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PM’s son engaged? Rumours are rife on social media that Max Key has proposed to his girlfriend - but he’s been known to prank followers before. An Instagram image shows the Prime Minister’s son with his girlfriend Amelia Finlayson on the summit of the Haleakala volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It shows the pair holding hands, with Max Key - who turned 20 in May - looking downwards at his girlfriend’s hands. He’s hinted more images of their holiday venture will soon be made public. “Amelia and I have been putting together a video from some of our adventures which will be dropping next week. Stay tuned for more.” Followers speculated he had proposed. One person wrote: “Proposing to your girl in the middle of a lava flow”. Another said: “Looks like a proposal hehe”.

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International recognition A Hawke’s Bay’s water park has been recognised on the international stage. Splash Planet was voted the sixth best water park in the South Pacific, one spot down from its fifth placing in 2014. The 2015 Tripadvisor travellers’ choice awards were announced this week, ranking the world’s best amusement parks, water parks, zoos and aquariums. TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, honoured 533 attractions in total including the top 25 in the world. The annual awards are based on the millions of valuable reviews and opinions from TripAdvisor travellers across the globe.

Gnome with a view It is not your normal garden gnome. In fact, it’s a 9m tall gnome welcoming motorists on Melbourne’s Peninsula Link freeway created by New Zealand sculptor Gregor Kregar. The gnome, made of polished stainless steel in Kregar’s studio-cum factory in West Auckland was unveiled on Thursday as part of the Southern Way McClelland Commission - one of 14 public art works worth $4 million to be commissioned for the road over 25 years. The shining beacon, Reflective Lullaby, was shipped from Auckland and trucked to its new home before being lifted into position by a crane. Kregar said that “gnomes are quite often overlooked and seen as unimportant, but I like the idea that you can take something that can be forgotten, little things like that, and make them more the focus of attention”. “I wanted to create a mystical guardian for modern life. In terms of scale, it’s quite large, but I’ve done quite a few large architectural pieces before that are even larger,” he said. Kregar said he’s a little sad to leave behind the sculpture he conceived more than two years ago. “From one side, it is sad, but I come to Melbourne quite regularly because I show here in a gallery, so I will be back to see it,” he said. “I hope the public appreciates it because that’s what it was made for.” The artist hit the headlines earlier this year when a $200,000 public sculpture in New Lynn, Transit Cloud, caused a stir with locals who said it resembled a penis. The aerial components - four aluminium mesh cloud forms - hangs more than 8m over a lane linking New Lynn’s new railway station with the town’s library and shopping mall.

75,000 Jaffas go downhill A crowd of about 15,000 gathered at Dunedin’s Baldwin St yesterday for the annual Jaffa races. About 75,000 Jaffas rolled down the world’s steepest street during the fund-raising event, which this year will benefit Make-a-Wish, Surf Lifesaving New Zealand and Parents Centre Three races were run, with up to 25,000 of the sweets in each race. Spectators lined the street as a red tide tumbled down the track during the first race, cheering and snapping pictures with their phones. Jaffas in the subsequent races were yellow and pink. Volunteers from Make-A-Wish took an hour and 23 minutes to label their 25,000 Jaffas. The 45-strong team of volunteers powered through their Jaffa labelling at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum earlier this month, with an average of 301 labelled per minute. “It’s 3-and-a-half-months in the making, so we’ll be very glad to see the Jaffas go down,” Ms Lowe said earlier this week.

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■ GROW MID CANTERBURY

Economic strategy living document By Sue NewmaN

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A document that could become the blueprint for the Ashburton District’s future will come under community scrutiny later this month. Last year Grow Mid Canterbury developed a strategic economic vision for the district, to guide development over the next 20 years. The vision was formulated with community input and consultation and three workshops will now be used to finetune its content and to determine priorities, said the organisation’s chief executive Rob Brawley.

The driver behind the economic vision was ensuring the district’s economy continued to grow at pace and that this growth was well planned and sustainable into the future. The changing economic landscape with falling dairy prices made having a solid strategy for the future even more important, he said. From the outset Mr Brawley said it was important the community took ownership of the strategy and played a part in its development, saying its success would always lie in it being something people believed in and understood.

“The community has been involved in every stage and it’s now time to invite our community and key stakeholders along to these workshops to discuss where to from here. Protecting and developing our economy, community and resources for future generations is the driving force behind why we need an economic strategy,” he said. The workshops would establish the key three or four most important things people believed were needed to ensure the district continued to grow, Mr Brawley said. “We need to check that we’ve got this right. This document

is not the important thing however, what is important is the strategy, that it is reviewed and developed. The document is the starting point.” The strategy would be a living document that was able to take into account new opportunities and new challenges, it would change as the community changed, he said. Feedback on the strategy document and from community meetings established a wish list of 10 wants that included population growth to achieve greater sustainability of the economy, the retention of youth through job creation and career pros-

pects, higher standard of living through better qualifications and higher incomes, water storage and further development of boutique agricultural products. That list had been instrumental in shaping the economic vision but priorities now needed to be set and that would be the focus of the workshops, he said. The following workshops will be held from 1pm–3pm: July 27, Methven Heritage Centre, year round tourism development; July 30, Ashburton College, developing our people and business; July 31 at Methven Heritage Centre, leveraging agribusiness.

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More snow on the horizon Mid Canterbury is set to shiver again this weekend with more snow on the way. MetService is forecasting snow and sleety showers down to 100m across the Canterbury Plains today, while significant snow flurries are expected above 400m. MetService meteorologist Rob Kerr said the bad weather was set to kick into gear last night and carry on through until tomorrow morning. “Above 400m is a significant accumulation, about 10 to 15cm, and that will just gradually fade out less and less down to the 100m level,” he said. Showery southerlies were expected to clear early on Sunday. Mt Hutt was expected to re-

ceive “a decent dollop” of fresh snow, Mr Kerr said. About 30 to 40cm of fresh snow was expected at the summit, which is good news for eager skiers looking to hit the slopes over the weekend. Staff at the mountain are gearing up for a busy weekend as the school holidays draw to a close. A range of family-friendly activities have been running, including a snowman-making competition and colouring-in corner. Today will see a range of bright and colourful costumes hitting the slopes as the ski area holds its superhero dress-up day. It will then host the Streets Mini Shred tomorrow.

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■ DAIRY PAYOUT

Good staff worth weight in gold As the squeeze goes on cash in the dairy sector, the value of key dairy farm staff will rise, an employment consultant says. Agstaff ’s Jim Henderson believes farmers will be smarter with their spending across the board and while they may take a look at employee numbers, they’ll be savvy enough to know that it’s vital to retain their skilled staff. “They’ll be more cautious about who they employ but at the end of the day the milk has to be taken out and they can’t do it all themselves, even if they’d like to. They have to have staff,” he said. Employees who lacked motivation and who “couldn’t get off their bums” might find they were surplus to requirements, but good dairy workers would become increasingly in demand, Mr Henderson said. “If you’re a good worker they might not be able to look after you with more money but they should be looking at other ways to do this. For employers, if you have good staff, it’s important you look after them really well right now. If you don’t someone else will grab them.” While dairy fortunes had been sliding for some time, Mr Henderson said this had not translated into a drop in demand for dairy staff. The demand was there but farmers were being smarter about who they employed and where they spent their money, he said.

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A new crisis could be looming for Mid Canterbury farmers – too much feed and not enough stock. Falling dairy prices and higher than normal culling of cow herds are creating the perfect storm for an oversupply of feed, Mt Somers farmer Peter Reveley says. Many farmers who were the traditional winter feed link for the dairy industry have this year been left with feed that no one wants. As dairy farmers have reduced their herd sizes, many have been able to winter their cows on their properties rather than spend dwindling cash on buying grazing, Mr Reveley said. “And it hasn’t been helped that over the

last two or three good dairy seasons, dairy farmers have bought or leased more land so they could become self-sufficient.” Low dairy prices were hurting dairy farmers, but there was a new group of farmers who were now also hurting because of the loss of traditional winter income from grazing. Mr Reveley estimates lost dairy grazing has cost him between $300,000 and $400,000. He counts himself fortunate to have recouped some of this by entering into “share farming” arrangements with farmers from drought-stricken North Canterbury and Banks Peninsula. That’s only been a short-term solution, however, he said. About 50 per cent of his farm is run as dairy support and this year the cows

didn’t come. “We had 600 cows turn us down,” he said. He knows he’s been lucky, he found Angus cows, calves and sheep, but said they didn’t bridge the financial gap left by the loss of grazing. And after lambing when sheep head back north, he, like other dairy support units, will have to start looking at new land use options, Mr Reveley said. “There’s just not physically enough sheep or cows in the country now.” While he’s managed to clear his winter feed crops he knows there are plenty of farmers who haven’t been as lucky, who are still looking at paddocks of feed that will simply rot in the ground. “You can put rape in the chopper and it’s good compost, but that doesn’t produce you any income,” he said.

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Plunge in price no surprise By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

For a Mid Canterbury farming leader, this week’s sharp decline in global milk prices came as no surprise. Overnight on Wednesday, prices plunged 10.7 per cent at the GlobalDairyTrade auction, following on from a 5.9 per cent per cent decline at the previous sale, and continuing the steep slide which started in March. Whole milk powder, responsible for about 75 per cent of Fonterra’s farmgate milk price, fell by 13.1 per cent to US$1848 a tonne — hitting its lowest level in six years. Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president and corporate dairy farmer Willy Leferink was expecting the news to be worse. His “gut feeling” was the milk price could drop back as far as 15 to 20 per cent, on the back of global influences such as the correction of the Shanghai share market. “We might think that doesn’t affect us but some people lost a third of their capital, and that has a significant impact,” he said. On the other hand Iran is back at the table. “Iran used to be a big customer, and they’ve turned from an arch enemy and become friends again, that will have an impact.” While Greece itself is unimportant, the stability of the Eurozone is. News European Central Bank had agreed to raise the liquidity it provides to the country’s banks by €900 million (NZ$1.5 billion) to tide the cash-

airy farmers cancel winter grazing contracts.

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strapped country over, gives an indication Brussels works and delivers assurance to investors, Mr Leferink said. In terms of milk prices, he is confident the tide will turn and perhaps sooner than expected. “Does it come right? It does. It’s just time frames,” he said. “I would really bet on a small positive at the next auction – because the price has sunk so low.” However, Mr Leferink warned the Kiwi industry needed a shakeup. “Unless we start getting a lot closer to the customer we will fail miserably. It’s too easy to do the same thing and expect a different result,” he said. “The moment you produce non-perishable goods the merchants in China, with 2000 years of experience in trading behind them, will have the upper hand.”

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iry hurt Banks offer advice, support “We haven’t just got drought in North Canterbury and low dairy prices, we’ve now got another group in trouble with no one wanting grazing. It’s really starting to hurt now and we have a real problem developing.” Dairy support farmers would have to take a hard look at their farming operations and start looking at other options. “It’s not just the dairy farmers who are hurting, this is spilling over into other farmers too. We have to ask, next year, what do we do? There are farmers in this district now without grazing, they’ll have to find other options. North Canterbury will come right, the sheep will go home. There are a lot of long faces out there. Many people are going to have a long, hard summer ahead of them.”

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Banks are working closely with the Rural Support Trust to ensure dairy farmers have a wraparound service that provides both financial and emotional support in the wake of falling dairy prices. Heartland Bank’s national manager for agribusiness Wayne McEntee said there was no denying that dairy farmers had a tough time ahead of them, but banks were looking after their welfare in more than just dollar terms. “Most dairy farmers will work all year for free and that’s tough when you’re getting out of bed every day at 4am for this,” he said. New Zealand’s financial institutions were in a much stronger position to sup-

port cash-strapped dairy farmers than they were during the 2007–2008 financial crisis and were taking a long-term view of their clients’ financial welfare. He described the impact of dropping dairy prices on regional economies as “full frontal”. Heartland’s exposure to the industry was around 40 per cent of its business, but other financial institutions had much higher investments in the sector, Mr McEntee said. Banks were also talking to one another so there was an industry-wide appreciation of the difficulties dairy farmers were facing, he said. “We’re working very closely with rural support. We like to pull people in who can take a holistic view. We keep our eyes

open for the signs and our managers are in touch with their guys. “Farmers put their gumboots on in times of trouble and trudge off into the fog. It’s not a Kiwi bloke attitude to say I’m hating life.” Bank staff were trained to ask the right questions to find out how their clients were feeling, how their families were coping, Mr McEntee said. “Let’s not put lipstick on a pig. There are tough times ahead for people in the dairy industry, but it will also flow on.” Financial institutions, however, were in pretty good heart and in a position where when they came out the other side, dairy farmers would be able to say they had been pretty well supported during this time, he said.

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■ NEW FILIPINO RESTAURANT

Rising from the ashes By Caitlin Porter

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The building formerly home to Nando’s Ashburton now has a new lease on life. It was a quick transition, Nando’s shut its doors last month after 16 months of trading, and a new Filipino buffet has taken its place. Patricio Dandin and his wife Sonia are the faces behind the new Holmslee Square eatery – Dandin’s Carinderia Buffet. They also operate the Filipino Dairy Store in Ashburton’s Triangle. Filipino Dairy Workers in New Zealand board director and friend of the couple, Johnatan Madera, is helping to get the restaurant up and running. Mr Madera said the venture had been a long time in the making for his friends. “They just didn’t stop dreaming,” he said. With Mid Canterbury’s Filipino community nearly 3500 strong, Mr Madera is sure the humble restaurant will do well. “Nando’s was limited to chicken but we do beef, pork, chicken and seafood, we have a lot of choice,” Mr Madera said. And it was about time that the people of Mid Canterbury

An Ashburton driver died at the scene of a car crash between Dunsandel and Burnham on Thursday. Two vehicles collided on State Highway One at about 1pm. The driver of one of the vehicles died at the scene. A passenger in the other vehicle was transported to Christchurch Hospital with moderate injuries. A section of the state highway was closed and detours put in place as emergency service crews examined the scene. Ashburton Police Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield confirmed the driver was from Ashburton. His name had not been released yesterday afternoon. The man’s death has been referred to the coroner.

Chiefs assistant rugby coach Andrew Strawbridge has been moved to a ward and is in a stable condition. Just before 6pm yesterday the Chiefs released more detail about Mr Strawbridge’s condition and described his recovery as “amazing news”. “The family are thrilled at Andrew’s progress and thank the incredible medical staff at the Waikato Hospital Intensive Care Unit,” they said. - NZME The Dandin family (from left) Donna, 8, Sonia and Patricio have opened Ashburton’s first Filipino restaurant. PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 170715-JJ-017

got to taste Filipino food, he said. “There’s Japanese food and Thai food but no authentic Filipino cuisine.” Dishes that will be on offer include bistik tagalog (a beef stew), bijon guisado (fried noo-

dles), pork menudo (pork and vegetable stew) and pancit palebok (seafood). The restaurant will start off as a buffet but highly renowned chef, Arnei Granada, will soon be on site to whip up a range of other meals.

While the site still looks somewhat reminiscent of Nando’s, the new eatery will soon have a new look. “The plan is to make it a tourist attraction … so people get an idea of how beautiful the Philippines is,” Mr Madera said.

■ PRISON FIGHTS

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A bus driver who allegedly kicked a Wellington mother and her young baby off a bus has not been at work since the incident happened, the company that operates the service says. Crystelle Bewley of Lower Hutt said she went to catch a number 160 bus in Lower Hutt bound for Wainuiomata at 6.30pm on Tuesday night with her 10-month-old son TeAriki. She said before she boarded the bus, she asked the driver if it was okay for her to take her pram on. Once she boarded, she claimed the driver told her she would not move the bus unless she folded the pram down. “I said no, my baby is asleep and I had heaps of groceries. Then she said, ‘take that pram down or get off my bus’. “I told her it was public transport and the seat was allocated for prams.”

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Ms Bewley said she eventually felt she had no choice but to to get off and wait on the cold, dark Lower Hutt street for the next bus to arrive. When she boarded the next bus bound for Wainuiomata she told a fellow passenger what had happened, who then informed the driver. The driver dropped Ms Bewley and her son at their home in Wainuiomata and told her to lay a complaint against the driver. She laid a complaint with the NZ Bus the following day. NZ Bus southern region chief operating officer Tonia Haskill said the bus driver in question had not been at work since Wednesday. Ms Haskill said she could not comment as to whether or not the driver had been stood down as a result of the complaint. An investigation would take place on Monday, and the company would speak to the driver, as well as approach witnesses

and review any CCTV footage that might be available. Ms Haskill said a bus driver could ask a passenger to fold down a pram at their own discretion. “It depends on the bus, if there is a wheelchair space on the bus not occupied by a wheelchair then a pram can be brought on unfolded.” Ms Haskill offered her apologies to Ms Brewer and her son. “This is obviously not the kind of experience we want people to have on our buses.” Ms Bewley said she had not received a personal apology from NZ Bus. Kevin O’Sullivan from the New Zealand Tramways and Public Transport Union said a union representative would be attending a meeting with the driver in question next week. “The company are going to investigate the complaint,” he said. - NZME

Videos revealing an inmate “fight club” must be investigated independently at once, the Corrections Association president says. Beven Hanlon said prison staff were frequently attacked at a privately-run Mt Eden jail. His comment came after footage emerged on YouTube showing gang members engaging in one-on-one fights at Mt Eden as other prisoners cheered them on. Private firm Serco runs the prison on a contract from the Department of Corrections. The fight club videos have sparked calls for Serco and Corrections to be investigated. Mr Hanlon yesterday said any investigation must be independent. “It can’t be Corrections investigating themselves as they always do,” he said. - NZME

‘Remarkable’ recovery A boy who fractured his skull at Inflatable World in Napier is on his way home after making a “remarkable” recovery. Zaybein Wathey, 10, flew out of Auckland with his stepfather Paul Majoribanks just before 1pm yesterday. Zaybein was doing extremely well, Mr Majoribanks said. “He’s made a remarkable recovery,” he said. “He’ll probably be back at school on Monday.” Zaybein was back to his usual energetic self, Mr Majoribanks said. - NZME

Labour support up Labour has lifted to its highest level since March 2014 in a Roy Morgan Poll, indicating it may have benefited from its campaign against overseas house buyers. Labour is up to 32 per cent in the poll - up six points from a fortnight ago - while National was down six points to 43 per cent support. Some of that bounce is likely to be from its release of controversial data on Chinese house buyers in Auckland. However, it is unclear how much of the poll was taken before Labour released its analysis of leaked Auckland real estate agent data, which was a week ago. The poll of 886 voters was taken over July. - NZME

West Coast fire Police and specialist fire investigators will continue their examination where a deadly fire gutted a shed on a remote property on Thursday. Human remains were found in the rubble of the ruined Westland dwelling. “Due to the intensity of the blaze the investigation is expected some time to complete,” police said yesterday. “Identification of the deceased person will rely on forensic testing.” The Greymouth Star said the corrugated iron workshop and bach, halfway between Karangarua and Jacobs River, near Franz Joseph, was a “smouldering ruin”. - NZME

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Property staff vacate chilly villa Life has just got a whole lot warmer and more comfortable for 13 Ashburton District Council staff. After many winters spent shivering in the council’s elderly Havelock Street villa, putting out buckets to catch water dripping from leaky ceilings, the council’s finance and property staff are sitting pretty in a new home on the civic centre’s top floor. The council chamber has been refurbished to provide a new headquarters for staff, and councillors and mayor Angus McKay will have a permanent base in the building that was once home to the Ashburton County Council and later housed the district’s art gallery and museum. Until then they will meet in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre’s Bradford Room or the Ashburton Masonic Centre. Locations can be checked on the council’s website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/our-council/ meetings. For members of the public, this will now mean checking in at the council’s reception to make appointments.

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Environment Canterbury is defending its decision to hold the Hinds Plains area hearings in Lincoln rather than the Ashburton District. The hearings, concerning Variation 2 to the proposed Land and Water Regional Plan which recommends new rules for nutrients, effluent management and grazing on farms in the Hinds catchment, kicked off a month ago. Two months has been allocated for hearing commissioners David Sheppard, Raewyn Solo-

A cow was killed when it wandered on to a South Auckland road yesterday and was struck by a car, which flipped. The wandering beast was hit by a car about 6.50am on Mill Road, Bombay. The cow died, but the driver of the car and a passenger were not seriously injured, police said. There ware no delays to traffic. - NZME

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mon and Rob van Voorthuysen to determine the fate of the Hinds farmers who will be impacted by their decision. One of those is Ian Mackenzie, who made a submission on behalf of the Hinds Plains Working Group. Mr Mackenzie was critical of ECan’s decision to hold the hearings in Lincoln. “I am surprised Ashburton and its surrounding districts could not find an available suitable venue for the Hinds Plains hearings,” he said. “Having spent the day at Lincoln I observed that the re-

quirements were not that onerous: a room that seats about 20 and access to electricity and indoor plumbing.” The Guardian questioned the decision under the Local Government Information and Meetings Act and learned ECan had approached six venues in Ashburton before opting for the Lincoln option. The Hotel Ashburton and the Ashburton Trust Event Centre both had the facilities required but neither location was available for the entire hearing period. The remaining four venues,

consisting of two motels and two motor lodges, confirmed they did not have the necessary facilities to host a hearing on the scale required. ECan did not approach any venues in the district concerned before making the decision to commence in Lincoln. While the hearing is set down for two months, only three weeks were required to deal with the Hinds submissions, with the remainder of the time allocated to a hearing concerning the Waitaki district under way on alternate weeks.

