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Politicians paintballed Labour’s Jo Luxton and National’s Andrew Falloon took some hits at the Allenton School fair, but are hoping voters will be kinder to them come election day.

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Winston Peters copped flak for avoiding a recent televised multi-party leaders’ debate, but will front in Ashburton.

The New Zealand First leader will address a public meeting this week, as part of an assault on Labour’s water tax proposal.

Irrigation New Zealand and a group of Mid Canterbury farmers say this district would be the most impacted of any other area in New Zealand and are hosting key politicians as they battle the proposal.

Prime Minister Bill English attracted about 400 people last week when he spoke at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Spokesperson for the group of farmers, Willy Leferink, said yesterday he was

pleased Peters had accepted the invitation to talk. They had not yet received an answer from Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern.

Peters would address the public meeting at the Hotel Ashburton on Wednesday, from 1pm to 2pm.

“If the water tax is implemented we are going to be the most affected district in the country,” Leferink said.

The “draconian” tax would seriously impact on farms and farm values.

Farmers in Mid Canterbury generated about $1.5 billion gross income per year, and about half of that was spent locally.

“We see New Zealand First as an ally in opposing these silly taxes if Labour would win the election next week,” Leferink said.

Peters will no doubt be hoping to se-

cure votes in this district in the lead-up to the General Election on Saturday.

As his traditional position as kingmaker is coveted by other parties, ACT yesterday put the boot in, reminding people Peters had not made it through a full three-year term in any ministerial portfolio.

“And he never will,” ACT leader David Seymour said.

“He has been avoiding public debates on TV and in his electorate. He was incoherent on Radio New Zealand last week, and proved his performance and his policies can’t bear 20 minutes of scrutiny, let alone three whole years,” Seymour said.

“A vote for New Zealand First is a vote for instability and a vote for a government that’s doomed to collapse, whether National or Labour-led.”

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■ ELECTION 2017

■ ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB

WOF for properties - Greens Landlords would have to get a warrant of fitness for their rental properties within two years, pay bond to cover repairs, and could be subject to a demerit point system under a just-announced Green Party policy.

Leader James Shaw released the party’s rental policy yesterday in Wellington, which aims to lift minimum standards, make renting more secure, and give tenants more power in relation to landlords.

“Over half of the population is now renting and they deserve the same standards as people who own a home,” Shaw said.

The policy included a $500 million boost to the Warm Up NZ scheme, a National-Green initiative which offers homeowners grants of up to $2500 to get their homes insulated.

The Greens have long wanted a warrant of fitness (WOF) for rental housing, but yesterday they said it would be compulsory by 2019 if they were in power.

That meant rentals would have to meet a basic standard of heating, insulation and ventilation, and landlords would have to the property re-checked every three years at a cost of around $150$250 (on top of the cost any repairs).

There would be a further $50 charge for landlords to be part of a mandatory registration scheme, similar to the regime for taxi drivers.

While the exact rules would be set after consultation, the Greens suggested that the requirements could include a demerit point system.

Like tenants, landlords would have to pay a bond at the beginning of a tenancy which could be used to pay any maintenance costs if rental properties fell below a minimum standard.

Shaw said renters should have more security, and his party wanted fixed-term leases to have a default length of three years, unless the landlords and tenants agreed to other terms.

Tenants would have an automatic right of renewal at the end of the three years, and they could not be evicted without cause.

Any formula for raising rents will be included in the initial contract and will he limited to once a year under the Green policy. A new tenancies advocacy service would also be created to advise tenants and landlords.

The National-led Government has ruled out a warrant of fitness, but recently made it compulsory for rentals to have insulation and smoke alarms by 2019 at the latest.

National leader Bill English said today that the Government had to be careful to set standards which did not make it harder for people to get into housing or push up rents.

He said most rental properties in New Zealand were warm and dry, though some were “not at a level we would like to see”.

Labour wants a broader set of minimum standards, similar to the Greens policy. A Labour bill currently before Parliament which would set higher insulation standards and also introduce heating and ventilation standards.

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Birds bright and beautiful on sale Birds bright and beautiful filled the Mania-o-Roto scout park hall and overflowed to outside as the Ashburton Bird Club held its annual bird and accessory sale on Saturday. Payton Cooper (left), 8, and Marleah Black, 7, were among those checking out the feathered creatures on sale. Publicity officer Valerie Snook said it was great to have good weather for the day, and as well as a good number of birds, there were good numbers of people to buy them. “I think most folk who came and had a look bought at least one bird,” Snook said.

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■ THE BACHELOR NZ

Bachelor stars set to marry Art Green and Matilda Rice are engaged three years after they became a couple on the first season of The Bachelor NZ. Rice announced the engagement via Instagram yesterday. The couple have been on a trip to Rarotonga.

“I got to pat a giant Trevally named Gina! Oh and also, we got ENGAGED! Actually pinching myself that I get to wake up to that face every day for the rest of my life. I love you Art Green.”

The New Zealand Herald earlier speculated Green had proposed but the news was being kept under wraps until a story in women’s magazine appeared.

“They are engaged! Congratulations Art and Matilda we are so happy for you both!,” the television programme posted on its Facebook page yesterday.

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Raising money for Samoan Victim Support centre Left – Ashburton College students Zoe Smith (left) and Richard Foaga are striving to provide child victims in Samoa with better opportunities and many more smiles.

By Katie todd

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When Ashburton College’s Zoe Smith and Richard Foaga jetted to Samoa on holiday in July, they had no inkling of the ambitious charity project and lifelong goals which would transpire.

Now, the pair are working tirelessly to help children in need at Samoa’s Children Victim Support Centre – by working 30 hours a week alongside school, organising a lolly sale, raffle, mufti-day and Samoan food stall, and rallying support from school peers and community organisations.

The students are aiming to put together $10,000 and a shipping container full of donations before travelling back to Samoa in January.

Smith said she reached out to the Victim Support Centre before their July holiday to see if there was anything they could bring with them as a gift.

Upon arriving and meeting over 100 disadvantaged children under 16, herself and Foaga quickly wanted to do much more to help.

“It hit me how lucky we are in New Zealand,” Smith said.

“We met kids who had been burnt, sexually abused, there was one pregnant 11-year-old … and

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what I didn’t realise was that the Victim Support Centre relies entirely on donations.”

Foaga was born on the same island as the Children Victim

Support Centre, and said he was inspired by the feeling of “giving” when they donated $300 worth of toys on their last visit.

“I enjoyed just seeing their fac-

es light up when they got something,” he said.

The students are now aiming to raise $10,000 to pay for a shipping container full of clothes and

food to take over, and to build a new playground for the centre.

“All they had was one metal slide and it was usually too hot to touch,” Smith said.

“But our new playground will include things like a disability swing.”

Smith said in the long term, she’d like to continue donating and possibly even take over management of the Children Victim Support Centre.

But for now, the duo will be busy preparing Samoan food for sale at the Ashburton College fundraiser mufti-day next Friday.

“Ashburton College has been really supportive,” Smith said.

“But we’re just trying to get all the help we can get … the more we can raise the more we can give to the children who need it most.”

■ AUCKLAND AIRPORT

Jet fuel shortage at Auckland Airport Someone digging up a kauri log and damaging a fuel pipeline has disrupted New Zealand’s largest airport for up to two weeks.

As many as 23 flights at Auckland Airport were cancelled yesterday because of a jet fuel shortage following a leak in a pipeline near the oil refinery at Marsden Point in Northland.

The refinery company, NZ Refining, says it will take 10 to 15 days to fix and they’re flying in experts from Canada.

It isn’t commenting on the cause of the leak, but the North-

ern Advocate newspaper carried a supplied photo of a kauri log lifted from a farm at Ruakaka, where the oil pipeline had been cut.

The Government has been forced to step in and provide assistance, and Prime Minister Bill English says he’s being kept informed of the problem.

“It’s my understanding it’s the sort of problem that will require government agencies and the companies to work together ... [the government will provide] whatever assistance they may require.”

Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand.

Mobil Oil New Zealand’s Andrew McNaught says airlines have had their usual fuel allocations reduced and will have to find alternatives.

“This will include carrying more fuel in to enable return flights without refuelling, refuelling at other airports and stopping to fuel at other airports on the way to and from Auckland.”

The 170km pipeline, which carries jet fuel, petrol and diesel from

Marsden Point to tanks at Wiri in south Auckland has been out of action since Thursday afternoon.

Refining NZ spokesman Greg McNeill says they have dug around the pipe to expose the leak and the company was in in the process of assessing its extent, what caused it, and how to fix it.

“It’s a farm property and there is a culvert on the property. We have dammed it up and contained the leak,” he told NZ Newswire.

Contaminated soil had been taken away.

The leak in the pipeline was

found 8km south of the refinery. It was detected when pressure in the pipeline dropped.

NZ Refining had not had a leak in the pipeline before, it says.

Mr McNaught said the refinery itself was still operating.

“While the pipeline also supplies petrol and diesel to Auckland, we are confident that supply of these fuels can be maintained via industry trucking from the refinery in Whangarei, and fuel terminals at Mount Maunganui,” he said.

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Nearly 300 entries in art gallery’s DIY Doofus competition

BY KATIE TODD

Left – Ngaio McKee’s winning artwork, Trump (see inset), created in response to the Doofus exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery and one of nearly 300 entries.

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Nearly 300 visitors poured their imagination into the Ashburton Art Gallery’s DIY Doofus competition, but it was local artist Ngaio McKee’s unique creation that most wowed judge Mark Braunias.

The competition invited visitors to create their own response to Braunias’ large foyer painting entitled Doofus, aka assemble disassemble, reassemble.

On Wednesday Braunias selected McKee’s artwork, entitled “Trump” as the winning response among a colourful array of entries accumulated over eight months.

Braunias commended “the artists of Ashvegas” on doing a great job, and making the task of judging difficult.

“There were so many excellent interpretations,” he said, “They have all done a great job … if I were to repeat the work I would probably want to include some of their designs.”

Exhibitions Assistant Nicole Bourke said McKee was pleasantly surprised to hear she’d won.

“Because Doofus ran over eight months I think she’d almost forgotten about her entry.”

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“But it’s been a great competition,” she said.

Nine other finalists were also named: Lauren Carter, Jac Sparks, Renata Herrera-Rojas, Josh Liddle, Ashton Kidgell, Miguel Angel,

Herrara Hinojosa, Alistair Kilgour, Donna Chrisholm and Dee Liddle.

The gallery will be taking down Doofus at the end of the month, ahead of a new exhibition by

Dunedin artist Juliet Noena Sorrel that will capture Canterbury’s landscapes.

“We are sad to say goodbye to Doofus, a work which has filled the foyer with colour, imagina-

tion and energy,” Ashburton Art Gallery Public programme coordinator Simone Barnsdale said.

“But we look forward to welcoming our next artist to create something new for the foyer wall.”

■ ELECTI0N 2017

Sustainable future important to all

BY COLIN WILLISCROFT

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Sustainable growth without compromising the environment is something that every electorate wants, so having a recipe to deliver that is viewed by most voters as critical – and all the candidates touched on it during Thursday night’s meet the candidates evening.

It was a common theme throughout Andrew Falloon’s message.

He pointed to the support the National government had given the regions during its nine years in power, which he said left areas like the Ashburton district in a great place to springboard from

as worldwide demand for our produce is set to increase.

It was, however, all about finding a balance, Falloon said, ensuring that farmers and businesses

area’s groundwater quality has fallen, with the finger pointed at intensive farming.

It was a theme followed up on

by Labour’s Jo Luxton and Mojo Mathers of the Greens.

Both said New Zealand had increasingly put the economy before the environment and that approach was not sustainable.

Labour has said it would advance the development of a Primary Industry Council and pan-sector strategy to fuel value-added growth for the sector and regional economies, while Mathers said the Greens would target rural water pollution and encourage farmers to adopt smarter ways of farming as a way

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remain profitable, while also increasing environmental standards.

Olly Wilson from the Opportunities Party was not entirely convinced however, and he told the audience not to believe everything they heard about the strength of the New Zealand economy, as it did not stack up as well internationally as the government sometimes made out.

In advocating tax reform as a way of boosting business, Wilson said economic growth should not come at the expense of the environment, or people’s health, pointing out South Canterbury’s high bowel cancer rates have come at the same time as the

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of ensuring that the strength of New Zealand’s primary sector did not come at an unacceptable environmental cost.

