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Early introduction to fire brigade for Tyrone On the banks of the Rakaia River, near the longest bridge in New Zealand, is a little country town called Rakaia.

In the third story of a series on the town, Susan Sandys talks to businessman and fire brigade chief Tyrone Burrowes.

Tyrone Burrowes’ introduction to the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade began at very early age.

Born and bred in the town, he had his early years behind the counter at his parents’ shop, Meads Tearooms on State Highway 1.

When he was just a toddler, the store’s coal range blew up, necessitating a visit from the fire brigade.

It was a close call, as the newspaper article that Burrowes read in later years detailed, however he has no memory of the event itself.

Today Burrowes is chief of the brigade, a role he has worked his way up to, after joining 25 years ago.

His family is well known in Rakaia as long-time locals and owner-operators of the town’s State Highway One service station, Rakaia Mobil.

He said fitting the roles of fire brigade and business owner in together is not as hard as it used to be.

While there are up to 200 fire call-outs per year, and pretty consistently over the last few years calls have generally numbered at a higher level of more than 180, he can get away to most of them due to having a good team of staff behind him.

Today the petrol station operates 6am to 11pm, while in its earlier days it would operate 7am to 7pm. At that time, Tyrone would be the first to get there in the morning to open up each day. If the fire siren sounded early, he would find himself wishing he did not have to keep

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Tyrone Burrowes is also the owner-operator of Rakaia’s busy Mobil service station.

PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 170720-SS-001 the pumps manned and that he could head off to save lives instead.

“I used to stand there and watch the guys go past,” he said.

However, now the business had grown he could dedicate more time to the brigade and other roles.

“I’m quite flexible with time now, if I need to do something at the fire station I can duck away, I’m not stuck at work 9am to 5pm, which is great.”

As well as being involved in the brigade, Burrowes has been on the town’s medical centre trust, which has now wound up.

It had been a great success for the trust to see the centre sold and continue to grow, he said.

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He is also chairman of the Red Circle national service station buying co-op.

Rakaia Mobil’s success is remarkable considering at one stage the Burrowes family considered closing it down. Tyrone, and his parents Rodger and Rayleen, bought the service station in 1994 as they eyed up land to build premises for their growing jam manufacturing business they had established some years earlier.

They considered shutting down the petrol station but ended up keeping it as they operated from their purpose-built jam factory next door. In later years, however, they sold the jam business to a peanut butter man-

ufacturer in Christchurch, so Rodger and Rayleen could come on board to help Tyrone with the growing petrol station.

In 2004 they rebuilt what was formerly a typical traditional service station old building with a forecourt and workshop, and also replaced the old steel tanks with new ones.

Now the Burrowes are looking at rebuilding again as they look to a future serving the area. It’s a busy site on State Highway 1, and Burrrowes is enjoying seeing Rakaia grow.

“There’s good things happening in the area,” he said.

“As with the rest of the Ashburton District, we are lucky the position we are in.”

■■ASHBURTON POLICE

Youths arrested following crime spree

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Two youths have been arrested following a crime spree across the district, but police are hoping that the public may be able to help them identify more offenders.

Shortly before 2am on July 15, the window of the Netherby Four Square was smashed and a number of grocery items stolen.

At around 6.20am, a vehicle, thought to have been used during the burglary, was located under the Ashburton River Bridge.

The vehicle – a black Subaru Impreza – was reported stolen from a Grigg Street property overnight.

The occupants of the car are also believed to have broken into another car on Dunford Street in Rakaia.

Police received reports of the car being driven dangerously prior to finding it abandoned under the bridge.

Another car was stolen from Princes Street on the same night, and later found abandoned in Park Street.

Police enquiries led to the arrest of the two young people during the day on July 15, however they believe other young people may also have been involved in the offending.

“We would like to hear from anyone who has information which could assist our ongoing enquiries into this offending,” senior sergeant Leigh Jenkins said.

If you can help, please contact police on 105, quoting file number 200715/7027.

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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By Heather Mackenzie

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The curtain fell on the Ashburton Library’s Once Upon a Time holiday programme yesterday.

The six days of fairy tale magic, held over the past two weeks, proved to be a hit with young and old.

Imaginations soared, and creative abilities were set free during the cleverly designed programme, put together by chil-

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“It’s been really good and the kids have had a lot of fun.”

Often the simplest of things prove the most popular and that was the case with the “roll and move fairy tale” option last Friday. Nixon said the children were given a board game template and a blank wooden dice, from there they added their own elements and rules.

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Gym members show their generosity

By Heather Mackenzie

Left – Karen Kilgour (left), Christine Pooke (middle), and Cath Gill proudly show off all the goodies gym members have donated for Ashburton’s food banks.

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Curves gym owner Viv Williams is not surprised by the ongoing generosity of gym members.

Two weeks ago Williams decided it was time to donate to the local foodbanks again and, in no time, the middle section the gym was overflowing with goodies, tipping the scales at over 265kg.

“At least once year we put together donations for local causes, and everybody always goes above and beyond what is asked.”

Gym member Cath Gill is a prime example of kindness towards others.

After hearing about the foodbank drive, Gill went home, hauled a bag of raspberries out of the freezer and returned with 10 pots of jam tucked under her arm.

“Cath is so thoughtful, there is something extra special about receiving homemade stuff.”

When asked why the gym members are so generous, Williams puts it down to being more like a club than a gym and points to the “strengthening women inside and out” mantra written on the wall.

“One of our members said she was feeling pretty glum and down last week, so she turned up here

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with a donation of food and told me ‘It makes me feel good giving all this to someone else’.”

Williams said the first lot of collected food went off to St Vinnies and Salvation Army in 2008 and

they have kept up the giving tradition ever since.

“We have had a break from food bank donating for the last four years, so after Covid-19 lockdown I thought it would be a good idea

to donate again.”

Donations of food may have been put on hold but that doesn’t mean the generosity at Curves stopped.

“We do at least one thing a year,

for local charities, like donating women’s products to St Vinnies and the Salvation Army or raising money for the Look Good Feel Better charity.

Over the last 15 months Curves Ashburton members have raised a hefty $3300 for Look Good Feel Better. The money was raised by members once again donating goods, this time to be sold and the money raised collected for the charity.

Look Good Feel Better provide free community based classes covering simple techniques to look after skin, hair, body and mind, so patients can feel stronger and more confident.

Williams said they chose this particular charity because through the amazing cancer society here in Ashburton they have taken care of quite a few of her gym-goers.

Janet’s looking good and feeling better

By Heather Mackenzie

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Janet Hadley

Janet Hadley is full of praise for the local cancer society and the charity Look Good Feel Better.

Hadley was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 and the resulting operations, six months of chemo, and around of radiotherapy robbed her of her hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, her selfworth disappeared down the drain too.

“Having lost all my hair, made me feel more like an object than a person.”

Hadley recalls one particularly trying moment when she walked into a local restaurant and all the eyes in the room were staring at her. It was the most horrible expe-

rience, she said But thanks to the good people from Look Good Feel Better and the Ashburton Cancer Society, Hadley was given her own personal ray of sunshine when she attended a workshop this year.

Admittedly, she felt pretty apprehensive walking through the door, even with her daughter along for moral support.

“It’s quite a big thing coming face-to-face with other cancer suffers, especially when they share with you they are terminal, what do you say?”

Awkward conversations aside, the day was a huge success for Hadley.

She said she walked in feeling bad, and walked out with a bag

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“The people were all so nice and professional. They taught me how to draw on eyebrows and how to apply makeup correctly. The products they used were so beautiful.”

To make sure they and the right colours and products on hand Hadley received a phone call prior to the workshop to check her colour preferences and for any allergies, etc.

“I also received a lovely book, written by two cancer sufferers, on how to best navigate the cancer journey. It’s full of useful tips and healthy living advice.”

As a former Christchurch Curves Gym owner herself, Hadley is perfectly placed to understand the

connection between exercise and overall health.

“When we first moved to Ashburton I joined Curves to meet people and to carry on with my workouts.”

After the regular mammogram led to a cancer diagnosis, Hadley hit the gym in earnest, to build up her muscles and strength for the journey ahead. Unfortunately, she only got five workouts in before her first operation, but with all that behind her, she is back at Curves.

“I feel much better after exercise. My muscles don’t feel so wasted and are less painful. I feel so much stronger now. The team at Curves are fantastic. I cannot speak highly enough of them.”

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Hunters called to unite as one

By Matt Markham

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A group of passionate hunters, including some well-known local faces, are banding together this weekend to protest against the Department of Conservation’s tahr culling programme.

The idea to hold the protest was the brainchild of Tom Taylor – a member of the local branch of the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association, but he’s been given a major hand by fellow locals, Kelvin Williams and Sam Caley.

An avid hunter, Caley is calling on anyone with a passion for hunting and fishing to join him, and the predicted hundreds of others, who will take part this weekend.

The protest, this Sunday, begins from the tahr monument at Lake Pukaki, beginning at 11am.

The protest will see vehicles travelling at 30km/h, spaced 100 metres apart, for the 52km journey to Aoraki Mt Cook.

“If you hunt, fish, partake in recreation on DOC administered land, you need to be there,” Caley said.

“Unite together and stand up as one to show DOC and the Greens that the iconic Kiwi hunter-gatherer way of life will not be taken from us.”

Caley said that, in his opinion, the radical ideology of a few

Sam Caley in front of the billboard advertising this weekend’s protest rally. people is threatening to ruin one of New Zealand’s favourite pasttimes and that a stand needed to be made to ensure that it wasn’t as straightforward as it might seem.

Last week, a High Court decision halted the planned extermination of all tahr in national parks

and sharply reduce numbers in other parts of the Southern Alps.

The decision informed DOC that it must reconsider its decision to proceed with the 2020/2021 plan after consulting with interested parties represented by the New Zealand Tahr Foundation

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and other stakeholders.

The decision also said that, until consultation and a further decision have been completed, DOC is not to undertake more than one half of the 250 hours provided for in the 2020/21 plan.

Kelvin Williams, who is the

treasurer of the Ashburton branch of the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association is also one of the driving forces behind the protest.

“The proposed tahr cull will be a disaster if it goes ahead,” he told the Guardian earlier this month.

“There are certainly a lot of people, that I am aware of, that are going (to the protest) and I hope that there are a lot more going that I’m not aware of.”

Williams said DOC had already culled 18,000 tahr, and that when they have been reporting numbers to explain this cull, they have still been using the previous population of 35,000, which was what the population was believed to be prior to the previous cull in 2018 where only nanny tahr were targeted.

“They are using bogus numbers to make this cull happen, they have done no scientific research, which the Tahr Foundation has been trying to get them to do for years,” he said.

“If they cull another 5000 to 6000 it will be devastating.

“Hunters are already reporting a lack in nanny tahr and nothing is being done to keep the population stable.”

Organisers have urged all people intending on being involved in the protest to leave their firearms at home.

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■■ TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT

You may ask why – well here’s the because Guardian motoring correspondent, Bernard Egan is well known around these parts. He’s agreed to share with us some of his tales from yesteryear. Some will be of his own telling while others will come directly, or indirectly, from others.

The whole truth of some can be left for public opinion.

Readers are invited to share tales with Bernard by emailing geegeeber@gmail.com

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he words why and because often appear together.

Questions and answers.

WHY do men’s clothes have buttons on the right while women’s clothes have buttons on the left?

BECAUSE when buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left.

And, for wealthy women who were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid’s right! And that’s where women’s buttons have remained since.

WHY do ships and aircraft use “Mayday” as their call for help?

BECAUSE this comes from the French word m’aidez – meaning “help me” – and is pronounced, approximately, “mayday“.

WHY are zero scores in tennis called “love”?

BECAUSE in France, where tennis became popular, the round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called “l’oeuf”, which is French for “the egg”.

When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans (naturally), mispronounced it “love”.

WHY does an x at the end of a letter signify a kiss?

BECAUSE In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an x.

Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfil obligations specified in the document so x, and the kiss, eventually became synonymous.

WHY is shifting responsibility to someone else called “passing the buck”?

BECAUSE in card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal.

If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility of dealing, he would “pass the buck” to the next player.

Note: this became a saying made famous

by US President Harry S Truman who had a sign on his desk pronouncing “The buck stops here”.

WHY do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?

BECAUSE In earlier times it used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink.

To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host.

Both men would drink it simultaneously.

When a guest trusted his host, he

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would only touch or clink the host’s glass with his own.

Note: wonder how many found their trust was misplaced?

WHY are people in the public eye said to be “in the limelight”?

BECAUSE, invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and theatres by burning a cylinder of lime which produced a brilliant light.

In the theatre, a performer “in the limelight” was the centre of attention.

WHY is someone who is feeling great “on cloud nine”?

BECAUSE types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they attain, with nine being the highest cloud.

If someone is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares.

WHY in golf, where did the term “caddie” come from?

BECAUSE, when Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl, Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scots game “golf”. He had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment.

To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her.

In French, the word cadet is pronounced “ca-day” and the Scots changed it into caddie.

WHY are many coin collection jar banks shaped like pigs?

BECAUSE, long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of dense orange clay called “pygg”. When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as “pygg banks”.

When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a container that resembled a pig and it caught on.

So why did one write this “why and because” tale?

