists evacuated the day before waited restlessly for hours, as opposition fighters guarded the area while negotiators bickered over the completion of the transfer deal.

Only metres away, hundreds of evacuees from pro-rebels areas also loitered in a walled-off parking lot, guarded by government troops.

Footage from the scene showed bodies, including those of fighters, lying alongside buses, some of which were charred and others gutted from the blast. Personal belongings could be seen dangling out of the windows. Fires raged from a number of vehicles as rescuers struggled to put them out.

The scenes were the last in the unyielding bloodshed Syrians are living through. Earlier this month, at least 89 people were killed in a chemical attack as children foaming at the mouth

Rebel gunmen at the site of a blast that damaged several buses carrying evacuees, at the Rashideen area, a rebel-controlled district outside Aleppo city, Syria.

PHOTO AP and adults gasping for last breath were also caught on camera.

The bloody mayhem that followed the attack only deepened the resentment of the transfer criticised as population engineering.

It also reflected the chaos surrounding negotiations between the warring parties. The United Nations did not oversee the transfer deal of the villages of Foua and Kfraya, besieged by the

rebels, and Madaya and Zabadani, encircled by the government.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack but pro-government media and the opposition exchanged accusations, each pointing to foreign interference or conspiracies undermining the deal.

State TV al-Ikhbariya said the attack was the result of a car bomb carrying food aid to be delivered to the evacuees in the re-

bel-held area – ostensibly crisps for the children – and accused rebel groups of carrying it out.

Critics say the string of evacuations, which could see some 30,000 people moved across battle lines over the next 60 days, amounts to forced displacement along political and sectarian lines. The explosion came as frustration was already mounting over the stalling evacuation process.

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Giraffe’s birth streamed online And baby makes glee. Before an online audience of more than a million viewers, April the giraffe gave birth to a male calf yesterday at a New York zoo, ending weeks of proverbial pacing by animal lovers in a virtual worldwide waiting room.

The 15-year-old giraffe delivered her calf in an enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, a rural upstate village about 200km northwest of New York City.

The mama giraffe tenderly licked her calf, which began to slowly pick its head up from the floor of the pen. About 45 minutes after it was born, the calf stood on its wobbly legs for the first time while mum helped keep her baby steady.

He began nursing not long after.

At least 1.2 million people watched the Adventure Park’s YouTube streaming of the event. A logo on the feed quickly changed from ToysRUs to BabiesRUs following the birth.

Animal Adventure Park owner Jordan Patch said that both mum and calf are doing fine.

No other details on the calf were announced, but they usually weigh around 68kg and are about 6 feet (1.83 metres) tall at birth. Giraffes are pregnant for 15 months on average.

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In brief Flash floods kill 30 The death toll in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Iran’s northwestern province of eastern Azarbaijan jumped to 30 as rescue teams continue to discover bodies, state TV has reported. The report said that there are at least seven people still missing in the cities of Ajabshir and Azarshahr. An earlier report Saturday morning said 17 people had been killed. The East Azarbaijan Governor’s Office of Crisis Management said that “16 bodies were found in Ajabshir city and 14 in the city of Azarshahr”.

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Thousands of migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean at the weekend, aid organisations say.

The organisations Iuventa Jugend rettet, MOAS and Sea-Eye had rescued about 3000 people from rubber dinghies and wooden boats some 20 nautical miles from the Libyan coast yesterday alone, the captain of the rescue ship Iuventa, Kai Kaltegaertner, said. Some 1800 to 2000 people had been rescued on Saturday, he added.

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Arrests at rallies At least four people have been arrested after violence broke out between groups of supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump holding rallies in downtown Berkeley. About 200 people were at Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr Civic Center Park when several fights broke out. Trump supporters announced they were holding a “Patriot Day” at the park at noon.

Counter-demonstrators then said they would hold a rally at the same place at 10am. Police put in a makeshift barrier of plastic orange poles and orange fence mesh to separate both sides, but that quickly came down as demonstrators started punching and kicking each other, while pepper spray and firecrackers were thrown to the crowd.

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Stretching vacation time boundaries

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f you’re like most Kiwis Easter probably means hot cross buns, Easter eggs and if you’re lucky a short break away from home with your family.

And all of that is great; like it or not, Easter along with other religious occasion, has now become almost exclusively secularised.

There are few people under 50 who observe Good Friday and Easter Sunday as holy days.

Church is simply not on the list of venues most have on their Easter list.

Family gatherings have always been central to most family’s Easter celebrations and that’s about as close as most people get today to traditional observance now religion’s out of vogue.

But even the shape of family gatherings at Easter have changed. Long gone for most families are the traditional Easter Sunday gatherings where making it home for Sunday dinner was considered almost a family obligation.

Easter has now been neatly dovetailed as part of the first school holiday break of the year and that makes it a perfect time for families wanting to spend family time, not with extended family, but on a pre-winter vacation.

And what’s not to like about that?

Nothing, except the habit of airlines and accommodators who capitalise on school holidays as an opportunity to hike up charges and pull a few more dollars out of the pockets of the travelling public.

And that’s created a new phenomenon that schools are increasingly unhappy about – the number of families pulling their children out of school during term time to take them on overseas holidays.

In an ideal world they’d be right to complain – school holidays are for holidaying, but our world is commercially driven rather than driven by ideals.

For the average Kiwi family the inflated charges for airfares and accommodation that hit the market for school holiday periods put the opportunity of an overseas trip and the accompanying mind stretching experiences off the agenda.

And that’s why families opt to trade classroom time for the option of life experiences. Taking a couple of weeks out of class in a year is nothing in the overall scheme of things but those two or three weeks in a different culture are something no amount of classroom time can provide.

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With a number of buildings being demolished in Ashburton’s CBD to make way for new projects, the landscape of the main street is changing, so what’s on your wish list?

We’ve had some great suggestions, so far, including entertainment areas, a space for buskers, food trucks, new shops, boutique eateries and a parents’ room.What do you think? What would you like to see? We also asked you if Ashburton had all the services, businesses and amenities you need on a daily basis?

An impressive 52.94 per cent of you said it did most of the time, while it was an even spread of 23.53 per cent who either said Ashburton has everything they need, or no, they need to travel out of town often. Is there anything the town requires, or do we have everything we need here already?

Make sure you visit our Facebook page and website at www. guardianonline.co.nz to join the conversation and vote on our poll.

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Results up to 5pm yesterday: Most of the time 41.51% No, I need to travel out of town often 35.85% Yes, everything I need is here 22.64%

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Opinion Valeska An affordable shop for kids clothing and preteens, as well as shoes for kids.

Sheree Better traffic flow through town would be good!

Maybe put the train under the road at the walnut ave end so it’s safer for our kids to cross the main road going to/ from school. Lights at grahams road in tinwald - that intersection is a nightmare. Make our expensive pool attractive to people - hydroslide, cheaper to use and make it appealing. Stuff for the kids to do - clip n climb a trampolining place or an awesome playground/skatepark (that’s in a safe place).Find a way to make Ashburton ‘known’ for something, so it is somewhere people travel to come to. We always take our kids to chch or timaru.... why not entice people to want to travel to here? Boutique eateries and lots of pop up shops markets and family fun.

Jill I would love to see either Barnet or Tancred turned into a pedestrian street. Cool sculptures, outside eating areas for cafes and bars and space for our talented buskers to perform and earn a few bucks.

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or most of us April 1 was notable for being April Fools’ Day, when those among us with a tendency to play pranks had more excuse than usual to try and trick unsuspecting colleagues, friends or family members.

However, April 1 is also the date when a variety of new Government legislation traditionally takes effect.

April 1 this year was no exception and was marked by the introduction of a range of changes squarely focused on protecting children and young people, and supporting families.

These important new measures are intended to complement much of the work this Government already has under way to help New Zealand families and children.

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These changes will help more New Zealanders, including our children, to share the benefits of our country’s economic stability.

A key milestone in the work this Government is doing to build a more child-centred care and protection system is the new Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki, which officially opened on April 1.

This new ministry will help us better understand the people who most need our intervention, and identify what really helps them to lead better lives.

Alongside this was the launch of VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai, New Zealand’s first independent advocacy service for children.

Together, these initiatives show how very committed this

Government is to stamping out child abuse, and giving our kids the helping hand many of them need to lead confident and happy lives.

Other important changes include low-income working families who are eligible for the minimum family tax credit (MFTC) receiving a small increase, bringing their after-tax annual income to $23,816.

The adult minimum wage rose to $15.75 an hour, and we also increased the starting out and training minimum wage to keep it at 80 per cent of the adult minimum wage.

Superannuation payments increased from April 1, maintaining our commitment to keep superannuation at 66 per cent of the net average wage.

Meanwhile, ACC levies were further reduced for the second year in a row.

The Government also made a small increase to benefit rates.

This came on top of last year’s move to raise benefits to families with children by $25 a week – the

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At the same time, we are committed to helping people back into work.

Students are not missing out as student assistance (including allowances) has been adjusted to take inflation into account.

Repayable Living Costs have increased from April 1, as has the threshold for repaying student loans – the first time the threshold has increased since 2010/11.

I hope this gives you some understanding of the raft of changes that came into effect at the beginning of this month that will have a positive impact on all sectors of society.

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Malta joins Mediterranean menu

By Ella WalkEr

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he light is dandelion yellow, I am trussed up in a net veil, and a fierce buzzing is coming from a frame covered in the busy bodies of hundreds of armoured honey bees.

“You have to do it their way, not your way,” explains Maltese beekeeper Arnold fondly, on the making of honey. With 66 years of experience and 180 bee colonies in his care, the man’s an authority, and jars of his sweet stuff are sold all over the island.

Flavoured seasonally by the flowers his bees feast on – from orange blossom to white thistle and borage – it’s honey worth travelling for, especially when you consider it only takes three hours to fly to Malta from London.

Traditionally, people visited Malta for the almost year-round sunshine, but I’m spending a long weekend exploring the archipelago as a gourmet shortbreak destination.

It’s so bountiful that, even on the 20-minute drive from the airport to the capital, Valetta – European City of Culture 2018 – it’s hard to miss huge clumps of prickly pear cacti. The wide flat paddles of it sprout rampantly across the island, serving as spiny windbreaks, and its tongue-pink fruits provide roadside pick-yourown come autumn.

Historically Malta has been endlessly fought over, and the impact is still being felt.

Take their olives: During Roman times, Malta’s indigenous olive trees sprawled across the entire rocky landmass, until later colonisers, including the British during the 1800s, foolishly decided to rip them up to make way for cotton fields and sheep farming.

But in the last few years, Maltese olive oil’s experienced a renaissance.

The family-run San Niklaw Estate Malta, near Malta’s Popeye Village, produces both wine and olive oil.

Founder John, who started the business in 2006 with his brother, says that what makes Maltese olive oil so special is how “it’s very peppery” while its main rival, Sicily’s, in his opinion, tastes like “motor oil”.

Family, pride and community are intrinsically bound in Maltese food culture, so much so, John isn’t abashed to admit: “At restaurants, I always order my own wine, and seeing someone ordering it at the next table? I can’t describe what it means to me.”

Valletta itself is tiny with a population of just 7000.

Rikardu Zammit, a farmer and shepherd, shows students how to make Malta’s traditional Gozo cheese using both sheep and goat milk.

During siesta it’s so still and hushed, no one will witness you eating a late lunch of lamb crusted in pistachio at Panorama.

Inside, the restaurant is cool and dark, all matte greys and sparkling glass, but the meat is perfectly pink (as it should be for 28 euros ($45)) and the view of the Grand Harbour from the wide al fresco dining balcony begs for a dazzling sunset dinner.

You are never far from the sea here.

