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No-warrant raids on farms ‘overkill’

BY TIM CRONSHAW

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Farmers are uncomfortable with changes to animal movement legislation that will give ministry officials the powers to search farms without warrants.

Ministry for Primary Industry officials can conduct warrantless searches of farms under an amendment bill to the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Nait) Act passed under urgency by the Government.

The bill makes changes to the act which will allow for warrantless inspections aimed at nonco-operating farmers, clarifies animal movement requirements, and makes it an offence not to record animal movements.

The Government made it known that it was unhappy with low compliance by farmers tracking stock movements through the Nait scheme after the mycoplasma bovis cattle disease was discovered last year.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury dairy chairman Chris Ford said allowing raids on farms without warrants was overkill and they should not be isolating

one part of society.

He said the Nait system was inadequate for a large disease incursion.

“They set it up for $300,000 and it’s designed to fail. The say only 40 per cent [of farmers] are compliant, but I bet it’s over the other 50 per cent.

“All it was designed for was the sending and delivery of animals and the key was to get the sup-

“

Government adopted the same enthusiasm to pay compensation for farmers with the disease in the stated 10-14 day period and to speed up culling of cows.

The Nait bill might add some value, but the search and surveillance changes appeared to be another sledgehammer to Mid Canterbury farmers in a sector under pressure from M. bovis, said Tavendale and Partners agribusiness

the Nait legislation. They are just tweaks to a system which seem to be reasonable, but it would seem prudent to have a search warrant with its checks and balances.’’

The agribusiness law firm has seven lawyers acting for farmer clients affected by M. bovis.

However, industry-good organisation DairyNZ supported the Government’s decision to pass amendments to Nait legislation

The powers are more extreme than available to police for drug and other criminal-related searches

port of farmers and address an issue without fear of prosecution or persecution. What they are doing is losing the confidence of farmers.’’

Ford said farmers knew they had nothing to worry about if they had nothing to hide, but that did not justify farm inspections without warrants.

He said it would be good if the

partner Tim Silva.

A far better approach would be for MPI to win the support of farmers by providing a much more inclusive approach for the M. bovis response, he said.

“The powers are more extreme than available to police for drug and other criminal-related searches,’’ he said. “There is no problem with the other tweaks of

this week.

“It’s become clear over the past year, as we deal with the fall-out of mycoplasma bovis, that some farmers haven’t been taking the requirements to record animal movements through Nait as seriously as they should have been,” said chief executive Dr Tim Mackle.

DairyNZ had always encour-

aged farmers to complete Nait records and the failure to do this had caused problems for the disease response and legislated changes were necessary, he said.

Crucial to preventing the spread of a future disease was knowing where cattle had been, he said.

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon said in Parliament that he had concerns about the scope of the bill.

The amendments align search and inspection powers in the Nait Act with those that the National Government passed in the Search and Surveillance Act in 2012.

In Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor’s first reading of the bill, he said the bill would ensure all animal movements could be tracked and people moving stock to unregistered locations without declaring the movements could be held to account.

The bill was not about increasing powers for officers but ensuring that those already available to them could be used properly and be aligned with other legislation to help eradication efforts, he said.

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Mid Canterbury’s electric vehicle numbers lagging

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton might be preparing for a growing wave of electric vehicles (EV), but that wave could be a long time coming.

The Government has a target of 64,000 electric vehicles on the road by the end of 2021, but figures provided by EV advocacy group Drive Electric suggest the numbers could fall well short of that target.

Registered EV numbers in the Ashburton District are low, with the Ministry of Transport’s data to July 31 showing 19 registered to Ashburton owners, three to Rakaia owners and one to a Methven owner – a total of 23. Registrations for all of Canterbury total 1175 and for all of New Zealand there are 9000 EV registrations.

There are two public EV charging points in the Ashburton District, in Rakaia and Ashburton, and a third is planned for Methven. There are also several points on private property.

Drive Electric chairman Mark Gilbert said the EV adoption needed to speed up and his organisation is suggesting a variation on the fringe benefit tax, Project Switch, could be the catalyst needed.

This would see EVs bought by businesses for fleet use, attracting a lower value of FBT linked to the fleet’s outgoing fossil fuel model vehicles.

The cost of an EV, between $50,000 and $80,000 is high com-

pared with a comparable internal combustion engine vehicle, $30,000 to $40,000, but running costs are significantly lower.

As an example, Gilbert said, Meridian’s EV cost $695 per annum to run compared to between $6000 and $7000 for a traditional vehicle.

When it comes to fleets making the switch, EA Networks is al-

ready moving down that track.

Commercial manager Jeremy Adamson said the company had two hybrid SUVs in its fleet and, as vehicles came up for replacement, all options were considered.

“We’re obviously keeping a close watch and we’ll be looking to move more into this realm, but the vehicles need to be fit for the

performance we need,” he said.

Because of the service nature of EA Networks’ business and the often rugged back country terrain that was travelled, it was important the most appropriate vehicles for the job were chosen “There is no issue with EV quality and certainly the range is getting better. When a vehicle comes up for replacement we look at its

operational requirements. If it is a flat-country run-about, then it may well be that EV is the way to go,” Adamson said.

The company would also look at the total cost of ownership of the vehicle and certainly that currently was weighted in favour of EVs. If petrol was priced at $2 per litre at the pump, that was equivalent to 30c for an EV, he said.

Inbuilt logburners problematic

By Sue NewmaN

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While hundreds of Ashburtonians have replaced their old logburners over the past few years, there are still some who have not and those homeowners could be faced with a tricky problem finding replacement models.

Permits to replace logburners aged 15 years and over had to be lodged with the Ashburton District Council by October 31, 2017,

to ensure those replacements could be low-emission models.

Permits lodged after that date could only be for the more expensive ultra-low emission burners.

And for people with in-built log burners, that could create a problem, said council building services manager Michael Wong.

“Currently there are no ultralow inbuilt models available in New Zealand, so for those people, I’m not quite sure what they’re

going to do,” he said.

Wong said he has yet to receive a consent application that involves an inbuilt burner, but said he knows these will come.

All ultra-low emission approved burners listed on ECan’s website are free standing.

Homeowners replacing burners that are coming up to a 15year expiry date, can still replace these with low emission models providing their consent applica-

tion is lodged before January 1.

Building consents for low emission burners will not be issued after January 2019.

The drive to replace older logburners with lower emission models has been under way for several years and is led by Environment Canterbury.

This is part of a requirement for air sheds to meet National Environmental Standards for air quality.

This sets a standard of no more than one pollution breach per year by 2020.

This year Ashburton was allowed to have up to three breaches of the PM10 guideline of no more than 50mcg.

Two have occurred, one in June, 52mcg and one in July, 54mcg.

Since recordings have been taken in 2007 Ashburton’s breaches have ranged from 16, down to just one.

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Message against violence

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Margo and Rosa Flanagan – also known as the Two Raw Sisters – are on a mission to change people’s perceptions about plantbased foods, through workshops at places like Ashburton’s Kitchen Kapers.

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Sisters sold on raw food

By Katie todd

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If there’s such a thing as reaching optimum health, Margo and Rosa Flanagan believe the path to get there is lined with fresh veges, granola and raw vegan cheesecake.

Nineteen-year-old Margo credits plant-based foods for helping her beat chronic fatigue, while 22-year-old Rosa, a steeplechase athlete, says it has been the key to overcoming an eating disorder.

Now the Christchurch-born Two Raw Sisters are sharing what they’ve learned about food as medicine with the people of New Zealand.

The young entrepreneurs have been travelling the country delivering workshops educating people on how “easy, affordable and yummy” plant-based foods can be.

They were invited to Ashburton by Kitchen Kapers’ owner Rachael Redmond, where they delivered a workshop on winter salads on Thursday night.

Margo said there’s a significant amount of satisfaction in showing people how to use ingredients in new ways and unlock its nutritional benefits, or simply demonstrating how a good dressing can totally change everything.

Simply put, “we both just love helping people,” Margo said.

As well as their own experiences, the girls are equipped with knowledge from a course they undertook at raw-based culinary school Plant Lab, in Los Angeles last year.

Upon returning in June, they hit the ground running.

With the hope of becoming chefs, they started creating and supplying food to restaurants like Christchurch’s Hello Sunday – literally from their first week back in New Zealand, Rosa said.

They also began offering workshops, appearing at food shows and selling products at the Riccarton Bush market.

While their vegan sweets received a huge amount of positive feedback, Margo and Rosa

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quickly realised they wanted to do things a little differently.

“We weren’t getting to interact with people,” Rosa said.

“We didn’t want to do the manufacturing, being stuck in a factory,” Margo said.

“Instead of doing lots of things at a good level, we wanted to do a few things at an outstanding level. So we decided to cut back, evaluate and see what’s most beneficial.”

And that’s when they decided to pour all their passion into the workshops.

Now offering classes from Dunedin to Auckland on topics including fermentation, root vegetables, raw desserts, sports nutrition, healing the gut and living on a budget, the Two Raw Sisters said every day is different.

The classes range from open workshops to private events, work functions and even hens’ nights.

While every class has a different vibe, the girls said they make sure to include tips and tricks which

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benefit everyone, like seasonality shopping and how to create flavour combinations with similar ingredients – “instead of just buying one thing and using it once”.

The girls said they see all sorts coming to their workshops, including, large numbers of people from older generations who want to branch out from the meatbased meals they’ve grown up and known for years.

The age range at this week’s Kitchen Kapers’ workshop ranged into the 70s.

“I think it’s good we’re doing it young, because we’re able to reach both generations,” Margo said.

“It’s one of those things – family tell their friends and it reaches friends of friends.”

Now, with plans to set up a workshop base in Christchurch’s Welles Street, and workshops booked across the country until Christmas, the girls are showing no sign of slowing down.

“We’re in it for the long term,” Rosa said.

A Northland artist is using thousands of handmade purple hearts to create a piece of work with a powerful message about love and anti-violence.

A groundswell of support for the anti-violence campaign #Justiceforeli has resulted in thousands of hearts lovingly created from people around the world delivered to Whangarei.

The campaign started online with heartfelt videos from family members after the death of 18-year-old Eli Holtz, of Whangarei.

The former Tikipunga High School student was a passenger in a vehicle that had stopped at a red light in central Auckland about 3.15am, in January, when he was allegedly assaulted. He was put on life support but later died.

A Bulls man, 30, has been charged with manslaughter and will be tried in the High Court at Auckland in November.

The family started the campaign to create safer communities for families and raise awareness of the magnitude of violence in New Zealand.

Purple was Eli’s favourite colour and the heart became the symbol of the campaign.

Artist Mahinaarangi Reihana-Kopa received seven boxes filled with thousands of hearts from the Holtz family. The NorthTec graduate said she had sat down with the family to get an idea of who Eli was and learn about the kaupapa – principles and ideas which act as a base or foundation for action – of the campaign.

Reihana-Kopa, from Waiomio, is looking forward to creating a work that will be displayed for the public.

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In brief

Kate Murney

Heli-pad fundraiser Ashburton played a big part in the Maia Health Foundation’s drive to raise money for Christchurch Hospital’s roof-top heli-pad and the community will soon have another opportunity to boost the fundraising pool. Local woman Kate Murney was a front person for the appeal, telling how the helicopter service helped save her life and daughter Tara Newton is keen to play her part in helping raise the $400,000 that is needed to complete the heli-pad project.

Newton and friend Angela Leadley have created Club Ninety Eight.

It will be a spring indulgence of food and entertainment at Trotts Garden on October 13. There will be auctions and Kate will share her story, as will intensive care specialist David Bowie. Tickets are on sale now at $150 per person.

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The Ashburton Society of Arts’ latest guest artist, Florence Egasse, considers her work an open book for viewers to interpret and react to.

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■ SHORT STREET STUDIO

Artist’s fascination with emotion

By Katie todd

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A fascination with human emotion and a penchant for spontaneous flair are the driving forces behind a selection of works now on display in the Short Street Studio.

France-born, Christchurchdwelling contemporary artist Florence Egasse is starring as the guest artist for the Ashburton Society of Arts’ Early Spring Show.

Along with the works of a dozen members of the society, she will be exhibiting pieces from a body of work called Undercover, along with another piece called Sweet As. A lover of language, Egasse often gives her pieces names with dual meanings, she said. For example, Undercover, while exploring our “concealed senses” and human attraction to the elements, also features low clouds

in reference to being cloaked and wrapped up.

Egasse is self-taught, yet spent hours studying the composition and techniques of classic and modern artists when she was a student, working in the museums of Bayeux, Normandy.

She finds inspiration in children’s drawings, the native scenes of France and New Zealand and her childhood by the sea, as well as people and interior spaces.

She said she is constantly exploring new things in her artworks and going with the flow.

“I do not want to stick to what I know. I love exploring all the techniques,” she said.

The Early Spring Show will open on Sunday at 10am and run until September 16.

Works can be viewed on weekends from 10am to 3pm or when the sign is outside the studio at 53 Short Street.

A section of Methven Highway was closed to traffic on Thursday night for over an hour following a car crash. Two vehicles collided at around 6.50pm around 6km south of Methven, blocking the road.

Emergency services established a detour along Thompsons Track and Pole Road. One person sustained minor injuries and was transported to Ashburton Hospital Emergency Department by St John. A tow truck was called for the vehicles and the road re-opened at around 8.15pm.

Three injured Three people have been injured, one critically, after a car rolled down a bank on a private driveway in west Auckland yesterday afternoon. Three people have been injured, one person is in a critical condition, one person is in a serious condition and the other has moderate injuries.

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■ ART EXHIBITION

Sea provides inspiration for artists

By Katie todd

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Jacqui and Dan Shipp’s artworks might be on exhibit in the alpine community of Methven, but it’s a far cry from the studios in which they’re produced.

As an underwater photographer, Dan can typically be found exploring vast Indonesian shipwrecks, hovering near the entrance of sea anemones waiting to earn the trust of its resident clownfish, or getting up close with curious grey seals.

As an artist, Jacqui can typically be found crouched in the lounge amid hundreds of itty bits of magazine as she assembles a collage, or perched on the sea floor furiously sketching the school of manta rays before her in an underwater notebook.

The travelling couple from the UK have just set up their first combined exhibition in the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and said behind every piece of art on display is an interesting story.

“All of the pieces are from places we’ve been, breathed the atmosphere,” Jacqui said.

Dan said there was no easing into his love of underwater photography when he began around 15 years ago.

“My big love was diving, and one day I just picked up a camera with the express intention of using it while diving,” he said.

Since then, his subjects have included tiny crustaceans, unique species of fish and often Jacqui herself, while she is free diving.

The hardest part of it is gaining the subject’s trust and managing their stress, he said – “whether it’s a fish, or Jacqui”.

Referencing a photo where Jacqui is around 20 metres underwater, he said some photos can take several attempts.

“As she swam up I kept visualising the perfect photo, so she’d get to the top … completely gasping for breath ... and I’d be there ready to tell her to go back down and try something else,” he said.

More recently, he has found himself dabbling in macro photography on land, taking closeup botanical images and finding

Methven’s visiting “artists with gills”, Jacqui and Dann Shipp. awe in the experience of “simply holding a camera”, rather than an enormous underwater rig with lighting.

Jacqui has recently gotten into diving and sketching more, but has always had a penchant for collage creations. Her work has featured around the world and even been purchased by The Natural History museum of London.

Her pieces in the exhibition include famous scenes of New Zea-

land like Tekapo and Mt Cook, along with a detailed depiction of a Maori woman.

“When I’m creating a collage I come up with the idea and then I look through magazines for the textures and patterns I want. It really takes on a life of its own … and that’s the good thing about collage,” she said.

“Sometimes I’ll see her tear a tiny corner off the page of a magazine and think ‘what on earth is

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that for’,” Dan said.

“But then you see it on the page and it all makes complete sense.”

The couple spend the winter months of each year in New Zealand, where Jacqui has family, and the rest of their time in Indonesia, along with the occasional visit back to friends and family in the UK. The warm waters of Indonesia give them the chance to see bright, colourful coral, while the colder

waters of New Zealand and the UK make for more moody and “edgy” scenes.

“New Zealand diving is great – it’s like all the best bits of the UK, in one,” Dan said.

Jacqui and Dann Shipp’s works will be on display in the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, Methven, throughout August.

The exhibition can be viewed from 9am to 5pm during the week and 10.30am to 2pm on weekends.

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Kitten on road; police to the rescue An injured kitten got a police escort after causing havoc on Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway yesterday.

The three-month-old male kitten lost a front leg in the mayhem and jumped in panic into a tight space above the gears underneath a police car.

Police could not pull him out at the scene, so drove him to Giltrap Motors at Glenfield, where a fourman team pulled the car apart to extract the kitten and took him to the nearby Glenfield Veterinary Clinic.

Veterinary nurse Angelique Macgillivray said the clinic was working to stabilise him before operating to remove the remainder of his front leg next week.

“We put him on IV [intravenous] fluids as soon as he came in because he only had one front leg. He’s on about four different antibiotics and lots of pain relief,” she said.

“We took an X-ray and one lung was collapsed from maybe being hit by a car. We are trying to get him stable before we do surgery on Monday or Tuesday next week.

“I think he was just running around on the motorway and that’s what caused the traffic to stop.”

The kitten has not been microchipped or neutered so the vets believe he may have been wild.

“He was very dirty, flea-ridden and had worms, he’s not in a good state,” Macgillivray said. “But he’s super-friendly, so he could potentially belong to someone.”

In a Facebook post, she said, “He amazingly survived the night and is such a strong and purry little guy we are all hoping and praying he makes it! Please keep this wee man in your thoughts and prayers this weekend! He’s such a fighter but will definitely need all the warm happy thoughts he can get!”

The post received 137 likes and many comments offering sympathy and best wishes.

Giltrap workshop foreman Jason De Gier said a police officer arrived at about 11am yesterdaywith the kitten wedged above the police car’s rear differential.

“We had to drop the whole rear suspension off and pull the differential down to get the cat out,” he said.

“We got four guys on to it. With the impact gun and the right tools it took half an hour to get the cat out. It was like being in a pit stop [at a car race], the guys just got stuck in.

The three-month-old male kitten is recovering at the Glenfield vet clinic after its ordeal.

“As soon as the cat was out, I raced it down to the vet.”

The four mechanics who extracted the kitten were Brad Bower, Reid Munro, Andrew Nijland and Jason Rowntree.

De Gier said the police had

been trying to catch the kitten.

“Somehow it got frightened and ran under the police car. At that stage it had already had one leg removed, because the police knew it was a three-legged cat that had gone under the car and

jumped into the suspension area and got stuck,” he said.

“I guess with only one leg, it was probably pretty limited to where it could go, and I suppose it would have been frightened to hell as well.”

