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2016 Craig Pocock is the vice president of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects, an awardwinning designer who was recently made a fellow of the NZILA due to his work on sustainability and the urban environments. He now lives in Florida, but was born in Ashburton and worries about its future.

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Ashburton College students skate into art exhibition

BY EMMA MOODY

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Ashburton College’s Year 10 art class have expressed themselves on old skateboards, which have been hanging in the Ashburton Art Gallery for the past week.

Gallery manager Shirin Khrosraviani said some of the art produced by the students have some dark and emotional themes, and cover topics like loss and longing.

“But there are some much lighter ones, like the Kylie lip ones and one of them which let the light in,” she said.

The skateboards, and the other exhibitions currently on display, will soon be moved out of the gallery to make room for Euan Macleod’s touring exhibition, Painter.

Painter is the first major touring exhibition of Macleod’s work on this side of the Tasman.

Macleod is a Christchurchborn artist, but has been a Sydney resident since the early 1980s.

Khrosraviani said this is one of the most high profile exhibitions the gallery has hosted and said they are feeling proud and excited for it to be installed.

Painter will be open to the public from October 9 to December 4 and the Ashburton College skateboard art will be in the gallery for another two weeks.

Ashburton College students Emana Tairi and Moana Cormick check out some of their peers’ skateboard art which will be in the Ashburton Art Gallery for another two weeks.

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■ CIVIC CENTRE BUILDING

Concerns about town’s future An urban design specialist who grew up in Ashburton says development of the Eastfield site is part of revitalising the town centre and ratepayers should be grateful investors want to spend their money here.

Award-winning designer Craig Pocock, who left the country to live in the US following the Christchurch quakes, says Ashburton is like other small towns

wanting to increase confidence in their town centres, but it stood out from the rest because it had ready investors.

In an unsolicited opinion piece sent to the Guardian, Pocock said he worried about the future of Ashburton and that a poor planning decision about the location of the Ashburton District Council’s civic and library buildings would haunt ratepayers for

decades. “Councils such as Invercargill, Dunedin, Wanganui, New Plymouth and Blenheim are working hard to use everything in their powers to increase the confidence in their town centres, including using council properties and investment to encourage private landowners and investors to re-invest in the town centres.

“What is unusual in Ashburton, that I have never seen anywhere

else, is a group of private investors called Eastfield, made up of a range of people willing to have a go and invest in Ashburton at a time that it does not make a lot of financial sense.”

He said if council and ratepayers were not willing to invest in their town retail core, why should anyone else.

He also urged the town to protect its heritage, found in build-

ings like the Methodist Church.

Feedback on the various options for the council buildings closes on Monday. People are being invited to have their say online or on paper.

Consultants Opus said 347 people had submitted feedback online but the paper responses were unknown.

See page 10 for Craig Pocock’s full opinion piece.

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Mayor, police reassure residents town is safe

BY COLIN ENGELBRECHT COLIN.E@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Ashburton’s mayor and police boss are reassuring the community the town is safe, following events over the past week.

Mayor Angus McKay said Ashburton is still one of the safest towns in New Zealand and he is appreciative of police efforts to fight crime.

He said while there have recently been some very distressing incidents for the community, they reflect the actions of a small minority rather than the town as a whole.

Ashburton Police are currently investigating an assault on Monday night and have made an arrest following a fatal stabbing on Tuesday night.

Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said while the incident on Tuesday night was tragic, police were quick to make an arrest and this shows their commitment to keeping the community safe.

The service for stabbing victim 25-year-old Tainui James Wano

will be held at the Hampstead All Sports Club on Bridge Street on Monday, September 19.

Police are also investigating the robbery of Robbie’s Bar and Bistro, an attempted arson at Tinwald School and the arson of a car on Catherine Street.

Two youths were arrested in connection with the robbery and car arson, and appeared in Ashburton District Youth Court on Monday.

“The terrible incidents occurring in the last few days have been unsettling but our police officers have been quick to begin investigating and I have full confidence in their abilities,” McKay said.

Community safety initiatives are in place throughout Ashburton thanks to a number of agencies, McKay said.

These include Council-funded security patrols, CCTV cameras, operational grants to Safer Ashburton, increased availability of late-night taxis, and the Policeled collaboration coordinating late-night patrols in the CBD.

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Talent showcased at musical evening Mia Pearson was one of the stars in the junior solo vocals section at Ashburton College’s annual music evening this week. There were some outstanding performances in both vocals and instrumental throughout the evening, held in the school’s auditorium, which was packed.

The popular group contest between houses was won by Blue, who headed off Orange, Green and then Red. PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 150916-AK-065

Women beware: Convicted conman living in Ashburton A modern day lothario with numerous convictions for duping women he met on dating sites has been convicted on similar charges in the Ashburton District Court.

Paul William Abbott appeared before Judge Jane McMeeken during Monday’s sitting, where he admitted a charge of obtaining by deception.

He was recorded as living in Allenton, Ashburton and his offending occurred between May 26 and June 10.

Defence lawyer Paul Bradford asked that the summary of facts be kept under wraps until Abbott is sentenced on October 17. In the meantime Abbott is to participate in a restorative justice conference.

Judge McMeeken granted Ab-

bott’s remand on bail “with some reluctance”. “You obviously want to go back to jail,” she told him.

Abbott has fleeced a number of women out of thousands of dollars.

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October 21. In that case he duped a woman he met on an online dating site out of almost $600, claiming he had a brain tumour and had lost his wallet and bank cards, before breaking off contact with her and moving house – by which time he had another victim in sight.

Abbott told police he used the money to feed his drug habit.

In 2012 he was jailed for two years seven months for similar offending.

He is known to have used a number of aliases and has been dubbed “the Artful Dodger conman” by several media outlets.

Many of his victims have taken to Facebook on the Dating Scammers NZ page, warning others of his methods.

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Broken glass on playing fields boarded up a window broken on Tuesday from the inside and removed glass lying on the ground outside the building.

She left the remnants of the broken glass in the frame believing it was too dangerous to attempt to remove them herself.

Yesterday morning a glazier repairing the damage discovered shards of glass had been

Vandals are putting people in danger by throwing shards of glass onto sports grounds in the Ashburton Domain.

Five times in the past fortnight the pavilion on Walnut Avenue has had windows smashed, but the situation escalated this week, pavilion manager Janet Andrews said.

On Wednesday morning she

removed from the broken window frame and thrown four or five metres out from the building onto a playing field, Andrews said.

More disturbingly, one of the shards had been purposely driven into the ground creating an extreme hazard for passersby.

“It was closer to the building but still in an area where people

walk with their kids and dogs,” she said.

The current spate of vandalism appears to have happened after school in each instance.

In one case three windows were smashed, and costs are mounting up.

“We are not covered by insurance for small claims like a window,” Andrews said.

Busking gives piano man’s life purpose A year after he started busking, Vojtech Pango Zamecnik is back on Ashburton’s streets.

After returning to New Zealand from a three-month visit home to the Czech Republic, Zamecnik spent this week busking around the town.

The pianist started busking in Ashburton after he lost his job and to overcome the issue of travelling with a large instrument, he built a wagon for it.

“My friends told me ‘hey buddy you can play piano, why don’t you go do it on the street?’,” he said.

Zamecnik said he designed the wagon to have three axles and have the middle axle set 50mm higher than the rest so it could pivot smoothly.

Originally Pango’s Travelling Piano, he has rebranded it to PIANOmad, a combination of piano, nomad and mad, and the musician said he’s one of the few in the world to bring his own instrument around with him.

“Street pianos are becoming more and more popular but there very few of us in the world

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Vojtech Pango Zamecnik busks on Burnett Street on a piano he bought for $1 and a wagon he designed himself.

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Zamecnik said the fact he’s pushing an upright piano around New Zealand also helps draw people in, because it’s an unusual sight.

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“When I play the music on the street I feel I am finally doing something that makes sense and I’m doing something for people and it gives me reason to live,” he said.

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A promising young Cromwell sportsman died yesterday as a result of injuries received in a quad bike accident at the weekend.

Andrew Grubb, 20, died in Dunedin Hospital early yesterday morning, a police spokeswoman said. He was injured after falling off the quad bike in Cromwell early on Sunday. Mr Grubb was a member of the Otago Country rugby team and was also in the North Otago cricket team. The cause of the accident was still being investigated.

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The distinctive red building on the corner of State Highway 1 and South Street that was once home to Rural Transport was reduced to rubble yesterday as the site is prepared for construction of a new supermarket.

Heavy machinery made light work of the old building, which was a transport yard for 80 years.

Trucking pioneer Bob Burnett ran his transport business there and, at its peak in 1957, the firm owned more than 100 vehicles and employed about 300 staff.

Countdown is spending $21 million on a new store to be built there; it is expected to be open around next April and provide 100 new fulltime and part-time jobs.

Traffic lights, paid for by the supermarket company, will also be installed at the intersection as part of resource consent conditions. The traffic lights, worth about $1m, will be installed by City Care with works to be completed before Christmas.

The pavement at the intersection is being completely rebuilt with new surfacing so there will be minot raffic delays during construction in coming weeks.

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Want to do something good for your health?

Then head along to the Seniors Centre on Friday to hear some advice from Dr Darag Rennie, a man who has devoted years to researching how food affects health.

He is based in Auckland and is on a nationwide tour with a presentation entitled The Lies that Keep us Sick, Fat and Tired.

He has been encouraged to stop in Ashburton by Sheryl Stivens, Julia Crosson and a growing group of people locally interested in nutrition and pathways to health and vitality.

Stivens said Rennie would give two presentations at the Seniors Centre, from noon to 2pm and from 7 to 9pm.

She said he had spent years researching food choices and what causes inflammation, weight gain and many other diseases seen in communities, in younger and younger people.

“He actually stopped practising medicine as he wanted to help people maintain health rather than administer meds when they got sick.”

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■ ON FARM RECYCLING

Scheme signs on its 100th farm

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Wasterbusters’ On Farm Recycling scheme has recently hit 100 farms signed up and Brooke Sheridan says it’s great to see farms getting involved.

The 100th farm to sign up is Guyon Farm Limited, a dairy farm, owned by Mark and Lisa Dewhirst.

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“It means farmers are now becoming more responsible for their waste and they do understand that it is easy and they can do it,” she said.

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“Most of the farms that are signing up are ones with kids who are interested in making sure their future is safe,” Sheridan said last month.

To discuss joining the programme call Wastebusters on 03 309-9998.

Right - Mark Dewhirst (left) and Brooke Sheridan (right) stand in front of two of the recycling bins.

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■ HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL

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Raising funds to help Maddie Hampstead School students were part of a nationwide drive this week to help raise money for a West Melton girl who needs $350,000 for a new kidney.

Maddie Collins, 12, was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2009, has already lost one kidney. The second was replaced with her father’s in a transplant four years ago but that is already failing and she is on dialysis for at least 10 hours at night.

She only has a 2 per cent chance of finding a donor match in New Zealand, so her family want to take her to the US where her chances of a life-saving transplant are greater.

A special birthday A Christchurch boy with ongoing medical issues will have a spectacular fifth birthday – all thanks to the support of community. Jonty Payne’s grandmother, Donna, who is his full-time carer, contacted SmileDial – a charity which supports families who have a child with an ongoing medical condition or disability – because she was concerned no one would attend Jonty’s fifth birthday. SmileDial put the call-out on Facebook to help Jonty have a great birthday yesterday, and has had a huge response from people wanting to attend the party and buy him presents. The charity will host his birthday at a local park where they expect 200 to 300 people to attend.

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‘I’ll set you on fire’ The man accused of murdering and burning Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton has denied killing her, as her family shouted, “I’ll set you on fire”. Sainey Marong, 32, appeared at the High Court in Christchurch yesterday. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder. Marong was remanded in custody for a pre-trial hearing on November 25. A three-week trial is set to begin on June 7 next year.

Duckmanton’s burned body was found on a rural Canterbury road on May 15 this year.

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Right - Hampstead students with their muftiday proceeds for Maddie (back row, from left) De-Lyna Nguyen, 11, Ashlin Banks, 10, Anastasia Skilling, 10, Zara Bull, 10; (front, from left) Lachlan Stephens, 6, Mere Apaipo, 10 and Echo Hoskins, 6.

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■ ARTHRITIS APPEAL WEEK

Condition comes in many different forms Arthritis will take centre stage next week during Arthritis Appeal Week.

Despite arthritis being the leading cause of disability in New Zealand and more than 620,000 with a diagnosis, there still seems to be little understanding that there are more than 140 different forms of the condition and the impact that arthritis has not only on individuals, their families and employers but also on the health

system and the whole economy.

During the Havelock North water contamination there were alerts that a side-effect of the outbreak might be “reactive arthritis”.

A resident there has now been diagnosed with this condition.

Reactive arthritis is an inflammation of the joints that can occur after an infection in the bowel.

It is one of the common forms

of arthritis affecting young men, usually between 20 and 40 years of age, but others can also be affected.

Pain and swelling, usually of the knees, ankles or toes are often the first signs of reactive arthritis. Other joints can be affected, including fingers, wrists, elbows and joints at the base of the spine.

Tendons around joints, such as the Achilles tendon, can also be-

come inflamed.

Usually, reactive arthritis can be distinguished from other forms of arthritis because of the link to an earlier infection.

Arthritis appeal week will run from September 20-26 and the challenge is to provide New Zealanders with information on this chronic painful condition and remind them that it’s not just those knees and hips and that advice is available by calling 0800 663 463.

Two women have been arrested after the armed offenders squad blocked off part of Maitland Street in Dunedin yesterday. A reporter on the scene said detectives entered the address about 4.30pm and two women were handcuffed and taken away in a squad car.

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Former cop convicted A former South Canterbury cop has been convicted for stealing money from a police social club fund. Ex-senior police officer and Armed Offender Squad member Graham Campbell Sharp was sentenced at Timaru District Court this week. He was convicted and fined $1500 for using a document for pecuniary advantage, after stealing more than $14,000 from a police AOS social club fund between 2011 and 2015.

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■ KEEP NZ BEAUTIFUL WEEK

Helping keep New Zealand beautiful

By Emma moody

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Keep NZ Beautiful Week kicked off with used doggy doo bags scattered around but ended with Ashburton’s school children cleaning up public spaces.

ABC Allenton joined in Keeping New Zealand beautiful when the children hit the streets to pick up rubbish on Wednesday.

All of the children were excited to pick up the rubbish and help out the community.

And on Thursday, Tinwald School helped keep Ashburton clean by picking up rubbish in a local park.

Teacher in room six at Tinwald School, Claire Tomkinson, said the children are not strangers to picking up rubbish.

“The kids help pick up rubbish around the school every week.

“Each term we assign a class to clean up each week, so week one would be room one and so on,” she said.

However, the week began with someone finding used dog doo bags on the corner of Wakanui and Trevors Roads.

The Ashburton District Council dog control bylaw states: ‘[W]here any dog defecates in any public place or private way or land or premises other than that occupied by the owner of the dog, that owner must remove the faeces forthwith and dispose of it in a hygienic manner.’

Environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle said the bylaw is to advise owners to clean up waste in a hygienic way and said the council provides bags to make this easier.

“It’s just very disappointing that this is happening.

“That’s all I really can say while we look into it, I’m really disappointed,” he said.

Bags of dog excrement have started appearing on the corner of Wakanui and Trevors Roads, which has disappointed environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle.

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Brian Kononyuk and Jade Robin, both 4, helping to keep New Zealand beautiful by being part of the ABC Allenton group that cleaned up rubbish on Tuesday.

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Tinwald School students (from left) Anna Green, Ela Mackenzie, Emma Hill, Charlie Howden and Sophia Rushton collect some rubbish on Thursday afternoon for Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week.

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■ CREATING A COMMUNITY

Whanau day at Netherby School

By Emma moody

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Netherby School students had some special guests visit them in the classroom on Tuesday afternoon.

The school held a whanau afternoon, where members of the children’s families were encouraged to come into the school and observe their children in their learning environment.

Principal Phil Wheeler said it was also a chance for parents and the school to create a community.

“It’s really good for the parents to come in and see what their child is doing and see how to help them with homework and things like that.

“It is also important to create that bond of trust between the school and the families,” he said.

Parents weren’t the only members of the families who attended the afternoon, there were also aunties, grandparents and great grandparents and Wheeler said there were about 40 family members there on the day.

“We had about 15 people in one classroom so it’s been really well received,” he said.

Although this is not the first time the school has held a day like this, Wheeler said they hope to make it a monthly fixture on the school calendar.

Liam Walker, age 8, and his mum Nicola do some arts and crafts at Netherby School’s whanau day on Tuesday.

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Remanded in custody A 23-year-old man accused of leading police on a 50km rampage across North Canterbury and Christchurch on Thursday has been remanded in custody.

Kyle James Clarke, a 23-yearold from Geraldine appeared in Christchurch District Court yesterday.

He faces six charges, including reckless driving, failing to stop for police, driving while forbidden, a burglary at Amberley, being found without reasonable excuse in an enclosed yard, and taking a Nissan Safari valued at $5000 from Waikuku.

Duty lawyer Steve Hembrow made no application for bail.

Judge John Strettell remanded Clarke in custody without plea until September 29.

The pursuit began in North Canterbury on Thursday about 8.30am and finished almost two hours later in the suburb of Woolston.

Eyewitnesses claimed the driver of a green 4WD drove on the wrong side of the Main North Rd near Woodend School, before allegedly sideswiping a vehicle.

Police allege the driver went through road blocks, roadworks, a golf course, private houses, and a riverbank before he was caught.

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■ CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ

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Local schools dominate Mid Canterbury schools dominated the Otago Daily Times’ annual current events quiz in Timaru this week, with Allenton School winning the year 5 and 6 event and Mt Hutt College the year 7 and 8.

The winning Allenton team was one of four in the competition, where competitors took part in 10 rounds of questions, including naming flags, identities and answering current event questions.

The Allenton team scored 95 out of a possible 100 to win its category, followed by Waihi School on 93 and Hinds on 92.

Mt Hutt’s team of William Middleton, Eddie Millichamp and Hayden Dove, scored 96 points, closely followed

by Ashburton Intermediate School and Opihi College tied on 95.

Council fine ‘a farce’ The husband of a zoo curator who was mauled to death by a tiger at Hamilton Zoo has called the sentence handed down to the council over safety failures ‘a farce’. Hamilton City Council was prosecuted over the death of Samantha Kudeweh, 43, who died on September 20 last year.

The council was fined $38,250 and ordered to pay $10,000 reparation to the curator’s children.

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Court escapee caught The man who jumped the dock in the Lower Hutt District Court and knocked a police prosecutor unconscious in his escape has been caught. Sabbath Mohi went on the run after his escape on September 5. He was arrested in Lower Hutt without incident yesterday, police said. He will remain in police custody before appearing in the Wellington District Court this morning.

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Warden assaulted An Auckland teen faces a raft of violence charges after he allegedly assaulted a university warden on Dunedin’s infamous Castle St on Thursday. A police spokeswoman said police were called to reports of disorderly behaviour in the student residential sector about 8.30pm. The campus safety guard was taken to hospital with facial injuries.

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he Christchurch earthquake changed everything, not just in Christchurch or Canterbury but throughout New Zealand.

It rattled not only people, but also the New Zealand building standards, investment confidence and, in many ways, the future of small-town New Zealand.

Over the past five years I have been involved in the master planning of eight town centres throughout New Zealand ranging from post-earthquake Lyttelton to Wanganui. It involved many conversations with mayors, investors, landowners, business and retail owners and community groups.

Here is what I know to be consistent outside of the main centres. Town centre building stock is old and in need of strengthening, maintenance and general investment.

You could say that’s not new, but what has changed is the Christchurch earthquakes drew a line in the sand that said the status quo can’t remain and New Zealand standards, insurance and the tenants are starting to, and will continue to, force this issue of investment, especially in small-town New Zealand.

The problem is, from a landowner’s perspective, investment does not really make financial sense because the rental returns are low, really low. In many cases the building stock is mortgage free and/or are owned by retirees as investments, or absentee landlords, in most cases there is a general resistance to strengthening or investment.

The general approach is to continue to gather the low rental returns for as long as you can and then remove the building and create car parking or a bare lot because it has the best cost return benefits for very little financial outlay. “I’ll land bank it and leave it to the kids to sort

Craig Pocock is the vice president of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects, an award-winning designer who was recently made a fellow of the NZILA due to his work on sustainability and the urban environments. He was born in Ashburton and worries about its future.

Left – Towns and cities across New Zealand, such as Invercargill, are investing in their retail core. It not only encourages private investment, but also creates great spaces for the community to meet and enjoy.

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by Monday! out when the market is better” is a pretty common comment I would hear during these consultations.

Unfortunately this approach also guts the town centres and creates a very average street and retail environment and becomes

a blight on your town, but unless the owners and investors can see some sort of future in the town centre or return on their investment why would they invest?

Would you do any different, why risk your retirement?

I have had similar conversa-

tions in Ashburton.

Councils such as Invercargill, Dunedin, Wanganui, New Plymonth and Blenheim are working hard to use everything in their powers to increase the confidence in their town centres, including using council properties and investment to encourage private landowners and investors to re-invest in the town centres.

What is unusual in Ashburton, that I have never seen anywhere else, is a group of private investors called Eastfield, made up of a range of people willing to have a go and invest in Ashburton at a time that it does not make a lot of financial sense.

Not only are they willing to work together, but they have a comprehensive plan for a large portion of your retail core where you would normally get each developer doing their own thing ending up in a patchwork outcome.

If I was to offer two pieces of advice that I believe is key to small-town New Zealand they would be as follows: Invest in your town centre in a way that supports your retail core.

Eastfield is not only central, but is part of a current revitalisation that you should build upon.

Don’t undermine the investors who are willing to invest in your town, they are a rare commodity.

If you, as the council and the

ratepayers, are unwilling to invest in the town retail core why should anyone else?

Don’t undermine the historical values of Ashburton by removing the Methodist Church. Christchurch paid a heavy cost in loss of identity by the destruction of its historical buildings and landmarks.

As a small town you are competing for visitors and the next generation of families to come and make Ashburton their home.

Ashburton’s sense of place and point of difference is important, protect your heritage.

The Christchurch earthquake came at a personal cost to myself and my family.

We no longer live in New Zealand and as I write this from Florida, I have not been asked to write this opinion, I am writing it as someone who was born in Ashburton and worries about its future as I do for most of smalltown New Zealand in general.

I know from experience that poor urban planning decisions can’t be undone in a hurry.

Once that bridge or the art gallery or the council building is in the wrong place, it will be there for decades and the community will have to live with those poor decisions and associated impacts.

Good luck with your decisionmaking, it is a decision that will affect your children’s children.

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Honouring the Kiwis who fell The Battle of the Somme, 100 years ago, was brutal for New Zealand troops in World War One. During the offensive, which involved the use of poison gas shells and relentless artillery fire, 2000 of the 15,000-strong New Zealand Division died and nearly 6000 men were wounded.

Ashburton men were among them.

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he Prince of Wales spoke of his hope for a “future free from intolerance and conflict” as he paid tribute to New Zealand’s troops killed and injured in the Battle of the Somme during a ceremony in France marking the 100th anniversary of the conflict.

Prince Charles told how he had gathered with others to remember with “pride and humility” the sacrifices of New Zealand’s soldiers who fought with “boundless courage and tenacity” during the bloody battle.

Prince Charles, who is Field Marshal of the New Zealand Army, spoke during a commemorative service at Caterpillar Valley Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Longueval.

He said: “Standing in this peaceful scene today it is hard to

imagine that a century ago this was an infernal, blasted wasteland, which my predecessor as Prince of Wales, my great-uncle Edward, described as ‘the nearest approach to hell imaginable’.”

Dressed for the first time publicly in New Zealand Army

Field Marshal uniform, he joined figures in laying a wreath.

And in his address, Charles added: “My hope is today we can re-dedicate ourselves to a future free from intolerance and conflict. We do this in honour of the memory of those who fought and

died here so long ago.”

Charles spoke of the sacrifice of Pakeha and Maori soldiers in the battle, and told how New Zealand suffered a casualty rate of nearly 60 per cent.

The Battle of the Somme, which started on July 1, 1916, took a

brutal toll on New Zealand’s 15,000-strong division in what was the country’s first major engagement on the Western Front.

During the offensive, which involved the use of poison gas shells and relentless artillery fire, 2000 of the New Zealand Division

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t was on the Somme that the majority of New Zealanders were killed or injured during World War One. And it was here that New Zealand experienced its worst days in military history in terms of loss of life.

It was New Zealand’s first major engagement on the Western Front and our soldiers were in the line from September 15 until October 4.

The battle was a pivotal event that laid the basis for the Allied victory in World War One. But 100 years on, the numbers still have the power to shock.

At the end of four-and-a-half months of fighting, up to 1.2 million men had been killed or wounded.

There were about 8500 casualties for each of the 141 days of conflict. But some days were

Lindsay Holland and the Ashburton District Family History Group, has been looking back at Ashburton’s connection to the Battle of the Somme. worse than others. The opening day of the offensive, July 1, 1916, was the worst day in British military history – 20,000 men were killed and another 40,000 wounded.

By the end of the campaign on November 18 that year, the Allies had advanced, at most, 12km into German-held territory. The Battle of the Somme involved many separate attacks with specific objectives; some succeeded, many failed.

The attack on September 15 involved seven divisions, including the New Zealand division which was allocated a key section of the

front near Longueval. Their objective was to capture Flers.

The New Zealand troops had been moved to the front line three days earlier and were primed for action.

On the first day of the attack some 1200 men were wounded or missing and about 600 dead.

Eleven Ashburton men were killed on September 15, another eight the following day and a further seven on September 17.

Among the casualties were 52 members of the Pioneer Battalion, which included the Maori contingent, who were building vital communication trenches under

heavy artillery fire.

At the time, it was the greatest loss of life in a single day in New Zealand’s post-1840 military history, but in 1917 it would be surpassed by the horrors of Passchendaele.

It took a huge toll on the 15,000 members of the New Zealand division involved, during 23 days of battle. Nearly 6000 New Zealand men were wounded and 2000 lost their lives in the first Battle of the Somme.

It was an expensive victory, like so many in this war.

More than half the New Zealand Somme dead have no known

grave. Roughly one in seven of the division who fought on the Somme was killed and about four in every 10 were wounded.

It soon became a battle of two halves with progress being made south of the Albert-Bapaume Road and an almost complete stalemate on the northern side.

After slowly pushing forward village by village, a new offensive was planned for September 15 to conquer the villages of Flers and Courcelette. For the first time in history tanks would be used in battle.

The New Zealand Division had an important part to play in the

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during the Battle of Somme Ashburton soldier remembered

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he Ashburton Returned Services Association will be assisting the family of Ashburton-raised Jack O’Carroll to commemorate his death in the Battle of the Somme.

The family is holding a special service at the Ashburton Cenotaph today at 11.30am to remember the young soldier, who was killed in action on September 16.