It’s all you can smell at Marsaxlokk in the southeast of the island, a fishing village that on Sunday mornings (arrive before 9am for the best produce), is all a-bustle with fishermen’s wives selling soft-bellied baby sharks, the still-slithering, hulking bodies of eels and one-euro salmon heads that are used in aljotta, a traditional Maltese fish soup.

You can’t move for pastries and homegrown veg, either.

Between closely packed stands, an elderly woman sells knobbly hand-picked capers from an antique wicker pram.

Later, after catching the ferry from Malta’s northern point, Cirkewwa harbour, to Gozo island, 25 minutes away, I meet Philip, chef patron of traditional Gozo restaurant, Ta’ Philip.

He rubs a handful of the salty, alligator-green buds between his fingers as he explains that, however biased, he’s never tasted a caper better than a Maltese caper.

Malta’s most treasured dish is arguably rabbit, and the smell of the restaurant’s signature version thwacks you around the nostrils so powerfully, you want to find the bubbling pan of it and down the lot.

Tradition and canny cooking is in the bones of this place.

Leftover vegetables and peelings go straight to the chickens, while gaps in the oven are plugged with aubergines and onions – skins on – until they come out soft and charred, needing just a glug of olive oil.

There are certain rules too, like don’t mess with the basics – particularly the Maltese equiva-

lent of the Italian soffritto (the foundation for most soups and stews).

“It’s the base,” explains Philip.

“You don’t live without onion and garlic! People that ask to leave it out? You joking?!”

That’s not to say there isn’t culinary debate here. While preparing artichokes fresh from the market, slicing a serrated knife through the yellowing stalks, I listen in as Philip bickers happily over what constitutes a decent amount of olive oil (he gets through slick, shimmering buckets of the stuff).

His portion sizes are extremely generous. We drink sharp, bright wine from his family vineyard and sink bowlfuls of fresh artichoke pasta, and a rich sausage and cauliflower stew dotted with gbejniet, the white Gozo cheese.

The cheese is light and creamy, wobbling like a good panna cotta.

At nearby Rikardu’s farm, gbejniet is made by hand milking 200-odd sheep and goats each morning.

It sounds idyllic, and the loca-

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tion is – the farm is a patchwork of lush vineyards, gnarled lemon trees and jabbering, leaping goats.

However, I quickly learn that milking is not enchantingly rural; it’s tough and uncomfortable.

I can’t get a proper grip on the goat’s velveteen udders and fail to get more than an egg cup’s worth of milk, and it’s certainly not the bemused animal’s fault.

Rikardu sells his cheese from his farm and his restaurant, Ta’ Rikardu, either fresh, topped with Gozo salt; in homemade ravioli; or dried and marinated in white wine and black pepper (most popular with the Maltese), or chilli and dried tomato.

The week-long drying process also sounds bucolic – they haul crates of the cheese onto the roof and rely on a north wind to air-dry it.

There is much that seems romantically pastoral about Malta’s food scene, but the rubbly charm and high levels of deliciousness often belies the work involved.

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Warriors rue error level

By DaviD Skipwith The Warriors are ruing an errorridden second-half performance that saw them concede 14 unanswered points to go down 20-8 to the Canberra Raiders on Saturday night.

The Warriors made only four mistakes in the first-half at GIO Stadium but committed a whopping 13 after the break, with two crucial errors leading directly to Canberra tries.

Having dominated possession through the opening half, the visitors lost the rub of the green and spent the bulk of the second 40 minutes on their own line while making 61 more tackles than the home side.

“We just didn’t give ourselves a good enough opportunity in the second-half,” said coach Stephen Kearney.

“There was some really good effort out there tonight. We just made it really difficult on ourselves.

“Through the second-half we had 42 per cent completion, coupled with five penalties to zero, so it goes hand in hand.

“You make life pretty difficult for yourself like that.”

The Warriors led 8-6 at the break but could have enjoyed a bigger lead if not for some poor finishing and two disallowed tries to captain Roger TuivasaSheck and centre Solomone Kata in the shadows of halftime.

Tuivasa-Sheck looked certain to score before a desperate tackle

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had a vital try turned down by the bunker. from Raiders skipper Jarrod Croker turned him on to his back and prevented him from grounding the ball in-goal.

“I thought I was over,” said Tuivasa-Sheck.

“I thought I had just made the line before he got to me.

“But they saw otherwise so it’s gone now.”

Their frustrations grew when wing Ken Maumalo was ruled to have knocked-on when he tried

to tap back a high kick in the lead-up to what looked like a certain four-pointer to Kata.

“We created enough opportunities, (we were) probably a little bit unlucky,” said Kearney.

“There was a decision just before halftime we were probably a little unlucky with, with a crosskick there, so I was pleased with that.

“I was just a little frustrated for the boys in the sense we just

didn’t give ourselves a chance in the second-half.”

Behind 8-12 inside the final quarter, the Warriors hopes were virtually extinguished after a strip from Raiders hooker Josh Hodgson went unpunished before the No9 went on to duck over the line for his side’s third try.

The game was still within the Warriors reach but what limited chances they had in opposition territory were spoiled by a lack of patience and poor ball control.

Outstanding Raiders centre Joseph Leilua finished the match with two tries and had the Warriors left-side defence continually on the back-foot as he racked up 135 running metres.

“We probably spent too much time, particularly in the secondhalf, on our try line and gave them too many shots at us.

“We only had two good ball sets in the second-half so it’s pretty hard to win footy games like that, giving the opposition a heap on sets on your try line.”

The 11th placed Warriors now have nine days to prepare for another tough away assignment against the second-ranked Storm in Melbourne on Anzac Day. “For us it’s an opportunity,” said Kearney.

“We came off the back of a pretty short turnaround with a bit of travel in between, so it’s a good opportunity for us to recuperate a little bit and dust ourselves off and prepare for a really big challenge down in Melbourne.”

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Slater wants Foran Billy Slater has endorsed Kieran Foran as Cooper Cronk’s potential replacement at Melbourne. Foran is off contract at the end of the year and wants to move back to Australia to be closer to his children in Sydney. The former New Zealand five-eighth has largely been tipped to head to Canterbury, but also linked to the Storm following the announcement of Cronk’s departure. And Slater said he believed he would fit right into the Storm’s attacking structure. - NZME

Dragons repel Cowboys St George Illawarra have staved off a furious second-half comeback from North Queensland to hold on for a 28-22 victory and cement their spot at the top of the NRL table.

The Dragons surged to a commanding 28-4 halftime lead last night before the Cowboys scored three straight tries to get within six points with 16 minutes remaining.

The home side held on to secure their fifth victory on the trot and are on top of the NRL ladder for the first time in three years. - AAP

Mystics back-to-back The Northern Mystics have held off a second half charge from the Magic to record back-to-back ANZ Premiership wins for the first time. Fresh off a 14-goal win over the Stars on Wednesday, the Mystics looked to be heading for another convincing win when they raced out to a handy 36-27 lead at halftime. But the Magic surged back into contention over the second half, closing the gap to just two goals. A typically nerveless long-range shooting display from Maria Tutaia down the stretch helped her side pull away over the final minutes.

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Spurs maul Grizzlies

■ GOLF

Improved Ko notches second place finish Lydia Ko has produced her best golf of a stuttering season to finish in a share of second place at the LPGA tournament in Hawaii.

World No.1 Ko sizzled with a closing eight-under 64 to surge from her overnight seventh placing at the Lotte Championship, signing her tournament card at 17-under.

That tally was only bettered by American Cristie Kerr, who shot 20-under to snare a 19th LPGA title.

The Kiwi teenager mixed nine birdies with one bogey, completing a fine weekend which began with a 65 on Saturday.

It was her best finish of the season and her fourth in the top-10, although some of her other outings in 2017 have been well below her usual high standards.

Having sunk to 85th after an opening 73 on Thursday, her recovery at the Ko Olina course in Oahu was rapid and highly promising.

She found her rhythm on the fairways and nailed a succession of challenging putts, elements of her game which have been off-key during a title drought which stretches back to July.

Playing her last tournament as a teenager, Ko ensured she will retain the top ranking into her 20s.

The two players pushing hardest for top spot – Korean world No.2 So Yeon Ryu and third-ranked Thai Aryia Jutanugarn – finished sixth and seventh, both within two shots of Ko. The LPGA Tour takes a week’s break before resuming in Irving, Texas.

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The San Antonio Spurs have thrashed the Memphis Grizzlies in their NBA playoff opener.

The Spurs led by three points at halftime, but steamrolled the visiting Grizzlies 111-82 yesterday to take the first game in the best- ofseven series. Earlier Milwaukee upset the Toronto Raptors in game one of their series.

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Spurs keep race alive

World No. 1 Lydia Ko found form late in Hawaii.

Harry Kane became the first Tottenham Hotspur player since the great Jimmy Greaves to hit 20 goals in three successive top-flight seasons after netting in the 4-0 Premier League defeat of Bournemouth.

The win pushed Tottenham to within four points of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League table, with Chelsea set to visit Manchester United overnight. Kane slotted his 20th goal of the season just after halftime – his sixth goal in his last four league games – in his first start since a month-long layoff with an ankle injury.

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■ CYCLING

Another cup in the cabinet

By Matt MarkhaM

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Natalie Rasmussen knows better than to try and dance with the devil, so you won’t see Heaven Rocks straying too far from the nest for the next few months.

The massive pacer with the big motor and even bigger bag of tricks was simply stunning when winning Saturday night’s Group One $100,000 Easter Cup at Addington after blowing the stand start and while he showed his best work for about 3100 metres of the 3200 metres, Rasmussen couldn’t help but ponder what could be if he was a little more tractable.

“He’s very, very good, there’s no doubting that,” she said.

“But he’s also a big orangutan.”

While there must be some temptation to go and take on the best in Australasia with such an exciting talent, Rasmussen, and her training partner, Mark Purdon are more inclined to stick to the proven and keep Heaven Rocks around the Rolleston base and make a bid at a second Jewels success.

“I don’t think at this stage, with some of his mannerisms, sending him away would be the best thing for him.

“He’s getting better, but he’s still a ratbag and you certainly couldn’t leave him with some-

The All Stars team with Heaven Rocks after his Easter Cup win. one, so we are better keeping him close by where we can manage, and handle him.”

That news will likely result in a shot at the Rangiora Classic in a couple of weeks, before the Jewels preparation.

Becoming a dual Jewels win-

ners became a bit easier on Saturday night with Purdon officially withdrawing superstar Lazarus from the big race day at Ashburton.

Heaven Rocks has now won eight of his 14 starts and took his earnings past $200,000 on Sat-

urday night for his connections; Phil and Glenys Kennard, Phil and Margaret Creighton, Gavin Douglas and Kevin Riseley.

After missing away from the stand start, he settled quickly into his work and Rasmussen took any further bad luck out of the equation and launched her way to the lead within the first 500 metres.

“He relaxed back to me really well which is a good thing because he can pull.

“He got a bit keen when the bell went at the mile marker, but again came back to me really well and was just travelling super from there on.”

They stopped the clock in a slick 3:58.7 with Captain Dolmio emerging from the ruck to run a valiant second while North Island visitor Maxim was a very good third.

Saturday was another good night out for the All Stars with wins coming from Elle Mac, Golden Goddess and Spankem to sit alongside Heaven Rocks.

Two Brads enjoyed good nights out with Brad Williamson driving his first Group race winner with Springbank Lachie, who was stunning on debut in the New Zealand Two-Year-Old Trotting Stakes, while Brad Mowbray grabbed himself a double with Ultimate Desire and Delishka.

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Crusaders alone at the top of the heap The Crusaders are the only unbeaten team left in Super Rugby after the Stormers’ run came to an end on Saturday, beaten convincingly at home by the Lions in their South African derby.

