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The $50 million sports campus planned for Lake Hood is the ultimate acknowledgement of the lake development’s value to the district, says chairman of the Lake Hood Extension Project (LHEP), Graham Kennedy. “This is absolutely fantastic news for both Lake Hood and Ashburton. It is a huge endorsement of what has been created for the district at Lake Hood. It is interesting that we often don’t recognise what we have until someone from outside tells us,” he said. The Southern Sports Parallel team, fronted by Catherine Stuart, went public on Friday with their plans to build a sports campus and to buy, renovate and extend the Lakehouse Restaurant complex. Its objective is to provide both physical and educational training for retiring sports and military personnel to help in their transition to civilian life and work. Kennedy said the LHEP group had
been aware of the project for about three months, but had signed confidentiality agreements until it was ready to launch. A deal is already on the table for the sale of the Lakehouse and an area for the campus has been tagged on what is currently farmland beyond the stage eight residential development. It will include 20 homes as well as the sports campus. From nearby houses it will appear to be another residential development, Kennedy said. “We always dreamed that some day something like this would happen,” he said. The LHEP owns both the Lakehouse and the land that will be bought for the sports campus and 20 houses. The Lakehouse will be extended into the carparking area with an event centre and a second level to be added and this will include about 20 accommodation units. The area around the extension and Lakehouse would be extensively landscaped.
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While the two developments were being planned and funded through the Southern Parallel group, Kennedy said it was his understanding they would operate as separate entities. “I believe the developer of the lodge has about 20 lodges around the world already and this is where he wants to run his New Zealand lodge,” he said. Funding for both projects is intended to be confirmed by the end of the year and Kennedy believes there is already a funding commitment from American interests that would bridge any gaps in Kiwi fundraising. “There’s a bit of water to go under the bridge yet and if they can pull this off it will be fantastic for the lake and for the district and we wish Catherine and her team every success in finalising their project. We’ll continue to support her and her team and we’ll be doing everything we can to make sure this happens,” he said. The Southern Parallel group will meet with Lake Hood residents tonight.
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Candidates make bids for votes Sue Newman
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Candidates in this year’s local body elections had an opportunity to make a bid for votes yesterday in a forum before a packed meeting room of Ashburton District seniors. With elections for all three wards as well as the Ashburton mayoralty, candidates delivered well-prepared speeches and then were quick to take the opportunity to answer questions. Four candidates were not on stage – mayoral candidate Tony Todd who is overseas, western ward candidate Evan Chisnall and two eastern ward candidates, sitting councillors Lynette Lovett and Mark Malcolm. Environment Canterbury councillor Sarah Walters was also at the meeting. For the remaining three mayoral candidates, Donna Favel, Neil Brown and Leen Braam, all of whom are members of the current council, it became a contest of past experience, personal skill sets, heartfelt beliefs and promises for the future. Braam said his business skills would transfer to his role as mayor. He was a person who took everyone’s views into account and he said he felt strongly about closing the urban and rural divide. “I enjoy using my skills to give back to the community and I believe in commonsense and I offer clear independent thinking,” he said. Brown said that the urban and rural communities were separate, but they were also together in that they depended on one another for survival. “I want what you want – a very good place to live for our children and our grandchildren. The district is in good heart and I want to keep rates as low as I can,” he said. Favel said she took the skills learned in her business into her role as current mayor. The job was a combination of chairman of the board, being advocate for the community and a chairleader of the district. Her focus was on the bottom line, on seeking opportunities and on the council being agile.
Eastern ward candidate Stuart Wilson puts his case for re-election as an Ashburton District councillor at yesterday’s Ashburton senior citizens’ meet-the-candidates afternoon. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 160919-SN-0016 “My desire is to be an enabler. If we get out of the people of this district’s way, people will achieve,” she sad. Thelma Bell, urban ward – “I want to carry my experience into the next term of council. I am about integrating cultures and I have represented the Ashburton community well, including its many cultures.” Carolyn Cameron, urban ward – “I am very committed to this town and the people of this town. If elected I wouldn’t always say aye, I would sometimes say no. We need to tidy our town up and look after people in our town. This is our town and it should meet our needs.” Rochelle Castle-Wilson, urban ward – “I want to see our community grow and thrive. I’m for commonsense and fiscal prudence. The council has a duty to
the community to cut its cloth to suit. Decisions need to be based on realism not idealism.” John Falloon, urban ward – “I have a strong focus on getting the basics such as roading right. We must ensure that rate increases are kept as low as possible. Every rates increase impacts on every person in the district. Council might have the power to increase rates but that doesn’t mean it should.” Angus McKay, urban ward – “I have a passion for this district and I’d like to see new industry in this district. The council needs to listen to the community before debating and deciding issues and it needs to build on what past generations have done. We need a strong council making the best decisions.” Selwyn Price, urban ward – “We’ve returned decision making
to being open and transparent. I believe the second bridge is in the wrong place. In this term we’ve achieved a lot while keeping rates at the third lowest in the country. I advocate for council to listen to the people.” Diane Rawlinson, urban ward – “Roads and water are to the fore for me. When the CBD redevelopment happens it will be very exciting for the district. I believe in connecting people with people and it is important to read all the documents we receive.” Ash Shah, urban ward – “I always ask why we have a rate rise. We have to take into account people on fixed incomes. Roading is always talked about but there seems to be no magic answer.” Stuart Wilson, eastern ward – “No matter where you’re elected in this district you take an oath to represent everyone. I might be the
grand-dad around the table but you need age and experience. You don’t need to be young and beautiful, you need a cross section around the council table.” Philip Rushton, eastern ward – “My main objective is to drive costs down rather than asking for money.” Roger Letham, western ward – “From the outside local government might look boring, but it deals in the things that have to be done – water, roads, sewage. If we get our infrastructure right, private investment and economic benefits will follow.” Liz McMillan, western ward – “I might be the youngest councillor on the team but I believe I have a lot to offer. Commonsense is what is needed around the council table, I make sure I read all the information that’s available and I a sure my vote counts.” make
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Gun owners feeling ‘isolated, vilified’ By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz
The Government has announced its second tranche of changes to firearms law, with an eye on ensuring responsible users have access to firearms and to stop the flow of guns into the black market, but some local firearms owners believe it is just adding to the unfair pressures being put on responsible firearms owners. The announcement, made by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Police Minister Stuart Nash on Friday, is the second tranche of changes following the March 15 terror attacks in Christchurch. The first saw a number of firearms become prohibited and started an amnesty and buy-back process to allow licensed owners to be reimbursed for their firearms, or to hand them into police, no questions asked. Local firearms owner Bob McDonald said while the terror attacks were a tragedy, many gun owners felt they were being vilified and blamed for what had happened. “People are really disappointed in the way law-abiding firearms owners have been treated,” he said. The second tranche of laws propose changes to the firearms licensing system by reducing the the length of a licence from 10 years to five, adding more checks to get a licence and introducing a firearms’ register. “We had a register 30-odd years ago, but the police pulled the pin on it because it was too difficult,” he said. McDonald hosted a meeting last month of more than 100 firearms owners in Ashburton which lasted around five hours with the owners voicing their concerns to the Council of Licensed Firearms Owners secretary Nicole McKee. “There are so many unanswered questions,” he said. McDonald said he cannot see the sense in the law changes. “A lot of owners are starting to feel mistreated and like they are being made scapegoats, while there have been no impacts on people breaking the law,” he said. “It is very disappointing and it is leaving people with more ques-
tions than answers. “It is vilifying the whole firearms community and we are all feeling pretty isolated and picked on. “It is disappointing, all the firearms owners I know have done the right thing, they have surrendered their weapons or have applied to get them modified and are obeying all the laws.” McDonald questioned the proposed changes, saying he believed the system was already strong. “The (licensing) system is robust. I had an interview the other day with the arms officer and it took 20-30 minutes and it was 20odd pages of questions, it is not a two-minute job,” he said. McDonald said more and more
people, who were not part of firearms community, were starting to realise how unfair the changes were. “I am talking to a lot more non-shooters who are going ‘this is just wrong, you guys shouldn’t be treated like this’,” he said. “It seems they have missed the point that it is nothing to do with us.” Having already completed the buy-back process with his firearms that became prohibited under the first tranche of law-changes, McDonald said he found no issues with the process. “I would give it a nine-outof-10, it was fine, I did everything I needed to beforehand online,” he said.
“The prices were okay, we probably got ripped off on the optics and ammunition, but the guys co-ordinating the buyback did a great job and they were empathetic. McDonald said it was becoming clear that the wider process was becoming a disaster, with nowhere near the expected number of firearms being handed in. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said they know that the majority of gun crime is committed by people without a licence, with firearms that have either been stolen or traded illegally, and that owning a firearm is a privilege not a right. “That means we need to do all we can to ensure that only honest,
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law-abiding citizens are able to obtain firearms licences and use firearms,” she said. “The bill includes a register to track firearms and new offences and penalties that can be applied extra-territorially for illegal manufacture, trafficking, and for falsifying, removing, or altering markings – which are a new requirement under the Firearms Protocol. “For example, every person who is currently found guilty of selling or supplying a firearm to an unlicensed person is liable for a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or a fine of $1000. This bill will increase those penalties to two years and $20,000 respectively.”
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New district suicide prevention role By Susan Sandys
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Mid Canterbury’s community has come together to fund a new role in suicide prevention for the district. With a high suicide rate nationally and a lot of stresses in rural communities in particular, a need was identified in the growing rural community of Mid Canterbury. Safer Ashburton general manager Kevin Clifford said with the need being identified by many agencies, Safer Ashburton created a business case and put it to potential funders. It was happy to have several come on board, including the Trevor Wilson Charitable Trust, Mackenzie Charitable Foundation, Community Trust Mid and South Canterbury, the Lion Foundation, and Mayfield Lions Club. Two further Lions clubs and other funders have also expressed an interest in being involved. “There are many communities that have suicide prevention co-ordinators and we don’t, so it was an easily identified gap,” Clifford said. The funding has created one full-time equivalent role for a Life’s Worth Living co-ordinator/ facilitator, and this has been filled by Pup Chamberlain and Connie
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Quigley in a job-share position. Based at Safer Ashburton’s headquarters of Community House, Chamberlain and Quigley are planning to network with Mid Canterbury’s wide range of organisations and develop workshops, support groups, education programmes, as well as identify key risks and plan a co-ordinated wrap around post-vention model of care. They expect their work will complement the clinical role of a health improvement practitioner (HIP) at Three Rivers Health, announced recently as part of a $6 million nationwide boost to mental health services from Government. The average suicide rate in Mid Canterbury in recent years is 4.4 per year, with approximately one third being under 25, one third aged from 25 to 44 and the majority of the remainder being aged from 45 to 64. The most recent accurate figures for the five years up to 2015 show Mid Canterbury has a lower rate of suicide than the national level. Chamberlain’s background is 38 years in policing prior to being employed at Community and Public Health, a role which he is continuing in. Quigley has worked in the clinical field of
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message of wellness and wellbeing is more present in our community,” Quigley said. “People are accepting at long last that it’s not a stigma, it’s actually a strength, to identify this need in ourselves and those around us,” Chamberlain said.
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More than 100 babies have been hospitalised after contracting measles this year. In the year to Friday, 102 babies under 12 months were sent to hospital, of a total 176 that caught measles, figures from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research show. In the last week alone 32 babies under 1 were confirmed as having caught measles - 18 per cent of the year’s total. In each of the previous two weeks, 18 under-1s were confirmed to have measles. On Saturday, the Herald reported one of the babies hospitalised had almost died. Lakyn-Ray Auloa was 9 months old when she was admitted to hospital in August with pneumonia, an early symptom of measles. Her parents were told she had a 50 per cent chance of dying, and could have brain seizures for the rest of her life. She is now in recovery but her parents told the Herald it was the scariest ordeal of their lives. Across New Zealand there were 165 confirmed measles cases reported in the week to Friday September 13, bringing the total for the year to 1275, according to the ESR figures. Of those cases, 441 people - almost 35 per cent – ended up in hospital. Last week saw six new cases in Northland, up from two the previous week, and seven new cases in Waikato – up from three the previous week.
Across Auckland’s three DHBs there were 142 new cases, compared to 135 the week before. More than 100 cases last week were in Counties Manukau. There’s been a surge in vaccinations which led to some GPs and clinics running short or running out of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Auckland’s medical officer of health, Dr William Rainger, said last week that vaccination rates had quadrupled compared to three weeks prior. It took two weeks to develop immunity to measles following the MMR jab, so the effect would hopefully be seen with a levelling off of infection rates in coming weeks, he said. A shipment of 52,000 fresh doses was due to arrive on the weekend, to be distributed this week.
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Wizardry quiz for Methven By Susan Sandys
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Harry Potter fans are reaching for their good luck potions as they prepare for a quiz night in Methven tomorrow. One of the Blue Pub’s duty managers, Ru Vodden, is planning the Harry Potter Quiz Night, and said it was fantastic to see plenty of interest leading into the event at the pub to start at 7pm. The quiz is a fundraiser for Blue September, Prostate Cancer Awareness month. Vodden is writing the quiz and will be in good company amongst fellow fans. The 23-year-old grew up in London reading the J K Rowling books and watching the movies. She and her school friends visited Kings Cross station annually on September 1 to indulge in the fantastical scenario of catching the Hogwart’s Express from platform nine and three quarters. And she has been able to indulge her passion further, working at the Warner Bros Studio Tour London as a tour guide, taking people behind the scenes of the Harry Potter films. “I would talk to people about Harry Potter all day, it was great,” she said.