He was 21.

Above – Britain’s Prince Charles attends a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery in Longueval, northern France.

Left – New Zealand officers stand during a ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in the New Zealand Battlefield Memorial in Longueval, northern France this week.

died and nearly 6000 men were wounded.

The British Army suffered almost 60,000 casualties on the first day alone and more than a million men would be killed or wounded on both sides over the course of the 141 days.

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capture of Flers but unfortunately they got off to a bad start.

Charging forward seconds before zero (6.20am), the 2nd Otago and 2nd Auckland Battalions got caught by the final rounds of the British barrage. They pressed on regardless and captured the Switch Line and within 30 minutes were digging in some 50 metres on the far side of it.

There was not a pause to consolidate before the barrage began to move on again at 7.20am when the 4th Battalion Rifle brigade continued the advance to the next objective where they were in turn leap-frogged by the 2nd and 3rd Rifles.

By 11am, the 2nd Rifles were digging in on the Third Objective on the north-west of the village of Flers. On their left, the 3rd Rifles had been held up by uncut barbed

Right – A member of the Maori Cultural Group arrives at the ceremony to commemorate the more than 1 million people who were killed, wounded or went missing in the Battle of the Somme.

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wire but at about 10.30am two tanks finally arrived and dealt with both wire and defenders from the 5th Bavarian Infantry.

The 3rd Rifles moved up on the left of the 2nd Rifles whilst the 1st Rifles attempted to continue the advance into Grove Alley but were repulsed.

On the left the 47th Division had been held up but in Flers, the 41st Division advanced up the main street behind a tank.

The New Zealand Division would fight on for 23 consecutive days, advancing 3km and capturing 8km of the Bavarians’ front line. In doing so, they suffered 7000 casualties.

On September 15, about 6000 of them saw action that day and although nothing went quite to plan, by nightfall the division had secured its immediate objectives

ASHBURTON CASUALTIES IN SEPTEMBER 1916: Percy William Edgar EVANS David James Oldham IRVING Arthur James CHILD Arthur William CLARIDGE John MARTIN or ALLMAN Charles Clanaronald MCDONALD Edward Elexander MCKAY Stanley MILES Frederick WM Harold RICHARDS George Arthur Edward SMITH Thomas Henry ALEXANDER Leslie Gordan DAWE Michael Herbert ELLISON

Frederick John HUMPHREYS L. John (Jack) O’CARROLL William S PENNAL Samuel Richard SMITH John E WAKELIN John Walter BUCHLER George Daniel John CRUM William Henry GILCHRIST Arthur Martin GILMOUR Leonard Murray PERCY Hubert Wiremu STEEL Richard Henry St Clair GEE John HALLIDAY

Earnest Joseph HYDE David JOHNSTON John Hassock MCLEISH Thomas Arthur O’CONNOR Edward George SMITH David William STRANGE John READHEAD Arthur Roy CHIVETRS Kenneth Cross FINDLAYSON William HENDRY George Harry COUP Robert Henry KINGSBURY James Charles SHEPPARD

and had helped take the village of Flers.

Over 1200 men were injured or missing and 600 dead by the end of the day.

The attack was halted by bad weather allowing resupply for our troops but the Germans were also able to consolidate.

The attack resumed on Septem-

ber 21 and another 10 Ashburton men were killed that day.

It would be early October before the exhausted troops were withdrawn from the line.

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Ashburton’s Matthew Clough celebrates a bronze medal in the 16-19 men’s section at the 2016 Cozumel ITU Aquathlon World Championships.

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In blistering heat, Aimee Elliott produced a silver medal in the 16-19 female age-group with a

time of 37.22 seconds.

The Mount Hutt College student was narrowly behind Great Britain’s Natasha Sinha and ahead of Mexico’s Ivanna Cervantes Richards in third place.

Meanwhile, Clough battled the elements to win a bronze medal in the 16-19 men’s section with a time of 33.14secs.

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■ HALF MARATHON BID

■ DRUG TESTING

The trouble with temptation

Hackers reveal exemptions for cyclists

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es to run, no to rum!

Do you love cocktails?

Well, I do and can’t resist them!

They remind me of hot summer days, good laughs with friends and fun nights.

Last Saturday, I had a cocktail party with few of my colleagues.

With a cocktail menu all organised for the night and good company, I knew it would be a great night and it was!

We started with a strawberry rose cocktail (don’t do it – it tasted strange), then onto mojitos (my favourite).

Who can resist, rum, soda water, lime and fresh mint?) and finally more fruity cocktails after that (yummy too).

I probably had six cocktails in six hours (reasonable I think – you know, I had a voice in my head saying “You are going to pay for this!” so I was taking my

time to enjoy them slowly).

But six cocktails were probably four too many if you have a run the day after.

I am not 20 any more so if I have a few drinks, I can really feel it the day after even if I didn’t have that many.

No surprise there ...

I got up on Sunday morning feeling not so good (to say the least) and definitely not wanting to run.

The only things I wanted to do was lay on the couch, watch TV and eat bad food ... ah hangovers, I don’t like you!

I had this run hanging over my shoulders and as I had put myself into this sorry position, I had to go for it at some stage or I wouldn’t feel good about myself.

I finally went for my run at lunch time and yes, it wasn’t fun!

It felt like punishment of the good night I had and I definitely

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paid for having those cocktails.

My body wasn’t feeling great (my head definitely wasn’t) and my energy levels were pretty low.

But I did it and ran painfully every one of those six kilometres.

Lesson one: Don’t party the day before you run.

I knew that already, but despite knowing it, I did it anyway.

Are you like me? You know something isn’t good for you, but you still do it anyway?

“Silly me” I keep telling myself that day!

Well, I won’t get caught doing

it again anytime soon ...

But whilst it was hard to run, I was surprised to feel a lot better after I did it. It actually helped me get rid of my hangover.

Lesson two: Let’s keep the cocktails for the finishing line, not the starting line.

Oh, it’s going to be hard now that spring has sprung and I just want to spend more time with my friends, have barbecues and enjoy the nicer weather.

Lesson three: plan ahead.

If I have a party, I must run before the party!

Planning seems to be a big part of sticking with the training I have, to achieve my ultimate goal: the half marathon.

Tomorrow I need to run 8 kms so I will definitely have a quiet night at home tonight!

PS: To my friends: Please don’t come to my house to tempt me.

I’m easily led ...

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Korean duo lead Evian Championship South Korean pair Chun In Gee and Park Sung Hyung set the pace at the final major of the year as both shot opening eight-under 63s to share the lead at the Evian Championship.

Chun, last year’s US Women’s Open champion whose best finish this season is joint second at the ANA Inspiration – the first major of 2016 in April – admitted to experiencing some anxiety before she teed off.

It did not show in the world No.7 play, however, as she hit every fairway in regulation and after a slow start off the 10th tee she carded six birdies on her second nine to record eight in all in her bogeyfree round.

“Before the round I felt really nervous today – I think it’s because it’s the last major – and it was windy and there was a thunderstorm this morning so I tried to focus more on my game,” said the

22-year-old, whose score was two short of the course record.

Late in the day Park carded six birdies over her final 10 holes to join her compatriot at the top of the leaderboard with a one-stroke advantage over Annie Park.

The American, one of the afternoon starters as the weather improved at Evian Resort Golf Club, had seven birdies as she also returned a blemish-free card.

World number one Lydia Ko (right) could manage only a 70 for one-under, seven off the lead.

Sarah Jane Smith is the highest-placed Australian, tied for 15th spot with a cluster of players having carded a twounder-par 69.

Lydia Ko is a shot behind in 28th spot, with Minjee Lee in 39th after a level-par round of 71.

Su Oh is two-over-par.

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Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome are among a new wave of athletes to have details of substances they had taken leaked

by Russian hackers who broke into their drug-testing records.

The British cycling greats were part of the latest document dump by the so-called Fancy Bear cyber-espionage group, along with golfer Charley Hull, rower Sam Townsend and rugby sevens player Heather Fisher.

The leak involved records showing that five Britons had been given medical exemptions to take otherwise banned substances during their careers.

There is no suggestion the granting of these so-called Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) were anything but legitimate under the current rules.

The Fancy Bear group had already published confidential records on US tennis players Serena and Venus Williams as well as gymnast Simone Biles and one more competitor from this summer’s Olympics.

This week it carried out its threat to release more data, this time that of 25 athletes from eight countries, including 10 from the United States, five from Germany, and one each from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, Romania and Russia itself.

The director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Olivier Niggli, said: “Wada is very mindful that this criminal attack, which to date has recklessly exposed personal data of 29 athletes, will be very distressing for the athletes that have been targeted and cause apprehension for all athletes that were involved in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

“To those athletes that have been impacted, we regret that criminals have attempted to smear your reputations in this way and assure you that we are receiving intelligence and advice from the highest level law enforcement and IT security agencies that we are putting into action.”

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On average, young New Zealand drivers only get around 1/3 of the international recommendation of driving practice.

Drivers aged between 15 and 24 are involved in 38% of road crashes causing injury and of those, are at fault 77% of the time.

The top causes of accidents are poor handling, poor observations and poor judgments. These are the cause of nearly 50% of all young driver accidents in Ashburton.

In the first months of unsupervised driving, young people holding a restricted licence are 5 times more likely to be involved in a serious crash than when they held a learners licence.

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In brief Coulthard sets pace Fabian Coulthard has shown his speed at Sandown, setting the fastest time in Supercars practice yesterday. The DJR Team Penske Falcone was quickest around the Melbourne circuit, ahead of Chaz Mostert and Shane van Gisbergen.

The track has felt no raindrops yesterday but wet conditions are expected for qualifying today and the 500km race on Sunday. - AAP

Competition tough Emerging batsman Travis Head reckons it will be harder to stay in the Australian side than it was to get there. The 22-year-old says he felt comfortable in all five one-day internationals on the recent Sri Lankan tour, but knows challengers are eyeing spots in the Australian side. “Probably the hardest thing is to stay in the side,” Head said yesterday.

“Once you get in there, there’s a mountain of guys sitting on the sidelines that are class players and getting a lot of runs and putting pressure on you.”

- AAP

Harvey in demand

Seven-year-old Sophie Smith, 10-year-old Jack McIntosh and 8-year-old Alex Urquhart perfected their skills on Thursday evening ahead of JION International Karate Ashburton’s karate show on September 24 and 25.

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■ KARATE

Showtime for karate kids

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Locals will be given the chance to view the skills learned by JION International Karate Ashburton members when the dojo performs a karate show at Tinwald Memorial Hall on September 24 and 25.

The dojo had originally planned one show, but with tickets being snapped up quickly, a second was confirmed on Sunday evening.

There are still tickets available

for Saturday’s show, but Sunday’s is sold out with 180 seats already booked.

Dojo manager Jacqui Windhorst said the show will offer the public the opportunity to experience the skills and discipline involved in karate.

“We are often asked what exactly karate training involves,” she said.

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Various aspects of the martial art, ranging from basic techniques to more advanced forms, will be performed.

“There will be some fun demos from our advanced kids, our youth group and our adult members,” she said.

“Many items will be choreographed to music.”

The shows will be in two parts with a short intermission.

The dojo’s beginners and youngest members will take to the stage first before youth and adult members perform.

Sixty-six JION International Karate Ashburton members will be in action in all, and Windhorst is expecting two action-packed evenings.

“We are in the final preparation stages for the show now and although stress levels may be rising for some, everyone is looking forward to the event,” she said.

AFL veteran Brent Harvey has reportedly attracted interest from four clubs as he mulls his future.

Harvey still remains undecided on whether he will continue his playing career after he was told by coach Brad Scott last month the club would not be re-signing the 38-year-old. However he’s already been sounded out by at least four AFL clubs. He said he had no hard feelings with Scott calling an end to his career at Arden Street after a record 432 games for the Kangaroos.

- AAP

Swans face tough task Negating the AFL’s most potent forward line won’t be light work at the SCG tonight but Sydney hope many hands will make it happen.

Team defence has long been in vogue but few sides have predicated the need quite like Adelaide. The Crows’ star-studded forward line boasts no shortage of threats and looms as one of the most imposing hurdle the Swans must clear if they’re to avoid another straight-sets finals exit. Eddie Betts, Taylor Walker, Josh Jenkins and Tom Lynch are all capable of busting the semi-final open. - AAP

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In brief Blackburn on the board The Heartland under-19 team, which features two Mid Canterbury players, fell to a narrow 20-17 loss in their opening game against Tasman at the Jock Hobbs Memorial National Under-19 Tournament in Taupo. Methven halfback Tyler Blackburn and Rakaia prop Thomas Heywood were both in the side following impressive performances at representative and club level.

The Heartland under-19s trailed 17-12 at halftime but Blackburn did dot down in the highly competitive clash. The Jock Hobbs tournament features some of the country’s finest young talent with 400 players from 16 teams competing for the Graham Mourie Cup or the Michael Jones Trophy.

Joshua not bothered Anthony Joshua is not worried about who his manager Eddie Hearn finds to fight him in his IBF heavyweight title defence because he believes there is no opponent he cannot beat by knockout – including Joseph Parker. The 26-year-old Englishman is undefeated after 17 professional fights – all won by knockout – and is in training for his 18th on November 26. Asked if whoever he faces will suffer the same fate as his other 17 opponents by knockout, Joshua said: “I think so. It’s what I train for. It’s my job.”

- AP

Statham takes charge Rakaia’s Josh Dunlea, 12, looks for a way past Ashburton Borough’s Gabrielle Foster, 13, during Thursday’s Turbo Touch Tournament.

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■ TURBO TOUCH

New-style touch a big hit

By James Ford

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The Ashburton Turbo Touch Tournament introduced local students to a new style of touch at the Ashburton Domain on Thursday.

Unlike the traditional touch game, the ball can be passed forward, with teams only hav-

ing two possessions to create a touchdown.

More than 180 pupils from Rakaia, St Joseph’s, Wakanui, Netherby and Ashburton Borough were in action.

All finals were nail-biting affairs with just one point separating the teams.

St Joseph’s were winners of

the year 7-8 grade after downing Rakaia 8-7 while Wakanui took out year 5-6 grade honours over St Joseph’s 3-2, but St Joseph’s Year 5-6 B grade team managed to topple Rakaia 5-4 in extra time of their final.

Coaching development officer Shane Bowden said the tournament was enjoyed by all who

took part, with plenty of skill on display.

“The fact that they can go anywhere on the field brings everyone involved in the game,” he said.

“Everyone got seven games and then semis and finals, they’ve loved it and there’s been great feedback.”

Rubin Statham has given New Zealand the perfect start to the Asia Oceania Group 1 relegation tie against Pakistan at Z Energy Stadium in Christchurch. The Kiwi number two marked breaking Onny Parun’s Davis Cup record 25 ties with an emphatic straight sets drubbing of Pakistan number two Mohammad Abid Ali Khan Akbar.

The 29-year-old has given New Zealand the first point with a 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 victory for his 21st Davis Cup win in his 35th match. - NZME

Red card for Barton Joey Barton’s Rangers future appears in doubt after the midfielder was banished from the club’s training ground following an internal dispute. Barton is understood to have been sent home following an altercation with teammate Andy Halliday and told to stay away for the rest of the week. - AP

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In brief

Heartland Championship week four: Horowhenua-Kapiti v Mid Canterbury, 2pm, Levin.

Mid Canterbury team Adam Williamson, Jackson Donlan, Mike Lynch, Kody Nordqvist, Eric Duff, Tavita Ula, Troy Mangan, Phil Watson, Will Mackenzie, Jarred Percival, Seta Koroitamana, Nete Caucau, Richard Catherwood, Maleli Sau, Timoci Nabakeke.

Replacements: Brendon Ridgen, Luke Leasoki, Iromi Dawai, Jon Dampney, Cory Sinclair, Christian Vainerere, Andrew Letham.

First win for Magpies Hawke’s Bay earned their first victory of the Mitre 10 Cup season on Thursday night, proving too strong for fellow strugglers Southland in Invercargill. The Magpies and Stags came into the clash bottom of the Premiership and Championship respectively but, having at last met their match, proceeded to put on a relatively entertaining display at Rugby Park.

Southland joined fellow battlers Northland by being winless from five games.

- NZME

Mitchell ‘lacks speed’ Mid Canterbury first five Jarred Percival has been in fine form for the Hammers this season.

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■ RUGBY

Confidence key for pivot

By James Ford

James.F@TheGaurdian.co.nz

In a Heartland campaign that has been marred by inconsistency, Jarred Percival has been dependable at first five-eighth while possessing a canny ability to create and score tries when needed most.

The 24-year-old has crossed the try-line four times in his three outings for Mid Canterbury and will pose a major threat to Horowhenua-Kapiti today.

Percival is a loan player, who plays his club rugby for High School Old Boys in Christchurch.

He was drafted in by co-coaches James Jowsey and Craig Dunlea to fill the boots of Murray Williams, who failed to return to Mid Canterbury after a medal-ladened period under Glenn

Moore and Grant Keenan.

Jowsey was well aware of what Percival could offer after coaching the first five at age-group level.

The former Christchurch Boys’ High School No.10 is now enjoying his time in the green and gold jersey, while rebuilding his confidence following a devastating injury last season.

Disaster struck while on club duty in June.

Percival sustained a broken tibia and fibula in an awkward tackle and it would be six months before he was able to run again.

“I’ve still got rods and screws in there, so this year’s about getting a bit of confidence back,” he said.

“It’s slowly built up, from where I was last year and not being able to walk, I’m pretty happy.”

Percival has fully recovered physically and believes the mental scars are also healing with the help of Heartland rugby at Mid Canterbury.

“At the start of the year it was in the back of my mind, you take it into a tackle and you’re thinking ‘I hope it doesn’t happen again’,’’ he said.

“But since I started playing for Mid Canterbury it’s improved.”

Percival will now turn his attention to Horowhenua-Kapiti as the Hammers look to get their faltering campaign back on track.

Following two successive defeats, Percival is not concerned by his own impressive performances, but rather the team’s need to return to winning ways.

“It’s always nice to get a bit of recognition and score a few tries,

but ideally you just want to be doing your job for the team,” he said. “Hopefully this week we’ll start firing and get some wins on the board.”

Percival cited ball retention as key to Mid Canterbury recording their second win of the season in Levin today.

“I don’t think it’s a heck of a lot that needs to be improved, it’s just ball security and maintenance,” he said.

“If we can keep it basic and keep the ball, we’ll break down teams.”

But he is confident the Hammers have the personnel to right the wrongs of the last fortnight.

“Having guys around you that can do things from nothing, it’s exciting to get out there and give it your all.”

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has the need for speed, and he has ordered winger Drew Mitchell to develop it too. Mitchell was a surprise omission from the Wallabies’ squad for tonight’s Rugby Championship clash with Argentina in Perth. “I just want him to go a bit faster, a bit better,” Cheika said.

Henry Speight will make his first Wallabies appearance since last year’s World Cup. - AAP

Destined to be a star Big brother Julian Savea has long known that little brother Ardie was destined to be something special.

The signs were obvious from as far back as Julian can remember. What struck him as unusual was that there was a four-year age gap between them and yet Ardie would be out on the field with him every week when they were kids. “There wasn’t a particular game but just the fact he kept playing on my team which was about three years older than what his age was,” says Julian of when he first realised the talent his younger sibling possessed. “He was tackling some big boys. I knew he was going to be something special – he did tackle harder than a 5-year-old would if you know what I mean.”

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Donna Favel Mayoral candidate

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fourth-generation Ashburtonian, my grandparents Harold and Minnie Chisnall farmed in Hinds, while my parents Peter and Gwen Stokes, amongst other things, ran the butchery at the Alford Forest Road shops. We have owned and operated the Ashburton Regent Cinema since 1998.

When not at council, you will find me here, available to chat.

In 1998 we took over the old Regent then built a new twin complex, later converting to digital technology. We achieved and maintained business success by embracing innovation and technology, exploring opportunities, along with placing a high priority on debt repayment and fiscal restraint.

Above all else, we focused on

the customer and working with the community.

Since 2010, I’ve served Ashburton District as a councillor with honesty, dedication and most of all, an ongoing commitment to listen. Ambitious and keen to continue learning,

I’m enthusiastic and passionate our district succeed and be known as the district of choice.

Our wonderful district is filled with innovative and talented people, capable of creating ground-breaking solutions, if we listen to them.

You’ll get no political promises this election from me, these are easy to make and even easier to forget. I’ve voted with my conscience and in the way I believed was in the best interests of our community.

With contentious issues, I’ve prepared with both provided and independently sourced research. When you look at my voting record, especially the votes I have opposed, you will see what I stand for.

I have never been afraid to be open to change, to seek clarification, ask questions or oppose motions I’ve disagreed with.

In six years on council, I have applied a diligent, hard-working and honest approach.

I’ve pushed for transparency, improved communication and more meaningful reporting.

These are qualities I’ve also tried to role-model, by starting a Councillor Donna Favel Facebook page, enabling communication directly from constituents. I have always been, and will to continue to be, transparent and accessible to the community.

I intend to lead by example, inclusively, with fiscal accountability, community engagement and moral responsibility – aiming for a triple bottom line of people, profit and planet. We are not just running a business; we are also leading a community.

With uncertain economic indicators, unknown climate change implications, my hope is we take what we already do well, embrace it and enhance it – together we succeed.

tinue to. I have already proven how working with central and local government bodies achieves the best outcomes for the Ashburton District. Our collaboration for road maintenance with three other councils

is not only saving money but is also making sure we have the best engineers from road construction, supervision and inspection on the job.

The rural road liaison group was established; it’s beneficial with new ideas on how to repair roads, better understand what causes road wear and tear, and how to fix it. This success means we are now rolling this out in urban areas too. We cast the net wide and involved as many people as possible in this project so the voice of the community was heard.

I don’t believe in “bully” tactics – but rather, a calm, reasoned discussion always wins.

Making a lot of noise about one single issue can work against us. Experience shows working parties are the way to go.

Recently we’ve tackled issues around late night violence and East Street parking. Both have achieved firm results which

are now being refined and actioned.

It’s important to have a ‘can do’ attitude. I don’t and won’t give up because there is a barrier – there is always a solution.

I will continue to push employment and business opportunities. They are the backbone of our community and lead to healthy and strong growth as a district.

I believe in giving everyone a voice. As chair of council I strongly encourage debate at the council table so all points of view are heard.

We are growing and changing for the better at a rapid rate and it’s revitalising our neighbourhoods. Our community is a good, safe place to be, so let’s embrace the diversity and build on it so we have an even stronger future. It is vital Ashburton continues to be a place people want to visit, live and raise their families.

Angus McKay Mayoral candidate

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nyone can listen, but I take it further.

My experience and compassion means I take action over the issues that matter to you. I love this district and its people and have always had an open door policy so anyone can get in touch. That won’t change – I want you to come and talk.

Ashburton remains a leading district bursting with strong employment opportunities, buoyant business and is a vibrant and safe place to bring up our children. Let’s keep it that way and make it even better.

Having been part of this community my whole life, I understand our past and will work to ensure we enjoy a bright future too.

My knowledge of government agencies is crucial when fighting for our district. I know the system and can cope with the red tape. I often liaise with members of parliament

and neighbouring councils to ensure this district is in the best possible position it can be to make decisions.

It’s my strong leadership, patience and understanding that gets us results, and will con-

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ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL – URBAN WARD Leen Braam

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was born and raised in the Netherlands in a loving, open-minded, Christian family.

Those values are still an important and positive aspect of my daily life and decisionmaking.

Lianne and I immigrated to New Zealand in 1982 and Ashburton became our home.

Since then I have been a board of trustee member of Tinwald Primary School and Ashburton College, involved with both St Jame’s and St Paul’s Presbyterian churches, and a number of sports, including rugby, softball, hockey coaching and I am still involved with basketball.

I am a member of the MSA Men’s Choir, president of

Ashburton Variety Theatre and treasurer of Landscaping New Zealand, a nationwide organisation, a member of the Tin-

Urban ward wald Reserve Board and also run our own landscape design and construction business.

I am approachable, honest, clear-thinking, open-minded, caring and have a positive attitude. I have a wide range of interests and no hidden agenda.

Ashburton is a vibrant district with a great diversity within its growing multi-cultural community, businesses and industries. This is something that didn’t happen without decisions being made in the past by our ancestors and councillors. And yes, most decisions were good and some could have been better.

So let’s learn from the past, move on and use that knowledge for the decisions we have

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the lakes, and surrounding forest walks. Our town is an ideal place to raise a family, from playgroup meetings to school involvement and now as young adults.

My family is very important

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Thelma Bell shburton has so much to offer and and I do feel that it’s a privilege to call this town my home.

My family and I have lived here for 27 years and I am passionate about Ashburton. I consider myself a well-integrated migrant and have a wellestablished network within and outside Ashburton.

I am a mother of two older children and work part-time as a school teacher, which allows me to to carry out various community volunteer roles, such as Multi Cultural Bite Trust, Advance Ashburton Community Foundation Grants Committee, Hinds School Board of Trustees, New Zealand Justices of the Peace, Kiwi English Class and Ashburton New Life Church.

As a family growing up in Ashburton, we enjoyed the annual local A&P shows, visits to the domain, weekend drives to

to make for an even better and sustainable future for ourselves, our children and generations to follow.

They might be big or they might be small decisions, but they are all important and have to be made by a balanced and positive group of your elected councillors who will give their best governance to the future of our district.

It is your decision who you elect but I would be proud to be involved with making those right decisions as your councillor for the future of the Ashburton District and its people.

My skills and personality will make a difference.

Your vote, your voice, your choice, your councillor Leen Braam.

Marion Bartlett

Urban ward to me as I believe in family unity and we are so blessed to still enjoy our regular family time at home. Personally, I always include God in whatever I do and acknowledge His input and influence in my life.

As an established Filipino community leader I liaise, advocate, support, and listen to our migrants’ struggles as they settle in Mid Canterbury. This varies from sorting out immigration documents to gaining access to appropriate services that people are entitled to.

Being so involved in various groups and committees, I have an understanding of needs for all types of needs, including ethnic, social, financial and employment.

I believe in bridging the gap between the general population of Ashburton and migrants to integrate them into the social, economic, and cultural fabric of

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Ashburton.

People visit the town for work purposes, family and often rest here before travelling on and I am proud to be part of a town with so many employment opportunities, a great location – so close to Mt Hutt and of course, our very own Lake Hood, plus the sense of community we have through the different ages and interest groups.

In our culturally diverse town, having me as councillor for Ashburton Ward will be a reflection of a well-represented council, with a migrant’s perspective of our large ethnic community.

This I will help achieve by being an approachable, caring and transparent councillor, wholely interested in the issues – large and small, of each inhabitant of this wonderful growing region that I am proud to call my home.

ena Koutou Katoa, Ko Marion Bartlett taku Ingoa.

Ashburton has been my home for over 30 years.

