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Car-melting skyscraper to get sunshade

A London skyscraper that drew ire for having a glare so strong it melted nearby cars and shops will get a permanent fix. The offending tower — known as the Walkie-Talkie for its curved, bulging shape — is to have a sunshade attached to its south-facing facade to stop the concave surface from reflecting sunlight and beaming concentrated rays to a nearby street, developers said yesterday. The 37-story building made headlines when a Jaguar owner who parked his car at its foot complained that the solar glare melted part of the vehicle.

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Queen hint at Australian tour Speculation is rife that Queen might be heading to Australia after the glam rockers gave a tantalising hint on Twitter. The Queen official account tweeted yesterday: For the first time in 30 years, Queen are heading back to...... (stay tuned)” Queen last toured Down Under almost 30 years ago in April, 1985, and haven’t played in the country since. However, it’s also 30 years since they played in South Africa (1984), and Brazil (1985), where the World Cup will be held in June. The Australian offices of Universal Music, the band’s label, said they were in the dark about the potential tour Down Under and were seeking clarification after the social media leak.

The good Templar Order of Ashburton takes the lead in numbers, according to the population, of any other district in New Zealand. It would therefore be as well to still further exert themselves and have the honour of being the first district in New Zealand that can say we have done away with liquor shops in the district.

Dawson homeware line launched A luxury homeware line that Charlotte Dawson was working on before she took her life has been launched in Australia with proceeds to go to her favourite charities.

Dawson, 47, was found dead in the living room of her Sydney apartment on February 22. In the weeks leading up to her death, she had been planning a homeware line with close friend and designer Billy Adams. Charlotte Dawson’s luxury cushion designs.

Dawson had stayed with Adams at his home in Bali over New Year, and spoke of the trip being a “healing holiday” that signified a fresh start in her troubled life. The pair had designed a range of handmade cushions and coasters together and planned to branch out to other items in the future.

However, Dawson’s sudden death stalled the project. This week, Jai Evans, a friend of Dawson’s who was handling the marketing and publicity for the brand Charlotte Dawson Home, said the line was finished and now on sale.

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Sugar one of the bad guys Sugar has a direct effect on risk factors for heart disease, including rising blood pressure, Kiwi researchers have found.

Nutritionists at the University of Otago reviewed all international studies comparing the effects of higher versus lower added sugar consumption on blood pressure and lipids (blood fats or cholesterol), which are important cardiovascular risk factors. “Our analysis confirmed that sugars contribute to cardiovascular risk, independent of the effect of sugars on body weight,” Dr Lisa Te Morenga, research fellow at the university’s Department of Human Nutrition, said. “Although the effects of sugars on blood pressure and lipids are relatively modest, our findings support public health recommendations to reduce added sugar in our diets as one of the measures which might be expected to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular diseases.”

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■ MID CANTERBURY SPORTS AWARDS

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Shooter scores bulls

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A smallbore shooter was the big winner, while rugby and swimming collected three awards each at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards at the Hotel Ashburton last night.

The annual ceremony to celebrate

the region’s top sporting talent and their achievements saw New Zealand Smallbore rifle shooter Joseph McAdam get the top award being named the outstanding sportsperson of the year after a strong season on the range.

Rugby was also a big winner.

The Mid Canterbury Heartland team that won the Meads were the senior team of the year, their coach Glenn Moore was coach of the year and the Ashburton College boys’ 1st XV were the junior team of the year.

Swimmer Grace Sommerville was the outstanding junior sportsper-

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■ MID CANTERBURY SPORTS AWARDS

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There was a full house at last night’s Mid Canterbury Sports Awards.

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seye at sports awards son while her Ashburton swim team mate Matthew Clough was the outstanding all-rounder.

Swimming’s Helen Tait was the Outstanding Senior Official to make it three awards for the Ashburton Swim team, while netball umpire Stacey Hopwood was the outstand-

ing junior official. While it was three gongs for rugby and swimming, McAdam’s Coronation Rifle Club mate and fellow New Zealand representative Sandy Collett was the outstanding athlete with a disability.

Commonwealth Games bound shot putter Tom Walsh was the

Paul Macfie, Emma Waite and Karen McKenzie.

guest speaker which proved a fitting coincidence as the Robilliard Trophy for services to sport was presented to local athletics legend and coach Trevor Cochrane.

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■ ATTEMPTED ALLENTON ABDUCTION

Abductor wearing mask

By Myles HuMe

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Police have revealed the man who allegedly attempted to abduct an eight-year-old girl in Allenton last week was wearing a mask.

Ashburton Police yesterday released a brief description of the suspect – a man wearing a white t-shirt, black track pants and a mask that covered his face – they’re seeking in relation to the abduction attempt near the corner of Harrison Street and Smitheram Street about 4.15pm on May 6.

The incident shocked the Allenton community and police

say they are no closer to identifying the man who reportedly dragged the eight-yearold from her Harrison Street driveway.

She broke free while he attempted to force her into a dark green car on the corner of Smitheram and Harrison streets.

Detective Sergeant Jennifer Hooke said although police had spoken to several people who were in the area at the time, they had not yet spoken to four or five people described by the child as being on the street during the attempted abduction.

They’re particularly interesting in speaking to an older woman walking two black and white dogs who spoke to the young girl and was handed an item by her.

They also pleaded with the four or five other pedestrians who saw the young girl and male to contact the police.

“It is a busy road and at that time of day it was still light and a number of persons would have been walking past and vehicles would have been driving by this area.

“I wish to hear from the people who the young girl has indicated were in the area at the

time of the alleged abduction and would have seen her and the male together at this time by a green car parked near the corner of Harrison and Smitheram streets.

“When the young girl has ran away from the man she ran screaming back to her house past persons on the footpath who would have seen she was distressed.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Ashburton Police on (03) 307 8400.

Information can also be provided anonymously to the organisation Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

■ STAGE CHALLENGE

Mount Hutt College nabs coveted trophy

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With a performance inspired by the spiritual and physical highs of Mt Hutt – the Mount Hutt College Stage Challenge team walked away with a coveted prize on Thursday night.

They may not have featured among the top three schools at the 2014 Stage Challenge in Christchurch, but they did come home with the ‘spirit of stage challenge award’, voted for by the 15 competing schools, that had the college’s 33-strong team beaming.

The school’s stage challenge co-ordinator Lisa Ponweiser said the squad was proud of the achievement which came Left - Mount Hutt College pupils under the spotlight at the 2014 Stage Challenge in Christchurch on Thursday.

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along with a raft of other excellence awards including recognition for concept, drama and visual enhancement.

She said they aimed to show the pride the college took in its mountain and community, basing its performance on the “exhilaration, euphoria and natural highs” that come with being on Mt Hutt.

Meanwhile, Ashburton College also featured with their Alice in Nightmareland performance.

Its 85-strong team won an excellence award for costuming character following a performance focused on teenage issues including body image, the pressure to take drugs and expectation to conform.

Rangiora High School won overall, followed by Timaru Girls’ High School and Cashmere High School.

In brief Two fire calls Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to Maronan Ealing Road yesterday afternoon, where a pot had been left unattended on a stove. Fire risk management officer Murray Cairns said the kitchen had been damaged by heat and smoke damage, but the rest of the dwelling was unaffected. On Thursday evening the Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade responded to a call-out to the Thai Chilli Restaurant, where a chimney had caught fire, chief fire officer Selwyn Allred said.

Body in paddock A woman’s body was found in a paddock near Hastings on Thursday by a horse rider, police say. The death of Camille Reremoana Ferris, 53, of Gisborne, is being treated as unexplained.

Detective Sergeant Darren Pritchard said Ms Ferris’ body was removed from the scene yesterday afternoon and a post-mortem examination was to be held today.

“The results of the post-mortem will help us ascertain how she died.

Until then, we cannot confirm if the death is suspicious or otherwise.

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Woman in crash fall A 58-year-old woman suffered a leg fracture when her car left the road in Tauranga, breaking through a fence and falling metres over a bank into a property below.

The car landed on its roof but the woman was not trapped and was conscious when emergency services arrived at the scene in Ngatai Rd. Tania De la Haye was in her house at the time the car fell into her property. “I heard the loud crash and I just grabbed the phone ... I called and said just send everyone.”

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Jailed for neglect Joanne Quinn will spend two years and six months behind bars for failing to provide the necessaries of life for her elderly mother. The 51-year-old was sentenced in Napier District Court yesterday, following a severe case of neglect never before seen in New Zealand, said Judge Jonathan Down. Quinn was found guilty in a judge alone trial last month by Judge Down, who sentenced her to two years and six months’ imprisonment yesterday.

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■ EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING

Parents may face larger care bill

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The extra $155.7 million set aside for early childhood education may seem big a carrot for the sector, but educators are warning it could see parents footing a bigger childcare bill.

The claims are being backed by Mid Canterbury early childhood providers, which believe centres are underfunded and are struggling to pay teachers what they deserve.

Education Minister Hekia Parata said the extra $155.7m for early childhood education over four years, including “a $53.6 million boost to the subsidy rates will help keep fees affordable”.

She hopes it will result in more parents turning to early childhood education and help to reach the government goal of 98 per cent participation by 2016.

Early Childhood Council chief executive Peter Reynolds said that sounded positive in theory, but the reality was salaries are the “lion’s share of costs” and the increase was one per cent overall – below the rate of inflation.

He said that would force providers to pass the cost on to parents.

Ashburton Baptist Early Learning Centre manager Lorraine Bennet said cuts in recent years meant centres were only funded to a maximum of 80 per cent of registered teachers, making “it harder to pay teachers what we want to pay them”.

She said some centres had 20 per cent of their staff unregistered to keep staffing costs down, however that was well above the 50 per cent registered teacher legal requirement. “... it keeps your wage bill down but it’s not necessarily good for the children,” Ms Bennet said.

However, she was happy to see overall investment in early childhood, in which 98.4 per cent of Mid Canterbury primary schools starters attended in 2012.

She said early childhood centres would also be cautious of changes to paid parental leave which will be extended from 12 to 18 weeks by 2016.

“It means we will have to watch our rolls and planning as children stay at home for longer with their parents.”

Local radio listeners Ann Craig, Rodger Withell and Sharon Livingstone have started a petition asking The Hits to bring back Hoops in the morning.

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■ BRING BACK HOOPS

The Hits now The Pits, say petition organisers By erin Tasker

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A group of local radio listeners have launched a campaign to bring back local radio DJ Phill Hooper to the breakfast slot.

They’ve nicknamed The Hits – the recently revamped version of Classic Hits – The Pits, after the local 6am to 9am weekday breakfast show was dumped in favour of a national show, with Hooper moving to a 9am to 3pm slot.

Mid Cantabrians now wake up to Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama along with the rest of the country and according to Sharon Livingstone, Ann Craig and Rodger Withell that was a bad move. So they’ve started a petition to “Bring Back Hoops”.

They say the change meant Mid Canterbury lost its local voice in the mornings; a voice that gave them vital local information they’re now missing.

“There is no community stuff – the birthday calls, the local weather, the local bits and pieces like the school cancellations and things like that,” Mrs Craig said.

Mr Withell said the change had also spelt the end of the young DJs – a regular weekly programme where local school children joined Mr Hooper on air.

“The radio station has done so much for the community. People who are in need of help, they have got behind them … the earthquake thing, the young gentleman who was assaulted not long ago … they have done fundraising for them and it’s just really gutted the community,” Ms Livingstone said.

“It’s totally wrong and the person who has taken over and put in his place has got a dreadful mouth.”

They say the morning show has become one not suitable for children.

Mrs Craig and Ms Livingstone no longer listen to the radio in the mornings, while the Withells have changed to another station.

“The way it’s set up now, no one is at home to listen, whereas between 6am and 9am everyone was aware of it,” Mrs Craig said.

They’re sure they’re not the only ones unhappy with the change and they’re asking people to sign their petition – which they will take to the station’s management.

“It’s not that we are against change, it’s change in the right way is what we want,” Mrs Craig said.

Anyone wanting to sign the petition, or wanting to have a copy of the petition in their business, can contact Sharon on 0273070450 or Ann on 0272072702.

■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL DEMOLITIONS

Demolitions to resume The Ashburton Hospital building demolition will take a major leap forward next week with the arrival of machinery to knock the walls of the former outpatients’ buildings down.

Both the former outpatients buildings and the old theatre building had asbestos contaminated soil.

The removal of asbestos contaminated soil had been completed in the former outpatients buildings – both seen from

Elizabeth Street. However work has had to be halted on the old theatre building due to plans to remove asbestos not yet finalised.

Non-mortar materials from the former outpatients buildings were being removed in time for large machinery to arrive on Wednesday.

The demolition of the buildings walls would be carried out from then on however no specific timeframe was available.

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Sinister burglaries worry Ashburton police

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he number of burglaries in Mid Canterbury may be dropping, but police are concerned about a sinister element they are seeing in some of those incidents.

So far in 2014, there have been 83 burglaries reported in Mid Canterbury, but some recent success in tracking offenders and cooler weather appear to be combining to slow that trend, Ashburton police intelligence officer Mark Prendergast said.

While that’s good news – coming on the back of extra police staff being brought in from Christchurch to help curb the problem – some of the burglaries that have occurred this year have police worried.

“There have been incidents where people were burgled – at night or during the day – where people were at home, and they know that they have had something stolen because they had only just put it there,” Mr Prendergast said.

“There’s also some sinister ones where people have been in bed at the time and that’s of real concern.

“When a victim is prepared to break into a house where the occupant is at home, there is a real risk here of people coming to great harm. If you discover that person in your house, while they might turn and run away, they also might turn on you.”

Police have also dealt with two incidents which they be-

A worrying spate of burglaries to kick off 2014 is tapering off in Mid Canterbury, but police are worried about aspects of some burglaries they are seeing. Erin Tasker reports.

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lieved started off as burglaries, but ended up being arsons. One of those was at a house and the other at a church.

While the majority of burglaries so far this year were classed as low level and burglaries with sinister elements weren’t common, any burglary left a victim feeling violated, Mr Prendergast said.

Among the most common items taken in local burglaries were small electronics like laptops, cellphones and iPods, along with food, cigarettes and money, while among the more unusual items taken in burglaries this year so far were sheep (102 taken from a Rakaia farm) and wheat (300 tonnes taken from a silo on a Lagmhor farm).

Of the 83 burglaries so far this year, all but 17 were to homes – most in urban areas.

The 17 non-dwelling burglaries were to a mixture of farm buildings and businesses.

So far this month there have been just two burglaries reported to police – showing burglaries are well and truly slowing down.

Princes Street address, becoming the latest in a long list of houses hit in the street.

Mr Prendergast said most Mid Canterbury burglaries – around 80 per cent – were taking place at homes as opposed to businesses and rural properties.

“The lion’s share is dwelling burglaries and again the bulk

of those are in the Ashburton urban area.”

With 83 burglaries having occurred in Mid Canterbury so far this year and only two of them in May, that worked out to about 20 burglaries per month from January to April.

“I know that breaks down to about 20 a month, but at times it was breaking down to 10 a

week. There were times it was just a ridiculous frequency,” Mr Prendergast said.

Numbers started dropping off late last month as the days got shorter and cooler, he said.

“In the first quarter of this year we were really up against it.

“We had a lot of suspects we were trying to work on and

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Keep your mailbox clear. A build-up of mail indicates you may be away. If you are away, ask someone to clear your mailbox.

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HARDEST HIT One Ashburton street has been hit particularly hard by burglaries in recent months.

Princes Street addresses have been frequented by burglars 17 times since July last year, Ashburton police intelligence officer Mark Prendergast said.

One of two burglaries reported this month was to a

we just weren’t being successful in apprehending them. But clearly the pressure we were putting on them has eventually paid off,” Mr Prendergast said.

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■ LATE ASHBURTON MAIL

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If your mail goes missing or takes days to find its destination, it may not always be the fault of NZPost, says southern regional delivery manager Duncan Burman.

A recent spate of letters posted in Ashburton that have taken more than a week to be delivered has had residents hot

under the collar, but the failure is not always the postal company’s, Mr Burman said.

Last week Jim Wilson received a letter that had been posted more than a week previously. That letter, however, had originated through the DX Mail system even though it may have been delivered by NZ Post, he said.

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Mail decides to lodge mail with us, rather than deliver it themselves. It is hard to trace a letter’s history when it has been in a competitor’s network before ours. Without looking at the envelope we cannot be sure when the letter addressed to Mr Wilson entered our network.”

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It collects mail from its own street receivers or mail is picked up by courier directly from customers and sorted at DX Mail’s 13 nationwide mail centres.

It started its life as an interchange system for lawyers exchanging documents between practices.

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An Ashburton recycling aficionado is back from a trip to the UK with a host of new ideas on redesigning to reduce waste and improve efficiency.

Mastagard Ashburton eco efficiency co-ordinator Sheryl Stivens was impressed by the innovative use of recycled materials in the best designs of 2013 exhibition at the London Design Museum.

Among the concepts which impressed Mrs Stivens were Clever Caps – plastic bottle tops that can be used as building blocks and are compatible with Lego.

“Plastic bottle tops, although made from recyclable materials, are almost impossible to manage in a recycling facility, and during collection,” Mrs Stivens said.

“They inevitably end up rolling into waterways, contributing to plastic pollution in our oceans, Clever Caps extend the products’ use and reduces the amount of waste.”