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In brief Dunedin fire Fire And Emergency New Zealand believes property is not threatened by a major vegetation fire in the hills above Dunedin, but are closely watching the arrival of predicted strong winds later yesterday. The fire, which began yesterday just before 1pm near the Pineapple walking track on Flagstaff Hill, created a large column of smoke visible across the city. Flames could be clearly along the ridge line. A witness at the scene said the there was “a huge amount of damage”, a large amount of burning tussock and flax and there were several hotspots. – NZME
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Ru Vodden will be in wizardly good company tomorrow night. Today based in Methven, one of Vodden’s favourite possessions is her Slytherin scarf. She said while Slytherins were stereotypically the bad house of the four Hogwarts’ houses, this was not so much the case any-
more as the Harry Potter community had developed beyond the books. Many fans identified with either Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin, reflecting their personality type. For Vodden she admired the Sl-
ytherin qualities of being super driven and very loyal. Vodden said yesterday five teams had so far signed up to the quiz night, but with plenty of interest she expected more today and tomorrow.
New Zealand chocolate brand Whittaker’s has slammed a number of rude Kiwis who took to the Whittaker’s Facebook page to body shame of one its own ambassadors in Japan. In a promotional video just days before the Rugby World Cup, a Kiwi Whittaker’s model in Japan is seen donning an All Blacks jersey while promoting the sale of their new home and away products. But instead of Kiwis commenting on the release of the two new chocolate flavours, their attention turned to the physical appearance of the model, taking aim at both Whittaker’s and the ambassador. – NZME
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Accountant admits $66k theft An Ashburton woman who admitted stealing $66,000 from her employer will be seeking a discharge without conviction when she next appears in court. Tracey Anne Milne, an accountant who has already been disciplined by her professional body, pleaded guilty to the theft when she appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday before Judge Joanna Maze. She was remanded to October 14 for sentence and her lawyer
Roz Burnside said she would be making an application for a discharge without conviction on the basis Milne had repaid the money, and more. Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris McFarlin said Milne had been employed as an in-house accountant for Heartland Technology from 2013 to 2017 and was responsible for making payments on behalf of the company. Between September 20, 2013 and August 18, 2017, she made
53 unauthorised payments, totalling $66,326, from Heartland’s bank account to her own, he said. Milne coded them as wages and payments of usual creditors to disguise the transactions. In December 2017 she met with the directors of the company and admitted making the unauthorised payments. She signed an acknowledgement of debt and paid $94,378 to the company. Milne told police she took the money to help support family
members. Burnside said Milne had repaid all the money by January this year and she had been surprised to be served with police prosecution papers in June. She has already been removed from the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. The lawyer said police had indicated they would not oppose the application for discharge without conviction. Milne had also been helpful to her former employer,
Judge requests personal report before sentencing Others to appear before Judge Maze included: Hugh Teawapuna Hanara, 49, a shearer of Tinwald, admitted driving with excess breath alcohol on Archibald Street on August 24. He has seven previous convictions for drink driving. Hanara was stopped at 10.30pm after police saw him cutting a corner. He was breath-tested and returned 897mcg. Judge Maze said it had been a long time since his last drink driving incident but she still wanted a report on his personal circumstances. She remanded him to November 4 for sentencing. Roberto da Silva Oletic, 45, a sky diving instructor working in Queenstown, admitted drink driving on Bremners Road on August 22. He was stopped just after midnight on suspicion of driving with excess alcohol. He was breath-tested and returned 470mcg. Defence counsel Clare Yardley said Oletic was from Brazil and had been caught out drinking New Zealand wine. “He did not appreciate our wine had a high alcohol content.” She said he would be able to continue working without a driver’s licence. Oletic was fined $350, ordered to pay $130 court costs, and disqualified from driving for six months. Caroline Anne Brady, 41, was convicted and discharged on a charge of theft from her employer after Judge Maze was told she had repaid the money she stole. Brady had admitted stealing $370 in June from a cash bag belonging to her employer, Harvey’s Bakehouse, while transporting the funds from Rakaia to Ashburton. Defence counsel Roz Burnside said Brady had taken full responsibility for her offending and repaid the money in full. She was very remorseful for the theft, which was out of character for her. Brady had been open to a restorative justice meeting, but that did not go ahead. Judge Maze said she had read the victim impact statement and understood the concerns
though she had lost her job, and paid extra money to cover interest. Judge Maze asked if it was possible for the parties to take part in a restorative justice meeting. The theft of $66,000 would usually have a starting point of imprisonment, she said. She asked for the defence to prepare a formal application for discharge and for police to respond, given the unusual circumstances.
‘No excuses for botched handling’ – Ardern By Derek Cheng NZME
expressed in it. “But I can only sentence on the proven offending.” Reversing into a tight parking spot for his wife in Christchurch had expensive repercussions for Luke Keith Worsfold. Worsfold admitted driving with excess blood alcohol, but only to park the car. Police said Worsfold’s car had been seen trying to parallel park several times in Christchurch about 11pm on June 28. Worsfold was found behind the wheel and said he had been drinking craft beer; a sample of his blood returned 92 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Defence counsel Paul Bradford said Worsfold’s wife had been trying unsuccessfully to park the car. “He then simply hopped into the seat and parked the vehicle, whereupon the police apprehended him.” He said Worsfold had not been driving because he had been drinking and parking the car for his wife was not an egregious offence. He asked the judge to avoid imposing disqualification and asked for a fine. The judge agreed, saying the Land Transport Act pre-dated the Sentencing Act and included fines in community-based sentences; Worsfold was happy to pay a fine.
Judge Maze accepted the unusual circumstances and fined him $600, plus $130 court costs. She did not impose disqualification. Shane Patrick Read, 59, a farmer of Eiffelton, admitted driving while disqualified and driving with excess breath alcohol. Read had been disqualified from driving indefinitely for previous drink drive offences and was caught behind the wheel on August 9 on Agnes Street. He was breath-tested and returned 452mcg. He was remanded to November 4 for sentence. Saul Brayden Hourston, 26, admitted beating a man he thought was appearing in court on sex abuse charges. Hourston had travelled with the man and others from Christchurch Men’s Prison to the Ashburton court in June and the attack happened in the holding cells. The man was punched four times in the head and kicked. Defence counsel Roz Burnside said Hourston was already serving a prison term, imposed for other offences after the assault. He was remanded to Thursday for sentencing in Timaru.
Xavier Whakatomo Bartlett, 22, a shearer, was sentenced to 100 hours community work and nine months supervision on charges laid after a party where he was grossly intoxicated. He admitted representative charges of assaulting a woman and doing an indecent act to insult a woman. Judge Maze said Bartlett had approached the victim three times, grabbing her clothing, holding her face and touching her inappropriately. He had also using insulting language. Partygoers confronted him and asked him to leave; he was then verbally abusive to the victim and punched her in the face. The judge said a pre-sentence report noted Bartlett agreed he needed to do something about his alcohol and drug use. She also ordered him to pay $500 to his victim for emotional harm. Dale Hawai-Karangi Rimene, 22, admitted driving with excess breath alcohol in State Highway One at Hinds on August 9. Police said she was stopped for speeding and subsequently breath-tested, which returned 474mcg reading. She was sentenced to 40 hours community work and disqualified from driving for six months.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said there were no excuses for Labour’s botched handling of complaints, including a sexual assault claim, against a former party staffer. “We have a duty of care and we failed in it,” Ardern told media at her post-Cabinet press conference yesterday afternoon. She said it could happen to any party, and it was her job to address those mistakes and help other institutes to do the same. She said she had held two conference calls with the Labour Party’s NZ council over the weekend. She said the complaints made to the party were serious and needed to be heard in a timely way. “That didn’t happen”. The terms of reference for the review, by Maria Dew QC, had been finalised but would not be released at the request of the complainants. Dew said she wanted to look at the substance of the complaints and not the Labour Party processes, Ardern said. The party’s lawyer, who had looked into the party’s process, would hand that work to a third party. That would go to all involved parties and asked for feedback. Ardern said that prevention and training and victim-centred processes would be set up to improve party processes. And she said she would meet with the complainants at their convenience, and those meetings would be guided by experts. She said Poto Williams would lead work in conjunction with experts to “support culture change for everyone”. Ardern said these measures would not change how difficult the process had been for the complainants, but the next steps should improve the party’s culture for the future. She added that that change should have happened after the sexual assault allegations at the Young Labour summer camp last year.
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US ‘locked and loaded’ NZME Iran has warned the US it’s “ready for a fully-fledged war” after it was blamed for a drone attack on Saudi Arabia that wiped out five per cent of the world’s crude oil supplies. In response US president Donald Trump tweeted: “Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!” Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo directly blamed Iran for the Saudi attack on Twitter on Sunday, and officials worked to provide evidence for his claim the following day. “Amid all the calls for de-escalation, Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply,” Pompeo wrote. “There is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen.” Yesterday, Senior US officials, including the Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, were seen at the White House for a National Security Council meeting about the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure. Crude prices rocketed have more than 19 per cent since the attack on the world’s biggest crude-processing facility and the kingdom’s second-biggest oilfield. Before and after satellite images show how the drones, attacking Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq plant and its Khurais oilfield, tore through the facilities – leading to the interruption of an estimated 5.7 million barrels of the kingdom’s crude oil. The attack is the single worst sudden disruption to the oil market ever, and senior members of the US government are laying the blame on Iran. However, Iran denies any involvement and it has responded with fury to the accusation, going as far as to threaten US bases with missile strikes. The Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard says its forces could strike US military bases across the Middle East with their arsenal of ballistic missiles.
Rihanna thanks Parris Choreographer Parris Goebel has received a thank you gift from superstar Rihanna. The New Zealand born choreographer was tasked with helping create the Savage x Fenty fashion show, which showcased Rihanna’s new collection for her inclusive lingerie brand. “Thank you Rih! You are so thoughtful, I love youuu,” she captioned an Instagram picture of the Rolex watch, which has since been deleted from her Instagram story. Rihanna is a big fan of Goebel, telling The Cut “Parris is a bad b****.”
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A satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. PHOTO AP A senior Revolutionary Guard commander, Amirali Hajizadeh, told Tasnim news agency: “Everybody should know that all American bases and their aircraft carriers in a distance of up to 2000km around Iran are within the range of our missiles.” The devastating attack over the weekend halved Saudi Arabian oil production and could fuel a crisis in the region. Tensions were already high
over Tehran’s collapsing nuclear deal. “Because of the tension and sensitive situation, our region is like a powder keg,” said Mr Hajizadeh. “When these contacts come too close, when forces come into contact with one another, it is possible a conflict happens because of a misunderstanding.” In response to the attack, senior US senators have sug-
gested striking Iranian oil refineries in response to the assault, claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil processing facility. Actions on any side could break into the open a twilight war that has been raging just below the surface of the wider Persian Gulf. Already, there have been mysterious attacks on oil tankers that the US blames on Tehrana US military surveillance drone.
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Cars lead singer found dead in New York Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of the 1980s band the Cars, has died at the age of 75. New York police confirmed that officers responded to a 911 call yesterday afternoon. Ocasek was pronounced dead at the scene, with no sign of foul play.
The Cars topped the charts in the late 1970s and 80s, with 13 top-40 singles including Just What I Needed, Shake It Up, Good Times Roll and Drive. The band’s sound helped kick off the new wave movement, and saw them and Ocasek inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. The Cars broke up in 1988, after which Ocasek focused on his solo career. Musicians have begun paying tribute to Ocasek on Twitter, with the New Pornographers’ AC Newman saying: “I will never stop imitating the
first Cars album. His influence will always stay with me.” Ocasek – real name Richard Theodore Otcasek – started pursuing music after dropping out of college in the 60s. The Cars’ debut self-titled album, released in 1978, was a massive hit on the Billboard charts.
What a difference a haircut makes. Stranger Things star Joe Keery – whose impeccably coiffured hair is beloved by many of the show’s fans – stepped out on a red carpet last week with a new do so drastic, many fans didn’t actually realise who they were looking at. Keery fans would be familiar with the actor’s famous coiffered locks after three seasons of Netflix’s hit sci-fi series,, but last week Keery appeared at a Chanel dinner in Los Angeles with an entirely different do. As you can imagine, fans have a lot of feelings about the 27-year-old actor’s beautiful hair being replaced with this new bangs ‘n bowl cut look.
Andrew ‘visited’ Courtney Rock star Courtney Love has alleged Prince Andrew once came to her home “looking for sex”, and that the pair were introduced through accused paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. According to The Sun, the disgraced royal turned up at Love’s house at 1am “looking for sex”, shortly after she was introduced to Epstein. Love said she had been asleep when the doorbell rang at 1am. It was Prince Andrew standing on her doorstep with a protection officer, “totally unannounced”. “He said he had got my address from a mutual friend and was looking to have a fun night in Hollywood, and apparently I could show him a good time.”