One could say, well, why not?

But really, it’s because one thought it seems fascinating, and one hopes you all do too.

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Mission to bring back birdsong LandSAR

funding welcome

By Susan Sandys

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Rakaia Gorge resident Robbie Koller is on a mission to bring back birdsong to the picturesque native forest area along the banks of the Rakaia River.

The Quickenberry Guesthouse chef and his wife Christine have established The Fantail Trust which, after just four months of operation, has raised thousands of dollars and has 50 members.

The goal is to control predators in the 50 hectares of bush along the five-kilometre long Rakaia Gorge Walkway, which runs over four farms.

Koller has secured permission from the farmers to trap in the area, and he is also planning to ultimately remove weeds such as gorse and broom and replant native species.

He said the native area was in good condition and did not need too much work done on it.

“I think it’s quite incredible how many plants are down there, and quite rare plants, it’s a worthwhile conservation project,” he said.

Ultimately the goal would be to reintroduce native bird species, such as kakariki and perhaps

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Native plants thrive at the Rakaia Gorge Walkway, and provide habitat for birds.

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even kiwi, to add to the birds already there such as fantails, bellbirds and wood pigeons.

Trapping of predators is well under way, with Koller already having caught and killed 50 possums and four stoats.

He said the latter were the most difficult to catch, and when setting the box trap one had to make sure the bait of a fresh egg was put in the right position and handling was kept to a minimum so as not to leave

any human scent.

“They are wily little things,” Koller said.

Anyone wishing to support the project can become a member for just $10 at thefantailtrust.org

Oakwood purchases Isuzu truck sales division South Island automotive dealer Oakwood Motor Group has agreed to purchase the Isuzu Truck sales division of Smallbone Mid and South Canterbury and to continue its partnership with ACL Smallbone service and parts in both regions.

Oakwood is a South Island wide group, owning the long-established Blackwells and Cooke Howlison dealerships.

Group managing director, John Marsh, said the decision to purchase the Isuzu Master Truck franchise was part of the company’s strategic plan for developing its successful Isuzu truck business in the South Island.

“We are very pleased with the acquisition of the Timaru and Ashburton dealerships,

John Marsh which complement our existing Isuzu Master Dealerships in Christchurch and Dunedin,” Marsh said.

“The purchase is also a show of confidence in the Mid and South Canterbury economies

and the exciting future for Isuzu Trucks, which has been New Zealand’s number one selling truck for 20 consecutive years.”

This acquisition will take the Oakwood Group to 13 car and truck dealerships and 340 staff across the South Island, with the intention of continuing to operate from the existing sites in Ashburton and Timaru.

The Smallbone board and shareholders firmly believe that this decision will benefit their existing Isuzu Truck customers, as they will have access to a larger team of sales experts and stock throughout the region.

Smallbone board chairman, Craig Carr, said the sale meant that locals would continue to receive the same high

standard of service.

“The agreement with Oakwood Group will ensure that the existing Isuzu Truck customers from Mid and South Canterbury will continue to receive best in class sales support from the wide network of staff available and the world class service and parts facilities ACL Smallbone has created in both Ashburton and Timaru,” he said.

Scania parts and service will continue to be supplied by ACL Smallbone and Cooke Howlison in their respective regions. a Oakwood Group and Smallbone are committed to ensuring a smooth transition of customers and minimising any disruption to the business, with ownership commencing on August 10, 2020.

A boost to funding for a number of life saving organisations has been welcomed locally.

Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced a $58.4 million boost over four years for New Zealand Search and Rescue, recreational boating safety, and safety awareness organisations on Thursday.

Methven LandSAR chairman Don Geddes welcomed the news, with funding from LandSAR New Zealand covering part of their costs for each year.

“LandSAR New Zealand have four or five paid staff who are group support officers whose roles are to liaise with the groups each year to determine what they need,” he said.

“So we sit down each year with our support officer and liaise about what we will need for that upcoming year.”

Geddes said there are many groups that would apply for funding for equipment that often they do not fully need and ends up sitting in cupboards for years.

“We look at what our needs are and might be,” he said.

Volunteers are expected to have their own outdoor clothing and outdoor equipment like sleeping bags and cookers.

LandSAR cover the rest, such as radios for the group and high-vis gear.

“For example, we have applied for out-of-reach communicators, which are like personal locator beacons, except you can send text messages from them,” he said.

“We have black spots on our patch of the Te Araroa trail that, if we are sending groups in there we can give them these out-of-reach devices and they will be able to communicate with us.”

Geddes said the Methven LandSAR group also carries out some local fundraising activities, and also benefit from community funding as well.

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A Coromandel farm under water.

Weather limits Coromandel accessibility Flooding in the Coromandel Peninsula had eased Thursday night but several roads remained closed and farms are still under water yesterday.

About 100 households in the Coromandel Hauraki area are still without power after the storm.

Powerco said field crews were working as quickly and safely as possible to restore power to affected customers.

The network operations manager said road closures from flooding and slips had hampered their progress.

The storm slowed efforts Thursday night to repair damage to the electricity network after trees and debris crashed through lines during high winds.

The region took a battering, with floods cutting off the settlement of Hikuai near Pauanui and forcing stranded travellers to escape in a Surf Life Saving rescue boat.

MetService said the region had 410mm of rain in 24 hours.

The Thames- Coromandel District Council was asking Coromandel Town residents to conserve water.

The latest storm has put pressure back on its water treatment plant. The water remained safe to drink, and there is no boil water notice in place.

Sections of State Highway 25 remained closed by slips and flooding yesterday.

A band of heavy rain is moved towards Gisborne and Bay of Plenty, with weather warnings in place till last night.

Streams and rivers were expected to rise and driving conditions hazardous due to slips and surface flooding.

Heavy rain had also caused slips in Gisborne, north of Tolaga Bay. The Gisborne District Council was advising extreme caution on the roads.

Civil defence controller Garry Towler said the region saw considerable rain and damage.

Tairua and Whangamata also bore the brunt of the storm.

He said travellers to and from the Coromandel could still use the Thames Coast road which was clear.

“But there are slips everywhere ... all the roads have got some slips, trees down. The worst of the weather has cleared.”

Towler knew of a farmer who had 250 acres under water this morning.

“It’s quite considerable. That surface water will drain quickly with the tides, but hopefully, it won’t do much pastoral damage.

“The farmers have certainly copped it this time around.”

Many farmers are facing slips, silt covered paddocks, blocked culverts and damaged fencing.

It’s the region’s third major storm since the start of June, after it was previously gripped by drought, however, a Whitianga farmer said the flooding may have a silver lining.

“What I keep hearing from farmers is following this drought, at the moment the winter grass growth has been better than usual and from things looking extremely grim just a couple of months ago, most farmers can now see their way through till spring with the grass growing well and whatever supplementary feeding they have left.”

One new Covid case

There was one new case of Covid-19 reported in managed isolation in New Zealand yesterday, but seven people have recovered.

The latest case is a man in his 30s who arrived in New Zealand on July 10 from Pakistan via Dubai. He is in quarantine at the Sudima Hotel in Rotorua.

In a statement, the Ministry of Health said seven more people were now considered

to have recovered, bringing the number of active cases in New Zealand to 21. The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 is now 1199.

New Zealand’s laboratories completed 2497 tests Thursday.

On Thursday there was one new case in managed isolation – a child of two people who have both previously been reported as cases.

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Short story winners 2020 Winners were announced this week in the Ashburton Writers’ Group annual competition. Eighty-two entries were received across the board and district councillor Carolyn Cameron was on hand to make the presentation.

We’re pleased to be able to share the winning entries with our readers today.

Henrick and Walter

By Ruby Bartlett, winner 10 years and under

H

enrick sat sadly in his front room window, gazing at the children playing joyfully on his street. Sometimes the children would dare each other to run past his house, screaming and squealing as they caught sight of him on their way past his rundown, lonely house.

He could see others looking out their windows as well, families had to stay home and children were only allowed to play with their brothers and sisters.

Henrick closed his eyes and remembered, this was so much like the first time he had to hide. At least this time the sounds outside were the laughter of children, not the rata-tat-tat of guns firing, the heavy stomping thunder of men marching past or the shouting of orders and screams of people in pain.

He understood why the children felt jittery and afraid of him. He shrunk down into his frayed coat as he looked out, his one remaining eye was googly and often itched. His ears bothered him as well, the rips in them had been stitched many times. His nose was no better having been cracked and chewed on. His light brown hair was thin with bald patches showing his skin beneath. Despite his battle scars the thing that upset Henrick the most was his need for the old wooden crutches that replaced his legs. Losing his legs was one of the worst things he had ever experienced.

The very worst thing that Henrick had endured was fleeing in the dead of night, running from the guns and snapping dogs, sneaking and hiding while frantically trying to get across the border in the hopes of escaping Germany and maybe even Europe.

A high pitched shriek from the street snapped Henrick immediately back to reality. At 84 years old his mind often wondered back through time.

“Henrick, it’s time for tea” a kind voice reminded him, Walter’s two wrinkled hands gently lifted him from his place at the window. “It’s okay dear bear, don’t worry about the children, you’ll always be my one and only teddy.”

Henrick smiled to himself and snuggled into his old friend’s shoulder, they had survived World War Two together so he was certain they would survive Covid-19 as well.

Winning short story writers (top, from left): Tegan Clark, Lynda James, Freya Jemmett, Carolyn Cameron. Front row: Ruby Bartlett, Nimah Hawe, Sylive France, Lucy Cowie and Gianna Butler.

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Could a Penguin with One Flapper Own a Second Hand Store

By Lucy Cowie, winner 11 to 13 years

“

What are you wearing to Aunt Arctica’s wedding Peach? Do we need to get you a new tuxedo?” asked Mother.

“Uhhh…Yeah, please,” replied Peach.

“Okay. We’ll go and get one, now.”

Mother answered. “Come, get in the sled then.” Peach the penguin got into the sled. He sat in the back, like he always does. First they sped down the hill, towards Penguins R Us. Then they opened the doors and entered the store. They went to the tuxedo row, after Peach tried a tuxedo on, a walrus that worked there said “My, you look fabulous, your webbed feet would be so popular on the interweb! Why, you should join me in the Wales Fashion Show!”

“Oh no I can’t, I’m afraid of whales!”

Peach answered. “Oh, hahaha! You mean the porpoise! I meant the country!” the walrus managed be-

tween laughs. “Or the fashion show in the North Pole,” she mentioned.

“Oh, I couldn’t,” replied Peach. “Come on, you’d do great, Peach! But first we need to go to Aunt Arctica’s wedding,” Mother suggested. “Is that Amelia Arctica? The pop star?” questioned the walrus. “Why, yes. Do you know her?

Are you going to her wedding?” Now it was Mother’s turn to question. “Yes! We should go together!” So they all piled in the sled. As they were hurtling down, Peach fell off and hurt his flipper. Mother and Walrus walked back up. “Why, you need tweet-ment! Mr Beaks – wing fixer-upper is over there.” So Walrus carried Peach across the road and into the hospital. “Hello, doctor. Can you igloo – I mean glue – Peach’s flipper back together?” Mother asked. “Oh. I’ll have to amputate it. He’ll be alright though.”

After that they all got ice-burgers and burr-itoes for lunch. Next, they finally

got to the snowball ballroom, but the orchestra was already singing ‘Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow’! So they joined in and then shared iced tea. Later everyone went to the dive-in movie about an evil penguin who laid devilled eggs. But a shark bit off Amelia’s tail, so they had to go to the re-tail store. Walrus thought Amelia looked cool with no tail. She decided it was a new fashion trend so she explained it to everyone. Then she said, “Talking polar-bears, that’s smart!

We should take Amelia to the North Pole fashion show!” So they asked her, and she came. They all looked perfect.

Next Peach won the show, and started his own business, sadly he could only afford a second hand clothes store. All the customers giggled, “Could a penguin with only one flapper really own a second hand clothes store?” Peach proved them all right. He owned the store after all!

ASHBURTON WRITERS’ GROUP 10 years and under:

11 to 13 years:

First Ruby Bartlett - Henrick and Walter, second Sylvie France - The Maimanawa Ranges of Aotearoa, third Kaidyn Broomhall - The Mysterious Ghostly Shadows.

First Lucy Cowie - Could a Penguin with One Flapper Own a Second Hand Store, second Freya Jemmett - Kindness Will Change the World, third Niamh Hawe – A Nightmare at Sea.

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Tragedy in the Lab

By Gianna Butler, winner 14 to 18 years

T

he air turned black around me, my nostrils were burning as a thick cloud of smoke filled the room, the flames grew higher, the booming sound filled the streets as the blood-curdling screams pierced my eardrums.

I turned around and all I could see was darkness, everything felt so empty.

But suddenly nothing, everything went silent.

All I could hear was the muffled voices of people crying out names. Where am I? What happened to me? I pondered, as I lay numb on the cold, hard ground.

As the memories started rushing back to me, I began to recall the events in my mind. A crash? An explosion?

It was no use; the pain of a piercing headache was overwhelming. I needed help, and fast.

Then it hit me … I was in a chemistry class at university. What could have gone wrong? My skin was burning, and I was covered in rubble.