While recycling is preferable to dumping, it also consumes energy and recreates carbon

Legend farewelled Friends, family, former All Blacks, Wairarapa Bush and Gladstone Rugby Club members gathered in Memorial Park Grandstand yesterday to celebrate the life of one of New Zealand’s rugby legends and “all round top man”, Lane Penn. Mr Penn died last Friday. His services to rugby included coaching Wairarapa Bush, serving as an All Black selector, being president of the NZRU for two years and All Blacks assistant coach. He was also dedicated to wife Jill and children.

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Budget protest A mob of passionate protesters failed to deter Prime Minister John Key from delivering a post-Budget address yesterday to around 900 business leaders who paid upwards of $350 to hear him speak. More than 100 protesters organised by the Auckland Action Against Poverty group gathered outside Auckland’s SkyCity Convention Centre to protest against a perceived “war on the poor”. More than 20 police officers formed human barriers to prevent the protesters storming Mr Key’s post-Budged address.

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Statin side-effects International research shows a commonly used cholesterollowering statin drug can cause the risk of serious muscle damage, but University of Otago researchers say the risk is minimal. A new study found people taking a daily dose of 40mg of simvastatin were about five times as likely to develop rhabdomyolysis when compared with people taking 20mg daily.

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Four of the five people charged with aggravated robbery for an attack on two German tourists in Whakatane have been sent to jail.

Judge Louis Bidois also declined further name suppression for the three youth offenders when they appeared in the Whakatane District Court yesterday. Mark Wikotu was jailed four years and four months; Antonia Biddle, 15, was jailed three years and three months; Marshall Poihipi, 16, was jailed four years and six months; and younger brother Jason Poihipi, 14, was jailed three years and three months.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014

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To hell and back to li B

ill Bullock’s family took a nine-month journey that tested their emotions and stretched their resolve. They won in the end, but it was one of the fastest trips to hell and back.

At a time Bill and wife Linda should have been celebrating the CPIT graduation of their daughter Jessica, Bill was admitted to hospital.

It was the start of Bill’s battle to beat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; a blood cancer more common in children than the 58-year-old man he was.

“Adults are less likely to handle it as well as kids.

“It’s normally associated with children who have a better recovery rate, it’s more variable in adults,” Bill said.

It was a week before Easter 2013. Bill and Linda were 10 days off heading to Europe on holiday.

As a carpenter for Murray Jackson Construction, Bill had been working in Christchurch doing EQC work; this particular Monday was no different.

“I felt not too bad,” he said.

But in the middle of the night he woke with a pressure which felt like a crushing pain in his chest.

He was weak and once downstairs had trouble making the climb back up.

On Tuesday, Bill who did not often get sick, had the day off work.

The following day, Linda gave Bill her doctor’s appointment – she’d planned to get a final check-up before their Europe trip.

A casual comment by his doctor became the single most important moment for his survival. As he went to leave she suggested a blood test.

It started the ball rolling, initially it was downhill.

But that moment gave Bill a chance to stay alive.

Months later Bill was told if it hadn’t been picked up when it was, he would have likely died within six weeks, it was that aggressive.

That night, Bill got a telephone call from the doctor – she mentioned “fluffy white blood cells”.

Further tests confirmed it was likely to be leukaemia.

The following afternoon Bill and Linda attended Jessica’s graduation, unsure of the future.

Straight after the ceremony he was admitted to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Christchurch Public Hospital.

By Saturday he had received his first dose of chemotherapy.

It was Easter Saturday.

Linda kept a diary until Christmas, about what medical procedures Bill was going

Bill Bullock’s life was saved by early detection and the use of stem cells given to him by his big brother David; a process Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand made possible. Bill spoke to Toni Williams about his fast-tracked journey to hell and back.

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The support of family and friends was invaluable.

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also had someone to look after the house and their pets when she was in Christchurch.

Bill wasn’t so interested in the workings of home, he was settling into a hospital routine.

In and out of hospital over nine months Bill quickly learned

the happenings around him.

His regular visitors kept news coming.

Initially there was an induction phase which included taking steroids. They made Bill hungry, his food intake was huge. But he still lost weight.

However, the effect of chemotherapy – destined to kill cancers from developing – stripped everything, including his gut-lining and all his cells until he had no immunity.

He was placed in confinement each time his immunity was

Weekend focus Saturday, May 17, 2014

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Ashburton Guardian 15

ife with leukaemia WHAT IS LEUKAEMIA? Leukaemia is the generic name given to a group of cancers in the bone marrow.

Normally the bone marrow has a number of healthy immature blood cells.

These cells mature and develop into red cells, white cells and platelets.

They are then released into the blood stream.

Leukaemia starts in developing blood cells which go through a malignant change.

They do not develop properly, instead grow and multiply uncontrolled.

They interfere with normal blood cell production and eventually take over.

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compromised.

At one time he was in confinement to one room for six weeks.

“When a patient is neutropenic (has little good blood in the body) there is a high risk of catching infection,” Bill said.

Every time there was a cycle

of chemotherapy it happened again.

There were blood transfusions and painful procedures like lumber punctures and bone marrow biopsies.

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treated him.

“You put your faith in them; well you have to, don’t you?

They are amazing.”

The couple got wrapped up in Bill’s care and took in a lot of information about what was happening to his body. It helped

to make sense of some pretty tough times.

“It’s amazing, it’s a whole new language – you don’t need to learn Spanish, learn medical,” Linda said.

Prior to having a bone marrow transplant Bill got to go home for a few weeks.

Bill lost 20 per cent of his muscle tone very quickly.

Chemotherapy causes a range of body reactions and Bill said at times both ends were going with diarrhoea and vomiting, and he was lethargic.

“I turned into a little old man,” he said.

He also had swollen ankles, a sore mouth and throat and was prone to sucking on special ice to feel minutely better.

He had issues with infection too and he got a general hospital bug which meant more antibiotics and more blood in and blood out.

He was in incredible pain.

The nurses’ observations also became second nature to Bill with bloods, temperature, pulse checks done every couple of hours.

“They even wake you up to ask how you feel in the middle of the night ...”

He said by the end of treatment he was skin and bone, having lost 10 to 15kg.

“I felt guilty not being able to do anything.”

Because immunity drops so low patients have their own room at the bone marrow clinic.

“It was a happy place, but a sad place too as everybody was in isolation,” Bill said.

“The nurses are the world to you really.”

They delivered information, brought food and chattered away about their lives and what was going on in the outside world.

One saving grace was the window which faced the Botanic Gardens and it gave Bill and Linda a chance to watch people.

They saw the seasons change via their garden outlook.

At the beginning of Bill’s illness Linda used her sick leave to keep some money coming in.

They were thankful they had adult children as dealing with younger children would have been more difficult.

All three of their children lived in Christchurch so initially she was able to stay at their flats before securing the use of a Bone Marrow Cancer Trust apartment at Ranui House.

It’s run through the support of businesses and individuals and was there for the purpose of family members supporting a person in treatment.

They gave a personal touch to strict medical procedures like the home-cooked Christmas dinner

shouted a week before Christmas.

For five or six months Bill was really ill.

Initially he had no interest in the outside world; he was too tired.

“It was absolute hell,” he said.

“It was indescribable – live or die there are only two choices.

“I was sick of being sick.”

He remembers thinking: “I’ve had a gutful of this I want to be a human being.”

It was his lowest point.

Chemotherapy killed the cancer, but in two or three years it could have returned.

A stem cell transplant from a matching sibling was Bill’s lifesaving option.

It was a more permanent option to make sure the leukaemia would stay away.

Enter older brother David, who out of all three of Bill’s siblings was a “very good match” for a bone marrow transfer.

The cost of stem cell collection was funded by Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand - the organisation Mid Canterbury firefighters climbing the stairs of Auckland’s Sky Tower are fundraising for today.

David’s stimulated stem cells were separated from their red blood cells and the pale mixture was dripped into Bill.

“That 250mls of liquid was lifesaving,” Bill said.

Such is the strength of the stem cells that Bill’s blood type has altered to be closer to David’s; it was O, but changed to a B+.

“It’s powerful enough stuff to do that.”

His hair has also re-grown but is now curly.

Bone marrow transplants come with major complications – 30 per cent will die in the first month.

By the end of the first few weeks Bill’s chances of living had improved.

“Once we got to three months – 100 days – it was like magic really and I thought we’ll be fine.”

Since leaving hospital on Christmas Eve, Bill’s need for ongoing blood tests and checkups is reducing.

He started back at work last month, grateful for the chance to return to normality.

He praised the support of Linda, his children, family and friends and was pleased to be back among the living.

“I’ve stopped thinking ‘I’m alive’ each morning.

“I’m glad and happy it was me and not one of the kids as I would not want them to go through it.

“I feel like I’m Lorde and I’ve won some Grammies, though I got life!”

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Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, May 17, 2014

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The smells of home-made baking wafted through Tegan Clark’s house as she prepared a special morning tea spread for invited guests.

The morning tea event was her contribution to Oxfam New Zealand’s Fair-trade Fortnight.

As a long-time Oxfam supporter Mrs Clark hosted a morning tea on Thursday to raise funds and awareness for the international aid organisation.

“It’s our obligation as consumers to make sure we’re making the right choices, where we can,” Mrs Clark said.

On the menu were homemade delights of almond and chocolate fudge, ginger snap cookies and coconut loaf made with fair-trade products. They were topped off with fair-trade chocolate and fruit.

The group of friends used the event to catch-up over coffee (fair-trade). Instead of bringing a plate they were asked for a donation to Oxfam.

Mrs Clark also planned to host a dessert evening for other friends unable to make the morning tea.

The donations she raised would go towards Oxfam’s community development programmes in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. It aimed to help people lift themselves out of poverty. Oxfam also helped with disaster relief.

Mrs Clark used fair trade products where she could and often gave the gift of a goat as a celebration gift.

She said supporting Oxfam and buying fair-trade products was the least she could do to help.

“I believe in what they do.

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was the ‘Investor State Dispute Settlement’ (ISDS) provision.

This clause allowed overseas companies to sue the Government if any local law changes substantially affected their value or profits.

Dr Guthrie questioned whether multinational fossil fuel companies could sue if their profits fell following from any “green technology” initiatives.

He said New Zealand could not be held to ransom and needed to be proactive about climate change to prevent extra burden on our health system and economy.

Health council’s co-convenor Dr Rhys Jones said laws needed to be made in the best interests of New Zealanders and our future security.

Overseas, governments were already being sued for millions of dollars.

Dr Jones said in Germany there were two investment disputes brought by Swedish firm Vattenfall.

Germany took measures to reduce the damaging effects of carbon dioxide emissions from a coal-fired power plant owned by the company after the Stern report was released on climate change.

This was now being challenged.

Germany also closed a nuclear power plant following the Fukushima disaster and this too was being challenged.

“These challenges do not claim that the power plants are safe, but that investors are losing out,” said Dr Jones.

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People need a hand in developing countries and we’re really lucky here,” Mrs Clark said.

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New Zealand doctors warn the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations threaten the country’s ability to protect climate and health.

The agreement was thought to improve overseas trade but gave companies options to sue government if they lost money because of state laws.

The New Zealand Climate and Health Council and more than 270 health professionals were united in concern over the agreement and believed it would only harm New Zealanders’ health.

Mid Canterbury GP spokesman Dr John Guthrie said concerns included stretching an already tight health dollar and giving companies ability to reverse laws set up to prevent health damage.

These included tobacco industry rules and regulations.

“Would tobacco companies be able to reverse measures which have been brought in to reduce the damaging effects of smoking on our health, and increase the burden of smoking related morbidity?” he asked.

Dr Guthrie said the medical profession also questioned Pharmac’s ability to negotiate with drug companies to get better deals under the agreement – especially with Pharmac due to take over hospital supply and equipment purchases. “...thus reducing the stretch of the health dollar,” said Dr Guthrie.

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Teachers in innovative online trial

BY MYLES HUME

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Mid Canterbury teachers will be among the first to trial a groundbreaking online portal that will dramatically change education in New Zealand.

A workshop at Ashburton College next week will see local educators become a part of the first 500 in the country to trial Pond – an online portal of resources which Kiwi teachers and pupils can access and adapt to share and enhance learning.

The more than 200 teachers

already signed up will be known as “pioneer educators” and will have a hand in shaping how the Pond website works before it is rolled out to all schools.

It will work alongside the new government-funded Network For Learning (N4L) managed network to be implemented in the district’s 23 schools by September, enhancing the use of tablets and laptops in class.

Ashburton College deputy principal Grant Congdon this week labelled Pond “groundbreaking”, as schools relied

more heavily on technology and online learning.

The $211m N4L initiative will see Mid Canterbury’s schools be among the first to gain access to better uncapped, reliable and ultra-fast broadband, content filtering and network security services.

With 400 schools already connected, the Ministry of Education hopes to have all schools on the network by 2016.

N4L marketing manager Andy Schick said schools in id Canterbury would be handled

differently when connected to N4L because each was given access to ultra-fast broadband thanks to EA Networks in 2011.

“We are taking this approach because we recognise that many schools have built up trusted relationships with local tech companies and their local knowledge will be invaluable to the rollout,” he said.

Methven School principal Chris Murphy met with an N4L representative yesterday and said the system “appeared to good to be true”, saying it

would take the district’s leading technology use in class to the next level.

He was confident N4L would have no issues connecting schools to the managed network, which will see a new router put in place, running alongside the old system, until it’s ready to go.

Ashburton Intermediate School principal Gavin Cooper said it would cut the cost of internet in schools which for his school was $1.50 per child per month ($6480 per year).

■ CHICAGO REVIEW

Variety theatre dishes up a delightful dose of razzle dazzle Chicago is the longest running musical revival in Broadway history, and still runs on Broadway today.

It is easy to see why after viewing the final dress rehearsal of the Variety Theatre of Ashburton’s production of the show at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre last night.

The pace of the Variety Theatre of Ashburton production is picked up right from the start, courtesy of a punchy opening with All That Jazz led by the callous vaudevillian murderess Velma Kelly, given all the seductive sassiness her character deserves by an accomplished Megan Hamilton.

Roxie Hart, captivatingly played by Layna Hunt, is soon on the scene, laying dead her lover, and singing about her plight, in the first of a range

of brilliant performances by the young NASDA graduate.

Favourite performances of mine included the Roxie Hart and Billy Flynn ventriloquist act in We Both Reached For the Gun, the latter character well played by Blair McHugh, and Mr Cellophane by Roxie’s husband Amos played by NASDA graduate Matt Van Den Yssel, and Class featuring the prison matron Mama played by Kate Taylor, and Velma.

In the latter number viewers may well have wondered was that really just two women sitting at side stage singing, as it was a performance which owned the whole stage, if not the whole theatre.

It is not just the main actors which bring this production to life, but the star quality of supporting actors, singers and

Vaudevillian murderess Roxie Hart, played by Layna Hunt, and lawyer Billy Flynn, played by Blair McHugh, give their version of Roxie’s crime to newspaper reporters, in the Variety Theatre of Ashburton production Chicago last night.

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dancers. Not to mention the great lighting, an amazing LED screen backdrop, and stage setting and costumes which epitomise all the razzle and dazzle of the 1920s jazz scene that is Chicago.

Director Regan Jackson, musical director Luke di Somma and choreographer Amber Bailey can take a bow for what is sure to be a successful run of shows at the event centre. And with a sell-out almost confirmed

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Chicago, with a ticket price of $55, is staging through to May 24.

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BY TONI WILLIAMS

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Ashburton’s mobile community dental clinic is not affected by a recent Canterbury District Health Board’s discovery of unhealthy levels of airborne formaldehyde in one of its 22 mobile clinics.

The affected clinic was used in the North Canterbury/Darfield area.

The internal tiles were found to be the cause of the emissions.

Canterbury DHB General Manager Dan Coward said WorkSafe NZ had been notified and the other mobile clinics tested.

“As part of our plan, an independent occupational health physician Dr Andrew Hilliard has been engaged by Canterbury DHB to ensure appropriate actions have been identified and actioned.”

Dr Hilliard said the risk to staff who worked in the clinic was low and the general public, who spent a short

time there, it was negligible.

“Airborne formaldehyde is common in low concentrations in the home as well as indoor working environments, particularly where certain materials such as MDF, particle board and plywood have been used in construction.

“At the kind of concentrations found, it can be an irritant and some people may experience acute symptoms such as itchy eyes, a headache or sore throat.

“More rarely, it may even make pre-existing conditions such as asthma or bronchitis worse.

“These effects quickly diminish once you leave that environment and long term effects, even from prolonged exposure to much higher concentrations, are extremely rare.”

The mobile dental clinics would be withdrawn from service until the Canterbury DHB was satisfied they were safe.

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oanne was initially only anaphylaxis allergic to cashews, macadamia nuts and apples.

But her condition will likely see her body react to more foods over time.

She’s already noticed bean sprouts caused a tingling and itchy throat – the start of an allergic reaction.

After years of eating them, they were now on her growing not-to-eat list.

Ben’s food allergy was from peanuts. He too gets anaphylaxis.

It was confirmed when he was two years old. He nearly died after having a bite of peanut butter on toast.

He vomited, got welts on his stomach and his throat swelled closed.