My husband and I have lived, worked, played and raised four awesome kids here.

I thought it was time to get involved again, in our community, contribute and learn something new.

Is running for council the way to do it? I reckon it’s a good place to start.

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ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL – URBAN WARD Neil Brown

Russell Ellis

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have lived in the Ashburton District all my life; I grew up here, went to school here and now live here with my wife and three adult children.

I have farming and business interests in the district, and understand the rural and urban pressures facing residents and business owners alike.

I was first elected on to council in 2004 and have now completed four terms.

My specialist area is finance and I have taken an active role on the council’s finance committee, originally as deputy chairman and for the last two terms as chairman.

I also chair the audit and budget committee and sit on several other committees. During these

past 12 years I have overseen some very large infrastructure projects in the district, including increased funding for roading, water, wastewater, the Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, and most

recently, the new stadium and pool complex known as the EA Networks Centre.

Council has some challenges ahead, including revitalising the town centre, introducing the new rubbish collection system, and encouraging economic growth throughout the district.

A core major project is building the administration and library facility. This needs to be built in the right place, on time and on budget.

My skills and expertise in understanding local government and my ongoing commitment to getting the best value for ratepayers’ dollars is what the district needs going forward.

A vote for me is a vote for consistency and reliability.

Donna Favel Urban ward

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t has been an honour and a privilege to serve as a councillor on the Ashburton District Council since 2010.

During these two terms I’ve strived to serve the people of Ashburton District with honesty, integrity, hard work and a commitment to listen.

My first term delivered a valuable introduction to life as a councillor.

With many years of collective wisdom around the table and several large projects on the horizon, I was able to establish a strong foundation, enabling me to build on my second term contributions.

Here I developed further experience, through appointments on

the policy and bylaw committee, audit and risk committee and as

deputy chairwoman of finance.

There have been a number of decisions I’ve disagreed with at the council table, but I can say I’ve always voted with my conscience, and for what I believed was the best outcome for the Ashburton District.

Now is the time for us to unite as a community, to work on consolidation of finances, resources and build our district, ultimately achieving a triple bottom line of people, profit and plant.

I welcome the opportunity to serve our district further.

Let’s embrace and enhance what Ashburton District already does well, working co-operatively to make it even better – together we succeed.

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am standing for a second term in the Ashburton Ward because I continue to believe as an individual I can make a positive difference.

I grew up in Ashburton and returned here 12 years ago.

Since then I have been involved in a number of community groups.

During my first term on council I have worked across the district with numerous groups and committees and I am excited by the challenge of steering the district towards a better living environment for all of our residents.

Ensuring the long-term safety all of our district’s drinking water is paramount.

Havelock North has shown us how much we still have to learn regarding the interconnectedness of our surface and ground water systems.

We must work harder to ensure that intensification does not negatively impact on our health and our environment.

I operate my own business in Ashburton and as a businessman, and a family man, I know the importance of sound management, fiscal common sense, and open and effective communication.

As our population grows and changes we need to ensure we have services and infrastructure that match population need but are also affordable to all.

Growth in itself is not what we should be after.

We need to ensure trickle down to all of our people.

Although our local economy appears to have

grown significantly in the last two decades we need to look at the true costs of this growth in a way that really shows how our whole community and environment is doing now and into the future.

During the last three years the ADC has implemented an improved process for responding to calls for road repairs and our roads are better for it. However, I am disappointed in the response from NZTA to our call for improvements to be made to the Tinwald corridor and I will continue to advocate for progress.

I also continue to believe the location of the proposed second bridge is wrong.

I bring common sense to all that I do and I am always asking myself: Is this decision in the best interest – both short and long-term – of all our ratepayers?

I am ready willing and able to continue using my skills and understanding to the benefit of our district; and, I seek your support to carry on what I have started.

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Edward Gates Urban ward

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n July, I decided to seek nomination for council, within the Ashburton Ward, after spending more than 25 years participating on issues relating to Ashburton’s past, present and future.

Ashburton’s future …

As a landscape architect and urban designer, my focus is on the towns within the region and over the years, I’ve written many articles about the impact of council decisions, most of which were critical about missed opportunities and poor consultation.

Just as the public should be consulted on projects, so the local authority needs to display leadership, which I don’t con-

sider has been the case.

I believe there are two reasons Ashburton has fallen behind other main centres, one being a lack of vision and

the other being the result of council amalgamation in 1989, whereby, over the past 20 years, those in a position of prioritising projects have been either neglectful, oblivious or simply unaware of the value, and need, to maintain and invest in the town.

By comparison, there are numerous projects, undertaken by local authorities around New Zealand, that are thoughtful, elegant and practical, reflecting pride and ownership and all of which have involved meaningful public consultation or are a result of specific design standards.

Growth future …

The other area I’d like to advance relates to agriculture, in

particular the need to diversify given the negative impact on jobs and prosperity caused by the boom and bust patterns within the sector.

A move towards increasing job security and variety is required, and I believe that it’s feasible given our geographic position, ample resources, low infrastructure costs, ease of transport and access to facilities including road, rail and air, the latter being capable of expansion.

While the greatest obstacle might be our imagination, there is no reason why Ashburton could not become a hub for technology, education, research and communication industries, be they physical or virtual.

However, the over-riding objective is creating jobs that attract higher incomes and are transferable overseas.

If elected ...

Therefore, if elected, I will concentrate on projects that significantly improve the living standards and environments within the urban areas.

I’ll also seek to review the consultation process by moving away from the current paper orientated model to adopting method, in which all interested public can be involved at a creative level.

Finally, I’ll focus on current standards and performance of council within the current legislative framework available.

Thank you for your support.

parking building to get cars off the surrounding streets.

A parking building on the current library site maybe, but entry and exit on to State Highway 1 could be a problem.

The suggested preferred site of the Methodist Church is not supported by me, firstly because the church belongs to the congregation and it is their decision to make re the future of that building and secondly, Baring Square, which I think is an ugly space, is not the centre of town – and why does the council and library need to be in the centre of town?

Ease of access and adequate

parking are more important than a site in “the centre”.

I heard a suggestion the other day about a fly-over at Havelock Street and Moore Street allowing uninterrupted travel for State Highway 1 traffic and my first reaction was what a great idea.

I have no idea if such a plan is feasible, nor what the cost would be, but some feedback would be of interest.

Revitalisation of the retail area is another big issue and I don’t know what to suggest there.

I suspect the horse may have already bolted on that one with

internet shopping so easy, cost effective and convenient – and no parking worries.

If I have a barrow to push, it is the overhead rail bridge.

It is in a bad state of repair and needs maintenance, but it also needs to be extended over West Street to end at the domain and not where it is at present.

Someone will be killed one day making that mad dash across the road to get to or from the bottom of the ramp.

It is much used and a real feature of town and I want to see it restored to its former glory.

Marie Hibbert Urban ward

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here are some big issues facing council that will affect Ashburton for some years to come and need to be well thought through and discussed with constituents before decisions are made.

Water has been in the news recently and is a wake-up call for council to ensure what is supplied is the best available, and if a problem arises, it will be deal with swiftly and effectively and citizens kept informed of what is happening.

The rebuild of the council building and library needs careful consideration and consultation with the electorate.

My preference is for the current site, incorporating the library, and providing a new

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ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL – URBAN WARD Selwyn Price Urban ward

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strongly believe that the health of a democratic process is indicated by the level of participation and by how well it represents the diversity of opinion in the constituency.

We can do better in responding to the views of the Ashburton community.

I have pushed for increased voter participation and education, through enrolment information and opportunities to submit to council, and am reaching out to the community to share their views on my dedicated Facebook page.

Council needs to find a balance between representation and governance.

We could be doing more to ensure that all parties are working together towards the better-

ment of the whole district.

An ongoing conversation between council and residents is essential to ensuring a healthy democracy. Let’s talk!

I place passion, process and policy at the heart of my platform.

A passion for living in Ashburton, and for the role that elected bodies, co-operatives, interest groups, volunteers and individuals play in creating and shaping our community.

My belief is that good process should enable positive decision-making, and that decision-making should be in accordance with communityagreed policy and relevant regulation.

One of my strengths is having big picture vision with atten-

tion to detail – thinking big without spending big.

Since returning to Ashburton last year, I’m seeing our district with fresh eyes.

My personal qualities, developed over 35 years of working in education, include the ability to listen to individual needs whilst working within a regulatory framework.

I understand that individual voices are as important as the loudest voices, and that every point has at least one counterpoint.

A good teacher has been described as somebody who gives their all for somebody else’s future, and this is a quality that we should be looking for in our future councillors.

I believe that all council deci-

sions should take account of the triple bottom-line of social, economic and environmental sustainability, where sustainability refers to actions that are taken for the long-term benefit of all, not at the expense of any.

My motivation is to leave our district in good shape for our tamariki and mokopuna.

I regularly sit in on council and public meetings, attend community events, and meet with various groups and individuals to discuss pressing local issues.

I have made submissions to ADC and central government, and frequently write letters to editors. I am committed to talking with the community, face-to-face and online.

Let’s talk!

Having lived in the Ashburton District since 1967, and worked in several businesses with large client bases, I believe that I have a reasonable knowledge of this community.

The development of Ashburton is of particular interest to me and I take a keen interest in the proposed new building projects about to commence.

It is important to retain our heritage where possible, and let the community voice their views on the location of the new or upgraded civic centre.

The siting of this is vital to our development and planning going well into the future and needs to be considered

along with an updated roading plan into the long-term future as well. Water is another very important and topical subject – this natural resource can no longer be taken for granted – we just need to look around New Zealand at the ongoing issues regarding ‘clean water’ – of importance are keeping good quality potable drinking water for the community, managing the decreasing flow in the Ashburton River, and the development and management of irrigation schemes.

Alongside the new and exciting projects, council must always continue to invest in our core services such as roading,

water, sewerage, town beautification and maintenance.

I am friendly, honest and open minded, with the ability to listen well, look at both sides of an issue and give positive direction.

I am experienced in leadership, having been a chairwoman at local and national level and am not afraid to stand up for what I strongly believe in.

However, local is most important, and we need a council that can be transparent, open, and working together for the good of our community.

I believe in working for the people, by listening and responding.

Diane Rawlinson Urban ward

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s a first-time candidate for the 2016 local government elections, I am excited to be able to make myself available for election in the Ashburton Ward.

I have developed a strong interest in local governance over the past seven years, and served on many working parties, groups and organisations involved in local community matters, including the Ashburton Citizens’ Association which I chaired for three years, prior to taking on the role of secretary.

I wish to take this interest to the next level by representing the people as a councillor.

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Ashish Shah (Ash)

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orking for community, putting people first.

I come from a strong accounting, finance and management background.

Before coming to Ashburton, I worked as management accountant for local governments, Anglican Church and a finance company.

My broad council experience allows me to draw on significant financial and management skills to understand and contribute towards progress of our district.

I have been living in New Zealand for more than 14 years with my family. I am selfemployed, working locally as Mike Pero Mortgage adviser and in constant contact with locals.

I am energetic, outspoken, honest and approachable. I

consider myself likeable with a listening ear. I will always work hard and ask tough questions.

Like every ratepayer, I am tired and frustrated with the rates increase every year. I want to find ways in which we can keep increases in check.

ADC needs young talented people, who understand the community and its needs,

Urban ward its opposition and resistance against council policies and procedures, their problems and voice.

I am motivated to contest for the councillor’s post and bring about positive changes to rejuvenate the community voice, interest and diversity.

Our community is important to me and I believe that community and people must always come first before any projects.

As a councillor I promise to see that every ratepayer dollar is spent for its community with optimum return and that the council is answerable, accountable and responsible to its ratepayers.

My first-term agenda in the office would focus on the following key issues: ■ Public consultation.

■ Transparency (no more

Alasdair Urquhart

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orn in 1950, home was Erewhon Station, schooled by correspondence until Standard 4, then to boarding school in Christchurch for five years. I returned to work at Erewhon and Mt Potts stations which included overseeing tourist operations, which gave me considerable experience in dealing with all types of situations and personnel.

I married Maxine in 1973 and lived at Mt Potts, purchasing the property in 1978.

At this stage I was also a director of Erewhon Park Ltd. By operating Mt Potts Station independently, using a common-sense approach, hard work, foresight, development from income, innovation and with a conservative approach, I believe we achieved a wellmanaged sustainable station.

Due to uncertainties with the Land Tenure Act we sold Mt Potts in 1995, purchasing and developing a farm at Dromore.

From there we moved to our present home in Tinwald.

I extended my helicopter licence to commercial and operated a small helicopter company mainly catering for the tourist industry. I was the CEO and pilot for this compa-

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hiding behind commercial sensitivity).

Open and effective communication from the council.

Councillor working for his community.

Always putting people first.

High standards of service and performance.

Roading.

Water for local farmers and residents.

Three rubbish bin facility (recycle, waste and Green bins).

Maintenance of infrastructure.

More of national funding.

Transparency will be my motto.

Local government should be for the people, by the people and of the people.

Urban ward ny maintaining high standards, safety and compliance.

I have experienced involvement with governmental bodies, having often challenged red tape and impractical policies and actions. Too often actions are decided from behind closed doors with little input from those with local knowledge or experience and with little consideration for those who are most affected.

I believe our district must be administrated by local governance for our local citizens, not by expensive outside consultants and advisers.

Council spending must be curbed on non-core services and projects.

I believe policies and actions must be workable, affordable and sustainable. Transparency and communication must be paramount and common-

sense prevail.

In 2013 I served as a councillor and tried to keep decisions open and transparent within the rules councillors work under, which I have often found limiting. I also need my facts and figures correct before commenting and this too is often challenging.

Citizens’ views in conjunction with council reasoning must contribute to the decision making by governance. Being open and transparent helps enable council to operate efficiently, fairly and honestly and to achieve the best decisions for the future of the Ashburton District.

I am only one voice but I will endevour to continue my stance toward openness, transparancy and citizens’ involvement to endeavour to make good decisions.

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I have lived and worked in Ashburton since March 2001.

The longer I reside here the longer I want to stay and be an advocate for the district – this is my home and a community I thoroughly enjoy working for and being a part of.

I am in a privileged position to see the Ashburton District as a whole due to the nature of my occupation, there are not many roads I have not yet travelled! The insights I have through my professional life coupled with my passion for the district and its people give me a great perspective when considering the role of councillor. I want to see our district thrive economically and continue to be relevant in the future.

I offer an unbiased and logical approach to dealing with upcoming and daily issues looking to ensure that decisions made take into account the whole community and district’s interests for present and future needs. I believe decisions made must represent facts not fiction or emotion.

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ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL – EASTERN WARD Peter Keith Harrison

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ia ora, I’m Peter Keith Harrison from Rakaia. Along with my partner, Lara and our family – Reihana, Marama and Tupae – have been in business here for nine years. I have a strong background in the Public Service having been busy for some 13 years working for the Dept. of Labour and Te Puni Kokiri – Ministry of Maori Development. During this time, I worked regionally on many community projects around the country before spending the last seven years in national roles in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.

During this time, I completed a Graduate Diploma in Economic Development through AUT. It is my belief that community development and economic development need to work simultaneously to be effective. Regional growth

is critical to our well-being and councils need to show leadership and provide us with prudent decision making to allow our regions to grow. I want to be part of our region’s future therefore deciding to run for council in the

Eastern ward Eastern ward was a natural decision to make with the support of my family and friends. I am a strategic thinker, very analytical and like to have all information in front of me before making decisions. It’s an approach not often taken in the Public Service but to ensure robust and fair debate I find it a great way to operate. I am not going to make broad rolling statements either here or in public until I have a good knowledge and understanding of the issues and more importantly the answers or solutions. However, I am keen to work off a platform that provides: ■ Growth ■ Sustainable economic development ■ Supports community development ■ Provides prudent decisionmaking

Lynette Lovett Eastern ward

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ince 1975 I have been farming in the Eiffelton district on our family farm.

Since my husband passed away in 2002, I have continued to farm.

Now semi-retired and with my son on board I can give more time to the community .

I have an understanding of our rural community needs, from water to roading, health and safety and the environmental issues we are facing. And also the widening gap between town and country.

I enjoy working with people and volunteering in the community.

My involvement with organisations include: Ashburton A&P Association 30plus years, being involved in all aspects of the organisation. And I am the current past president.

New Zealand Red Cross 40-plus

years, all aspects, a current past area councillor.

Women in Arable, County Lions and a garden club member.

I am also a member of the Road

Reference Group and a member of the Local Civil Defence Group.

I am fair, will listen and I am a team player. I am also prepared to listen to both sides of the argument before making an unbiased decision. I come to the council with no agenda.

As one of the fastest growing districts, we have to keep the momentum going, attracting new business and industry. For a prosperous future for all to enjoy.

I am looking forward to the future plans of the town centre.

I believe in good communication between the council and the community.

We need to continue good constructive consultation on all new projects and make good decisions for the future of our town and county.

Stuart Wilson Eastern ward

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aving served on the Ashburton District Council for six years, I am still enthusiastic and committed to continue to represent the ratepayers of the district for another three years.

The Ashburton District is where I have lived and worked all of my life; both my wife and I have contributed time and effort to many voluntary organisations in this district. We have now shifted to Tinwald where we live in the Eastern Ward.

Being chairman of the service delivery committee has enabled me to continue to promote the improvement in the condition of the roads in our district.

The council has not achieved the standard where we are satisfied, especially the condition of our unsealed roads. With a new contract in place we look forward to pothole repairs lasting longer, and the grading schedule being kept up to date.

As the council representative on the Ashburton Water Zone Committee, my knowledge of water issues has enabled me to

contribute to the sustainable use of our water resources for all interest groups. We are fortunate in this district to have access to such plentiful supply both from underground and from the two alpine rivers on our boundaries. With careful management and reallocation the Ashburton River flow can be restored to a more natural flow.

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WESTERN WARD Tammy Dickson

Liz McMillan

Western ward a great example of the kind of facility your council has co-ordinated for the benefit of everyone who lives in this district. The residents of the Ashburton District are fortunate to have opportunities to participate in many cultural and sporting activities that are available in this area.

As a district, especially the town of Ashburton, we must overhaul the collection of waste and the way it is processed. The present system does meet the need to keep our streets clean and tidy from general rubbish. The introduction of wheelie bins, importantly at a realistic price, will help to ensure that rubbish is collected efficiently and economically.

I have always been mindful of the rate burden that discretionary council spending puts on ratepayers, so will do my best to concentrate council’s priority on providing the core services such as roading, clean drinking water, wastewater infrastructure, efficient refuse collection and processing, library, and the necessary planning and regulatory services.

Western ward

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was born and raised in Methven, however have lived in other parts of New Zealand and overseas.

I have an approachable manner, excellent communication skills, and a sense of humour. My work experience is across a range of sectors including agriculture, tourism and education.

I believe it’s important for a wide range of people to be represented on council for diversity, and to provide a range of views. Encouraging younger people like myself to participate in and be aware of the happenings of local government is important to me. I am willing and interested in learning the processes of council to contribute effectively.

Currently I’m in my second year of studying toward a Bachelor of Environment, Land and Society at Lincoln University.

Being engaged in study I believe sustainability, relating to all areas of primary industry and society, is important

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to protect our resources for future generations. I have become adept at reading reports and academic literature, and can quickly extract information to make informed and therefore balanced decisions.

I am an active community member, as a volunteer for St John, and as secretary for the Methven Theatre Company.

Peter Reveley Western ward

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lso standing for the western ward, Peter Reveley.

fter nine years on the Methven Community Board, six of those as chairwoman, I would like to offer my nomination for the western ward.

As a community board member you are at a grass roots level with the community and that is something I won’t change as a councillor.

I believe that we should be receiving a good level of service from the council and its contractors across the district.

Communication and consultation between residents and council, as well as keeping up with the maintenance of our infrastructure is most important to me.

I have the confidence to represent the ward well. I have experience and have built up relationships which gives me the ability to connect with a number of people across our district.

I come from a farming background, growing up on a sheep farm in North Canterbury which my parents still farm.

I run my own business and have worked as a Playcentre supervisor in Mayfield, Mt Somers and Methven over the past five years. My two children are both at primary school and are active in sports and after-school clubs.

I have been involved in many organisations and have given my time freely.

I co-ordinate the Pink Ribbon street appeal each

year in Methven, attend the Families without Violence network meetings and have been active in many local community groups.

The western ward has so many vibrant communities that need a voice in council.

I can be that voice.

I offer the following skills; leadership, communication and common sense.

Knowing the facts before making a decision is important to me and I am not afraid to ask questions.

There are many decisions to be made over the next term and I feel I have the ability to listen and speak on behalf of the ward.

This is an important time for our council and I look forward to making a difference.

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ASHBURTON TRUST Kieran Breakwell

David Hickman

Ashburton Trust

Ashburton Trust

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orn, raised and educated here in Ashburton, I have lived and worked here my entire life. I am married to Emma, who is equally proud to call herself a local.

For over 12 years I have owned and operated Ashburton’s leading collision repair shop, KB Panel & Paint Services.

I am also managing director of KB Properties, with interests in the residential, commercial and agricultural sectors locally.

I understand all aspects of business from daily operation to business planning to commercial investment, and what it takes for a business to grow and succeed. I have enjoyed being part the prosperous and growing Ashburton business economy.

I am passionate about promo-

tion and growth of the Ashburton area. The Canterbury earthquakes have presented a rare opportunity in central Ashburton.

I feel that the Ashburton Trust and their assets are going to play an integral part in recreating the

Ashburton CBD and bringing new vibrancy to the town.

The Ashburton Trust is a valuable asset for Ashburton and the philosophy of investing profits back into worthy causes in the local community is one that I enthusiastically support.

I believe each generation must contribute to improving their community, and I would be proud to represent my generation on the board of the Ashburton Trust. This position will allow me to give back to the Ashburton District.

I have the pride in our community, as well as the enthusiasm and drive required for this important position.

It would be a privilege to be elected with your vote and support.

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was born and raised in Ashburton and went to school at Hampstead Primary and Ashburton High School.

After leaving school I worked for the then Ashburton Borough Council and subsequently moved around the country working for a number of territorial local authorities in various administrative and financial roles.

Following my local government career, my wife and I spent 20 years running our own small retail and service business.

We then moved to Ashburton to be near family as all of our immediate family (who live in New Zealand)

Carl Gourdie

Robert Harnett

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Ashburton Trust

am 37 years of age, married with two young sons, and have lived in Ashburton for over 20 years.

I am a property manager, managing a large local housing property portfolio.

Previous to that I was Canterbury branch manager of a large oil company in post-quake Christchurch and I have also been employed at a local engineering supplies company for almost 10 years.

My business background and property management experience mean the skills I would bring to the trust board table will be particularly useful as the Ashburton Trust moves towards its next chapter as landlords, and I have the experience, energy, drive and enthusiasm to ensure the decisions are both sound and strategic.

I am interested in sport and community affairs and am passionate about the Ashburton community and supporting its future for both young and the more senior alike.

are in either Ashburton or Christchurch.

I am interested in community affairs, I follow sport and play lawn bowls. I am also a keen fisherman. I am currently president of the Allenton Sports Club and am treasurer of Thistle Masonic Lodge.

My experience in public service, private enterprise and community groups will enable me to meet the challenges involved in the changing shape of the trust with common-sense, logic and with the best interests of the community at heart and I will work to ensure that the community receives the greatest benefit from the trust’s activities.

Ashburton Trust

am a true local having been raised in Mid Canterbury. I am well known to the community where I live with my wife and three children.

Having graduated from Lincoln in the mid 1980s I became a registered valuer and property manager.

Roles at the ADC and Wrightson’s managing the real estate and then stock and station side, saw the subdivisions of Coniston, Riverside Industrial, Nursery Drive and others around the South Island completed.

In recent times, the St Vincent De Paul Society rebuild and the Racecourse Corner developments joined the list.

I currently conduct real estate at Farmlands and have a valuation and property management practice.

Twenty-plus years on the Celtic Rugby Club and the Ashburton Racing Club have consumed spare time and recently the MCRU administration council and sub-committees.

I am well qualified in property and business, plus the community based administration of sports and charity organisations in the district.

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Jim Lischner Ashburton Trust

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aving been on the trust for the past three years I firstly thank you all for the opportunity and seek your support for re-election this term.

I feel I now have a full understanding of the workings of this organisation, and fully supported the change from a trading identity to a land owner. The future ahead for a profitable trust should now be achieved

Carol Johns Ashburton Trust

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i my name is Carol Johns. I am seeking election to the board of the Ashburton Trust.

I am the sales manager at NZME Ashburton which runs the radio stations Hokonui, The Hits and Newstalk ZB. As well as this I am involved in many community projects, including running the Santa Parade, when it looked destined to fold. I have also been one of the organisers of the Busted fundraiser, which raises money for the local cancer charity. I have always been involved in community projects and various organisations throughout the years.

I love a challenge and am a very organised person with a down-to-earth, straight-to-thepoint personality.

I have lived in Ashburton all my life. I am passionate about our district and believe I could bring a “coalface” voice to the trust board.

Thank you for your consideration.

and the community will directly benefit from these profits.

I am a people person, listen to ideas and thoughts. Through this I work for a win-win situation to see local and financial success.

I have over 40 years banking and financial management experience in the district and have a very good understanding of governance and local input.

With my involvement in the

community I have been associated with events such as: ■ Life Education, Community House, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, Rotary, coached and refereed rugby.

■ Music- Variety Theatre (Operatic Society) and MSA Orchestra, Male Choirs.

■ Trustee for EA Networks and Trust Event Theatre Trust.

I look forward to voters’ support again this year.

Warren Maslin Ashburton Trust

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s an experienced banker with 28 years in the industry and 15 years as a volunteer firefighter I have gained qualifications and skills in the following areas: ■ People leadership.

■ Governance.

■ Advanced interpersonal communication.

■ Business acumen across a range of industries.

■ Financial accounts comprehension.

■ Sales growth and coaching abilities.

■ Innovative and creative problem solving.

■ Established business relationships in the Mid Canterbury region.

■ Developing business strategy.

■ Developing and growing team culture.

Over the past 12 years in Ashburton I have been involved in basketball, rugby, hockey and netball through coaching and fitness training.

I want to continue this support of the local community through the Ashburton Trust and seek support from the public to be elected to the trust board.

Thanks to those who have encouraged me to complete my nomination.

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ASHBURTON TRUST Roger Paterson

Chris Robertson

Ashburton Trust

Ashburton Trust

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offer myself for a further term on the trust board.

Having been a member for several years, helping plan several new establishments, seeing this community asset trade through some challenging times from operating hospitality to property ownership to an investment trust, it’s been a privilege to be part of a team making major decisions to change the trust’s direction.

Your support would give me the opportunity to be at the table to help, plan and steer the new policy and process needed, for the long-term advantage of Ashburton.

As chairman of the Lion Foun-

dation which distributes funds from gaming machines, I see the assistance this gives the wider

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community assisting in sport, education, health, art and community events.