The loud sound of sirens gave me a sense of relief; someone has come to find me. Just as I felt satisfied and hopeful, a wave of fear washed over me.

Could this be the end? Am I dying? Will I ever get found?

As I was about to give up and shut my eyes for the last time, a sharp bright light shone in my face. What is causing it? A flashlight? As I questioned what the light could be from, I felt comforted.

As my eyes drifted shut, I had accepted my fate. After what felt like five hours, I came to consciousness and found myself lying on a stretcher covered in a thick blanket. The medics rushed over and bombarded me with questions. I couldn’t understand what they were saying enough to answer their questions.

As we arrive at the hospital, I try to get the strength to ask what happened. I was told that someone mixed the wrong chemicals and the lab exploded. How could something like this happen to me? Am I going to die? Where are my family? Do they even know I am here?

I wish I could focus my thoughts, but all I could see were the corridors blurring past as I was rushed into the operating room. All I can feel is my head, but even that feels heavy and my piercing headache has gotten nothing but worse.

As I look at the clock, I try to figure out how long I have been in surgery. I look down and nearly pass out with the sight of all of the tubes and machines connected to me. Immediately my thoughts go to my twin brother, Sammy; was he on campus? Or did he leave in time? In the distance I heard the faint sounds of my parents.

“Mum, Dad!” I cry after them, but I am too weak. They can’t hear me. As the doctor guides them to my room I ask after Sammy. They just break into tears and stare at me. Why won’t they answer my question? Where is Sammy? I cry out Sammy’s name. A doctor comes in to tell me to calm down, he has news of Sammy.

“I am sorry.” With that, I close my eyes.

Ashburton Writers’ Group members Debbie Carter (left) and Ray Magson, judging entries in the group’s annual writing competition.

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The Idea

By Tegan Clark, winner adults’ section

I

t happened one morning in the shower as she washed the night from her skin. Her mind was soft with sleep, free to wander wherever it felt inclined. At first it was a whisper. Barely there. As it caressed her thoughts with silent fingers, it slowly began to show itself to her in parts. Before she was even fully aware, it was there, the seed planted, the roots finding purchase. She held no ownership of the idea, she was merely a vector. If she chose to bring it out into the open, the consequences would be hers, and they would be real.

The burden of choice.

The idea itself was benign enough. It was a form of justice after all. It would only bring to the light the behaviour of one man. The ripple from one life to another would truly come as a surprise to her.

Over the passing days, she tried to escape it. She filled her time with busyness, with to do lists, and people. But it haunted her. In the quiet moments between the spaces, it was her companion. When she closed her eyes, ready to reset the day it was there. It filled her thoughts, playing out in detail. Larger with each passing day. She could see it when she looked in the mirror, it hid behind her eyes. It was a living thing. Its pulse filled the grey matter until there was no longer a choice to be made. She made her plan.

It was cold and grey on the day of execution. Around her, the wind whipped

the fallen leaves into a whirlpool of decay. She made her way into the building, her heart racing, sweat forming above her brow despite the chill. She waved in return at security as she hurried past them.

In the end it was all too easy.

The well placed phone, set to record.

He did the rest. The anonymously posted footage, and leak to the right people.

The media’s frenzied response. The swift removal of his power. It all went as expected. Until it didn’t.

She hadn’t intended for the blame to land on someone else. She hadn’t thought this part through. By becoming invisible, she had inadvertently sent the public spotlight searching for who had taken down their beloved leader. In his wrath, he was the one who first suggested it might be the one who would step into his place. They took it from there.

The false accusations, the humiliations – all pointed towards her friend. The well earned trust, stripped from her without permission. They had latched onto an idea – a theory, and held on like a dog to its bone. She watched as her friends’ protests and truthful claims were batted away, dismissed and mocked by the masses. Guilty until proven innocent. To them it did not matter what he did. It was awful yes, but surely he is allowed certain liberties. He was a man of great influence, and she was cruel with a hunger for his position.

That was the story that they wanted to share.

She nearly came forward. She wrestled with that choice for days before succumbing to the fear. Her friend would be fine. She may have lost her job, and become a national news story, but her husband was steadfast by her side. They would ride through this together.

The day she found out about what had happened was the worst. That was of course, until the next day. And the day after that. Each day, tearing at her with fresh wounds. At the funeral, the talk of the accident was in hushed tones. The lie was bitter tasting, but it was sweeter than the truth, and easier to swallow that the bottle of pills her friend had taken.

The guilt was so heavy. It was a snarling beast, weighing down her chest, making it hard to breathe. It woke her in the night, its cold poison filling her veins until it consumed her. One idea and the choices that followed, created a terrible reality that she couldn’t escape.

The pain that filled every space in her thoughts, was a monstrous burden – one that she knew she must carry. *** With his wife gone, his world had become a shadow of itself. The colours had leached out, his reason for being ceased to exist. The days together that he had been promised, stolen. Each time he awoke, alone in their bed, he dreamed of justice. The righting of wrongs.

The idea had taken a hold of him.

SHORT STORY RESULTS – 2020 14 to 18 years:

Adults:

First Gianna Butler - Tragedy in the Lab.

First Tegan Clark – The Idea, second Lynda James – Life’s Journey, third Kate Frost – Dreamy Afternoon.

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OUR VIEW

Matt Markham

EDITOR

The passion of the people I

love how passionate people in Mid Canterbury can be at times even when there are times when I seem to wear the brunt of that passion.

But it’s part of the reason I love what we do here at the Guardian.

That engagement with a community is so rare, the phone calls of both positivity and negativity are golden gems in a day and break up a little bit of the monotonous nature of the role at times.

When the phone rings, or the front door to the office knocks – you never quite know what the crux of the matter is going to be.

There are times, I can admit, when I want to hang the phone up straight away – then there are also times where you could talk for hours.

The unknown is quite simply the best bit.

I must say that the phones have been ringing a bit hot this week and it’s thrown me back down memory lane, to a time in a previous role where the majority of the calls were not from happy readers.

I can safely say that there’s a group of readers out there in our community who are like no other. Their passion for what they love is almost unparalleled and if they don’t like something, or something is wrong – they let us know.

I’m not going to name this particular group. I’ll let the imagination run wild on that one, but at the start of this week we had to remove something from the paper and they’ve been pretty steady at letting us know about it.

In the 30 odd hours from Thursday morning, the number of phone calls in relation to this reached close to the 30 mark and, even as I write this, they’re still coming.

Plenty are understanding, almost all are disappointed, and there was even one congratulating us on removing this item all together.

In this instance, I’d hope that by next week the phone calls might cease.

In fact, if I was a betting man, I’d have a dollar each way on it.

YOUR VIEW

National in blood-letting orgy O

n the assumption the blood-letting is over – at least for the time being – it seems safe to venture a considered comment on the carnage within the National Party over the recent past.

Muller, himself, and Kaye, victims of Muller’s breath-taking ineptitude, Nikki Kaye disillusioned to the point of abandoning politics altogether, closely followed by Amy Adams, who has been on the brink of doing so for at least the last year.

And, picking up the pieces, Judith “Crusher” Collins, though the moniker, “Crusher”*, was acquired so long ago only those of a “certain age” will have a clue about to what it refers. Collins, however, seems more than happy to revive it. *The sobriquet came her way when, as Police Minister in a National Government of many moons ago, she ordered the crushing of cars driven by wayward youths at serious speeds and not always on the right side of the road .... and usually on a Saturday night. At once, Collins

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EYE ON POLITICS

became “Crusher” Collins, for both its alliterative appeal and its implication of “no-nonsense” policing.

In fact, on taking office last Wednesday almost the first thing she said was she would be putting up with “no nonsense” from Jacinda Ardern, thus suggesting, at 61, she is still tough as teak and only too ready to crush anyone who has the temerity to stand in her way.

The nation has been warned.

Indeed, Jacinda looked momentarily cowed by this new fighting phenomenon about to face her across the floor of the House.

She will need a phalanx of burly, male Labour members to be on hand to protect her whereso-

ever she goes.

Finance Minister Robertson would be my pick, with the multi-talented, Chris Hipkins, minister-of-almost-everything-else, in reserve, ready to mount an ante-Collins posse at a moment’s notice.

With the Crusher on the prowl one just can’t be too careful – and “Bomber”Brownlee at her side – makes them a formidable combo.

It turns out my final comment regarding the chaos in the National Party last week was more prophetic than I’d bargained for.

“One has to feel his (Muller’s) troubles may still not be over.” That, within hours of the comment, Muller would throw in the towel and settle for political oblivion and at least some party opprobrium, had not been on my radar, at least not imminently.

Thus, this question cannot be avoided; what was it about Muller that that respected doyen of the National Party, former Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, felt made him (Muller) such a strong

candidate to take over the party from the sadly inadequate, Simon Bridges?

Whatever it was was clearly not shown in Muller’s 53-day stint as party leader. He was so soon, and so obviously, out of his depths, the original decision to put him there remains one of the deeper mysteries of recent parliamentary history.

Finally, though still feared for her ferocity and her adherence to the doctrine of “taking no prisoners”, one might – perhaps, rather unsportingly – ask whether Collins’ hour has not only come but, also, gone? Is she still the “femme formidable” she was in her prime, say, 10 years ago?

The build-up to the forthcoming election should provide the answer.

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Australian Mark Fletcher, the host of Classic Restos on Sky, has a passion for classic vehicles.

The sweetest word a person can hear T

here is a powerful word a person can hear and it’s a different word for different people.

It is their name.

It is the one word that signals friendliness (usually), connectivity, familiarity and courtesy.

Names give us that one-to-one relatability.

In the world of talkback radio, listen carefully and see how hosts and callers who greet each other by name, make a much easier, more comfortable connection.

It’s a bit of a Kiwi default that names are often avoided. But it’s something we could all work on.

For example, the radio situation.

“Newstalk ZB, good morning Josh.”

“Good morning Kerre, I want to talk about the . . .”

The alternative is the cold and scant.

Host: “Good morning.”

Caller: “Good morning.”

That’s where a good producer puts in the spade work to prime the caller and encourage natural and liberal usage of names. In both directions.

I watch a show called Classic

Peter Mac

PETE’S PERSPECTIVE

Restos on Sky which is produced by an Australian fella named Mark Fletcher. He has a passion for classic vehicles and is known to everyone in classic vehicle circles in both Australia and New Zealand as Fletch.

I’ve always been impressed how ALL his interviewees on camera get off to such a relatable start.

“G’day John, what an immaculate looking 57 Chevy you have here mate.”

“Thanks Fletch, yeah she’s been a very long labour of love that’s for sure.”

And it’s the same for every on-camera chat Fletcher has.

The secret. He primes them before he records. Without that, many would skip the mutual name calling, but Mark ensures no piece goes to air without the number one rule in place.

It’s the foundation and sets the tone for everything that follows.

After watching screeds of these shows, I worked out what Fletch does for myself.

On two occasions, I’ve noticed his guests not use his name straight away. Having primed them, he waits before proceeding, gives them a smile and in a heartbeat they remember and come back with, “great thanks Fletch”. And they’re off and it’s all good.

Closer to home we all have another opportunity to engage.

Next time you are at the supermarket, look at the name badge on the checkout operator and, if not obviously and immediately, drop their name into your small talk and you can guarantee their sense of self-worth will go up a few points.

You took the time to mention their name. Go on, drop it in at the end when you are thanking them too.

I love using people’s names, but I have a problem.

Recall.

I have sweated often and long over people who I should know, but their name completely eludes me.

The face yes. The name. Arrrrrgh.

My default is dreadful. The awful “mate”. Or worse nothing at all.

At the bakery, the very bright lady on the counter always used my name and somehow I had picked up on her passion for hot rods.

While ordering lunch there’s often a bit of a quick yarn about her petrol-head treasures. But I didn’t know her name.

One day, I thought, enough of this, I need a name to make this more comfortable.

So I just asked one day.

I said, “Look, I only know you as the Hot Rod Lady, I think it’s time I got your name.”

She didn’t hit me over the head with a medium-sliced brown.

She just told me.

And now it’s much easier.

Names.

They mean a lot.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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Tourism school enrolments rise Tertiary students have faith in the tourism industry’s future, despite the blow dealt to the sector by Covid-19.

Enrolments at the New Zealand School of Tourism (NZST), which has seven campuses throughout the country, are up 13 per cent in the past three months, over the year earlier.

NZST chief executive Kylie Wilson said it was a relief students were still interested in a career in tourism, as she feared some would be turned away by the severe downturn.

“Students are showing the vote of confidence in the industry, they are not thinking doomsday, they are thinking the industry will be able to get back on its feet.”

She said the increase in enrolments came from a mix of current students, who wished to extend their studies, as well as new students.

“It’s a well known trend across the tertiary sector that people will choose study over unemployment [during an economic downturn].”

She said students felt the industry would have rebounded by the time they graduate.

“Most of our students will sign up and will stay with us for two

years, the people who are with us now aren’t going to graduate until 2022.

“The industry will look very different in that time based on all

the work that is going on in terms of the rebuild.”

Students also had the restrictions on overseas visa holders entering the country working

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Worst of Covid-19’s economic fallout yet to come Business leaders in Christchurch warn the worst of the economic fallout from Covid-19 is yet to come, but believe the city is better placed to weather the storm compared to other parts of the country.