He was blue and unconscious by the time they arrived at the hospital.

“We nearly lost him,” Joanne said.

Both Joanne and Ben carry multiple Epipens (auto-injectors) everywhere now in case of a reaction.

Any cross contamination could cause major problems.

Ben recently ate chips from a bag shared with others eating peanuts – the cross contamination of minute peanut dust caused his body to itch and he vomited hours later. He was lucky this time, he didn’t enter into full anaphylactic shock.

Joanne’s coeliac’s was diagnosed 15 years ago; she got sick after Ben was born.

She lost weight, was skin and bone. Her friends thought she had cancer.

The eventual diagnosis found her villi (which line her small bowel) had gone, completely eaten away by gluten.

Her future diet meant no wheat, no barley, no rye, and no oats.

A few weeks into the diet she was a new woman.

“The good thing about it, the villi re-grow if you are strict with the diet,” Joanne said.

She spent the early years learning what she could eat. It was hard; food labels were poor in 1999.

They identified starch but were not specific.

There were others in Ashburton with coeliac disease who lent support.

Joanne initially shopped in Christchurch for food.

The Asian Food Warehouse had rice noodles and rice flour, and Barrington Mall had gluten-free food bars.

Nowadays it is easier and local suppliers

We have a wide range of gluten and allergen-free products Our knowledgeable staff are happy to help

Some people can eat what they want, when they want, but for Ashburton woman Joanne Wakelin and her son, Ben, having food allergies and coeliac disease is a fact of life. Toni Williams reports.

Looking for gluten-free products has become second nature to Ashburton woman Joanne Wakelin and son, Ben, who both have coeliac disease and some food allergies.

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were equipped for gluten-free diets.

It was not cheap and Joanne bought in bulk when things were on special.

She has a standing order with friends and family who visit Australia to get jars of Mighty Mite – a yeast extract without gluten. Joanne said it helped to be organised about food.

Ben’s involved with Venturers and often took on a meal planner/cook role to make

sure he could eat the food. Otherwise he took his own.

Restaurants were also better and carried a range of products identified by GF on the menu.

Joanne said it was always best to confirm with staff before ordering.

Gluten was often hidden in seasonings added to the meal.

The consequences of eating gluten are dire.

If Joanne consumes gluten by mistake she gets tired and suffers from vomiting and/or diarrhoea.

It could wipe her out for days.

Ben’s coeliac’s diagnosis came when he was four years old.

He was a bad asthmatic and often hospitalised, but once his diet changed his asthma improved.

“He wasn’t tired all the time and could cope with life as a normal four-year-old,” Joanne said.

There was an extra cost to eating

gluten free. A simple loaf of gluten-free bread costs around $7.

There used to be a government subsidy available to people with the disease for cheaper flour and pasta. It brought the cost down to a regular price.

However, the doctors visit to get the subsidy was not reduced.

There were other flours that could be used – white rice, brown rice, tapioca, potato, soy, and corn. Each one good for different things.

Through trial and error Joanne made great scones and used a mixture of tapioca, potato and rice flours to get the right bind consistency.

Joanne said if anyone came to her house for a three-course meal, they would not even notice it was gluten free.

It was not a major hassle now.

“I’ve been doing it for 15 years.

“I grew into it, then it was me and one child, then me and two children,” Joanne said.

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Coeliac Disease is a permanent autoimmune disorder caused by intolerance to gluten.

It causes the body to produce antibodies that damage the villi lining the small bowel.

It becomes impossible for the body to absorb vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from food.

Common symptoms include: A lack of energy Digestive and bowel problems Nutritional deficiencies General feeling of being unwell A blood test is used initially to detect gluten issues.

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Traditional gratin has onion and potato in layers; this one has leek and tomato and is delicious.

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4 medium mashing or baking potatoes, scrubbed, very thinly sliced 2 tomatoes, sliced 3 cups thinly sliced leeks ½ cup grated tasty cheese freshly ground black pepper ½ cup low-fat milk ¼ cup grated tasty cheese ■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Lightly grease an oven-proof dish.

■ Cover the base of the dish with a

layer of potato slices.

■ Make alternate layers of potatoes, tomatoes, leek and first measure of cheese, seasoning to taste with pepper.

■ Finish with a layer of potatoes.

■ Pour milk over the top and add second measure of cheese.

■ Cook in preheated oven for 1 hour or until potatoes are tender and the top is golden brown. If the top is brown before potatoes are cooked cover with foil, return to the oven and continuing cooking.

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■ REAL ESTATE

‘Buy now - don’t wait for LVR lift’

By Tamsyn Parker Don’t wait until the restrictions have come off the banks to ask for a home loan if you can buy now - that’s the message from mortgage brokers and banking experts.

Deputy Reserve Bank governor Grant Spencer signalled last week that loan to value restrictions on banks could be lifted by the end of the year.

Since October all banks have had a 10 per cent cap on new lending to home-buyers with a deposit of less than 20 per cent driving many first home buyers away from the market.

But experts say those who wait for the restrictions to come off face higher interest rates and potentially higher house prices - especially in Auckland.

Jeff Royle, a mortgage broker for iLender, said waiting could be an expensive option.

“If you look at a house worth $500,000 now in six months

Home buyers are being urged not to wait for the Reserve Bank to lift lending restrictions on banks.

time it could be $525,000.”

Figures released by the Real Estate Institute last week showed the number of houses selling in April fell 20 per cent compared to April last year.

But prices have continued to rise with the national median sales price up 10.7 per cent, mostly driven by the Auckland market.

Royle said in his view the

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their doors. “There is no harm in asking.”

Karen Tatterson, a mortgage broker with Loan Market, said lending restrictions had “put the fear of god” into a lot of people but if they were in a position to go ahead now they should.

Tatterson said despite people’s fears it was still possible to get a loan for people who only had a 10 per cent deposit.

“If you have 10 per cent or more I think it is worthwhile going to speak to a professional adviser.

There are ways and means people can buy a house.

“It’s worth seeing an adviser.

They should be able to come up with a strategy to enable that person to buy in the future and they might be surprised.”

Tatterson said there was a lot of information that the average first home buyer did not have around Welcome Home loans, first home buyer subsidies and KiwiSaver.

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sales decline in April was a “blip” caused by the long Easter holiday break.

“In my view the Auckland market is roaring away.”

And he doesn’t see that changing any time soon.

Royle said there were still not enough houses being built to satisfy demand in Auckland.

“There are 65 people a day moving into the city.”

“The pressure on the housing market has got nothing to do with not being able to get a 95 per cent loan.”

Massey University banking expert David Tripe said the other big concern for those who waited was rising interest rates.

“Interest rates will be higher meaning the cost of the mortgage will be more. You can’t fix the rates now for a mortgage you want to take out in six months time.”

The official cash rate has already risen half a percentage point from 2.5 to 3 per cent.

Tripe said he expected it to go up to 3.5 per cent by the end of the year.

Floating mortgage rates are around 6.25 per cent at the moment but could go up to 6.75 per cent by then to reflect the increase.

Tripe said banks had the capacity to lend more to low deposit borrowers but were not seeing people come through

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stablishing strong and enduring relationships with customers and clients is critical when seeking to become a business of choice.

Putting your key clients at the centre of your business is an investment in your future.

Being ordinary is no longer acceptable. It is not just about having a great product or delivering a great level of service, but about how people feel about their experience.

Meaningful relationships are also important for maintaining a good name in the market place because your brand and reputation is directly linked to the experiences and perceptions of the people you do business with.

Having a structured approach is the key to fostering a clientfirst culture. Creating formal, disciplined business processes for developing and growing productive, mutually beneficial partnering relationships gives you the best chance of being successful.

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Strong relationships not only reduce the risk of losing work, but also positions you to open up further revenue streams with the client and increases the chance of referrals.

The first step is to identify and document your key clients and customers. Then spend time understanding their priorities, challenges and opportunities as well as personal interests.

Use your understanding to build a strategy and make informed decisions that foster and grow the relationships.

It is important to then deliver on your promises and exceed expectations. Look to create interactions that build rapport, such as a personal invitation

to your home or hosting at an event your client has a special interest in.

The step where businesses often struggle is to set objectives and goals, review plans and create clear actions. However, having a formal structure will allow you to keep on track and adjust your strategy and focus accordingly.

The outcome for your clients and customers should be a confidence and trust they are in good hands. You want them to feel that working together in an open and transparent way is good for business and you both win.

It is an expectation that you’re responsive and accessible. Clients and customers should have an understanding that you are making decisions that not only meet their expectations but support them in achieving their aspirations.

Matt Hannah is a senior manager for KPMG Private Enterprise

■ AUCKLAND

Airport forecasts $19b in tourism by 2025 Auckland International Airport, the nation’s busiest gateway, is targeting 6 per cent growth in visitor arrivals by 2025, worth up to $19 billion to New Zealand’s tourism industry by tapping into Asia’s growing travel market.

The “ambitious” target will see annual growth in international visitors to reach 5.2 million visitors by 2025, the airport said in a statement.

Organic growth projects arrivals at 4.1 million visitors.

“What Auckland Airport is

trying to do is stretch the industry,” Lily Choi-Lee, general manager of TravConsult told BusinessDesk. “What Auckland Airport has realised is they can’t just passively wait for everyone else to do the work to get the tourists here.”

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■ RUGBY

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Green light for Where it all went wrong for the Blues Marshall’s return

By PatrIck MckenDry

mindedness. The Blues were in a muddle in deciding who to play If the recent defeat to the Chiefs at No10 early on, the Benji Marmarked the death knell for the shall saga serving to cloud the Blues’ season, the haemorrhag- waters further. They had three ing started last year. in the mix - Marshall, That’s when the Chris Noakes and shocking form on the Baden Kerr, with the road took hold, a run latter dropping out now at 13 matches due to a broken hand and showing no sign and the former due to of stopping. Losing his total lack of extheir final six matches perience at leading a of the season after a rugby union backline. promising start did Noakes was quickly for John Kirwan’s discarded after the team last year; this first game - a defeat Simon Hickey season the challenge to the Highlanders in will be to keep fighting when Dunedin which bizarrely mirthere could well be little to play rored last year’s fixture in that for. the Blues didn’t decide to start The Blues have five matches playing until the second half. remaining, all difficult ones.

Youngster Simon Hickey was They face the Sharks, Hur- then thrown the reins, his good ricanes, Force, Crusaders and form in pre-season leading to a Chiefs. The Force and Crusad- rapid promotion for the wider ers are away, the Sharks match training group player. After a at North Harbour Stadium. The good debut at home against the Hurricanes and Chiefs will put Crusaders, Kirwan kept faith in their unbeaten Eden Park record him until the youngster ran into this season under severe scru- a steep learning curve in the form tiny. of the Brumbies in Canberra, a So, where did it all go wrong night in which he was terrorised this time? Former All Blacks by second-five Pat McCabe. halfback Justin Marshall has Noakes was given another go suggested the lack of an attack- against the Hurricanes, suffered ing first-five is to blame, plus a concussion, and it was back to lack of leadership among the Hickey again for promising vicbackline, Ma’a Nonu apart. He’s tories over the Waratahs and right, but he could probably in- Reds and then of course the clude another, less obvious trait lacklustre defeat to the Chiefs in - gold old-fashioned bloody- New Plymouth.

Hickey, 20, who will captain New Zealand at next month’s World Championships, has a big future. He is an excellent goalkicker with a good temperament but lacks a bit of X-factor on attack which means defences drift off him and on to the bigger Blues’ firepower. That puts a lot of pressure on Nonu, who dealt with it well against the Waratahs and Reds but looked weighed down by it against the Chiefs.

What else? The Blues’ starts to matches were poor until they returned from South Africa and appeared to shut the Cheetahs out only to allow the visitors a glimpse of victory at the end.

Their set piece was wobbly at times - the scrum poor but improving, again following their return from South Africa.

Probably the main thing missing, though, was that intangible substance which makes teams such as the Chiefs better than the sum of their parts. On paper the Blues are an excellent team, with an All Black-laden forward pack and a backline which includes some of the most exciting players in the competition.

Grit and determination. The Chiefs have it, so have the Crusaders. The Hurricanes and Highlanders are finding it. The Blues, though, do not. When the going gets tough they succumb too easily and that must high on Kirwan’s priority list for next year.

- APNZ

By Ian Mccullough Less than nine months after his emotional exit from the Wests Tigers, Benji Marshall will make his NRL return for St George Illawarra today against Parramatta.

Marshall is free to don the famous red-V for the first time at Pirtek Stadium after the Dragons met a transfer fee set by the Tigers when they agreed to allow their former star player an early release from his contract to join Super Rugby side the Blues last year.

Dragons CEO Peter Doust and his Tigers counterpart Grant Mayer put the finishing touches to a package believed to be in the region of $200,000 yesterday morning.

Coach Steve Price had no hesitation in announcing Marshall would face the Eels once the paperwork had been lodged with the NRL and the 29-year-old proved his fitness after his first week of training.

“Benji has ticked all the boxes this week and is very keen to get back out on the field and play,” Price said.

Mayer said he was pleased to see Marshall back in the NRL and praised Doust and the Dragons for the manner in which they dealt with the situation.

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“Peter and the Dragons have acted in a very professional way and like all rugby league fans, I am happy to see Benji back,” Mayer said.

“I believe our game has reached a stage where transfer fees will become commonplace now rugby league is a billion dollar business.”

Tigers coach Mick Potter echoed Mayer’s sentiments but said Marshall would need to improve his attitude to training at his new club.

Marshall admitted recently he’d been in cruise mood for much of the past two years.

Parramatta co-captain Jarryd Hayne admits the Eels are wary of Marshall and the representative star said the former Kiwi skipper was still fresh enough to be a force at his new club.

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■ ROWING

Time out leaves Drysdale with catching up to do

By DavID leggat Mahe Drysdale finds himself in unusual territory as he prepares for this year’s European rowing campaign.

Since moving into the single seat in 2005, Drysdale has won five world titles, one silver, an Olympic gold and bronze and rates among the all-time greats.

His career in that time has been guided by the sure and

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certain knowledge that at the startline, provided he performed to the best of his capabilities, he would be the dominant figure in his class.

Not so now. For one thing, Czech Republic sculler Ondrej Synek is top of the pile, but Drysdale is also coming back after a 10-month break, followed by an unsatisfactory partial campaign last year.

On limited preparation, he failed to get past the quarter-finals at the world champs in South Korea.

So the 35-year-old Aucklander has set about restoring the old order. It won’t be easy. Synek has proved an outstanding competitor and Drysdale knows he’ll go to Europe next month with a few unknowns rattling around.

“To be honest I am not quite sure where I sit,” he said.

“I guess the world cups will be about trying to suss that out, where I am and what I need to do

to get back on top.”

Drysdale has changed his training regimen too.

Three years ago he introduced bike riding and reduced his onwater training to try to ease disc problems in his back. Now he’s tweaked that. The programme is six rows a week, four bike rides, two kayaks and two weight sessions.

Drysdale said while he had enjoyed the riding, he felt he had lost upper body strength. He feels he’s getting that back, things are on track, but true racing speed is yet to come.

Over summer, Drysdale was beaten three times by world and Olympic coxless pair rower Hamish Bond as he made his way back.

He didn’t particularly enjoy the feeling but gives Bond his due and acknowledged the upside of having top class athletes to compete

with in his own back yard - “nowhere else in the world has that”.

Drysdale loved his 10 months off, but knew it couldn’t last.

“I just had so much fun doing all the things I hadn’t been able to do when I was rowing. But it wasn’t sustainable.

“If that was my life for the next 10 years there’s no way I would want to go back to rowing. But it was false reality and it was not going to continue forever.

“By the end of it I was actually quite pleased to get back to rowing because it meant I was back at home.”

Although officially he returned to the squad last June, Drysdale thinks of October 1 as his “real” comeback. It has been a grind, but once back on the water he reckons there’s never been a time when he wondered if he’d made the right decision to take time out. - APNZ

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■ MID CANTERBURY SPORTS AWARDS

A year of change for Walsh

By Jonathan Leask

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Last year Tom Walsh was a little known shot putter, albeit a four-time national champion, that went within a whisker of qualifying for the Moscow World Championships.

Today he is a New Zealand athlete preparing for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where he is tipped to be a medal contender. He was also guest speaker at last night’s Mid Canterbury Sports Awards.

“Things have definitely changed in the last year,” Walsh said.

“I’ve obviously been behind Jacko [Gill] for a bit and I had never been asked to speak at anything.”

After the anguish of missing qualifying for the Moscow World Championships by 1cm, he picked himself back up, made some adjustments and surprised everyone but himself by winning the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in Poland earlier this year with an Oceania record-breaking throw of 21.26 metres.

“Since I missed on the World Championships by 1cm I looked at my training and what we could do better or change anything to be better, which was the major thing.

“It was more of a learning experience than anything else. Sometimes the biggest disappointment can be the best thing for you.”

The “looking back to move forward” approach paid off with a bronze in Poland and he then added 0.55cm to his New Zealand outdoor record two weeks later when he threw 21.16m at the IAAF World Challenge event in Melbourne.

Last month he beat long-time rival and world junior champion Gill in the most anticipated track and field showdown in decades for his fifth consecutive national title,

with the pair set to square off again in July.

“It’s all about the hard work I’ve been putting in for the last five years starting to pay off.