A new gender classification for people who don’t see themselves as just male or female has been developed. ‘Gender diverse’ will now join the ‘male’ and ‘female’ categories when Statistics New Zealand collects data on Kiwis’ gender. It will also be used by Government organisations. But it is still being decided how it will be implemented and used across information collection. The new standard is the first in the world for gender identity information, Statistics New Zealand’s classifications manager Jo-anne Allan said. - NZME

Baby born in car The mother of an autistic boy who was allegedly murdered at his Christchurch home has given birth to a baby girl in the car on the way to hospital. Emma leFleming Roberts gave birth to a baby girl, Poppy Paige Leona Roberts, on Wednesday. Ms Roberts’ son, 5-year-old Leon Michael leFleming Jayet-Cole, died in hospital in June after suffering a serious head injury on May 27. Leon’s stepfather James Stedman Roberts, 34, has been charged with his murder and has pleaded not guilty. Ms Roberts has been charged with failing in her legal duty as a carer to get him medical treatment. - NZME

Charged with murder A woman accused of a stabbing spree in a Wellington suburb last month has been charged with murder. Hudson Garratt, 67, died and four others were wounded in the attack at a Broderick Road house, in Johnsonville, just over two weeks ago. The woman’s presence was excused at a Wellington District Court hearing yesterday. She was initially charged with four counts of assault with a weapon, but the murder charge and three counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm have been added. The 25-year-old woman is yet to enter a plea, and will next appear at the High Court in Wellington in a fortnight. - NZME

Government spends $100m on portable classrooms By Nicholas JoNes Thousands of New Zealand children will be taught in portable classrooms after the Government placed a $100 million order for the buildings. The classrooms could halve the time it currently takes to replace damaged school buildings or install more needed because of roll growth, the Government

said. At least 50 transportable classrooms will be delivered to schools each year under the 10year contract, announced yesterday. The Ministry of Education has previously faced criticism over the speed of its response to damaged or substandard school buildings or to roll growth, particularly in Auckland where intensification is putting pres-

sure on many schools. Arson is a common threat for schools, and others are teaching students in cold and mouldy classrooms while they await substantial rebuilds to be approved. Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye said the new contract with the consortium Interlink would be “invaluable” in situations where a new building was needed as soon as possible.

The portable classrooms would be high-quality and match the same standards as modern, permanent structures, she said. “The new transportables are modular, which means they can be put together in a number of different ways to create whatever learning space is needed - everything from a single or double storey classroom to a dance and

drama studio. Current estimates are that it will take just four to six months from when an order is confirmed to installation onsite. Previously, it could take at least eight months to complete this process.” The transportable buildings were able to be transferred between schools many times, Ms Kaye said. - NZME

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Chinese locals snap up 23 sections within minutes or permanent residents, Mr Law said. The Labour Party last week released leaked real estate figures showing about 40 per cent of homes sold at auction in Auckland between February and April went to people with Chinese surnames. The party indicated the data suggested foreign-based Chinese investors were aggressively targeting Auckland’s housing market because people of Chinese ethnicity made up just 9 per cent of the city’s population. Buyers were required to show proof of residency because non-residents have to pay a higher deposit, Mr Law said. Just one of the 150 sections sold in the subdivision so far went to a foreigner - a Chinese national waiting for his permanent residence visa, Mr Law said. - NZME

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■ DANCING WITH THE STARS

Teachers cheering for Simon BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Celebrity Simon Barnett’s former school teachers will be cheering him on in the Dancing With The Stars’ live grand final tomorrow night. The former Ashburton College head boy left a big impression on his teachers and they still remember him fondly. Elaine Vallender, who was head of music when Mr Barnett was at school in the early 1980s, had faith in his ability to win the competition. “He has a great sense of rhythm. He’s a performer through and through, even if he wasn’t very good at dancing he would still pull it off,” Mrs Vallender said. She had not been able to watch the show much to date as she had been away on annual leave, however planned to watch him in the final, vote for him, and was even giving thought to changing her Facebook profile

photo to “I’m Backing Simon” as part of a promotional drive by his employer’s radio station. “He’s a fabulous guy, he’s one of those great role models for people,” Mrs Vallender said. Former chemistry teacher Keith Gunn said it would be great to see Mr Barnett take out the Dancing With The Stars title. He had been “a really grownup sort of kid” at school and “a really nice guy”. He had been reasonably good at chemistry, and been one of those kids who had been able to “mix up the arty stuff with the boy stuff ”, which had not been easy to do in those days. “He would play rugby for the 1st XV and then dash off to his drama classes,” Mr Gunn said. Mr Barnett said his former teachers’ comments were “very humbling”. Mr Barnett today lives in Christchurch with his wife Jodi, with whom he has four daughters aged 15 to 21. He said he loved Ashburton as a com-

munity and “it’s kind of where I still consider to be home”. Mr Barnett believed he and his dance partner Vanessa Cole could win tomorrow night. “The bottom line is I think we can win if we dance well, we just have to dance well,” Mr Barnett said. The three finalist couples will go head-to-head, each performing a dance before one couple is eliminated. Scores are a combination of public text votes and judges’ scores. About 70 cents from each text vote goes to the celebrity’s nominated charity, which for Mr Barnett is the Salvation Army. The final segment of the competition tomorrow night will see the remaining two couples choose their favourite dance from the whole competition as their final dance. Mr Barnett revealed on More FM yesterday that he and Ms Cole would dance the Pasodoble if they got to this stage of the competition.

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■ LABOUR PARTY

Labour calls for more flexible tax system BY ISAAC DAVISON The Labour Party wants a more flexible tax system for businesses, which would allow companies to pay as they earn instead of predicting their annual income. The proposal is Andrew Little’s first policy since becoming leader after the election, and was aimed at giving small businesses more control over when they paid their tax. He launched a discussion document on the policy at a speech to the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce yesterday. “This proposal gives business owners the option to pay up to 100 per cent of their tax through regular withholding payments, at the rate they set themselves,” Mr Little said. “Alongside this, I’m also announcing that we would be scrapping late penalties for provisional tax and increasing the threshold for when provisional tax applies, from $2500 to $5000.” At present, provisional tax rules require a business to estimate, in advance, its taxable profits for the year and pay tax in three large instalments over the year. “If they guess wrong, they can be faced with a big bill at the end of the year which can push a small business to the wall,” Mr Little said. “Under Labour’s proposal, businesses will have the option of choosing to pay their tax through regular instalments at a rate they can adjust. This means businesses can align their payments to suit

their circumstances. Flexible Tax for Business is about giving our businesses more control over how they pay tax. That’s how we will help them do well, grow and create jobs.” The Labour leader said the tax change would “take the handbrake off ” many small businesses and remove the fear factor for companies which had seasonable or variable tax bills. If implemented, it would not be a compulsory measure and businesses could choose to stick with the current system. Labour would be seeking feedback from businesses before finalising the policy ahead of the 2017 election. Mr Little spoke about the “worrying” domestic and international threats to New Zealand’s economy, from plummeting dairy prices to uncertainty in China and the Eurozone. The Government needed new approaches to respond to these challenges, he said, and one of the best ways to do this was to back small businesses - which employed 38 per cent of the workforce to “become the engine of job growth in New Zealand”. A tax consultation paper released by Government in March raised changes to provisional tax, and New Zealand First proposed changes to the system earlier this week. Mr Little said Labour’s policy contained more detail and had progressed further than Government or New Zealand First’s proposals. - NZME

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Beach steps gone for good By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

A chunk of history crumbled onto the beach at Hakatere in recent flooding. The steps providing access to the beach at the southern end of the lower Hakatere Huts settlement have been wiped out, leaving beachgoers high and dry. Chairman of the hutholders’ association, Ross Lithgow, said a council staffer had been down to assess the damage and the council had agreed to remove the rubble – but the steps would not be replaced. The steps provided beach access to thousands of people every year, and opened the way to the Ashburton River mouth for whitebaiters during the season. However, Mr Lithgow said the crumbling cliffface they went down was hazardous. “It’s only a matter of time before it collapses and crushes someone – there are no plans at all to replace the steps, that’s the end of that,” he said. Access to the beach can still be had by walking up the bank behind the settlement, across the top of the farmland and down one of the tracks to the river mouth. No one at the settlement knows how long the steps had been in place, but “old timers” had been maintaining them for 50-odd years, Mr Lithgow said.

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Budding Mid Canterbury writers were awarded prizes at a mayoral reception this week. They are (front row, from left) Isabella Inglis, Sarah Leadley, Emily Watson, (second row, from left) Tyler Rose, Amelia Swan, Harmony Shea, Sean McQuillan , Ivan Mangubat, (third row, from left) Rosie Smith, Kat Forward, Alex Chapman, Diana Barbu, Harriet Leverton and Magdaleine Haugh. Adults standing (back row from left) Mayor Angus McKay, Ashburton Writers’ Group president Julie Fechney, Paper Plus representative Norma Geddes, and Ashburton Writers’ Group secretary Rae Magson. PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 150715-AK-083

■ ASHBURTON WRITERS’ GROUP COMPETITION

Young writers receive well-earned awards Short Story: 14 to 18 years –

1st Alex Chapman of Ashburton College with his story Taking Flight, 2nd Kelsey Campbell of Ashburton College with Red Lights , 3rd Diana Barbu of Ashburton College The Garden is Overgrown Now.

11 to 13 years –

1st Harriet Leverton of Ashburton Intermediate Mr Cooper’s New Cloak, 2nd Magdaleine Haugh of St Joseph’s School Lucy Meets the Pink Bottomed Elephant, 3rd Jasmine Sturm of Mt Somers Springburn School A Little Bit of Hope.

Budding Mid Canterbury writers received awards at a mayoral reception at the Ashburton District Council this week. Ashburton Writers’ Group has held the annual competition for primary and secondary school age students for about 10 years, and received a record number of entries this year. President Julie Fechney said the presentation was always an exciting day, and it was great to see the art of writing was strong in Mid Canterbury. Winning entries in the three age groups for the short story and poetry sections are printed here. 10 years and under -

Amelia Swan of Hampstead School Taking Off, Harmony Shea of Hampstead School The Secret Box Adventure and 3rd Sean McQuillan of Hampstead

School Jack the Dog.

Poetry: 14 to 18 years –

1st Rosie Smith of Ashburton Christian School with The City.

11 to 13 years –

1st Ivan Mangubat of Ashburton Intermediate School New Zealand, 2nd Tyler Rose of Longbeach School My Anzac Poem, 3rd Kat Forward of Ashburton College Imagine.

10 years and under –

1st Sarah Leadley of Wakanui School Kiwi, 2nd Isabella Inglis of Wakanui School Spring, 3rd Emily Watson of Methven Primary School Wonder Dog.

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Taking Flight By Alex Chapman The cat blinked, it had been keeping up its silent vigil for over an hour, stalking the fluttery little sparrow that had been entertaining itself in amongst the shrubbery. Every happy little tweet it releases sent the cat’s hackles higher. Its patience, as enduring as it could be, was straining for release. The floating echoes of children’s delighted screams and squeals, drifting down upon the chill breeze, accompanied withered leaves in their one-way descent to the ground. The cat twitched. The bird foraged on. The cat had lived in the park for as long as any child could remember. Though a sour old thing, it seemed to still possess a certain element of animalistic magnificence, a hero turned villain. Approach it, and it would send you

crying back to mummy’s soothing arms, but lie down a while in the trees behind the playground, and you may find a surprisingly soft muzzle, rubbing against your arm. The bird was nearing the end of its gathering. It had found all of the tasty little bugs and seeds the bush had concealed, and was ready to return to the cerulean mantel of the sky. The cat tensed, sensing that flight was near at hand, and soon his patience would be rewarded. The sparrow hopped through the barrier of branches and leaves, and prepared itself for its release from the ground. The cat slid quickly and quietly up to the base of the bush, and, not pausing, leapt up, and ensnared the little sparrow within its grasping paws, in the very moment the bird was about to separate itself from the earth. Down, the bird and cat fell, the

predator and prey together as one, back down to the earth. It was beautifully wild, the twisting arc of their descent, framed by the fall leaves, captured by the autumn breeze. Yet, as the ground lazily approached, a certain flicker of understanding, seemed to flash between the two. The villain had succeeded in seizing his loot, and looking upon its freshly won wealth, saw: itself. Indeed, a different form of itself, but younger, sweet-toned, still illuminated by the bright sparking radiance of life, but a form of itself never less. Who was the cat to take the light out of this creature of flight and light, so full of life? The cat gazed upon the little sparrow, as it lay stretched out upon the lightdappled grass. The bird gazed soundlessly at the cat from within its clawed cage. And the cat let the bird go.

Short Story 11 to 13 years

Mr Cooper’s New Cloak By Harriet Leverton There once was a principal smartly dressed was he from the top of his head right down to his knee. Working for him was a Mr Matt Jones. He’s the teacher who has a few moans. What he really wanted was to hatch a plan. He decided he would quite like to be the top man. A principal wannabe was that man, Matt Jones. “I could trick Mr Cooper. I can feel it in my bones.” The end of year prize-giving was scheduled for next week. “Thinking he’s clothed, I’ll let everyone take a peek! That will scare the principal away, and I could replace him to save the day.” To Mr Cooper’s office he quickly went. “Gavin, by the angels I have been sent. At the prize-giving you’ll have to impress all the folk.

You need to invest in a snazzy new cloak. It is not for all to know, but actually I’m a man who can sew”. Mr Cooper agreed and was very grateful. Little did he know, Mr Jones was so hateful. Off to the sewing room Mr Jones crept. Pretending to sew, he actually slept. Mr Cooper arrived to check out the new cloak… Proudly holding out nothing. Mr Jones spoke. “Look at it Gavin, for a mighty fine bloke.” Mr Cooper sat down and off his feet rested. It really was time to get his eyes tested! Mr Jones rubbed his hands together with glee. “That principal’s job is just waiting for me.” Mr Cooper paused, he coughed and he spluttered. As he walked out the door, “Thanks Matt,” he

muttered. The day of the prize-giving was finally here. The parents had gathered and even the Mayor! The invisible cloak Mr Cooper pretended to tie. He just couldn’t see it … but would Matt lie? Into the staffroom Miss Butcher came. No cloak could she see – oh what a shame! Then the door opened and in sprang Miss V. “Arghhhhh!” she yelled, “that’s not what I want to see!” “What do you think of my snazzy new look!” “Cover up,” she gasped and handed him a book. “No cloak can we see. I think you’re been had. Never trust that Matt Jones, he really is bad!” A quick call to Sparrows for a new suit to be hired. The plan didn’t work – Mr Jones got fired.

Taking Off By Amelia Swan and tail were not. We were taking off ! Ever so suddenly the other plane wheels lifted off the ground and we started to climb high towards the light blue sky. I felt light-headed with a queasy tummy because I was afraid the plane was going to crash with the nose of the plane still pointed so much higher up than the tail. As we climbed higher and higher, I heard the dull roar of the engines and I looked out of the window at the city below. There were lots of cars moving around on the road and they looked like multi-coloured ants running around!

Poetry 14 to 18 years

The City By Rosie Smith Over us

Beehive of activity Busy bee bodies Buzzing and vibrant Trapping us in Dashes of colour and light Guarding us whizz past From outside worlds Submerging ourselves Deeper into the excitement Swarms of people Fill and flow Through the streets Moving and stumbling The rhythm of madness Each individual Slowly morphing Into the rush Cold grey concrete towering

Still higher and higher we climbed, then ever so slowly the plane started to turn and straighten up and fly steadily towards it destination. As I listened to the quiet humming of the engines I looked out of the window, down past the fluffy white clouds at the snow covered mountains far below us. I felt happy and excited because I was flying. I couldn’t believe that I had been through my very first take off and it was AWESOME! Thought this was only the start of my journey I wondered where my adventures would lead me to next.

Smog rising Bitter and gritty Exhaust fumes lingering Attacking our noses Merging into the pandemonium Harsh and exciting Turning into comfort Almost hypnotic Compulsory captivity

Poetry 11 to 13 years

New Zealand By Ivan Mangubat The clouds slowly drift On the clear, azure sky. The tranquillity of the trees Seemed to be where secrets lie. The huge, sparkling sea Crashes onto the shore, Then slowly draws back To be where it was before. The birds sing their songs On their trees, perched up high. Then dropping near our houses We see them flying by. The wind gently blows Bending the grass and trees, So when you go outside You’ll feel the relaxing breeze.

Short Story 10 years and under

Whoosh! The sound of the roaring engines on the plane was deafening and the force of the plane moving forward on the runway pushed me back into my seat. I clutched the armrest of my seat because I was surprised and scared as I wasn’t expecting it to be so fast or so powerful. Then I looked out of the small curved window and saw a blur as we sped past the airport building and the motionless planes parked there. The next thing I knew I was on a big lean backwards because the nose and the front wheels of the plane were pointed up in the air while the back wheels

Alex Chapman is presented with his award by mayor Angus McKay. PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 150715-AK-123

But then darkness falls And the sun and horizon join, The moon then rises up Shining like a silver coin. The stars twinkle bright As they play their important roles. Glowing against the sky Like a blanket full of holes. The wind slowly stops And the sea calms down. The birds rests their voices In the nearby town. Everywhere it is peaceful And it is very grand, There is no country I want to be in Except New Zealand.

Poetry 10 years and under

Kiwi By Sarah Leadley As the day falls the night ous that’s lurking about, rises, Nothing moving in the light That’s when the kiwi opens of the moon, its eyes, Digging more and more, It goes out of hiding, Hears a sudden possum nearAnd starts to look, by, Looking for juicy worms to Running quickly in the oppoeat, site direction into the bushes, Stepping on sticks breaking The moon is about to go and snapping, down the kiwis go home, Fur brushing as they past The sun rises and the kiwi near trees, fall asleep …. Sniffing for anything danger-

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Vojtech “Pango” Zamecnik wheels his unconventional busking instrument into place in Ashburton yesterday.

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Piano instrument of choice By Stu Oldham

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There have been stranger sights in downtown Ashburton. But not many. About lunchtime yesterday, a chap in a tweed jacket pushed a full-sized Arthur Allison and Company piano from Mona Square to the corner of East and Tancred streets. He stopped on the railway side of the road, angled the 200kg piano under the shade, positioned his high-back bar stool in front of the yellowed keys, and started to play. Romantic, melodious balladstyle tunes danced over the grumbling stock trucks on State Highway One, and gold coins softly thudded into a box on the grass. Vojtech “Pango” Zamecnik’s work-stained fingers built the six-wheel trolley on which the piano sat and soon, donations pending, they will build a new flat deck for his truck. The Czech busker wants to take his show on the road, but first he needs something that will help him get his oversized instrument further than half a kilometre from home. “This is my first time playing here and I would like to do more; it would be very good to

put it on the truck so I can go to other cities,” Mr Zamecnik, 26, said. “I will see how I go here today. I would like to do this more days, here, to brighten people’s day.” It was Mr Zamecnik’s first gig-on-a-rig in Ashburton but the strange sight was no stranger to town. He has been in Mid Canterbury since September, after eight months in Auckland. Formerly from a small town 150km east of Prague, Mr Zamecnik – with his piano – arrived in the district to drive a tractor on a farm and then to work as a carpenter for a local builder. Back home, he learned to play the piano when he was five before growing up to be a sound engineer and designer for movies and television, and a department head at the largest multi-functional hall in Central Europe. The corner of East and Tancred streets is a long way from Prague’s version of the Vector Arena and his new, potted career path in his new home is a long way from where he started. But Mr Zamecnik, who hopes to get New Zealand residency, could not be happier. “Life is all about change,” he

Vojtech “Pango” Zamecnik plays his unconventional busking instrument in Ashburton yesterday. PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 170715-JJ-21

said as he turned back to the keys. “You have to be ready for new things, for new experiences. If you are not, you cannot improve yourself and you cannot learn what you are able to do.” The small group watched,

smiling, as Mr Zamecnik started another of his one-off, wistful tunes. They were about to hear something no one had heard before. “All of my music is improvisations, with motifs of popular

songs and variations of popular music, but not one is the same as another. “I have never played the same thing twice. You have to live in the moment, yes.” Live in the moment, accompanied by a large piano.