While the Lions, last season’s losing finalist, impressed to outscore the Stormers four tries to one in Cape Town and win 29-16, defending champions the Hurricanes also recorded an important victory when they rallied late to beat the Blues in Auckland.

And with three teams set to be dropped from Super Rugby next season – one from Australia and two from South Africa – one of the possible candidates for the cut made a compelling argument that it should stay when the Rebels beat Australian conference leaders ACT Brumbies.

The two South African teams seen as likely to lose their Super Rugby status tried hard but ultimately failed to make the kind of statement the Rebels did.

The Southern Kings scored five tries but still went down 47-34 to Queensland Reds.

The Cheetahs stunningly led the two-time champion Chiefs 24-0 after 20 minutes but were destroyed in the second half to lose 41-27.

The Crusaders, record seventime Super Rugby winners, improved their record to 7-0 with a 50-3 trouncing of the Sunwolves on Friday, strengthening their

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case for an eighth title and first since 2008.

The Christchurch-based Crusaders lead the overall standings by three points from the Johannesburg-based Lions. The Stormers and Canberra-based Brumbies occupy third and fourth respectively.

The Lions were the last team to be removed from Super Rugby when they were relegated for the 2013 season to make way for the Kings. Those dark days are now distant memories for the Lions, which made the final last season and are South Africa’s top team for now after beating the Stormers at Newlands.

Malcolm Marx, Harold Vorster, Jaco Kriel and Sylvian Mahuza scored the tries for the Lions, whose victory was built on an uncompromising performance from its front five. Having ended the Chiefs’ unbeaten start last weekend, the Stormers were off the pace this time to lose their first game of 2017.

Earlier Saturday in New Zealand, second-rower Mark Abbott scored the first and last tries, including the match-winner in the 73rd minute, as the Wellingtonbased Hurricanes beat the Blues 28-24.

Abbott crossed for the first try of the match in the third minute, giving the Hurricanes a lead they held for more than an hour until Scott Scrafton went over in the

Crusader George Bridge on the charge through Sunwolves defenders on Friday night.

65th to put the Blues ahead 24-21.

The Hurricanes, inspired by All Blacks flyhalf Beauden Barrett, showed great resilience to win back the lead with Abbott’s second try and to defend their narrow advantage until fulltime.

“We knew it was going to be an 80-minute performance for us,” Hurricanes captain TJ Perenara said.

“They really took us to the end but I’m proud of the boys and the way they fought.”

The Blues gave a debut to flyhalf Bryn Gatland, the son of British and Irish Lions coach Wayne Gatland, but remain at the bottom of the New Zealand conference after their fifth loss from eight matches.

Mentioned as a possible candidate for the drop, the Rebels came out firing against the Brumbies, albeit through the boot of Reece Hodge. He kicked four penalties and a conversion to secure the Rebels’ first win of the season despite the Brumbies scoring four tries to one.

The other Australian team linked with being cut is the Western Force, which had a bye.

Former Wallabies flanker George Smith scored a try to mark his 150th Super Rugby match as the Reds ended a six-match losing streak in their try-filled 47-34 win over South Africa’s Kings.

South African rugby bosses began meetings this week to decide which two of their teams won’t be in Super Rugby next year.

Possibly playing for their future, the Cheetahs began frantically against the Chiefs and had tries to Raymond Rhule, Torsten van Jaarsveld and Francois Venter, and a 24-0 lead, after 20 minutes.

The Chiefs replied with the first of two tries by Toni Pulu in the 27th minute, starting a run where the Chiefs scored 41 points to just three from the Cheetahs. - NZME

Cyclists in stellar form

Medal count: five, and possibly rising.

New Zealand have had a superb world track cycling championships in Hong Kong, adding a further silver and bronze on the penultimate day of competition.

Sprint rider Ethan Mitchell became the first New Zealander to win a world individual sprint medal, beating Britain’s Ryan Owens to take bronze; pursuit rider Aaron Gate came within a whisker of gold in the omnium.

The other medals have come from the team sprint men (gold), and the two team pursuits (silver and bronze).

Gate, the 2013 world champion in the event, finished two points behind Frenchman Ben Thomas in the four-discipline event.

The five medals match the efforts of Melbourne in 2012, Cali in 2014 and Paris a year later.

Gate, 26, had just five track sessions going into the worlds after mostly road racing for his new professional outfit, Aqua Blue Sport.

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect coming into the competition as it was the first time it had been run under this format at the world championships,” Gate said.

“I have had a blank canvas after Rio back working with my personal coach Simon Finnel and he has got me to this level. ‘’I’ve taken a completely different approach and so to come here off only five track sessions and get a silver is a credit to the work that Simon has done behind the scenes and the team at Cycling New Zealand.”

Gate was sixth in the scratch race, won the tempo race but slipped up finishing 10th in the elimination race.

But he managed a cracking 40km points race only to have Thomas pip him on the final sprint on the last lap to pinch the overall title, Thomas finishing third and Gate fourth.

“I was keen to give it a nudge and race as hard and honestly as I could. That was good enough for silver on the day but gold would have been nice. Hopefully I can come back in the future and get the rainbows again,” Gate said.

Mitchell has tended to be overshadowed in individual sprinting by his team gold team mates Eddie Dawkins and Sam Webster.

However those two were eliminated in the individual sprint quarter-finals. In the bronze rideoff, Mitchell saw off Owens with room to spare.

In other action Jaime Nielsen finished sixth in the women’s individual pursuit in 3min 31.653s, with Kirstie James 14th in 3:36.250. American Chloe Dygert was the class of the field, dominating the competition.

Sprinter Natasha Hansen finished 12th in the 500m time trial in 34.375, won by former junior world champion Daria Schmeleva of Russia in 33.282.

The pairing of Racquel Sheath and Michaela Drummond finished powerfully to place fourth in the women’s Madison, after grabbing points in four of the last five sprints to overtake Italy. - NZME

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4 9x2 I Am Yours (4) fr ..................................B Butt 5 8x580 Victor Tango (5) fr................... J Morrison (J) 6 0 Donegal Lucy Anne (6) fr .................R Close 7 70700 Donegal Carnbouy (7) fr .................K Gill (J) 8 Luliana (8) fr ..................................R Holmes 9 96545 Ellmers Hoofing It (9) fr ................ G O’Reilly 10 5660F Limoso (10) fr ................................... G Telfer 11 Bonnie Doon (11) fr.......................L O’Reilly 12 0x79x Rico Gold (12) fr............................... D Dunn 13 Awaytocullect (13) fr ................ C D Thornley 14 724P9 Meggy Mogs (14) fr ..........................S Ottley 15 83358 Magic Blaze (15) fr ........................ K Cox (J) 16 80670 Caitlin Franco (U1) fr ..................... K Butt (J) Emergencies: Donegal Lucy Anne, Donegal Carnbouy 4 1.10pm RON ELLEN MEMORIAL TROT $7000, 3yo+ up to & including r49 trot, stand, 2170m 1 95986 Fatal Reunion (1) fr ................... M Edmonds 2 30502 Gin Rummy (2) fr ....................... K Cameron 3 84027 Red Hot Poker (3) fr ..........................J Dunn 4 09600 Conrock (4) fr .................................C Jordan 5 29689 Rollin Thunder (5) fr ................ C D Thornley 6 30497 Magnafique (6) fr...........................R Holmes 7 68058 Wandering Star (7) fr........................ A Lowe 8 38350 Di’z Luck (8) fr ................................. G Smith 9 25036 Glenis Marie (U1) fr................... R Anderson 10 52003 Lightworkofit (U2) fr.......................... D Dunn 5 1.45pm SINEAD & CAITLIN GRADUATION MOBILE PACE $7000, non-winners 3yo+ up to & including mr46 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 80020 Ashi Jetsun (1) fr ................. J Harrington (J) 2 93997 Don’t Tell Ange (2) fr ..................... K Butt (J) 3 26703 Got A Beauty (3) fr ...........................R Close 4 00675 Aveross Spitfire (4) fr ....................... D Dunn 5 40007 Bettor Chance (5) fr ..........................J Dunn 6 04590 Green Fingers (6) fr .................. B Borcoskie 7 87528 Jay FM (7) fr ..................................B Orange 8 00000 Beragio (8) fr .........................R Cameron (J) 9 70700 Donegal Carnbouy (9) fr ......... C D Thornley 10 80x9x Ducks Deluxe (21) fr .......................R Curtin 11 70000 Gotta Ticket (22) fr ..........................K Gill (J) 12 54883 Beaudiene Gambler (23) fr .... J Morrison (J) 13 505F0 The Jandel Machine (U1) fr .............P Davis 6 2.18pm CAFE ALLWOOD JUNIOR DRIVERS HANDICAP PACE $7500, 4yo+ r55 to r70 discrhcp pace jun.d, stand, 2810m 1 x50x8 Omar Sharif fr .............................. Scratched 2 00416 Indie fr .......................................... Scratched 3 21604 Jonty James (1) fr ......................... K Butt (J)

4 60342 Take After Me (2) fr ................. A Stewart (J) 5 30100 Wozniacki (3) fr ................... J Harrington (J) 6 58x60 Franco Exeter (4) fr .................. J Kennett (J) 7 31321 Hidden Desire (1) 10 ..................... K Cox (J) 8 41239 Distinctive Del (2) 10 .............. J Morrison (J) 9 x5751 Celestial Arden (3) 10 ..........M Anderson (J) 10 21631 Buckeye (4) 10 ........................... D Keast (J) 11 44357 Queen Bee Bardon (U1) 10 ....... L Lester (J) 7 2.53pm LINCOLN GOLDEN OLDIES MOBILE PACE $7000, non-winners 2yo+ mr48 to mr51 pace, 2000m 1 0x23 Reddington (1) fr ............................T Chmiel 2 4 Mister Slick (2) fr ...........................R Holmes 3 0 Donegal Lucy Anne (3) fr .................R Close 4 4675 Awayovernight (4) fr ........................R Payne 5 6 Chevrons Reward (5) fr ................... G Smith 6 9 Kansas City Jim (6) fr................... S McNally 7 Mo Farah (7) fr ................................... R May 8 9 Chelsea Ella (8) fr .........................B Orange 9 24902 Blue Chip Lad (9) fr ................. C D Thornley 10 Hot Off The Press fr ..................... Scratched 11 0526 Motu Bettor Be Quick (21) fr ............S Ottley 12 80x Die Standing (22) fr ..................... J Sheenan 13 649 The Doorman (23) fr .........................J Dunn 8 3.28 ALLWOOD TREES PACE $7000, 3yo+ up to & including r55, others with cond. pace, stand, 2170m 1 28060 Gabby’s Star (1) fr .........................R Holmes 2 91596 Makers Mark (2) fr.......................N McGrath 3 00560 Flamboyant (3) fr ..............................J Young 4 44806 My Cash (4) fr ...............................B Orange 5 86088 Jack Hammer fr ............................ Scratched 6 02583 Zulu Courage (5) fr...........................S Ottley 7 0281x Run Boy Run (6) fr ........................... D Dunn 8 72721 Julia Lady (7) fr ............................ G O’Reilly 9 93162 Terrier (8) fr ......................................R Close 10 10050 Outta Sight (9) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 11 71007 Oliver Queen (10) fr ......................... G Ward 12 66404 Midfrew Tarpediem (11) fr ..... J Markham (J) 13 080x0 Guna (12) fr 14 46413 Enchantee (13) fr ............................... R May 15 421 Chloe (14) fr .....................................J Curtin 16 38008 Volatile Lavra (U1) fr ............... C D Thornley Emergencies: Guna, Volatile Lavra 9 4.08 ERIC INWOOD MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT $7500, r50 to r70 discrhcp trot, stand, 2810m 1 28221 We’ll Meet Again (1) fr...................... J Smith 2 25701 Brite N Lovely (2) fr .................... K Cameron 3 41325 Sarah Palin (3) fr ..............................P Davis 4 17616 Momentous (4) fr..............................S Ottley

John Morrison takes on the other junior drivers with Distinctive Del at Motukarara today.