Early estimates suggest there could be between 9000 and 36,500 job losses in the city over the coming year, with pre-Covid-19 unemployment numbers at 8600.

Property investor Richard Peebles said the city was now in the eye of the storm and job losses would start mounting, mainly in the tourism, hospitality and retail sectors.

“We know a lot of people are hanging on to their workers but whether they can do so when the wage subsidy ends, I would doubt it. So I think you’ll find that once the subsidies end, there will be a big wave of unemployment, big spike,” he said.

However, Peebles said the city may get off comparatively lightly from the ongoing border closure.

“Our tourism numbers – it only just got back to where they were pre-earthquake just before the lockdown. So we didn’t have a mess of a number of overseas tourists,” he said.

The statistics do not paint a rosy picture however.

Recent job cuts included 49 at council-owned events company Vbase.

Unemployment crept up by 0.1 per cent to 4.2 per cent in the first quarter compared with the same time in 2019. But unemployment numbers were expected to rise, ac-

in their favour.

Wilson said last year there were more than 15,000 temporary work visas approved for tourism and hospitality jobs.

“Obviously, there might not be 15,000 jobs available but there will still be a gap ... as businesses start to get back on their feet.”

The New Zealand School of Tourism has between 1500-2000 equivalent fulltime students.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Chris Roberts said he was confident students graduating in 2022 would find work but said people graduating this year may struggle.

Like Wilson, Roberts expected a shortage of workers in the future.

“It’s likely that we’ll have fewer migrant workers in the country in the next year or two, many of those here now are being encouraged to go home and no new migrants are coming in.

Roberts said when businesses begin to re-hire workers there would be demand for New Zealanders who are qualified.

cording to economic development agency ChristchurchNZ. Visitor spending was also down 7.4 per cent and retail spending in the central city was down 3.6 per cent compared with quarter one in 2019.

Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce chief executive Leeann Watson emphasised the blow on businesses relying on that visitor spend.

“We shouldn’t underestimate that many businesses are still not operating at full trading conditions. And that will take some time for that to return, particularly if they are reliant on the borders opening,” she said.

Ballooning Canterbury chief executive Michael Oakley said demand in the tourism sector was still low since he restarted this month, and he would have to reduce operations.

He believed Christchurch and Canterbury were better placed than areas which were more reliant on international tourism, however.

“I think Christchurch is in a pretty good place. Before, about 60 per cent of our business was overseas

tourists and 40 per cent was local.

So we’re pretty lucky that we weren’t up around that 80-90 per cent relying on the tourists’ overseas dollar,” Oakley said.

One cafe in New Brighton had the misfortune of opening up the week before New Zealand went into lockdown in March.

Despite the setback, Green Bear Cafe owner Mandy Arnett said the business was performing well.

“It’s definitely been going better than we thought, it has slowed down a little bit now that people are back to work, and the subsidy has finished for a lot of people as well,” she said.

“Some people obviously are out of work, unfortunately. So that expendable cash that people kind of had to buy the odd coffee here and there just isn’t quite there the same.”

In order to improve the local economy, businessman Peebles urged the government to look at easing border restrictions to alleviate short-term pain.

“We need a tourism bubble, whether it be Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore. That’s what we need to do, and we need to do that as soon as possible and without that, our economic outlook is going to be very dire,” he said.

Peebles said Christchurch would, in the long term, be well placed thanks to rebuild projects such as the Convention Centre, Metro Sports Facility and a new stadium, all due to be completed in the next four years.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Most NZ soils are said to lack what element? a. Phosphorus b. Zinc c. Nitrogen 2 – Who wrote Gangsta Granny and Mr Stink? a. Roger Hargreaves b. Francesca Simon c. David Walliams 3 – How many Mission Impossible movies have been released? a. Four b. Five c. Six 4 – Which colours make up the Spanish flag? a. Red, white and blue b. Green, white and red c. Yellow and red 5 – Rosalind Franklin is now recognised for her work in...? a. Laser development b. DNA structure c. Virus vaccines 6 – Collagenous and adipose tissue are found where on a cat? a. The claws b. Pads on feet c. The fur 7 – What kind of ruins are found in Guatemala? a. Incan b. Aztec c. Mayan 8 – EECA refers to...? a. Energy conservation b. Electrical standards c. Education standards

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Mid Canty under pressure

Sevens stars a boost

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Hampstead repel College

By Adam Burns

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The cream is rising to the top in ACL premiership netball as Hampstead and Celtic canter ahead.

Hampstead proved too clinical as they prevailed over College 40-29, putting further pressure on the young AshColl team as it hunts for its first win of the competition.

It is now set up for a blockbuster next week with the blue and golds set to face Celtic.

Last year’s beaten finalists were far from their best on Thursday but did enough to get the points over Methven in the first game of the evening.

United, meanwhile, notched its first win of its campaign, with a 22-17 victory over Mt Somers later in the night.

It was the middle matchup at the EA Networks Centre which was plugged as the most compelling, a clash between youth and experience.

The early exchanges were as competitive as expected as College matched Hampstead for energy with their defensive gatekeepers proving tough to break down.

Hampstead would settle into its work as their athletic midcourters, Kelsey Bewley, Ashleigh Collier and Jemma Stoddart, proceeded to deliver fluent possession for its shooters as they pushed ahead 11-6 by the end of the first quarter.

College remained in touch as the two sides went point for point – College’s Hayley Tallantire again a potent presence both as an offensive go-between and in front of goal.

However, it was the third period where Hampstead reinforced its dominance, as their defensive hustle and height advantage came to the fore as a four-goal advantage swelled to a 31-21 lead by the final interval.

Hampstead’s Alice Eddington seldom misses out on points inside the circle and kept her side’s tally ticking over and they were never in any real danger of being hauled back.

College continued to scrap in the final period however, Hampstead, in the end, were too polished as it completed an 11-point win.

Also unbeaten after three weeks, including a win by default, Celtic ran out 26-18 winners over Methven in the earlier encounter.

It was a combative beginning between

Methven goal attack Leanne Clemens weighs up her options during the side’s ACL premier netball encounter against Celtic A on Thursday.

PHOTO ADAM BURNS 170720-AB-9415 the two teams as the out-of-towners threw themselves across the court.

They lost one player to injury in the first quarter of a physical encounter before Celtic – who began the game in an erratic fashion – sewed up their offence to secure a 10-4 lead.

Methven enjoyed its best sequence of play in a low-scoring second period despite the threat of Celtic’s athletic centre court combos as they rose to the challenge

on defence. Celtic struggled to put Methven away as its usually fluent operators were pressurised into mistakes.

Unfortunately for Methven, they could not land the decisive goals or deliver enough opportunities for shooter Leanne Clemens, as Celtic cut off her influence in the ring.

Kelera Nawai was again shifted from goal keep to goal shoot as Methven tried to run down a nine-goal deficit in the

final period.

Both her and Clemens added eight points in the fourth spell, however Celtic were not to be caught .

Both Hampstead and Celtic now sit atop the ladder on 12 competition points, followed by United (six points) and Methven (four points).

College A and Mt Somers make up the bottom two places with the latter yet to get off the mark.

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■■ TENNIS

Tiller steering future stars

By Adam Burns

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T

he Mid Canterbury tennis scene appears to be in good hands with a talented young coach at the helm.

Christchurch’s Jack Tiller has made the successful transition from hotshot player to tireless head coach and administrator.

It is a move which has paid off for the 22-year-old who, as of this week, has been Mid Canterbury Tennis head coach for a year, and the district’s talent pool.

“I’m more into the coaching than the playing for sure,” Tiller said.

Although he had played the game for many years as a youngster, Tiller did not kick on with tennis until his teen years.

“I was a late developer in tennis for sure,” he said.

He got to a high pegging at representative level as a junior and later as a member of the Canterbury men’s team where he played at numerous South Island events.

Tiller’s taller frame meant he observed players, such as big serving pros like American John Isner and Croatian Ivo Karlovic.

Despite limited time in the role, an ability to “relate, motivate and develop” players was identified as a valuable asset in

being nominated for the Outstanding Coach gong at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards.

The former St Bede’s College pupil is no stranger to big moves.

He took up a scholarship to the Southeastern Oklahoma State University in the United States at the age of 18.

“I thought I was a pretty bloody, big, brave boy going over there,” he said.

“I thought this was probably my last chance to give tennis a crack.”

After becoming homesick, he returned to New Zealand, after which things proceeded to “fall into place” validating his decision even further.

“I was missing home, missing my mates and all that type of thing,” he said.

“It was a massive decision, which took a long time.”

Upon his return, he took up coaching stints at Elmwood Tennis Club and then Redcliffs.

“They were the first two clubs that I ever picked up a racket at, which was really cool.

“Then you build your name from there in terms of coaching and then the Mid Canterbury job came up.

“I was extremely lucky to be able to get that, I still don’t know how.”

He got the vote of confidence from the Mid Canterbury tennis community where he has continued overseeing development programmes such as Hotshots and Ace at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre.

Tiller has also introduced a strength and conditioning focus for some of the older players since arriving in Ashburton.

“Some of those off-court things they’re doing, like mental skills and learning about nutrition and sports psychology,” he said.

Another change which Tiller has led, has been squad makeups, where players were grouped based on performance, rather than age, which he said had worked well.

One of the fringe benefits of his job was seeing players, both young and old, make gains on the court.

“No matter what success is for them, whether it’s that kid getting their first forehand over the net and looking like all their Christmases have come at once, or it’s Riley (Breen) getting ready to play a national event, it’s pretty rewarding.

“To give back to tennis, which has given me a helluva lot of opportunities, is pretty cool.

“It’s not really a job for me.”

Mid Canterbury Tennis head coach Jack Tiller when he was first appointed last year.

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■■RUGBY

Battle royal ahead in Methven

By Matt Markham

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You could not have scripted a better Watters Cup final round match-up.

Two passionate country sides will lock horns with everything to lose but also everything to gain.

Methven against Rakaia.

Sure, the winner of the match will most likely end up claiming the top spot on the points ladder and book a home semi-final and potentially a home Watters Cup final too, but it means a whole lot more than that.

There is a brutal rivalry there between the two clubs and, although over a year ago, most will still feel the bruises from that epic Watters Cup final which went to extra time before Rakaia claimed glory last year.

In short, everything is pointing towards today’s battle being an absolute belter.

Methven have arguably the most to lose from the match.

They sit four points clear on the points table with three wins from three matches next to their name.

They dug deep to get over the line against Southern last week and will be desperate to give themselves a shot at being able to host a Watters Cup final in front of their faithful.

Meanwhile, Rakaia have the moniker of defending champions to throw around their neck.

They’ve been dominant over the past two weeks with big wins against both Celtic and Hampstead, in which they’ve scored more than 100 combined points.

And while anything might happen on a rugby field, confidence and that little bit extra that can be gained from having a mental edge over your rivals is critical when heading into finals rugby.

So, a win today is vital, for both sides.

What can be certain though is that with both teams showing a liking for free-flowing, fast-paced rugby, there should be plenty of action and the big names will

Seta Koroitamana will prove to be a critical part of Rakaia’s effort today if they are to beat Methven.

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be looked upon to set the tempo from the outset and stamp their authority on the match.

For Rakaia, that’s falling on the shoulders – as it so often invariably does – of the experienced Seta Koroitamana. If he can get that head of steam up early, Methven might be in trouble as Rakaia undoubtedly feeds off his confidence.

On the other side of the coin, Methven will also look to its experience and big ball handlers.

Brenton Connell steps out for his 71st match for the senior side

today and his vision and input from the back will be critical if Methven are to shut down the Rakaia running game.

Technically, Methven could still finish top if they lose, but they’d need to pick up two bonus points.

A bonus point win for Rakaia puts them in the hot seat.

In town, Celtic will have one last-ditch effort to get their season under way when they take on Southern.

The green machine have had a frustrating four weeks to this

point with low player numbers and a young squad, but have at times shown real promise and, with a complete performance ,would give anyone a bit of a fright.

Southern, on the other hand, will be smarting after their narrow defeat to Methven last weekend and with a semi-final spot assured, will be out to build their confidence levels back up before the really important stuff, starting next week.

Hampstead sit out today’s round with the bye, but their

opening round win against Celtic and the guaranteed five points today put them in the box seat to claim the fourth qualifier spot and take on whoever ends up in the top spot after today.

Celtic would need to beat Southern with a bonus point to finish ahead of Hampstead.

AT A GLANCE: Methven v Rakaia, Methven Domain, 2.30pm. Celtic v Southern, Ashburton Celtic, 2.30pm.

Standings: Methven 20, Rakaia 16, Southern 15, Celtic 6, Hampstead 5.

Sevens stars to boost Farah Palmer Cup Several Black Ferns Sevens stars will play in the Farah Palmer Cup, which starts on August 22 and will be split into two pools.

New Zealand Rugby confirmed the nine week draw yesterday for the country’s top women’s competition.

In week two Auckland and Waikato will play before the North v South men’s match at Eden Park.

The pools are split geographically with Northland, North Harbour, Auckland, Counties Manukau, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki making up the seven-team North pool.

Last year’s beaten finalists Auckland, and perennial top performers Counties Manukau are likely to lead the charge in the North Pool, with several teams

to be boosted by the inclusion of New Zealand’s back-to-back World Series winning sevens players.