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Flying Kiwi, by Charles

Simple Green, White Black Koru, by Nathan Sandford

Heritage Minimalist, by Carl Brusse

Inspire, by Anna Gaskell

New Zealand Together, Forward, by Shaun Clark

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Flags to be shortlisted to 75 By Nicholas JoNes The public will see a long list of up to 75 flag designs before a panel chooses which four will go to a referendum. The Flag Consideration Panel has begun the process of sifting through more than 9100 flag designs for their favourites - one of which could be flying above the Beehive next year. Submissions closed at midnight Thursday, by which time 9103 designs had been put forward by the public. The Southern Cross and red, white and blue colours of the current flag remained the most common features of submitted designs. The controversial process will now see four flag designs chosen and put to New Zealanders for ranking in a first

More than 760 flag designs were submitted by Canterbury people to the flag Consideration Project. These and many more can be viewed on the official flag design gallery at www.govt.nz postal referendum, expected to be held in November and December. The selected design will then go up against the current flag in a second referendum, expected to be in March next year. The flag panel’s immediate task is to choose a preliminary long list of about 50 to 75 flag designs by the middle of next month. Flag Consideration Panel chairman Professor John Burrows said thank you to the thousands of people who had submitted flag designs. “As expected, there are hun-

dreds of designs that have come in just ahead of the deadline and these will need to go through the same robust checking process as others to ensure they meet the guidelines and terms and conditions,” Professor Burrows said. The final count would be completed within 48 hours, and the final number could reach 10,000. Mr Burrows said the long list would be released in the interests of transparency. “I think we owe it to the public what it has come down to in terms of the 75 - you can’t just

suddenly shut the door.” It would be impossible not to note public feedback, Professor Burrows said, but the release was not done to assess public support for each design. “The panel will then look at how the designs suggested bring together values and our identity as a nation,” Professor Burrows said. “There are also a large number of other factors we need to consider in this rigorous process from a practical and technical perspective, to ensure designs would be workable and ‘fit for purpose’, as well as meeting

the principles of good flag design. “The panel will announce the preliminary long list of between 50 to 75 designs by mid-August and the four alternatives that the public will rank in the first referendum will be announced by mid-September,” Professor Burrows said. Unscientific polls have been carried out on nzherald.co.nz and other websites on flag designs, and opinions offered on social media activity. Asked if that could influence the panel’s choices, Professor Burrows said members would “certainly know it’s there”. “We have regard to it. But we have to recognise that polls are a relatively small sample and can vary from time to time.” Other unofficial websites have been set up to further the debate, including flagtest.nz

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By Sophie Ryan Things are looking up for a New Zealand man recovering from severe injuries from a scooter crash in a Thailand hospital. Paul ‘PJ’ Lupi, 28, suffered severe facial injuries and was in a coma following a scooter crash in the holiday destination of Phuket on July 6. He is now conscious most of the time in hospital and was recovering well from the brain trauma, his family and friends say. In an email update yesterday, the Lupi family said PJ’s recovery from his coma was progressing well and he was able to move his limbs and head and follow people with his eyes. “The doctors are very pleased with his progress so early in the recovery process,” the email said. PJ developed a bacterial lung infection, which was a setback in his recovery. Yesterday the Lupi family said

Paul ‘PJ’ Lupi

the infection was under control and a ventilator had been removed from his lungs and re-

placed with an oxygen mask. “He is now sleeping peacefully and is much more relaxed,”

the family said. Options are being explored to get PJ home on a flight to New Zealand, but no timeframe has been put on the flight. “This is a marathon not a sprint race, so keep the prayers coming,” the Lupi family said. PJ had been on holiday in Thailand for about 10 days, with his girlfriend Amy who had returned to New Zealand the previous day, when he crashed. It was unclear exactly what happened, but PJ hit his head and suffered severe facial injuries, despite wearing a helmet. As PJ did not have travel insurance cover a Givealittle page was set up to help pay for his hospital care. His family has urged all Kiwis heading overseas to make sure they take out travel insurance. The page has now raised $168,777 from 1709 donors. Family and friends said they continued to be overwhelmed by the generosity. - NZME

A new treatment for a skin condition suffered by tens of thousands of Kiwis could be found in honey produced from kanuka trees. Research just published in the British Medical Journal has offered new hope for the five to 10 per cent of adults affected by rosacea - a chronic red rash on the face, particularly on the cheeks and nose. Presently, long-term antibiotics are used to treat the condition. In a medium-sized clinical trial, which focused on 137 people who had suffered rosacea for an average of 15 years, scientists from the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand tested the impact that the medicalgrade kanuka honey formulation Honevo had on the condition. The trial showed around 65 per cent showed an improvement, while 34 per cent showed a large improvement and in one in eight people, the disease disappeared completely. - NZME

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Alleged bank robber caught

90-day trial will stay under Labour

A man who allegedly held up a South Auckland bank while wearing shorts has been arrested. The man claimed to have a weapon, before he made off with money in a wine cooler bag from the Waiuku branch of ASB Bank on Thursday. Police have arrested the 28-year-old man, who has been charged with aggravated robbery after he made a swift getaway from the bank in a green Subaru. Detective James Ralph said the man allegedly entered the bank with a scarf covering his face about 1.50pm. Mr Ralph said he allegedly approached a teller and indicated he had a firearm, before asking her to put money into a wine cooler bag. “The inference he made was that it was a firearm.”

The teller complied and the robber left the bank with an undisclosed sum of money. Mr Ralph said the offender was described as Maori and aged in his mid-20s. He had a thin build and was about 1.8 metres tall. CCTV footage from the bank showed the man with his face covered, wearing shorts and clutching the wine cooler bag as he fled the bank. No one was injured during the robbery. When approached for comment, an ASB Bank spokeswoman issued a statement that said: “Our only comment at this stage is that all staff are unharmed and the matter is being investigated by the police.” Anyone with further information about the robbery can phone Detective James Ralph on 09 261 1300. - NZME

By Nicholas JoNes Labour leader Andrew Little has indicated his party has changed its position and now backs controversial 90-day trials periods for new employees. Speaking after a business breakfast yesterday, Mr Little was asked about the 90-day trials, and he said Labour’s policy was to add a “fairness requirement”. “The principle thing is, on the 90-day trial thing, every business owner I talk to about having to give feedback to someone under a trial, they all say, ‘Yeah, but I do that already’. “So there won’t be any new onerous obligation in that regard. But it will make it fair and we want to write that into the law.” Asked if his comments meant that the trial periods previously opposed by Labour - would remain in a Government under his leadership, he said they would. “We wouldn’t be talking

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about making the 90-day trial period fairer if we were going to get rid of it ... the 90-day trail thing is there, we want to make it fair.” In January, Mr Little said in his first state of the nation speech as leader that small business - “the engine room of job growth” - would be a priority for Labour as it developed policy over the next two years. Speaking to reporters afterwards, Mr Little would not be drawn on changes to Labour policies that small businesses might oppose such as abolishing the 90-day trial period for new workers and increasing

the minimum wage. He was more forthright in a press release in June last year, when as the spokesman on Labour issues he stated, “we don’t need the 90-day law and under Labour it will go”. “The reality is we had, and still have, a perfectly good law that allows probationary periods but which require an employer to give feedback and notify the worker if they are not meeting the required standard,” Mr Little said in the June 2014 press release. Before he entered Parliament in 2011, Mr Little was the head of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) for 11 years. A spokeswoman for the union said national secretary Bill Newson was in an all-day meeting and unavailable for comment. CTU president Helen Kelly said the union could accept Labour keeping 90-day trails if they introduced “just cause” provisions to allow personal grievances. - NZME

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Sports diary Around the Grounds Hockey Senior Men at Ashburton 1.30pm Wakanui Blue v TBHS (R. Turnbull, C. O’ Neill) Senior Women at Timaru, 2.30pm Geraldine v Hampstead/Collegians; 2.30pm Cambridge v Hampstead 1 Senior Men at Timaru 4pm Tainui v Wakanui Black July 19 Representative hockey Mid Canterbury B v West Coast B, NBS Hockey Turf, 12.30pm. Mid Canterbury A v West Coast A, NBS Hockey Turf, 2pm.

Football Mainland Football July 18 Men’s div 4 – MCU v CTFC Sweaters, Ashburton Domain, 2.30pm. Men’s div 5 – Methven v Halswell Bombers, Methven Domain, 2.30pm. Men’s masters div 2 – MCU Masters v Parklands United, Parklands Reserve, 2.30pm. 18th grade div 2 – MCU 18 v HU 18 Hawks, Ashburton Domain, 10.45am. 18th grade div 3 – Methven FC 18 v Nomads 18s, Nunweek Park, 10.45am. 16th grade div 1 – MCU 16 v CTFC 16 A, Ashburton Domain, 12.30pm. JULY 19 Women’s div 1 – Methven FC A v Western AFC Rebels, Walter Park, 10.30am.

Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby July 18 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup Mossy Tait Cup – Devon Tavern Hampstead v REL Rakaia, Hamp 1, 2.45pm, K Opele, P McKnight, P Hunt Claas Harvest Centre Southern v Darryl Phillips Motors Celtic, May 1, 2.45pm, M Gallagher, G Clement, A McGirr BYE: PWL Methven

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Making all the right calls By Erin TaskEr Karen Bennett has taken another big step down the road she hopes will lead her to next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Bennett, who grew up in Mid Canterbury and now lives on Banks Peninsula, has been in Valencia, Spain, umpiring at the third round of the Hockey World League where she got to control some high pressure games involving some of the world’s top players. But that’s what she loves, and it’s something she’s hoping to experience more of as she continues to build in skill, and confidence. The hockey in Valencia was of a high calibre; spots at the Rio Games were up for grabs for the teams too, so Bennett had to be on the top of her game. And she was. The Hockey World League is played over four rounds over a two year period – the first two rounds took place last year and the semi-finals and finals are this year. Teams ranked from 1-11 in the world don’t play in rounds one or two. They complete against the teams that qualify through those rounds, making up two 10 team tournaments. One tournament was in Valencia (women’s) and the other in Argentina (men’s), while a joint men’s and women’s tournament was held in Belgium. The Black Sticks women played in Belgium (4th place), the men Argentina (6th place). “I thoroughly enjoyed the tournament and am continuing to learn a lot and develop my umpiring craft,” Bennett said. She umpired Uruguay versus USA, Great Britain and Argentina, USA and Great Britain, USA and Ireland, Ireland and South Africa, and USA versus Argentina. “I umpired a quarter final between Argentina and USA and the game for seventh and eighth on the final day.” Team placements at the tournament decide who will go to World League finals and who will get a spot at the Rio Olym-

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Karen Bennett on the job, explaining her decision to a questioning player.

pics, and Bennett hopes her performance will have helped her chances of appearing in Rio too. “As teams were vying for spot at Rio Olympics it was definitely a high pressure environment. “My first match I umpired was Uruguay versus USA, two teams from the Pan America area, and it had a slight derby feel about it. “The Uruguay ladies were less experienced than USA, who have been playing higher level hockey tournaments, and when it came to me making decisions in the circles Uruguay were very appealing, in a passionate manner. They were calling for decisions that were right being wrong, asking for referrals in a crowding manner - which is not allowed - not preparing for penalty corners in 40 seconds … so yes, there was some player management required and it does put pressure on you as an umpire when someone is questioning your every decision.” Bennett openly admits to wearing her heart on her sleeve, so umpiring at such a high lev-

el where your calls are so ferociously called into question sometimes can be hard. “Mental toughness is something I am working on being stronger with, and managing the emotions, the ups and downs of tense matches, celebrations and disappointments when it does and doesn’t go well.” The introduction of a video referral system helps, and after taking some getting used to, is now something Bennett enjoys. “It helps us to get the correct decision, after all that’s what we want to do as umpires - get the right decisions.” Teams get one each for the match and the umpire has their own referral for goal and no goal situations. “In the Uruguay match they had lost their referral and I awarded a goal. “Just to be 100 per cent sure it hadn’t come off a body I used my referral, as there was some doubt. It came back with the correct decision. “This situation sits well with me. I don’t look back at my match replays and think ‘oh ... that shouldn’t have been a goal’.

“We as an umpiring team can get it right on the pitch.” Making it to Rio is her number one goal for now; number two is to get an upgrade to the Promising World Panel. She’d love to say she’ll be in Rio, but she knows she’s just one of many top umpires around the world vying for a spot. “There are a number of great umpires to choose from and whom are tracking above me in rankings/gradings at the moment. “I’ll just have to see if I’ve made the cut towards the end of this year.” Umpiring is taking her around the world, but Bennett never forgets where she came from. “I was in Mid Canterbury earlier this year delivering a rules evening and a community badge course and it was thoroughly enjoyable to be back at the hockey park where it all started.” Her next challenge is back on home soil - the National Hockey League held over two weekends from the end of August, then a week in Whangarei in September.

August 2nd at the Southern Rugby Club (Hinds) 12 noon, and then to play in the trial game to select the U48kg & U65kg Hanan Shield teams in Timaru on Saturday August 15th.

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Tinwald - Ben Middleton, Ryan Allen, James Brady, Ben Donald, Mac Burdett Coaches -Vaughan Ward (027 768 1722) & James Roderick (021 083 51716) Trainings will be held on Wednesday July 22nd & Wednesday 12th August (67.30pm) at the Hampstead Rugby Club. The venue for trainings to be held on Sunday 26th July and Sunday 9th August (1pm – 3pm) is to be confirmed.

Under 65Kgs Allenton - Jacob Gray, Oliver Phillips, Zion Tohunui Hampstead - Lucan Taylor-Culshaw, Otto Mareko, Christian Thompson, Mac Kaitao, Ben Jackson, Taurangi Daniels Methven - Olly Hood, Sam Taylor, Guy Smith, Tino Heripo, Jack Jones Rakaia - Josh Dunlea, Harley Burton Southern - Hugh Cameron, Xion Laifai

Under 48kgs Allenton - Isileli Ula, George Rosevear, Nick Rattray, Kalin Tait Celtic - Archie Schluter Hampstead - Kotiti Patea, Aidan Bennett, Caleb Ward, Toetu Touli, James Medlock Methven - Jarrad Hill, Sam Cuttle, Logan Marshall, Sam Ree, Gus Casey-Solly, Alex Roderick Southern - Tomas Wilson

Any questions, please contact your coaches. Reminder that these selections are strictly subject to weight grade restrictions.

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In brief Friend jersey for sale Bids for an upside down framed Nathan Friend shirt are currently at $1375 (and rising) on Trade Me after the Warriors hooker’s acrobatics last weekend. Friend’s back flip pass that led to a Warriors try became a global sensation, catching the attention of the likes of Sports Illustrated and Bleacher Report, and the NRL reached worldwide audiences. The bidding for the shirt, with Friend’s signature and his number nine, closes next Thursday. - NZME

Litmus test for Manly

Fans get a close up look at Kiwis’ trophy Ashburton Barbarians coach Steve Gamble was one of the lucky league fans to get a close up look at the Four Nations trophy when it made a stopover in Ashburton yesterday. New Zealand Rugby League is touring the trophy the Kiwis won last year over Australia, England and Samoa. The trophy was on its way south as far as Invercargill on its whistlestop tour of the South Island, and it has already toured extensively throughout the country this year and will continue to do so, until it is contested again in the United Kingdom next year. PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 170515-JJ-013

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Roosters ‘intimidating’ By Richie BaRnett The Roosters stand between the Warriors and a momentum swing into the back end of the season. A victory would be a massive boost but the quality of the performance tomorrow is just as important. Not many expect the Warriors to prevail - the Roosters are an intimidating prospect, particularly at home - but who knows what is now possible with the Auckland club? They’ve been building steadily over the past three games and their performance against the Storm was top notch. Now it needs to continue; the result may not go their way tomorrow but the performance needs to be solid, to keep up the momentum. The Roosters are a tough proposition. Their line speed on defence is incredible, particularly on the outside. A lot of teams try to go around them but that usually doesn’t work; you need to go

Facing a horror month in which they will have their mettle tested by the NRL’s best, Manly aren’t buying into the buzz about their top eight hopes. Having spent most of the season sitting at the bottom of the table, the Sea Eagles have cracked the door slightly ajar with three wins from their last four. Geoff Toovey’s big guns are firing and opposition sides are beginning to look over their shoulders. An 11th straight finals series would be one of the fairytale storylines of the season but standing in Manly’s way are showdowns with four of the five best sides in the competition, starting with second-placed North Queensland on Monday before facing a tough road trip to Auckland. - AAP

Shaun Kenny-Dowall: One of a strong Kiwi contingent in the Roosters team to play the Warriors tomorrow.

through them and control the ruck to have any chance. The Warriors should also throw in the occasional short kick to keep them guessing and negate the rapid line speed. Centre Michael Jennings has been superb this season, while

Blake Ferguson has gone to another level over the past month; he’s such a threat with his speed and spatial awareness. James Maloney can be targeted and the Panthers sent traffic at him all game last week. He’s not that strong defen-

sively so there could be profit there for the Warriors - though he always seems to play extra well against his old club. The real heartbeat of the Roosters has been their Kiwi contingent: Roger TuivasaSheck, Sam Moa, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Sio Siua Taukeiaho. Tuivasa-Sheck has added another dimension in recent weeks with his passing options, scanning for support as he runs across the field. It makes him twice as dangerous. Moa and Waerea-Hargreaves are key components of a pack that has a good blend of steel, mongrel and skill and can match any other in the NRL. Kenny-Dowall has been a revelation. The 27-year-old has scored 13 tries in 16 games this season. And finally, congratulations to Shaun Johnson on reaching 100 NRL games. He’s taken a while to develop but has shown great signs over the past few weeks of wanting to go to that next level. NZME

A straight and honest team discussion two months ago helped the Warriors to reassess their goals and provided the catalyst for their surge up the ladder and into the top four for the first time since 2011. With the Warriors sitting towards the bottom of the NRL ladder, coach Andrew McFadden and his players spoke about the areas where they were letting themselves down and identified aspects of their play that needed improving if they were to match it with the competition heavyweights. The messages sank in, with the Warriors winning seven of their last nine games to roar into finals calculations. Ahead of Sunday’s big showdown against the thirdplaced Roosters in Sydney, McFadden says his side need to ignore the building hype and expectations around their good form and maintain their desperation to win. - NZME

Dragons’ anniversary St George-Illawarra coach Paul McGregor admits there’s a sense of occasion surrounding tonight’s clash against South Sydney at the SCG. The Dragons will be out to end a five-game slide that has them teetering on the edge of the top eight. But the proud club will also celebrate St George’s 50-year anniversary of the 1965 grand final against the Rabbitohs, when the Red V claimed its 12th premiership at the historic venue. - AAP

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Black pack finish on r By paTriCk mCkEnDry Different conditions, different attitude - if you want to know why the All Blacks put the squeeze on Argentina last night, look no further than numbers one to eight. It is understood one or two of the forwards received a rocket from the coaches after what was a relatively lacklustre performance in Apia last week, but this time a statement was made in the first set piece - a scrum on halfway in which the Pumas almost conceded a tighthead such was the pressure coming from the black pack. However, there is still much to do. The game was all but gone by the time hooker Agustin Creevy scored the first of his two tries from lineout drives, but the ease with which he got over the line will be a concern to the All Blacks and a boost for the rest of the world. It is an area which will not only be tested by the Springboks in Johannesburg next weekend, but also in the knockout stages of the World Cup. Creevy’s first try came from a drive down the vacant right wing, then next towards the posts. Clearly more work is needed to defend what will probably be a common sight in England in September and October. After the scare, came the response, though, as if the All Blacks were suddenly aware of the

criticism which would be coming their way. Codie Taylor’s try on debut after the All Blacks executed a tighthead after the Pumas won a lucky decision from Craig Joubert for a 5m scrum was a case of poetic justice and step back in the right direction.

So was another tighthead on halfway in the final minutes. During the week, some of the constructive criticism of the pack by Steve Hansen might have reached the ears of No8 Kieran Read, who had one of his best games of the year to set the platform for this victory. Read was intelligent when challenging kick-offs - roaming around the back of the Argentines and allowing for the curve of Dan Carter’s delivery - showed pace and awareness down the wide channels where he has traditionally been so clever and destructive in equal turns, and was often brutal on defence. That brutality was ever-present too in Jerome Kaino, also much better for his run last week in temperatures about 30deg hotter than here. Read’s try - when he picked the pocket of wing Horacio Agulla to score untouched by the posts - was a testament to his line-speed and attacking instincts, but credit too must go to his loose forward partner Richie McCaw, who executed a perfect around-the-ankles tackle to stop a Pumas counter in its tracks and then bounced up and attempted the turnover. Lock Luke Romano, fully recovered from a black and blue left eye suffered in Apia when colliding with Owen Franks, was another man transformed on what is his home track. - NZME Kieran Read: Back to his best.

Dagg tak By WynnE Gray

ou sensed Israel Dagg’s interest. It would have been surprising otherwise. He’s up against it for World Cup selection for a number of reasons. Dodgy hamstrings and calf muscles meant a very limited Super rugby season to impress the All Black selectors while others have been showing great form. Ben Smith, Charles Piutau and Nehe Milner-Skudder have all shown enough to make some strong claims ahead of Dagg (right), who used to

Jane ‘contro By CampBEll BurnEs

ory Jane is remarkably sanguin one who should have the weigh the world on his shoulders. Lining up tonight for the NZ Barbar in his first full game since May, the 32 old will take to the right wing with a f

Williams takes aim at Magpies By JOnaTHan lEask

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Mid Canterbury will have the services of the influential first-five Murray Williams for their Ranfurly Shield Challenge against Hawke’s Bay on Thursday. Williams (right) has made himself available for the challenge in Napier after his Ponsonby club bowed out of contention in the Auckland competition last weekend. The former Japanese international has played a major role in Mid Canterbury’s back-to-back Meads Cup victories, which is why Keenan - and the Hammers leadership group - believed that if he was available he deserved the chance to play. His inclusion in the shield squad, which will be finalised on Monday, boosts the Hammers’ confidence ahead of their 14th attempt to get their hands on the Log O’Wood.