“Hopefully Jacko can get back to full fitness and we can have a decent throw at the Commonwealth Games together.”

As the South Cantabrian joked about not letting the “upstart from Auckland get the better of him” he said the competition with Gill was beneficial and drove him to succeed.

He is putting in the work, as he has been for five years, building towards Glasgow and a shot at a medal, and any medal will do.

“Any colour will be good for me. If you put a colour on it you create unneeded pressure. Anything can happen on the day.”

Three days a week he can be found on the building site earning a living with his hands and a hammer and on Thursday he heads home to Timaru to train.

“I like to think of it as if I have two parttime jobs.

“Building, the boys don’t want to talk athletics. They’ll talk about cars, their weekends and what they got up to which is great for me mentally to get away from [shot put].”

Building isn’t easy and requires plenty of concentration but it does give him a break from the intensity of training, even if others don’t think it’s all that hard.

“When I’m down there it is pretty full on and definitely mentally draining, but I totally enjoy throwing. Some people might look at you a bit weirdly and think all you do is turn around in a circle and throw a 7kg ball, but I like it.”

He finished up on the building site last week and begins preparations for the Games with a competition in the United States before a training camp with New Zealand world champion Valerie Adams in Switzerland.

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■ RUGBY

Hurricanes upset by Highlanders

By DanieL RichaRDson The Hurricanes may have to start relying on more than themselves if they want to make the Super Rugby play-offs.

After they were tipped over 18-16 by the Highlanders at Westpac Stadium in Wellington last night, they severely hurt their chances of making the post-season.

They’ve got four games left, all of which are against New Zealand opposition, and will likely need other results to fall their way to make the top six.

The Highlanders didn’t manage to cross the line all night but the steady boot of first-five Hayden Parker provided all the

points they needed. It was a contest the Hurricanes should have won. They were at full strength, had home advantage but they didn’t execute when they were expected to.

The Hurricanes found it tough to get quick ruck ball all evening as the Highlanders defended stoutly and were able to slow play at the breakdown. Defence was a feature of the game as neither side were willing to give an inch and they were committed to keeping their line intact.

The same couldn’t be said for the lineout, which was poor from both sides as every hooker who came on the paddock struggled with their throwing.

Scoring was fairly muted dur-

ing the opening 40 minutes as two evenly-matched sides began to feel each other out.

Burly Highlanders prop Ma’afu Fia went close but Julian Savea’s improved defensive game was again on display as he dislodged the ball from the bookend’s grasp during the opening quarter.

Savea, who has been damaging on attack in 2014, is starting to show greater discipline on the other side of the ball and it is a scary prospect to think how he good he can become as an allround player if his tackling develops further.

After both sides exchanged a couple of penalties each, Hurricanes halfback TJ Perenara

broke the game open with some nifty work at the back of the scrum as he picked the pocket of All Black incumbent Aaron Smith.

Perenara’s handy work and a conversion from Andre Taylor, who took over kicking duties from a hobbled Beauden Barrett, saw the Hurricanes take a 13-9 advantage to the break.

Perenara and Smith’s battle was one of the features of a tight contest and while the latter is clearly the No 1 halfback in the country, Perenara is in search of a test debut despite being a regular squad member for the All Blacks last year.

The struggle continued in the second spell as neither could as-

sert themselves on the game.

Taylor’s boot kept the Hurricanes in front for a while before Parker, who had been tremendous all evening, added a drop goal in the 65th minute to give the Highlanders a lead they would never give up.

Taylor had the chance to reclaim the advantage in the 72nd minute but his regulation penalty attempt went wide with the game on the line.

Then Perenara looked like he had stolen the game back for the Hurricanes with a desperate lunge that dotted the ball down with only a few minutes left but the TMO believed there was obstruction at the ruck and the try was disallowed.

- APNZ

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Sharpshooter bags top p

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Sharpshooter Joseph McAdam was named the Mid Canterbury Sportsperson of the Year last night at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards.

The award was accepted by his mother Suzy in his absence.

The smallbore target shooter is a holder of the Oceania Games gold medal for the 50m prone and was a member of the New Zealand Open and the Junior Smallbore rifle teams that beat the United Kingdom, producing the top score

for the juniors.

He was in the South Island open and junior teams, and was a member of the Plainsmen National District Championship division one winning team where he was the top junior shooter in the competition.

McAdam is the second shooter in four years to win the top honour after Commonwealth Games gold medallist John Snowden won in 2011, with lawn bowler Sandra Keith taking the title in the past two years.

The shooter also spoilt a clean sweep for Mid Canterbury Rugby,

with rugby representatives Jon Dampney and Dwayne Burrows also up for Individual Sportsperson of the year but settled for being in the Outstanding Team of the year.

The Mid Canterbury Heartland team got the nod for the team of the year after winning a maiden Meads Cup and their coach Glenn Moore was named the outstanding coach of the year.

Rugby also laid claim to the junior team of the year with the Ashburton College 1st XV rewarded for an historic season that had them crowned South Island

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By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Outstanding athlete with a disability, smallbore shooter Sandy Collett.

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Already acknowledged by High Performance Sport New Zealand as one to watch, Grace Sommerville was named the Mid Canterbury Outstanding Sportsperson of the year last night.

Sommerville was recognised as a carded athlete by High Performance Sport New Zealand and is the current New Zealand Open and Age Group champion in the 10km open water swim and the 5km open water swim.

She also competed in the Australian 10km Open Water Cham-

pionships in Perth and in coming 12th she qualified for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Hawaii at the end of August.

Sommerville wasn’t present to receive the award as she now based in the US after she received a full academic and swimming scholarship to the University of Denver.

With Sommerville already in Denver, the award was received by her team-mate Lucy Clough.

Superbike racer Bailie Perriton was named the runner-up in the juniors, after winning a maiden 250cc production title in the New Zealand Superbike Championship

where he broke lap records at all four race venues.

Sommerville was one of three Ashburton Swim Team members to win big last night.

Matthew Clough’s exploits in the pool as well as on the athletics track, football field, crosscountry and in triathlon, had him named the all-round athlete of the year, which also had Emma Waite named runner-up for her exploits across equestrian, athletics, biathlon, cross-country, mountain biking and rugby.

Helen Tait’s work on the side of the pool had her named outstand-

Outstanding junior official netball umpire Stacey Hopwood.

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Outstanding senior official, swimming’s Helen Tait.

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Outstanding all-round athlete Mat

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prize Co-Ed champions and a maiden trip to the prestigious national top four tournament.

McAdam wasn’t the only shooter honoured for a stellar season, with Sandy Collett named the Outstanding athlete with a disability.

Collett, profoundly deaf since birth, was a member of the New Zealand Open and New Zealand women’s Smallbore rifle teams, the South Island Open and Women’s teams and was in the Ashburton Plainsmen team that took out division one in the National Districts Championship.

wimmer ing senior official. She officiated at the Oceania Open Water Swim Championships, and has at different times been a meet director, referee, starter, inspector of turns, start judge, turn judge and finish judge at a large number of national and provincial swim meets.

The outstanding junior official was netball umpire Stacey Hopwood who was one of 14 young New Zealand umpires to attend a national development camp, is one of the youngest Netball New Zealand Umpire Coach assessors and is a New Zealand netball youth advisory board member.

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Outstanding junior team Ashburton College 1st XV represented by (from left) Kieran Hunt, Xavier Bartlett and Ali Prescott.

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Outstanding senior team, Mid Canterbury Heartland rugby team represented by captain Jon Dampney.

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Outstanding coach, Mid Canterbury Heartland coach Glenn Moore.

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In brief Wilkinson second Tim Wilkinson sits in a share of second place after the opening round of the PGA Tour’s HP Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

The Manawatu left-hander fired a four-under 66 to be one place behind leader Peter Hanson of Sweden in the US$6,900,000 event. New Zealand’s Danny Lee shot a one-under 69 to lie in a share of 29th. In the Web.com Tour, New Zealand’s Steven Alker is in a share of 16th place after firing a five-under 67. He’s four shots behind leader Blayne Barber of the United States.

- APNZ

Phoenix game times The Wellington Phoenix have confirmed the kick-off times for the double-header to be played at Westpac Stadium during July’s Football United Tour. English Premier League outfit West Ham United will meet Sydney FC at 2pm on Saturday, July 26 with the Phoenix set to meet English club Newcastle United at 4.30pm.

The club released a statement yesterday, which also said 13,000 tickets had been snapped up during the first day of pre-sales for the double-header with tickets set to go on sale to the general public on Monday.

- APNZ

Qatar ‘a mistake’ FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said it was a mistake to choose Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup because of the country’s sweltering summertime climate.

The average temperature tops 40 in June and July, when World Cup finals usually take place. “The Qatar technical report ruled that it was too hot in the summer, but the (FIFA’s) executive committee, with a large majority, decided to play in Qatar,” said Blatter. In these circumstances, “it is more than likely” that the 2022 World Cup will be played in winter, said Blatter, who has repeatedly expressed his desire to move the tournament to a more appropriate date. Temperatures in the winter in Qatar are around 25.

- AFP

Sterling may sue Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, banned for life from the NBA, is threatening to sue the league, it was reported yesterday.

Donald Sterling The 80-year-old also said through a lawyer that he did not plan on paying the $US2.5 million ($NZ2.9 million) fine the league slapped him with for his controversial comments.

Sterling’s lawyer Maxwell Blecher has written a letter to the NBA claiming Sterling has done nothing wrong and “no punishment is warranted”, according to Sports Illustrated.

The report cited unnamed sources as saying Blecher is arguing that Sterling’s due process rights have been violated and he has not breached any article of the league’s constitution.

- AFP

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■ CRICKET

A match-fixer’s dream

By Dylan Cleaver

one. His recruitment record is awful.

Fragile, erratic and most of all Nearly every player Vincent, achingly lonely, Lou Vincent now 35, tried to co-opt, said was the match-fixer’s dream. “no” and subsequently reported Shocking details have the approach. These include emerged of Vincent’s complic- Mal Loye, a former England ity in the world of spot and player who played with Vincent match-fixing, the low point in at Lancashire. a career defined by exhilarating The NZ Herald yesterday highs and ludicrous lows. revealed that Vincent also apAs Vincent’s role in this shad- proached an unnamed Auckland owy world takes more defini- team-mate at the Champions tion, one thing is League in 2012 in South Africa. becoming inIt was this act, and the subsecreasingly quent reporting of it to anticlear: the forcorruption officials, that mer internasaw investigators tional batsclose in on Vincent. man was The International not only a Cricket Council’s recidivist anti-corruption unit fixer, he (ASCU) questioned Vinwas also a cent for the first time in poor South Africa.

The wheels were then set in motion for what is shaping as the biggest sports scandal in New Zealand history and the biggest crisis cricket has faced since Lou Vincent the Hansie Cronje af-

fair in 2000. And in the middle of it all stands Vincent, the ultra-talented, right-handed batsman who scored a century against Australia at the WACA Ground in Perth in the first innings of his six-year, 23-test, 102 ODI international career.

Admitting all this, coming clean, does not make him a hero.

He is now a confirmed cheat.

What he did in South Africa with Auckland, if it turns out to be true, was despicable. He would have had team-mates on those trips whose annual retainers would have been less than the price of a pre-arranged noball.

The Champions League represented not only a shop window for those players to more lucrative leagues, but the chance of significant prize money should Auckland have progressed. Vincent, it seems, was sabotaging those chances.

Yet there is something inherently sympathetic about the guy. He has always been generous with his time, up for a chat and, beneath it all, vulnerable.

In a feature interview with the

Herald last year, Vincent opened up about his battles with alcohol and mental health issues. In the piece he talked about the feeling of loneliness when on tour.

“I just had the anxiety of feeling worthless, that I wasn’t being asked out with the rest,” Vincent said. “You’re in your room, you’re by yourself and nobody ever calls you to say, ‘C’mon, let’s go out to dinner.’ You feel like an individual, not a team-mate. That was my biggest issue - that feeling of worthlessness.”

So it doesn’t take a giant leap of imagination to imagine that the comforting embrace of a colleague, no matter how malevolent, would be appealing.

Vincent is now purging. He has refused to comment other than to say he is co-operating with the investigation - on the other hand he could be trying to avoid a jail sentence by revealing all. In England, matchfixing is a crime and players such as former Pakistan captain Salman Butt have spent time in prison for it.

- APNZ

■ OPINION

Putting the pedal to the metal - hard W heels Week has just about done its dash again, and yet again it has been a huge success.

There are people in this rapidly-expanding town who haven’t had anything to do with any part of any activities or celebrations relating to this continuing carnival of all things wheeled - but not very many at all.

There’s just so much on during the ‘week’ (it’s a very long week) ranging from spinning wheelers doing their thing, to the street parade, to the dust and dirt of the speedway action out at the airport track (if you haven’t been out there for a year or three, get out and have a look next meeting, these folks are running a very professional operation out there) and many more.

The attractions of the swap meet over in Tinwald remain a mystery to many, but every year there’s hundreds and hundreds of eager punters swarming over the range of sometimes ancient automotive paraphernalia on show, and you don’t have to be there long before you hear someone shout ‘Eureka!’ when they find the back axle for that 1948 Morris that they’ve been yearning after for the last 10 years.

There’s the go-fast boys out at Willowby today, finding out just who can put down the best standing quarter, and highest top speed on the day (and they’re scary top speeds).

And the Jokers had their gleam machines on show at the Devon on a super sunny Saturday afternoon - actually you hardly needed to step inside, the amount of serious Milwaukee iron parked outside was impressive enough on their own.

But the jewel in the crown for most over the course of the celebrations are the street sprints, held around the Smallbone Drive/industrial estate streets.

Its a huge undertaking, requiring the collaboration of council and all the businesses in the area to make it work, and the result is always nothing short of spectacular.

The main sponsor this year was AutoSparks, operating out of the same Alford Forest Road address that Ian Donald’s motoring emporium used to; the supreme irony being that Alford Auto Spares was the sponsor of the very first running of this event, nearly 25 years ago. Time flies when you’re having fun.

Glenn Frew won the thing yet again this year in his flying red Mitsi Evo, and that is one

their act together.

I’ve never seen the drifters doing their thing live until last weekend; I can now see why it’s a form of motorsport that has exploded over the past few Steve Devereux years.

MY SHOUT The guy that did a couple of demo runs left an awful lot of beautifully presented race car. rubber on the road; their yearly The word ‘awesome’ is mastyre bill in a sport that’s already sively (and horribly) over-used an expensive one must be just these days (‘You want fries with horrendous, and in the still air that? Awesome’), but hearing he left a pall of smoke that, er, Glenn blasting down towards the drifted slowly away eventually. hairpin all guns blazing, yeah, That probably held up the that’s approaching awesome. final run just a little, and it was To put how fast these cars already getting dark, which were going into perspective leads to the only minor criticism Wayne Adams, a true veteran of of the whole deal. this event, did a timed run in his It’s a big day of racing, evenice new Jag, which would be rybody’s seen plenty by late afone of the fastest stock standard ternoon, and there was a steady cars around this town. stream of spectators leaving Wayne was hurling the sleek over an hour before the final big cat around the track, pushruns. Perhaps they should scheding it to the limits and going ule the final for 4pm, have a final way faster than sane, sensible 14 or even 12 instead of 16, in people would want to - but his other words be ruthless with time still finished up more than the whole day’s programme, so 25 seconds off the pace the fast everyone can see what should be men were generating. the best and fastest runs of the Top marks to the commenday, in a final shootout held in tary team - keeping up the the best conditions. patter and banter and keeping But if that’s all there is to it fresh for hour after hour on complain about, then the organthe same subject is an incredibly isers must be putting on a damn difficult task, they truly have good show - and they are.

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■ BASKETBALL

Adams shines in clinching win

By Kris shannon A career-best night from Steven Adams has helped Oklahoma City sneak past the Los Angeles Clippers and into the NBA western conference finals.

Adams showed impeccable timing yesterday afternoon (NZ time) to produce a spectacular performance in the series’ clinching game, recording a doubledouble and setting career highs in both minutes and rebounds.

His side’s 104-98 victory in game six of the conference semifinals saw the Thunder seal the series 4-2 and advance to a meeting with the San Antonio Spurs, with game one set for Tuesday (NZ time).

The triumph leaves Adams eight wins away from capping an amazing rookie season with an NBA title and, based on yesterday’s performance, he should see significant game time against the Spurs.

Coming off the bench to finish the win with a whopping 40 minutes, Adams trailed only MVP Kevin Durant among his teammates and saw more court time than even All Star point guard Russell Westbrook. His previous career-high, set in the regular season, was 30 minutes.

The Kiwi produced the second double-double of his young career, scoring an invaluable 10 points and grabbing 11 boards, surpassing his career-best of 10.

Adams also chimed in with a steal and a block on All Star Blake Griffin.

The impressive stat line hardly came in garbage time, either.

Adams was contributing on the court as the Thunder hauled in an early 16-point deficit and he was still there as they finally found the lead in the fourth.

The 20-year-old was afforded such an opportunity to excel af-

ter Kendrick Perkins - ostensibly the Thunder’s starting centre - fell into early foul trouble. Perkins picked up three fouls in the opening five minutes and, called on by coach Scott Brooks, Adams seized the resulting chance with both hands.