I also represent the trust on the event centre management committee With my knowledge and experience of the past, it would be a privilege to be part of the challenge of the long-term future of the trust in its financial returns and continuous contribution to the future projects and events in Ashburton.

Having operated a successful business for 31 years, I offer my business skills, governance and leadership and, once again, humbly seek your support by voting for Roger Paterson.

am a partner at RMF Lawyers and am proud to call Mid Canterbury home. I value the vibrant and positive Mid Canterbury community, with its quiet but determined ‘can-do’ philosophy. The Ashburton Trust is part of the fabric of Mid Canterbury and contributes to Mid Canterbury helping make it a great place to live, work and raise a family.

I am fully committed to the review the Ashburton Trust is undertaking to move from a trading operation to a landlord operation. I believe this change

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will preserve and grow the trust’s capital and allow it to continue to contribute positively to the Mid Canterbury community.

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have to make an admission.

A significant reason for me to run for the trust is a selfish one because simply put, I want to be more involved in our community.

I grew up here and left as a young man of 18 to study, work, travel and live elsewhere.

Whilst I enjoyed my time away, now that I have a young family of my own, I have a vested interest in the success of the trust. For me and my family, the time has come to put down roots and make a real contribution to the Ashburton region.

A part of my contribution is to join the trust to ensure it continues to deliver significant benefits for the future of our community.

I understand the unique challenges that licensing trusts face in the current environment. Since losing its alcohol sale monopoly during the 2004 vote, people will argue that it is no longer necessary to operate a licensing trust in our district.

Had the trust continued with the same business model, it would be hard to argue otherwise. It was always going to

be necessary to significantly alter the way it operated to stay profitable and continue to deliver on the trust’s long standing promise of returning funds to the community.

Indeed, this is an exciting time for the trust and I look forward to being a part of the current consolidation period ensuring smart investments continue to be made.

I am tertiary educated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago. During my time in Dunedin, I managed a portfolio of investment

properties to help fund my studies. Today, I run my own business working as a real estate salesperson under the Bayleys banner. Taking into account my Mid Canterbury roots, my understanding of the current challenges faced by the licensing trust and my real estate experience and business acumen, I believe I would make an excellent fit as a long-term member of the licensing trust.

I am willing to invest my time and skills in the Ashburton Trust and ask for your vote in return.

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METHVEN COMMUNITY BOARD Fay Watson

Russell Currie

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Ashburton Trust

uring the past three years on the board of the Ashburton Trust I have worked with the board to review the organisation’s financial performance and in turn question the long-term sustainability of the trust’s operational business model.

I have been chairwoman of the audit/risk sub-committee and board chairwoman of the trust’s subsidiaries Braided Rivers Trust and Braided Rivers Ltd. The result of the analysis we have undertaken is the restructure the trust is now working through, having sold the businesses at The Somerset Grocer, Speight’s Ale House and Braided Rivers to private operators.

The Licensing Trust is landlord at Speight’s Ale House and through its charitable subsidiary is landlord to The Somerset Grocer, with handson business owner-operators now at the front line, providing quality dining and hospitality experiences to the Ashburton community and the travelling public.

From this change the trust can look ahead to a future where it will be able to produce a more sustainable financial performance, generating funds to reinvest back into its establishments as well as provide a surplus for return to the community through support to future community projects.

The election has come at a time when the change in business model is not yet completed and there are tasks ahead that the organisation still needs to address. My background and knowledge of the organisation’s structure will be of value as we complete this process and so I offer myself for re-election for one further term.

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Methven Community Board y principal place of residence is 3km from Methven. I own two properties in Methven.

I am very passionate about the whole Methven community. Having been born here and living along with my children and grandchildren most of my life.

Methven is very important to me and the Methven people and also the wider area.

I will be willing to listen to individual concerns to make

accounting qualifications contribute to the balance of skills around the Ashburton Trust table. My detailed knowledge of the trust’s structure and wider business experience means I bring to the table solid business, strategic and financial planning skills and specific industry knowledge.

My over-riding aim is to secure and grow the trust’s ability to benefit the Ashburton District for the long term.

It has been an honour and a pleasure to be involved through the Ashburton Trust in the Lion Foundation distribution committee to provide financial support through grants to sports, education, welfare, arts and service organisations, and as a female voice to improve gender balance around the table when making these decisions.

I am group chief financial officer for a local company group, married to Tony and have two adult children.

I welcome the opportunity to positively contribute to the Ashburton community and respectfully seek your support for a further term on the Ashburton Trust board.

our community a better place for all generations.

I have been on many committees – search and rescue, president of Methven Lions, president of the Methven A&P Association, Scouts, at present chairman of Canterbury Land SAR. Methven has a great future sitting in a very stable agriculture area and also tourism. Vision needs to be kept in mind to the expansion and promotion of these areas.

Hamish Gilpin

Methven Community Board

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ello. My name is Hamish Gilpin. I am seeking re-election to Methven Community Board to keep up the battle for Methven.

I’m committed to working with others to make our community a safer, more resilient and go-ahead town.

I’m currently involved in several groups; as vice chairman of the Methven Pool Committee, as a member of the Methven Care Trust fundraising group, on the Methven Reserves Board and contributing to the development of the inaugural Methven Emergency Response Plan. Having come from a local farming family (originally from Highbank), educated in Methven and having worked in the ski industry for 10 years, I have had diverse experiences with different industries and the challenges people in our community

face. Now working for South Pacific Seeds for the past 18 years, I have a strong appreciation for the flow-on effects from agriculture for our township. I enjoy my interactions with the other board members and discussions with members of the community about issues for our town.

Hopefully I’ll have your support to carry on our work.

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METHVEN COMMUNITY BOARD Sonia McAlpine Methven Community Board

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have learned so much in my first three years on the Methven Community Board and feel I still have so much more to offer.

I am genuinely putting my name up for re-election, not to make up the numbers but because I am passionate about our community and I want to see us achieve everything we deserve.

I, like many in the community, thought “why bother” the council just do what they want anyway. But it does matter because we actively participate and provide a co-ordinated voice that represents our community interests in council decision making. I am prepared to be that voice,

Sarah Lock Methven Community Board

are asked and minutes taken.

We discuss what’s happening and if things haven’t been addressed since our last meeting we want to know why.

The hardest and most frustrating thing for me to learn is the process is slow moving but that’s bureaucracy and I can’t change that but I can make sure that issues are not forgotten about and are prepared to keep bringing them up over and over until I get a result.

I am the fourth generation of my family to grow up in Methven. My great grand mother was Mrs Newman (Briden), her daughter was my grandmother and her daughter is my mother. I now have

it may be one they don’t want to hear but we have to speak up for what we want.

At meetings the mayor and various heads of departments are usually present, questions

a grand-daughter living here so she is the sixth generation and I am very proud of that achievement.

I want her to enjoy everything great about growing up in this area. I want her to have clean safe drinking water, good roads and footpaths, safe access to schools, amazing parks and reserves and a clean tidy town centre to be proud of.

If I get re-elected I promise to do the best possible job I can. If I am unsuccessful then I know the board will be in safe hands as there is a great bunch of individuals who have put their names forward and I can take pride in the fact I was prepared to give it a go.

Dan McLaughlin Methven Community Board

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, Dan McLaughlin, am seeking re-election to the Methven Community Board.

It’s been a good couple of terms on the board with so many things that have been achieved.

I would like to serve another term on the community board to continue with the projects we have going.

I also believe if you voice your opinions one should step up to the mark and have a go at these things.

I am born and bred in Canterbury and have been living in Methven for the past 26 years. My background in both agriculture and the tourism industry brings a wide spectrum of knowledge to the community board.

Methven has a unique balance of agriculture and tourism which serves the area well, but it is something that we need to

Local infrastructure is one thing that I feel strongly about.

With the growing population in Methven we need to keep expanding our services to make Methven an even better place.

Also, increasing our range of recreational facilities for the people that are here now and to help attract people to our area.

Improving the safety of our community is important to me.

I believe we can continue to make our town safer and a more enjoyable place to work and live.

I believe that voting is very important in this election and it shows that Methven people care about what is taking place in their community.

Take advantage of your opportunity to have your say.

take advantage of.

When issues arise that I feel strongly about I look for all the information on the subject before making an informed decision.

This is something I bring to the community board; a fair and balanced view on all issues that concern the Methven community.

I know these days, time is precious with family and other commitments and people don’t always get the chance to look in-depth at local issues that concern them.

I feel that in my capacity, if voted back on to the community board, I will be able to help communicate these issues and how they affect us to all interested parties.

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CANTY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD Ron Smith

Methven Community Board

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I

am married with adult children, a chartered accountant (ACA), a fellow of the Institute of Directors (FInstD) and a fellow of the NZ Trustees Association (FNZTA).

My residence is primarily at Ashburton, but with a secondary residence in Christchurch.

I have served on several large corporate and trustee boards and am experienced with finance, properties and charitable services.

In the recent past I served several years as trustee and finance chairman

I

am a born and bred Methvenite.

Having watched for some years how our community board works, I have decided to put my hand up to help out in our community.

Can I make a difference? I am not sure, but believe you me, I will certainly give it a go.

I will most probably not be helping you get what you want, but I will certainly be to the fore in getting what you need.

No, I am not making any promises that I may not be able to keep, but as soon as I come to grips with how it operates I will be there for you.

I have spent a considerable part of my life giving to this community and surrounding areas.

My CV at the moment is as follows: ■ A trustee on the Methven Care Trust trying to build a new resthome in Methven.

■ A trustee on the Methven Lions Charitable Trust and a member of Methven Lions for nearly 10 years, helping this community.

■ Helping to set up an emergency response network in the town, in conjunction with Ashburton Civil Defence and the Ashburton District Council.

■ I am chairman of the Canterbury Groundspread Association.

■ I am deputy chairman of the Methven Search and Rescue group and have been an active member there for the past 27 years helping our community and people far and wide.

■ I am a board member and director of New Zealand Land Search and Rescue with the responsibility of some 3500 members all over NZ helping to rescue and save lives of New Zealanders and tourists out there enjoying our country. I have only one more year to go on a six-year term so am looking forward to a new challenge.

My wife Ally and I have just sold half our business to our son Ben and his wife Lucy so this will now free up some more time to get involved in our own township.

If I am fortunate enough to get elected you can rest assured that I will give it my best.

Canterbury District Health Board for Presbyterian Support (Upper South Island). I am a long-serving trustee of the Mackenzie Charitable Foundation, which funds the Mackenzie Chair of Cancer Medicine at Christchurch Hospital and co-funds the Rural Health Academic Centre based at Ashburton Hospital.

As an independent candidate my intention, if elected, is to benefit the CDHB with my above-mentioned experience and attributes.

I do not support community water fluoridation.

ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY John Foster

Environment Canterbury

I

am seeking election to Environment Canterbury principally to put into the public domain of Canterbury New Zealand, also nationally, I am a board member of the UnitedFuture Party, and globally as a matter of new science, a visionary new way to manage fresh water resources in unity with the land to meet the personal aspirations and collectively of everyone together with every living thing we are inter-dependent on, as everything works in universe to work together in unity as one to mutual wellbeing.

A graduate of the University of Canterbury 1969, with 40 years’ experience as a field exploration earth scientist in applied science, an environmental analyst and economic analyst, I have since 2008 been mapping the plains of Mid Canterbury to get a complete understanding of the water resource and all its utility integral with the land both above and below the surface of the land.

I ask to answer the questions: What? How? Why? is causing the change in landuse/landscape and environment.

What sort of landuse/landscape with what environmental, economic and socialogical effects do we want to have to achieve our wellbeing sustainable in perpetuity (the purpose of the RMA) and how can we engineer that to happen?

For example, I have discovered differential movement of active faults has buckled and tilted the plains to create underground reservoirs, the faults providing pathways for water as rivers in flow pass over them. Storing more flood waters in lake (Lake Coleridge), we could put the Selwyn and restore the north

branch Ashburton River into permanent flow. As some water seeps underground on faults to replenish aquifers exploited for surface agriculture by bores we regain the rivers we’ve lost, scenic, fresh and clean to swim in, full of life, fish to catch, re-establishing them as recreational and holiday assets, redeveloping Canterbury’s country towns and settlements as resorts.

I seek to bring into ECan a new era of collaboration with Lincoln and Canterbury universities and others.

Facilitating this, the UnitedFuture Party has just (August 30) announced a policy of providing $10 million of contestable funding for environmental research. UnitedFuture also proposes to provide $5 million, 30 per cent up to $5000, subsiding the introduction of electric vehicles.

I support feasibility research of electric commuter rail to improve mobility while reducing both road congestion and carbon emissions.

This is to apply UnitedFuture’s theme: “Proofing the environment in a better deal for future generations.”

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ia ora, my name is Nicky Snoyink. I am running in the upcoming Canterbury Regional Council elections, in the central Canterbury region, which includes both the Selwyn and Ashburton districts. The region stretching from the mountains to the sea not only provides us with rich economic possibilities, but incredible recreational and lifestyle opportunities. Canterbury is the envy of many!

I was born in Darfield, attended Darfield primary and high schools, and studied Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management at Lincoln University.

I have worked in the ski industry, in New Zealand and

overseas. I worked for the Department of Conservation before managing a lodge at Arthur’s Pass. I then pursued a 20year career as a self-employed

nature tourism guide in New Zealand and overseas.

Growing up in central Canterbury has defined who I am.

The Waimakariri, Selwyn/Waikirikiri and Rakaia rivers were my childhood playgrounds and influenced my career choice.

Back then, clean water was taken for granted.

We need to change priorities and policies so future kids can enjoy that playground once again. I want to promote change so we can swim, boat and fish in clean and abundant rivers and lakes; and ensure all communities have access to safe drinking water.

More recently, concern for the natural environment,

particularly Canterbury’s water and changing landuse, led me to complete a Master of Environmental Policy at Lincoln University.

I learned how key environmental legislation and New Zealand’s planning system, affect people and the environment. Ultimately, the quality of New Zealand’s environment underpins the success of New Zealand’s economy. Farming and tourism are our two biggest earners and they both depend on a healthy, natural environment.

I believe I can be a good regional councillor because I have the work experience and education needed to bring

about change. While water and biodiversity are my specific focus, I recognise Environment Canterbury’s key leadership role in regional policy and planning, transportation, air quality, biosecurity and natural hazard management.

I want to represent you on the regional council. I see myself as part of a team promoting policies that will result in a fair and workable system. One in which all sectors of the community can determine how water is allocated and used; where our communities are connected by a modern transport system and where the well-being of people and the environment is the priority.

how far and how fast rather than the previous denial.

I am standing for ECan in the knowledge that we are changing practices and moving our environmental footprint forward.

To achieve the outcomes that are required we need to take our communities with us, we need to work together and we need profitable farms and vibrant rural communities.

More rules and sound bites will never overcome the environmental challenges that we face, and the continual improvement that will be required, only genuine engagement on farm and in our rural communities will achieve that.

I have had the opportunity to chair a group called the Ground and Surface Water Expert Review Panel that sits between Central Plains Water and ECan. Working with these expert consultants in ensuring that CPW’s consent conditions, environmental monitoring and potential mitigations are as robust as they can be has further built on my knowledge of the physical environment that we are dealing with.

Through this engagement I believe that I have an enhanced understanding of both the emotional attachment people have with water and a very good understanding of the science.

ECan though is not just about water and the environment, striking rates, transport, clean air, biosecurity, land use recovery, statutory roles, harbours, civil defence and collaboration with the Mayoral Forum are all parts of its role.

The continued building of infrastructure, connectivity and transport are vital to our future in Canterbury and no more so than in the rural hinterland.

Our governors need to work together to take us forward, need to be collaborative.

I believe that with my strong community focus and my knowledge of water and agriculture, I will make a strong governor for Canterbury.

John Sunckell Environment Canterbury

I

am a third generation farmer from Leeston, married to Karen with two children.

Our family has a long record of involvement in the community and I have maintained that tradition through my operational and administrative roles within St John Ambulance in Selwyn Central for the past 34 years, along with participation in and leading many other sports and community groups.

For the last five years I have been involved with the Selwyn/ Waihora Zone Committee and have been an integral part of the community engagement that has led to the development of the Selwyn/Waihora sub regional chapter. Through this

collaborative process we now have a community accepting that our environmental footprint needs to be altered and the arguments are now about

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Boks will close the gap

BY GREGOR PAUL The gap between the All Blacks and the chasing pack will close.

It doesn’t necessarily feel like that now and, by the end of the test in Christchurch, it may feel even less like that.

Recent history says there’s unlikely to be more than one try separating the All Blacks and Springboks when the final whistle blows.

The All Blacks may be well in front, as long as they can stand up to the inevitable physical onslaught they will face, because they have the superior skills and organisation to stretch away with a degree of comfort.

Knowing which marker to trust – form or history – is difficult.

Adding to the complexity is the emotional state of the Boks.

They are getting desperate.

They need to start delivering performances that show they are at least settling on a gameplan that everyone – coaching staff and players - are buying into.

As a consequence, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is going with history.

He knows the pride within the Boks and knows they are stacked with experienced test performers such as Eben Etzebeth, Francois Louw, Adriaan Strauss and Bryan Habana.

There are a few new and emerging faces in there, too, who give the Boks a bit of an unknown dimension – some energy and enthusiasm.

To underestimate them would be a terrible mistake and not one the All Blacks are likely to make.

But history might be a better long-term rather than short-term guide.

The Boks, like the Wallabies, have so much to fix and develop that it’s hard to see them winning in Christchurch tonight.

South Africa need to find a style that works for them under coach Allister Coetzee.

They need to build their experience and leadership in the wake of a post-World Cup exodus and need to build their confidence in themselves and each other.

History says they will get there.

Whatever problems they have now, they will fix them and their

demise is by no means permanent.

“Maybe that has been part of their problem so far, they are not sure how to play,” said All Blacks coach Steve Hansen.

“Because most of the side is from the Lions and there is a certain style South Africa play and it is bruising, physical and reasonably direct.

“The Lions don’t play like that.

“When you come to mould your team, sometimes it takes a little while to get them to where you need them to be because you are changing the style and I am not sure which one of those styles Allister wants to play.

“They will get it right one of these days soon and, when they do, look out.”

The question is how much time it’s going to take and, while they will certainly make up ground on the All Blacks, can they develop to the point where they regularly beat New Zealand?

It’s not just South Africa asking that question.

Australia must be wondering the same thing.

There’s no question they will improve and develop greater cohesion and confidence in the next month or so to the point that they will be a significantly different side to the one they were in August when they come to Eden Park for the final Bledisloe test of the year.

Both the Boks and Wallabies can legitimately Steve Hansen

argue that one of the key differences between them and the All Blacks is experience and leadership.

New Zealand were able, through Hansen’s astute management, to build a continuity plan between 2012 and 2015.

They knew they were going to lose senior players after the World Cup so used them to mentor the likes of Sam Cane, Beauden Barrett, Brodie Retallick and Dane Coles so, come 2016, New Zealand weren’t rebuilding.

“This year we talked about reestablishing this group rather than rebuilding because I struggled with the word rebuilding when, for example, Sam Cane has played 30 tests and captained the side once,” says Hansen.

“So he is not rebuilding, he is just re-establishing himself in the team and there are a number of guys like that.”

The All Blacks have been able to seamlessly transition from one era to the next.

The Boks and Wallabies haven’t.

They are playing catch-up in an area they can feel confidence about making up ground.

But once they start to build a wider group who can better handle the mental and physical demands of test football, will that in itself be enough to beat the All Blacks?

This is what must be troubling them and England, judging by coach Eddie Jones’ comments this week that the All Blacks have significant flaws.

Teams can build experience and leadership, but will they be able to emulate the all-round skill level and composure of the All Blacks?

Will they be able to produce tight forwards who can pass under pressure, win turnovers and yet hold the scrum rock steady?

The likes of South Africa and Australia will close the gap on the All Blacks in the coming months, but the chances are high there will still be a gap.

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Christchurch a happy AB hunting ground In the lead-up to the All Blacks v Springboks at AMI Stadium tonight, much speculation has been made of the lack of threat the Springboks pose against an All Blacks side that has won its last 14 matches on the trot and are currently unbeaten this season.

Not only are this All Blacks side unbeaten this season, but the city they are playing at tonight is a place the All Blacks have remained unbeaten at for 18 years.

The last time an All Blacks side lost a test match in Christchurch was in 1998 to the Wallabies in a 27-23 loss, one of five losses the All Blacks accumulated throughout the course of a shortened seven-test season.

Since then, the All Blacks have conjured up 14 consecutive wins in the Garden City.

With the form the All Blacks are currently in, it comes as no surprise that their 18-year unbeaten run in Christchurch is not the only impressive statistic the All Blacks hold.

Here is a list of some of the key facts heading into the second-tolast test match on New Zealand soil for the 2016 season: • New Zealand have won seven of their last eight games against South Africa.

• New Zealand have won their last 14 games in Christchurch, last losing there against Australia in 1998.

• South Africa have played eight games in Christchurch in Test history, winning only twice, and their last victory there came over half a century ago.

• South Africa have won 38% of their games against New Zealand (35/91), the best winning record of any nation against the All Blacks.

• The All Blacks have averaged 41.5 points scored per game in 2016 so far, their highest since averaging 49.5 in 2007.

• Beauden Barrett needs only one more point to become the fifth New Zealand player to score 100 points in The Rugby Championship.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Kidwell new Kiwis coach

By DaviD Skipwith David Kidwell has been confirmed to succeed Stephen Kearney as the coach of the Kiwis.

Kidwell was announced as the new head coach of the national test side by New Zealand Rugby League chief executive Alex Hayton at an announcement in downtown Auckland yesterday.

“I feel humbled and privileged to be named head coach of the Kiwis,” Kidwell said.

“I’ve watched Stephen building a strong culture and I want to make sure that is upheld and becomes even stronger.

“That’s the message I’ll be giving to our senior players.”

Kidwell, who over the past three seasons has served as assistant coach to Kearney with the Kiwis and at NRL level at Wests Tigers, will take the reins immediately on a contract that will take him through to the end of next year’s World Cup. His first task is getting selections right and retaining New Zealand’s number one world ranking when the Kiwis take on Australia in the upcoming test in

prenticeship under Storm head coach Craig Bellamy.

In 2014 he joined Wests Tigers in another assistant role, firstly under former head coach Michael Potter before Jason Taylor took control last season.

DAVID KIDWELL

David Kidwell takes over from Stephen Kearney.

Perth on October 15, before their Four Nations defence in the UK through November.

The 39-year-old former Kiwis forward made 25 appearances for New Zealand and played more than 240 first grade games throughout a 13-year career that included NRL playing stints with the Rabbitohs, Storm, Roosters, Eels and Adelaide Rams and Su-

per League club Warrington.

Kidwell’s coaching career started when he took the reins of South Sydney’s under 20s side in 2010, guiding them to the minor premiership before they were beaten by the Junior Warriors in the grand final.

He then moved to Melbourne in 2011, where – as Kearney did before him – he served an ap-

Age: 39 years old Place of Birth: Christchurch Previous Appointments: Kiwis Ast Coach (2014-16), Melbourne NRL Assistant (2011-13), Junior Kiwis Coach (2010-12), South Sydney NYC (2010).

Coaching Achievements: Premiers 2012 (Melbourne Storm, NRL Assistant Coach), Minor Premiers 2011 (Melbourne Storm, NRL Assistant Coach), Minor Premiers 2010 (South Sydney, NYC Coach), Series Win 2010-12 (New Zealand Junior Kiwis Head Coach).

First Grade Playing Career: 241 firstgrade games as second-rower or centre - 16 for Adelaide (1997-98), 33 for Parramatta (1999-00), 32 for Warrington (2001-02), 19 for Sydney Roosters (2002), 103 for Melbourne (2003-06), 38 for South Sydney (2007-09), 25 tests for New Zealand (1999-2009).

- NZME

Manly boss resigns Joe Kelly has quit as chief executive of embattled NRL club Manly, with Tim Cleary appointed as his successor. Kelly’s resignation comes as the Sea Eagles try to move on from a sponsorship stoush with former major backer CoCo Joy. Kelly joined Manly, hit hard this year by match-fixing allegations, a sponsorship drama and poor onfield results, in 2014.

- AAP

Raiders’ guns to play Penrith admit they will be forced to up the ante in tonight’s semi-final following the surprise inclusion of of Canberra strike weapons Josh Hodgson and Blake Austin.

Hodgson had been rated a slim chance to play in the sudden-death showdown after suffering ligament damage and bone bruising last weekend against Cronulla, but the superstar hooker was given the green light yesterday.

- AAP

Panthers feel the chill It may be September but it’s still bloody cold in Canberra. And coach Anthony Griffin concedes that could prevent Penrith being as flamboyant as they were in week one of the NRL finals. The Panthers are still riding high from their elimination final win over Canterbury, their sixth victory in a row heading into tonight’s semifinal with the Raiders.

- AAP

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Ricky Stuart wears his heart on his sleeve.

And with every sigh, swear word, scream and smile, his Canberra charges know exactly how he feels.

The colourful coach has sat, stood and squatted on the sideline every one of the Raiders’ NRL games since round eight last year, when they played South Sydney in Cairns.

“Because it was such a small ground, you could literally hear everything he was saying to you,” skipper Jarrod Croker told AAP. “Sometimes it was good, sometimes he’s spraying you.

“I remember talking to him after the game and saying ‘I think the boys really enjoyed that’.

“I know I did.”

Croker, who is good friends with Stuart, said he loved the emotion and antics, good or bad, because it showed how passionate and committed he was.

Even in the freezing Canberra winter, the former champion halfback forgoes the comfort of the coach’s box to stand by his men.

“The boys can see first hand how much he wants to win and how much he loves and cares about the players and the club,” Croker said.

“His passion really wears off onto the boys.

“He doesn’t change for anyone. He just wants to win everything.

“He’s just a competitor.

“His football was like that as well.

“The boys really enjoy having him as a coach and as a mate.”

It’s something Englishman Elliott Whitehead never experienced in the English Super League, but the hard-working forward said he really liked it.

“It just proves to us what it means to him for us to do well,” he said.

Ricky Stuart “I like him being down there. I prefer him there than upstairs.

“When you’re walking back, you’ll try to glance at him and if you see him looking you’ll try to look away.

“If you’ve done something wrong, you don’t really want to look over, but you can still hear him shouting and yelling instructions from the sideline.

“It’s good.”

Last Saturday night was one time Whitehead admitted he didn’t look to the bench after giving away a late penalty in their qualifying final against Cronulla, which James Maloney converted for a 16-14 win.

Stuart has said before his decision to watch on from the sidelines was inspired by four-time premiership-winning coach Tim Sheens.

While Stuart’s old coach at the Raiders used to sit and wear headphones, Stuart is usually seen pacing up and down.

“If I can be of an assistance to players that’s great. If I’m annoying them, I’ll go sit in the box,” Stuart smiled.

