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Spotlight on culture Ashburton College’s auditorium was full of colour and culture during the school’s annual Ash Dance last night.

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P contamination suspected

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Two Ashburton houses owned by Housing New Zealand are believed to be locked and unoccupied while they are checked for contamination from methamphetamine.

The properties are among a rapidlygrowing number of HNZ properties around New Zealand that are being forced out of the letting pool while they are checked and, if required, decontaminated.

Those two houses are not the first Ashburton properties owned by HNZ to be identified as being potentially contaminated by P. A Dobson Street property, one of four tested last year, was boarded up for many months last year until it was decontaminated. It was later put on the market. Three of those tested returned positive results and required decontamination.

Housing New Zealand is upping its

vigilance around identifying homes where methamphetamine has been used or manufactured, says chief operating officer Paul Commons.

“We take a zero-tolerance approach to any illegal activity in our homes, including the use or manufacture of methamphetamine.”

HNZ is on record as saying there are 400 houses across New Zealand that are contaminated with P, two of those built since June. Those houses are currently uninhabitable and in various stages of decontamination.

It is taking a hard-line approach to tenants in those houses, immediately ending their tenancy and billing them for costs associated with remediation of the property. Tenants of properties with confirmed contamination are suspended from renting any HNZ properties for up to 12 months.

“We take the issue extremely seriously.

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vironmental impacts of methamphetamine are also extensive and that’s why we have a zero-tolerance approach to drug use and abuse in our homes,” Mr Commons said.

HNZ involves police in cases of contamination and, if children are living in the house, Child, Youth and Family are involved as well to ensure their safety.

While the offending tenants could find themselves out on the street, the growing number of HNZ homes found to have P contamination was also impacting on others on the waiting list by reducing the housing pool, Mr Commons said.

“Contamination from P use prevents vulnerable people on the social housing register from getting access to a home as cleaning and remediation could take up to three months.”

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

More kids turning up at schools early

By RuBy HaRfield

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Mid Canterbury schools have had to think outside the box to solve the problem of students arriving to school early.

An increase in the number of students arriving before 8.30am at Ashburton Borough School has led principal Sam Winterbourn to start up a watch service.

Mr Winterbourn said this means that now any child who arrives before this time, but not before 8am, is supervised by him.

“On cold or wet days children will play in my office, on fine days I will encourage them to play outside my office where I can keep an eye on them.”

This has been set up to prevent students interrupting teachers during their preparation time before class.

Many parents’ work hours have changed which has meant they need to drop their children to school earlier than in the past and having this available is a solution to this, he said.

“It makes life easier for everyone.”

Allenton School principal Graham Smith said he has also noticed an increase in the number of students coming to school early. This varies on any given day but can range from a couple to 20 children.

Any student who arrives before 8.30am has to sit on the school library steps for their safety and to

stop them going into classrooms.

The school does not have the facilities to properly supervise the students before 8.30am but they can be monitored if they sit on the library steps, he said.

To prevent children being on school grounds before 8.30am, Tinwald School does not open its gates until this time.

Principal Peter Livingstone said he does not have a problem with children arriving early but they are not able to come onto the grounds.

There are three entrances to the school and sometimes children wait outside the gates from about 8.15am but usually with their parents.

“It’s been a long established rule.”

Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose said Hit Play offer a before school care service based out of the school, which students from other schools can attend.

If there was ever a situation with children arriving to school before 8.30am, he would talk to the families involved because there are services available, Mr Melrose said.

Ashburton Netherby School principal Phil Wheeler said there are occasionally children who arrive at school earlier than 8.30am but this is discouraged and families are contacted.

“If I see them on the grounds I will keep an eye on them.”

Year 8 students (from left), Todd Dolan, Jed Syme, Ben Middleton and Jack Gibson participating in a team building exercise at the Kickstart Leadership Course.

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Giving leadership skills a kickstart

By RuBy HaRfield

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Thirty young Mid Cantabrians have been learning new skills at the annual Kickstart Leadership Course this week.

The course, which has been running for about 15 years, helps Year 8 students develop into future leaders.

Co-ordinator Ray King said he set up the programme with the help of the Youth Institute as a

way to help the students take on more responsibilities.

Many past participants have gone on to leadership roles, such as head boy or girl of their college, Mr King said.

“Quite a few of them that we’ve had find their little niche in leadership.”

This week the students have been hearing from community leaders such as mayor Angus McKay, Sport Canterbury region-

al manager Jan Cochrane and a local lawyer.

They have also been participating in a number of team building activities.

Tomorrow they will be presented with a certificate and will invite their parents for a morning tea to show them what they have been doing.

The course has been held at the Ashburton Racecourse from Monday to Friday.

P contamination suspected From P1 All Housing New Zealand properties are inspected between tenancies so that any issues, such as minor damage, can be identified and addressed.

This is also an opportunity

to identify any signs of P use or manufacture.

“Our staff are trained to recognise signs of possible P manufacture and use and will not hesitate to arrange for sampling if they have any suspicions, or if we re-

ceive information to indicate the property might be contaminated,” he said.

The average cost to test a property is $2750, decontamination costs an average of $10,000 and retesting $1600, a total of $14,350.

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■ FAMILY HEALTH HUB

Build to be re-tendered

By Caitlin Porter

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Work on Ashburton’s multimillion dollar integrated health hub has been delayed.

Valued at between $4.5 and $5 million the new two-storey health hub is a joint venture between Allenton Medical Centre and Gym Company and South Link Health.

South Link Health executive director Murray Tilyard told the Guardian yesterday that the original call for tenders for the work at the Allens Road site went out in December, closing later that same month but response was poor.

“In hindsight those dates were pretty atrocious,” Professor Tilyard said.

“Because of the date response was not 100 per cent … we tendered the various components of the project, electrical, roofing and plumbing [etc] and didn’t get a tender response in all the areas required.”

As a result South Link Health is now in the process of re-tendering but remains fully com-

Land has been cleared at the Allens Road site, ready for work to begin on the new integrated family health hub.

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mitted to the project, Professor Tilyard said.

“It’s not a question of whether we will build or not,” he said.

However, the delay does mean the centre will not be up and running as early as planned.

Originally the build was set to start in late January/early February and be watertight come winter. The centre would then be open to the public early next year.

Now, Professor Tilyard estimates it won’t be completed until mid-2017.

However, a delayed start has given South Link Health time to think about the build and decide how best to go about it.

Professor Tilyard said South Link had recently built a similar medical centre in Invercargill, an 870sqm facility that catered to 15,000 enrolled patients.

Ashburton’s centre was set to be even larger – 1230sqm –

and could potentially accommodate up to 20,000 people, or two-thirds of Ashburton’s population, he said.

The building will encompass a meeting room, staff room, kitchen, data room, admin areas, consulting rooms, a pharmacy, physiotherapy and podiatry facilities as well as triage and treatment rooms.

Now it was a matter of deciding whether to firstly build a smaller centre that could house 15,000 patients and have the ability to be easily extended, or build the entire health hub.

“We are just looking at different options, we have committed significant funds at this stage in terms of purchasing [and clearing] the land,” Professor Tilyard said.

The integrated health hub will be a quality build and it was something that South Link Health, as developers and as part-owners in the practice, were proud of, he said.

“Hopefully it is something the Ashburton community will be proud of [too].”

■ METHVEN A&P SHOW

Gift calf contest won by Lock Farms Methven A&P Show gift calf competition convenor Ben McIntosh (right) is gearing up for a successful auction at the show on Saturday.

He and fellow volunteers this week weighed about 38 calves which Methven area farmers have donated, and the prize for the heaviest, at 348 kilograms, will go to Lock Farms.

Mr McIntosh said he expected the springborn beef calves to fetch good prices at the auction on show day, as there had been good demand for calves this year.

Money raised from the auction goes to the association, as well as three nominated charities each year.

This year benefactors will be Red Cross, Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Autism New Zealand.

There is also a $1000 agricultural scholarship presented to a Mount Hutt College student at the school’s end-of-year prizegiving.

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In brief The Block villa for rent A house from The Block: Villa Wars show is advertised for rent. The owners of the Sandringham house renovated by Cat Glass and Jeremy Hill in the television series, are looking for tenants. It is listed by Auckland property management company Wendell Property Management for $1300 a week.

It was revealed on Monday the winning house renovated by Brooke Thompson and Mitch Davies was on the market, just three months after it was sold.

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Firearms inquiry There will be an inquiry into illegal firearms in New Zealand after unanimous backing from Parliament’s law and order committee. The committee met yesterday and made the decision to hold the inquiry, Labour’s police spokesman Stuart Nash confirmed.

“We had unanimous support from every single party in the select committee. We think the way forward is actually to work together on this, because there is no politics in police safety.”

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Trapped in grain silo A man trapped in a grain silo has been rescued in Southland yesterday. Another six people were overcome with fumes. St John ambulance said one man had been seriously injured after becoming trapped in the silo. He was rescued but was in a serious condition. A police spokesman said the trapped man had been flown to hospital.

The six people overcome with fumes were being treated by paramedics for a range of moderate to minor injuries. - NZME

Council admits guilt

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The Christchurch City Council has admitted it was in the wrong when it put a listening device on a property without the owner’s knowledge. The council uses the devices for up to a week to investigate reports of excessive barking, but permission should be given by the property owners. The council says, on this occasion, its normal procedure wasn’t followed, and permission wasn’t sought from the landowner. It has now recalled all listening devices until animal management officers receive refresher training to make sure they adhere to policy.

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Wire, barbed or otherwise, artist’s medium Tekapo artist John van Beek finds the shape of his wire art works in his favour while unloading them from a trailer at the Short Street Studio this week.

Mr van Beek will display the balls and other wire pieces at the Ashburton Society of Arts’ Art Sale in the Garden, to be held at the studio on Saturday from 9.30am until 3.30pm.

Mr van Beek began to make wire balls, sheep and trees in 2008 for his garden, and has not looked at old barbed wire in the same way since.

He is a self-taught artist with a farming background and fencing experience.

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In brief Car strikes tree St John transported a male with moderate injuries to hospital from a car crash south of Rakaia on Tuesday. The incident was reported to St John at 2.14pm, and it sent two ambulances to the scene, on State Highway One. A car had left the road and hit a tree.

Music in the Mountains Tekapo’s Music in the Mountains festival, with a line-up of musicians including three ex-Ashburtonians, Mark Tavendale, Sarah Fastier (nee Tavendale) and Anna Hoetjes (nee Argyle), will be held at Glenmore Station on Saturday. Gates open at 11am with entertainment from noon until 5pm. The event is a fundraiser for Tekapo School and the village’s new kindergarten. It will also include an art auction of works painted on the day.

Glenmore Station is accessed by travelling through Tekapo and turning right up the north side of Lake Tekapo on Godley Peaks Road (shingle) and then turning left into the concert venue. Travel time from Tekapo is about 15 minutes.

Pop-up church shop If you’re wanting to stock up on jams, jellies, cakes and preserves before Easter, the team from St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church are just the people you need. They’re holding a pre-Easter produce sale on Wednesday. They’ll set up their pop-up shop outside the East Street ANZ Bank between 9am and noon and will have a wide range of goodies on sale.

■ LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER TO VISIT

Co-operation the key

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out very clearly that the current representation commission review was not about forcing local authorities to amalgamate.

He is, however, working his way around New Zealand, meeting with individual councils and workshopping governance issues, particularly around achieving efficiencies, he said.

“He’s making it clear that he wants to see co-operation be-

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When local government minister Sam Lotu-Liga comes to Ashburton next month, he might be talking local government amalgamation, but making that happen won’t be on his or mayor Angus McKay’s to-do list.

At a recent rural-provincial local government conference, Mr McKay said the minister spelled

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He’s confident that the progress Ashburton has made towards working co-operatively with other councils would put it in a strong position to make the case for the status quo to remain in terms of governance.

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Ahead of the wrap up of a review of the New Zealand Fire Service, Ashburton has already moved into a larger rural fire authority, merging with South Canterbury and it has also become part of a combined tendering process for roading work with several neighbouring councils.

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To boost declining sales a one-off shopping event is being held in an old Ashburton shopping precinct.

The Triangle hosts a mix of new buildings and old, bookended by a construction site and a sign shop and now several of those retailers have decided to band together, in an effort to attract bargain hunters.

Sara Stephens, owner of Little Poppets, is one of those retailers.

She is spear-heading what has been dubbed a “shopping evening” tonight between 5pm and 7pm.

Ms Stephens said a number of business-

es including Party People, Poppy’s Creative Collective Gift Shop, Weebodz and Vetire Devine have jumped on board.

It was a chance for working people to get out and about at the shops, Ms Stephens said, and if all went well there was every possibility another evening could be held later on in the year.

She said the event was spawned from a need to attract patrons to the area, and it would be great if the potential of the Triangle was realised.

It would be exciting if it was treated in the same way as New Regent Street in Christchurch, blocked off with cafés and seating, she said.

Ashburton RSA members are invited to attend this weekend’s annual general meeting. Held on Sunday, March 20 and starting at 10am the meeting will be held at the RSA on Cox Street.

About 50 photographs taken by Ashburton photographers will star in a new book. Those photographs are likely to find their way to all four corners of the world as the book will become a gift that mayor Angus McKay will present to overseas visitors to the Ashburton District Council. A gift exchange between mayor and visitor is a feature of many meetings and currently Mr McKay has little other than the district’s coat of arms and a Koru to give. He wanted something that told the story of the Ashburton District. He invited the district’s photographers to put their best photos forward for the book and a selection of those now form the heart of the book new book which will be unveiled at the next council meeting on March 31.