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urely we can all agree that anything which might boost the profile of this district is a positive step in the right direction, even more so if it’s not going to come at a cost directly from our own pockets. We all want the best for the area that we live in and the place we are proud to call home and an increase in visitors is a welcome one on any day of the week. Last Friday, when news came through of a proposed $50 million sports campus at Lake Hood, like most of the district would seem to be, we couldn’t help but be sceptical. You get these sort of grand plan ideas from time-to-time, but often they are flash-in-the-
pan moments – someone’s had an idea that seems a little too far-fetched and it never quite manages to be achieved. Irrelevant of all the hoopla that might surround it. But, in this case, it seems like there’s been a lot of work done behind the scenes before it was released publicly – solidifying the fact that it’s a very serious, and very real, proposition. The campus will include two
3G pitches – one indoor and one out, a running track, tennis/netball and basketball courts, a high performance gym, medical and therapy suites, mental health and wellness clinics, a nutrition centre, academic lecture halls and 20 residential-style accommodation units. The backing behind the venture comes from some pretty serious investors and well-respected and reputable organisations worldwide, which only further enhances the likelihood of this getting over the line. The initial designs and plans for the campus are impressive to say the least. If completed in the manner in which it’s been proposed, it would offer the Ashburton
District a world class facility like few others and create some remarkable opportunities for our region. Privately funded and not being paid for by the ratepayers of the district is a big bonus. With some big ticket projects already lined up out of the Ashburton District Council coffers in the near future, anything else that was going to impact on rates in this district was going to be a step too far, so new blood to the party, so to speak, is a big positive here. The timelines for the campus to go ahead are fast and there’s a strong desire for it to be up and fully operational in a pretty short time-frame, which are believed to be achievable – especially
with the support the project seems to have behind it. The location, out at Lake Hood, is a wise move, it’s a wee gem in the Ashburton District crown. It plays home to many people and groups now that it’s almost it’s own self-sustaining little bubble, but the potential for it to become an ever bigger draw card for both locals and visitors to the area is exciting and one which the majority will welcome with open arms. But for now, it’s a case of wait and see – the initial signs seem pretty conclusive though and despite some conjecture in the community about the validity of the announcement, it would seem, at this stage, as though the campus is odds-on to happen.
684.81 at 8920.70. In 2011, a demonstration calling itself Occupy Wall Street began in New York, prompting similar protests around the US and the world. Ten years ago: President Barack Obama abruptly cancelled a long-planned missile shield for Eastern Europe, replacing a Bush-era project that was bitterly opposed by Russia with a plan he contended would better defend against a growing threat of Iranian missiles. An 18-year-old man armed with an axe, knives and Molotov cocktails attacked his high school in Ansbach, Germany, injuring nine students
and a teacher before being shot and arrested. Five years ago: The Republicancontrolled House voted grudgingly to give the administration authority to train and arm Syrian rebels as President Barack Obama emphasised anew that American forces “do not and will not have a combat mission” in the struggle against Islamic State militants in either Iraq or Syria. One year ago: Emergency crews brought food and water to Wilmington, NC, after the city of 120,000 people was cut off by flooding from Hurricane Florence; the death toll from the
storm rose to at least 32. Today’s birthdays: Singer LaMonte McLemore is 84. Singer Fee Waybill is 71. Actress Cassandra Peterson is 68. Comedian Rita Rudner is 66. Muppeteer Kevin Clash is 59. Director-actor Paul Feig is 57. Movie director Baz Luhrmann is 57. Singer BeBe Winans is 57. Actor Kyle Chandler is 54. Director-producer Bryan Singer is 54. Rapper Doug E. Fresh is 53. Actor Malik Yoba is 52. Rock singer Anastacia is 51. Actor Matthew Settle is 50. Rapper Vinnie is 49. Actor-comedian Bobby Lee is 48. Actor Felix Solis is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer
Marcus Sanders is 46. Actresssinger Nona Gaye is 45. Singeractor Constantine Maroulis is 44. NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is 44. Pop singer Maile Misajon is 43. Country singer-songwriter Stephen Cochran is 40. Rock musician Chuck Comeau is 40. Actor Billy Miller is 40. Country singer Desi Wasdin is 36. Rock musician Jon Walker is 34. Actress Danielle Brooks is 30. Gospel singer Jonathan McReynolds is 30. Actress-singer Denyse Tontz is 25. Thought for today: “We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.” – Cicero, Roman scholar (106-43 BC). – AP
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, September 17, the 260th day of 2019. There are 105 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On September 17, 1987, the city of Philadelphia, birthplace of the U.S. Constitution, threw a big party to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the historic document; in a speech at Independence Hall, President Ronald Reagan acclaimed the framing of the Constitution as a milestone “that would profoundly and forever alter not just these United States but the world.” On this date: In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. In 1862, more than 3600 men were killed in the Civil War Battle of Antietam in Maryland. In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland during World War Two, more than two weeks after Nazi Germany had launched its assault. In 1944, during World War Two, Allied paratroopers launched Operation Market Garden, landing behind German lines in the Netherlands. In 1941, Flogging and whipping were abolished in New Zealand. In 1947, James V Forrestal was sworn in as the first US Secretary of Defense. In 1978, after meeting at Camp David, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed a framework for a peace treaty. In 1994, Heather Whitestone of Alabama was crowned the first deaf Miss America. In 1996, former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew died in Berlin, Maryland, at age 77. In 2001, six days after 9/11, stock prices nosedived but stopped short of collapse in an emotional, flag-waving reopening of Wall Street; the Dow Jones industrial average ended the day down
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You’re not an adult until you turn 26? By Kate Hawkesby
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see the British media are reporting a recent survey which claims you’re not an adult until you’re ... 26 years old. It used to be 18 was considered adult, then it was 21 – but now, 26!? I know I didn’t feel like an adult until I was in my late 30s (in fact some days I still don’t feel like one). Adulting is hard, no wonder kids are putting it off. So what constitutes being an adult? According to this survey, there are 50 signs of independence: these include being financially independent and able to budget, booking your own appointments, even doing your own laundry. It used to be that from about age 12 you were taught to cook
the family meal. So what’s changed? Are we doing too much for our kids these days? Are we making home too good and too easy for them to ever want to leave? When was the last time you saw an 18-year-old leave home? And I don’t mean to head off to uni and bounce back every holidays, I mean actually up sticks and start a new life? And if they do, how soon before they boomerang back? I speak from experience here. The excitement of the oldest leaving the nest to go flatting – only to have them boomerang right back home a few months later. Just as you had got used to that extra space and stopped grieving their absence, boom, they’re back. Kids are spending more years
studying or experimenting, they’re taking longer to grow up and flee the nest, according to this study. In fact, of the 2000 people surveyed, more than half blamed the economy and spending longer in education. It’s too expensive to leave home, too tough to live on a part-time job while studying. But they also pinpointed a ‘lack of effort’: less real world experience. Seven in 10 surveyed felt that life skills should be taught from an earlier age. So, is staying home longer and investing more time in education a good or a bad thing? Should kids just be getting out into the world and getting on with it? With parents living and working longer these days do we really need kids hanging round
home draining the resources and the wi-fi until they’re 26? Seventy-five per cent of adults in this survey think parents should play the biggest role in teaching a young person everything they need to know for adulthood. So maybe our job as parents is to teach these skills earlier and faster, teach them to budget and to save, so that they can reach independence quicker – and naff off before they turn 26. Kate Hawkesby is the host of Early Edition on Newstalk ZB. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.
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Plans to fine truckies opposed NZME Farmers and the road transport industry say they oppose transporters being brought into the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) legislation. It is proposed that truck drivers will be severely penalised with fines if they transport animals that do not have NAIT tags, said Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett. “Yet truck drivers have no control over the NAIT tagging system, as getting those animals tagged is solely the responsibility of the farmers that raise them,” Leggett told the Primary Production Select Committee at Parliament on Sunday. “We accept that animals must be traced to ensure their lifetime movements can be monitored in the event of any disease outbreaks. But there have been long-standing problems with the NAIT system that cannot be fixed by punishing the people who drive trucks. Under the legislation changes there would be $400 fines for transporting untagged animals, Leggett said. “Clearly, no untagged livestock should ever be presented for transport if the NAIT system was working properly. “We strongly object to livestock transporters potentially being penalised for actions that are beyond their control.” Federated Farmers also addressed the Primary Production Select Committee, saying it did not support the transporter proposal. “We see no value in transporters having to become the policeman.” Anderson said adding transporters to NAIT would complicate a system that was already “clunky and hard to navigate”.
“We urge the Government to enable NAIT to be implemented to achieve its purpose, support is far more effective than additional layers of complexity.” Meanwhile, Anderson said farmers recognised they had ultimate responsibility of stock traceability, and wanted NAIT to work, but there were concerns over its usability. Those concerns included a lack of education on NAIT, along with the expensive technology required and the reliance on con-
nectivity that often fails or is nonexistent in rural areas, Anderson said. “Implementation and education on NAIT are lacking, we know a system that actually works would mitigate most of the non-compliance issues that currently exist in the NAIT system. “We do not believe that farmers deliberately set out to be non-compliant and our members have been very vocal of their concerns with the system”. “The NAIT system has recently
been focused on improving usability, and we look forward to this continued approach with a healthy add-on of education and training on the ground, on farms, in the regions. “We have had lots of discussion around rural connectivity and know it is a major issue, it is continually overlooked as an integral part of this system working, we raised this concern with the select committee.” The idea of the Crown owning NAIT data is something Feds’
members also disagreed with, Anderson said. This raised a red flag as to why the Crown would want ownership, when current legislation allowed access to NAIT information in a transparent manner, Anderson said. Adding complexity to the existing NAIT system, or increasing the difficulty of the job that transporters already had would only further undermine trust in the system, Federated Farmers Meat and Wool spokesman Miles Anderson said.
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Firearms laws just off target Federated Farmers remains concerned that new gun laws will hamper pest control work. The organisation says it agrees with most of the steps by government to protect people from illegal or irresponsible firearms use, but concerns about pest control and the effectiveness of a register remain. “We recognised after the March 15 tragedy in Christchurch that action on this front was necessary,” Federated Farmers rural security spokesperson Miles Anderson said. “However, the truncated time frame for getting workable measures into place has inevitably resulted in several missteps. “Our main message at the Arms Legislation Bill select committee stage will be to repeat our call that a select group of farmers and land managers who can demonstrate need should still be able to own and use semi-automatic centrefire rifles for pest management. It’s not practicable nor cost-effective to have to rely solely on authorised contractors.” Just one example of the consequences of hampering pest control work is in the latest issue of the Forest & Bird magazine. An article notes that wallabies are steadily increasing in number and range throughout the central South Island, and
Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne and the Waikato. Wallabies eat six times more than rabbits and they’re a scourge on regenerating native forest, never mind pasture and young pine trees. MPI has said the economic impact of wallaby damage is already $28 million a year, and this could rise to $84 million within a decade. “The several hundred farmers with significant pest numbers are on the spot year-round and need semi-automatic centrefire rifles to take a number of these animals out before groups scatter.” Federated Farmers has questioned the worth of a firearms register, given the complexity and cost of the process, and the experience in other jurisdictions around the world where they have not been successful. Changing the length of the time of issue for a firearms licence from 10 years to five years would add cost for no particular gain, Anderson said. “We also think it’s essential that there is a rural voice on the proposed firearms advisory group. Farmers are the largest group in New Zealand for whom firearms are an essential work tool.” The next scheduled gun collection event in Mid Canterbury will be at the Rakaia Community Hall on September 28.
NZ projects win backing from RIL NZME A web-based platform for farmers to hire out equipment and a 14-year-old’s ambitions to provide broadband to isolated rural communities are two of four projects to win backing from the Rural Innovation Lab (RIL). Alex Stewart, 14, said he recognised a business opportunity when he heard that one of the big telcos had quoted over $150,000 to bring high speed internet services to a small community near Whanganui. The Government was investing more than $1 billion to roll out connectivity to rural areas “but the ISPs allocated this money are still only extending their infrastructure to areas
with the highest levels of profitability,” Stewart said. “That means small clusters of farms down the end of a valley won’t get ready access to fast, reliable and, most importantly, affordable internet and cell, due to the fact it could take many years for the ISPs to recoup their initial investment.” After successfully getting internet wirelessly from a farmhouse to a milkshed, Stewart teamed with Palmerston North-based Digital Cloud and has launched his own ISP, Wombat NET. He is looking to sign up an initial batch of clients in the Turakina area and put in place his first substantial infrastructure.
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tially harmful liquid. Communications manager Steve Attwood says the Grey Base Hospital and Hokitika medical centres were notified. Anyone who came into contact with the liquid vapour may experience skin rashes, sore or damaged eyes or respiratory irritation.
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Primary sector revenue tipped to drop NZME Primary sector export revenue in the year ended June lifted 8.7 per cent to $46.4 billion but is tipped to ease 0.5 per cent as lower export volumes are forecast for most sectors, according to the latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries. The Ministry for Primary Industries is expecting export revenue to reach $46.2 billion in the year to June 2020 and $47.5 billion in the following year. Brexit and trade tensions between the US and China continue to be a concern for global trade, but so far New Zealand’s primary industries have generally been able to continue growing exports, it said. Part of that is due to global food demand running ahead of supply, particularly in China, and a lower New Zealand dollar increasing the competitiveness of New Zealand exporters. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said trade negotiations are key. “We’re a trading nation and the government has an ambitious trade agenda. We’re working hard on opening up the world’s largest economies to our primary exports,” he said. “When concluded, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement will anchor New Zealand in a regional agreement which covers 16 countries, almost half the world’s population and markets that take more than half our total exports. It will also provide us a free trade relationship with India, a fast-growing economy with a GDP of more than $2.6 trillion in 2018. “Trade negotiations with the EU and updating our FTA with China are also priorities,” he said. While prices are expected to remain high for most products, lower export volumes are forecast in most sectors in the current year. Dairy and red meat volumes are expected to drop after benefiting from above-average pasture growth last season, and lower log prices are expected to drive a decrease in forestry production and exports, MPI said. Meat and wool export revenue is forecast to reach $10.1 billion for the year ending
June 2020, a 1 per cent fall from the previous year due to a slightly lower production outlook, it said. The ministry also noted the impacts of African swine fever “are becoming more apparent.” Chinese domestic prices for all meat and poultry have reached record levels, triggering a strong rise in imports of all animal protein and a rise in meat prices globally. This will benefit New Zealand red meat exports, but is also likely to result in higher pork prices for New Zealand consumers since 60 per cent of domestic consumption is imported, it said. Regarding logs, it notes that export prices were 17 per cent lower in July than they were in May. Large volumes of log and timber imports from New Zealand, Russia, and Europe over the past six months appear to have created a backlog of supply in China and that will take some time to work through before prices can recover, it said. Harvest volumes are likely to fall in response to these lower prices, especially for more price-sensitive small woodlots. Forestry exports for the year ended June reached $6.9 billion. Just over half of this value was due to log exports, through record-high harvest volumes and prices. Forestry exports for the year ended June 2020 are expected to drop 16.2 per cent to $5.8 billion, as lower log prices lead to lower harvest volumes and fewer log exports. Dairy exports, however, are expected to lift 2.8 per cent to $18.6 billion in the year to June 2020. “Strength in global dairy commodity prices is expected to support New Zealand prices and should offset any volume declines,” MPI said. The outlook for seafood is also positive, with strong international demand and a low New Zealand dollar expected to continue supporting good prices in both wild capture and aquaculture, it said. Seafood export revenue is forecast to rise 5.5 per cent in the year ending June 2020 to $2.07 billion. Horticulture export revenue jumped 13.7 per cent in the year ended June to $6.1 billion, supported by excellent harvest volumes across the sector in 2018. It is forecast to grow 3.8 per cent to $6.3 billion in the year ended June 2020.
