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Water restrictions bite

BY MICHELLE NELSON

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Water restrictions are biting hard on some Mid Canterbury irrigation schemes, in what is being described as the worst drought in a decade.

On Sunday the Rangitata River, which supplies water to the Mayfield-Hinds, Valetta and Ashburton Lyndhurst (ALIL) irrigation schemes via the Rangitata Diversion Race, was operating on 15 per cent restrictions.

Yesterday river flows had

dropped to 60 cumecs, resulting in 30 per cent restrictions on available water, and today flows are expected to drop below 50 cumecs, triggering 40 per cent restrictions.

“These are difficult times,” ALIL manager Jess Dargue said.

The ALIL draws 85 per cent of its water take from the Rangitata, and the other 15 per cent from the Ashburton – which is currently on full restrictions.

Mr Dargue said it was not unusual to hit these levels, but not

this early in the season.

“We normally go on to restrictions like these in late February or early March on the Rangitata – this is the first time we’ve had to deal with it from early January. We’ve had a double whammy – a combination of lower snow falls through winter, with a long extended dry period – we certainly haven’t had a long dry period like this for many years.

“We are through the critical time in terms of harvesting cereal crops, but farmers are now

wanting to get winter feed crops in.

“It’s been pretty hard on some of our farmers, we haven’t seen anything like this for at least 10 years.

“We have a lot more efficient methods of irrigation now, but we haven’t been under this sort of pressure for a long time.

However, he said ALIL shareholders appreciated they were better off than many people in other areas, which have had much heavier cuts, much earlier.

Rangitata Diversion Race operations manager Neill Steven said the countryside was the driest he’d seen it since 2003.

“We would expect the Rangitata to start dropping away from now on, and the reality is we probably won’t get any more water from the Ashburton for the rest of the season,” he said.

“The difference is it’s been a very dry year.”

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Barry joins Henry 3News anchor Hilary Barry has joined Paul Henry’s upcoming morning news show, TV3 has confirmed. The network said Barry has signed on as news anchor, while Perlina Lau will be the show’s social media presenter. “Hilary is one of the most talented broadcasters in the country and it is time to see and hear more of her,” Head of News Mark Jennings said. “She is a world-class newsreader, but she is also an astute observer of life and what makes New Zealand tick ... Hilary’s personality and wry sense of humour makes her the perfect foil for Paul.” Barry will remain as 3News’ co-host. Lau, who wrote and starred in popular web series Flat3, has been a Director’s Assistant at 3News for two years. The Paul Henry Show is scheduled to air simultaneously on TV3 and RadioLive. It is rumoured to be kicking off in May once the show’s custom-built studio is finished, and will air from 6-9am.

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Lady Gaga getting married Pop diva Lady Gaga has announced to the world that she is getting married - to an actor she met making a video, in which she wore her mother’s wedding dress.

The 28-year-old superstar, who has become as known for her extravagant outfits as for her music, revealed the engagement by showing a simple, heart-shaped ring that fiance Taylor Kinney gave her. “He gave me his heart on Valentine’s Day, and I said YES!” Gaga said in a caption to the picture she shared with her 5.5 million followers on Instagram. Gaga met Kinney in 2011 when filming the video for You & I in the open fields of Nebraska.

Despite the romantic title, the video was full of disturbing imagery including simulated torture of Gaga. In a foreshadowing of the relationship to come, Gaga revealed that she wore her mother’s wedding dress for the video. It also showed Gaga - clad as a mermaid - having sex with Kinney. Kinney popped the question to Gaga, an Italian American whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, over a Valentine’s Day dinner at the New York restaurant Joanne Trattoria which is owned by her parents, according to celebrity magazine Us Weekly. Kinney, 33, has acted in a range of television shows, such as Chicago Fire, and films. He had a recurring role on the television series The Vampire Diaries and played a Navy SEAL in Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s controversial thriller about the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Gaga started off in the New York underground before her 2008 debut album The Fame.

Abbey Road studios set for upgrade London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios is set for major multi-million-dollar makeover if local planning bosses approve a major revamp on the historical building.

Bosses are hoping to spend a fortune modernising the place in a bid to make it more appealing to modern pop stars and technically-savvy composers.

Abbey Road Studios, now under the ownership of Universal Music, became a home away from home for the Beatles in the 1960s. The venue will be fitted with new state-of-the-art equipment including a Dolby Atmos system, according to reports.

Celia Lashlie loses battle Social commentator Celia Lashlie has died following her battle with cancer.

In a statement on her website yesterday, it was confirmed that Ms Lashlie had passed away on Monday night. “It is with deep regret that Celia Lashlie passed away at 11.40pm on February 16th from pancreatic cancer. Her sudden departure was unexpected but her passing was peaceful,” a statement on her website said. “Celia’s family is grateful for the love and support expressed by thousands of New Zealanders.” Ms Lashlie was hospitalised after Christmas when a scan revealed pancreatic cancer. On Monday in a statement, her family said her condition had deteriorated significantly in the past six weeks. Ms Lashlie is best known for her work with the ‘Good Man’ project that focused on research from discussions with pupils in 25 boys’ schools throughout the country. It formed the basis of her book, He’ll Be OK - Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men. Ms Lashlie was also the former manager of Christchurch’s Women’s Prison, and worked for 15 years within the Prison Service from 1985.

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$121,000 RWC ticket Ticket prices for this year’s Rugby World Cup are soaring on auction sites, with one seat at the final on sale for £59,000 ($121,000) – many times its original value.

Ticket exchange website stubhub.co.uk is flogging off the ticket, which has a face value of £715 ($1462). Dan Boyd of allblackstours.com made the discovery while investigating what was on offer for people thinking of heading to the United Kingdom for the competition which kicks off in September. He labelled the price “ridiculous”. “I was just trying to work out what’s still out there for people to buy and some of the prices are just ludicrous.” On another website, in the secondary market, he found a ticket to the final going for US$12,000 ($16,000). When New Zealand hosted the Rugby World Cup in 2011, the Government banned third party on-selling.

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■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Hospital rebuild moves closer

By Caitlin Porter

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The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has confirmed construction of the new Ashburton Hospital buildings will start next month.

Tenders for the rebuild and refurbishment work closed yes-

terday with construction of the new buildings to commence in March.

CDHB general manager of planning, funding and decision support Carolyn Gullery said the construction of new buildings, including the new lift, will be completed by November.

The refurbishment of the first

part of Ward Block C will be staged during 2015 and the entire refurbishment of the block, including foundation strengthening, is expected to be completed by the end of June 2016.

The foundation strengthening of Ward Block D is also expected to be complete by the end of June next year.

The $8.7 million rebuild of the operating theatre and outpatients area, as well as earthquake strengthening of other parts of the hospital, the refurbishment of ward blocks and an extension to the Acute Admitting Area of the hospital was announced in June 2013 and was originally meant to be finished last year.

However, demolition was delayed when asbestos was found before work started.

It was then delayed further when contractors found new traces of white asbestos in the theatre block and by December only the demolition of therapy services and outpatients has been completed.

■ PHONE PROBLEMS

Couple’s phone woes finally fixed . . . five days later

By Sue newman

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It took five days, countless phone calls and finally an email from the media before Ashburton couple Bob and June Bruhns had their telephone reconnected.

When fibre optic cable was undergrounded down their street, Mr and Mrs Bruhns decided to step into the new world of warp speed internet connection. And all went well – initially.

They booked a time for their connection and because they were staying with the same telephone provider, Vodafone, they anticipated the exercise would be problem-free. They were wrong.

On Thursday a team of techs arrived and within a couple of hours the job was done. The internet connection was up and running, but their telephone was not.

“They told us it would take just five or six hours to fix but here we are five days later,” Mr Bruhns said.

Yes, the telephone was connected, but there was a missing link. For callers outside Mid Canterbury, it was business as usual when they called the

Bob and June Bruhns looking for the missing communication link that prevents local phone calls coming into their home.

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Bruhns’ home; for callers close to home the message was short and sharp ... “this number is not in service…”.

With the flick of a switch, it seemed, the Bruhns’ telephone had now routed itself outside the district and the 03 area code

was necessary for all calls coming into their home.

That’s all well and good, Mr Bruhns said, but how do their local callers find that piece of information?

“People are coming around and asking why our phone has

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“I’m absolutely furious. It’s still not fixed and last time I told them I was going to the media.

One time I was on the phone for an hour-and-a-half and my cellphone went flat.”

On Friday they were told the problem was almost fixed. The end of the Vodafone team’s working day arrived, they went home and the Bruhns’ problem remained.

Yesterday Mr Bruhns had had enough. He went through with his threat and called the Guardian, which in turn sent an email to Vodafone asking for answers.

And the answers came.

In response, communications advisor Fleur McFarlane said the Bruhns’ problem was unique but Vodafone was focussed on putting things right for them.

“The issue was linked to a small misstep in the process when our customer was moved to fibre. We are sorry things took longer than normal to resolve,” she said.

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■ MID CANTERBURY DROUGHT

Water trucked to Dromore

BY SUE NEWMAN

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About 35 homes in the Dromore area are running short of water.

The Ashburton District Council has put emergency water restrictions in place after the scheme’s reservoir dropped by 25 per cent on Monday.

The council has arranged for water to be tankered in to replenish the reservoir and help get residents through the next few days, and council assets manager Andrew Guthrie says

residents should only use water for essential services such as cooking and bathing.

A combination of high level restrictions and tankered water should ease pressure on the bore. Council staff will continue to monitor the situation, Mr Guthrie said.

“It remains very dry at present and groundwater levels continue to decline.

“We are keeping a close watch on all water supplies in the district to make sure the schemes’ ability to provide a basic level

of service continues.”

The Dromore supply came under pressure several years ago and tankers were called in to boost the supply. Properties on the scheme are spread over a geographically wide area.

Mr Guthrie is asking residents to check pipes on their properties to identify leaks and notify council if they found any.

Dromore is one of the water schemes in the district that has permanent hosing restrictions. Similar level five water restrictions were put in place

in Mt Somers in early January after high demand from holiday makers saw the supply under pressure.

Two other water supplies, Methven-Springfield and Montalto are on permanent hosing bans. Mt Somers is on level three restrictions which allow hand held hosing only on alternate days between 6pm and midnight while most urban areas around the district are on level two restrictions, alternate days and hosing between 6pm and midnight only.

Fish die after Mill Creek water dries up

BY SUE NEWMAN

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The water might be flowing today, but yesterday Mill Creek was dry and dozens of fish were either dying or dead, says Ashburton man Ken Banwell.

During a Sunday run he noticed the water level was very low at the Allens Road bridge over Mill Creek; on Monday he ran the same route again and was horrified to see the creek bed was dry.

There were people standing around the creek and he stopped to see what they were looking at. He was shocked to see dozens of fish either dead or dying.

“I’d expected the creek levels to be back up yesterday but it was completely dry, I was shocked as it’s always flowing with plenty of water. The flow has always been consistent and now it’s stopped,” he said.

He pulled 21 dead fish out of the creek and was forced to kill several that were gasping for breath in pools of mud.

“This is an absolute disgrace, it’s environmental vandalism,

Ken Banwell counting the cost of a dry Mill Creek in dozens of dead fish.

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someone appears to have just shut the water off,” he said.

Mr Banwell is concerned that not only were dozens of trout killed, so too were a range of invertebrates that lived in the creek bed.

“It will take years for this creek to recover.

“If there were 21 dead rainbow trout here, how many oth-

er fish have died?”

The dead fish ranged from around a year old to adult fish of the size that children regularly caught in the creek, Mr Banwell said.

“These deaths are totally unnecessary, turning the water off completely is vandalism.

It’s good it’s flowing again but the damage has been done.”

The on-again, off-again problems with Mill Creek are causing headaches for the Ashburton District Council too.

On Monday they called in fish salvage teams from Fish and Game New Zealand to clear fish from several sections of the creek and water rangers have been working overtime to try to solve low flow issues, said group service delivery manager Neil McCann.

The creek is filled from a stockwater race that is spring fed.

“We’re battling a drop in supply. All over the district flows are low and we’re doing the best we can to keep creeks running. On Monday we did manage to salvage a lot of fish, but clearly not all of them,” he said.

The low flow problem was exacerbated by the occasional intentional blockage and water race rangers were stepping up vigilance to ensure any blockages – intentional or not – were cleared, Mr McCann said.

“We know people are desperate for water and we know it’s trying times.”

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Banked water pays dividends

BY MICHELLE NELSON MICHELLE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Stored water is paying dividends for farmers on the Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation (BCI) scheme.

From last year, BCI irrigators have been able to “bank” water in Lake Coleridge for use this season. It has proved a “very positive” investment, BCI general manager John Wright said.

“The scheme is holding up at this point, largely due to stored water in Lake Coleridge,” he said. “Coleridge has really changed the scheme – having that water stored gives people confidence to carry on with their farming businesses.

“We are on and off using stored water, we either have river water or stored water available, so we don’t have to impose restrictions in the same way as the RDR scheme.

“We do have a number of irrigators who are not using their stored water, because they are keeping it for later in the season, or have used their allocation of stored water up.”

Mr Wright said provisions were in place for BCI to request more stored water this season, which has also helped keep the drought at bay for shareholders.

“We have done that and Trust Power have been very co-operative, so we have increased the amount of stored water available for this season.”

The amount of water which can be used for irrigation is determined by a contractual limit.

About 90 per cent of shareholders have taken some stored water, with the remainder relying on on-farm dams or alternative sources of water.

Mr Wright expected more farmers to take up the opportunity to bank water in the future.

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In brief

New air con unit still in transit

By SuSan SandyS

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The Ashburton art gallery’s much anticipated new air conditioning unit has yet to reach Ashburton, despite having been expected in the country earlier this week.

The Ashburton District Council’s commercial manager James Webb was yesterday chasing up the unit supplier to find out just where it was.

The unit has been manufactured in Italy and is to replace

one which failed and derailed the art gallery’s plans to open in its new building.

The equipment’s suppliers previously informed the council that the replacement unit would arrive in the country around February 16.

Installation and testing would follow immediately after delivery.

Mr Webb said the date it would arrive in Ashburton would depend on a number of variables such as being cleared

from port and going through customs. “You are a little bit at the whim of the shipping companies.”

He said enquiries last week had given him no reason to believe there would be any delays.

“We have confidence in the supplier and the contractor,” Mr Webb said.

It will not cost ratepayers anything to replace the faulty air conditioning unit, with its cost as well as freight and installation under warranty.