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Big Lotto winner surfaces A young Central Otago man who bought a Lotto ticket on a whim is the lucky winner of the $22.3 million Powerball prize It is the largest Powerball prize won in the South Island.

“I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a post that Powerball was $22 million that night.

“I thought that would be pretty sweet, so I bought a ticket through the Lotto NZ App and didn’t think any more of it,” said the winner, who is in this 20s.

It wasn’t until Thursday evening that he thought to check his ticket.

“I hadn’t heard anything about it to be honest. I was hanging out with my best mate after work when I remembered I’d bought a ticket, so figured I might as well check it.

“I watched the numbers circle off on my ticket. After the first couple I thought that’s pretty lucky. Then I saw all six numbers circled and lined up in a row and didn’t really know what to think – then the Powerball came as well.”

“I said, ‘Mate – I think I’ve won Powerball … is this real?’” the winner said.

His parents were the next to hear the news and had trouble

believing he wasn’t pulling their legs. “Mum and Dad didn’t believe me – it’s the kind of thing I’d pull, so they chalked it up to a joke. The whole thing felt a little too good to be true, so I just put my phone down and went to bed.”

Waking up the next morning it all started to sink in.

“I woke up to a message from my Dad with a link to an article saying a $22.3 million Powerball prize had been won in Central Otago with a MyLotto ticket – that’s when I realised what was happening, there are only so many times it can be a coincidence,” said the winner.

“I logged into MyLotto and claimed the prize, then decided to give Lotto NZ a call and get to the bottom of things. When they confirmed that I was the big winner I was in absolute shock.”

Securing his future was on the forefront of his mind when thinking about spending the money, he said.

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In brief Charged over death A Hamilton man has been charged in relation to a crash which allegedly saw a car clip a tractor and crash into a ditch, killing his passenger. Jack Rathsamy, 23, briefly appeared in the Hamilton District Court yesterday charged with dangerous driving causing the death of Andrew Hendon on February 24, this year. He was allegedly driving his vehicle just north of Hamilton, when it clipped a tractor and then flipped into a ditch. Hendon died at the scene.

Rathsamy was remanded on bail to reappear next month.

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Yesterday, ECan chairman Steve Lowndes confirmed that as a result of submissions, the council decided to increase its proposal to 14 councillors, including two representing South Canterbury.

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Serves 4 2 x 200g Quality Mark sirloin steaks (about 2cm thick) 2T hoisin sauce (optional) 1 firm but ripe avocado, halved, stone removed and peeled Juice of 1 lemon 4 wraps 1/4 C cottage cheese 2C finely shredded iceberg lettuce 1 handful baby spinach leaves 1 lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced 1C grated carrot 1C mung bean sprouts Handful fresh parsley leaves ■ Preheat the barbecue grill until hot.

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All the way from Zimbabwe When Mid Canterbury takes to the field for the 2018 Heartland Championship, two Zimbabwean rugby players, who came to New Zealand to chase a dream, are hoping to play a vital part in their success. Erin Tasker reports.

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rian Matoramusha and Shepherd Mhembere came to New Zealand to chase a rugby dream.

That dream brought them to Mid Canterbury and today, the area is their home and they’re preparing to pull on the green and gold jersey of Mid Canterbury in this season’s Heartland Championship.

It’s an opportunity that excites the Zimbabwean duo and one that they’re grateful for.

Last year they were on the sideline at Mid Canterbury’s home games, hoping that one day they might earn the right to take to the field themselves. They did get called up for one training last year, and while that was where their involvement ended in 2017, it gave them a taste of what could be and made them more determined than ever to make it happen.

“We came and watched these guys play the year we were playing for Hampstead and said probably one day, that might be us,” Matoramusha said.

Last year they played their club rugby for Hampstead and wins were hard to come by, but this season they switched their allegiances to Celtic, out of a desire to keep on learning, and things changed for them.

They finished the club season as members of Mid Canterbury Rugby’s winning Watters Cup team and later that same day were named in the Mid Canterbury team.

Both had played rugby at a high level in South Africa, but the Heartland Championship would be a step up in terms of intensity from what they’d experienced in their more than two years in New Zealand so far, and they can’t wait to get into it.

Their motivation was born out of a desire to make their families proud back home in Zimbabwe.

“That’s why I keep working hard, for my family back home.

Every time I feel like giving up I think about them, especially my mum, as I was raised by a single mum. My dad passed away when I was eight,” Matoramusha said.

Their focus in New Zealand is learning and growing.

“It’s always about learning and getting better every day. It’s not competing with anyone, it’s just competing with yourself and making yourself a better player,” Mhembere said.

“We came here to chase a dream, pretty much, and be better than we were yesterday, every moment.”

“The reason why we get motivated and go to the gym every day is because of our families back home,” Matoramusha said.

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Above – Brian Matoramusha makes a break down the sideline in Mid Canterbury’s pre-season match against South Canterbury last weekend.

Below – Shepherd Mhembere tries to barge through the Hampstead defence while playing for Celtic.

Below – Bracing for impact against Southern this season

knew behind in April, 2016, was a big decision, particularly for Matoramusha. Conscious of all his mum had done for him growing up, Matoramusha was unsure about leaving, but Mhembere convinced him to give it a shot and they boarded a plane together bound for New Zealand knowing that if it didn’t work out they could always go home.

When they arrived in New Zealand, the boys played a season for the small Heriot club in Otago before finding themselves in Mid Canterbury.

They knew no-one in the district but their old coach back home put them on to an Ashburton woman he knew – Moira Youngquest. The pair now regard her and son Thomas as their Kiwi family.

“If it wasn’t for her, I think we would be home at the moment,” Mhembere said.

“She took us as her own sons.”

In Ashburton they got jobs – lock Mhembere for CanStaff and winger Matoramusha on a dairy farm – and joined the Hampstead seniors for the 2017 season.

“It wasn’t the best in terms of scores and that, but the boys there, they were amazing and it’s really good to hang out with those boys. It’s like a brotherhood,” Mhembere said.

Moving to Celtic this season and winning Mid Canterbury Rugby’s showpiece, the Watters Cup, was mind-blowing for them.

“Even now, it’s still like a dream,” Matoramusha said.

“The kids that ran on at the end, that was a really special moment.”

It was like being an All Black, they said.

“Those Celtic kids are something else,” Mhembere said.

In the less than 18 months they’ve been in Ashburton, the duo have become pretty wellknown figures.

“Everyone knows us – they say ‘that’s Brian and Shepherd’. Even if we go to the pool, young kids will come and greet us, it’s pretty cool,” Mhembere said.

As a kid himself, Mhembere loved rugby, but for Matoramusha it was a different story. He played soccer until his speed caught the attention of rugby coaches who talked him into switching codes.

“I was 15 at the time and they chucked me in the under-16 team and I was pretty nervous. The first time I caught the ball I just ran like a headless chicken,” Matoramusha said.

“And from there I just fell in love with it.”

He was fast, but so was Mhembere. Both represented Zimbabwe at athletics, as well as playing rugby for the Zimbabwe under-20s.

Switching to rugby was a move Matoramusha never imagined he’d make, but he proved to be pretty handy at it, and got a scholarship to attend Prince Ed-

ward College in Harare where his rugby captain, and head boy, was Mhembere.

After leaving school Mhembere was contracted to the Blue Bulls and Matoramusha received offers from both the Stormers and Sharks Super Rugby franchises.

Mhembere had been part of the Mustangs rugby academy in South Africa and Matoramusha headed there when he finished school too.

“I just saw myself following in his footsteps – my aim was to play for the Blue Bulls too.”

But Mhembere was like a brother to him, so after much

discussion he decided to take the plunge and travel to New Zealand and neither regret it.

He’d only been at the academy for two months when they decided to board a plane to New Zealand not really knowing what awaited them.

“We probably thought at the airport we were going to see Richie McCaw or something,” Mhembere laughed.

He was a huge fan of Kiwi rugby, while Matoramusha favoured the South African style and sevens over 15s, once dreaming of representing South Africa at sevens.

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to chase their rugby dream Left – Shepherd Mhembere (left) and Brian Matoramusha are hoping to make an impact for Mid Canterbury this season.

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n was Shepherd Mhembere.

Last year he made the Mid Canterbury sevens team which went to the nationals and recalled getting goose-bumps as the national anthem reverberated around the Rotorua stadium, despite not knowing the words.

“I didn’t know rugby, but now I know New Zealand is rugby,” Matoramusha said.

Both Mhembere and Matoramusha thrived on challenges.

Both were firm believers in there was no such thing as doing something wrong, it was all about what you did next.

“We are not scared to fail,” Matoramusha said.

“If you fail, you get up. That’s how you learn,” Mhembere said.

That was something they had in common with their Mid Canterbury coach Sean Carter. They said Carter had taught them there were no bad decisions in rugby and to never leave the field with ‘what ifs’.

“I always tell (Matoramusha) there’s nothing called wrong, it’s about what can you do better,” Mhembere said.

The words give up are not in their vocabulary.

“If you were to explain about Brian and Shepherd today, just put the word positive,” Mhem-

bere said.

“Even when we fall and in the hard times, we never see the negative. Negativity does not exist in our minds. We just choose to be positive.”

“A challenge comes your way so you can walk over it, that’s how we see it,” Matoramusha said.

They know there will be more challenges in their future. They are keen to stay in New Zealand, but every 12 months they have to renew their visas. Whatever their futures hold though, rugby will continue to play a part.

“I can’t say the South African dream has gone away. If the opportunity comes I’d just have to weigh up my options,” Matoramusha said.

“But at the moment I’m just focusing on Mid Canterbury and anything that comes after that we’ll just see how it goes.”

They are about living in the moment.

“The goal for me, for Shepherd Mhembere, is to be better every moment. Every moment I get I’m going to grab it with both hands and just try to be better every day and see where that will get me.”

Matoramusha is determined to simply keep growing as a player.

“That’s the first thing I want, to get more skills, and I want to be a part of the Mid Canterbury team and contribute something to the team and be a part of history. I want to win the cup and I want to be in the final, and the other

thing is to just have fun,” Matoramusha said.

Coming to New Zealand aged just 20 meant he’d had to grow up quickly. He said he struggled socially initially and found it hard being so far away from his mum.

“It was really hard for me to open up to people. I couldn’t keep a conversation with someone for more than five minutes if I didn’t know them.”

But with Mhembere’s help he has gradually felt more at ease to the point where now, New Zealand felt like home.

They weren’t big fans of the Mid Canterbury winter, but they loved the Kiwi way of life and Kiwi food.

They loved nothing more than sitting down to a feed of kumara mash and chops – pork chops for Mhembere and lamb chops for Matoramusha – as they dissected their latest exploits on the field.

The road to where he was today hadn’t always been easy, but Matoramusha hoped he could help to inspire younger generations.

“For the kids in this community, just for them to keep believing in something, have a goal and never give up.”

Coach Carter said the sheer desire and determination of both players was what had struck him about them.

“Their desire and passion to be better and to learn both on the field and off the field … they are really willing and eager and keen to take as much information

on board to become both better rugby players,” Carter said.

They may have come to New Zealand as a package deal, but if one of them had made it big and the other hadn’t, it wouldn’t have bothered them.

“If he gets successful or if he gets better than me, I’m happy for him like I’m happy for my own,” Mhembere said.

The fact they’d both made the Mid Canterbury squad was a blessing to them. They were excited about making the step up together and hopefully giving the region they now called home something to cheer about in a few weeks’ time.

They came to New Zealand wanting to experience a different style and level of rugby, but they’ve ended up getting so much more. They’ve found a home away from home and they hope to remain in New Zealand for a long time and go as far as they can with their rugby.

“That’s everyone’s dream, to be an All Black one day,” Mhembere said.

“I can’t say the South African dream has gone away. If the opportunity comes I’ll take it, I just have to weigh my options and see.

“At the moment I’m just focusing on Mid Canterbury. Anything that comes after that we’ll see how it goes,” Mhembere said.

“Life’s a journey, you have to enjoy it.”

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Where’s the biodegradable bags?

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t’s been on the radar for years, it’s been tried, trialled, abandoned and revisited, but finally the ban on single use plastic bags is here and hopefully it’s here to stay.

Banning those bags is the easy part. The move has the backing of the major supermarket chains and most people seem to think it’s a pretty decent idea. It is.

We can’t carry on as we have since they were invented in the ’60s, piling our purchases into bags that ended up in landfill sites or blowing in the wind and decorating landscapes around the country.

It’s appalling that for decades with little thought, we’ve used a product that after just a few minutes use ends up in landfill,

remaining in its original state for hundreds of years.

Countless generations down the track, future Kiwis will be able to dig up those landfill sites and marvel at the plastic artifacts they’ll uncover. What a legacy to leave.

Getting rid of plastic requires the co-operation of everyone from the manufacturing and packaging industries to the shopper on the street. It’ll be a long

process and there will be resistance.

The big question is, what do we replace these bags with?

Apart from carrying goods and groceries, we’ll need something to line bins with, put bits and pieces of rubbish into, to carry dirty shoes, to protect plants from frost.

The list is endless.

Yes, there are products coming onto the market that promote themselves as biodegradable bags designed for just those purposes, but how good are they? What’s their lifespan when they’re tossed into landfill sites?

Check out any supermarket now and virtually every trolley has reusable bags on board. It’s an embarrassment if you happen to have forgotten yours and have to

skulk out of the supermarket with a plastic bag in hand.

If we’re serious about this plastic bag ban then we need alternative products that spell out clearly what their in ground lifespan is and we need them at a reasonable price.

The issue of what to replace plastic bags with is simple – take your own reusable bag if you’re the shopper or switch to paper bags if you’re a retailer. Wrap stuff in brown or newspaper if you have to.

The key to all of this however, is having good alternatives at a reasonable price. That’ll determine the outcome. No point in having products that are only marginally better. No point in having products that come with a hefty price

tag. And therein lies the challenge.

Search the internet and you’ll find a host of manufacturers producing bags for all purposes from garden waste and dog poop to kitchen bin liners. They variously describe those bags as bio, eco, compostable, made from bio plastic, made from maize. The list is long, but virtually none spell out how long it will take before those breakdown and become an indistinguishable part of the soil.

For Kiwis venturing into this new plastic bagless world, it’s very confusing. If we’re making the change we need to know we’re changing to a product that is actually better. We need to know we’re making a real change not simply swapping plastic for a Claytons replacement.

Florida, ruled that Kimberly Mays, the 14-year-old girl who had been switched at birth with another baby, need never again see her biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, in accordance with her stated wishes. (However, Kimberly later moved in with the Twiggs.)

In 2001, fire broke out at a budget hotel outside Manila, killing 75 people.

Ten years ago: Pervez Musharraf resigned as the president of Pakistan. Tropical Storm Fay pounded Cuba with torrential rain and wind before sweeping across the Florida Keys.

Five years ago: David Miranda, partner of reporter Glenn Greenwald, who’d received leaks

from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, was detained for nearly nine hours at London’s Heathrow airport, triggering claims authorities were trying to interfere with reporting on the issue. Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the world championships held in Moscow, anchoring Jamaica to victory in the 4 x 100-metre relay.

One year ago: A Los Angeles judge rejected an effort by Roman Polanski’s victim to end a four-decade-old sexual assault case against the fugitive director. (Polanski pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with the girl when she was 13; he fled the country on the eve

of sentencing in 1978.)

Today’s birthdays: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is 91.

Movie director Roman Polanski is 85. Actor-director Robert Redford is 82. Actor Henry G. Sanders is 76. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 75. Rhythmand-blues singer Sarah Dash (LaBelle) is 73. Rock musician Dennis Elliott is 68. Country singer Jamie O’Hara is 68.

Comedian Elayne Boosler is 66.

Country singer Steve Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) is 63. Actor Denis Leary is 61. Actress Madeleine Stowe is 60. ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff is 57. Bluegrass musician Jimmy Mattingly is 56. Actor Adam Storke is 56. Actor Craig Bierko

is 54. Rock singer-musician Zac Maloy (The Nixons) is 50.

Rock singer and hip-hop artist Everlast is 49. Rapper Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan) is 49.

Actor Christian Slater is 49.

Actor Edward Norton is 49.

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 48. Actress Kaitlin Olson is 43. Actor-writer-director Hadjii is 42. Rock musician Dirk Lance is 42. Actor-comedian Andy Samberg is 40. Country musician Brad Tursi (Old Dominion) is 39. Actress Mika Boorem is 31. Actress Maia Mitchell is 25. Actress Parker McKenna Posey is 23.

Thought for today: “Memory is more indelible than ink.” — Anita Loos (1888-1981).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, August 18, the 230th day of 2018. There are 135 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing all American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.

On this date: In 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.)

In 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration.

In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War One. In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King dedicated the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the United States and Canada.

In 1954, during the Eisenhower administration, Assistant Secretary of Labour James Ernest Wilkins became the first black official to attend a meeting of the president’s Cabinet as he sat in for Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell.

In 1963, James Meredith became the first black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set

by Jimi Hendrix.

In 1976, two US Army officers were killed in Korea’s demilitarised zone as a group of North Korean soldiers wielding axes and metal pikes attacked US and South Korean soldiers.

In 1983, Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than a billion dollars’ worth of damage.

In 1993, a judge in Sarasota,

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ike me, you might have thought Dr Don Brash’s day had not only come but well and truly gone. Not so! It seems it has, still, some hours to run.

The former Reserve Bank Governor, almost National Party Prime Minister, Act leader and a man of advancing years and, seemingly, affable disposition, has been very much in our faces and our news this past week.

It all began when the lady vice-chancellor (VC) of Massey University decided the good doctor’s presence on campus could lead to untold upheaval, unrest and danger to life and limb.

Thus the invitation of the university political club to Dr Brash was refused by the said VC, in her capacity as both judge and jury in such matters.

This peremptory decision was met with both surprise and strongly-expressed criticism.

Dr Brash’s long-held and oftexpressed view is that we in New Zealand are all one people and should be treated as such, even though the expression of such an opinion led to his having mud thrown in his face at a political rally in 2004.

That it was also a startlingly popular opinion that very nearly saw him onto the ninth floor of the Beehive is another story.

Currently, he leads a semi political group under the name of Hobson’s Pledge – he of Treaty of Waitangi fame – whose pledge was the very same, “Now, we are

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all one people”.

One way or another, Dr Brash would seem to be an unlikely rabble-rouser at whose meetings armed guards should be in close attendance. It also seemed unlikely there would be too much “hate speech” on display.

Thus, “freedom of speech”, a concept with which we have become very familiar in the past few months, emerged as the issue, lurking just below the surface.

Inevitably, his banning from Massey caught the attention of the media, who descended on it with some relish. The outcome seems to have been the direct intervention of the University of Auckland, who quickly made it clear Dr Brash was welcome to come among them and express to the students whatever it was he had in mind.

Thus Auckland entered the same controversy but “from the other side” – as it were.