5 77738 Xmas Joyella (5) fr ....................... S McNally 6 58800 Solar Storm (6) fr .............................J Curtin 7 00310 Princess Harbour (7) fr.....................R Close 8 4Px85 One Over Dover (U1) fr ........... C D Thornley 9 P0009 Grace Lightning (U2) fr ............ J Kennett (J) 10 00079 All Settled Down (U3) fr .................. G Smith 11 07000 Young Stranger (1) 10 ............. C R Thornley 12 86902 McLovin (2) 10 ............................. A Lethaby 13 90000 Free Bird (U1) 10 ............................... R May 10 4.42 PRIME PANELS MOBILE PACE $7500, 3yo+ up to & including r48 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 29000 Living Legend (1) fr .......................... D Dunn 2 00680 Red River Lochee (2) fr ........... C D Thornley

3 85700 Pegasus Kommander (3) fr ...... J Kennett (J) 4 33077 Supreme Blue Chip (4) fr ..............R Holmes 5 63607 Hes Fast And Furious (5) fr ...............J Dunn 6 55869 Veneto (6) fr ....................................... R May 7 00298 Blingiton (7) fr...................................S Ottley 8 78806 Canndew (8) fr ..............................S Golding 9 98x09 Cherry Evans fr ............................ Scratched 10 80750 Extreme Spark (21) fr....................L O’Reilly 11 62940 Sweet Loress (22) fr...................... K Butt (J) 12 49000 Articulight (23) fr .............................M Jones 13 84575 Game Changer (24) fr ......................P Davis 14 P0239 Bontz (25) fr ...................................T Chmiel 15 97002 Nomattermee (26) fr.........................J Young 16 x4090 Russian Express (27) fr ................B Orange 17 38008 Volatile Lavra fr ............................ Scratched Emergencies: Pegasus Kommander, Cherry Evans, Volatile Lavra 11 5.10pm WESTFIELDS HOLDINGS MOBILE PACE $7500, 3yo+ r49 to r55 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 97830 Passion Flower (1) fr ........................ D Dunn 2 20749 Late Mail (2) fr ...............................B Orange 3 79005 Perfect Circle (3) fr ............................J Dunn 4 08672 Buzkil (4) fr .......................................P Davis 5 65630 Novak (5) fr ........................................ R May 6 30981 Mighty Empire (6) fr ..................... S McNally 7 77709 Booster (7) fr ...................................J W Cox 8 24269 She’sa Tricky Bridge (8) fr ................J Curtin 9 06180 King Size (9) fr ................................ G Smith 10 15748 Canderdel (21) fr ..............................R Close 11 01846 Bobby T (22) fr ......................R Cameron (J) 12 53212 Leading The Way (23) fr ......... J Morrison (J) 13 05007 Highview Illusion (24) fr ................ A Lethaby 14 080x0 Guna (25) fr 15 36614 Sounds Lika Gem (26) fr ...............L O’Reilly Emergency: Guna Pacifiers off : About Last Night (R2), Rico Gold (R3) SELECTIONS Race 1: Real Dash, Claus, Tufflittlerooster, Waihemo Art Race 2: Celtic Thunder, Goodtime Gamble, Spurred By Success Race 3: I Am Yours, Ellmers Hoofing It, Donegal Lucy Anne Race 4: Di’z Luck, Lightworkofit, Magnafique, Gin Rummy Race 5: Jay FM, Ashi Jetsun, Beaudiene Gambler, Don’t Tell Ange Race 6: Hidden Desire, Buckeye, Celestial Arden Race 7: Reddington, Mister Slick, Mo Farah, Chevrons Reward Race 8: Julia Lady, Run Boy Run, Chloe, Enchantee Race 9: We’ll Meet Again, Momentous, McLovin, Sarah Palin Race 10: Veneto, Nomattermee, Sweet Loress, Supreme Blue Chip Race 11: Booster, Buzkil, She’sa Tricky Bridge, Mighty Empire

Hawera harness Today at Hawera Racecourse

Hawera Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Hawera Racecourse Meeting Date: 17 Apr 2017 NZ Meeting number: 5 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 11.42am (NZT) NZ FARMERS LIVESTOCK HANDICAP TROT $6000, r40 & r41 to r49 & others with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2100m 1 00008 The Rev (1) fr 2 63763 Malabar Spur (2) fr 3 86875 Chiltons Vocation (3) fr 4 75904 Awa Cathrine (1) 20 5 45343 Danke (1) 30 6 94576 My Sky (2) 30 7 45476 Burt Munro (3) 30 8 746P9 Above The Rest (4) 30 9 34565 Speedy Earl (5) 30 10 35452 Meyer Lansky (6) 30 11 03097 Way To Go (U1) 30 12 58350 Desert Storm (U2) 30 2 12.17 THE FURLONG MOBILE PACE $6000, 2yo+ & others with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 x0432 Amaro (1) fr 2 98004 Take A Gamble (2) fr 3 5 My Boy Boo (3) fr 4 3 Real Funny (4) fr 5 75704 Stephanie St Clair (5) fr 6 20075 Burn A Debt (6) fr 7 00573 October Rush (7) fr

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8 98202 Knights Desire (8) fr 9 7347 Shapeshifter (21) fr 10 73548 Zara Brown (22) fr 11 Jamieson Shard (23) fr 12 76576 Glendene (24) fr 13 66687 Elmagination (25) fr 14 34756 Go Paddy (26) fr 3 12.52 SANDFORD BROS LTD MOBILE PACE $6500, up to & including r47 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 40460 Cut The Cards (1) fr 2 79090 Richard Le Fort (2) fr 3 35758 Chrissie Jet (3) fr 4 67649 Bettor Be Smooth (4) fr 5 09982 Charlie Harper (5) fr 6 86036 Pure Desire (6) fr 7 02725 Kate Jackson (7) fr 8 07004 Samaritan (8) fr 9 00503 Marquis Eyre (21) fr 10 597x0 Gotta Go Jet Away (22) fr 11 68877 Valmara (23) fr 4 1.27pm ELLA ROSE MOBILE PACE $7500, 3yo+ r57 to r65 +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 56856 P Tomado (1) fr 2 33407 Whale Rider (2) fr 3 71539 Joemaro (3) fr 4 63567 The Tracker (4) fr 5 591x4 Janet Guthrie (5) fr 6 43632 Jonah Jones (6) fr

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01800 Tuherbs Two (7) fr 90658 Major Classic (8) fr 00714 Zakspatrol (21) fr 07248 Brainstormer (22) fr 54226 Extreme Guest (23) fr 5 1.56pm SHADS BUFFET MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ r48 to r51 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 x2400 Pavarotti (1) fr 2 64900 Lolita Franco (2) fr 3 55010 Burning Reign (3) fr 4 79808 Hold All Bets (4) fr 5 86045 Myeyesadoreya (5) fr 6 P6652 Jude’s Gem (6) fr 7 09470 Our Wicklow (7) fr 8 62100 Dashing Dane (8) fr 9 67174 Rangi Rangdu (21) fr 10 57577 Kilkeel Lady (22) fr 11 81036 Delightful Art (23) fr 12 04379 Manihiki Pearl (24) fr 6 2.29 KALIN CONTRACTING MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ r52 to r54 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 32682 Waingaro Mara (1) fr 2 17773 Megatron (2) fr 3 31637 Stars Delight (3) fr 4 39866 Crystal Sparkles (4) fr 5 18759 Hezaluckygrinner (5) fr 6 42431 Razor Brogden (6) fr 7 44571 Strawberry Moose (7) fr

98990 Aces N Eights (8) fr 36195 Admiral’s Flight (21) fr 55340 Jack Bates (22) fr 11030 Idealagain (23) fr 7 3.04pm SOUTH TARANAKI CLUB HAWERA CUP HANDICAP PACE $12,000, 3yo+ r60 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 3150m 1 x2400 Pavarotti (1) fr 2 19245 Delightful Zen (1) 10 3 24364 Fleeting Grin (2) 10 4 85800 Pay Me Visa (3) 10 5 45212 Imajollywally (1) 20 6 54045 Beyond The Silence (2) 20 7 5x517 On The Razzle (3) 20 8 41217 Marshal Star (4) 20 9 22312 Everything (U1) 20 10 11284 Fizzi Lizzi (1) 30 11 60147 Walkinshaw (2) 30 8 3.43 CLEGGS FUNERAL SERVICES HAWERA HANDICAP TROT 201 $7000, r50 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2100m 1 45476 Burt Munro (1) fr 2 45343 Danke (2) fr 3 76683 Opawa Speed (3) fr 4 28441 Aunty Jan (4) fr 5 34565 Speedy Earl (5) fr 6 79192 Monkey Luck (6) fr 7 7P636 Harry H (U1) fr

8 07212 Insignificant (U2) fr 9 D0561 Grey Stoke (U1) 10 10 36295 Valmagne (1) 35 9 4.18 KIWI COURT MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ r53 to r58 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 32682 Waingaro Mara (1) fr 2 x6940 Bully’s Rocket (2) fr 3 56525 Arcano (3) fr 4 79112 Father Frank (4) fr 5 43351 Sumthin Special (5) fr 6 12671 Queen Lostris (6) fr 7 57218 McDaknife (7) fr 8 56856 P Tomado (8) fr 9 43343 Lynton Creek (21) fr 10 16000 Diamond Prince (22) fr 11 65431 R Gee Bee (23) fr 12 33407 Whale Rider (24) fr 13 10436 Kiwi Tintin (25) fr SELECTIONS

9 18767 Allegro Class 21.23 ............................L Cole 10 46288 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 .............M Roberts 9 2.34 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C2/3, 457m 1 11137 Five Eyes 26.35 ........................... P Denbee 2 66486 Bushman’s Smile 26.26 .....................L Cole 3 66381 Ace Bale 26.25.............................M Roberts 4 12211 Blackjack Man nwtd ...................B Goldsack 5 41247 Bigtime Power nwtd ...........................L Cole 6 11278 Watch My Back nwtd..................B Goldsack 7 23455 Hypocritical nwtd ..........................M Roberts 8 57468 Bigtime Bakagain 26.16 .....................L Cole Emergencies: 9 78685 Cawbourne Matty 26.13 J &................D Bell 10 21622 Geordie Who 26.42 ............................L Cole 10 2.51pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 457m 1 25532 Cawbourne Ridge nwtd J & ................D Bell 2 2131 Bigtime MacDaddy 25.67 ...................L Cole 3 32241 Mister Ebby nwtd.........................A Turnwald 4 32565 Secret Agenda nwtd....................B Hodgson 5 66713 Cawbourne Bryce 27.04 ..............M Roberts 6 44473 Cawbourne Angus 25.94 .............M Roberts 7 17551 Bronster nwtd .....................................L Cole 8 67648 Bigtime Coffee 25.89..........................L Cole Emergencies: 9 36547 Worboys 26.45 G R & ..................... S Voyce 10 78788 Dan Blue Blood nwtd .............J T McInerney 11 3.09 ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK CONSULTANT C1 C1, 457m 1 65133 Bigtime Sam 27.07.................G Fredrickson 2 53612 Ef Ay Zarr nwtd ...........................A Turnwald 3 27x47 Captain Tuttle nwtd J & .......................D Bell