He played the remainder of the first quarter and came out of the game only in the dying moments of the second, when he, too, earned a third personal foul.

Adams was again inserted into the game early in the third period and, walking a foul tightrope, he continued to snatch key defensive rebounds and set solid screens on the offensive end.

As the Thunder closed out the game on the back of 39 points from Durant, Adams was finally allowed to take his seat on the bench, finishing with five field goals from seven attempts.

His points largely arrived from dunks close to the hoop but he also displayed his agility in avoiding the presence on Griffin on the left of the rim and cleverly laying in on the right.

Only four teams remain in the race for the Larry O’Brien Trophy, with the winner of the Thunder-Spurs series set to meet either defending champions Miami or Indiana in the NBA Finals.

Indiana set up a rematch of last

year’s eastern conference finals after winning 93-80 against the Washington Wizards to claim their semifinal series 4-2. The Pacers took the Heat to seven games in 2013 before LeBron James’ side advanced to claim their second straight title.

Indiana earned a chance for revenge after David West scored 29 points in a roller-coaster performance from the Pacers, who blew a double-digit advantage in the second half before pulling away late. Both conference finals series pit the No 1 seed against the No 2, with Miami and San Antonio topping the regular season standings.

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Oklahoma City Thunder centre Steven Adams (left) puts up a shot as Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin defends in the first half of Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series in Los Angeles yesterday. AP Photo

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In brief Long-term search

Ferry sinks; 25 dead

Malaysia is considering deploying underwater vehicles as authorities prepare for a long-term search effort for missing flight MH370, an official says. Deputy defence minister Abdul Rahim Bakri said national oil company Petronas would provide two autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to help search for the Malaysia Airline Boeing 777-200. As the so-far futile search continues, he said Petronas was also mulling over providing underwater sonar equipment and remotely operated vehicles. Abdul Rahim said Malaysia’s oil and gas firm Sapura Kencana was offering a multibeam echo-sounder which was being considered by the government.

- AFP

‘Knee deep’ in oil

Bangladeshi rescuers look for bodies of victims from the River Meghna after a ferry carrying more than 100 passengers capsized and sank after being hit by a storm in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, yesterday. ap photo

Divers are battling to recover bodies trapped in the wreckage of a Bangladesh ferry that was sunk by a giant wave.

The death toll from yesterday’s disaster has risen to 25 with scores more feared drowned.

As survivors blamed the captain of the MV Miraz for refusing to take shelter from a gathering storm, an investigation was launched into whether it had been carrying too many passengers. Bangladesh is no stranger to ferry disasters, with overcrowding and poor maintenance often to blame.

Officials said as many as 200 people may have been on the ferry when it sank to the bottom of the river Meghna, some 50kms southeast of the capital Dhaka.

As distraught relatives gathered by the side of the river where bodies were being laid out, an initial bid to raise the ferry failed before two salvage ships embarked on another attempt to drag it to shore.

“Many of the passengers rushed to lower decks of the ship to escape from heavy wind. They were trapped. I am afraid most of the bodies will be found there,” Bangladesh’s water transport authority chief Shamsuddoha Khandaker said.

Khandaker said up to 40 people were able to swim to safety or were rescued by fishing boats after the vessel began to list but the vessel went down in minutes.

“The death toll now stands at 25, including 15 women and children,” local police chief

Ferdous Ahmed said. The exact number of passengers was not immediately known as Bangladeshi ferries do not maintain passenger logbooks.

Officials had initially said up to 350 people could have been on board when the ferry capsized on Thursday, but Khandaker said the number was thought to be smaller.

“It is a mid-sized ferry and was about 90 feet long. It can carry around 500 passengers without cargo. But from what we have gathered so far, it was carrying around 150-200 passengers at the time of the accident,” he said.

An investigation has been ordered into whether the vessel was carrying more than its capacity or whether it had structural faults.

Some survivors blamed the skipper for defying calls to abort the journey as the weather worsened.

“The sky became black and dozens of us pleaded with him to take the ship to the nearest shore as we saw the storm coming. He did not listen to us,” survivor Mohammad Ali said.

“The storm unleashed three huge waves. The ferry survived the first two, but the third tilted and then sank the vessel within minutes.

“I was holding the hand of my wife and she was tightly holding our six-year-old son in her chest,” the garment worker added.

“After the third wave, I did not see them again,” Ali, struggling to hold back tears, said on the banks of the river. - AFP

■ TURKEY

Strikes hit Turkey after mine disaster Turkish protesters have taken to the streets in anger with the government after at least 282 workers were killed in one of the worst mining accidents in modern history.

As hopes faded for scores more miners still trapped underground two days after the devastating blast, police fired tear gas and water cannon at about 20,000 protesters in the western city of Izmir.

Turkey’s four biggest unions called a one-day strike, saying workers’ lives were being jeopardised to cut costs, and

demanding that those responsible for the collapse of the coal mine in the western town of Soma in Manisa province be brought to account.

“Hundreds of our workers have been left to die from the very beginning by being forced to work in cruel production processes to achieve maximum profits,” they said in a joint statement, calling on people to wear black.

Anger at the disaster has swept across Turkey, where mine explosions and cave-ins are a frequent occurrence.

President Abdullah Gul vowed action to prevent further such accidents.

“Whatever necessary will be done. We need to review all the regulations, like all developed countries do, so that these accidents do not happen again.”

Authorities have confirmed 282 dead, making it Turkey’s worst ever industrial accident.

Throughout yesterday loudspeakers in the town of 100,000 crackled with the sound of death announcements - the names of the deceased, and details of their burial ar-

rangements. Early reports said 787 workers were underground when the blast occurred. By late Wednesday, “close to 450” workers had been rescued, according to Soma Komur.

But accounts from rescue workers cast doubt over these numbers.

Erdem Bakin, a doctor with the Search and Rescue organisation, said only about 70 to 80 people between the mine entrance and the transformer that exploded had survived.

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Some 10,000 gallons of crude oil have spilled into the streets after a pipeline ruptured in a Los Angeles neighbourhood. The oil was “knee deep” in some areas and spread over a half mile area in Atwater Village, northwest of downtown Los Angeles, officials said after the early morning spill. A geyser of crude spurted up to six metres in the air after the rupture in the above-ground pipe in an industrial area next to a strip club, Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) spokesman David Spence said.

- AFP

Criticism mounting Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will visit a northeastern town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamic militants, with international criticism mounting of his response to the crisis. A senior government official said the head of state would be in remote Chibok in Borno state today before flying to Paris for a regional security summit to discuss the Boko Haram threat.

Jonathan and his government have been widely criticised for their slow response to the kidnapping on April 14, which saw 276 girls abducted by militants. A total of 223 are still missing.

- AFP

Dozens trapped Mozambique police say at least a dozen people were trapped underground after an illegal mine collapsed in the northern district of Memba, killing five miners.

“Five people have died and so far 20 people have been rescued,” police spokesman for Nampula province, Miguel Bartolomeu said. An estimated 40 illegal gold miners were believed to have been in a 12-metre deep open cast mine when it collapsed this week, in the district of Memba near the border with Tanzania.

- AFP

Car bomb kills 43 A car bomb has killed at least 43 civilians and wounded dozens on the Syrian side of the Bab al-Salama border crossing with Turkey, a monitoring group says.

Women and children were among the dead in the blast in an area used as a carpark, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Gruesome photographs posted online by activists showed shocked men standing over charred, blackened bodies, some missing limbs.

- AFP

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Positive Budget a nice change Coen Lammers EDITOR

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he 2014 Budget was a nice change from the doom and gloom of the past five years.

Despite the opposition picking the traditional holes in the Budget of Finance Minister Bill English, they could not deny that the first surplus in six years, is something for this country to enjoy.

After watching the Australian Government delivering the budget of doom earlier in the week with an expected deficit of $30 billion, the modest New Zealand surplus of $372 million is a strong signal that our economy is miles ahead of many others.

We still have a long way to go though to deal with our national debt which Mr English expects to peak at $66 billion in two years’ time. That would equate to 26 per cent of our gross domestic product. The goal to get the debt under 20 per cent of GDP by 2020 would allow the Government to again contribute to the superannuation fund.

The opposition parties regularly point out that the national debt was only $10 billion when National took office, but it is hard to predict what any other party would have done during the global financial crisis.

During his reign, Mr English has been compared to Mr Scrooge with his frugal budgets, but the consistent austerity measures have spared New Zealand from slipping into the same financial quagmire that the US and European nations found themselves in.

Those nations had overinflated housing markets like us, but without a tight spending regime and helped by a booming dairy industry, New Zealand has been the first to claw out of the global financial crisis.

The Budget disappointed some observers and first home buyers who had hoped for some assistance to get them on the property ladder.

On the flipside, many families will have been pleased with the additional spending on children’s health, parental leave and early childhood education.

And with the election coming up, we may just expect a few more unexpected presents from Mr Scrooge.

YOUR VIEW Bring Back Hoops

Second bridge

Bring Back Hoops is the cry.

Sorry Hoops, we know you want a real job with great hours, but come on those two love themselves too much it’s boring.

Then when you get on at that time of day all we want is music. Sorry Hoops, come back.

Love your work.

Millsy

How come the council has already bought land in the proposed second bridge zone when the meeting to hear the commissioner’s recommendation isn’t until May 22?

NZ Post False claims NZ Post – my daughter sent a card from Palmerston North last Wednesday, it arrived this morning, Tuesday!

Simply not acceptable.

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A place to call your home Hanne Nielsen

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n recent weeks there has been much discussion about what Mid Canterbury is like for newcomers.

Auckland is no Asia or Africa, but the being new part is something that resonates, wherever you have moved from.

It can be hard to start a life in a new location, as distance sees differences in attitudes, habits and cultures loom out of proportion. From shopping hours to the foods available in said shops, there is much to adjust to.

Sometimes you have to go far away from the familiar in order to be able to see of what those adjustments might consist. I first found out what it is like to be different when visiting family in Denmark. My (then) blonde hair and blue eyes went down well, right up until I opened my mouth.

It’s often said that when people speak Danish it sounds like they have a hot potato in their mouth, but apparently my potato was a Dargaville kumara because all I got back were puzzled brows and the polite suggestion that perhaps I should

Rejected by Denmark because of my ongoing love for the black, salty stuff.

try again, in English.

Soon after that it became apparent that I had a real taste for Marmite, and my citizenship was revoked with immediate effect. (The spread is not approved for human consumption under local laws, while the immigration minister at the time pointed to any weakness for the salty black stuff as proof of questionable national allegiance: no Dane could ever stand the stuff).

Getting fired from Denmark

was hard, as a tangible link to my heritage was amputated with a single official letter. It took away a sense of belonging, but at the same time it made me take note of the many small and forgotten ways I belong to New Zealand.

There’s the taste for yeast spreads, the pride in prizewinning A&P show produce, and the unmistakable ‘Nuzild’ twang. And yet, down here I still don’t qualify as a local.

When I arrived in Ashburton

I was told very matter of factly that people either stayed for three years or more than 30.

While this statistic is unlikely to have passed through a rigorous peer-reviewed process, it’s an interesting anecdote about how long it can take to find your place and get to know the one you’re living in.

Three years may not sound like much, but it’s the same amount of time many devote to studying at universities up and down the country. After three years, surely newcomers deserve a certificate too: Degree in Midcantabrian Studies, signed by two locals who have roads named after their families or recognise Hakatere as their turangawaewae.

That graduation could also be a way to facilitate conversation between new and old.

It is often easier to meet foreigners or people who are new to a place than those who have been in the area for many years and live deep in the maze of their day to day lives and habits.

Being new to a place has many advantages, as outsiders’ eyes often see everyday things from a new perspective.

Certificates or not, a little openness, a friendly smile and a thin spread of Marmite can go a long way towards carving a place called home in the midst of a landscape of firsts, that’s for sure.

Enhance your life with volunteer work

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lot of folk in Ashburton continue to do a wonderful job volunteering for the needs of others, but sadly it is becoming more and more difficult to attract new people.

While we enjoy providing this service, it’s not always how much we do, as the smallest amount we can manage to fit into our busy week maybe a huge help to that organisation.

Any type of volunteer work is one of the most rewarding things we as humans can do, it takes dedication, care and responsibility, but in the end the pleasure you get and the friends you make can change your life.

People these days are terribly busy and often think they couldn’t possibly fit another job

Judy Reeves

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

into their lives, others may not want the commitment, however in the future we may struggle to keep these services going as the people that volunteer now are getting older and eventually will find it difficult to carry on this work.

Jesus lived his life teaching us to care for others, especially those who struggle to care for themselves, by his example he was teaching us to be committed to everyone, not just to be all about ourselves. Therefore he encouraged growth, he taught us that to grow a

healthy plant we need to sow our seeds and feed and water it, just like our spiritual lives, we will grow if we desire to move forward with God. We also grow in our personal lives if we dare to challenge ourselves.

We won’t gain a lot with just good intentions, so don’t put off doing a service for our community.

God wants you to change someone’s life, he encourages you to start a friendship with a lonely person, someone who is waiting for a friendly face to listen to, you could be a rest home visitor, or a day-care driver, meals on wheels, or idea services volunteer, there are many other things you could do with only an hour or two out of your week.

These days when servanthood is dying for lack of examples and we get tied up in theological knots over the meaning of the word, we might do well to start where Jesus did with a simple question, what can I do for you?

Who knows these words might revolutionise your relationships. For even the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).

Take the time to think about what area God might need you to work in to help others.

The soul of our town needs volunteers to help it tick over.

Judy Reeves is with St James Church in Tinwald

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West Street has grown to become a varied retail strip, but it is still probably best known for its star feature, the Ashburton Domain.

Ashburton’s early town planners set aside a large area near the centre of town to be landscaped as a public reserve. Its first gardener was appointed in 1877 and started planting in the area. Some of the trees still standing in the domain were brought as seeds to New Zealand with early pioneers to ensure they would have reminders of their homeland in their new country.

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Today West Street is busy, often more than busy. What was once a road that provided little more than a link between Timaru and Christchurch is now a highway that is often nose to tail with both through and local traffic.

The Ashburton Domain today covers 37 hectares of open space, lawns, gardens and recreational facilities.

Today’s traffic snarl ups, however, will soon disappear, with plans to install traffic signals at the Walnut Avenue intersection with both West and East streets.

The ambiance of West Street will also be improved when the rail shunting yard that has been sited opposite the domain for more than 100 years, is relocated into the North East Business Estate. Plans for the relocation have been on the Ashburton District Council’s wish list for years and while progress is slow, once achieved it will be a key factor in improving traffic movements from one side of town to the other.

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Nestled close to the domain is Ashburton’s newest facility its art gallery and heritage centre, which is due to open in spring.

The state of the art complex has been specifically designed to show case local and touring art exhibitions and to provide a secure home for the district’s historical artifacts, documents and photos.

For many years art and history were on show in an older building in Baring Square. This building started its life as home for the Ashburton County Council. While it was architecturally attractive, the building did not have the climatic and lighting controls needed to preserve the district’s art and its history. The new, purpose built complex will take both the preservation and the display of the

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MCDONALD’S ASHBURTON McDonald’s sits on the corner on West Street and Moore Streets. Known as the ‘golden arches’ to its admirers, it is positioned in a prime location for drivers and walk in customers alike.

Whether you are short of time and need to quickly go through the drive through to pick up a meal on the way home from work or stop in at the McCafe for a hot coffee and a delicious muffin, the options are endless and are designed to suit everyone.

McDonald’s is known for its good value meals, good tastes and a place for good times. It’s a family friendly restaurant with play area which makes it an ideal choice to take the kids in the weekend or after a sports game. There is a wide variety of meals to choose from - from the classic Big Mac to the Happy Meal for kids. There’s also salads and wraps for the more health conscious diner.

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Sam Bromfield, manager and salesman of the STIHL Shop side of things has everything you need to get all your outdoor jobs pumping! Nathan Langridge has recently joined the team as our Can-Am manager and salesman.

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Down here at STIHL Shop Ashburton, we are fully stocked with all the latest STIHL outdoor power equipment, ride on mowers, log splitters, ATVs, as well as safety gear for all sorts of jobs. With monthly promotions, be sure to grab a deal and come on down and see us at STIHL Shop Ashburton, West Street right next to CRT. Whether it's lawnmowers, hedgecutters, blowers, linetrimmers or chainsaws, we know Outdoor Power Equipment inside out. With a wide range of brands and gear we can show you just the right tool for your needs. And because we're enthusiasts, we'll provide expert advice, show you how things work and provide after-sales support.

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Whether you're a weekend warrior or a professional, STIHL Shop has the right advice and the right equipment. Do touch. Do fiddle. And please, pester us with questions. For expert advice, sales and service, go to STIHL Shop Ashburton.

Who do you turn to for tyres? With more than 87 stores nation-wide, Beaurepaires is there to keep your wheels spinning.

Beaurepaires Ashburton have an experienced team who will go the extra mile to ensure your safety on the road.

They service all types of tyres from wheelbarrows, trailers, cars, vans 4x4’s to line haul trucks, buses and coaches, earthmovers, forklifts, container carriers, anything that runs on rubber.

They are passionate about safety, and making sure the right tyres are fitted to each specific vehicle. They perform wheel alignments, which is imperative to the long life of your new tyres.