Crash charges A man has been charged over the death of a woman who was struck by a vehicle in Wellington on Wednesday night. The 55-yearold woman died after being hit on Garden Road in Northland about 9.15pm. Detective Sergeant Haley Ryan said a 58-year-old man appeared in Wellington District Court yesterday charged with assault with a blunt weapon and excess breath alcohol. He has been remanded in custody and will reappear on Monday.

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■ CERVICAL SCREENING TEST CHANGES

Health professionals air fears

By Caitlin Porter

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While many health professionals are in favour of the cervical screening test, others are airing their concerns.

Last week Health Minister Jonathan Coleman announced the move from the traditional triennial cervical screening method to an HPV screen every five years.

The HPV test is a new way of testing the cell sample and detects over 90 per cent of the human papillomavirus, the major cause of cervical cancers.

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Dr Charlotte Cox said while the changes would be adopted, not everyone was in favour.

Referring to a recent article, Dr Cox said “wise pathologist” Peter Fitzgerald’s opinion was worth being aware of.

In a recent article published by a group of concerned medical specialists which included Dr Fitzgerald, issues with the new tests were highlighted.

The article pointed out the lack of wider consultation and the haste in which the major change in policy was made.

The original consultation doc-

ument, which was made public in September last year was in favour of primary HPV screening and it contained a number of errors, suggesting it had been hastily drafted, the article stated.

While the authors agreed primary HPV screening “showed promise”, implementation in New Zealand in 2018 was “premature and wrong”.

The change could reduce the current level of cervical cancer protection and increase unnecessary referrals for assessment and treatment, it said.

The important thing to do was

to acknowledge the HPV screening creates risk for the already well-established and high quality screening programme and recognise that co-testing e.g. running the HPV and traditional cervical smear tests together could provide good data, the article stated.

Moore Street Medical Centre locum Dr Dale Abbott said cotesting was regular practice in the United States.

In terms of how the screening changes will affect GPs, Dr Cox said there would not be much of an impact day to day.

Wasp controls welcomed by searchers

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Methven Search and Rescue personnel are welcoming a new wasp bait which is reducing numbers of the insects in Mid Canterbury.

The searchers have had their fair share of being stung over the years, with one almost having been killed when he was stung about 140 times.

Brent McDonald was among searchers evacuating a woman with an injured leg from behind Staveley about 10 years ago when he was attacked by a swarm after a nest was disturbed.

The Methven dad started to go into anaphylactic shock, but fortunately one of the fellow searchers had adrenaline and was able to inject him with it. He ended up taking the place of the woman on the stretcher, and was carried out by searchers.

Mr McDonald was among searchers who were involved in an exercise at the weekend at Arthur’s Pass, and he said he was much more cautious now when going into the bush.

And his advice to anyone who was at threat from a swarm of wasps was to “run like crazy”, as the insects could be out-run.

He welcomed a new wasp bait which was decimating wasp numbers in Mid Canterbury.

“It’s keeping people out of the bush, people don’t go there because of the wasps,” Mr McDonald said.

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“We are very used to change,” Dr Cox said.

“Breast screening advice changes, prostate screening guidelines change, bowel cancer screening changes.”

It was important to be aware that screening was not a form of treatment and also that overscreening and over-treating had its own dangers.

Methven GP and Pegasus Health Board representative Dr Gayle O’Duffy said GPs were made aware of the changes which seemed sensible and would reduce the load on screening.

Cooking classes just for children

By Caitlin Porter

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Department of Conservation ranger Damien Bromwich installs a wasp bait station at Sharplin Falls. Inset: Methven Search and Rescue member Brent McDonald who was almost killed by wasps while participating in a search about 10 years ago.

PHOTO SUPPLIED deputy chairman Ron Smith said about 10 people out of 120 searchers were stung at the Canterbury regional exercise in Arthur’s Pass National Park at the weekend. One searcher was stung three times.

He said the stings were painful and could ache for up to four hours afterwards, and with the risk of anaphylactic shock, wasps were a danger to people, as well as a distraction to searchers. He

believed numbers in the bush had doubled in the past 10 years, and it would be good to see a reduction with the new wasp bait.

Department of Conservation (DOC) staff and Mt Somers Walkways society members are using the new Vespex bait, and have seen a 98 per cent reduction in wasp numbers where stations have been installed around Sharplin Falls and Woolshed Creek.

The Awa Awa Rata Reserve is

also being targeted.

The stations are in place for just one week as they can only be used when the wasps have established their nests and are feeding for protein, generally around February and March.

DOC senior ranger Murray Thomas said given the success so far this year, a much larger area of Mid Canterbury’s foothills walking tracks would be targeted next year.

The district may soon be boasting a few top chefs thanks to members of four Mid Canterbury Rural Women branches.

Following on from a suggestion made at a Youth Council forum back in late 2014, Mid Canterbury Rural Women (MCRW) members decided to band together and host kids’ cooking classes.

Run next month during the school holidays on Tuesday, April 19 from 10am until 3pm, the free classes are targeted at students from Year 4 to 8 and will be held in the Ashburton College food and nutrition classrooms.

MCRW representative Trish Small said members from Anama, Lynnford, Seafield and Winchmore will help to teach young children to cook a morning tea snack, something for lunch, as well as a sweet treat.

All the children will go home with printed recipes should they want to re-enact their efforts at home.

Mrs Small said not only did MCRW see it as a way to pass on their own skills, but also as an opportunity to interact with younger members of the community.

Children interested in participating are asked to contact MCRW member Marion Dent on 308 5954.

Fingers crossed for our firefighters at awards

By Caitlin Porter

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This weekend could be a big one for Ashburton’s Combined Rural Fire Force Units when they line up against the country’s biggest and best community groups in the national finals of the Trustpower Community Awards.

Last year the group was crowned the supreme winner of the Trustpower Ashburton Community awards for their firefighters’ welfare fund, established after Willowby fireman

Barry Keen was killed by a falling branch from a burning tree.

Set up in 2014, the fund was kickstarted with a grant from the Ashburton District Council for the purpose of providing for the families of firefighters who may struggle financially in the event of the death of a family member.

One of its kind in New Zealand, in its first year rural firefighters raised more than $30,000.

With more than 180 volunteers in rural fire units throughout the district, the crews are kept busy,

attending to fires, motor vehicle accidents and rescues.

Trustpower community relations manager Arielle Monk said the firefighters’ project captured the judging panel’s heart because it was about a group of people looking after the welfare of their own.

With the Dunedin-based finals looming, welfare sub-committee representative Bryan Pitt said everyone was pretty excited.

He and another firefighter, Greg Bruce will head down to

the awards on Thursday with two Ashburton District councillors.

Having already undertaken a fair few run-throughs of their eight-minute presentation, Mr Pitt said he and Mr Bruce would get one more practice run this week, presenting to council.

A 65-slide PowerPoint will accompany their presentation, highlighting the work the fire units do.

The awards also require each finalist to prepare a 1000-word

summary of their project, with all entries published in a booklet. Finalists are then able to read and assess each project and vote for the one they believe is the best example of community volunteer work, their votes counting for 50 per cent of the points.

Mr Pitt said he had taken a look at a few of the other submissions and was impressed by the quality.

The winners of the awards will be announced at a gala dinner on Saturday night.

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Methven A&P Show authentic taste of rural New Zealand The Methven A&P Show offers an authentic taste of rural New Zealand in a spectacular setting.

With the gorgeous landscape of Mt Hutt and the surrounding farmland this show promises to be a fun day out for the whole family, with all the traditional events and much more.

Entertainment is ongoing all day and features some stunning locals as well as some quirky events including New Zealand Cheerleading royalty.

The All Star Cheerleaders is New Zealand’s largest and most experienced cheer company, with over 1500 cheerleaders nationwide including Auckland, Orewa, Northland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch.

The group will demonstrate their immense talents and skills and wow the crowds with their performances.

Christchurch based magician Josh Grimaldi will wow the

crowds with a wide range of shows and skills.

His fun, quirky entertainment style appeals to children and adults alike and Methven A&P Show is delighted to have him following his extensive tour through Europe and the UK last winter.

The ever popular Geraldine based Boru Bush Band will be playing alongside the annual wine and food festival at the

show, giving you the chance to relax, sit back and soak up the atmosphere.

Well known local singer Luke Glendining will be singing at the bar after 3pm. With his fantastic vocals he is sure to be a big drawcard, so get your seats early!

Luke has played in many local events including Christmas in the Park and has starred in Ashburton operatic productions.

For something a little bit

different why not chance your arm at the Sheaf Tossing Competition at 4pm. With great prizes on offer it’s well worth the effort. In a nod to Methven’s heritage sheaf tossing came about before we had mobile harvesters.

All grain crops, i.e. oats, barley and wheat were reaped by a binder that made the sheaf.

A sheaf was about 30cm in diameter tied with a piece of string round the middle, and

weighing about 10kg.

Some grass crops were also handled this way i.e. cocksfoot, timothy fescue. Eight to 10 sheaves made a stook which was left for 10 to 14 days to ripen.

Oats in the early days was subject to shaking the grain out before it was harvested. However by putting it in a sheaf the grain was retained in the sheaf. At the time of harvest the sheaves were pitchforked onto a dray and carted to a stationary mill which took three to four men to operate. Many were driven by traction engines before tractors came onto the scene. So hence in the early days sheaf tossing was a keen competition at shows and other functions A gift calf auction will also be held at 2.30pm and should provide lively banter between the auctioneer and the crowd.

The gate fee is $15 for adults while school children and car parking are free. Eftpos will be available at the Secretary’s Office.

METHVEN A&P SHOW March 19, 2016 at the Methven Showgrounds

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Magician/entertainer Cheerleaders Boru Entertaining Art and crafts

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Programme 8.00 am

Show Pony events commence

12.00-4 pm Live Band "Boru"

8.30 am

Dog Trials

12.00 pm

Pavilion opens

9.30 am

Judging of Sheep

1.50 pm

Official Speeches

10.00 am

Pavilion Judging Farm Produce Judging Highland Dancing Poultry Judging Pet Sheep Shearing commences

2.00 pm

Grand Parade Lolly Scramble Rabo Bank Decorating Lamb Competition

2.30 pm

Auction of Calves

Wood Chopping

3.00 pm

Dog Trial Final

3.00 pm

Live Band - Luke Glendining

All Stars Pride Cheer leaders will be doing two performances during the day - will be announced.

4.00 pm

Pavilion Closes

3.30 pm

Treasure Hunt competition closes

Top Team - Senior and Junior Heats and Finals Mt Hutt Village Wine and Food Marquee opens

4.00 pm

Sheep Riding

5.00 pm

Steer Riding

5.15 pm

Wood Chopping Prize Giving

10.30 am

11.00-4 pm Josh Grimaldi - Magician

11.00 am

11.00 am

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OUR VIEW

Let’s mount a save the Triangle campaign Sue Newman

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shburton’s triangle is a tiny, neglected part of Ashburton, but it’s a part that has the potential to become the retail centre’s heart.

Over the years shops have come and gone. They’ve traded with varying success but few have lasted the distance. It’s a place that shows huge signs of neglect, where footpaths are usually empty.

The Triangle, however, is a gold mine just waiting to be discovered. In towns and cities around New Zealand the value of a quaint street complete with even quainter (if rundown) shops is recognised for what it could be, not what it is.

The Triangle is unique. It’s one of our last reminders of a time of sole traders, where owners often lived out back or upstairs.

Its buildings have an appeal that doesn’t come with modern design.

The Ashburton District Council has tried to generate interest in turning the Triangle into a pedestrian precinct, in creating links between Baring Square and the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Its plans have fallen at the cost hurdle.

Knowing they’re up against it in keeping their heads above water, the Triangle’s businesses are banding together tonight to open their doors for old-style late night shopping. And good on them. They’re fighting for survival but they won’t do it without a hefty dose of community support.

The bigger picture, however, is that together they and the owners of their buildings are fighting for the future of this historic complex.

Christchurch, on a grander scale, has New Regent Street and earthquakes aside, it’s a wonderful attraction in its own right. This is what the Triangle could become.

The council could step in, introduce a plan change and make the area an historic zone, but that would only fly if the property owners were on board. Far better to follow the Eastfields model where it is a support agent, working with developers and land owners.

Saving the Triangle from an eventual date with the bulldozer needs to be a community initiative, with the property owners on board. It’s a big call, but unless something is done, and soon, the Triangle, one of our last links with our retail past will disappear.

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Want to really stress a teacher out? Tell them their laminator is broken and watch the meltdown.

Lament for a laminator A

quick update on my last column that raised the first-world problem some teachers were facing in terms of having their registration processed.

I didn’t see this one coming. After the third time one of the teachers in question had submitted the paperwork, it was returned again!

It turns out her birth certificate was not good enough because it was issued prior to 1998! Think about that. In order for you to have a birth certificate issued after 1998, you would need to be 17 or younger! How many 14-year-old teachers do you know?

So, said teacher has to pay another $30 for a new birth certificate (having paid $30 for a marriage licence) and has now submitted the application again.

But wait – there is more!

On the Department of Internal Affairs website it clearly states that having a copy of your birth certificate is NOT proof of your identity. And that is exactly why the Education Council was wanting to see a copy of the Birth Certificate – to prove you are who you say you are! Seriously, I don’t make this stuff up.

Okay – on to this week’s main event. So you think teaching 26 engaging little minds would be a challenge and likely to cause stress in a teacher, well it turns out that the stress of daily classroom teaching is not the most sleep-depriving event for a teacher.