Subsequently, Dr Brash spoke without a riot following though, like all speakers, he had to put up with a fair amount of heckling, good-natured or otherwise.

The fact is that incidents like this are becoming the norm. The days when one could “express one’s opinion – however strongly – without fear or favour” have been replaced by the endlessly analytical approach which looks for racial, gender and religious slurs – among many others – that the current obsession with political correctness make utterly unacceptable.

Recently, two Canadians made the headlines as being “hate speakers” of a particularly virulent nature whom Phil Goff – in his capacity as Mayor of Auckland – felt would be better made persona non grata in his city in the face of the possible social consequences of a visit from them.

After endless negotiations for recognition and for a venue, I believe the “hate speakers” returned to Canada unheard here.

There again “public safety” was the reason given for their banning and their expulsion.

We now live in a world awash with such heated language. “I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it”, supposedly said Voltaire, the great French sage of the eighteenth century.

No doubt he remained faithful to his noble declaration and the world was all the better for it.

Nowadays, however, the insidious involvement of social media has not only muddied the waters but poisoned them beyond any

known method of de-contamination.

Trump bears a fair amount of responsibility for this state of affairs. No man who lies through his teeth, as he does, but spends as much time accusing others of doing the same – with gratuitous personal insults thrown in – try “lowlife” – can expect any sort of trust or respect.

That he happens, by awful mischance, to be the President of the United States makes his influence even more pernicious.

Free speech in America is now well-established as a licence to defame and destroy. We don’t want such licence here.

It’s up to Jacinda and her well-meaning comrades to see it doesn’t slip in under the proverbial radar.

Afterthought: One of Dr Brash’s current criticisms – of some years’ standing – is his objection to Maori counsellors being appointed to local councils with full voting rights but no prior election to justify their being round the table in the first place.

Would not most New Zealanders agree with him?

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Bridge’s design queried The bridge that collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa was considered a feat of engineering innovation when it was built five decades ago, but it came to require constant maintenance over the years.

Its design is now being investigated as a possible contributor to its stunning collapse.

The Morandi Bridge was severed in its midsection during a heavy downpour. Government officials initially said 39 people were killed but revised the death toll to 38 yesterday. Italian prosecutors focused their investigation into possible design flaws or inadequate maintenance of the bridge that opened in 1967.

Engineering experts said the disaster points to the challenges of maintaining any ageing bridge, regardless of its design.

“What the general public does not comprehend is that bridges have been traditionally designed in the past for a life span of 50 years,” said Neil Hawkins, a professor emeritus of engineering at the University of Illinois, who specialises in reinforced and prestressed concrete design.

“The environment in which the bridge exists can have a major effect on how much it can last beyond that 50-year design life span.”

The structure is a cable stayed bridge designed by Italian engineer Riccardo

John, Olivia reunited It’s 40 years since musical film Grease hit the big screen in the summer of 1978.

And on Wednesday night, the blockbuster’s leading stars John Travolta, 64, and Olivia Newton-John, 69, reunited for a special anniversary screening at Beverly Hills’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The pair, who played couple Sandy Olsson and Danny Zuko, shared a friendly kiss as they joined their co-stars on the red carpet, and even showed onlookers they’ve still got their show-stopping dance moves all these years later. Grease was the highest grossing movie of 1978, with its soundtrack album selling over 28 million copies worldwide.

A view of the evacuated houses built under the remains part of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge, in Genoa, northern Italy.

PHOTO AP Morandi, who died in 1989.

Among its unusual features were its concrete-encased stay cables, which Morandi used in several of his bridge designs instead of the more common steel cables.

There are two similar bridges in the world, in Libya and Venezuela.

Experts have said a number of factors could have contributed to the collapse, including wear and tear from weather and traffic that surpassed what the bridge was originally built to sustain.

“Genoa is a port city so that there can be marine effects and also it is a major industri-

al centre so that there can be air pollution that impairs the concrete,” Hawkins said.

“Whether any of these effects, or other major deficiencies in the foundations, were present I have no knowledge.

But all can contribute to a bridge failure.”

- AP

■ UNITED STATES

Bodies of missing wife, daughters found After his pregnant wife and two daughters disappeared, Christopher Watts stood on his porch in Colorado and lamented to reporters how much he missed them.

He longed for the simple things, he said, like telling his girls to eat their dinner and gazing at them as they curled up to watch cartoons.

“Last night, I had every light in the house on. I was hoping that I would just get ran over by the kids running in the door, just barrel-rushing me, but it didn’t happen,” he told Denver TV station KMGH. Yesterday, Watts was in jail after being arrested on suspicion of killing his family, probably before he spoke those words. Authorities did not offer a motive.

The body of 34-year-old Shanann Watts was found on property owned by Anadarko Petroleum, one of the state’s largest oil and gas drillers, where Christopher Watts worked, police said.

Investigators found what they believe are the bodies of 4-year-old Bella and 3-yearold Celeste nearby later.

Christopher Watts glances back at a Weld County Sheriff’s Deputy as he is escorted out of the courtroom at the Weld County Courthouse yesterday.

“As horrible as this outcome is, our role now is to do everything we can to determine exactly what occurred,” John Camper, director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said at a news conference in Frederick, a small town on the grassy plains north of Denver, where fast-growing subdivisions intermingle with drilling rigs and oil wells.

Watts, 33, has not been

formally charged. A judge ordered him held without bail and told prosecutors to file charges by Monday afternoon. He set a Tuesday hearing to review the case.

As he was escorted into the courtroom, Watts did not speak. He looked down for much of the hearing but made eye contact as the judge reviewed his rights.

A family friend report-

ed Shanann Watts and her daughters missing on Monday, police said.

In his previous interviews with Denver TV outlets, Christopher Watts said his wife of nearly six years returned home about 2am Monday after a flight for a work trip was delayed.

He said the two had an “emotional conversation” before he left for work a few hours later and that he became concerned after she did not return his calls or texts or those of her friends. He said he came home to an empty house after a friend knocked on the door at noon and got no answer.

Shanann Watts’ Facebook account paints a portrait of a happy married life, with a constant feed of photos and videos of friends, relatives and herself. Her comments were typically upbeat, whether she was running errands, playing with her kids or promoting a health program. The couple got married in North Carolina nearly six years ago and moved to Colorado around the same time.

- AP

Brad gets regular visits Angelina Jolie and ex Brad Pitt’s tense divorce battle is hitting a fever pitch.

But things looked like business as usual on Thursday when the actress, twins Vivienne and Knox, and older brother Pax were seen at the 60out Escape Rooms in LA. The family outing comes around the same time as documents from The Blast revealed that the actress was ordered by a judge to give Pitt regular visitation.

The order, originally issued July 11, dictated that the actor must have “four hours [with the children] every other day on school days and 12 hours every other day on non-school days”.

Inceased support ordered Britney Spears has been ordered to pay her ex-husband Kevin Federline $110,000.

The Toxic singer has been in dispute with the dancer for several months as he wants the amount of child support she pays for their two sons, Sean Preston, 12, and 11-year-old Jayden, increased from $20,000 a month and now she has been told to pay $100,000 in “costs and fees”, and an additional $10,000 to Benchmark Resolution Group. Kevin and his lawyers have previously complained they have not been provided with any of the financial documents they have requested from the 36-year-old pop star.

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■ VATICAN

Vatican condemns ‘predator’ priests Pope Francis is on the side of victims of more than 300 “predator” priests in the US accused of abusing children in one state, the Vatican says.

In a statement, it said the Church wanted to listen to the victims to “root out this tragic horror”.

This comes after US prosecutors found that more than 1000 children had been molested by clergy in Pennsylvania.

The US Conference of Catholic Bishop is now calling for an urgent investigation led by the Vatican.

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the group’s president, called the scandal a “failure of episcopal leadership”.

It comes days after the largestever probe of Catholic sex abuse in the US. The report from a Pennsylvania grand jury found that 301 priests abused children in the state over the past 70 years.

It also found that some abusers and those that covered up their crimes were later elevated to senior roles in the church.

Cardinal DiNardo of Texas said in a statement yesterday – two days after the report was issued – that the church is now “faced with a spiritual crisis that requires not only spiritual conversion, but practical changes to avoid repeating the sins and failures that are so evident in this recent report”.

He said the executive committee of the US Conference of

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Plane skids off rainy Manila runway A plane from China skidded off a runway at Manila’s airport while landing in a downpour near midnight then got stuck in a muddy field with one engine and wheel ripped off before its 157 passengers and eight crew scrambled out through an emergency slide, officials said yesterday. Only a few passengers sustained bruises but all those aboard Xiamen Air Flight 8667 were safe and were taken to an airport terminal, where they were given blankets and food before being taken to a hotel, airport general manager Ed Monreal told a news conference.

- AP

Veterans’ parade delayed until at least 2019 The Defense Department says the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won’t happen in 2018. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said yesterday that the military and the White House “have now agreed to explore opportunities in 2019”.

The announcement came several hours after it was reported that the parade would cost about $92 million, according to US officials citing preliminary estimates more than three times the price first suggested by the White House.

- AP

Boy’s remains identified Forensic investigators said they had identified the remains of a Georgia boy whose father is accused of abducting him and performing purification rituals on the child as he died at a remote New Mexico desert compound. The cause of the child’s death remained unknown.

The body of Abdul-ghani Wahhaj was found August 6 in an underground tunnel. It was so severely decomposed that investigators could not yet determine how the severely disabled boy reported missing in December had died, New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator said in a statement.

- AP Cardinal Daniel DiNardo called the scandal a “failure of episcopal leadership”.

Catholic Bishops (USCCB) had outlined three goals to prevent further abuse, and punish “predators in the Church and anyone who would conceal them”.

The USCCB said it would expand third-party reporting mechanisms that already exist in some dioceses for victims of abuse.

It pledged to streamline the complaints process, to make it “more prompt, fair, and transparent and to specify what constraints may be imposed on bishops at each stage of that process”.

And the bishops called for a papal representative to investigate allegations of sexual abuse against former Washington DC Cardinal Theodore McCarrick,

88, who resigned last month.

He is alleged to have personally abused several boys, including one altar boy 47 years ago.

Pope Francis immediately accepted his resignation and ordered him to pray as he awaits a church trial to consider further punishment.

The 18-month investigation graphically detailed numerous instances of Catholic clergy members raping and molesting children in several Pennsylvania dioceses, which in total represent about 1.7 million Catholics.

“Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all,” the 1300-page report found.

- AP

Judge finds conspiracy to kill Kim Two women accused in the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader’s half brother were told yesterday to make their defence after a Malaysian judge found evidence they participated in a “wellplanned conspiracy” to kill, extending their murder trial until next year.

Indonesia’s Siti Aisyah and Vietnam’s Doan Thi Huong are accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam’s face in an airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur on February 13, 2017. They face the death penalty if convicted. High Court Judge Azmi Ariffin found inadequate proof of a political assassination and said enough evidence had been presented in the six-month trial to infer the women and four North Korean suspects at large had meticulously engaged in a “well-planned conspiracy” to kill Kim “systemically,” he said.

- AP

US security leaders blast Trump Former US security officials issued scathing rebukes to President Donald Trump, admonishing him for yanking a top former spy chief’s security clearance in what they cast as an act of political vengeance. Trump said he’d had to do “something” about the “rigged” federal probe of Russian election interference. Trump’s admission that he acted out of frustration about the Russia probe underscored his willingness to use his executive power to fight back against an investigation he sees as a threat to his presidency. Legal experts said the dispute may add to the evidence being reviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller.

- AP

■ OBITUARY

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, dies at 76 Legendary singer Aretha Franklin died yesterday at home in Detroit, aged 76.

The music icon, who influenced generations of singers with unforgettable hits such as Respect (1967), Natural Woman (1968) and I Say a Little Prayer (1968), was surrounded by family and friends when she died at 9.50am on Thursday local time.

“It is with deep and profound sadness that we announce the passing of Aretha Louise Franklin, the Queen of Soul,” her family said in a statement issued by her publicist.

“In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart.

“We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins knew no bounds.”

Her death from advanced pancreatic cancer was followed by an

outpouring of grief, with celebrities flocking to pay their respects to the unbeatable singer.

John Legend tweeted: “Salute to the Queen. The greatest vocalist I’ve ever known.”

Diana Ross said she was “sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit Aretha Franklin”.

Barbra Streisand shared a photo of herself performing with Franklin in 2012, adding: “It’s difficult to conceive of a world without her.

Not only was she a uniquely brilliant singer, but her commitment to civil rights made an indelible impact on the world.”

Tributes flowed for the remarkable woman, with everyone from Apple CEO Tim Cook to Hillary Clinton expressing their admiration for Franklin and sadness at her death.

“She was a great woman, with a wonderful gift from God, her voice,” tweeted Donald Trump.

“She will be missed!”

Clive Davis, the music mogul

who brought her to Arista Records and helped revive her career in the 1980s, said he was devastated by her death.

“She was truly one of a kind,” he said in a statement. “She was more than the Queen of Soul.

She was a national treasure to be cherished by every generation throughout the world.

“Apart from our long professional relationship, Aretha was my friend. Her loss is deeply profound and my heart is full of sadness.”

Her family thanked friends and supporters from all over the world for their compassion and prayers.

“We have been deeply touched by the incredible outpouring of love and support we have received,” their statement read.

“We have felt your love for Aretha and it brings us comfort to know that her legacy will live on.

As we grieve, we ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time.”

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Aretha Franklin has died, aged 76.

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■ NEW ZEALAND SHAREMARKET

Gains as investors take stock New Zealand shares rose yesterday as investors took stock in a brief lull to the domestic corporate earnings season, with Skellerup Holdings extending Thursday’s gain to break a new record.

The S&P/NZX 50 index advanced 53.86 points, or 0.6 per cent to 9,052.77, the highest since July 10.

Within the index, 32 stocks gained, eight fell, and 10 were unchanged. Turnover was $96.3 million.

Earnings season took a breather yesterday ahead of heavy reporting days next Wednesday and Thursday. Local investors took the opportunity to digest the early starters, such as Skellerup’s record profit yesterday.

The shares rose 4.8 per cent to a record $2.19, adding to yesterday’s 4 per cent gain.

Among other companies to have already reported, SkyCity Entertainment Group increased 1 per cent to $4.19, Freightways gained 0.5 per cent to $7.58, Contact Energy slipped 0.2 per cent to $5.80, Precinct Properties

New Zealand was unchanged at $1.415, while Summerset Group Holdings declined 0.9 per cent to $7.50.

“It is the calm before the storm – next Wednesday we’ve got an enormous day of market cap reporting,” said Nikko Asset Management head of equities Stuart Williams.

“Anyone who’s disappointing in this result or in terms of their future guidance is getting absolutely slammed, so there’s little room for disappointment.”

Blue chip stocks underpinned the day’s wider gain. Ryman Healthcare rose 3.7 per cent to $13.35, Air New Zealand increased 1.5 per cent to $3.37, Mainfreight advanced 1.3 per cent to $28.15, Spark New Zealand gained 0.9 per cent to $3.96 and Auckland International Airport was up 0.8 per cent to $6.865.

Mercury NZ, which reports next Tuesday, yesterday announced a pilot subscription service letting people rent a range of electric vehicles on a monthly basis. Its shares rose 0.3 per cent to $3.38.

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p S&P/NZX 20 index

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p S&P/NZX All Gross

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p Rises 72 q Falls 28 Top 5 NZX gainers Company

ikeGPS Gr Pacific Edge Skellerup Ryman Healthcare Rubicon

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was unchanged at 60 cents after agreeing to buy a 60 per cent stake in Federal Pacific Finance, Tonga for $3.8m in cash and shares.

The shares component will be issued at 70 cents each, a premium which managing director David O’Connell said “more accurately reflects Geneva’s underlying value”.

- NZME

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9228 0.8854 4.8332 0.5942 1.4481 0.529 74.85 1.8036 9.9145 22.22 0.6741

Treated ‘like naughty school kids’ Property developer John Chow says he and brother Michael have been treated like “two naughty school kids” in their suspension from the National Business Review rich list.

The Chow brothers are in charge of a substantial business portfolio including commercial properties, strip clubs and brothels.

In last year’s rich list, the pair was said by NBR to be worth $170 million.

But NBR says it suspended them from the list this year “pending further investigation” after the brothers delisted their Chow Group.

“Property and finance remain John and Michael Chow’s core business. However, their plans to take NZAX-listed Chow Group private has led to NBR taking a closer look at their privately held assets and their membership has been suspended pending further investigation,” NBR said.

John Chow, on LinkedIn yesterday, questioned whether they

John and Michael Chow were the first rich-listers to get suspended.

“Like two naughty school kids, Michael and I have been “suspended” from the NBR rich list while they investigate our wealth,” he said.

“Most business people would understand that turning shares

from public to private is a completely open and transparent process that even a first-year business student could value,” Chow said.

NBR’s Todd Scott did not respond to a request for comment.

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month.

The rental campervan operator delayed its full-year announcement by a week over the ill health.

Pushpay Holdings posted the largest decline, falling 1.1 per cent to $3.64. Arvida Group slipped 0.7 per cent to $1.34 and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare dropped 0.4 per cent to $14.90.

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Meridian Energy reports next Wednesday and was up 1 per cent to $3.17 yesterday, while Genesis Energy, which reports near the end of the month, gained 0.2 per cent to $2.555.

Tourism Holdings fell 0.5 per cent to $6.04 after saying chief financial officer Mark Davis was on a leave of absence for health reasons and won’t be back until next

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Steel reinforcing company fined $540,000 Steel reinforcing company Brilliance International Limited has been fined $540,000 after pleading guilty to making false and misleading representations.

Brilliance was sentenced on 20 charges brought by the Commerce Commission under the Fair Trading Act relating to its steel mesh products.

Brilliance had made false and misleading representations for its 147E steel mesh product, which it marketed and sold as being earth-

quake grade ‘500E’ steel mesh between September 30, 2012 and June 2016.

The charges relate to approximately 35 batches of 147E steel mesh or 56,125 sheets.

Auckland District Court Judge Robert Ronayne said Brilliance’s conduct clearly undermined the New Zealand Building Code.

“It is self-evident that Standards are fundamentally important. The defendant’s conduct … plainly undermined the New Zea-

land Building Code and the objectives of Standards in general,” Ronayne said.

Mark Berry, Commission Chair, said New Zealand’s buildings depend on them being constructed with materials that comply with the relevant standards.

“The safety and durability of New Zealand’s buildings depend on them being constructed with materials that comply with the relevant standards,” Berry said.

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Sport

PUZZLE SOLVED

BY ERIN TASKER

ERIN.T@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Mid Canterbury Netball’s ACL premier one semi-finalists have been found after a final round which featured a surprise result and a surprisingly large winning margin.

Only two teams – Celtic A and Methven A – were secure in their semi-final spots heading into the final games of the round robin, while three teams were still in contention for the remaining two semi-final positions.