A heat exchanger in the unit which failed was malfunctioning. It stabilised temperature in the upper floor of the new building, which was officially opened on Saturday despite not having a functioning art gallery.

Mr Webb has said earlier that the suppliers had a good reputation and track record within the building services industry in New Zealand, confirmed during due diligence before accepting the tender.

UV app helps kids monitor sun time

By Caitlin Porter

caitlin.p@theguardian.co.nz

An Ashburton preschool is trialling a new sun sensor mobile phone application.

Childs Play Preschool is one of the first 100 early childhood education centres in the country to trial the app, designed to improve children’s sun safety and reduce the nation’s skin cancer rates.

The preschool was selected in late November but only this week got the application up and running due to technical difficulties. The app was designed for Apple devices but is now available for Android devices which the preschool use though it might need a new one to run the app properly.

Sensors are set up in the playground and send information to a tablet, the data can be projected onto a television screen in the classroom.

Teacher Jazzlyn Leonard said the app was great.

“It’s on a level that kids understand.”

Miss Leonard said, from a teacher’s perspective, it was easy to navigate.

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Police callout Members of the public advised the Guardian that police from Christchurch and Timaru were present in Ashburton on Monday night. Access to Middle Road was allegedly cordoned off during the early evening. Canterbury police did not respond to requests for comment yesterday.

Methven fire The Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade attended a vegetation fire on Highbank School Road at about 6.45pm last night. Firefighters worked at the scene for about an hour.

Gang associate dead A man found dead in a Wanganui park yesterday was a former Mongrel Mob gang associate who was jailed over the death of toddler Jhia Te Tua in a drive-by shooting in 2007. Wanganui police confirmed the man, whose body was found by a member of the public in Te Mana Park last night, was that of 26-year-old Tyrone Box. The Wanganui man was jailed in 2008 for his part in the shooting of 2-year-old Jhia Harmony Te Tua. Box, who was 19 at the time of the shooting, had been a back-seat passenger in a vehicle from which shots were fired as it drove past the toddler’s Gonville home on May 5, 2007.

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Murder charge A 30-year-old man has been charged with murder and another is facing firearms charges after a shooting on the East Coast. A 50-year-old Te Araroa man died after he was shot on a property in the small rural settlement on Monday night. A 30-year-old Te Araroa man has been charged with the man’s murder and a 32-yearold man is charged with recklessly discharging a firearm.

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Father charged Childs Play Preschool students (from left) Ashton Haydon-Gliddon, Kingston Reti, Bridget Maddison, Nyah McQuillan and Asher Cavill, all 4, practise sun safety with the new UV Lens app.

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what the UV risk factor is on a scale of green to purple. There is also an interactive game children can use to determine the

scale and sunscreen reminders can be activated.

The UV Lens was developed by technology company

Spark64 and was donated by sunscreen company Banana Boat to 100 early childhood centres around New Zealand.

A Hamilton man has admitted the murder of his 8-month-old son.

Charlie Lackner, 33, made a brief appearance in the High Court at Hamilton yesterday where he changed his plea to guilty. Lackner had been fighting the charge since his arrest for the murder of his 8-month-old son, Cassius Takiari, who died on June 16 last year.

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■ DRINK DRIVING LAWS

New drink driving laws working

By Daisy HuDson

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Police say a change of culture is behind so few people being nabbed under new drink driving laws in Mid Canterbury.

New drink driving laws came into effect on December 1, 2014, meaning drivers over the age of 20 years who are caught with between 251-400mcg of alcohol per litre of breath receive an instant fine of $200 and 50

demerit points.

It does not result in a criminal conviction.

A zero-alcohol limit remains in place for drivers under the age of 20.

However, according to police reports, just two people from Mid Canterbury have been processed under the new law.

One person was caught in mid-December, while another person was found to be over the new limit last weekend.

Mid/South Canterbury area commander Inspector David Gaskin said the figure showed there was “an awful lot of responsibility” in the community.

“Everyone is aware of the current restrictions in relation to drink driving, and they’re taking their responsibility seriously,” he said.

“It doesn’t affect the hardcore, recidivist drink drivers who will still get caught, but it’s certainly a lot better than what it was.”

Man jailed over brutal beating A man who beat a homeless man to death during a brutal, hour-long attack has been jailed for a minimum of 15 years – narrowly missing out on becoming the first person to be jailed for life without parole. Justin Vance Turner, 29, pleaded guilty to the murder of 49-year-old Maqbool Hussain in October in the High Court at Auckland.

Court documents detail a horrific,

Mr Gaskin said people were more wary under the new laws, but two drink drivers was still too many.

“We’d rather have no-one, but unfortunately some people make errors and they get caught,” he said.

He believed there had been a change in the culture around drink driving, which he described as “a good thing”.

Canterbury highway patrol Senior Sergeant Phil Newton

told media last month he was encouraged by a drop in drink driving offences in the region, with recorded offences falling by 21.8 per cent.

According to reports, on average New Zealand adult drivers with blood alcohol readings of between 51mg and 80mg are responsible for at least seven deaths, 45 serious injuries, and 102 minor injuries on the roads each year.

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prolonged attack on the victim, during which he viciously assaulted Mr Hussain in a variety of ways while he was on bail for other offending.

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Mid Cantabrians had the chance to learn how to save lives yesterday.

Workshops run by St John were held as part of a campaign to introduce automatic external defibrillators (AED) into all ASB Bank branches in New Zealand.

Staff at Ashburton ASB were trained in the use of AEDs by a St John tutor, and a public session followed afterwards.

St John tutor Rochelle Spencer showed members of the public how to properly perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as well as how to correctly use an AED.

St John figures show there are about 26 AEDs in Ashburton.

Ashburton resident Betty King said while the practice was not hard, she felt it may be more difficult performing the resuscitation on a person.

Ms Spencer showed Ms King the correct steps to take when a person collapses including assessing dangers, checking if the patient is responsive, sending for help, opening and clearing the airway and performing CPR. St John is not the only supplier of AEDs, which retail for about $3000.

Businesses can also purchase them and if approached, St John will share a percentage of the cost.

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■ MID CANTERBURY REAL ESTATE

Average price of Mid Canty house rises

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The average price of a house listed for sale on an online auction site has risen by 21.2 per cent over the past year.

Trade Me Property puts the average price of a three or four-bedroom Ashburton home on its site at $395,050, showing the district’s real estate is rising at a faster rate than every other district in Canterbury (outside of Christchurch city).

As a whole, Canterbury prices increased by 8.8 per cent over the past year.

The price index measures trends in the expectations of selling prices for properties listed by both private sellers and real estate agents.

Its index excludes the upper and lower 10 per cent of listings.

It gives the index price of a three to four-bedroom house in Ashburton as $419,350, Methven $422,200 and Tinwald, $331,800.

Over the past 12 months, the price of a one or two-bedroom house was $247,050, up 17.4 per cent.

The Trade Me index comes hot on the heels of a report from ASB which tips house price expectations to continue to rise this year.

Nick Tuffley

The latest ASB Housing Confidence Survey showed that 59 per cent of respondents expected higher prices over the year ahead with low interest rates remaining the key driver in housing confidence.

Chief economist Nick Tuffley said Auckland would continue to stand out from the rest of the country with accelerating prices.

In Canterbury, 58 per cent of people responding to the survey believed house prices would increase, but Canterbury people have the least confidence in the housing market nationally with 16 per cent believing it was a bad time to buy a house.

Mr Tuffley believes there is every indication that the current loan to value ratio restrictions would remain in place for longer than anticipated, most likely to the end of this year.

St Andrew’s Church ministry assistant Dellwyn Moylan says people of faith will be anointed with ash in the sign of the cross today for Ash Wednesday. It signals the beginning of Lent.

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Celebration of Ash Wednesday Parishioners of St James, St Andrew’s and St Paul’s will celebrate Ash Wednesday tonight in a joint celebration at St James’ Church in Tinwald. It starts at 7pm.

It will be taken by St Andrew’s Church ministry assistant Dellwyn Moylan.

Ash Wednesday signals the beginning of Lent, in the Western Christian calendar.

Miss Moylan said it happened 46 days before Easter: it could fall as early as February 4 or as late March 10. “According to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Je-

sus spent 40 days fasting in the desert, where he endured temptation by Satan,” Miss Moylan said.

“Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of this 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence.”

The day gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads, or hands, of people of faith.

Ashes were used in ancient times to express mourning.

If people dusted themselves with ash it was their way of expressing sorrow for mistakes and faults, Miss Moylan said.

It is a celebration and reminder of human mortality, and as a sign or mourning and repentance to God. “The ashes used are typically gathered from the burning of the palms or palm crosses from the previous year’s Palm Sunday.”

But during Ash Wednesday services people are given opportunity to write down the things they want to forget or leave behind.

“These are then burnt and the ash mixed with a little oil, which is then used to mark the forehead or hand,” she said.

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■ RAKAIA GARDEN COMPETITION

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Less than three years ago Phil and Pam Dolan’s Rakaia section was bare land, now it is the town’s top garden.

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Begonias proved a winner for Rakaia gardeners Brian and Frances Nelson.

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Mischievious blackbirds have been no match for the gardening efforts of Pam Dolan.

Her Cridland Street section took out the premier award at the Rakaia Garden Competition, judged at the weekend.

Mrs Dolan and husband Phil have built a new home at the address, and their garden will be three years old later this year. New plantings, particularly annuals, were targeted by blackbirds, with the birds often pulling the plants out in the evening and leaving them on the lawn.

“They are just mischievious, just challenging me I think,” Mrs Dolan said.

Mrs Dolan is the main gardener of the house and this is the 10th time she has won the premier section, although the first time at her current home.

The section which was bare is now adorned with many colourful annuals, perennials and shrubs, not to mention topiary, and trees including maple, cornus and magnolia.

Mrs Dolan said she generally spent up to an hour-and-a-half a day in the garden, often accompanied by her small canine companion Oscar.

Meanwhile, beautiful begonias won over the judges in the open section.

The perennial flowering plants were the main feature of Brian and Frances Nelson’s home garden, also on Cridland Street.

Mr Nelson is the gardener of the house, and said he liked begonias as they were easy-care and bright.

The 79-year-old retired shopkeeper said barely a day would go by that he was not out pottering in his garden. “I’m either watering or hoeing it,” he said.

He has lived in Rakaia for his whole married life of 55 years. He had now won the open section at a variety of addresses, and previously come second in the premier section.

Results: Premier section: 1st Mr and Mrs P Dolan at 87 Cridland Street, 2nd Mr and Mrs R Watts at 92 Michael Street.

Open section: 1st Mr and Mrs B Nelson at 54 Cridland Street, 2nd Mr and Mrs M Smith at 45 Cridland Street, 3rd equal Mr and Mrs G Rowland at 15 Bowen Street and Mr and Mrs D Watson at 105 Rolleston Street.

Best Floral Display: Mr and Mrs P Dolan at 87 Cridland Street.

Special feature: Mr and Mrs D Watson at 105 Rolleston Street, colourful urns.

Community awards: Ravensdown, Wilcox, Salmon Tales.

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After evading police for 10 months, fugitive couple Paul Bennett and Simone Wright were finally caught yesterday after sailing into a beach near Sydney on a stolen boat.

Yesterday morning, New South Wales Police located the pair on board a damaged $150,000 yacht that was stolen from Opua in Bay of Islands earlier this month.

Steve Holland, who owns the boat with his wife Carol, said yesterday it was amazing the yacht, named Harlech, had been found so quickly.

Within hours of the theft being discovered, photographs and details of the

Harlech started appearing on websites around the Pacific.

Felix Fielding, 19, a student from Auckland on a working holiday in Sydney, spotted the yacht from a friend’s balcony in Avoca Beach, on Monday night.

Mr Holland said he was in contact with Mr Feilding about 9.30pm on Monday and within minutes of seeing a photo the man had taken, he confirmed it was his missing yacht.

Mr Holland said armed officers trailed the yacht before boarding it at Cowan Creek, north of Sydney, and detaining Bennett and Wright.

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John Rooney has been one of the quiet but vital cogs that have kept the Ashburton District Council’s wheels turning for around 17 years. Come Monday he won’t be turning up to work.

He talks work, family and life with reporter Sue Newman.

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or the past 17 years John Rooney has been responsible for millions of dollars worth of property owned

by Ashburton’s ratepayers but on Friday he’ll bundle up his portfolio and hand it on to a new set of hands.

Retirement beckons and he says he’s happy to walk quietly away from the world of work, but in doing so, was happy to share his unique take on life.

John’s a mercurial mix of property professional, self-confessed Marxist (we’re all wage slaves), philosopher, deep thinker and a man who’s favourite pastime is mental gymnastics.

When it comes to quitting work he says, everyone is different, everyone’s needs are different – you don’t know how long you’re going to live.

He had got to the point where he was mentally tired. He thought seriously about taking a long period of leave but wondered then, if he would want to come back.

Retirement doesn’t come with big plans other than playing more golf and finally getting work done on his five acre block.

“I’m pretty relaxed with my own company, I’ve always been relaxed in my own skin. The only qualification you really need for retirement is to carry on living. The next thing I’ll qualify for is a plot in the cemetery, that’s the reality.”

Once he had decided to retire, John said work – and life – took on a totally different perspective.

“Have I switched off ? Yes. I still take an interest in work but it’s just not as important now.”

Over those 50 years the world of work had changed dramatically, not just in the advances of technology but in the philosophies behind work, he said.

“One of the things that’s intrigued me when I look back is there seems to be less enjoyment, less fun. There used to be room for what were generally called characters, some who became legends in their own right.

We didn’t seem to take ourselves so seriously.”

And the impact on technology in the work place, while it has brought huge benefits, has also had downsides, one of which John believes is to make people less mentally agile.

“There’s research that shows

John Rooney, Ashburton District Council property manager, heading for retirement.

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that data picked up off a screen is not retained as well as printed material and I think there’s some truth in that. I don’t think people put their minds to things like they used to, possibly it’s a loss of imagination.”

He leaves with the title property manager on his business card, but started his working life at the bottom rung of the Post Office chain as an assistant telegraph delivery boy, working out of Geraldine’s historic post office.

He’s the seventh and last child in a family of boys, grew up in Pleasant Valley and later Geraldine and says he has the distinction of having two of the schools he attended – Pleasant Valley and All Hallows Convent – close their doors for good when he left.

As a 16-year-old he earned 315 pound a year and apart from having to bike up the hilly rounds around Geraldine’s downs, the postal job wasn’t all bad, John said.