Large cherry project planting starts NZME The first 12ha in Hortinvest’s $15.5 million Lindis River cherry project have been planted after four cornerstone investors committed to underwrite stage 1 planting. A total of 7500 trees had been planted and a further 23,000 trees would be planted next winter in stage 2, a statement from the New Zealand horticultural investment company said. The project – on Lindis Peaks Station – spans 80ha and the first fruit is expected to be harvested in the summer of 2021-22. Hortinvest marketing and sales manager Sharon Kirk said the Lindis River project was 40 per cent subscribed as negotiations continued with several large corporate investors from New Zealand and overseas. She said the company was pleased investors had started the project while continu-
ing to finalise other applications, as winter planting was critical for optimal cherry production outcomes. The Lindis River is one of three major HortInvest cherry projects in Central Otago. Stage 1 planting for another $15.5million project, near Cromwell, is scheduled to begin next week. The Tarras Cherry Corp project, also worth $15.5 million and also on 80ha, has already been planted and is expecting to harvest its first crop during the summer of 2020-21. Kirk said investors for the Lindis River project had until September 27 to finalise their applications, although there was still time for new investors to come on board. Under its business model, Hortinvest sources land, establishes orchards and packhouses and exports and markets produce, retaining all services in-house.
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Freshwater consultation process a farce By Todd Muller NZME
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he Government needs to extend the consultation time frame on its freshwater policy so farmers can actually attend and have their say, writes National’s spokesman for primary industries Todd Muller. At a time when farmers are busy calving and lambing, they’re also being tasked with dealing with potentially the biggest upheaval of their way of life in decades. The Government’s recently announced freshwater standards are hugely transformative on the primary sector. There are very real concerns that the onerous nitrogen reductions highlighted in the document will be too difficult for farmers to feasibly achieve, and they will be forced out of business. Local Government New Zealand’s modelling suggested that 68 per cent of sheep and beef farming land in the Waikato catchment would have to convert to forestry as a result. I think those who are going to be at the coalface of these changes deserve the right to be fully heard and consulted upon. Currently the consultation process is a farce. Less than a week after the report has been released and during the busiest time of year for farmers we’re seeing public meetings take place. This is cynical timing and has been decided upon by a Government whose mind is made up, and doesn’t want to face the opposition it deserves. It’s this lack of information and transparency that breeds fear amongst rural communities. Interest rates are at record lows, dairy prices are above historical averages, and the weather has been pretty good. In many ways farmers should be optimistic. But instead confidence is at all-time lows. This is a direct result of the uncertainty and pressure heaped on to farmers by the coalition Government. The Ministers in charge of these proposals should be on the ground hearing
from New Zealanders who are concerned, instead they’re nowhere to be seen and are sending officials to weather the storm for them. David Parker made his position quite clear when his response to legitimate questioning on the topic was to fob it off and say “just trust me”. The 23,000 farming families whose way of life is directly affected by these changes deserve better than this. Water is both a critical strategic asset and a source of recreation in New Zealand, and we all know it must be abundant, healthy, clean and cost effective. But we must have our eyes open when implementing regulations and ensure they do not have perverse effects on our primary sector and wider economy. National established a comprehensive National Policy Statement while in Government and worked alongside our primary sector to clean our waterways, which have been steadily improving, as shown by the Government’s own data from Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA). This analysis of national river quality trends from 2008 to 2017 showed that for eight out of the nine water quality indicators reported on, more monitored sites were improving than degrading. The consultation process surrounding these changes is cynical, dismissive, but sadly predictable of this Government. Rural New Zealand deserves access to accurate information and should be able to ask the tough questions. The Government needs to extend the consultation time frame and ensure that public meetings take place at times that encourage maximum attendance, our farmers deserve it. Todd Muller National’s spokesman for primary industries. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof
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Kiwi motorists trepeditious By Liam Dann
Oil prices have been relatively low since June this year, so this event in isolation isn’t going to send the local pump price up to $3 a litre. As recently as October last year Brent crude was trading at US$85 a barrel. It’s currently at $US68.43 as at midday yesterday (NZT). The last time it was that high was the start of July when the pump price was around $NZ2.25 a litre. What’s really changed is the value of the kiwi dollar – off almost
6 per cent since then. That makes imported petrol more expensive, but we have been buffered from the impact by falling oil prices – until now. Meanwhile, commodity oil prices have already calmed down a bit since the market opened. West Texas Crude is up 11 per cent at $US60.68 and Brent Crude up 12 per cent. US moves to unlock emergency reserves and Saudi efforts to get the oil fields back on stream have
offered traders some comfort. State energy producer Saudi Aramco lost about 5.7 million barrels per day of output after the attack – equivalent to 5 per cent of global supply. That sounds dramatic. But Saudi officials say they have about half of that back on stream already. There is potential for things to get very ugly in the Middle East, but then isn’t there always. A worst-case scenario like the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990
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“massive” premium. “The implied multiple on that is quite supportive for the a2 Milk share price,” he said. “It’s a bit of difference in terms of valuation,” he said. Bellamy’s – like a2 Milk – attracts short selling – the sale of a share that the seller has borrowed. The short seller profits if the share price declines by picking it back up later at a lower price, but when the market turns in the stock’s favour, the shift higher can make the move more dramatic than it would do otherwise, triggering a short-covering rally.
Solly said it looked like a short-covering rally was already taking place with a2 Milk. “It’s a reminder that there is a good underlying business within a2 Milk that is attractive to global buyers,” he said. “Based on this transaction, it makes a2 Milk look undervalued,” he said. A2 Milk is also understood to be conducting an investor education day in Shanghai this week. Mengniu is one of the leading dairy product manufacturers in China and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Buy price
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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET
Source: NZX and Standard & Poors
30/8
A2 shares rally after new deal announced
Shares in a2 Milk rallied sharply after news emerged that Chinese dairy giant Mengniu would pay a 59 per cent premium to buy one of a2’s closest peers, Bellamy’s Australia. Bellamy’s said Mengniu would buy the Aussie infant formula maker for $1.43 billion under a scheme of arrangement. Megniu is offering A$13.25 a share compared with Friday’s close of A$8.32. Shares in a2 Milk hit a session high of $15.40 on the news, then retraced to $14.98, up 95c or 7 per cent from Friday’s close. A2 Milk’s supplier, Synlait Milk, rallied by 30c to $9.30. Mengniu’s cash price represents an enterprise value of 30 times Bellamy’s normalised fullyear earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA). On consensus earnings, a2 Milk is trading on 20.6 times its 2020 forecast EBITDA. The Bellamy’s board has unanimously recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the scheme. Australian fund managers regularly lump Bellamy’s – which specialises in making organic infant formula – with a2 Milk, which makes formula using milk containing just the a2 beta protein. Shane Solly, portfolio manager at Harbour Asset Management, said Mengniu was offering a
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The drone strikes on Saudi oil fields look certain to hit Kiwis in the pocket, after a huge spike in barrel prices on commodity markets yesterday. Crude oil prices jumped 19 per cent in initial trading on commodity markets. Bloomberg described it as being technically the biggest spike the market has seen since futures trading began in 1998. Whether this becomes a serious factor in local economic equations will depend on whether it was an isolated terrorist attack or the start of something more ominous. Right now with rumour and speculation flying, that’s impossible to know. Did Iran do it? If not who did? Is someone trying to frame Iran to create conflict? And how is Donald Trump feeling about all this? Good luck predicting any of that. But let’s put the price spike into some broader context.
could see oil prices double. Over several months during the escalation and invasion in 1990 oil rose from around $20 a barrel to $40. By the time the US went to war in 1991 it was already falling and it ended 1991 at just $17. With a lower dollar, more fuel taxes and the imported crude oil component of the local pump price worth about 75c a litre, we’d certainly be above $3 a litre if that happened. But broadly the world is now much better placed to respond by boosting production. Thanks to advances in fracking and shale oil production the US and Canada have the capacity to unleash enormous reserves of oil if the price makes it viable. For the planet’s sake, let’s hope they don’t. We may see a spike of a few cents a litre at the pump in the next week even if there are no further incidents in the Middle East. That’s not great news for business and consumer confidence. But hopefully it will be short lived.
q S&P/NZX 50 Gross
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q S&P/NZX 20 index
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p Rises 70 q Falls 53 Top 5 NZX gainers Company
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METAL PRICES
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18.14
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–0.80%
London – $US/ounce
–0.04
–0.25%
p Copper London – $US/tonne
5,870.0
+28.0
+0.48%
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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - What are the main ingredients of a knickerbocker glory? a. Rosemary and garlic b. Fruit and ice cream c. Nuts and biscuits 2 - Which Madonna song begins with the words Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone? a. Crazy For You b. Papa Don’t Preach c. Like a Prayer 3 - The velocipede was an early form of ... what? a. Bicycle b. Computer c. Knitting machine 4 - Who plays the title role in the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story? a. Alden Ehrenreich b. Adam Driver c. Harrison Ford 5 - The Saab motor car company was founded in 1945 in which country? a. Italy b. Germany c. Sweden 6 - Which of these battles took place first? a. Battle of Trafalgar a. Battle of Waterloo c. Battle of Hastings 7 - Tournesol is the French name for which flower? a. Daffodil b. Rose c. Sunflower 8 - In which year was Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, born? a. 1975 b. 1981 c. 1985
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Tataki salmon with citrus soy dressing
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of a banana leaf, slightly overlapping and drizzle with a little of the citrus dressing. Top with micro leaves, capsicum and drizzle with balsamic reduction. ■■ This recipe serves 4 people. Recipe courtesy of www. seafood.co.nz Seafood New Zealand
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From Dorie to Erewhon A
t Ashburton Museum, more and more images of interest are being made accessible by the sometimes slow process of scanning images from the massive photographic collection. We regularly feature a small selection of the over six million images in the collection on these pages. While our research articles are always very popular, the sections of photographs frequently bring people in to the museum, who are keen to help identify people and places that they recognise. The information shared adds valuable knowledge to the catalogue record of the collection. This week features images connected to subjects beginning with the letters D and E.
Above – Three patients outside the school dental clinic. Other images include the same patients sitting in the chair of the ‘murder house’. Left – Perhaps taken at a wedding anniversary, this image shows members of the Davidson family. Below left – Members of the Dorie Women’s Division of Federated Farmers, who attended their 1939 jubilee, if one looks closely at the tea wagon there is a 21st key. Below right – Entitled Eiffelton ball, this photo appears to be a debutante ball, one of a number of deb ball groups Tindall took. I don’t want to be judgemental, but some of these belles have a distinctly masculine look don’t you think? CGC stands for Country Girls’ Club, so maybe some of these young ladies were actually Young Farmers. The bubbles on the photo are signs of deterioration due to poor storage before the negatives came into our collection.
Right – These cheerful people are the staff of Drummond and Etheridge, locally known by the very alphabetical abbreviation of D and E. Left – Apart from weddings, the other large groups that photographers work with are school groups. Here are the primers of Eiffelton in 1964. We also have images from East Ashburton (also known as Hampstead). Right – This group wrapped up warmly is from a collection that appears to be a bus trip for snow fun at Erewhon in 1964.