Those positions went to Ashburton College A courtesy of a big win over Hampstead A on Thursday night, and Mt Somers, despite losing 37-17 to Celtic A in the final round.

The results mean Celtic A willmeet Mt Somers again next week in one semi-final, while after finishing tied on the table on 12 points Ashburton College A will

take on Methven A, the side which came out on the wrong side of the biggest surprise on Thursday night.

They took on Celtic B in a game which essentially had nothing riding on it, with Celtic B the only team that didn’t have a chance of making the finals. They hadn’t won a game since earning themselves promotion to the top flight but they came close.

With nothing to lose against Methven A, Celtic B finally produced the full four-quarter performance they’d been searching for and won 35-31, with a late turnover denying Methven A a bonus point.

Celtic B led all the way, although they did lose one quarter, and the players were ecstatic to finally get a win on the board, coaches Marie Kennedy and Di Ness said.

They said their team had been relaxed all week and was deter-

mined to just have fun in their last game, knowing the semis were out of reach, and that attitude paid off for them.

They said their side supported each other well throughout the court and their shooters had their best night in a long time, while their defensive end also worked well. They knew Methven A were strong and they’d have to step up, and they did just that.

Methven A coach Marie Firth said while it was disappointing to lose, Celtic B played well.

“I just think Celtic B played a good game at pace and in some respects we allowed them to,” Firth said.

“They played really well and we did a couple of things to try and counter that and they didn’t pan out.”

A loss heading into the semi-finals wasn’t ideal, but it also wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, Firth said.

Hampstead A’s Maddie Reed claims a ball in the circle against Ashburton College A on Thursday night.

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“It gives us an insight into losing in some respects and we don’t like that losing feeling … who does?

“I think you will see a different team that takes to the court next week,” Firth said.

Methven A will take on an Ashburton College A side on a high after their convincing win over Hampstead A, 36-22.

With the winner of that match set to make it to the semi-finals and effectively dash the opposing side’s hopes, College A got off to the better start, leading 11-7 at the first quarter break, and they gradually built on that lead as the game progressed. With the margin 12 by three-quarter time, the game was College’s.

College A coach Kaye Kennedy said it was another good performance, after her side also downed Kaiapoi High School 43-32 in their latest SuperNet Canterbury secondary schools’ netball competi-

tion on Wednesday night.

“When we score off our own centre pass we are actually amassing a very high number of goals,” Kennedy said.

“And (on Thursday night) we did a good job of scoring off our turnovers so it was a fantastic whole team effort and the defence through the whole court was great.”

In premier two action on Thursday night, United A were in fine form again, downing Methven B 40-7, while Southern A also notched up a big win, 53-19 over Rakaia A. Ashburton College B were the night’s other winners, downing Celtic C 41-22.

United A and Southern A were the form team heading into the business end of the premier two competition, with United A set to take on Celtic C in one semi-final next week, and Southern A to face Ashburton College B in the other.

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■ HEARTLAND RUGBY

Final hit-out for new Hammers

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Mt Somers’ Finn Cleary has been brought in as cover for Seta Koroitamana, who is out with illness for the game against Canterbury Metro. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

Mid Canterbury have one last chance to iron out any kinks before the 2018 Heartland Championship begins, when they take on Canterbury Metro in Ashburton today.

It’s the second of two warm-up games for Mid Canterbury before they head to Foxton to take on Horowhenua-Kapiti in the first round of this season’s Heartland Championship next weekend and coach Sean Carter and his men know they’ll be in for a battle.

Canterbury Metro were traditionally a strong side, and this year would be no exception, Carter said. In the mix would be numerous players striving to go on to higher honours.

“When you look at it, they (Canterbury) named a wider training squad of 32 earlier this season and probably only three made it into the Mitre 10 Cup teams, so the other players are filtered back down into teams like this,” Carter said.

Mid Canterbury named their Heartland Championship side just two weeks ago, following the Mid Canterbury Rugby Watters Cup final, and they took on South Canterbury last weekend and went down 28-17 in the first of their build-up games.

Carter said games like the South Canterbury one, and today’s Canterbury Metro clash, weren’t so much about winning as they were getting their combinations and systems in place ahead of the Heartland Championship.

“We’ll be looking to iron out any creases

that we have identified. It’s the stuff that we didn’t do that well, that will be the focus,” Carter said. “We don’t have the luxury of time to correct things.”

After last weekend’s loss to South Canterbury, Carter said he was impressed with the way Mid Canterbury’s forwards fronted despite giving away a lot on size.

They also scored some good tries through their backs and would be looking to build on the positives as well as working on those things that didn’t go so well last week, against Canterbury Metro.

Despite receiving a knock to the thigh against South Canterbury, Seta Koroitamana had been expected to take to the field at openside today, but he’d been full of the flu this week so Finn Cleary from Mt Somers had been brought in as cover.

One player who definitely wouldn’t be there today was first-five Jarred Percival.

The loan player from Christchurch who had been instrumental in many a Mid Canterbury win in the past, was away this weekend, which would give Mid Canterbury a chance to give Celtic’s Nathan McCloy or Rakaia’s Tom Hanham-Carter a run in the number 10 jersey.

Carter said with just the one match left before heading into the Heartland Championship, he and fellow coaching team members Jason Rickard and Dale Palmer were pleased with where the team was at.

But, there were a number of players in the Mid Canterbury development side who were knocking on the door and pushing for positions, and Carter said he was definitely taking notice.

■ SURFING LEGEND

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In perhaps the most shocking scene of Andy Irons: Kissed By God, a documentary into the life and tragic death of the surfing champion, you witness the Hawaiian star winning a world tour event while clearly under the influence of drugs.

As Irons surfs his way to victory against the world’s best in front of officials, sponsors and fans in Chile, the physical signs of his substance abuse are unmistakeable.

“He was f***ed up for that whole event,” Iron’s brother Bruce says. “He’s surfing his heats, barely making it out on time, coming in, guys are just high fiving him and also high fiving stickers on his wetsuit with big bags of blow. He won that contest high on coke and pills, like no big deal, and, you know what, that wasn’t the first or last event he won high.”

A tightly-kept secret that continued to be covered up in the aftermath of the 32-year-old’s death in 2010, Irons’ battle with addiction – most notably to the opiod OxyContin – is laid bare in the near twohour feature on his journey from Kauai grommet to Kelly Slater’s fiercest rival.

Irons remains a legend in the surfing world, both for his incredible ability – he’s really the only man who went head to head with Slater at his peak and regularly prevailed – and his every man touch.

He won three consecutive world titles from 2002-04 and could conquer any

wave. And while the documentary honours these moments the filmmakers, guided by Bruce and Irons’ wife Lyndie, also shine a light on his darkest moments.

The night of his 21st birthday when he flatlined for eight minutes in Indonesia after snorting a line of morphine after bingeing on Jack Daniels.

How he went missing for three days immediately after his wedding. Or the time Lyndie found her “dying, heroin husband” laying on a mattress with no sheet or blanket “barely alive”.

“His personality was filled with severe highs, lows and depression,” Lyndie told People. “The opioids were really scary.

I saw his whole life change – his body change, his face change – everything changed when he got addicted to opiates, and that was hard.”

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■ CRICKET

Bob itching for new season’s innings

By Erin TaskEr

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A stellar 2018 has continued for long-serving Mid Canterbury Cricket official Bob Bruhns, with another piece of silverware added to his collection.

Bruhns was last weekend awarded the Brian Williamson Award for Excellence by the Canterbury Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association and admitted he was blown away when he found out he’d be receiving it.

The various criteria for the award stated the nominee must be someone who had demonstrated something commendable, had a positive impact on the game or made a significant contribution, be a team player and a great ambassador for the sport, and have contributed to the development or success of their local association of the Canterbury Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association.

Anyone who knows Bruhns could tell you he well and truly met that criteria, although the man himself was a little more modest.

He was proud of what he’s achieved though in his long association with the game, from the happy afternoons spent on the boundary keeping score, to the countless hours he’s spent researching the history of Mid Canterbury Cricket. But he’s done all out of his love for the game.

Bruhns – who was earlier this year awarded the community official of the year award at the New Zealand Cricket Awards – has been official scorekeeper for Mid Canterbury in over 200 senior representative matches, including 100 Hawke Cup encounters, after moving to the district from Palmerston 40 years ago.

His love for the game began a long time before that though. He began as a youngster down in the Eastern Districts cricket region, which now no longer exists, where as a player he was an opening batsman.

After his playing days he turned to umpiring, officiating at New Zealand B panel level before eyesight issues saw him move to scorekeeping instead.

The first game he was the official scorer for was a match at the Ashburton Domain Oval between a young England side featuring a

Bob Bruhns has been awarded the Brian Williamson Award for Excellence by the Canterbury Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association.

PHOTO ERIN TASKER 140818-ET-0004 young Dipak Patel, and a Canterbury Minor Associations team in 1980. Ashburton’s Brian Sampson was the sole Ashburton player on the field that day, and Bruhns – who was originally appointed to the match as reserve umpire – was asked to score.

He still had the scoresheet from that day. It was just one part of a huge collection which filled a couple of big bookshelves in his Ashburton home.

As well as scoring for Mid Canterbury, Bruhns had also been the official scorer for the Allenton Cricket Club’s senior side, and he had every Allenton scoresheet dating back to 1985. But his most extensive collection was that of Mid Canterbury Cricket.

In the mid-1990s, the Ashburton County Cricket Association was celebrating its centenary, and Bruhns found himself with a job to do.

“They wanted me to do some research because I was scoring at the time and they wanted me to find a bit of information for the centenary, because they had nothing,” Bruhns said.

To get the records right, he had to keep going backwards, so he spent more hours than many could probably imagine sitting at the library writing everything he could by hand from scoresheets in old newspapers.

He’d then bring them home and wife June would type them up for him.

Bruhns said for any information he couldn’t find he’d write to other newspapers or libraries around New Zealand, and managed to get his hands on every New Zealand Cricket almanac since 1948.

It was hard work, but he got there. The only holes in his work were the odd dismissal where the person who caught the ball hadn’t been recorded.

“Now, in the future they will have something very special. All they have to do is add any new matches in,” Bruhns said.

And that shouldn’t be too hard.

Life had become a lot easier for cricket scorers in recent years thanks to technology. He was now able to live score using the Total Cricket Scorer programme on his

computer and while it had taken a bit of getting used to at the beginning, it had proven to be a big winner in his eyes. It allowed him to watch more of the games as he just needed to record what had happened while his laptop calculated the required data.

Although he was now an expert on live cricket scoring, he wasn’t so keen on all technology.

“I don’t even know how to text and have no inclination to either, I believe a telephone is there to talk on,” Bruhns said.

How long he’d keep scoring for, Bruhns didn’t know, but as winter dragged on he found himself longing to get back out to games, so chances are he’ll be scoring for some time to come yet.

Williamson gives verdict on new coach Gary Stead New Zealand cricket captain Kane Williamson has pointed to Gary Stead’s temperament as a key factor in his selection as Black Caps coach.

Williamson was consulted during the appointment process, and had a chance to question Stead once the shortlist was established.

However, previous cameos by Stead within the New Zealand setup gave the skipper a gauge.

“That role was specific to batting, but he has a good manner.

I think that’s important, because

at international level you can go through so many emotions.

“Staying calm while that’s going on is vital. That’s something that stood out for me, but it’s a small sample size so it’s hard to go into too much detail until we get to know each other better.”

That will start with coffee when Williamson returns next month from his stint with Yorkshire. He will play two more first-class fixtures, and the play-offs of the England T20 competition if his side beats Nottinghamshire this [Sat-

urday] morning.

“We had a brief discussion when it [the coaching field] got narrowed down, so it was nice to cover off a few things,” Williamson said. “It’s an exciting time for Gary.

He’s gone through the coaching levels with Canterbury and I’ve heard a lot of good things from their players.

“It has come about quite suddenly, as has been well-documented [with Mike Hesson’s resignation], but at the same time I’m sure he’ll come into it in a relaxed

fashion which I think is important with the group we’ve got.”

Williamson said having Stead involved in Craig McMillan’s absence, like during the 2016-17 series against Bangladesh, had been good as a way to offer an insight into the team dynamic.

“That has perhaps given him a few ideas on things he might want to introduce or touch on, and also some of things he might want to continue doing. There will definitely be a transition period, as always happens when you bring in a

new player, a support staff member, and certainly a head coach.

“We’ll try to make that as seamless as possible because there are a number of areas that are going well which we want to continue, but at the same time things will be a little different and it’s important we’re challenged with a fresh set of eyes and a new voice.”

Williamson endorsed the presence of recently-retired Luke ronchi and incumbent test wicketkeeper BJ Watling on the selection panel.

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Saturday, August 18, 2018

■ SQUASH

Sharplin shares tips for success

By Erin TaskEr

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For as long as he can remember, squash has played a huge role in Daniel Sharplin’s life.

Through squash he made lifelong friends, travelled the world, competed at two Commonwealth Games, created a career and even met his wife.

Today, Sharplin is based in America where he lives just outside of Boston with his wife and two kids – aged 11 and 13 – and works at a high school where he coaches the boys’ squash team and runs his own squash academy which had more than 200 kids on its books.

Squash had taken him places, but he never forgets where his love for the sport began. Sharplin grew up in Hinds with the Hinds Squash Club just over his back fence and it became like his second home.

This week, a wedding of a longtime squash friend brought him home to New Zealand for a few days.

It was the first time he’d been back in New Zealand in seven years and, eager to give back, he took time out of his schedule to take to the court with some of the Midlands Squash district’s budding young squash players, hosting a squash clinic at the Timaru Squash Club.

“I remember when I was a kid and it was nice when we had players who had been top players in the past come down and get on court with us,” Sharplin said.

Back in his day, squash was big, but these days with so many different sporting options on offer for young people, it was different.

“It’s definitely not as popular as it was back in the day. We were lucky, squash in the 1980s and stuff was a bit of a hit, because we had Susan Devoy and Ross Norman who were doing well on the world circuit and that kind of thing,” Sharplin said.

“But it looks like it’s making a bit of a comeback with Joelle King doing well at the Commonwealth Games and getting some good press time, and Paul Coll with the men’s side of things, and that helps inspire particularly the younger generation. That’s how it was for me.”

Sharplin had fond memories of his days growing up playing squash.

“Squash has given me every-

Squash Midlands president Jason McLauchlan (left) and Daniel Sharplin (second from left) at a squash clinic in Timaru this week.

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thing. I grew up in a really small town and had some travelling opportunities … I had never been on a plane until I got in the Midlands team to go to nationals, so that was exciting for me as a 12-yearold,” he said.

“I was very fortunate coming through in that they’d just started the New Zealand Institute of Squash and I was offered one of the very first scholarships to go to Auckland and train in a full-time capacity and I had a lot of support and funding from New Zealand Squash.”

At the age of 18 he embarked on the squash world tour, attending tournaments around the world, until an unexpected deportation from England opened his eyes to the coaching world.

He’d been in and out of Eng-

land so often that he eventually got told he’d been there too long, so he moved to Luxembourg to take up a coaching position and eventually became the country’s squash coach, while also playing in professional leagues around Europe.

It was then that he found some of his best form, beating the then world number four, seven and 10, despite only having got as high as 76 in the world rankings himself.

“People say things happen for a reason and at the time it’s like having different doors and you go through one door and all of a sudden you’re on a different path.

I’ve been through a lot of different doors, but squash has always been the constant,” Sharplin said.

After moving to America 17 years ago, Sharplin spent years

coaching in private clubs before being approached by a school – Noble and Greenough School – to become their coach. It was one of America’s top five schools for squash and had amazing facilities with six courts and a gym, and Sharplin took them up on the offer.

He coached the school’s boys’ squash team during the winter – November to February – and also ran his own squash academy there.

“It’s kind of like having your own club but you don’t have to pay for it,” he said.

“So it’s nice and I’m very fortunate that they offered me the position and that I can run the academy from there.”

His goal was to take kids to a level where they could play uni-

versity squash, but it was a competitive world and squash was on the up in America. Sharplin said three for four schools in the Boston area had recently built new squash courts.

Running an academy and effectively being his own boss also came with a bit of freedom. It allowed him to do things like make a quick trip to New Zealand for a wedding, or play in the World Masters Championships in Virginia – like he did a week or two before heading home.

“I sort of laugh about it. I’ve never really had what I would call a ‘real job’. I play a game for a living and I enjoy the game a lot, and I’ve had some great life experiences out of the game and met some fantastic people all over the world,” Sharplin said.

New Zealand Hockey bosses set for crisis meeting Hockey’s bosses and its players association will meet on Monday to try and resolve problems around the women’s Black Sticks in the wake of a damaging email critical of players before the World Cup last month.

Hockey New Zealand moved to shut the issue down after longtime coach Mark Hager wrote an email which was negative towards three players before the World

Cup. But instead of sending it to just its one intended recipient, a member of his coaching/support staff, he inadvertently sent it to all his players.

Hager has apologised in person to the group and each player individually, but rather than die away the matter is simmering.

Former goalkeeper Amelia Gibson spoke out this week detailing the reasons she walked away from

the game. Fear kept her quiet, she said.

Gibson, who won 63 caps since 2010, believed she had no choice but to cut short her career, citing a negative environment within the Black Sticks.

“You want to be treated with integrity, you want to be able to play to the best of your ability but if you’re in a negative environment it’s not possible to perform,” she

told One News. “It becomes pretty real when you’re at home crying most days.

“I was too scared to say anything because I didn’t want to ruin my chances.”

Gibson said she sought help from a team psychologist then chose to go outside the team environment.

She raised her concerns with HNZ, who have acknowledged

they received a complaint from a third party but felt it didn’t require further action at the time. That view is being revisited.

Players association executive manager Glen Sulzberger said initially the bulk of the feedback from players was of the ‘time to move on’ variety. Some thought the issue was sorted, but others still had concerns that needed addressing.

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In brief

■ BLEDISLOE RUGBY

Backline busting with talent

By Wynne Gray It seemed strange the All Blacks went for some mix and match selections in their backs.

It felt a waste to have the world’s best fullback Ben Smith out on the wing or the reliable Ryan Crotty at centre when he was so effective as a voice and director closer to the action.

Injury and circumstance forced those choices at times but apart from the injured Sonny Bill Williams the selectors had a clean sheet for this weekend’s start of the Bledisloe Cup. Crossed fingers were unfurled when the team was revealed. It needed a double check though.

Smith at fullback, Waisake Naholo and Rieko Ioane on the wings, Jack Goodhue at centre, Crotty at second-five and Beauden Barrett as backline director outside Aaron Smith.

That’s a backline choking with talented specialists to make the Wallabies even more fretful about their chances of overturning 15 years of Trans-Tasman bragging rights.