Back then the post office was

a thriving business and young men with any kind of ability could launch a career in the sector and there were opportunities to move around the country.

At 17 he was sent to Haast for a month as acting postmaster and that short stint in the most remote of locations saw him play a role in the history-making occasion of the opening of the Haast Road.

“They also issued first day covers and they had to be hand stamped, hundreds of the bloody things. I also carried the first mail out of Haast by road to Greymouth: I took it to Knights Point and handed it on.

Prior to that the mail had to be flown out,” he said.

At best the Haast experience was ‘interesting’ but it kickstarted John’s time as a super sub for outlying post offices with a stint in Otira following Haast.

“I got all the good spots back then and spending Easter at Otira was probably the longest bloody weekend I’ve ever had,” he said.

Then came Rununga, Nelson and Greymouth before what turned out to be a long-term posting to Wellington.

“The beauty of Wellington back then was that there were two sorts of social sets for younger people, the Wellingtonians and the rest of us who were largely public service transferees who lived in hostels.”

Wellington, for John, brought marriage and the birth of three children.

It also saw him start walking down the path of career change as he studied part-time towards completing a degree.

“I ended up with a pretty good job in the post office when I resigned and I resigned because I saw a job that intrigued me as chief executive of the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board based in Waipukurau. We were keen for our kids to experience living in a smaller town. It was a good place and a good community.”

Five years and the Rooney family was on the move again, this time to Rotorua as general

manager over the city’s two hospitals.

The health sector was changing and John decided it was time for a change.

“I didn’t want to stick around for the next generation of the health system, it was a philosophical stance I guess.”

And that led to Ashburton, a role to what was then property manager and a working portfolio that included the breadth of Ashburton District Council owned properties and project.

John says he has largely enjoyed his 17 years with the Ashburton District Council, the staff and the people who have been on council.

“I’ve worked with three mayors and it’s fair to say they all had different styles and that’s also true of the chief executives.

It doesn’t matter what job you’re in there will be things you don’t enjoy, some aspects that are mundane, but by and large this has been a good job.”

Looking back, John says he knows he’s made mistakes, but in Post Office lingo, he hopes they’ve been sabus (self adjusting ballsups) rather than nabus (non adjusting ballsups).

“Anyone who hasn’t made a mistake hasn’t made anything.

I don’t think the mistakes I’ve made have been monumental and I don’t believe I’ve given wrong advice. I’ve got no axe to grind with anyone.”

Not all council decisions he’s implemented are decisions he’s agreed with, but there were none where he felt morally or legally compromised.

As he clears his desk John says he knows there will be people who are glad he’s leaving, others who may miss him as a work colleague, but the indisputable fact is that no one is indispensable, he said.

“Put your hand into a bucket of water, pull it out and see how much of a hole that’s left; that’s how indispensable people are, including me.”

And that’s the way it should be. If a person became indispensable to an organisation it would eventually die, he said.

“You grow or you die. That’s a fundamental. The district of Ashburton grows or it dies, there’s no half way, you can’t stand still. If you stand still you stagnate and the next stage is death.”

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Classroom melting pot Stu Oldham

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t is a lamentable fact that there are many costs associated with “free” education but Mid Canterbury parents and school communities can still make it as near-to-free as possible.

Continued community commitment to fundraising, sponsorship and donations have sofar ensured our schools can be everything to everyone without unduly penalising less fortunate families. But there have been renewed calls for schools to charge a compulsory fee rather than relying on “voluntary” donations to deliver the curriculum and extra-curricular activities that parents expect.

In response, Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Chris Murphy says a fee could exclude certain students from certain schools, making those schools even more exclusive than they already were.

This would be less an issue in Mid Canterbury, where geography and distance play a big hand in the makeup of many school rolls, but compulsory payments might still affect where parents send their children.

The district is a diverse place and its schools are its social melting pots. Some schools might be better off than others but the children they teach come from myriad different backgrounds. These backgrounds give schools a real-world diversity that reflects their communities and which ensures children from all walks learn about and from each other. Exclusivity is anathema.

Schools maintain this ideal on the back of government funding that, as Mr Murphy says, provides for a bare-bones operation but which requires community help for anything extra.

Many of these extras have probably always cost parents more. School camps, sports trips and off-site visits are often all supplemented with part-charges, fundraising or donations.

They are extras that some families are more able to contribute to than others, but which all children have access to. They are the sort of extras that improve a child’s education and prospects.

We can be proud that our schools meet our expectations but we must be prepared to continue to voluntarily support our schools to even-handedly lift up all children in their care.

YOUR VIEW Museum and art gallery Congratulations, Ashburton, you had the foresight to build such a wonderful museum complex in the centre of town.

I visited the museum on Monday and was impressed with its scale and with the excellent collection that was on display in the downstairs area.

I understand you have had problems with getting the art gallery opened (it has been in the papers in other towns) but I hope this will pass when you finally have art on the walls.

Other towns will envy what you have. It will be a place visitors will want to visit and to talk about. I am one of them.

Allison Keane

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Hospital thanks I had a day in Ashburton Hospital on Friday. I would like to say a big thank you to the staff and everyone who looked after me. They were so professional in everything they did for me. Also the meals were just so good, I must admit I did enjoy the puddings. Also the ambulance men who came down and then took me to the Gym Company.

Rosemary Hepworth

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should schools be allowed to have mandatory fees?

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ast year Dunedin City Council published a report by Deloitte about an investigation into a fraud that cost the council at least $1.59 million. This was through the sale of 152 council vehicles over a number of years by former Citifleet team leader Brent Bachop.

When the fraud first came to light an immediate reaction from at least one Dunedin councillor was to question why Audit New Zealand hadn’t uncovered the fraud in one of their financial audits, which the council pays a hefty price for each year.

The response was that for the price paid the council didn’t get the level of detailed inquiry that would necessarily identify such a fraud. The wording Audit New Zealand use in their independent audit reports is that “The council is responsible for such internal control as it determines is necessary to ensure that the annual report is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.”

Audit New Zealand then bluntly pointed out that they had in fact previously recommended in their management reports to the council that the council establish their own Audit and Risk Committee to provide oversight in this area.

The recommendation had been rejected by the council.

It was no surprise that one of the first things the Dunedin City Council did in response to the Deloitte report was to introduce an Audit and Risk Subcommittee, with an independent chairperson.

Whether or not such a committee and or an enhanced level of control and scrutiny within the council would have uncovered the fraud is debatable. You would think so, but a person in an organisation who is determined to commit fraud will usually find a way.

Here in Ashburton the council put an Audit and Budget Subcommittee in place after the 2007 triennial elections. The

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Councils around the country are re-examining their audit and risk practices.

sub-committee is still in place.

It is now called the Audit and Risk Sub-committee. It meets at least four times a year.

A report by the Office of the Auditor General entitled “Making the most of audit committees in the public sector” notes that of 278 audit committees in the public sector, the average number of members is four. A smaller number of members makes for a more effective committee, or so the logic goes.

Councillor Neil Brown chairs Ashburton’s Audit and Risk Sub-committee. Councillor Donna Favel is the deputy chair. Mayor Angus McKay and councillor Don McLeod are the two other members. All councillors can attend the sub-committee’s meetings and receive the agendas and minutes.

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In light of Dunedin’s fraud, councils throughout the country are re-examining their own audit and risk practices. A number who haven’t had audit and risk committees are now establishing them.

Our council will be undertaking a half term review its committee structures later this year. As part of this exercise it will re-examine the Audit and Risk Subcommittee’s terms of reference. We will also consider the merits of appointing an independent member to the sub-committee. Bringing in someone with additional skills and expertise is reasonably common practice, but needs to be balanced against any fee for doing so, and also against elected member’s accountability requirements if the independent appointment is given a vote.

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Egypt strikes Libya jihadists

By Samer al-atruSh Cairo has carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya after the jihadists posted a video showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.

Egypt said a “tough intervention” was needed and with France called on the UN Security Council on Monday to “take new measures” against the jihadists in neighbouring Libya.

With the air strikes, Egypt opened a new front against the jihadists.

Cairo is already battling militants in the Sinai Peninsula where scores of troops have been killed since the army toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who overthrew Morsi and has been criticised for a deadly crackdown on dissent, has presented Egypt as a crucial partner in international efforts against the jihadists.

The air strikes hit IS camps and weapons depots, the military said, hours after jihadists released gruesome footage of the beheadings that provoked outrage in Egypt.

Witnesses said there were at least seven strikes in Derna in the east, a hotbed of militancy since Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011.

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The home belonging to Sydney’s “Bondi hoarders” will not go under the hammer as planned after the owners settled a reported $180,000 debt. The property at 19 Boonara Avenue, Bondi, was to be sold last night at an auction organised by the NSW Sheriff’s Office, which was called in to recover cleaning and legal fees owed to Waverley Council by the Bobolas family. But the debt has since been settled and the family can continue to live there, a NSW Department of Justice official said yesterday afternoon. The auction had been set for 7.30pm at Double Bay Auction Centre, with Raine & Horne agent Ric Serrao expecting the property to reach up to $1.8 million.

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A man mourns the 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group.

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day carried out focused air strikes in Libya against Daesh camps, places of gathering and training, and weapons depots,” the military said, using the pejorative Arabic acronym for IS. Libyan air force chief Saqr al-Jaroushi told an Egyptian broadcaster at least 50 people were killed, a toll which could not be confirmed, and that Libyan warplanes also targeted the jihadists.

It was the first time Egypt announced military action

against Islamist targets in Libya.

Last year Cairo reportedly allowed the United Arab Emirates to use its bases to bomb militants there.

Experts say that by targeting IS with air strikes in Libya, Sisi has become a key ally of the West against Islamist extremists, despite international condemnation of his crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood of president Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted by Sisi

in 2013. IS militants have been hammered by US-led air strikes in Iraq and Syria after taking over swathes of the two countries, and the group has active affiliates in Egypt and Libya.

The raids came after Sisi threatened a “suitable response” to the killing of the Christians.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was headed to Washington to take part in an antiterrorism summit, his ministry said, urging strong international action.

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■ UKRAINE

Shaky Ukraine truce mainly holding A shaky new truce in Ukraine is already at risk on its second day, with Kiev saying persistent rebel attacks mean there is “no question” of it pulling back heavy weapons.

“There is no question at the moment of us withdrawing heavy weapons” from the frontline because of fire from pro-Russian separatists, a Ukrainian military spokesman, Vladyslav Seleznyov, said yesterday.

Pulling back tanks, artillery and rockets from the frontline in Ukraine’s east is scheduled to take place from midnight on Monday (0900 AEDT Tuesday) as the second phase of a European-mediated truce agreed last week.

But while OSCE monitors said the ceasefire that came into effect on Sunday was being generally followed, shelling

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was unabated around Debaltseve, a strategic railway hub linking the two main rebel-held cities of Donestk and Lugansk.

Thousands of government troops are in the hotspot town, mostly surrounded by pro-Russian separatists.

The situation around Debaltseve remains “dynamic” after troops repelled several rebel assaults, Seleznyov told a Kiev media conference.

The separatists early on Monday “resumed shelling” and destroyed Debaltseve’s police station without causing any casualties, a regional government official, Vyacheslav Abroskin, said on his Facebook page.

Journalists were unable to safely access the town to verify the claims.

Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

said they would try to get into Debaltseve soon after being barred by rebels on Sunday.

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, said during a visit to Bulgaria that “the Ukraine armed forces are fully observing the ceasefire regime but unfortunately in response we have received 112 ... attacks in the past 24 hours from the terrorists of Donetsk and Lugansk”.

Another military spokesman, Dmytro Chaly, said at least five Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and 22 wounded by rebel fire in the town of Shyrokine, near the coastal city of Mariupol, since the ceasefire started.

While tensions rose on the ground, the European Union upped the ante on the diplomatic front, adding two Russian deputy defence ministers, Anatoly Antonov and Arkady

Bakhin, to its travel-ban and asset-freeze blacklist for allegedly sending Russian troops and materiel in to support the Ukrainian insurgency.

Three other Russians, including two MPs, and 14 Ukrainians acting as rebel military or political officials in the selfdeclared republics of Donetsk and Lugansk were also blacklisted, along with nine entities.

The sanctions were agreed last month but put on hold while France and Germany worked to secure the ceasefire.

Russia denies repeated allegations it is sending troops and tanks to support the pro-Russian rebels. The West, though, has imposed sanctions that, along with the sharp decline in oil prices, are accelerating the Russian economy’s slide into recession.

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A Mexican gas company could face homicide charges and a $US2.9 million ($NZ3.857 million) fine over a tanker truck explosion that destroyed a maternity hospital, killing two babies and three adults.

Rodolfo Rios, Mexico City’s chief prosecutor, blamed the January 29 explosion on “poor maintenance” of the truck owned by Gas Express Nieto, a company that provides propane to 31 hospitals in the capital. The explosion was caused after two bolts in the pump’s joint broke off, causing a propane leak and cloud of gas that found an ignition point inside the hospital, he said. Most of the hospital was destroyed by the explosion, injuring dozens and killing two babies, two nurse and an orderly.

Rios said his office will seek “in the coming days” homicide and property damage charges against those responsible for the blast.

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Town evacuated A freight train has derailed in the eastern US state of West Virginia, sparking a huge blaze, spilling into a river and causing the evacuation of a town. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency for Kanawha and Fayette counties, so the affected areas can “have the access they need to resources necessary to handle all stages of the emergency.” The 109-car CSX freight train travelling from Nebraska to Virginia state was carrying crude oil, some of which spilled into the Kanawha River, Tomblin said.

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Minor tsunami A minor tsunami has hit the coast of northern Japan after an advisory was issued following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan. A wave of 10 centimetres was monitored on the shore of Miyako, eastern Iwate, at 8.47am yesterday after the Japanese meteorological agency warned a tsunami of up to one metre was forecast to hit the region. The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.8. The Japanese meteorological agency had earlier recorded it as 6.9. The tremor struck at 8.06am in the Pacific some 210 kilometres east of Miyako at a depth of 10 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of injuries or casualties, local media said.

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Transfer of Australians postponed Indonesia’s attorney-general has delayed the jail transfer of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, reportedly so they can spend more time with their families.

A spokesman for HM Prasetyo confirmed the postponement, reportedly in response “to the Australian government and families”.

His office has called a media conference for 1pm Jakarta time.

Authorities on Monday confirmed the Bali Nine pair would be moved from Kerobokan jail to their execution place this week.