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RESULTS ■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club September 9 Individual & Walker Trophies N/S 1st Jan McClelland & Georgina Black, 2nd Mervyn Jones & Bev Blair, 3rd Bruce Leighton & Linda Osborne. E/W 1st Colin Clemens & Maryke Blignault, 2nd Pauline Scott & Mary Francis, 3rd Mary Bruce & Anne Gilbert September 10 Ron Sutherland Trophy N/S 1st Trish Downward & Maree Moore, 2nd Rosemary McLaughlin & Jan de Jong, 3rd Val Ferrier & Trish Small. E/W 1st Val Palmer & Annette Blain, 2nd Kay Robb & Mike Holdaway, 3rd = Rewa Kyle & John Fechney and Jim Rooney & Edna Segers and Paul & Pauline Fergus September 11 Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Rona Brownlie & Bev Turton, 2nd Melva Stowell & Val Ferrier, 3rd Lynette Leadley & Jeanette Lovett E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & Kay Robb, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 3rd Val Palmer & David Wilkinson September 12 Party Night N/S 1st Trish Small & Maryke Blignault, 2nd David Sewell & Debbie Seddon-Sewell, 3rd Mary Buckland & Heather Sim. E/W 1st Hilda Blee & David Wilkinson, 2nd Val Palmer & Jan McClelland, 3rd Maree Moore & Mary Bruce
■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers September 14 Hidden Teams 1st Kristine Marriott, Mark Smitheram, John Uden, Don Sutton, Andy Skinner, Don Morrison 47 Points. 2nd Simon Chapman, Paul Chapman, Chris Reid, Pam Harcourt, Dave Shurrock, Brian Ellis, 50 points. 3rd Rob Hooper, Paul Summerfield, Roger Wilson, Nick Grijns, Debbie Skinner, John Delore. 74 points. Overall Points for the Winter Series. Madge Peach Trophy (Ladies) 1st Debbie Skinner, 141. 2nd Janette Hooper 94. 3rd Liz Wylie 87. 4th Lucy Kirwan 46. 5th Kristine Marriott 41. 6th Pam Harcourt 25. 7th Caitlin Titheridge 18. 8th Michelle Knight 17. 9th Shona McGrath 16. 10th Jackie Dwyer 14. 11th Emma Hudson 8. 12th. Zoe Nicholls 6. Jim Tate Trophy (Under 40s) 1st. Gerard Morrison 121. 2nd. Paul Sinclair 69. 3rd Tim Craig 55. 4th Matt Marshall 42. 5th Riley Strachan 38. 6th Ethan Titheridge 26. 7th. Oliver Davidson 22. 8th Chris Reid 20. 9th Brad Hudson 14. 10th Sam Clement Stewart 12. 11th Matthew Clough 8. 12th Cameron Harcourt 3. 13th. Tim Hansen 3. Sandy MacKenzie Trophy (Over 40s) 1st. Rob Hooper 181. 2nd. Andy Skinner 123. 3rd. Mike Hansen 112. 4th. Roger Wilson 110. 5th. Tony Ward 105. 6th. Michael Gallagher 100. 7th. Nick Grijns 97 8th. Nigel Chatterton 80. 9th. Brian Ellis 63. 10th Kerry Clough 62. 11th Simon Chapman 61. 12th. Drew Titheridge 60. 13th John Uden 52. 14th. Doug Coley 49. 15th. Ross Templeton 43. 16th. Don Sutton 36. 17th. Ronnie Campbell 35. 18th. Dave Knight 34. 19th. Mark Summerfield 29. 20th. Kevin Opele 26. 21st. Peter Wood 23. 22nd. Richard Kirwan 20. 23rd. Martin Hyde 6. 24th. Paul Chapman 5. 25th. John McIntosh. 5. MM.C.S.W. Cup. (Over 60s.) 1st. Colin Teahan 97. 2nd. Paul Macfie 80. 3rd. Ross Proctor 76. 4th. Allan Johns 73. 5th. Ron Kennedy 70. 6th. Brent Hudson 67. 7th. Merv Grewer 65. 8th. Don Morrison 56. 9th. John Delore 45. 10th. Paul Summerfield 25. Bruce Arnst Trophy & Ribbon (Under 15) Riley Strachan. John Delore Special Most Starts over Winter Series Roger Wilson 16. Overall Points Winner Rob Hooper 181. Thank you to all who competed in the Series. Winter Series September 14, 18 Riders 16km. 1st Don Sutton CT. 29.52. HT.2.20m. RT.27m 32s. 2nd Don Morrison CT.29.52. HT. 2.20m. RT.27m 32s. 3rd Andy Skinner CT.29.59. HT.1.15m. RT. 28m 44s. 4th Brian Ellis CT.30.05. HT.1.15m. RT.28m 50s. 5th Chris Reid CT. 30.32. HT.4.40m. RT.25m 52s 4f/t. 6thPam Harcourt CT.30.34. HT.2.20m. RT.28m 14s. 7th Roger Wilson CT. 30.35. HT.4.40m. RT. 25m 55s 5f/t. 8th Paul Chapman CT.30.36. HT. 4.40m. RT.25m 56s. 6f/t. 9th Nick Grijns CT.30.37. HT. 4.40m. RT.25m 57s 7f/t. 10th John Delore CT.30.41. HT. Go. RT.30m 41s. 11th John Uden CT.30.43. HT.4.40m. RT.
DRAWS ■■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club September 20 Skips entered MSA Bowling Clubs Half Day Triples Sponsored by Skip2It Flooring Xtra Friday - 12.30pm D Muir, R Mitchell, D Kinvig, G Sparks, B Williams, T Inwood, G Taylor, N Atkinson, B Harrison, B Hopwood, R Anstiss, E Maw, A McKenzie, M Anderson, D Hickman, J
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Phil Elliott. Two’s: Dayle Lucas. Dubliner Best Nett: Ross Breach 67. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Andrew McNuer 69. Methven Travel Best Gross: Dayle Lucas 78. Closest to the Pin: Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Cruise Tare. Hunters Wine No 6: Michael Kemp. Ski Time No 13: Dayle Lucas. Green Parrot No 17: Tim Robinson. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Higa. Next Week September 21: Finals Day. Tee times for Finalist will be emailed. All other players tee time will be at about 1pm.
26m 03s. 12th Dave Shurrock CT.30.48. HT. 1.15m. RT.29m 33s. 13th Rob Hooper CT.31.31. HT.6.25m. RT. 25m 06s F/T. 14th Kristine Marriott CT.31.32. HT. 6.25m. RT. 25m 07s. 2f/t. 15th Simon Chapman CT.31.42. HT.5.50m. RT.25m 52s 3f/t. 16th Mark Summerfield CT.32.56. HT. 5.50m. RT. 27m 06s. 17th Paul Summerfield CT.32.56. HT. 5.50m. RT. 27m 06s. 18th Debbie Skinner CT.33.30. HT. Go. RT. 33m 30s.
■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club
Rakaia Golf Club
September 12 9 Hole Golf: Winners of the first round of the 9 Hole Championships were: Tonee Hurley, Bev Blair, Kath Read, Val Ferrier; Sam Prince, Richard Hansen, Peter Woods, Gavin Johnston. Stableford: Tonee Hurley 24, Eric Weir 23. Smith & Church Gobbler: Robynne Nicoll. September 14 Winners from the second round of the Club Championships: Senior; Jeff Hewitt, Adrian Hopwood (21st), Robbie Bell and Blair Franklin. Intermediate; Chris Ralston, Peter Morrison, Sean Strange, and Jason Overend. JuniorA; John Richards, Alan White (19th), James McFarlane, and Jeff Williamson. Junior B; Pat Turton, George Brown, Greg Fleming and Robert Pawsey. In the plate winners were; Senior; Brendon Davidson, Paddy Bradford. Intermediate; Ryan Stoddart, Paul Morrison, Matt Tait and Jordan Bird. Junior A; Perry Hunt and Dave Hewitt. In the Par round the Radius Care Player of the day was Ken Clucas with a score of +2. Other winning scores: Dylan Stoddart +1 and Steve McCloy even. Twos: Jeff Hewitt. Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Jeff Hewitt; Rothbury Insurance: Alan White; Value Plus Processing: Brendon Davidson; South Island Seeds: Shirley Elliott: Property Brokers #6: tbc; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Paddy Bradford; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: John Fechney. Birdy Jackpot: #4, Net Eagles Jackpot: #16 Harvey Bakehouse Nine Hole The winner of the Stableford round was Tonee Hurley with 20pts. The other winning score was Sam Prince 17pts.
September 11 Ladies Division: Bev Sutherland 109 – 35 – 74 Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Tina Pearce, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Sue Martin, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 Not Struck, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 Teresa Booker, S Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 Sandra Quinn
Tinwald Golf Club September 14 Stroke Grade winners in the stroke round. Gordon Rennie 67, Tetua Tuakeu 69, Dave Rush 74. Women; Jo Peacock 78. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Adam Lowe. Gluyas Ford # 6; Dave Rush. House of Travel # 12; Phil Keir. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Jeff Shanks. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Ryan Ford. Two’s; Regan Stills. Net Eagle; # 13 Paul Hefford. The following players will contest the championship finals on Saturday 21st September: Senior; Nigel Heney, Regan Stills. Intermediate; Brock Peddie, Phill Hooper. Junior A; Adam Lowe, Phil Keir. Junior B; Pete Nolan, Murray Beach.
■■ Pigeon racing Cape Campbell Race Point Cape Campbell - 1st M. Davidson Velocity 1230.28, 2nd E. Westgarth 1225.20, 3rd M. Marton 1222.76, 4th T. Drummond 1208.19, 5th L. Davidson 1151.43
■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club September 15 300 yards at ‘The Butts’ TR, Allan White 50.5, 50.4, 100.9, Martin Fleming 49.4, 50.6, 99.10, Tim Webb 49.4, 48.6, 97.10, John Miller 50.4, 47.3, 97.7, John Snowden 44.1, 49.4, 93.5, Brian Hawksby 44.1, 48.4, 92.5, John Fleming 43.3, 46.1, 89.4, Kevin Hooper 43.2, 45.0, 88.2, Mike Chui 43.1, 45.0, 88.1. FTR, Chris Brown 59.1, 60.3, 119.4, Murray Cook 58.3, 59.4, 117.7, George Cuthbert 53.0, 52.2, 105.2, Brian Graystone 46.0, 54.0, 100.0.
Mayfield Golf Club September 12, 9 Hole Best Nett - Ladies: 1st Bernie Morrison 55-21-34 2nd Jo Cook 58-20-38; Men: 1st John Greenslade 52-19-33 2nd Robert Schikker 64-29-35 Greg Sim Building & Excavating No 2: Bernie Morrison, Mayfield Transport No 5: John Greenslade Men’s mid-week stableford competition Hayden Tasker 38, Charlie Rapsey 38, Bill Allan 37; Nearest the Pinn: Charlie Rapsey Two’s: Stevie King x 2, Charlie Rapsey, Roger Lake
Methven Golf Club September 11 Ladies Division - LGU: Silver: Jenny Senior 87-16-71, Robyn Maw 96-19-77 Bronze A: Jane Helmore 97-25-72, Pam Watson 9420-74, Ruth Smith 97-22-75 Bronze B: Sandra Marr 101-29-72 Open, Wendy Wareing 109-35-74, Fay Redfern 106-31-75, Margaret Lilley Putting: Jenny Senior 28, Sharryn Bree 30 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Nett of the Day: Jenny Senior 71, Mt Hutt Lodge Best Nett for August: Heather Middleton 69 Nearest the Pins: #17 Br B 2nd Shot Cinema Paradiso Wendy Wareing, #4 Open Methven Pharmacy Jenny Senior, #6 Open Arabica Jan Lane, #13 Open Methven Foursquare Sharryn Bree, #14 Br B 2nd shot Supervalue Heather Middleton, #4 Saturday Girls Methven Travel Ellen Kemp Twos and Nett Eagles: Sharon Burrell-Smith. Pam Watson x3. Wendy Wareing. Ruth Smith. Robyn Maw. September 13 9 Hole Brown Bottle Competition: Methven 16.7 Putts, Mayfield 18.5, Tinwald 19.3. PGG Wrightson Best Player: John Barwell. Methven Travel 2nd Shot: Eddie Graham, Cliff Wells. September 14 Men’s Division, Semi Finals Flights: Senior: Piers Rolton 79-7-72. Intermediate: Phil Johnson 81-14-73 by lot. Junior A: Ross Breach 85-18-67. Junior B: Alan Lock 101-28-73. Other Good Scores: 69 Andrew McNeur. 72 Jimmy Rooney, Roger Callaghan, Jim Lattimore. 73 Mike Gray,
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■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club September 21 The draw for the Championship match play is listed below. For those not playing a match a Par round will be played, No 1 Tee 12.00 P Turton v G Brown; G Fleming v R Pawsey, 12.08 J Richards v A White; J McFarlane v J Williamson, 12.15 C Ralston
■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby September 14 Heartland Week 4 Agstaff Mid Canterbury 13 v South Canterbury 13 Mid Canterbury A Agstaff Mid Canterbury A 7 v South Canterbury A 50 ACL Mid Canterbury Under 16 Mid Canterbury 5 v Metro Black 77 ACL Mid Canterbury Under 14.5 (Hanan Festival) Mid Canterbury Hanan Festival Trophy Winners
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Ashes series ends in draw AP England beat Australia by 135 runs in the fifth and final Ashes test at the Oval yesterday to draw the series 2-2. It’s the first time an Ashes series has ended in a draw since 1972. Both teams had something to celebrate as Australia was later presented with the Ashes urn. Australia had already retained the urn as holder but was thwarted in its goal of a first outright series win in England in 18 years after being dismissed for 263 in its second innings deep into the evening session on Day 4. “We’ve got to bat, bowl better than we did in this test match,” Australia captain Tim Paine said. “No doubt today puts a dampener on it, but from where this group’s come from, to retain the Ashes is still a big deal.” Steve Smith proved a formidable presence at No. 4 for Australia throughout the series but was caught by Ben Stokes at leg gully off pacer Stuart Broad for 23, by far his lowest score of the series. Smith finished with 774 runs in the series in only seven innings at an average of 110. The star batter received a standing ovation from England and Australia fans as he left the field, a strong sign Smith has been forgiven after a ban for his role in a ball-tampering scandal. The 30-year-old Smith posted the highest number of runs in a five-match series since Brian Lara managed 798 against England in 1993-94. In contrast, Australian opener David Warner finished with just 95 runs from 10 innings. Matthew Wade was Australia’s top scorer with 117 after beginning to worry England as the visitors chased an unlikely winning target of 399. Wade was stumped off a delivery from England captain Joe Root (2-26). Broad took 4-62 and spinner Jack Leach 4-49 for England. Broad became the first England bowler to take 20-plus wickets in four Ashes series – 2013, 2013-14, 2015 and 2019. Leach ended the game with two wickets – Nathan Lyon (1) and Josh Hazlewood (0) – in two balls.