Don’t confuse delight about the selection with excessive confidence about the result in Sydney. That would be a reckless move because the Wallabies are a much better side than last season but there’s enough about the All Blacks to see them aiming for another trophy retention next week at Eden Park.

Half of the side is in Super Rugby winning form and will bring that mentality to the fray after the messy June internationals with France.

Regular captain Kieran Read returns and so does locking supremo Brodie Retallick to add

Whitelock wary All Blacks lock Sam Whitelock has lauded the big engines of his Wallabies counterparts, as he prepares to enter his proud rugby nation’s record books when he runs out against Australia this weekend. The 29-year-old Crusaders star will tonight become the first All Blacks second rower to reach the 100-cap mark and only the eighth New Zealander in any position to attain that milestone.

Whitelock and the returning Brodie Rettalick will form a formidable lock combination, which will test Australia in tonight’s Bledisloe test.

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Broncos at seventh

Ryan Crotty

Beauden Barrett

Jack Goodhue

the mental muscle and drive the clinical work which fluctuated during that series, while Liam Squire and Sam Cane have sharpened after injury.

The task will be tougher with the Wallabies showing how much they had improved with their connected form and stronger game management in a narrow series defeat to Ireland in June.

Israel Folau and Will Genia drive the backline sting and David Pocock’s return to the loose forwards has amped up the presence from the pack.

The side’s skills and fitness have been overhauled under former All Blacks guru Mick Byrne and they showed against Ireland, a resilience which had been AWOL for a while.

Michael Hooper has been reinstated as captain after a lengthy rest to heal his hamstring but his timing will get a serious workout,

while the All Blacks have to test the defensive reads from Reece Hodge and Kurtley Beale in the outside channels as much as they can.

That’s where this All Black selection should gather most profit — with the feel they will have for their specialist duties, the gaps they can create with their passing and the pace on the flanks.

Goodhue may be a rookie test centre but his instincts are as sound as Conrad Smith’s when he farewelled the group after the 2015 World Cup. Since then the role has been filled by Malakai Fekitoa, George Moala, Anton Lienert-Brown and Crotty with a range of success.

But the solid specialist precision from Goodhue in the 13 jersey offers more threat with the wise tailgating direction of Ben Smith and the venom from Naholo and Ioane on the wings.

It’s enough to give the Wallabies whiteboard headaches without the practical confrontations at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

Injury defections from senior centres Tevita Kuridrani and Samu Kerevi have hurt them and while Hodge is a competent player, if he has to deal with repeated onslaughts through the middle of the park, his defensive unity with Beale, Folau and his wings will be stretched.

Optimism is part of the Wallaby fabric and was for the last two years before they were belted twice in Bledisloe beginnings in Sydney.

Belief has replaced hope this time and with some foundation from their showings against the world No. 2 side Ireland.

However, thinking they can win is like believing the Lions would take out the Super Rugby title.

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Wallabies skipper ready for injury return Wallabies captain Michael Hooper plans to “come out blazing” but concedes he may not last the full 80 minutes of tonight’s Bledisloe Cup clash with the All Blacks in Sydney.

Hooper is returning from a hamstring injury suffered against Ireland eight weeks ago and says his meticulous rehabilitation programme at both the NSW Waratahs and Wallabies had him ready to go.

“I’ve been lucky to have such a great team there to get me back into this game. I feel really ready and can’t wait for tomorrow night,” he said after Friday’s captain’s run at ANZ Stadium.

The ironman flanker has played virtually every minute of his 82 tests for Australia but was coy when asked if he was 100 per cent confident in the hamstring.

“I’ll tell you after the game,” the skipper said.

“It’s one of those things; you tick all the boxes, you get to a

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Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper point, I’m sitting here feeling great about what I can do and I think I can make a difference in the game.

“I’m going to come out guns blazing.”

The Wallabies are well covered for back-row replacements, with fellow specialist openside flanker

David Pocock able to slot seamlessly into Hooper’s void after starting at No.8 and 2018 Super Rugby champion Pete Samu at the ready on the bench.

“The best minutes to be on the field are at the back end of the game, so I’d love to be there,” Hooper said when asked if he was

likely to go the distance.

“However, it’s what’s best for the team and, if we can get a really good substitution there for myself or someone else, then that will be made.”

Hooper said he, Pocock and blindside flanker Lukhan Tui were expecting another fierce battle at the breakdown with the All Blacks’ loose forward trio of Sam Cane, Liam Squire and their own returning captain Kieran Read in his first test back from spinal surgery.

“The speed of the ruck is so important at test level,’ he said.

“Yes, set piece has a part in handling momentum. But being able to maintain our ball and slow their ball is paramount.

“We know what they can do with ball in hand and we’re fully capable of scoring points (with possession).

“So getting that area sorted is paramount, but the Kiwi players are very good there as well.”- AAP

The Brisbane Broncos handed the South Sydney Rabbitohs their second straight defeat to all but lock in their playoffs spot on Thursday night. The Broncos cruised to a 38-18 victory at Suncorp Stadium to leapfrog the Warriors into seventh place on the table. Winger Corey Oates bagged a hat-trick as the Broncos scored three tries in the final 20 minutes to secure the win after the Rabbitohs came back from 18-0 to tie the game up after halftime.

The win puts the Broncos four points clear of the ninth placed West Tigers. The Warriors play the Bulldogs on Sunday.

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Cheika off to NRL? Wallabies’ coach Michael Cheika has been linked to a move to the NRL. Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew Webster said many believe Cheika might look to the rival code when his contract ends with Aussie rugby at the end of next year’s World Cup in Japan. Cheika comes from a league background, playing the game for Marcellin College at Randwick before switching to rugby for Randwick and the Wallabies. ‘’He continues to have a genuine synergy with league, swapping ideas with leading NRL coaches and players. He doesn’t see league as a rival code but one to learn from and share ideas with,’’ said Webster.

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Snedeker shoots 59 Brandt Snedeker shot an 11-under 59 on Thursday at the Wyndham Championship, falling one shot shy of matching the record. He made a 20-foot putt on his final hole, becoming the 10th player in PGA Tour to break 60. Jim Furyk set the record with a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016. Snedeker began his round at Sedgefield Country Club with a bogey at No. 10, and he took off from there. He played the front nine in 27, including an eagle 2 on the par-4 sixth hole.

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Showjumpers named Four Olympic representative riders have been named as New Zealand’s showjumping team for the world equestrian games to be held in North Carolina next month.

The quartet of Bruce Goodin, Daniel Meech, Samantha McIntosh and Sharn Wordley have all competed at the highest level for New Zealand, with the first three named in the winning New Zealand team at the Jumping Nations Cup in Abu Dhabi in February.

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■ RACING

In brief

Dolcetto chasing Tarzino spot Levin trainer Sylvia Kay is hoping a bold performance at Waverley today will be enough to sneak Dolcetto into the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings in a fortnight.

Dolcetto is currently lying 21st equal in order of entry into the weight-for-age feature, which is limited to 16 starters, and he also holds nominations for the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) on September 22 and the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) on October 6.

“I’d like to do all three big ones at Hastings,” Kay said. “He did the three days when he started off racing.”

Kay was referring to Dolcetto winning his second race in his third start on Tarzino Trophy day two years ago when beating the subsequent dual Group Three winner and Gr.1 VRC Oaks (2500m) placegetter Eleonora then finishing second to the rising star Francaletta on the second and third days of the 2016 Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival.

Dolcetto carried on to be unbeaten in his next five starts, culminating in his defeat of Group One winner Authentic Paddy in the Gr.3 Metric Mile (1550m) at Awapuni last September.

The Per Incanto gelding resumed with a fourth at Trentham in June and didn’t start again until late last month when second to Rosewood over 1200m at Awapuni.

Kay entrusted young Levin apprentice Sam O’Malley with the ride on Dolcetto last month and she is giving him another opportunity on Saturday, just over a week since

Dolcetto could be in Group One calculations if he performs well at Waverley today.

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the 19-year-old landed his first win on High Quality at Woodville.

“We’ll use Sam’s four kilo claim again,” Kay said.

“He rode him well enough last time. The horse needed it and he’s still a bit burly. This run will sharpen him up for Hastings.

“He’s deceptive in his work. He never blows and he does it easy. It’s hard to get a line on him, but he’s improving all the time.”

O’Malley’s 4kg allowance will bring Dolcetto down to 56.5kg, 2.5kg above the minimum.

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“Kevin Myers is going for the claim, too, on Scapolo and Duffer’s Creek so our boy needs the claim if he’s going to be competitive,” Kay said.

Scapolo, who recorded his 20th win when scoring at Riccarton last start, will benefit with the 3kg claim of Zinjete Moki, reducing him from the topweight of 62.5kg, while Temyia Taiaroa will bring Duffers Creek’s handicap down by 4kg from 57.5kg.

Duffers Creek credited Taiaroa with a first win at Woodville last Thursday, four races after O’Malley’s milestone. - NZ Racing Desk

Hong Kong bound Promising four-year-old galloper Contraband will continue his racing career offshore after being sold to Hong Kong interests. The Teofilo gelding had three starts in New Zealand for a win and two placings and was highly regarded by his trainer Ross McCarroll.

“He’s a really good horse, it’s just unfortunate that we have had to sell him,” he said. “He would be one of the best horses I have had.”

Contraband was last seen on the track at Counties in April where he showed a good turn of foot in the closing stages of the Fastrack 1400 to finish runner-up to multiple stakes placed gelding Hanger.

Eight straight Former Kiwi trainer Chris Waller was presented with his eighth successive Bart Cummings Medal during the New South Wales Racing’s Night of Champions awards held in Sydney on Thursday. The Bart Cummings Medal point score – honouring the legendary trainer who passed away just under three years ago – is comprised of votes from leading Sydney racing journalists. With an incredible 189 city winners for the 2017/18 season, Waller easily passed his previous milestone of 169 wins established during the 2015/16 racing season.

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Vinedale in search of coveted black-type Ruakaka trainers Chris Gibbs and Michelle Bradley are shooting high in a bid to carry on from a flood of winners on their home track last Sunday.

After producing five winners and a host of placegetters at their local meeting, Gibbs and Bradley are coming in from left field in an attempt to get black type with

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there’s not much around for her after this until October onwards so we’re rolling the dice to try and get her some black type,” Gibbs said.

“We’ve only had her for three runs and she’s won them all. I know this is a big step up but she deserves a crack at it.”

Vinevale, a six-year-old daugh-

ter of Flying Spur, won three races from the Matamata stable of Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards with the last of those wins being on the Te Rapa track.

She joined the Ruakaka stable after finishing third behind Big Mike at Te Rapa in May and has done all her recent racing on her new home track.

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In brief Wynne sidelined Canterbury jockey Samantha Wynne will miss the majority of the season after having an operation on her anterior cruciate ligament earlier this week. The 30-year-old rider suffered the knee injury in a fall at Wingatui in May. “I had an operation on Monday and all went well,” Wynne said.

“But they have told me it will be 10 months of recovery.”

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Vinevale today’s main race, the Gr.2 Lisa Chittick Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa.

Vinevale is rated the outsider in the weight-for-age sprint by TAB bookmakers, being at odds of better than 80-1, but Gibbs believes she is worth her place in the field.

“She’s due to go to stud and

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90566 Motu Speedy Star (5) fr.........B Laughton (J) 39x01 Dundee Lady (6) fr .......................... G Smith 66662 Kamwood Kid (7) fr .......................B Orange non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2000m 8675x Top Brass (8) fr ........................B Williamson 1 6 Change The Print (1) fr .................B Orange 51x67 Chloe (9) fr .......................................S Ottley 2 82685 Tom Rule (2) fr .........................B Williamson 9x406 Jules Manzoni (U1) fr .......................R Close 3 Handsome Harry (3) fr ........ J Harrington (J) 40P06 Billy Klondike (U2) fr................ M Williamson 4 93 Nancy’s Boy (4) fr ........................ B Hope (J) 5 09096 Master Milano (5) fr ...........................J Dunn 6 2.59pm PETER WALSH & ASSOCIATES HANDI6 20700 Franco Hatton (6) fr ......................T Williams CAP TROT $10,000, r56+ discrhcp, stand, 2600m 7 79x Magicol Ideal (7) fr ............................. R May 1 33335 Jerry Garcia (1) fr ..........................L O’Reilly 8 67653 Santanna Lad (8) fr ..........................S Ottley 2 13221 Dusky Eyre (1) 10M ......................B Orange 4 1.52pm TWIZEL COMBINED SERVICES CLUB F&M 3 7187x Breenys Cullen (2) 10M .......... M Williamson MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners f&m., 2000m 4 15842 Madison Jane (3) 10M .............. C Purvis (J) 1 335 Miss Pinocchio fr .......................... Scratched 5 84216 Trick Star (4) 10M.................... C D Thornley 2 Fancy Schmancy (1) fr ..................B Orange 6 1x311 Firenze (1) 20M................................S Ottley 3 80048 Adieu Flirt (2) fr ...............................J W Cox 7 11583 Red Hot Poker (2) 20M .....................J Dunn 4 88x24 Sharnae (3) fr ............................ C Purvis (J) 8 07370 Jen Jaccka (1) 30M ..................B Williamson 5 9x803 Jingle Jingle (4) fr.................... M Williamson 7 3.36pm OMALASS - DRIED MOLASSES JNR DRIV6 x7060 Supreme Lincoln (5) fr ..................L O’Reilly ERS MOBILE PACE $10,000, 4yo+ r59. jun.d, 2600m 7 54 Nanelle Franco (6) fr ............... C D Thornley 1 00090 Neve Franco (1) fr ................. O Thornley (J) 8 00 The Optimist (7) fr ............... J Harrington (J) 2 74347 Sheez Good (2) fr ................... S O’Reilly (J) 9 Minnelli Smile (8) fr ..........................S Ottley 3 4x900 Lucky Luciano (3) fr ..................M Hurrell (J) 10 05905 Mockingjay (U1) fr ............................J Young 4 04x85 Christmas Toyboy (4) fr ................. K Butt (J) 11 0046 Robyn’s Gem (U2) fr ............S Tomlinson (J) 5 78116 Aveross Ferrari (5) fr ............K Tomlinson (J) 5 2.27 COLLIE HILLS PACE $9500, r55, stand, 2600m 6 8885x Mighty Empire (6) fr ..................E Barron (J) 1 89507 Awaytocullect (1) fr ................ O Thornley (J) 7 03801 Maninthemirror (7) fr ................. L McKay (J) 2 00x07 Hestia Franco (2) fr ......................T Williams 8 83521 Saying Grace (8) fr ...................... B Hope (J) 3 46103 Rosinupthebow (3) fr .............. J Morrison (J) 9 54101 His Royal Harness (9) fr .......S Tomlinson (J) 4 22253 Shadow Minister (4) fr ...................L O’Reilly 10 35340 Leading The Way (21) fr ......... J Morrison (J) 12 09785 Mach O’Melley (11) fr .............. M Williamson

3 1.17pm RURAL TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE $8000,

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

11 22124 Mr Midnight (22) fr..................... C Purvis (J)

15 50827 Sugar Cane (U2) fr.................. L McCormick

CUP (PACE) $14,500, r60+ discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 14341 Bettor Sensation (1) fr ..................T Williams 2 x6215 Go Davey (2) fr................................... R May 3 01143 Rainy River (3) fr ....................... C McDowell 4 4301x Two Ply (4) fr ............................B Williamson 5 68715 Smarter VC (5) fr..............................S Ottley 6 44x83 Gypsy’s Choice (U1) fr ............ M Williamson 7 47625 Boomer Bailey (1) 10M ................... G Smith 8 6558x Clasina Maria (1) 20M......................J Young 9 x1226 Forgotten Highway (2) 20M ...............J Dunn 10 377x4 Don Domingo (1) 30M...................B Orange 9 4.44pm AIRPARK CANTERBURY TROT $9500, r40r55, stand, 2600m 1 1 Locksmith (1) fr ............................... G Smith 2 x6017 Louis Moss (2) fr ........................... K Butt (J) 3 518x0 Ed Wood (3) fr ..................... D D McCormick 4 16639 Future Queen (4) fr ..........................S Ottley 5 14709 Muscle Pat (5) fr .......................B Williamson 6 x4174 Missie Castleton (6) fr ........................ R May 7 00508 Don’t Rock The Boat (7) fr .... O Thornley (J) 8 10x Majestic Galleon (8) fr ................ B Mowbray 9 23336 Bono Hest (9) fr.........................E Barron (J) 10 09598 Westar Bella (10) fr ................. M Williamson 11 96660 Holly Trouble (11) fr .......................L O’Reilly 12 875x3 Stellar Success (12) fr.................. G O’Reilly 13 58798 Princess Harbour (13) fr.......... C D Thornley 14 98Dx8 Craddock (U1) fr..............................J W Cox

PACE $9500, r55., mobile, 2000m 1 66480 Regal Suzy (1) fr ....................... L McKay (J) 2 06004 Living Legend (2) fr .......................L O’Reilly 3 05076 Chief Kapai (3) fr ...................B Laughton (J) 4 57225 Alexy (4) fr .......................................... R May 5 65785 Westar Sam (5) fr .................... M Williamson 6 00087 Nerve Of Steel (6) fr .................. C Purvis (J) 7 140x7 Stunin Love (7) fr...........................B Orange 8 038x2 Art Courage (8) fr .............................S Ottley 9 12136 Omar Sharif (9) fr .....................B Williamson 10 00861 Pegasus Kommander (21) fr ............J Young 11 99870 Eja Patron (22) fr .................... J Morrison (J) SELECTIONS

8 4.12 GLAMOUR HOOVES RACING STABLES KUROW 10 5.12pm JOHNSON GLUYAS TRACTORS MOBILE

Race 1: Cuckoos Nest, Rydgemont Son, Dora Explorer Race 2: Melton Reactor, Days Of Redemption, Billie Jean Race 3: Nancy’s Boy, Change The Print, Magicol Ideal Race 4: Sharnae, Fancy Schmancy, Nanelle Franco, Adieu Flirt Race 5: Shadow Minister, Rosinupthebow, Chloe, Dundee Lady Race 6: Firenze, Jen Jaccka, Red Hot Poker, Jerry Garcia Race 7: Saying Grace, Christmas Toyboy, Mighty Empire Race 8: Don Domingo, Forgotten Highway, Clasina Maria Race 9: Bono Hest, Missie Castleton, Future Queen, Sugar Cane Race 10: Stunin Love, Omar Sharif, Pegasus Kommander 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

