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Ashburton Hospital has been forced to reschedule outpatient appointments this week ahead of the second strike by members of the New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA).

It is expected that six Resident Medical Officers (RMOs), who are members of the Resident Doctors’ Association, will be striking for 73 hours from 7am today until 8am on Friday.

There are a total of eight RMOs employed at Ashburton Hospital.

Ashburton Health Services manager Bernice Marra said 11 patients due to have outpatient appointments this week

at Ashburton Hospital have had their appointments postponed and are being rescheduled.

“Other people from the Ashburton area, who were due to travel to Christchurch for specialist appointments and surgery this week, will also be affected, but we don’t have those numbers readily available, as our focus is on rescheduling the hundreds of people affected to the next available appointment or time for surgery,” she said.

The doctors are striking to protest unfair work hours.

Currently they can work up to 12 days in a row or 10 consecutive nights, and a shift can last up to 16 hours.

The New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association is asking for the maximum consecutive days to be lowered to 10, and night shifts lowered to four.

During the strike days, Marra advised the public to call their usual general practice number for care around the clock.

“After hours your call will be answered by a nurse who can provide free health advice. If you need to be seen urgently, the nurse can tell you where to go and what to do,” she said.

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■ NZ YACHTIE

Girl reunited with mother Six-year-old Que Langdon, who spent a month at sea in a transTasman crossing with her father Alan, has been reunited with her mother after a 22-month separation.

Mr Langdon, 49, was charged on Sunday afternoon after taking Que from New Zealand without permission in December.

The charges were laid just hours after Ariane Wyler took back her daughter in Ulladulla on the New South Wales south coast, according to child recovery expert Col Chapman.

Mr Langdon and Que arrived in Ulladulla last week after they were last seen leaving New Zealand’s Kawhia Harbour in a sixmetre catamaran on December 17, sparking a widespread missing person’s search.

Mr Chapman said Ms Wyler only wanted to see Que on Sunday, but after the two chatted for 10 minutes or so decided to take her with her.

“It was beautiful, like something off TV. Que couldn’t believe that her mother materialised out of nowhere ... there was tears, they were both crying,” Mr Chapman said of the reunion.

“Ariane asked if we could take her. She’s not breaking any laws – it’s not perhaps normal process but I said absolutely, pick her up, let’s go.”

While Ms Wyler took Que to a waiting car Mr Chapman said a contractor working with him asked a security guard nearby to notify Mr Langdon that Que was with her mother.

“Ariane is very fair and even minded.

“She doesn’t want sole custody, she wants shared custody,” he said.

Mr Chapman said attempts had been made to contact Mr Langdon so he could have contact with his daughter, but those attempts were so far unsuccessful.

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Doctors’ strike hits Ashburton patients From P1 Anyone who was due to attend Christchurch or Burwood hospital for an appointment or surgery this week, and is unsure whether their appointment is going ahead, can call 0800 778 226.

This number is answered during office hours.

The Canterbury DHB employs about 533 Resident Medical Officers and understands about 75 per cent are RDA members.

Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates said continuing to provide safe care for patients

Layna Hunt is rounding out Ashburton’s team of performers making up this year’s World Championships of Performing Arts group.

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during the strike remains the highest priority and focus for the Canterbury health system.

“We are prioritising essential and acute services, which means that some outpatient appointments and elective surgeries are being rescheduled,” he said.

“Patients who have appointments or surgery booked during the strike period can expect to hear from Canterbury DHB, whether they are affected or not,” he said.

The Emergency Department at Christchurch Hospital will remain open during the strike.

When New Zealand’s team heads to this year’s World Championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, Ashburton will be well represented.

Five members of that team, numbering about 26, are from Ashburton and range in age from 14 to the team’s senior at 25, Layna Hunt.

While fellow team members Krishnay Nadan, 15, Ocean Waitokia, 14, Liam Pram, 15 and Tilly Smith, 17 went through the fingernail-biting anxiety of a live audition, Layna auditioned by video.

Other commitments meant she was unable to attend the Ashburton event and rather than miss out on the opportunity to win a slot in the team, Layna sent

her video clip to the event organiser and then had the anxious wait to find out whether or not it had been accepted.

“I was really concerned that this wasn’t the right way to do it,” she said.

Not only was it accepted, she won a place in the team and now, like her fellow team-mates, she’s frantically fundraising.

Unlike many of the others, Layna has a large store of experience behind her as a member of the cast of several musicals and from dozens of performance stints.

And unlike the teenage team members, Layna knows just how tough it can be trying to make a living as a singer.

She’s turned a hand to a wide range of jobs, including truck driving and photography simply

to earn a living and to allow time free to grab whatever entertainment opportunities come her way.

Grabbing those opportunities also means you need to be in the right place at the right time. And for Layna that means Christchurch rather than Ashburton is her home at the moment.

“It’s really tough making a living in show business, you have to work really hard, but these championships could be a lifechanging experience.”

With the championships now in her sights, the need to work has ramped up.

Layna and her fellow team members need to raise $7000 to attend the event and they need to prepare several numbers to perform both as individuals and as part of the teams.

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Silver Fern posts $30.6m loss

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A challenging year has ended in a $30.6 million loss for the country’s largest meat processor Silver Fern Farms (SFF).

Last year the Dunedin-based co-operative sold a controlling stake to China’s Shanghai Maling for $267 million.

While the deal was overwhelmingly supported by shareholders, it was not without its detractors.

The deal enabled Silver Fern to repay its debt, removing a threat

from its banking syndicate to withdraw support.

The company has cut its net debt to $107 million from $121 million a year earlier, and halved its finance costs to $14.8 million, chief executive Dean Hamilton said yesterday.

A year earlier it posted a net profit of $24.9 million.

The $30.6 million shortfall includes a $22.4 million impairment charge related to the Shanghai investment.

Earnings before interest, tax,

Charged over attack An Ashburton man has been charged with assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to an alleged assault involving a meat cleaver.

The 42-year-old was remanded in custody to appear in the Christchurch District Court today, Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said.

Police went to a William Street address at about 7am on Friday after receiving reports of two men

depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) plunged to $32.1 million in the year ending September 30, from $90.5 million in 2015.

“While the result was in line with previous guidance of a small operating loss, it was nonetheless particularly disappointing and reflected a very challenging year across the industry,” chairman Rob Hewett said.

“The company managed its way through a tough year as a perfect storm hit with sharp falls in a number of end-markets in the

first half, lower industry-wide volumes, unseasonal livestock flows which limited capacity utilisation, and a strengthening New Zealand currency through the year amplified in June by the Brexit event,” said.

“Looking ahead, whilst mild weather and strong grass conditions have delayed the start to the new season, we are confident that if a more settled operating environment prevails combined with the improvements we have undertaken and have planned, we

will see the performance of Silver Fern Farms improve significantly in 2017.”

Hamilton said the company achieved a 31 per cent increase in the value of branded products.

The redemption of about $5 million in remaining supplier investment shares and the payment of a $35 million special dividend are due to be completed by the end of February.

Silver Fern’s annual report will be available ahead of its annual meeting in February.

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fighting with weapons, where they found both to have sustained injuries.

One man was taken to Ashburton Hospital where he was treated for cuts and a gash to his head.

Police believe a meat cleaver found at the scene was used in the offending.

The other party involved in the altercation will appear in the Ashburton District Court today to face assault charges.

Flood of damaged vehicles at panelbeater The effects of a short, sharp hail storm in November are still showing up in vehicles with damaged roofs and bonnets.

When the hail stones started falling in mid-November, motorists were quick to make a booking with panelbeaters.

Bitten by the long queues that followed a hailstorm in 2008 when thousands of vehicles were badly damaged, vehicle owners were quick to have their vehicles checked.

Panelbeater Kieran Break-

well said he has had 150 vehicles through his workshop and they’re still coming.

People might not think their vehicle was damaged but to the expert eye the dents were quite obvious, he said.

Often the first a vehicle owner knew that their car or truck had sustained damage was when they decided to sell and a new owner or car dealer spotted the dents. And that could hit them in the pocket with a reduced trade-in price, Breakwell said.

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Children line up for Adventure Plus This week 20 Mid Canterbury children will be taking part in the Adventure Plus holiday programme.

The programme started last year and has had up to 48 participants.

Running from Monday to Fri-

day, the children will take part in a variety of fun events and activities that also teach important life lessons.

The group will try their hand at swimming, sailing, kayaking, camping and even a hike up Mt Alford.

The group will also be taught how to safely cross a river and will have a go at limestone carving.

The week will be finish with a camp-out on Thursday night and Friday will be spent cycling to Hakatere Huts.

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New brain training app to help weight loss

NZ’s richest 1% own 20% wealth Two New Zealanders own as much wealth as the nation’s poorest 30 per cent, a new global report has revealed.

The nation’s richest man Graeme Hart has an estimated wealth of $9 billion, while Singaporebased Richard Chandler holds around $3.8 billion, giving them a combined wealth that Oxfam says is the same as the bottom 30 per cent.

The same research found the richest 1 per cent own 20 per cent of New Zealand’s wealth, Andrew Little while 90 per cent own less than half.

“The government should be tackling inequality here and globally, by cracking down on tax avoidance wherever it is, and using that money to make our country, and the global economy, a fairer place,” Oxfam New Zealand executive director Rachel Le Mesurier said.

Labour leader Andrew Little said improving wages and restoring home ownership are fundamental to improving inequality.

“New Zealand has always been about ensuring everyone has a fair shot and a fair share,” he said.

“Rather than building their wealth, young families are stuck paying someone else’s mortgage.”

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A new phone app which trains the brain to stop reaching for alcohol and unhealthy food can lead to weight loss and cut energy intake by more than 200 calories a day, claim UK psychologists.

Academics have found that less than 10 minutes a day of “brain training” using a game they have devised can slow impulses to reach for unhealthy snacks and reduce calorie intake.

Dr Natalia Lawrence’s Food Trainer app, which used neuro-science and lab trials to devise a proven method of curbing unhealthy food intake, is being launched this week.

The app, which is free, is being launched in a month when people traditionally make resolutions to lose weight and cut down on junk food.

A study of 83 adults showed that people who played the game online just four times in one week lost weight and ate an average of 220kcal less per day – roughly equivalent to a chocolate-iced doughnut.

Academics at the University of Exeter found in trials that playing

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the game without distractions for a few minutes a day can train the brain to control impulses to reach for chocolate, cakes, crisps or alcohol.

The app will allow dieters or those who want to cut consumption of junk food or alcohol try it and will also generate more anonymous data to help psychologists measure how effective an app version of the brain-training programme can be.

Dr Lawrence, a cognitive neuroscientist, designed the app after using brain imaging to study how the brain’s reward system responded to pictures of unhealthy food.

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Bomb scare at resthome

By Mikaela Collins

Freight rail services resume The first rail freight delivery between Blenheim and Lake Grassmere, near Seddon, has been made since the earthquake that destroyed large sections of track.

KiwiRail says crews worked tirelessly through the holiday period to get the section of track up

and running again.

“There were more than 50 medium-scale faults along that section of the track and a lot of twisted and broken rail to fix,” chief executive Peter Reidy said.

“There is still considerable danger to our crews due to the

ongoing seismic activity, but we are using the latest technology, and the considerable skill of our workforce, to complete restoration work as quickly and safely as possible.”

Coastal shipping services have been in place since the 7.8

magnitude Kaikoura quake last November knocked out rail services.

While the re-opened section is only small, Mr Reidy expects progress to be made each week, and the full line will open “in the fastest time possible”.

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A hoax bomb call which resulted in the evacuation of a Whangarei resthome has been traced to a phone box, police say.

Shalom Aged Care received a call at 10.30am on Saturday from a male who claimed there was a bomb under one of the buildings which was due to go off at midday, Senior Sergeant Cliff Metcalfe said. “Police sent staff to the resthome who checked a few of the buildings and as a precaution, 29 residents and four staff were evacuated and Mill Rd was cordoned off to traffic.”

Fire crews and ambulance helped move the residents and resthome staff to the St John Ambulance centre on Western Hills Drive.