- AAP

Sport www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 17, 2016

In brief

■ PARALYMPICS

Malone in record mode Double Paralympic gold medallist Liam Malone has revealed that he sought advice from Oscar Pistorius ahead of his successful campaign in Rio. The young Kiwi broke the disgraced South African’s Paralympic record when he won the 400m T44 final overnight.

Malone showed his true power moving through the race and was just too strong to cross the line ahead of Germany’s David Behre (46.23) and American Hunter Woodhall (46.70).

Malone told the UK’s Channel Four that he reached out to Pistorius for advice earlier this year.

“He made contact with me and I talked to his coach via email searching for advice,” Malone said.

“All we talked about was training, and not his circumstances.

“It was purely business.”

Pistorius is currently serving a six-year jail sentence for the murder of 2013 Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius, dubbed as Blade Runner, was the face of the 2012 Paralympics and also competed in the London Olympics 400m heats against able-bodied athletes.

The gold medal yesterday backs up from Malone winning gold in the Men’s 200m T44 and silver in the Men’s 100m T44. He also broke Pistorius’s 200m Paralympics record.

“It’s a tough race.

“It was at the end of the Games and I was feeling shattered going in,” Malone told Newstalk ZB’s Rachel Smalley on Early Edition.

“I knew these boys were fast and I knew I had the top-end speed so I went out hard and I knew it was going to be ‘kill or be killed’ so coming into that last bend I just put the foot on the gas and did my best to not crumble down the back straight which is what happens to most people.”

The 22-year-old got his first set of blades following the support of the New Zealand public, who

Liam Malone has broken another one of Oscar Pistorius’ records.

donated to a crowd funding site to the tune of $20,000.

Malone said he’ll celebrate his success before deciding on what he’ll do next in his career.

“I’ll go out and celebrate with some friends and brainstorm what’s next.

“I’m here to collect as many experiences as possible in this life and we’ll see what happens next.”

Malone’s medal now means the New Zealand Paralympic Team have officially met the total medal target of 18 in Rio – 9 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze.

It also moves New Zealand to eighth place on the medal table.

The Wellington-based athlete has been taken into the hearts of Kiwis after his brilliant gold medal victory in the T44 200 metres sprint final which fell on the day of his late mother’s birthday.

Malone said he would sacrifice his Rio Paralympics medals in a heartbeat if it meant having his mother back.

“I’d definitely sacrifice a gold and silver to have her back,” Malone said before the 400m final of his mother Trudi Scott who died of cancer in 2012.

“On the other side of the coin, I learnt a lot from her passing away.

“I had to learn to stand on

my own two feet, as much as a man missing two feet can,” said Malone who had both his feet amputated when he was 18 months old after being born with the same congenital disease as Pistorious.

Malone, who broke Pistorious’s world record in winning the 200m final, admits Rio and his increased public profile has been a surreal experience.

“First two years I really battled and battled and battled and wasn’t seeing much progress.

“It’s really just been in the past six months that I have got everything done and gone to the top.

I feel like if you want to achieve something then you have to dedicate yourself to it and it really just comes down to mindset.

“My top speed is good and I spent two years building the tank and the last 8 months we’ve been putting in the accelerator.

“So I put down the gas and went for it and it was great. When you’re out there you don’t really think too much.

“You’re just in the moment ...win or lose, I’m just stoked to be here.”

Elsewhere the day started with Scott Martlew making Paralympic history in the first ever Men’s KL3 Para-Canoe final at a Paralympic Games and for Martlew.

He finished eighth in a close field that saw only a four second difference between Martlew and gold medallist Yemelianov (Ukraine). Martlew was called up to the New Zealand Paralympic Team only two weeks ago following the Russian suspension.

Paralympic debutant Jesse Reynolds missed qualifying for the Men’s 100m Butterfly S9 final after swimming a personal best time of 1:04.50 placing fifth in his heat.

The final Kiwi in action was Mary Fisher in the Women’s 100m Freestyle S11 placing third in her heat and heading into yesterday’s final ranked fifth overall.

- NZME

■ OPINION

Rugby still the game for all shapes and sizes I n this day and age of rugby teams being populated largely by massive, often islandbred giants who dominate on the paddock with sheer size and power, isn’t it great to see that two of the All Blacks’ kingpins in the current line-up are skinny white boys.

Beauden Barrett and Ben Smith have bucked the trend in a big way, and are harking back to the days when guile, blistering speed and a massive sidestep were the fastest way to the tryline.

Of course they can’t do their thing without the ball, and the shout must go out particularly to Jerome Kaino, who has once

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again rekindled his fire, and may even be approaching the form that made him clearly the best player in the tournament in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Since those heady days he’s been ‘just’ a very, very good firstchoice All Black, but now he’s cranked up the machine again and must be the most feared tackler in The Rugby Championship.

That’s not to denigrate anyone else in the All Blacks pack; Sam Cane has proved any lingering doubters (like me) absolutely wrong (and with Ardie Savea and Matt Todd in the wings the depth is well taken care of), the locks run an engine room

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

second to none, the front row is formidable no matter who is actually packing down, and Kieran Read has slipped seamlessly into the skipper’s role.

Come to think of it, I’ve just discovered why the men in black are currently unbeatable, and will be for at least a year.

All credit to the management team, which brought all the new

talent through in the last several seasons, while still getting the very best when required (like World Cup finals) from their ageing superstars.

Barrett and Smith, with their twinkling footwork and pure pace, remind one of the likes of Terry Wright, Grant Batty and Stu Wilson, but that breed was overtaken in a big way by Jonah and Joeli, Joe and Julian, and a host of others whose names don’t start with J. Perhaps all those mothers who aren’t letting their little boys play the game any more will be taking note, and seeing that the game is actually still one for all shapes and sizes.

Spence in spotlight The elite women’s race at the ITU World Triathlon Championships on Sunday morning will feature Andrea Hewitt, Nicky Samuels, Rebecca Spence and Simone Ackermann, with Hewitt an outside chance of yet again standing on the season ending podium.

Many however have been just as fascinated in the progress made

by Spence as she has shown that she is getting close to her best again after returning to the sport in 2015 after some years away. The Auckland athlete posted a career equalling best ever WTS result of 13th in Edmonton a fortnight ago and will look for a similar or better result to improve on her current ranking of 36 in the world. - NZME

NFL on social media Twitter Inc made a smooth debut with its broadcast of a NFL game yesterday, attracting generally positive tweets midway through the match-up between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets.

The CBS live feed marked the first time an NFL game had been broadcast on a social media platform and the event quickly began to trend on Twitter in the United States.

- Reuters

Bullets in top form Brisbane Bullets coach Andrej Lemanis is keeping the lid on expectations despite strong pre-season signs from the returning NBL franchise. The Bullets posted a comfortable 79-56 victory over last season’s beaten grand finalists the New Zealand Breakers on Thursday in Napier. It seals an unassailable 2-0 series win over the Breakers, the team Lemanis once steered to three-straight championships. But despite being pleasantly surprised by the Bullets’ progress, he’s not getting carried away. “No one has won the championship in the pre-season.

We still enter October 0-0,” Lemanis said.

- AAP

Man United beaten Madrid Heavyweights Manchester United and Athletic Bilbao made poor starts to their Europa League group campaigns losing at Feyenoord and Sassuolo respectively. United went down 1-0 - with coach Jose Mourinho fielding a reserve-packed side – on a late goal from Tonny Vilhena, despite a clear offside at the start of the counter-attack. In that same Group A, minnows Zorya were held 1-1 by defiant Fenerbahce.

- DPA

Canterbury runs hot Canterbury will chase a dose of double delight when they contest both finals at the national hockey tournament in Whangarei today.

Both teams finished top of the men’s Challenge Cup and women’s K Cup, even though the men lost their final round robin game against Midlands, 3-2 yesterday. That result enabled Midlands to bump North Harbour into third and so they will face Canterbury again today. The Canterbury women will play North Harbour, who had an anxious wait when they had the bye and had to hope the Canterbury result against Midlands went their way. It did, Canterbury winning 3-2 with goals from Anne Mackechnie, Hannah Hill and Jackie Eden.

- NZME

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Ritchie banking on race fitness The benefit of recent racing will stand Bella Gioia in good stead at Hastings today.

Trainer Shaune Ritchie is hoping his filly will have a fitness edge over her rivals in the Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes.

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“Most of the top fillies either haven’t had a run or just one, whereas she has had two this time in,” Ritchie said.

“She’s had one at 1200 and one at 1100 metres and she’s probably looking for 1400 metres already. We’re

keen to dodge the colts because they look strong this year and the Gold Trail will give us a good line.”

The only downside is the Swiss Ace filly, who is a half-sister to the stakes winner Niki Piki Milo, will have to jump from a wide gate with

the responsibility to overcome that handicap to rest with Danielle Johnson.

“We’d like to target the 1000 Guineas and she goes best with her races spaced so she would only have one more after Hawke’s Bay.” - NZME

Danielle Johnson

Methven harness Tomorrow at Mt Harding Racecourse

Methven Trotting Club Venue: Mt Harding Racecourse Meeting Date: 18 Sep 2016 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.15 NEW BRIGHTON CLUB MOBILE PACE $7000, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2300m 1 40x06 Jemima Franco (1) fr .......................J W Cox 2 Miss Medley (2) fr................................B Butt 3 0x900 Shark Ali (3) fr .............................K Grant (J) 4 92276 Lucy Diamond (4) fr ......................L O’Reilly 5 84767 Rostriever Victory (5) fr ................. K Butt (J) 6 76787 Diamond Supreme (6) fr ...............B Orange 7 Robert De Niro (7) fr .......................... R May 8 90447 A Better Dancer (8) fr ....................... D Dunn 9 70x00 Troposphere (9) fr .................R Cameron (J) 10 8243 Gypsy’s Choice (21) fr.................. G O’Reilly 11 Micky Flynn (22) fr........................... G Smith 12 40 Selling The Dream (23) fr .................J Curtin 13 3x786 Grey Skies (24) fr ................................ J Hay 2 12.45pm OXFORD WORKINGMEN’S CLUB TROT $7000, 4yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 98 Spots Gold N Girl (1) fr ....................S Ottley 2 Ella Abbe (2) fr ................................... R May 3 Monarchy Princess (3) fr ................. G Smith 4 Quest Star (4) fr ........................... G O’Reilly 5 Whataboyz (5) fr............................L O’Reilly 6 63085 Brylin Rose (6) fr ..........................J Versteeg 7 Lola Leigh (7) fr ................................R Close 8 x85x2 Just A Dude (8) fr .................... C D Thornley 9 2D643 Holly Trouble (9) fr ......................C Markham 10 6787 Don’t Rock The Boat (10) fr ... J Morrison (J) 11 Culley Backy (11) fr ......................M Heenan 12 67673 Rusty I Am (U1) fr ........................ P Wakelin 13 P00x One Yankee Angus (U2) fr................ D Dunn

4 0000x Johnny Alexander (4) fr ...................J W Cox 5 90920 Redwood Invasion (5) fr ................R Holmes 6 62344 Sarah Palin (6) fr ..............................P Davis stand, 2400m 7 96700 BK Dawn (7) fr ............................. P Wakelin 1 3058x Magic Blaze (1) fr ...............................D Flint 8 267x9 Soney Beatt (8) fr .................S Tomlinson (J) 2 5 Elite Excuse (2) fr................................B Butt 9 07x82 Dream Big (9) fr ............................... D Dunn 3 Angus Star (3) fr............................L O’Reilly 10 1P281 All Settled Down (1) 10 ................... G Smith 4 Classie Cullect (4) fr............... J Morrison (J) 5 2895x Supreme Blue Chip (5) fr .............. K Cox (J) 11 29x71 Shadow Galleon (2) 10 .............J Smolenski 6 63629 Precious Sara (6) fr ............................ R May 12 6559x Xmas Joyella (1) 20 ..................... S McNally 7 Ellmers Image (7) fr ....................C DeFilippi 13 15536 Prestine (1) 30 .............................. K Butt (J) 8 Revving fr ..................................... Scratched 6 2.49pm WOOLSTON CLUB MOBILE PACE $7500, 9 Rocknroll Nevin (8) fr .......................S Ottley 3yo+, c1 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2300m 1 0315x Curlimore (1) fr ............................N McGrath 10 Maw Of A Woman (9) fr................ G O’Reilly 2 41x34 Rock N Roll Delight (2) fr ................ G Smith 11 75098 Rozzano (10) fr ................................ D Dunn 3 0709x Stylish Babe (3) fr ............................R Close 12 00790 Sandra Keith (11) fr .......................... A Lowe 4 1.45pm ASHBURTON MSA LIQUOR CENTRE PACE 4 8099x Fast Official (4) fr.............................J W Cox 5 1 Forgotten Highway (5) fr ....................M Kerr $7000, 4yo+ c0 pace, stand, 3000m 6 80352 Chief Kapai (6) fr .............................. D Dunn 1 86536 Man Of Change (1) fr ................... G O’Reilly 7 0x738 Major Four (7) fr ...............................J Curtin 2 7 Ammisaduqa (2) fr ...........................S Ottley 8 90787 Sicilian Secret (8) fr....................I Schwamm 3 300x Jonty James (3) fr ............................ D Dunn 9 156 Nicaea Franco (9) fr ................ C D Thornley 4 54208 Paleface Sioux (4) fr.........................P Davis 5 0x63 Pegasus Merrily (5) fr ................... S McNally 10 0x098 The Edge Of Reason (21) fr........T Dewe (J) 6 Last One Mara fr .......................... Scratched 11 4050x Clasina Maria (22) fr ........................J Young 7 45244 Jema Jet (6) fr ..................................J Curtin 7 3.27pm PAPANUI CLUB MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ 8 Supreme Harmony (7) fr ...............L O’Reilly c1 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 1609m 1 78346 She’sa Tricky Bridge (1) fr .......... L Lester (J) 9 x8569 Mustang Bullitt (8) fr ............... J Morrison (J) 2 00x08 Onedin Highlander (2) fr ............ C Smith (J) 10 7008x Sketching (9) fr .............................. K Cox (J) 3 10370 Illegal Immigrant (3) fr ................... K Cox (J) 11 3 Homeforlife (10) fr .............................. R May 4 917x5 Omar Sharif (4) fr .................M Anderson (J) 12 0006 Franco Garcia (U1) fr .............. C D Thornley 5 2.15pm CASHMERE CLUB HANDICAP TROT $8000, 5 9006x Outta Sight (5) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 6 50612 Dalness Mac (6) fr.................R McIlwrick (J) 4yo+ c1 to c5 discrhcp trot, stand, 2400m 7 1967x Claus (7) fr ...........................A Fitzgerald (J) 1 40085 Playboy’s Brother (1) fr.............B Williamson 8 32223 Allison Stokke (8) fr ....................... K Butt (J) 2 x0P21 Trouble Del (2) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 9 55344 Mighty Empire (9) fr ...................S Payne (J) 3 5x80x Conrock (3) fr .................................C Jordan 14 064x2 Shona Mary (U3) fr .......................B Orange

3 1.15 RICHMOND CLUB PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 pace,

M4 Hawkes Bay gallops

10 108x5 Gotta Classie Girl (21) fr ......S Tomlinson (J) 11 2x635 Mach’s Terminator (22) fr .... J Harrington (J) 12 07860 Live To Tell (23) fr ..................... J Kennett (J) 13 693x5 Bobby T (24) fr ......................R Cameron (J) 8 4.06 HORNBY WORKINGMEN’S CLUB HANDICAP PACE $8000, 4yo+ c2 to c4 spechcp, stand, 2400m 1 61861 Hopeful Harriet (1) fr ........................R Close 2 60567 The Persuader (2) fr .................B Williamson 3 0900x Hestia Franco (3) fr ................ J Morrison (J) 4 70705 Dapper George (4) fr......................T Chmiel 5 1768x Regency Franco (5) fr .................. S McNally 6 746F8 Canndew (6) fr .................................P Davis 7 49417 Perissa (7) fr.....................................S Ottley 8 25411 Rummage (8) fr .................................. R May 9 75x86 Alsa Lustre (9) fr ...........................B Orange 10 5713x Marshal Star (10) fr .....................C DeFilippi 11 5P4x1 Stoney Eyre (11) fr ....................... G O’Reilly 12 99811 Burn Off (U1) fr .....................R McIlwrick (J) 13 63068 Easy Rider (1) 10 ................................B Butt 14 37546 Jack Hammer (2) 10................ C D Thornley 15 342x5 Maybe Flyin (3) 10 .................... R Needham 16 076P9 Boomer Bailey (1) 20 ....................... D Dunn 9 4.46pm KAIAPOI CLUB HANDICAP TROT $8000, 4yo+ c1 to c5 discrhcp trot, stand, 2400m 1 360P7 Young Stranger (1) fr ........................ T Grant 2 48005 Momentous (2) fr.........................C DeFilippi 3 55606 Stellar Success (3) fr.......................... R May 4 7708x Diana Harbour (4) fr ...................... K Cox (J) 5 6x133 Pretorius (5) fr ..................................S Ottley 6 3652x Fireman (6) fr ............................... G O’Reilly 7 0500x Cocktail Waiter (7) fr.................... B Crothers 8 47508 Ruthless Success (8) fr ............. L McKay (J) 9 1600x Solar Storm (U1) fr ...........................J Curtin 10 68753 Little Mo (1) 10 .....................S Tomlinson (J)

11 8x02P Stylish Duke (U1) 10 .................... S McNally 12 50D9x Royal Shine (1) 30 ........................... D Dunn 10 5.16pm CLUBS NZ & ADVANCE GAMING PACE $7500, 4yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2400m 1 957x4 Lottie Franco (1) fr..........................H Hunter 2 69476 Zena Mac (2) fr ................................S Ottley 3 5405x Shadow Rider (3) fr .....................C DeFilippi 4 48558 Fulham Royale (4) fr .....................R Holmes 5 97232 Leading The Way (5) fr ........... J Morrison (J) 6 60276 Mickey Jay (6) fr .......................B Williamson 7 0290x Automatic (7) fr............................. G O’Reilly 8 0401 Happy Ever Laughter (8) fr............S Golding 9 70x09 Top Brass (9) fr .............................B Orange 10 07009 Jayees Supreme (10) fr.................... D Dunn 11 05233 Hotdiggettycullen (11) fr .................T Chmiel 12 000x0 Natural Courage (12) fr ........... C D Thornley 13 5040x Halston Bromac (13) fr .....................J Curtin Pacifiers on : Don’t Rock The Boat (R2) Pacifiers off : Brylin Rose (R2) SELECTIONS Race 1: Jemima Franco, Miss Medley, Grey Skies, Robert De Niro Race 2: Rusty I Am, Holly Trouble, One Yankee Angus Race 3: Elite Excuse, Precious Sara, Supreme Blue Chip Race 4: Ammisaduqa, Jonty James, Pegasus Merrily Race 5: All Settled Down, Dream Big, Prestine, Trouble Del Race 6: Forgotten Highway, Curlimore, Major Four, Chief Kapai Race 7: Dalness Mac, Allison Stokke, Claus, Mach’s Terminator Race 8: Rummage, Hopeful Harriet, Hestia Franco, Marshal Star Race 9: Pretorius, Little Mo, Stylish Duke, Momentous Race 10: Zena Mac, Leading The Way, Top Brass, Lottie Franco LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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5 43x73 Farm Boy d (7) 59 ..........................H Tinsley 6 02516 Battle Time m (6) 58.5....................V Colgan 7 1631x Rasa Lila d (10) 57.......................... J Collett 8 14637 Our Vergara (3) 57 .................... M D Plessis 9 657x0 Bohemian Lily h (2) 57 ....................S Collett 10 22358 Celebrity Miss dm (8) 57 .............T Thornton 11 741x6 Fanatic (11) 56.5 ................................M Hills 12 457x9 Capella d (4) 56.5 ....................... D Johnson 13 114x8 Mime tm (5) 56.5 ........................M Coleman 9 5.06 BAY FORD NZ PUNTER OF THE YEAR 1ST OCTOBER R85 $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 2639x King Kamada td (12) 63 ....... T Johnson (a3) 2 1131x Chenille t (14) 59.5...........S Weatherley (a3) 3 2338x Get That Jive m (13) 57.5 ..........M Cameron 4 7273x Kolonel Kev d (2) 57.5 .....................J Riddell 5 24840 Cool Moon dm (15) 57 ............B Hutton (a1) 6 3x91x Cruiser m (16) 57 ...........................H Tinsley 7 213x7 Lady Zafira tdh (1) 56.5............. M D Plessis 8 3345x Mae West tdh (10) 56.5...................S Collett 9 80x2x Awesome Goal m (11) 56.5 ...........V Colgan 10 0217x Thorn Pass dm (9) 56.5 ........... K McCulloch 11 37135 Darci Mac td (7) 56 ........................ J Parkes 12 239x9 Heavens Keep d (5) 55.5 ...........L Hemi (a1) 13 171x4 Shadows Cast db (8) 55.5 ............M Tanaka 14 1225x Promise To Reign (4) 55 ...................L Innes 15 42014 Galaxy Miss dm (6) 54 ................ D Johnson 16 120x2 Profile db (3) 54 ..............................R Myers Blinkers on: Michelin (R1), Spiker, Cancellara (R3), Van Gogh (R4), Indecision (R6), Heavens Keep (R9) Blinkers off: King Kamada (R9) Winkers on: The Dom (R3), King Kamada (R9) Winkers off: Cancellara, Tronic Rose (R3), Sassy ‘N’ Smart (R6)

Today at Hastings Raceway

Hawkes Bay RI Venue: Hastings Meeting Date: 17 Sep 2016 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.18pm BOSTOCK NEW ZEALAND SPRING CARNIVAL 2200 $30,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 760x0 Michelin tdm (14) 60 .......................R Myers 2 01480 Ticket Clipper m (13) 60 .............. D Johnson 3 40423 Willybe (11) 60 ..............................M Tanaka 4 06018 Bad Boy Brown (2) 59 .............. K McCulloch 5 42931 Street Fighter (6) 59 ........................J Riddell 6 29252 Chela Choi (10) 58.5 7 x4072 Victoryshallbemine m (7) 58 ......M Coleman 8 12042 Youwantmore m (1) 57.5 ................. S Spratt 9 64438 Karching m (3) 57.5 ....................... J Parkes 10 0x036 Zcastle (9) 57.5 ..................... H Andrew (a3) 11 43029 Amarone (8) 57 ...............................S Collett 12 112P6 Ooee tmh (12) 57 ....................B Hutton (a1) 13 52100 Fazed m (4) 56.5 ........................M Cameron 14 51085 Sparcling Thyme (5) 55.5 ................ C Grylls 15 00433 Pentire Babe 55 ........................... Scratched 2 12.53pm TRINITY HILL R75 2100 $30,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 114x8 Jacksstar dm (2) 60.....................C Lammas 2 32111 King Oberon m (1) 60 ...............S McKay (a) 3 743x6 Skybird d (5) 59.5............................S Collett 4 16x40 Tiffany’s td (7) 58.5.....................L Hemi (a1) 5 x0118 Real Thirsty tdb (10) 57.5..................L Innes 6 00231 Bang t (4) 56.5 ...........................M Cameron 7 77243 Doiknowyou m (11) 56.5 ...............M Tanaka 8 72511 Eddie Gilbert m (6) 56.5........... K McCulloch 9 35130 Lincoln Bay m (9) 56.5 ....................J Riddell

M3

10 72982 Sanjara dm (8) 55 ...........................R Myers 11 29252 Chela Choi (3) 54 .............S Weatherley (a3) 3 1.28pm STELLA ARTOIS R65 1400 $30,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 252x2 Spiker b (7) 60 ......................... K McCulloch 2 96433 Cancellara dm (5) 59.5 ....S Weatherley (a3) 3 x2513 El Nino d (8) 59.5 ........................C Lammas 4 96436 Maitre Du Jeu dm (13) 59.5 ..........M Tanaka 5 788x4 Animator (10) 59 ............................H Tinsley 6 3214x Boxachocolates (16) 59 .................. J Collett 7 82154 Oops Tommy td (11) 59..............M Coleman 8 702x2 Rock On (17) 59................................L Innes 9 0x5x2 Trigger d (18) 58.5 10 5170x She Knows (3) 58 ...........................J Riddell 11 x8963 Tigger Tahnee mh (15) 58 ..........L Hemi (a1) 12 1800x Chic tdh (4) 57.5 ............................ J Parkes 13 2450x Soul Sista d (20) 57 ........................ C Grylls 14 9820x Tronic Rose (14) 57...................S McKay (a) 15 13x4 Heisenberg (12) 56.5 ................ M D Plessis 16 3250x Copper Reign (6) 56 ....................... S Spratt 17 00699 The Canon (1) 58 18 0x449 The Dom d (9) 57.5 19 3308x Laddie Of Oakview (19) 57.5 20 2100x Piece Of Kate (2) 55.5 Emergencies: The Canon, The Dom, Laddie Of Oakview, Piece Of Kate 4 2.05pm HASTINGS HEART OF HAWKE’S BAY 1300 $30,000, SP COND, 1300m 1 7x11 Dolcetto tm (13) 59 .........................S Collett 2 52310 Rich Habit m (8) 58 .....................T Thornton 3 86224 Bob’sthejob bh (12) 57 ....................J Riddell

4 22 Kamikaze Rebel b (5) 57 ............C Lammas 5 5837x Van Gogh (4) 57.............................V Colgan 6 1 Francaletta (7) 56 .......................M Coleman 7 71 Miss Silverback d (11) 56 ................ C Grylls 8 8513 Lucyinrio t (2) 56 ......................... D Johnson 9 1 Durham (1) 55.5 ..............................R Myers 10 38x15 O’Reilly’s Choice th (16) 55.5......... J Parkes 11 44238 Kittykittybangbang (15) 55 12 6338x My Giddy Aunt (14) 55 ...............M Cameron 13 3x0 Tavijazz h (17) 55 ....................B Hutton (a1) 14 322x Lincoln Blue (10) 54.5 ...................M Tanaka 15 23. Impulsive Habit (6) 54.5 .................. S Spratt 16 3x Fine Taylor (9) 54.5 ...........................L Innes 17 Margot (3) 54 Emergency: Margot 5 2.38 L I REDSHAW MEMORIAL HANDICAP $40,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1200m 1 108x7 Ryan Mark td (6) 60 ............. T Johnson (a3) 2 35x62 Antonio Lombardo tdm (8) 59.5 S McKay (a) 3 x7604 Ginner Hart td (1) 55.5 .....S Weatherley (a3) 4 8728x Silver Eclipse d (7) 54 ..................... J Collett 5 44811 Eletist dm (4) 54 ........................ M D Plessis 6 26631 Miss Appleton tdm (2) 53 ...... H Andrew (a3) 7 517x3 Reilly Lincoln d (3) 53 .............. K McCulloch 8 x440x Marky Mark db (5) 53 ..................C Lammas 6 3.16pm HAWKE’S BAY BREEDERS GOLD TRAIL 3YOF STAKES $70,000, 3YOF SW, 1200m 1 2821 Its Time For Magic d (8) 56.5 .......... S Spratt 2 11x Volpe Veloce dm (2) 56.5 ............... J Parkes 3 4210x Gold Rush d (1) 56.5....................... C Grylls 4 5x11 Bella Gioia d (12) 56.5 ................ D Johnson

1x2 Mystery Show d (4) 56.5 ........... M D Plessis x260x Sassy ‘N’ Smart b (5) 56.5 .........M Cameron 12x Honey Rider t (3) 56.5 ................M Coleman 1. Babe d (11) 56.5 ............................. J Collett 1 Rayas 56.5 ................................... Scratched 17 Indecision b (10) 56.5 .......................L Innes 1448x Tesia (7) 56.5 ............................S McKay (a) 338x8 Glass Slipper (9) 56.5 .................C Lammas 73 Queen Of Zealand 56.5 ............... Scratched 259x3 I Am Gracie (6) 56.5................. K McCulloch Exhibit 56.5 .................................. Scratched Margot (13) 56.5 ...........................M Tanaka 7 3.51pm AON INSURANCE BROKERS HANDICAP 2000 $40,000, OPN HCP, 2000m 1 25316 Duffers Creek m (3) 60........... J Bassett (a4) 2 2174x Maygrove dm (10) 58 .................M Cameron 3 47165 Madonna Mia tm (11) 56.5 ... T Johnson (a3) 4 73211 Jochen Rindt dm (1) 55.5................ S Spratt 5 111x1 Meeska Mooska t (2) 55 ..........A Jones (a1) 6 254x0 Pentathlon (9) 54.5.......................... J Collett 7 633x3 Savaria t (4) 53................................R Myers 8 78x14 Nymph Monte t (8) 53 ................. D Johnson 9 912x5 Gentil Tonton tdm (6) 53.............M Coleman 10 411x5 Balham t (7) 53 ...............................S Collett 11 01x31 Humidor tdm (5) 53 ................... M D Plessis 8 4.26pm WINDSOR PARK WFA PLATE $200,000, WFA, 1600m 1 135x1 Kawi td (9) 59 ....................................L Innes 2 9227x Julinsky Prince dm (12) 59............. J Parkes 3 13x35 Authentic Paddy tdm (13) 59....... R Hannam 4 27x12 El Pescado dm (1) 59..................C Lammas

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Sta- 4 47462 Embrace Me nwtd ............................ S Clark 2 6x877 Jesse Pinkman 30.42........................B Craik 8 77425 Ready Made Size nwtd ....................L Ahern dium Meeting Date: 18 Sep 2016 NZ Meeting number: 3 5 43667 Chateau Neuf 30.89 ........................P Green 3 64125 Our Sambo 30.87......................... M J Lozell 9 4.53 PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD STKS Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 6 85632 Electric Impulse 30.12 W & .............T Steele 4 23328 Lonesome Nitro nwtd ...................M Roberts C2, 527m 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 5 11316 Gold Class 30.43 .......................D Schofield 7 43687 Jelly Gem 30.73 U & .........................Cottam 1 12221 Opawa Harry nwtd B & ...................... Steele 6 37317 Miss Velocette 30.36 ...................L Laagland 8 47427 April’s My Mum 30.57......................