Wanganui gallops Tomorrow at Wanganui Raceway

Wanganui JC Venue: Wanganui Meeting Date: 19 Aug 2018 NZ Meeting number: 6 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 11.55am (NZT) WANGANUI RACEHORSE OWNERS ASSOCIATION MDN STPL $10,000, MDN STP, 4100m 1 30522 Mesmerize tmh (3) 68 ..................... I Lupton 2 P4255 Zedace m (1) 68..............................G Walsh 3 08783 Al Munroe tm (11) 68 ...............D Jensen (3) 4 46640 My Magician m (8) 68 ..........M Roustoby (3) 5 966L7 Crikey Cron m (7) 68 ..............B Lammas (3) 6 94457 Who Can Tell mh (5) 68 7 10086 Counter Attack t (4) 68 ....................M Cropp 8 x0914 Eddie Gilbert mh (10) 68................ S Fannin 9 62536 Kipkeino tm (2) 68 .............................. E Farr 10 x689P Triumph (6) 68 ..................... J Seivwright (3) 11 62F58 Mandalay mh (9) 66 2 12.25pm JOLT COFFEE HOUSE WANGANUI STEEPLECHASE 4100 $20,000, RST OPN STP, 4100m 1 37959 Tizza Secret m (4) 69.......... J Seivwright (3) 2 86953 Yipson tdmh (2) 68......................... S Fannin 3 x5253 Zardetto tdm (7) 68 .............E Nicholas (am) 4 2P562 That’s How It Goes m (9) 66 5 39606 Highly Likely mh (8) 65.5.................M Cropp 6 64421 Our Jackson tmh (3) 65................... I Lupton 7 62741 The Arabian Duke m (5) 65 8 45253 Lacustre m (1) 65 ............................... E Farr 9 73168 Old Countess m (6) 65 ...........B Lammas (3) 3 1.00pm PROPERTY BROKERS COMPLIANCE LTD

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Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 19 Aug 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 1.09pm SPEEDMAPS ON TAB MOBILE APP SPRINT C0, 318m 1 26321 Jetsun Woody nwtd ........................G Wilson 2 Irinka Stono nwtd R & .................N O’Regan 3 47238 Spark ‘Em Up nwtd .........................S Codlin 4 8x635 Jetsun Angel nwtd..........................G Wilson 5 68243 Bigtime Claws nwtd A & ..................Williams 6 3 Always Dreaming nwtd................... G Farrell 7 35266 Riccitelli nwtd ................................A Cleaver 8 63F8 Hua Hua nwtd ................................ G Farrell 9 Botany Laraine nwtd .......................P Green 10 84577 Tribal Conquest nwtd R & ...................L Udy 2 1.26pm DELI’S SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 318m 1 75418 Ken Wilde 18.53 ........................... H Mullane 2 31214 Hows Your Mum 18.62 ....................S Codlin 3 64353 Nangar Panther 18.53 ....................C Henley 4 111x2 Reality Check 18.60 ........................ K Walsh 5 88468 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R & ...............L Udy 6 86426 Bruce Banner 18.71 ..................... H Mullane 7 65362 Mad Harry 18.47 .............................S Codlin 8 33151 Mobility Scooter 18.81 .....................M Black 9 66388 Elouera Mist 18.53 .....................P Ferguson 10 24145 Guru’s Choice 18.80 A &.................Williams 3 1.44pm ALEX ATTACK SPRINT C1, 318m 1 43318 Bigtime Winnie 18.90 A & ...............Williams 2 88485 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R & ............................L Udy 3 72656 Mighty Mezz 18.87 R & ...............N O’Regan

MAIDEN HURDLE $10,000, MDN HDL, 3000m 1 33763 El Bayardo m (6) 68 ....................... S Fannin 2 65585 Tell Me More (2) 68 ..................D Jensen (3) 3 4684P The Dash (7) 68 4 38772 The Great Guru m (10) 68 ..............G Walsh 5 9x9P0 All In Rock (8) 68 ................ J Seivwright (3) 6 378x Decoy h (9) 68...................... S MacNab (a3) 7 Don Denario h (11) 68 ...........B Lammas (3) 8 9x079 Elamo (5) 68 ...................................M Cropp 9 0x706 Prize Lad (12) 68 ............................ I Lupton 10 0090P Remind Me Again m (3) 68 ...H Bognuda (3) 11 9P Wonder Jump h (13) 68 12 42565 Zartan tm (4) 68 ...................M Roustoby (3) 13 30522 Mesmerize tmh (1) 68 4 1.35pm WESTMERE BULK SPREADING RST OPEN HURDLE $20,000, RST OPN HDL, 3000m 1 P21LL Gagarin tdmh (7) 72 J Seivwright (3) 2 28883 Thatz David mh (5) 65 .............D Jensen (3) 3 x0521 Bigredmoon m (3) 65 .............B Lammas (3) 4 42186 Napoleon h (4) 65 .......................... S Fannin 5 55193 The Big Opal tdmbh (6) 65................. E Farr 6 17970 St Ransom m (2) 65 .............M Roustoby (3) 7 62741 The Arabian Duke m (1) 65 .E Nicholas (am) 5 2.10 LOWE SCHOLLUM JONES MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1360m 1 207x2 Kirkland h (11) 58.5........................ J Parkes 2 60x2 Herengawe (2) 58.5 ......................L Allpress 3 2x Proletariat b (5) 58.5 ................. D Hirini (a2) 4 2 Toro Rosso (12) 58.5 ....................J Waddell

5 35 Heineken Hank (10) 58.5 ............ C Johnson 6 548 Brigitte’s Beau (3) 58.5.............M Singh (a2) 7 Keepin Harmonee h (6) 58.5...........R Myers 8 5 Non Payer h (8) 58.5 .................. Z Moki (a3) 9 00060 Soiree (4) 58.5 10 537x8 Tipperary Mary (7) 56.5 ..................D Turner 11 37 Notabadharada (9) 56 .......... T Johnson (a2) 12 6 Tigertiger (1) 56 .............................. J Nason 6 2.45 RICOH WANGANUI MAIDEN F&M 1360 $10,000, MAIDEN F&M, 1360m 1 x2x3x Callista (2) 57.5 ........................M Singh (a2) 2 x8283 Dream On 57.5 ............................ Scratched 3 8x433 Karima h (3) 57.5 ........................ C Johnson 4 4 Beckidboo (4) 57.5 ........................L Allpress 5 54456 Dancing Auriole (9) 57.5 ..... C O’Beirne (a3) 6 257x6 Detonate bh (6) 57.5 .............. T Taiaroa (a4) 7 4 Miss Sher Nan (13) 57.5 ...............J Waddell 8 36399 Kini Marie (14) 57.5................... D Hirini (a2) 9 Breky At Tiffanys (5) 57.5 ........... Z Moki (a3) 10 63769 Feel The Breeze (10) 57.5 ....C Waddell (a4) 11 Geneva Mist (11) 57.5.....................R Myers 12 P7 Thatz Daisy h (8) 57.5..........S O’Malley (a4) 13 0x070 Thedevilwearsprada (7) 57.5 T Johnson (a2) 14 Xthirteen h (12) 57.5 ............ S MacNab (a2) 15 0x08 Up In Smoke h (1) 57.5 .................. J Parkes Emergency: Up In Smoke 7 3.15pm SANTO STABLES MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1200m 1 4724x Secret Squirrel (7) 58.5 ............... C Johnson

2 33 Mr Axle h (12) 58.5 .......................L Allpress 3 456x3 Benson h (9) 58.5 ..................... D Hirini (a2) 4 5 Yes Boy (3) 58.5 ..............................D Turner 5 00060 Soiree (4) 58.5 .................................. T Allan 6 Christiano (10) 58.5 .................M Singh (a2) 7 0 Silver Seas (11) 58.5....................... J Nason 8 32x22 Our Chloe (13) 56.5 9 94x Backfire h (14) 56.5.........................R Myers 10 0x5 Eugenie Joy (2) 56.5 ........... C O’Beirne (a3) 11 Gratuity (8) 56.5 ...................S O’Malley (a4) 12 Princess Jenni (1) 56.5 .............. Z Moki (a3) 13 69x Rogo Raaj h (5) 56.5............ S MacNab (a2) 14 Manolo h (6) 56 .............................. J Parkes 8 3.55 SPORTZ BAR 2060 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2060m 1 281 Hurry Cane mh (10) 59 .................. J Parkes 2 47106 Cuzzie Charlie mh (6) 58 3 42810 Donardo tdm (9) 58 .............. S MacNab (a2) 4 83424 Nom du Beel (4) 58 ............. C O’Beirne (a3) 5 35070 Blazing Opal mh (8) 57.5 ....... T Taiaroa (a4) 6 41067 Carnaby tmh (7) 57.5 7 00847 Cornerstone m (11) 57.5 ...............L Allpress 8 66Px0 Ooee m (2) 56 ............................. C Johnson 9 0x007 Revolution (12) 56 ..................... D Hirini (a2) 10 92309 En Suite h (3) 54.5 ..........................R Myers 11 8x467 Lectio Divinia m (5) 54.5 ....... H Durrant (a4) 12 69x66 Sussed m (1) 54......................... Z Moki (a3) 9 4.29 OFFICE SMARTS CELEBRATING 10 YEARS MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 2060m

1 x5332 Lothbrok b (3) 58.5........................J Waddell 2 733L4 Venerate (4) 58.5 .................S O’Malley (a4) 3 42284 Handyman (15) 58.5 ................... C Johnson 4 7x352 He’s Ric (11) 58.5 ................ T Johnson (a2) 5 28 Red Aurora h (8) 58.5 ................ Z Moki (a3) 6 Kion h (7) 58.5 .................... C O’Beirne (a3) 7 6253 Ariana h (2) 56.5 .................. S MacNab (a2) 8 34284 Cog Knish (1) 56.5 ..........................R Myers 9 38072 Our Charli’s Angel (13) 56.5........... J Parkes 10 27208 Cassino To Trieste bh (9) 56.5.......L Allpress 11 67574 Black Anasta (14) 56.5.................... J Nason 12 60037 In Dreamland (16) 56.5 ............. D Hirini (a2) 13 06074 Pavlichenko (6) 56.5 .......................D Turner 14 7x756 Mrs Me (5) 56.5 15 0 Sierra (10) 56.5 16 x70x0 The Bieber (12) 58.5 Blinkers off: Prize Lad (R3), Notabadharada (R5), Secret Squirrel (R7), Cuzzie Charlie (R8), In Dreamland (R9) Winkers on: Prize Lad (R3), Notabadharada (R5), In Dreamland (R9) SELECTIONS Race 1: Kipkeino, Eddie Gilbert, Mesmerize, Zedace, Al Munroe Race 2: Zardetto, Lacustre, Yipson, The Arabian Duke, Our Jackson Race 3: El Bayardo, The Great Guru, Tell Me More, Zartan Race 4: Napoleon, Thatz David, Gagarin, The Big Opal Race 5: Proletariat, Toro Rosso, Keepin Harmonee, Herengawe Race 6: Karima, Detonate, Miss Sher Nan, Beckidboo Race 7: Our Chloe, Manolo, Benson, Mr Axle, Secret Squirrel Race 8: Hurry Cane, Nom du Beel, En Suite, Cornerstone Race 9: Lothbrok, He’s Ric, Ariana, Cog Knish, Red Aurora

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium

1 34322 Bigtime Donny nwtd ..................... H Mullane 4 74857 Red Dee 18.53 ................................P Green 2 27412 Jetsun Swan 30.83 ........................G Wilson 5 16741 C’est L’Amour 18.95 ..........................B Craik 3 22231 Jinja Twist 30.62 W & ......................T Steele 6 64372 Just A Matthew 18.73.......................M Black 4 32657 Bigtime Welldone 30.65 R & .......N O’Regan 7 37465 Stay Rich 18.75 .............................E J Smith 5 87384 Atomic Missile 31.27 .................... H Mullane 8 58567 All Hail Caesar 18.58 U & .................Cottam 6 68283 Jetsun Stampede 31.39 .................G Wilson 9 68548 Parra Eels 18.97 R & ..................N O’Regan 7 67738 Crackling Gal nwtd .......................... T Green 10 55x88 Cawbourne Gil nwtd....................... I George 4 2.02 RING THE BELL MAIDEN DISTANCE C0d, 603m 8 7111 Thrilling Jo nwtd .............................. K Walsh 9 11455 Billy Bright nwtd .........................P Ferguson 1 88466 Wairoa Angel nwtd ....................... H Mullane 2 64345 Cerrone Bale nwtd W &...................T Steele 10 22465 Talkabout Ziggy 30.95 ........................ D Ray 3 47573 Tullabung Googar nwtd ..............P Ferguson 7 2.53pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C1, 318m 1 43642 Bigtime Dean nwtd A & ...................Williams 4 31856 Finkle Foot Hero nwtd ........................ D Ray 2 65245 Snippy Pippi nwtd R &.........................L Udy 5 73474 Salvarotti nwtd...................................B Craik 3 16565 Was Just Saying 18.59 R &.................L Udy 6 32226 My Red Hero nwtd ............................. D Ray 4 88x87 Bah Baa 18.82 R & .....................N O’Regan 7 45868 Deception Diva nwtd W & ...............T Steele 5 65887 Star Secret nwtd A &.......................Williams 8 62438 Bigtime Wayno nwtd..................... H Mullane 6 55358 Cawbourne Gonski nwtd ................ I George 9 87384 Atomic Missile nwtd ..................... H Mullane 7 F8453 King Shaq 18.45 ............................. T Green 10 5F567 Jin Jin nwtd .................................... G Farrell 5 2.19pm BEN CRAIK 2017-2018 LEADING TRAINER 8 54457 Bigtime Ollie nwtd ........................ H Mullane 9 58568 Agbeze 18.98 ................................A Cleaver C2, 318m 1 22733 Nasa 18.78........................................B Craik 10 77787 Diva Pose 18.64 ............................E J Smith 2 14873 Scott The Looks 18.76 U & ...............Cottam 8 3.09 $30,000 GUARANTEED PICK6 STKS C2, 527m 1 81145 Jetsun Singer 31.83 .......................G Wilson 3 17538 Snoopy’s Hero 19.05 .......................... D Ray 2 F5567 Oscar Tron 30.50 S & ........................G Hunt 4 12346 Epic Force 18.63 .......................... H Mullane 3 48251 Beltom 30.42 .....................................B Craik 5 35118 Bigtime Moola 18.60 R & ....................L Udy 4 37216 Jinja Bailey 30.65 U & .......................Cottam 6 67785 Opawa Blair nwtd A & .....................Williams 5 23416 Jack No Lag 30.89 ......................... Y Castro 7 F8221 Gotcha Millie nwtd........................ H Mullane 6 62322 Botany Wayne nwtd ........................P Green 8 35711 Yella Ella 18.79 R &.............................L Udy 7 55737 Token Jasper 30.92 .......................... S Clark 9 11577 Rocky’s To Much 18.73 A & ............Williams 8 7x675 Zipping Silva nwtd .............................. D Ray 10 27686 Bright Boy 18.75 ...............................B Bond 9 36357 Opawa Loyal 31.12 .......................... S Clark 6 2.37pm STAY AWAY HAYDO STAKES C1, 527m

5 31133 Draxler 30.83 ................................. G Farrell 6 77544 Amy Amy 30.47 .............................. G Farrell 7 43484 Idol Ajay 30.90 W &.........................T Steele 1 63756 Shot Gun Harry 18.68 .................. H Mullane 8 12161 Talkabout Missy 30.78 .................... K Walsh 2 61348 Simple Request 18.58.......................B Bond 3 56174 Pepper’s Choice 18.82 A & .............Williams Emergencies: 9 11115 Thrilling Carly 30.87 ........................ K Walsh 4 24536 Statman Dave 18.76 ..................H Laagland 5 55864 Clover Victoria nwtd ........................S Codlin 10 51445 Tuna Speed nwtd .....................E Duganzich 6 6x434 Bigtime Speedy 18.89 .................. H Mullane 12 4.20pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STAKES C3/4, 527m 1 63354 Kiwi Gal 30.59 U & ............................Cottam 7 37644 Jetsun Jamie 18.72 ........................G Wilson 2 62657 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 8 76254 Bright Concept 19.03 R & ...................L Udy 3 77714 Opawa Jimbo 30.47 W & ................T Steele Emergencies: 4 2F126 Victini 30.77 ...................................C Henley 9 77877 Ima Lucky Zarr 18.60 U & .................Cottam 5 22752 Damaging Lomar nwtd ......................B Craik 10 85862 Kuridrani 18.71 ..............................A Cleaver 10 3.49 PETER FERGUSON 2017-2018 UDR TRAIN- 6 32336 Good Job 30.66 ..............................P Green 7 41133 Yooldome 30.59 ............................. G Farrell ER C4, 318m 8 73673 El Narco 30.69 ................................P Green 1 28343 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 9 71738 Jinja Stinger 31.13 W &...................T Steele 2 23325 Retired Mouse 18.71....................... T Green 3 23113 On Demand 18.54............................M Black 10 27547 Sue Zooki 30.50 .............................. T Green 4 18767 Fantastic Lucy 18.22 ......................C Henley 13 4.37 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS C1, 318m 1 35266 Jinja Liv nwtd U & .............................Cottam 5 36227 Brotastic 18.57 ..................................B Craik 2 52887 Blocker 18.81 R & .......................N O’Regan 6 28668 Audrette 18.45...................................B Bond 3 48366 Agistri 18.68 S & ...............................G Hunt 7 57278 On Fleek 18.56 .................................B Craik 4 67678 Carrick nwtd A & .............................Williams 8 56237 Zipping Gabby 18.38 ..................P Ferguson 5 52322 Drury 18.41 ...................................A Cleaver 9 33145 Guru Secret 18.65 A & ....................Williams 6 66736 Untouchable nwtd ...........................P Green 10 72188 Amazing Contact 18.67.....................B Bond 11 4.04pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION FINAL 7 68784 Cawbourne Mack nwtd A &.............Williams 8 32455 Doug Deep 18.65 R & .........................L Udy NZRSf, 527m 9 88578 Bigtime Tyson nwtd R & ..............N O’Regan 1 85F71 Jinja Might 30.62 U & ........................Cottam 2 41126 Thrilling Arnold 31.25 ......................S Codlin 10 77787 Diva Pose 18.64 ............................E J Smith 3 21233 Wairoa Lenny 30.99 ..................... H Mullane LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 4 14122 Thrilling Dexter nwtd ....................... K Walsh - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 10 55764 Pretty and Pink 30.74................... H Mullane

9 3.26pm CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C2, 318m

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• SHIRTS • TROUSERS • JACKETS • KNITWEAR • SPORTS COATS • JEANS • SWEATSHIRTS LIMITED TIME AND LIMITED STOCK Open East Street, Ashburton Mon - Thu 9am - 5.30pm Phone 308 5771 Fri 9am - 6pm www.sparrows.co.nz Sat 10am - 2pm, Sun 11am - 2pm

Thomas Lin founded TCM-Christchurch Chinese Medical Centre in 1996, seen and treated over 20,000 patients.