Portia Woodman and Tyla Nathan-Wong will join Northland, Sarah Hirini will play for Manawatu while Ruby Tui will debut for Auckland.

The South pool will start on Saturday, September 5 with Manawatu, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Tasman and Otago joining reigning champions Canterbury.

Canterbury, will be aiming for a fourth consecutive title.

Otago, winners of last year’s Championship division, will look to continue their impressive 2019 form, getting the chance to face Canterbury and Wellington in round robin.

Canterbury will have to defend the JJ Stewart Trophy against Tasman, Otago and Wellington in their three home fixtures.

The top two teams from each pool take part in crossover semi-finals and the final will be held a week later on October 17.

New Zealand Rugby’s head of women’s rugby Cate Sexton said provincial unions are well under way in their preparation for what promises to be an exciting season “There is a lot on the line this season because the level of competition continues to grow, and players will be eager to impress.

The allure of a black jersey, with the World Cup at home next year will no doubt bring the best out of players and teams,” she said.

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Pressure on Mid Canterbury sides Mid Canterbury United will head up the road to Christchurch today with high hopes of coming back home with a win next to their name in the seventh round of the Canterbury Championship League.

The blue and reds tackle Waimak United at Kendall Park and will be targeting the match as a game that they can pick up maximum points from after Waimak were beaten by Burwood, who Mid Canterbury managed to beat themselves.

A string of narrow losses has been largely the flavour of the season thus far and if the Mid Canterbury lads can put a performance together there’s high hopes that they might be able to find their rhythm and get things back on track for the season.

But that relies on a result today.

The Mid Canterbury Reserves side will also take on Waimak as they look to also find some form after a tough opening six rounds.

With a solitary draw next to their name, they today tackle a side with three wins from five matches but will give themselves a much better chance than their clash against the table-topping Halswell last weekend.

Mid Canterbury’s inform Division 4 side will head to Tulett Park to tackle Nomads.

A strong victory last week will have the confidence levels high for the Mid Canterbury side who

Darren Cavill currently sit on top of the points table in their division.

Nomads have a 50 per cent win and loss record for the season so the visitors will be fancied to get maximum points from the

match. The sole game on Mid Canterbury turf this weekend comes in Methven where the Methven Football Club play host to Western Roar.

Methven will still be smarting

from a surprise draw last weekend and won’t need any motivation today with the match a top of the table clash which will determine who goes clear on the leader board.

Methven’s Division 6 side is away in Christchurch today as well.

They’ll be in action at Bishopdale Park where they take on High School Old Boys.

Why are Belgium bothering with the All Whites?

Why would the world’s top ranked football side Belgium bother playing the All Whites?

Well the 122nd FIFA ranked side has an in.

The All Whites coach Danny Hay used to play alongside his Belgian counterpart Roberto Martinez when the pair were at English club Walsall 20 years ago.

New Zealand Football boss Andrew Pragnall says the All Whites’ stature on the international scene is much higher than their ranking would suggest.

New Zealand Football has confirmed it has provisional plans to take on The Red Devils in Brussels on October 9.

The Belgian team is likely to include some of the world’s top players who helped them to third place in the 2018 World Cup. A friendly against Belgium would certainly rank alongside drawing with the 5th ranked Italians at the 2010 World Cup finals or taking on Brazil in the 1982 finals with the New Zealand men having never played the number one ranked side in the world before.

“We’d all acknowldge that our abilities are a lot higher than the rankings show and then I think the relationships help as well, so we played Ireland last year, a top quality side, and were very re-

spectable on the field, so I think there’s some awareness of that also.”

Pragnell says the likes of Chris Wood, Winston Reid and Sarpreet Singh playing in Europe has helped New Zealand Football’s profile.

Hay acknowledges how tough

it’ll be against a side containing some of the best players in the world.

“So whether they play the likes of Hazard, Lukaku, de Bruyne, we know it’s going to be a real challenge because they’ve got a huge amount of depth, they’ve got a world class coach and so it’s going

to be a real challenge for us.”

Hay will probably have to select a side from those New Zealand players based in Europe.

Former All Whites defender Ben Sigmund was a part of the 2010 World Cup squad that drew with Paraguay, Slovakia and Italy.

They played some big names

then but Sigmund says the quality of the Belgian team at the moment is unreal.

“Players like Eden Hazard (ex Chelsea now Real Madrid), one of the top players in the world over the past few years. You’ve got Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), these guys would be in your World Eleven.”

“The list goes on and on, their goalkeeper, they have a choice of about three world-class goalkeepers .... their whole squad is just riddled with quality players.”

However confirmation of the fixture is still some way off.

The All Whites were scheduled to play Oceania World Cup qualifying games in October, but they’re likely to be shifted to 2021.

The obvious road block is Covid-19 and Andrew Pragnell says that is a major hurdle.

“We need to temper those expectations with the reality that it’s all provisional on travel and health and safety requirements being met. We’re really excited, we realise there’s a chance this could be cancelled by either party. But in the Covid world you have to keep making plans and the key here was not missing out on a real opportunity.”

Pragnell says all going well they’ll try and organise a second game while in Europe.

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CLUB NEWS Ashburton Golf Club A gorgeous Saturday, saw a big field take to the course playing for the Murray Webb Trophy and seedings for the Watson Cup and Newton Trophy matchplay.

Well it seems that hell has frozen over, because Lefty May and Kenny Clucas actually played well together and picked up the spoils with a nett 60, on countback from Jordy Bird and Sean Strange.

I know, I’m as shocked as you are, but the scores were double checked and seemed to hold up. Lefty and Ken now move into the Watson Cup as top seeds and resounding favourites, until they come across Peter Walker and Grant Smith in the first round.

Jordy and Sean will take on Shane and Gordy. In the other quarter-finals Bevan Wilson and Dave Hewitt take on the Snowball brothers, and Jeff Williamson and Phil Kerr match up against Steve McCloy and Stephen Lee. Should be 4 great games.

The story of the day though was not who was in, but of who missed out. The Stoddart boys failed to fire, so are not able to defend, and the Jansen/Day dream team fired ok, but they were all blanks.

We have the Newton Trophy quarter finals as well on Saturday, Brent and Hamish take on Knocker and Leaky, the young guns battle between Sam and James versus Tom and young Spud will be a cracker. Dr Mike and Chris Robertson play Terry Molloy and Bruce Ferriman, and finally Pat and Paddy lock horns with Hoppy and Tim. Good luck to all.

Last Saturday was also the first round of this year’s RMF Silva Cup, so Lefty, Ken, Jordy and Sean all picked up 12 points for their troubles as well. The cup this year will have a shortened format due to its late start.

There will be another 7 qualifying rounds to accumulate points and get yourself into the top 30 for the 2 game final series, and hopefully pick up some wonderful prizes, sponsored by our great friends at RMF Silva.

All the dates are on the website and don’t forget you get 2 points for just turning up and handing your card in.

The Pegasus trip went well, with a beautiful, if tad chilly day. A superb score of 40 points by Gaby saw him pick up the

12 on a hole but don’t worry Trish your secret is safe with me.

Next game is at Mayfield on Sunday, August 9.

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Run and Walk Ashburton During our recent lockdown period our members remained active with exercise already a regular part of their daily routine, however all have agreed coming together for our regular Saturday meet once again has been most enjoyable.

A number of our walkers also meet several times a week with the location varying from Geraldine, for the hills, Lake Hood, and in Ashburton township too.

Mid-June a good turnout of 16 walkers travelled through to Rakaia and enjoyed a 90-minute walk along the river track, with some opting for an out and back, whilst others returned via the road.

All met back at Salmon Tails for afternoon tea which was

overall top prize of the day which was a lovely Ping carry bag.

Major talking points were at the lower end of the scoring with Vince setting a club away day record with a final tally of 16 points, smashing Hoppy’s long standing record of 19, and Bruce managed to raise his bat with a superb 100 not out, after 8 holes he had lost more balls than he had points.

Everyone behaved though and it was nice catching up with the old Brandon legend Geoff Kean.

On Sunday we have our 125 year anniversary of golf in Ashburton. We will

enjoyed by all.

Argyle Park was the venue for a 5km race on Saturday, July 11, 2020. Walkers starting five minutes ahead of the runners with the course being almost three laps of the park, managing to mostly stay on the footpath.

A beautiful winter’s day with 22 runners and walkers making the most of testing their speed. Thanks to our time keeping duo of Lynda Bayne and Richard Giller.

Afterwards we were hosted at Noel and Marie Batty’s with many sitting outside in the sun whilst enjoying a cuppa and a catch-up.

Good luck to those travelling next week to Fairlie for the Mackenzie Country 10km and half marathon.

Until next time, keep moving everyone.

have our plaque unveiling at 11am, golf game at 11.30, then results, speeches, drinks, nibbles, cake cutting and allround great social time afterwards.

Get yourself down to the club, join in the fun. If you don’t fancy a game, just pop in around 4.30 to 5pm and join in the after match. See you there.

Good golfing.

Ashburton MSA Golf Last Sunday members of the MSA golf section travelled across the bridge to compete in the second round of their golf champs at the Tinwald Golf Club.

Met with warm but very windy conditions it made for some tough golf, but at least no one will have to worry about their handicaps coming down.

Home course advantage was reflected in the scores with both Marilyn Bennett and Lindsay Jackson taking out the top prizes closely followed by Steve Stratford and Tufuga Sa. The chocolate prizes were won by Lindsay, Marilyn, Steve and Jacqui Beardsley for having the odd good hole.

Chump of the day was awarded to Steve for thinking that one of his playing partners had put down the wrong score of

After a very cold week, members enjoyed a leisurely luncheon in the sun, prior to our Annual Meeting held at the home of Elaine Lowe.

Monthly meeting was brief, to tidy things up for the year. Region 2 Conference will be held on Friday, July 24 at the Seniors Centre, those attending to wear their name badges.

Enrolment is required for numbers for catering for lunch which will be provided.

One of the speakers will be from the Uplift Project who will gladly accept donation of bras and knickers. Knitted hats from the donated wool, were to be given out to various charities.

This created a discussion on the different charities, member’s knitted hats, singlets, gloves and slippers for different charities with one member’s daughter sewing little dresses.

Subs are to be paid at August meeting.

Provincial Annual meeting to be held on August 14 at the Seniors Centre 1.30pm.

Competitions to include Photo in Lockdown, Anzac Biscuits and a Craft May Greenslade Trophy, poem Life in Lockdown to be in by August 6.

The Annual Meeting was chaired by Marian our Provincial President. Bev read her branch president’s report and incorporated lines of the Rural Women Creed into her well written report.

It didn’t feel that we had done a lot in the past year, but when it is condensed into a report, we were just as busy as we always have been.

The election of officers saw only one change, that of secretary, this year being Jill, Bev and Rosaleen both remain as president and treasurer.

ACWW Walk the World was cancelled in Lockdown and will now be combined with the 2020 Country of study being Papua New Guinea Bev read a poem Child of the 1930s to 1970s and it showed how sayings and objects have changed over a short span of time.

Members’ grandchildren would not recognize many of the things mentioned.

Next meeting at Bernie’s at 1.30pm on August 6.

■■RUGBY

Radical revamp for NZ rugby unveiled A new Super Rugby competition minus South Africa but including a Pasifika team is being promoted by New Zealand Rugby.

The Aratipu review recommended the new competition be established from 2021.

The competition would involve the current five New Zealand super rugby franchises and “we will also be working with Rugby Australia to seek expressions of interest from their current Super clubs and other interested parties to join the competition,” said New Zealand Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson.

“As well, there is a huge desire to have a Pasifika team involved which we think will be massive for the competition, popular with fans and is a priority for us.

“As we know, our Pacific nations and Pasifika players in New Zealand have added so much to the rich history of rugby in Oceania and our game here in New Zealand.

“To have a team that would provide an additional pathway for Pasifika players to perform on the world stage would be hugely exciting,” Robinson

said. The three-month review was overseen by the chairs of the five Super Rugby clubs, provincial and private investor representatives as well as NZR chair Brent Impey and Robinson. New Zealand’s 26 provincial unions also fed into the review and it was presented to the NZR Board on Thursday.

Robinson said criteria would be developed as part of the expressions of interest process but the NZ Rugby board hasn’t settled settled on what the ideal number of teams in the new competition would be but hoped to have between eight and ten teams involved.

“We want teams that are competitive and that fans will want to watch go head-to-head, week in, week out.”

Robinson said NZR would also be consulting with Sanzaar as part of the ongoing work on establishing the competition.

In a statement Rugby Australia said it “acknowledges New Zealand Rugby’s preferred position” and that Covid-19 pandemic had prompted “a need to review the sustainability and practicality of the current Super Rugby competition and consider alternative models”.

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

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SITUATIONS VACANT Allenton School

TEACHER AIDES REQUIRED

Warehouse Coordinator Mid-Canterbury Rural Support Trust Wellness Co-ordinator (Permanent Contract Role) We are looking for a person to fulfil the role of first contact with the Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust.

Our organisation provides a service to the rural community for support whether the problem is farming, financial, family, employment or adverse event.