Mr Metcalfe said once the midday deadline had passed and nothing happened, police went back to the resthome to search the remaining buildings. At 1pm police declared it was safe for the residents and staff to return.

A post on the resthome’s Facebook page said: “Bit of excitement today, but all went well, evacuation was a great learning curve.”

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■ BRAZIL

Prison riot death toll 26 Twenty-six inmates were killed in eruptions of violence inside two prisons in northern Brazil, officials said yesterday as they quelled the latest in a string of jail disturbances across the country in which more than 100 people died within two weeks.

The state security office for Rio Grande do Norte state had reported earlier in the day that there were 27 deaths, but later lowered that by one. It also said all bodies had now been counted.

State security officials said fighting between rival gangs broke out at the adjacent Alcacuz and Rogerio Coutinho prisons near the city of Natal.

Officials waited until dawn yesterday before entering to try to re-impose control, state security chief Caio Cesar Bezerra said.

“This way we guaranteed a calm intervention, a pacific intervention without resistance from the inmates,” Bezerra said.

President Michel Temer expressed concern over the rebellion through his official Twitter account, saying he was following the situation closely.

Like many prisons across the country, Alcacuz is overcrowded, with more than 1000 inmates crammed into a facil-

Show’s demise welcomed Paris Jackson is grateful that an “insulting” TV show about her father Michael Jackson has been cancelled.

British broadcaster Sky has decided against airing an episode of the series Urban Myths featuring Michael, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando after concerns were raised by Paris over the decision to cast Joseph Fiennes, a white British man, as the chart-topping pop star who died in 2009 aged 50. The episode featured Michael taking a road trip from New York to Los Angeles with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Naked inmates stand in line while surrounded by police after a riot at the Alcacuz prison in Nisia Floresta, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil.

PHOTO AP Meanwhile, the prison chief in northern states. ity meant for 620. The recent for the southern state of ParaMany of the dead were beoutbreak of prison violence na, Luiz Alberto Cartaxo said headed and dismembered. began when 56 inmates were 21 inmates escaped from the Four other inmates were killed killed in the northern state of Piraquara prison yesterday afat a smaller prison.

Amazonas. Authorities said the ter using explosives to break Then on January 6, in the Family of the North gang tarthrough the prison wall. He neighbouring state of Roraima, geted members of Brazil’s most said two other inmates died 33 prisoners were killed, many powerful criminal gang, First in a confrontation with police with their hearts and intestines Command, in a clash over conwhile trying to flee.

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■ UNITED STATES

Brexit ‘a great thing, EU break up to continue’ Wading into foreign affairs days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump said Britain’s decision to leave the European Union would “end up being a great thing” and predicted the bloc would continue to break apart.

The incoming president, in an interview published Sunday, said European countries are reacting to an influx of immigrants that threaten

each nation’s identity. “People, countries want their own identity and the UK wanted its own identity,” Trump said.

“I believe others will leave,” he continued. “I do think keeping it together is not gonna be as easy as a lot of people think. And I think this: if refugees keep pouring into different parts of Europe ... I think it’s gonna be very hard to keep it together, because people are

angry about it.”

The comments largely echo Trump’s rhetoric during his presidential campaign. He helped rally white workingclass voters by railing against illegal immigration and vowing to build a massive wall along the border with Mexico.

Trump indicated he was indifferent to whether the EU stays together or not, a sharp break from the Obama admin-

istration, which encouraged Great Britain to remain in the EU last year.

He criticised German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policies.

While saying he had “great respect” for the German leader, Trump said Merkel made a “catastrophic mistake” by welcoming an influx of immigrants into her country.

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Looking good costly Making Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie look beautiful on your TV screens every night does not come cheap. TVNZ spent nearly $130,000 in 2016 on presenter clothes and an additional $48,000 on hair and makeup for presenters, reporters and guests. But the state broadcaster says deliberate cost cutting and a change in the number and mix of presenters is saving it money. For clothing, TVNZ spent $130,435 in the financial year, compared with $135,071 in 2015, according to figures released under the Official Information Act. In 2014, the broadcaster spent $111,199. The figures only covered presenters - not reporters.

■ POLAND

Mystery in Nazi death camp pendant find Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial says researchers excavating the remains of one of the most notorious Nazi death camps have uncovered a pendant that appears identical to one belonging to Anne Frank.

Yad Vashem said yesterday it has ascertained the pendant belonged to Karoline Cohn a Jewish girl who perished at Sobibor and may have known the famous diarist.

Like Frank, Cohn was born in Frankfurt in 1929.

Researchers are trying to confirm whether they were related.

The Israel Antiquities Authority has been conducting excavations at the former

camp in Poland since 2007 and has already uncovered the gas chamber foundations and the original train platform.

More than 250,000 Jews were killed in Sobibor, one of the most vivid examples of the Nazi “Final Solution” to eradicate European Jewry.

Anne Frank is thought to have died in 1945 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after being transferred there from Auschwitz.

She and her family were caught by the Gestapo after spending two years in hiding in Amsterdam.

A diary she kept of this time was published after her death.

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Noll charged with assaults

A memorial to Anne Frank. Inset: The pendant that appears identical to one belonging to Anne Frank. PHOTO AP

Singer Shannon Noll has been arrested and charged over the assault of a bouncer at an Adelaide strip club at the weekend. The Advertiser reports that the former Australian Idol contestant was involved in an incident outside the city’s Crazy Horse Revue in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police confirmed a 41-year-old NSW man had been arrested and charged with two counts of assault, and was bailed to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court in February. What About Me singer Noll had been in South Australia to perform at a music festival in Mannum, east of Adelaide, on Saturday.

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Brandy Jaynes has been charged with child abuse by authorities.

Crouse said. The doctor who treated the boy says it is the worst case of malnourishment he had ever seen, Crouse said.

The boy’s mother, Brandy Jaynes, 36, of Toquerville, has been arrested for aggravated child abuse, which is a seconddegree felony.

Two other children were also removed from the home. Detectives interviewed the siblings of the child after the initial arrest,

Crouse said.

The boy’s two siblings told investigators their brother had been in the bathroom for at least one year. They said they hadn’t even spoken to their brother through the door in six months, Crouse said. He declined to give their ages, but said one was old enough to understand things.

“It is one of the most horrible things I’ve ever had to see,” Crouse said. “I wish I could un-

see it.” The two other children have been put in custody of state child protective services.

Investigators are talking with those kids to determine if they had been abused.

“Based off their statements, it appears that the 12-year-old victim was locked in the bathroom for a minimum of a year, possibly two years,” Crouse said.

The probable cause statement shows the mother told detectives her son chose to sleep and stay in the bathroom. She says she would occasionally lock him in the bathroom for his own safety when she left the house.

The statement says the mother said she was trying to feed her son protein shakes to increase his weight.

She is being held on $20,000 bail, and expected to be back in court tomorrow.

“This is something out of the makings of a horror film,” Crouse told the St George News.

“It’s like one of the more heinous captivity stories I’ve ever been told.”

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Stopped train triggers major political row in Balkans

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A Serbian train halted at the border with Kosovo and bearing signs reading “Kosovo is Serbian,” has fuelled a major crisis in the Balkans and escalated a potential Russia-West row over dominance in the heart of the war-torn region.

Serbia accused Kosovo’s leaders on Sunday of “wanting war” and warned that it would defend “every inch” of its territory, a day after the train, provocatively decorated in Serbian Christian Orthodox symbols and flags, was prevented from entering the neighboring nation.

Kosovo, supported by much of the West, declared independence from Serbia in 2008. But, Serbia and its Slavic Orthodox ally, Russia, do not recognize the split.

Serbia has sought to maintain influence in Kosovo’s north, where most of the country’s Serb minority lives. NATO-led troops have controlled Kosovo’s borders since a three-month air war in 1999 to stop a bloody Serbian crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic issued the warning Sunday after the passenger train, inscribed with “Kosovo is Serbian” in 20 languages and painted in the colors of the Serbian flag, was prevented from crossing into Kosovo, where his government contends ethnic Serbs are under threat from Kosovo Albanians.

“Yesterday, we were on the verge of clashes,” Nikolic said in

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Boy starved, locked in room A Utah mother has been charged with child abuse by authorities who say she locked her 12-year-old son in a filthy bathroom without lights for at least one year, leaving him dangerously malnourished.

The boy’s father found him in the mother’s house Friday night in the small southeastern Utah city of Toquerville near the state line with Arizona, Washington County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant David Crouse said yesterday.

Authorities found faeces throughout the bathroom, one blanket, a few empty cans of beans and a camera that may have been used to capture what was going on in there, Crouse said. The boy was likely kept in the dark, he said.

Investigators found 3 square feet of duct tape mounted on the light switch so it could not be turned on. The door had locks on the outside.

The boy, who was unable to stand on his own and weighed 30 pounds, was taken to a hospital where he is expected to remain for weeks to recover,

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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a press conference in Belgrade. A Serbian train, sent to Kosovo, was stopped at the border on Saturday, triggering a dramatic escalation of tensions between the former wartime foes.

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the strongest rhetoric since the NATO-led troops took control of Kosovo’s borders in 1999.

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said he had contacted the United States and the European Union to express his country’s concerns.

“The time of provocation, conflicts and wars should belong to the past,” Mustafa said, adding that such moves “are unacceptable, unnecessary actions that do not contribute to the normalization of the relations between our two countries.”

Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci said on his Facebook page that he hopes “Serbia has learned a lesson” from the latest incident.

Serbia officially is seeking European Union membership, but has lately been sliding toward the Kremlin and its policies to increase its influence in the Balkans. Serbia has strained relations with most of its neighbors — something many analysts believe is a Russian influence.

Nikolic, who is staunchly proRussian, said the EU and the West have never been on Serbia’s side or come to its aid.

“Why were the so-called international community and the Albanians so upset about one train?” Nikolic asked. “Maybe because it had ‘Kosovo is Serbian’ written on it, and because it had pictures of our icons inside.”

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Bahrain has carried out its first executions since an Arab Spring uprising rocked the country in 2011, putting to death three men found guilty of a deadly bomb attack on police.

The executions of the Shiite men drew swift condemnation from human rights groups and sparked intense protests by opponents of the Sunniruled government, who see the charges as politically motivated.

Activists allege that testimony used against the condemned men was obtained through torture.

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in several predominantly Shiite communities to protest the executions.

The rallies at times turned violent as youth hurled projectiles and petrol bombs while police responded with birdshot and tear gas, witnesses said. The sound of gunfire could be heard into the night.

The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.

Bahrain’s public prosecution said the death sentences were carried out by firing squad. The executions were the first in the nation since 2010.

Abbas al-Samea, Sami Mushaima and Ali al-Singace were found guilty in 2015 of killing two Bahraini policemen and an Emirati officer deployed to bolster the country’s security forces in a bomb attack the previous year.

- AP

Selfie proves deadly A teenager fell to his death from the 86th floor of Europe’s tallest building after reportedly slipping while he was taking a selfie. The 18-year-old, named only as Alexander Sh, landed on a Mercedes G-Wagen parked below the OKO skyscraper in Moscow.

The OKO – meaning The Eye – is currently the tallest in Europe, at a height of 354 metres.

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Sea lion hops on boat Officials say a juvenile sea lion was so happy to be rescued after getting hooked by fishing gear off Southern California, it jumped into a Coast Guard boat.

The Coast Guard says a Los Angeles-area crew on patrol pulled the sea lion free near Newport Harbour. Officials say after a little persuasion, the sea lion hopped aboard the boat and posed for photos. The animal was handed off to a crew from the Pacific Marine Mammal Centre, which brought the sea lion to its rescue facility. It will be rehabilitated and released. - AP

Suspects killed Jamaican police say six suspected members of a criminal gang have died in a shootout with police near the tourist zone of Montego Bay. Police say they returned fire when they were met with gunshots as they tried to stop a car at a highway checkpoint in the town of Adelphi, about 15 kilometres east of central Montego Bay. Authorities say one officer was wounded and six suspects killed. They blame the gang for several murders around Montego Bay. - AP

Vet, assistant mauled A security official says three lions have mauled to death a veterinarian and his assistant at a wildlife reserve in western Jordan.