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Acupuncture Chinese Herbs Acupressure Moxibustion Cupping Pain treatment

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Arthritis Insomnia Weight loss, Stopping smoking Sports injuries Much more

TCM Chinese Medical Centre

ACC

47 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton Ph: 0800 826 285 or 03 343 1668 | www.tcmchristchurch.com

Treatment Providers

Hearing for life

Plants for all projects - Landscaping Plants - Ornamental & Specimen trees - Native plants for all purposes - Hedging plants & Topiaries - Fruit & Nut plants.

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SOUTHERN

WOODS PLANT NURSERY

1002 Robinsons Road, Chch - 0800 800 352 - www.southernwoods.co.nz

Phone to book a free hearing test and trial today.

Ashburton 03 307 8949

houseofhearing.co.nz * Terms and conditions apply.

To advertise here contact Carmen on 021 836 543 or 03 307 7963

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

Ashburton Rest Homes

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and Healthline is a free health advice. It operates 24 hours a PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting. day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 Emergency Dentist 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered phone. The service is free and confidential. weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

DUTY DOCTORS For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any ELPLINE ERVICES time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

Alcoholics Anonymous This service is for emergency medical care only. Please Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Sealy Street Medical, Sealy Street, Ashburton, will be the Ask for the Crisis Team. duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday.

Safe Care - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Please phone 0800 700 155 for an appointment.

Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

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Methven & Rakaia Area

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Victims Support Group

For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) 8105 for details on how to access the after-hours service Direct dials to a volunteer. each weekend.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm outside of these hours leave a message.

Pharmacies Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will Alcohol Drug Help Line be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday Call us free on (0800 787 797). and from 5pm - 7pm both days.

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

COMMUNITY SERVICES Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

ANIMAL SERVICES

Ashburton Museum

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Tony

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24h service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter Contact - President 021 1356 969.

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Veterinarians

Bus Departures

animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: Mail Closing Times 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES Full emergency service all weekend.

Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday Information Centres clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

Methven - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

James

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Classifieds 26 Ashburton Guardian SITUATIONS VACANT

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Photographer

Koji Japanese Restaurant

Hiring Chef/Manager/ Manager Assistant/ Waitstaff To apply send your CV to: sakebrothers@ hotmail.com

FENCING labourer for a local business.

Must have a driver’s license.

Contact Lindsay.

Phone 021 201 3391.

District Attendance Officer We are seeking to employ a District Attendance Officer 20 hours per week during the school term. This role involves working with, and supporting, young people (and their families) with the goal of re-engaging the young person back into regular attendance at school.

The Key Tasks of this position involve receiving referrals, identifying root causes, developing proactive interventions and strategies then supporting the young person back into schooling.

Applicants must have: » Well developed verbal communication skills with young people and their families » Well-developed written communication, data collection and reporting skills » Be able to work within, and have clear boundaries » Be able to maintain a high level of confidentiality » Be sensitive to, and accommodating of, cultural and individual differences » Ability to develop effective relationships with schools and agencies » Have a passion for supporting young people and a belief in the high value of education Applicants would need to be available to start work from 8:00am and although most work would occur during school time some flexibility may be required to meet with working parents. This position is for approximately 42 weeks of the year working over school term time only.

We are seeking a creative and motivated photographer. This is a casual position covering occasional evenings and every other weekend – on rotation with another photographer. Approximately 10 – 20 hours a fortnight.

The position is to cover local events and news stories providing photographs for a range of Ashburton Guardian publications.

Experience in photographing people on location is essential as is an ability to relate easily to people of all ages. You will need to have a passion for the local community, including sports.

The ideal candidate must be able to work as a team member in a creative group environment and work solo, requiring self motivation and prioritisation of tasks.

They must be able to follow tight deadlines and directions but also be able to improvise and be creative.

Good verbal, written communication and organisational skills are essential.

This is a job share position.

To apply, please send your CV and accompanying letter outlining the hours you can work, through to desme@theguardian.co.nz Closing date : Monday, August 20, 2018.

Applications close Wednesday, August 29, 2018.

Main South Road, Tinwald, Ashburton 03 307 9028 www.smallbones.co.nz

For an application pack please contact Mary Bailey at: Community House, 44 Cass Street, Ashburton, mary@saferashburton.org.nz (03) 308 1395 We offer a collegial, family friendly and flexible work environment.

Glass Labourer/Fabricator

ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Murray Smith Aluminium is looking for a Glass Labourer/Fabricator to join our Ashburton factory.

This role involves preparation, cutting, assembly and glazing.

Skills required: • At least one year experience of any type of glazing • Window and door manufacturing experience or similar would be a bonus but training will be given to those from a relevant industry • Skills in engineering or an engineering mind • Be a positive person who likes being part of a team environment • Enjoys learning • Opportunities for apprenticeships for suitable candidates • Must be able to pass a drug test and have no criminal convictions • Must be NZ citizen or be eligible to work in NZ Please email your CV along with a cover letter to: vistalite.ash@xtra.co.nz

‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Cleaning Team Members Required Our cleaning team works Monday to Friday from 3.05pm to 5.20pm during school term time.

The team ensures our facilities are maintained to a high standard.

Successful applicants will display self-motivation, attention to detail and reliability.

All successful applicants must undertake Police vetting requirements.

Previous experience, including operation of a floor buffer, is desirable but not necessary.

CALTEX ASHBURTON

Part-time Position Available We have a vacancy for 2 x 7hr shifts per week, with the possibility of extra shifts.

Weekend work may be necessary.

The person we are seeking must be honest, reliable and be a team player who has great customer service skills.

Must have a valid NZ work visa or NZ residency.

If you are interested, please email your C.V. by 31 August 2018 to: admin@caltexashburton.co.nz

7.30am RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Rise and Shine Saturday runners meet at Frontrunner, 7.30am sharp. 28 Moore Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm

SUNDAY 8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Tevita Taufalele.

Baring Square East.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play an Irish Stableford.

Drawn teams. Mayfield Golf Club.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

Applicant to have at least 2 years’ experience in the operation of high horsepower tractors with the ability to carry out all primary cultivations, including ploughing, to a very high standard.

Similar experience of at least 2 years, required in the operation of combine harvesters and high density balers also essential.

Applicant also required to assist with on farm irrigation duties when required, as well as, the feeding and care of 1800 dairy cows during the winter period.

The successful applicant will also be subject to a pre-employment medical, including a drug and alcohol test. On farm accommodation available.

Please apply with full CV and references to: billdavey@xtra.co.nz

Applications close noon, Friday 24 August 2018 Submitted by way of e-mail to: Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz.

Guardian Situations Vacant

Daily Events SATURDAY

General Farm Worker Position available on 500ha mixed cropping/ livestock property, 7 kms west of Rakaia in Mid Canterbury.

307 7900

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Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd.

August 18, 19 & 20, 2018 THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria Street in the Triangle.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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. 1pm registration, 1.30pm sharp start.

Fords Road, Tinwald.

1.30pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Afternoon Meet - Runners and Walkers. Hosted from 151 Forest Drive, Methven. Leaving Ashburton Post Office, East Street at 1pm sharp. Visit our Facebook page for more details.

Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship and communion in St Paul’s Church hall led by Rev Helen

Wallis, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson S, Tinwald.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass 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.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun fill days for 60 years and older, for more information ring 308-6817.

Cameron Street. (excludes public holidays).

12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Weekly Mahjong, counting, come and enjoy! Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip 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. Heritage Centre, 327

West Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Tablet/iphone/ipad/notebook forum. $2. M.S.A. reading room, Havelock Street.

2pm GREY POWER ASHBURTON. Speaker Julia Yoo from Canterbury Law, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

6pm BOOTCAMP.

Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre evening, new players welcome.

Holy Name Pastoral Centre, Cnr Winter Street and Burnett Street. (every Monday, excludes public holidays).

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RURAL TRADING POST

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FOR SALE

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VERMICOMPOST Baleage Stockfeed Top quality 4 x 3 squares and rounds – tube wrapped Lines of lucerne, oats, grass, clover, cocksfoot and fescue baleage from $80.00 + GST Ryegrass straw – round bales 200 tonne dry matter maize silage Tested 11.7 M.E.

Phone Brent 0274 327 821 REAL ESTATE

TRADES, SERVICES

Nutrient Rich Organic Soil Conditioner “For sustained growth and yield”

Made up of WORM CASTINGS and DECOMPOSED ORGANIC MATTER The natural and comprehensive alternative to chemical or artificial fertilisers.

20 litre bags $12 each incl GST Bulk $50 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

MEETINGS, EVENTS

PUBLIC NOTICES

AGM

Methven Trotting Club

WANTED

Wanted Lakehood Looking for modern home with jetty, north/north west aspect.

Phone 022 356 2306 WANTED

FISHING - Collector of old/vintage rods, reels, tackle, etc. Top prices paid. Cash paid. Phone Steve 03 324 2064.

TRADES, SERVICES ASHBURTON Law - Peter Ragg - Contact anytime for Estates, property matters etc. nzragg@gmail.com, phone 027 281 4686.

WANTED to buy – old huntaway dog suitable for light work on flat land. Phone 027 COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

654 1009.

For professional computer WANTED to rent, late model repair plus local laser motorhome or caravan engraving service. See Kelvin suitable for a couple, for at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot approx 2 months (September- Place, phone 308 8989.

October), at North Rakaia Proudly serving Ashburton for river mouth. Phone Peter 30 years. Same day service if possible. Supergold discount Hulme 0274 321 681 card welcomed.

The Annual General Meeting of the Methven Trotting Club is to be held in the Goodwin Lounge at the Methven Racecourse on Monday, August 20, commencing at 8pm.

TRADES, SERVICES

DENTURES. Dr Peter Rumping, retired dentist, continues to provide full dentures. Repairs to existing dentures also available.

Phone 027 220 9997.

RURAL TRADING POST

Mania-O-Roto SCOUTS

Annual Fertiliser Drive Look out for order forms in your letterbox now - or email: morfertiliser@gmail.com or phone 308 5855 for details.

All welcome and a light supper will be provided.

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.

AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine cleaner and more. Call local LIVESTOCK, PETS distributor: Veehof phone 302 BUYER of unwanted 2911. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

PUBLIC NOTICES We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 ASHBURTON 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

ROWING CLUB AGM LET OR LEASE Wednesday, August 29, STORAGE units available, 2018 at the Lakehouse, various sizes.

Alarm Lake Hood 8pm. monitored compound, 24hr Join us from 6.30pm for surveillance cameras. Phone drinks and nibbles.

0274 491 871.

Secretary: ashburton rowingclub@gmail.com 027 310 2442.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

Get in quick.

AKAROA - CHARMING, Delivery August 25. spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod FOR SALE cons, short walk to village. GRAZING Phone Brian 307-8000 or LAMB grazing wanted, prefer SCOOTERS - new and 308-6180. grass or clover. Phone Mitch secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and 027 3131 320. wheel chairs. Call Fred HIRE Reddecliffe at Electric GENERAL hire.

LawnMobility Ashburton today. mowers, chainsaws, concrete GARAGE SALES Phone 308-3602 breakers, trailers, and more. CARBOOT sale – Saturday, All your DIY / party hire, call August 18 from 8.30am until and see Ashburton U-Hire. 12noon north end of West ADULT 588 East Street. Open Mon- Street carpark. Fundraiser for ENTERTAINMENT Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am The Big Little Theatre LILY - Beautiful sexy Asian - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am - Company senior trip to train lady, 34 DD cup, busty, size 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 at the Globe in London.

8. Professional massage, www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz in/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

Guardian Real Estate

307 7900

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

BUSINESS WANTED/SELL Rural Mail Delivery Business Ashburton Enjoy being your own boss delivering to approx 430 boxes.

NZ Post mail/ parcels, circulars and newspaper five day a week, parcels and newspaper 1/2 day Saturday.

Ideal husband and wife run.

For more info, email susan.hop@hotmail. co.nz

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

NEW Asian, sweet hot body.

Very busty, slim, size 8, friendly with good massage.

Phone 021 141 3572.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

HOUSE required, three to four bedroom by retired farmers, will care for garden and home like our own. Great references. Please phone 027 387 7717.

QUALITY four bedroom, two bathroom home to rent in Allenton. Phone 021 466 533.

TO RENT - Sunny, very tidy two bedroom unit, close to town. Great neighbours.

Ready now. Heat pump, newly painted, new carpet.

Reference required. No dogs or smokers. One cat fine. Call Vicky. Phone 03 302 6104 027 220 4306.

No-one should have to choose.

Imagine being forced to choose between providing food, warmth and shelter for you and your family.

Sadly, this is a decision that thousands of Kiwi families living in poverty are forced to make each winter—whether to feed their children at the expense of paying a power bill, or to miss a rent payment—falling further into crippling debt so a family member can visit a doctor.

Winter is one of the busiest times of the year for The Salvation Army, with more people seeking support with the basics of survival—food, warmth and shelter—as well as long-term care such as budgeting, counselling and life skills.

The Salvation Army wants every Kiwi to have enough to make it through a tough winter, and the cold winters beyond. Because no-one should have to choose.

Please support our Winter Appeal today and help ensure that those in need can get the basics of food, warmth and shelter.

Donate now at

salvationarmy.org.nz/winterappeal

Winter Appeal

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On the eve that the crew of the first manned expedition to Mars is about to return to Earth, it discovers fossilised evidence of life on Mars.

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6:35 The Whole Truth MVLSC 2016 Crime. Keanu Reeves, Renee Zellweger. 8:10 Love On The Air PG 2015 Romantic Comedy. Alison Sweeney, Jonathan Scarfe, Crystal Balint.

9:35 Incarnate 16VLC 2016 Horror. Aaron Eckhart, King of California Carice van Houten.

8:30pm on Choice 11am Collateral Beauty ML 2016 Drama. Will Smith, SKY 5 Helen Mirren. 12:35 Rings 6am Raw MVC MVC 2017 Horror. Matilda Lutz, 8:30 Smackdown MVC Alex Roe. 2:15 The 10:15 Main Event MVC Whole Truth MVLSC 2016 11:10 Container Wars PG Crime. Keanu Reeves, 12:05 Storage Wars – Texas PG Renee Zellweger.

12:30 Meet The Hockers PG 3:50 Wedding Bells 2017 12:55 Deep Undercover MVLC Romance. Danica McKellar, 1:25 The Amazing Race PG Kavan Smith. 5:15 The 2:20 Salvation MV Darkness MVLSC 2016 Horror.

3:10 American Grit PG 4pm Container Wars PG Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell.

5pm The Amazing Race PG 6:45 The Family Fang 6pm The Simpsons PG MLC 2016 Comedy.

6:30 The Simpsons PG Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman.

7pm Last Man Standing PG 8:30 Goodbye Christopher 7:30 Modern Family PG Robin PGL 2017 Drama. A 8pm Modern Family PG glimpse into the relationship 8:30 American Grit PG between children’s author AA 9:30 Meet The Hockers PG 10pm Storage Wars – Texas PG Milne and his son, whose toys inspired the world of Winnie10:30 Container Wars PG 11pm Container Wars PG the-Pooh. Domhnall Gleeson, 11:30 The Amazing Race PG Margot Robbie.

SUNDAY 12:30 Time Cop 10:20 47 Metres Down 16VLC 2017 Horror.

MV 1:25 Modern Family PG 3 1:50 Modern Family PG 3 11:55 A Sunday Kind 2:15 American Grit PG Of Love M 2015 Drama.

3:05 Storage Wars – Texas PG SUNDAY 1:30 The Family 3:30 Meet The Hockers PG Fang MLC 2016 Comedy.

3:55 Last Man Standing PG 3:15 Goodbye Christopher 4:20 Container Wars PG Robin PGL 2017 Drama.

4:45 Container Wars PG 5am Wedding Bells 2017 5:10 The Simpsons PG Romance.

5:35 The Simpsons PG

MOVIES GREATS 6:15 Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama.

Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn.

8:05 Wanderlust 16LSC 2012 Comedy.

Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux. 9:40 I Give It A Year MLS 2013 Romantic Comedy. Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall. 11:15 Superbad 16LSC 2007 Comedy.

Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Emma Stone. 1:05 Ocean’s 13 PGV 2007 Crime Thriller.

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon. 3:05 Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn.

4:55 Bad Santa 16VLS 2003 Comedy. Billy Bob Thornton.

6:25 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law. 8:30 21 Jump Street 16VLS 2012 Crime Comedy. Two new police officers go undercover as students to break a highschool drug ring, with unfortunate results. Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube.

10:20 Jersey Girl MLS 2004 Comedy Drama.

SUNDAY

Midnight Boogeyman MC 2005 Horror. 1:30 Bad Santa 16VLS 2003 Comedy.

3am Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. 5:05 21 Jump Street 16VLS 2012 Crime Comedy.

SKY SPORT 1 6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Wyndham Championship – Round One. 7am L Golf – PGA Tour Wyndham Championship – Round Two. 10am Golf – European Tour (HLS) Nordea Masters – Round Two. 10:30 Golf – LPGA (HLS) Indy Women in Tech Championship – Round Two. 11am Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup (RPL) Quarter-final Four – Germany v Japan. 1pm Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Wyndham Championship – Round Two. 1:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Tasman v Canterbury. 2pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) North Harbour v Northland.

2:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Manawatu v Waikato.

4:30 #SkySpeed 5pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 6pm Team Talk 6:30 L Rugby – Women’s International Australia v Black Ferns.

9:15 L Rugby – The Championship Australia v All Blacks.

SUNDAY 1am Fox Sports News 1:30 The World Rugby Show 1:55 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Tasman v Canterbury. 2:25 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Saturday.

2:55 L Rugby – The Championship South Africa v Argentina. 5am L Golf – PGA Tour Wyndham Champs – Round Three.

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11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 Auction Hunters 1am Speed With Guy Martin 2am M King Of California AO 2007 Comedy Drama.

Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II. 4am Iron Chef America 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 2 6am The Professor’s Farewell Tour 6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Super 8s – Castleford Tigers v Warrington Wolves.

9am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Friday.

9:30 The Kiwi League Show A rugby league lifestyle show that follows New Zealanders plying their trade in the NRL and Super League.

10am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Sea Eagles v Titans.

From Lottoland, Brookvale.

Noon Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Storm v Eels.

2pm The Kiwi League Show 2:40 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Panthers v Knights.

4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Panthers v Knights.

From Panthers Stadium, Penrith.

7pm L Rugby League – NRL Tigers v Dragons.

From Leichhardt Oval, NSW. 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Sharks v Cowboys.

From Southern Cross Group Stadium, Woolooware, NSW.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Auckland v Counties Manukau.

2am L Rugby League – Super League Super 8s – Salford Red Devils v Widnes Vikings.

4:15 L Rugby League – Super League Catalans v Wigan.