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Race 1: Way To Go, Meyer Lansky, Burt Munro, Danke Race 2: Real Funny, Amaro, Jamieson Shard, Take A Gamble Race 3: Marquis Eyre, Charlie Harper, Kate Jackson, Samaritan Race 4: Janet Guthrie, P Tomado, Jonah Jones, Zakspatrol Race 5: Manihiki Pearl, Pavarotti, Rangi Rangdu, Jude’s Gem Race 6: Waingaro Mara, Razor Brogden, Idealagain, Stars Delight Race 7: Everything, Walkinshaw, Fizzi Lizzi, Marshal Star Race 8: Grey Stoke, Insignificant, Valmagne, Opawa Speed Race 9: Kiwi Tintin, Waingaro Mara, R Gee Bee, Queen Lostris

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 3 25168 Breeze Attack 22.14 .........................S Lozell 1 62416 Takeaway 21.82 L & ........................... Morris porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 17 4 31421 Bigtime Blackie nwtd ..........................L Cole 2 52518 Alcudia 21.77 ....................................M Flipp Apr 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 5 52244 Baduzzi nwtd..........................J T McInerney 3 65813 Golden Pixel nwtd ...................... G Hodgson 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 6 1137 Bigtime Do It 22.13 ............................L Cole 4 41517 Pacific Vibe 21.66...................J T McInerney 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 5 72224 Sasha McBell 21.68 ...............J T McInerney 7 26414 Cawbourne Mack 22.06 J & ................D Bell 6 61421 Act Naturally 21.63...........................S Stone 8 25127 Butterball nwtd ..............................M Gowan 1 12.14pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 7 31132 Bigtime Break 22.81...........................L Cole 9 53262 Bigtime Boy nwtd .........................M Goodier MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 8 67224 Air Express 21.83...................J T McInerney 1 53534 Tomorrow Star nwtd ................. S Gommans 10 31646 Cawbourne Frost 21.89................M Roberts 2 66272 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 4 1.06 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C1, 410m Emergencies: 9 31465 Feel The Force 21.61 ............... S Gommans 1 45475 Boyish Charms nwtd ..............J T McInerney 3 77632 Toki Girl nwtd ............................... P Denbee 2 35566 Bigtime Taylor nwtd ................G Fredrickson 10 76533 Half Silver Fern nwtd ..............J T McInerney 4 57778 Double Blue nwtd ................................ L Bell 3 78664 Cawbourne Westy nwtd ...............M Roberts 7 1.59pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C3, 375m 5 1 Bigtime Phantom nwtd .......................L Cole 1 18475 Hu Xian 21.72 G R & ...................... S Voyce 4 76476 Homebush Myra nwtd ............J T McInerney 6 3 Bigtime Sugar nwtd ............................L Cole 2 53667 Cawbourne Elpaso 21.53.............M Roberts 5 46425 Take The Shorts nwtd L & .................. Morris 7 22662 Classy Delta nwtd L & ........................ Morris 3 13655 Ear’s Boris 21.40 ...............................M Flipp 6 23487 Totes nwtd ..............................J T McInerney 8 67356 Homebush Gisele nwtd ............ K Gommans 4 12125 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 ................M Roberts 7 86456 Unverified nwtd ......................J T McInerney 9 34771 Macchia nwtd ....................................D Edlin 5 52485 Doosh 21.82...........................J T McInerney 8 52677 Lip It Up nwtd .........................J T McInerney 10 78 Almanza nwtd ...................................M Flipp 6 17776 Big Boy Deno 21.55 J & ......................D Bell 9 18655 Homebush Skip nwtd .............J T McInerney 2 12.31pm J P PRINT, PETONE C0 C0, 375m 7 34354 Uno Nathan 21.85 .............................M Flipp 10 36468 Noonoo nwtd L & ...............................

Morris 1 34482 Lightning Lu nwtd S & ...............C Blackburn 8 11311 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 ..............M Roberts 2 87727 Goldstar Bambi nwtd.......................L Doody 5 1.24pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 9 88871 Homebush Tiare 21.55...........J T McInerney 1 71282 Sedgebrook Babe 21.48 .....................F Kite 3 27844 Ndora nwtd........................................D Edlin 2 26517 Mark’s Boy 21.53 ...............................L Cole 10 58247 Cawbourne Lyns 21.67 ................M Roberts 4 65483 Bigtime Tomac nwtd ...............G Fredrickson 3 13115 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 8 2.16 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C4, 375m 5 58 Bigtime Rosie nwtd ............................L Cole 1 45853 Cawbourne Nath 21.68 ................M Roberts 4 23213 Bigtime Jess 21.56.............................L Cole 6 Bigtime Ottey nwtd .............................L Cole 2 65644 Daisy Lara 21.49 ................................L Cole 5 81682 Angie Zarr 21.31 ............................ T Pilcher 7 x6631 Mahala Bay nwtd............................... I Howe 3 41147 Bigtime Summer 21.94 ......................L Cole 6 58875 It’s The Lovely 21.54 ................ K Gommans 8 72655 Cawbourne Gibbo nwtd ...............M Roberts 4 7347x Kaputski 21.39 .......................G Fredrickson 7 12534 Bigtime Thinker 21.73 ........................L Cole 9 66 Bigtime Talker nwtd ............................L Cole 5 62713 Hard Merch nwtd...........................M Gowan 8 22111 Jugatui 21.46 .....................................L Cole 10 53777 Mitsuta nwtd ......................................D Edlin 3 12.49 HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY SAM LOZELL C1, 375m 9 18767 Allegro Class 21.23 ............................L Cole 6 16511 Bigtime Fever 21.44 ...........................L Cole 7 73737 Viva La Vixen 21.46 ....................A Turnwald 1 11147 Bigtime Jane nwtd..............................L Cole 10 46288 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 .............M Roberts 8 88227 Robins Zarr Hood 21.67..............A Turnwald 2 72253 Alquezar nwtd ...................................M Flipp 6 1.41pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C2 C2, 375m

26555 Cawbourne Barcia 26.01 .............M Roberts x8x14 Rubbed Out 27.45.......................B Hodgson 2F827 Bigtime Monty nwtd............................L Cole 33123 Bigtime Flyer 26.55 ............................L Cole 42542 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 .............M Roberts 46755 Consumate Ease nwtd ...............B Goldsack 76767 Cawbourne Panic 26.33 J &................D Bell 12 3.25 PRESTON’S MASTER BUTCHERS C4, 457m 1 27433 Bernie’s Boy 25.89 ........................B Mitchell 2 31487 Cawbourne Toddy 26.03 ..............M Roberts 3 56131 Bigtime Welldone 26.01 .....................L Cole 4 12238 Cawbourne Crowie 26.17 ............M Roberts 5 34526 Kennel Boy nwtd .........................A Turnwald 6 16346 Allegro Beaty 26.58............................L Cole 7 23616 Spare Some Time 26.36 ....................L Cole 8 15115 Bigtime Dazzler 26.32 ........................L Cole SELECTIONS

Race 1: Tomorrow Star, Bigtime Sugar, Classy Delta, Roketto Race 2: Mahala Bay, Bigtime Tomac, Ndora, Bigtime Rosie Race 3: Bigtime Blackie, Bigtime Jane, Breeze Attack, Alquezar Race 4: Boyish Charms, Totes, Take The Shorts, Unverified Race 5: Bear Inda Square, Mark’s Boy, Sedgebrook Babe, Jugatui Race 6: Bigtime Break, Act Naturally, Takeaway, Air Express Race 7: Hu Xian, Cawbourne Elpaso, Big Boy Deno, Ear’s Boris Race 8: Bigtime Fever, Cawbourne Nath, Bigtime Summer, Kaputski Race 9: Bigtime Power, Hypocritical, Five Eyes, Bushman’s Smile Race 10: Bronster, Mister Ebby, Bigtime Coffee, Cawbourne Angus Race 11: Ef Ay Zarr, Bigtime Sam, Bigtime Flyer, Bigtime Monty Race 12: Bigtime Dazzler, Bernie’s Boy, Bigtime Welldone LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Ashburton Guardian 19

M6 Riverton gallops Today at Riverton Raceway

Riverton RC Venue: Riverton Meeting Date: 17 Apr 2017 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 11.15am WHITE ROBE LODGE HURDLE $20,000, OPEN HURDLE, 2800m 1 337x8 Gargamel tm (2) 69 .......................A Browne 2 956x5 Delacroix m (5) 67....................H McNeill (3) 3 60x00 High Forty tm (6) 66.5 .................... S Fannin 4 599x0 Revenge tmh (1) 66 .................S Higgins (3) 5 74x00 Gold Leaf m (3) 65.5 ............S Muniandy (3) 6 5x977 Additup m (7) 65 ........................... E Farr (a) 7 862x0 To The Max 65 ............................. Scratched 8 45960 The Quiet Man (4) 65 ................. S Karnicnik 2 11.47 CENTRAL SOUTHLAND FREIGHT HURDLE $10,000, MDN HDL, 2500m 1 0x6x6 Pheasant m (1) 68 ........................ E Farr (a) 2 90118 Double Tap t (7) 68......................... S Fannin 3 533x8 Seeking Redemption (5) 68 .....H McNeill (3) 4 55x76 Tai Ho t (6) 68 ............................ S Karnicnik 5 7x683 Drumgold (3) 68 ............................A Browne 6 86897 Gingerbread Man (4) 68.................. C Studd 7 0980x Strike Up The Band (2) 68 .......S Higgins (3) 3 12.22 AYTO’S DAIRY RYDER PLUMBING OREPUKI $10,000, MDN, 2147m 1 10Lx7 Loose Goose (2) 58.5 .............K Kalychurun 2 x6358 Payment Pending (7) 58.5...........K Kwo (a4) 3 72063 Gazza The Guru (5) 58.5 ............ C Johnson 4 090x7 Brillante Rosso h (4) 58.5 .................L Hemi 5 70406 Gun Law (1) 56.5 .........................T Moseley 6 x0050 Name Of The Stars (8) 56.5 ........ E Farr (a2) 7 90x6 Tilly Dunnage h (3) 56.5............R Yatim (a3) 8 9 Shock And Awe (6) 56 ...................S Wynne 4 12.57pm RIVERTON SUPERVALUE & MCKENZIE MENSWEAR $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 57723 The Young Pretenda (1) 58.5 K Mudhoo (a1) 2 2834 Sir Ed h (2) 58.5 ........................R Yatim (a3) 3 07383 Mac Murdoch (11) 58.5 ........... G Jogoo (a1) 4 04 Olaf (3) 58.5 ............................. J Lowry (a1) 5 70440 Courts King 58.5 .......................... Scratched

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6 07405 Limousine (5) 58.5 ............................L Hemi 7 39785 Beethoven (12) 58.5.................. S Muniandy 8 06x Indicate (10) 58.5 ........................ C Johnson 9 7 Napoleon Dynamite 58.5 ............. Scratched 10 23770 Porters Pass (13) 58.5 11 0 Wheres The Forman (14) 58.5 ...... C Barnes 12 60636 Coatncollar (4) 58 .......................L Callaway 13 72855 Strategus (9) 56.5 14 56 Macpac (6) 56.5 ...........................T Moseley 15 44 Ruby Marie (8) 56.5 ................K Kalychurun 16 0x460 Essdee (7) 58.5.......................P Shaikh (a3) 17 44000 National Asset 58.5 ...................... Scratched Emergencies: Ruby Marie, Essdee, National Asset 5 1.32pm BRUCE THOMAS @ HARCOURTS & RIVERSIDE RENTALS $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 225 Doppelganger b (10) 58.5 .......K Kalychurun 2 4623x Nesta b (15) 58.5 ........................ C Johnson 3 38924 Flavouring (2) 58.5 ............................L Hemi 4 4 Maks Legend (12) 58.5 ............ J Lowry (a1) 5 79x9x Morrie Mac h (6) 58.5................ S Muniandy 6 44000 National Asset (5) 58.5 ............... E Farr (a2) 7 Red Major (4) 58.5 ........................ C Barnes 8 7 Fulltothebrim (9) 58 ................. G Jogoo (a1) 9 0697 Galway Garry h (13) 58...............L Callaway 10 068x0 Double Choice (1) 56.5 ...T Comignaghi (a3) 11 0098x Raising Al (7) 56.5 .......................K Williams 12 6x30 Promising bh (11) 56.................R Yatim (a3) 13 060x Rosaeflora (14) 56 .......................T Moseley 14 856x Rio Tennille (8) 56 ..........................S Wynne 15 2000 Nomen Ludi (3) 58 Emergency: Nomen Ludi 6 2.07pm FORDE AUTO SERVICES & RIVERTON PLUMBING $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 54578 Al Be Civics (2) 58.5 ................... E Farr (a2) 2 07 By Magic (14) 58.5 ................... J Lowry (a1) 3 3722. Hoofbeat b (15) 58 ...................... C Johnson 4 All Black Magic h (7) 58 ..............L Callaway 5 Drumstorm (12) 58............................L Hemi 6 8x80x Friday Knight (11) 58...........R Beeharry (a4) 7 0 Past Thyme (5) 58 ........................T Moseley