Kerobokan prison governor Sudjonggo said he had no knowledge of a postponement.

“I haven’t received any notification of that,” he said.

At Kerobokan prison yesterday, Sukumaran’s sister Brintha and other family members removed several large bags of books, mostly on art and painting, from the prison.

The pair’s Indonesian legal team wants the execution planning urgently halted while the administrative court assesses their challenge the presidential decree denying clemency.

But the attorney-general made no mention there was any link between this and the delay.

Mr Prasetyo told Fairfax Media there was no plan to delay the executions of Chan and Sukumaran for their 2005 heroin smuggling attempt.

With the date of the transfer and executions kept secret, there’s only Mr Prasetyo’s word that the transfer has been delayed.

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Thousands of people gather for a torchlit vigil in Copenhagen to commemorate the victims of two shootings that shocked the nation.

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By Sren Billing Tens of thousands of Danes have gathered for a torchlit vigil in Copenhagen to commemorate the victims of two shootings that shocked the nation and heightened fears of a new surge in anti-Semitic violence.

Stunned citizens in what is usually one of the world’s most peaceful countries flocked to yesterday’s rally in a square near the cultural centre where the first attack took place.

Many held flaming torches aloft, illuminating the chilly winter night.

A police spokesman estimated that some 30,000 people had turned out to pay tribute to the two victims.

The first, 55-year-old filmmaker Finn Norgaard, was killed when a gunman opened fire during a debate on free

speech at the weekend. The same attacker then targeted the city’s main synagogue, killing 37-year-old Dan Uzan.

“Tonight I want to tell all Danish Jews: you are not alone.

An attack on the Jews of Denmark is an attack on Denmark, on all of us,” Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told the crowd at the vigil.

Faced with the spectacle of European Jews being again targeted by extremists, just over a month after similar attacks in Paris, governments were scrambling to reassure their Jewish communities.

Thorning-Schmidt said Danes had come together to “insist on living free and safe lives in a democratic country.”

“When others try to scare us and tear us apart, our response is always a strong community,” she declared.

US President Barack Obama expressed solidarity with Denmark in a phone call with Thorning-Schmidt yesterday.

The two leaders “agreed on the need to work together to confront attacks on freedom of expression as well as against anti-Semitic violence,” the White House said.

The 22-year-old gunman, a Dane of Palestinian origin named by media as Omar ElHussein, was killed by police in a shootout.

He was said to have been released from prison just two weeks ago after serving a term for aggravated assault – raising fears he may have become radicalised behind bars.

Two suspects were also charged with helping the gunman dispose of his weapon and giving him somewhere to hide, the lawyer of one of the men

said. He said the unnamed men denied the charges “completely”.

After spraying bullets at the cultural centre during a debate on Saturday on Islam and free speech, killing the documentary film-maker, the attacker opened fire on Sunday on a synagogue, killing Uzan, who had been acting as a guard.

Five policemen were also wounded in the two incidents before the gunman was tracked down to a working-class district of Copenhagen.

The suspected target of the shooting at the cultural centre was a controversial Swedish cartoonist, Lars Vilks, who sparked fury in the Muslim world in 2007 by depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog.

Swedish police say he has gone into hiding.

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BY NICHOLAS JONES SkyCity could spend millions more on a convention centre than originally agreed as Labour threatens to cut the length of its casino licence if it builds a “dog”.

Taxpayer money has been ruled out to help build the centre after construction cost increases meant the $402 million budget could no longer cover the design.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has said the building could shrink by up to 10 per cent as a result of stick-

ing to the original budget. But yesterday, he indicated that SkyCity could lessen any impact by putting up more cash.

Architects are also looking at other designs that will save money, such as using less glass.

“We gave a number of up to 10 per cent to make sure that they were very clear that that was our limit on what we’d be prepared to do,” Mr Joyce said.

If changes meant the number of delegates who could be hosted in the main exhibition hall came down by 200, for example, it would not be a concern, he said.

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‘Aggressive’ truckie wins $13k

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he Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has determined that Clayton Cochrane was unjustifiably dismissed as a driver by Kings Transport and Logistics NZ. Cochrane was awarded over $13,000 in lost wages and compensation.

Kings had dismissed Cochrane claiming serious misconduct because he breached road safety rules and used “aggressive and offensive language” toward a client.

During a work break Cochrane took his partner and three-month-old daughter to an appointment with Winz in the company vehicle.

Initially he parked on the opposite side of the road from the Winz office.

The child was removed from her car seat, however Cochrane then decided to move the vehicle to the other side of the road.

The child was not restrained for this.

A member of the public reported this to police and the police phoned the company.

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timber, claimed to be damaged by the chain Cochrane had used when lifting the timber. Kings told Cochrane he would have to pay the $634.56 they had been invoiced for the damage.

Cochrane denied being responsible for the damage.

When Cochrane arrived to collect the timber he was told it had been resold. An argument ensued with a supervisor. During the exchange he asked the supervisor (a man) if he had his period and called him “an idiot”.

Cochrane admitted asking the supervisor: “Are you on the rages?”

A disciplinary process was conducted before Cochrane was dismissed, however it had a number of deficiencies.

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A SkyCity spokesman said the casino was “very hopeful” that aspects of the design, such as the plenary and exhibition hall, would be left intact.

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“Within the margins you could cope with a few things if there was a benefit in terms of the savings, and that meant they didn’t have to cut back on the look of the place.”

Mr Joyce conceded that a smaller convention centre would be less attractive to some groups and could result in missed business “at the margins”.

Asked if he was hopeful SkyCity might soften any downsizing by spending more than the agreed $402 million, Mr Joyce said indications were that it wasn’t off the table.

“They are already making comments in that regard, so, let’s see.”

But Labour leader Andrew Little said a government under his leadership would be tougher.

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into the events was inadequate, the outcome of dismissal was predetermined, some of those involved in the decision making did not hear directly from Cochrane and the information available did not support a finding of serious misconduct.

These significant shortfalls resulted in the finding of unjustified dismissal.

The message once again is the importance of following a fair process and meeting the requirements set of in the Employment Relations Act. Failure to do this will almost always inevitably result in an unjustified dismissal judgement and an award for lost wages and compensation.

Chapman Employment Relations provides employment law and HR advice exclusively to employers.

Any questions regarding this column can be e-mailed to christine@chapmaner.co.nz Christine Summerville of Chapman Employment Relations is an employment and HR advisor for businesses in Ashburton christine@chapmaner.co.nz

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■ Stir in the raisins or sultanas, chutney, stock, Worcestershire sauce and tomato paste. Stir well and cover.

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Spicing up your beans Another year older?

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he New Year is no longer new. Almost into the third month and has anything changed in your life apart from the fact that you will be another year older at some stage?

There is so much publicity about making New Year resolutions but as we get older the many ideas we may have had pale into insignificance as we go about our daily lives.

There is nothing wrong with setting goals for what we would like to achieve but unless they are realistic and within our capabilities they will fade away.

Dreams of great ambitions are free but the practicalities are often a different story.

We have to ask ourselves the question of how can we enrich our lives and how can we best enjoy activities that bring us satisfaction and pleasure.

It is the simple things in life that can give the greatest pleasure.

My goal is to complete one piece of patchwork before beginning another and to use up the stash in the cupboard before buying any more material!

Some years ago Women’s Affairs Ministry embarked on a programme to keep older people active and I still have a sticker on my filing cabinet

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which says “I’m getting older and bolder”. It was catch cry in the 1970s and ‘80s that did have an impact in society.

Today we see many active people well into their 80s who still are very active and enjoying life and have no intention of letting their age become a problem.

I think the best new year resolution we can make is to keep healthy with sensible eating habits and exercise within our limitations.

Age Concern has amongst its values “Active with Age”.

Locally we have had several activities that are designed to keep older folk active and a most successful venture has been the “Steady as You Go” project.

Throughout the district we have almost 100 participants who are meeting regularly to enjoy a supervised, low cost, low impact falls prevention programme.

Keep active, keep healthy and enjoy the golden years.

Runner beans might be viewed as old fashioned and to many people who only tried the beans as a solo vegetable when they’re old and stringy, they’re probably not a vegetable of choice.

There’s a whole lot more to these beans than just a grey, overcooked, stringy mess.

Picked when young, they’re wonderful sliced, lightly steamed or boiled and served as an accompaniment or as part of a main dish.

Runner beans are often used in curries.

paste and cook until sticky.

■ Stir through the curry powder, then pour in the coconut milk.

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■ Serve with rice and rotis.

■ In a blender, combine the onion, turmeric, ginger, garlic and 1 tbsp of the oil together with a large pinch of salt. Heat the remaining oil in a shallow pan.

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Stir for a few seconds and then add the washed vegetables.

Mix well, cover and cook on a medium low heat, stirring every 3-4 minutes for about 15-20 minutes until done.

It will cook in its own steam so don’t add any water.

Sprinkle on the garam masala, mix well, and turn off the heat.

Serve with a dollop of plain yoghurt or raita.

Runner bean and potato curry 450 g runner beans 2 medium potatoes 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tsp ground coriander 1/4 tsp ground turmeric Chopped green chilli 1 tsp curry powder salt 1/4 tsp garam masala ■ String the beans and cut them into 1 cm (1/2 inch) pieces.

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February 19 – Into the East, Southland duo Graeme Woller and Liv McBride perform at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

February 22 – Scottish music duo Saltire, charity concert at the Ashburton RSA, 7pm.

February 24 – Ashburton Society of Arts social meeting at Ruth Hall’s music farm at Winchmore, 10am.

To February 28 – Methven Cash and Carry at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and Heritage Centre.

March 19 – Answers From the Other Side, medium Sue Nicholson, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm.

March 21 – Fresh-Up Comedy Tour comes to the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 8pm.

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Attorney General Chris Finlayson and Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew (right) were not fussed about no paintings on the walls as curator Shirin Khosraviani showed them around the new art gallery on Saturday.

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The opening of the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre was “bittersweet” for art gallery curator Shirin Khosraviani.

With no artwork hung on the walls following the Ashburton District Council having to replace a faulty air conditioning unit, the council pushed ahead with the official opening regardless.

This was much to the dismay of Mid Canterbury art lovers, many of whom wanted the council to delay the event until the gallery was operational.

However, there were no negative comments from anyone at-

tending on the day. The opening was held on Saturday with 200 invited guests.

“The whole day was a bit bittersweet for us, because the building was opening but the gallery wasn’t,” Ms Khosraviani said yesterday.

“It was interesting to show people the space itself because nobody tends to see art galleries without art; it was nice that people were looking at the space and the potential of the first floor.”

She said Attorney General Chris Finlayson and Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew had been “really impressed” as she showed them through the gallery spaces, and members of the public

had given good feedback. They were supportive and excited about the art gallery opening in the future.

Just when that would be was still unknown, Ms Khosraviani said. As of yesterday morning she had not heard anything from the council as to whether or not the air conditioning replacement part had arrived from Italy.

Once the air conditioning units are up and running, at least two weeks of stable data from them is required before the gallery’s collection can be moved in. Currently it remains packed and ready to go at the former gallery, which closed down last May.

The town has been without an operational public art gallery since, making it all the more exciting when it does open.

Ms Khosraviani said there would be a separate official opening for the gallery itself.

“We will certainly throw a party,” she said.

The new gallery is almost triple the size of the former gallery. It is on the first floor of the new building, and is made up of three exhibition spaces and a reception area, altogether totaling 477 metres square, with a stud height of 3.6 metres.

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Mayor Angus McKay (left) talks to Hurunui District Mayor Winton Dalley at the There were 200 guests at the official opening of the Ashburton Art Gallery and official opening on Saturday.

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In brief Akaroa open water Ashburton’s Lucy Clough and Steve Prescott came up trumps in their respective age groups in the State La Grande 2.8km open water swim in Akaroa on Sunday. Despite cloudy and cold conditions at the State La Grande it was still a great turnout, with the event attracting 900 participants. Clough, 16, won her division 15-19-year-old division and was the second female overall in the ‘I’m going long’ race where Prescott, 60, took out the men’s 60-64 bracket in coming eight overall. Clough clocked 37.14 to be 10th overall. New Zealand Open Water Swim Champion Kane Radford took out the main event.

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Top shots on show About 70 shooters from throughout New Zealand are converging on the Methven Clay Target Club grounds near the Rakaia Gorge on Saturday. They will be competing in the Mead Te Pirita Methven 300, comprising 150 clay targets each day at each club, Methven on the Saturday and Mead Te Pirita on the Sunday, as a lead up to the nationals. World champion John Bidwell of Huntley is expected to be a drawcard. Methven top shots to compete include Shane Watson and Greg Middleton, while the Mead Te Pirita contingent is to include Boston Walker, Chris Helem and Heath Smith.

Hunt to meet Miocic Kiwi UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt will fight Stipe Miocic in Adelaide in May in his next appearance in the octagon. Hunt, who lost his last fight via TKO against Brazilian Fabricio Werdum in an interim title bout at UFC 180 in Mexico in November, is expected to headline the first UFC event in Adelaide on Sunday, May 10. Hunt’s head trainer Steve Oliver told the Herald it was the type of bout ‘The Super Samoan’ needed to get back on track.

- NZME

Oh ready for Ko Even by the whirlwind standards of modern-day women’s professional golf, it’s been quite a fortnight for Australian teen sensation Su Oh. At the start of the month, she didn’t even have direct entry into the Australian Open. Second place on her pro debut at the Vic Open a fortnight ago guaranteed the 18-year-old Oh a start in the national Open. That was followed by a spectacular victory last weekend at the Australian Ladies Masters, ensuring she would turn up at Royal Melbourne as one of the form players in a tournament featuring six of the world’s top 12.

That list is headed by 17-year-old New Zealand prodigy Lydia Ko, one year Oh’s junior.

- AAP

Brabham in Le Mans?

The grandson of Australian motorsport icon Sir Jack Brabham has a chance to race at this year’s Le Mans 24-Hour.

Sam Brabham has been chosen to take part in an online reality competition for a seat alongside Oliver Webb and Pierre Ragues at Team SARD-Morand. The 20-year-old was picked from over 100 applicants, and will battle it out with 23 other drivers from around the world.

- AAP

Jackson Allred gets right into his work on his way to claiming top spot in the Year 10 and 11 boys’ section yesterday.

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■ SWIMMING

Aimee scoops the pool Mount Hutt College students hit the pool for the 2014 senior swimming sports yesterday.

The swimmers were treated to a sunny Mid Canterbury day as they battled it out to claim titles and earn house points.