His inclusion does not guarantee a return to full duties for a third Heartland campaign, but would suggest he is certainly in the frame. The Hammers’ Heartland squad will be announced after the club finals on August 1. The final squad for the shield challenge will be determinant on how the players get through today’s fifth round of the Watters Cup. The full squad will reassemble on Sunday to assess any damage, with a finalised team to be announced on Monday. Horowhenua-Kapiti pushed the holders for 65 minutes on Thursday, before being blown away in the closing stages. Horowhenua were only down 1620 before the Magpies piled on 30 points in 15 minutes to complete a 50-16 rout.

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be the national fullback. He was, but his form has been splotchy for a while, and with the raft of competition and his repeat inability to get on the track, Dagg’s time to impress is shrinking. He was down to business from the off last night. The shimmy run and offload-forward-delivered his and the All Black k intention. He was able to hover up in the line regularly as he and his colleagues looked to prise open the Pumas defences. That intent was up a peg on the delivery against Samoa. Dagg’s pass-

ing was neat and one flick offload out the back of his hand another sign his confidence was building. After the break the All Blacks varied between hot and lukewarm while the Pumas kicked up another coupe of reminders that the All Blacks, as they were against Samoa, are vulnerable to the rolling maul. There was not a lot for Dagg to do other than range in support, often as a decoy, or to boot the ball for territory or space when the All Blacks needed some relief. A step forward certainly for the fullback but still some way to go. - NZME

do. I just need to get myself right. If I go out there thinking everything’s going to fall apart, then I’ll probably have a shocker. But I know I need to perform as there are a lot of outside backs going well,” said Jane. Time is short, but Jane has proven the critics wrong in the past. He is the most experienced player in this Baabaas side,

with 53 test caps and upwards of 200 firstclass games. It would take a lot to jettison that experience just because he has yet to fully fire in 2015. The selectors have not forgotten Jane’s performance against the Wallabies at RWC 2011, one of the great aerial displays by a wing in a big match. - NZME

‘Trip of a lifetime’ tops rugby By Erin TaskEr If Celtic are to make Mid Canterbury rugby’s Watters Cup finals, they will have to do so without one of their young stars, Christian Vainerere. After a strong first year in senior rugby, the 18-year-old will miss today’s crucial, must-win match against Southern. Instead, he’s flying to the United States for a two-week holiday. He’ll get back into New Zealand on August 2 – the day after the Watters Cup final. He’ll miss today and the final – if Celtic make the cut - as well as one of the biggest opportunities of his young career so far in this Thursday’s Ranfurly Shield challenge against Hawke’s Bay. He’s disappointed that he won’t be there, but at the same

time excited about the trip. “It’s the trip of a lifetime,” he said. Vainerere never expected to make the Mid Canterbury side in his first year of senior rugby, but he did, and he’s made an impact. He plays at centre for Celtic, but has been put on the wing for Mid Canterbury and in a recent game against Ellesmere he crossed for two tries. It’s been a big year. The step up to senior rugby took some getting used to, as had the step up to senior representative rugby. But he’s loving it, and he’s hoping when the 2015 Heartland Championship gets under way, his name will be on the playing sheet. Vainerere – a product of the Ashburton College first XV –

He may be your archetypal ‘waka blond’ but don’t make fun of Damian McKenzie’s albino features unless you are prepared to shut down his dancing feet on the footy field. The sparky 20-year-old Chief and Maori All Black has the Ngati Tuwharetoa bloodlines, so don’t worry about that. Also don’t worry about the reigning age grade player of the year’s ability to shine under pressure. That much was evident in the game against Fiji last weekend. “It was a great experience playing for the Maori. It was even better to come away with the win. Hopefully we can do it again this weekend against the Barbarians.” - NZME

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mindset of “controlling the controllables”. His dodgy hamstring has come right and ne for he just has to play his game on the end of a ht of sharp looking Barbarians’ backline. The rest is up to the All Blacks selectors, rians though he has plenty of competition. 2-year“It’s not the end of the world. The selecfirm tors know what I can do. I know what I can

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is originally from the Cook Islands and has lived in Ashburton for about five years. In that time, he’s made his mark on Mid Canterbury rugby. When the time came to leave school and find a club to play for, he picked Celtic. Last season he played for the colts, and this year made the step up to the senior ranks – to a side coached by Warren McKenzie and Phil Prendergast, the two coaches he had as an under-16 player in the Mid Canterbury representative side. While he won’t be wearing the number 13 jersey for Celtic again this season, he knows his team has what it takes to take out the title. “They’re pretty experienced so they’ll do well,” Vainerere said.

The NZ Barbarians will try to adhere to the club’s philosophy of open rugby as much as possible, despite a bleak weather forecast for tonight’s match against the Maori All Blacks at Eden Park. “It might be more of a close contact type of game, but guys have got the skills, so hopefully we can still use it,” said captain Brad Shields. This is the sort of fixture that warrants an Eden Park crowd of at least 10,000. There are six All Blacks in the Barbarians’ 23, as against four in the Maori match-day squad. Will it be the extra cohesion of the Maori, driven by their proud, unbeaten home record since 2003, not to mention 20 wins on the bounce against full international sides, or the individual aspirations of a very good Barbarians roster? - NZME

Boks wary of Giteau South Africa captain Victor Matfield says he is wary of recalled Wallabies inside centre Matt Giteau ahead of tonight’s Rugby Championship clash with Australia in Brisbane. Matfield said he was impressed by Giteau playing alongside him in a 2009 Barbarians team at Twickenham and expected the veteran to revel in his long awaited Wallabies return. France-based Giteau earned a Wallabies recall after the ARU changed eligibility rules for overseas-based players who have at least 60 Test caps. - AAP

‘Variation’ required

Celtic’s Christian Vainerere

Quade Cooper can claim a head-start in the battle to be the Wallabies’ premier World Cup playmaker after coach Michael Cheika threw his weight behind the mercurial five-eighth to fire against South Africa. Cooper and Will Genia will be the focus of intense scrutiny after being reunited in tonight’s match. Cheika acknowledged he agonised over the decision to go with the pair - who featured at the 2011 World Cup - ahead of Bernard Foley and Nick Phipps and indicated their more diverse playbook swayed him. “The skill set they’ve got is something that I want to see them use, the variation they might bring to the game.” - AAP

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Karate kids among the medals Top young Mid Canterbury karate exponents finished in the medals at the NZ National Karate Championships in Wellington last weekend. The five youngsters – all from the JION International Karate Dojo based in Ashburton – took on some of the country’s best and came home with five medals between them. The youngest – six-year-old Sophie Smith – was third in the Kumite 6-7 year age group for girls, while 11-year-old Taylah Burrowes was third in the Kumite 10-11 year girls’ 40kgplus section. Jessica Windhorst, 15, took home two bronze medals, one in the Kumite 14-15 year cadets 55kg-plus section, and the other in the Team Kumite 14-17 year girls’ section, along with Holly Wigg from Cromwell and Ruby Walton

who is from Christchurch. The nationals were held on the Saturday and the NZ National Secondary Schools Karate Championships were held on the Sunday, with Windhorst again featuring in the medals. She was second in the Kumite under-16 years female section. Following the competitions, a two-day national training camp was held and all five members – Windhorst, Smith, Burrowes, Jenna Borthwick, 12, and Kyle Cabangun, 12 – all took part, along with Sophie’s mum, Angela Smith. Right: Five JION International Karate Dojo Ashburton members competed at the national championships in Wellington – (from left) Jenna Borthwick, 12, Taylah Burrowes, 11, Jessica Windhorst, 15, Sophie Smith, 6, and Kyle Cabangun, 12.

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Ferns find new shooting combos It is possibly the biggest gamble of Waimarama Taumaunu’s career. A calculated gamble, but a gamble no less. The selection of uncapped youngster Malia Paseka over experienced Cathrine Latu in next month’s World Cup squad was the main selection shock in a team not short on surprises.

With 12-test rookie Bailey Mes, who like Paseka is a brilliant athlete but still relatively raw, also making the cut for the Sydney tournament, the shooting line-up will have a very different dynamic about it. When you add into the mix established stars Maria Tutaia and Jodi Brown, the Silver Ferns have four shooters who can play both positions, opening up a

Mid Canterbury’s top men’s hockey players will take on the West Coast’s best tomorrow in annual clashes. The West Coast is sending it’s A and B teams to Ashburton – weather permitting – to take on Mid Canterbury’s senior A and B men’s teams. The annual encounter between the two A sides have been dominated by Mid Canterbury in recent years and the side is hoping to continue that good run tomorrow. The B sides will square off at 12.30pm at the Ashburton hockey turf, with the A sides to follow at 2pm.

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Hockey reps on show

myriad of combinational permutations for Taumaunu and assistant Vicki Wilson. Next week’s series against Fiji and South Africa will provide the first glimpse at how the Ferns’ new-look attacking line will operate. With just three weeks before the Ferns’ open their World Cup campaign against Barbados, Taumaunu said there is not enough preparation time

to develop every shooting combination, so she plans to narrow down their options. “The most likely goal attacks are Maria followed by Jodi, and the other two are shooters,” said Taumaunu. The intention to use Mes and Paseka in the goal shoot role only suggests the Ferns are looking to play a more open style on attack. - NZME

New Zealand’s women cricketers drew inspiration from the approach of their male counterparts as they won their first limited-overs series in India this month. The White Ferns arrived home yesterday after beating India 2-1 in their T20 series, the wins featured some big hitting from Sophie Devine and Rachel Priest. Captain Suzie Bates said having “mucked around” at the crease during the ODI series, there was a desire to play an exciting brand of cricket, not dissimilar to the style adopted by Brendon McCullum’s men before, during and since the men’s World Cup. - NZME

Special century As he raised his arms in triumph, pointed towards the dressing room and celebrated his fifth Test century, the thought must have gone through Chris Rogers’ mind: “Have I pulled the pin too early?” In May he flagged the Ashes as his final stop, but after scoring a career-best 158 not out, he seemed to soften on his previously stance. Certainly, Australia will miss his patience and poise. - AAP

■ OPINION

Deciding on the correct definition of a sport I s it sport? That’s a question that pops up around the watercooler on a fairly regular basis, such as when the speed shearers are in town, or there’s a chess tournament going on somewhere. It used to be crystal clear what constituted a sport - you jumped higher, ran faster or scored more tries/goals/baskets than the opposition, end of story. And there’s still a certain portion of the populace who believe that unless there’s large men smashing into each other chasing a leather ball around a paddock, preferably with a bit of evil intent thrown in, it’s definitely not a sport. Those gentlemen are easily recognised, they’re the ones spluttering into their beer when

the synchronised swimming comes on the big screen at the pub (although they might sneak a glance to see how skimpy the uniforms have become). But with the rapid expansion of the Olympics over the past few decades, and the vast increase in the amount of leisure time available to most people in that time, there’s more and more obscure ‘sports’ showing up, and other activities that may previously been classed as work, or a pastime, have emerged as competitive events, thereby claiming status as bona fide sports. Sport is defined by Dictionary.com as an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.

Sportspersons thrive on chasing an ultimate goal, a sort of universal phenomenom that you or your team must win, much more so than indulging in a pastime. So . . . is shearing in there? If you’ve ever seen the Golden Shears, you’ll know that the physical prowess required is immense, the competitive nature is up there with anything the All Blacks can conjure up, and they have an ultimate goal for sure, to be the very best in the country. Chess - well, you can tick the competitive nature box, and the mental prowess required is immense . . . and of course the competitors have the same ultimate goal as anyone - winning. A pastime? That’s something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of

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amusement or recreation. Is mountainclimbing a sport? Who is the opposition? The mountain? Or is the mountain just the playing field, and all those others seeking immortality by reaching the summit the real players? The reason all this has come to the surface again? I was perusing the Sky TV book sports section, as you do, and sifting through all the good stuff to watch - the Ashes, le Tour (what IS Lance Armstrong doing there???), St

Andrews, etc etc, and I spotted - juggling. Yes, juggling, that ‘activity’ previously the domain of badly dressed circus clowns, has apparently made it to the next level, and is now worthy of attention from the television cameras, and presumably a small but devoted audience. I had to look. The jugglers run around their ‘field’, juggling all the while, and doing their best to disrupt the other jugglers’ concentration, apparently by fair means or foul, and the last man juggling wins. So - is it sport? Every spectator has their own line drawn in the sand on this one, which is why the arguments will rage unabated and undecided forever. But - juggling?

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5 00X18 Heeza Dreimer (13) 57.5 S Wenn L Magorrian (a1) 6 98145 President Tomado (8) 57.5 P Rodewald L Innes Weight a concern 7 14972 Raaj (7) 57.5 L Munro S Collett Smith is worried about 8 519X4 Silento (10)Brian 57.5 D Cave M McNab Lad’s 9 81734 Hot Spot (4)Jetset 57 G Lambert 58.5kg impost L Hemi (a2) the 2 10 12X42 Les Silk (9)when 57 R Collett New Zealand-bred M Coleman (11) 57 S Crawford chases consecutive wins inR Jones 2:51PM CIVICS @ CAMBRIDGE THOROUGHBRED LODGE OPEN HCP 11 1X068 Cookie Monster 4 12 32456 Hayley Grace (2) 55.5 DListed HollinsheadTattersall’s T Thornton OPT 209 $25,000, opn hcp, 1200m today’s Mile 3 1 76X10 Barbaric (1) 59 S Marsh K & B Hawtin “He’s gone up D Hain M McNab 13 07692 I’mdaone (5) at55Doomben. 4 2 08X87 Guevara (4) 57.5 S Wenn (14) 54.5 G Richardson V Gatu A Jones (a2) 14 80915 Nectacolecta a hell of a lot of weight after (a3) 0 15 5X600 Our Queenhis 1 3 03236 Airfield Road (7) 55 L Poulson Bee (3) 54 P Bell A Collett Brisbane Cup win and

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1800m; Straight: 350m; Rail: Rail out 3m; Weather: Sleet 2:05PM 616

OPT

UNDER & OUT DRILLING RATING 65

$17,500, rating 65 benchmark*, 2200m

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

12 0 13 14 15 16 0 17

he 5-6, had7-8, nothing 1-2, 3-4, 9-10 on his back won this race last 1-2-3,when 4-5-6, he 8-9-10 year,” he said. “He’s trained 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 on really well, but how can 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 you be confident of winning 5-6-7-8-9-10

with this weight? He’s only a

52109 Lucille (9) 54 Claire & Hec Anderton C Barnes (a1) only(a) 70500 Sorley Boylittle (4) 54 Bhorse, Williams but this is the S Wynne suitable race for him.” SCRATCHED - NZME She’s Payback Something Zed SCRATCHED Showcase SCRATCHED 35433 Masterzed (10) 54 L Stewart