2 26950 He Ain’t Heavy mh (8) 59 .....A Bohorun (a4) 3 06373 Franconi t (3) 57.5 ...................K Kalychurun 4 06535 Odi Et Amo mh (1) 57 .................L Callaway 5 52673 Lin (5) 56.5 .............................. G Jogoo (a1) 6 10586 Point Proven m (2) 56.5 ...............T Moseley 7 79834 Lady Em (6) 55 ........................... E Farr (a2) 8 98604 Tapilize (4) 54 .............................. C Johnson 8 3.17 COLAC BAY TAVERN SOUTHERN CHAMPION HACK HANDICAP $12,000, R85 Benchmark, 2147m 1 65659 The Gordonian tdm (6) 61....... G Jogoo (a1) 2 047x0 Come Fly With Me tdmh (1) 60 ...L Callaway 3 76363 Motorboat Mike (7) 60 .....T Comignaghi (a3) 4 75717 Keep The Courage tmh (5) 57.5J Lowry (a1) 5 22190 Thought That (3) 56.5 ................. C Johnson 6 14x70 Clareville Flight tdmh (4) 54 ....K Kalychurun 7 52296 A Beautiful Knight th (8) 54 .......R Yatim (a3) 8 01452 Villa Elba (2) 54............................T Moseley 9 3.48pm AB LIME LONGWOOD HANDICAP $15,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1400m 1 78x12 Irish Excuse 60 ............................ Scratched 2 74838 Coup Darci Be d (3) 58.5 3 83655 Timy Tyler tdmh (4) 57.5 ...........R Yatim (a3) 4 210x7 Night Nurse d (2) 54 5 49297 Secret Power dm (1) 54 .................S Wynne Chris Johnson ventures to Riverton 6 47557 Full Count d (5) 54 ............................L Hemi 7 15x27 Rumpelstiltskin tm (6) 54 .............. C Barnes chasing more winners today.

8 44468 Fantamo dh (7) 54...................K Kalychurun 10 4.23pm MENNIES MINI DIG & PGG WRIGHTSON 8 44393 The Cover Girl (4) 56.5 ..........A Sharpe (a4) HANDICAP $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 9 700x0 Black Lizzie (13) 56.5 .................... C Barnes 1 0x48x Shakti t (19) 60...................... S Toolooa (a4) 10 Ginga Garn h (8) 56.5 .............K Kalychurun 2 43831 Sniparinda d (4) 60 .........T Comignaghi (a3) 11 900x Irish Katie (1) 56.5.....................R Yatim (a3) 3 94401 Prince Ransom td (20) 59 12 889 Princess Jubilee (10) 56.5 ........ S Muniandy 4 73641 Twizel Guru (16) 58.5 ............... J Lowry (a1) 13 9. Verify (6) 56.5.......................... G Jogoo (a1) 5 54210 Waimate Bill dh (6) 58.5 .......A Bohorun (a4) 14 70. Tap Dis (3) 56 6 814x0 Risky Flight tdm (18) 56 ................ C Barnes 15 2000 Nomen Ludi (9) 58 7 05448 Alottatow (15) 55.5 Emergency: Nomen Ludi 8 148x0 In Her Wake th (14) 55 ..........K Mudhoo (a1) 7 2.42pm EUAN SHEARING CONTRACTING GUMMIE’S 9 53503 Mystify Me d (2) 55 ..................... E Farr (a2) 10 37060 Peter Parker m (8) 55 ..................K Kwo (a4) BUSH HANDICAP $10,000, R65 Benchmark*, 2147m 1 21859 Starbuck bh (7) 59.5..................R Yatim (a3) 11 00060 Weapon Of Choice h (7) 55 ....K Kalychurun

12 8776x Likewise (5) 54 ..........................R Yatim (a3) 13 79307 Brahma Queen d (13) 54 ..................L Hemi 14 x7000 Dualis (10) 54...............................K Williams 15 31035 Kruger Rand (11) 58.5 .................T Moseley 16 x1635 Fun Fair (12) 56.5 17 6734L Vice Marshall mh (17) 58 18 x0051 O’Kiwi tm (1) 58 19 x0502 Auctioneer d (9) 57.5 20 10x80 Switzer dm (3) 57.5 Emergencies: Kruger Rand, Fun Fair, Vice Marshall, O’Kiwi, Auctioneer, Switzer 11 5.03 TORRESDALE SUFFOLK STUD THORNBURY HANDICAP $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 09428 Tomm Jones d (2) 61.5 ...T Comignaghi (a3) 2 32621 Dynamic tdm (4) 59.................P Shaikh (a3) 3 21036 Accidental Offside d (3) 58.5........K Williams 4 0x948 Amun Ra t (5) 58.........................L Callaway 5 x5030 Gallant Defender db (8) 57.5..... S Muniandy 6 6x351 Gold’nguru tm (1) 57 ............... G Jogoo (a1) 7 31868 Mels Evie d (11) 56.5 .................. C Johnson 8 2318x Master Karsten tmbh (9) 56 ....K Kalychurun 9 57152 What’s Up Alf dmh (10) 56 ........R Yatim (a3) 10 07234 The Barmaid t (7) 55 .........................L Hemi 11 43579 Sally Getcha Gun d (6) 54 ...........T Moseley Blinkers on: Tap Dis (R6), Brahma Queen (R10), Amun Ra (R11) Blinkers off: Brillante Rosso (R3), Porters Pass (R4), Rio Tennille (R5), Friday Knight (R6), Dualis (R10) Winkers off: Irish Katie, Tap Dis (R6), Brahma Queen (R10) SELECTIONS Race 1: Gargamel, Delacroix, Revenge, High Forty, Gold Leaf Race 2: Strike Up The Band, Pheasant, Double Tap, Tai Ho Race 3: Loose Goose, Name Of The Stars, Payment Pending Race 4: Sir Ed, The Young Pretenda, Mac Murdoch, Olaf, Macpac Race 5: Doppelganger, Morrie Mack, Maks Legend, Promising Race 6: Hoofbeat, Al Be Civics, The Cover Girl, All Black Magic Race 7: Lin, He Ain’t Heavy, Starbuck, Franconi, Odi Et Amo Race 8: Keep The Courage, Villa Elba, Thought That, Clareville Flight Race 9: Timy Tyler, Night Nurse, Rumpelstiltskin, Coup Darci Be Race 10: Sniparinda, Mystify Me, Waimate Bill, Twizel Guru Race 11: Dynamic, Tomm Jones, What’s Up Alf, Accidental Offside

Taupo gallops Today at Taupo Raceway

Taupo RC Venue: Taupo Meeting Date: 17 Apr 2017 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.05 TAUPO & TURANGI WEEKENDER 1800 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1800m 1 20033 Keep Up (2) 58.5 .............................S Collett 2 x8703 Battle Royal (3) 58.5 ..................A Jones (a) 3 7307x Run Forrest Run (15) 58.5 .............V Colgan 4 0x6 The Labyrinth (11) 58.5...................A Collett 5 43239 Bluesuede Chouxs (14) 58 ............. S Spratt 6 504. Palermitano (6) 58 ........................O Bosson 7 8 Bizzwinkle (7) 58 ............................. C Grylls 8 x2235 Lady Ferner (10) 56.5 ............... M D Plessis 9 25065 Over Torque (9) 56.5 10 70x04 Primrose Hill (13) 56.5 ................ D Johnson 11 4922 Vinorules (12) 56...............................L Innes 12 53 Artiste (1) 56 ..............................M Cameron 13 68x La Foi (8) 56 .............................J Nason (a2) 14 0 Marjolet (5) 56 ...........................S McKay (a) 15 87770 Secret Harmony 56 ...................... Scratched 16 04x24 Asylum Seeker 58.5 ..................... Scratched 17 4x508 All About Doom 58.5 .................... Scratched 18 67975 Brat Pack (4) 58.5 ...........................J Riddell 19 56806 El Healo 56.5 ............................... Scratched Emergencies: Secret Harmony, Asylum Seeker, All About Doom, Brat Pack, El Healo 2 12.40pm AUTO CHEAP TAUPO 1300 $10,000, 3YO SW+P, 1300m 1 1x1 Alamosa Express (2) 58.5.............O Bosson 2 x1664 Honey Rider d (4) 57.5...............M Coleman 3 12 Swiss Military 57.5 ....................... Scratched 4 68461 Chouxperb (3) 57.5 .........................J Riddell 5 38751 I Am Gracie (5) 56.5........................A Collett 6 9x451 Lady Roseanne m (1) 55.5 ............. C Grylls 7 15x8 Exhibit 55.5 .................................. Scratched 8 140x Joy Anna 55.5 .............................. Scratched 9 1929 Twenty One Times (6) 55.5 ............V Colgan 3 1.15 HIGGINS TAUPO 1000 $10,000, MDN, 1000m

1 50x48 One More Dream (9) 58.5 ..................M Hills 2 Rainbow Song (2) 58 ....................O Bosson 3 5728x Ticket To Ride (14) 56.5 ..................A Collett 4 9738x Macario (5) 56.5 ........................ M D Plessis 5 Gin Sling (4) 56.5 ............................S Collett 6 08x Kaida (13) 56.5 .............................M McNab 7 3x20x Collay (7) 56 ................................ D Johnson 8 2x Sanction b (17) 56........................... C Grylls 9 88035 Agent Provocateur (15) 56 ........S McKay (a) 10 Tattybogler (8) 56 .......................A Jones (a) 11 6x Nightcap (10) 56 12 Its All Fun (3) 56.........................M Cameron 13 500. Dr Greengrass (12) 58.5 14 3986x Spring Show (16) 56.5 15 x877x Secret Dreams (11) 56.5 16 x809x My Smiley O’Reilly (1) 56.5 17 5x4 Tuscan Whistler (6) 58 18 4 Beauty Princess (18) 56 Em: Dr Greengrass, Spring Show, Secret Dreams, My Smiley O’Reilly, Tuscan Whistler, Beauty Princess

4 1.50pm ASCOT FARM 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

x436x Poker Face 58 .............................. Scratched 624 Sovereign Prince (9) 58 .............M Coleman 26. Canto Magic (2) 58 ................... M D Plessis 0x34x Lord Mapperley (14) 58.....................L Innes 56x0. Duvall (4) 58 ..................................M McNab Early Riser 58 .............................. Scratched The Bieber (16) 58 0x Tipical (12) 58 ................................V Colgan 5525x Briar Rose (3) 56.5.....................M Cameron 67305 Panella (15) 56.5 24824 Abloom (11) 56 320. Imeldas Girl (13) 56 ........................A Collett 0x0 Advent (1) 56.............................S McKay (a) Gentileschi (17) 56 .......................... C Grylls 08. Sangreal (6) 58 ...............................J Riddell 25x24 Al Vandaam (8) 56 ...................... D Johnson 3 Soul Sensation 56 ........................ Scratched