The official says the lions were put down after yesterday’s attack, but did not elaborate. Hala Akhbar, a website linked to the Jordanian security forces, identified the victims as a Jordanian vet and his Pakistani assistant.

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Wealth, unfortunately is not for everyone Sue Newman

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aybe it’s our immigrant roots, maybe it’s living in a country where everyone who came had the opportunity to create a new and better life, but for some reason Kiwis are great knockers of tall poppies.

While we might admire our sporting superstars, it seems the sports field is about the only place it’s safe to excel without the knocking machine swinging into action.

There’s a story doing the rounds at the moment about wealth inequality. It seems our two wealthiest have a net worth that’s equal to the net worth of the poorest 30 per cent of Kiwis; that 1 per cent of New Zealanders own one fifth of the nation’s wealth while 90 per cent own less than half.

Those statistics have been churned out in a report that indicates our wealthiest are getting wealthier; that the gap between the haves and have nots is increasing.

The wealth gap often breeds resentment, a dislike of those who have more than people see is fair.

But why should we resent the people who’ve got to the top of the financial tree by hard work and a degree of luck?

If many of those who’re doing the resenting really understood how hard those with the big bucks have worked to get where they are they might think differently. We should be glad to see hard grafters get ahead.

Yes, there are plenty whose wealth has come at the expense of others and some who have gained through dodgy dealings, but when it comes to the genuine achievers, celebrate their success.

Our country needs those big earners and big investors.

Where we’re failing is that we’re not doing enough to improve the income of the bottom tier wage earners. As a country we say we encourage people to get ahead, but is that just lip service?

The minimum wage is paid too often as the default, wage rises are capped too often on the back of hardship pleas.

There are frequent calls for a living wage as the bottom rate for all employees but it’s rarely heard. If adopted we might start making the kind of progress that, while it wouldn’t narrow the wealth gap, would lift our lowest tier.

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Workshops will help councillors get up to speed on a big issue Donna Favel

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s we step into 2017, one of the first items on the Ashburton District Council’s things-to-do list is a January 26 workshop on our new administration and library building(s).

It will be the first of many workshops this year and important in helping to get up to speed on this major project.

There have been two rounds of public consultation managed by Opus Architecture and it’s now the council’s job to take on all the information to make the best decision.

If you’ve been following this issue, you will understand exactly why ADC needs new premises.

In a nutshell, both the library and administration buildings have low ratings under the latest earthquake standards.

The library has a temporary access permit only until December, 2017, which we can extend once for another five-year term, providing we do some more remediation.

When the administration building was officially opened in 1972, there were just 24,650 people living in our district and around 45 Ashburton Borough Council employees to work in the new offices.

We’ve since had an amalgamation with the county council, whose employees all moved into the building in 1989.

Ashburton now has a population of 33,200, the work of local government has expanded over time with changes in legislation, and over 130 employees are crammed into the same space.

The building and fit-out have seen better days; the basement leaks and requires a pump to run 24/7 to protect the files stored there, there is inadequate storage space for council records, and work areas are cramped at full capacity.

While the councillors employ just one person, the chief executive, we are charged with ensuring he is a good employer and providing him with the resources to entice and maintain a professional, capable and committed workforce.

It is difficult to do that in

The building and fit-out of the Ashburton District Council has seen better days. offices with windows that no longer shut properly, cracks in the walls and outdated layouts and facilities that don’t allow for easy access – particularly for those with limited mobility.

At this workshop councillors will be looking at a number of

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■ NEW ZEALAND RENTAL MARKET

Wellington rental market strong Wellington rents jumped 9.8 per cent annually while Auckland’s rose only 3 per cent, falling slightly last month, according to the latest Trade Me Property Rental Price Index.

Nigel Jeffries, head of Trade Me Property, predicted Auckland rents would rise this year.

Christchurch rents fell in the year to December compared to the previous year, the data showed.

Wellington was one of the strongest rental markets, with median weekly rents up by 9.8 per cent in the last year to equal the national median of $450, he said.

“Wellington started the year very quietly but took off in the second half of 2016. In the last 12 months there has been a $2000 increase in the annual cost of renting a typical property in Wellington,” he said.

In Auckland, the December median weekly rent fell $10 to $510, but rents were up 3 per cent on the same time last year and Aucklanders could expect rent figures to bounce back, he said.

“Auckland has been very strong in the last few months and January is a very busy time in the Super City – we wouldn’t be surprised to see the medi-

an weekly rent hit another record early in 2017,” Jeffries said.

Nationally, rents for all properties rose 7.1 per cent from December 2015 to last month. In Christchurch, rents fell 5 per cent.

Trade Me compiles a rental price index which it says gives a comprehensive monthly insight into the market.

“The index is produced from Trade Me Property data of properties that have been rented in the month by property managers and private landlords.

“On average over 11,000 properties are rented each month and the report provides a comprehensive insight into this part of the property market for tenants, landlords and investors. The index is calculated using the median rent in the month, this being an accurate statistical assessment of the current rent being charged by landlords and property managers,” Trade Me says.

Last week, the Auckland Property Investors Association warned that rent hikes could be more dramatic than in previous years as landlords look to pass on the cost of rising interest rates to their tenants.

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New Zealand food prices fell in December, with vegetables, meat and dairy cheaper, although fruit became more expensive in the first official month of summer.

Food prices slipped 0.5 per cent in the month on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising slightly in November and being unchanged in October, Statistics New Zealand said.

On an unadjusted basis, food prices dropped 0.8 per cent in the month, with December the cheapest month for broccoli, cab-

bage and cauliflower in the past five years.

Vegetable prices dropped 1.6 per cent in the month, while fruit rose 2.6 per cent, with the price of oranges up 19.2 per cent and citrus fruits up 11 per cent overall.

Grocery items, which account for more than a third of food prices, fell 0.9 per cent, with yoghurt down 2.6 per cent and bread falling 1.2 per cent. Meat, poultry and fish prices declined 1.5 per cent, while non-alcoholic beverage prices dropped 3.1 per cent.

The food price index accounts for about 19 per cent of the con-

sumers price index, which is the Reserve Bank’s mandated inflation target when setting interest rates. Yessterday’s data showed food prices rose 0.6 per cent in the year through December, reflecting higher prices for vegetables and dairy. On an annual basis, milk rose 6.1 per cent to $3.32 for two litres, while butter rose 34 per cent to $4.12 per 500 gram block.

The CPI increased at a 0.4 per cent annual pace in the September quarter, the eighth straight quarter below the Reserve Bank’s 1-to-3 per cent target band.

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■ LOTTO

Kamo Road in the winnings – again A punter who purchased a Lotto ticket at the Patel Foodmarket on Kamo Road in Whangarei is now $333,333 richer after winning First Division in Saturday night’s draw.

When Priti Patel found out the store had sold a winner, she was thrilled.

“I logged on in the morning and we saw the terminal message. I’m so excited, very happy. Hopefully it’s a local. This is the biggest win,” she said.

Last month the store sold two winning First Division Lotto tickets worth $166,667 each and Patel’s brother Ketan Patel sold a ticket which won $5.5m in Powerball First Division at his store, Sunnyside Foodmarket in Kamo, in November.

“We started working here in

Priti Patel with husband Hitesh outside Patels Foodmarket.

October. The last few months are very lucky for us.”

Patel said because of the shop’s location on a busy Whangarei road, the customers were a com-

bination of people driving past and regulars. Two Lotto players from Central Otago and Rotorua also won $333,333 in Lotto First Division on Saturday.

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Spring rains have set the scene for a bumper harvest in Mid Canterbury.

Despite depleted groundwater levels, good intermittent spring rains throughout the growing season have sustained crop growth.

The ryegrass harvest is well under way and arable farmers are reporting “fantastic” yields in terms of seed, with baleage and silage, up by 30 per cent Federated Farmers’ Mid Canterbury arable industry spokesperson Joanne Burke said.

Some inroads have been made in dryland cereal crops and the results have been good.

The bulk of irrigated cereal crops are about a week off from harvest, but are also looking promising.

Cereal prices have also recovered over the past six weeks with feed barley achieving up to $340 per tonne and feed wheat similar prices.

“We are back from the horror of $275 per tonne, which is below the cost of production,” Burke said.

The price increase has come on the back of the dairy recovery and emptied the silos of carryover grain.

Burke said 40 per cent less feed barley had been planted in Mid Canterbury this season as a result of the dairy downturn.

“If the market is not there we won’t plant it – a lot more people are growing on the spot market, most arable farmers have opted to grow more specialist seeds, silage, baleage and ryegrass this season,” Burke said.

“It will be interesting to see how the barley prices go because there won’t be any carryover feed grain this season.”

The small seed harvest should be under way in the next week with many crops already on the ground in ideal conditions.

Processing peas have also produced bumper results and the harvest is largely over and feed peas are looking set to deliver the goods as well.

“The ground water might be down due to a lack of rain over the past three years, however, the spring rain has resulted in a good

growth flush,” she said. “The timing was just fantastic – we are really looking for the harvest window now.”

Wild oats have been a problem on many farms this season as herbicide resistance begins to bite, Burke said. “It is significantly worse than other years.”

An extensive Canterbury-wide pea weevil monitoring programme is under way and so far there has been no sign of the insect which resulted in MPI issuing a two-year moratorium halting all pea production in Wairarapa.

However, Burke urged those growing winterfeed to remain vigi-

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the invasive weed was detected last winter.

With the recovery of dairy prices the ongoing relationship between arable and dairy farmers has firmed.

“We are grateful dairy has picked and we can fit heifer grazing into our crop rotation,” Burke said.

■ LINCOLN SENIOR APPOINTMENTS

Senior Lincoln team rebuilt Vice-chancellor Professor Robin Pollard has welcomed senior appointments at Lincoln University.

He said considerable thought had been given to the positions and appointments, including discussion at staff fora, with council members, and with other stakeholders.

“We needed to rebuild the senior management team, and that involved taking into account existing capabilities, preserving some organisational memory, and encouraging fresh approaches,” Professor Pollard said. “The senior roles have been designed and filled to ensure that our community of scholars will flourish.”

Three roles have not been filled in this round: chief commercial officer, director Kaiarahi Maori, and director, research management.

Professor Bruce McKenzie BS (Penn State), PhD (Cant), DipAgrSc (Cant) has been made chief academic officer.

McKenzie is a crop and pasture agronomist by training, specialising in crop science, environmental effects on crop growth, computer simulation modelling, water use of crops and pastures.

He was appointed dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Life sciences at Lincoln University in 2008. In June, 2016, he became the chief academic officer (interim) with responsibility for the three university faculties (Agriculture and Life Sciences, AgriCommerce and Environment Society and Design), library teaching and learning and the university studies and english language division.

Philippa Jones is the new chief operating officer.

From top left, clockwise: Professor Bruce McKenzie, Philippa Jones, Emma Gibbons and Howard Gant (left).

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She is an experienced executive and transformation leader who has worked in social housing, tertiary education, research, local government, ACC and the Ministry of Health.

Her executive portfolios have included HR, organisation development, IT, business planning and performance measurement, marketing and communications, and enterprise portfolio management.

Jones joined Lincoln University in March, 2016, as project manager.

Howard Gant has stepped up into chief financial officer. He has more than 30 years’ experience in financial management and leadership. After completing commerce and chartered accountant qualifications in South Africa he worked with Price Waterhouse (now PWC). He also worked with the Dow Chemical Company in the United

States and the Gough Group in Christchurch. He has provided finance and governance consulting to New Zealand-owned entities. He was appointed as finance director at Lincoln University in 2015 and became chief financial officer (interim) in June, 2016.

Originally from Wales, Emma Gibbons takes up the position of director of human resources.

She is of Kai Tahu descent and moved to Christchurch in 2002.