They also have advanced battery health check and offer a free battery health check which only takes a few minutes to complete. For the health of your tyres, and for your own piece of mind for the safety of your vehicle, call in to the friendly local Beaurepaires team.

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Vision Insurance (S.I.) Ltd commenced operations in Ashburton on 29 October 2001.

Vision Insurance and its brokers are members of IBANZ (Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand) and are bound by its code of ethics, and also members of Brokernet, an association of independent, New Zealand-owned insurance brokers who provide unique solutions, quality service and specialised products.

Vision Insurance (SI) operates out of Ashburton, Christchurch, Rangiora, Nelson and has recently commenced operating in Timaru.

Vision Insurance has a wealth of experience and knowledge that can be called upon when dealing with your insurances. Whilst David Rush is the Director he is supported by a team of other senior brokers. These people have a wealth and real depth of knowledge of the insurance industry having worked in the industry most of their lives.

Vision Insurance operates in the fire and general insurance market, including commercial, domestic, marine and travel insurances.

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OUT & ABOUT IN ASHFORD VILLAGE 34 Ashburton Guardian

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The creation of one man’s dream

T

he first business that usually comes to mind when anyone says West Street is Ashford.

This iconic Kiwi company has its roots very firmly in the Ashburton District’s soil, but its branches reach around the world.

It began as many good businesses do, with one man’s dream.

The story of the Ashford business goes back to the depression years when Walter Ashford decided to convert his family’s Christchurch laundry into a workshop.

Four days a week he made wooden fireside stools with seagrass seating. One day a week he cycled Christchurch, door knocking and selling these.

The Ashford family moved to Rakaia and Walter continued making and repairing furniture. He also set up a mail order business, selling his stools in parts and posting them to customers with an assembly instruction sheet.

The kitset business grew and production expanded to include nursery and household furniture, utilities and toys.

And then the foundations of today’s business empire were laid when Walter was asked to design a spinning wheel.

During the years of World War Two the wheels were in great demand and his factory produced 3600 wheels, but post war, demand dwindled as synthetic fibres

started replacing wool and spinning went out of fashion.

Twenty years down the track he was asked to make 10 wheels. He was reluctant but his client was persistent.

He went back into production from his Rakaia workshop and the business gained new life. Orders started coming from four corners of the world.

And that was the catalyst for the construction of a factory in Ashburton.

Today Ashford has produced more than half a million wheels and exports to more than 40 countries.

The business is now owned and run

by Walter’s son

Richard and his wife Elizabeth.

Today the Ashford business has grown to include a craft village that showcases a number of boutique businesses all clustered around historic Mill House.

This opened in 1986 and as well as being popular with locals is a regular stopping place for

travellers.

Mill House, once home to families who owned a nearby flour mill, was restored and became part of the Ashford complex as a home for the company’s craft shop on its ground floor, with rooms where craft classes are run on its upper level.

It also houses a bright, welcoming café and restaurant that opens out to a sheltered outdoor dining area.

Ashford Village A unique visitor destination Ten shops and cafe.

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Open 7 days 427 West Street Ashburton (State Highway One) p. (03) 308 9085 The textile crafts of spinning, weaving, felting, dyeing and knitting are a wonderful way to express yourself. The limitless combinations of colour, fibre and texture will open up a world of creativity and inspiration.

Since 1934, when Walter Ashford founded the company, Ashford Handicrafts has become the world leader in the manufacture of textile craft equipment. Today Walter’s son Richard and his wife Elizabeth together with their loyal and long-serving staff have produced over 600,000 spinning wheels and weaving looms which are used around the world.

They have a range of spinning wheels, weaving looms, carders, fibres, dyes, yarns and books to suit every lifestyle.

The New Zealand Government has recognized them with awards for excellence in design and exporting and all are manufactured under the quality assurance system, Q-base.

From the beginning their philosophy is to respect nature and work ethically and sustainably.

Kazue Nishioka from Happy Medium has been importing fabrics, clothes, home ware and jewellery from her homeland Japan, India and other Asian nations for 10 years.

Her beautiful range includes colourful scarves and her own designed kaftans in traditional hand-blocked fabrics, silver jewellery and unique gifts. She has recently moved from the triangle to the Ashford Village shops into a big, bright and warm shop at the heart of the village.

Her new location is sunnier, greener and has a picnic table in front of the shop! Its an Aladdin's Cave featuring unique and beautiful clothes, fabrics, jewellery and homeware.

So pop down and have a look around the friendly and refreshed shop for that little treasure you have been looking for.

This multi award winning eatery has been nourishing the locals and travellers from around the globe, with menus of fresh regional cuisine, hand crafted on premise.

An ideal stop for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or coffee and a snack.

Exciting wine lists and 100% organic and fare trade coffee.

Passionate foodies, Vicki and Rangi Waaka believes in fresh, honest and tasty food. Nosh uses only fresh ingredients, free-range and spray-free products whenever possible, and blends them together with enthusiasm. “Fresh ingredients, creative combinations and a bit of love in the cooking process all contribute to what the customers got on their plate,” says Vicki. She owns and operates Nosh with husband Rangi and both believe in excellent customer service, as well as friendly and efficient staff.

Ashford Village

A unique visitor destination Ten shops and cafe.

Home of the world famous Ashford spinning wheel.

Open 7 days

427 West Street Ashburton Open Monday to Friday (State Highway 9.00amOne) to 5.00pm p. (03) 308 9085

JANE EATON, KARLA POYNER, CAROLINE POLSON, CLARE KIAMTIA, ELSPETH JAINE We are a group of highly trained professionals specialising in :

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Margaret has been in her trade since the age of 15. After seeing clothes stalls at A&P Shows, Margaret started a business from home before moving into her current premises. Margaret now manufactures all products in her shop and prides herself in selling New Zealand Made, including New Zealand Merino knits and wovens along with some woollen garments purchased from other manufacturers.

Boondocks caters to women’s sizes8 to 24.

Important aspects to Margaret’s industry are having a good eye for detail, working as a team and having a love for what you do. “We have a team environment, each person with different skills.”

Margaret particularly enjoys meeting interesting people through her business and providing them with classic styles, comfort and durability.

• Manual Therapy • Sports Rehab • Chronic Injury Management • Hand Therapy • 1:1 Pilates • Acupuncture • Women's Health and Continence Advice • Vestibular Rehabilitation and Balance Recovery • Falls Prevention Programme

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COME AND VISIT US AT ASHFORD VILLAGE • Ashford Craft Shop & Knitcola Stitchery • Ashburton Physiotherapy • Amelia’s • Bernina Sewing Centre • Boondocks Clothing • Happy Medium • Mountainview Equine Ltd • Nosh Café • Prego Hair Design

Our energetic, professional and committed group of physiotherapists at Ashburton Physiotherapy include JANE EATON, KARLA POYNER, CAROLINE POLSON, CLARE KIAMTIA (Hand Therapist) and ELSPETH JAINE (Falls Prevention Programme). Together we offer treatment for sports and work injuries, sports injury prevention, degenerative conditions, dizziness, balance and vestibular issues, post-operative rehabilitation, women’s health issues, prolapse or pelvic pain and continence, Hand Therapy and Falls Prevention.

Treatment may include joint mobilisation, massage, exercise and acupuncture.

Our experienced staff look forward to treating existing and new patients at our comfortable new premises in Ashford Village.

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ATTENTION: PROPERTY OWNERS For your rural, residential and commercial property maintenance, contact us.

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Headstart Early Learning Centre is a small rural centre situated in Hinds, 15 minutes south of Ashburton.

We are seeking a qualified Early Childhood Teacher or Teacher in their third year of study to work in our infants and toddler room.

The person we are seeking must be mature, passionate and enthusiastic about early childhood. You must be a team player, have a high level of professionalism, motivation and organisational skills.

Hours 30-35 per week, Monday to Friday, there may be times when you will be needed to work additional hours, and there is also an expectation to attend staff meetings and professional development courses as required.

All applications need to be in by May 29, 2014.

For more information please contact: Jo Luxton on 303 7805 or email applications to headstartelc@gmail.com or post to Headstart Early Learning Centre RD5 - Ashburton 7775

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Administration Position – Property Management

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Due to expansion we require a reliable, conscientious person who is passionate about working with accounts, has a high level of accuracy and works well within a team. This person needs to be proficient in all facets of accounts related to property management including; inputting of rents, owner and creditor payments, bank reconciliation, lodging bonds, managing court hearings, if required, and a variety of other property management work.

ACCOUNT BROKER - ASHBURTON Aon New Zealand is part of the global Aon Corporation, world leader in insurance broking, risk management and associated services. Aon New Zealand is New Zealand’s largest insurance broker.

A knowledge of Palace would be a definite advantage but not essential. Full This position is an exciting opportunity training will be given but an absolute desire to learn is a necessary attribute. to join PGG Wrightson Aon and begin a Position is for Monday to Friday with minimum of 4 hours/day to be negotiated. career in Insurance. PGG Wrightson and Must be available school holidays.

Aon came together in 2006 to provide Applications close 16 May 2014 to: a range of market-leading insurance trevor@realestatenewzealand.net.nz products, superior customer service or deliver to 191 Burnett St, and professional advice for Rural New or post to Real Estate New Zealand Ashburton Zealand.

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Forecourt Attendant The above position is available, consisting of morning, afternoon and weekend work. Must be flexible with hours, approx. 30 hours per week.

The person we are seeking must be honest, reliable, a team player and able to work unsupervised.

If you are interested please apply to The Manager - Caltex Ashburton Phone (03) 307 0011 Or send your C.V. to: Caltex Ashburton P.O. Box 58 - Ashburton 7740

Café Work Dunsandel Are you a well experienced all-rounder?

• Cooking/baking (anything and everything) • Exceptional customer service • Listening/following instructions • Fast, efficient, enthusiastic • Reliable, honest, with a sense of humour Hours will be set, but flexibility is a must as work load does vary.

If you are interested in becoming a team member email your CV to: jenjay@synlait.com or give us a ring on 03 373 3182 (between 11am - 2pm).

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Rosebank is a 100 bed Residential Home and Hospital facility in Ashburton We have a vacancy for an experienced Registered Nurse to work in our facility This position requires a Nurse with a current practice certificate, proven clinical competence, excellent communication and documentation skills, who is committed to best practice For further information or for an application form Contact Sue Prowse Manager Phone 03 308 0111 ext 1 or email sue@rosebankhosp.co.nz Applications close on Saturday, May 24, 2014

Daily Events Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire.

Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

Sunday 8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12.00noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

9.30am ASHBURTON BIENNIAL NURSES REUNION. Morning tea followed by Chapel service and lunch. Contact 308 8758.

Community Services, Hospital Chapel and Hotel Ashburton.

weather permitting. Lovett’s Road, Maronan Road.

9.30am 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. admin@realestatenewzealand.net.nz realestatenewzealand.net.nz ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Worship service led by Sandy Renew, Burnett Street, Ashburton 7700 Ph 03 308 6173 Holy Communion, Harrison191Street, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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MANAGEMENT 10.00am 9.30am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Morning worship with Rev Tevita Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Taufalele. Church lounge, Baring Square Main Street, Methven.

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10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying,

Monday 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play the 2nd round of the Heartland. Methven Golf Course.

10.00am - 12.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome.

10.00am ASHBURTON M.S.A. QUOITS. All welcome to have a throw.

Racecourse Road M.S.A. Sports ground.

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

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion followed by Parish AGM. Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting, all welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street .

2.00pm GREY POWER.

Upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATON MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

7.30pm TRIBUTE TO NORMAN JACKSON. An evening of dance, chat and anecdotes using Normans music.

Everyone welcome, $2.50 plus plate for supper please. Contact 307-0584. Pipe Band Hall, Cnr Creek Road and Queens Drive.

10.30am WHEELS WEEK SCOOTER/SMALL CAPACITY MOTORCYCLE RIDE. Charity scooter ride to Staveley. Meet Gluyas Ford car park, Kermode Street.

Thomson Streets, Tinwald.

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping god and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

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

11.00am ST ANDREW’S AND ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES. Combined service at St James with Rev David Brown. Cnr Graham and AGM with speaker from Galbraith Funeral Services, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

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12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm TINWALD INDOOR BOWLS CLUB. All welcome to come and have a bowl.

Tinwald Hall, entry off McMurdo Street.

8.00pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night concert, visitors welcome.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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Isuzu Smallbone Isuzu - Service Foreman • Superior people management skills • Sound technical knowledge • Clear communicator • Can-do attitude • Commercial acumen and industry knowledge Smallbone Limited is a well respected and successful Vehicle/ Truck provider dedicated to delivering outstanding service to our customers. It operates the Isuzu franchise in Mid and South Canterbury and Holden Dealership in Mid Canterbury.

Smallbone Limited invites applications from motivated individuals with the relevant experience as a Service Foreman in our Ashburton based Service team.

This is a key appointment for our company that will enable our workshop to grow because of the successful applicant’s superior organisational and communication skill’s and their ability to meet and exceed customer expectations on a day-to-day basis.

We are looking for a person that can manage a team of dedicated technicians including allocation of jobs, prioritising and delegation of the work load on a daily basis.

Working very closely with Service technicians/Service advisor and reporting to the Smallbone Isuzu - After Sales Manager this could be a career defining moment for the right person, with the potential to grow in a dynamic company with the opportunity to be rewarded with an attractive remuneration package.

The successful applicant will require: • Excellent communication and Technical skills.

• Get it right first time” mentality • The ability to positively manage situations.

• The ability to multi-task and think on your feet.

• Time Management and superior planning skills.

• To be a self-starter with a proven track record in this field.

• The ability to manage targets.

Experience and mechanical knowledge is important. Likewise your team building skills and ability to positively manage situation’s will be to the fore, and will be balanced by a commercial acumen and reality that shows understanding for all parties needs.

Initial enquiries and/or applications including CV should be made by contacting Gary Lusty by email gary.lusty@smallbones.co.nz or by phone 03 307 9277.

Applications will close 4pm Friday 23rd May 2014.

Ray Mayne Hose & Fittings Ltd is a small to medium sized irrigation business in Ashburton. We are well established in this community and continue to experience growth locally and nationally.

We are looking to employ two people for full time positions in our company, one in our main office and the other in our spare parts department.

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These positions could possibly lead to further promotion if the successful applicant shows initiative and adaptability. Training will be provided for both positions.

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• Receptionist:

• Bright personality with a good phone manner • Computer literate • Good oral & written skills • Willing to learn our accounting programme

• Store person:

• Practical, with an interest in engineering / farming • Computer literate • Restricted drivers licence, as a minimum • Willing to learn • Fit and healthy

Please reply in writing before May 28, 2014 to: Ray Mayne Ray Mayne Hose and Fittings Ltd P O Box 247 ASHBURTON 7740 Or email: ray@raymayne.co.nz

Powertools Department Salesperson

F Desire to exceed customer expectations in customer service F Knowledge of power tools and equipment would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be given F Enjoy working in a team environment.

F A strong level of enthusiasm and energy F A keen DIY interest F Drive and enthusiasm

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Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton is a very progressive company and is seeking a selfmotivated person to work in our Powertool Department. This department stocks a huge range of tools for both the trade and DIY person. This position is full time, days of work are: Tuesday to Saturday (40 hours per week).

To be successful, applicants will need to demonstrate:

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Customer Services Maintenance Person It’s not often that Ashburton U-Hire has the need to advertise for a valued team member… however with an increase of business, we feel we need to find the right person, right now.

Locally owned business, Ashburton U-Hire has been providing Mid Canterbury residents with trailers, small motors and generators, tools and catering equipment for more than 17 years.

In return we offer a pleasant working environment and generous staff buying privileges and job security.

Ideally the successful applicant will be mechanically minded, service driven, reliable and have a desire to be part of an amazing team.

Paperwork is minimal; however accuracy and neatness in recording customer details would be a priority. An ability to work well in a small team, a good sense of humour and a positive outlook are attributes that would fit in at Ashburton U-Hire.

If you think you are the person we are looking for to fill this position, we would like to meet with you.

A full job description will be available at the interview stage.

Wage package and hours will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Email: hr.ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to: Human Resources, Mitre 10 MEGA PO Box 35, Ashburton 7740

How to apply - if you hold a current, clean New Zealand drivers licence and have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa and think that your inclusion will add to an already awesome team, please submit your CV to the Manager before Thursday, May 29, 2014:

All applications remain confidential and close on Friday, May 23, 2014.

The Manager Ashburton U-Hire 588 East Street Ashburton 7700 Email ashburtonuhire@xtra.co.nz

PERSONAL TRAINER REQUIRED (Part time) Evolve PT is a boutique personal training studio situated in Hinds. We require a part time personal trainer to join our team. The position is from June to December 2014 to cover maternity leave however there is an opportunity for the right person to grow their own client base and continue with us.

Experience and the relevant qualifications are necessary. Must be flexible and available to train clients between 6am - 7pm.

Please contact Rachael Rickard 027 274 4763 or email rachael.rickard@xtra.co.nz for further information.

All applications will be treated confidentially.

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

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

Applications close Friday, May 23

Assistant Manager/ Registered Nurse Methven House is unique in Mid-Canterbury as it is owned by the people of Methven and administered by a Committee comprised of community members.

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Please contact Heather Mackenzie at officeadmin@methvenhouse.co.nz

MAGNIFICENT MID CANTERBURY The Ashburton Guardian continues to profile all the good things and people in this district.