International studies taken place in the Tinwald School

Peter Livingstone OUT OF SCHOOL

photocopy room have shown the most stressful event for a teacher is … wait for it … a broken laminator!

All teachers questioned, by the same company who run our annual flag referendums, have pointed to the loss of a school laminator as more stressful than three behaviour issues, one unhappy parent and only trim milk in the staffroom.

What is a laminator some of you dare to ask? Please, someone give me a ministry coffee with two-day-old round wines!

A laminator is the most deeply satisfying, OCD calming, happy place thoughts provoking, warm fuzzy smelling machine ever invented for a teacher.

Nothing says “I am a teacher” more than laminating the alphabet (in upper and lower case) and stapling it above your whiteboard.

When you come in on the weekend, or during the holidays, to finally sort out your reading planning, nothing makes you feel like you have completed a day’s work unless you have laminated the initial blends for all words that begin with ‘T’.

At teachers’ college, you receive only five months’ intensive instruction on how to laminate.

Straight away all young teachers are hooked. Seriously, I wouldn’t worry about student loans or couch burning amongst student teachers – I would be engaging counsellors to help with lamination addictions.

So strong is the lure of the laminator that teachers buy their own, and stationery stores have been known to exploit this unrequited love with laminator specials as part of their Back to School campaign.

There are rumours that Pinterest harbours a Black Web where teachers upload the more extreme examples of their laminating exploits.

According to Pinterest folklore, one teacher from Wainuiomata laminated 27 bookmarks, 389 basic sight words and eight dipthongs in one session. It resulted in the school power bill increasing by 1.467 per cent and Opposition Education Spokesman Chris Hipkins calling for an inquiry.

Now, knowing all that, imagine the stress levels when our library based laminator was fed a sheet of OHP paper (cellulose acetate for those of you who were asking), instead of an A4 laminating pouch. (Polyethylene terephthalate and ethylene-vinyl acetate for those of you who were still asking).

Instantly the laminator consumed the OHP sheet, quicker than Donald Trump can utter a stupid statement.

Five classrooms away, a hyperaware teacher knew the laminator was in dire straits and rushed to the library.

Sadly, it was in vain and a Requiem Mass was held on Tuesday.

However – being resourceful people, the teachers quickly organised a meeting (without the union) and a sub-committee was formed. Their first task was to decide who would bring a plate for afternoon tea. They then decided to meet again and complete a SWOT analysis about the laminator.

One poor soul who was late to the meeting, was given the task of asking the principal how much was in the budget for a new laminator. The hapless educator returned with the budget figure, at which point the subcommittee doubled it and added GST for good measure.

An order was placed for a new laminator and the good news was shared with the rest of the staff. So happy were the duty teachers, they allowed seven Year 5 boys to play in the sandpit outside the junior room.

Currently the staffroom is awash with anticipation and speculation about the updated features the new laminator will have but for one teacher there is a special type of anticipation brewing.

She can’t wait for the laminator to arrive so she can laminate her registration, permanently, and share it on Pinterest.

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

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■ PAKISTAN

Bus bomb kills 15 workers A bomb ripped through a bus carrying Pakistani government employees in the northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, killing 15 people, police said.

The explosion took place in an area of the city that houses military institutions and residences, according to police official Abbas Majeed Marwa.

The bus was taking government employees from several nearby towns to the provincial secretariat in Peshawar, he said.

Nearly 40 people were also wounded in the blast, which was set off by an improvised explosive device that was planted under a seat in the bus, he added.

No one immediately claimed responsibility but suspicion likely is to fall on the Pakistani Taliban and other allied militant groups who have been waging a war on the state for more than a decade, killing tens of thousands of people in a quest to overthrow the government and install their own harsh brand of Islam.

Local TV footage showed the wreckage of the bus as police and rescue officials rushed the wounded people to hospitals.

Footage from a surveillance camera had captured the moment of the explosion, showing the bus moving on a road and then blowing up into a cloud of thick smoke.

Rescuers had to cut through the bus to pull out several of the victims, both dead and

Pakistani security personnel examine a bus following a bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan.

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wounded, said another police official, Mubarak Zeb. He said some 8 kilograms (about 17 pounds) of explosives was used in the bomb.

Peshawar has been the scene of several major Taliban attacks, including the December 2014 massacre at an army public school in the city that that killed 150, mostly children.

Yesterday’s bombing also underscored that despite widespread Pakistani army’s offensives — including the one launched in June 2014 in nearby North Waziristan, a tribal area that is home to the Taliban and other local and foreign al-Qaida-linked Islamic groups — the militants still have the power to launch

large-scale attacks.

“We are facing these cowards,” provincial spokesman Mushtaq Ghani told reporters at the crime scene. He said the militants who fled the military offensives in the countryside have found refuge in urban areas, where they now stage attacks seeking to strike at soft targets.

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■ NORTH KOREA

■ UNITED STATES

Tourist jailed for 15 years

Trump wins three more states; Rubio drops out

North Korea’s highest court sentenced an American tourist to 15 years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday for subversion.

Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was convicted and sentenced in a one-hour trial in North Korea’s Supreme Court.

He was charged with subversion under Article 60 of North Korea’s criminal code. The court held that he had committed a crime “pursuant to the U.S. government’s hostile policy toward (the North), in a bid to impair the unity of its people after entering it as a tourist.”

Before the trial, the 21-year-old from Ohio, said he had tried to steal a propaganda banner as a trophy for an acquaintance who wanted to hang it in her church.

That would be grounds in North Korea for a subversion charge.

Trials for foreigners facing similar charges in North Korea are generally short and punishments severe.

- AP

Donald Trump scored victories yesterday in three states, including the bigprize Florida, but lost Ohio to the state’s governor, John Kasich, as the billionaire continued to move ahead in his stunning campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton won at least four states, dealing a severe blow to Bernie Sanders’ bid to slow her march toward the Democratic nomination.

Marco Rubio, the Florida senator who staked his once-promising campaign on winning in his home state, dropped out of the presidential race shortly after the polls closed. That leaves Kasich as the last true establishment candidate running against Trump and arch-conservative Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Trump, the brash and controversial reality TV star, has upended Republican

Donald Trump rolls on. politics by winning most of the state-by-state competitions for delegates who will choose the party’s nominee.

He has seized on Americans’ anger with Washington politicians, discomfort with immigration and fears of

terrorism, attracting voters with his blunt talk and simply worded promise to make America great again.

Tuesday’s votes in five states had been viewed as a pivotal moment in the Republican presidential campaign. For the first time, two states — Ohio and Florida — had winner-take-all contests. A Trump sweep could have given him an insurmountable lead in the delegate count.

Trump won the biggest prize — all 99 Florida delegates — as well as winning North Carolina and Illinois, and was locked in a tight race with Cruz in Missouri.

He told a victory rally in Florida, “This was an amazing night.”

But Kasich’s win, capturing all of Ohio’s 66 delegates, was crucial to keeping alive the hopes of mainstream Republicans trying to stop Trump.

- AP

All Saints’ reunion tour British pop stars All Saints are hitting the stage for a reunion tour to celebrate the release of their comeback album. The dates will mark the Never Ever girl group’s first proper tour in 15 years. Shaznay Lewis and her bandmates announced the news via Twitter on Tuesday , writing: “SO SO excited to announce we’re going on tour!” Lewis, Melanie Blatt and sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton initially reunited after they were asked to join the Backstreet Boys as special guests on the UK dates of their In a World Like This tour in 2013. “We thought we’d just do it for a laugh, but then we just didn’t want it to end. We liked being together,” Appleton told Nicole told i-D magazine.

All Saints’ 10-date Red Flag tour will kick off in Newcastle, England at the beginning of October.

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Veteran adventurer is 74 Will Harrison Ford be the Hollywood oldest action hero ever when the new Indiana Jones film comes out in 2017? At 74, he will certainly be up there. But he has a Bollywood rival, in Amitabh Bachchan, who also shows no signs of retiring. Both Ford and Bachchan were born in 1942 - which makes them a year older than John Wayne was when he died in 1979. Wayne looked faintly ludicrous when he was gunslinging and soldiering in his 60s. But in the decades since, sixtysomething action heroes have become the norm. Everyone thought Roger Moore was too old and creaky to play James Bond film in A View To A Kill in 1985. He was 58 at the time. Sean Connery was a mere 53 when he reprised his Bond role in 1983’s Never Say Never Again. The consensus then was that both actors were way too old to play a suave, sexy Secret Service agent.

Swift, Harris share pix The love story of Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris continues, with the couple documenting their recent fairytale holiday, turning their millions of fans green with envy.

Only a week after celebrating their one year anniversary, the loved-up pair spammed their combined 74.3 million Instagram followers with a series of romantic and beachy holiday pics. “That time when we finally took a vacation,” Swift captioned an Instagram video of her jumping up and down on a giant water trampoline. “Taylor Swift + Adam Wiles,” she captioned her romantic writings in the sand, referring to the music Dj by his real name. Swift even gave chick-flick the Princess Diaries a run for their money in one of her photos, popping her right leg up while pashing her hunky beau. The celebrity couple made fans slightly jealous, sharing several images of one another proving they’re still very much in love.

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Dairy prices take another dip

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nancial crisis so as not to further cost businesses that were already struggling,” Bennett said.

“I’m currently considering the options and potential implications of removing these artificial measures, including pricing emissions units at two-for-one, and the cap of $25. As some of you might have seen me say already, this isn’t really a case of ‘if’, but more ‘when and how’.”

“If New Zealand is going to take the next steps to tackle climate

... we’re going to have to see more investment in tree planting and big emitters making a greater contribution to our efforts

the two-for-one removal, which is seen as vital to raising carbon prices to a level capable of encouraging forestry plantations, which soak up carbon from the atmosphere and are an essential element of New Zealand’s plan to meet its long-term greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets.

The impact of the ETS on New Zealand’s emissions had been limited “due to the artificially low carbon price, which the government instituted following the global fi-

change, we’re going to have to see more investment in tree planting and big emitters making a greater contribution to our efforts,” Bennett said.

Carbon trader OMF was quoting NZUs trading at $10.75 a tonne yesterday morning, having gone as high as $10.85 in the previous day, and says $11 a tonne by the end of the month is possible. A carbon price of $15 a tonne is regarded as a trigger price for forest planting.

– NZME

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents Company CODE

a2 Milk Company ATM Air NZ AIR ANZ Banking Gr ANZ Argosy Prop ARG Auckland Intl Airpt AIA Chorus CNU Coats Gr COA Contact Energy CEN Diligent Corp DIL Ebos Gr EBO F&P Healthcare FPH Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Share Fund FSF Freightways FRE Genesis Energy GNE Goodman Prop Tr GMT Heartland Bank HBL Infratil IFT Kathmandu Hldgs KMD Kiwi Property Gr KPG Mainfreight MFT Meridian Energy MEL Metlifecare MET Metro Perf Glass MPG Mighty River Power MRP Nuplex Ind NPX NZ Refining NZR NZX NZX Orion Health Gr OHE Port Tauranga POT Precinct Properties PCT Prop For Industry PFI Restaurant Brands RBD Ryman Healthcare RYM Skellerup SKL Sky Network TV SKT Sky City SKC Spark SPK Steel & Tube STU Stride Property STR Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM Tower TWR Trade Me Gr TME TrustPower TPW Vector VCT Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP Warehouse Gr WHS Westpac Banking WBC Xero XRO Z Energy ZEL

Buy price

184 275 2855 116 640 396 60 477 723 1665 916 750 588 624 207 128.5 122 318.5 164 137 1582 251 479 162 274 504 330 100 310 1852 123 161 468 843 126 506 476 353 235 219 435 176 432 754 326 199.5 282 3630 1540 676

Sell price

186 277 2875 116.5 645 396.5 60.5 478 728 1670 929 753 589 633 208 129.5 123 319.5 165 138 1599 259 480 164 275 506 335 101 312 1875 123.5 161.5 495 845 127 508 490 362 237 219.5 436 178 433 769 328 200 288 3700 1549 680

Last sale

186 277 2864 116.5 645 396.5 60 477 725 1665 918 753 588 630 207 128.5 123 318.5 165 137 1590 258 479 162 274 505 335 101 310 1850 123 161.5 468 843 126 506 486 353 237 219.5 435 178 432 754 328 199.5 285 3670 1549 677

At close of trading on Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Daily Volume move ’000s

+4 +2 +9 –0.5 –4 +0.5 – +4 +8 –9 –15 –10 +4 –8 –6 –1.5 +1 – – –2 – +2 –1 –3 +2 +1 – – –2 +25 –0.5 –0.5 –1 +5 – +6 +13 –7 +3 +0.5 –3 – –1 –4 – –0.5 – +40 –51 +8

1.6m 3.2m 22.77 602.0 1.7m 1.2m 969.2 3.0m 2.1m 88.01 503.5 2.0m 103.2 154.7 424.3 1.3m 425.6 1.0m 46.74 2.4m 84.95 5.3m 210.1 653.0 1.6m 591.3 615.2 123.0 45.11 69.01 1.3m 429.7 99.69 407.3 67.09 6.9m 2.4m 4.8m 230.8 410.8 959.5 61.37 1.1m 95.94 185.2 143.1 42.23 47.39 264.4 372.6

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 6610 6494 6378 6262 6146 6030

16/3

Big industrial emitters of greenhouse gases will lose their right under the emissions trading scheme to offset only half of their emissions, Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett told an international energy conference in Wellington yesterday.