Gibbons’ work experience includes senior HR roles in the public and private sectors. Her most recent HR leadership positions were with Ngai Tahu Tourism and the Christchurch City Council. Gibbons brings a broad range of HR and operational skills and a strong focus on customer service to the role. Gibbons has been a senior HR adviser at Lincoln University since May 2016.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

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MARKET REPORT Dairy

Farm gate price watch …

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for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 71 - 73 Prime 97 - 99 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 221 - 380 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 291 - 317 last week

4 wks ago

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 74.33 75.63 17.5 kg YX SI 83.40 84.86 19.0 kg YX SI 90.70 92.28 21.0 kg YX SI 99.77 101.52 Local trade (c/kg) SI 530 550 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 60.42 57.55 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 507 508 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 360 355 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 450 458 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 530 530 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 390 390 AP Stag 60kg SI 474 474 AP Stag 80kg SI 632 632 Auction prices … u NI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 727 727 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 393 403 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 380 396 Lamb 424 414

3 mths ago 89.91 101.44 110.22 121.25 590

52 week high low

1 year ago 74.15 83.65 90.90 99.90 510

260

52 week high low 90.68 101.44 110.22 121.25 590

68.47 77.23 83.93 92.20 470

527

487

535

487

376

337

388

330

465

440

473

435

550

510

570

500

440 534 680

353 430 542

442 537 684

353 430 542

830 463 454

952 614 562 747

Source: WSI 952 727 621 393 580 380 758 414

Source: Midlands Grain 350 350 300 310 310 270 290 290 250

4,756 2,887 3,202 4,841

5,606 3,396 3,962 5,164

2015/16 final $3.90 2015/16 final $0.40

Source: PF Olsen 117.20 110.78 6,296 3,430 4,727 5,394

3,690 2,470 2,899 3,654

2016/17 f'cast $6.00 2016/17 f'cast $0.50-60c NZX FCG $5.94$6.20

* before retentions

0.7125 0.6761

307

44.32

u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.7108 Euro 0.6700

217

60.42

110.78

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

319

46.84

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Dec -16 114.48 114.63 112.88 6,059 3,281 4,549 5,190

50 83

58.39

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 300 300 300 Wheat, feed 290 280 270 Barley, feed 290 290 260

6,171 3,376 4,518 5,257

93 126

0.7110 0.6387

0.6557 0.6050

0.7472 0.6765

Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

0.6369 0.5832

More hot, dry and windy weather this week, which is better for harvesting crops than growing grass. But with the irrigators flowing, pasture growth rates are satisfactory.

The dryland areas have rapidly lost moisture and brown surplus vegetation has lost quality fast, as managers are now in summer dry mode.

Contractors in southern provinces of the South Island report a great feed conservation season. With pasture not only being harvested early, but with extra volumes to store.

Northern areas have not been so fortunate as many had a poor spring limiting opportunities to save surplus feed while in the far north it is now very dry.

December milk production figures for Fonterra are 5 per cent below last year and the accumulated season is now 6 per cent behind mainly as a result of the poor spring in the north.

Analysts suggest this lower milk production, which is also back in Australia and Europe, accompanied by lower prices, will stimulate the price upturn for later in this season and into 2018.

Share prices in the big co-operative have been lifting daily and are now at $6.20, the highest for over three years and will be helpful in rebuilding equity in dairy operations. Surplus empty heifers are now hitting the saleyards, and are making good money in a market short of beef and sought after in areas, still with plentiful feed.

Lamb Schedules were stable this week, but sheep farmers’ confidence is low, as more of the same is just not good enough for most in the sector.

Early Easter production will start next week and it is hoped this strong demand period will kick start better price levels.

In our main lamb markets of the UK and Europe demand remains strong but the currency is thwarting these returns reaching the farmers’ pocket. The Prime Minister’s visit to Britain to negotiate trade deals post Brexit looks very important.

The two-tooth sales in the north have started and while the top prices look good

at $170-$175. Most animals are still only reaching prices in the low $100s.

Demand for store lambs remains strong at around $70-$75 for well-bred stock and numbers offered in Canterbury are lifting, as the weather gets dry and more foothills properties are weaning.

Wool The first sale of 2017 saw big volumes hit the market and prices fell as a result, with crossbred indicators reaching new lows at 380c-393c/kg clean.

There was a lift for lambs’ wool however, but it was micron dependent and the finer the better for crossbred lambs, to receive a better price.

Industry sources suggest volumes of wool stored is now growing after weeks of passings at auction and this will delay any quick upturn in this market short of Chinese interest (where sales are back 37 per cent on last year).

Beef Stable schedules this week for beef, as volumes of prime animals continue to be in short supply. Although nationally, reports suggest bull numbers have picked up significantly.

Saleyards have been full of used sire bulls after they have done the job in the dairy herd, but cull dairy cow numbers are light after two years of heavy culling.

Prime steers have maintained their price levels over the Christmas break with Canterbury saleyards still 30c/kg lwt ahead of northern venues, for similar weight animals. The WTO has ruled in favour of NZ over the Indonesian ban on our beef to that country, as trade negotiators strive to get a fairer deal for all of our agricultural products in the global market.

Deer Venison has maintained the improved summer schedules this week and instilled further confidence amongst deer farmers for the future ahead. No progress in the velvet stand-off but industry officials are confident the regulatory changes made by the Chinese will be good for NZ velvet once they work through the system.

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■ ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Ashburton’s patriotic concerts, 1914

By Brian W Pritchard

J

ust two weeks after Britain and the Empire declared war on Germany in August 1914, Ashburton held its first grand patriotic concert at the Theatre Royal in Wills Street. The concert was in aid of the War Fund, a national appeal that aimed to equip enlisting soldiers with more than the basics military equipment supplied by the government.

Following the success of that first concert, more patriotic concerts were added within a fortnight, including an evening outdoors concert organised by Mrs Chapman.

On September 1, 1914, and defying the ominous weather, a “goodly number” of people surrounded the band rotunda in Baring Square West. They gave an encore of items earlier performed by the Temperance Band, the Ashburton Orchestral Society, and the several soloists who had appeared at the earlier concert two weeks before.

Rudyard Kipling’s fundraising poem, The Absent-minded Beggar, was also performed. This time in Sir Arthur Sullivan’s musical setting and sung by William Anderson, a local saddler.

Bandsmen and members of the Fire Brigade worked the crowd with collecting boxes and £8 went into the War Fund. Of course any contribution was welcome, but the sale of tickets best ensured a largish sum was raised at such events.

That was certainly the result of the Grand Patriotic Concert put on two days later by the Ash-

burton Branch of the Bible-inSchools League.

A Grand Patriotic Concert Tickets at a modest two shillings and one shilling meant the Theatre Royal again was packed on September 3. Like the earliest concert, the event also began with a procession that now included the band of the Salvation Army and local scout troops.

The Territorials marched in mufti. In an early example of recycling, the Territorials’ uniforms had been requisitioned for the men in training at Trentham as part of the Expeditionary Main Force.

As the Ashburton Guardian reported the following day, the audience at the theatre was “a very enthusiastic one and in just the mood for applauding everything and anything”. In fact, the reporter noted: “Every performer was wildly encored. The patriotic feelings of a section of the audience occasionally got beyond the bottlingup point, and short snatches of naval and military airs were sung in various keys – mostly in discordant ones.”

Cause for celebration The carnival-like atmosphere is understandable. The first action of New Zealand troops in the war had been a complete success.

News was just to hand that the expeditionary force dispatched to German Samoa to take a strategically important radio outpost had met no resistance and had received the surrender of the German governor of the island. Dis-

A compliments of the season card from the Ashburton Temperance Brass Band.

Above - Ashburton Scout troop, 1914.

Right - A fancy dress fundraising group for war relief during World War One. quieting reports of heavy British losses in France failed to dampen the mood.

Enlistment here was strong.

Gallipoli was still just a name on a map. The Roll of Honour that from May 1915 would appear daily in the nation’s newspapers, with ever-growing lists of New Zealanders killed, wounded or missing in action, was still unimagined.

For now, as the Guardian said, “everyone was happy, and the concert was really a success from all points of view”.

Performers came from Christchurch, Timaru and Waimate. But some of the locals who had taken part in the first concert remained, and a few of the songs were repeated.

Mrs Hall reappeared, this time with Elgar’s beloved Land of Hope and Glory, and Mr Gardner was again in fine voice. Bandmaster H A Humphreys, on cornet, was the solo instrumentalist.

The Temperance Band began the concert with God Save the King and it closed with a selection from the Salvation Army Band. An orchestra then gave two selections of National Airs.

The Territorials, cadets and the boy scouts and girls performed a patriotic tableau in the first half, while the scouts gave a 10-minute display in the second.

Miss Lucy Cowan from Christchurch recalled past feats of British valour as she recited Tennyson’s The Defence of Lucknow; and then allowed The Absent-minded Beggar his third appearance in three weeks.

Takings of £62 matched those at first patriotic concert, another $9363 in today’s money. £10 went to the Belgian Relief Fund, one of several other emerging appeals; the remainder to the War Fund.

In three weeks these three events had boosted Ashburton’s contribution to the war effort by a welcome £120, or nearly $20,000 in 2017.

CAN YOU HELP? ■ Do you have any wartime concert memorabilia? Such concerts were a popular fundraiser nationwide and an important part of our history. If you do have programmes, advertisements, song sheets or similar from these events, the Ashburton Museum would love to hear. The museum can be contacted on 307 7890.

Honouring the Fallen During the period of the First World War, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return — almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 — the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men.

The Ashburton Museum with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains, has erected in front of the Museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the Museum.

This week the Ashburton Museum honours: January 22: Oliver George Wilkes

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■ CRICKET

Kane leads NZ to victory Kane Williamson’s 15th test century carried New Zealand to an improbable seven-wicket test victory over Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

It is New Zealand’s 17th test at their most successful test venue and their third in as many tests at home this summer.

Left with 217 to win in 57 overs, New Zealand saw off the target – before a large crowd given free admittance – with 17.2 overs to spare.

Captain Williamson and senior batsman Ross Taylor shared a classy 163-run partnership, after New Zealand had lost both openers Jeet Raval and Tom Latham to offspinner Mehedi Hasan before the tea interval.

At that point Bangladesh were right in the contest, but the New Zealand batsmen made no race of it after the interval.

It is the worst defeat in test history, in terms of the highest total made in the first innings by the losing team.

Bangladesh’s 595 for eight eclipsed Australia’s 586 at Sydney in 1894-95.

Bangladesh had the better of the first half of the test but fell away as the match reached its third innings and New Zealand, with their tails up, charged on to gain what would have seemed a highly improbable win a day and a half ago.

Williamson and Taylor took the game away from Bangladesh and Williamson now sits one century behind Taylor and two behind Martin Crowe’s record 17.

But the day’s events were overshadowed by a head injury to Bangladesh’s plucky captain

Captain Kane Williamson and senior batsman Ross Taylor shared a classy 163-run partnership in New Zealand’s first test win over Bangladesh.

Mushfiqur Rahim before lunch.

He was struck on the back of his head, misjudging a short ball from Tim Southee.

Mushfiqur slumped to the ground and spent 13 minutes there before an ambulance came onto the ground and ferried him to nearby Wellington hospital.

Tests showed no major concerns for Mushfiqur, who had been peppered with short balls

through his innings, in which he was also nursing bad bruising on his left thumb and right index finger.

The day began badly for Bangladesh, who led by 122 at the start. They lost two of their best batsmen, Shakib al Hasan and Mominul Haque early.

Mushfiqur battled the odds for 83 minutes before being felled and the only other notable hand

came from Sabbir Rahman with his second 50 of the match, while injured opener Imrul Kayes, who hurt his left leg diving for his crease late on the fourth day, hobbled out and got to 36.

The lead always looked skinny and so it proved as Williamson sped to his 90-ball century, unfurling a stream of top class shots.

Mushfiqur was back at the ground for the last rites in a

match which for the first three days promised so much for Bangladesh but ended in ignominy and pain.

The test produced an aggregate of 1511 runs, a record for the ground, eclipsing the 1476 of three years ago when India were the visitors.

The second test starts at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval on Friday.