The role: • Answering and manning the RST 0800 helpline • Ensuring requests/enquires are responded to and escalated as required • Maintain and develop communication channels/networks/relationships with key groups • Organise seminars/workshops/meetings/ training as required This position requires a person with a high sensitivity and respect for confidentiality along with knowledge and experience of farming and the rural community The position is for 40 hours per month and may suit a job share situation.

For a job description, more information, or to apply please email cover letter and cv to rst.treasurer.midcanterbury@gmail.com

By 31 July 2020

WANTED

FISHING – Long time collector of old/vintage rods, reels, tackle, etc. Top prices paid. Steve 03 324 2064.

WANTED

We are seeking someone to join our team in the Warehouse and Dispatch area. Our ideal person is comfortable with variety, can prioritise and confidently work autonomously with a positive attitude. Immediate start available!

It’s a friendly team environment, with all our staff taking a hands-on approach to jump in where necessary, so flexibility is a must.

The role centres around our warehouse store, so key responsibilities will include; • •

Responsibility for on hand raw materials for our manufacturing process, including stock control and ensuring the store is maintained in a tidy manner.

Oversee the receipting of Inwards and dispatch of Outwards goods deliveries, including liaising with freight companies regarding deliveries.

This role is one with scope for growth, so there are some attributes we consider key for the role; • • • • • • •

Experience with Logistics and Supply Chain Management is preferred.

Good communication and organisational skills with the ability to work well both in a team environment and alone as required.

A high level of self-motivation, with good initiative and a positive ‘hands on’ attitude.

Comfortable with learning computerised systems and good working knowledge of MS Office suite – Excel, is required for reporting.

An understanding of the textile manufacturing sector would be an advantage.

Clean full driver’s license, and a forklift license are a must.

Physically fit – some lifting is required and your general day to day work will keep you busy!

Please Note: Due to this position being a permanent full time role you must be a NZ Resident to apply for this.

Applications for this position close on Friday 14th August 2020.

Please email your full CV, 2 employment references and 1 referee to tina@nzsock.co.nz

TRADES, SERVICES

COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For professional computer servicing and laser engraving, see Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 8989. Locally owned and serving Ashburton for 30 years. Same day service if possible.

Supergold discount card welcomed.

WANTED TO BUY old cross cut saws (m tooth,) any condition. Also wanted, old saddles, any condition.

Call John 027 944 3725.

GARAGE ITEMS - Wanting i s a b e t h j o h n @ g m a i l . c o m to buy old tools, tool boxes, chainsaws, garden tools, tins, bottles, etc. Maybe MOTORING downsizing, having a WHEEL alignments at clean out or an estate. great prices. Maximise the Phone 021 115 3021 life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Guardian Classifieds Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills 307 7900 Street. Phone 308 6737.

HIRE

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street. Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

Guardian

Real Esate 307 7900

Guardian Motoring 307 7900

Weekend Services Medical ServiceS

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care.

If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID.

Methven & Rakaia Area

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

Pharmacies

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday. From 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

Ashburton Rest Homes

All Ashburton Rest Homes open with Covid-19 restrictions.

Emergency Dentist

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

FOR SALE

ACCOMMODATION,

FOR sale - Dry blue gum $380, RENTAL dry old man pine $320, semi home – dry $260. All 3.6m³. Phone CHARACTER Shane James 027 611 3334. Looking to lease four or five bedroom home with a good LOCALLY grown outdoor garden to do a new venture meat chickens ready now. for Ashburton. Can be two Large birds. $15 each. Pick up storey and a lot of love or deliver. Text 027 259 6365. can go into it. Prefer long term. Phone 027 387 7717.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

TWO Asian lady special.

Lili size 14, 36E busty and Judy size 10, 36D busty, excellent service in/out calls. Phone 022 572 5823

Guardian Classifieds

Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

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

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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Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

Lifeline

Information Centre

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

coMMunity ServiceS Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Ashburton Museum

Ashburton Public Library

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Charlie Street Happy 11th Birthday Charlie. With lots of love Grandma and Grandad. xx

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Alcoholics Anonymous

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis

Birthday Greetings

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

We seek positive, flexible people who are willing to work as part of a team.

Position may require you to support a child with complex health needs. Training will be provided.

Start date: Monday, August 3, 2020.

Please contact our office for any queries 308 6495.

Email a letter of application and CV to: gaye.leverton@allenton.school.nz Applications close Friday, July 24, 2020.

307 7900

Helpline ServiceS Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

(minimum 15 hours per week Monday to Friday)

Methven - Saturday and public holidays 10am until 2.30pm.

Phone 302 8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

aniMal ServiceS Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

EA Networks Centre - Pools VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm. noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Mail Closing Times Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, POST DELIVERY CENTRES West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Jonathan Christian.

Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES Special General Meeting Rakaia Anglican Vestry The Rakaia Anglican Vestry calls a special meeting to discuss the future of the leased property at the address: 21 Sycamore Avenue, Barrhill, to be held July 23, 2020 at 7.30pm, St Johns Anglican Church, Barrhill.

All interested parties welcome.

Treasurer Rakaia Anglican Parish, Bruce Johnston.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY I Te Kōti Matua O Aotearoa Ōtautahi Rohe CIV 2018-476-39 BETWEEN

MALLEY & CO LAWYERS (a firm), Level 2, 14 Dundas Street, Christchurch

AND

JANINE NORA SUNDBERG Event Manager, 1012 Mayfield Valetta Road, Ashburton

AND

LINDA BEVERLEY SUNDBERG Woolgrower, 1012 Mayfield Valetta Road, Ashburton

Entitled Party

First Liable Party

Second Liable Party

ADVERTISEMENT OF NOTICE OF SALE Approved: Advertise twice in the Public Notices Section of the Ashburton Guardian on June 27, 2020 and again on July 18, 2020, confirmation of advertising to be given by declaration prior to sale.

Date: June 19, 2020 Sharon Graham Sheriff

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Malley & Co

STATE HIGHWAY VEGETATION CONTROL

Lawyers PO Box 1202 Christchurch 8140 Tel: (03) 379 0712 Fax: (03) 365 4613 Counsel acting: Michael McKay Email: Michael.McKay@malley.co.nz ADVERTISEMENT OF NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given pursuant to a Sale Order issued out of the High Court of New Zealand in Christchurch under CIV-2018-476-39 and dated September 30, 2019 in favour of the abovenamed Entitled Party being the execution Entitled Party against the above named First Liable Party and Second Liable Party pursuant to a judgment obtained against them in the said Court. The Sheriff orders for sale by auction all the estate, right, title, or interest of the First Liable Party and Second Liable Party in a property situated at 1012 Mayfield Valetta Road, Ashburton being legally described as a fee simple estate in freehold being all the land comprised and described in Lot 1 Deposited Plan, Record of Title CB40B/659 (Canterbury Land Registration District) along with chattels therein and I will cause the same to be sold by way of public auction unless the total amount of the judgment herein together with all costs and expenses be sooner paid or satisfied. The auction will be conducted by Athol Earl of PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited and will take place at the Hotel Ashburton, 11/35 Racecourse Road, Allenton, Ashburton 7700 on Friday, July 24, 2020 at 12pm.

The Officer executing this sale order is Sharon Graham, Sheriff of the High Court of New Zealand at Christchurch.

The NZ Transport Agency wish to advise the terms of Resource Consent No. 084848 which permits the discharge of herbicides onto land and into water adjacent to State Highways in Mid and South Canterbury (between the Rakaia River and Waitaki River).

Spraying will commence August 10, 2020 and be completed by June 25, 2021.

The work will include spraying around sign posts, guardrails, marker pegs, water channels, and spraying noxious weeds and wilding pines For further information regarding this activity please contact Grounds & Services Ltd (Registered Chemical Applicators) on (03) 349 0634

DRONE FLIGHTS IN ASHBURTON

Public notice is hereby given to advise that Fox and Associates will be undertaking drone flights over an area of Ashburton including all or part of the following streets: Balmoral Place, Belt Road, Burton Place, Catherwood Avenue, Catherwood Close, Charlesworth Drive, Davidson Street, Falcon Drive, Hanrahan Street, Middle Road, Thomas Street, Tucker Street, Verona Drive, Walnut Avenue, Westcott Place and Woods Street.

The flights are scheduled to take place during the three weeks commencing Monday, July 20, 2020, during daylight hours.

The Ashburton District Council has been notified of these flights, which will take place with the approval of the Civil Aviation Authority.

Flights will be undertaken in accordance with Fox and Associates’ CAA Part 102 certification.

Fox and Associates, info@foxsurvey.co.nz

………………………………………………

Dated at Christchurch this June 19, 2020.

Sharon Graham Sheriff The Solicitor for the Entitled Party is Michael John McKay of Malley & Co, Solicitors, Level 2, 14 Dundas Street, Christchurch.

For further information, particulars and conditions of sale apply to the said Solicitor or to the Sheriff at the office of the High Court of New Zealand at Christchurch.

Daily Diary

2020

SATURDAY, JULY 18

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook -

Ashburton toy library.

10am - 1pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY. Hospice Pop Up Shop, last day. Next to

Paper Plus, East Street.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART

GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven.

SUNDAY, JULY 19

Kennedy, Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox streets.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

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

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH.

Morning worship led by Rev Johanna Warren, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

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

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY.

Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven.

2pm ASHBURTON FRIENDSHIP AND ENTERTAINMENT CLUB. Music, songs and sketches, all welcome.

Gold coin admission. Savage Club Hall, cnr William and Cox streets.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.30am COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Meet and walk from the Hockey pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

1pm

WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting. Waireka Croquet clubroom, Philip Street.

1pm - 4.30pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 1pm - 2pm. Beginners learn to Line Dance, following on to easy Intermediate 2.30pm - 3.30pm and Intermediate level from 3.30pm 4.30pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274

813 131. Tinwald Hall, Grahams Street.

2pm GREYPOWER ASHBURTON. Speaker Lorraine, manager Princes Court. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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

7pm - 9.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING

ASHBURTON. Upper Improver/Intermediate weekly line dance class. Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Short AGM. Welcome back, concert visitors welcome. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather

MONDAY, JULY 20 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

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6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Infomercials 9:30 NewsHub Nation An in-depth weekly current-affairs show. 0 10:30 The Taste USA 3 11:30 Married At First Sight USA PG 3 12:30 America’s Next Top Model 3 0 1:30 MasterChef UK PG 2:50 The Goldbergs PG 0 3:25 Giraffe 3 0 4:30 Flirty Dancing 3 0 5:30 A New Zealand Food Story PG Ben meets Precinct Properties to learn how the Covid 19 lockdown will affect his restaurant, and then goes to Te Henga to learn from the hangi master. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Bee Movie 3 2007 Animated. A young bee eager to explore the world outside his hive goes to New York, befriends a human florist, and becomes outraged at the selling of honey, leading to a lawsuit. 0 8:45 M Cop Out 16 2010 Comedy. 0 10:50 Tin Star 16 3 0

6am Ben 10 3 0 6:50 Danny Phantom 3 0 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 0 8:05 Teen Titans 3 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Justice League PG 3 0 10am SmackDown PGV 3 11am Raw PGV 3 Noon L First XV Rugby Christ’s College v Christchurch Boys’.

2pm NRL Try Time 3pm Loosehead Footy 4pm Pacific Brothers 3 0 5:05 Fishing Classics PG After a morning hunting wild pigs in the hills, Matt experiences one of the most productive kingfish sessions in the show’s history.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Landscape Artist Of The Year 0

6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Takoha 3 6:50 Kia Mau 3 7:20 My Mokai 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Haati Paati 8:30 Pukana 3 2 9:30 Korero Mai 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 1pm The Pits TV 2pm Poitukohu Kura Tuarua 3 3pm Touch Rugby – National Championships 3 4pm Waiata Nation 3 4:30 Fresh PG 5pm The Hui – Kaupeka Wha Maori current affairs hosted by Mihingarangi Forbes.

5:30 Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 6:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

7pm WhichCar 0 7:30 Call The Cleaners PGC 3 0 8pm Dream Home Dilemma 0 8:30 Living With Tourette’s 16LC 30 9:30 Super Rugby Flashback 2003

7pm M The Pirates! Band Of Misfits PG 2012 Animated Adventure.

8:30 M An Education M 2009 Drama.

10:30 Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3

11:50 Infomercials 4am Infomercials 5am Brian Houston @ Hillsong 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

11:45 NXT PGV NXT is a brand of the American professional wrestling promotion.

12:45 Mayday PG 3 When FedEx Flight 80 bounces off the runway at Tokyo’s Narita Airport and bursts into flames, it mirrors an identical crash from a decade earlier.

1:45 Closedown

11pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 Nga whetu o te kohu.

11:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:34 Slaughterhouse Rulez 16VSC 2018 Comedy.

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

8:16 Then Came You MLSC 2019 Drama. Asa Butterfield, Maisie Williams. 9:55 The Padre MVL 2018 Drama.

Tim Roth, Nick Nolte.

11:30 Boundaries MLSC 2018 Comedy. Christopher Plummer, Vera Famiga. 1:17 Judy MLC 2019 Drama. Renee Zellweger, Jessie Buckley. 3:17 A Man In A Hurry MC 2018 Drama.

Fabrice Luchini, Leila Bekhti.