1 44705 Clem (3) 59 J & K Parsons 2 K Mudhoo (a4) 1 2 40213 Morgan Bet (9) 58 T Hawes C Johnson 8 Margarita Mover (7) 55 T Rae S Wynne (a) 3 519X5 Jimmytoshoes (10) 57 B & S Anderton J Lowry (a3) Timing is everything 9 S Wynne (a) Perceptive (4) 55 B & S Anderton T Direen 4 33536 Duminy (5) 56.5 T Beckett 10 T Direen Ruanui (2) 55 C Trembath R Hannam 5 00940 Putt For Cash (12) 56 C Trembath Graham Richardson believes 4 6 40985 Blu Mach (1) 54.5 L Didham R Cuneen (a2) 11 Salu (3) 55 R Beckett R Bishop 3:53PM CROMBIE & PRICE Rose LTD OAMARU OPEN HANDICAP Queens canCUP make it a J Oliver (a2) 12 Willow (13) 55 B & S Anderton J Lowry (a3) 7 09901. Lady Lindauer (6) 54 S Tyler OPT 619 $25,000, opn hcp, 1600m 3 8 X9004 Ruby Tuesday (11) 54 Kevin & Pam Hughes R Hannam case of third time lucky atR Bishop 0 13 Sniparinda (6) 57 J & K Parsons 1 19587 Absolut Excelencia (7) 59 K & L Rae 9 X0560 She’s Payback (8) 54 C Spittles C Barnes (a1) New Plymouth on 1 2 51326 Miss Three Stars (12) 58.5 T Beckett Saturday. S Wynne (a) 1:05PM GLENMOA FARMS LTD WAITAKI RIVER TROPHY OPEN HCP 10 03L45. Radinka (4) 54 M Hamilton R Doherty previous trips 4 3 47633 Hexie HaoTwo (1) 58 Claire & Hec Anderton to Taranaki C Johnson OPT 614 $25,000, opn hcp, 1200m 11 85857 Croydon (2) 54 E Winsloe T Moseley fruitless, but the(a) Motionproved (11) 57.5 A Taylor D Prastiyou 3 1 0X583. Anzac Star (6) 59 T Kennedy B Murray (a3) 12 35433 Masterzed (7) 54 L Stewart H Bennet (a4) 4 0X041 Electronic have 5 171X6 To The MaxMatamata (8) 56.5 A Smithtrainer said theD Walsh 1 2 9X311. Paraketo (5) 58 J & K Parsons C Johnson SPEIGHT’S STAYERS RATING 65 3 6 52602 Ric O’Sheamare (3) 56 L Latta D Bradley 4 3 81551 Jazzman (4) 57.5 M & M Pitman was stronger now and A Morgan (a2) 2:41PM $17,500, rating 65 benchmark*, 2200m 2 7 31411 News Flashbetter-equipped (4) 55.5 B & S Anderton C Barnes (a) 2 4 39213 Jack’s Run (3) 56.5 J Hay J Lowry (a3) OPT 617 to handle 4 1 36327 Messines (7) 59 L Latta D Walsh 8 91682 Comanche Gold (6) 55 G Eade R Cuneen (a) Pinsgoldmetres.” (2) 55 N Coulbeck S Wynne (a) step him up5 04743 to 2000 her and she won Dreally nicely,” the(13)trip. Queens Rose broke 1 2 60021 Inis Rose (2) 57 L Robinson Bradley 9 40X55 Keepa Tramp 55 S Cunningham T Moseley 6 9X584 Unbelieveabelle (1) 54 L Latta S Collett 2 3 23003 Speedy Jax (10) 57Bary Kevin & Pam Hughes S Collett 10 87399 Tacticall (9)through staying A son of Alamosa, Tiger Tim said. 54 L Latta for a deserved R Hannam 12:05PM future for a three-yearDE GEEST CONSTRUCTION MAIDEN 3 4 97443 Drumgold (3) 56.5 T Kennedy C Johnson last time 1:35PMwinner NZB INSURANCE PEARLin SERIES RACE RATING 65 $25,000, 11 17070 54 M &type M Pitmansuccess old stable mdn,was a debut at Otaki “She’s another who will be Sir Singo (5)black OPT 612that nearly left his $10,000, 1400m C O'Beirne (a3) 12 01312 Lakota (10) 54 T Charles R65 benchmark fillies and mares*, 1200m 5 X3843 Contador (6) 55 G Tippett J Oliver (a) out in the Listed Tauranga 2 earlier 1 92823 in Diva’s Haloseason. (13) 58.5 L Beck R Doherty OPT 615 the November with a victory that best over more ground.” 6 00X4L Swiss Alps (4) 55 B & S Anderton C Barnes (a1) 0 1 1 321X2. Heeby Jeeby (4) 59 T Pike 13 32014 Silhouette Classic Noire (2) 54and T Rae Vinnie D Walsh 7 76478 Keep The Lot (12) 54.5 J & K Parsons The 2 2 Extend (14) 58.5 B & S Anderton C Barnes (a1) Colgan will G Jogoo (a3) Group Hastings trainer pro- caught the attention of champiMeanwhile, the dual 3 383X Tommyra J Oliver (a2) 8 53010. Oriental Bronze (11) 54.5 G Eade (4) 58.5 Champion/Murphy S Collett 2 12358. Matoaka (11) 59 L Beck R Cuneen (a2) 4:28PM continue hisRON association with75 WILLIAMSON RATING duced Tim for on Sydney Chris(17) Waller. One winner is back in 4 6.Tiger Pepper Mill (6) 58.5 J Haya runaway R Hannam 3trainer 0X940 Resplendent 59 N Coulbeck R Hannam 9 20765 Seeking Redemption (9) 54.5 J & K ParsonsRecite R Hannam OPT 620 $18,500, rating 75 benchmark, 1400m the five-year-old. - NZME 5 Let’s Party (17) J Hillis (a2) 4 X0130 S Laming in preparation L Callaway Rating 65 win on58.5his home track R Cuneen However, a deal for a return Sandy’s that Star (15) would 59 Kevin & Pam Hughes S Collett 10 75539 Slick Nickel (8) 54work 1 72118 Natkingcole (12) 60.5 R McKay A McKay (a3) 1 on 6 3X222 11 00970 Something Zed (1) 54 C Spittles C Spittles Urban (16) 56.5 K Parsonsgelding’s C Johnsonseen 4 5 breeder-owners 86220 Springwater (2) 59 S Woodsford R Cuneen (a2) 2 97706 Fastfoot (5)Stallion Thursday inJ & the have Bill to racing duringJ Oliver the(a2) Hawke’s 60 S Tyler paradeJ Oliver (a2) Morris 4 7 34237 San Michele (10) 56.5 T & L Prendergast T Direen and 6 Peter VitesseGillespie Rose SCRATCHED 12 8X008. Showcase (5) 54 LBay 1 3 79225 Prince Ransom (4) 58 M & M Pitman A Morgan (a2) first appearance over 1600 meGleeson recarnival. 3 8 70742 Feral Ice (7) 56.5 S Stewart S Wynne (a) 7 6849X Agnus Brown (3) 58.5 J Hillis 2 4 31333. Forever Vital New Zealand Bloodstock’s win(11) 57 B & S Anderton J Lowry (a3) THE CROMBIE CUP RATING 75 J Lowry (a3) 3:17PM tres. main the ownership as part “She’s as big as a house and 9 54 Millie Rose (8) 56.5 M Stevenson T Moseleyin $18,500, rating 75 benchmark, 2200m 5 65X30 Corbyn (8) 57 B Murray 3 8 34213 Hot Pants (5) 58.5 Champion/Murphy D Bradley OPT 618 terD Crozier sale on Friday July 31, will(a3) 10“He’s6 Mrs Nevill (9) 56.5 M Hamilton B Murray (a3) a big, raw horse and a of a new Australasian Bary 4 1 90655 Dickens (8) 64.5 P has 6said. Rudkin really furnished,” C O'Beirne (a3) X009X Gold Leaf (3) B & S Anderton by the Karaka T Direen 9 13X50 Incontrol (1)syndicate 58.5 S Laming L Callaway be57preceded 11 stayer Assailin (1) 56.5 G Eade L Callaway 2 Bary 3 open X0001 Pheasant (14) 58 S“We’ll Stewart be aiming her R Bishop 7 55311. Rumpelstiltskin (2) 57 J Curran C Barnes (a1) real the making,” Bary to race the horse was halted at at the 2 10 0X12 Letsavafling (7) 58 L Robinson S Wynne (a) Trainer John stallion parade. Among those 12 0X Preferred Flight (12) 56.5 B & S Anderton J Lowry (a3) 3 3 25330 Kings Pal (7) 57.5 B1200 Smith on the second R Hannam G Jogoo (a3) 11 58321 Bridget Town (12) 57.5 T Foley said. “He’s still (2) green and learn- the last minute. day of8 9509X the Revelator (16) 56 J & K Parsons A McKay (a3) 0 13 23700 Your Honour 58.5 C Spittles 4 26363 Delacroix (1) 57 J & K Parsons C Johnson 9 41189 Taipa Tigerscheduled (15) 56 L Latta to make an appearS Collett 12 27X1. Treat Me (16) 57.5 T & M Stokes B Murray (a3) ing all(3)about 0 14 what “He buckled over in the padThe stable also suc709 Royalit’s Chance 58.5 B & S and Andertonhe’s freshmen stallions El(a) 5enjoyed 91454 Gargamel (5) 56.5 meeting.” L Beck T Moseley 10 6X094 Redesdaleance (6) 55.5 are K Hampton S Wynne 13 had 16 Carpathia (6) 57.5aJ bone & K Parsons cess at their C Johnson 0 15 4000X Legal Tender (5) 56.5 B & S Anderton only going to get better. dock and 0 he to have home with Darci Brahma meeting 4 11 has 6 02057 Vaporetto (13) 56 J HayThe S Collettmare 2323X Pretty GoodRoca, ExcuseLittle (10) 54.5Wonder A Carston and Proisir. D Bradley 14 35817 Wilberry (10) 57 P Rudkin 0 1“He’s 6 X0669. En’joyour Lindauer (11) 56.5 S Tyler 7 06678Beel Additupin (12)a56 B Inglis J Oliver (a2) 12 04531 Ask Me (13)Burgundy, 54 M & M PitmanHe’s H Bennet (a4) Remarkable, with his races chip in a 0 fetlock removed the Zabeel filly Donna been side-lined by injury since 0 17 000X8 I’m best 0 1hind Ruby (15) 56.5 S Tyler 5 0X310. Good Bye Senorita (8) 57 T Kennedy 8 5X528 Fly Me To Da Moon 0 13 06262 Coffee (9) 55Ferlax (11) 55.5 S Blair-Edie D Bradleyin M & M Pitman Niagara will also C Johnson and be spaced so he’ll run next over a after that, but it was nothing 1200 metre maiden. she won at Matamata Febru0 16 4819X Setarime (14) 56.5 M & M Pitman 1 9 06411 Cavatino (3) 55 D Crozier 0 14 711X0 Lightning Lucy B Murray (a3) (14) 54 T & M Stokes 12:35PM BRACKENS PRINT OAMARU 2YO in attendance. NZME ary. NZME mile again somewhere or we’ll major,” Bary said. “We’ve had to be patient with 0 1 7 67755. Revolve (13) 56 S Blair-Edie 2 0 10 67843 Duchessofcambridge (6) 54 K Myers R Cuneen (a2) 1 5 4X751 Diamond Edge (7) 54 Kennedy/Furlong OPT 613 $17,500, 2yo sw+p, 1200m 0 18 16508 Maggie’s Secret (9) 55.5 T & M Stokes 11 768X0 Cheeky Tart (2) 54 D Hutton 3 1 0 16 900X7. Golden Tower (1) 54 S Blair-Edie T Direen Velluto (1) 57 Champion/Murphy S Collett 3 35 Rough Ruler (16) 58.5 K Myers 2 4 67X78. My Plan (15) 58.5 S Blair-Edie 1 5 02342 Stage Door (3) 56.5 L Beck 6 46359 Spider Lily (2) 56.5 L Stewart 4 7 TIGER 83 Nava (14)TIM 56.5 L Jarvis 8 206X0 Sweet Time (12) 56.5 M & M Pitman 9 756 De Arvil (17) 56.5 B & S Anderton 10 El Jodi (13) 56.5 J & K Parsons 11 89X8 Janefield Jewel (6) 56.5 T Kennedy 12 Too Curious (4) 56.5 B & S Anderton 0 13 23700 Your Honour (11) 58.5 C Spittles 0 14 709 Royal Chance (1) 58.5 B & S Anderton 0 15 4000X Legal Tender (9) 56.5 B & S Anderton 0 16 X0669. En’joyour Lindauer (5) 56.5 S Tyler John Bary is (10) predicting 0 17 000X8 I’m Ruby 56.5 S Tyler a bright

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R Cuneen (a2) R Doherty T Moseley S Wynne (a) R Bishop C Johnson T Direen G Jogoo (a3) S Collett J Lowry (a3)

4 to roar over ground Bary tips Tiger 7 2

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Ashburton Harness

Sunday at Ashburton Raceway MT HUTT TROTTING CLUB TROT

$7,000, 3yo+ c0 trot, 2400m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

1 83643 China Express (1) F Baigent 2 2 60057 Squire John (2) Wakelin/Noble 3 Brylins Choice (3) D Isherwood 4 7X025 Momentous (4) A Garters 1 5 88334 Yankee Commando (5) M Edmonds 3 6 40 Precious Moment (6) M Edmonds 7 9 Early Invasion (7) K O'Connor 8 P89 It’s How You Use It (u1) McCormick/Kentish 9 9 Squaw (u2) G Tait 10 0X080 Topnotch Titan (u3) K Nyhan 4 11 00783 The Jinja Ninja (u4) A Clark 12:50PM

1 4 2 1 3 4 2 5 6 3 7

R Curtin P Wakelin J Markham (J) C DeFilippi M Edmonds S McNally K O'Connor L McCormick G Tait C D Thornley A Clark

Barrier

$7,000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, 2400m

1 02 Mattjestic Breeze (1) J Gameson 3 2 Karanga Sweet P 3 85050 Landloch (2) R Low 2 4 50X03 Curlimore (3) N McGrath 5 03000 Diamond Delight (4) G Hall 4 6 07943 Cullens First Meddle (5) R Dunn 7 4 Franco Hamilton (6) B Waldron 8 08963 Flagpole (7) M Nyhan 9 X0860 Woneata G (u1) G Prendergast Love That Guest (u2) R Dunn 1 10 00X25 Barrier 1:50PM

1 4 with cond., 1609m 2 S Ottley 3 3 4 J W Cox 2 5 D Dunn 1 6 S Thompson 7 B Orange T Chmiel 8 B Butt 9 10

FULTON HOGAN 2YO MOBILE PACE $7,000, 2yo c0, c1

4 Janices Cullen (1) R Dunn 7 Thisgirlisonfire (2) J Howe 223 I Will Rock You (3) C Dalgety 77 The Bounder (4) D Thompson 2 McClinchie (5) K Barron 6 Real Social (6) A Stuart 08563 Dreamy Damien (u1) A Garters

1:20PM

July 19, 2015 BROSNAN TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1497m; Weather: Sleet 2:21PM

C D Thornley SCRATCHED G O'Reilly N McGrath K Cox (J) J Dunn R May S Golding (J) T Chmiel S Ottley

JP MCGILLAN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING MOBILE PACE $7,500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, 2400m

1 1X Shezalegend (1) S Dolan 3 2 65358 Billy The Bus (2) M Swain 2 3 78451 Nova Time (3) J Gameson 4 8910 Vai Star (4) R Todd 5 342X0 Webb Ellis (5) Paul & Mitchell Kerr 1 6 22241 The Lion’s Roar (6) D Mitchell 7 P009X Tuscaloosa (7) C Morrison 8 X0000 Dapper George (8) M Howard Blingiton (9) N McGrath 9 0X650 Barrier 10 18000 Boundary Row (21) P Burrows 4 11 30231 Gunpowder (22) B Hutton ARTHUR CATES LTD PACE 12 23100 Kotare Mahdi (23) R Dunn $7,000, 3yo+ c0 pace, 2400m

9527 Automatic (1) M Heenan 095 Bouncer (2) R Wilson 680X Atchoo (3) J Curtin 84272 Gucci Cavallo (4) W Stevenson 07372 Hangover (5) P Robertson 0X8 Rock Diva (6) T Yesberg Tabella Jet 88970 Caesar’s Jade (7) R Low Stoney Eyre (8) C Kennedy 00 The Katz Pyjamaz (9) C Markham

G O'Reilly R May C DeFilippi T McMillan C D Thornley S Golding (J) SCRATCHED L McCormick B Butt C Markham

2:57PM

D Dunn G O'Reilly B Orange R Close (J) S Golding (J) T Williams R May S McNally N McGrath G Smith C DeFilippi S Ottley

TOM GUNDRY FREIGHT WINTER CUP PACE $8,500, 3yo+ c2–c3, c4 with cond. spechcp, 2400m

1 33421 Canndew (1) M Nyhan 3 2 170X7 Moon Angel (2) P Burrows 1 3 41205 Smithy (3) J Gameson 4 08649 New Deal (u1) D Thompson 4 5 24176 Woodlea Legend (1) T Twidle 6 69646 Motu Speedy Star (2) E Latimer 7 3878X Jerry Garcia (3) L O'Reilly 8 85594 That Guy Finn (4) J Howe 2 9 12131 Tintinara (u1) S Dolan

S Golding (J) G Smith C D Thornley S Thompson K Cox (J) S Ottley L O'Reilly J W Cox D Dunn

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6 3:33PM

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2-3-4, 6-7-8 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 3-4-5-6-7-8 TURF BAR AT HOTEL ASHBURTON HANDICAP TROT $7,500, 2yo+ c1 to c2 spechcp trot, 2400m

1 0X806 Explosive Star (1) M Heenan 2 55050 Pammys Boy (2) M Edmonds 3 651 Montmorensy (3) M Edmonds 4 27968 Little Bro (4) M Nyhan 3 5 210X3 Eilish Aimee (5) Craig & Aimee Edmonds 2 6 52332 Jean Sebastien (6) C Markham 7 73178 Peterhof (1) B Graham 8 84426 Sarah Palin (2) M Nyhan 1 9 3116 Conon Bridge (3) P Nairn 4 10 10240 Star Commando (4) B Hutton 11 140X0 Galleons Royale (5) C & J DeFilippi 4:09PM

ASHBURTON SECURITY PACE

$7,500, 4yo+ c1 pace, 2400m

1 73641 Sonnetsson (1) M Nyhan 1 2 0X778 Real Cool Dude (2) J Howe 4 3 60X08 Earthshaker (3) P Burrows 2 4 00903 Fair Dinkum Bromac (4) M Jones 5 00X09 Drover’s Eyre (5) B Waldron 6 80975 Hestia Franco (6) L Smart 3 7 50321 Jericho (7) B White 8 83806 Top Brass (8) W Stevenson 9 00090 Coyote (u1) F Baigent

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■ COMPANIES JOIN FORCES

Combining the best of professionals BY SUE NEWMAN

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Joining forces: Myers Business Solutions director Maurice Myers (left) and KPMG Christchurch private enterprise partner Andrew Hawkes are the faces behind KPMG Ashburton. PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 170715-JJ-016

■ OPINION

Access to R&D grants, funding

here are a number of incentives and grants available to help support and grow small to medium size businesses. One of the challenges for business is to understand and access the different types of assistance available. Businesses need to do their homework as the Government has committed a significant amount of funding for research and development (R&D) and innovation over the last few years, but only a fraction of this is currently being accessed. If you have a goal to grow your business and currently have less than 50 full-time employees you may be eligible for a New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Capability Voucher. These are used to subsidise training and capability development with the NZTE tipping half of the costs up to $5000. There is also a programme managed by Crown entity, Callaghan Innovation, which

Matt Hannah

BUSINESS MATTERS

administers more than $140 million a year across three areas of R&D funding. This includes a growth grant for businesses with an established record of success in R&D and for businesses with less developed programmes. The grants are designed to support businesses that want to innovate new products and services and look to operate smarter with a greater level of efficiency. The programme is used for advice, training, research, funding and can help create connections between business, industry and R&D organisations. Local Economic Develop Agencies can also offer support for businesses with high-

growth potential or help accelerate the commercialisation of innovation in a particular region. A recent change to the Tax Bill by the government has been applauded by KPMG. Start-up businesses undertaking R&D will now be allowed to cash up their tax losses, providing additional cash flow when a business needs it more. One of the first steps should be talking to your business advisor who can help identify whether your business meets certain requirements and to better understand the options available. Regardless of the industry you work in or type of business you operate, there’s a range of funding options available to help grow your business.

Matt Hannah is a director of KPMG Private Enterprise

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Buy price

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Sell price

77 266.5 3683 110 521 288 60.5 523 570 210 1025 723 827 472 577 177 123.5 123 319 172 134 1540 219 469 162 287.5 432 105 398 65 1754 113.5 154.5 430 821 126 622 425 287 277 392 216 335 780 338 166 263 3960 1798 574

Last sale

77 265.5 3682 109.5 520.5 288 60.5 520 565 210 1022 721 827 472 577 176.5 122.5 123 319 171 134 1531 217 469 160 286 431 104 398 65 1754 113.5 154.5 427 821 125 620 423 286 277 392 214 333 775 338 166 262 3925 1750 572

Daily Volume move ’000s

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235.4 1.1m 10.96 827.7 1.1m 1.6m 4.3m 620.8 141.1 110.9 157.7 643.8 984.6 1.2m 453.2 981.0 1.1m 1.9m 810.7 724.1 5.2m 111.6 1.9m 57.61 444.3 1.4m 1.3m 412.9 77.80 1.8m 24.29 2.6m 40.24 33.06 1.0m 975.1 308.5 1.2m 4.7m 1.2m 564.3 375.9 962.8 77.78 98.18 282.0 80.84 614.6 159.0 1.4m

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tise with specialist skills, he said. For Myers clients in Mid Canterbury, KMPG’s strong agribusiness focus would be particularly valuable, Mr Hawkes said. “The merger will provide a seamless transition for existing clients. Both teams bring a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing local businesses in the region.”

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Hawkes said his company had been committed to Ashburton for some time and already had a number of clients in the area. By joining forces with Myers, Mr Hawkes said the range of services provided would be expanded into specialised areas that a smaller firm might not be able to provide. It would provide a good mix of local experience and exper-

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Local companies joining forces with national companies could see a new wave of highly skilled, young professionals prepared to leave the city for the provinces, says accountant Maurice Myers. He believes the recent merger of national player KPMG with his company, Myers Business Solutions, will be a win, not only for the clients of both companies but also for the district’s stocks of highly skilled workers. “There’s no denying that if Christchurch is ticking along nicely then we do find it difficult to get good, qualified staff into the regions so to be able to tap into the extensive graduate programme and qualified accounts with KPMG is great,” he said. There is a growing trend for smaller town professionals to join forces with larger city firms across the legal and financial fields but that did nothing to dilute the ‘local’ element, Mr Myers said. Myers Business Solutions will be incorporated into the new KPMG Ashburton. “We saw this as culturally a very good fit. It will be good for the career development of staff but for clients it will just be business as usual and I’ll remain director of the Ashburton operation.” KMPG Christchurch private enterprise partner Andrew

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he dairy sector will expect its leading exporting co-operative to deliver more than lay-offs and costcutting in the face of declining – plummeting – milk prices. Equally, it should expect more from the government than handwringing and assurances, and references to other parts of the economy that are still going okay. Six months ago, the official response to the spectre of decline was to remind us of historically high prices over successive seasons. A dip, they said, was to be expected. But that dip became a slump and, by the latest auction this week, the global whole milk dairy powder price suffered a 10.7 per cent decline to hit its lowest level in six years. Dairy farmers knew they’d be in for a tough season and pundits warn Fonterra might have to slash its farm gate milk price forecast from $5.25 kg/MS to something near, or below, $4. Fonterra’s immediate response to the ongoing decline has been to cut more than 500 jobs, to save $60 million a year. Many billions of dollars will be lost to our economy. Of course, this is down to the vagaries of the international milk trade and how it is influenced by myriad macro-economic factors and geo-political machinations that are out of our control. But blaming what New Zealand cannot control will not insulate farmers or our economy from international shocks. Planning and investment might. Some influential farmers want shareholders to think about a “new” Fonterra, one that produces a mix of commodities and sophisticated products, rather than ride the global milk wave. That would mean new spending on value-added production and diversifying product. It would also mean new costs, new debt and facing new competitors in new markets. The government has a role to play, too. Tax incentives to encourage investment in valueadded production would be a good start: maybe it is time to reinvest the tax revenue the sector generated while times were good.

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YOUR VIEW Unnecessary waste I couldn’t agree more with [B. N. Smith]. I often wonder how much money is spent wrapping products in unnecessary packaging. It can get quite ridiculous. Bananas and apples come in their own wrapper. It’s called a skin. But they are frequently bagged or sold on black trays. At some supermarkets, you can strip the outer leaves of lettuces into a scraps bin. What would the supermarkets say if we left the unnecessary packaging behind in the same manner? Alison Gray Yes, totally agree with B. N. Smith, the waste we get from packaging is far worse than the plastic bags (Plastic bags, Your

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Are you concerned about the Fonterra job cuts? No 64% Yes 36%

Nadine Porter HALFWAY THERE

arney is more a gargantuan mutt than speedy farm huntaway. A year ago the tiny terror could walk underneath him, his drool enough to shampoo her head. He has been on our farm since he was a pup with a frame too small to fit his hulking great meaty paws and has become part of our extended family – albeit more like the cousin you put in the cold spare room as opposed to the aunty you give up your own bed for. There is much to recommend in Barney – he has remarkable skills in slicing just one sheep off every mob even when the farmer hasn’t necessarily required him to do so. And he was directly responsible for helping my eldest daughter to say her first words after she was out with the farmer and his dog as they were bringing sheep into the yards. It was perhaps unfortunate and I may have appeared less than grateful when she roared expletives at the top of her lungs on her return while Barney and the farmer stood sheepishly near-by … But for the most of it the mutt has been the backdrop to our lives ... he was there, pulling out rubbish in our yard when the middle child crawled, he was taking a toilet stop on the back door gumboots when the eldest lost her first tooth and he was very much there, rolling over a decaying sheep carcass and rubbing against the middle daughter on her first day of school … in her brand new uniform. At 15 he, like the farmer, is in

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– man and dog. I’m not sure I’ll ever really understand it. This week a toy puppy humped his way around the house, much to the kids’ delight. The pot-bellied nipper will never know the wonder of chasing sheep and feasting on dags under the woolshed. You would think the farmer would be disgusted at the pot-licker’s soft life. So I was incredulous to find the pup tucked up on his lap, while the farmer talked baby talk in soothing tones – unaware of his wife peeking in. “Ppppphhh,” he said when I baled him up on it. “If you’re useless you’d better be cute!”