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Ashburton Golf Club Results: Midlands Seed Friday night teams - January 13 Top Team: Darlo & the Cats 100 – Ben Crequer, Peter Lee, Ben Wright, Nathan Wightman Men: Henpecked 95, Bunker Bratts 92, Probians 92, Michaels Lions 89.5 Women: New World Smoking Tees 90.5, More or Less 88 Mixed: Angry Birds & the Bogey Man 89, Gabites Swingers 87, Slice & Dice 86 Top lady: Sheryl Reid 31.5 Top man: Ben Crequer 37 Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Sharon Bradford Paul May Motors – Geoff Ackerley Mac & Maggies – Jason Morrison BP Ashburton – Mary-Lou Watson Gabites Lucky Player – Tafuga Sa BP Lucky Player – Nathan Wightman Twos: Bruce Ferriman, Tom Blacklow, Gaby Jansen, Gordon Clinton, Derek Prebble, Paul Stoddart, Beavan Wilson, Liz Pollock, Geoff Ackerley, Eric Parr.

Saturday 14 January The winners of the AC Browne Cup for opening day mixed pairs were Stewart and Janice Dunlop with a nett score of 62. In the men’s section the winners of the Smith Salver were Tufuga Sa and Ken Clucas with a nett score of 62. Other winners in the mixed pairs were: Peter and Marilyn Walker, Tim Newton and Mary Lou Watson and Merv and Kathryn Green. In the men’s section Brent Clarke and Paul Greer, Jordan Green and Neil MacDonald, Royce Jamieson and Mark Holmes on c/b from Bruce Day and Peter Pratt.

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Jor-

dan Green; Rothbury Insurance: Jordan Green, Netherby Meats: Brent Clarke, South Island Seeds: Kay Fox, Charming Thai (longest putt) Brent Clarke Twos: Terry O’Reilly and Kevin Smith, Catherine Knight and Brian Nuttall, Brent MacGregor and Hamish Niles, Paul and Peter Morrison, Vicki Moore and Terry Molloy, Jordan Green and Neil MacDonald, Paul Greer and Brent Clarke.

Nine Hole Results The winner was David Hensen with 23 pts followed by John Dudley and Neville Trueman both with 20pts.

Christine Kinita,

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club Tuesday January 10th – McIntosh Trophy Evening Pairs – (6 week aggregate) Sponsored by Heartland Bank, Patersons Funeral Services & Seed Dressing & Storage Ltd. 1st – N. Sharplin & D. Thomas – 3 wins, 17 ends & 29 points.

2nd – S. Keith & M. Knox – 3 wins, 17 ends & 28 points.

3rd – M. Anderson & R. Kane – 3 wins, 16 ends & 38 points.

4th – J. Bruce & B. Molloy – 3 wins, 16 ends & 36 points.

Lucky Card – P. & O. Collins.

Saturday 14th January – Anama Tray – Open Aussie Pairs - sponsored by Toyota & Grieve Construction.

1st – Mike Quinn & Heather Goodall – 3 wins, 16 ends & 37 points.

2nd – Rosemary Bennett & Graeme Clarke – 3 wins, 16 ends & 26 points.

3rd – Peter & Ollie Collins – 3 wins, 15 ends & 40 points.

4th – Rob & Lyn Fensom – 3 wins, 15 ends & 27 points.

5th – Neil Sharplin & Trevor Johnson – 3 wins, 14 ends & 26 points.

Ashburton Bowling Club Sat rollovers played January 7 1st Graham Taylor, Jeff Withington and Chas Rooke.

3 wins 10 ends 17 points.

Friday Triples Sponsored by Ashburton Toyota played January 13 1st Bob Holdom Sandra Holdom and Barry Molloy 3 wins 15 ends 49 points 2nd Gloria Hawkins, Jo Dennis and Relda Prendergast 3 wins 14 ends 41 points 3rd Jim Lattimore, Eric Maw and Greg Turnbull 3 wins 14 ends 39 points 4th Colin Dennis, Alastair MacKenzie and John Smart 3 wins 14 ends 29 points.

5th Bruce White, Rowan Tonks and Noeline Woods 3 wins 12 ends 36 points.

Sat Rollovers played Sat 14 Jan 1st. Chas Rooke, Colin Cross and Lex Johns 3 wins 12 ends 23 points 2nd Lois Connell, Brenton Donaldson, Bruce Ching and Maurice Wilson. 2 wins 9 ends 17 points.

■ Golf Mayfield Golf Club Results of the Mayfield Golf Club’s Twilight 9 Hole Stableford Competition held on Wednesday, January 11.

Ladies: Alison Vessey, 20 Stableford Points, Men: Gordon Duthie, 21 Stableford points. Wayne Blair, 20. Don Ingold, 20.

Wayne Vessey, 20. Sam Shearer,20. Bill Allan, 19. Arnold Rushton, 19. Andrew Peck. 18.

Nearest the Pin: Sharon Duthie.

Two’s: jack Allan.

Ashburton Golf Club

Tinwald Golf Club January 14th Leading scores in the final round of the summer trophies and championships and Four Square and Dobson Cups played on Saturday.

Senior; -14; Gordy Kenton 67, Brent Smith 68, Jeff Hewitt 71 b/l.

Intermediate: 15-21; Wayne Mellish 64, Warren Scott 65, Richard Thompson 66.

Junior; 22 plus; Neil Connelly 65, John Harris 69.

Women; - 20; Christine Kinita 68. 21 plus; Jenny Harrex 66.

Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland #2; Wendy Stevenson. Gluyas Ford # 6; Brian Rouse. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Gordy Kenton. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Jason Feutz.

Two’s; Barb MacGregor, Jason Feutz, Gordy Kenton, Clarry Whiting.

Net Eagle; # 7 Selwyn Munro.

Winners of the Dobson Cup with a combined net of 133 were Neil Connelly and

Twilight Golf January 12th Leading scores in the stroke round played on Thursday: Men: -6; Nigel Heney 30, Brent Green 31, Alton Fletcher 32, John Smitheram 34. 7-10; Graeme Mills 31,Wayne Mellish 33, Craig Meyrick 33, Neil Rayner 33, Ben Busch 34.

11 plus; Ryan Fahey 31, Darren Green 32, Eddie Tulip 33, Nick Wilson 34 b/l.

Women: 0-14; Barb MacGregor 33, Pam McAndrew 34 b/l. 15 plus; Jenny Harrex 29, Sue Gutsell 32. Bayleys nearest the pin: # 2 Paul Hefford, # 12 John Smitheram. Two’s; Leen Bell, Jenny Harrex, Nigel Heney, Alton Fletcher.

DRAWS Ashburton County Ladies Vets Play Friday 20th January 2017. Report 9am for 9.30am Tee time.

No caterers. Bring your own lunch and small prize for raffle.

Ashburton Golf Club Saturday, January 21 Men’s Opening Day will be held with a 4 BBB match for the Jim McKenzie Memorial Trophy.

Starting times: Morning 8am, afternoon report to the Pro shop at Noon for a 12.30pm start.

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■ ALTA ORLANDO

Exciting future for wayward pacer John Dunn isn’t getting too far ahead of himself, but you can tell he’s getting excited about the future of Alta Orlando.

And based on what the former Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen trained pacer managed to do as a young horse and the manner in which he has returned to form since joining the stable of Dunn’s father, Robert, it’s hard not to see why.

The big pacer made light work of a 20 metre handicap on Sunday to claim a dominant victory in the Nelson Cup – leaving a handy field of pacers in his wake in the process.

“I don’t think he could have gone much better,” Dunn said.

“He was really travelling off the back straight and just wanted to

M3 Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 17 Jan 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 12.05pm (NZT) HAPPY NEW YEAR SPRINT C0, 310m 1 524F5 Starry Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney 2 62865 Waimak Sheff nwtd ................J T McInerney 3 2 Uncle Jock nwtd ....................... P Hammond 4 86433 Machine Man nwtd ......................D Kingston 5 73737 Smash Mate nwtd .......................D Kingston 6 4 Cawbourne Excite nwtd ...............C Roberts 7 78545 Goldstar Gizmo nwtd S &................B Evans 8 4F458 Goldstar Holly nwtd S & ..................B Evans 9 82672 Lucky Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 10 47x86 Goldstar Delta nwtd ...............J T McInerney 2 12.25 WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 545m 1 F Think Tank nwtd L & ........................... Wales 2 2 Hello It’s Me nwtd ...................J T McInerney 3 4 Sader Nation nwtd .........................G Cleeve 4 55667 Opawa Sledge nwtd L &..................... Wales 5 Bombs Falling nwtd J &...................D Fahey 6 23 Pipe Dream nwtd ...................J T McInerney 7 77585 Homebush Edge nwtd............J T McInerney 8 7 Waimac nwtd..........................J T McInerney 9 38887 Rookie Racer nwtd...................... B I Conner 3 12.45 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 310m 1 22212 Botany Cold 18.91 .................J T McInerney 2 55433 Storming Mack nwtd ................... B I Conner 3 2118 Minder nwtd ...........................J T McInerney 4 77553 Definite nwtd ................................... R Breen 5 88x85 Mitchell Dean 18.81 ..........................M J Hill 6 77435 Knocka Few Back nwtd ..................C Healey 7 47474 Princely Money nwtd ..............J T McInerney 8 76822 Opawa Crusade 18.69 L &................. Wales 9 32838 Rob’s Mate 18.49 ..............................M J Hill

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 17 Jan 2017 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.12pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 8 Culvie Lass nwtd H & ..........................Taylor 2 74356 Wake Up Susie nwtd M & .................Jopson 3 34623 Ohoka Magic nwtd .......................A Waretini 4 64 Botany Whisper nwtd .............J T McInerney 5 3 Bad Bindi nwtd ..........................A Bradshaw 6 76 Unfathomable nwtd M & ....................Jopson 7 58557 Magic Brodie nwtd ............. N C W Wanhalla 8 1 Trixie Lee 17.20............................... M Grant 9 3686 Dead Wong nwtd M & .......................Jopson 10 887 Goldstar Bambi nwtd S & ................B Evans 2 4.28pm ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS 0272719588 DASH C0, 295m 1 1 Unfounded 17.43 M & .......................Jopson 2 2 Smash Attack nwtd ......................... M Grant 3 26821 Terra Jago 17.41 C & ......................... Fagan 4 57738 Summer Salt nwtd S & ....................B Evans 5 43323 Ohoka Angel nwtd........................A Waretini 6 F7334 White Not Wong nwtd M & ................Jopson 7 4 Take By Storm nwtd ..................A Bradshaw 8 41 Ngakawau 17.56 ...............................J Dunn 9 66557 Homebush Stormy nwtd.........J T McInerney 10 87737 Another Duke nwtd M & ....................Jopson 3 4.47pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN DASH C1, 295m 1 55382 Slick Action 17.63 S &.....................B Evans 2 88635 Homebush Banker nwtd .........J T McInerney 3 86377 Conaloo 17.53........................... M Robinson 4 54472 Tilt 17.48 ...................................... L Waretini

John Dunn run, he’s got a really big motor.”

The Courage Under Fire gelding, who is now five, won the Welcome Stakes at two and was regarded as good enough to start favourite in the Sires’ Stakes Fi-

nal on Cup Day that was won by subsequent Miracle Mile winner, Have Faith In Me. Injuries curtailed most of his juvenile career and he was almost forgotten about until he stepped out in the Dunn colours under the new ownership of Dunn’s wife Jenna, Robert Dunn, Mitzi Taylor and Dr Marg Evans.

He’s been a real work in process for the stable since his arrival, but there’s never been any doubting the ability.

“He just gets a bit hot-headed and fired up at times, especially with the standing starts, but he’s getting better every time.

“When they can run like he can you are a little more forgiving with some of the bad tendencies.”

Alta Orlando will head to this Sunday’s Marlborough Cup – bypassing the Prelude on Friday.

“I think starting off a big handicap over 2300 metres would make it almost impossible for him to win so we are better off going straight into Sunday.

“I might nominate him for Friday just in case they are light in numbers, but it’s unlikely he will start.”