Run and Walk Ashburton September 14 Results 3km Albert McIntosh Run and Gilbert Walk held at Argyle Park. Sealed handicap with everyone starting on go. Winner is the person who beats their estimated time by the most. Runners 1KM – U6 Jamie Hooper 7:10; U10 Jack Hooper 7:07; 2KM - U13 Stacey Hooper 14:57; Runners 3KM: Joe Ford 11:17 (Fastest time); Ian Broadbelt 12:56; Graham Wall 13:10; Gary Whiting 13:33; Toresa Hooper 13:39; Kerry Clough 15:04; Alison Conway 15:04; Eamon Hooper 15:49 (Winner on handicap by 2mins 11sec); Merv Gilbert 15:53; Kenny Johnston 16:13; Phillip Crozier 19:48; Mike O’Callaghan 22:27. Walkers 3KM: Dave Strong 20:40 (Fastest time); Peter Larkin 21:52; Judith Crozier 21:53; Marie Batty 22:06 (Winner on handicap by 24 seconds); Robert Moffitt 22:07; Lynda Bayne 23:31; Janet Hood 25:04; Jackie Gilbert 26:02; Noel Batty 27:43; Karen Hodgson 29:41.
v Peter Morrison; S Strange v J Overend, 12.22 J Hewitt v A Hopwood; R Bell v B Franklin No 10 Tee 12.00 W Hetrick v J Stone, 12.08 K Clucas v P Hunt; D Hewitt v D Peace, 12.15 R Stoddart v Paul Morrison; M Tait v J Bird, 12.22 T Sa v B Davidson; P Bradford v T Kingsbury. A bye for E Parr. Any matches seeking a morning start time should contact Matt Davis. Starting Times: Morning start at 8.30am; Afternoon (non match play) report at 11.30 for a 12pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 12.30 for a 1pm start. September 22
Joe Root (left) and Tim Paine share the trophy.
The annual Aorangi v Canterbury matches will be played over 36 holes. The course will be closed to other players, reciprocal rights will apply.
Tinwald Golf Club September 21 Championship Finals 9.00 Pete Nolan v Murray Beach 9.10 Maree Moore v Mara Kennedy 9.20 Adam Lowe v Phil Keir 9.30 Sue Gutsell v Sally Lane 9.40 Brock Peddie v Phill Hooper 9.50 Bronwyn Flannery v Christine Kinita 10.00 Nigel Heney v Regan Stills 10.10 Cawte Whiting v Neil Rayner 10.20 Brent Smith v Jeff Shanks, Pete Mar-
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■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby September 21 Heartland Week 5 Poverty Bay v Agstaff Mid Canterbury, 2:30 pm, Gisborne Under 18 South Canterbury v ACL Mid Canterbury, Pleasant Point, 1:00 pm Under 16 Canterbury Country v ACL Mid Canterbury, Dunsandel, 10:00 am
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Foster slams SBW rumours NZME
Learning new court skills Budding young basketballers from around Canterbury were in Ashburton on Sunday for an under-13 skills day at the EA Networks Centre. Basketball New Zealand high performance manager Leonard King (pictured) and Canterbury Basketball’s Mel Downer were among those on hand to give handy tips and pointers at the skills day which was part of a nationwide series. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 150919-RH-008
Ian Foster has criticised “mischievous” rumours suggesting Sonny Bill Williams’ World Cup could have been over before it had started. Centre Williams was rumoured to be heading home from Japan due to a calf problem but New Zealand assistant coach Foster insisted those claims were baseless. The All Blacks start the defence of their two consecutive World Cup titles by taking on South Africa in Yokohama on Saturday. And Foster has insisted Williams will be in the mix for selection for that crucial clash. “Is he going home? “No. “Is he available for selection based on his progression last week? Then I think the answer is yes,” said Foster. “He’s trained really well and got through it and I think we said last week we had a progression plan for a number of the guys who brought niggles into the week and overall came through pretty good. “In fact, everyone was training at nearly 100 per cent in the last training session. “It’s just disappointing that a mischievous person has tweeted something with no information behind it.” Williams had battled off a host of injuries to make New Zealand’s World Cup squad in the first place. Knee surgery had threatened the 34-year-old’s World Cup place, and that after dealing with wrist, knee and shoulder injuries in the previous season. Asked whether New Zealand were considering any call-ups, Foster added: “I’ve just answered that question. “There’s no people needed.”
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Fransen gets call-up from All Blacks Sevens selectors Former Mid Canterbury Hammer Dan Fransen will get the opportunity to represent New Zealand on the world stage after being named in the All Blacks Sevens squad for the Oktoberfest Sevens later this week. Fransen is one of two debutants named in the 12-man squad for the tournament which is the first and only opportunity the team gets to test itself before the World Series begins in Dubai at the end of November. With regular squad members Joe Ravouvou, Joe Webber and Vilimoni Koroi on Mitre 10 Cup duties, 22-year old Fransen and 20-year-old Rewita Biddle (Bay of Plenty) will get their first opportunity in a black jersey. Fransen was a member of the All Blacks Sevens Development team earlier this year, while Biddle was a stand-out in the inaugural Red Bull Ignite7 programme. “We have had a number of new faces with us during pre-season and they have been working really hard,” assistant coach Tomasi Cama said. “Nothing beats game time though, so it’s a great opportunity for these guys to
experience international sevens and at the same time it is great for us to develop depth in our programme.” The Oktoberfest Sevens features seven of the top eight ranked teams from the World Series; the All Blacks Sevens are grouped with England, South Africa and Australia for pool play. Cama said this pre-season tournament will be the perfect chance to test where the team is at before their first World Series tournament. “Being able to play against the world’s best in a tournament like this is so valuable especially when we are going into such a big season.” The All Blacks Sevens have 10 World Series tournaments starting in Dubai in November, before focussing on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Gamesin July. They’ll kick off the new year at home when they return to Hamilton for the HSBC New Zealand Sevens, one of six fully integrated men’s and women’s tournaments in 2020. The Oktoberfest are being held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich on September 21 and 22.
Dan Fransen has represented Mid Canterbury but will be pulling on the silver fern for the All Blacks Sevens in their pre-season tournament later this month.
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STYLE QUEEN All style as she competed in the Ashburton Gymnastics Club’s recreational competition on Saturday was Leah Johnson. Johnson is an Ashburton member, but clubs from all over the top of the South Island were invited to take part, with both boys and girls competing across the grades, from the Kiwi gym fun grade, up to elite grades. It was a massive day, with the competition getting under way at 8am at the Ashburton College gymnasium, and the final grade not starting until 5pm.
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Watford haul in Gunners AP After spells in charge of Espanyol in Spain and Shanghai Shenhua in China, Quique Sánchez Flores returned to the thrills and spills of the Premier League yesterday as his Watford side drew with Arsenal 2-2. Flores, who left Watford in 2016 but returned to take over from the fired Javi Gracia, began his second reign as manager by leading the last-place team to just its second point from five games. But it could have been even more. The Spaniard was left holding his head as Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno denied Abdoulaye Doucouré what would have been a dramatic winner in injury time. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice for Arsenal but the visitors had no answer to Watford in the second half and will be relieved to have escaped with a point. Aubameyang scored against the run of play in the 21st minute after Dani Ceballos won the ball with a crunching tackle on Will Hughes. Sead Kolasinac ran forward and passed to Aubameyang, who stopped the ball with his left boot and spun around to fire it in with his right. Mesut Özil showed just what Arsenal had been missing when he split the defence to send Ainsley Maitland-Niles through, giving Aubameyang a simple finish. But Arsenal gifted Watford a goal back when Gerard Deulofeu intercepted a ball and Tom Cleverley hammered past Leno for 2-1. Watford continued to dominate and Roberto Pereyra equalised from the spot in the 81st.
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AB midfield issues remain murky C By Wynne Gray
utting Ngani Laumape now looks the easy part of the midfield riddle the All Blacks face for their World Cup campaign. He was in great shape and the only injury-free contender but Laumape did not fit the strategic template the selectors wanted for the tournament. They wanted a wider brushstroke of versatile skills and match judgement from Jack Goodhue, Anton Lienert-Brown, Sonny Bill Williams and Ryan Crotty. But choosing that midfield palette comes with Red Cross issues wrapped in Rubik’s Cube difficulties. Goodhue has not played since the test against the Wallabies in Perth, SBW had a brief run of
games but then missed the Tonga test with a leg problem and Crotty returned for that game after a broken thumb. Lienert-Brown is the only one who has not been crocked. Let’s suppose they are all available. Do the coaches want to use their premium combination against the Springboks because the rest of their pool games won’t offer the same quality? Do they want to use players with the most recent work? Will they favour partnerships? Do they feel some are better starters and others finishers? Or are they happy to get through the test with the Boks and save their plans for closed training sessions? Is SBW the best physical counter to open up with against the Boks, or should he bring his clout
from the bench, as he did in the last two World Cup campaigns? If that’s the case, then Crotty is the man to organise the lines of attack and count the defensive numbers while bringing the calming voice outside his regular team-mate Richie Mo’unga. Of course, that assumes the selectors are going to push on with the new vision that Mo’unga starts at first five-eighths and Beauden Barrett is given the space to roam at fullback while also playing up in the line as attacking phases mount. Crotty as a bench player? At first glance, that concept appeals more as a safety measure in case of an early injury at either second five-eighths or centre but Crotty’s understated style and low error rate should be just as effective in the pressure of last quarter necessity.
Evidence about the changing styles in rugby is thrown at us, but the basics of the game remain consistent. Sides who commandeer the bulk of possession, have a strong set-piece and defensive screen, usually prevail through persistent variations when they puncture the advantage line. Bending or breaking the advantage line in midfield is gold in the modern game where defence is the bedrock for success. And the All Blacks coaches have mega-expertise in that midfield collision cluster. It may have been a while since they made a playing move in the heat of high-class battle but Steve Hansen, Ian Foster, Scott McLeod and selector Grant Fox all offered their mark around the midfield mayhem, where they made decisions or delivered on plans they’d
seen on the whiteboard and tuned on the training track. For Japan, they’ve picked their men after considerable observation, then schooled them through classroom and training field manoeuvres and believe they are at the top of their game. But they will be bending the ear of the team medicos to add more information to their assessment before they reveal their side for the blockbuster start to the All Blacks campaign. Perhaps they’ll go for a leaner choice than anyone thought, a Crotty-Lienert-Brown combination to start, with SBW off the bench. Whoever they pick, the public discussion about that outcome will be spirited and likely to be layers heavier than who is picked on the wing or at blindside flanker.
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Back in the winner’s circle
Buster is back
By Garrick Knight
Buster Brady is building nicely. The star former Kiwi stayer had no luck in two runs back from a spell then turned it around with a trademark fighting win in the VHRC Classic at Melton. He paced a slick 1min54.3sec for 2240m. Trainer-driver Kima Frenning won the race with an early move around the field to take the lead from eventual runner-up Cant Refuse. Buster Brady steps back into Victoria’s country cup circuit, which he dominated last year, when he runs next in the $70,000 Kilmore Cup on September 27.
The old adage that a change is as good as a holiday rang true at Ashburton on Sunday. It was there that former twoyear-old Group 1 winner Renezmae made a return to the winner’s circle for the first time in 17 months. The pint-sized daughter of The Pres was having her first start for beach trainer Regan Todd, who admitted post-race to being a little surprised by the ease of her sixlength win. “She went bloody good today, I thought. “I thought she’d race well but that definitely surprised us a bit. She really showed a bit of lick.” In the hands of Todd’s stable driver, Robbie Close, Renezmae sat last of the nine horses throughout be-
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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 17 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.17pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 65444 Venetia 17.46................................ K Cassidy 2 46767 Okuku Terra 17.59............................R Casey 3 33251 Jingili Jill 17.42 M &............................. Smith 4 53622 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 5 66632 Yi Feng 17.28.............................J McInerney 6 55675 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 7 37443 Goldstar Hurley nwtd.................... L Waretini 8 15786 Opawa Jody nwtd............................R Wales 9 48767 Sozin’s Azure 17.49...................J McInerney 10 36878 Little Lozza 17.93.......................J McInerney 2 3.37pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE HEAT 1 NZRSq, 520m 1 35776 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 2 75656 Goldstar Flora 31.15 S &.................B Evans 3 48335 Goldstar Yankee 30.54 S &..............B Evans 4 32615 Go Diego 30.46 J &..........................D Fahey 5 1653x Opawa Jane 30.57...........................R Wales 6 66675 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 7 51281 Know Crime 30.75..........................G Cleeve 8 32T14 Hustle Ace 30.72.........................N Wanhalla 9 F7748 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 10 75787 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales 3 3.53pm FLAIR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 43162 Maybe Right 17.59...............................A Lee 2 24355 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 3 64655 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan
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Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 17 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.05pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 310m 1 46 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 2 34222 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 3 36263 Sonja nwtd......................................D J Lane 4 78633 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 5 38341 Starr Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 6 58734 Homebush Maree nwtd..............J McInerney 7 84444 Kowloon Lights nwtd.......................J Guthrie 8 74781 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 9 57 Cool Beans nwtd........................J McInerney 10 68763 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 2 12.22pm OGRC EARLY QUADDIE SPRINT C0, 310m 1 75332 Dreaming Abbie nwtd...................G Kingston 2 67644 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 3 75224 Citizen Zagreb nwtd...................J McInerney 4 22363 Homebush Monkey nwtd............J McInerney 5 74633 Southern Max nwtd......................R Hamilton 6 63523 Jinja Dylan nwtd................................A Joyce 7 78733 Sideline Sally nwtd.....................J McInerney 8 44267 Eric Blueblood nwtd...................J McInerney 9 62668 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 10 87763 Homebush Maxi nwtd................J McInerney 3 12.40pm OGRC MAIDEN STAKES C0, 545m 1 2323P Our Bonnie nwtd..............................R Wales 2 5 Goldstar Smithie nwtd S &...............B Evans 3 1 Goldstar Mauney nwtd S &..............B Evans 4 4687 Go Kiki nwtd.....................................R Wales 5 6245 Punters Delight nwtd........................R Wales 6 7 Goldstar Dawson nwtd S &..............B Evans 7 533 Mr Muppet nwtd...............................R Wales 8 63472 My Pablo nwtd..................................R Wales 9 Goldstar Truman nwtd S &...............B Evans 10 555x2 Sheza Looker nwtd J &....................D Fahey
fore angling widest at the top of the straight and letting down with a superb sprint. Former trainer Jack Harrington sent Renezmae out to Todd at Woodend Beach after another disappointing effort, at Rangiora on August 11. “I’ve probably had her a month and we’ve just played around with her,” said Todd. “We started from scratch and gave her completely different training to what she was used to. “That sort of thing, with a change of scenery, can often pick them up. “Jack said she wasn’t half-pie going any good and he basically got to the end of the line with her. “He felt she was too good a horse not to try something with so that’s why he rung me.” It didn’t take Todd long to realise
Regan Todd he had the basis of a nice horse to work with. “She’s gotten better and better since she arrived and the last few weeks has worked like a nice horse.