Act candidate Tom Corbett had a different slant on sustainability, however, especially when it came to rural communities like those throughout the Rangitata electorate.

He said careful irrigation would increase farming production, which would benefit economic growth throughout the district.

A water tax would not help the environment or the economy, Corbett said, as not only would it fail to address pollution, it would take money out of the district that would be better spent here.

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Freestyle takes dance classes by storm

BY SUE NEWMAN

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While classical ballet might remain true to style, the world of dance is constantly evolving.

And for dance schools to remain relevant and meet the demands of new, young dancers, they need to adapt, take up new challenges and most of all be prepared to add those styles to their dance school curriculum.

At Ashburton’s Dance Worx, the curriculum is a constantly changing beast, says director and principal teacher Charmaine Quaid.

Classical and jazz and contemporary dance are at its core, but there’s a new dance style that’s taking dance schools by storm and it’s now part of doing business at Dance Worx.

It’s called freestyle and its origins are steeped in the rock’n’roll, disco days of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

The school’s expert in the new style is associate teacher Jessie Thomson.

Think Saturday Night Fever, think ballroom dancing, think about marrying the two with some of the discipline of

jazz thrown in and you’re getting close to freestyle. Add some sophistication and plenty of style and you’re almost there.

Over recent months Thomson has been teaching elements of the style in her jazz classes but she’s planning to also take stand-alone freestyle classes.

“It’s another string to our bow and it gives our jazz students something new,” she said.

Freestyle is well established in Europe and America. National championships are held and there is a full examination syllabus.

One of the strong points of the new dance style is that it starts out as very ‘doable’ for young dancers or older dancers with no experience and builds in intensity and complexity as they progress. But most of all, it’s fun, Thomson said.

“It’s like ballroom dancing in that the dancers’ personality is part of the style and you can add your own style to the movement. A lot of it is about rhythm,” she said.

Dance Worx is one of only a few schools in the South Island to teach the style.

Bringing a new dance style to Ashburton, the team at Dance Worx Jessie Thomson (left) and Charmaine Quaid.

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■ HURRICANE IRMA

Sarah finally back home

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Ashburton’s Sarah Donald is relieved to be back home, released from the claws of Hurricane Irma.

One of the most ferocious hurricanes of recent times, Irma bore down on Donald and a friend as they holidayed first of all at her friend’s home in the Caribbean, then in Florida, America.

Donald was on a three-week overseas holiday to celebrate her 40th birthday and among her first stops was visiting her friend. As the pair enjoyed the tropical sunshine they decided on the spur of the moment to go to Miami. There her friend heard the scary news that not only was his hometown in the path of the hurricane, but so was Miami.

“And it was getting bigger than a category five, which was crazy,” Donald said.

Donald had been due to fly home on Saturday, September 9, but her flight was cancelled due to the storm. She and her friend were evacuated out of their South Beach hotel, and as they left the city they saw residents building up sandbags and boarding up windows.

Sarah Donald is relieved to be home after surviving Hurricane Irma.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 170917-TM They ended up in Fort Lauderdale, which was also in the path of the hurricane, but at least it was inland so deemed to be less at risk.

On Sunday around lunchtime the hurricane hit, and power in their hotel went out, followed by wireless internet. There were strong winds and heavy rain over

the next 12 hours, and the lower hall and stairway of the hotel flooded.

Others sheltering in the hotel were also hurricane evacuees and many had their pets with them. Donald said over the approximate three days they were holed up in the hotel there were lots of games of cards, and they made new friends.

Trees were uprooted and broken, but all in all they did not witness a lot of hurricane damage.

The biggest casualty for Donald had been her cell phone, it broke after it got rained on as she took photos of the storm.

“If you didn’t know what was coming you would have been scared by it, but because we had heard all this stuff about it being a massive hurricane, it ended up not being that scary,” she said.

She was nevertheless relieved to be able to fly home on Tuesday, and has recently arrived back.

News from her friend’s home in the Caribbean had obviously been worse, due to that area having been hit so much harder.

However, she had been grateful to hear that his home had remained intact.

■ MURDER TRIAL

Beckett guilty of murdering wife which is a mandatory A former Napier city sentence for first-degree councillor has been murder. found guilty of murderProsecutors argued ing his wife in Canada Beckett took out an acand immediately jailed cidental death insurance for at least 25 years. policy on his wife two Peter Beckett, 58, has months before she died been on trial in the Britand wanted to get his ish Columbia city of hands on her inheritance.

Kelowna for the murder Beckett served on of Laura Letts-Beckett, Napier City Council from who drowned in nearby Peter Beckett 1998 to 2001 before leavArrow Lake in 2010. ing to live in Canada.

The jury, which had He has been in custody for almost six been deliberating since Tuesday, returned years, after being charged in 2011. His first a guilty verdict on Saturday, CBC News retrial, last year, ended with the jury unable ports. Beckett was sentenced to life in pristo reach a verdict.

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In brief Car fire Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade members extinguished a car fire at Highbank shortly after midday yesterday. Chief Brent Anderson said the car parked on the side of the road went on fire after the occupants parked it and they were collecting firewood. The car was destroyed in the blaze.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade members attended two minor crashes at the weekend. A car rolled on the Westerfield Mayfield Road about 9pm Saturday night, and there was a two-car crash on the corner of Wilkin Street and State Highway One about 3.30pm yesterday.

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade members also attended a minor crash, about 8.45pm on Friday, at Mitcham.

$30 million win A person who purchased a ticket at a superette in Taupo has won $30 million. The total prize of $30.2m won on Saturday night is made up of $30m from Powerball first division and $250,000 from Lotto first division. The winning ticket was sold at Richmond Superette in Taupo. Lotto players from Whangarei, Auckland, and Christchurch also each won $250,000 in Lotto first division.

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Search on hold A search for two men missing from a fishing boat that got into trouble near Jackson Bay on Thursday is on hold due to poor weather.

The alarm was only raised late on Saturday morning when a light plane spotted debris and a life raft, and one crew member was found by a rescue helicopter a few hours later. Police said there would be no search yesterday due to the weather conditions.

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Fire at sawmill A fire at a Bay of Plenty sawmill has been contained to the boiler room. Fire and Emergency NZ were called to the blaze at Pukepine Sawmills on Te Puke Highway shortly after 6am yesterday. The 30m by 20m boiler room was well ablaze when firefighters arrived and there were concerns it could spread to a nearby sawdust silo. Ten appliances attended, a Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said.

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■ ELECTION 2017

Falloon casts vote National Rangitata candidate Andrew Falloon and his wife Rose Austen-Falloon took advantage of increased advance voting opportunities in this year’s general election to place their votes at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Friday afternoon. Falloon, who lives in Timaru but was born and bred in Ashburton, said he enjoyed taking part in the Meet the Candidates evening at the same venue the right before. He also reminded voters that Environment Minister Nick Smith is holding a public meeting tonight in the Arrowsmith Room, Hotel Ashburton, beginning at 6.30pm. His focus will be on water.

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A man has died after falling from a boat on Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland. Emergency services were notified of the event near Shelly Beach, north of Helensville, about 10.30am on Saturday, a police spokeswoman says. The circumstances surrounding the man’s death were as yet unclear, she said. Then man fell overboard from a commercial charter boat but died from a medical event after being pulled back onboard, a spokeswoman said.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1682 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 3, 9, 15, 20, 24, 37.

Bonus number: 16.

Powerball winning number: 1.

Strike: 37, 3, 24, 20.

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Ashburton Art Gallery exhibition assistant Nicole Bourke helping hang the handpicked collection of David Elliot’s drawings.

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Art brings gallery walls alive

BY KATIE TODD

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The walls of the Ashburton Art Gallery are coming alive with the quirky animal sketches of an award-winning Ashburtonborn author and illustrator.

David Elliot’s Pigs, Penguins and Polecats exhibition opens officially this coming Thursday and is set to deliver delights to the young and young at heart.

Almost 40 works feature in chronological order – from an early sketch dedicated to his

now-wife, to doodles drawn during his travels to Antarctica, published and unpublished illustrations for his stories and scenes inspired by his current home in Port Chalmers, Dunedin.

Elliot said he has always been fascinated by animals, and almost all of his drawings star animals as a main subject.

“Long before I was into writing or drawing I was constantly getting the same encyclopedia out of the Ashburton Library,

cajoling my dad into buying me Animals magazine and searching out the same poor old stuffed animals in Canterbury Museum every time we visited.”

He said his inspirations and experiences of animals are broad – from tagging Weddell seals in Antarctica to working as a gatekeeper at Edinburgh Zoo, weighing hoiho chicks at Aramoana and cage diving with great white sharks off Stewart Island.

Exhibition Assistant Nicole

Bourke said that the gallery are proud custodians to Elliot’s collection of drawings.

“You could almost say we’re the home of David Elliot,” Bourke said.

“We want to preserve his works for future generations to enjoy.”

David Elliot himself had been involved in choosing the artworks for the exhibition, and will be giving a talk about the show and his inspirations on September 25 at 3.30pm.

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September 23 – The Imperial Russian Ballet A Festival of Russian Ballet at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

To September 24 – Anya Sinclair exhibition Forest Lives at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

To September 24 – Ashburton Society of Arts’ Early Spring Show at the Short Street Studio.

September 25 – Afternoon with David Elliot at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

September 27 – Ashburton College Music Department presents Music Evening 2017 at Ashburton College Auditorium September 30 – The Extravaganza Fair at Ashburton Domain October 6 to 8 – Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre Disney the Aristocrats Kids & Disney My Son Pinocchio Jr at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

October 7 – Ashburton’s Longest Dinner – fine foods in support of fine arts at the Ashburton Arcade October 14 – Lions Club of Ashburton presents Stars in Your Eyes at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

October 14 – Ashburton Musical Club final concert for the year and scholarship announcement at the Sinclair Centre. Public warmly welcomed, $5 at the door and supper will be served.

October 19 – The Sound of Music at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

October 21 – Legends – Music of Our Times at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

October 22 – Andrew London Trio at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

October 27 – Isla Grant in concert at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

To November 5 – Impressions Exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

To November 12 – Pigs, Penguins and Polecats: Animals from the David Elliot Collection at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

To November 12 - Ashburton Society of Arts Late Spring Show at the Short Street Studio November 12 – Entries close for the ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Awards

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Wellington-based singer and satirist Andrew London is bringing his quick wit and genre-traversing talents to the Ashburton Trust Event Centre next month when the Andrew London Trio go on tour.

London will take to the stage on October 22 alongside his bass-playing wife, Kirsten, and sax and clarinet soloist friend, Nils Olsen.

The evening is an open hat night, where audiences pay what they think the evening is worth.

The Andrew London Trio’s performances are described as “subtle and occasionally subversive satirical

songs about the trivia and minutiae of daily life from the point of view of a middle-aged, middle-class, middle earther, delivered in a deceptively innocuous 1940s swing style with occasional forays into folk, blues, country and hip-hop.”

London has been song writing for 20 years, and gathering material from the shearing sheds of Southland to the boardrooms of Auckland. His lyrics delve into modern parenthood, male insecurities, internet, pretentious socialites and more.

More information is available on the Ashburton Trust Event Centre website ateventcentre.co.nz

Right – The Andrew London Trio are Ashburton-bound for a night of musical satire, featuring forays into folk, blues, country and hiphop.

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Allenton PTA spokesperson Kara Gilbert said a big thanks needed to go to supporting businesses and the community. Now the school would be able to afford the online library system it had been fundraising for.

As well as a range of rides and attractions, a new feature for the fair, held every two years, was an entertainment stage.

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and it kept people around which was nice,” Gilbert said.

Visitors bid for the right to shoot politicians Jo Luxton and Andrew Falloon with paintballs.

The winning bid for Luxton was $12 and for Falloon $35.

“I’m not sure if that makes me more popular or less popular,” Falloon, a former Allenton School pupil, said.

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Arrest over blast British police have detained an 18-yearold suspect in connection with the bombing attack on the London underground, Scotland Yard says.

The suspect was arrested in port city of Dover yesterday, police said.

The search had been on for the suspect or suspects involved in leaving a bucket packed with nails and the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) on a busy train during Saturday’s morning rush hour.

As of yesterday, officials were not sure whether more than one person had been

involved in the bombing that – according to a new police report – left 30 people injured.

“Although we are pleased with the progress made, this investigation continues and the threat level remains at critical,” Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.