It was a big weekend for Dunn who won eight races in the sulky over the two days of racing.

Six of those came from his father’s stable while he also picked up wins on Muscles Galore and Tattinger Rose.

“It was a good weekend, everything fell into place.

“I wasn’t happy with a couple of

my drives though, but hopefully the run can continue.”

Tattinger Rose’s victory was particularly poignant as the dour mare has now been retired to stud.

Trained in Nelson by Ian Thomas, Sunday was her first victory on her home track after 17 efforts.

Dunn is enjoying a few days in Nelson with his family before relocating to Blenheim for their two-day meeting this weekend.

The Marlborough Harness Racing Club are offering an extra $100 incentive to connections of horses who travel through the Lewis Pass to attend the meeting after the Kaikoura Earthquake made the trip to the region significantly longer.

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Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway 10 54835 La Kinks nwtd.................................C Healey

47454 No Tinkerbell 32.96 ........................J Guthrie 74552 Miss Blue Sky nwtd .....................R Hamilton 62655 Opawa Penny nwtd L & ...................... Wales 1 72527 Deborah Bay nwtd..........................J Guthrie 75135 Goldstar Miley nwtd S & ..................B Evans 2 32422 Avalanch City nwtd.................J T McInerney 1533 Opawa Millie nwtd L &........................ Wales 3 778x8 Opawa Minstrel 32.78 L & .................. Wales 77778 Ozark’s Watch nwtd .......................J Guthrie 4 22556 Goldstar Dodge nwtd S & ...............B Evans 75888 Rhinegolde 33.56 ...............................J Allen 5 22323 Draxler nwtd J &..............................D Fahey 6 45512 Goldstar Tu Puc nwtd S & ...............B Evans 8 2.26pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C2, 7 67864 Opawa Ash nwtd L &.......................... Wales 310m 8 84244 Opawa Alex 33.93 L & ....................... Wales 1 x5661 Epic Knoxy 18.66 ..........................R Adcock 9 77778 Ozark’s Watch nwtd .......................J Guthrie 2 12141 Makers Mark nwtd S & ....................B Evans 10 75888 Rhinegolde 33.56 ...............................J Allen 3 82116 Little Snicko nwtd ...................J T McInerney 5 1.25pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE NZRSq, 545m 4 75442 Opawa Opal 19.08 L &....................... Wales 5 21321 Goldstar Scooter nwtd S &..............B Evans 1 16214 Goldstar Jagger 33.41 S &..............B Evans 6 62541 Fear Marina 18.77..................J T McInerney 2 422F2 Opawa Cheviot nwtd J & .................D Fahey 7 78651 Alex Rumble 18.71 .................J T McInerney 3 4478x Opawa Janet nwtd L & ....................... Wales 8 51183 Birdie Tee 18.90 ............................R Adcock 4 73166 Homebush Skip 33.58............J T McInerney 9 35684 His Nibs 18.64....................................J Allen 5 13463 Luciastar nwtd ........................J T McInerney 6 14885 Goldstar Phelps 33.96 S &..............B Evans 10 35152 Rocket Jewel nwtd .......................C Roberts 7 12175 Fair Pippa 33.32 J &........................D Fahey 9 2.44 BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C3, 8 86865 Opawa Richie 32.79 L & .................... Wales 310m 9 77778 Ozark’s Watch nwtd .......................J Guthrie 1 52351 Homebush Shane 18.51 ........J T McInerney 10 75888 Rhinegolde 33.56 ...............................J Allen 2 x7111 Homebush Flame 18.98 .........J T McInerney 6 1.45pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE NZRSq, 545m 3 43726 Opawa Idol nwtd L & .......................... Wales 4 43423 Opawa Lean Meat 18.58 L & ............. Wales 1 56768 Opawa Judy nwtd L & ........................ Wales 5 41315 No Bro 18.50 ............................... B I Conner 2 48665 Dan Blue Blood 33.96 ............J T McInerney 6 51443 Know Scrutiny 18.58 ......................G Cleeve 3 62482 Sergio Destroyer nwtd............J T McInerney 7 22333 Wears The Gold nwtd...................C Roberts 4 6x563 Goldstar Junior 32.76 S & ...............B Evans 8 42111 Opawa Crystal 18.63 L & ................... Wales 5 71131 Vikings nwtd J &..............................D Fahey 9 35828 Crafty Action 18.72 S &...................B Evans 6 44213 Gentleman Tim nwtd J & .................D Fahey 7 38777 Heritage Watch 32.93 ....................J Guthrie 10 55365 Opawa Rocket 18.64 L & ................... Wales 8 46575 Opawa Shay nwtd .............................M Flipp 10 3.02pm ST KILDA VET CENTRE STAKES C2, 9 77778 Ozark’s Watch nwtd .......................J Guthrie 545m 10 75888 Rhinegolde 33.56 ...............................J Allen 1 75324 Opawa Waihemo nwtd L & ................. Wales 7 2.08pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE NZRSq, 545m 2 62251 Lagoon Belle 32.79 ......................C Roberts 3 12137 Rib Curler nwtd ..................................J Allen 1 54155 Trendy Blake nwtd ..................J T McInerney 4 87815 Opawa Peaches nwtd ...................R Adcock 2 68135 Translator 32.72 J & ........................D Fahey 5 47581 Thoracic 32.88 .......................J T McInerney 3 37884 Nina Baxter 33.14 ..................J T McInerney

4 1.04pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE NZRSq, 545m

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6 35727 Nessie Allen nwtd ........................C Roberts 7 52536 Cawbourne Steele 33.18 .............C Roberts 8 11133 Kiwi Breeze nwtd J & ......................D Fahey Emergencies: 9 34361 Opawa Anthony nwtd L &................... Wales 10 88376 Smokey Action 33.43 S & ...............B Evans 11 3.18 BRAMWELL SCAFFOLDING STKS C3, 545m 1 11613 Mazu 33.12 J & ...............................D Fahey 2 34178 Opawa Tracy 32.91 L & ...................... Wales 3 56545 Lektra Concord 32.65 ....................G Cleeve 4 55626 Opawa Val 32.70 L &.......................... Wales 5 12633 Shift The Blame 33.03............J T McInerney 6 27F31 Know Worth 32.92..........................G Cleeve 7 8426x Know Value 32.44 ..........................G Cleeve 8 41536 Opawa Racer 33.10 J & ..................D Fahey 9 72626 Patty’s Pick 33.31 ..........................R Adcock 10 71471 Mandy Junior 33.17 J & ..................D Fahey 12 3.40pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP STAKES C4/5, 545m 1 57413 Epic Dream 32.44 .........................R Adcock 2 3x464 Know Jinx 32.06.............................G Cleeve 3 31451 Allen Hadrian nwtd .......................C Roberts 4 81768 Homebush Howard nwtd ........J T McInerney 5 36123 Southern Lights 32.53 .................R Hamilton 6 11152 Eagle Tee nwtd..............................R Adcock 7 81325 Hard Questions nwtd .....................G Cleeve 8 6F447 Know Answer 32.72 .......................G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 67863 Know Style 33.47 ...........................G Cleeve 10 82178 Pukeko Bolt 32.44 ..........................B Healey 13 3.57 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C4, 310m 1 47622 Homebush Sloan 18.66 .........J T McInerney 2 x4724 Tee Time 18.32 .............................R Adcock 3 8x533 Storming Norm 18.20.................. B I Conner 4 48146 Max Stix nwtd...............................C Roberts 5 66633 Dyna Quirk nwtd ..........................C Roberts 6 55784 Southern Mist 18.62 ....................R Hamilton 7 54632 Harkonen Bale 18.38 ...................C Roberts

8 26644 Homebush Rufus 18.50 .........J T McInerney Emergencies: 9 74183 Homebush Kelso 18.31 ..........J T McInerney 10 77287 Seeking Baxter 18.62.............J T McInerney 14 4.16pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 31ST JANUARY C4/5, 310m 1 18738 Another Fortune 18.43 ............. P Hammond 2 11616 Wheelchair Norm 18.17 .........J T McInerney 3 71785 Homebush Scribe 18.66 ........J T McInerney 4 71114 Opawa Binge 18.39 L & ..................... Wales 5 84117 Definer 18.41 .................................. R Breen 6 18436 Puma Pants 18.36..................J T McInerney 7 16247 Magic Wizard nwtd S & ...................B Evans 8 615x8 Know Knowing 18.48 .....................G Cleeve 9 74183 Homebush Kelso 18.31 ..........J T McInerney 10 77287 Seeking Baxter 18.62.............J T McInerney SELECTIONS

4 18F18 Road Block 17.68............................J Tanner 5 64586 Kelly’s Boy 17.60 .............................. S Whall 6 44486 Jinno Gino 17.65 ......................... J McMillan 7 37385 Falconhurst nwtd ..............................A Joyce 8 66721 My Hoki 17.58 M &............................Jopson Emergencies: 9 56558 Car Bootle 17.42 ....................... M Robinson 10 18486 Goldstar Scout 17.50 S & ...............B Evans 10 7.12 CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO STAKES C1, 520m 1 86726 Opawa Bucks Eye 30.78 ............H Anderton 2 56812 Ghost nwtd ...................................C Roberts 3 72F57 Run Zola 30.51 H & ............................Taylor 4 68372 Cairo 31.21 ..................................... M Grant 5 21121 Vicarious 30.26 ............................C Roberts 6 34543 Flaming Sambuca 30.65 ........J T McInerney 7 35344 Cawbourne Ridge nwtd................C Roberts 8 55645 Another Message 30.42 M & ............Jopson 9 66546 Nariti 31.53................................R Blackburn 10 37745 No Biffo nwtd ...............................D Kingston 11 7.37pm ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 82771 Smash Fire 17.63............................ M Grant 2 22112 Rosa Tee 17.44 .............................R Adcock 3 64534 Ohoka Hunter 17.80..................... L Waretini 4 34448 Goldstar Bomber 17.33 S & ............B Evans 5 11617 Stormy Sunday 17.50 ............J T McInerney 6 13683 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 7 47258 Zabambi 17.62 .................................A Joyce 8 47474 Bronson Jewel 17.51....................C Roberts 9 45487 Cool Dexter 17.28 ...........................J Tanner 10 48478 Another Vespa nwtd M &...................Jopson 12 7.59pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 65615 Botany Dianne 17.88 .............J T McInerney

2 56F33 Ana Dior 17.63 .............................C Roberts 3 74782 Another Charm 17.75 M & ................Jopson 4 76566 Know Bias nwtd .............................G Cleeve 5 55347 Lucas Scott 17.43 ........................ L Waretini 6 64443 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ...................B Evans 7 88348 Crystal Flame nwtd ......................... M Grant 8 75422 Runnin’ Cloggs 17.61 ........................J Dunn Emergencies: 9 45487 Cool Dexter 17.28 ...........................J Tanner 10 8x8F6 Sonny Will nwtd......................... M Robinson SELECTIONS

Race 1: Starry Baxter, Goldstar Gizmo, Machine Man, Goldstar Holly Race 2: Sader Nation, Bombs Falling, Pipe Dream, Hello It’s Me Race 3: Minder, Botany Cold, Opawa Crusade, Storming Mack Race 4: Draxler, Goldstar Dodge, Avalanch City, Opawa Alex Race 5: Opawa Cheviot, Fair Pippa, Goldstar Jagger, Luciastar Race 6: Vikings, Gentleman Tim, Goldstar Junior, Sergio Destroyer Race 7: Translator, Opawa Millie, Nina Baxter, Opawa Penny Race 8: Epic Knoxy, Makers Mark, Birdie Tee, Little Snicko Race 9: Homebush Shane, Opawa Crystal, Homebush Flame Race 10: Kiwi Breeze, Opawa Waihemo, Opawa Peaches Race 11: Mazu, Opawa Racer, Opawa Tracy, Shift The Blame Race 12: Epic Dream, Know Jinx, Southern Lights, Hard Questions Race 13: Tee Time, Homebush Sloan, Storming Norm, Homebush Rufus Race 14: Wheelchair Norm, Puma Pants, Opawa Binge, Definer