“I took her down to the Geraldine trials last week thinking we were going to Methven today and she trialed well.” Renezmae is now a rating 69 and a return to Addington is most likely. “She’s up in the ratings a bit and I thought she was probably a bit hard done by being a 64 before today despite not winning for so long. “So, we can’t get too excited because now we’ll have to give her a go against the better ones.” Todd has made a typical impressive start to the season with five winners on the board already, including a double to Friday night winner Lets Hustle. “Things are going bloody good at the moment. “We’ve got 25 in work and some good clientele behind them so it’s exciting times.”
Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 4 F3177 Our Olive 17.66................................R Wales 5 81846 Giancana 17.36.............................S Hindson 6 68x62 Epic Boom 17.47 J M....................... McCook 7 86582 Jealous Affair 18.13...................... L Waretini 8 82733 Sozin’s Delight 17.57.................J McInerney 9 67758 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 10 8x768 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 4 4.11pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE HEAT 2 NZRSq, 520m 1 31137 Double Scoop nwtd.........................J M Lane 2 24172 Go Punter Go nwtd..........................R Wales 3 54278 My Giovanni 30.99...........................R Wales 4 12558 Opawa Roy 30.55............................R Wales 5 1 Longshanks 30.75......................A Bradshaw 6 45F21 Goldstar Vale 31.08 S &...................B Evans 7 131 Kea Viking 30.52 J &........................D Fahey 8 76464 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 9 F7748 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 10 78885 Sly Rose 30.96 J M.......................... McCook 5 4.29pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE HEAT 3 NZRSq, 520m 1 75581 Goldstar Charger 31.01 S &.............B Evans 2 14858 My Kirsty 31.03 H &.............................Taylor 3 34247 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 4 33433 Barrel Runner nwtd.................... A Bradshaw 5 37534 Jay Shirley 31.20..............................R Wales 6 5777F Homebush Izzy nwtd..................J McInerney 7 11123 Opawa Toddy 30.38 J &...................D Fahey 8 22767 Go Ladybird nwtd.............................R Wales 9 F7748 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 10 75787 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales 6 4.46 FOX & FERRET@THE PALMS DASH C1, 295m
1 24421 Opa’s Mate 17.47.............................R Casey 2 64521 Just Izzy 17.35.................................. B Dann 3 52525 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 4 54753 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 5 27127 Just William 17.68 M &.....................P Binnie 6 85668 Regal George 17.71...................J McInerney 7 42676 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 8 53787 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey Emergencies: 9 887x6 Macey Baxter 17.22...................J McInerney 10 8x768 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 7 5.04pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE HEAT 4 NZRSq, 520m 1 31623 Creme Brulee 30.66...................... L Waretini 2 37546 Stumpy Bill 30.61....................... M Dempsey 3 53242 High Sparrow nwtd.....................A Bradshaw 4 12264 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans 5 32853 Opawa Delight 30.56.......................R Wales 6 16374 King Toliman nwtd.........................C Roberts 7 73655 Born Ellie 30.92...............................R Wales 8 37F11 Opa’s Joy nwtd.................................R Casey 9 F7748 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 10 78885 Sly Rose 30.96 J M.......................... McCook 8 5.21pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m 1 46633 Smash Out 17.71............................. M Grant 2 764F2 Vasterbottenost 17.47..........................A Lee 3 57242 Snickerdoodle 17.42......................... B Dann 4 26755 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &.............B Evans 5 52374 Homebush Alexei 17.41.............J McInerney 6 78577 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 7 31665 Go Mufasa 17.16.............................R Wales
8 62334 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 9 48767 Sozin’s Azure 17.49...................J McInerney 10 8x768 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 9 5.38pm SWIMMING GOAT @ STUD DASH C1, 295m 1 36756 Sozin’s Blue 17.26.....................J McInerney 2 21585 Goldstar Wynter 17.36 S &..............B Evans 3 17747 Homebush Pierce 17.54............J McInerney 4 43264 Every Minute 17.51..............................A Lee 5 32131 Alexia 17.69....................................D J Lane 6 81 Rosies Choice 17.81...................N Wanhalla 7 15232 Ohoka Lacey 17.67....................... L Waretini 8 11 Smash Dragon 17.63....................... M Grant Emergencies: 9 887x6 Macey Baxter 17.22...................J McInerney 10 36878 Little Lozza 17.93.......................J McInerney 10 5.56 NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE HEAT 5 NZRSq, 520m 1 2111 Tricky 30.32.....................................D J Lane 2 114 My Khloe 30.49 J &..........................D Fahey 3 75231 Vik Vikkers nwtd J M........................ McCook 4 75646 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 5 5435F Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans 6 45313 Our Scarlett 30.81............................R Wales 7 27162 Opawa Tab 30.66.............................R Wales 8 67264 Nikko Baxter nwtd......................J McInerney 9 F7748 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 10 78885 Sly Rose 30.96 J M.......................... McCook 11 6.13pm THE TURF BAR DASH C1, 295m 1 81876 Smash Story 17.86.......................... M Grant 2 42313 Homebush Lukas 17.55.............J McInerney 3 48753 Cold Affair 17.48........................... L Waretini 4 14F Mulberry Sox 17.87....................... K Cassidy
5 2148F Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 6 15255 Gadzooks 17.44................................ B Dann 7 63226 Lightning Crash 17.27 H &...................Taylor 8 31284 Impressive Flash 17.71..............J McInerney 9 67758 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 10 8x768 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 12 6.31pm RE-ENERGISE DASH C1, 295m 1 46558 Ineffable 17.40.................................. B Dann 2 17F12 Yanira Bale 17.60..........................C Roberts 3 23454 Homebush Scorpio 17.38..........J McInerney 4 44545 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 5 41584 Say Cheese 17.45...............................A Lee 6 75673 Amuri Liv 17.43..........................J McInerney 7 26216 Ohoka Kate 17.37......................... L Waretini 8 38226 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 9 887x6 Macey Baxter 17.22...................J McInerney 10 36878 Little Lozza 17.93.......................J McInerney SELECTIONS
8 75742 Know Threat 32.36..........................G Cleeve 9 x2587 Poppy Rocket nwtd.......................M B Fuller 10 84878 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 11 3.08pm PETER SINTON PLUMBING STKS C3/4, 545m 1 32817 Sefton Joy 32.75..............................R Wales 2 67717 Cosmic Stu 32.65.......................J McInerney 3 31531 Opawa Rooster 32.73......................R Wales 4 65646 Kia Tere nwtd S &.............................B Evans 5 41643 Know Equal 32.82...........................G Cleeve 6 42736 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 7 15244 Know Conclusion 32.66..................G Cleeve 8 62444 Kiwi Gunn nwtd..............................R Adcock Emergencies: 9 17317 Opawa Sweet 33.02.........................R Wales 10 52555 Bashful Buffy 32.64....................J McInerney 12 3.27pm OGRC LATE QUADDIE C5, 310m 1 43826 Jinja Ellie nwtd..................................A Joyce 2 82261 Eyrewell Turbo 18.37....................... H Cairns 3 612F2 Tee An’ Cee 18.39.......................... B Conner 4 78178 Flora Dora 18.42............................R Adcock 5 35214 Magic Jess Lass 18.40...................C Healey 6 21176 Eyrewell Ebony 18.55..................... H Cairns 7 56517 Nippa Martino 18.53..................J McInerney 8 61122 Chasing Fame 18.27.....................M B Fuller 13 3.45pm DELTA ENGINEERING SPRINT C1, 310m 1 87832 Punch On Woody 18.84.............J McInerney 2 13553 Homebush Jordie 18.89.............J McInerney 3 78147 Mega Dream 18.62........................R Adcock 4 23465 Whose He nwtd.................................A Joyce 5 18786 Magic Jean Lass 18.98...................C Healey 6 87638 Homebush Flynn nwtd...............J McInerney 7 3456F Homebush Rehaina 18.78.........J McInerney 8 22673 Lucy Lingers 18.81.....................J McInerney 9 83676 Cosmic Richie 18.49..................J McInerney 10 73686 Koputai 18.73..................................J Guthrie 14 4.02pm ST KILDA SPRINT C1, 310m 1 87517 Dusty’s Ink 18.87.............................B Healey 2 24336 Homebush Miles 18.46..............J McInerney
3 351 Southern Angel nwtd...................R Hamilton 4 28545 Homebush Liam nwtd................J McInerney 5 8x582 Punch On Scooby 18.91............J McInerney 6 76744 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 7 64476 Jealous Much 18.80...................J McInerney 8 33288 Homebush Comet 18.69............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 12686 Sozin’s Melody nwtd..................J McInerney 10 43868 Melting World 19.31........................J Guthrie 15 4.20pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 1ST OCTOBER C1, 310m 1 46344 Jinja Cream Fizz nwtd.......................A Joyce 2 23128 Khatia nwtd................................J McInerney 3 86825 Punch On Buzz nwtd.................J McInerney 4 44387 Avalanch City 18.80...................J McInerney 5 61467 Homebush Keasha nwtd............J McInerney 6 28124 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 7 36471 Smokey Dodger 18.72.............. P Hammond 8 13558 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 9 x2587 Poppy Rocket nwtd.......................M B Fuller 10 43665 Homebush Boden 18.60............J McInerney SELECTIONS
Race 1: Venetia, Yi Feng, Jingili Jill, Goldstar Hurley Race 2: Go Diego, Goldstar Yankee, Hustle Ace, Opawa Jane Race 3: Sozin’s Delight, Maybe Right, Jealous Affair, Epic Boom Race 4: Kea Viking, Longshanks, Go Punter Go, My Giovanni Race 5: Opawa Toddy, Barrel Runner, Goldstar Charger, My Kirsty Race 6: Just Izzy, Opa’s Mate, Just William, Smash Gator Race 7: Creme Brulee, High Sparrow, Opa’s Joy, King Toliman Race 8: Vasterbottenost, Snickerdoodle, Little Lottie, Smash Out Race 9: Smash Dragon, Goldstar Wynter, Alexia, Ohoka Lacey Race 10: Tricky, My Khloe, Vik Vikkers, Opawa Tab, Our Scarlett Race 11: Homebush Lukas, Gadzooks, Cold Affair, Impressive Flash Race 12: Yanira Bale, Ohoka Kate, Amuri Liv, Know Dollars LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track
Otago dogs
Today at Forbury Park Raceway 4 12.57 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C1, 310m 1 42414 Jacks Point nwtd.............................D J Lane 2 41256 Souffle Sue nwtd........................J McInerney 3 73362 Gracie Lee nwtd.........................J McInerney 4 65453 Mitcham Doug 19.07..................J McInerney 5 45722 Blazing Banjo 18.72...................J McInerney 6 77423 Brut Magic 19.27.............................C Healey 7 61534 Homebush Reed 18.84..............J McInerney 8 3x411 Elite Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 9 68487 Pukeko Rustler 19.04......................B Healey 10 84878 Homebush Maycee 18.55..........J McInerney 5 1.15pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT C2, 310m 1 87514 Eyrewell Bentley nwtd..................... H Cairns 2 51527 Mr Black Magic nwtd.......................J M Lane 3 88471 Goldstar Power 18.83 S &................B Evans 4 21317 Homebush Sayer 18.56.............J McInerney 5 46833 Homebush Hotshot 18.48..........J McInerney 6 25514 Know Approval 18.75......................G Cleeve 7 34536 Citizen Aguero nwtd...................J McInerney 8 54611 Homebush Velma 18.52.............J McInerney 9 67464 Reign Of Fire 18.37....................J McInerney 10 78681 Sierra Delta 18.58 S &.....................B Evans 6 1.32pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER STKS C1, 545m 1 84442 Mick The Mower 33.31...............J McInerney 2 64683 Chunk 32.86...............................J McInerney 3 64222 Lakota Kohana nwtd....................... H Cairns 4 51543 Lakota Tonka nwtd.......................... H Cairns 5 68531 Machine Gunn nwtd.......................R Adcock 6 51731 Homebush Vassy nwtd...............J McInerney 7 68621 Lakota Micco 33.10......................... H Cairns 8 34553 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 9 x2587 Poppy Rocket nwtd.......................M B Fuller 10 84878 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 7 1.50pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C2, 310m 1 34335 Nippa Enough 19.18..................J McInerney 2 54714 Pretty Keen 18.62..............................S Keen
3 65726 Homebush Finn 18.56................J McInerney 4 86521 Amuri Magic 18.64.....................J McInerney 5 56832 Know Charisma 18.70.....................G Cleeve 6 68241 Sozin’s Symphony 18.92............J McInerney 7 78387 Homebush Tesan 18.69.............J McInerney 8 46122 C’Mon Benny Boy 18.63.................J Guthrie 9 34584 Jinja Sneak nwtd...............................A Joyce 10 66868 Homebush Hundy 18.57............J McInerney 8 2.07 ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C3, 310m 1 25365 Mitcham Reado 18.52................J McInerney 2 24131 My Girl Sofia 18.62.........................B Healey 3 66457 Debbie Baxter 18.44..................J McInerney 4 83212 Doomsday nwtd............................M B Fuller 5 51251 Mitcham Trudy nwtd...................J McInerney 6 46547 Goldstar Diesel 18.91 S &................B Evans 7 51167 Lucky Scar 18.43.............................R Wales 8 41116 Goldstar Jay Jay 18.59 S &..............B Evans 9 87848 Punch On Rex 18.86..................J McInerney 10 27175 Punch On Jessie 18.58..............J McInerney 9 2.27 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C3/4, 310m 1 58526 Princely Gold 18.31....................J McInerney 2 63636 Ezra Blueblood 18.75.................J McInerney 3 32148 Justin Ryan 18.51 S &.....................B Evans 4 85266 Kalonga 19.08 S &...........................B Evans 5 53242 Disobedience 18.79 S &..................B Evans 6 53465 Goldstar Major 18.97 S &.................B Evans 7 45724 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &...............B Evans 8 53665 Must Be Rusty 18.77..................J McInerney 9 52555 Bashful Buffy 19.19....................J McInerney 10 87848 Punch On Rex 18.86..................J McInerney 10 2.47pm FORBURY STAKES C1/2, 545m 1 45651 Goldstar Marvely 32.79 S &.............B Evans 2 668x1 Pearls Are Us nwtd.........................G Cleeve 3 86674 Black Dan 32.67.........................J McInerney 4 12161 Mighty Muscle nwtd J &...................D Fahey 5 54422 Know Leave 32.83..........................G Cleeve 6 41535 Miss Nina nwtd..............................M B Fuller 7 27754 Baldrick 33.04............................J McInerney