Police further reported speaking to 45 witnesses and that they were continuing to gather information.

The site of the attack, London’s Parsons Green underground station, was re-

opened in the early hours of yesterday.

On Saturday, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the country’s terrorism warning had been raised to critical, its highest level.

Saturday’s detonation was considered by police to have been partial.

There were fears the number of those hurt could have been much higher – with the real potential for life-threatening injuries – had the bomb, which was concealed within a supermarket carrier bag, fully exploded.

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Seven arrested after deadly school blaze Seven boys have been arrested in connection with a deadly fire that killed 23 people in the sleeping quarters of an Islamic boarding school in Kuala Lumpur, police chief Amar Singh confirmed.

“I can assure you the case is solved with the arrest of seven of them,” Singh said, adding that the suspects were aged between 11 and 18.

The arrests were made based on CCTV footage that had been provided to the police. Two gas cannisters found on the sec-

ond floor, where the fire broke out, were also used in the investigation.

None of the boys were pupils at the school. “After taking urine tests, six of them tested positive for marijuana,” Singh said.

He added that it looked as though the fire had been started deliberately, but the boys may not have been intending to kill anyone.

The seven boys were involved in a standoff with pupils from the school a few days

before the incident, referred to as “ejekmengejek” (mocking), Singh said.

The authorities have confiscated the trousers, T-shirts and motorbike helmets that were worn by the boys under arrest.

Singh told the media that the seven boys all live close to the school. He also revealed that two of them had criminal records for offences committed this year - one for rioting and the other for stealing car parts.

The boys are being held on remand until September 22.

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■ IRAQ

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Kelly Macdonald separates Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald and her husband, musician Douglas Payne, have separated. Macdonald is known for her roles in movies including Trainspotting, Gosford Park, Nanny McPhee and No Country For Old Men – as well as TV. She appeared in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire for five seasons, receiving both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Payne is the bassist for the Scottish band Travis.

Publicist Craig Bankey issued a statement saying that the couple separated several months ago, and are united in parenting their two children.

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Iraq claims town near Syria border Iraqi forces have claimed control of a western town near the Syrian border from Islamic State, hours after they started a major offensive against the extremist group there.

The government forces and tribal fighters have “completely liberated” the town of Akashat, a media centre linked to the operation said, according to state television.

“Mop-up operations are still under way,” the centre added in a statement without further details.

Earlier, a military official announced the

The Killers have announced their biggest tour Down Under, and in less than two weeks they will perform at the AFL Grand Final. The American band will play seven arena shows across Australia and New Zealand next year, their first tour here since 2013. The Killers are about to release their fifth album Wonderful Wonderful, their first new material since Battle Born (2012). The Killers’ New Zealand tour dates: April 20 - Spark Arena, Auckland; April 21 - TSB Bank Arena, Wellington; April 24 - Horncastle Arena, Christchurch.

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start of the campaign supported by a USled air alliance. The offensive is also aimed at tightening Iraq’s hold on its border with Syria, a spokesman for Iraq’s Joint Operations Command, Brigadier Yehia Rasool, said.

Akashat, in Iraq’s far west, is rich in minerals, including phosphates. Islamic State seized the area in 2014.

The attack is seen as a prelude for an expected Iraqi campaign aimed at expelling Islamic State from the last chunks of territory the militant group still controls along the border with war-torn Syria.

Meanwhile, a military alliance linked to the Syrian government yesterday announced the beginning of an operation aimed at driving Islamic State militants from areas near the border with Iraq.

The self-styled Allied Forces of the Syrian Army added in a statement that its attack, backed by Russian air power, started in eastern Syria.

The alliance composed of Iran-backed Shiite fighters said its forces seek to retake the Syrian border town of al-Bukamal from the radical Sunni Islamic State.

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True love for Martin It’s official – Kiwi heart-throb Martin Henderson is off the market. He is seeing 47-year-old director/producer and arts patron Helen Randag. And it’s love.

The notoriously private Greys Anatomy star took to Instagram to announce the news, posting a photo of the two of them simply captioned “Out with my bae – I love you darling.” Randag replied, posting “I love you too my darling.”

Originally from England, Randag studied fine art in London. Previously married, she now lives in California and has her own film production company, Midheaven Productions. In 2014 she wrote, directed and produced a short film Portrait of a Star.

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Taxes in spotlight in build-up to election Susan Sandys

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here has been a lot of focus on taxes and what governments spend them on as we lead-up to this week’s election.

That is a good thing, we should care about how much money successive governments just seem to love giving away.

The ACT party recently gave a few examples of “the culture of wasteful spending” by National that it would like to confront.

They included a $56 milliona-year Marsden Fund, which supports academic research.

Some of this included a study on Cultivating chamber music in Beethoven’s Vienna: a study in socio-musicology ($580,000) and anti-trade activist Jane Kelsey’s Transcending embedded neoliberalism in international economic regulation ($600,000).

Another example it gave was NZ on Air, which used around $130 million to subsidise programmes such as season two of The X Factor NZ ($800,000); Mastermind ($685,360); Jono and Ben 2016 ($1,717,042); The Adam and Eve Show ($3,080,400); and Find Me a Maori Bride season 2 ($590,000).

Then there were taxpayerfunded advertisements such as “Change your Lightbulbs”, with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority’s advertising coming to $8 million.

The party took a swipe at sports funding as well, highlighting the Major Events Development Fund costing taxpayers $77.5m since Budget 2009 for causes such as The Ultimate Waterman stand-up paddle boarding event ($1.2m) and the New Zealand Golf Open ($1.9m).

There are plenty of useful causes for our taxes to go to, such as funding a strong health and education system, providing strong infrastructure and supporting the environment and society’s vulnerable people.

Academia, the arts and sports are also important domains within a democracy, and ACT’s anti-tax policies are most likely too extreme for most.

But the party certainly has a good point, that governments need to exercise caution when it comes to spending the tax dollars that New Zealanders work hard for.

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Yvonne Ireland to try and find my gt.grandmothers parents or brothers or sisters who must have stayed there but could have family there

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Amybeth UK....to visit my friends over there and have art lessons with my heart sister, Jayne, who is an artist.

Iris South America to see my Latin American friends and to experience South America Culture

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Sylvia Westcoast as I don’t fly or like

Phyllis I’d love to go to Perth to see my son & 2 grandaughters..

Judith UK of course take my family for Christmas.

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I would like to congratulate you on your handling of Meet the Candidates evening at the event centre Thursday night.

I was there as someone who had become very concerned about our waterways. Listening to the five candidates, three of them informed us of the poor state of the rivers and two of them told us that the rivers are in good health. I left the evening very confused.

On arriving home my daughter took out her laptop and googled Ecan’s website on fresh water. I was extremely surprised to see that apart from the Heathcote and Avon rivers in Christchurch, all other rivers had a clean bill of health.

My daughter then went onto the Department of Environment’s website to see that they also say the same.

Further to that we went onto an independent website called Earth, Light and Water and not only did they confirm the other two websites, but they also gave you the nitrogen and Ecoli content of the rivers at source, and the river mouth. All rivers were well below what the Department of Health deem as safe to enter.

Reading these websites has confirmed to me which way I will be voting on September 23. I believe that there has been an awful lot of scaremongering by some parties and I would rather believe what the above independent websites tell us, rather than an overseas scientist that some of the parties are using that claims our NZ waterways are not as safe as we report them to be, and I would also suggest to any thinking voter to check this information for themselves.

Again, thank you for your professionalism on handling the meeting.

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Progress benefiting all A

s this will be my last column for the Ashburton Guardian before the upcoming election it seems appropriate to reflect on what has been happening here in our region during the past three years.

I love getting out and about and meeting business owners and hearing their positivity, which is a reflection of the strong growth and low unemployment rates we have seen in both the local and national economies over the past three years.

Business owners tell me that they welcome changes such as reduced ACC levies and our plans to simplify the provisional tax system because these things help reduce the stress of doing business and make it easier to grow their businesses and employ more staff.

Our small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities and it is so important that we continue to support them to succeed.

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that much of our region is now able to access also offer huge benefits to everyone, including students, local businesses, and senior citizens keeping in touch with loved ones overseas.

The recovery of Christchurch city is also critical to the wider Canterbury region, as it is where many of our key regional facilities are based.

For this reason it has been great to see a number of important projects completed such as the new Justice and Emergency Services Precinct which I opened recently.

Many others are either under construction or committed to, including plans for a new covered stadium.

Our region’s health services

are undergoing a major transformation with the Government spending over $1 billion on the largest ever hospital redevelopment project in New Zealand’s history.

The new Burwood Hospital was the first part of the redevelopment to be complete and the new Acute Services Building, including a new emergency department, as well as a new facility for outpatient services are well under way and due to open next year.

Our communities are thriving and one of the policies that the Government has put in place which I know has made a huge difference to local families is free visits to the doctor for children under 13.

It is hugely rewarding for me when I visit local schools to see healthy, engaged students, so enthusiastic about their learning and proud of their new learning environments.

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It is quite remarkable to note that back in 2008 the rate of superannuation for a married couple was only $462.74 a week, compared with $600.30 today.

And when it comes to the environment, I am really proud of our ambitious Predator-Free programme which aims to protect our unique plants and animals by eradicating rats, stoats and possums from New Zealand by 2050.

It is exciting to see volunteers and community groups around our region getting behind our conservation efforts and making a real difference.

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Constant Bay, just one gem in a necklace of stunning little bays off the tourist trail.

Way out west in Buller O

wned and operated by Mickey and Doreen Ryan, Out West Tours have been sharing the riches of the Buller region for 16 years.

Mickey’s passionate command of local history and the natural environment is vast, compellingly imparted with story-telling finesse.

Their newest offering is a sixhour hour banger of a tour, called Johnny’s Journey, mixing an assortment of coastal gems with the wilderness.

Mickey Ryan is the quintessential nuggety Coaster, who regaled me with an unfurling spool of vivid stories and unvarnished insights, in disarmingly honest

Occupying the northern end of the West Coast, how well do you know Buller? If you’re keen to tap deep into the heart and soul of Buller, you won’t find a more impressive local tour operator than Out West Tours, writes Mike Yardley. fashion. Heading out from Westport, we talked about the region’s recent gut-punches, ranging from the downturn in coal mining to the recent closure of the Holcim Cement plant.

Mickey wryly remarked that despite 84 per cent of the West Coast being locked up in the Crown estate, DOC don’t pay one dollar in rates to the local councils.

And as much as tourism is opening up economic opportunities, the region certainly can’t survive on the visitor industry alone.

We popped into Charleston, named after Charley Bonner, which during the 1860s gold rush, groaned with 80 hotels, quenching the thirst of the hordes of gold-diggers labouring along the Nile River.

Mickey and Doreen Ryan have been sharing the riches of the Buller region for 16 years.

New Zealand’s first toll bridge was erected across the river by Constant Bay, just one gem in a necklace of stunning little bays off the tourist trail.

A paddle steamer formerly plied the river and Constant Bay was once used as a harbour, with ships squeezing through a narrow gap between the bay’s rocky headlands.

Todd Heller has a gorgeous holiday home, overlooking Constant Bay. “There’s clearly money in sausages,” remarked Mickey.

I marvelled over the quaint old harbour master’s house at Joyce Bay, and collected smooth quartz stones, like readymade jewellery, from the shoreline of Ladies Bay. Then we headed inland into Madmans Valley, where Mickey led me to the most dramatic limestone cliff gushing with a water spout, which has been nicknamed Cowpiddle Bluff. It’s very self-explanatory.

Mickey recently built a magnificent flight of wooden steps to reach this striking formation. Heading even deeper into the heartland, we forded some streams and headed over a saddle into the gob-smacking bucolic splendour of Awakari Valley, a sprawling rainforest valley neighbouring Paparoa National Park.

The panoramic ridgeline

lookout is mouth-watering, like casting your eyes over a frozenin-time lost world.

It’s the world’s biggest privately owned rimu forest, under the purview of a true living West Coast legend, Johnny Currie. He’s 76, as fit as a buck rat with the mind of a steel trap, and a bit like a cross between the Wizard of Christchurch and Barry Crump.

He’s done it all. Farming, logging, deerstalking, mining, caving and tour guiding. He’s the bushman’s bushman. And the 1800 hectares of this valley is his realm.

An immense Garden of Eden, four and half times the size of Hagley Park.