Year 10 student Aimee Elliott stole the show, taking out the prestigious Lachlan Cup and creating a new record.

Aimee’s star turn in the water saw her claim the Year 10/11 girls’ 180m freestyle re-

cord (2.06.66), as well as winning the Year 10 and 11 girls’ section.

Jackson Allred claimed the top spot in the Year 10 and 11 boys’ section.

Year 12 pupil Dallas McLe-

od followed up his success from last year’s swimming sports by taking out the Year 12 and 13 boys’ section, while Juliette Lewis was crowned the Year 12 and 13 girls’ champion.

Swimmers taking on the best Five members of the Ashburton Swim Team will jet off to Wellington on Friday to compete in the 2015 junior championships.

Courtney Elliott, Cameron Slee, Ashleigh Allred, Isabelle Wilson (right) and Joe Routhan (not pictured) will take on some of the best young swimmers in the country at the competition, which is open to swimmers under the age of 12.

Ashburton swim coach Shane Jones said the team had been training four to five times per week in the lead up to the competition.

“The main thing we’re looking at is going up and swimming good PB times,” he said.

The competition runs from February 20-22 at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre.

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In brief Clarke ‘ready to go’ Mitchell Johnson says skipper Michael Clark is “ready to go” for his expected return in the World Cup clash with Bangladesh at the Gabba on Saturday. Clarke was set a deadline of this Saturday to prove his fitness to play in his comeback from hamstring surgery or be ruled out of the World Cup. However there appears little doubt he will take the field against Bangladesh having impressed in last week’s practice match against the UAE. - AAP

England moving on

Brodie Smitheram crosses a ball in during the Mid Canterbury United FC trials at Argyle Park on Sunday as Daniel Hadfield and Keegan Gentle look on.

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■ FOOTBALL

Footballers eye up new season It was the first trial for the upcoming season for the 11th18th grade travelling teams in the Mainland competition on Sunday.

The second trial was to be this Saturday, but has been moved to Sunday at 1pm.

Registration for all junior

teams, both travelling and the local competition, as well as senior football, will be at Argyle Park today from 5pm.

Players unable to attend the trials need to attend registration to make their intentions known.

Some of the grades may re-

quire separate trials once it is established there is sufficient interest.

The Mid Canterbury United women’s team will hold an initial preseason trainings on March 1.

Coach Geoff Skerten is out to gauge interest to decide wheth-

er the team will accept promotion to division one or remain in division two.

Methven Football Club have their registration and open day on February 28 at the Methven Domain with the club already looking to get an 18th grade side together.

Arsenal, Man United to face off in FA Cup FA Cup holders Arsenal were handed a fascinating showdown with Manchester United in yesterday’s draw for the quarterfinals.

The draw took place shortly before kick-off in United’s fifth round tie at Preston, with the Gunners selected to travel to either Old Trafford or Deepdale for their last eight clash.

United went on to win 3-1, with a second half fightback

RESULTS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club February 16 Ladies Trust Triples 1st V Veint, H Dougherty and M Bruhns 3 wins 20 ends 48 points. 2nd R Bennett, D Vanderweg and S Thomas 3 wins 17 ends and 40 points. 3rd N Woods, F McKnight and A Reid 2 wins 1 draw 18 ends 32 points. 4th M Gray, J Hopkirk and J McQueen 2 wins 17 ends 40 points. 5th D King, G Crack and H Mowatt 2 wins 17 ends 37 points. 6th D Gutberlet, O Collins and G Kelly 2 wins 17 ends 31 points.

Hampstead Bowls February 15, Anstiss Cup First: A. Crawford, J. Drayton, R. Tonks,

ensuring they face Arsene Wenger’s side in the FA Cup for the first time since 2011 when United won 2-0 in another quarter-final tie.

Arsenal defeated Hull in last season’s FA Cup final to end their nine-year trophy drought - a barren run which had dated back to their victory over United in the 2005 FA Cup final.

Elsewhere in a draw conducted by England manager Roy

Hodgson and Brian Finney, giant-killers Bradford were handed a home tie against second tier team Reading.

Bradford will be looking to make the semi-finals to cap a remarkable Cup run that has included a stunning 4-2 win at Premier League leaders Chelsea in the fourth round and a 2-0 success against top-flight side Sunderland in the fifth round on Sunday. That pairing ensures at

least one Football League side will make it to the final four of the competition.

Liverpool’s hopes of giving Steven Gerrard an emotional Wembley send-off on his 35th birthday were boosted as they were drawn to face Championship side Blackburn at Anfield.

The remaining quarter-final pitted Aston Villa against local rivals West Bromwich Albion at Villa Park.

- AFP

B. Holdom; Second Place: B. Mayson, M. Smallridge, I. Symes, G. Sparks; Third Place: G. Bishop, R. Bennett, G. Clarke, J. May

■ Golf

Celtic Squash Club

■ Football FA Cup 5th round Preston North End 1 (Laird 48), Manchester United 3 (Herrera 65, Fellaini 72, Rooney 88 pen); Arsenal 2 (Giroud 27, 29), Middlesbrough 0; Bradford City 2 (O’Shea 3 og, Stead 61) Sunderland 0; Aston Villa 2 (Bacuna 68, Sinclair 89) Leicester City 1 (Kramaric 90+1); Crystal Palace 1 (Campbell 15) Liverpool 2 (Sturridge 50, Lallana 59); Blackburn Rovers 4 (King 36, 51, 55, Gestede 45+7 pen) Stoke City 1 (Crouch 10); Derby County 1 (D Bent 61) Reading 2 (Robson-Kanu 53, Aiyegbeni 82); West Bromwich Albion 4 (Ideye 20, 57, Morrison 42, Berahino 72) West Ham 0.

Ashburton Golf Club February 15 and 17 Women’s Section Round 1 Truman Trophy, Coronation cup, Biddy Newton, Betty Adios Wendy Parr – 27, Fiona Williamson, Maxine Carter, Kay Fox – 29, Nicky Gill, Catherine Bell, Pauline Bell, Bev Turton – 30.

Nearest The Pins: No 4 Gabites: Catherine Bell, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Bev Turton, No 12 Lynn Small’s Salon: Catherine Bell, No14 Todds of Ashburton: Mary Lou Watson, 2nd Shot No 18: Bev Watkins Twos: – Fiona Williamson, Catherine Bell – No 4, Catherine Bell, Bev Turton – No 8, Mary Lou Watson, Bev Turton – No 14.

9 hole section: Thursday February 12th, Jean Drummond - Putting Wendy Smith, Gail Gutsell, Val Henderson – 15, Sue Lam – 16 by lot

■ Squash

Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league: Devin Francis beat Ben Kruger 3-0, Nigel Tew beat Brendan Clark 2-1, Di Ness beat Jess McCloy 4-0, Sandy Donlan lost to Axel Fox-Holmes 0-5.

Phil Rushton beat Robbie Kok 4-2, Mick Hooper beat Brendon Adam 2-1, Pat Summerfield beat Nigel Tiffen 3-1, Suzanne Nijjar lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-3, Di Ness lost to Gary Casey 2-3, Craig Campbell drew with Ian Dolden 2-2, Chris O’Reilly lost to Pat Summerfield 1-2.

Jock O’Connor lost to Paul Cousins 2-3, Pete Blacklow drew with Mark O’Grady 2-2, Terry Hutchinson beat Reece Wallington 4-0, Scott van den Bemd beat Brendan Clark 2-1, Sam Harrison beat Rob Beale 3-2.

Charlotte Smith lost to Rachel Jemmett 1-3, Lawrence McCormick lost to Ron Carlson 1-4, Billy Nolan beat Ed Harrison 3-2, Chauntel Kentish lost to Steve Devereux 1-2, Vern Thomas beat Marie Kennedy 3-1.

Moeen Ali insisted yesterday that England were “over” a crushing defeat by title-favourites Australia in their opening match of the World Cup. England were thumped by 111 runs in Melbourne on Saturday in a game where little went right from the moment they dropped Australia century-maker Aaron Finch off the fifth ball of the match. “Obviously we were disappointed after the result, but we are over it now,” said England opener Ali, whose side now face another stiff Pool A challenge when they face New Zealand, the other host nation, in Wellington on Friday.

- AFP

Jackson a Tall Black?

Breakers point guard Cedric Jackson is looking to become a Tall Black. The American has his eyes set on playing for New Zealand, and the Breakers believe they can get his residency fast-tracked.

CEO Richard Clarke says with Jackson’s NBA desires almost over, he’s looking for another challenge.

“We haven’t gone too far down the path, but it’s something more recently he’s shown a lot of interest in.”

- NZME

Fight ‘not a done deal’ Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather said yesterday that neither he nor Manny Pacquiao have signed a deal for a May mega-fight, but he still hopes to get into the ring with the Filipino icon. Mayweather, attending the NBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden, said in a brief television interview during the contest that global reports about a virtually done deal for the long anticipated bout were premature. The Sunday Telegraph, citing a source in the Pacquiao camp, reported “Pac-man” had signed a deal for a fight expected to be worth $250 million.

- AFP

ABs off the bench If the Chiefs were a more vengeful mob they would be sorely tempted to boost their side with every All Black they boast ahead of Friday’s encounter with the Brumbies. But even with that opposition doubling as the same team who, in last year’s playoffs, ended the Chiefs’ hopes of a hat-trick of Super Rugby titles, there is no guarantee the returning cavalry will receive starting spots. Aaron Cruden, Liam Messam and Brodie Retallick were late arrivals in camp after their All Blacks commitments and subsequently kept out of the week one win over the Blues. “There’s no guarantee they’ll all start,” coach Dave Rennie said after practice yesterday. “You may find that one or two of them may come off the bench.”

- NZME

Racing 20 Ashburton Guardian

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Busuttin eyes maiden win Talented staying filly Eyes Of Love’s immediate target is a midweek maiden win but Cambridge trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are not ruling out a late-season Classic bid.

Runner-up in both her starts

to date, Eyes Of Love will start a short-priced favourite in the 1600m three-year-old maiden at Avondale today after drawing barrier one and with the booking of crack jockey Opie Bosson.

After going down a head on

debut at Rotorua, Eyes Of Love went down a long head at Tauranga last start at the hands of promising Tony Pike-trained filly Gin Swing, with eight lengths back to the third-placed horse.

“She’s come through that run

M2 Avondale gallops

really well and I’m happy with her,” Busuttin said.

“Pike’s horse probably should have won before that race but reverse the runs and you reverse the result, I’m sure of that.”

- NZME Trainer Trent Busuttin

Today at Avondale raceway

Avondale JC Venue: Avondale Meeting Date: 18 Feb 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 1 2.03pm (NZT) RACE WITH US RICHARDSONRACING.CO.NZ F&M MDN 1200 $7000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 8475x Chaprise (4) 57.5 .......................M Coleman 2 97585 Light Up A Screen (2) 57.5 .............S Collett 3 0x Reine De Tout (5) 57.5 ................ D Johnson 4 6x876 Bliss Street (8) 57.5 ........................ S Spratt 5 5800x Stellar Way (1) 57.5.....................C Lammas 6 26244 Glamazon (7) 57 ........................M Cameron 7 804x2 Sian b (3) 57 .................................O Bosson 8 Flying Skirt h (6) 57.....................T Thornton 9 8x Red Red Wine (9) 57 .............. R Smyth (a1) 2 2.38pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE 3YOF MAIDEN 1400 $12,000, MDN 3YOF, 1400m 1 7L232 Snaptoit (5) 56.5 ...........................O Bosson 2 23 In A Frenzy (10) 56.5 3 963 Gladstone Belle (9) 56.5 ........... M D Plessis 4 8x93 Zadoree (7) 56.5 ............................. C Grylls 5 70x04 Iffitel (2) 56.5 ...............................T Thornton

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2 6950x Be Yourself (7) 58.5 .........................S Collett 364. Somethingvain (6) 56.5 ................... S Spratt 3 6509x Right Said Fred (1) 58.5 ..............T Thornton 5 Midnight Hour (4) 56.5 ...............M Coleman 4 9x09x Nipabrandy (5) 58.5 ....................C Lammas Rebel Rocker (8) 56.5 ................. D Johnson 5 22244 Wealth Prince (8) 58 .....................O Bosson Windermere Lass (3) 56.5 .........M Cameron 6 9x000 Buff The Diamond (4) 58 ............ Z Moki (a3) 980. You Are Amazing (1) 56.5 ..........M Sweeney Sovereign (6) 58.............................. S Spratt 3 3.13pm ISLE OF MAN 1981 NZ DERBY WINNER 7 8 3759x The Bampot (2) 56.5 ...........A Schwerin (a4) MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 9 0x Reine De Tout 56.5 ...................... Scratched 1 x2923 Bachelor Brave (5) 58.5 ............. Z Moki (a3) 6x Quick Answer (9) 56........................ C Grylls 2 34557 Mongolian Storm (9) 58 ..........B Hutton (a2) 10 3 Px00x The Good Duke (6) 58 ................T Abel (a4) 5 4.23pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE 4 59304 Perfect Rose (4) 56.5 ......... J Whiteside (a3) R65 1600 $12,000, Benchmark Fillies and Mares* 1 18274 Vive La Difference (7) 59 ...........M Cameron 5 0x030 Thornbury (3) 56.5 2 96272 Dreamworld d (1) 59 .................. Z Moki (a3) 6 56x6 Irish Gem (7) 56.5 ...................S McKay (a3) 3 4x523 Snow Petal (6) 59...................... M D Plessis 7 00890 Mia Rose (8) 56.5 ............. U Holmquist (a3) 4 71353 Tiara 59 ........................................ Scratched 8 00 Pherozita 56.5 .............................. Scratched 9 6x742 Insinuate (2) 56 ...................A Schwerin (a4) 5 x02F0 De Kensington Oval t (2) 57 ..........O Bosson 10 795 Miz Oldfields Road 56 .................. Scratched 6 x2204 Our Kismet t (5) 57.....................M Coleman 11 5 Voldini (1) 56 ............................A Jones (a2) 7 057x8 Ruthless Lady (3) 56.5 ................ D Johnson 4 3.48pm ARROW SECURITY & PROTECTION MAID- 8 90830 Our Serafina d (4) 56 EN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 6 4.58pm RED DIAMOND RACING 3YO MAIDEN 1600 1 x6323 Almighty Sun (3) 58.5 ................M Cameron $8000, MDN 3YO, 1600m 6 7 8 9 10