18 Our Sisters Secret (10) 56 ..............S Collett 19 9. Your Grace (7) 56 20 932. Lady Amadeus (5) 56 Emergencies: Sangreal, Al Vandaam, Soul Sensation, Our Sisters Secret, Your Grace, Lady Amadeus 5 2.25 STARLIGHT CINEMA CENTRE 1300 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1300m 1 9x826 Eprouvez b (4) 59.5.........................S Collett 2 54137 Roc Me (5) 59 ...............................M Tanaka 3 43706 Al Pacino (13) 58.5.......................... S Spratt 4 59130 Link Road (1) 58.5 .......................... C Grylls 5 26219 Solomon (6) 58 ......................J Fawcett (a4) 6 50209 Hover (8) 57.5 ...................................L Innes 7 x007x Dontbreakmyheart 57 .................. Scratched 8 81903 Perfect Shock d (10) 57...................J Riddell 9 091. Belle Amore (11) 56.5 ................. D Johnson 10 34015 Awakening (2) 56.5 .........................A Collett 11 0x518 Babe (9) 56 ...................................M McNab 12 17x0x Rose Imperial (7) 56 13 x109x Chambon (12) 55.5 ....................M Cameron 14 64177 Oscar’s Shadow (3) 55.5........... M D Plessis 15 12 Swiss Military 58.5 ....................... Scratched Emergency: Swiss Military 6 3.00pm MIRAKA FIRST AT THE FARM GATE CUP $15,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1300m 1 1166x Nailed It (12) 60.5 .................. K Cowan (a4) 2 13435 All Torn Up t (13) 59 .................... D Johnson 3 x9497 Santiago (5) 58.5 ............................J Riddell 4 920x2 De Niro (8) 58 ...........................S McKay (a) 5 36275 Shot In The Dark b (2) 58...........M Cameron 6 905x5 Doubtless Princess m (7) 57.5 .. M D Plessis 7 54332 Vinevale b (10) 57.5 8 61377 Princess Davone (6) 57 9 3976x Lucky Feather m (4) 57 .................M Tanaka 10 10962 Notionannagins (3) 56.5..................S Collett 11 32111 Andado dm (11) 56.5 12 640x8 Suffire (1) 56 ................................... C Grylls 13 62081 Steppenwolf (9) 55 .......................... S Spratt

■ RIVERTON

Pitman team dominates The father and son training partnership of Michael and Matthew Pitman stamped their mark on the opening day of the Riverton Easter Carnival on Saturday when they produced four winners from their eight runners at the meeting.

O’Kiwi and Prince Ransom got them away to a flying start with wins in the first two races on the day before Jazzman and Dynamic added further success later in the programme.

It was just reward for the partnership with Pitman senior a noted supporter of the traditional two-day meeting for many years.

“I like coming back here as it is a great club who look after us well and do a great job,” he said.

While Pitman was delighted with the team’s performance he had a special men-

tion for the ride of apprentice Amanda Morgan on Jazzman, who took out the open 1200 metre event.

“It was a lovely ride by Amanda as she did everything I asked of her,” he noted.

“I walked the track after the horses had galloped here on Thursday morning and I said to her then she needed to hug the rails all the way on him. When it is a little wet here they tend to go wide on the home corner so I knew if she could stick to the rails it was worth a length or two to him.

“Amanda did exactly that so it was the difference between winning and losing the race.”

The Pitmans will look to extend their winning streak on the second day of the carnival today with O’Kiwi nominated as a leading chance provided he can gain a place in the field for race 10.

- NZME

14 00. Lady Fenuala (3) 57 .................. S Spratt 15 Livin’ On A Prayer (9) 57 16 24824 Abloom (4) 57 17 88035 Agent Provocateur (16) 57 Em: Livin’ On A Prayer, Abloom, Agent Provocateur 8 4.05 PETER THOMAS TRANSPORT 1800 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1800m 1 72085 Laddie Of Oakview (1) 60 ............... S Spratt 2 38x95 Richie McHorse (2) 60 ....................J Riddell 3 92723 Four Degrees (3) 59 ...................M Cameron 4 53147 Volts td (4) 58 ......................... K Cowan (a4) 5 00326 Hunta Pence (9) 58 ................... M D Plessis 6 43407 Heeznot (13) 57 ..............................A Collett 7 4018B Incantesimo (12) 56 ......................M McNab 8 64148 Marshal (15) 56 ..................................M Hills 9 83330 Fastnet Fire (14) 55.5 10 x6130 Gardenier (7) 55.5....................... D Johnson 11 46733 Real Savvy (8) 55.5 ........................ C Grylls 76220 Tatters b (11) 55.5 ......................M Coleman Opie Bosson rides Palermitano in 12 13 92x60 Youwantmore m (5) 55 ..................M Tanaka the first on the card at Taupo today. 14 80544 Lady Shabeel b (10) 54.5.......J Fawcett (a4) 15 07978 Ahjay 55 ....................................... Scratched 14 5x162 Mahalo (14) 54.5 ...........................M McNab 16 62431 Twinkles 59 .................................. Scratched 7 3.32pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE 17 8x649 Valante (6) 59 Emergencies: Ahjay, Twinkles, Valante $12,000, MDN F&M, 1300m 1 2x2 Smart Thinking b (1) 57.5 ........... D Johnson Blinkers on: Twenty One Times (R2), Kaida (R3), Sangreal, Lady 2 x6390 Sacred Desire (10) 57.5 ....................L Innes Amadeus (R4), Eprouvez (R5), Lady Amadeus, Myrtle, Come 3 37550 Unusual Achiever (2) 57.5......... M D Plessis Dance With Me, Amour La Vie (R7), Gardenier (R8) Blinkers off: 4 Aperol (11) 57.5 ........................S McKay (a) Lord Mapperley (R4) Winkers off: Kaida, My Smiley O’Reilly (R3) 5 45706 The Kipling Girl (5) 57.5 ..................A Collett SELECTIONS 6 29332 Doubtless Bay (17) 57....................V Colgan Race 1: Keep Up, Bizzwinkie, Artiste, Vinorules, Bluesuede Chouxs 7 32023 She’stoohottotrot (6) 57..............M Cameron Race 2: Alamosa Express, I Am Gracie, Chouxperb 8 932. Lady Amadeus (12) 57..................O Bosson Race 3: Collay, Sanction, Tattybogler, Rainbow Song, Its All Fun 9 333x Myrtle b (14) 57...............................J Riddell Race 4: Lady Amadeus, Lord Mapperley, Abloom, Sovereign Prince 10 8x486 Lucky Dreamer (8) 57 ...................M Tanaka Race 5: Babe, Roc Me, Perfect Shock, Eprouvez, Belle Amore 11 7765 Come Dance With Me (13) 57 Race 6: Andado, Vinevale, All Torn Up, Mahalo, De Niro 12 6. Our Showgirl (7) 57 .........................S Collett Race 7: Smart Thinking, Doubtless Bay, Myrtle, Lady Amadeus 13 47x98 Amour La Vie (15) 57 ...................... C Grylls Race 8: Richie McHorse, Hunta Pence, Incantesimo, Youwantmore

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Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until Greg Lukaszewisz. Small: Ref Vet Ent. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

2pm. Phone 308-1050.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, ASHBURTON MUSEUM METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890.

Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Weekends 1pm - 4pm. Research facilities Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams. weekday afternoons.

BUS DEPARTURES ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am ART GALLERY - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: Large: NIMAL ERVICES 327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

Neroli Wall. Small: Catherine Hayward.

DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce. Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after-

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm Street, will be open from 10am - 1pm Easter Mon - Fri 6pm Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - STANDARD POST: Monday and from 5pm - 7pm in the evening.

2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

Easter Monday

FOR SALE

PUBLIC NOTICES

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days. and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

EMERGENCY DENTIST

GRAZING - 5 hectares of fodder beet plus 35 hectares of grass plus baleage.

Winchmore Mitcham area.

Reasonable rates. Phone 0274 200 008.

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WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - John Keeley - 308 4432 or 0274 342 646.

hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

April 17 & 18, 2017

12pm - 1pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Free lunch for everyone. Baptist Church, please enter off Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE EUCHRE. Every Monday night, Catholic Parish Hall Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

Selling clean pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean ‘Second time around” clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr of Cass and Havelock St 9.40am MID CANTERBURY MENS FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting with a main and mini speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet handicap singles. Waireka.

Philip Street.

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning for new people to Ashburton. Nosh Cafe at Ashfords, West Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Signing Centre, New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse .

2pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Senior parishioners Holy Communion.

Park Street.

7pm ASHBURTON FRIENDSHIP AND ENTERTAINMENT CLUB. Opening concert. Savage Club Hall, Cnr

Cox and William Street.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Weekly club night, all player levels welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Weekly games, come and have a go!

Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street.

7.30pm FOREST AND BIRD. Annual general meeting. Protecting life on NZ’s Offshore. Sinclair Centre Islands, Park Street.

Puzzles

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, April 17, 2017

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The warrior learns to fight but also to defend, starting with defending the self. You know better than to leave yourself open and vulnerable. If you decide to do this, let it be a strategy, not an oversight.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The truth can be treated like some amorphous mystical thing to quest after, or it can be as simple as getting the facts straight about reality. Opt for the latter today, if only in the interest of saving time GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): On a winning team, not everyone in the group has to be a superstar.

In fact, the unit is better off for the less-skilled individuals involved. They make everyone watch closer and double-check the work.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There’s money in finding your niche. You don’t have to create it. This is a process of discovery, the key to which lies in becoming extremely clear about what you’d like to see and what you want to happen.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You sometimes wonder, as you pursue your curiosities, if all of this is adding up to anything. Rest assured, learning is not wasted or lost on you. You’ll convert today’s information to insight.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Honesty includes what you know and what you don’t know. Gaining and maintaining awareness of both parts of the equation will be your key to wisdom today.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The principle of inclusion will be manifest in today’s happenings. This is just how you are generally, making sure not to leave anyone out. You will casually but carefully maintain social balance.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Can you dedicate more time and space to listening to another person? It will take initiative, because there is so much else going on right now for both of you. But without the effort, this bond will weaken.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You have many interests. One of them is strengthening into something beyond a mere pastime or pursuit. It’s becoming a belief and a lifestyle.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): If you find today’s happenings bemusing, this is nothing to keep to yourself. Speak up and confounded people around you will, too. The confusion only proves you are paying close attention.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You have friends in high places, low places and a lot of places in between. Use those contacts in interesting ways in the weeks to come. Some of them could stand to be refreshed. Reach out.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Knowing that you’re included in a circle of people is comforting, but this is not your only or even your primary source of solace. The feeling that you belong to yourself as well – that’s more than comfort.

That’s serenity.

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Previous solution: lost, lot, lots, lotus, lout, louts, lust, oust, out, outs, slot, slut, sol, sot, sou, soul, tolu.

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12:35 Victor Frankenstein M BRAVO THE BOX 2015 Horror. Daniel Radcliffe, 6am CSI MV 6:50 Criminal 10am Teen Mom 3 James McAvoy, Intent MV 7:40 The Force MC 10:55 Catfish 3 Jessica Brown Findlay.

11:45 Snapped PGR 3 8:30 Call Of The Wildman 2:25 The Magnificent 12:40 Southern Charm PGR 3 PG 8:55 The Simpsons Seven MV 2016 Action 1:35 Intervention AO 3 PG 9:20 Law And Order Western. Denzel Washington, 2:35 Botched By Nature – UK MV 10:10 NCIS – LA Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke.