T Green 1 2.24 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C3, 318m 2 1133F Electric Dee Eye nwtd .....................P Green 7 12631 Multicam Ranger 30.80 ..............D Schofield 1 26286 Saved By Love 18.41 ...................R K Roper 4 3.19pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C4, 318m 3 7361x Kitty’s Shiraz 30.55 H & ..............L Laagland 8 57278 Thrilling Riot 30.97 U & .....................Cottam 2 17442 Lovely Rita 18.50 .......................D Schofield 1 86118 Dipsy Lala 18.87 U & ........................Cottam 4 72518 Cawbourne Wales 30.57 ..............R McPhee 9 13728 Zimmer Frame 30.87 U &......................Bliek 3 64834 Sonic Attack 18.62 ....................... M J Lozell 2 413F4 Unileven 18.64 ...........................D Schofield 5 53134 Cookie Monster nwtd ........................B Craik 4 45455 Made Time 18.31 ..............................B Bond 3 24366 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 10 81588 New Look 31.11 .........................D Schofield 6 47316 Idol Leanne 30.71 B & ....................... Steele 5 43775 Simply Sam 18.38 ......................D Schofield 4 78x36 Up High 18.47 ................................ P Lowen 7 4.18pm NEW ZEALAND RACING SERIES SPRINT 7 76826 Cool Marlow 30.53 .......................... T Green 6 67121 Lord De Air 18.52 .............................M Black 5 55876 Sandor Glegane 18.37 .................... T Green FINAL NZRSf, 318m 8 55721 Fantastic Ava 30.67....................D Schofield 7 61865 Nippo 18.57..................................... L Martin 6 26438 Wobourn Abbey 18.53 ....................P Green 9 23827 Golden Ivy nwtd W &.......................T Steele 1 87622 Our Heisenberg nwtd ........................B Craik 8 55314 Thrilling Galaxy 18.49 U & ................Cottam 7 22132 Cranky Pants nwtd ...........................L Ahern 2 61711 Fabrelee 18.27 ..................................S Ross 10 5.08pm WATERLOO CUP C5f, 527m 9 24883 Baymax 18.50 ...................................B Craik 8 72245 Hallo Star 18.23 ................................B Bond 3 17523 Idol Gee 18.68 B &............................. Steele 1 22414 Majestic Action nwtd J & .................D Fahey 10 378F5 Allegro Boom nwtd ...........................L Ahern 9 24547 Stylish Fancy 18.39 ....................D Schofield 4 57181 Peaknuckle 18.46 ......................... H Mullane 2 85112 Prophecy 30.09 .............................. G Farrell 2 2.42 $10K GUARANTEED QUADDIE SPRINT C4, 318m 5 3.38 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT 5 63253 Britney Star 18.50 U & ..........................Bliek 3 25172 Cawbourne Brick 30.32................M Roberts 1 17456 Looks All Good 18.41 W & ..............T Steele C5, 318m 4 88411 Top Prosecutor nwtd ...................A Turnwald 6 16111 Tee Kay Yapper 18.29 ...................... S Clark 2 67636 Lady Rose 18.59 .......................... H Mullane 1 57281 Effective Power 18.45 ......................L Ahern 5 22831 Thrilling Boris 30.33 ........................ K Walsh 7 71222 Allegro Class nwtd ...........................L Ahern 3 21164 Formation 18.64 ................................B Craik 2 11114 Fantastic Lucy 18.22 ..................D Schofield 6 x1211 Mi Tensile 30.50 .............................. K Walsh 8 56722 Speed Lorde 18.21 ...........................B Craik 4 78533 Macjam 18.33 ............................D Schofield 3 21388 Zipping Steve 18.41 ...................D Schofield 7 51712 Opawa Shackley 30.18 J & .............D Fahey 9 67636 Lady Rose 18.59 .......................... H Mullane 5 63341 Cyclone Lusi 18.62 U & ....................Cottam 4 12111 Vegas Burst 18.17 ..........................P Henley 10 84624 Freedom Flyer nwtd K & ...................Phillips 8 37112 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 6 62784 Let’s Go Sprite nwtd .........................L Ahern 5 5x222 American Warrior nwtd J & .............D Fahey 8 4.35pm SANDOWN GRC STAKES C5, 527m Emergencies: 7 36875 Powder Jack 18.30 G H & ....... PC Ferguson 6 47816 Thunderation 18.66 ..........................L Ahern 9 24213 Timmy Trumpet nwtd ....................... K Walsh 1 x1484 Fantastic Sid nwtd ......................D Schofield 8 75767 Diva Pose 18.64 M & ....................... J Smith 7 31226 Belcroft Banker 18.26 ................H Laagland 2 52426 Joe Joe 30.13 B &.............................. Steele 10 35273 Cawbourne Cooks 30.75 .............M Roberts 9 24547 Stylish Fancy 18.39 ....................D Schofield 8 14523 My Girl Chloe nwtd.......................... K Walsh 3 26111 Spud Missile 30.17........................... S Clark 11 5.27 HEWLETT ELECTRICAL STAKES C1, 527m 3 2.59pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY STKS C1, 527m 9 23624 Jump Up 18.34............................. H Mullane 4 21255 Zipping Link 30.53......................D Schofield 1 32854 Jinja Mia nwtd W &..........................T Steele 10 11578 Redneck Crazy nwtd ........................

S Clark 1 57838 Golfing Buddy nwtd R & ..............N O’Regan 2 45885 Fortis Flier 30.74 U & ........................Cottam 5 31261 Sharella 30.45 ...................................B Craik 2 47768 Opawa Leanna nwtd B & ................... Steele 6 3.57pm PLASTERBOARD LTD STAKES C3, 527m 3 54543 Podium Bonus 31.36 W & ...............T Steele 6 574x4 Untraceable 30.19 ......................D Schofield 3 74457 Opawa Paul nwtd W & ....................T Steele 1 41242 Opawa Kuru 30.59 W &...................T Steele 4 67678 Em Holland 31.38 ............................ S Clark 7 61334 Kimetto 30.55 ..............................L Laagland

5 6 7 8

86182 Opawa Merc nwtd .............................C Hore 24467 Mr. Mumbles 30.92 R &...............N O’Regan 37745 Scott The Looks 31.07 U & ...............Cottam 42423 Nangar Gem 31.29 ....................D Schofield 12 5.48 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS C3, 318m 1 41864 Gee Thunder 18.50 ......................R K Roper 2 23313 Allegro Lass nwtd.............................L Ahern 3 41655 Percentage Girl nwtd...................L Laagland 4 13445 Cawbourne Steve 18.70...............M Roberts 5 53757 Ekali 18.42 ..................................... G Farrell 6 43856 Rockin’ Fancy 18.57 ...................D Schofield 7 53232 Pat Not Plait nwtd...........................P Henley 8 72521 Scott Tied Up 18.63 U & ...................Cottam 9 86853 Kit And Caboodle 18.18 .............D Schofield 10 378F5 Allegro Boom nwtd ...........................L Ahern SELECTIONS Race 1: Nippo, Lord De Air, Sonic Attack, Saved By Love Race 2: Macjam, Powder Jack, Diva Pose, Formation Race 3: Golfing Buddy, Electric Impulse, April’s My Mum Race 4: Hallo Star, Cranky Pants, Unileven, Dipsy Lala Race 6: Multicam Ranger, New Look, Our Sambo, Miss Velocette Race 7: Fabrelee, Speed Lorde, Our Heisenberg Race 8: Kimetto, Fantastic Sid, Joe Joe, Sharella, Zipping Link Race 9: Fantastic Ava, Cool Marlow, Idol Leanne Race 10: Mi Tensile, Cawbourne Cooks, Opawa Shackley Race 11: Jinja Mia, Em Holland, Nangar Gem, Opawa Merc Race 12: Cawbourne Steve, Ekali, Percentage Girl LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Better outlook for dairy farmers

Craig Maxwell on his dairy farm in Paparimu, Auckland.

PHOTO NEW ZEALAND HERALD

ordinate. Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye blasted Samsung for trying to do the recall on its own, saying that anyone who believes that a unilateral effort would be sufficient “needs to have more than their phone checked”.

Samsung sold about 2.5 million of its top-line smartphone, including about 1 million in the

United States. Kaye said the South Korean company has now agreed to offer consumers the choice of a full refund or a replacement device. Before, Samsung was offering replacements only.

The recall comes as Samsung is locked in a fierce battle with Apple for the attentions of high-end smartphone purchasers. - NZME

■ COMMENT

Investment markets update Equity markets Reviewing equity market returns over the three months to August 31, 2016, offshore returns were mainly negative despite most equity markets being positive in their local currency terms.

The underlying increases reflected the generally positive earnings results during the August reporting season.

US, European and UK equity markets had the strongest positive net earnings revisions amongst international markets, albeit the stronger NZ dollar counteracted these gains.

UK returns were particularly hard hit by currency, with the Great British Pound (GBP) weakening post the vote to exit the European Union.

New Zealand equities delivered the strongest returns overall, as New Zealand’s reporting season was very positive.

Over the past five years larger capitalisation companies have been the primary driver of performance, however there has more recently been a shift towards mid-capitalisation companies which offer greater valuation support.

This may be a reflection of lower foreign investment flows, although New Zealand’s relative growth and stable outlook should continue to see New Zealand remain in favour from a global investor’s perspective.

Australian equities still per-

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman MONEY MATTERS

formed relatively well despite a more mixed reporting season where there were more downgrades than upgrades.

Earnings per share (EPS) growth in Australia is expected to recover in FY2017 and FY2018 (after the last two years of declining EPS). This resulted in gains in Australian dollar terms over the quarter.

Looking forward, even with downgrades having been made, Materials, Utilities and Healthcare are expected to deliver double-digit earnings growth over the next two years. The market growth is expected to be more modest, but still +7.0 per cent p.a.

Fixed interest markets The UK vote to leave the European Union is likely to result in stimulatory conditions for longer, while recent US data should also result in a delay to the next interest rate tightening in the US. Combined with extensive quantitative monetary policies, long-term bond yields have

fallen significantly over the last quarter and year.

In response to the low absolute interest rate levels there has been an increase in corporate issuance.

Accordingly, corporate bond returns have until recently lagged those of government stock. Issuance continues to allow investors to be more selective in which offers to participate in and to improve the overall quality of their investment portfolios.

With expectations that the US Fed may be reluctant to raise rates in the US again while data there remains mixed, and economic conditions in New Zealand looking more robust in the near-term, it’s likely the NZ dollar will stay stronger for some time.

With policy makers in New Zealand retaining more flexibility to ease both monetary and fiscal policy in the event of a market event or economic slowdown, investors should remain biased towards domestic investment opportunities.

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman are Authorised Financial Advisers with Forsyth Barr in Ashburton. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice. Disclosure Statements are available on request and free of charge.

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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents Company CODE

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

Buy price

190 193 2690 111 680 393 1102 493 1807 983 1058 580 666 224 128.5 158 326 159 194 146.5 1741 286.5 280 635 216 230 106 396 1950 128.5 164 575 931 135 489 456 365 210 195 543 170 101 546 775 319 222.5 288 3025 1965 828

Sell price

194 194 2725 112.5 689 395 1106 496 1845 1000 1061 587 669 225 129 159 327 160 198 152 1782 298.5 282 637 217 235 107 400 1964 129 165.5 – 949 137 494 459 368 217 203 546 173 101.5 547 777 321 225 290 3055 1999 830

Last sale

190 194 2712 111 680 393 1102 495 1825 986 1058 585 669 225 129 159 326 160 197 146.5 1767 297 281 637 217 235 106 397 1955 128.5 164 575 941 135 493 458 366.5 212 195 546 173 101.5 546 775 320 224 288 3034 1999 828

At close of trading on Friday, September 16, 2016

Daily Volume move ’000s

– +1 +37 –1 +6 – –13 – +25 +5 +2 – +2 +4 –1 +1 +2 +2 +2 –2.5 +18 +5 +5 +4 +1 +9 –1 –3 +10 +1 –2 +7 +13 –1 +2 +11 +8.5 +1 –6 –3 +4 –0.5 +1 – +5 – –2 +39 +59 +1

1.2m 2.1m 13.29 1.9m 1.1m 628.4 39.28 1.2m 46.98 885.9 2.9m 376.3 195.0 753.7 2.9m 317.2 336.6 613.9 133.4 1.6m 66.88 1.5m 2.1m 146.5 1.1m 353.0 142.1 186.2 29.21 798.2 434.2 171.8 422.8 3.1m 1.6m 2.5m 4.4m 1.3m 406.4 372.7 188.2 517.6 1.3m 123.3 226.0 432.9 144.4 13.33 199.3 715.8

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 7590 7502 7414 7326 7238 7150

16/9

US safety regulators announced a formal recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires led to injuries and property damage and created a global marketing headache.

Samsung had already initiated a voluntary recall, but the US Consumer Product Safety Commission stepped in to co-

Guardian Shares & Investments

9/9

Samsung phone recall launched

marily at feeding their own populations. For them, the export trade is secondary.

In contrast, New Zealand is re-

2/9

ports most of its production – 95 per cent.

Its competitors have inwardly focused dairy sectors, aimed pri-

sponsible for about 30 per cent of the world’s internationally traded dairy product.

That means New Zealand farmers stand to win big time when world prices spike – as they did in 2013 when whole milk powder prices hit $US5245 a tonne. But local farmers – without a domestic market of any size to fall back on – feel the pain more acutely when world prices fall.

Maxwell said the sector had navigated its way through low prices before.

The difference this time around was the sheer duration of the downturn – two seasons in a row or three if the current strength of the market is not maintained.

“We feel it first – but we know that,” Maxwell said. “It’s just the duration of the low point that is the problem.”

- NZME

26/8

even point is just $5.05.

There has been a big shift higher in international dairy prices over the past couple of months, but farmers remain guarded after a similar sized spike this last year proved to be short-lived.

“The last few discussion groups that I have been to have been pretty sombre,” Maxwell said this week.

“They are not making money,” he said. “They are just keeping things ticking over, hoping that the price will keep increasing.”

Maxwell said a couple more seasons like the one just passed would see a lot more people leave the sector.

But farmers like Maxwell understand the odds, and where New Zealand fits in the grand scheme of things.

The New Zealand’s dairy industry is unique in as much that it ex-

19/8

The mood down on the farm remains sombre, despite an encouraging lift in dairy prices over the past two months.

Craig Maxwell, who spoke to the Herald in August last year, said farmers are feeling a bit more confident these days.

Maxwell, who milks 500 cows on his farm in Paparimu just south of Auckland, was reeling last year after Fonterra announced a $3.85/ kg milk price.

“People have been asking, ‘How are we going to survive?’ It is basically battening down the hatches to get by until it improves,” he said then.

Today, with a farmgate forecast milk price of $4.75 a kg – upgraded by 50c in August. With an anticipated dividend from Fonterra, the payout this year will put farmers in the black but not by much, given DairyNZ’s estimated break-

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

7,250.51 +54.27 +0.75%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

5,140.36 +44.97 +0.88%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

7,842.37 +57.13 +0.73%

p Rises 75 q Falls 29

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,296.7

+56.8

+1.08%

At close of trading on Sep 16, 2016

p Dow Jones Indust.

18,212.5 +177.7 +0.99% At close of trading on Sep 15, 2016

p FTSE 100 index

6,730.3

+56.99

+0.85%

At close of trading on Sep 15, 2016

p Nikkei 225 index

16,519.3 +114.3 +0.70% At close of trading on Sep 16, 2016

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

London – $US/ounce

1,310.80 –12.85 –0.97%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

18.96

–0.2

–1.04%

4,727.0

+85.5

+1.84%

p Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm Sep 16, 2016

TT buy

TT sell

Australia 0.9904 0.9579 Canada 0.9813 0.9457 China 5.1963 4.5637 Euro 0.667 0.6385 Fiji 1.5524 1.4317 Great Britain 0.5634 0.544 Japan 76.43 73.25 Samoa 1.9171 1.6813 South Africa 10.5714 10.1934 Thailand 25.94 24.74 United States 0.7474 0.7211

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This is our chance to re-create our town centre Linda Clarke

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W

hen the ground shook in a bad way in Christchurch five years ago, the damage to that city was immediate and obvious.

In Ashburton, it’s been slow and painful.

New building codes have forced decisions on landlords in the central business district and on community groups who own treasured, but not officially heritage, buildings.

The Ashburton District Council will be between a rock and a hard place deciding where to put its new civic buildings.

Former mayors and councillors of the past have pointed out that land beside the existing building on Havelock Street was bought years ago for this very purpose. And what is the point of a long-term plan if you don’t stick to it.

But the Christchurch quakes changed all that. Things are different. What was a sure bet before is no longer the case.

Ashburton people know their town centre needs to be vibrant.

They want to shop here, eat in the restaurants and cafes, and drink in the bars.

But they are wary about the costs associated with being tenants in a building they don’t entirely own.

Urban design specialist Craig Pocock makes several good points. This is a decision that will affect our children’s children.

The man is an expert who knows Ashburton and has offered some unsolicited and free advice. He says Ashburton has a group of people wanting to invest in the town via Eastfield and that is a rare commodity in these financial times.

But if council and ratepayers are unwilling to invest in the town retail core, when why should anyone else?

Consultation on the options for council’s buildings finishes on Monday and Opus have made it easy for us to get our feedback across, anyone with a smartphone can do it.

This is a chance to re-create our town centre for the future and while there’s no guarantee the council will choose the most popular option, it will certainly point them in the right direction.

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N

ow that I am deeply reembedded in the core of the New Zealand body politic, I can get a revealing worm’s-eye view of what is going on immediately above me.

I can, indeed, immerse myself once more in the intricacies and foibles of our own political scene, take note, yet again, of the brooding presence of “Moody” Winston Peters, assess the likelihood of his holding the balance of power in Parliament at about this time next year, take note of “Sunny”, John Key and his permanently smiling demeanour as he shapes up for what he hopes will be a fourth term in government after the 2017 election and ponder whether the Labour/Green “alliance” can possibly make them more electable.

Finally, will the Maori Party survive that election in sufficient strength to continue to provide electoral life support for National over the next few inevitably turbulent years?

This is the column where such continuing conundrums will be faced fearlessly and secret agendas exposed ruthlessly in the remorseless search for justice and good government.

Firstly, it is becoming harder and harder to believe that despite glaring publicity over the past many weeks, the housing crisis is still, apparently, having so little effect on public opinion.

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Sustained attack from Labour, lacklustre response from National and graphic pictures of the homeless bedded down in their cars seem not to have altered the political outlook by one jot.

National remains on a robust 46 per cent in the latest poll, while Labour languishes at a miserable 26 per cent, only marginally more than they scored in their disastrous showing at the 2014 election.

Labour, however, has reacted angrily to these latest forecasts from the ubiquitous One News Colmar Brunton production to the point where it has taken the unprecedented step of publishing the results of its own, “private” poll which, entirely unsurprisingly, shows Labour very much closer to National than the figures above and the two leaders virtually neck and neck in the popularity stakes.

The professional psephologists have taken a less-thanamused stance on the Lab stats and shown their disbelief in a most sniffy manner. But then,

as we have all been informed “a thousand times”, there is, in the end, “only one poll that counts”.

We shall have to wait 12 months to see who got it right.

Meanwhile, long-term Maori support seems very much in the balance even if that party remains able to offer it. The row with the Crown over the proposed Kermadec sanctuary seems to have reached an angry impasse which makes it unlikely Maori will wish to do anything to keep the Government in power post 2017.

It clearly boils down to Maori being seriously miffed by the Crown’s failure to consult before the “shock” announcement was made.

The fact that the fishing ground to which Maori is claiming inalienable rights is a very long way indeed from our coast and, as I understand it, no fishing has been carried out in that neighbourhood for 10 years or more, gives the impression Maori are digging in their heels more as a matter of mana than mackerel.

As has been suggested elsewhere, “Kermadec-gate” has become for National what the Foreshore and Seabed Bill was for Labour in 2004.

On that occasion, we remember, Helen Clark and Michael Cullen held their nerve, with predictable political repercussions and re-alignments.

Twelve years on, I shall be very

surprised if John Key and Bill English do the same. With the urging of minister Chris Finlayson at their elbow, they will back-track and Maori mana will be belatedly recognised.

That Mr Peters is still being regularly ejected from Parliament with, or more often without, an apology to the Speaker should not, I suppose, come as much of a surprise.

Yet, wouldn’t you think a man who, after many years battling for parliamentary supremacy, might try to keep his head in if he really has his eye on 2017 being his greatest year ever if things go his way, when he becomes, at least, the “king maker” if not actually the king himself.

There is also the little matter of his accepting a $3000 donation to NZ First, but failing to remember what he actually did with the cheque, or so it seems. It adds up to even the best-disposed supporters finding it difficult to provide unqualified backing.

Finally, there is the appalling case of the rich boy who punched a female police officer until she was unconscious and then continued to punch her.

For this disgraceful action he was fined $5000 and sentenced to a number of hours’ home detention. Hardly surprising the gap between rich and poor remains an issue of major discontent in Aotearoa, New Zealand, 2016.

St Stephen’s to reopen with spring festival Gwen Clucas

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

T

he word church derives from the Greek ekklesia, meaning ‘the called-out

ones’.

Its original meaning is to refer to the body of believers, or the body of Christ. The word ‘church’ is now used to refer to a Christian place of worship by many Christian denominations.

In October, 2013, I wrote that although St Stephen’s Anglican Church had escaped with minimal earthquake damage, the building was found to be below 34 per cent of the building code.

In July, 2013, the decision was made to close the church until the strengthening was completed.

We anticipated the work would be finished in a few months but time moved on and by the time various reports came in and the work began about 18 months had passed.

We finally began having services in the church in August

2015. We had only been back in the church for a short time when earthquake repairs were scheduled.

We returned to the parish centre for services in January this year.

The vestry made the decision to repaint all the interior of the church and parish centre in conjunction with earthquake repairs.

While repairs were being undertaken it was found there was asbestos in the tiles and under the pews.

This meant more delays as a specialist firm of asbestos removers had to be brought in to complete the work.

Unfortunately damage to the carpet during the asbestos removal meant our original plan of putting carpet tiles in place of the vinyl tiles became impractical.

A decision was made to carpet the body of the church with new carpet and the vestry decided to fund new carpet for the sanctuary at the same time as the 50-plusyear-old carpet there was show-

ing signs of wear and tear.

The new carpet was finally sourced from the same firm who provided the original carpet.

It finally arrived from England last week and as I write is being laid.

We now look forward to re-opening St Stephen’s with a spring festival in October, when seating and other fittings have been returned to the building and electrical work and the sound system are reinstated.

We have enjoyed worship and fellowship in our parish centre over the months we have been unable to use our church, but we are excited at being able to use the church again.

We look forward to hearing the magnificent organ, having access to the chapel, and being in the consecrated worship space.

We recognise though, that the reality of Christian worship is that it is the presence of God that matters.

“The only God – to him be honour and glory for ever and ever.”

– 1 Timothy 1 Gwen Clucas is people’s warden of the Anglican Parish of Ashburton

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■ ISRAEL

Bar mitzvah a century late In 1916, Israel Kristal was a motherless Jewish child whose father was away fighting in World War I and would soon be killed in action.

He turned 13 without celebrating his bar mitzvah.

A century later, Kristal will finally get the chance.

Kristal, who is the oldest man in the world, according to Guinness World Records, turned 113 late this week. His daughter, Shulimath Kristal Kuperstoch, told the DTA news agency that his family is planning a bar mitzvah for him, and about 100 relatives will attend. “We will bless him, we will dance with him, we will be happy,” she said.