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27533 Kablitz 17.62 ................................ K Cassidy 46523 Bigtime Tip 17.39 M & ......................... Smith 36432 Eug The Scrooge 17.69 M & .............Jopson 76566 Go Tommo 17.10.............................J Tanner 45487 Cool Dexter 17.28 ...........................J Tanner 64687 Seaspray Cracker nwtd ...............B Freeman 4 5.06pm POWER FARMING CANTERBURY C1, 295m 1 F6F74 Rushcuter Action nwtd S & .............B Evans 2 37437 Epic Force nwtd H & ...........................Taylor 3 26735 Ohoka Braxton 17.82 ................... L Waretini 4 63866 Royal Descent 17.89 .................R Blackburn 5 73217 Mushroom Cloud nwtd ......................J Dunn 6 68654 Another Spin 17.33 M & ....................Jopson 7 84847 Cawbourne Teash nwtd...................J Tanner 8 71564 Cosmic Chelsea 17.30 M & ............P Binnie 9 56558 Car Bootle 17.42 ....................... M Robinson 10 78675 Goldstar Boomer nwtd ...........J T McInerney 5 5.26 A2B ASPHALT CANTERBURY STAKES C1, 520m 1 66832 Cawbourne Brandy nwtd..............C Roberts 2 41152 Opawa Timo 30.21 J & ....................D Fahey 3 42865 Briseur De Reves 30.47 ............A Bradshaw 4 48167 Such Fun nwtd ............................D Kingston 5 63278 Spring Sam 30.74 ..................J T McInerney 6 11141 Dyna Alk 30.57.............................C Roberts 7 28443 Velvet Girl 30.68 ............................... B Dann 8 67845 Jinja Loch 30.67 .........................H Wanhalla 9 66546 Nariti 31.53................................R Blackburn 10 754x6 Cawbourne Eru 30.79 ..................C Roberts 6 5.44pm CHRIS & LISA EARL DASH C1, 295m 1 16646 Wong Answer nwtd M & ....................Jopson 2 42744 Minnie Sprite 17.53 ...................... L Waretini 3 81255 Blazin Action 17.86 S & ..................B Evans

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F8723 Hannah Rhiannon 17.33 ...............R Adcock 16786 Jinga Snag 17.85 .............................A Joyce 38728 Coldrum 17.49 .......................... M Robinson 41886 Crazy Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 61465 Sea Spray Elsa 17.47 .................B Freeman 45487 Cool Dexter 17.28 ...........................J Tanner 7757x Koputara 17.50 M & ..........................Jopson 7 6.06 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 1 37754 Poetik nwtd S & ...............................B Evans 2 42776 Bella Jade 17.42 ..........................C Roberts 3 38146 Sergio Star nwtd ....................J T McInerney 4 6718 Settle Grettel 17.69 .........................J Tanner 5 88888 Jimmy Nail 17.88 ........................ J McMillan 6 24373 Another Cruise 17.40 M &.................Jopson 7 17422 Giancana 17.45............................S Hindson 8 51787 Mulberry Thunder 17.70 ............... K Cassidy 9 56558 Car Bootle 17.42 ....................... M Robinson 10 78666 Max Brainstrain 17.39 M &.................. Smith 8 6.23pm FLAIR DASH C1, 295m 1 62332 Kingman 17.39 ................................ M Grant 2 42178 Cisco nwtd J & ................................D Fahey 3 26734 Lexie Rae 17.53 M &.........................Jopson 4 52573 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 5 67275 Idol Eve 17.64 L & .............................. Wales 6 45517 Ad’s Spice 18.06 .............................J Tanner 7 78365 Unconscionable nwtd M & ................Jopson 8 55754 Adjudicator 17.23 S & .....................B Evans 9 56558 Car Bootle 17.42 ....................... M Robinson 10 7478x Rich Action nwtd ....................J T McInerney 9 6.45pm ISLINGTON TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 2168 Hatfield 17.53 ............................A Bradshaw 2 88x53 Homebush Justine nwtd .........J T McInerney 3 13425 Opawa Sheldon nwtd J & ................D Fahey

Race 1: Culvie Lass, Magic Brodie, Trixie Lee, Bad Bindi, Ohoka Magic Race 2: Take By Storm, Summer Salt, Terra Jago, Smash Attack Race 3: Slick Action, Conaloo, Tilt, Bigtime Tip, Eug The Scrooge Race 4: Cawbourne Teash, Royal Descent, Epic Force, Mushroom Cloud Race 5: Cawbourne Brandy, Spring Sam, Dyna Alk, Opawa Timo Race 6: Minnie Sprite, Coldrum, Hannah Rhiannon, Sea Spray Elsa Race 7: Settle Grettel, Giancana, Bella Jade, Poetik, Another Cruise Race 8: Unconscionable, Coleridge Jim, Cisco, Kingman, Lexie Rae Race 9: Opawa Sheldon, My Hoki, Hatfield, Road Block Race 10: Vicarious, Flaming Sambuca, Ghost, Cawbourne Ridge Race 11: Goldstar Bomber, Zabambi, Rosa Tee, Stormy Sunday Race 12: Ana Dior, Botany Dianne, Runnin’ Cloggs, Tricky Action 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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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

In brief

Foran clearance awaited New NZ Warriors coach Stephen Kearney isn’t losing any sleep over the availability of key half Kieran Foran, as the NRL preseason takes another step up in intensity.

Foran signed with the Auckland-based club late last year, but is still awaiting NRL clearance, before he can take his place on the Warriors roster for the upcoming season.

The Kiwis international took extended leave from the Parramatta Eels last season, struggling to come to grips with a relationship break-up, and then soon after returning, suffered a shoulder injury that sidelined him for the rest of the campaign.

The Eels released Foran from the remainder of his four-year $NZ5.25 million contract, but he may also be part of an ongoing match-fixing investigation that dates back to his previous tenure at Manly Sea Eagles.

“For me, the decision is not my decision,” insists Kearney, who previously coached Foran with the NZ Kiwis.

“That’s the NRL’s and it’s a process that [Warriors chief executive Jim Doyle] is working through with the NRL. “To be honest, I haven’t spent a great deal of energy on it, because my focus is on 30-35 blokes here, who I’ve got to look after.

“My job is to prepare the lads in terms of what we’re working on with our structures and our

Coach Stephen Kearney and Kieran Foran at NZ Warriors pre-season training session. game plan, and leaving the Kieran Foran situation up to Jim.” Kearney reported Foran was visiting a specialist yesterday, but his shoulder injury had progressed well, since his arrival at the Warriors.

“I’ve seen a real improvement

from him over the past month or so – he’s come back after Christmas in fantastic shape – in the sense of what he’s contributed to the team.

“I’m sure that will grow more and more, as he starts ticking some boxes.”

Kearney also described Foran’s head space as “really good”.

If Foran is not cleared for action, reserve grader Mason Lino and teenager Ata HIngano loom as possible replacements.

- NZME

Seniors fall short against Canterbury Country Matt.M@theguardian.co.nz

The Mid Canterbury senior representative cricket side fell to Canterbury Country on the weekend at the Ashburton Oval.

In a game which Mid Canterbury looked to have a big chance of claiming a major scalp, they fell short in their run chase and will be left to rue a missed opportunity as they shift their focus to a busy month ahead of representative cricket.

On Sunday, Canterbury Country skipper, Harry Chamberlain, won the toss and elected to bat.

When Richard Print ripped through the top order to leave the visitors at 25-3, there must have been some concern around the decision, but captain Chamberlain stepped up to the crease and went about steadying the innings – his 87 runs of 115 balls proving invaluable to his side’s total as they were eventually bowled out for 185.

Print finished with a very industrious 4-15 off his 9.4 overs while Deon Biggs and James Southby both chipped in with two wickets each.

Mid Canterbury’s run chase was a stop start affair with Robbie Polson’s 62 at the top of the innings the only real shining light.

Polson stuck around for almost two hours in his 113 ball knock before eventually being removed in the 36th over ending a 55

run with William Southby, who scored 30, that gave the Mid Canterbury side a glimmer of hope.

At 127-6, Mid Canterbury still would have felt confident of snaring the required 50 runs, but their finals five wickets fell for 14 runs to see them all out for 141.

Mid Canterbury’s next fixture is this weekend when they travel to take on Southland before matches against North Otago, Otago Country and Metro in the coming month.

■ CYCLING

Fitzsimons family dominates handicap event The Fitzsimons family had a day to remember at the Tinwald Cycling Club’s, 36km handicap event around the Winchmore Church block on Sunday.

Aaron Fitzsimons and his comarkers charged through the field, finding the front in the second half of the event.

Fitzsimons jumped early in the charge to the line holding on strongly to take the victory and claim the Blackburn Cup.

Ban ‘a shame’ Brisbane Heat captain Brendon McCullum’s BBL suspension couldn’t have been better timed for the Melbourne Stars. But Stars opener Luke Wright admits to having mixed feelings about the controversial one-game ban as his side prepares to host the Heat on Tuesday night. McCullum will sit out the top-of-the-table clash after being penalised for the Heat’s slow over rate in their loss to the Perth Scorchers. It was McCullum’s second breach of the playing conditions this season and means the Heat will be missing two of their most valuable players, with big-hitter Chris Lynn unavailable after re-aggravating a neck injury.

- AAP

Canty out of tour

■ CRICKET

By Matt MarkhaM

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Ross Templeton, on the back of a solid training block in Central Otago, stormed into second place with Paul Macfie hard on his wheel in third.

Kristine Marriott found the line strongly to take fourth place with Cathal Guiney and Don Morrison rounding out the top six.

Scratch marker Steve Hands secured fastest time honours riding the distance in 50.08. Comarkers Tony Ward and Michael

Templeton claimed second and third time.

The juniors contested an 18km handicap event.

Not to be outdone by his father, Jacob Fitzsimons rode strongly, to secure the win, seeing off the challenge of second placegetter Emma Begg.

Alyssa McGinity produced a great ride to take the final podium position.

Jacob’s big brother Mitch-

ell Fitzsimons kept the family’s name in bright lights securing fourth and fastest time honours, covering the course in 28.37.

Maddi Lowry and Caitlin Titheridge rounded out the top half dozen and also secured third and second fastest times respectively.

Beth Begg lifted division 2 honours.

Next week the club travels to Methven to contest the Dean Cooksley Memorial.

A week after his dramatic miscalculation at the Australian championships, Brendan Canty is sick and cannot race at the Tour Down Under. His CannondaleDrapac team announced yesterday that New Zealand rider Tom Scully would take his place. Canty was to celebrate his 25th birthday and his WorldTour debut with today’s opening stage. He started developing flu-like symptoms on yesterday, including fever and chills. “It’s gone from starting a WorldTour race on my 25th birthday to being taken out of the race sick,” Canty said.

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Loss ‘a reality check’ Australian speedster Pat Cummins says Sunday’s shock ODI loss to Pakistan was a timely reality check.

The six-wicket loss was Australia’s first defeat to Pakistan in Australia since 2005, and levels the current five-match series at 1-1 heading into Thursday’s ODI at the WACA Ground. Cummins says the team are desperate to bounce back from their MCG defeat, and he’ll relish the chance to bowl on what he hopes will be a fast and bouncy WACA wicket.

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Tomic fires back Bernard Tomic fired back at his doubters after storming into the Australian Open second round with his first win of the summer.

Australia’s 27th seed blasted past Brazilian baseliner Thomaz Bellucci 6-2 6-1 6-4 in just one hour 37 minutes yesterday before taking aim at critics who’d questioned his fitness and work ethic. “I was working hard when everybody was saying I wasn’t ready and not fit.

Obviously I proved that; the first round was very high-quality tennis for me,” Tomic said after breaking the South American six times.

The 24-year-old iced his statement win with 12 aces and looked a man on a mission from the outset. - AP Shaky Venus digs deep

Venus digs deep Venus Williams has overcome a shaky start to advance to the second round of the Australian Open with a straight-sets win.