Previously owned by Hardie & Thomson, the Christchurch timber company, they sold it to Johnny in 1980, for $26,000.

Johnny’s family connection with the Awakari Valley, reaches back more than a century to the settler years.

As a child, Johnny would hunt wild goats with a dog and a flick knife. By the 1960s, he was leading bush gangs logging rimu. But since the 80s, Johnny has lived here, in a 50-year-old bush hut not dissimilar to what his forebears sheltered in, when surveying the bush for its timber and minerals, a century ago. His son, Curtis, still lives in the valley in a separate hut.

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Cowpiddle Bluff, so named after the flow of water from the upper ledge.

Some years ago DOC offered him over a million dollars for the valley, but he told him they were dreaming. It’s the sort of place you’d hate to see fall into foreign hands.

Before descending into the base of the valley, Mickey pinpointed some of the scores of wild red deer, free-roaming across the terrain. They originate from Scotland, introduced to New Zealand in the 1920s. Thirty years ago, Johnny prohibited deer hunting from the valley, dedicating his kingdom of regenerating native forest and tinkling gin-clear streams as a wild deer reserve.

It’s another unique aspect of the valley, where you can ogle these beautiful creatures nonchalantly grazing on the river flat and frequently duelling for leadership rights.

Another startling discovery is

that Johnny lives completely off the grid. It’s absolutely back to basics. No power. No running water, although the pristine Awakari River runs right outside his tin hut. I chatted to Johnny alongside his cracking wood fireplace, about his poacherturned-game-keeper conversion from clear-felling logger to forest protector, the surprises kept coming.

I was taken on a stroll through radiant green valley glades, to admire an ancient Maori cave bordering the river. The cave was used by moa hunters, centuries ago, where they set up camp for their food gathering.

Moa bones were found in the area’s caves and Johnny gifted his cave to DOC, to safeguard it in perpetuity. But there was still one more huge revelation to come.

Did you know that there are Pancake Rocks beyond the

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Johnny Currie offers one of the friendly locals a tid-bit.

feted formations at Punakaiki?

I certainly didn’t. Johnny’s got a towering chain of Pancake Rock formations, rising up from the valley bed. He’s cleaned a lot of them, so they shimmer like vast ivory-coloured stacks of limestone.

The only way you can access the Awakari Valley, meet Johnny and marvel over his bewitching paradise is with Out West Tours.

They are the sole operator and Mickey’s team are gearing up for their first summer sharing the Awakari with the world.

It’s an irresistibly unique celebration of Kiwi heritage and culture, swathed in paradise.

Sampling Johnny’s world is like savouring a spectacular, largerthan-life version of Country Calendar in 3D. It’s an incomparable encounter. www.outwest.co.nz

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Native bush on the floor of the Awakari Valley in all its green splendour.

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■ AUSSIE RULES

Giants looking forward to bumper crowd

Guildford Lane (left) watches on as Richard King sends a bowl down the green at the opening day of the season for Ashburton MSA Bowling Club.

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Sun shines on season opener Bowlers from the Ashburton MSA Bowling Club had perfect conditions for the opening of their club on Saturday, with sun baking the green as bowls rolled.

The club was the second to open for the season, with Allenton ahead of the bunch, opening on September 9.

Both the MSA club and Hamp-

stead opened on Saturday, while Methven kicked off their season yesterday.

Three are set to get things under way on September 23, those

being Ashburton, Hinds and Rakaia.

The MSA will see the season’s first trophy go on the line, with the Peters Cup up for grabs.

■ NETBALL

Ferns may be facing Diamonds in disarray

By Dana Johannsen The Silver Ferns will next month face an Australian team going through a rare period of turmoil.

The usually settled Diamonds programme has been thrown into disarray following their shock 5747 loss to the Silver Ferns in the Quad Series finale two weeks ago.

That sealed the demotion of Australian vice-captain Madi Robinson, who has been dropped for the four-test series, while several other stars have been put on notice.

In a strongly-worded statement, Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander left no room for interpreta-

tion over Robinson’s omission.

“We will be working with Madi on the areas of her game requiring improvement and she will continue this work at home base,” Alexander said.

Robinson’s demotion leaves the Diamonds light on leadership, as new captain Caitlin Bassett finds her feet in the role.

The Australian super shooter was elevated to skipper after star defender Sharni Layton was ruled out for the international season.

Layton, one of the game’s great characters, was granted indefinite leave on the advice of medical staff as she battles exhaustion.

Robinson has been replaced in

the Australian line-up by Caitlyn Nevins and Kate Moloney, with Alexander opting to carry a squad of 13 through the series and name their match-day 12 ahead of each test.

The other changes from the Quad Series were predetermined, with shooters Susan Pettitt and Steph Wood replacing Gretel Tippett and Tegan Philip.

Silver Ferns coach Janine Southby said the changes to the Australian team won’t alter her side’s approach.

“I guess they are having a look at certain positions, as we have been. Until you get to Commonwealth Games, it’s hard to predict

who is going to be there.

“Whether they feel they needed to make a change because people weren’t performing, or have a look a building depth, I’m not sure, but it’s interesting,” she said.

Southby expects adversity will make the Australians more dangerous in the Constellation Cup, particularly after losing heavily in Invercargill.

“I think they potentially took us too easy going into that game in Invercargill, and I know going forward that won’t happen – they will have woken up to that. And from past experience, when you do that to them, they come back with a real roar.”

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Greater Western Sydney are confident they can perform in front of what looms as the biggest crowd in their seven-year history after hosting the smallest VFL-AFL finals attendance in 101 years.

The Giants’ 67-point semi-final caning of West Coast on Saturday night at Spotless Stadium was witnessed by just 14,865 fans, the smallest finals crowd since Fitzroy and Collingwood drew just under 10,000 to an MCG semifinal in 1916.

Next Saturday’s preliminary final between the Giants and resurgent Richmond is expected to draw at least 80,000 fans.

That would easily eclipse the previous best crowd for a Giants game of 60,222 who watched the all-Sydney qualifying final against the Swans last year at ANZ Stadium.

News.com.au reported former Tigers legend Matthew Richardson as saying: “It (next Saturday’s game) will be the most one-sided crowd in the history of the game.”

GWS coach Leon Cameron and his players are adamant their club can deal with an overwhelmingly hostile audience in addition to a red-hot Richmond side hungry for a first flag in 37 years.

“As soon as that ball bounces, it doesn’t matter whether there’s 85,000 Richmond supporters and 10 or 15 Giants supporters, it’s got nothing to do with the result,” Cameron said.

“The result will be determined by who has the best 22 on the day.”

Cameron said there was no way to prepare his players for the kind of atmosphere they would face next Saturday, but pointed out they had won in front of big, hostile away crowds.

‘We’ve won games in Perth this year. We’ve won games in places that no doubt the crowd is bigger than our home crowd,” he said.

“But I think our guys are absolutely itching to get to the MCG. “We’ve come in a different way this year. Last year we were the ones that obviously had to wait.

“But I can’t see our players worrying about the enormous amount of support that the opposition will have because I know a lot of these guys are just born to play on the MCG in finals.

“I reckon they’re ready to go.”

The NRL finals game between Parramatta and North Queensland held simultaneously down the road at ANZ Stadium, attracted almost three times the crowd.

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Hammers hit their straps

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

The Hammers have put their season back on track after rampaging to a 60-24 victory against Wairarapa Bush in Masterton on Saturday.

The men in green and gold ran in an impressive nine tries, while fullback Jarred Percival boosted his points tally, knocking over six conversions and a penalty.

“I am a lot happier than I have been in the past few weeks,” cocoach Craig Dunlea said.

“We played on the turf up there and it really suited the way we play.

“It was really good and it was great to see the guys have smiles on their faces again.

“We went away together and to watch them come together and leave on a bit of high, that is great.”

Despite the comprehensive victory, there were still some less than positive things to come away with from the game.

“We still left points out there, probably about 20 or 25 points, which we won’t be able to do next week (against Wanganui),” he said.

“We let them in early doors to score first and they also ran three in towards the end when we had made a few changes and the game opened up, which was a bit disappointing.”

While normally charged with organisation of the midfield and keeping the ball moving, this week was former All Black Regan King’s turn to get amongst the tries, picking up two.

“We cut them to bits on the wings and Reg had a few runs so that was good, though I imagine he was feeling it his legs a bit afterwards,” Dunlea said.

Also making a statement with his return to the Hammers starting fifteen was powerful winger

The Hammers left Masterton with big smiles on their faces after defeating Wairarapa Bush 6024 on Saturday.

PHOTO LAURA BAGRIE 260817-RH-120 Willie McGoon, who also picked up two tries.

“He has that experience and he had a good game.

“He had some great runs that helped to set up tries for others as well,” he said.

It was not just the backs getting amongst the try scoring fun however.

Openside flanker Seta Koroitamana made the most of his start to score, as well as lock Angus Lindsay crossing the line for the first time this season, while

substitute flanker Kurt Polson grabbed his first.

“A lot of those tries came from our on half and great support running.

“We grabbed a couple from our own 22 which was good,” he said.

While South Canterbury beating Wanganui leaves the Hammers five points off the top of the table, Dunlea still sees the remaining four games of the season as must-wins.

“We had to win this week and

we have to win every game from now on, that is all there is to it,” he said.

“The results could go our way but ultimately it is in our hands and we are in charge of our own destiny.”

Mid Canterbury 60 (Maleli Sau, Willie McGoon 2, Seta Koroitamana, Regan King 2, Nete Caucau, Kurt Polson, Angus Lindsay tries; Jarred Percival 6 con, pen) Wairarapa Bush 24 (Eddie Cranston, Corey McFadzean, Epeli Rayaqayaqa. Soli Malatai tries; Tim Priest 2 con) HT: 7-27.

Cheika signalling changes Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has forecast changes to his back -row despite the team notching its first win of the Rugby Championship.

The Australians overcame a slow start to deliver an impressive second half in Canberra that included five tries to outscore Argentina 45-20.

Cheika wasn’t particularly happy with the first-half efforts of his back-row of skipper Michael Hooper and Ned Hanigan and No.8 Sean McMahon, who were outplayed by the Pumas.

But he felt a lift in their intensity and urgency in the second half was key to the Wallabies revival, with the victory coming after last week’s disappointing draw with South Africa.

Ahead of the return clash with the Springboks in a fortnight in Bloemfontein, Cheika said he had some changes in mind.

“I think that’s been a good balance but it’s the competition for the spots,” Cheika said.

“There’s a couple of other chaps brewing in the background that we are looking to get a game in the back row.”

Those players include Reds duo Adam Korczyk and Lukhan Tui, who usually plays lock, while he was impressed with the contribution from Waratahs flanker Jack Dempsey off the bench against the Pumas.

Cheika said he’d been happy with what Hanigan had offered in his six tests this year, but while Hanigan’s defence and set-piece work is strong, his clean-out goes missing at times, with fatigue after a big year a possible factor.

“There’s a mental load when you’re coming from nowhere and Hanigan, Izack Rodda and Jordan Uelese who weren’t starting in Super Rugby at the start of the year so it’s about trying to get that right balance,” Cheika said.

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All Blacks chase motivation for late season surge

By GreGor Paul The eternal battle for the All Blacks since 2012 has been finding a way to make the back half of their season look like the first and sustain their quality through to late November.

In the wake of their stunning record victory against South Africa, the question of how to push on and emulate the quality and intensity of their work in Albany in their next six tests is heavily occupying the minds of the All Blacks coaching staff.

This is the nut they are desperate to crack.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen doesn’t want the 57-0 win over the Springboks to be the highest point of the season.

Or at least if it is, he doesn’t want there to be an obvious drop in performance from here to the last game against Wales on November 26.

That’s been the pattern since 2012 and the arrival of Argentina in the Rugby Championship.

The All Blacks have played their best rug-

by in the first half of their season and fallen into a slow decline in the second when they are mostly playing away from home.

Last year was the most stark example of that, where they destroyed everyone in the Rugby Championship but then lost to Ireland in November and were barely hanging on when they played France in their final test a few weeks later in Paris.

They hit the wall last year having seemingly been almost unbeatable.

It may not feel that the All Blacks have tracked along similar lines this year, but they have.

It may not feel like it because there has been some negative commentary and a sense that the All Blacks have struggled at times. Yet the numbers show they have been just as dominant in the Rugby Championship in 2017 as they were in 2016.