1 34557 Mongolian Storm 57.5 .................. Scratched 2 7x542 Land Tax (7) 57.5 ........................ D Johnson 3 x6744 Dashin (4) 57.5 ...........................T Thornton 4 El Nahra (2) 57.5...............................L Innes 5 22 Eyes Of Love (1) 55.5 ...................O Bosson 6 63 Here’shoping (9) 55.5.................M Cameron 7 4739 Promises b (10) 55.5................. M D Plessis 8 3759 Lady Pimpernel (6) 55.5..................S Collett 9 47x65 Stairway (8) 55.5 ............................. S Spratt 10 795 Miz Oldfields Road (3) 55.5 ..........P Holmes 11 5 Voldini 55.5................................... Scratched 12 08 Jane’s Secret (5) 55.5 ..................... C Grylls 7 5.34pm BATTERSBY’S FUNERAL SERVICES MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 6x Whakatane (3) 58.5 ..........................L Innes 2 Brassoni (5) 58.5.........................T Thornton 3 23 Marciano (4) 58 ......................... M D Plessis 4 093 Louvres 58 ................................... Scratched 5 48. Fortune Kid (8) 58 ........................... C Grylls 6 360x7 Adequate (9) 58 ............................O Bosson 7 9. Eddie Gilbert (1) 58......................... S Spratt 8 El Nahra 58 .................................. Scratched

9 Zeus (6) 58.................................M Cameron 10 722 Jesdemona 56.5 .......................... Scratched 11 4x64x Excitar (11) 56.5 12 6x876 Bliss Street (10) 56.5 13 Rebel Rocker (7) 56 14 Windermere Lass (2) 56 Blinkers on: You Are Amazing (R2), Wealth Prince (R4), Here’shoping, Jane’s Secret (R6), Whakatane (R7) Blinkers off: Miz Oldfields Road (R6), Adequate (R7) Winkers on: In A Frenzy, Somethingvain (R2), Miz Oldfields Road (R6), Marciano (R7) Winkers off: Chaprise, Light Up A Screen, Stellar Way (R1), You Are Amazing (R2), Nipabrandy (R4) Pacifiers on: Light Up A Screen (R1) SELECTIONS Race 1: Sian, Glamazon, Bliss Street, Reine De Tout Race 2: Snaptoit, In A Frenzy, Zadoree, Somethingvain Race 3: Insinuate, Voldini, Mongolian Storm, Bachelor Brave Race 4: Wealth Prince, Almighty Sun, Quick Answer Race 5: Snow Petal, Vive La Difference, De Kensington Oval Race 6: Eyes Of Love, Here’shoping, Land Tax, Dashin Race 7: Marciano, Fortune Kid, Windermere Lass, Excitar

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

1 31852 Pixie Dust 17.80 ..................................L Udy 2 53511 Otto Baxter 17.69 ......................J McInerney 3 13 Allegro Boom 17.96 .........................L Ahern 4 55832 Homebush Flyte 17.86 ..............J McInerney 5 63452 Aconagua nwtd G & ........................ J Clarke 1 12.08pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 6 8x745 Silver Tokaam nwtd ................. T McCracken 1 3 Belk Road nwtd G &........................ J Clarke 7 15725 So Unbelievable 18.43 ....................M Olden 2 Pod’s Chance nwtd ..........................L Ahern 8 55625 Five Kay Leg 18.08 ............................ N Udy 3 76273 What A Party nwtd ..........................J Tanner 9 43874 Where’s Rican 17.94 ...........................F Kite 4 1 Allegro Tycoon 17.97........................L Ahern 10 8x8x7 White Legs nwtd .............................. C Clark 5 85358 Sniff of Brandy nwtd .........................R Waite 6 77375 Homebush Naki nwtd ................J McInerney 4 1.00pm J P PRINT (PETONE) C0 C0, 520m 7 6346 Fangirl nwtd L & ................................. Morris 1 34274 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 8 82576 Pistols Princess nwtd ........................M Flipp 2 522 Plenty Of Time nwtd .........................L Ahern 9 7 Gravel On Tin nwtd G & .................. J Clarke 3 78278 Homebush Magic nwtd K & ............ J Maisey 10 8787 Goodtime Texan nwtd............... S Gommans 4 Ritza Rose nwtd ...............................L Ahern 5 7 Peaky Blinder nwtd .........................B Marsh 2 12.25pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 305m 6 4353 Cawbourne Sarah nwtd ...............M Roberts 1 5 Allegro Senor nwtd...........................L Ahern 7 43624 Wrinkles nwtd............................J McInerney 2 78276 Leroy Jethro nwtd................................ L Bell 8 56235 Susan Jewel nwtd ........................M Roberts 3 85324 Davey Boy Scott nwtd K & ............. J Maisey 9 86766 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 4 43727 Wicked Tycoon nwtd.........................T Agent 5 58527 Portobello Patsy nwtd ......................R Waite 10 8787 Goodtime Texan nwtd............... S Gommans 6 25742 Buzzy As nwtd ...................................J Hunt 5 1.19pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 305m 7 x7356 Homebush Rocco nwtd .............J McInerney 1 25142 Scott My Money 17.83 ....................... N Udy 8 27858 Homebush Button nwtd .............J McInerney 2 84764 Goodtime Helen 17.92 G & ............. J Clarke 9 7 Gravel On Tin nwtd G & .................. J Clarke 3 42626 Homebush Dodger 18.25 ..........J McInerney 10 78785 Denali nwtd G & .............................. J Clarke 4 73381 She’s Smashing 18.11 ......................M Flipp 5 63455 Fortis Memories 17.89 ........................L Udy 3 12.43pm WWW.RACINGTIPS.CO.NZ C1 C1, 305m Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 18 Feb 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12

6 11865 Homebush Slinky nwtd .............J McInerney C1q, 520m 7 88566 Navajo Blue 31.47 ................... T McCracken 1 78755 Opawa Jen 30.36 ............................S Maher 7 35542 Wellywood nwtd ...................... T McCracken 8 55642 Madam Ice 30.65 ........................J McArthur 2 66276 Ollie Baxter nwtd .......................J McInerney 8 16816 No Time Yet 17.82 ............................L Ahern 9 87887 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 3 75335 Opawa Hally nwtd .............................. N Udy 11 3.23pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRI9 83758 Tasha Rama 18.11 ...............J Woolston-Bell 4 88583 Sarah Campbell 30.69 ................B Hodgson TION C1 C1, 305m 10 81872 Botany John nwtd .....................J McInerney 5 44711 Aeroplane Ritzy 29.76......................L Ahern 6 1.37pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 1 54773 Culvie Boy nwtd ...................... T McCracken 6 43434 Homebush Gru nwtd .................J McInerney 1 65365 Found My Berries 18.10...................T Agent 2 87576 Bowman 18.08 ................................. C Clark 7 67327 Buster Boy 30.54.........................J McArthur 2 824F8 Bulet Tooth Tony 17.66 .....................R Waite 3 42876 Homebush Ted 18.20 ................J McInerney 8 67735 Cawbourne Josh 31.15 ....................... L Bell 3 84476 Riba Lorda 17.73 G & ..................... J Clarke 4 42382 Working Jewel 17.83 ........................T Agent 9 87887 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 4 13344 Serve Ya Purpose 17.87..................... N Udy 5 47456 Nominal Lily 18.11 .......................K Williams 5 38483 Petra Haka nwtd........................J McInerney 9 2.30pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 HT3 C1q, 520m 6 66133 Cawbourne Wally 18.17 ...............M Roberts 6 75773 Do More 18.26 .................................... L Bell 1 75565 Applause 30.74 ....................... T McCracken 7 63187 Dogged Denis 17.83 ....................... C Brider 7 56161 Homebush Olive 17.92..............J McInerney 2 26564 Sheza Hum Dinga 30.88 ............ G Holswich 8 42767 Another Rule nwtd ....................J McInerney 8 28832 Skeleton Witch 17.73 ....................A Speight 3 38851 Paddy Baxter 30.26...................J McInerney 9 74846 Johnny Angel 17.86 ......................A Speight 9 44548 Miss Razz nwtd ........................ S Gommans 4 55124 Glad’s Apopping nwtd .....................S Maher 10 55576 Calamity Sue 17.90............................W Kite 10 72772 Another Plane nwtd...................J McInerney 5 4214 Sweet As Bro nwtd...........................L Ahern 12 3.41pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C1 6 22545 Zamaddis Lass 30.64................... T Downey C1, 305m 7 1.54pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE HT1 C1q, 520m 7 55735 Thrilling Ava 30.22 ..........................B Marsh 1 15687 Miss Selfies 31.10 .....................J McInerney 1 52772 Homebush Bounce nwtd ...........J McInerney 8 76786 Botany Liz 31.05 .......................J McInerney 2 44674 King’s Selection nwtd ............... S Gommans 2 54337 Lagoon Fame 18.11 .....................M Roberts 9 87887 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 3 666x8 Opawa Chris 30.77 ....................... R Maisey 3 44536 Sam’s Flyin Norm 18.32 ..................J Tanner 4 76857 Benji nwtd ............................J Woolston-Bell 10 2.53pm THE DOGZONE C1 HT4 C1q, 520m 4 27231 Lola Baxter 17.62 ......................J McInerney 5 33371 Meg’s Me Mum 30.40......................S Maher 1 14443 Mega Jet nwtd.................................S Maher 5 2541 Chinese Star 17.93 L & ...................... Morris 6 67178 Botany Sel 30.50.......................J McInerney 2 14785 Boston Spirit nwtd .......................A Turnwald 6 35425 All About Jazz nwtd ...........................M Flipp 7 12213 Taree Zarr 30.11 .........................A Turnwald 3 77785 Botany Bazz nwtd .....................J McInerney 7 76322 No More Laughter 17.72 ..................T Agent 8 67476 Darby Lane 30.67 L & ........................ Morris 4 66167 Scott The Best 30.86 K & ............... J Maisey 8 85383 Big Wonder 18.15 .........................A Speight 9 87887 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 5 11233 Cawbourne Gracie 30.51 .............M Roberts 9 72863 Homebush Dawn 18.10.............J McInerney 6 43866 Homebush Ninja nwtd ...............J McInerney 10 48887 Homebush Envy 17.81 ..................... C Clark 8 2.13pm CROMBIE LOCKWOOD (NZ) LTD C1 HT2

Daily Events Wednesday 6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allen’s Road, Allenton.

9.00am - 11.00am HAKATERE MARAE HEALTH CLINIC. Closed, reopening February 25.

9.30am - 1.30 pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op- shop. Cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Ash Wednesday Holy Communion, Park Street.

Thursday

10.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Coffee morning, Robert Harris, 361 West Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service and lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Hall, Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm 9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH M.S.A. TAI CHI. GOODWILL SHOP. Beginners refresher and learning next 9 Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald moves. Social hall, Havelock Street.

Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and 9.30am Jane Street, Tinwald.

BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. 9.30am - 1.30pm Balmoral hall, Cameron Street.

ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. 9.30am - 11.30am Second time around Op-shop. Cnr Cass MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Street and Havelock Street.

Daytime section, great exercise, new players welcome, rackets available. Sports

1.00pm - 3.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHRUCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrews Anglican church hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners. Waireka, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Demostration from local business plus

Grand Sidway CEO speaking. M.S.A. Lounge off Burnett Street.

6.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players.

M.S.A. Sports grounds, Racecourse Road.

7.00pm ASHBURTON UKUKELE GROUP. Beginners and new members welcome.

St Paul’s Church hall, Oxford Street.

7.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Annette (instructor) phone 307-7138a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Ngaire Frewen trekking into the Himalaya’s. St David’s Church Lounge, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ST DAVID’S CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia.

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players.

M.S.A. Sports Grounds, Racecourse Road.

1.30pm HINDS GARDEN CIRCLE. View prize winning gardens. Meet at Mona Square, Kermode Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time /Sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.30pm - 9.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Evening stitch and chat, all welcome.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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Fleet \ Workshop Manager •

Having signed a number of new International customers recently we are running 24 hrs - 7 days a week.

Due to this increased demand we have a number of new positions available, some are for immediate start and others over the coming weeks. If you are interested in becoming part of our amazing team please contact us now.

FURTHER PROCESSING Casual Flexible Hours - a variety of shift options!

Key Tasks: • Includes a variety of tasks from Turning, Pressing, Examining, Linking and Labelling of socks.

• Day Shift/Weekend and Evening shifts.

• Quality checking.

• Immediate start available.

• All training will be provided, however previous factory experience would be an advantage.

WAREHOUSE/LABELLING Permanent Positions - NEW ROLE Key Tasks: • Packaging of product both manually and using the labelling machine.

• Running and maintenance of our labelling machines.

• Managing Inventory (solid computer skills would be an advantage, Microsoft excel especially).

• Pick / Pack / Charge orders.

• Process freight documentation.

• Working between warehouse and further processing as/when required.

Reporter The Ashburton Guardian is looking for a multi-talented self-starter to join our busy and fiercely local newsroom as a news and features writer.

This part-time position will suit a qualified print journalist who enjoys everything from hard news and people stories to magazine-style pieces and advertising features.

You’ll have a nose for a good story, be enthusiastic and well organised, and have lots of initiative. And you’ll be a proactive team player that can work well under pressure and think on your feet.

Your compelling stories and photographs will be published in the Guardian, in our rural publications, on GuardianOnline, and in our partner newspapers across the country.

If this sounds like you, please email a covering letter and CV to: stu.o@theguardian.co.nz

TRAINER - QUALITY CONTROL Permanent Position - NEW ROLE Experience in quality control, lean manufacturing or a previous training role would be an advantage for this position.

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Key Tasks: • Training of staff in the further processing and packing area which includes a variety of jobs.

• Help to implement our NEW training program which includes all aspects of Quality Control.

• Checking of all products to ensure production through this area is constantly meeting strict quality standards.

• Processing product in all areas.

Management Opportunity Reputable Company - Mid-Canterbury’s Leading Agricultural Contractor

Quigley Contracting is a successful agricultural contracting company with an enviable reputation for providing high-quality service to our clients.

We require an experienced Manager to lead the day-to-day operation of our very busy Agricultural Machinery workshop in Ashburton.

As Fleet \ Workshop Manager, you will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s fleet management and maintenance programmes ensuring the maintenance downtime and costs are minimised.

Key functions of this role include: • Managing a staff of five employees.

• Keep parts inventory and control stock levels • Maintaining full and accurate records of fleet and equipment servicing.

• Monthly and annual reporting with respect to maintenance and cost analyse of running different equipment.