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In brief Treason charge Burkina Faso’s state media says the former president who resigned last year and fled the country during a popular uprising has been charged with “high treason” by transitional lawmakers. The report said the charges against Blaise Compaore stem from his attempt last year to amend the constitution so he could run for a third term. The move prompted massive protests in Ouagadougou and elsewhere, ultimately forcing Compaore to resign after 27 years in power. Compaore now lives in neighbouring Ivory Coast, though he reportedly flew to Morocco this week for medical treatment. - AP

Clashes at march kill 5

A police officer ducks under tape near a memorial in front of an Armed Forces Career Centre yesterday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. PHOTO AP

Gunman kills four Marines A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting centre and another US military site several kilometres apart in Chattanooga yesterday, killing at least four Marines before he was shot to death by police, and sending service members scrambling for cover as bullets smashed through the windows. Federal authorities said they were investigating the possibility it was an act of terrorism, but have no evidence yet that anyone but a lone gunman was involved. They also said there was no indication that the general public was in danger. The FBI took has taken charge of the case. Authorities identified the gunman as Kuwait-born Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, of Hixson, Tennessee, though the spelling of his first name was in dispute, with federal officials and records giving at least four variations. A US official said there was no indication Abdulazeez was on the radar of federal law enforcement before the shootings. The shootings took place minutes apart, with the gunman stopping his car and spraying dozens of bullets first at a recruiting centre for all branches of the military, then apparently driving to a Navy-Marine training centre 11 kilometres away, authorities

Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez

and witnesses said. The attacks were over within half an hour. The shooter fired from inside his car when he went to the recruitment centre, but then got out of the vehicle to shoot the four marines at the training centre, FBI agent Ed Reinhold told a news conference. In addition to the Marines killed, three people were reported wounded, including a sailor who was seriously hurt. “Lives have been lost from some faithful people who have been serving our country, and I think I join all Tennesseans in being both sickened and saddened by this,” Governor Bill Haslam said. Authorities would not say how the gunman died, but the US official who spoke on condition of anonymity said inves-

tigators believe Chattanooga police fired the fatal shot that killed him. At least one military commander at the scene also fired at the gunman with his personal weapon, but forensic investigators determined that police killed him, the official said. Reinhold said Abdulazeez had “numerous weapons” but would not give details. He said investigators have “no idea” what motivated the shooter, but “we are looking at every possible avenue, whether it was terrorism, whether it’s domestic, international, or whether it was a simple criminal act.” Reinhold also told a news conference yesterday that “there is no indication at this point that anybody else was involved.” Within hours of the bloodshed, law officers with guns drawn swarmed what was believed to be Abdulazeez’s house, and two females were led away in handcuffs. A dozen law enforcement vehicles, including a bomb-squad truck and an open-sided Army green truck carrying armed men, rolled into the Hixson neighbourhood, and police closed off streets and turned away people trying to reach their homes. Abdulazeez graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in electri-

cal engineering and was a student intern a few years ago at the Tennessee Valley Authority, the federally owned utility that operates power plants and dams across the South. The US National Counterterrorism Center is reporting no apparent nexus to terrorism has been uncovered in the investigation, but intelligence officials are monitoring the investigation closely. The Islamic State group has been encouraging extremists to carry out attacks in the US, and several such homegrown acts or plots have unfolded in recent months. The names of the dead were not immediately released. In addition to the wounded sailor, a Marine was hit in the leg but not seriously hurt, and a police officer was shot in the ankle, authorities said. In Washington, President Barack Obama pledged a prompt and thorough investigation and said the White House had been in touch with the Pentagon to make sure military installations are being vigilant. “It is a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals who served our country with great valour to be killed in this fashion,” he said. Vice-President Joe Biden likewise said: “Their families have already given a lot to the country, and now this.” - AP

An Egyptian security official says clashes and an exchange of gunfire between security forces and Islamist protesters have killed at least five people in the capital, Cairo. The official says over 500 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group had staged a march in the Talibiya neighbourhood of Giza, which is part of greater Cairo, after morning prayers following the end of the holy month of Ramadan. He says four people were also wounded in the clashes, which are still ongoing. He added that street violence between Brotherhood supporters and police also erupted in the nearby town of Nahia, a Brotherhood stronghold. - AP

Nangka hits Japan Two people were killed making preparations for a strong tropical storm that swept across western Japan yesterday and left more than 30 injured. Tropical Storm Nangka caused serious flooding and disrupted air and train travel as it crossed the island of Shikoku and the main Japanese island of Honshu. With sustained winds of 83 kilometres per hour and gusts up to 126km/h, it was heading north out to the Japan Sea, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Forecasters said it could veer to the northeast and hit northern Japan in the coming days. - AP

Fifa’s Webb extradited Former Fifa Vice-President Jeffrey Webb has been extradited to the United States following his arrest in Switzerland on racketeering and bribery charges filed by American prosecutors. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice said the man was extradited after 50 days of detention. “He was handed over to a three-man US police escort in Zurich who accompanied him on the flight to New York,” the ministry said in a statement. - AP

Mine collapses, 5 dead A wall in a vast coal pit collapsed in the central Philippines early yesterday, killing five workers and leaving at least four others missing at a site where a similar deadly accident occurred two years ago, a governor said yesterday. Antique provincial Gov. Rhodora Cadiao said the chances of rescuing the missing were dim because they were buried alive by mud and water at the open Panian pit on Semirara Island. Eight other workers survived the landslide but were injured, she said. - AP

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Merkel urges mandate for Greek bailout Chancellor Angela Merkel asked German lawmakers yesterday to clear the way for negotiations on a new, third bailout package for Greece, arguing that it would be negligent not to try for a deal. After a preliminary agreement on Monday, Germany’s government has to get a parliamentary mandate for potentially difficult talks on details of the three-year bailout expected to be worth 85 billion euros ($93 billion). Germany was the largest single contributor to Greece’s previous two bailouts, and has taken a hard line against the country, insisting on stringent

spending cuts and tax hikes in return. Merkel told a special session of Parliament that lawmakers faced “a decision for a strong Europe and a strong eurozone.” Bailing out Greece isn’t popular among Merkel’s conservatives and the chancellor acknowledged concerns over the chances of a successful bailout. Merkel stressed there will be strict monitoring of Greece’s reform efforts and that “simple declarations of intent are not enough.” She said that she could recommend opening negotiations “with full conviction”. “The principle ... of respon-

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sibility and solidarity that has guided us since the beginning of the European debt crisis marks the entire result from Monday,” she said. “And secondly, the alternative to this agreement would not be a timeout from the euro that would be orderly – because it was wanted by Greece and shaped by everyone together – but predictable chaos.” “I know that many have doubts and concerns about whether this road will be successful, about whether Greece will have the strength to take it in the long term, and no one can brush aside these concerns,” she said. “But I am firmly convinced of one thing: we would be grossly negligent if we did not at least try this road.” In Athens, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was widely expected to reshuffle his Cabinet, following a rebellion within his party over a parliament vote to approve painful austerity measures demanded for new bailout talks to start. Earlier, 38 of Tsipras’ 149 radical-left Syriza party lawmakers dissented, with 32 voting against him outright and the other six abstaining. The dissenters included two cabinet members – the energy and welfare ministers – as well as the parliament speaker and the former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis. - AP

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Victims’ kin mark MH17 downing Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago joined a procession to the crash site yesterday, while Australia’s prime minister remembered the “savagery” of the disaster as he unveiled a plaque in Canberra that’s set in soil from where the wreckage fell. The two ceremonies come amid a sharp dispute over who was responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014. Ukrainian and Western authorities say the plane was downed by a missile fired either by rebels or Russian troops who allegedly back them. The rebels and Moscow say it was hit by a Ukrainian warplane or a Ukrainian-fired missile. In Hrabove, about 200 residents carrying flowers gathered in a church for a memorial ser-

vice and procession to nearby fields organised by local leaders and the Russia-backed separatist rebels who control the area. The procession mainly consisted of women and children, who carried icons and chanted Orthodox liturgical music. The perimeter of the procession was guarded by men in Soviet military uniforms. About 100 people carried the flags of the countries of the victims as well as the separatist flags stood by a small stone at the crash site which bore a plaque saying: “To the memory of 298 dead, innocent victims of the civil war.” Some of the mourners held banners, accusing the Kiev government of waging a war on them and likening the MH17 victims to those killed in indiscriminate shelling in the past year and a half. “They killed you, but our people still get killed,” one banner said. Speaking in Kiev, Ukrain-

ian President Petro Poroshenko said the flight was the victim of a “terrorist attack launched from the territory occupied by Russian-backed militants in the east of Ukraine”. “The advanced weapon with which (the) aircraft was shot down could have come to the hands of terrorists only from Russia,” he said in a late night address on local television. In Canberra, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott unveiled a plaque, set in soil that a police officer brought back from Ukraine, listing 40 victims “who called Australia home”. “He knew that the place where MH17 came to rest was sacred and that a piece of it should come back to Australia,” Abbott said. Abbott and his wife laid a wreath at the base of the plaque. Dozens of family members of the victims followed, many in tears as they added their flowers alongside the wreath. - AP

Caleb Medley who was shot and injured in the 2012 Aurora, Colorado, theatre massacre, emerges from Arapahoe County Courthouse after jurors convicted shooter James Holmes. PHOTO AP

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Jury quickly convicts theatre gunman Colorado theatre shooter James Holmes was convicted yesterday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenceless movie-goers at a midnight Batman premiere after jurors swiftly rejected defence arguments that the former graduate student was insane and driven to murder by delusions. He faces a possible death sentence. The 27-year-old Holmes, who had been working toward his Ph.D. in neuroscience, could get the death penalty for the massacre that left 12 people dead and dozens of others wounded. The initial phase of Holmes’ trial took 11 weeks, but jurors needed only about 12 hours over a day and a half to find him guilty on all 165 counts. The same panel must now decide whether Holmes should pay with his life. Starting Wednesday, they will hear what is expected to be a month’s worth of testimony over whether Holmes deserves the death penalty. For almost an hour, Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. read charge after charge, reciting the name of the victim, the offence and the word “guilty”. Dressed in a blue shirt and khakis and flanked by his public defenders, Holmes stood impassively with his hands in his pockets the whole time. The rest of the courtroom was bursting with emotion. Even before the verdict was read, jurors passed around a box of tissues and dabbed their eyes. The foreman attended Columbine High School during the 1999 shooting there that left 13 dead. When Samour read the first finding – that Holmes

was guilty of first-degree murder for killing 26-yearold Jonathan Blunk, a father of two who died throwing himself in front of his girlfriend to shield her from the barrage – numerous victims’ families burst into sobs, trying to stifle the noise by pressing tissues to their noses and mouths. “As soon as you heard the first guilty, we knew all the dominoes were about to fall,” said Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex was killed. When Samour read the name of another murder victim, Jessica Ghawi, her mother, Sandy Phillips, silently mouthed “yes,” and her husband wrapped his arm around her to pull her close. “We’re very happy this animal, this monster, will never see the light of day,” Phillips said later outside court. “It feels good to have this weight off our backs.” Holmes’ parents, Arlene and Robert, sat silently holding hands throughout the verdicts. After the final count was read, Arlene buried her face in Robert’s shoulder. The verdict came almost three years after Holmes, dressed head to toe in body armour, slipped through the emergency exit of the darkened theatre in suburban Denver and replaced the Hollywood violence of the movie The Dark Knight Rises with real human carnage. His victims included two active-duty servicemen, a single mum, a man celebrating his 27th birthday and an aspiring broadcaster who had survived a mall shooting in Toronto. Several died shielding friends or loved ones. - AP

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Drivers We have built a competitive advantage in our business through the innovation and creativity of our people and the extremely high standard of equipment we use. We require the services of professional tanker drivers. You will need to be a self-motivated person who takes pride in their work, the presentation of their vehicle and represents the company in a positive manner. All applicants must hold a Class 5 licence and be a team player. A preemployment drug test is a condition of employment.

CALTEX ASHBURTON

Do you have experience in an occupational health and safety or related role? We are recruiting for a part-time Injury Claims Officer at our Canterbury site near Ashburton.

Forecourt Sales Person

Enquiries may be made to Peter Sugrue, Health & Safety Manager Operations on 027 440 1417.

A part-time, senior afternoon/evening position has become available from 3pm - 11pm. Will be required to work some weekends.

Applications close 28 July 2015.

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

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The types of contracts offered are full time, casual, fixed term and annualised hours. Milk tanker drivers are required in Ashburton.

If you are interested please contact The Manager Caltex Ashburton Phone (03) 307 0011

Please email CV with cover letter to Campbell:

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COME, VISIT AND SEE WHAT’S IN STORE Charitee & John Adams 03 324 3605 www.ellesmeredrapery.co.nz 80 High Street, Leeston Mon-Fri 9am -5pm & Sat 9.30am-1pm

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Injury Claims Officer

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Saturday, July 18, 2015

SITUATIONS VACANT

Maintenance Fitter Ashburton

Office and Sales Support Ashford Handicrafts is a leading, world-wide export company based in Ashburton. We have a vacancy for a full time role in our busy office. Reporting to the Sales Manager, this role requires exceptional customer service. Key responsibilities will include: taking orders, processing invoices, reception, maintenance of company’s quality programme and providing exceptional service to our valued customers. The successful applicant will have experience in administration and sales, have great communication skills and ability to multi-task and achieve in a team environment. Apply in writing with your CV to: Kate Sherratt Sales and Marketing Manager Ashford Handicrafts Ltd 415 West St Email: kate@ashford.co.nz Applications close Friday, July 24, 2015

We currently have a permanent Maintenance Fitter role available at our Canterbury plant near Ashburton. This is a fast paced and busy role that will require excellent organisational abilities and enthusiasm for the processing environment, and you will be able to think logically and remain calm under pressure. In addition you will have: • A trade qualification in services engineering or fitter/turner • An understanding of the health & safety requirements for a processing environment • A working knowledge of manufacturing operations in the food or related industry • Knowledge and experience of reliability-based maintenance. We are committed to supporting and developing our people and we offer a competitive remuneration package. If you have the skills and motivation to succeed in this role and would like to be part of the exciting future of our company then we want to hear from you. Applications close 28 July 2015. Apply online now at

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Showroom Consultant / Receptionist Our well established Kitchen Sales team is looking for a can-do Consultant / Receptionist for our Ashburton Showroom. This is a permanent part time (job share) position working approximate 22 hours a week. A warm and friendly personality is essential with the ability to connect and liaise with our clients in person and over the phone. You will also need good computer skills as you will be responsible for: Scheduling jobs and client appointments; invoicing; quotations; and maintaining the client data base. If you are interested in joining our small local team please email your application and CV to:

russell@kitchenexpress.co.nz.

Intermediate / Senior Stylist

Possible leadership or management role in the near future We are looking for a Intermediate / Senior hairstylist in our vibrant busy salon. A good attitude and a strong work ethic that will fit into a relaxed atmosphere is essential. Excellent remuneration will be paid to the right candidate.

Part Time/Relief Administrator Ashburton

We are on the hunt for a Part time/relief Administrator to join the team at Ashburton Hospital. Our ideal applicant will have good computer and data entry skills and be able to pick up new computer systems easily. Experience with Patient Management Systems (PMS) would be an advantage however, we will provide full training.

Advertising & Marketing Consultant Our advertising team is committed to helping businesses promote themselves and reach their target markets by offering them an excellent advertising platform both in print and digitally. We are currently looking for an Advertising and Marketing Consultant to be part of our great team. As an Advertising and Marketing Consultant, you will revel in a fast-paced and multi-deadline environment. You will be looking after existing clients as well as targeting new ones and will provide marketing strategies to grow their business both in print and online. You will be: • Selling advertisements to your existing clients for both print and online • Proactively looking for new clients in our circulation area • Building a great rapport with both existing and new clients • Able to effectively assess client needs • Presenting marketing plans to your clients and help them position their business well within our newspaper and other publications • Positive and driven to deliver your clients and the company the best • Taking responsibility for the content and the proofing of your clients’ advertisements • Currently in New Zealand In return we will provide: • Full time position • Basic salary $35k + OTES’s (circa $45k - $60k pa) • Benefits include mobile phone and a work vehicle you can use within the work hours to visit your clients • Great and enthusiastic team members to work with • Social Club If you think you have what it takes to be a great Advertising and Marketing Consultant and want to be part of a passionate and dynamic team in the media industry, then we would like to hear from you. Please send your CV and cover letter to:

Desme Daniels General Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or email desme@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Friday, July 31, 2015

This role also has reception duties so we are looking for someone that has excellent customer service skills. Ideally, we are looking for someone that can work 8-16 hours per week, but with the ability to flex up and cover periods of annual leave or illness when required. If this flexible role sounds like you then contact us today. To find out more contact Kylie Brocket, Recruitment Specialist on (03) 337 7985 or email: kylie.brocket@cdhb.health.nz To apply please go to our careers website https://cdhb.careercentre.net.nz/

Netherby Meats We are a successful small butchery operating in the Mid Canterbury area, we are currently looking for staff with experience or with qualifications in the following areas:

All applicants will be dealt with the strictest confidence. Contact Emma 027 469 8682

Knife Hand Butchers Assistant

Or apply in writing to: 218 Chalmers Avenue Ashburton 7700

EMPLOYERS CONTACT ADD Workers Ltd For

9 Carpenters 9 Mechanics 9 Welder Fabricators 9 Dairy Farm Workers 9 Most other tradespeople Or visit our website to meet some applicants who may be suitable for your business.

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This is a great opportunity to work in a great team. As a return, we offer a competitive pay rate and friendly work environment. To apply please send your CV with cover letter detailing your experience to: Netherby Meats Ltd 212 Chalmers Ave, Ashburton 7700

PART TIME BAR STAFF REQUIRED The Ashburton RSA are looking for casual Bar Staff. If you are interested please call in to the RSA and pick up an application form. Applications close July 22, 2015.

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Saturday, July 18, 2015

SITUATIONS VACANT

Receptionist

Heartland Technology Ltd (www.heartlandricoh.co.nz) is based in Ashburton covering Mid Canterbury with branches in Timaru and Central Otago. Due to growth and internal promotion, we are looking for a customer focused receptionist in our Ashburton branch. This is a full-time position.

Experience Mid Canterbury Trust

General Manager

Experience Mid Canterbury Trust is the District Tourism Organisation for the Mid Canterbury district with the main population centres being Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia. Mid Canterbury has a stunning array of scenic features including the Southern Alps, high country lakes, rolling hills, braided rivers and sweeping vistas of the Canterbury Plains. The district’s tourism is centred upon a range of attractions including Mt Hutt ski destination, maintain biking, hiking, hunting/ fishing, agri-tourism and sightseeing. Experience Mid Canterbury Trust is responsible for operating the two district i-SITEs (Ashburton and Methven), marketing the district to domestic visitors, international visitors and building trade relationships with inbound tour operators, wholesalers and travel agents. The organisation also works closely with Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism, Christchurch International Airport Ltd and Tourism New Zealand. Funding agreements for the next three years are in place with Ashburton District Council.

Duties include: • General reception duties and administration support • Logging service jobs for engineers from phone calls • Resolving simple copier problems over the phone to our valued clients • Filing client and company information using electronic and manual systems • Maintaining databases and financial records to our high expectations, you must be confident using various computer systems that have a flow on affect to other parts of the business, accuracy is essential.

The successful candidate will have experience in marketing, staff and organisational management, developing and maintaining revenue streams and a solid understanding of the New Zealand tourism industry, especially with regard to district and regional marketing would be advantageous. They must be able to engage with and develop relationships with potential and existing partners/stakeholders and should have a good working knowledge of local government processes. For further information about the wider district please visit www. midcanterburynz.com. Applications close at 5pm on Friday, July 31, 2015 and should be addressed to Dr Dominic Moran, Chairman, Experience Mid Canterbury Trust, PO Box 48,2 Ashburton 7740 or through the Seek website application process. A job description is available by emailing morantourism@vodafone.co.nz

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2x Full time calf rearers required to join our team rearing 300 calves. Excellent facilities and competitive pay rates. 10 minutes from METHVEN at the Mount Hutt foothills. Shared accommodation is available but would suit someone who can live off farm and travel in. This is a full time role working alongside one other full time staff member and 1 part time. Flexible hours and roster. Experience preferable. Must be eligible to work in NZ. Please call or text Rob for more details 021 543 292.

The successful applicant is responsible for initiating our service delivery and customer experience. They should have an excellent telephone manner and a focus on customer service. They should also:

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A recent school leaver or applicants with one or two years office experience are encouraged to apply by email to:

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by 24 July 2015, please include a copy of your CV and cover letter.

We are currently seeking a General Manager with the skills to further develop and implement our tactical marketing programme. Key areas of responsibility include: • To promote Mid Canterbury to visitors, businesses, local residents, investors, media and new and existing tourism operators. • To liaise with industry operators, promotion groups and others within the tourism industry to ensure the goals of the EMC Board are met. • To manage, lead and administer the activities of EMC in accordance with Board policies as directed and in accordance with the Trust Deed. • To identify and coordinate marketing activities within and outside of Mid Canterbury.