18Aug18

DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Prison Escape. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Deadliest Catch PG Blackout. 9:10 Murder Chose Me M 10am Web Of Lies M Crime Scene Selfie.

10:50 People Magazine Investigates PG Alaskan Temptress. 11:40 Weather Gone Viral M Weather Wipeouts. 12:30 Edge Of Alaska M 1:20 Diesel Brothers PG Hurricanes, Trucks, and Snowmobiles.

2:10 Misfit Garage PG Launching A 1969 Satellite 1/2.

3pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG Episode 12. 3:50 Scijinks PG 4:20 Scijinks PG 4:45 Scijinks PG 5:15 Scijinks PG 5:40 Scijinks PG 6:10 Scijinks PG 6:35 MythBusters PG Battle Bots. 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Surprise Makeover Edition. 8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 9:25 Deadliest Catch PG Blackout.

10:15 China – Time Of Xi PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid XL M All-Stars – Hunted Humans.

11:55 MythBusters PG

SUNDAY

12:45 MythBusters PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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6am This Town 3 0 6:50 Instant Gardener 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 8:05 Praise Be 8:35 Topp Country 3 0 9:10 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 0 10am Marae PGR 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Sunday 0 12:55 Outback Truckers PGR 3 0 1:55 DNA Detectives 3 0 2:55 Coast New Zealand 3 0 3:55 People On Bikes 0 4:25 Fishing And Adventure The crew heads to the eastern Coromandel Peninsula for a land based and harbour mission. It’s full on action and adventure with big snapper off the rocks and daytime flounder spearing.

4:55 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar Super Seeds. 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 F Cold Case AO Detectives review every aspect of the 2002 disappearance of Dunedin mother of three Tuitania Barclay, and come to the ultimate conclusion. 0 9:30 Q+A 0 10:40 The Inside Word PGR 0

6am Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Darwin And Newts 0 6:45 Best Of Chuggington Collection 0 6:55 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!!

And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:10 Tangled – The Series 0 7:35 Andi Mack 3 0 8am What Now 10am Regular Show 0 10:10 Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 0 12:10 Ugly Betty PGR 3 0 1:10 Kevin (Probably) Saves The World PGR 2:05 Black-Ish 3 0 2:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 American Housewife 0 6pm The Middle 0 6:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0

11:10 F Brief Encounters AO 3 Steph organises an Ann Summers event at a local night club, but it seems unlikely that proceedings will run smoothly. 0 12:10 Attitude 3 0 12:40 Coronation Street CatchUp 3 0 2:40 Infomercials

11:40 The Exorcist AO 0 12:30 Quantico AO 0 1:15 M Don’t Breathe AO 2016 Horror. 0 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 3 0 4:10 Infomercials 4:40 Full House 3 0 5:05 N Little Sister Don’t Cha 5:30 Infomercials

THREE

11:50 Chicago Med AO Dr Choi deals with a patient with anorexia nervosa who refuses treatment; Dr Reese returns from her suspension. 0 12:45 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

Cold Case

8:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 6:45 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 7:35 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 8:20 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 9:10 Clean House 3 9:58 The Dish PGR 3 10am Clean House 3 10:50 The Getaway 3 11:40 Catfish 3 12:28 The Dish PGR 3 12:30 In Defence Of Waco – Clive Doyle 3 1:30 Dress To Impress 3 2:30 Dress To Impress 3 3:28 The Dish PGR 3 3:30 Clean House 3 4:30 Catfish 3 5:30 Catfish 3 6:30 Catfish 7:30 Glam Masters PGR 8:30 M Eat Pray Love AO 3 2010 Romantic Drama. 0 11:13 The Dish PGR 3 11:15 Don’t Be Tardy AO 11:40 Don’t Be Tardy AO MONDAY 12:05 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 12:55 Infomercials 3

PRIME

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:30 The Hui 0 9:55 NewsHub Nation 3 0 10:55 N Both Worlds 0 11:15 Creative Living (Starting Today) 3 11:40 Gone Fishin’ 3 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – NZ Jetsprint Championship (HLS) 2pm Motorsport – World RallyCross (HLS) 3pm Motorsport – MotoGP (HLS) 4pm Motorsport – Monster Jam 5pm Big Angry Fish Milan and Nathan catch snapper in a small sandbar. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Avengers – Age Of 7pm The Block NZ PGR Ultron PGR 2015 Action.

A guest judge stands in for Tony Stark begins working on Jason and, with two crucial a peace-keeping programme, Game Changers on the table, but things go awry and he someone may conspire and The Avengers must save against Amy and Stu. 0 the world from the villainous 8:30 M Arrival AO 2016 Ultron. 0 Drama. 0 9:35 M Elysium AO 2013 10:45 Humans AO 0 Action Sci-fi. 0

6:25 The Darkness MVLSC 2016 Horror. Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell. 8am 47 Metres Down 16VLC 2017 Horror. Mandy Moore, Claire Holt. 9:35 A Sunday Kind Of Love M 2015 Drama.

Dylan Taylor, Melanie Scrofano.

Avengers – Age of Ultron 11:10 The Family 7pm on TVNZ 2 Fang MLC 2016 Comedy.

Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman.

SKY 5 12:55 Goodbye Christopher 6am Ghost Mine M Robin PGL 2017 Drama.

6:50 The Amazing Race PG Domhnall Gleeson, 7:40 The Simpsons PG Margot Robbie. 2:40 The 8:10 The Simpsons PG Standoff PGL 2016 Comedy.

8:40 Modern Family PG Olivia Holt, Ryan McCartan.

4:10 Wonder Woman MV 9:05 Modern Family PG 2017 Action. Gal Gabot, 9:30 Last Man Standing PG Chris Pine. 6:30 Marshall 9:55 Storage Wars – Texas MVLS 2017 Drama.

PG Chadwick Boseman, 10:25 Meet The Hockers PG Kate Hudson. 8:30 Bad 10:50 Deep Undercover MVLC Moms 2 16LSC 2017 Comedy.

11:15 Mountain Men PG Three under-appreciated and 12:10 Mountain Men PG over-worked mothers band 1:05 American Grit PG together to rebel against the 2pm Raw MVC most stressful time of the 4:45 SmackDown MVL year, Christmas. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell.

6:30 Main Event MVC 10:15 Baby Driver 16VL 7:30 Mountain Men PG 2017 Action. Ansel Elgort, 8:30 Mountain Men PG 9:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV Jon Hamm.

MONDAY 12:05 Drone 10:30 NCIS – New Orleans MVL 2017 Thriller. Sean Bean, MV Patrick Sabongul. 1:35 The 11:25 Raw MVC Standoff PGL 2016 Comedy.

MONDAY Olivia Holt, Ryan McCartan.

1:55 SmackDown MVC 3:05 Bad Moms 2 16LSC 3:30 Main Event MVC 2017 Comedy. Mila Kunis, 4:20 NCIS – New Orleans MV Kristen Bell. 4:50 Marshall 5:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV MVLS 2017 Drama.

MAORI

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon MasterChef Junior USA PGR 3 The 16 young cooks face a team challenge, to prepare food for a birthday party for 50 youngsters. 0 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 2pm Judge Judy PGR 2:30 Flog It! 3:30 Antiques Road Trip 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers After being refused a mortgage in London, a couple try their luck in Southern Spain, but will their new aerial yoga business work? A diving instructor faces an uncertain future.

7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 Life In The Air 0 8:30 Living With Tourette’s AO 0 9:30 60 Minutes PGR 10:30 Fear The Walking Dead AO 0

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (DLY) Bulldogs v Warriors.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

1:20 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:55 Boogeyman MC 2005 Horror. Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless.

8:25 Bad Santa 16VLS 2003 Comedy. Billy Bob Thornton.

9:55 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law. Noon 21 Jump Street 16VLS 2012 Crime Comedy. Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube.

1:50 Jersey Girl MLS 2004 Comedy Drama. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler.

3:30 Boogeyman MC 2005 Horror. Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless.

5pm Memento R16 2001 Thriller. Joe Pantoliano, Guy Pearce. 6:50 The Hangover Part II 16LS 2011 Comedy. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. 8:30 Serena MVS 2014 Drama. Story of the deteriorating relationship between a North Carolina timber magnate and his fiercely independent, entrepreneurially-minded wife. Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper.

10:25 The Two Faces Of January MVL 2014 Thriller. Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen.

MONDAY Midnight New Year’s Eve ML 2011 Comedy Romance. 1:55 Memento R16 2001 Thriller. 3:45 People Interview – Nicole Kidman 4:25 The Hangover Part II 16LS 2011 Comedy.

CHOICE

6am Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Christ Embassy 7:30 Serve It Like Sarah 8am Iron Chef America 9am Walking With The Great Apes 9:30 Shed And Buried 10am James Martin’s American Adventure 11am Money For Nothing Noon Speed With Guy Martin 1pm Shed And Buried 1:30 North Pole – Ice Airport 2:30 Flippin’ RVs 3:30 Snow Babies 4:30 Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure The Corsican ‘trinity’ of meat, chestnuts, and cheese forms the basis of the bikers’ exploration, but it is the independent spirit of the people that shines through.

5:30 Building The Dream 6:30 Flipping Bangers 7:30 American Pickers 7pm Nanakia PGR 3 8:30 M Killing Season AO 7:30 SmackDown PGR 2013 Action Thriller.

8:30 M The Godfather – Part Two veterans of the Bosnian III AO 1990 Crime. While War, one American, one seeking to legitimise his Serbian, find their unlikely business dealings in New friendship tested when one York and Italy in 1979, the of them reveals his true ageing Mafia Don seeks intentions. Robert De Niro, to atone for his sins, while John Travolta. taking his nephew under his wing. Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, 10:30 Primal Survivor AO Diane Keaton.

11:25 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s 11:30 Flipping Bangers 12:30 Hairy Bikers’ daily news programme. 2 Mediterranean Adventure 11:55 Closedown 1:30 Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 2am M Killing Season AO 2013 Action Thriller.

Robert De Niro, John Travolta.

4am American Pickers 5am Building The Dream

10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 10:30 Pete And Pio 3 11am Native Affairs 3 11:30 Both Worlds 3 Noon Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 12:30 F Taha Tauiwi 3 1pm Moving Out 3 1:30 Marae DIY 3 2:30 NBA2K 18 3:30 F Iwi Anthems 3 4pm Kiingitanga 3 5pm Marae PGR 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Waipounamu Hana travels to Awhitu Estate in Taumutu to meet Te Mairiki Williams, who shares his passion for the art of mau rakau to carry traditional knowledge into the changing world.

SKY SPORT 1 10am Golf – European Tour (HLS) Nordea Masters – Round Three.

10:30 Rugby – Women’s International (RPL) Australia v Black Ferns.

12:30 Daily International News Bulletin 1pm Rugby – The Championship (HLS) Australia v All Blacks.

2:30 Rugby – The Championship (HLS) South Africa v Argentina.

3pm L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Wellington v Otago.

4:15 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Southland v Hawke’s Bay. From Invercargill.

6:30 Rugby – The Championship (RPL) Australia v All Blacks.

From ANZ Stadium in Homebush.

8:30 Rugby Nation 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm Rugby – The Championship (HLS) South Africa v Argentina.

10:30 Fox Sports News 11pm L Golf – PGA European Tour Nordea Masters – Round Four.

MONDAY

3:30 The World Rugby Show 4am Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Indy Women in Tech Championship – Round Three. 4:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Wyndham Championship – Round Three. 5am L Golf – PGA Tour Wyndham Championship – Round Four.

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

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Toronto v Hull.

8:30 Rugby – The Championship (RPL) Australia v All Blacks.

From ANZ Stadium in Homebush.

10:30 Rugby – Women’s International (HLS) Australia v Black Ferns.

11am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Panthers v Knights.

From Panthers Stadium, NSW. 1:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Bulldogs v Bears.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Bulldogs v Warriors.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

6:30 Golf Central An in-depth analysis and breaking news on everything that is happening in the world of golf.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Friday.

Sea Eagles v Titans and Storm v Eels.

8pm Cricket – International (HLS) England v India.

8:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) 9:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Bulldogs v Warriors.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

11:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Wellington v Otago.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

MONDAY

1:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Southland v Hawke’s Bay. From Invercargill.

3:50 L Football – Serie A Torino v Roma.

19Aug18

DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Curving Bullets. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Blowing Up History PG 9:10 Weather Gone Viral M Weather Wipeouts.

10am MythBusters PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Bering Sea Gold PG Cracked. 12:30 Cooper’s Treasure PG 1:20 Deadliest Catch PG Blackout.

2:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 4:45 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Blowing Up History PG CGI animation and the latest archaeological investigations reveal how the most famous buildings of the ancient worlds were built, stone by stone.

8:30 Weather Gone Viral M Wildest Weather.

9:25 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:15 Tribe Alive! PG Weaving and Crochet Art. 11:05 Naked And Afraid XL M All-Stars – Hunted Humans.

11:55 Deadliest Catch PG Blackout.

MONDAY

12:45 MythBusters PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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MILES, Leo Harry (Lee) – On August 13, 2018, passed away peacefully at Nurse Maude Hospice, Christchurch, aged 93 years.

Dearly loved husband of Nola (nee Kirby), dearly loved father and father-in-law of Anne and Mark Clarkson, and Joy Miles, treasured grandfather of Julia, and Louisa Clarkson; Timothy Evans, and Jenna and Michael Ellis, and loved great-grandfather of Frankie Ellis. Sincere thanks to the compassionate staff of Nurse Maude Hospice for the wonderful care given to Lee. Messages may be addressed to the family of the late Leo Miles, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. Donations to Nurse Maude Hospice would be appreciated and may be made at the service.

The funeral service for Lee will be held in St Christopher’s Anglican Church, 244 Avonhead Road, Avonhead, Christchurch, on WEDNESDAY, August 22, at 2.00pm, interment thereafter at the Waimairi Cemetery, 195 Grahams Road, Burnside.

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O’NEILL, Terence John LOWE - LEE – Please note all late death (Terry) – Nikki and Alan Lowe together notices or notices sent Late of Rakaia. with Jan and Simon Lee are outside ordinary office hours Terry’s wife Monica, their thrilled to announce the must be emailed to: children, Daniel, Riley, engagement of Kendall and deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Shaun, and Amber, their Pete. to ensure publication. partners, and granddaughter Caylah, Wish to express their To place a notice during DEATHS office hours please contact heartfelt appreciation to all our families, friends, work us on 03 307 7900 colleagues, and business for more information ANDERSON, Douglas associates, for their kindness Leicester (Doug) – Any queries and support to Terry and our On August 17, 2018. Passed please contact family over the 21 months of away peacefully at home in 0800 his illness. Our eternal thanks the care and comfort of his ASHBURTON to our wonderful Doctor, family. Dearly loved husband (0800-274-287) Penny Holdaway, the of Anne and much loved Ashburton District Nurses father of James, and Sara who visited Terry at home, and father-in-law of Jan. Oncologists Chris Harrington Cherished grandfather of and Dean Harris, and to the Angus, Ben, and Lara. exceptional staff of Ward 26, Treasured brother of Audrey, Christchurch Public Hospital. and Valmai. Messages to the A massive thankyou to Anderson family, PO Box Terry’s friends who visited 472, Ashburton 7740. Canterbury owned, and phoned him regularly.

Donations to the Ashburton locally operated You made his days so much Cancer Society would be brighter. Our sincere thanks Patersons appreciated and may be left to Father Geoff Grey, for his at the service. Grateful thanks Funeral Services Pastoral and Spiritual care of to Penny Holdaway, the and Ashburton Terry over the past months, District Nurses and the Ashburton Hospital for their Crematorium Ltd and for officiating at the funeral service in Rakaia. To special care and attention. A who attended Terry’s service to celebrate Doug’s Office and Chapel those funeral, sent flowers, cards, life will be held at the Mt Hutt Corner East & Cox Mass cards, food, gifts, and Memorial Hall, Methven on We are TUESDAY, August 21, Streets, Ashburton messages. overwhelmed and humbled commencing at 2.00pm. with the response from you Followed by private cremation all, and feel extremely at the Ashburton For all subscriber blessed to have you in our Crematorium. lives. Our sincere thanks to Paterson’s Funeral Services enquiries, missed you all. Terry was an FDANZ Ashburton deliveries, new inspiration to us all, with the Ph 307 7433 subscriptions, temporary example he showed as he stops – text, call or email: accepted his illness with great courage and dignity. We are JAMIESON, Eric Ernest – Text so proud to call him “Ours”.

On August 14, 2018.

021 271 3399 Finally for our treasured and Peacefully at Parklands dearly loved Terry: Hospital, Christchurch. Aged Phone Your life was a Blessing, 87 years. Dearly loved 0800 274 287 Your Memory a Treasure, husband of the late Isobel.

You are Loved Beyond Much loved father and fatherEmail Words, And missed Beyond in-law of Wayne and Diane, circulation@ Measure. and Sonia. Loved grandad of Josh, and Harry. Messages to theguardian.co.nz R.I.P. Terry. xxxxxxx the Jamieson family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A FUNERAL service for Eric will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox FURNISHERS Streets, Ashburton on MASTER TUESDAY, August 21, MONUMENTAL MASON commencing at 11.00am.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The price of a thing is not money. Money is only a representation of effort – someone’s effort, though maybe not the person exchanging the money. Things are worth the life that’s been exchanged for them.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): A visit is in the works. Having time to prepare will give you an advantage.

What happens in the moment is all that matters. Preparation relaxes you, and that makes said “moment” all the more pleasurable.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Being surprised or startled might be fun for some. When it comes to control, people have varying needs. Life might startle you today – not your favourite thing, but you’ll do something good with the rush.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Though you live in the midst of an interesting and ever-active crew, you could only describe this existence from a distance. It’s why you owe yourself, and everyone, really, a vacation.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): One thing can mean many things, depending on whom you ask. The truth is often a soft blend of many different interpretations, which is why it’s important to stay open to ambiguity.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There are things you’re compelled to do. It feels as though providence is pushing you toward them. What makes no sense and is costly and, by all objective opinion, rather dumb might actually be just the thing.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It doesn’t have to be an official party to be a “party.” There will be quite a lot of details to tend to in the name of making a gathering memorable. Remember, a party is only as good as the people attending it.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind, or so they say, although maybe it’s just a matter of being kind and truthful upfront instead of letting untruths linger, stagnate and become toxic.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You wake up thinking about a thing then fall asleep thinking about it and then wake up again with it on your mind.

Time to do something about that, it’s taking up more room in your brain than is fair.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Don’t concern yourself with the comings and goings of other people.

Concern yourself with your own happiness and most of that will, by extension, be settled.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s almost nowhere you can go to air your opinions without offending or delighting someone. Take care in your choosing of confidantes. The walls have ears.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): It’s no fun to watch someone doing the thing they know they can do. The fun is in watching a person do the thing they think they can’t do. Internal conflicts are more real than external ones.

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