(Starting Today) 3 MV 11:05 NCIS – LA MV 4:40 The Walk PGL 2015 3:35 Hoarders 3 Noon Border Security Drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 4:30 Dance Moms 3 M 12:30 Criminal Intent Ben Kingsley. 6:45 Deadpool 5:30 Teen Mom MV 1:20 CSI – Miami MV 16 2016 Action 6:30 Catfish – The Untold 2:10 CSI MV 3:05 Pawn Stars Adventure. Ryan Reynolds, Stories PG 3:35 Call Of The Wildman Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller.

7:30 Masters Of Flip PG 4:05 The Simpsons 8:30 The Babadook MVLSC Kortney and Dave keep it PG 4:30 Crossing Lines 2014 Horror. After the violent shabby-chic when it comes to MV 5:30 Criminal Intent death of her husband, a their latest flip.

MV 6:30 Border Security M single mother must deal with 8:30 Botched AO 3 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – A woman with uneven breasts Miami MV 8:30 Piha Rescue MV her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but seeks Terry’s help; an anxious 9pm Deep Undercover MVLC soon discovers a sinister patient stays awake for her 9:30 Real Prison Breaks MV presence all around her. tummy tuck; mega-boob star 10:30 Law And Order – UK Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Lacey Wildd wants to upgrade MV 11:25 CSI – Miami MV Daniel Henshall. her implants to QQQ. 10:05 Teacher Of The Year TUESDAY 9:30 Wahlburgers MVLSC 2014 Comedy.

12:15 Call Of The Wildman With the opening of the 11:25 Leprechaun – PG 12:40 Pawn Stars PG Fenway Wahlburgers, new Origins 18VL 2014 Horror.

1:05 Crossing Lines MV investor Bob challenges the TUESDAY local Boston rival, Tasty Burger, 1:55 Law And Order – UK 1am The Walk PGL 2015 to a game of softball at Fenway MV 2:45 CSI MV 3:30 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Piha Rescue Drama. 3:05 Deadpool Park.

PG 4:20 Deep Undercover 16 2016 Action Adventure.

10:30 Intervention MVLC 4:45 Real Prison Breaks 4:50 Leprechaun – Origins 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3 18VL 2014 Horror.

MV 5:35 Border Security M

11:35 Football – English Premier League Manchester United v Chelsea.

At Old Trafford.

1:35 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 7:25 The Interpreter MV 2005 Drama. Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman. 9:30 The Topp Twins – Untouchable Girls MLS 2009 Comedy Documentary. Jools Topp, Paul Horan, Jean Topp.

10:55 Life As We Know It MS 2010 Comedy.

Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel.

12:50 The King’s Speech ML 2010 Biography.

Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter.

2:45 Chicago MV 2002 Musical. Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere. 4:35 Ladder 49 MC 2004 Action.

Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Robert Patrick. 6:30 You’ve Got Mail PGL 1998 Romance.

Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks.

8:30 Terminator 3 – Rise Of The Machines MVL 2003 Sci-fi.

T-101 is sent back to protect an adult John Connor from a female terminator android as the machines are on the rise. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes.

10:20 The Lincoln Lawyer MVLS 2011 Thriller.

Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei.

TUESDAY

12:15 Crash 16VL 2004 Crime.

Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon. 2:05 Chicago MV 2002 Musical.

3:55 Terminator 3 – Rise Of The Machines MVL 2003 Scifi. 5:45 Ladder 49 MC 2004 Action.

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6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Miharo 2 7:30 Pukoro 2 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Morena 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Pukoro 2 3:30 Miharo 2 4pm Rugby League (HLS) Replay and highlights.

5:30 Te Matatini (HLS) Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival.

6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Cam’s Kai 8pm Pete And Pio’s Kai Safari PGR 8:30 Aotearoa 3 9pm You Can’t Ask That AO 9:20 POI – Hopes And Dreams PGR 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 7:30 Indian Ocean With Simon Reeve 8:25 Empire 9:30 Jamie’s Fish Supper 10:30 Restoration Man 11:30 The Cook And The Chef Noon Chelsea’s Greatest Garden 12:55 Empire 2pm 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Inside Nature’s Marvels 4:30 River Cottage Autumn Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall fishes in a stream, and takes his land-share campaign to the next level.

5:30 Waterfront House Hunting Series that follows prospective buyers as they search for the home of their dreams in a waterfront location.

6pm My Floating Home 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Operation Arctic 8:30 Secrets Of The Chinese Chariot – The War Machine That Shaped China 9:30 Mystery Of The Roman Skulls 10:30 American Pickers

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

11:30 River Cottage Autumn 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am I Bought My Own Rainforest 2am Paul And Nick’s Big American Food Trip 2:30 Getaway 3am American Restoration 4am Secrets Of The Chinese Chariot – The War Machine That Shaped China 5am Mystery Of The Roman Skulls

SKY SPORT 1 6am Cycling – Amstel Gold Race (RPL) 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Motorsport – Formula One (RPL) Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix – Grand Prix. 11am Cricket – IPL (HLS) Mumbai Indians v Gujarat Lions. 11:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rising Pune Supergiant. Noon Cricket – IPL (HLS) Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad.

12:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab.

1pm Golf – LPGA (HLS) Lotte Championship – Round Four.

1:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) RBC Heritage – Round Four.

2pm Golf Central 3pm Golf – European Tour (HLS) Trophee Hassan II – Round Four. 3:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Mystics v Magic. 4pm Squash – PSA (RPL) 5:30 Cycling – Amstel Gold Race (HLS) 6pm Rugby Nation 7pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Mystics v Magic. 7:30 L Netball – ANZ Premiership Stars v Pulse. 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm UCL Magazine Show 10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Hurricanes.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Cycling – Amstel Gold Race (HLS)

SKY SPORT 2 6am Football – Hyundai A-League (RPL) Brisbane Roar FC v Wellington Phoenix. 8am UCL Magazine Show 8:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Mystics v Magic. 9am Football – Hyundai A-League (HLS) Brisbane Roar FC v Wellington Phoenix. 9:30 Rugby League – Super League (HLS) Wigan Warriors v St Helens.

10am Rugby League – Super League (HLS) Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity.

10:30 Motorsport – Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix (HLS) 11am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks. 1pm League Legends 1:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Canberra Raiders v New Zealand Warriors. 3:40 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers.

5:30 L Rugby League – NRL Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers. 8pm League Legends 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers.

TUESDAY

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks. 1am Rugby League – NRL Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers. 1:30 L Rugby TUESDAY League – Super League Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL (DLY) Hawthorn v Geelong Wakefield Trinity v Wigan Cats. 3am NRL 360 4am The Warriors. 4am L Rugby Late Show With Matty Johns League – Super League Catalans Dragons v Salford Red 5am Motorsport – British Touring Car Championship Devils.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Win Lose or Joust. 6:30 You Have Been Warned M Masters of the Universe. 7:30 How Do They Do It? PG 8am Auction Hunters PG High Flying Ton. 8:30 MythBusters PG Flights of Fantasy. 9:25 Killing Fields M Smoking Gun. 10:20 Killing Fields M The Search Warrant. 11:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Killer Repairs. 12:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Under the Knife. 1:05 Alaska – The Last Frontier M One Man Short. 2pm Alaska – The Last Frontier M Kilchergiving.

2:55 Alaska – The Last Frontier M The Prodigal Daughter Returns. 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M The Monster Catch. 4:45 Alaska – The Last Frontier M When Cows Attack. 5:40 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Chopper Rescue. 6:35 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Homesteading for the Holidays. 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Bracing for Change. 8:30 MythBusters PG Volunteer Special. 9:30 What On Earth? PG 10:30 The Unexplained Files M The Real Exorcist; Mystery of the Dying Elk. 11:30 You Have Been Warned M

TUESDAY

12:30 Web Of Lies M 1:25 The Perfect Murder M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 5:05 Bering Sea Gold PG

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Sport

Messi makes it a double Lionel Messi has scored twice to help Barcelona rebound from back-toback losses and go into the next round at Real Madrid within striking distance of the Spanish league leader. Messi added an assist as Barcelona saw off a dangerous Real Sociedad side 3-2 at Camp Nou, with the defending champions struggling to end a run of defeats at Malaga in the league and Juventus in the Champions League. Madrid needed two goals from Francisco Alarcon, including his 90th-minute winner, to stay three points ahead of Barcelona at the top of the table after prevailing 3-2 at Sporting Gijon.

Johnson beats Sock

Methven’s Faaitu Tuamoheloa crashed his way over to score his side’s first try in their win over Rolleston on Saturday.

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Methven in form-flip

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Methven got their season under way in Canterbury Combined country rugby on Saturday with an eight-try romp over Rolleston.

After two losses and a bye from the first three rounds, the Mallards picked their form up from the floor and threw it straight up through the roof as they ran circles around the hapless Rolleston, who had no answer for the black and white onslaught in the opening 40 minutes of the match.

Five first half tries, three conversions and a penalty from the boot of Davey Maw had Methven comfortable at 32-0 heading into the break although they started the second half with two men in the bin after repeated offences at the breakdown inside their own 22 metre line.

Methven scored in the open-

ing stanza with tries to Faaitu Tuamoheloa, captain James McLeod, Henry Vulaono, Campbell Sommerville and Jeff Honldon – largely through the grunt work of their forward pack who fronted up and took it to Rolleston head-on before allowing their fleet-footed backs to conjure up some magic.

Tuamoheloa, Oscar Balsagle, Vulaono and Saisa Verveod were a constant threat to the Rolleston line and made perfect use of the offload to push forward and apply pressure.

Rolleston, just as they had the previous week against Rakaia, came out of the blocks firing in the second half and left Methven flat-footed as they scored twice in the first 10 minutes.

Methven warmed to their task though as coach Andy Pearce rolled in the changes and a tighthead scrum in the 56th minute of the match turned the

Ko notches up second placing P16

game back around in Methven’s favour as Verveod scored a brilliant try.

Foketi Puleiku then crashed his way over and then Tyler Blackburn left a few defenders in his wake to add to the score line.

Rolleston kept coming at Methven late in the game and for the second time in the match the visitors found themselves down to the 13 men, with Scott Middleton and Jeremy Lewthwaite both sent to the bin within minutes of each after more repeat offending around the ruck.

“That was a wee bit frustrating,” Pearce said after the match.

“But overall it’s great to have the first win at the points on the board, it should be a real confidence building win for us.”

After battling for the opening two games of the season, Pearce

will enjoy training a lot more this week with some buoyant men to push even harder for success.

He paid special tribute to the effort on Saturday of prop Kalle Valimaki who had a massive work-rate.

“Kalle has a lot of experience, he’s got caps for Finland, but has taken a couple of weeks to adjust to the level of rugby here and is tireless.

“But I thought the whole forward pack were very good this week, they really stuck to their tasks.”

Methven will host West Melton next week at Methven in a match which could determine their chances of making the playoffs.

Southbridge and Darfield remain the two unbeaten teams in the competition after the weekend and lead their respective sections.

Steve Johnson has beaten top seed Jack Sock 4-6 6-4 6-3 in an allAmerican semi-final in the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston.

Fourth-seeded Johnson won his lone ATP Tour title last year on grass at Nottingham in England. He will face eighth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil, a 5-7 6-4 6-2 winner over American Ernesto Escobedo.

Sock won the 2015 event at Forest Oaks for the first of his three tour titles, and finished second last year.

Cleary still unclear Wests Tigers coach Ivan Cleary is undecided on whether Mitchell Moses will transfer mid-season to Parramatta, but insists speculation won’t affect his performance against them today.

Moses is already understood to have signed with the Eels for next season, but requested a mid-season release last week. That was originally denied by the Tigers, however speculation has since mounted that he will be granted a release following the Easter Monday ANZ Stadium blockbuster.

“I’ve got enough to worry about before worrying about things like that,” Cleary said yesterday.

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