After four Rugby Championship games last year the All Blacks were averaging 42 points and had scored 24 tries.

This year they are averaging 46 points after four games and have scored 27 tries.

The only difference is that last year they had conceded an average of 13 points per game – a number which has jumped to 21 in 2017.

There’s no question the overall picture in 2017 is actually largely similar and that the All Blacks have played plenty of good rugby in New Zealand. They have attacked with a new found potency and accuracy. They have found the ability to conjure tries more regularly and from deeper within their own territory.

It is a near-ludicrous situation that they are getting close to averaging 50 points per game – especially when three of those tests were against the teams ranked three and four in the world.

“More of what we got last night would be good,” said Hansen on what he would like to see from the All Blacks for the remainder of the year.

“The likelihood of that though is that it is going to be a tough ask because it was pretty good. Then you have to chuck in the fact we have seven test matches in nine weeks

with 11 time changes. So how we manage it will be important.

“If we can keep our energy levels high and our desire to keep on improving high then that is what we will do. If we aim low we will hit low. If we aim high we will hit high. We have always tried to aim high.”

Arguably it is the games against South Africa in Cape Town and Australia in Brisbane that the All Blacks will be most vulnerable.

They may have won the Rugby Championship by the time they head to South Africa and then they have to get home, have a few days off and head to the heat of Brisbane to face a much improved Wallabies side with the Bledisloe Cup already secured.

That’s why Hansen is talking about energy and desire because the players are going to need to generate that will to perform without there necessarily being a natural edge created by what is at stake.

That’s also why they are likely to play around with selections over the next period – to not only keep players fresh but to create a sense of motivation.

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In brief Streaker safe from Brodie All Black lock Brodie Retallick briefly considered tackling the streaker who invaded the pitch during the All Blacks’ 57-0 win over the Springboks in Albany. But perhaps thankfully for both parties, the streaker slipped and Retallick had a change of heart. “I wasn’t too keen to tackle that naked man,” Retallick said. “I was thinking about it, but then I thought nah, I’m not going to do that.” One wag tweeted: ‘The streaker just made more meters going forward than the entire Springbok team. - NZME

Canterbury crushed Canterbury’s unbeaten season has gone to the dogs, following a 60-14 thrashing at the hands of Wellington. After a 5-0 start to the season, Canterbury were swept away in a wet outing at Westpac Stadium, with Wellington regaining the Harry Saundercock Memorial Trophy. The first ever “Bark at the Park” promotion allowed fans to bring along their four-legged friends, but only Wellington were allowed off the leash as they raced away to an impressive victory.

Canterbury were missing several key players due to injury and rotation, and as a result their bark was worse than their bite as they quickly fell into a hole from which they never emerged.

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Counties bounce back Rieko Ioane dives over the line after picking up a pin-point kick from Aaron Smith in Saturday night’s demolition of the Springboks at North Harbour Stadium.

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Defence guru a happy man

By Liam Napier Kieran Read singled it out as the catalyst for the record-breaking 57-0 evening in Albany.

Steve Hansen lauded the man behind it. When you rack up 57 points you would think it is the attack.

But, no, it all started from the All Blacks defence.

Counter attack- defence.

The ineffectual Springboks lineout – defence.

Sam Cane’s turnovers – defence. Liam Squire’s punishing early hits ...

How fitting, and perhaps no surprise, defensive defiance as good as this came on a night where Wayne Smith sat in the All Blacks coaching box for the final time at home.

You never know with Smithy.

He’s got such an affinity with this team there’s always hope, at some point, he’ll be back in some capacity.

Truth is he will be greatly missed once he signs off after the third Bledisloe Cup in Brisbane, the last of the next three away assignments for the All Blacks.

Hansen did his upmost to get him to stay longer; badgering him at every turn before eventually being convinced by his wife that Smith’s mind was definitely made up.

The thing about Smith is he puts his heart and soul into the All Blacks; has done for all 208

Wayne Smith has been credited with the All Blacks’ unpenetrable defence in Saturday night’s annihilation. tests he’s been involved.

Defence has become his baby, his specialist portfolio, and it means a lot to him.

“He’s sitting in there as happy as a wee sandboy with a smile on his face as wide as the Grand Canyon,” Hansen said prior to a beaming Smith emerging from the sheds.

“When the team does stuff like that he’s happy and he takes it very personally when people score against us.”

A performance such as this had been a long time coming for Smith.

Given how he takes the line being breached, conceding nine tries in two tests against the Wallabies did not please.

Last week was much better, just one against Argentina who offered little in attack.

Holding the Boks to zilch, well,

you just can’t ask for anything more.

If this is to be Smith’s home swansong, what way to go out.

“It’s a dream performance to finish on,” Smith said.

“That’s the best forward display I’ve seen for ... ages.

“Taking apart a team, it was incredible.

“Having a beer in the changing rooms with the boys... the Boks came in as they always do.

“It’s surreal, really, to think it’s the last one but the time is right.”

Not everything can be measured in stats.

The All Blacks made 102 tackles and one would wager at least 90 per cent were brutal as they got the attitude bit right.

The edge was there.

Dominant collisions is a polite way of describing the All Blacks approach. More accurately, their

forward pack in particular simply smashed the Springboks with line speed and aggression.

“We’ve been wanting to step up for a while and be more physical.

“Tonight was the test.”

Allister Coetzee has now successively conceded 50 from the All Blacks, following last year’s romp in Durban.

After 111 years of rivalry, Coetzee stumbled over attempting to avoid calling the Boks’ worst defeat to the All Blacks a horror movie.

“One pass goes astray and you’re under the poles,” the bemused Boks coach said.

Mike Cron and Luke Romano were given credit for doing a number on the Boks lineout – stealing five throws – Smith going as far to label the Crusaders lock innovative and suggesting he will make a good coach.

But the inspiration for this remarkable effort almost certainly came from the man himself; someone who has held the All Blacks clipboard longer than anyone.

Someone who is appreciated nowhere more than in this team.

“His story is a lot bigger than just tonight,” Hansen said.

“He’s been a wonderful servant to New Zealand rugby.

“He’s still got some games to go but for him to go out tonight the way he did is only fitting.

“He’s a great man.”

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Four tries in the second half have carried Counties Manukau to a relieving 31-14 NPC win over Hawke’s Bay in Pukekohe. Both teams came into the cross-over fixture with identical records, having won their opening fixtures before suffering four losses.

Counties Manukau’s 78-5 humbling at the hands of Cantebury in a midweek Ranfurly Shield challenge left them staring at a relegation fight. However, yesterday’s efforts in the second half suggest they can avoid the drop to the Championship division.

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Prepared for backlash The Wallabies are bracing to face a backlash from an embarrassed Springboks outfit after their record loss to New Zealand. The Springboks were pummelled by the world champions, who ran in eight tries in a 57-0 rout.

Australia travel to Bloemfontein for their next Rugby Championship clash on October 1 and coach Michael Cheika said he was expecting South Africa to bent on securing some redemption.

Cheika hadn’t yet watched the game but admitted he thought the Springboks would do better against the All Blacks.

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News not good for Dagg Israel Dagg’s season appears to be over. Scans this week will confirm the extent of the damage to Dagg’s troublesome knee that saw him sit out the 57-0 mauling of the Springboks in Albany. The 66test veteran missed the first two Bledisloe Cup victories over the Wallabies due to this complaint. He then returned against the Pumas in New Plymouth last week, only for it to flare up again. All Blacks coach Steve Hansen admitted yesterday the prospect of Dagg returning to the field anytime soon look grim.

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In brief FIght lives up to hype Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin have argued afterward about who won their muchanticipated middleweight world title showdown in Las Vegas.

No one could argue it wasn’t a great fight. Golovkin retained his middleweight titles, fighting to a controversial 12-round draw with Alvarez in a brutal battle that ended with both fighters holding their hands aloft in victory. It was a fight neither deserved to lose and, when the scores were tallied, neither did. Neither was down or seriously hurt but both landed big punches that had the frenzied sold-out crowd of 22,358 at the T-Mobile Arena screaming in excitement.

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Breakers win pre-season

Jordan Green sends the ball down the first hole in the Ashburton Golf Club Championships Final, which he won 3/2 against Robbie Bell.

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Green, Bell take honours

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

It was an exciting day on the fairways at the Ashburton Golf Club’s annual club championships.

In the men’s final, past winner Jordan Green faced off against defending champion Robbie Bell,

who started the better of the pair, leading 2-up at the turn.

He extended his lead not long after, but Green was able to dig in and bring the scores back to level, eventually swinging it in his favour to take the victory on the 34th hole of play, winning 3/2.

In the women’s final, Robbie Bell’s wife Pauline faced off against Sharon Bradford, and led 2-up throughout the match, eventually taking out the game 3/2.

In total, 42 golfers took to the course, competing in different classes from 36 holes right down

to the nine hole competition.

“It was a good day and it really is the highlight of our year,” match committee chairman Bruce Day said. “The weather got a bit cold at one part and the wind didn’t really affect the day so it was brilliant.”

Resilient Cowboys on cusp of history Greeted like rockstars as they returned to Townsville yesterday, North Queensland are looking to put on another big show as they seek to become just the second team to make the NRL grand final from eighth spot.

The Cowboys’ eight-point semi-final win over Parramatta – who got to the decider from eighth in 2009 – comes after the clutch win over Penrith in week one of the finals.

And that followed the Queenslanders having to rely on Canterbury’s upset defeat of St George Illawarra just to even qualify for the post-season.

Paul Green’s men have been widely lauded for their fighting abilities over an injury-riddled back end of the year, but the Cowboys proved their premiership credentials against the Eels.

The 2015 premiers now meet the Sydney Roosters in a prelimi-

Kiwis go four straight Kiwi drivers Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber have all but wrapped up the World Endurance Championship title after notching a fourth successive win. Hartley, Bamber and German Timo Bernhard powered their Porsche hybrid vehicle to victory at the United States leg of the series in Texas to open up a commanding lead. The trio have racked up wins at Le Mans, Nurburgring and Mexico to open a cavernous advantage back to their nearest rivals from Toyota. - NZME

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By matt encarnacion

The New Zealand Breakers have come from behind in the closing stages to beat Melbourne United 88-86 in an NBL pre-season game in Napier. A topsy-turvy fixture was decided in the closing play when star Melbourne guard Casper Ware missed a shot on the buzzer to tie the scores. His team had led 60-55 going into the final quarter, having themselves fought back from a nine-point deficit after the opening stanza. The Breakers were led by 21 points from import point guard Edgar Sosa while Shea Ili scored 14 and Finn Delany 13.

Centre Alex Pledger pulled down six offensive rebounds.

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nary final in Sydney on Saturday.

Like they did in finals week one, star duo Michael Morgan and Jason Taumalolo showed they have found another level in the absence of co-captains Johnathan Thurston and Matt Scott.

Their back-to-back finals wins now have their fans dreaming of a second title in three years as they welcomed their team back home yesterday.

“The reception we had just before when we touched back down in Townsville, you had to pinch yourself, felt a bit like a rockstar,” forward Coen Hess said.

“There were that many people there and they were getting their Cowboys chants going on. Obviously it was very good to see how much it means to the people of North Queensland.”

Hess is confident of facing the Roosters despite picking up knocks to his knee in either half against the Eels, with the latter

Jason Taumalolo forcing him to an early mark.

“Obviously there in the first half, just got twisted.

“I think during the halftime period it calmed down a bit and got my mind over it more than

anything,” he said. “Then again in the second half, one of the Eels players came in as third man a little bit aggressively and it flared back up.

“I got taken off for precautionary reasons to ice it up.”

Premiership favourites Melbourne will host Brisbane in the other preliminary final after the Broncos did enough to dispatch a disappointing Penrith team on Friday night.

Wayne Bennett’s side got the jump early on the Panthers before holding off a late comeback despite losing Corey Oates, Jai Arrow and Sam Thaiday to concussion during the match.

Penrith five-eighth Tyrone May is awaiting scans on a feared ACL tear.

The Broncos are likely to get skipper Darius Boyd back from a hamstring injury to take on the Storm, as well as impact forward Tevita Pangai Junior (knee).