Administrator

ACL maintains the Water, Sewer and Stormwater Infrastructure for the Ashburton District Council as well as carrying out a variety of plumbing and drainage services in the District. Due to a change in career path of our current Administrator we seek to make an appointment to fill this role. Key responsibilities include: All administration work associated with the ADC Utilities Contract including logging of jobs, processing of job cards, purchase orders and supplier invoices through to the preparation of the monthly claim. Set up of jobs and processing for non-contract and private work through to invoicing. We require an experienced administrator who is competent with the use of ERP systems and Excel, is confident in what they do and is able to communicate and liaise with our customers and internal staff and make decisions. The successful applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen. Applications close Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Please send your application by email or post including application letter and CV to: Contract Administrator Position Ashburton Contracting Ltd PO Box 264, Ashburton 7740 Email: karenm@ashcon.co.nz

Emma Moore Happy 4th Birthday for Sunday. Love from Granny Sue. xox Charlie Street Wishing you a very happy 6th birthday. We hope you have a lovely day. Lots of love from Grandma and Grandad Murchie. xx xx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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Daily Events Saturday

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. 9.30am Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www. ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist TINWALD. Church Hall, Baring Square East. Community garden working bee and 10.00am fellowship, each Saturday, weather permitting. METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. Behind the St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 157 New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Thomson Street, Tinwald. Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12.00pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road. Tinwald. 10.00am - 12.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Preloved clothing bargains. St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street. Tinwald.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West Street. 10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

5.00pm ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS SOCIAL EVENINGS. A social group for Masters swimming. E A Stadium, River Terrace. 6.00pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

Sunday

Service and worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge. Baring Square 8.00am East. ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. 10.00am Holy Communion, Park Street. ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. 8.30am Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. permitting. Lovetts Road, off Maronan Road. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. Tinwald. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road. ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH.

Holy Communion, Park Street. ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Street. HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street. ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald. 10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson

Road. 1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club and family day, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road. 7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall). ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

Monday

Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome. 1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting. Waireka Croquet Clubrooms, Philip Street. 2.00pm GREY POWER. Speaker Vincie Billante, Community Liaison, ADC. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Street, (Tinwald School hall). EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby. 11.00am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined service at St James, Cnr Graham & Thomson Sts, Tinwald. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield 6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia. 6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street,

Methven. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road. 1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Monthly club night concert. Visitors welcome. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

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• Research, treatment, provision of equipment in relation to, and the education and training of skilled persons relative to, the disease of cancer. • Research, development, education for, training and expansion of, the science and practice of agriculture. • The needs of young people who suffer physical or mental disabilities or have less chance in life than their peers. Applications close at 5pm, Friday, July 24, 2015. For further information and application forms, please contact: The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation C/- Croys Ltd Level 2, 161 Burnett Street P O Box 582, Ashburton Phone: 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz www.mcf.org.nz

Thank You The Southern Rugby Club would like to thank the following businesses for kindly sponsoring prizes for their Speed Shear fundraising evening. Canterbury Rugby Union Property Brokers Bradford Building Claas Harvest Centre Husqvarna The Morrow Family Lushingtons Garden Centre Outdoor Adventure Tinwald Tavern Farmlands Williams Fencing

Let Hotel Ashburton impress with express lunches, served up fresh. Delicious fusion flavours from our award winning kitchen. Open 7 days 0800 330 880 HotelAsh.co.nz

Time for Diamonds Tanglez Hair Studio Smith & Church VetEnt Life Pharmacy Sparrows Placemakers Speights Ale House Tarbotton Contracting Neumann’s Tyres

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around Ashburton/Rakaia for one or two motorhomes. Must have water, power and toilet facilities. Please phone 022 366 1725.

COMPUTER Tuneup and Repairs, New Computer Sales & Setup, Internet setup, Onsite Day Or Evenings and Weekends, LOW FEES, call Robin Johnstone at Networks Firewalls & PCS 308 1440 or 027-768 4058.

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STORAGE required for camper van. Indoor, 3.2 metre door height, single phase power required. Phone Busch 027 433 3117.

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

COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For Prompt Reliable Service Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 308 8989. 30yrs Local experience, Same day service if possible, *~ SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed ~*

HOME handyman available. Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

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LUCERNE hay, conventional bales, Leeston area. Phone 021 126 2262.

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CONVENTIONAL pea straw. Weed free. $6 per bale delivered. Ph 027 390 0002.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

The next meeting of the Ashburton Trust Board will be held in the Heron Room, Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, Ashburton

ONE bantam or crossbred rooster wanted. No leg feathers. Ask for Susan, evenings, 302 9642.

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. Phone Brian 307-8000 or MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great 308-6180. prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an HIRE alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills FLOAT hire - single, double Street. Phone 308-6737. and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & LIVESTOCK, PETS Feed. Phone 308-3422 anyBUYER of unwanted time. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call GRAZING Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439. GOOD Quality grazing available with experienced Graziers Mid Canterbury Region. Contact Phone No. 027 227 6075.

GARAGE SALES

farmhouse garage sale. Saturday and Sunday, 699 Peel Forest Robert Reid Road. Furniture, lazyboy Acting Manager chairs, ornaments, chest of drawers, side table, kitchenware, collectables, FOR SALE magazines, whole range of FIREWOOD - dry old man household items. Something pine, delivered in 4m or 6m for everyone. Phone 027 312 loads. Phone 027 465 2122. 3073 or 027 692 3001. SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four FOR SALE DRY firewood for sale - OM wheel electric scooters and pine $210, 3m³. Macro $280. wheel chairs. Call Fred at Electric Blue gum $290. Oak $310. Reddecliffe Prompt delivery. Guaranteed Mobility Ashburton today. dry. Phone 0274 374 399 or Phone 308-3602 03 303 7283.

MID WINTER SPECIAL. Dry pine $160, dry blue gum/pine mix $210, per Delivered in 3.5m2. Ashburton. Semi dry also available. Can deliver out of town. Text/phone 027 433 4740.

St Andrew’s St Paul’s St James’

combined service at

St James

Thomson St. 11am

AGENDA: 1. Welcome 2. Apologies 3. Confirmation of Minutes from meeting held 7 August 2014 4. Presentation of 2014/15 Annual Report of the Ashburton Trust Consolidated Group 5. General Business

308-1095 MONSTER

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton)

will be held in the Heron Room at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, Ashburton on Wednesday, July 29 at 5:00pm

Robert Reid Acting Manager

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

Church Services

The Annual Public Meeting of the Ashburton Trust

on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 3.00pm

Specials available from 14/07 - 21/07

PERSONAL

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, July 18, 2015

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL 28A WOODHAM DRIVE - two bedroom, brick flat, recently updated with new kitchen. In sought after, quiet Allenton area. Trade me listing #901675793. $330pw. 71C WILLS STREET - three bedroom, new build home. Located in great Allenton location. Trade me listing #908406482 - $410pw.

ASIAN new sweet friendly really busty lady, sexy size 9, good service and massage. THREE bedroom brick home, heat pump, new bathroom, Phone 021 0818 8130. sunny, private, two plus car JAKE, young, gay, fun male, garaging, ¼ ac section. South kinky, attractive, private Tinwald. $340 pw. Available NEW WOODEN dining premises. In/out calls. Phone July. Phone 302 1881 ev. chairs. 6 brand-new wooden 027 345 9870. dining chairs, high back with slats. Very solid. Paid $169 MISS Eva, attractive and THREE bedroom house, ea 6 months ago and have busty, friendly. Straight and insulated, logfire, garage. No been in storage. Now surplus clean. No texting, no blocked dogs, no smokers inside. LAMB grazing wanted short to requirements. Selling for calls will be answered. Phone $320 per week. Ph 307 0009 term for 300 plus lambs. or text only 027 507 0009. $80 ea. Contact 021 402 464. 021 044 0698. Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

St Paul’s Oxford St. 7pm

Jubilee Christian Fellowship Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am

Morning Service Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison

Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

10am Every Sunday All welcome

Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays@10.00am Including Children’s Church Everyone is welcome. See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron Sts Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

Call Elliot to tend to all your rural electrical needs . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical 24/7 Breakdown Service Dairy Effluent Irrigation Generators

Industrial Commercial Residential

the ElectraServe guarantee

Blair Watson, General Manager personally guarantees ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s workmanship. If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the work, ElectraServe will put it right . . . every time, or your money back.

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Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Methven Pharmacy, 101 Main Street, Methven MENTAL HEALTH will be open Saturday, from 9am - 1pm. Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm. This service is for emergency medical care Children must be accompanied by an adult. WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & only. Please remember your Community Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. Services Card. Allenton Medical Centre, Harrison Street, will MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. be the duty doctor for Saturday and Sunday until -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am the patient from: 7am - 10pm. - 12noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting. necessary. Surgery phone 308 9139.

DUTY DOCTORS

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS MID CANTERBURY SPCA 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer. POST DELIVERY CENTRES Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Call us free on (0800 787 797). Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm Lines open 10am 10pm seven days. METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA ASHBURTON REST HOMES INFORMATION CENTRES Saturday, and Sunday doctor and emergency COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm. details - please telephone the Methven Medical and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until Centre, ph 302 8105. OMMUNITY ERVICES unrestricted visiting. 2pm. Phone 308-1050. Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT ART GALLERY EMERGENCY DENTIST METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public provide an accident and emergency service. 327 West Street, phone 308 1133. If you do not have or cannot contact your Holidays 10am until 3pm. Except in cases of emergency persons requiring regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org medical attention must consult their own or the for the name of the rostered weekend dentist ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, BUS DEPARTURES Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must Sundays and Public Holidays. Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service. Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm have a general practitioners note of referral. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. ELPLINE ERVICES ASHBURTON MUSEUM PHARMACIES Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. 327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS weekdays 10am 4pm, weekends 1pm 4pm. Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 NIMAL ERVICES from 10am - 1pm Sunday, and from 6pm - 8pm 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous. Research facilities weekday afternoons. DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL both evenings. org.nz for more information. Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service.

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Tammy Wilson, Phil Stoakes. Small: Ref Vetlife. VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Erin Caswell, Matt Wong.. Small: Laura Mulshine. CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Renate Haveman. ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallentstein. Full emergency service all weekend. Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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Saturday, July 18, 2015 TV ONE

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 0 9:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 3 Noon Real Pasifik 3 12:30 The Food Truck 3 0 1pm Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook – Through The Seasons 3 0 1:30 Highway Cops PGR 3 0 2pm Kiwi Living 3 Miriama Kamo, Michael Van de Elzen and a team of experts present the best of New Zealand’s food, travel, living, health and well-being, fashion and gardening. 0 3pm Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:30 Border Security – International 3 0 4pm NZ Story 3 0 4:30 The Game Chef 0 5pm The Fishing Show 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Dolphins – Spy In The Pod (Part 2) Spy cameras infiltrate a pod of dolphins, giving insights into the lives of one of the world’s most popular animals. 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw. 8:05 Dolphins – Spy In The Pod 2/2. Continued. 0 8:40 Coronation Street PGR 0 9:40 Puberty Blues AO 0 10:35 Word Up PGR 3 0

6am Guess How Much I Love You 3 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:15 Transformers Rescue Bots 0 6:40 Doc McStuffins 0 7:05 The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue! 0 7:25 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:55 Teen Titans Go! 0 8:15 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 8:45 Beware The Batman 3 0 9:10 Regular Show PGR 3 0 9:35 Lab Rats 10am Fresh 10:30 Step By Step 3 0 11am Full House 3 0 11:30 Family Matters Noon Capture PGR 0 1pm Switched At Birth PGR 0 2pm Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 3pm Malibu Country 3 0 3:30 The Neighbors 3 0 4pm N The Amazing Race 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Wipeout 0

11:05 Best Bits AO 3 0 11:35 A Night At The Classic AO 3 0 12:35 Breathless AO 3 0 1:25 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:25 Neighbourhood 3 0 3:55 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

11:15 M Sucker Punch AO 2011 Action Fantasy. 0 1:20 M Dark Horse AO 2011 Comedy Drama. 3am The Bachelor Pad PGR 0 4:40 The New Adventures Of Old Christine PGR 3 0 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 8:30 Love Nature – Monkey Thieves 9am Love Nature – World’s Wildest City 9:30 Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple 10am Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 10:30 Decks, Docks And Gazebos 11am House Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings Noon Best House On The Street 1pm Escape To River Cottage 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm American Restoration 3:30 Yard Crashers 4pm Carter Can 4:30 My Dream Room – Kids Edition 5pm Trinny And Susannah’s Makeover Mission Australia 6pm The Picker Sisters 6:30 Secret Creatures Of Jao 7pm The Dog Hotel 7:30 Love Nature – London’s Wild Side 8:30 Flintoff’s Road To Nowhere 9:30 Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 10pm Auction Room 10:30 American Restoration 11pm My Dream Room – Kids Edition 11:30 Carter Can

SUNDAY

Midnight Trinny And Susannah’s Makeover Mission Australia 1am The Picker Sisters 1:30 Secret Creatures Of Jao 2am The Dog Hotel 2:30 Flintoff’s Road To Nowhere 3:30 Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 4am Auction Room 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am You Live In What?

7pm M Race To Witch Mountain PGR 2009 Fantasy. A Las Vegas taxi driver enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of evil. 0 9pm M Gangster Squad AO 2012 Action. A Brooklyn-born Mafia king runs the show in Los Angeles, until a crew of LAPD officers wages war on his empire. 0

TV THREE

FOUR

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 The team explores Northland’s Rangaunu Harbour, where they catch snapper on light tackle and test their clay-target shooting skills. 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show. 10:30 Both Worlds 0 11am Survivor – Philippines 3 Noon Project Runway – All Stars PGR 3 12:55 Dream Factory 3 0 1:55 Marae DIY 2:55 Dancing With The Stars New Zealand 3 4:30 Dancing With The Stars New Zealand 3 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Safe Crackers PGR 0 7:30 American Ninja Warrior The top 30 contenders from the Venice Qualifier compete in the Venice finals course. 0 8:30 Motive AO After a man is trampled by his own horse, the detectives suspect the death was a homicide. 0 9:25 SVU AO 0 10:25 Hannibal AO 3 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:30 Sidekick 3 8:55 Rocket Power 3 9:20 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 9:45 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Tree Fu Tom 3 3:25 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Big Time Rush 3 5:30 Drake And Josh 3 Normally smooth Josh has trouble impressing Mindy’s parents. 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 M Garfield – A Tail Of Two Kitties 3 2006 Comedy. Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Bill Murray (voice), Billy Connelly. 0 8:05 M Moulin Rouge PGR 3 2001 Musical. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor. 0 10:35 90210 PGR (Starting Today) 3 Naomi and Max end up in jail after their plans go awry; Teddy is caught off guard by a request from Silver.

11:20 Last Resort AO 3 Chaplin and his crew form unlikely alliances; Sam’s loyalty to Chaplin wanes. 0 12:20 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 3 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:25 Punk’d AO Actor Ashton Kutcher plays pranks on other stars. 11:50 Infomercials

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Round 19 of the NRL Premiership. Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2pm Celebrity Wife Swap USA PGR 3 Niecy Nash claims it takes a village to raise a diva, and hopes her new family will not be an outdoor one, unless it involves lying on a yacht. 3pm Rugby Championship (Replay) Argentina v All Blacks. 5pm Fishing And Adventure An adventure show featuring some of New Zealand’s top fishing destinations. 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Great British Food Revival 7pm Storage Wars – Canada PGR 7:30 The Great Australian Bake Off The remaining seven contestants bake tarts. 8:30 F Top Gear USA PGR The boys set out to determine which car is best placed to serve the needs of the male mid-life crisis. 9:30 Silent Witness AO (Part 2) 10:40 F Bear Grylls – Wild Weekend PGR 11:40 Sleepy Hollow AO 3 When Captain Irving’s daughter becomes the target of evil forces, he asks Crane and Mills for help; a chapter of Jenny’s past is revealed. 12:35 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 2 8am Tribe 8:30 Te Kaea 2 9am Media Take 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 2 1pm Pacific Games 2pm The Big Hit 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield Otahuhu v Glenora.

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 8:30 New Girl MS 8:55 Modern Family PGL 9:20 Survivor Marathon PG 12:45 Outback Hunters PG 1:35 Ice Road Truckers PG 2:25 Duck Commander ML 2:50 Smoky Mountain Money PG 3:40 SVU MVS 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 7:30 New Girl MS 8pm Modern Family PGL 8:30 Duck Commander ML 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Outback Hunters PG 10:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 11:25 Crossing Lines MV

SUNDAY

12:25 Raw MC 3:10 Crossing Lines MV 4am New Girl MS 4:25 Modern Family PGL 4:50 Duck Commander ML 5:15 Survivor Marathon PG

6am Rugby Championship (Replay) All Blacks v Argentina. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch. 8am Golf – Lesson Tee Practice tips that will have you swinging like a pro. 9am Golf Channel Academy 10am The Golf Fix Michael Breed tackles viewer questions, demonstrates useful drills and takes a look at best shots from the weekend. 11am Rugby – First XV Revision Noon Rugby Championship (Replay) All Blacks v Argentina. 2pm Golf – The Open Championship (Highlights) Round Two. 3pm L Rugby – International Fiji v Tonga. 5pm Rugby Championship (Replay) All Blacks v Argentina. 7pm L Rugby Maori All Blacks v New Zealand Barbarians. From Eden Park in Auckland. 9:30 L Rugby Championship Australia v South Africa. From Suncorp Stadium, in Brisbane.

12:10 L Cycling – Tour De France Stage 14 – Rodez to Mende. 3:25 Rugby Championship (Highlights) Australia v South Africa. From Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. 3:55 L Rugby League – Super League Catalans Dragons v Huddersfield Giants.

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Marae Kai Masters PGR 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M Opal Dream PGR 2006 Family Drama. Sapphire Boyce, Christian Byers, Vince Colosimo. 9:05 Rugby (Delayed) Maori All Blacks v New Zealand Barbarians. From Eden Park in Auckland. 11:05 Te Kaea 3 2 11:35 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Savage Family Diggers PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Nasa Moon Landing. 7:30 MythBusters PG Exploding Steak. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Big Fish Man PG 10:30 Deadliest Catch PG Behind the Lens – 10 Years in the Making. 11:30 Epic Bar Builds PG Bubinga and White Bar. 12:30 The Last Alaskans M The Hunted. 1:30 Naked And Afraid M Garden of Evil. 2:30 Manhunt PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG A Brotherhood Tested. 5:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Spacewalk of Doom. 6:30 Ice Cold Gold PG Trapped on Cloud Island. 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Epic Bar Builds PG 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Hour China – Shaanxi PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Aeroplane Repo PG 1am Crimes That Shook The World M 2am Dirty Jobs PG 3am Dirty Jobs PG 4am Dirty Jobs PG 5am MythBusters PG

Gangster Squad 9pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:45 The Memory Book M 2014 Romantic Drama. Adrienne Barbeau, Ryan Bruce. 8:10 Guardians Of The Galaxy MV 2014 Action. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. 10:10 The Carpenter’s Miracle 2013 Family. Cameron Mathison, Michelle Harrison. 11:35 Grudge Match MVL 2013 Comedy. Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone. 1:30 Gravity PGR 2013 Drama. Sandra Bullock, George Clooney. 3pm Guardians Of The Galaxy MV 2014 Action. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. 5pm The Possession Of Michael King 16VLS 2014 Horror. Shane Johnson. 6:25 The Fifth Estate MVL 2013 Drama. Benedict Cumberbatch. 8:30 We’re The Millers 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston. 10:25 Need For Speed MC 2014 Action. Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper.

SUNDAY

12:35 One In The Gun 16 2010 Thriller. 2:05 The Fifth Estate MVL 2013 Drama. 4:10 We’re The Millers 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

Garfield – A Tail of Two Kitties 6:30pm on FOUR

MOVIES GREATS 7:15 Biography – Daniel Craig PG 8:05 Elizabeth – The Golden Age MV 2007 Drama. Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush. 10am District 9 16VL 2009 Sci-fi. Sharlto Copley, William Allen Young. 11:50 SWAT MVL 2003 Action. Samuel L Jackson, Colin Farrell, LL Cool J, Olivier Martinez. 1:45 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. 3:20 Legally Blonde 2 PGL 2003 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field. 4:55 The Illusionist MVS 2006 Drama. 6:45 X-Men – The Last Stand MVL 2006 Action. 8:30 The Wedding Planner PGL 2001 Romantic Comedy. 10:15 Taking Lives 16VLS 2004 Crime Drama. 11:55 The Illusionist MVS 2006 Drama.