It was a matter of “when not if” the so-called “two-for-one” concession is removed, she said, leaving open the impression that the current $25 a tonne upper limit “cap” on carbon prices may also be removed or placed at a higher level.

“It was always a temporary measure,” said Bennett of the twofor-one measure. “It is abundantly clear that if the ETS is going to work, carbon must cost more than it does right now.”

It appears the widely expected decision has not yet been made formally made by the Cabinet, but Bennett said she expected to conclude the review of the ETS within “the next couple of months”.

Most affected by the decision are likely to be the electricity and transport fuels sector because the removal will double the cost of offsetting the carbon emissions from burning coal, natural gas, petrol and diesel.

The price of carbon in the New Zealand scheme has already been rising towards $11 a tonne in anticipation of such a decision after collapsing to below 50 cents a tonne for a period after 2011, when New Zealand emitters had access to carbon units from international mar-

kets. That access has since ended, meaning major emitters can only buy carbon as New Zealand Units (NZUs) under the local ETS. “This will have a direct impact on every part of the economy,” she said, without nominating the impact on electricity, gas or petrol prices. “Whether it’s forestry, farming, households or the transport sector, the effects of the decisions we make will be widespread.”

A transition period lasting several years has been mooted for

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

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PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

fat fell 6.5 per cent to $US3014 a tonne.

Cheddar declined 5.6 per cent to $US2441 a tonne, while butter slid 2.8 per cent to $US2733 a tonne.

Skim milk powder retreated 2.5 per cent to $US1731 a tonne, while whole milk powder slipped 0.8 per cent to $US1971 a tonne.

“It is likely that we will continue to see weakness in skim milk powder prices in the coming months,” Kilsby said. “Stocks of skim milk powder are building in Europe.”

“Earlier this week the European Commission announced a range of measures designed to support its dairy farmers,” according to Kilsby. “The support mechanisms will distort market signals and therefore European farmers are likely to continue to produce more milk than the market requires.”

Lactose rose 0.8 per cent to $US624 a tonne, while buttermilk powder climbed 6.4 per cent to $US1545 a tonne.

The New Zealand dollar last traded at 66.04 US cents at about 11.25am in New York, compared with 66.76 US cents at 5pm in Wellington the previous day.

There were 118 winning bidders out of 134 participating bidders at the 13-round auction. The number of qualified bidders fell to 606, down from 607 at the previous auction.

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Fonterra’s Darfield plant when it opened in 2012.

Dairy prices dropped in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, marking the fifth decline in the six auctions held to date this year.

The GDT average winning price declined 2.9 per cent to $US2190, down from $US2253 at the previous auction two weeks ago. Some 20,406 tonnes of product was sold, down from 21,880 tonnes at the previous auction two weeks ago.

“The large volume of milk that is being produced around the world, particularly in Europe, continues to put pressure on the markets,” AgriHQ dairy analyst Susan Kilsby said in a note.

“For any substantial improvement in prices to occur we first need to see a reduction in milk production.”

The AgriHQ 2015-16 Farmgate Milk Price was unchanged at $4.14 per kilogram milksolids, as the fall in prices at the GDT auction was offset by a lift in prices in the NZX Dairy Futures market and a weaker New Zealand dollar. Fonterra’s latest forecast is $3.90/kgMS. “The NZX Dairy Futures market has previously been a good barometer of market sentiment, but despite futures prices softening in the past few days this market was factoring in a lift in GDT prices,” Kilsby noted.

Rennet casein dropped 7.0 per cent to $US4083 a tonne, while anhydrous milk

S&P/NZX 50 Gross q

6,562.96 –14.86 –0.23%

q S&P/NZX 20 index

4,684.77 –13.68 –0.29%

q S&P/NZX All Gross

7,045.54

–14.38

–0.2%

p Rises 51 q Falls 48

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,119.0

+7.6

+0.15%

At close of trading on Mar 16, 2016

p Dow Jones Indust.

17,251.5 +22.40 +0.13% At close of trading on Mar 15, 2016

FTSE 100 index q

6,140.0

–34.6

–0.56%

At close of trading on Mar 15, 2016

q Nikkei 225 index

16,994.7 –122.4 –0.71% Snapshot at 7pm on Mar 16, 2016

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

London – $US/ounce

1,232.0

–10.75

–0.87%

15.32

–0.28

–1.79%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

q Copper London – $US/tonne

4,920.0

–74.0

–1.48%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm March 16, 2016

Country

TT buy

TT sell

Australia 0.8985 0.8681 Canada 0.8986 0.8651 China 4.5676 4.0075 Euro 0.6085 0.5819 Fiji 1.4277 1.3148 Great Britain 0.4751 0.4583 Japan 76.46 73.22 Samoa 1.7841 1.5583 South Africa 10.6673 10.2796 Thailand 23.49 22.39 United States 0.6731 0.6487

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TINWALD SALE Heavy shorn prime lambs fetched $95-$102 at the Tinwald saleyards this week.

Medium weight primes made $80-$92 and lighter lambs, $68$75.

Heavy shorn prime ewes realised $70-$78, mediums $61-$68 and lighter sheep, $50-$58.

The best in a light yarding of store lambs made $60 to $65 and medium weights $54-$59.

About 450 prime cows and

heifers went under the hammer.

Prices were back in line with the schedule easing and pressure on killing space.

Prime cows over 500kg fetched $1.30-$1.35kg, 450kg-500kg $1.27-$1.32, under 450kg - $1.10 to $1.25kg.

Prime heifers over 430kg – up to $2.20kg, 350kg-400kg - $1.70$2kg.

Lighter jersey and jersey-cross heifers 300kg-350kg - $1-$1.50kg.

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A robotic trailer named Spikey, in Canterbury this week, is world leading in its approach to the rather delicate problem of cow pee.

With Pastoral Robotics directors and inventors Dr Bert Quin and Geoff Bates in tow, this unassuming piece of technology is a great example of modern Kiwi ingenuity about to roll off the production line to a dairy farm near you.

When Spikey detects patches of cow urine it signals back to a computer processor at the front of the robotic trailer and spot treats them through spray nozzles with a specially-developed product called ORUN (optimise recovery of urine nitrogen).

There are no residues and it rapidly breaks down into harmless components while enabling the urine patch to spread laterally and promote grass growth.

Trial results from all over New Zealand indicate a 70 per cent increase in the average size of a patch.

And because the grass takes up more nitrate than it would have normally, there is less nitrate to leach into waterways – something Dr Quin is passionate about.

The soil scientist who set up fertiliser co-operative Summit Quinphos says it’s crucial to detect the patches within two days of them being laid down by cows as after 48 hours the urea in cow urine quickly coverts into nitrate nitrogen which is completely soluble and vulnerable to leaching into groundwater.

Spikey has the ability to save the farmer costs, he said, including labour.

The men have been trialling the machine on a Landcorp dairy grazing property near Carew and fine-tuning the machine. They hope to have the first machines built next year.

The other half of the duo, Geoff Bates, comes from an engineering background and is responsible for Dungbuster – a revolutionary cleaning system of dairy sheds.

Spikey won the most innovative award at the National Field Days last year.

Above – Happy inventors. Geoff Bates (left) and Dr Bert Quin ar ting ready to produce more Spikeys to solve the problems of patches on dairy farms.

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Right – Spikey detects cow urine patches and neutralises them

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Chasing shadows

Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Which of these countries does not have the dollar as its currency? a. Panama b. Singapore c. Jamaica 2 - Complete the Elton John album title: Tumbleweed...? a. County b. Express c. Connection 3 - In which year did the Vietnam War come to an end? a. 1969 b. 1971 c. 1975 4 - Approximately how many Earth years does it take for Jupiter to orbit the sun? a. 11.8 b. 24.7 c. 29.3 5 - Including islands off its coast, how many countries are there in Africa? a. 31 b. 44 c. 53 6 - What were the first names of the composer Handel? a. George Frederick b. Gabriel Felix c. Giovanni Francis 7 - Which of these was not invented by Thomas Edison? a. Electric generator b. Electric typewriter c. Phonograph 8 - How many rooms does Buckingham Palace have? a. 220 b. 560 c. 775

Gossip Circle – The theme for last year’s competition was Shadows. Using miniature pegs, Jude Box set them up in a circle on her desk at work under the light. Then she jumped on top of the desk to find the best position to capture the multitude of shadows that the one lightbulb could create for her Gossip Circle.

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exus has had a summer of adding new and revised cars and SUVs, to its ever-growing line-up.

These continue, not only with the company’s high standards of luxury and sophistication, but also with a clear message that they are serious about the benefits of hybrid drive technology.

So what better way could there be to check all this out, but for trip to Hokitika and beyond in an ES300h Limited hybrid.

And with a couple of recently arrived, long-legged, business class-flying Bostonians occupying the rear seats.

As you will note from the photo, the ES is a good looking, medium/large saloon with smooth, flowing lines.

Despite wearing the distinctive family spindle grille, it is perhaps a little more conservative than the rest of the Lexus range.

As expected, the nicely presented cabin is plushly furnished with high-quality materials, softtouch surfaces, and the dash is fittingly smart with clear dials, a nicely integrated, centrally-positioned, eight-inch multi-function screen and the signature Lexus analogue clock.

Then in front of the gear selector on the centre console there’s a touch pad that can be used to access lots, including the sound, dual-zone climate air, sat-nav and other systems.

Alongside is a control to select Eco, Normal or Sport mode as well as one for electric power only (EV).

Of course there’s heaps of other standard gear, including reversing camera, front/rear parking sensors, heated/ventilated front seats, radar, cruise control, sunroof, 14-speaker sound system and more.

There’s also plenty of space both front and rear, for up to five people.

For we four on our journey, and the head, leg and foot space was ideal and enabled the excep-

tional comfort and the cabin’s business class aura and quietness to be well appreciated.

Those in the rear seats, who didn’t notice or mind that the angle of the seat backs can’t be adjusted because of the hybrid’s battery pack, were most impressed with the air-con and seat heat controls on the centre armrest, as well as the sun-shades on the rear and side windows.

And while the battery pack also encroaches a little on boot space, it’s easy to load and still takes an adequate 425 litres of luggage.

Plus there’s a matching fullsized spare stowed below.

Returning to the ES being quiet, most of the time on pressing the start button, there’s no engine noise but you are still ready to move.

So it’s into D and off you go on electric power in almost complete silence (care is needed in carparks!)

Hybrid power comes from the combination of a 2.5-litre fourcylinder, Atkinson-cycle petrol engine and a supplementary electric motor, which the petrol engine seamlessly merges with to produce 151kW and 270Nm of torque, most of which is delivered very smoothly and just where needed.

This all happens in a mostly unobtrusive manner with the engine and 6-step CVT really only disturbing the interior’s quietness when being worked harder – like when spiritedly climbing the Otira viaduct in Sports mode.

But really Normal is fine and suitably responsive for everyday driving, including quick overtaking and most hill work, while Eco is best for flat running.

Even with the intermittent use of Sport, the fuel economy was most impressive!

For while the stated overall economy is 5.5 L/100km, we achieved 6.8L/100km for our tour.

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President Ann welcomed 15 members and one visitor to our monthly meeting.

Our Club Captain gave a full report on competitions. Yvonne Lister had played in the Golf Croquet competitions and had won 3 games out of the 6 played.

5 members are playing in the Town & Country being held next week in Timaru.

Our Easter Raffle is going really well and it is to be drawn on March 20. Closing day is to be held on Saturday April 16.

Our AGM is to be held on May 5 at 10am.

The Golf Croquet players are going to have a friendly game at Waireka club on Tuesday April 5.

Next meeting is Wednesday April 6 at 3pm. See you all there.

We had a good size field down at the course last Saturday, for the first round of Club champs qualifying. The blue tees were used for the first time this season, but the good run on the fairways ensured some wonderful scores.

The best of the day was our great patron “buffalo” Bill Hetrick, who once again, for the seventh time I believe, shot a gross score better than his age. A wonderful achievement for a true giant of the club.

Bill finished up with a nett 61, this score was also matched by Tong King, other good scores came in from Pat Turton and Leaky Lambert, well done to all.

This week we are playing an African stableford, pairs game where the pairs scores on each hole are multiplied together for your team score, could be fun.

News from the ladies section, is that 8 of our lovely lasses had a jaunt up to Hanmer recently to play in there two-day tournament, and after causing a splash or two in the springs, (photos available on the web), They wowed the golf course, with a certain Mrs Williamson shooting the lights out with a 64 and 65 to pick up an arm full of prizes. Well done girls, I hope the club’s good name and reputation is still intact. See you on the course. Good golfing.

Aorangi Golf Silver Pennant Final: The fifth round and final of the Aorangi Silver Pennant was held at the Temuka Golf Course on Monday March 14. The course was in great condition even though weather has been dry and the weather perfect for some great golf.

Mayfield were convincing winner of the north zone. The south zone was very close with Waimate, Tokarahi and St Andrews/Timaru all in contention to make the final with the last round to be played in the morning St Andrews could only get a draw against PlPt so this enabled Tokarahi who defeated Waimate by 7 points to 3 to make the final by one point.

In the afternoon Mayfield and Tokarahi played a very competitive match both teams being equal after 11 holes and the final score after 18 holes was still equal on points. Players 1 and 2 had to play on and Mayfield managed to win and half the first playoff hole which game gave them the win.

Results of match Mayfield names first Glenys Carr lost 5/3 Sandra Gibson, Judy Webb won 2/1 Carolyn Rowland, Jan Clucas 1up Margaret Hore, Lal Mulligan lost 2/1 Val Clarke Glenys Carr won the playoff hole.

www.guardianonline.co.nz President David Keeley then had the honour of presenting Long-Service Pins to Lions John Millward, Kevin Jackson and Lindsay Bagrie before Tail Twisters Peter and Diane Lowe once again extracted fines from many in attendance.