• Maintaining existing relationships with our key service providers. Monitoring standard of services provided and ensuring quality and value for money servicing.

Ideally you will have: • Mechanical experience and good understanding of agricultural machinery.

• Proven leadership and communication skills.

• Ability to organise daily workload unsupervised.

• Ability to motivate, lead and train.

• Pride in quality workmanship and meeting deadlines.

• A positive work ethic, attitude and a team player.

This role forms a key part of our team, and as such remuneration will be at above market for the right person. The company has a rewarding culture where you will feel part of the team and enjoy excellent working conditions. Only applicants residing in NZ, and eligible to work in New Zealand should apply.

If you feel you have what it takes and are looking for a new challenge please email Andrew Quigley to:

This is a hand’s on role where you will be working in the various areas along with training staff for all further processing and packaging duties. Experience in a Factory Quality position would be an advantage.

andrew@quigleycontracting.co.nz.

Applicants close on February 27, 2015.

MACHINE OPERATORS Permanent Position This position requires somebody physically fit with good eye for detail and the ability to thread up machines with yarns for pre production. With a new training program beginning this year once trained as a Machine Operator the right candidate will have the opportunity to then undertake further training and advance their skills to become a Hosiery Technician?

Key Tasks: • Threading up of machines in preparation for production runs.

• Inspecting socks as production runs off machines to ensure quality is correct.

• Helping Hosiery Technicians with any tasks and cleaning of machinery.

• Checking production against specification and sample to ensure quality of product is correct.

• Checking of raw materials prior to machine loading.

Class 4 or 5 Truck Drivers Full time, permanent Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Limited requires a Class 4 or Class 5 Truck Driver to operate Truck / Truck and Trailer Units / Bottom Dumper / Tipulators / Transporters.

This role will also require you to operate a variety of machinery which includes but is not limited to loaders, rollers and dump trucks etc.

You will be required to have: •

The position could suit a school leaver wanting to start and build a career longer term in the Industry.

The Operator position will be shift based and applicants need to be willing to work nights or weekends as per shift rotations. Additionally being mechanically minded would be ideal.

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Experience in the operation and maintenance of heavy trucks and to be a competent driver Understand maintenance procedures for plant and equipment Ability to communicate and work unsupervised and also be part of the team Minimum Class 4 licence, Class 5 would be an advantage Be punctual and reliable

All applicants must apply with a full CV and references.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Please note the position you are applying for and if shift hours are noted in the position please confirm hours / days you are available to work.

Good remuneration package available.

Applicants also need to be of New Zealand Residency.

Please apply in writing or by email to: tina@nzsock.co.nz Alternatively post to: Att: Tina Moore New Zealand Sock Company P O Box 179, Ashburton

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?  Housing  Commercial  Farm Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

Phone 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

If this sounds like you, please phone:

The office on (03) 307 7065 or Peter on 0274 332 264.

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Workshop Manager/Foreman A Senior position has come available in our Company.

We are looking for a person who has a good knowledge of farm machinery of most types.

Is a tradesman in one of the metal trades i.e.

Fitter/Welder, Fitter turner etc.

Is happy managing local customers and their job requirements, staff workloads and timing of standard production equipment we manufacture every week for sale all over NZ. The remuneration and benefit’s will be reflective of this sort of Senior position and the responsibilities that come with the position.

You will be in charge of all of the work within our workshop every day, including stock ordering, little bit of job costing, and management of workshop tradesmen and our 3 apprentice’s.

You need to be happy managing people and leading them to maintain our company’s high standards of workmanship.

Please call Neil Pluck at Plucks Engineering Rakaia.

03 302 7031 or email enquires@plucks.co.nz

Fight Back!

Tu Atu!

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

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

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Day Cleaner

One weekday cleaners required

Ashburton Cleaning Services are a family owned company and we are proud to deliver a personalised, professional and flexible service. The secret to our success is our ability to build strong relationships with our clients and employees. Our expectations are high - we clean to a standard not to a price!

for Synlait Milk Ltd Rakaia

12 months Fixed Term

Potentially the successful candidate may be promoted into a Supervisors role after undergoing company training and demonstrating their willingness to be part of the team.

Advertising and Marketing Consultant If you thrive in a fast-paced, multiple-deadline environment and are ready to join a team of highly motivated, competitive and passionate professionals who develop effective marketing solutions for Mid Canterbury based clients, then this position is for you.

The primary focus of this is to grow market share and revenue by growing the number of local active clients, with an emphasis also on retaining current clients.

The successful applicant will be confident in his/her ability to effectively assess clients’ needs, generate and present innovative new and multi-media marketing strategies.

If you are interested in applying for this position then please apply in writing, with confidence, by 5pm, Friday, February 20, 2015, to: General Manager P O Box 77, Ashburton 7740 or email desme@theguardian.co.nz

Anderson Joinery Ltd Foreman - Joiner We require an experienced Foreman - Joiner to join our very busy team.

We pride ourselves on building high quality products and require someone who has similar standards to join us.

• Joinery Experience • Ability to prioritise own work and work of others.

• Attention to detail essential • Good communication skills with other staff essential.

• Able to resolve issues and communicate over the phone.

Qualified Joiner

To be successful you must have the following: h Previous commercial or domestic cleaning experience h Physically fit with no pre-existing conditions to limit duties able to be undertaken h Be honest, reliable and self-motivated h Be able to follow instructions h Have excellent spoken and written English h Past experience leading a team h Must pass criminal vetting and pre-employment medical and drug testing The hours of work are Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.30am and 3.30pm no weekends or statutory holidays are required to be worked. It is also desirable that the successful candidate has a full drivers licence.

So if you have an eye for detail we would love to hear from you!

To be considered please ensure you give us the following information: h attach CV or at least information on your relevant work experience h Relevant work references Please email a covering letter and information to: admin@uniquesolutions.co.nz Applications close on Wednesday, February 18 at 3pm.

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Your Office Administrator provides professional services for local businesses choosing to outsource their office administration and bookkeeping requirements. Demand for our services is continuing to increase and as a consequence we require two office administrators to take care of the paperwork for our valuable clientele.

To fit our culture you will: • Continually strive for quality, with a focus on attention to detail • Have a passion for numbers and be extremely accurate • Be adaptable, show initiative and flexibility with great analytical and problem solving ability • Be positive, cheerful and easily relate to our varied and interesting clients • Have the utmost integrity and respect client confidentiality • Be able to work well under pressure Ideally your experience will include: • Completion of Bank Reconciliations and significant Payroll experience • Experience in accurate coding of transactions and have Accounts Payable and Receivable experience • Knowledge of a variety of Desktop and Cloud software packages This role is for two positions of approximately 15 hours each. There may some crossover of hours; however the hours are flexible between 8.30am and 5pm Monday to Friday. There will a requirement to work off site from time to time at our clients’ premises.

We will provide you with a competitive salary package reflecting your ability and efficiency, varied and interesting work and the opportunity to grow your skills with on-going development and training.

To apply email your application, references and CV to:

kim@yoa.co.nz by 22 March 2015.

We pride ourselves on building high quality products and require someone who has similar standards to join us.

Please send you application outlining your experience to us.

CNC Operator We require a skilled person to run our CNC machine.

Training may be provided if needed to the successful applicant, but knowledge in the Joinery Industry is definitely advantageous.

If you have an eye for detail and are computer literate then please contact us.

Anderson Joinery P O Box 6016, Ashburton Or office@andersonjoinery.co.nz All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

13 hours in total Hourly rate $15.25 • Duties are varied and include toilet run, vacuuming, dusting, buffing etc.

• Full training is given • Must be able to pass a security check.

Call Jock McKay 03 335 3142 8.30am - 5.00pm Monday - Friday Full-time Experienced Post Driver / Fencer Must be a skilled and professional fencer with at least three years experience as a post driver operator; a great work ethic and the ability to work unsupervised when necessary.

Immediate start required.

Please apply in writing ,

by February 24, 2015, to: Box 1052 C/- Ashburton Guardian P O Box 77 Ashburton 7740

Experienced Steel Fixers/ Tyers needed ASAP

Up to $30 an hour dependent on experience Text Kris on 021 288 2779

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Building –

it’s what we know and it’s what we do best. That’s why clients have chosen us, again and again.

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

We require an experienced Joiner to join our very busy team.

We are a small team so the person we are looking for must have good communication skills, the ability to work independently and be flexible.

Hours 5.30pm - 12.30pm tuesday & Thursday

Don’tjust just sit sit there!

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Act now and take hold of your potential to sell...

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Real Estate

Real Estate

Learn and earn the ‘Harcourts Way’ to effectively market and sell real estate with NZ’s most trusted real estate network - Harcourts.

To succeed inthe this incredibly rewarding Way’ industry you need enthusiasm, drive, determination Learn and earn ‘Harcourts to will effectively market and sell real a will to succeed. If you are already honest, reliable, hard working, punctual, positive estateandwith NZ’s most trusted real estate network - Harcourts. and have some selling experience, then you’re the person we’re looking for.

In return we willinoffer you incredibly the opportunity torewarding work with our teamindustry specialising inyou residential ToPlussucceed this willsales. need the full ‘Harcourts Way’ training program, referrals from over 180 Harcourts offices nationwide, full enthusiasm, drive, determination and a will to succeed. yousales. are management support and of course the Harcourts name and everything it represents in realIfestate honest, reliable, hard working, punctual, positive and have some selling The harder and smarter you work the more you earn, it’s up to you. experience, then you’re the person we’re looking for.

Please apply, enclosing your current C.V and references by Friday 29th August to:

NICKY BUTLER

IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD “Real Estate is about people; moving forward, being honest and building strong lasting relationships” M 027 751 1801 B 03 307 7377 E nicky.butler@bayleys.co.nz

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

phillip.kenny@harcourts.co.nz or to PO work Box 64, with Ashburton In return we will offer you the opportunity our7740 team specialising in residential sales. Plus the full ‘Harcourts Way’ training program, referrals from over 180 Harcourts offices nationwide, full management support and of course the Harcourts name and everything it represents in real estate sales.

The harder and smarter you work the more you earn, it’s up to you.

Please apply, enclosing your current C.V and references

by Friday 27th February to: phillip.kenny@harcourts.co.nz or PO Box 64, Ashburton 7740

Your local Spark Store, East Street, Ashburton (03) 308 0308

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We invite applications for the following two positions. The successful candidates will possess all of the attributes listed below the job heading.

Tradesman Panelbeater

Hold appropriate trade qualifications Be able to work with minimum supervision Carry out repairs to a high standard Have experience with the latest autobody repair equipment Work well in a team environment

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

PUBLIC NOTICES

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR RADIO MICROPHONE USERS The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) advises that in March 2015 changes are taking place that will affect some radio microphone users.

From 11 March 2015 radio microphone users will not be permitted to operate their radio microphones in the 698 – 806 MHz frequency range.

Users of radio microphones need to check to see if their radio microphone can be used in the permitted frequency ranges of 502-606 MHz and 622-698 MHz. Visit www.retune.co.nz for more information on these changes and how to best prepare for them.

RURAL TRADING POST PUBLIC NOTICES

We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting:

www.otago.ac.nz/ chchheart

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 distributor: Veehof phone 302 2911.

FOR SALE, GOOD QUALITY SILAGE BALES. SYME CONTRACTING LTD PHONE KAY OFFICE 03 302 4877.

TRADES, SERVICES

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

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

Guardian Motoring A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

MEETINGS, EVENTS

MOBILE Home Extravaganza. February 21 A.S.A. Summer show/sale, and 22.

Ashburton Short St Studio. Guest showground. 100’s for sale, Mehrdad Tahan, and 15 new and used. others. Open Saturdays and Sundays 10am - 3pm. Other times if sign is out, or by MOTORING MOBILE Home BARLEY baleage for sale. appointment. Ph 308 4533.

Extravaganza. February 21 43.9 D.M., 9.4 M.E. Phone and 22.

Ashburton RAFFLES 027 408 7008. showground. 100’s for sale, new and used.

SYME CONTRACTING LTD

307 7900

Pakeke Lions Auction Raffle 1st - 076 Rona Evans 2nd - 149 Anthony 3rd - 114 Gwenda Hansen 4th - 226 Heather Mellish Thanks for the support.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

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ROBINSON STREET AUTO GROOMERS. Car Wash Towel Dry $55.00. Car Wash and Polish $110.00. FREE Tyre Black. Larger vehicles, 4WD's extra. Interior also available.

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.

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Mark 0272 762 789 or Gavin 0274 375 484 PERSONAL MAKE LOVE HAPPEN There is no need to be alone when there are so many others who also seek one safe, special partner.

Whether you live in town or on the land, our experienced matchmakers can put you in touch with someone wonderful as soon as today.

Ph 0800 856 640 til 8pm All areas All ages Seniors welcome www.lovesuccess.co.nz

HIRE

FOR SALE

4 BERTH Chevron liteweight caravan for sale, registered and warranted and electrical WOF, full awning, hot and cold water, fridge, recently updated interior, very tidy condition. $8,500 ono. Phone 027 279 8952.

CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

IT'S PRESERVING TIME! Kitchen Kapers in The Arcade have everything you need for preserving.

Gorgeous Chutney and Jam Labels only $7.99 for 100 labels!! Grow your own, Pick your own, Make your own.

GENERAL hire.

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

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

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

JOHNSON Bros Blue Willow.

45 piece dinner set at a fantastic price. Was $849.00 our special price $499.00 only while stocks last. At The China Shop in The Arcade.

LET OR LEASE

PEUGEOT 307 SW - 2005 212 800 km. Good condition WOF January 2016 Automatic. Phone 021 269 9151.

14m x 20m with high stud.

Roller door Large vehicle access.

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LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

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

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CLEARWATER AQUATIC CLUB INC. The Club Waterskiing Championships will be held at Lake Camp on Saturday, February 21 and Sunday, February 22, 2015.

The Club respectfully requests that the public refrain from using the Lake over this weekend.

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Phone 027 2222 940

MOBILE Home Extravaganza. February 21 and 22.

Ashburton showground. 100’s for sale, new and used.

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FOR SALE

TOTS TO TEENS

SALE NOW ON

Great savings on your favourite quality Clothing and Footwear The Arcade, Ashburton. Ph 307 7340

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ATTRACTIVE and sexy 60's lady ,size 14. Perfect for the older gentlemen. Ashburton Thurs. Ph 0274 378 345.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

HOUSE to rent. Three bedroom, sunny, warm, log fire, attached garage. East side, no dogs. $325 p/w.