But we need your help to find our unsung heroes, places and events.

Thanks for your help!

Coen Lammers, Editor Name: How long have you lived in Mid Canterbury:

We are looking for an Assistant Manager/Registered Nurse to join our team. This is a great roll for an experienced Registered Nurse who is looking for an opportunity to extend their skills in the area of health management.

Experience in aged care and specifically in management is desirable but not essential.

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The committee and management take great pride in providing a high level of care to our residents whilst maintaining a home-like environment. The rest home is licensed for 12 residents. Additional services provided include Meals on Wheels, Daily activity programmes/care, four flats for independent seniors and respite care.

Hours are negotiable with some weekend work and on call required.

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REAL ESTATE

Hastings McLeod Ltd Licensed REAA 2008

217 West Street Telephone 03 307 9176

COMMERCIAL FOR SALE

TENDER ASHBURTON 7-11 Allens Road

WEB ID AC37035

A great opportunity to secure your own business premise. This property incorporates offices, factory and standalone warehouse on separate title. Good site access and car parking. Offered for sale as separate warehouse, factory or purchase the entire 3,222m2 site.

A 12 month lease in place with an established market rental of $60,00p.a. plus GST and outgoings. Current combined rateable value of $515,000.

VIEW By Appointment TENDER closes Thursday 12th June 2014 at 4.00pm

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

WANTED

$ CASH PAID $ $ $ $ FOR SCRAP $ BUYERS OF ALL METALS Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

FOR SALE 51 Fully Recorded Friesian X R2 Heifers BW 107 PW117 43 Fully Recorded Friesian X R2 Heifers BW136 PW161 300 Fully Recorded Friesian X Mixed Age Cows BW96 PW 128 (can sell lines of computer split) 29 In Calf Carryover Cows Mixed Age Friesian X BW113 PW161

Wanted

Rape and Grass for Lamb Grazing Mid Canterbury Area For further enquiries contact Hayden Ross Ph 027 462 0133

TRADES, SERVICES

– C626 Minor Township Maintenance Methven 2014/15 Tenders are invited for the minor township maintenance activities within the Methven township 2014/15.

The scope of work includes: • Maintenance and cleaning of footpaths & roadside berms and removal of litter from public parks and reserves.

• Cleaning, servicing and maintenance of public toilets as per specification.

• Reporting of significant maintenance requirements where work requirements are outside the scope of this contract.

• Operation and maintenance of the Methven Landfill.

Tender documents are available from the Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton, 7740, (03) 307 7700, Fax (03) 308 1836. All inquiries should be directed to Hernando Marilla Contracts Engineer - Urban.

Tenders close with the Chief Executive, Ashburton District Council, at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 3 June 2014.

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling 10A McGregor Lane Riverside Estate

GOOD keen man looking for Group Manager Service Delivery work - part time - casual ok.

Honest reliable hard working multi skilled. Are you getting www.ashburtondc.govt.nz behind with those jobs around home - business then I can assist you. Ph Dave 308- MOTORING LIVESTOCK, PETS 4701.

NISSAN Pulsar Rezzo 1995, of unwanted 2 door, auto, 128,000kms, BUYER tidy car $2500 ono. Phone animals. Cattle, bobby calves, MATURE lady wanting house 021 489 070. horse and all farm animals. cleaning jobs. Reliable and We also sell pet food. Call honest, references available. WHEEL alignments at great Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 Please phone Karen 308 prices. Maximise the life 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

1897. of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns LET OR LEASE RURAL TRADING POST Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

OFFICE SPACES APRIL/MAY CALF SHED AVAILABLE. Parking, fibre BEDDING SPECIAL. 10% MEETINGS, EVENTS optic hub, 24 hour access, discount on bulk orders for security monitored. Clean and our premium woodmulch tidy. Lease options. $PBN. Mid Canterbury delivered in April/May. Phone 021 554 570.

Animal Shetter Guaranteed 100% untreated wood/bark. NO DEMOLITION SHED at 228 Wills Street Singles night MATERIALS USED HERE. available to rent. Suitable for Sawdust also available. small work shop or storage Ashburton Hotel Adams Sawmilling, Malcolm 140sq metres. $190pw.

McDowell Road. Ph 308Please phone Pete 027 281 7.30 pm, May 31, 2014 3595.

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More information FEEDOUT wagon - Pearson, HOLIDAY Phone Dawn 307 1589. small, grain feedout wagon, ACCOMMODATION end rolls of deer netting, quick hitch. Phone 308 0222.

LIVESTOCK, PETS AKAROA - CHARMING, JACK RUSSELL, 18 months spacious holiday home, 3 REAL ESTATE old, nice indoor dog. Needs bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all WANTED TO BUY. Sunny fenced yard. Free to a good electric heating. Sky, all mod front flat up to $225,000. home, includes kennels and cons, short walk to village. extras. Phone Amy 021 025 Phone Brian 307-8000 or Phone 027 408 9406.

308-6180.

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(Off McNally Street)

Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

TRADES, SERVICES COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For prompt, reliable service, contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton, ph 308 8989, 30 years local experience.

SUPERGOLD discount card accepted.

HOME handyman available.

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

SECURITY doors, insect screens, and repairs.

HomePlus Ashburton -Call today for a free measure and quote 308 2966.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting for cars, homes and offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security.

Phone Craig Rogers your ONLY local applicator 307 6347 or 0800TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ.

SITUATIONS WANTED

We currently have funds available to distribute in grants for the following purposes in the Canterbury area:

Tender

TILER available + unbreakable tiles 4 less. Mike 027 436 9209.

Licensed Buyer Dealer

PUBLIC NOTICES

RURAL TRADING POST PUBLIC NOTICES

A meeting of the Landowners in the Ashburton Hinds Drainage District is to be held:

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street.

Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation C/- Croys Ltd Level 2, 161 Burnett Street PO Box 582 Ashburton 7740 Phone 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz www.mcf.org.nz

Notice of Meeting of the Ashburton Hinds Drainage District

NEIL MCCANN

HIRE

Applications close at 5pm, Friday, May 23, 2014.

For further information and application forms, please contact:

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

HANMER SPRINGS. Modern, fully furnished three bedroom home. Sleeps eight, all mod cons, pellet fire and heat-pump, Sky TV, two bathrooms, Portacot and high-chair. Short walk to village. $130 per night. Phone 027 223 0761.

• Research, treatment, provision of equipment in relation to, and the education and training of skilled persons relative to, the disease of cancer.

• Research, development, education for, training and expansion of, the science and practice of agriculture.

• The needs of young people who suffer physical or mental disabilities or have less chance in life than their peers.

Eiffelton Hall Friday, May 23 - 4pm The next meeting of the Ashburton Trust Board will be held in the Erewhon Lounge, Hotel Ashburton on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 4:30pm Giles Beal Chief Executive

Purpose: To discuss the Ashburton zone committee recommendations for the management of the drainage district and how and if we should engage with the zone committee on a working party to discuss these proposals.

Craig Fleming Chairman Ashburton Hinds Drainage District Liaison Committee.

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PLANTS, PRODUCE

FitDance Academy Offer Classes Evenings: Zumba Sentao-Toning: Every Tuesday 6:30pm at Netherby School Hall Pilates Beginners: Every Wednesday 6:30pm at Ashburton College, Dance room Zumba Fitness Dance: Every Thursday 6:30pm. at Netherby School hall Price any class: $10 p/ class or $80 Conc. Card 10 classes.

New Classes Mornings: Zumba And Pilates Beginners Opening classes for FREE on: Wednesday 21, May. 9:30am. at Senior Centre (PILATES) Thursday 22, May. 9:30am. at Senior Centre (ZUMBA) Just send a text with your name & reserve your space.

Contact: 027 856 5143, paulamolina.zumba@ gmail.com Facebook: ZumbaFitness Ashburton.

GRAZING

GRAZ4U LIMITED. May to May grazing available for large numbers of 1 yo dairy heifers. Winter Grazing for R2's and Cows available. 5 Hectares of fodder beet to be bought harvested and taken off farm. A Contractor is available. Please contact: Sarah: 027 206 6760 or Matthew Bird: 027 608 3226.

GRAZIERS required to accommodate increased demand for dairy heifer grazing and winter cow grazing, immediate, or May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact Phone: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

HIGH quality supervised grazing available for Rising 1 Heifers, now, or at May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

FOR SALE

2009 SCOOTER for sale.

49cc, 4 stroke, mint condition.

Please phone 308 2440.

Saturday, May 17, 2014 GRAZING

CHURCH SERVICES

GRAZING WANTED Long term grazing for 80 Carry Over Cows

$3.99 kg $1.99 ea $1.99 bag $1.49 bag

For further details please contact Leighton Nicol on 0274 730 815 or 03 308 2372

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School Hall) Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Wednesday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm

www.rurallivestock.co.nz New Zealand owned and operated

Specials available from 13/05 - 20/05

We hope to see you this Sunday!

OPEN 7 DAYS

For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695

Building –

Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald it’s what we know and it’s

Fresh Fruit & Vege

FOR SALE FOR SALE: 26 inch - 18 speed Milazo mountain bike.

As new condition. Front and rear suspension, carrier with bag, lights, helmet and locking chain. Drink holder. $250. Phone 308 6162.

FOR SALE - Suzuki DRZ 70.

Has had very little use. Would suit 5-7 year olds $1600 ono, please phone 027 439 9322.

OLD man pine logs $45 per tonne. Green old man pine $120. Green blue gum $140.

Semi fry old man pine $150 all 3.6 m3. Phone Shane James Firewood 303 7063.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

308-1095

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

TO RENT: sunny, very tidy two bedroom unit, close to town. Heat pump, newly painted, older neighbours.

Reference required. no dogs or smokers. Ph 03 302 6104, SEXY and hot. Asian beauty, 027 220 4306. lady, 26 years, busty, professional service. Ph 021- TO RENT two double, one single bedrooms, dishwasher, 048-6053. heat pump, garage + off ZOE - Attractive and busty street parking, fully fenced, genuine. Callers only, please. pets negotiable $285 p/wk No texting, please. 021 0233 307 6487 or 021 048 0210.

9259.

YOUNG professional couple looking for small house to ACCOMMODATION, rent in Ashburton area, urban or rural, must be dog friendly, RENTAL please phone 027 703 1547.

AVAILABLE to rent from May 31 - warm sunny three bedroom house 15 years old Guardian Classifieds 2kms east of Tinwald. No 307 7900 smokers, no dogs and references a must. $330 p.w.

Phone 302 6713 to view.

CINDY Kiwi, 36, size 6, attractive, busty, long hair.

GFE. Phone calls only. New location, 027 448 7011.

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today. FOR rent, one bedroom, Phone 308-3602 spacious and modern, fully self contained flat. Power included for $260pw. 027 281 SHARK Navigator Lift away, 4303. vacuum cleaner and shark steam light steam mop $300.

RENTAL available - Three Phone 307 1322. bedroom home heated by and heat pump.

CARAVANS, TRAILERS logburner Has DVS system. Large section so someone with CARAVAN around 18’ to 25’ green fingers preferred. wanted. British or U.K. type Tinwald area, $330 per week preferred. Don’t mind repairs. available now. Contact 027 Phone 027 938 5344.

334 5688.

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

211 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton (03) 307 61 30 www.calderstewart.co.nz

PHARMACIES

10.30am Worship

Every Sunday

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays @10.00am Including Children’s church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron St’s Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

63 Princes Street All Welcome

Minister: Rev David Bayne Ph 307 7355

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting

Your local Telecom store, East Street, Ashburton (03) 308 0308

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?  Housing  Commercial  Farm

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 Website

www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10.00am Morning Service

10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

St David’s Church Speaker: James Chapman 48 Allens Road LIFE 2 da MAX (Kids Church) Everyone welcome Creche Available Refreshments to follow. www.st-davids.org.nz 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

Needing a new staff member?

Phone 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

Weekend Services MEDICAL SERVICES

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Church Services

Red Kumara 1kg $2.99 bag Easy peel Mandarins Silverbeet Onions 1.5kg Carrots 1kg

Ashburton Guardian

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

HELPLINE SERVICES

East Street Pharmacy, 182 East Street, will HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring be open from 10am - 12noon Saturday, from ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice. 10.30am - 12noon Sunday, and from 6pm - Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics7pm both evenings.

DUTY DOCTORS anonymous.org.nz for more information.

This service is for emergency medical HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS care only. Please remember your MENTAL HEALTH Call free on 0800 ASHBURTON HOSPITAL Community Services Card.

GENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

Gym Company Medical, Cass Street DAILY, 2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 7.30pm SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Ashburton, will be the duty doctor for Children must be accompanied by an adult. Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 Saturday until 8am Sunday. They will hold CHALMERS WARD - (including Assessment, VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP surgery from 10am until 12noon and from Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary.

VISITING. 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Surgery phone 308 9489.

MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, Sealy Street Medical, Crn Winter and -Husbands and patient’s own children may 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a Haveloch Street Ashburton, will be the duty visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm. message. doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. They TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE -unrestricted visiting. and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment Call us free on (0800 787 797).

ASHBURTON REST HOMES necessary. Surgery phone 308 1212.

Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 unrestricted visiting.

For weekend doctor and emergency details CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted - please telephone the Methven Medical OMMUNITY ERVICES visiting.

Centre, ph 302 8105.

PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted ART GALLERY Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT visiting.

Due to relocation, the Art Gallery is closed provide an accident and emergency service. until further notice.

EMERGENCY DENTIST Except in cases of emergency persons If you do not have or cannot contact your requiring medical attention must consult ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. their own or the duty general practitioner. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm Persons subsequently requiring treatment in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm at Ashburton Hospital must have a general Sundays and Public Holidays. practitioners note of referral.

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Call the Guardian today for your situation vacant advertising requirements.

307 7900

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Due to relocation, the Ashburton Museum is closed until further notice.

COMMUNITY POOL

WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

INFORMATION CENTRES

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

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

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

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

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021

1356 969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 111, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Jo Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Jade Hackrey.

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

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Laura Mulshine. Small: Jess Wood.

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

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 TV ONE

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Come Dine With Me Omnibus PGR 0 11:25 Tagata Pasifika Noon Cook Me The Money 1pm Chinese Food In Minutes 3 1:30 How To Cook Like Heston 30 2pm Four Weddings PGR 3pm F Keep Calm And Carry On 3 0 3:30 Coastwatch 3 0 3:55 North 3 0 4:25 F Get Fresh With Al Brown 3 0 4:55 Coasters 3 0 5:25 The Fishing Show 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 0 8:30 N Undercover Boss US 0 9:30 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher – The Murder in Angel Lane AO Former Inspector Jack Whicher is lured back to the world of crime when he meets a woman, who asks him to help find her niece. 0 11:25 Call The Midwife PGR 0 12:25 Accused AO 1:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Neighbourhood 3 0 4am Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

CHOICE TV 6am What’s Really In Our Food?

6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 8am Selling London 8:30 World’s Greenest Homes 9am Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 9:30 Trish’s Paris Kitchen 10am You Live In What?

11am Auction 11:30 Million Dollar Contractor Noon House Crashers 12:30 Great British Garden Revival 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Selling London 3:30 World On Wheels 4pm The Apartment Hosted and judged by Jamie Durie.

5pm Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British The bikers explore the nation’s culinary heritage and uncover the stories behind Britain’s favourite dishes.

6pm Carter Can 6:30 Arctic Exposure With Nigel Marven 7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 8:35 A History Of Scotland 9:40 India With Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev Bhaskar is on a mission to find the ancestral homeland that his family left behind.

11pm The Apartment

SUNDAY

Midnight Arctic Exposure With Nigel Marven 1am Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 2am Carter Can 2:30 Flatmates AO 3am A History Of Scotland 4am India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 5am Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

TV TWO

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TV THREE

6am Pocoyo 0 6:05 Poppet Stars 3 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:20 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 3 0 6:40 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 7am The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:25 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 7:50 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 0 8:20 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 0 8:45 Adventure Time 3 0 9:10 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome PGR 0 9:20 Regular Show 3 0 9:35 Just The Job 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Rodney 3 0 11am Wipeout 0 Noon The Bachelorette 3 0 2pm Switched At Birth PGR 0 3pm The Fosters PGR 3 4pm Melissa And Joey 3 0 4:25 Full House 3 0 5pm Extreme Makeover – Home Edition 0 6pm F The Amazing Race 0 7pm The Voice Australia 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 The Voice Australia Continued. 0 8:40 M Ocean’s Twelve AO 2004 Crime.

As the Las Vegas casino owner looks for revenge, the gang must pull off the biggest robbery ever, while dodging an Interpol agent.

George Clooney, Brad Pitt. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 The Festival 11am Survivor – One World (Starting Today) 3 Noon N Extreme Makeover – Weight-Loss Edition A year in a person’s life is documented as they attempt to lose weight. 0 12:55 Beauty And The Geek Australia (Starting Today) 3 2:30 Gok’s Fashion Fix PGR 3 0 3:30 The New Normal PGR 4pm Rules Of Engagement 3 0 4:30 Last Man Standing 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 Modern Family 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking PGR 0 7:30 Ice Road Truckers PGR 0 8:30 M Black Swan AO 2010 Thriller.

Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis.

0 10:50 M Another Earth AO 2011 Drama.