The 13th seed was broken in the first game of her match with world No.101 Kateryna Kozlova and appeared uncomfortable early before prevailing 7-6 (7-5) 7-5. “I haven’t really played many matches in a while so it’s nice to get past a player who’s on fire,” Williams said.

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The Green Bay Packers celebrate after downing the Dallas Cowboys.

■ AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Cowboys ousted This time it was a catch, and another win for the Green Bay Packers.

Call it a “Half Mary” from Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers threw a 36-yard pass to a toe-dragging Jared Cook on the sideline, and Mason Crosby kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired, sending the Packers to the NFC championship game with their eighth straight win while thwarting a huge Dallas rally in a 34-31 victory in the divisional round of the playoffs.

The throw on the run from Rodgers to Cook – confirmed on review – wasn’t nearly as debatable as Dez Bryant’s famous catch that wasn’t in the Cowboys’ divisional round loss to Green Bay two years ago.

Cook kept both feet inbounds with a knee just above the ground out of bounds.

And it came after the Cowboys tied the game twice in the final five minutes behind rookie sensations Dak Prescott

and Ezekiel Elliott in their playoff debut.

It was the third field goal of more than 50 yards in the final 1:38 – two from Crosby and one from Dallas’ Dan Bailey. And Crosby had to make the winner twice after Dallas coach Jason Garrett called timeout before the first attempt.

Rodgers, who sparked last week’s wild-card win over the New York Giants with another Hail Mary before halftime, is headed to an MVP showdown with Atlanta’s Matt Ryan next Monday. It will be his third NFC title game – all on the road.

Green Bay’s win was the first by a road team after 12 straight home victories in the playoffs dating to last season.

The Cowboys (13-4) almost became the third team in the Super Bowl era to win in the playoffs after trailing by 15 points in the fourth quarter. The first was Dallas in 1972, when “Captain Comeback”, Roger Staubach,

rallied the Cowboys for a 30-28 win over San Francisco.

Instead, Dallas ended up with its fifth straight loss in the divisional round and a 21-year drought in trips to the NFC championship game.

Prescott got the Dallas rally going with a 40-yard touchdown toss in the first half to Bryant, the first playoff TD for the star receiver.

Then he set the stage for the first tying score on a six-yarder to Jason Witten, also the first postseason touchdown for the 14thyear tight end.

Rodgers led the Packers to a go-ahead 56-yard field goal from Crosby with a big boost on a pass interference penalty against rookie Anthony Brown that wiped out an interception from Jeff Heath, whose pick earlier in the game helped Dallas rally.

The Cowboys answered with a 52-yarder from Bailey, but Rodgers was left with 37 seconds - enough to seal a famous win. - AP

■ FOOTBALL

Phoenix not changing approach The Wellington Phoenix won’t change their approach in today’s crucial A-League clash with Melbourne Victory, despite the competition’s deadliest marksman being cleared to face them.

Victory striker Besart Berisha was shown a red card in Friday night’s win over Brisbane Roar, but had it rescinded under review, freeing him to fly to Wellington with his teammates today.

That came as no surprise to Phoenix assistant coach Chris Greenacre.

“I didn’t think it was a (red) card if I’m honest,” he

said. “As far as we’re concerned, we’ll plan to play against Victory with him in (the side). It doesn’t change a great deal for us.”

Berisha has scored a dozen times already this season, including a hattrick against the Phoenix the last time the two sides met on Halloween night in Melbourne.

Victory have a multitude of attacking threats, though. Kiwi Marco Rojas has ten goals this season and makes a habit of inflicting pain on his former club, with six goals in seven previous games against Wellington.

Socceroo James Troisi is in career best form and Tunisian attacker Fahid Ben Khalfallah is starting to find the form that saw him win the club’s player of the year award two seasons ago.

But Greenacre insists they won’t be making special arrangements to quell Victory’s impressive strikeforce which has driven them to six straight wins.

“It’s going to be a tough game - Marco’s on fire as we fully expect and Berisha’s scoring goals - but it’s important we really take the game to Victory.”

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): What if you believed there was nothing wrong with you and you don’t need to improve a single thing about yourself? In that case, all efforts are a fun experiment.

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You can handle it, and you will prevail.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): It really doesn’t matter where the blame properly belongs. Step up, assess the situation and begin repairs. If the broken thing is a relationship, you’ll be especially speedy and adept at fixing this.

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Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Golf – US PGA Tour Sony Open Hawaii. 2pm Golf – European Tour BMW South Africa Open. 2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League 4pm Cricket – International 4:30 Cricket – International 5pm Cricket – International 5:30 FIH Hockey World 6pm Motorsport – Dakar Rally 6:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League 7pm Cricket – International 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Fight Night On Sky 10:30 Football – NZ Premiership Highlights Show 11pm Football – Arsenal TV

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2am Football – NZ Premiership Highlights Show 2:30 Golf – European Tour 3am Golf – US PGA Tour 4am The Crowd Goes Wild 4:30 Fox Sports News 5am Tennis – Australian Open

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Chinese New Year – The Biggest Celebration On Earth 7:30 Baby Animals – In Our World 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 10am Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 10:30 Junk Gypsies 11am Tiny House Hunting 11:30 The Water Brothers Noon Chinese New Year – The Biggest Celebration On Earth 1pm Chris Tarrant – Extreme Railway Journeys 2pm Walking The Himalayas 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Bondi Vet 4:30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat 5:30 The Living Room 6:30 Money For Nothing 7:30 Building The Dream Charlie meets a couple building a large, Georgianinspired family home. The Georgian look is not easy to accomplish, and Charlie helps them achieve an authentic look and feel.

8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 The House That 100K Built – Tricks Of The Trade 10:30 Money For Nothing 11:30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat Matthew Evans, Ross O’Meara, and Nick Haddow trace the path followed by the first Europeans to chart Tasmanian shores, exploring the foods and culture.

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Double Your House For Half The Money 2am Bondi Vet 3am The Living Room 4am Building The Dream 5am My Dream Home

SKY SPORT 2 6am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades.

6:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – First Test, Day Five. 7am The Cricket Show 7:30 Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – First ODI. 8am Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v Pakistan – Second ODI. 8:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (RPL) Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades. Noon Rugby – National Sevens (HLS) Day One. 1:30 Rugby – National Sevens (HLS) Day Two. 3pm Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Stage 10. 3:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Stage 11. 4pm Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Stage 12.

4:30 UFC (RPL) Rodriguez v Penn. 6:30 The Fishing Show 7:30 Football – NZ Premiership Highlights Show 8pm Football League Show 8:30 The Cricket Show 9pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades.

9:35 L Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat.

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1:05 Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – First Test, Day Five. 1:35 The Cricket Show 2am Football – A-League (RPL) Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory.

4am UFC (RPL) Rodriguez v Penn.

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Always Money In Philadelphia.

6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How Do They Do It? PG Marble; Mahjong; Escape Slides. 8am Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:25 You Have Been Warned M Shock and Awesome.

10:20 What On Earth? PG 11:15 Deadly Sins M Teen Carnage. 12:10 Cry Wolfe M 12:35 Cry Wolfe M 1:05 Evil Kin M Mummy Dearest. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG Kamaz Trucks; Hair Care; Canton Tower.

3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Dual Survival M Gator Bait.

5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Alaskan Bush People M 7:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Nick Jonas.

8:30 Naked And Afraid XL M Man On Fire.

9:30 Dual Survival M Blackout.

10:30 River Monsters PG Atomic Assassin.

11:30 What Happened Next? M

WEDNESDAY

Midnight What Happened Next? M 12:30 Evil Kin M 1:25 Cry Wolfe M 1:50 Cry Wolfe M 2:20 Auction Hunters 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Moonshiners M

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Sport Erakovic out in first round Marina Erakovic has been dumped out of the Australian Open in the first round, losing in straight sets to seventh seed Garbine Muguruza.

Erakovic had plenty of chances against the 2016 French Open winner, leading 4-1 in the second set before failing to win another game in an eventual 7-5, 6-4 defeat. She started the match strongly, and even had a set point up 5-4, but Muguruza hit back, eventually holding and then breaking Erakovic in the following game. Erakovic’s forehand deserted her as unforced errors piled up, finishing with 34.

Allenton bowler Graeme Clarke was one of a number of players kept busy on the greens over the weekend. He was in action at Allenton on Saturday and then playing for Mid Canterbury on Sunday.

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Full-on bowls weekend

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MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

A busy weekend of bowls around the district culminated with great success for Mid Canterbury in yesterday’s representative fixtures.

With players scattered around Canterbury over the two days, there was plenty to keep tabs on including a small contingent of players contesting the illustrious Stewart Buttar Invitation Pairs at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch.

Yesterday Mid Canterbury representative sides almost made it a cleansweep of their matches against neighbouring Canterbury Country sub-cen-

tres. With players in action at five greens around Canterbury it was the development men’s and women’s sides and also the senior women who emerged victorious against Malvern, Ellesmere and Hurunui.

The development sides were playing for the Clark Beveridge Trophy and it was the first time since 2011 that Mid Canterbury had been victorious.

Ellesmere have had a stranglehold on the event.

Junior selector Bruce Harper said the result was a great one for the district.

“I thought we put some very strong teams out on the green,” he said.

“So to win it after five years of not being able to is a great result.”

On Saturday nearly two full greens of players took to Allenton for the Anama Tray – an Aussie Pairs tournament.

After the three rounds of play there were five teams found to have won all three matches and it was Mike Quinn and Heather Goodall who emerged on top on a countback from Rosemary Bennett and Graeme Clarke.

Third place went to Peter and Ollie Collins ahead of Rob and Lyn Fensom with Neil Sharplin and Trevor Johnson finishing in fifth.

Up at Burnside, Sandra Keith

fared the best of the local hopes when she won Division Four of the Burnside pairs.

After a tough day and a half of qualifying, Keith and her playing partner Serena Matthews worked their way to the top of the division to claim first prize.

Caitlin Basset and her playing partner, Linda Ralph finished fifth in the same section as Keith while Basset’s brother, Mat, who was playing with Paul McKinnell, finished third equal in section six.

Craig Carter finished up seventh equal in section seven.

The overall title was taken out by Australian visitors Scott Thulborn and Corey Wedlock.

Gould tirade against Nines ‘ridiculous’ - Duco Duco Events has deflected the most recent attack from rugby league identity Phil Gould on next month’s NRL Auckland Nines.

The former New South Wales and NRL-premiership winning coach, now Penrith Panthers general manager, used his popular Twitter Q&A to underline

his opposition to the pre-season tournament at Eden Park.

Gould claims NRL players risk serious injury by playing the tournament, which is just a money-making venture for “outside promoters”, an obvious reference to promoters Duco.

But Duco director David Higgins has fired back.

Williamson aids in win P16

“Gould has been quite consistent over the years,” he says.

“In any sporting arena, there are people who like change and innovation, and people who like things the stay the same.

“Gould is the latter, while guys like Wayne Bennett like to see things grow and evolve.”

While Gould lamented the

lack of compensation to clubs for player injuries, Higgins pointed out that clubs were paid to contest the event and over the first three years, injury rates have been no higher than other pre-season fixtures.

This year’s NRL Auckland Nines is scheduled for February 4/5.

- NZME

Warriors chase Folau The Warriors are believed to be making a play for Wallaby and former league star Israel Folau. The former Storm and Broncos outside back is currently contracted to the Waratahs in Super Rugby but Rugby League Week is reporting the Warriors have shown interest in the 27-yearold. Folau, who made the move to Australian Rules in 2011 and Rugby Union in 2013, is engaged to Silver Ferns netballer Maria Tutaia and a move to Auckland might not be out of the question.

Campbell to partner SVG Kiwi Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen will be partnered by a youngster at the endurance events this season. Matt Campbell, who partnered Todd Kelly at Nissan last season, will link up with van Gisbergen for the Pirtek Enduro Cup - a trophy the New Zealander won alongside Frenchman Alex Premat last year. Campbell has been a standout in the Australian Carrera Cup Porsche series and has been on the radar of Red Bull Holden Racing for a while.

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