Members were reminded to attend a manure working bee on 21st, the CPW Bus Trip on 22nd and to volunteer to assist at a Peel Forest function. The evening concluded with reports from committees, general business and a Banjo Patterson poem, read very enthusiastically by Lion Dave Thomson. Another very enjoyable evening.

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Dodd, who had recently been supported by the club.

Members from Willowby Pool Committee then thanked the club for a recent Gold Sponsorship donation and outlined progress made on pool repairs. Guest speaker Jo Taylor, introduced by President David Keeley, then spoke on her early life experiences, her work experiences and how she came to live in New Zealand and establish the very success-

ful Latitude Magazine.

Jo outlined the philosophy behind the magazine and the reasons for its many successes. At the conclusion of her talk and slide presentation questions were answered before Lion John Low offered thanks from those present. A delightful evening meal, provided by the Hinds Bowling Club followed with Lion Matt Luxton thanking them and presenting a cheque.

President Avis Kingsland presided over the March meeting of the Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club and welcomed two visitors. The National Anthem was sung, and apologies recorded. Birthdays and anniversaries were celebrated, particularly the 90th birthday of two members.

The extensive correspondence was read and a report given on the NSIPA meeting. Almoner Val Johnson gave a report and said it had been a quiet month. Trip Convenor Bernie Tutty spoke on the proposed trip to Panthers Rock Bar and a café demonstration, reminding members that the bus was already full, but there could be a waiting list. Also there is to be a trip up to the World of Wearable Arts in Wellington.

After morning tea and the raffles being drawn, the Annual General Meeting was presided over by Karen McIntyre. The President for 2016/2017 is Bernie Tutty.

The committee is Julie Begg, Heather Mowatt, Val Johnson, Val Farr, Margaret Watson, Ruth Clucas, Avis Kingsland, Jean Smith and Lorraine Pringle.

Flowers were presented to Avis Kingsland in appreciation of her hard work during the past year.

The Thought for the Day was “Every new beginning comes from other beginning’s end.”

lowed by the Institute Prayer in remembrance of our dear founding member Mrs Beverley Sclater who passed away recently.

We were reminded of the Theme for the year and asked to give thought to the Project, “Adopt A.....”.

Unfortunately our planned Mystery Bus Trip will have to be postponed due to lack of support – maybe later in the year.

Competitions.

The Moylan Trophy was won by Molly Amos and the Northchurch Trophy went to Nancy Christey. Our Roll Call: “what did you do over the last two months” brought forth some very interesting stories, a lot of them being family based.

Nominations were taken for Officers and Committee for 2016 in preparation for next month’s Annual General Meeting.

Our speaker was our own member Winsome Wear who showed us how she makes her jewellery which she sells at markets.

Several members were able to buy her necklaces.

Winsome was thanked by Pauline and that brought the meeting to a close. Afternoon tea was then served.

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Three cars and runners delivered meals on Wheels during February. Our raffles were won by Yvonne and Colleen.

A cuppa ended our meeting and an informal chat followed.

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Due To inclement weather our first meeting of the year was held in our hall, usually the February meeting is held in the Tinwald Domain. President Joy welcomed members, this was followed by recitation of the Aspirations. Three apologies were accepted. A letter from St Vincent de Paul’s was read by Joy thanking members for the donations of tinned fruit.

The Theme for the Year is “Nurturing the Nation”.

Correspondence to refurbish the new building was read by Joy and a Link Letter from Mary was read by Jan. The Roll Call asked for subscriptions and used stamps, this was well responded

Wakanui held their first meeting for 2016 on January 27 at the home of Tracy Fisher. Thirteen members and Wakanui’s “buddy” Val Farr were present. The Motto was read: “life is short; eat dessert first!”

The business side of the meeting included arrangements for Meals on Wheels, subscriptions, Founders Day and Conference.

The Annual General Meeting followed and resulted in the election of a new President, Jenette Storrier. The secretary is Sue Kent and the treasurer is Jeanette Begg.

The evening meeting finished at 8.30 with a dessert supper.

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Ashburton Wahine Club Recently members travelled by bus to their 50th year Celebration Luncheon at Terrace Downs. A very enjoyable day with 32 attending including foundation members and three visitors from Christchurch. Memorabilia from the past 50 years was shared. The club is now looking forward to another year of fun and fellowship.

Lions Club of Hinds & Districts It was Ladies Night at the March Tea Meeting of the Lions Club of Hinds & Districts. A good turnout of 74 members, wives and guests were firstly treated to an accomplished violin solo from Emily

Perfect weather encouarged thousands to turn out to the Mayfield A&P Show last weekend.

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WOMEN’S INSTITUTE REPORTS Chertsey-Pendarves Fourteen members gathered at the Stables for our February meeting with Mrs Janice Allen presiding. Motto: “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Roll Call: Subscriptions in a labelled envelope.

Janice thanked members who provided the Meals on Wheels service recently.

Nominations for the new committee were taken.

At the conclusion of our lunch and meeting we travelled to Carters Terrace to view Malcolm Luxton’s agate collection.

Housed in a separate building this was mind-blowing in the numbers of beautiful rocks collected over forty years of Rock Hounding in New Zealand and overseas. Malcolm has also written a book in the subject.

Fairton Mrs B Hanrahan welcomed seven members to the February meeting, held in

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the pleasant and cool surroundings of the Ashburton Domain.

Two apologies were received. After a picnic lunch and a catch up, it was time for business, minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed as was the bank balance. A newsletter from Mid Canterbury Federation was read by Mrs A Frost.

The Roll call was gifts for the birthday box and the Motto, “Let us start the New Year with a grin.” Birthday greetings were extended to two members one of whom was celebrating a very special birthday.

After a lovely afternoon spent with friends it was time to head home, with a reminder that our next meeting is the Annual General Meeting.

Netherby President Pauline welcomed 21 members to our first meeting for the year.

Together we recited the Aspirations fol-

Waikato harness Today at Cambridge raceway

Harness Racing Waikato’s meeting at Cambridge Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 7. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10.

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National call-up for Natasha Following a successful Horse of the Year event in Hastings, Natasha Waddell will be jetting across the Tasman to represent New Zealand in Werribee, Victoria, at the Australasian Show Jumping Championships in December.

Waddell was selected to the New Zealand team after finishing runnerup Rider of the Year in the 12, 13 and 14 year age-groups, with the overall winner just a solitary point ahead.

It has been a busy show season for Waddell, which began in September with shows throughout the country.

Last December the starlet and her pony Uptown Charlie Brown competed at the South Island Premier Championships show in Christchurch, and came away with two South Island titles – an outstanding effort from a combination that are in their first season together.

Natasha and Charlie took out the South Island class for the Galloways and also won the South Island title for the A-ring pony.

Another highlight of the season came at Little River A&P Show, where Waddell won the Supreme Pony of the Show award, before being awarded the Supreme Animal of the Show gong.

The season will come to an end with Methven, Fairlie and Oxford shows remaining, and Waddell has been busy breaking in a 3-year-old to compete before a well-earned break.

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event and she had previously run second in the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes and third in the Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes.

She hasn’t raced since her fifth placing in the Gr.3 Trentham Stakes and her work leading up to a Wellington return has been very good.

She will be accompanied south by Silver Eclipse, who will contest the Listed Dixon & Dunlop Melbourne Racing Club Lightning Handicap.

“She goes well down the dog leg at Trentham and as long as the track is okay she will be right in it,” Cossey said.

A past winner at Trentham, she was doing her best work late when seventh after getting back from a wide barrier in the Gr.3 Darley Plate.

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Rasa Lila is presented with a golden opportunity this weekend to add a black type victory to her record.

The mare has gone close on several occasions and Saturday’s Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes at Trentham offers the Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchietrained five-year-old with a top chance to break through.

“She does look well-placed as she hasn’t been missed by the handicapper this season,” said Garry Cossey, racing manager for owner Sir Peter Vela.

“She was four and a half kilos above the minimum in the Rich Hill Mile so at set weights and penalties against the fillies and mares she will get her chance this time.”

Rasa Lila was a fast-finishing fifth in the Group Two Ellerslie

Promise to Reign ready

Natasha Waddell and Uptown Charlie Brown.

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chances fuelled by solid performances in each of her last three appearances.

Promise To Reign won a maiden mile at Te Rapa in January and she has subsequently made an encouraging impact at black type level with runner-up finishes recently.

Moira Murdoch is hoping for a regal result from an aptlynamed filly in this Saturday’s feature event at Trentham.

The Waiuku trainer will be represented by Promise To Reign in the Gr.1 Wellfield New Zealand Oaks with confidence in the three-year-old’s classic

Te Aroha gallops

Today at Te Aroha raceway

Racing Te Aroha’s meeting at Te Aroha today. NZ Meeting number: 2. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7.

1 12.56pm (NZT) THE SPRAY RIG 2200 $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 x0772 Our Boy Roco h (5) 58.5 ........... M D Plessis 2 00x09 Goshawk (8) 58.5........................C Lammas 3 02009 I’m All Ears (1) 58.5 ............Z N Azman (a3) 4 09680 Matangi Boy (7) 58.5 ..........................M Hills 5 08900 Stan’s Tuf Tiger (9) 58.5 6 495L3 Pentire Babe (6) 56.5 ..................T Thornton 7 8x094 Centilly (2) 56.5 ..........................M Cameron 8 8x906 Blinding Fast (4) 56 .......................O Bosson 9 Iamallowedto (3) 56.................B Hutton (a1) 2 1.31pm DECOART 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 80x44 Mettlesome (7) 58.5 ................... L Satherley 2 39369 El Encanto (6) 58.5 ............................M Hills 3 5273 Essdee (3) 57.................................. C Grylls 4 62277 Four Degrees (17) 57 ..............S McKay (a1) 5 4x335 Percy’s Gem (4) 57 .................. E Smith (a4) 6 633. Chocante b (1) 57 ....................... D Johnson 7 0x373 Sonorous (18) 57 ...................... M D Plessis

M3 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 3. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12.

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

1 12.11pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C2, 295m 1 83225 May May Last 17.22 ........................J Tanner 2 46432 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 3 17667 Another Spin 17.39 ................J T McInerney 4 48517 Brooke Davis 17.25 ...................... L Waretini 5 52248 Will Excite 17.28 .......................... L Waretini 6 32446 Thunder Storm 17.42 .............J T McInerney 7 72647 Lil Danny Rascal 17.29 ..........J T McInerney 8 74712 Timely Reminder 17.49 M & .............Jopson 9 x6682 Wooly Whatsit 17.43 S & ................B Evans 10 17438 Lektra Spider nwtd H & .......................Taylor 2 12.29pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANICE CLEEVE SPRINT C3, 295m 1 46443 Opawa Lean Meat 17.24 L & ............. Wales 2 16452 Kingman 17.39 ................................ M Grant 3 36817 Jinja Loch 17.30 .........................H Wanhalla 4 31264 Rapaki Kath 17.26 H & .......................Taylor 5 17536 Wally Baxter 17.48 .................J T McInerney 6 186x2 Swimming Goat nwtd .........................C Weir 7 11278 Magic Mike 17.39 .........................C Roberts 8 57542 Air Express 17.30...................J T McInerney 9 14864 Adroit 17.18.................................. L Waretini 10 35475 Good Genes 17.48.......................... M Grant 3 12.47pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C2, 295m

8 50x36 Shadow Tower (13) 57 ...............R Elliot (a3) 9 8. Super Mario (2) 57 ........................O Bosson 10 8 Bronzegate 57.............................. Scratched 11 7 Heeznot (12) 57 ..........................C Lammas 12 228 No Pushover (11) 55 .....................L Allpress 13 x8928 North Of The Wall (14) 55 .................L Innes 14 996. Just Call Me Marg (8) 55 ............G Cooksley 15 x7560 Licavoli (9) 58.5 ..........................V Gatu (a2) 16 x508x Plenteous (5) 56.5 17 7068x Laekeeper (10) 58.5 18 37x80 Pilgrim (16) 58.5.......................A Jones (a1) 19 53374 Almarie (19) 55 20 8587. Lady Rock (15) 56.5 Emergencies: Licavoli, Plenteous, Laekeeper, Pilgrim, Almarie, Lady Rock 3 2.06pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $12,000, MDN F&M, 1600m 1 86553 Cardinal Sin (10) 57.5 .............B Hutton (a1) 2 775x7 Jayla Monet (8) 57.5 ................A Jones (a1) 3 8587. Lady Rock (1) 57.5.....................M Cameron 4 322 Keely Be b (4) 57 ..............................L Innes 5 47372 De Chine (11) 57....................... M D Plessis

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

62933 Hot Tempo (9) 57 ..................... E Smith (a4) 53374 Almarie (5) 57 ................................. C Grylls 79940 High Finance (13) 57 .................G Cooksley Quintessentially (6) 57 ................ D Johnson 95. Shamadance (7) 57 ......................L Allpress 80x5 Sneaky Darci (3) 57 ....................C Lammas Craftyeva (12) 57...........................O Bosson 9066. Keep Carmen Carion (2) 57 ....S McKay (a1) 4 2.41pm SMART ENVIRONMENTAL LTD 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 x80x5 Hirakimata (10) 58.5 .....................O Bosson 2 363x5 Nowhere Man (4) 58.5 ......................L Innes 3 040x6 Rub It In h (1) 58.5 ..................S McKay (a1) 4 0P76x Ready To Rumble (7) 58.5 ..........C Lammas 5 73656 Hypervelocity (2) 58 ...................M Cameron 6 604 Red Sheeran (11) 58 ......................S Collett 7 8x350 Stryda (5) 58 ............................. M D Plessis 8 Boulted Inn (8) 58 9 20226 Brunette b (3) 56.5 ...................... D Johnson 10 00030 Jane’s Secret h (6) 56.5 .................. C Grylls 11 x0370 Spawn of Elaia h (12) 56.5.............. R Jones 12 All Sweeped Up (9) 56 ..................L Allpress