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Brisbane stand as the final hurdle for Melbourne to leap for a shot at redeeming last year’s grand final defeat. The Broncos were in control for most of their semi-final against Penrith but are expected to find another gear with the expected inclusions of captain Darius Boyd and impact forward Tevita Pangai Junior back from injury. In contrast, the Storm have had their feet up following their qualifying final win over Parramatta, with almost a full squad at their disposal. They will start as heavy favourites to become the first team to back-to-back grand finals in eight seasons. - AAP

Roosters v Cowboys The gutsiest team in the NRL booked a meeting with the best clutch team after North Queensland outlasted Parramatta in Saturday’s semi-final win. The Cowboys are now just 80 minutes away from matching the 2009 Eels, who were the most recent team to reach the decider from eighth spot. Standing in their way are the Roosters, who enhanced their reputation as the best finishers in the NRL when they snatched a qualifying final win over the Broncos with a 75th minute try to Latrell Mitchell.

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In brief Kiwi does it tough The Tim Butt-trained Kiwi flyer My Field Marshal overcame a tough trip at Menangle to win in 1:51.9 in the 1609m (mobile) feature pace on Saturday night. Driver Anthony Butt was forced to sit three wide from a wide draw, but moved up parked and proved too tough in the run home, beating Allblack Stride by a neck. Butt then drove 10-yearold trotter Kyvalley Blur to win the feature trot in 1:56.8.

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NZ Cup main target Canterbury co-trainer Mark Purdon says slick New Brighton Cup winner Have Faith In Me will probably miss the Victoria Cup on October 19 to focus solely on the $800,000 NZ Cup at Addington on November 14. Purdon and co-trainer Natalie Rasmussen were rapt with Have Faith In Me on Saturday at Addington, when the six-year-old won fresh-up after six months out. Have Faith In Me showed his old speed to win by half-a-length from Titan Banner in 3:14.7.

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Let Her rip returns Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie was left ruing a tough barrier draw and some unfortunate luck in running after Let Her Rip failed to figure in the finish of Saturday’s Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington.

The five-year-old mare was on a hit and run mission in Melbourne to secure some valuable Australian black-type to enhance her future breeding prospects. Those plans turned to custard however when she had to be snagged to the rear of the field from an outside barrier before being badly held up for a run in the home straight. - NZME

Jessica Young gets Clasina Maria home half a length ahead of Run Boy Run in the Papanui Club Mobile Pace at Methven yesterday Ricky May got Augusta up for third to form a $83.70 trifecta.

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All the way for Clasina Maria

By Matt MarkhaM The rain stayed away and the sun shone on the first grass track harness meeting for the season yesterday at Methven.

A decent crowd flocked to the Mt Harding Racecourse to take in the 10 races on offer including a contingent of more than 600 people as part of the Clubs of Canterbury Race Day. While the weather played its part off the track it was hot on it

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with quick times and impressive performances highlighting the day’s action.

The ladies were very much to the fore in the driving ranks with victories to female drivers; Sam Ottley, Jessica Young, Pip Wakelin and Sheree Tomlinson all winning races during the middle part of the programme.

Young’s performance with Clasina Maria, who is trained by her father Paul, was one of the efforts of the day.

The speedy mare made full use of her one barrier draw to find the front and from there never looked back as they stacked up their rivals and then dashed away from them at the top of the straight to win. It was the fourth career win for Clasina Maria and her third on the grass.

Local success was limited to a driving victory from Ricky May when he guided Classie Regal to success at big odds for Mike Stratford.

Massive suspension

A debut runner, Friend, underlined some strong trial form with a dominant maiden win (2300m mobile) for trainer Phil Burrows and driver Gavin Smith. The three-year-old Changeover colt settled in the one-one sit and shot to the front at the 800m, cruising clear to win by 2 ½ lengths.

Canterbury driver Blair Orange moved to 22 wins for the season when Goodlookin Chick picked up the last race with a brave effort.

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Canterbury amateur driver Ray Reekie copped a lengthy two-anda-half year suspension for overly aggressive tactics behind Zakspatrol, a horse he owns, in the race for amateur drivers at Addington on Saturday. Scott Wallis, chairman of stipendiary stewards for the meeting, confirmed the suspension. Reaction on social media has mostly been supportive of banning Reekie, but not for such a long period, with one Facebook post asking “who did he kill?’’

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Sandra Fredrickso 5 12228 Bigtime Levi 26.05..............................L Cole 6 84864 Alzheimer’s nwtd ........................P Ferguson 4 5 Bark My Words nwtd L Cole 5 32141 Harry Brown 21.56 .............................L Cole 6 11633 Bigtime Eve 26.52 ..............................L Cole 7 16316 Mija Sydney nwtd ........................A Turnwald 5 1 Extroverted nwtd L Cole 6 45533 Cawbourne Mezza 21.40 .............M Roberts 7 78x11 Me Jane 26.17 ...................................L Cole 8 17653 Little Bit Funny nwtd J & .................D Fahey 6 3 Bark Knopfler nwtd L Cole 7 85751 Kirkham Jasper 21.53 J & ...................D Bell 8 x3418 Soft Gambler nwtd ......................A Turnwald 11 4.19pm NANCY COBAIN DISTANCE (GROUP 2) 7 36277 Cash Person nwtd P C Morris 8 32822 Cororooke Chook nwtd ...............A Turnwald 9 63248 Bigtime Bakagain 26.16 .....................L Cole HEAT 3 C2dq, 660m 8 45266 Stole Me Keys nwtd K Gommans 9 17844 Bigtime Jane 21.44 ............................L Cole 10 12872 Cawbourne Barcia 26.01 J & ..............D Bell 1 72543 Pacific Sunrise 40.86 ........................M Flipp 9 41 Extrapolate nwtd L Cole 10 44885 Bigtime Blue 21.54 .............................L Cole 8 3.15pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C3, 457m 2 32252 Goldstar Jagger nwtd S & ...............B Evans 10 54376 Bigtime Allgood nwtd G & Sandra Fredrickso 5 2.22pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 1 11522 Thrilling Fergus 26.23 ..................... K Walsh 3 36171 Thrilling Raider nwtd ....................... K Walsh 2 1.30 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C2, 375m 1 12132 Birdie Tee nwtd..............................R Adcock 2 55721 Bigtime Sam 26.08 G & .. Sandra Fredrickso 4 26342 Translator nwtd J & .........................D Fahey 1 x5617 Banshee Boy 21.82 ....................B Goldsack 2 62175 Bigtime Basher 21.84.........................L Cole 3 44563 Bigtime Welldone 26.01 .....................L Cole 5 Box Vacant ................................... Scratched 2 768F1 Asteria 21.94 G R & ........................ S Voyce 3 11221 Bigtime Sugar 21.38 ..........................L Cole 4 36245 Bigtime Monty 26.40 ..........................L Cole 6 25641 Bradam Begins 39.11 .................A Turnwald 3 86736 Sasha McBell 21.68 ...............J T McInerney 4 11338 Bigtime Crackem 21.18 ......................L Cole 5 13555 Bigtime Dazzler 26.10 ........................L Cole 7 13311 Runway Bono nwtd J & ...................D Fahey 4 43534 Steel The Gold nwtd.................... P C Morris 5 71683 Sozin’s Blue nwtd ...................J T McInerney 6 11112 Bigtime Fred 26.23 .............................L Cole 8 45672 Goldstar Miley nwtd S & ..................B Evans 5 84314 Bigtime Racer 21.89 G & Sandra Fredrickso 6 75611 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 7 16361 Bigtime Liam 26.10 ............................L Cole 12 4.39pm M&M MASTER BUTCHERS C4/5, 457m 6 67753 Hawkesbury Fever 21.38 .............C J Morris 7 41236 Hypocritical 21.46 ........................M Roberts 8 44633 Crazy Kicker 26.32 .............................L Cole 1 33226 Spring Allegro 25.88 ..........................L Cole 7 73115 Bigtime Trev nwtd ...............................L Cole 8 61223 Cawbourne Kaz 21.58 .................M Roberts 9 84685 Cawbourne Trixy 26.17 ................M Roberts 2 61153 Allegro Gun 25.85 ..............................L Cole 8 74611 Cawbourne Sandy 21.91 J & ..............D Bell 9 31377 Lover 21.56 .................................A Turnwald 10 77788 Watch My Back nwtd..................B Goldsack 3 62212 Timmy Trumpet 25.83 ..................... K Walsh 9 56764 Cool Rythm 21.81 .......................B Hodgson 10 38868 It’s The Lovely 21.54 ................ K Gommans 9 3.40pm NANCY COBAIN DISTANCE (GROUP 2) 4 42862 Bigtime Do It nwtd ..............................L Cole 10 23765 Cawbourne Foxy 21.70 ............... P C Morris 6 2.40pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C0 C0, 457m HEAT 1 C2dq, 660m 5 14414 Bigtime Doug 25.93 ...........................L Cole 3 1.47pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C3 C3, 375m 1 88x8 Seeking A Dollar nwtd.................A Turnwald 1 46256 Goldstar Avery nwtd S & .................B Evans 6 52314 Bigtime Caleb 26.54...........................L Cole 1 14322 Allegro Beaty nwtd .............................L Cole 2 22444 Bigtime Sandy nwtd ...........................L Cole 2 56644 Molly O’Shea nwtd ......................B Hodgson 7 26818 Epic Dream nwtd...........................R Adcock 2 58142 Act Naturally 21.63...........................S Stone 3 64422 Fancy Fifita nwtd ......................... P C Morris 3 86777 Autumn Lights nwtd.....................A Turnwald 8 13341 Fusion Cronulla 26.11 .................A Turnwald 3 18335 Bigtime George 21.72 ........................L Cole 4 46861 Idol Patches nwtd ..............................M Flipp 4 63774 Thrilling Hettie 39.05 ....................... K Walsh 9 35756 Mark’s Boy 25.84 ...............................L Cole 4 16261 Bigtime Champ nwtd ..........................L Cole 5 273 Bigtime Redo nwtd .............................L Cole 5 14468 Opawa Cheviot nwtd S & ................B Evans 10 24657 Map My Run 26.04.............................L Cole 5 82453 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 J & ..............D Bell 6 234 Dermott Brown nwtd ..........................L Cole 6 28626 Opawa Racer nwtd J & ...................D Fahey 13 4.57 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C1, 410m

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67526 Opawa Crusade nwtd .......................M Flipp 55357 Tammy’s Fire nwtd ............................M Flipp 21586 Bigtime Tomac 23.67 G & Sandra Fredrickso 84532 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody 44272 Bigtime Mark nwtd .............................L Cole 23844 Sozin’s Galaxy nwtd ...............J T McInerney 67787 Scodelario nwtd ..............................L Doody 75523 Cawbourne Steele nwtd J &................D Bell 45187 Loco Amigo nwtd S &................C Blackburn 766x5 Bigtime Taylor nwtd G & .. Sandra Fredrickso 14 5.14pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 375m 1 48736 Alquezar nwtd ...................................M Flipp 2 37577 Barn Door Billy nwtd ................ K Gommans 3 31488 Ndora nwtd........................................D Edlin 4 42222 Botany Dianne nwtd ...............J T McInerney 5 37354 Bacon My Heart nwtd ........................L Cole 6 35143 Bigtime Jonty 22.07 ...........................L Cole 7 38546 Tomorrow Star 22.15 ................ S Gommans 8 56262 Cawbourne Skeeta nwtd J &...............D Bell 9 28868 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 J & ..................D Bell 10 77877 Homebush Freda nwtd ...........J T McInerney 15 5.36pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 375m 1 22434 Culvie Den 21.81 ................................ L Bell 2 82222 Jinja Loren nwtd G R & ................... S Voyce 3 52132 Mikachu 21.85.............................A Turnwald 4 17 Bark Rosanowski nwtd.......................L Cole 5 42413 Paris Global nwtd ...................J T McInerney 6 877F8 Buddy Swift nwtd ..................... K Gommans 7 31111 Zoya Bale nwtd ............................M Roberts 8 13686 Cawbourne Bettsy nwtd J & ................D Bell 9 85655 Ear’s Boris 21.40 ...............................M Flipp 10 34681 Ngakawau nwtd......................J T McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Racing 20 Ashburton Guardian

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■ RUAKAKA

TRAVEL

Ronchi gets home for Cambridge Stud “Very happy with that,” The familiar colours of CamPeard said. bridge Stud dominated the fin“He’ll go to Hawke’s Bay ish of the open sprint at Ruakanext, there’s a 1400m race ka, although the result went an there for him.” unexpected way.