5pm Elizabeth Harvest 16VLSC 2018 Thriller. Abbey Lee, Ciaran Hinds. 6:50 Wild Rose MLS 2019 Drama. Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters. 8:30 The Beach Bum 16VLSC 2019 Comedy. A rebellious stoner has his relaxed lifestyle changed when a serious accident means he must make some unexpected changes.

Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher.

10:10 Lost In London MLS 2017 Drama. Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson.

11:55 American Hangman 16VLS 2019 Thriller. Donald Sutherland, Vincent Kartheiser.

7:25 Yes Man MLS 2008 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Rhys Darby.

9:15 Inception MV 2010 Action. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page.

11:45 Black Snake Moan 16VLS 2006 Drama.

Samuel L Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake.

1:45 The Hundred-Foot Journey PGL 2014 Drama.

Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal.

3:55 War Horse MV 2011 Drama. Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson.

6:25 Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues MLS 2014 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd.

8:30 Alien v Predator MV 2004 Horror. Archaeologists discover a giant prehistoric pyramid in Antarctica, only to learn it is inhabited by a race of predators that breed aliens for training purposes.

Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan.

10:15 The Host MV 2013 Sci-fi Adventure. Rachel Roberts, Shyaam Karra.

Sunday

12:25 Black Snake Moan 16VLS 2006 Drama.

Samuel L Jackson, Sunday Christina Ricci, 1:35 A Man In A Hurry MC Justin Timberlake. 2:20 The 2018 Drama. Fabrice Luchini, Hundred-Foot Journey PGL Leila Bekhti. 3:13 Wild Rose 2014 Drama. Helen Mirren, MLS 2019 Drama. Jessie Buckley, Manish Dayal. 4:30 War Julie Walters. 4:51 Elizabeth Horse MV 2011 Drama.

Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson.

Harvest 16VLSC 2018 Thriller.

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6am Toy Hunter 6:30 Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure 7:30 South Pacific 8:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 9:30 Inside Out Homes 10:30 James Martin’s Islands To Highlands 11:30 Salvage Hunters 12:30 Ugly House To Lovely House 1:30 Money For Nothing 2:30 The Curse Of Oak Island PGC 3:30 Hurricane Man PGCL 4:30 Brent Owens Unwraps Mauritius Sugar is commonly known on the island as the Mauritian Miracle, having once been the backbone of Mauritius’s economy. Brent looks at how the Mauritian history is intertwined with sugar.

5pm Nigellissima 5:30 Expedition Unknown 6:30 Forged In Fire 7:30 Restoration Home 8:30 M Amy 16CL 2015 Documentary Biography.

The story of Amy Winehouse in her own words. Amy was a pop star with soul but, while her music made her a star, her personal life stole headlines. Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson.

11pm Dirty Rotten Survival Dick, Dave, and Johnny are stranded on an island off Florida with only three items to help them survive.

Midnight Expedition Unknown 1am Toy Hunter 1:30 Strippers – Cars For Cash 2:30 M Amy 16CL 2015 Documentary Biography.

Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson. 5am Forged In Fire

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6:35 Qi MLSC 7:05 Qi MLSC 7:35 Qi MLSC 8:10 Would I Lie To You? PG 8:40 Would I Lie To You? PG 9:10 Would I Lie To You? PG 9:45 The Bill MVC 10:35 The Bill MVC 11:20 The Bill MVC 12:10 The Bill MVC 12:55 The Bill MVC 1:45 Casualty PG 2:40 Death In Paradise PG 3:45 Holby City MC 4:50 A Touch Of Frost M Frost investigate a woman receiving threatening phone calls in connection with the murder of a teenaged girl.

6:40 Father Brown PG 7:35 Casualty PG An anxious Charlie searches for Duffy, who is missing in bad weather.

8:30 A Touch Of Frost MVC Frost unearths a family’s secrets when he investigates the murder of Peter Lawson.

10:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown MLS Sunday 11:20 Who Do You Think 12:15 Super Rugby Aotearoa You Are? USA PG (RPL) Hurricanes v Blues.

Sunday 2:15 Super Rugby Australia 12:05 Who Do You Think (RPL) Waratahs v Brumbies.

You Are? USA PG 12:45 Who 4:15 Super Rugby Aotearoa Do You Think You Are? USA (HLS) Hurricanes v Blues.

PG 1:30 Who Do You Think 4:30 The Aussie Rugby Show You Are? USA PG 2:10 Who 5am Super Rugby Australia Do You Think You Are? USA (HLS) Reds v Force. 5:30 Super PG 2:55 A Touch Of Frost MVC Rugby Australia (HLS) Waratahs 4:45 Death In Paradise PG 5:45 Holby City MC v Brumbies.

6:05 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Reds v Force.

6:35 GrassRoots Rugby 7:40 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Crusaders v Blues.

7:55 Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Reds v Force. 9:55 First XV Rugby (RPL) Manurewa High School v Wesley College.

11:30 First XV Rugby Revision Noon L First XV Rugby Christ’s College v Christchurch Boys’. 2pm Pacific Brothers 3pm The Breakdown 4pm Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Reds v Force.

4:30 Super Rugby 2012 (RPL) Hurricanes v Blues.

6:30 L Super Rugby Aotearoa Hurricanes v Blues.

From Sky Stadium, Wellington.

9:10 L Super Rugby Australia Waratahs v Brumbies.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

11:15 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Hurricanes v Blues.

11:45 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Reds v Force.

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

18Jul20

DISCOVERY 7:05 How It’s Made PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:20 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:10 Outback Opal Hunters PG 10am Aussie Lobster Men PG 10:50 Aussie Lobster Men PG 11:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 12:30 Deadliest Catch PG Mayday Scandies Rose.

2:10 Expedition Unknown – Hunt For Extraterrestrials PG Ancient Visitors. 3pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Alien Highway PG Missouri Mayhem.

4:45 Alien Highway PG UFO Terror.

5:40 Alien Highway PG Murder on the Prairie.

6:35 BattleBots PG 7:30 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG Ancient UFO Earth Landings.

8:30 Contact PG The Real Men in Black.

9:25 Aliens – The Definitive Guide PG (Part 2) 10:15 The Day I Ran China PG Grand Finale.

11:05 Expedition Unknown – Hunt For Extraterrestrials PG Ancient Visitors.

11:55 Alien Highway PG Murder on the Prairie.

Sunday

12:45 How It’s Made PG 1:10 How Do They Do It? PG 1:35 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 2:25 What On Earth?

PG 3:15 What On Earth?

PG 4:05 What On Earth?

PG 4:55 What On Earth? PG 5:45 What On Earth? PG

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6am Yours Faithfully 3 0 6:25 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 3 Series helping home buyers find their perfect property on the coast. 0 7:15 Tagata Pasifika 3 Pacific Islands magazine show including news and profiles.

7:40 Praise Be 3 8:10 20/20 3 0 9am Q+A With Jack Tame 0 10am Marae 2 0 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Sunday 3 0 1:05 First Crossings 3 0 2:05 Building Giants 0 3:05 Driving Test 3 0 3:40 NZ Hunter Adventures PG 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar A Family Affair. 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 Beat The Chasers For the first time, all five Chasers compete as a team, challenging contestants to play against them to win large cash prizes. 0 9:30 I Am 3 0 10:30 M Blood Diamond 16V 2006 Drama. 0 1am Infomercials

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6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:30 New Looney Tunes 3 0 6:55 Powerpuff Girls 3 0 7:05 My Little Pony 3 0 7:25 Littlest Pet Shop 0 7:50 Kai Five 0 7:55 Welcome To Cardboard City 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PG 3 0 12:05 The Bachelorette PG 0 1:40 Home And Away Omnibus 3 0 4:05 American Housewife Katie’s life is upset when her notoriously elusive boss Whitney arrives in town and promotes her.

4:30 Ellen’s Game Of Games Contestants must compete in Life as We Know it or Go it. 0 5:25 America’s Got Talent

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 11am Classical Destinations 3 11:30 Xscape 3 11:55 Asia’s Amazon 3 1pm Motorsport – Super2 Series (HLS) 2pm Monster Jam 3pm Motorsport – D1NZ National Drifting Championship 4pm British Superbikes Thirty riders from around the world, and six manufacturers, compete for the title in 12 events and 27 races.

5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 The Fishing Show Classics PG 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Religious Programming 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programming 10am The Great Escapers 3 11am Antiques Road Trip 3 Noon Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Hurricanes v Blues.

2pm Grass Roots Rugby 3pm Happy Together PG 3 3:30 Judge Judy PG 4pm Hot Bench 3 4:30 Paddington Station 24/7 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Pawn Stars PG Props from the original Star Trek series come into the shop.

6:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Pulse v Tactix.

From the Auckland Netball Centre.

6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Takoha 3 6:50 Kia Mau 3 7:20 My Mokai 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Haati Paati 3 8:30 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 3 9am Globe 9:30 Swagger 10am Whanau Bake Off 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke 3 11am Te Ao Tapatahi Noon Te Ao With Moana 3 12:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGC 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior National Championships 3 2pm M The Pirates! Band Of Misfits PG 2012 Animated Adventure. Voices of Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven. 3:30 Marae DIY 4:30 Tagata Pasifika 5pm Te Ao Toa 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Te Ao Marama

6am Baggage Battles 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Key Of David 8am Home Of The Year 8:30 Gem Hunt 9:30 Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America PGCL 10:30 Forged In Fire 11:30 Building The Dream 12:30 Hurricane Man PGCL 1:30 Expedition Unknown 2:30 Restoration Home 3:30 Hope For Wildlife 4:30 Rick Stein’s Road To Mexico Rick Stein continues down the Californian coastline past citrus groves and vineyards, and into Los Angeles.

5:30 Million Dollar Car Hunters 6:30 Turquoise Fever PGCL

7pm MasterChef Australia – Back To Win PGL 0 8:30 M Star Wars – The Force Awakens PGV 2015 Sci-fi. Three decades after the Empire’s defeat, a new threat arises, and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop it, with the help of the Resistance. 0 10:55 Paranormal Caught On Camera M 3 0

7pm M Despicable Me 2 PG 2013 Animated Adventure.

Gru finds himself balancing fatherhood with his secretagent role in the Anti-Villain League.

8:50 M Downsizing MVLSC 2017 Comedy. A man realises he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to 12cm tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendour.

8pm Pawn Stars PG A seller brings in a gold record signed by the band KISS. 8:30 Weather Gone Viral PG 0 9:30 World’s Scariest M 3 Holidays from hell filmed by ordinary people experiencing extraordinary situations and surviving them. 0 10:30 SmackDown PGV

7:30 N The New Zealanders A look at the nooks and crannies of Aotearoa for an insight to the lives of the country’s diverse people. 0 8:30 M Jackie MVLC 2016 Drama.

10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

7:30 Ben Fogle – Return To The Wild PGC 8:30 ID Presents – Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein MCLSV Special that questions whether Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a suicide, or part of a cover up.

11:50 M Sleepy Hollow 16V 1999 Horror. A police constable is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of murders committed by a headless horseman. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci.

1:40 Baby Daddy PG 3 2:05 Australian Survivor M 3 0 4:15 Regular Show 3 4:25 Infomercials

11:20 Chicago PD M After a van explodes during a street festival, a patrol officer goes missing and evidence points to his involvement, so Burgess must prove his innocence. 0 12:15 Magnum PI M 3 1:10 Infomercials

11:30 60 Minutes PGV Scott Pelley examines whether politics are preventing scientists from developing a vaccine for COVID-19; Lesley Stahl investigates claims that Amazon is not keeping its workforce safe.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Sharks.

2:10 Closedown

11pm Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 3 Highlights from 2019 Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival, held at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

11:30 Closedown

Star Wars – The Force Chicago PD Awakens, 8:30pm on TVNZ 2 11:20pm on Three 6am Clean House PG 3 6:45 Clean House PG 3 7:35 Clean House PG 3 8:20 Clean House PG 3 9:10 Love It Or List It 3 10am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 10:50 Botched PG 3 11:40 Masters Of Flip 3 12:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 1:25 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 2:15 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 3:10 Judge Jerry 3 3:35 Judge Jerry 3 4:05 Judge Jerry 3 4:30 Judge Jerry 3 5pm Relative Success With Tabatha 3 6pm Masters Of Flip 3 7pm M Drop Dead Fred PG 1991 Comedy Drama. Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason.

9:10 M The Scorpion King M 3 2002 Action.

11:10 The Real Housewives Of Melbourne 16 3 12:05 Infomercials

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SKY 5 6am Meet The Hockers PG 6:25 Supergirl MVS 7:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV 7:55 NXT PGV 8:50 Survivor – Worlds Apart PG 9:40 Supergirl MVS 10:25 Pawn Stars PG 10:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:45 Counting Cars PG 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Meet The Hockers PG 2pm Raw PGV 4:45 NXT PGV 5:45 SmackDown PGV 7:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS MV 10:30 Chicago PD MV 11:25 Survivor – Worlds Apart PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Chicago PD MV 2:45 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:35 Survivor – Worlds Apart PG 4:25 NCIS MV 5:10 NCIS MV

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:37 The Beach Bum 16VLSC 2019 Comedy.

Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher. 8:09 Lost In London MLS 2017 Drama. Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson. 9:54 American Hangman 16VLS 2019 Thriller. Donald Sutherland, Vincent Kartheiser. 11:34 A Man In A Hurry MC 2018 Drama. Fabrice Luchini, Leila Bekhti. 1:14 Wild Rose MLS 2019 Drama.

Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters.

2:54 The Joneses Unplugged MC 2017 Romance. Mischa Barton, Sean Faris. 4:20 The Girl In The Spider’s Web 16VC 2018 Action. Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason. 6:15 A Star Is Born MVLSC 2018 Drama.

Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott. 8:30 It Chapter Two 16VLC 2019 Horror.

Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a phone call brings them all back. James McAvoy, Jay Ryan.

11:20 Lying And Stealing 16LSC 2019 Thriller.

Theo James, Emily Ratajkowski.

6:55 Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues MLS 2014 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd. 8:50 Alien v Predator MV 2004 Horror.

Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan.

10:30 The Host MV 2013 Sci-fi Adventure.

Rachel Roberts, Shyaam Karra.

12:35 Last Vegas MLS 2013 Comedy. Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken. 2:20 The Bone Collector MVL 1999 Thriller. Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie. 4:15 Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes MVL 2014 Action. Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Andy Serkis.

6:25 Mr And Mrs Smith M 2004 Comedy Thriller.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie.

8:30 It’s Complicated MC 2009 Romantic Comedy.

While attending their son’s college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship, but they are divorced and he has remarried.

Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin.

10:35 The Theory Of Everything M 2014 Biography.

Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones.

Monday 12:35 Last Vegas MLS 2013 Comedy.

2:20 The Bone Collector MVL 1999 Thriller. 4:15 Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes MVL 2014 Action.

Monday

1am Undercover Angel MLC 2017 Drama. 2:25 The Joneses Unplugged MC 2017 Romance. 3:49 The Girl In The Spider’s Web 16VC 2018 Action. 5:41 A Star Is Born MVLSC 2018 Drama.

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11pm Turquoise Fever PGCL Midnight Million Dollar Car Hunters 1am Baggage Battles 1:30 Strippers – Cars For Cash 2:30 ID Presents – Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein MCLSV 5am Ben Fogle – Return To The Wild PGC

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6am Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Hurricanes v Blues.

8am Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Waratahs v Brumbies.

10am First XV Rugby (RPL) 11:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Hurricanes v Blues. Noon Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Reds v Force.

12:30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Waratahs v Brumbies.

1pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Hurricanes v Blues.

3pm L Super Rugby Aotearoa Chiefs v Highlanders.

From FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton. 6pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Hurricanes v Blues.

6:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Chiefs v Highlanders.

8:30 Rugby Nation 9:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Hurricanes v Blues.

11:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Chiefs v Highlanders.

6:45 Mrs Brown’s Boys MLS 7:15 Mrs Brown’s Boys MLC 7:45 Mrs Brown’s Boys MLS 8:20 Aftermath 16VSC 9:50 Heartbeat MVC 10:40 The Jonathan Ross Show MLS 11:30 The Graham Norton Show ML 12:20 Dragons’ Den PG 3 1:20 A Touch Of Frost MVC 3:10 London Kills PG 4:05 Doc Martin PG After Martin and Louisa tell Dr Timoney about their failed date night, she questions their compatibility.

5pm Heartbeat MVC 5:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 6:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown MLS 7:25 Death In Paradise PG 8:30 Who Do You Think You Are? PG Boy George expects to find sadness in his family tree, but delights in a new sense of Monday Midnight First XV Rugby (RPL) his family being part of Irish 1:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa history.

9:35 A Touch Of Frost M (HLS) Hurricanes v Blues.

1:45 Super Rugby Aotearoa Frost gains a new partner, and they investigate a robbery (HLS) Chiefs v Highlanders. at an exclusive casino with a 2am Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Reds v Force. 4am Super spirited female manager.

11:25 London Kills PG Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Chiefs v Highlanders. 4:30 Super Monday Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) 12:15 Casualty PG Hurricanes v Blues. 5am Super 1:05 Death In Paradise Rugby Australia (HLS) Reds PG 2:05 Father Brown PG v Force. 5:30 Super Rugby 2:50 Who Do You Think You Australia (HLS) Waratahs v Are? PG 3:50 A Touch Of Brumbies.

Frost M 5:40 Father Brown M

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

19Jul20

DISCOVERY 6:35 How Do They Do It? PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Alien Highway PG UFO Recovery. 8:20 Aliens – The Definitive Guide PG (Part 2) 9:10 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 10am Expedition Unknown – Hunt For Extraterrestrials PG Ancient Visitors. 10:50 Deadliest Catch PG Mayday Scandies Rose. 12:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 1:20 Gold Rush – Dave Turin’s Lost Mine PG Rocky Mountain Gold.

2:10 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 3pm Aussie Salvage Squad PG 3:50 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 4:45 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 5:40 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 6:35 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 Alien Highway PG Legend of the Skinwalker.

9:25 Alien Highway PG Socal Clusters.

10:15 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 11:05 Gold Rush – Dave Turin’s Lost Mine PG Rocky Mountain Gold.

11:55 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Monday 12:45 How It’s Made PG 1:10 How Do They Do It? PG 1:35 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid XL M 3:15 Naked And Afraid XL M 4:05 Naked And Afraid XL M 4:55 Naked And Afraid XL M 5:45 Naked And Afraid XL M

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CAMPBELL, Hester Glenys (Glenys) – Passed away peacefully aged 89 on July 11, 2020 at Rosebank Resthome Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late Ronald. Much loved mother and mother-inlaw of Judy and Tommy Arnold (Hari Hari), Diane and Gerard Hansen (Sydney), John and Joanne (Dromore), Andy and Jackie (Hari Hari), Robyn and Murray (Tasmania). Treasured nana and great nana to all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Survived by her beloved sister Clarice Gould (Temuka). Special thanks to the caring staff at Rosebank Resthome Ashburton and Dr Wootton for all of their loving care they showed to mum.

In accordance with Glenys’s wishes, a private service has been held. Messages to the Campbell family, c/- 21a Cox Street, Ashburton 7700.

FREW, Beatrice Grace (Beaty) – Passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Longwood Lifestyle Village Riverton, aged 83 years.

Beaty will be sadly missed by her three sons Brent, Callum and Dwight. Loved mother-inlaw of Maria and Leanne Frew, and Peter Tiller. Dearly loved ‘Beaty’ to Thomas, Maddy, Gracie and Charlie.

Loved sister of Marjorie Welsh, Oliver and Neill Gibson (both deceased).

In loving memory RIP A beautiful mother, mother-in-law and grandmother to all.

A memorial service for Beaty will be held on SATURDAY, July 25, 2020, at 2pm, at Riverton RSA, 141 Palmerston Street, Riverton.

Messages to 433 Dee Street, Invercargill 9810 or to Beaty’s tribute page at frasersfunerals.co.nz/tributes

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LOCHHEAD, Ngaire Elizabeth – Passed away peacefully on July 16, 2020, aged 90 years surrounded by her loving family at her home. Dearly loved wife for 69 years of Norman Lochhead. A loved and treasured mother and mother-in-law of Nola and Brian Roeske (Nelson Lakes), the late Murray (deceased) and Cath Lochhead (Albany, Australia), and Frazer and Sandy Lochhead. Adored and treasured Nana of Karen (Wellington), Jennifer and Yudisht (Auckland), Murray (Nelson), Mitchell, Taylor and Hannah, Parris and Phil (Perth), Joel (Brisbane), Kira and Kieran (Levin), Kelly (Brisbane). Great Nana to Mahera, Ngaire, Brody, Liam, Alex and Ryan and a very dear aunty to her nieces and nephews. A private cremation has been held. Messages may be sent to the Lochhead family, 117a Gladstone Road, Richmond 7020.

A celebration of Ngaire’s life will be held at Tasman Methodist Church, 4 Wensley Road, Richmond on FRIDAY, July 24, 2020 at 1.30pm.

THOMSON, Alexander William (Alex), (Late 1 Bn K.O.S.B), born Eyemouth, Scotland – Passed away on July 16, 2020 at Ashburton, aged 92 years. Loved husband of the late Daphne, and loved father and father-in-law of Malcolm and Louise (Melbourne), and Ian and Felicity (Sydney).

Much loved grandfather of Patrick and Jennifer (Melbourne) and Letitia (nee Thomson) and Logan Smart; Fergus and Pollyanna (Sydney), and best friend of Rosemarie and Greg Trudgeon. Messages to the Thomson family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A funeral service for Alex will be held at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton on TUESDAY, July 21, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium. Alex’s service will be available on livestream by following this link. https://youtu.be/OtV1D2t6ty4

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Wind at 2000m: NE 30 km/h dying out.

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TOMORROW

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Mostly cloudy. A few spots of rain later.

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MONDAY

TUESDAY Some early rain, then mainly fine. A few late showers as northerlies change southwest.

Rain about the main divide, heavy at night with a few spots further E. Snow to 1800m. N strengthening, rising to gale about the tops.

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TUESDAY

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7:42 2:03 8:15 2:20 8:24 2:47 8:58 3:03 9:08 3:31 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Rise 8:01 am Set 5:18 pm Fair

Fair fishing Rise 5:34 am Set 2:43 pm

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Hamilton

mainly fine

Napier

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Wellington

clearing

Nelson

cloudy

Blenheim

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Christchurch

patchy drizzle

Timaru

patchy drizzle

Queenstown

early fog

Dunedin

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Invercargill

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:05 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 112.1 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:03 pm, yesterday

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Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 7.1 7.4 Max to 4pm -2.6 Minimum -6.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm July to date 18.0 Avg Jul to date 31 2020 to date 290.2 375 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 13 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 30 Time of gust 2:37pm

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overnight max low

Palmerston North mainly fine

FZL: Rising to 2000m

Areas of cloud below 1000 metres at first, clearing and becoming fine everywhere.

Wind at 1000m: Light winds. N 30 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: Light winds.

N 40 km/h developing in the afternoon.

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A strong moist easterly flow covers the North Island for the next couple of days, while a ridge of high pressure extends over the South Island from a large high near the Chatham Islands. A strong northerly flow develops on Monday ahead of a complex trough approaching from the Tasman Sea.

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Brethren of Harmony Lodge 325 are called upon to attend the funeral service of the Late R.W.Bro Alexander William Thomson at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton on TUESDAY, July 21, commencing at 2.00pm.

Brethren of sister Lodges are invited to attend.

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TUESDAY: Early rain, then mainly fine.

A few late showers as N change SW.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

READ, Betty – Kay and Allan Breakwell, Murray and Nicki Read, Graeme and Mary Read and families wish to thank everyone for the cards, flowers, phone calls, baking and visits following the sad passing of Betty. We were very grateful for the amazing care Mum received at Rosebank. The management and staff were outstanding.

Also thank you to Barry and the staff of Paterson's Funerals. Mum would have loved her farewell. Please accept this as a personal thank you to all from our family.

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GRIGG, Mary Eugenie – Rachel, John (Jack), Roger, fine mainly isolated cloudy Diane and families wish to fine showers sincerely thank everyone for the cards, flowers, phone calls, love and support fog isolated snow sleet following the passing of our thunder flurries loved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great grandmother. It has been Canterbury Plains very much appreciated. TODAY Please accept this as a personal thank you and Cloudy with patchy drizzle about the acknowledgement. coast, spreading inland in the evening.

LOW, Melva Elizabeth – The family of the late Melva wish to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy shown to us following our sad loss. Please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

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MONDAY: Mostly cloudy.

Northeasterlies.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Willpower is a muscle that, like the other muscles, if worked too hard will become vulnerable to fatigue. Avoid using it until you really have to. Work on systems that will make the desired action a no-brainer.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Providence will speak to you through seemingly arbitrary events, and you’re an excellent interpreter. Your first optimistic sense about what this means is likely correct.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There’s a fine line between extraordinary self-care and vanity, but if you don’t judge yourself, what does it matter?

Indulge in the extras because when you look good, you feel good and vice versa.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ll do purposeful work, unrelated to the job you do for money. You are creative and have a fresh take on this, unbound by rules you don’t know.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): While you may never know what’s going on in another person’s mind, you’re pretty excellent at guessing today, and the action you take from prediction will be deadon.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’re so stellar at accommodating the needs of those around you that you’ll find yourself on a treadmill of service. It’s a fine place to be, as long as you also take time for yourself.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You have an artistic eye and you care how things look, feel, how they are lit and the message they send. You care how things fill the senses and the emotion that is released as that happens.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): As a rule, you like to think about things before you act. So it will be interesting for you to witness the brilliance that comes from acting naturally, subconsciously and/or automatically today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Since you really don’t know what’s possible, it would be foolish to limit yourself your own ideas about that.

What’s impossible? Maybe you should start there and work your way back.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The better days that are coming will not come because you hope they will. They’ll come as a direct result of the actions you take today. You’re creating better days right now.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): What’s relaxing for one person is stressful for someone else. Be sure to do what works for you to create a neutral state of being from which you can recharge and thrive.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Your role as a witness will matter. In fact, it might affect destiny.

Stay wide-awake so you can promote and encourage the better angels in people when you see them.

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WordWheel Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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There’s at least one five-letter word.

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