5 3.16pm STEVES DISCOUNT NURSERY & GARDEN CENTRE 1600 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 23065 Goldchi h (2) 58.5 .............................L Innes 2 27x Mighty Me b (6) 58.5 .....................L Allpress 3 9566x Atua (3) 58.5 ...............................C Lammas 4 7x Snowy (5) 58.5 ..............................O Bosson 5 Fire In The Hole 58 ...................... Scratched 6 80. Herschal (11) 58 ....................... M D Plessis 7 7 Hone (7) 58 ..................................... R Jones 8 I Paco (12) 58............................. L Satherley 9 36x Celeste Rose b (8) 56.5 .................. C Grylls 10 39x47 Kittykittybangbang (4) 56.5 11 Moonlight Song (1) 56.5...........A Jones (a1) 12 5 Felice’s Dream 56 ........................ Scratched 13 Indian Maid (10) 56 ....................M Cameron 14 0x08 New Thang h (9) 56 ........................S Collett 6 3.51pm PIAKO RURAL SERVICES 1200 R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 9412x Chachar d (8) 60 ......................... D Johnson 2 48584 Gardone d (7) 60...................... D Danis (a4) 3 x6321 Eprouvez (6) 60...............................S Collett 4 0187. Penn ‘N’ Teller d (12) 59.5 .......B Hutton (a1)

5 1298x Del Rios 59 .................................. Scratched 6 8126x Tatters d (4) 59 ............................C Lammas 7 57x14 Ruby Bloom 59 ............................ Scratched 8 x7777 Courtmaster (1) 59 9 00073 Scusa d (3) 59...............................L Allpress 10 740x8 Lady Marilyn d (9) 58.5 .............. Z Moki (a3) 11 27615 Our Mystere d (2) 58.5 .............. M D Plessis 12 7139x Stocktake mh (11) 58.5 ..............R Elliot (a3) 13 2018x The Secret’s Out (10) 58 ............M Cameron 14 0x00x Priority h (5) 58 ........................A Jones (a1) 7 4.26pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1600m 1 06723 Nailed It td (1) 60 ..........................O Bosson 2 74808 Irresistabelle (9) 59 .....................C Lammas 3 0x019 Capriella td (4) 58.5 ..........................L Innes 4 17x Sopraffina (7) 58.5 ...................... D Johnson 5 01003 The Sweet Escape th (5) 58 .........L Allpress 6 600x3 Mareeba m (2) 57.5 .......... U Holmquist (a2) 7 07336 Rubee td (6) 57.5 ...............................M Hills 8 5x004 She Is Stryking m (10) 57 .......B Hutton (a1) 9 01209 Fantasy Jet d (3) 57 ................... L Satherley 10 1589x Here’shoping m (8) 57................M Cameron

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 1 52167 Go Tommo 17.10 S & ......................B Evans 2 36425 Bellwave 17.20 ................................J Tanner 3 28416 Hayley James 17.53..................... L Waretini 4 73878 Tepirita Hendrix 17.16 ............J T McInerney 5 34433 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 6 41846 Cabarita 17.41 ................................ M Grant 7 72351 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 8 21685 Earn Me Some 17.32 M &.................Jopson 9 x6682 Wooly Whatsit 17.43 S & ................B Evans 10 17438 Lektra Spider nwtd H & .......................Taylor 4 1.05pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES STAKES C2, 520m 1 51467 Homebush Buck 30.60 ...........J T McInerney 2 74613 Opawa Grunter 30.38 L & .................. Wales 3 26485 Know Neglect 30.61 .......................G Cleeve 4 25658 Opawa Rocky 30.50 L & .................... Wales 5 17766 Opawa Stella 30.33 L & ..................... Wales 6 81268 Punch On Jaime 30.58 ..........J T McInerney 7 75781 Opawa Tracy 30.29 L & ...................... Wales 8 21242 Know Style 30.26 ...........................G Cleeve 9 78784 Lagoon Mytye 30.29 ....................C Roberts 5 1.22pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY DASH C3, 295m 1 62111 Sketchy Steve 17.31 ....................... M Grant 2 23316 Baduzzi 17.48 ........................J T McInerney 3 38287 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 4 37361 Homebush Gru 17.41.............J T McInerney 5 61687 Token Ace 17.26 ............................... J Rush 6 6725F Struggle Is Real 17.61 H & .................Taylor

7 8 9 10

8882x Mandi Mae 17.47 C & ........................ Fagan 67444 Know Salute 17.29 .........................G Cleeve 14864 Adroit 17.18.................................. L Waretini 27882 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts 6 1.40pm GARDEN CITY CHEM-DRY SPRINT C4, 295m 1 51351 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 2 33232 Homebush Paige 17.33..........J T McInerney 3 68354 Dinero Action 17.26 S &..................B Evans 4 14183 Grifinator 17.33 C & ........................... Fagan 5 72427 Wears The Gold 17.28 .................C Roberts 6 86226 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 7 62156 Mark Be Good 17.23 H & ....................Taylor 8 21225 Om Nom Nom 17.22 ..............J T McInerney 9 75x82 Arbre Chene 17.12 M & ..................P Binnie 10 8885x Goldstar Chumlee 17.25 S & ..........B Evans 7 1.57pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 34534 Opawa Colin 17.19 L & ...................... Wales 2 11115 Speedy Dispatch 17.32 H & ................Taylor 3 13151 Ultra Action 17.28 S &.....................B Evans 4 31417 Stand Up Girl 17.39 ........................J Tanner 5 68774 Terra Mondo 17.30 C & ...................... Fagan 6 46844 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 7 15316 Rand 17.19 ............................J T McInerney 8 37333 Jinja Billy nwtd ............................. L Waretini 9 35475 Good Genes 17.48.......................... M Grant 10 27882 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts 8 2.15pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC DISTANCE FEA-

TURE C2d, 645m 1 64446 Cawbourne War 38.21 .................C Roberts 2 35655 Goldstar Po 38.27 S & ....................B Evans 3 38521 Long Stockings 38.23 ...............A Bradshaw 4 65121 Kinloch Power 38.04 S & ................B Evans 5 37311 Know Worth 38.55..........................G Cleeve 6 77684 Goldstar Junior 38.42 S & ...............B Evans 7 81225 Trust Issues 37.82 J &.....................D Fahey 8 13713 Goldstar Coco 38.60 S & ................B Evans 9 78784 Lagoon Mytye 38.09 ....................C Roberts 9 2.32pm MAC DEVELOPMENTS DASH C5, 295m 1 43386 Gump’s The Name 17.31 ....................A Lee 2 82367 Must Desire 17.17 ..........................G Cleeve 3 32481 Rick’s Treasure 17.24 C & .................. Fagan 4 45136 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 5 41133 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 6 35274 Paperbond 17.08 J & ......................D Fahey 7 21236 Tina 17.41 H & ....................................Taylor 8 74211 Mojo Burst 17.03 ............................. M Grant 9 16258 New Thang 17.01 ......................A Bradshaw 10 3x7x8 Barnicle Bullet 17.33 ....................... M Grant 10 2.50pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 82511 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 2 T1526 Ebert Bale nwtd ................C Roberts 3 13627 Know Mayhem 30.34 .....................G Cleeve 4 75334 Opawa Stretch 30.32 L & ................... Wales 5 684x2 Know Jinx 30.32.............................G Cleeve

6 7 8 9

56523 Opawa Val 30.50 J & .......................D Fahey 61223 Benjamin Black 30.29 .............. A Botherway 41422 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 47667 Solstice 30.48 .................................. B Dann 11 3.06pm HAMPDEN TAVERN SPRINT C5, 295m 1 18542 About Town 17.27 ...............................A Lee 2 31271 Wheelchair Norm 17.01 .........J T McInerney 3 44154 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 4 34621 Keramus 17.06 ...............................G Cleeve 5 33633 Homebush Ariel 17.30 ...........J T McInerney 6 81176 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 7 61141 Ohoka Billy 17.22 ......................... L Waretini 8 43164 Grand Apache 17.09 S & ................B Evans 9 17834 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 10 38881 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor 12 3.26pm SNOW-E MUSCLE, ENERGY & FERTILITY DASH C4, 295m 1 13365 Jinja Pistol 17.38 J &.......................D Fahey 2 22715 Goldstar Bomber 17.33 S & ............B Evans 3 61435 Roadworks 17.25 ............................ M Grant 4 15313 Dyna Quirk nwtd ..........................C Roberts 5 24213 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 6 17758 Wunzee 17.21 ........................J T McInerney 7 64827 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 8 82751 Captain Shazz 17.27 C &................... Fagan 9 36186 Costing Money 17.42 ...................... M Grant 10 66778 Homebush Rufus 17.46 .........J T McInerney

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In brief

Hesson downplays big win Mike Hesson is downplaying expectations after New Zealand’s brilliant opening T20 World Cup win over hosts India.

The Black Caps coach described the atmosphere in India as “chaos” but a man known for a measured personalty wasn’t getting carried away by the 47 run win at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur.

“It’s far too early for that...just getting out of the pool will be incredibly difficult,” Hesson replied, when asked by NewstalkZB’s Mike Hosking if New Zealand could take out the title.

Hesson said the players were “inundated by fans” and that all of India was gripped by the tournament.

“India are under huge pressure ... we are delighted, we were pretty unfancied,” he said.

“They are favourites for the title and have won nine of their last 10.

We were pretty unfancied. But we realise it is a long tournament.”

The pitch did not favour high run scoring but each stadium would be different. He described New Zealand’s decision to pick three spinners as “a brave call”.

“In order to compete here we have to take an unconventional route,” he said.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tried to rally his team but his knock of 30 was of little use.

“It was a low scoring wicket. I thought we restricted them to a good total but the batting let us down. The shot selection kept putting pressure on the batsmen coming in.

“They bowled well and exploited the conditions but we lacked adaptability.”

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Mitchell Santner was deservedly man of the match when the Black Caps beat India in the opening match of the World T20.

Adults who have been concussed are at an increased risk of suicide, a recently released study in Canada has found. The study, which had a focus on military personnel as suicide is a leading cause of death in that community, identified more than 235,000 patients diagnosed in Ontario from 1992 to 2012. Some 667 suicides occurred, the equivalent to 31 deaths per 100,000 - or three times the population norm. The study, authored by doctors Michael Fralick, Deva Thiruchelvam and Donald Redelmeier, concluded: “Greater attention to the long-term care of patients after a concussion in the community might save lives because deaths from suicide can be prevented.”

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Signed ball for sale

Aussies talk up bowling attack Josh Hazlewood has anointed Nathan Coulter-Nile the leader of Australia’s attack at the World Twenty20.

Hazlewood is one of the first men picked in the national Test side but the 25-year-old says he doesn’t hold a candle to CoulterNile when it comes to the shortest format.

“He’s the real leader in this format,” Hazlewood said.

“He’s flying at the moment and

is bowling good pace. He’ll have a big say in this tournament.

“It’s good to have that fresh bowler around the group lifting us to try to compete with him.”

Australia start their World T20 campaign against New Zealand in Dharamsala tomorrow, when Hazlewood is expected to be left out of the side.

Coulter-Nile will play a crucial role in not only that match but Australia’s entire bid to win

the one major tournament they never have.

The paceman is the fastest bowler in their 15-man squad and is set to bowl in the opening powerplay, when the field is up and the runs flow freely.

Mitch Marsh nominated Coulter-Nile as Australia’s key bowler at the tournament. Marsh also hoped there were even more rewards to come for his Western Australia teammate.

- AAP

An iconic item of All Blacks memorabilia, a ball signed by Buck Shelford’s great side of 1989, could be yours. The ball, signed by the entire squad who defeated Australia at Eden Park in August 1989, is being offered for sale by the Salvation Army Family Store in Gisborne. Manager Heidi Parkes said the ball was donated to the Salvation Army by a kind benefactor. Revered All Black captain Buck Shelford never lost a test as captain and led his side to a 24-12 victory over the Wallabies.

There are signatures on the ball from some legendary All Blacks, many of them having played in the side who won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987.

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DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 19 Ladies Division Aoteoroa Cup, Coronation Medal, Senior Vets Trophy, Junior Links. Report 8.30 am.

March 22 Aoteoroa Cup, Coronation Medal, Senior Vets Trophy, Junior Links. Draw Steward: Janice Dunlop 3083910. Starters: J. Guilford & S. Hastie.

No. 1 Tee. 9.00 L. Wackrow, R. Bennett, J. Sheppard. 9.06 M. Watson, J. Dunlop, S. Hastie. No. 2 Tee. 9.00 C. Trott, L. Small, A. Hunt. 9.06 C. van Buuren, K. Read, J. McKeown. No. 7 Tee. 9.00 J. Welch, D. Simmons, G. Lane. 9.06 V. Moore, E. Porter, F. Matsinger. No. 10 Tee 9.00 B. Turton, S. Elliott, K. Miles.