Race 1: Sonja, Starr Blueblood, Three Gold Stars, Take A Hint Race 2: Jinja Dylan, Citizen Zagreb, Southern Max, Sideline Sally Race 3: Goldstar Mauney, Mr Muppet, My Pablo, Sheza Looker Race 4: Jacks Point, Blazing Banjo, Brut Magic, Souffle Sue Race 5: Homebush Hotshot, Homebush Sayer, Homebush Velma Race 6: Lakota Kohana, Machine Gunn, Chunk, Lakota Tonka Race 7: Sozin’s Symphony, Nippa Enough, C’Mon Benny Boy Race 8: Mitcham Reado, Lucky Scar, My Girl Sofia Race 9: Must Be Rusty, Kalonga, Disobedience, Goldstar Major Race 10: Pearls Are Us, Goldstar Marvely, Know Leave Race 11: Opawa Rooster, Kia Tere, Know Equal, Opawa Sweet Race 12: Chasing Fame, Jinja Ellie, Magic Jess Lass, Flora Dora Race 13: Punch On Woody, Homebush Jordie, Lucy Lingers Race 14: Dusty’s Ink, Homebush Comet, Punch On Scooby Race 15: Khatia, Jinja Cream Fizz, Khatia, Poppy Rocket
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Going it alone NZME Mahe Drysdale is ready to go it alone as he sets his sights on making Olympic history. Rowing New Zealand have confirmed that Drysdale is moving out of the eight and heading back to the single scull – the boat which has seen him claim three Olympic medals. Add another medal to the collection in Toyko and the 40-year-old would become the first male to win four Olympic medals in the single scull, but Drysdale’s decision could have decreased his odds of even making it to Japan in July. Only one sculler can represent New Zealand in the single, and Drysdale has spent the last three years failing to usurp Robbie Manson from the seat. Additionally, Rowing New Zealand are now preparing to send the eight to the last-chance Olympic qualifying regatta in Lucerne, where Drysdale would have almost certainly earned a
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WEDNESDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road. Allenton. 9.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. St David’s Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am WALKING GROUP. One hour walking varying fitness levels. Meet Walnut Avenue by the College Auditorium carpark. 9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street. 9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main St, Methven. 10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street. 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age
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Sept 17 & 18, 2019 Nosh Cafe, West Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main St, Methven. 10am MSA TAI CHI. Weekly exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. Meet MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (excludes school holidays). 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street. 10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street. 10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of Stitches made by guild members items are on display daily from now until 22 September. Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street. 10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS
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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You can be mean to yourself. You wouldn’t hang out with people who talk to you the way you talk to yourself when you’re being mean. Interrupt the pattern. Try distracting yourself with positive influences. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The way that words, ideas and art are conceived will have a direct correlation with how they are received. What comes from the heart will go to the heart. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Taking charge of your own focus seems like a basic right, but your life and work can be so tied to the lives and work of others that autonomous acts can be surprisingly hard. At least you’re needed. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re going to have a hard time carrying out the goals you believe you should be committed to, but it won’t be hard at all to do the things you really want to do. The trick is in wanting what’s good for you. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Success will be a matter of taking charge of your definition of it and then honouring that. Be reasonable, and start small. Also, there’s really no point in getting mired in history. Clean the slate. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You used to give yourself credit for learning new things, but these days, picking up new skills is a daily adaptation to the escalating pace of technology. Pat yourself on the back. You keep getting smarter! LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): We are social creatures, the approval of others can be a matter of trivia or of survival. Luckily, you’re in for a few days of ease with a relaxed attitude that doesn’t change based on your approval rating. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The things that reward one person may not mean much to another. It will be especially important to get this right on a you-to-you basis, as it will be hard to motivate yourself without the proper reward. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Time and trust are the themes of the day. Timeframes have a lot to do with people’s willingness to participate. Tell people upfront the amount of time they’ll be expected to put in. Start brief, and build. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): What appears to be a solidly built relationship may, from the perspective of those in it, be more like a set piece on stage. Respect that every relationship is different, make no assumptions. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The role of caregiver can be a soul-enriching one to take on, especially when the other person really is your responsibility. But when the other person is taking advantage of your kindness, it’s another dynamic entirely. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): New relationships will start with a simple hello. No special knowledge or attractive qualities need come into play, because what really matters in building rapport is the exchange of pleasant vibes.
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DEATHS KNUDSEN, Sam (Stephen Keith) – Beloved husband of Sue and adored father of Jessie and Ben. Loved and missed sonin-law of Wally and the late Alicia (Nobby) Ashworth, very much loved brother-in-law of Warren and Mandy Ashworth (Picton), Helen and David Thorn, Sharon and Ross Cooksley, Julie and Dave Rimmer and uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Treasured memories held in our hearts always.
KNUDSEN, Sam (Stephen Keith) – On September 16, 2019, peacefully with Sue. Dearly loved soulmate and righthand man of Sue. Loved and adored superhero of Jessie and Ben and cherished by his 4 legged friends Poppy and Tilly. You are our world, Today, Tomorrow and always. The family wish to acknowledge the tender care extended to Sam by the staff from the Cancer Care Team at St George’s, Ward 26 Christchurch Hospital, Nurse Maude and the Nurse Maude Hospice especially the care and attention from Jordanna, Sookie, Jan and Tatiana, the awesome TWS team, lead by Val Cassin, supported by Wendy Lorenz and Clarke Vincent, the wider TWS Crew. To the ‘A’ Team Alastair and Leanne, Brian and Lynette, Ru and Claire, Pauline (Chucky) and Julia, your support has been above and beyond, words cannot express the love and support through Sammy’s journey, you all have shown us. xxxooo. In lieu of flowers, donations can be left at the service for Sam and Sue’s charity of choice. Messages to the Knudsen family, c/o PO Box 111-01, Christchurch, 8443. A Funeral Service for Sam will be held in the Christian Cullen Lounge, Level 1, Metropolitan Stand, Addington Raceway and Events Centre, 75 Jack Hinton Drive, Addington, Christchurch, on THURSDAY, September 19, at 1.30pm.
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CORBETT, Emily Ivy – September 17, 1999 You left us 20 years ago today. To be with your loving husband Jock. Forever in our hearts Always in our thoughts. Your loving family. Andrew, Duncan, Christina, Colin and the late Robbie and Keith.
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NZ Today
Canterbury High Country
TODAY
TODAY
Fine. A few showers possible in the afternoon about the coast north of Banks Peninsula. Strong northwesterlies, gusting 110 km/h in exposed places, easing early, and changing southwest around midday.
THURSDAY
Early rain about the divide, with snow lowering to 600 metres, and scattered falls farther east, gradually clearing to fine spells in the morning. Wind at 1000m: Severe gale NW 110 km/h, easing to W 50 km/h in the morning, to SW 40 km/h in the afternoon, and to light winds by evening. Wind at 2000m: Severe gale NW 120 km/h, easing to W 60 km/h by afternoon, and to SW 45 km/h by evening.
Fine with morning frosts. Light winds.
TOMORROW
FRIDAY
Fine, with severe frosts possible in sheltered places. Wind at 1000m: W 45 km/h. Wind at 2000m: SW 35 km/h.
TOMORROW Fine with early frosts. Northerly winds.
Fine apart from early frosts and evening cloudy periods. Winds mainly light.
World Weather fine fine rain cloudy showers fine fine thunder showers thunder fine drizzle fine fine cloudy
FZL: 1200m, 2000m in the evening
Fine with light winds for the day. Areas of cloud with southwesterlies from evening.
Mainly fine. Northeasterlies developing.
Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Delhi Dubai Dublin Edinburgh
FZL: Lowering to 1100m
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5:33 11:46 5:50 12:06 6:14 12:28 6:31 12:49 7:00 1:12 7:18 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.
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Palmerston North rain Wellington
rain
Nelson
showers
Blenheim
showers
Greymouth
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Christchurch
mainly fine
Timaru
fine
Queenstown
fine
Dunedin
fine
Invercargill
showers
River Levels
cumecs
2.90 nc
Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday
Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 119.2 Nth Ashburton at 4:00 pm, yesterday
7.30
Sth Ashburton at 4:00 pm, yesterday
7.95
Rangitata Klondyke at 3:25 pm, yesterday
41.3
Waitaki Kurow at 3:37 pm, yesterday
355.6
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A low moves off to the northeast while a large high builds across the country from the west. A weakening front moves over the northern North Island tomorrow, while the high builds over the rest of the country. The high remains slow moving over New Zealand through Saturday.
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GREENAWAY, Robert Archie – November 22,1927 – September 15,2019 Robert (Archie) Greenaway, born Rakaia 1927, formerly of Ashburton, New Zealand. Passed away peacefully in Clifton, Queensland, Australia, on September 15, 2019, in his 92nd year. Loved husband of Chloe Greenaway (nee Rule). Much loved dad of Isabel, Carol, Gail, Judith, Prudence, Robert and Erin. Much loved grandad of his 21 grandchildren and Shakey Great-Grandad of 17. Funeral details to follow.
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TODAY: Fine. Winds changing southwest around midday.
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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 17.0 17.7 Max to 4pm 5.9 Minimum 3.2 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm September to date 30.8 Avg Sep to date 28 2019 to date 539.6 489 Avg year to date Wind km/h NW 15 At 4pm Strongest gust E 35 Time of gust 3:02pm
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Ashes series shared
Style to the fore
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A BRIDGE TOO FAR
Kipi Manumua tries to bust through the South Canterbury defence during his side’s loss on Saturday. By Erin Tasker
erin.t@theguardian.co.nz
Mid Canterbury A headed into the final match of their rep rugby season knowing they had to win, and win big, if they were to stand a chance of claiming the Hanan Cup. But, their opposition in that final match at the Ashburton A&P
Showgrounds on Saturday –South Canterbury – have been the team to beat in recent seasons, and they again showed their class in the last match of the cup competition. South Canterbury ran away with the game in the end, winning it 50-7 and taking home the Hanan Cup for another year.
But overall, Mid Canterbury A coach Pete Manson was pretty happy with the way the season had played out for Mid Canterbury’s development side. “It’s a big improvement on last year. “We won one game last year and we won three games this year, and we gave ourselves an
opportunity to win it, although it was a big ask,” Manson said. He said things just didn’t go to plan at the Showgrounds on Saturday. “We had a plan and it was almost like we froze a wee bit, but South Canterbury were very solid in this game last year, too, it was 76-31,” Manson said.
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While they fell just short in terms of results on the park, Manson said the season was a win in terms of development, with a few potential future Heartland Championship level players unearthed. And that was just as important for a development si de, as winning.
All Blacks ‘there for the taking’ NZME Big question marks hang over a ‘mortal looking’ All Blacks pack at the Rugby World Cup, according to a leading UK rugby writer. In a column for The Guardian, rugby writer Robert Kitson has suggested the chasing pack sense a great opportunity to topple the All Blacks, three days out from
the start of the tournament in Japan. “A brief glance down the All Blacks forwards roster reinforces the sense there is no clear, runaway ante-post favourite,” Kitson said. “If Brodie Retallick was fully fit things might be different but the world’s best lock may not be sighted before the knockout stages.
“In his absence New Zealand’s pack looks mortal, which is the only encouragement their rivals ever need. “Already South Africa have given them a hurry-up by winning the Rugby Championship and the All Blacks will fly in with more question marks hanging over them than normal. “No-one is suggesting they are
not genuine contenders but their opening pool game against the Springboks will be highly instructive. “The Springboks will start the tournament hard and fast and could easily puncture many casual assumptions from the outset. “And if Rassie Erasmus’s powerful pack do make an early impact,
who is to say they cannot go all the way? “Would you put your mortgage on New Zealand topping their pool or both Wales and Australia breezing past Fiji?” After a week of preparation in Kashiwa, the All Blacks enjoyed a traditional World Cup welcome at the Zj-ji temple in Tokyo yesterday,.
All Blacks midfield combinations remain murky
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