Born in what is now Poland, Kristal has survived 113 years of Jewish history. He was in his 30s when the Nazis invaded, and he was imprisoned with his wife and two children in the Lodz ghetto and then at Auschwitz.

His wife and children died.

Speaking about the horror of Auschwitz, he once told Ha’aretz, “Two books could be written about a single day there.”

He moved to Israel in 1950 and now lives in Haifa. He remarried and had two children, and is now a grandfa-

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There’s epic chemistry between them.”

Calvin attended Jennifer’s birthday party in Las Vegas in July. He split up with Taylor Swift, a few months ago, while Jennifer and her backing dancer Casper Smart recently ended their on/off relationship.

Israel Kristal was imprisoned with his wife and two children at Auschwitz. ther and great-grandfather.

His daughter told the BBC that on his bar mitzvah day, Kristal will put on tefillin, the small boxes containing prayers that Jews above the age of bar mitzvah wrap around their arms and heads, and will say the blessings for the Torah.

He has maintained his faith

throughout his life, she said.

Talking to the Jerusalem Post about her father surviving the Holocaust, she said, “He believes he was saved because that’s what God wanted.”

As for himself, Kristal said in March when he was named the world’s oldest man, “I believe that everything is determined from above and we

shall never know the reasons why. There have been smarter, stronger and better looking men, who are no longer alive.

All that is left for us to do is to keep on working as hard as we can and rebuild what is lost.”

And, after 113 years, to celebrate a century-delayed milestone.

-Washington Post

Jennifer Lawrence on detox

■ UNITED KINGDOM

Missing toddler may have been killed by digger The mother of missing toddler Ben Needham has been told to “prepare for the worst” by detectives who suspect he may have died 25 years ago.

British investigators on the Greek island where the 21-month-old vanished believe he may have been crushed to death by a digger.

Forensics teams are reportedly set to begin excavating at two sites close to where Ben was last seen as he played near his grandparents’ home on Kos. The potential breakthrough came after a friend of the

digger driver said he believed the workman may have been responsible.

The driver reportedly died just months before detectives from South Yorkshire Police arrived on the island for a renewed investigation.

A variety of theories as to Ben’s fate and reported sightings have arisen since his disappearance and Ms Needham had been holding out in hope that she would one day be reunited with her son.

However her worst fears appeared to be confirmed during a recent visit by officers.

She said “They are no longer looking for a missing person.

How do I cope with that? My mother’s instinct has always told me he was alive. What if I’ve been wrong all this time?”

Ben, from Sheffield, disappeared from outside Ms Needham’s parents’ home on the island on July 24 1991.

Ms Needham said a dig at the site in 2012 was carried out in a bid to rule out that an accident had taken place and move the probe on as a missing person’s enquiry.

However, in light of the latest possible breakthrough,

she thinks detectives suspect an accident may have taken place.

After spending 25 years tirelessly searching for her son Ms Needham said she fears dying of “shock and heartbreak” should Ben’s remains be found.

She said: “I have spent all these years desperately hoping for that fairy tale ending and for Ben to walk through that door.

“Now the horrible reality is Ben could be dead and he could have been dead all these years.”

-PA

Jennifer Lawrence’s parents have put her on a total detox. The 26-year-old beauty has spoken openly in the past about enjoying a tipple, but she’s now given up on alcohol and is trying to lead a healthier lifestyle on the advice of her mother and father, Karen and Gary Lawrence. A source said: “Jen has been keeping a low profile. She’s on a total detox right now, which means no boozing or partying, trying to cut out junk food and get fit too. Now she’s been on lots of hikes and there are hardly any marathon drinking sessions anymore.

She’s almost vegan now, although she does lapse occasionally.”

■ EUROPE

Sharp rise predicted in covert migrants The proportion of migrants using covert means to enter Europe is expected to rise sharply this year despite European nations pouring at least 17 billions euros into reducing migration over the past 18 months, researchers said.

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) said about 60 per cent of migrants arriving in Europe this year are expected to use covert means, such as false passports, hiding in trucks or overstaying

their visas, compared with 35 per cent in 2015.

In a report ahead of next week’s UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, the UKbased thinktank said 330,000 people are projected to arrive in Europe this year by sea, usually across the Mediterranean, compared with 1.1 million in 2015.

But ODI said this figure may create a false impression for European policy-makers that the migration crisis is over, as it fails to take account of other

migrants entering covertly.

“While on the surface, the number of people arriving in Europe has fallen, the rate of those taking hidden routes to Europe has not been affected and is likely to increase,” said Marta Foresti, author of the report in a statement.

“These covert routes can be more dangerous and make it harder for governments to monitor migration and design effective responses.”

Since 2014 European countries have committed to

spending 1.7 billion euros on tighter border controls, including a British plan to build a wall along the approach road to the French port of Calais to prevent migrants from jumping onto UK-bound trucks.

More than 15 billion euros has been spent on bilateral agreements, such as the EUTurkey deal aimed at reducing the number of migrants travelling from Turkey to Europe.

-Reuters

Gunn trashes Kanye Project Runway’s Tim Gunn has bashed Kanye West’s Yeezy fashion line, labelling his minimalist collection a hoax. “I think the only thing dumber than these clothes would be the people who would buy these clothes,” Gunn told Access Hollywood Live. West’s Yeezy line last week launched its fourth season at New York Fashion Week and 63-year-old Gunn has had enough of hearing about it. “I’m totally perplexed about why the fashion industry has not looked at these, frankly, dumb, basic clothes and cried ‘hoax,’” he said.

“I just don’t understand why people are so in awe. The models in the show were basically wearing stretch undergarments.”

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Recall highlights failures Samsung’s recall of 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 phones after several dozen caught fire and exploded may stem from a subtle manufacturing error, but it highlights the challenge electronics makers face in packing ever more battery power into ever thinner phones, while rushing for faster release dates.

Announcing the recall early in September, Samsung confirmed dozens of cases where Note 7 batteries caught fire or exploded, mostly while charging. It plans a software update that will cap battery recharging at 60 per cent capacity to help minimise risks of overheating.

US safety regulators stepped in late this week with an official recall, saying Samsung’s voluntary efforts were inadequate.

The Note 7 debuted to rave reviews in August thanks to its speed, new software features and, not least, the estimated nine hours it would run between charges. But all that power comes at a price. Users began reporting the phones were catching fire or exploding, in one case incinerating the SUV it had been left in.

Aviation authorities in the US, Australia and Europe have urged passengers not to use or charge Note 7s while flying and not to put them in checked baggage. On Monday, Canada issued an official recall.

Koh Dong-jin, Samsung’s mobile president, said that an investigation turned up a tiny error in the manufacturing process for the faulty batteries in the Note 7s that was very difficult to identify. The end of the pouch-shaped battery cell had some flaws that increased the chance of stress or

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In brief Ocean sanctuaries The United States has joined more than 20 countries in creating 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world to protect oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution. President Barack Obama designated the first US marine reserve in the Atlantic Ocean: 12,724 square km known for underwater mountains and canyons off the coast of New England. Britain said it would double the area of ocean under marine protection around its overseas territories to about 6.5 million square km, an area greater than the landmass of India.

The various sanctuaries, unveiled at a high-level conference in Washington, limit commercial fishing, oil and gas drilling, and other human activities that affect ocean ecosystems.

-Reuters

PNG celebrates A Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on display in Seoul, South Korea.

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small space than other power cells.

But storing so much energy in a tiny space, with combustible components separated by ultrathin walls, makes them susceptible to overheating if exposed to high temperatures, damage or flaws in manufacturing. If the separators fail, a chemical reaction can quickly escalate out of control.

It is unclear how Samsung failed to discover the battery problem before launching the Note 7.

South Korean experts suggested Samsung may have been so ambitious with the Note 7’s design that it compromised safety.

The Note 7 phones have a powerful 3,500 milliampere hour battery, whereas the Galaxy S7

smartphone, which has a slightly smaller body than the Note 7, features a 3,000 mAh battery.

A spokeswoman at iFixit, which publishes repair guides for electronic gadgets, offered a similar view. “We don’t think any internal design changes in the Note 7 are responsible for the exploding batteries, more likely just a manufacturing defect,” IFixit’s KayKay Clapp said in an email.

While Apple and Samsung are using built-in batteries for their premium phones, LG Electronics, Samsung’s smaller South Korean rival, has opted for a replaceable battery for its new premium smartphone, the V20.

LG chose to make the phone thinner and allow customers to extend battery life by swapping out batteries.

-AP

overheating, he explained.

Time is a factor in marketing and making the phones.

In 2015, Samsung moved up its unveiling of its new Galaxy Note model to August from September, seeking a leg up on Apple’s September iPhone upgrades.

Before the issue of battery explosions emerged, supplies were not keeping pace with demand for the Note 7.

Problems with lithium batteries have afflicted everything from laptops to Tesla cars to Boeing’s 787 jetliner, though having so many lithium-ion battery fires in a short time is unheard of.

The batteries are ubiquitous in consumer electronic devices, favoured by manufacturers because they are lightweight and pack much more energy into a

■ AUSTRALIA

■ NORTH KOREA

Push to split Qld fails

North Korea ready for another attack

The latest push to split Queensland into two states has failed.

Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP Rob Katter moved a motion in state parliament on Thursday night calling for a divide, suggesting the border be decided by an independent commission.

Mr Katter argued the north had been neglected for too long and was suffering from “one size fits all” policies from the southeast.

“Housing codes and vegetation management codes, for example, had a far bigger impact when they were rolled out in western and northern areas,” the Mount Isa MP told parliament.

“We do not have the numbers in parliament, and the one-size-fits-all approach to legislation ends up impacting on us.”

The motion was only supported by fellow KAP MP Shane Knuth and Independent Cairns MP Rob Pyne.

Mr Pyne said the many years of neglect and lack of infrastructure was plain to see in the north.

“In terms of roads, I love coming to Brisbane and seeing all of these underpasses and overpasses,” Mr Pyne said.

“If we are all going to be Queenslanders, surely we are all entitled to the same level of service.”

But Treasurer Curtis Pitt, whose electorate is in north Queensland, said creating a new state did not stack up economically.

“The combined effect of stamp duty, payroll tax and land tax, $5.99 billion, is almost three times the size of north Queensland’s net contribution of (mining) royalties,” he told parliament.

“That is a big hole in the budget of a north Queensland state.”

Mr Pitt also joked about how north Queensland would fare in State of Origin amid suggestions a split could create a tri-series.

“I know that the member for Mount Isa is as big a Cowboys supporter as I am, but I wonder if he would change his tune when he realised that Johnathan Thurston would qualify for Queensland south,” he said.

Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill and her Cairns counterpart Bob Manning had slammed KAP’s push to split the state, with both saying they weren’t even consulted.

-AAP

North Korea’s Foreign Minister says the country is ready to launch another attack against the “provocations” of the United States, whose bombers this week flew over South Korea in a show of solidarity with its ally after Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test.

North Korea set off its most powerful nuclear blast to date this month, saying it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile and ratcheting up a threat that its rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain.

Two US B-1 bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday, drawing condemnation from the North.

“The people of Korea are ready to stage another attack against the provocations of the United States,” said Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho during a speech on Thursday at a meeting of the NonAligned Movement countries in Venezuela that was translated into Spanish.

Seoul has also said North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at any time.

North Korea’s latest test has launched a fresh push by the United States and South Korea for more sanctions.

Pressure for further sanctions was laughable, North Korea has said, vowing to continue to strengthen its nuclear power.

- Reuters

As Papua New Guinea marks 41 years of independence its leader has revelled in the prospect of the international spotlight as his country gears up to host major sports and economic forums.

At a flag-raising ceremony in Port Moresby on Friday, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said it will be with enormous pride that PNG showcases itself while hosting soccer’s Under 20s women’s World Cup in two months. Next year, it will host Rugby League World Cup matches and in 2018 top economic and diplomatic officials and world leaders will travel to Port Moresby for APEC summit meetings. -AAP

7500km for iPhone 7 Apple devotee Tom Thaphaengphan was delighted to hold his new iPhone 7 after travelling from Thailand and sleeping out in a Sydney street, but others were less pleased. Mr Thaphaengphan, 30, joined the queue at the flagship George Street Apple store at 2pm on Thursday in order to be one of the first people in the world to own an iPhone 7 after spending about $800 to fly in from Thailand. He said it got cold overnight and there was early morning rain, but it was all worth it. “Yes, of course I’m happy,” Mr Thaphaengphan told AAP. The NSW, Queensland, Victoria and ACT Apple stores were the first in the world to sell the latest iPhone.

-AAP

Emergency extended Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has extended a state of emergency and a state of economic emergency for a further two months, local media reports.

It’s the fourth time he has made the decree, which clamps down on the rights of the political opposition and gives military and citizen security groups special powers to ensure food delivery across the country. Venezuela has been plagued by long lines at supermarkets for months, with medications, sanitary products and bread in short supply. Maduro’s government is currently at loggerheads with food producers, saying that they are leading an “economic war” against the government and deliberately slowing production. Venezuela has one of the world’s highest inflation rates.

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SITUATIONS VACANT Malcolm McDowell Road PO Box 571 Ashburton 7740 office@evanstransport.co.nz 03 308 8075

MIKE PRESTON

Diesel Mechanic Permanent full-time

LIFESTYLE & RURAL SPECIALIST

List Now! Are you wondering what your property is worth? Please feel free to contact me for a confidential no obligation chat.

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Evans Transport Ltd is a proven player in the transport sector. We service the meat industry with transportation of chilled, frozen and containerised products within the Canterbury region.

We require a Diesel Mechanic to join our workshop team.

Our workshop staff service and maintain our fleet of modern Freightliner and Nissan trucks, refrigerated and flat deck trailers and sundry equipment including forklifts, a combi-lift and auxiliary vehicles.

You will be required to: • work unsupervised, • hold current NZ Driver’s Licence, a Class 5 Licence would be an advantage, • have a positive attitude, • be punctual, have a strong work ethic and be able to work in a small team environment, • maintain vehicles to New Zealand COF standards.

Remuneration package includes a wage relevant to today’s market.

Should this position interest you, please send a CV to: Geoff Evans, PO Box 571, Ashburton 7740 Or email geoff@evanstransport.co.nz If you require any further information please phone: Geoff Evans 027 4327 612

Pivot Service Technician We are looking for a person to join our growing team of Technicians, to service the Zimmatic pivot range of equipment, plus other brands.

The position requires the ability to problem solve, work as part of a team and carry out electrical diagnostics of the equipment.

Market Day Saturday, October 15, 2016, 10am - 2pm

Mike Preston

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The person will require a clean Class 1 driver licence and at least an Electrical Service Technician Licence or working towards obtaining one.

Please phone

The Manager 307 9049

If you are interested in being a stallholder or taking part in this MARKET DAY which is being held at the beginning of our week of birthday celebrations.

Please phone Kathy 03 685 6185 or email kipster@hotmail.co.nz

Guardian Situations Vacant

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Daily Events Saturday 9am - 12.30pm CRAFT MARKET. Crafts for sale in the West Street car park.

9.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Community Garden, Thomson Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY HIRE.

Sunday 8am ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS. Open to all level of swimmers over 20 years followed by coffee and chat. E A Stadium. E A Stadium.

8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

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

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

Main Street, Methven.

Open for toy hire. Methodist Church Baring Square.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and

cuppa. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Registration at 1pm, race start 1.30pm

sharp. Fords Road, Tinwald.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles. Waireka Philip Street.

5pm ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS. Open to all level of swimmers over 20 years followed by coffee and chat. E A Stadium.

Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Allenton.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship led by the worship committee, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

9.30pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined service with St Paul’s Presbyterian Church. 65 Oxford Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Peter and Sandy Renew, 48 Allens Road.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Service and worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge.

Baring Square East.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service and children’s programme, Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am

ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street 10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1pm - 3pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

2pm ASHBURTON MASONIC LODGE. Midland Masonic Charity concert supporting Life Education - also 5 musical scholarships to local college recipient. Holyoake Auditorium, Ashburton College, Walnut Avenue.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Copland Net WFA. Scoring in age groups, Tinwald Golf Club.

12noon - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Free lunch every Monday. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets, entry off Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Assn and Golf Croquet, Allenton Sports

Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm GREY POWER ASHBURTON. Ashburton District Council, meet the candidates, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC PARISH CENTRE. Euchre, all welcome. (not public holidays). Cnr Burnett and Winter Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night concert, visitors welcome.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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You will be selling into our daily newspaper, monthly farming publications – Guardian Farming and Dairy Focus - and our website to help rural clients promote their businesses effectively throughout our products.

The skills required for this position include: • Great knowledge and passion for ALL things rural • Sales and office experience • Good level of English, both verbal and written • Organised and confident • A great personality and enjoy dealing with people In return, we will provide you with an attractive base salary ($45K) and uncapped commission structure.

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MEDICAL SERVICES

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Moore Street Medical, Moore Street, will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday. They will hold surgery from 10am - 12 noon and 6pm 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 3066.

Ashburton Health First, Havelock Street, will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday.

They will hold surgery from 9am - 12 noon and 2pm - 5pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 1956.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

For weekend doctor and emergency details, please telephone the Methven Medical Centre, ph 302 8105.

duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners note of referral.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

HELPLINE SERVICES ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.

Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, org.nz for more information. from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

MENTAL HEALTH - Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

PHARMACIES

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

- Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, provide an accident and emergency service.

Except in cases of emergency, persons requiring Sundays and Public Holidays. medical attention must consult their own or the

327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890.

Weekends 1pm - 4pm. Research facilities weekday afternoons.

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

COMMUNITY SERVICES ART GALLERY

327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm

ANIMAL SERVICES DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce.

MID CANTERBURY SPCA EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

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ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP POST DELIVERY CENTRES 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

EMERGENCY DENTIST

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

All enquiries - John Keeley - 308 4432 or 0274 342 646.

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact - President 021 1356 969.

VETERINARIANS

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: Large: Tammy Wilson, Catherine Hayward, Georgie Vollus. Small: Lynlee Kueh.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend INFORMATION CENTRES emergencies: Juan Gray.

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

2pm. Phone 308-1050.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public 24-hour emergencies: Large: Rajiv Balbharan, Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com Ciprian Verdes. Small: Ref Vet Ent. ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben BUS DEPARTURES Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterBUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. hours small animal emergency service. To use Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. this service please phone your vet as usual.

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FOR SALE

Vermicast

10.30am Worship Every Sunday

Nutrient Rich Organic Soil Conditioner “For sustained growth and yield”

63 Princes Street

Made up of WORM CASTINGS and DECOMPOSED ORGANIC MATTER The natural and comprehensive alternative to chemical or artificial fertilisers.

All welcome Rev. David Bayne Ph 307 7355

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline

20 litre bags $12 each incl GST Bulk $48 per scoop (approx. 1/3 m³) incl GST Truckloads $250 per tonne excl GST. Sales between 9.00am and 12 noon, Monday to Friday Ashburton Meat Processors Ltd, 170 Bridge Street, ASHBURTON Phone 03 308 2019

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

SPORTING NOTICES Mid Canterbury Cricket Association Inc

Junior Player Registrations Will be held as follows: •

Methven Club Methven Domain – Monday, September 19, 3.30pm - 6pm (Correction: previously advertised as September 20)

WANTED

0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

PLANTS, PRODUCE

Avocado .99c ea Braeburn Apples Tomatoes 500gm Tele Cucumber Cabbage

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable service For prompt reliable contact Kelvin Boult,service KJB contact Boult, Place, KJB Systems Kelvin Ltd, 4 Ascot Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Ashburton.

Phone 308 Place, 8989.

Ashburton.

Phone 308 Same 8989.

30 years’ local service.

30 local service.

Same dayyears’ service if possible. day service discount if possible.

SUPERGOLD card SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed. welcomed.

ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICIAN STODDART STODDARTLTD ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL LTD Qualified & reliable Qualified & reliable electrician; available for electrician; for domestic available work e.g. domestic work e.g. alterations, installation alterations, installation of lights, plugs, airof lights, plugs, airconditioning and home conditioning and home ventilation systems. I ventilation look forwardsystems. to hearingI look hearing from forward you. Bento Stoddart from you.9157.

Ben Stoddart 027 439 027 439 9157.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

BRAND new two bedroom house - Westside near Domain, available mid October $350 per week.

Phone 307 8851 and leave a message.

.99c kg $3.99 bag $1.99 ea $2.99 ea

Specials available from 13/09 - 19/09

GRAZING

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

PUBLIC NOTICES

308-1095

PUBLIC NOTICES

Ashburton Trotting Club

ASHBURTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ‘Learn today forever’

Election Of Officers NOMINATIONS for President, Vice President, Treasurer and Committee persons on the prescribed form duly completed close with the undersigned at 5.00pm on Monday, September 26, 2016.

Fiona Stuart Secretary

WANTED: Old bottles, stone jars, crocks, gem irons, old egg beaters, milk bottles. TRADES, SERVICES Anything interesting. Phone HOME handyman available.

308 4870.

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

TRADES, SERVICES

RURAL TRADING POST

GRASS silage baled and wrapped $65 per bale + GST. Phone 027 284 0377.

SHEEP wanted to buy 5 - 40.

Will pay on pick up. Please phone 03 615 5523.

OPEN NIGHT Tuesday, 20 September 2016 7.00-8.30pm All parents and students of Year 6 and prospective students for 2017 are invited to our Open Night to look at what our school has to offer.

Judy Jemmett Acting Principal

PUBLIC NOTICES Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter Annual General Meeting Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 1pm St Johns Meeting Room, 241 Tancred Street, Ashburton

WANTED to buy excess milk for calf rearing.

Penicillin/Colostrum. Phone PLANTS, PRODUCE 027 586 8808.

LOCAL certified seed potatoes. 2kg bags $5.99.

Jersey Benne, Maris Anchor, Red Rascal, Rocket, Swift, Ilam hardy, Desiree, Nadine, Victoria, Van Rosa, Rue, Heather, Red King Edward, Agria, Cliff Kidney.

Lushingtons, 5 Archibald Street, phone 03 308 6858.

Guardian Motoring

307 7900

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MUSICAL

LADYBANK Learning School of Music - Vacancies for adults during the day and vacancies after school for keyboard/piano - ukulele singing - guitar. Barbara 027 474 2003.

MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

FOR SALE - Yearling shaver hens $4.00 each. Phone 303 7110.

Dairy heifer grazing wanted in Canterbury • R1yr heifers grazing Nov - May • R2 yr. heifers grazing May - May • We have weaners available from November • Competitive rates with weight gain bonus options Phone Richard Andrews 027 536 8693 www.livestockexchange.co.nz

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

FOR SALE

DRY old man pine $180, green old man pine $130, green blue gum $150, green larch $140, all 3.6m³. Split and delivered. Phone Shane James Firewood 303 7063.

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or FIREWOOD - Dry old man pine $180, green old man 308-6180. pine $140, green blue gum $150. All per 3m³ load HIRE delivered. Phone Tim Boyd GENERAL hire.

Lawn- 303 6280. mowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. FIREWOOD - dry old man All your DIY / party hire, call pine $180, dry gum and and see Ashburton U-Hire. macro $250. A cord 3.6m³.

588 East Street. Open Mon- Split and delivered. Phone Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am Peter Nicoll 027 2012 777.

- 5.00pm; Sunday 9.00am 2.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred GARAGE SALES Reddecliffe at Electric GARAGE sale - Saturday, Mobility Ashburton today.

September 17, Charlesworth Phone 308-3602 Drive (off Racecourse Road) Sign out at 8.30am. A most Guardian Classifieds for bargain hunters.

307 7900

TINWALD three bedroom architecturally designed house. Clean and warm.

Double garage.

Suit professional couple.

ADULT References required. $340 per week. No pets or ENTERTAINMENT smokers. Phone 021 253 A NEW Singapore lady, 26 2637. years, hot and sexy, busty 40 DD, friendly. Happy time. TO LET, two bedroom flat $230 per week. Phone 027 Phone 021 055 4593.

207 1551.

ALBA, 28 year old, Chinese lady, 36 D cup, busty, size TO RENT three bedroom 10. Good personality. Profes- lifestyle block with an approx sional massage. In/out calls. an acre of paddocks available to rent, situated just 5 Phone 021 163 2328. minutes from Ashburton town ANGEL, tall, busty, attractive centre. Has log fire and two lady. Private premises. In/out garages with storage. $500 calls. Phone 021 0283 1426. per week, enquires to 027 487 8579.

SOPHIA - Succulent wild woman. No tattoos, clean, straight. Available 7 days. Guardian Classifieds Phone 021 044 0698.

307 7900

Birthday Greetings Lucy Williams Wishing you a wonderful 9th Birthday.

Love always Mum, Dad, Daniel, Jayden, Ruby, Molly and Casper.

Ruby Williams Have an awesome 9th Birthday.

Love always Mum, Dad, Daniel, Jayden, Lucy, Molly and Casper.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 Flower Girls.

0 7am Rural Delivery 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Ready, Set… Rio – Paralympics (HLS) 0 10:30 Come Dine With Me PGR 12:55 New Zealand On A Plate Marlborough.

0 1:25 Miguel’s Feasts 1:55 Kiwi Living 3 0 2:55 Border Security International 3 0 3:25 F Code – 1 3 0 3:55 Pet Medics 3 0 4:25 Our New Zealand Escape Petra Bagust and Hamish Wilson travel to Rotorua for an energetic weekend break, and raft down the world’s largest commercial waterfall.

0 4:55 Chasing Monsters 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar Peak Production. 0 7:30 The Great Pottery Throw Down 0 8pm L Lotto The Lotto draw.

8:05 The Great Pottery Throw Down Continued. 0 8:50 Holiday Airport 0 9:50 Ready, Set… Rio – Paralympics (HLS) 0 10:50 Brief Encounters

6am Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:05 Little Monstar 3 0 6:10 Blaze And The Monster Machines 0 6:35 Paw Patrol 3 0 6:55 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:20 Nexo Knights 7:45 Ninjago – Masters Of Spinjitzu 0 8:10 Star Wars Rebels 0 8:40 Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 3 0 9:05 Regular Show PGR 3 0 9:30 Lab Rats 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Family Matters 11am Full House 0 11:30 According To Jim 0 Noon Australian Survivor PGR 0 2:45 Once Upon A Time PGR 0 3:45 N Young And Hungry 4:10 The Amazing Race 0 5:10 M Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2009 Animated.

Voices of Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell.

0 7pm M The Chronicles Of Narnia – The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe PGR 2005 Fantasy. Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Tilda Swinton. 0 9:45 M That’s My Boy AO 2012 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Pukana 2 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Survivor – Brawn v Brains v Beauty 3 11:30 Marae DIY 0 12:30 Face Off PGR 1:25 Married At First Sight USA PGR 3 0 2:25 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3 2:55 New Girl PGR 3 3:25 The Goldbergs PGR 3 0 3:55 Thirsty Work 4:25 Creative Living Peter Wolfkamp teaches Richard how to do his own under-floor insulation; eight-year-old Olivia gives Peter her design brief.