SUNDAY

1:45 X-Men – The Last Stand MVL 2006 Action. 3:30 Taking Lives 16VLS 2004 Crime Drama. 5:15 Directors – Barry Sonnenfeld PG 5:45 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

18Jul15

6am The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Hull KR v Hull FC. 9:30 Rugby Championship (Replay) All Blacks v Argentina. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch. 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 19, Friday. Noon Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Hull KR v Hull FC. 12:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Raiders U20 v Sharks U20. From GIO Stadium, Canberra. 2:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Mounties v Newtown. From GIO Stadium in Canberra. 4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Sharks. From GIO Stadium, Canberra. 7pm L Rugby League – NRL Knights v Titans. From Hunter Stadium, NSW. 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Dragons v Rabbitohs. From the Sydney Cricket Ground.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby – International (Replay) Australia v South Africa. From Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. 2:45 Rugby (Highlights) Maori All Blacks v NZ Barbarians. 3:15 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Hull KR v Hull FC. 3:50 L Beach Soccer – Fifa World Cup Semi-final One – Italy v Tahiti. 5:20 L Beach Soccer – Fifa World Cup Semi-final Two – Portugal v Russia.

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TV THREE

6am Rural Delivery 3 6:25 The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 3 0 6:50 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 0 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 F Survival Tales From The Wild 0 12:55 What’s Up Down Under 1:25 Global Radar 3 0 1:55 F George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 3pm Dynamo – Magician Impossible PGR 3 0 4pm Australia’s Deadliest 3 0 4:30 Wild Vets 3 0 5pm Kangaroo Dundee 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm House Hunt Newly-wed immigrants Sam and Maria get inside information from a real-estate agent as they search for a home; Aucklanders Jess and Simon prepare to go to auction. 0 8:30 Indian Summers AO 0 9:30 Devil’s Playground AO 0 10:30 A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

6am Fishtronaut 3 0 6:25 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 6:45 Crash And Bernstein 3 0 7:10 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:35 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8am What Now Children’s entertainment show. 10am ANT Farm Chyna is asked to join her favourite girl singing group, but is sad to have to leave her friends and family behind. 0 10:25 The Bachelorette PGR 3 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 3pm Suburgatory PGR 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 30 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 6:30 Joey 3 0

11:30 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:35 Attitude 3 0 1:05 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3am Marae Maori current affairs show. 2 3:35 Infomercials

11:10 M The Haunting In 12:50 Infomercials Connecticut AO 2009 Drama. 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 1:15 Marvel’s Agents Of Shield AO TV 3 3 0 2am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners PGR 3 0 2:50 Infomercials 3:25 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 The Carrie Diaries PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV

6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 3 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 3 9am Three60 9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation 0 11am Come Dine With Me New Zealand Omnibus PGR 3 0 1:10 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 3 0 1:45 Motorsport – WTCC (Highlights) Round Eight – Portugal. 2:15 Motorsport – D1NZ Round Five – Ruapuna. 2:45 Motorsport – MotoGP Round Nine – Germany. 3:45 Motorsport – IndyCar (Highlights) Milwaukee. 5pm Save With Jamie 3 6pm 3 News 6:30 3D 0 7pm The Voice Australia Ricky 7pm F Dancing With The Martin, Delta Goodrem, Joel Stars New Zealand and Benji Madden, and Jessie 8:30 Safe House AO 2/4. The family at the Lake J continue their search for District safe house comes Australia’s best voice. 0 under pressure when their 8:30 M Captain Phillips cover story is tested; there is AO 2013 Drama. increasing concern for eldest Based on the true story of son Sam. 0 Richard Phillips, a cargo-ship 9:35 Rush AO 0 captain who surrendered himself to a group of Somalian 10:25 M Limits Of Control AO 3 2009 Crime Drama. 0 pirates to protect his crew. Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi. 0

PRIME

10am Korero Mai 2 11:30 Matariki Magic 3 2/4. A celebration with emerging young talent, stories of community commitment and festivities around the country. Noon Pacific Games 1pm Rugby – International (Replay) Maori All Blacks v Fiji. 2:30 Code 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield Northcote v Otara. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia

12:30 The Time Of Our Lives AO 1:30 Small Island AO 1/2. 3am Fantasy Homes In The City 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson

MONDAY

THE BOX 8:35 Crossing Lines MV 9:25 The Simpsons Marathon PG 11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Ice Road Truckers PG 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Outback Hunters PG 7:30 The Musketeers MVLS The Musketeers must risk everything to save France from Rochefort’s treacherous plan. 8:35 Criminal Intent MV A secret service agent is bludgeoned to death, and it appears her husband’s nefarious dealings could have been the cause. 9:35 Criminal Intent MV 10:30 Rogue 16VLS 11:30 The Musketeers MVLS 12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 Rogue 16VLS 3am Criminal Intent MV 3:50 Criminal Intent MV 4:40 Counting Cars PG 5:05 The Musketeers MVLS

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans. Noon River Cottage – Three Go Mad 3 Hugh’s guests are Robert Webb, Lee Mack and Ruby Wax. 1pm The Girl With Seven Mums PGR 3 2pm The Animal Files PGR 3 2:30 Grassroots Rugby 3:30 Animal Airport 3 4pm Stephen Fry – Gadget Man 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great British Bake Off 3

8:20 Family Guy PGR 3 0 8:50 South Park AO 3 9:20 Burn Notice AO The team looks for an antidote at the manufacturer’s laboratory to save a poisoned Middle Eastern diplomat. 10:10 Parks And Recreation PGR 3 10:40 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 N Top Gear – Ambitious But Rubbish PGR Featuring people-carrier convertibles, ascending an active volcano, and police chase cars. 8:30 Weekend Murders – Endeavour PGR 10:35 Psych PGR

11:35 Infomercials

11:30 Vegas PGR 3 When Mia’s father arrives in town, Savino has his work cut out keeping the Mafia boss from a pair of handcuffs, courtesy of Sheriff Lamb. 12:30 Home Shopping

MAORI TV

6am Clodagh McKenna – Fresh From The Sea 6:30 Secret Creatures Of Jao 7am Love Nature – London’s Wild Side 8am American Restoration 8:30 Flintoff’s Road To Nowhere 9:30 Carter Can 10am Auction Room 10:30 Trinny And Susannah’s Makeover Mission Australia 11:30 The Picker Sisters Noon Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 12:30 Yard Crashers 1pm Secret Creatures Of Jao 1:30 Love Nature – London’s Wild Side 2:30 Fantasy Homes In The City 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5pm Thai Street Food With David Thompson 5:30 Backroad Bounty 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 The Auction House 8:30 The Time Of Our Lives AO Following the lives of a typical extended Australian family. 9:30 Small Island AO 1/2. An ambitious young Jamaican woman finds herself thrust into the grit of 1940s post-war London. Naomie Harris. 10:30 Backroad Bounty 11:30 Heaven’s Kitchen At Large

MONDAY

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Tree Fu Tom 3 7:20 Rugrats 3 7:45 The Winx Club 3 8:10 Max Steel 3 8:35 Rocket Power 3 9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 M Three Ninjas PGR 1992 Family. Victor Wong, Michael Treanor.

6am L Motorsport – AMA Motocross Spring Creek National. From Millville, Minnesota. 10am Rugby (Highlights) Maori All Blacks v New Zealand Barbarians. 10:30 Athletics – IAAF World Youth Championships (Highlights) Day Three. 11:30 #SkySpeed Noon All Blacks In Paradise 12:30 L Motorsport – IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300. 3pm Cycling – Tour De France (Highlights) Stage 14 – Rodez to Mende. 3:30 Rugby – International (Replay) Fiji v Tonga. 5:30 Motorsport – IndyCar Series (Highlights) Iowa Corn 300. 6pm Rugby – First XV (Replay) St Andrew’s College v Christchurch BHS. 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Roosters v Warriors. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney. 8pm Rugby (Highlights) Maori All Blacks v New Zealand Barbarians. From Eden Park in Auckland. 8:30 Rugby Nation 9:30 Rugby Championship (Replay) All Blacks v Argentina. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch. 11:40 Cycling – Tour De France (Highlights) Stage 14 – Rodez to Mende. 12:10 L Cycling – Tour De France Stage 15 – Mende to Valence. 3:40 Triathlon – ITU World Series Team World Champs. From Hamburg, Germany. 5:20 Rugby Nation

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Paepae 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Roosters. 9:30 M Sophie’s Choice AO 1982 Drama. An aspiring author goes to New York to seek his fortune, and befriends a research chemist and his girlfriend, but there is something unsettling about the relationship. Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline.

MONDAY

12:05 Te Kaea 3 2 12:35 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Savage Family Diggers PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Blind Driving. 7:30 MythBusters PG San Francisco Drift. 8:30 Alaskan Bush People M 9:30 Epic Bar Builds PG Speakeasy; Whiskey a Go Go Bar. 10:30 X-Ray Mega Airport PG Failure is Not an Option. 11:30 Ice Cold Gold PG Trapped on Cloud Island. 12:30 The Great Human Odyssey PG The Adaptable Ape. 1:30 Railroad Alaska PG Train from Hell. 2:30 Big Fish Man PG 3:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:30 The Last Alaskans M The Hunted. 5:30 Deadliest Catch PG A Brotherhood Tested. 7:30 The Great Human Odyssey PG Journey’s End. 8:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Hammer of Thor. 9:30 Manhunt PG 10:30 Epic Bar Builds PG Speakeasy; Whiskey a Go Go Bar. 11:30 Smart Taiwan – Serve You Right PG

MONDAY

12:30 MythBusters PG San Francisco Drift. 1:30 Dirty Jobs PG 2:30 Savage Family Diggers PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

House Hunt

8pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6am The Making Of Edge Of Tomorrow PG 6:20 The Carpenter’s Miracle 2013 Family. Cameron Mathison, Michelle Harrison. 7:45 Need For Speed MC 2014 Action. Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper. 9:55 The Fifth Estate MVL 2013 Drama. Benedict Cumberbatch. Noon Baggage Claim MS 2013 Comedy. Paula Patton, Taye Diggs. 1:40 The Possession Of Michael King 16VLS 2014 Horror. Shane Johnson. 3:05 We’re The Millers 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston. 4:55 Chasing Mavericks PGL 2012 Drama. 6:50 Ride Along MVL 2014 Comedy. 8:30 The Maze Runner MV 2014 Action. 10:25 The Purge – Anarchy 16VLC 2014 Horror.

MONDAY

12:10 Tom, Dick And Harriet M 2013 Comedy. 1:40 Chasing Mavericks PGL 2012 Drama. 3:35 Baggage Claim MS 2013 Comedy. 5:15 Biography – Jennifer Aniston PG

7am L Cycling – Tour De France Stage 14. The last two hours of the race. 9am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Knights v Titans. 11am Rugby Championship (Highlights) All Blacks v Argentina. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch. 11:30 Rugby Championship (Highlights) Australia v South Africa. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Captain Phillips Noon Cricket – The Ashes 8:30pm on TV2 (Highlights) England v Australia – Second Test, Day Three. From Lord’s MOVIES GREATS in London. 12:30 Golf – The Open 7:25 Legally Blonde 2 PGL 2003 Championship (Highlights) Round Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Three. From St Andrews in Scotland. Sally Field. 9am Directors – 1:30 L Rugby League – Barry Sonnenfeld PG 9:30 The Holden Cup Roosters U20 v Warriors Wedding Planner PGL 2001 U20. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney. Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey. 11:15 The 3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Roosters v Warriors. From Allianz Illusionist MVS 2006 Drama. Stadium, Sydney. Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, 5:55 The After Match Jessica Biel. 1:05 X-Men – The 6:30 Athletics – IAAF World Last Stand MVL 2006 Action. Youth Championships (Highlights) 2:50 Twilight Saga: Breaking Day Four. Dawn – Part Two MV 2012 Fantasy. 7:30 Fox Sports News 4:45 Good Will Hunting MVL 1997 8pm Rugby League – NRL Drama. 6:50 The Whole Nine (Highlights) Round 19, Saturday. Yards MVLS 2000 Crime Comedy. 8:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) 8:30 The Sweeney 16VLS 2012 Roosters v Warriors. From Allianz Action. 10:20 The Rocky Horror Stadium, Sydney. Picture Show MS 1975 Musical. 10:30 The After Match Awen MONDAY Guttenbeil and guests discuss the big issues in rugby league. 12:05 Gone Baby Gone 16VL 11pm Rugby Nation 2007 Crime. 1:55 Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part Two MONDAY MV 2012 Fantasy. 3:50 Good Midnight L Darts – World Will Hunting MVL 1997 Drama. Matchplay Day Two, Session One. 5:55 The Whole Nine Yards MVLS 4am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Broncos v Tigers. 2000 Crime Comedy.

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EDWARDS, Bob (Robert John) – We, Timothy and I, have been overwhelmed by the kindness, generosity and love we have received through the sad and awful time of Bob’s passing. The flowers, food, visits and shared memories have been a great comfort to us both. It would be an impossible task to contact everyone individually so please accept this as a huge THANK YOU. A year ago we were a family of four and now take comfort in so many wonderful memories of Bob and Jeannine. The ongoing support of our friends and family is so very much appreciated. Alison and Tim Edwards.

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NEWTON Anthony John, (Ant) – On July 16, 2015. As a result of a tragic accident. Aged 60 years. Best friend, husband and soulmate of Sue, and loving dad of Katie. Stepfather to Bevan, and Robert. Dearly loved son of the late Ron and Biddy Newton, loved brother of Trish, and Tim. “Will be very sadly missed” Messages to Newton Family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A celebration of Ant’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allen’s Road, Ashburton on TUESDAY, July 21, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

HANDS, John (Jack) – Shirley, John and Alison, Geoff and Sue and families wish to thank anyone in anyway who helped us through the passing of Jack. Many thanks to the Public Hospital and the staff of Rosebank for their special care and special thanks to Dr. Wootton. Jack and myself were so grateful for the care and attention we were given from so many when the earthquake in Christchurch sent us here. Our first 16 years of marriage we lived in Ashburton and we came back.

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HILL, Flint Alexander – 12-06-1925 - 18-07-2013. God saw that you were getting tired, A cure was not to be. So He put His arms around you and whispered, “Come with Me.” With tearful eyes, we watched you, And saw you pass away. Although we loved you dearly, We could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, Hard working hands to rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes “the best”. Dearly loved Dad. Fred, Mary, Jo.

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Occasional showers, with snow possibly to near sea level at first. Southwesterlies, gale near the coast.

MONDAY

TOMORROW

TUESDAY

Cloudy periods with a few showers, mainly in the north. Southwesterlies dying away.

Mainly fine, possibly a few snow showers for a time. Southerlies strengthening for a time.

Fine with light winds.

World Weather fine showers rain cloudy fine fine fine rain fine rain fine thunder fine fine drizzle

FZL: Rising to 800m

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

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FZL: Lowering to 400m

Showers or snow showers becoming isolated in the north, and becoming fine elsewhere. Wind at 1000m: S dying out. Wind at 2000m: Gale S 80 km/h, severe gale 100 km/h at times in exposed places.

Long fine spells, and a few showers, mainly in the north with snow level lifting further. Southwesterlies easing.

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9 pm

11:13 5:28 11:40 5:47 11:58 6:10 12:24 6:33 12:42 6:53 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

First quarter

Rise 8:01 am Set 5:18 pm

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Good fishing Rise 9:22 am Set 8:35 pm

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Good fishing Rise 9:52 am Set 9:34 pm

Last quarter

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River Levels

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:10 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 165.4 Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

6.51 nc

Sth Ashburton at 12:00 pm, yesterday

12.9

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

71.8

Waitaki Kurow at 12:45 pm, yesterday

252.7

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Canterbury Readings

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Rise 8:50 am Set 7:36 pm

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Rain developing in the morning, turning to snow at all levels in the afternoon, with some heavy falls, especially in the north. Wind at 1000m: NW 50 km/h, turning gale S 70 km/h early afternoon. Wind at 2000m: Gale N 65 km/h, turning gale S 70 km/h early afternoon, then rising to severe gale 90 km/h.

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Cloud thickening with rain developing about midday. Snow lowering to 100 metres in the afternoon and evening. Winds changing strong southerly, possibly gale about Banks Peninsula.

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HILL, Carol Margaret – Tragically taken from us on July 10, 2015, after an accident in Greece, aged 61. Dearly loved wife of Barrie, much loved and loving mother and mother-in-law of Lance and Michelle, Shane and Ellie and devoted Nanma to Harriet and Cameron. Special daughter of Eric and the late Eleanor Carter. Messages to the Hill Family c/- P.O. Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service for Carol will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, July 22, commencing at 1.00pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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MOORHEAD – Stephen, Kate (nee Letham) and big brother Max, are thrilled to announce the arrival of Lucy Jean on July 8, 2015, weighing 7lb 8oz. Special thank you to Anna Campbell and the staff at Christchurch Women’s Hospital and Ashburton Maternity Hospital.

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 9.0 9.9 Max to 4pm 4.7 Minimum 3.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm July to date 26.0 Avg Jul to date 31 2015 to date 350.6 375 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 7 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 17 Time of gust 10:13am

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ACROSS 1. Abnormally on the go, pray the vice can be corrected (11) 6. A pickpocket may be lucky for some (3) 8. Wager the Sappers are taken in by the hat (5) 10. Generous as a Lady who’s the local do-gooder (9) 11 There are some teachers for every individual (4) 12. A fraction of the TNT he produces (5) 13. Dover, due for development, gets swallowed up (8) 16. CID get over being upset by decree absolute (7) 17. One thing in the list satisfied one making the return (4) 18. Snarl at some benign arrangement (4) 19. If not single, one is spoiled about it (7) 21. Hardly cry, scale being wrong (8) 23. A crash while parking on 18 is a setback (5) 26. The craft of a snake starts terrifyingly (4) 27. Great throng creates tumult – die to replace it (9) 28. Manner, one is told, of taking a step in fencing (5) 29. Twisted look makes one cautious of a loss (3) 30. What one comes in for in here: it can be arranged (11)

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13 14 17

DOWN 1. Dwelling in Bath, iota of difference is brought about (10) 2. Mother or father: they call one out as if in brackets (15) 3. Strained to bring up three CD variations (7) 4. The Northern line? It’s a figure of speech (5) 5. Speak warmly about hunt, see? (7) 6. Act of distinguishing a friend? Not if tie is crooked! (15) 7. A cheese-scoop will show lack of colour (4) 9. Take it in that it can be corrosive (3)

13. Have a parting of the ways, which may be to be grieved (7) 14. Popular place for further education can vary its appearance (7) 15. European man of war is a hydrozoan (10) 19. Train I’m taking in order to get a drink (7) 20. Does pit arrange to 22 it? (7) 22. Get stuck in the porter’s place (5) 24. What arrangement is made to show strike-breaker up? (3) 25. Bird from the South will cry like a cat (4)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 7. Shot in the dark 8. Camaraderie 12. Divots 14. Sloppy 16. Bishop 18. Sailed 19. Crestfallen 23. Commandeering Down 1. Chic 2. Atom 3. Snores 4. Chides 5. Oder 6. Tree 9. Adviser 10. Impulse 11. Eyed 12. Dabs 13. Two 15. Lea 17. Patent 18. Shares 19. Coot 20. Elms 21. Lure 22. Nuns QUICK Across 6. Capital 7. Venal 9. Can 10. Celebrate 12. Consecutive 15. Moneylender 17. Policeman 19. Has 21. Older 22. Pickled Down 1. Natal 2. Rip 3. Maze 4. Betrothed 5. Captive 8. Beacon 11. Sometimes 13. Seller 14. Monocle 16. Camel 18. Amid 20. Ski

QUICK ACROSS 7. Quit (6) 8. Submissively (6) 10. Make believe (7) 11. Cut up (5) 12. Tardy (4) 13. Purchaser (5) 17. Leap (5) 18. Nemesis (4) 22. Soothsayer (5) 23. Twinkle (7) 24. Touched down (6) 25. Makes up for (6)

DOWN 1. Incapacitate (7) 2. Agrees (7) 3. Leered (5) 4. Small axe (7) 5. Tired (5) 6. Talked-up (5) 9. Having no scent (9) 14. Obstruction (7) 15. Wanting (7) 16. Go back (7) 19. Premature (5) 20. Immense pain (5) 21. Unpleasant (5)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) This weekend is about following your heart and embracing a sense of fun, romance, playfulness and creativity just as life is about to get busier. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) From out of nowhere and for the first time since last September matters of the heart have the kind of support that completely turns things around. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) The Moon and Venus’ return to your home and family sector opens the door to something special set to develop over the coming weeks and months. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) As auspicious as the income conditions you have to work with now are, there’s a sense that all the pieces are yet to fall into place. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) As Venus leaves your sign over the weekend she leaves you with a clear sense of what you want from the future and your new solar year. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) With doors to the future about to open, it’s the past and old memories that hold clues to what you want that future to look and feel like. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Trusting your heart and gut has the power to put you in the right place at the right time, with serendipitous moments or encounters likely. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) This is a weekend for putting your professional instincts, desires and expectations on the same page, trusting your heart and your gut. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) This is a weekend for following your heart and embracing a sense of adventure, especially in a way that is all about staying in the moment. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Right now it is all about listening to what your financial instincts, desires and expectations are telling you, without over thinking things. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) The message from the relationship gods this week is to relax and let things unfold, for the relationship journey is still unfolding. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) While there’s a need to keep a work hat on ahead of big developments next week, something special is developing on the relationship front.

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