Phone 03 302 6780.

FIRST time in town. Asian, bedsit, fully busty, hot and sexy. Lots of LARGE fun. Great massage, good furnished. Phone 308 4195. service. In and out calls.

Phone 022 037 2409.

Luxury Built Motorhome for JASMINE 24, pleasure for Static Rental you, sexy, seductive playfully Minimum 1 month naughty lady. In/out calls rental. E.Q.C Approved anytime. Phone 020 4064 (conditions apply).

4885.

Enquiries Phone: 0800 287 284.

LULU - cute and cuddly, Lifestyle Motorhomes. attractive and busty. Specials, View @ Mobilehome let all your dreams come true.

Extravaganza Phone 021 0233 9259 (no Ashburton A&P texting).

Showgrounds February 21 and 22.

CARAVANS, TRAILERS MOBILE Home Extravaganza. February 21 TO LET: three bedroom and 22.

Ashburton house, fully fenced, $300 per showground. 100’s for sale, week. Adams Street. Phone new and used.

027 269 4133.

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Noticeboard

18 FEBRUARY 2015

SPORT NEW ZEALAND - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN Applications to the Sport New Zealand Rural Travel Fund are now open.

Sport New Zealand provides funding to the Ashburton District Council for the Rural Travel Fund. This year just over $13,000 is available to distribute.

The purpose of the Rural Travel Fund is to assist with travel expenses of junior sports teams in rural communities to participate in regular, local sporting competition. It is open to rural sports clubs and rural school teams with young people aged between 5-19 years.

Application forms and criteria are available from the Council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz and from the Council office. Applications close Friday 27 February 2015.

COMPOSTING DAY

PUBLIC NOTICE

Come along and learn how to transform your garden’s waste into a valuable resource.

Road Closure Proposal

Join the Mt Somers District Citizens Association for a composting seminar on Saturday 21 February between 10.30am and 12.00pm at 31 Comyns Road, Mt Somers.

This seminar is supported by the Ashburton District Council and will be a fun morning where you can learn how to turn green waste into nutrient rich plant food.

All residents are welcome.

FACEBOOK Ashburton District Council is on Facebook - you can follow us on facebook.com/AshburtonDC

PUBLIC NOTICE Road Closure Proposal Ashburton District Council gives public notice of a proposal for the Ashburton Car Club to temporarily close roads to ordinary vehicle traffic to enable the holding of two community events - Wheels Week Street Sprints and Autocross.

Road proposed to be closed: Smallbone Drive, from River Terrace to Robinson Street Robinson Street, from Smallbone Drive intersection to McNally Street

Up & Coming

Ashburton District Council and the New Zealand Transport Agency gives public notice of a proposal to temporarily close roads to ordinary vehicle traffic to enable the The Ashburton Returned and Services’ Association to hold ANZAC Day services.

Roads to be closed: Havelock Street, from Park Street to East Street Baring Square West, from Havelock Street to Cameron Street State Highway 1 (West Street), from Havelock Street to Cameron Street Cameron Street, from West Street to Park Street Period of closure: Between the hours of 6.00am and 8.30am and 10.00am to 12.30pm on Saturday, 25 April 2015.

Detours will be available on adjacent streets and these will be sign posted.

This proposed closure is made under the Local Government Act 1974 - Schedule 10 (11 (e)).

Any person objecting to the proposal should lodge notice of their objection and the grounds for their objection in writing by post or email to the Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton by 4.00pm, Friday 20 February 2015.

Neil McCann, Group Manager Service Delivery, Ashburton District Council Colin Knaggs, Highway Manager, NZ Transport Agency, Christchurch

Watson Street, from Range Street to Robinson Street McNally Street, from Range Street to the end of the street Period of closure: From 8.00pm, Friday 8 May 2015 to 8.00pm, Sunday 10 May 2015.

Detours will be available on adjacent roads and these will be signposted.

Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge notice of their objection and grounds for their objection in writing by post or email to Ashburton District Council by 4.00pm on Friday, 6 March 2015.

HOURS OF SERVICE

Meetings Council Meeting Thursday 26 February 2015, 1.30pm

Current Fire Season Status A Prohibited Fire Season is in place across the Ashburton District. All fires in the open air are prohibited. This remains in force until further notice.

Water Conservation Water conservation measures are in place until further notice. Visit the Council website for a full list of all water supplies with water conservation measures.

Current Road Works Learn more about road works underway or due to commence in the Ashburton District on Council’s website.

Career Opportunities • Lifeguards • Building Official • Team Leader

IMPOUNDED STOCK

• Field Support Officer

An Ashburton District Council Animal Control Officer has impounded a sheep under the Impounding Act 1955. The animal was found in Ashburton just north of Works Road on State Highway 1.

If the animal is not claimed within seven days, from Thursday 12 February 2015, it will become the property of the Ashburton District Council. For more information contact Council’s Animal Control Officer on 03 307 7700.

Grants Applications are open for the following schemes: • Sport New Zealand Rural Travel Fund For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) You’ve had a chance to give the past and unsaid words a voice, more ready than you were to commit to relationships and the journey ahead.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Today’s lunar vibes give you a chance to give your emotional responses a voice, at a time for taking your defences down and letting others in.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS HEALD, Colin Edgar (Pa-Snip) – At Christchurch, on February 16, 2015, very dearly loved husband and best friend of Jenny, loved father and father-in-law of Sarah-Louise and Peter Littin, Andrew, Richard and Kylie Heald, loved Pa-Snip of Jared, Alex, Sam, Max, Georgia, Alex, Emily, Katie, Ben, and Tim. Special thanks to the wonderful staff of Ward 24, Christchurch Hospital, for their care and sympathy.

Messages may be addressed to The Family of the late Colin Heald, c/- PO Box 39001, 8545.

A Christchurch celebration of Colin’s life will be held in our Westpark Chapel, 467 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch, on MONDAY, February 23, at 2.00pm.

Lamb & Hayward Ltd FDANZ Phone 359-9018 www.lambandhayward.co.nz

HEALD, Colin Edgar – Loved brother-in-law and uncle of Susan and the late Bill Archibald, Jane and Theo Engel (Sydney), and Adele and Blair Middlemass (Oamaru).

Fondly remembered.

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

SCHIKKER, Cornelis Adriaan (Kees) – Kees passed away peacefully on February 13, 2015, at Ashburton. Aged 88 years.

Loved husband of the late Mary. Much loved father and father in law of Victor and Michelle, Robert and Kath, Stephen and Diana(Wanaka), and Julia and Ian Crosson.

Loved Opa of Emma, Liam, and Nadia; Lucy, Flynn, and Ben; Henry, Max, and Nico; Shanna and Richard, Ben, and David and Deborah.

Loved great Opa of Maisy, and Ellamay. Special uncle to Leen and Lianne Braam and family. Our grateful thanks to the staff at Coldstream House for their love and support.

Messages to the Schikker family c/- P.O. Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Kees’ life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton TODAY WEDNESDAY, February 18, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Whanau Living 10:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11:30 Coach Trip PGR 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Nicola reacts to Jimmy’s confession; Paddy and Rhona decide to set Vanessa up with someone her own age. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 Gail reacts to Nick’s news; Eric has a proposition for Eva; Owen feels pushed out. 0 2pm Four Weddings USA 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia 0 8:40 F The Island With Bear Grylls Bear Grylls returns to the island to see how the stranded men have coped over the past four weeks, and gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the series was made. 0 9:30 F Hotel Of Mum And Dad 0 10:45 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 6:52 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 My Little Pony 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 The 7D 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:40 Dinosaur Train 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle AO 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Get Ace 0 4pm Shake It Up 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Marry Me PGR Annie’s friends and family intervene when they realise she has been living in her car. 0 8pm Two And A Half Men PGR Walden and Alan meet a birth mother who is considering them to adopt her baby. 0 8:30 Mom PGR 0 9pm Benched PGR 0 9:30 Marvel’s Agent Carter AO 0 10:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine PGR 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 Rachael Ray 11:30 ‘Til Death PGR 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO 1pm The Bold And The Beautiful PGR 1:30 Dr Phil AO 2:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3:25 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 30 3:55 Entertainment Tonight 4:25 Million Dollar Minute 4:55 N The Block – Fans v Favourites In an old movie theatre in Melbourne’s Albert Park, two couples, both fans of the show, compete to become contestants.

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Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito. 0

6:30 Cricket – ICC World Cup (Highlights) Blackcaps v Scotland.

From University Oval, Dunedin.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 12:50 The Test PGR 3 1:45 Empire PGR 3 British television broadcaster Jeremy Paxman describes the growth of a peculiarly British type of hero – adventurer, gentleman, amateur, and sportsman.

3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Cricket – ICC World Cup (Highlights) Blackcaps v Scotland.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 F MythBusters PGR 8:30 M Urban Legend AO 1998 Horror.

College friends are stalked by a murderer who kills them one by one in the styles of a range of modern serial killers.

Jared Leto, Alicia Witt.

10:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Golf – Australian Women’s Masters (Highlights) Round Four.

7am Golf – Feherty Ben Crenshaw.

8am Golf – Titleist Performance Institute 8:30 Golf – Big Break Mexico 9:30 Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series (Highlights) Round Four. 10:30 Football – A-League (Replay) Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City. 12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Lions v Hurricanes. 1pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Crusaders v Rebels. 1:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 2pm Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) 3:30 Sky Sports UK News 4pm Motorsport – World Rally Championship (Highlights) 5pm Sky Sport Select 5:30 Darts – Premier League (Replay) 8:30 Golf Central An in-depth analysis and breaking news on everything that is happening in the world of golf.

9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

10:30 Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series (Highlights)

11:15 Dallas AO It is wedding day at Southfork, and the groom has gone to strike a deal with a family enemy. 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

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11pm NCIS – LA AO 3 When a marine’s widow questions the circumstances of his death in combat, Sam and Callen investigate to determine if there is a cover-up. 0 Midnight Infomercials

11:15 The Ringer PGR 3 Bridget, who is still posing as Siobhan, goes to the Hamptons with Andrew, Gemma, and Henry to celebrate Siobhan’s birthday.

12:10 Entertainment Tonight 12:35 Infomercials

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12:10 Home Shopping 1:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

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CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Nick Knowles’s Original Features 7:30 Grand Tours Of Scotland 8am Baggage Battles 8:30 NZ Food Culture 9am Trish’s Paris Kitchen 9:30 Better Homes And Gardens 11am Buying The Bayou 11:30 Traders And Collectors Noon Double Your House For Half The Money 1pm My Dream Home 2pm Nick Knowles’s Original Features 3pm Guide To The Good Life 3:30 Baggage Battles 4pm Sophie In The Home Countries 4:30 The Cook And The Chef 5pm Candice Tells All 5:30 Carter Can 6pm Dear Genevieve 6:30 Buying Alaska 7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle Ben travels to remote locations where he faces extreme lifestyles head-on.

8:30 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR Robson takes to the waters with some of the world’s most daring fishermen and women.

9:30 Ray Mears’ Wild Food 10:30 Toy Hunter 11pm Candice Tells All 11:30 Carter Can

THURSDAY

Midnight Dear Genevieve 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Guide To The Good Life 1:30 Baggage Battles 2am Sophie In The Home Countries 2:30 The Cook And The Chef 3am Buying Alaska 3:30 Auction 4am Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR 5am Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

MAORI TV

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6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 9am Tatai Hono (Starting Today) 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX

6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari PGR 3 2 8pm N Kuia Apo Wawatai, a 94-year-old matriarch, organist, daughter of the late Canon Mokena Kohere, shares her stories with Te Aroha Paenga. 8:30 Kowhao Rau (Starting Today) 3 9:30 Whare Taonga AO 3 10pm Whaikorero PGR 10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:40 Modern Family PGL 8:05 Ax Men ML 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 Elementary MV 12:15 Played 16VLSC 1:05 CSI MV 1:55 Law And Order MV 2:45 Ax Men ML 3:35 Raw MC 6:35 The Simpsons PG 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV While investigating a vicious tiger mauling at a New York zoo, the CSI team questions the workers at the meatpacking plant the victim owned.

8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

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4am Get Out Alive With Bear Grylls PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

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Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston.

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10:10 Scary Movie 5 MVLS 2013 Comedy Horror. 11:35 The Lords Of Salem 16VLS 2012 Horror.

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Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne.

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Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson.

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6:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Warriors v Panthers (Preseason). From Rotorua International Stadium.

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Urban Legend

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Seven-year-old Isobel Brook is among about 70 youngsters who have taken to gymnastics with a new club in Ashburton.

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Enthusiasm abounds for new club

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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A new gymnastics club in Ashburton is jumping ahead with its roll growth, just two weeks after it began.

Dynamic Gymnastics Sports has been established by coaches

Nicci Glanville and Nicky Horrell.

Glanville said one class this week in Ashburton at the Sports Hall attracted about 25 pupils, up from 12 last week.

“It’s already exploded,” she said.

Altogether there were about 70 budding gymnasts enrolled in Ashburton, ranging from young children to teenagers, and there was the possibility of introducing classed for adults as well.

There were an additional 70

who had enrolled in Methven classes.

She said she put the popularity of classes down to the positive aspects of gymnastics such as the fact it kept children active and was good for co-ordination.

“Gymnastics is very impor-

tant because you can transfer the skills to any sport. And children who do well in gymnastics do well in other sports.”

One of the club’s tutors is Glanville’s son Gregory, a former New Zealand Trampolining Team member.

■ CRICKET

Black Caps make hard work of small run chase New Zealand are two from two at the Cricket World Cup after beating Scotland by three wickets at University Oval yesterday.

The win was set up by a strong bowling performance, which had Scotland dismissed for just 142 in 36.2 overs.

The Scots were 12 for four after new ball pair Trent Boult

and Tim Southee took two wickets apiece early.

The saving grace for Scotland was a 97-run stand for the fifth wicket between Matt Machan and Richie Berrington, who both completed impressive half centuries.

The last six wickets fell for 33, with Corey Anderson (right)

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and Dan Vettori getting three wickets apiece.

New Zealand made a dog’s breakfast of the chase, losing seven wickets before Vettori got the winning runs, with a miscued hoick over slips.

The co-hosts were guilty of lack of attention to detail and sloppy shots. Seamer Iain

Wardlaw and Josh Davey took three wickets each with Kane Williamson’s 38 and 29 from Grant Elliott standing out.

New Zealand next face England in Wellington on Friday while Scotland have a few days off before also playing England in Christchurch on Mon- NZME day.

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