4:55 F Animal Super Senses Helen and Patrick reveal how caribou use UV light to avoid wolves; they discover how seeing in slow motion lets dragonflies make a kill in the blink of a human eye.

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Johnny English Reborn PGR 3 2011 Comedy.

The most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty’s Secret Service must intercept assassins before they eliminate a Chinese leader and cause global problems. 0 9pm M The Siege PGR 3 1998 Action. 0

6am Home Shopping 11:30 NRL Fulltime The latest round of the NRL Premiership.

Noon The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Wellington v Bay of Plenty.

4:30 Football – English Premier League (HLS) 5:30 Prime News 6pm Simply Nigella 3 Nigella shares her secrets with a salted chocolate tart, ramen, and fish tacos. 0 6:30 David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities David Attenborough investigates claims that fleas can jump the equivalent of leaping over St Paul’s Cathedral, and cheetahs can run at speeds of 125 km per hour. 0 7pm Storage Wars – Canada PGR 3 7:30 Paul Hollywood Meets Aston Martin PGR 3 Paul Hollywood takes a journey back in Aston Martin time, including racing and the brand’s appearance in many popular films. 0 8:35 Rugby – Championship

6:30 Dora Matatoa 2 7am Avatar 7:30 The Zoo 8am Fitness In The Whare 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Playlist 9:30 Kaitangata Twitch 3 10am KTK – Next Level 10:30 Whanau Bake Off 11am Kawe Korero – Reporters 1:30 The Big Hit 2pm Home Krew 3 2:30 Survive Aotearoa PGR 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Kapa Kapa Whanau The Alesana whanau of Nelson have a love of kapa haka that has taken them to new heights in the South Island competitive arena.

6:30 M The Borrowers PGR 1997 Comedy. John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie.

8:10 Iti Pounamu PGR 3 8:30 M There Will Be Blood AO 2007 Drama.

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil, and madness, focusing on a turn-of-thecentury prospector in the early days of the business.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds.

6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 8am The Wild West With Ray Mears 8:30 Bears Of The Last Frontier 9:30 Far Flung With Gary Mehigan 10:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 11:30 The Liquidator Noon Alan At Highgrove 1pm Gardeners’ World 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Nick Knowles’s Original Features 4pm Beverly Hills Pawn 4:25 Salvage Hunters 5:30 Bondi Vet Documentary series that follows Dr Chris Brown’s daily life as a veterinarian in a busy urban environment, at zoos, and in rural communities.

6:30 Walking With The Great Apes 7pm Pete And Pio’s Kai Safari 7:30 American Pickers Series that follows two skilled pickers as they look for objects with historical, collectible, and pop-culture value.

8:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle UK 9:30 Auction Hunters 10pm Nick Knowles’s Original Features

11:50 Blood And Oil AO Broke, and still affected by being conned by Hap, Billy seeks revenge, and turns to an unlikely ally.

12:45 Dallas AO 3 0 1:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

Midnight M Girl In Progress AO 2012 Comedy Drama.

Eva Mendes, Patricia Arquette.

1:50 M For Coloured Girls AO 2010 Drama. Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine. 0 4:10 Jeremy Kyle 3 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

11:15 Motive AO 3 Flynn and Vega must investigate a skydiving accident, leading them to leave Vega’s father’s wedding early. 0 12:10 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:05 Netball – International (DLY) Silver Ferns v Jamaica – Third Test.

From Rotorua.

12:40 60 Minutes PGR 3 Current affairs from New Zealand and around the world.

1:45 Home Shopping

11:20 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:50 Closedown

11pm Beverly Hills Pawn 11:30 Matt Hayes’s 24 Hour Rod Race 12:30 Auction Hunters 1am Bondi Vet 2am Walking With The Great Apes 2:30 Pete And Pio’s Kai Safari 3am American Pickers 4am Salvage Hunters 5am Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

MOVIES PREMIERE

The Great Pottery Throw Down, 8:05pm on One

BRAVO 9am Dance Moms 3 9:45 Top Chef 3 10:30 Millionaire Matchmaker PGR 3 11:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 12:30 Snapped – Killer Couples AO 3 1:30 M Intolerable Cruelty AO 3 2003 Comedy. George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton.

3:30 Dance Moms 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Dance Moms 3 6:30 Top Chef 7:30 Millionaire Matchmaker PGR Patti has her hands full with two young millionaires, each with their own unique personalities.

8:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 9:30 Shahs Of Sunset 10:30 Kourtney & Kim Take Miami AO 11:30 Snapped PGR 12:20 Infomercials 3

6:10 Nowhere Safe MV 2014 Drama. Natasha Henstridge, Danielle Churchran.

7:40 The Hunger Games – Mockingjay: Part 1 MV 2014 Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson.

9:40 Spy 16VLS 2015 Comedy.

Johnny English Reborn Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne.

7pm on Three 11:40 The Program ML 2015 Drama Biography. Ben Foster, THE BOX Chris O’Dowd.

6am Matador MVLS 1:20 The Hunger Games – 6:50 Whose Line Is It Mockingjay: Part 1 MV 2014 Anyway? US PG 7:15 Whose Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Line Is It Anyway? US Josh Hutcherson.

PG 7:40 Rocky Mountain 3:20 Rocky Road PGL Bounty Hunters MVL 2014 Drama. Mark Salling, 8:30 Modern Family Rebecca Dalton.

PGL 8:55 Branson Taxi 4:50 Clown 16VL 2013 Horror.

PGL 9:20 Counting Cars PG Eli Roth, Andy Powers.

9:45 CSI MV 10:35 NCIS PGV 6:30 Insurgent MV 2016 11:25 The Simpsons Super Action. Shailene Woodley, Saturday PG 2:25 Branson Taxi PGL 2:50 Law And Order Theo James.

– UK MV 3:40 Elementary MV 8:30 Focus MVLS 2015 Crime.

A talented con man discovers 4:30 The Simpsons Super love and deception do not mix Saturday PG 7:30 Modern when his former protégé turns Family PGL 8pm Branson up in the middle of his latest Taxi PGL 8:30 Counting job. Will Smith, Margot Robbie.

Cars PG 9pm Tornado 10:20 Trainwreck 16LSC Hunters PG 9:30 Rocky 2015 Comedy. Amy Schumer, Mountain Bounty Hunters Bill Hader.

MVL 10:30 Smackdown MV

SUNDAY

12:15 Raw MV 2:40 Piha Rescue PG 3:05 Piha Rescue PG 3:30 Piha Rescue PG 3:55 Modern Family PGL 4:20 Counting Cars PG 4:45 Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters MVL 5:35 Tornado Hunters PG

SUNDAY

12:25 Chappie 16VLC 2015 Sci-fi. Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman.

2:25 Insurgent MV 2016 Action. Shailene Woodley, Theo James. 4:20 Focus MVLS 2015 Crime. Will Smith, Margot Robbie.

MOVIES GREATS 8am Big Daddy PGL 1999 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann.

9:35 The Fighter 16VLSC 2010 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale.

11:30 The Hurt Locker 16VL 2008 Action. Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie.

1:40 Titanic ML 1997 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet.

4:50 Ghosts Of The Abyss PGC 2003 Documentary.

Bill Paxton, James Cameron.

6:20 The Lost World – Jurassic Park PGV 1997 Sci-fi Adventure. A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B to study the dinosaurs, while another team approaches with a different agenda.

Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite.

8:30 Predators 16VL 2010 Action. A group of killers is brought together on an alien planet to be hunted by a new breed of alien Predators.

Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo.

10:20 Catch Me If You Can ML 2002 Crime.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks.

SUNDAY

12:40 The Rainmaker MV 1997 Drama. Matt Damon, Jon Voight, Claire Danes.

2:55 The Hurt Locker 16VL 2008 Action. Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie. 5:05 Ghosts Of The Abyss PGC 2003 Documentary. Bill Paxton, James Cameron.

SKY SPORT 1 6am World Rugby A show reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world.

6:40 L Rugby – Aviva Premiership Sale Sharks v Gloucester.

9am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Southland v Hawke’s Bay. 9:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Week Five Friday.

10am Sky Sport News NZ 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Semi-final One – Cowboys v Broncos.

11am Mainfreight Rugby Noon L Rugby – Women’s NPC Otago v North Harbour.

2pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Week Five Friday.

2:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Otago v North Harbour.

4:30 Netball – International (HLS) Silver Ferns v Jamaica – Game Two. 5pm L Netball – International Silver Ferns v Jamaica – Game Three.

7pm L Rugby – Championship All Blacks v South Africa.

From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

9:55 L Rugby – Championship Australia v Argentina.

From nib Stadium, Perth.

SKY SPORT 2 6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Super 8’s – Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors. 9:30 Rugby League – Super League Super 8’s – Wakefield Wildcats v Hull FC. 10am The F1 Show 10:30 #SkySpeed 11am Sky Sport News NZ 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Rugby League – Super League Super 8’s – Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors.

12:30 Sky Sport News UK 1pm Canoeing – Slalom 1:30 Sky Sport News NZ 2pm Rugby League – NRL Semi-final One – Cowboys v Broncos. 2:30 Rugby League – Super League Super 8’s – Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors. 4:30 Canoeing – Slalom 5pm #SkySpeed 5:30 The F1 Show 6pm Rugby League – Super League 6:45 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Semifinal Two – Sharks v Roosters.

8:45 L Rugby League – NRL Semi-final Two – Raiders v Panthers.

SUNDAY

Midnight Fox Sports News 12:30 Rugby Championship 1am Netball – International 1:30 World Rugby 1:55 L Rugby League – Super League Qualifying SUNDAY 8’s – Salford v London.

12:45 L Tennis – Davis 4am L Rugby League – Cup Semi-final One – Day Two. Super League – Qualifying 5:30 Rugby – Championship 8’s – Catalans Dragons v Castleford Tigers.

(HLS) Australia v Argentina.

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

17Sep16

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Failure is Not an Option.

7:30 MythBusters PG The Reddit Special. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:25 Dark Woods Justice M Sting. 10:20 Dual Survival M 11:15 Treehouse Masters PG 12:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 1:05 Naked And Afraid XL M 2pm Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG Can We Resurrect The Dead? 2:55 World’s Biggest Shipbuilders PG Emergency. 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Raw Deal.

4:45 Alaskan Bush People Special M 5:40 You Have Been Warned M Punked?

6:35 Free Ride PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:30 Gold Rush PG Oregon Gold.

10:30 Auction Hunters PG Betsy’s Last Stand.

11pm Smart China PG Smart Planet.

SUNDAY

Midnight Dual Survival M 12:55 Murder Comes To Town M 1:50 Dirty Jobs PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 MythBusters PG

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6am Rural Delivery 0 6:25 The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 0 6:50 Sunday 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae PGR 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 Noon Rio 2016 Paralympics (HLS) 0 1pm Four Rooms 1:55 Location, Location, Location 0 2:55 This Town 0 3:55 Dare To Dream 0 4:25 New Zealand Story Fa’fafine Lindah Lepou, a fashion designer with works at Te Papa and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, tells her story to encourage other fashion hopefuls. 0 4:55 F Nature’s Weirdest Events 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm Karena And Kasey’s Kitchen Diplomacy Karena and Kasey travel to Chile to learn how Chilean cuisine is moving forward by going back to its past. 0 8:30 Hillary PGR 0 9:30 Rio 2016 Paralympics (HLS) 0 10:30 F Love Child AO 3 0

6am Sooty 3 0 6:20 Little Monstar 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:50 My Little Pony 3 0 7:10 F Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 0 7:35 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 0 8am What Now 10am Dog With A Blog 0 10:25 The Bachelor PGR 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 2:30 Samantha Who? PGR 0 3pm Kevin From Work PGR 3:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Black-Ish Dre wants the family to feel more connected, so he encourages Team Johnson to embrace what it means to take care of one another. 0 6:30 The Middle 0 7pm Australian Survivor 0 8:40 M The Hunger Games – Mocking Jay: Part 1 PGR 2014 Sci-fi Drama.

Jennifer Lawrence. 0 10:55 M The Exorcist AO 1973 Horror. Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow, Lee J Cobb. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am UCKG 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:30 The Hui 0 10am The Nation 0 11am The Embassy PGR 3 0 11:30 Both Worlds 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend 1pm Motorsport – Australian V8 Utes (HLS) 2pm Motorsport – NHRA (HLS) 3pm Motorsport – MotoGP (HLS) 4pm Motorsport – Monster Jam 17 Monster Jam trucks.

5pm Big Angry Fish Milan is keen to catch a snapper on his fly rod, and persuades Nathan to try it, despite the challenging weather.

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm House Rules PGR After a week of pressure, in Melbourne the first finished home is unveiled. 0 8:30 M Gone Girl AO 2014 Thriller. A man is suspected of wrongdoing when his wife goes missing.

Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike.

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6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Mayday PGR 3 1pm Elementary PGR 3 2pm Shearing Gang PGR 3 0 2:30 Coastwatch Oz PGR 3 3pm Storage Wars – Canada PGR 3 Rick and Cindy take a psychic to help them land the best lockers in Don Mills.

3:30 Mainfreight Rugby 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm New Zealand From Above 3 A journey across and above the South Island, from the dense rainforest of Fiordland National Park to the southern scenery featured in Lord of the Rings. 0 7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 Prime Planet – 9 Months That Made You PGR Janelly was born with no bones; Joey’s brain is incapable of forgetting anything. 0 8:30 And Then There Were None AO (Mini-series) 0 10:30 Psych PGR

10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 Talent show that gives random people the chance of winning up to $1000.

10:30 Aotearoa 3 11am Native Affairs 3 11:30 Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 12:30 Ahorangi Next Generation 3 1pm Finding Aroha PGR 3 1:30 Te Po Mekemeke 3 2:30 Poitukohu – Nga Kura Tuarua 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Tangata Taumata Rau Kahurangi Maxwell travels to Tikitere to meet Makoha Gardiner and discuss education and lifestyle for Maori.

7pm The Laughing Samoans 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Play Offs. Quarter-final Two – Raiders v Panthers.

8:30 M The Trip To Italy AO 2014 Comedy.

Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner.

10:25 Te Kaea 3 2 10:55 Koroua 3

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HOLMES, Marjorie – 06.02.1930 - 03.08.2016 Jenny, Murray, John, Warwick and their families wish to sincerely thank everyone for their kindness and support with the passing of Marjorie, a much loved wife, mother, mother in law and ‘Ma’. We gratefully acknowledge those who sent cards and messages of sympathy and all those who attended the celebration of Marjorie’s (Marj) life at All Saints Church, Methven on August 8, 2016. A special appreciation also to those who generously made donations to Methven Care Trust. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement of our appreciation and gratitude to you all.

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WANO, Tainui James – Loved nephew of Debbie and Trevor and cousin of Chrystal and Tiffany. A young life taken too soon. Will be sadly missed.

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LANGLEY, Lawrence Gerard (Larry) – Taken peacefully at Otago Community Hospice on Canterbury owned, September 15, 2016 with his locally operated four girls by his side, after a very courageous battle, aged Patersons 55. Dearly loved husband, best friend and soulmate of Funeral Services Wendy. Loved Dad, hero, and and Ashburton highly respected father in law to Cathy and Tim Reid, Lydia Crematorium Ltd and Reid Benge, and Jess and Greg Cowley. Adored Office and Chapel Poppa of Ivy, Gus, Molly and Corner East & Cox Alba. A big thank you to all the wonderful, caring staff Streets, Ashburton at the Otago Community TILLEY, Clarice Mae (Mae) – Hospice.

22/11/1921 - 21/08/2016 Always in our minds, Rodney, Sue, Jenny, Pam Forever in our hearts. and their families would like Take it easy Laz to extend their heartfelt and Requiem Mass will be sincere thanks to everyone celebrated in St Mary’s Parish who attended Mae’s funeral Church, 89 Church Street, MID CANTERBURY service, and for the very FUNERAL SERVICES on MONDAY, Mosgiel, many cards, flowers, food, September 19 at 1.30pm Galbraith’s provide choice! and personally delivered followed by interment in the We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and messages of condolence at Galbraith’s Park Cemetery.

Green celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, of our beautiful and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

Rosary 4.00pm Sunday at provide choice! the time passing.

Also, a We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to mother’s St Mary’s. In lieu of flowers reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and very big thank you to the donations to the Otago Call us on your family. wonderful staff at Ward 1 Call us on 308 3980 Community Hospice would be 308 visit 3980 our new premises atAshburton Hospital, for their greatly appreciated and mayor call in and 246 Havelock Street be left at the service. or call in and visit compassion and dignified Messages to 13 Showgate our new premises at care of our mother while there. Very sincere thanks to Crescent, Mosgiel 9024. Rob Cope-Williams Eion McKinnon Lois Ranson for her visit, and Campbell and Sons FDANZ. 246 Havelock blessing to mum while she www.campbellandsons.co.nz Street was in hospital; and later for conducting the beautiful LANGLEY, Larry – Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm funeral service and 01-10-1960 - 15-09-2016 FUNERAL celebration of mum’s life.

We were so proud to call you Please accept this as a our cousin but even more to FURNISHERS personal acknowledgement of have you as our best “Mate”.

MASTER appreciation and our Good bye for now Lau. Dearly MONUMENTAL MASON gratitude, to one and all for loved, Fred, Mary and Jo. your kindness.

E.B. CARTER LTD God saw that you were For all your memorial getting tired, requirements A cure was not to be.

New headstones and designs So He put His arms Renovations, around you Additional inscriptions, and whispered, Call the Guardian Cleaning and Concrete work “Come with Me.” for all your classified Carried out by qualified With tearful eyes, tradesmen. we watched you, requirements.

620 East Street Ashburton And saw you pass away.

Ph/Fax 308 5369 Although we loved or 0274 357 974 you dearly, ebcarter@xtra.co.nz We could not make you stay.

NZMMMA Member A golden heart stopped beating, Hard working hands to rest.

God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes “the best”.

WANO, Tainui James Paul William (Tai) – Suddenly at Ashburton on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, aged 25 years.

Treasured son of Shane and Lavinia, beloved brother of Ariana, Jayden, Maiki, and Hailee, loved grandson of Neil and Pauline Alexander.

Cherished partner of Emitana. A loved friend, nephew, cousin, brother and uncle of his wider Whanau. A service to celebrate Tai’s life will be held at the Hampstead All Sports Club, Bridge Street, Ashburton, on MONDAY, September 19, 2016 at 1.30pm followed by interment at The Ashburton Public Cemetery, Ashburton.

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September 7, 2016 at King Edward Memorial Hospital To place an office during (Perth). A little sister for Riley. office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 ENGAGEMENTS for more information Any queries RIGTER – BILBROUGH please contact Tim and Anya are thrilled to 0800 announce the engagement of ASHBURTON their elder daughter, Ashlee (0800-274-287) to Jai, eldest son of AnneMichelle and Bilbo.

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ACROSS 2. Informal greeting to a socialist one took on (5) 5. Billy the Kid, as a grown-up? (4) 7. Sort of steak to be taken with spirit, quietly (4) 8. Luring one by petting perhaps around beginning of May (8) 9. One becomes stouter as one completes the form (5,3) 11. Cabbage sounds as if it could be used as fuel (4) 12. Acrobats who pedal to the psychiatrists? (5,8) 15. There are birds that run in the mustard-fields (4) 17. A lengthy discourse from a bride, it might be (8) 19. Can try, in revolution, to be like a despot (8) 21. Say it if it’s time to stop pouring (4) 22. A sort of Communist it’s legally wrong to return (4) 23. Performer makes it coming on stage in the lobby (5) DOWN 1. It’s our Eric who could have been the messenger (7) 2. Joint that is following the latest trends (3) 3. A riot may show how much to how many (5) 4. It is about the people of Medoc, so it may appear (7) 5. There is nothing taken from 5 but this weapon (3) 6. A loss suffered yearly, but make nothing of it (5) 10. Place a crop destroyer is not finished with (5) 11. One who makes proclamations could put Eric right (5) 13. Can cede to the rise and fall of sound (7) 14. A living picture in blue at a medley (7) 16. Being over corporation for a month, he has an alternative (5) 18. Of course, it’s a sort of tie (5) 20. It is liable to be seen in a cheap tavern (3) 21. The reason it lacks energy in it being separated from curds (3)

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ACROSS 6. Mob (6) 7. Accident (6) 10. Gifted (7) 11. Healed (5) 12. Implement (4) 13. Musical style (5) 16. Irritate (5) 17. Expert (4) 20. Did nothing (5) 21. Loyal (7) 22. Avoided capture (6) 23. Thin covering (6)

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Care a little, but don’t obsess. If you brood over the details you’ll miss the irresistible coolness and nonchalance of having better things to do than worry about how to impress people.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Pay attention, because you’re likely to observe something truly, subtly wondrous – something that you’re uniquely qualified to understand and appreciate.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You are present to serve, help, nurture and promote others through self-expression and creativity. Self-expression can seem like a narcissist’s cry of “look at me,” but the fact is, we need entertainment.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Impatience is rooted in the self-centred belief that one’s own time frame is superior to all others. Avoid impatience today, as it will only sass and anger the universal spirit who doesn’t like to be rushed.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Most mistakes happen because of a lack of knowledge, though the answer is not always to learn more. We cannot possibly learn everything therefore the answer is to admit we don’t and remain open.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): To watch his walk, see her smile, remember that charming moment, the funny remark, the way you laughed – these are the things that stand out in your mind and drive you to create more good times.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Before you can effectively influence a person, look at his choices. Did she choose out of desire, or was there a lack of options? What is really wanted? You’ll be as persuasive as you are observant.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The will and the intention to connect with others is powerful.

Sometimes it can create magic. And when the sweetness of that intention is not enough to create magic, it is the magic.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ve seen a lot of the world, so it’s harder to surprise you.

You’ll be impressed by the one who can hold your attention by showing you something different, making you feel something new.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Intolerance is among the most dangerous and destructive evils.

Small fights against intolerance can go far toward protecting small havens on earth.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Someone in your circle needs help. Not everyone realises this.

You have such a way of stating things and rallying the troops. You’ll gain the glad assistance of all for your cause.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): For motivation that verges on magical, make a date way into the future.

The anticipation and the actions you’ll take to get ready will change you in the lead up.

Previous Cryptic solution

Across 1. Burning-glass 8. Rounding 9. Limb 11. Inlet 12. Gallant 13. Lode 15. Beat 19. Respire 20. Tweet 22. Meet 23. Scenario 24. None-so-pretty Down 2. Usual 3. Nudity 4. Nonage 5. Animate 6. Substitution 7. Artilleryman 10. Ply 14. Discern 16. Fit 17. Redcap 18. Stance 21. Egret

Previous solution: abate, abet, ate, baa, bat, bate, beat, bet, beta, eat, eta, tab, tea.

Across 1. Seek 8. Near misses 9. Contract 10. Owns 12. Advice 14. Sadden 15. Knolls 17. Result 18. Odes 19. Rashness 21. Deposition 22. Says Down 2. Emboldened 3. Knit 4. Parade 5. Smites 6. As good as 7. Uses 11. Needlessly 13. Illusion 16. Sortie 17. Rustic 18. Olds 20. Nuns

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SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 8 Sudbury Street, Ashburton 73 McMurdo Street, Tinwald 17 Suffolk Street, Ashburton 2/43 Walnut Avenue, Ashburton 55 Tucker Street, Ashburton 84 Thomson Street, Tinwald 3 Patching Street, Ashburton 97 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton 35 Suffolk Street, Ashburton 31 Bridge Street, Ashburton 3/363 Burnett Street, Ashburton 10 Burton Place, Ashburton 18 a Oak Grove, Ashburton 94 Carters Terrace, Tinwald 12 Whiteoak Grove, Ashburton 13 Manse Street. Ashburton 501a West Street, Ashburton 127 Cameron Street, Ashburton 6 Reddecliffe Crescent, Ashburton 23 Beach Road, Ashburton 27 Clark Street, Ashburton 6 Primrose Place, Ashburton 116 Belt Road, Ashburton 27 Grey Street, Ashburton 11 Manchester Street, Ashburton

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SUNDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 9/11 Cox Street, Ashburton 117 Dunford Street, Rakaia 12 Whiteoak Grove, Tinwald 18 Torbay Avenue, Lake Hood

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18 Torbay Avenue, Lake Hood

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This Large stunning family home features an entertainers kitchen, with Granite bench top, open plan living that flows onto a sunny outdoor entertaining area, a separate family room,four large bedrooms with master bedroom with WIR and ensuite. Separate laundry, double garage with workshop area and car/boat port. Indoor outdoor flow , fully fenced and secure section with canal view and jetty.

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

55 Tucker Street, Ashburton

3 Patching Street, Ashburton

35 Suffolk Street, Ashburton

- HRV

- Two bedrooms

- 2 Bedrooms

- Modern design and extremely well presented

- Updated Kitchen

- Open Plan Kitchen Dining & Living

- Open Plan Living

- Fruit trees (Apple, peach, plum, Apricot)

Built in 1965 and now with over 50 years of ownership the Owners have fond memories and have put a lot of love into this well presented fully fenced three bedroom family home. Features spa bath, separate shower, double batts ceiling plus under floor Insulation. Double garaging and storage bay shed.

- Single Garage PLUS Carport

- Heat Pump

$315,000 OPEN HOME Saturday 10:00am - 10:30am

$330,000 OPEN HOME Saturday 10:00am - 10:30am

POA OPEN HOME Saturday 10:30am - 11:00am

$212,000 OPEN HOME Saturday 10:45am - 11:15am

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- Fibre Optic

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Offers over $599,000 OPEN HOME Sunday 2:00pm - 2:30pm Dulcie Ellis 027 629 3260 dulcie.ellis@raywhite.com

2/43 Walnut Avenue, Ashburton - Fully irrigated

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‘Room for Entertaining’ Entertain family & friends in style

97 Alford Forest Road, Allenton

31 Bridge Street, Ashburton

27 Clark Street, Ashburton

6 Primrose Place, Ashburton

- 2 double bedrooms

- Three double bedrooms

Great sized Home in Allenton

- 3 Double Bedrooms, master with en-suite and walk-in-robe

- Modernised bathroom

- Brand new hot water cylinder

- 4 Bedrooms

- Large Open Plan living with 2 living areas

- Separate toilet and laundry

- Modern bathroom

- Good sized Lounge

- Separate Office

- Kingsman gas fire & heat transfer system

- Large 1004sqm corner section

- New Bathroom-shower, bath, toilet

- Carpeted Double Garage with internal access

Make us an OFFER OPEN HOME Saturday 10:45am - 11:15am

$279,000 OPEN HOME Saturday 11:00am - 11:30am

$240,000 OPEN HOME Saturday 1:00pm - 1.30pm

Offers over $645,000 OPEN HOME Sunday 1:30pm - 2.00pm

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21312

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