Brit Marling, William Mapother. 0

11:10 M Little Nicky AO 2000 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Harvey Keitel, Patricia Arquette. 0 12:55 M Made Of Honor AO 2008 Romantic Comedy. Patrick Dempsey.

0 2:50 The Bachelor Pad AO 3 0 4:20 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

12:55 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 8:30 Rugrats 3 9am Rocket Power 9:25 Redakai 3 10:15 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Big Time Rush 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 0 6:30 M ET – The ExtraTerrestrial 3 1982 Sci-fi.

A group of children helps a stranded alien return home.

Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore. 0

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK 3 Noon NRL Fulltime (Highlights) 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 3pm Bondi Rescue PGR 3:30 The Great British Bake-Off 3 4:30 Addicted To Fishing Nicky finds repeat tournament winner Tony Wong Kam to discover the secrets behind his catching so many trophy-winning fish.

5pm Fishing And Adventure The boys travel north of Auckland to Sandspit, where they fish for snapper and kahawai before doing some snowboarding.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Junior MasterChef UK 6:30 MasterChef USA

8:50 How I Met Your Mother PGR Ted reconsiders women he rejected in the past, thinking his taste has changed, and decides to call a woman whose heart he broke. 0 9:20 New Girl PGR 9:50 The Real Housewives of Orange County AO 10:50 The Real Housewives of Orange County AO

7:30 New Tricks PGR When the team investigates the death of an MP’s researcher, they find themselves in pursuit of a Bosnian woman.

8:35 Silent Witness AO (Part 2) 9:45 Rugby – Super Rugby (Delayed) Crusaders v Sharks. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

12:45 Infomercials

11:45 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Chill Perth 360. From Barbagallo Raceway.

1:45 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Toku Reo 3 2pm The Big Hit 3 S 2:30 Waka Ama Sprints 3 5:30 Te Kaea Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 6pm Journey To The West 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M Bionicle 3 – Web Of Shadows PGR 2005 Animated.

Te Toa Metru return to Metru Nui to rescue the remaining sleeping Matoran. Voices of Christopher Gaze, Brian Drummond.

THE BOX 6am Gator Boys PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Lie To Me MV 8:10 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes.

10:15 Raw MC 1:10 The Pretender Marathon PG 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes.

7pm The Simpsons PG 7:30 Modern Family PGL 8pm Combat Pawn PG 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm We’re The Fugawis PGL 9:30 Gator Boys PG 10:30 Lie To Me MV 11:30 Criminal Intent MV

SUNDAY

12:30 The Pretender PG 3:50 Criminal Intent MV 4:45 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 5:10 We’re The Fugawis PG 5:35 The Simpsons PG

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) 8am The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (Delayed) 10:30 Sky Sports News UK 11am Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) 11:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Noon Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) 12:30 Cycling – Tour Of California (Highlights) 1pm L Ice Hockey – NHL Anaheim Ducks v Los Angeles Kings. Coverage of game seven. 4pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) 4:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) 5pm Golf – European Tour (Highlights) 5:30 #SkySpeed 6pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Crusaders v Sharks.

From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

9:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Reds v Rebels.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

Midnight Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) 2am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 2:30 Fox Sports News 3am L Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Force. From Newlands in Cape Town. 5:05 L Rugby – Super Rugby Cheetahs v Brumbies.

SKY SPORT 2 9pm Hook Line And Sinker AO 3 A suburban couple raising their teenagers on a modest income face trouble when the husband becomes unfit to work.

11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Call 911 M 6:30 MythBusters PG More Myths Revisited. 7:30 MythBusters PG Exploding Lighter.

8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Game Of Pawns PG 10am Auction Kings PG 10:30 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG 11:30 River Monsters PG 12:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 1:30 MythBusters PG 2:30 Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Gold Rush PG 4:30 Magic Of Science PG 5pm Deadly Dilemmas M 5:30 Mighty Planes PG 6:30 Manhunt M 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Yukon Men M 9:30 Treehouse Masters PG 10:30 Tickle M 11pm True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M

SUNDAY

Midnight Nightmare Next Door M 1am Fatal Encounters M 2am Dealers PG 3am Dealers PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am MythBusters PG

Black Swan

8:30pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:10 The Internship MLS 2013 Comedy. 8:05 Trouble With The Curve ML 2012 Drama.

9:55 The Sweeney 16VLS 2012 Action. 11:45 The Directors – Edward Zwick PG 2011 Documentary. 12:15 The Internship MLS 2013 Comedy. 2:15 Goodnight For Justice PGV 2011 Western. 3:45 Goodnight For Justice 2 – Measure Of A Man PGV 2012 Western. 5:15 Goodnight For Justice 3 – Queen Of Hearts PGV 2012 Western.

6:45 Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter 16V 2012 Action.

8:30 Stand Up Guys 16VLS 2012 Comedy.

10:10 Dredd 18VL 2012 Action.

11:45 Fun Size MLS 2012 Comedy.

SUNDAY

1:10 Stand Up Guys 16VLS 2012 Comedy. 2:45 Dredd 18VL 2012 Action. 4:20 Goodnight For Justice PGV 2011 Western.

5:50 Goodnight For Justice 2 – Measure Of A Man PGV 2012 Western.

Another Earth

10:50pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 6:40 The Chronicles Of Riddick MV 2004 Action. Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Judi Dench. 8:35 Spider-Man 3 MV 2007 Action. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.

10:50 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon.

1:05 As Good As It Gets ML 1997 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear.

3:20 The Chronicles Of Riddick MV 2004 Action. Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Judi Dench.

5:20 Mr Deeds MVL 2002 Comedy.

6:55 Fear MVLS 1996 Thriller.

8:30 Underworld – Rise Of The Lycans 16V 2009 Action.

10:05 The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy.

11:40 Welcome To The Jungle MVL 2003 Action.

SUNDAY

1:25 Biography – Cameron Diaz PG 2:15 Mr Deeds MVL 2002 Comedy. 3:50 Fear MVLS 1996 Thriller. 5:25 The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy.

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

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6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Cycling – Tour Of California (Highlights) Stage Five.

7am L Golf – US PGA Tour HP Byron Nelson Championship – Round Two. From TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas.

10am Golf Central 10:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Imprints.

11:30 Golf – OneAsia Tour (Highlights) SK Telecom Open – Round Two. 12:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Eels v Dragons. From Pirtek Stadium in Parramatta, NSW. 2:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Wentworthville v Illawarra. From Pirtek Stadium in Parramatta, NSW. 4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Eels v Dragons. From Pirtek Stadium in Parramatta.

7pm L Rugby League – NRL Sharks v Tigers. From Remondis Stadium in Woolooware.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Cowboys v Roosters.

11:30 L Golf – European Tour Open de Espana – Round Three.

From Catalunya Resort in Girona, Spain.

SUNDAY

3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Crusaders v Sharks.

4am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Perth 400 – Race 14.

4:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Perth 400 – Race 15.

5am L Golf – US PGA Tour HP Byron Nelson Championship – Round Three. From TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas.

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6am Rural Delivery 6:25 Homefront Extra 6:35 Gardens Of The World 6:45 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 10am Marae 2 10:30 Waka Huia 3/4.

11am Neighbourhood 0 11:35 My Kind Of Place 3 0 Noon Road To The 2014 Fifa World Cup 1pm Road To Rio 2pm The Force 3 0 2:35 Building The Dream 0 3:40 Fair Go 3 0 4:10 Nature’s Weirdest Events 5:20 F Planet Dinosaur 0 6pm One News 0

6am Fireman Sam 3 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:15 Pocoyo 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:50 Henry Hugglemonster 0 7:10 SpongeBob SquarePants 30 7:35 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Pretty Little Liars 3 0 1pm N The Lying Game Emma and Laurel plan to bring their parents together, but Rebecca and Sutton have a different idea; Mads becomes involved with the new kid in town. 0 2pm Scrubs PGR 3 0 2:30 Super Fun Night PGR 3 0 3pm Trophy Wife PGR 3 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 6pm Hart Of Dixie 3 0

7pm Sunday 0 8pm Topp Country Lynda and Jools set out to find out why New Zealand lamb is the tastiest in the world, and discover sheep enjoy a yodel or two. 0 8:30 Broadchurch AO 0 9:30 Mr Selfridge PGR 0 10:30 F Rake AO Cleaver is in prison, charged with manslaughter. 0

7pm The Voice Australia 0 8:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD AO Coulson and his team go undercover aboard a train to try and get a lead. 0 9:30 The Tomorrow People AO 0 10:30 M Resident Evil – Apocalypse AO 2004 Action. Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory. 0

11:45 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme.

12:50 Attitude 3 0 1:20 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Infomercials

12:20 Borderline Murder 1:55 Supernatural – The Animation AO 0 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 20/20 3 0 4:05 Posh Nosh 3 0 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am World On Wheels 6:30 Christ Embassy 7am The Apartment 8am Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 9am A History Of Scotland 10am India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 11:30 World On Wheels Noon Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 1pm Arctic Exposure With Nigel Marven 2pm Carter Can 2:30 Early Edition 3:30 Clodagh McKenna – Irish Food Trails 4pm New Zealand Food Culture 4:30 Timothy Spall – Somewhere At Sea 5pm The Boat That Guy Built 5:30 The World Of Stonehenge 6:30 Sandmasters 6:55 Gourmet Farmer 7:20 Coast 8:30 Better Man AO The true story of 25-year old Vietnamese-Australian Van Nguyen, who was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and executed for his crime in 2005.

9:45 Horizon – Global Weirding Something weird seems to be happening to our weather – it appears to be getting more extreme.

11pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 11:30 Early Edition

MONDAY

12:30 Sandmasters PGR 1am Gourmet Farmer 1:30 Coast 2:30 Better Man AO 3:30 Horizon – Global Weirding 4:30 Clodagh McKenna – Irish Food Trails 5am The World Of Stonehenge

TV THREE 6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Re-Think 9:30 Three60 10am The Nation 11am The Best Of Campbell Live 11:40 3rd Degree 3 12:30 ’Til Death PGR 3 1pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 2pm Australian Federal Police PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 2:30 Motorsport – New Zealand Road Racing Championships Final round of the New Zealand Superbike Road Racing Championships at Manfeild.

3pm Motorsport – Speedway Grand Prix Round two from Poland.

4pm Motorsport – World Rally Championship (Highlights) 5pm Big Angry Fish PGR 3 5:30 The Simpsons 0 6pm 3 News 7pm House Rules PGR The first home renovation is unveiled.

0 8:35 The Blacklist AO 0 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 AO Catherine works undercover at a local roller derby to find a killer after a victim falls onto Dog the Bounty Hunter’s SUV. 0 10:30 F House of Cards AO

11:35 Ben And Steve – World Famous In… AO 3 12:35 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 7:25 The Wild Thornberrys 3 7:50 The X’s 8:10 Rugrats 3 8:35 Rocket Power 9am Fanboy And Chum Chum 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Big Time Rush 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 0 6:30 Survivor – Brawn v Brains v Beauty 7:30 Glee PGR 8:30 M The Beach AO 3 2000 Drama.

An American backpacker in Thailand joins a French couple in searching for a legendary tropical paradise.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Carlyle, Tilda Swinton. 0 10:55 Wilfred AO

11:20 Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week.

12:15 Infomercials

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7:10 Small Blacks TV 7:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 8am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 8:30 Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) 9am L Golf – LPGA Tour Kingsmill Championship – Round Three. From Kingsmill Resort, River Course in Williamsburg, Virginia. 11am Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) 11:30 Sport 365 Noon Golf – European Tour (Highlights) 12:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) 1pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) 1:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) 2pm Sport 365 2:33 L Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship Perth 400 – Qualifying Two. 3:05 Sky Sport – What’s On 3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Panthers. 6pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Lions.

8:05 Rugby – Super Rugby 7pm Storage Wars 3 (Highlights) Hurricanes v 7:30 Antiques Roadshow Highlanders. From Westpac 8:30 N Making New Zealand Stadium, Wellington.

9:35 F Ross Kemp Extreme 8:35 Sky Sport – What’s On World AO 10:35 Motorsport – V8 Supercars 9pm Road to Glasgow 9:30 The Fishing Show From Barbagallo Raceway for 10pm Rugby League – 40/20 the Chill Perth 360.

10:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) HP Byron Nelson Championship – Round Three.

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Better Homes And Gardens 3 12:50 Restoration Home 3 2pm Davey Hughes– Untamed PGR Davey experiences life on an outback station before returning to New Zealand to try bull riding.

2:30 Grassroots Rugby 3:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm History Under The Hammer 3 6:30 N Grumpy Guide To Work PGR The panel discusses the frustrations of work, including looking for work, commuting to work, and actually doing the work.

12:35 Colour Of War – American Story PGR 3 The Battle of the Bulge, where the US army suffers its worst losses of the Second World War, leads the Americans to penetrate the heartland of the Third Reich.

1:30 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2pm F Ahuwhenua Waewaetutuki 10 Wharepi Whanau Trust.

2:30 Marae DIY 3 Iwitea Marae, Wairoa.

3:30 Rugby League – UK Super League Teams TBC. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Whakatauki 3 6:30 F Ka Tu Ka Korero PGR Kingi teaches Paul Horgan how to deliver the perfect pitch to a funding organisation.

THE BOX 6am The Pretender PG 9:20 Lie To Me MV 10:15 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes.

12:20 Modern Family PGL 12:45 Gator Boys PG 1:40 Combat Pawn PG 2:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 2:30 We’re The Fugawis PG 2:55 Raw MC 5:45 WWE Main Event MC 6:45 SmackDown! MC 8:30 CSI MV 9:30 CSI MV 10:30 Underbelly – The Golden Mile MC 11:30 WWE Main Event MC

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3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Waratahs v Lions. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

5:30 Cricket – Natwest T20 (Delayed) Somerset v Surrey.

SKY SPORT 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (Delayed) Warriors v Bulldogs.

9:30 M Pan’s Labyrinth AO 2006 Fantasy Drama. In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López.

11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Call 911 M 6:30 MythBusters PG Firearms Folklore. 7:30 MythBusters PG Mythssion Impossible. 8:30 Magic Of Science PG Death Lift.

9am Deadly Dilemmas M 9:30 Tickle M Hiding the Hooch.

10am Auction Hunters PG Trading Places.

10:30 Naked Castaway PG 11:30 Yukon Men M 12:30 Everest – The Promise PG 1:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 Stolen Gold PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 Treehouse Masters PG 11:30 Amish Mafia M

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Luke Perry. 8:50 Fun Size MLS 2012 Comedy. Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann.

10:15 Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter 16V 2012 Action.

Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper.

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1:30 Goodnight For Justice 2 – Measure Of A Man PGV 2012 Western. Luke Perry.

3pm Fun Size MLS 2012 Comedy.

Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann.

4:30 The Last Stand 16VL 2013 Action.

6:20 This Is 40 16LS 2012 Comedy.

8:30 World War Z ML 2013 Action.

10:35 The Purge 16VL 2013 Horror Thriller.

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10:20 Underworld – Rise Of The Lycans 16V 2009 Action. Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy.

11:50 Fear MVLS 1996 Thriller.

Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, Alyssa Milano.

1:25 The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman.

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6:35 Enough 16V 2002 Thriller.

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11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Hurricanes v Highlanders.

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9:30 Rugby Nation 10:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Road To Glasgow

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Midnight L Athletics – IAAF Diamond League From Shanghai.

2am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Bulldogs v Warriors.

4am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Perth 400 – Race 16.

4:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Central Pulse v Northern Mystics.

5am L Golf – US PGA Tour HP Byron Nelson Championship – Round Four. From TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas.

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BENNETT – Grant and Belinda (nee Copland) are thrilled to announce the arrival of Hannah Dawn Bennett, (6lb 5oz), on May 7, a lovely little sister for Jack and Lucy. Big thanks to Joy Dixon and Bronwyn Carpenter.

DEATHS

MOLLER, Lester John – Of Ashburton, died April 27.

Loved father of Jenni and Andrew, father-in-law of Liga.

Grandfather of Laila, Zak, Rosie and Silva, great grandfather of Teneisha and Kye. Much loved brother of Sondra and brother-in-law Peter, uncle of Jonathan and Ying, Susannah and Rob, Matthew and Helen, Simon and Mia, and great uncle of Jojo, Rebecca, Jessica and Jasmine.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) No matter how busy your day is or life has become, on the relationship front there is a need to take things slowly, refusing to rush or force things.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Nothing could be more fitting than having the Moon in an adventurous part of your chart as the Sun has his last weekend in your sign.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) With a strong bond between powerful income and work forces building, keep your money and work hats on this weekend.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) On both the work and career fronts it’s your heart and the emotional, intuitive and imaginative responses being triggered that tell the real story.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Hold onto this weekend’s playful lunar vibes, for by Monday there’ll be a need to keep your professional hat on, with busy times ahead.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) With the Moon in a playful part of your chart as the Sun spends his last weekend in an adventurous part there is a need to challenge your excuses.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) As busy as you think you are now your professional star is on the rise, with life only getting busier. The weekend is a chance to recharge your batteries.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Having the Moon in your communication sector as the Sun spends his last weekend in your relationship sector is a fortuitous coincidence.

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CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With the Sun spending his last weekend in a playful part of your chart make time to have fun, with next week likely to be a busy one.

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