9.06 J. Guilford, H. Ward, E. Langford.

No. 16 Tee. 9.00 S. Lemon, K. Robb, S. Letham. 9.06 D. Hinton, J. McArthur No. 18 Tee. 9.00 F. Williamson, W. Carter Nine Hole Men and Women. Thursday, 24 March 2016. Rnd 1 Medal – stroke.

Report 9.15 am.

Club Captain: Leigh Wackrow 3083790.

Lifters set for tilt at Texas Three local power lifters will test their mettle stateside in June at the World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Texas.

The championships will take place in Killeen and consist of three disciplines - back squats, bench press and deadlift.

The Ashburton trio, who have been training together for two years, will have three attempts in each lift and the highest total in the bodyweight and age category will determine the winner.

The team will be supported by Canterbury Powerlifting and the NZ Powerlifting Federation and will be required to qualify at the Canterbury Powerlifting Championships in Christchurch in three weeks’ time.

Assistant coach Craig Manson, who will not be competing due to an ongoing knee complaint, will also travel with the Ashburton contingent and coach the three lifters throughout the 10-day event.

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Ashburton lifters (from left) Chris Bennett, Craig Manson, Steve Lousich and Summer Swansbury will be competing at the World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Texas.

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March 12 Histon Cup 1st Place Bruce White, Bob Holdom, Shirley Doig 4 Wins, 27 Ends, 47 Points; 2nd Place Brent Mayson, John Drayton, Murray Smallridge 4 Wins, 26 Ends, 53 Points; 3rd Place Diane Gutberlet, Noeline Woods, Ollie Collins 4 Wins, 25 Ends, 47 Points.

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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 Resource consent application: Applicant: Address for service:

T.R. Scott Limited

C/- Bowden Environmental, PO Box 404 Kaiapoi 7644. Attn: Erin Harvie.

CRC164787 – Water Permit to take and use groundwater The applicant is proposing a new take of 808,000 cubic metres of water from four proposed bores. The water will be taken and used for the irrigation of 160 hectares of farmland.

The proposed take and use of groundwater is located at the corner of Ruapuna School Road and Coskeries Road, Mayfield. The site has a legal description of Section 8 Ruapuna Settlement Number 2, with a map reference of approximately NZ Topo 50 BY20:6810-4353.

A consent duration of 15 years is sought.

SUBMISSIONS The above applications may be viewed at the Environment Canterbury offices at 17 Sir Gil Simpson Drive, Christchurch and 75 Church Street, Timaru and the Ashburton District Council Offices, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

The applications may also be viewed on the Environment Canterbury’s website at: http://www.ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/notices/ Any person may make a written submission on any of the above applications.

All submissions should be sent to Environment Canterbury, PO Box 345 Christchurch 8140. Your submission may also be emailed to Environment Canterbury. An electronic submission form may be found on the Environment Canterbury website at the following address: http://www.ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/notices/.

A submission should include your name, address and phone number; the applicant’s name and consent application number. A submission must state your reason for submission, whether you support or oppose the application and if you wish to be heard in support of your submission. The submission must be signed, and a copy forwarded to the Applicant’s address for service.

Wayne Smith What he found was that he was able to have an influence and make a contribution and he also came to see just how much the All Blacks were going to miss the so-called Golden Generation in 2016.

That was the point Hansen was able to make – that the All Blacks needed Smith’s experience, attention to detail and deep knowledge of the game to help rebuild the team.

There was no point in pretending, the challenge of being successful without the likes of McCaw and Carter will be extreme.

That appealed to Smith – the opportunity to defy the odds. And so too did the expanded role.

He’ll be responsible for defence, counter attack and some skills in 2016. He’ll also have some input into selection – not formally, but he’ll be able to feed data into the mix and have his say.

“I see the challenge as not being too dissimilar to the one Harty [former All Black coach John Hart] faced in 1998,” says Smith. “They lost a lot of experience back then and that’s the same with this team.

But I got into coaching because I am still competitive and I love the contest so this is going to be a great challenge.”

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Pocock hopes sabbatical will extend rugby career David Pocock hopes a year away from Australian rugby will ultimately extend his illustrious career until at least the 2019 World Cup. But what he’ll do in that time is still unclear.

The superstar Wallabies flanker turned down the chance to be the world’s highestpaid rugby player by recommitting to the Australian Rugby Union and Brumbies for 2018 and 2019.

Under the unprecedented deal, months in the making, Pocock will be released from his Super Rugby and national duties next year to pursue his own personal interests.

It’s a huge coup for both the ARU and Brumbies, who had been competing with overseas clubs offering more money than they could afford.

Among them was English outfit Wasps, who were reportedly prepared to pay him

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ABs need Smith A shift to London where a job with Harlequins awaited was seriously tempting for Wayne Smith, but once again, when he weighed up his emotions, he knew that what he really wanted was to stay in New Zealand.

Coaching for the former All Black is an all or nothing proposition. No matter the job, he has to be fully immersed – head, heart and soul.

And that’s why he’s back with the All Blacks for what will be a 13th test season.

They are the team to which he simply can’t say no.

“I had a genuine look at Harlequins and Trish [his wife] was quite keen on London, too,” said Smith. “We had enjoyed our time there before but because I knew that I wanted to be boots and all in any coaching job I took, it became pretty obvious what I was going to do.”

What he was going to do was say yes to the offer All Black coach Steve Hansen had made him early in the year.

Smith signed a one-year contract in late 2014 to be the All Blacks defensive co-ordinator in World Cup year. When he agreed, he was adamant he wanted to take a break from the game after the tournament.

He’d been involved for 29 years without a break – holding coaching jobs with Canterbury, Crusaders, Northampton, Chiefs and the All Blacks.

He deliberately had no contract to go to and nor had he given his next career move any thought. In the aftermath of the World Cup he and his wife travelled New Zealand in their motor home and reconnected with the South Island.

It was a good time, everything he wanted and needed so when Hansen made his offer, Smith was ready to listen. “Steve had talked to me a bit before the end of the World Cup,” says Smith. “He had joked that I would be back and I was adamant I was done. I really felt I had done my dash.

“When I came back in 2015 I was concerned about whether I would be able to make a difference. I had worked for a long time with Richie [McCaw], Daniel [Carter], Ma’a [Nonu, Conrad [Smith], Woody [Tony Woodcock] and Kevy [Keven Mealamu] and I was concerned whether I had maybe worked with them for too long.”

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more than $2.8 million a season.

But Pocock said he was always keen to stay in Canberra. “It’s a little bit unusual having some time off next year, so I guess that’s why it took a little bit longer.”

There’s speculation Pocock will head to the United States or Cambridge or Oxford in the UK to study, and/or play a stint in Japan, France or England in 2017.

The 27-year-old, though, isn’t entirely sure what lay ahead.

“There’s been a bunch of things thrown out there but none of them are true that I’ve heard,” he said.

“We’ll wait and see. That’ll be the exciting thing, just getting away, freshening up and really coming back excited and hopefully physically and mentally good to go.

“This is my 11th season of professional rugby and I really want to continue, but I feel like a break will be good for the mind.”

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Notice of closure of half of Lake Hood The northern half of Lake Hood will be closed from 5pm on Friday, March 18 until 7.30pm on Sunday, March 20, 2016 for the NZ Dragon Boat Association’s “2016 National Dragon Boat Championships” The public are invited to come along and enjoy the colour and excitement of this free event.

For enquiries contact COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

Noel Anderton, For prompt reliable service phone 03 358 1633 contact Kelvin Boult, KJB or 021 392 665.

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

30 years local service. Same day service if possible. RURAL TRADING POST SYNTHETIC SUPERGOLD Discount card AMSOIL LUBRICANTS - All oils, welcomed. greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L PLANTS, PRODUCE cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust SMITHFIELD FLOWERS, bust, rain clear, engine 211 Smithfield Road. cleaner and more. Call local Chrysanthemums for sale. $8 distributor. Veehof phone 302 bunch of chrysanthemums or 2911.

2 bunches for $13, many beautiful colours. Floral bouquets $20. Come and see us at 211 Smithfield Road, MEETINGS, EVENTS open every day 8am to 7pm.

Mid Canterbury East Street market Saturday S.P.C.A. mornings.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Section 101, Sale And Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 YNL Limited, 51 Main Street Methven 7730, Canterbury, has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ashburton for the issue (or renewal or variation of conditions) of an on licence in respect of the premises situated at 51 Main Street, Methven 7730 and known as Methven Resort Hotel.

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is: Hotel.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 8am - 3am the following day.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Committee at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary, Ashburton District Licensing Committee, PO Box 94, Ashburton District Council.

No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

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Playing live Saturday March 19 from 7.30pm

4WD Hakatere Safari Sunday, April 3 Members, guests and affiliates all welcome.

8am Registration at Stour River Bridge 8.45am Briefing 9am Depart on Tour

231 Burnett St, Ashburton www.ashburtonclub.co.nz Ph 308 7149 Courtesy van available.

Stour River Bridge is 15km up the Ashburton Gorge Road from Mount Somers Cost $65 per vehicle Great 55km round trip!

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Glitter, glamour & plenty of cheekiness! Join us for an evening of tantalising tease, the world that is burlesque & showgirls! Ruby Ruin is proud to bring you a spectacular night of burlesque, dazzling dance & circus comedy at Ashburton Tease - Burlesque Variety Show.

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This event is a fundraiser for the restoration of the historic Hakatere Station Buildings, run in conjunction with DOC.

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Fast-paced and wickedly funny stand-up comedy, story telling and riotous celebration, this one-man show is a treat for adults and kids ages 5-12.

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Gate charge: Adults $15 | School children free | Free parking Eftpos available at the Secretary’s office on show day.

Daily Events Thursday 9am ASHBURTON BRANCH NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS. Red Cross Rose Day. Countdown, Post Shop East Street, The Warehouse.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners, refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock St. 9.30am - 11.30am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS.

Friday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens

Fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome. Enquiries to Clark Gillies 021-146-3619. EA Networks Centre Stadium.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Methodist Baring Square Church hall.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa.

Sell preloved second hand clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane St. 9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. OP shop second time around used clothing.

Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Havelock and Cass Street, entry Havelock Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10am St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY

Tickets on sale for:$20; Neilextra Diamond Tickets: 1 Adult/1 Child Adult/ Waipara Wine+ Food Child Valley $12; Family any 4 $39Festival

Great Kiwi Beer Festival & Wild Foods Festival

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03 307 7936 ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

11.30am HINDS GARDEN CICLE. Trip to Winchester and lunch. Leaving at 11.30am.Miaflora Cafe, Winchester.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street.

5pm

the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social day, come and try it yourself. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance.

All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

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

MID CANTERBURY NEWCOMERS NETWORK. Race Relations celebration, free family event including food, music and entertainment.

Ashburton Domain, next to the paddling pool, West Street and Walnut Ave Corner.

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): A sense of normalcy is restored in a very unusual relationship. This will be a relief. Now things are relatively calm, you will be better able to concentrate on important work.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): If you are too focused on results, you’ll miss the best part. Keep your eyes and heart open, especially in the early evening. Note someone needs you more than he/she is letting on!

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You need a better system of accountability. Don’t wait to see what happens – act now. Make a bet with someone who will show you no mercy. This is how you’ll get things done.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ve cultivated a good crew of emotional supporters. You don’t have to wait until you need them to test this. Call out to your people! You’ll love how they echo your mood today.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There’s much to be happy about in your life now. Make a list of it to help you remember when things get hectic this afternoon.

Gratitude makes you more powerful. Tap into that!

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You don’t feel like you’re having a problem, but there’s still someone out there who knows a better way to do it. Investigate your whims. This will lead you to people who can help.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are so many people who want to hang out with you. Be choosy. You can afford to be. There’s no reason to place yourself in the company of people who bring you down.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You know how to take care of yourself, but you don’t always do it. Well, that’s going to have to change. Your loved ones are also better off when you’re at the top of your game.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You include everyone, even if you’re not sure they’re going to like each other or have much in common. You’ll be surprised at the ways people from different parts of your life might connect.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re trying to help someone else but it keeps turning out the same way – you’re the one getting helped! It’s like no matter how selfless you get, the benefits still find you.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You don’t do anything by half. This will make you slow to commit today.

You understand the full scope of a job, that’s why you’re not sure whether to take it on.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): That person who needs so much from you now is afraid of underperforming or not being enough to attract your undying love.

Whatever you do to ease this person’s mind will be worth the effort.

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CHISHOLM, Anthony Forbes – August 31, 1964 - March 15, 2016 at Auckland Hospital passed peacefully, after a courageous battle. Dearly loved son of Elaine and the late Jim Chisholm, brother and brother in law of Carol, Kenneth and Tara, and much loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Will be sadly missed. Messages to 28A Suffolk Street, Ashburton 7700.

CHISHOLM, Anthony Forbes – At Auckland Hospital on March 15, 2016. Dearly loved nephew of Maureen and Paul Thomas, and cousin of Michelle and Shayne, Sean and Louise, Terry and Debie Thompson, Brent and Jenny Thompson, Gail Hawke.

“Sadly missed and now at peace.”

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God’s garden must be beautiful, He only takes the best, He saw that you were suffering, And took you home to rest.

Your beautiful smile, Your loving face, No-one can fill, That vacant place.

Loved and missed dearly.

Mum, Stan, uncle Allan and auntie Vi.

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Love auntie Shirley, uncle Barry (Takaka).

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6am Breakfast 9am Whanau Living International chef Robert Oliver shares his love of Pacific flavours; Meg uses highimpact planting at the front of the house; Beez looks at training with teenagers.

9:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 10:30 The Chase 0 11:30 Coach Trip 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Our First Home 3 0 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 N Fair Go 0 8pm N Dog Squad PGR 0 8:30 Code Black AO Christa experiences her busiest shift yet when she is responsible for all emergencies outside the ER; Mario bonds with an older patient with HIV. 0 9:30 Unforgettable AO 0 10:30 One News 0 11pm Nothing Trivial AO 3 Michelle deals with an enemy; Brian goes out on a limb to save what he loves most. 0 Midnight Football – English Premier League (Highlights) 1am Te Karere 3 2 1:25 Infomercials 5:30 Te Karere 32

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Project – Restoration 7am Kitchen Crashers 7:30 Reno v Relocate 8am Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 10:30 Decks, Docks And Gazebos 11am Buying The Bayou 11:30 Auction Hunters PG Noon Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea 1pm Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 2pm Project – Restoration 2:30 Kitchen Crashers 3pm Reno v Relocate 3:30 Love Nature – World’s Wildest City 4pm Natural World – The Mountains Of The Monsoon 5pm The Cook And The Chef 5:30 Sean’s Kitchen 6pm Best House On The Street 7pm American Restoration 7:30 Britain’s Biggest Adventures With Bear Grylls Adventurer Bear Grylls goes on a journey of discovery across England, Scotland, and Wales.

8:30 The Big Catch Eight fishing enthusiasts travel to the most dramatic and challenging fishing destinations around the world.

9:30 NZ Hunter Adventures 10:30 American Restoration 11pm The Cook And The Chef 11:30 Sean’s Kitchen

THURSDAY

Midnight Gardeners’ World 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Reno v Relocate 1:30 Love Nature – World’s Wildest City 2am Natural World – The Mountains Of The Monsoon 3am NZ Hunter Adventures 4am The Big Catch 5am Best House On The Street

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TV THREE

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 Angry Birds Toons 0 6:55 My Little Pony 0 7:20 Yo-Kai Watch 0 7:45 The Day My Butt Went Psycho 0 8:10 Paw Patrol 3 0 8:35 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Hope And Faith 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 N Kung Fu Panda 0 4pm Kickin’ It 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm Friends 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Middle 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

FOUR

PRIME

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6am Paul Henry 9am The Queen Latifah Show PGR 3 With supermodel and actor Tyson Beckford, and comedy veteran Laurie Metcalf.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon NewsHub Midday 12:30 Dr Phil AO A woman who damaged her own eyesight explains why, followed by insight from two doctors.

1:30 M Jane Eyre PGR 3 2011 Romantic Drama.

Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench. 0 3:45 Entertainment Tonight 4:15 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 30 4:45 The X Factor Australia 3 5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm Story 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Beach Cops PGR 0 7:30 Dr Ken PGR 0 8pm Gold Coast Cops PGR 8pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 (Starting Today) 3 A public 8:30 The Big Bang Theory PGR 0 tip-off leads to a major arrest 9pm Mom PGR 0 for the Rapid Action Patrol. 0 9:30 Hoarding – Buried Alive PGR 8:30 The Blacklist AO 0 0 9:30 Chicago PD AO 0 10:30 Mike And Molly PGR 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 Hell’s Kitchen AO 10:55 F NCIS – LA AO 3 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Digimon Fusion 3 7:50 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 8:15 Chuggington 3 8:25 Hi-5 House 3 8:50 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 9am Peppa Pig 3 9:05 Fireman Sam 3 0 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:30 Bob The Builder 3 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Tuff Puppy 3 5pm Turbo Fast 3 5:30 Drake And Josh 3 6pm It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 Community PGR 3 8pm Fresh Off The Boat PGR 8:30 M Jewel Of The Nile PGR 3 1985 Action Comedy.

An adventurer and a romance novelist trek into the deserts of North Africa, pursued by their enemy, to solve a mystery. Sequel to Romancing the Stone. 0 10:45 Crisis AO 3 0

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm Madam Secretary AO 3 When the President approves Henry’s reactivation into the NSA, he lies to Elizabeth about his continued involvement in the spy game, compromising her credibility.

2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 0 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

11:55 N Miss Guided PGR 11:55 Infomercials 12:25 Undateable PGR 0 12:55 Shortland 5am Infomercials Street PGR 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:25 The Real PGR 3 3:10 Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 4:05 Regular Show PGR 3 0 4:15 ANT Farm 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:40 Entertainment Tonight 12:05 Infomercials

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

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

2am Home Shopping

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Best Of Top Gear PGR 8:30 Limitless PGR Brian learns a secret about Rebecca’s late father, and accidentally becomes caught up in her personal life while learning self-defence from her secret boyfriend. 0 9:30 Strike Back AO 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Pukana 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm City Slickers Rodeo 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 4pm Whanau Living PGR 4:30 N Marae PGR 2

THE BOX 6am CSI MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Piha Rescue PG 7:40 Modern Family PGL 8:05 Survivor – Nicaragua PG 8:55 CSI – Miami MV 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 The Interceptor MVLS 12:15 Fire Scene Investigation M 12:40 Pawnography PG 1:05 Shipping Wars PG 1:30 CSI – Miami MV 2:20 CSI MV 3:10 The Simpsons PG 3:35 Raw MVC 6:30 Shipping Wars PG 7pm Piha Rescue PG 7:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 8:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 9:30 NCIS – LA MV 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 Criminal Minds 16VS

THURSDAY

12:30 The Glades MV 1:20 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 1:45 CSI MV 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 4:45 NCIS – LA MV 5:35 Shipping Wars PG

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6:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) True Thailand Classic.

7:30 The Golf Fix 8:30 School Of Golf With Martin Hall. 9:30 Inside Supercars 10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Blues v Hurricanes. 11am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Highlanders v Lions. 11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Kings v Chiefs. Noon Cycling – TirrenoAdriatico (Highlights) Stage Seven.

12:30 Mountain Biking – Cape Epic (Highlights) Stage Two. 1pm Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup (Highlights) Good Sam 500.

2pm Fight Night 4pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 4:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 5pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 5:30 Rugby – World Sevens (Highlights) 7pm Rugby – World Sevens (Highlights) Vancouver, Day Two. 8:30 Rugby – The Breakdown Former All Black legend Jeff Wilson zones in on the key moments from the weekend’s rugby.

9:30 #SkySpeed 10pm Mountain Biking – Cape Epic (Highlights) Stage Two. 10:30 Cycling – Tirreno-Adriatico (Highlights) Stage Seven.

11pm Sky Sport Select 11:30 Football – UEFA Champions League (Highlights) Midnight Football – A-League Highlights Show (Highlights) 12:30 Football League Show 1am Rugby – The Breakdown 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 5pm Te Mana Kuratahi 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 2 6:20 Huhu – Te Tunga Rakau 6:30 Pukana 3 2 7pm SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 7:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 8pm N Kairakau 8:30 N Marae Kai Masters 9:30 My Country Song 10pm Whare Taonga AO 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:25 Manhunt With Joel Lambert PG 10:20 Naked And Afraid PopUp Edition M 11:15 I Married A Mobster M 11:40 I Married A Mobster M 12:10 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 12:35 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1:05 The Perfect Murder M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Kings PG 3:50 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 4:45 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Railroad Australia PG 7:30 Unearthed PG 8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 9:30 Alaskan Bush People M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG

THURSDAY

Code Black

8:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6am Dumb And Dumber To MVLSC 2014 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels. 7:50 Tracers MVL 2014 Action. Taylor Lautner, Marie Avgeropoulos. 9:25 Chappie 16VLC 2015 Sci-fi. Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman. 11:25 Gone Tomorrow 16VLS 2015 Thriller.

Chad Connell, Christopher Russell.

12:55 Dumb And Dumber To MVLSC 2014 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels. 2:45 Tracers MVL 2014 Action. Taylor Lautner, Marie Avgeropoulos. 4:15 Run For Your Life 16V 2014 Drama.

Amy Smart. 5:40 And Now A Word From Our Sponsor MLSC 2013 Comedy. Bruce Greenwood, Parker Posey. 7:05 No Good Deed 16VLC 2014 Thriller. Idris Elba, Taraji P Henson. 8:30 Transformers – Age Of Extinction MVL 2014 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz.

11:15 St Vincent MVLS 2014 Comedy.

THURSDAY

12:55 Would Be Kings 16VLS (Mini12:30 Swamp Murders M 1:25 Your series) Part 2. 2:25 No Good Deed Worst Nightmare M 2:20 Auction 16VLC 2014 Thriller. 3:50 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Tim Burton PG Kings PG 2:45 Destroyed In Seconds PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 2012 4:20 Transformers – Age Of 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Gold Rush Extinction MVL 2014 Action.

Jewel of the Nile 8:30pm on FOUR

MOVIES GREATS 6am Biography – Scarlett Johansson PG 6:50 Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama. Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy. 8:50 The Truman Show PGL 1998 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney. 10:35 He’s Just Not That Into You MLS 2009 Comedy.

Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long. 12:45 Children Of Men 16VL 2006 Drama.

Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine. 2:35 Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama. Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy. 4:35 Under The Tuscan Sun ML 2003 Romantic Comedy. Diane Lane, Sandra Oh. 6:30 Revolutionary Road 16VLS 2008 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. 8:30 Snitch MV 2013 Thriller. Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon. 10:25 Superbad 16LS 2007 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Emma Stone.

THURSDAY

12:15 Master And Commander – The Far Side Of The World MV 2003 Action. 2:30 Revolutionary Road 16VLS 2008 Drama. 4:30 The Making Of Atonement PG 4:55 Under The Tuscan Sun ML 2003 Romantic Comedy.

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6am Cycling – Tirreno-Adriatico (Replay) Stage Seven.

8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Cycling – Tirreno-Adriatico (Highlights) Stage Seven.

9:30 FIH Hockey World 10am Mountain Biking – Cape Epic (Highlights) Stage Two. 10:30 Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup (Highlights) Good Sam 500.

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sport UK News 1pm Squash – PSA World Tour (Highlights) Canary Wharf Classic.

2pm Motorsport – IndyCar (Highlights) 2:30 Cycling – Tirreno-Adriatico (Highlights) Stage Seven.

3pm Sport TBC 3:30 Super League Fulltime 4pm NRL Fulltime 4:30 NRL 360 5:30 Back Page With hosts Tony Squires and Kelli Underwood.

6:30 Ping Pong – World Championship 7:30 NRL Fulltime 8pm Fishing And Adventure 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Sterlo – On The Couch 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Broncos v Warriors.

11pm The After Match 11:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves.

THURSDAY

Midnight Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) 12:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) 1am NRL 360 2am Sterlo – On The Couch 3am Golf World 3:30 Fox Sports News 4am Rugby League – NRL (Replay)

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Michael Ellis has taken the reins at Southern for the 2016 season.

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Michael Ellis has made the step up to head coach at Southern, and is gunning for finals alongside assistant Mike Spence in the 2016 campaign.

There have been some notable departures from Southern’s ranks since the end of last season, while a core of dependable club stalwarts remain.

Mid Canterbury and Heartland XV forward Adaam Ross has left the district, while import second five Ewen Scott, prop David Lowrie and first five James Millar have returned to the UK. Mid Canterbury skipper Jon Dampney is also unavailable for the foreseeable future, as the loose forward continues to

recover from surgery, and representative flanker Tyler Koning is having a year away from the game.

Koning suffered from appendicitis last season and a snapped Achilles a year earlier.

Southern will be boosted by the return of outside back Liam O’Sullivan, midfielder Ollie Sapsford and hooker Angus Mackenzie, and will also boast a forward pack with plenty of experience.

Jimmy Carr, who has had an injury ravaged 24 months, will return to the fray while Eric Duff, Scott Vessey, Logan Bonnington and Adam Williamson offer plenty of nous in the forwards.

Ellis’ main concern ahead of the new season will be bulking up his backline, but is confident

that Mid Canterbury halfback Will Mackenzie and dependable first five-eighth Richard Fridd will steady the ship.

Hammers’ back Gideon Lambrechts will also be at Ellis and Spence’s disposal, offering plenty of pace on the wing.

“The forward pack as a whole are quite experienced, but we’re a bit thinner in the backs,” said Ellis.

“But we’ve still got Will Mackenzie and Richard Fridd, they’re going to be running the show.”

Duff will return as captain following an impressive club and representative campaign last year which earned him a Heartland XV call up for the third time and Ellis is calling for his players to take responsibility for their in-

dividual displays and better last year’s results.

“Hopefully we’ll play with a harder attitude more than anything, we’ve got a pretty good playing roster,” he said.

“It’s just about getting them on the same page, I think things are quite promising but the onus is on the players, it has to be.”

Southern will continue their preseason preparations under the lights at Pleasant Point tomorrow evening, before kicking off the Combined Country Cup Competition against Celtic on March 26, and Ellis has high expectations.

“The whole aim is to make sure we better last year, we definitely need to be aiming for finals,” he said.

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Nehe Milner-Skudder has been ruled out for the rest of the Super Rugby season, dealing a major blow to the Hurricanes’ hopes of repeating last year’s success.

The All Black suffered a dislocated shoulder in his side’s narrow win over the Blues on Friday night, with scans revealing he will need surgery on the joint.

After making an impact at Eden Park by setting up TJ Perenara’s try with a deft kick, Milner-Skudder went down on his left shoulder early in the second half and was forced from the field.

The wing last year enjoyed a breakthrough campaign as he helped the Hurricanes qualify for the final, eventually playing an integral role for the All Blacks.

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