Hiflyer was making his They bred and retain an first appearance since he ownership interest in Hiflyer, finished runner-up in the who was sent out a warm faGr.2 Easter Stakes at Ellervourite in Saturday’s New slie in April.

Zealand Bloodstock Finance At Ruakaka, he was lost Handicap (1200m) only he for early speed and settled had to bow to Ronchi, another at the tail of the field beproduct of Sir Patrick Hogan’s Grant Cooksley on Ronchi fore rider Johnathan Parkes powerhouse nursery. urged him closer near the Trained by Bruce Wallace and Allan Peard, Ronchi went into the turn and the Tavistock gelding ran home event off the back of an unplaced run when generously for second.

“Instead of trialling him on heavy ground resuming on the course earlier this month.

“Last time out he got blocked so it was a we decided to come here for the better good run and we expected him to go for- track,” trainer Peter Lock said.

“He’ll improve a ton.” ward and be very competitive,” Peard said.

Rider Grant Cooksley took Ronchi to the The Te Aroha horseman said he has set front and the Stravinsky five-year-old made Hiflyer for the Group 3 Thompson Handithe running and held all challengers at bay cap at Trentham at the end of next month. in the run home.

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Methven harness results The weather was fine and the track good for the Methven Harness yesterday.

RACE 1 NEW BRIGHTON CLUB MOBILE PACE, $9350, 2300m 1-1 Friend (2) G Smith 1 2-2 Bettor Than That (9) N Purdon 2 10-10 Bicton (3) R May 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 8-7 Lucy Diamond, 9-8 Clarendon Falcon, 4-4 Highview Justice, 7-6 Downtown Train, 3-3 Nakayla Franco, 6-9 Cavalier Bromac, 11-11 Skipperland, 5-5 Onedin Express.

2-1/2L, 3L, 1/2 hd. Time: 2:55.70. MR: 2:03.00. Last 800m: 59.00. Win: $1.20.

Places: $1.10, $2.20, $4.70. Quinella: $5.80. Trifecta: $64.30 (2,9,3). First4: $774.80 (2,9,3,11). Sub: Friend (2).

Trainer: Phil Burrows, Fernside. Breeding: 3 c Changeover-Rafiki.

RACE 2 OXFORD WORKING MENS CLUB TROT, $9350, 2400m 6-7 Caribbean Fizz (5) K Cameron 1 3-3 Girlz N Boyz (4) C McDowell 2 4-4 Monarco (11) R May 3 Scratched: Don’t Rock The Boat.

Also (finish order): 13-13 Sunny Glenis, 1-1 Winnie McGoogan, 2-2 Honeys Son, 7-5 Show Of Faith, 15-15 Masies Pride, 12-12 Sage Trouble, 10-10 Tricky Rastus, 9-11 Topnotch Titan, 5-6 Thank U George, 8-9 Ed Wood, 11-8 The Great Redeemer, 14-14 Nathan D (Pulled up).

Nse, 3-1/2L, 3/4L. Time: 3:14.00. MR: 2:10.10. Last 800m: 60.61. Win: $17.80.

Places: $4.20, $1.90, $3.80. Quinella: $42.80. Tri: $1298.30 (5,4,11). First4: Not Struck. Double: $19.60 (2+/5), $2.90 (2+/4).

Trainer: Gerard McCrea, Loburn. Breeding: 6 m Bacardi Lindy-Ultra Violet.

RACE 3 - RICHMOND CLUB PACE, $9350, 2400m 2-1 Norman Richards (3)I Lee 1 6-6 Nui Ba Den (11) R Anderson 2 4-4 Mega Watt (8) J Curtin 3 Scratched: American Banner.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 The Red Baron, 11-11 I’m Sick Of Excuses, 7-7 Magical Matty, 10-10 Dios Del Fuego, 1-2 Vintage Beach, 8-8 Silent Shadow, 3-3 Gold Eclipse, 9-9 Arizona Highway.

2-1/4L, Nk, 1/2L. Time: 3:10.60. MR: 2:07.80. Last 800m: 59.66. Win: $3.30.

Places: $1.30, $3.40, $3.10. Q: $23.10.

Tri: $275.20 (3,11,8). First4: $1607.00 (3,11,8,1). Treble: $106.30 (2+/5/3).

Trainer: John Hay, Ashburton. Breeding: 5 g Bettor’s Delight-Uroc M’Lady.

RACE 4 ASHBURTON MSA LIQUOR CENTRE MBL PACE, $9350, 2300m 3-3 Cullenmore (6) S Ottley 1 8-9 Frankie D (8) J W Cox 2 7-7 Kylie Ann (4) R Close 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 11-11 Havana Moon, 10-8 Franco Hatton, 6-6 Prin-

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cess Fulham, 2-2 Turkish Trousers, 5-4 Ultimate JJ, 4-5 Carley Maguire, 9-10 Jemima Franco, 1-1 Stunin Love.

Hd, 2L, 3/4L. Time: 3:02.50. MR: 2:02.40. Last 800m: 60.31. Win: $10.10.

Places: $2.20, $6.20, $5.30. Quinella: $111.20. Trifecta: $2706.10 (6,8,4).

First4: $4115.90 (6,8,4,3). Double: $14.80 (3/6), $30.00 (3/8).

Tr: Andrew Garters, Burnham. Breeding: 5 g Christian Cullen-Nevermore RACE 5 - CASHMERE CLUB PACE, $9350, 2400m 10-11 Classie Regal (1) R May 1 3-2 Dundee Lady (6) G Smith 2 11-10 Pine Cone (3) K Cameron 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 2-3 Chaaat, 12-12 Westy Ranger, 7-8 Pay Me The Change, 4-4 Red Terror, 5-6 Iknow, 1-1 Make Us Grin, 6-5 Boomer, 9-9 Franco Garcia, 8-7 Sefton Hooligan.

1/2L, 3/4L, Nse. Time 3:08.6. MR 2:06.5.

Last 800m: 59.35. Win: $32.00. Places: $8.50, $1.80, $7.20. Q: $109.50. Tri: $3725.60 (1,6,3). First4: $11094.60 (1,6,3,8).

Quaddie: Not Struck.

Tr: Mike Stratford, Prebbleton. Breeding: 6 m Stonebridge Regal-Classiealba.

RACE 6 - WOOLSTON CLUB TROT, $9900, 2400m 7-7 Rusty I Am (14) P Wakelin 1 2-2 Glenis Marie (13) R Anderson 2 5-4 Motu Great Sensation (2) B Borcoskie 3 Scr: Belmont’s Greatest, Princess Harbour, I’ldoitmyway, Stellar Success.

Also (in finishing order): 4-3 Ella Abbe, 10-9 Prince George, 6-6 One Over Dover, 1-1 Anna Kate, 3-5 Sunny Demon, 8-8 Laugh And Cry, 12-12 Wandering Star, 11-11 Big Ears, 9-10 Holly Trouble.

1L, 1-1/4L, 1-1/2L. Time: 3:15.90. MR: 2:11.40. Last 800m: 62.34. Win: $15.20.

Places: $4.20, $2.20, $2.30. Quinella: $39.80. Trifecta: $881.00 (14,13,2).

First4: $7155.80 (14,13,2,1). Double: $422.40 (1/14), $80.40 (1/13). Treble: $8884.50 (6/1/14).

Trainer: Wakelin/Noble, Oxford. Breeding: 6 g Sundon-Awesome I Am. RACE 7 - PAPANUI CLUB MOBILE PACE, $9900, 2300m 1-2 Clasina Maria (1) J Young 1 2-1 Run Boy Run (10) C Smith 2 4-3 Augusta (5) R May 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 11-11 Leading The Way, 10-10 Kardesler, 9-9 Bank Raider, 8-8 Laytons Lass, 7-7 Quite Ideal, 6-6 One Direction, 5-5 Highland Reign, 3-4 Missinmemate.

1/2L, 1L, Nk. Time: 3:00.00. MR: 2:05.90.

Last 800m: 58.06. Win: $4.00. Places: $1.80, $1.70, $2.00. Quinella: $7.10. Trifecta: $83.70 (1,10,5). First4: $640.90 (1,10,5,3).

Tr: Paul Young, West Melton. Breeding: 5 m Art Major-Missy Matao.

RACE 8 - HORNBY WORKING MENS CLUB JUNIOR DRIVERS, $9900, 2400m 2-1 She’sa Tricky Bridge (11) M Ander 1 1-2 OK I’m Bad (3) K Butt 2 10-10 Raising Hope (2) M Lewis 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Sheez Good, 6-7 Elite Excuse, 4-4 Take After Me, 15-15 Graceandtemika, 3-3 Zahara Zuri, 12-12 Westar Sam, 8-8 Got A Beauty, 11-11 Queen Of Glory, 14-14 Oliver Queen, 13-13 Miss Judgeford, 9-9 Hestia Franco, 7-6 Pay Me Direct.

1-1/2L, 1L, 2-1/4L. Time: 3:05.90. MR: 2:04.70. Last 800m: 58.43. Win: $5.50.

Places: $1.90, $2.00, $6.00. Quinella: $9.70. Trifecta: $372.80 (11,3,2). First4: $2010.50 (11,3,2,1). Double: $16.50 (1+/11), $4.60 (1+/3+).

Tr: John McDermott, Prebbleton. Breeding: 5 m Stonebridge Regal-Itsa Trick.

RACE 9 - KAIAPOI CLUB HANDICAP TROT, $9900, 2400m 1-1 Soney Beatt (14) S Tomlinson 1 5-5 Momentous (5) S Ottley 2 3-3 Redwood Invasion (15) R Holmes 3 Scratched: Hot N Fast, Izmok, Medusa.

Also (in finishing order): 15-13 Sheza Trendy Monarch, 8-7 Sarah Palin, 9-9 Majestic Moment, 6-4 Spurred By Success, 12-15 Clover Lady, 4-6 Lundqvist, 11-11 Leo’s Gift, 2-2 Jerry Garcia, 10-10 Tijuana Taxi, 7-8 I’ve Got This, 13-14 Imran Khan, 14-12 Young Stranger.

Nk, 1L, 1L. Time: 3:09.90. MR: 2:07.40.

Last 800m: 60.74. Win: $5.50. Places: $2.30, $3.10, $2.50. Quinella: $16.60.

Trifecta: $210.30 (14,5,15). First4: $4330.30 (14,5,15,13).

Trainer: Ken Ford, West Melton. Breeding: 6 g Sundon-Honey Beatt.

RACE 10 - CLUBS NZ, ADV INSURANCE, $9900, 2300m 1-2 Goodlookin Chick (8) B Orange 1 3-3 Diamond Life (3) R May 2 2-1 My Wee Man (1) N McGrath 3 All Started.

Also (in finish order): 9-9 Marat Saf Finn, 14-14 Rainy River, 8-4 Glenisthebettor, 4-5 Coral Beach, 7-8 Rah De Rah, 10-10 Beaudiene Gambler, 6-6 The Golden Boy, 5-7 Sounds Lika Gem, 1111 Veneto, 13-12 Blingiton, 12-13 Classie Cullect.

1/2L, 1-1/4L, 3/4L. Time: 2:54.00. MR: 2:01.80. Last 800m: 58.56. Win: $3.10.

Places: $1.70, $2.50, $1.50. Quinella: $14.50. Trifecta: $64.40 (8,3,1). First4: $1142.20 (8,3,1,7). Quaddie: $376.10 (1+/11/14+/8+). Place6: $104.70 (1,3,6/ 2,13,14/1+,5,10/2,3+,11/5,14+,15/1,3,8+).

Double: $15.20 (14+/8+), $8.30 (14+/3).

Treble: $101.40 (11/14+/8+).

Tr: Nigel McGrath, Weedons. Breeding: 4 m Artsplace-West End(USA).

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October 8 at 2.15pm, Horncastle Arena.

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Daily Events Monday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will contest the Copland WFA best Net. Ashburton Golf Club.

12pm - 1pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Free lunch for everyone. Baptist Church, please enter off Cass Street.

Tuesday 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allen’s Road.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean ‘Second time around” clothing for sale.

Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr of Cass and Havelock Streets.

9.40am MID CANTERBURY CENTRAL FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting with mini and main speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. (9.45am draw), (1.15pm draw).

Morning singles Golf croquet, afternoon handicap singles Golf Croquet. The Domain, Philip Street.

Sept 18 & 19, 2017

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Play Golf and Assn croquet.

Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Tablet/ipad/phone afternoon forum. Cost $2. M.S.A. Reading Room, Havelock Street.

2pm GREY POWER. Speaker Kate White from Mid Canterbury TimeBank. Senior Centre.

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

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE EUCHRE. Every Monday night, Catholic Parish Hall Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

8pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night concert, all visitors welcome. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning for new people to Ashburton. Nosh Cafe at Ashfords, West Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Signing Centre, New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention strengthening muscles improving balance.

Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse .

5.30pm - 7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth group. 48 Allens Road.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Weekly club night, all player levels welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Weekly games, come and have a go! Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You won’t get any more than you can handle. Still, it would be nicer if the word “pleasantly” were inserted between “can” and “handle,” yes? The way to add a little ease in your life is to say “no” a lot more.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): These days, people claim to do things “in the interest of transparency” as if it’s some kind of brag. But how much do you really want to know? You’ll prefer a wellcrafted story with a little mystery thrown in.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The quiet observer may see the most, but there’s also something to be said for the outspoken instigator who teases out a side of people that’s been dying for the excuse to emerge.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ll be pressured into liking what’s popular. That’s okay. Popularity may be as good a reason for liking something as any. Later tonight, though, have a you-to-you talk to figure out your true preferences.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There are those who feel bullied by a loud voice, even when that voice isn’t using bullying words. You’re a socially savvy performer so you’ll dial in your volume and tone to match the vibes of your audience.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’re bringing your A-game.

Each person you meet today has the potential to be, at the very least, a friendly part of your social landscape. Some could even become special to you.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Today’s act of bravery won’t take place on a battlefield; rather, it will happen inside your heart when you decide to be compassionate even though you’ve plenty of reasons not to be.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): When the energy bleeds out of the situation and you realise the old way can’t go on, let this be your reinvention mantra: The phoenix wasn’t born from an egg. Its mother was fire; its father was death himself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Everything interesting has something slightly controversial tucked in its pocket. When things cease to be somewhat complex or subversive, they cease to get attention.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): One man’s torture is another man’s pleasure. You’ll do your best work in a diverse group. You won’t concern yourself too much with judging other people’s proclivities.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Compromise gets a bad rap in the culture of “dream big” and “don’t settle,” but think twice today before you pass up a good, solid arrangement in which both parties would be moderately satisfied.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You look forward and wonder whether you’ll have a future that looks like today multiplied many times. If this were to be the case, what would you change about today to make it work?

ACROSS 1. Fails to drop one, going east? That’s not true! (5) 4. The market flooded, and not returning, he eats a lot (7) 8. As to nude turn-out, first of dimples was astonishing (9) 9. Go for office, at a pace unlike Shakespearean schoolboy’s (3) 10. Gun housing for Lt with Horse, perhaps (7) 12. Winter feed-maker uses compound of oils (4) 14. Thinking it may be all right, dance, careful to leave car (7) 17. Duck for meal in the afternoon, and starter for lunch (4) 18. Inhabitant of the Garden of Eden got blown in old band (7) 20. Thanks to the right viscous material being produced (3) 21. Is not imported by house having had extension added (4-5) 23. Brought plot into the light of day, or shelled out! (7) 24. Weeds? Yes – but not beginning after 20 (5)

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RANKIN, Harley Graham – It is with deep sadness that on Friday, September 15, 2017, Harley passed away peacefully at home; aged 83 years. Dearly loved husband MID CANTERBURY FUNERAL SERVICES of Dawn (deceased) and Sue. Loved father and father-inlaw of Bernard and Margie, Galbraith’s provide choice!

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SWAINE, Dorothy Priscilla (nee McNab) – “One of the Rangitata, McNabs” It is with a heavy heart that we let you know that our lovely Dorothy passed away peacefully at home at Cedar Grove, Seafield Road, Ashburton, surrounded by her loving family. On Friday, September 15, 2017. She fought a courageous battle until the end. Our beautiful “Rose Lady” of Cedar Grove. Dearly loved and cherished wife of Walter for 60 years. Adored and cherished mother and mother-in-law of Wendy, Cynthia and Andy Ford, Stephen, and Diana and Warwick Small.

Dearly loved grandma of Lynette and Barbara, Lydia and Elise, Josh and Daniel and great grandmother of Matthew. Dearly loved daughter of the late Daniel and Priscilla McNab and loved sister and sister-in-law of the late Hughie and Moira McNab and the late Bruce and Jean McNab and the late Edward (Ned) McNab. Loved aunt of Tony McNab, Trish and Chris Doherty, Maureen McNab, Kevin and Erin McNab, Terry McNab, Jillian McNab, and Paul and Marcia McNab. Eternal Rest Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, And let perpetual light shine upon them.

May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen Messages to 740 Seafield Road, RD 7, Ashburton 7777.

A Requiem Mass for Dorothy will be celebrated at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton on Friday 22 September commencing at 10.30am followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

McCORMICK, Mark Ian – On September 16, 2017.

Suddenly but peacefully at Christchurch Hospital, with Please note all late death family and loved ones by his notices or notices sent side. Aged 57 years. Dearly loved partner of Paula, lov- outside ordinary office hours ing father of Matilda. Loved must be emailed to: son of Jeanette and late Ian. deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Loving brother and brother in to ensure publication. law of Maree and Colin, LeeAnne and Norman Stewart, To place a notice during Kathryn and Alan, and Rich- office hours please contact ard and Dorothy. Loved uncle us on 03 307 7900 of all his nieces and nephfor more information ews. Special friend of Daniel, and Ashleigh. Messages 364 Any queries Rawles Crossing Road, RD1 please contact Ashburton 7771. Funeral details later.

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In our hearts and memories forever.

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Fine spells at first. Rain developing south of Lake Coleridge in the morning and elsewhere in the afternoon.

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Wind at 2000m: S 40 km/h, rising to gale 80 km/h for a time in the afternoon.

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Rain, easing to drizzle in the morning and clearing in the afternoon with fine breaks developing. Southwesterlies dying out morning, northeasterlies developing.

Monday, 18 September 2017

A complex trough of low pressure covers the country.

Strong showery westerlies affect the upper North Island while southeasterlies strengthen over the south of the South Island. The low moves away to the east tomorrow, followed by a narrow ridge.

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BUTTERICK, Sheila Elizabeth – Passed away peacefully at Highfield Rest Home on September 14, 2017. Loved wife of the late Ronald, loved mother and mother-in-law of Stanley and Gail Prattley (Mosgiel), Elizabeth Prattley and Barry Mehlhopt (Temuka), Jillian and Stephen Scott (Brisbane) and Barry Prattley (Pareora), loved Nana of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Margaret, Leslie and Jeanette, Nancy, June, Keith, Kevin and Shona and Howard. Thank you to all the staff at Highfield Rest Home for the loving care of Sheila. A service will be held at Betts Chapel, cnr North and Butler Streets, Timaru today Monday, September 18 at 1.30pm, thereafter private cremation. Messages to 1048 Timaru-Temuka Highway, Temuka 7920.

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HOLMES, Shirley Sherriff (Ex W.A.A.F. Reg. No. 430412) – On September 15, 2017, peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, aged 94 years.

Dearly loved wife of the late Samuel Fredric Gordon Holmes (‘Sivonholm’, Methven), much loved mother and mother-in-law of Rosalee and the late Lionel Ewington, Shirley-Ann and John Rickman, Samuel Gordon Holmes (deceased), Mary and Stephen MacLachlan, loved grandma of Mark Ewington; Stuart, Christopher and Amy, Samuel Rickman; Rupert and Susan, and Matilda MacLachlan and Dale; proud great-grandma of Mitchell MacLachlan, loved sister and sister-in-law of Victor and Barbara Novis, Ross and Jennifer Novis; Natalie and Lynton Broughton, Cecilia and Bill McKellar, Don and Dorothy Holmes, Peter and Edna Holmes, Bob and Marjorie Holmes (all deceased), and Annette and the late George King; and a much loved aunt, cousin and friend. Special thanks to the staff of Ilam Lifecare for their wonderful care and support of Shirley. Messages may be addressed to The Family of the late Shirley Holmes, c/PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. A Memorial Service to celebrate Shirley’s Life will be held in the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven, on Wednesday, September 20, at 1.30pm.

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11:05 American Crime AO Nick takes his frustrations out on Clair; Clair becomes increasingly abusive and controlling of her nanny, Gabriella.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 0 7am My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 3 0 7:25 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 7:50 Star v Tthe Forces Of Evil 3 0 8:15 Art Attack 3 0 8:35 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am The Undateables AO (Starting Today) 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 0 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Leon 0 3:35 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4:05 Bizaardvark Frankie and Paige seek to boost their subscriber level by collaborating with popular Vuuugle stars Victor and JiffPom. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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11:40 Football – English Premier League Chelsea v Arsenal.

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4:50 Woodlawn PGC 2015 Drama. Caleb Castille, Jon Voight.

6:55 The Standoff PGL 2016 Comedy. Olivia Holt, Ryan McCartan.

8:30 Incarnate 16VLC 2016 Horror. Called to save the life of a boy possessed by a powerful demon, a scientist encounters a fierce and elusive threat. Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten.

10pm IT MVLS 2016 Thriller. Pierce Brosnan, James Frecheville.

11:40 Casual Encounters 16LS 2014 Comedy. Taran Killam, Brooklyn Decker.

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2:25 Woodlawn PGC 2015 Drama. Caleb Castille, Jon Voight. 4:25 The Standoff PGL 2016 Comedy.

Olivia Holt, Ryan McCartan.

5:55 Incarnate 16VLC 2016 Horror. Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten.

7:15 Snatch 18VL 2000 Crime. Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro. 8:55 Evan Almighty PGL 2007 Comedy.

Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham. 10:30 One Missed Call MV 2008 Horror. Edward Burns, Shannyn Sossamon.

11:55 28 Days ML 2000 Comedy. Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Bullock.

1:40 Memento R16 2001 Thriller. Joe Pantoliano, Guy Pearce.

3:30 Blue Jasmine ML 2013 Drama. Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin.

5:05 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson.

6:50 Alex Cross MVS 2010 Crime Action. Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols.

8:30 Hitch MLS 2005 Comedy.

The life of a modern-day cupid is complicated by a clumsy accountant client and a gossip columnist to whom he is attracted. Will Smith, Eva Mendes.

10:30 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama.

Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie.

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6:30 Takoha 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7am Penguins Of Madagascar 3 7:30 Pukana (HLS) 2 7:40 Huritua 7:50 Paia 8am R&R PGR 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Ako 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 4pm Pukana (HLS) 2 4:10 Huritua 3 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Rugby League 5:30 Te Matatini 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Moose Meat And Marmalade PGR 8pm Aotearoa 8:30 Don Selwyn – Power In Our Hands AO 9:30 Toa Hunter Gatherer AO 3 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

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11:30 River Cottage – Three Go Mad Three celebrities join Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall in a cookery master class.

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9am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Semi-final One – Broncos v Panthers.

9:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Semi-final Two – Eels v Cowboys.

10am Cricket – International (HLS) India v Australia.

10:30 Sky Sports News UK 11am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Wellington v Canterbury.

1pm Rugby Nation 2pm Motorsport – Formula One (HLS) Singapore Airlines Grand Prix.

2:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) BMW Championship, Round Four.

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3:30 Golf Central 4:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) KLM Open, Round Four.

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10:30 Motorcycling – World Superbikes (HLS) Portuguese Round, Race One. 11am Motorcycling – World Superbikes (HLS) Portuguese Round, Race Two. 11:30 Motorsport – TCR Asia Series Shanghai Round Nine.

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12:30 Motorcycling – British Superbike Championship Oulton Park. 1:30 Triathlon – ITU World Series (RPL) Rotterdam – Women’s Race. 4pm Triathlon – ITU World Series (RPL) Rotterdam – Men’s Race. 6:30 Golf Central 7:30 Hunters Club 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 10:30 Rugby League – NRL Semi-final One – Broncos v Panthers. 11pm Rugby League – NRL Semi-final Two – Eels v Cowboys.

11:30 League Legends TUESDAY TUESDAY Midnight The 1:15 Anger Management MLS TUESDAY Crowd Goes Wild 2003 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Midnight Aussie Rules 12:30 Motorsport – Formula – AFL Semi-final – GWS Jack Nicholson. 3am The One Singapore Airlines Giants v West Coast Eagles.

Making Of Ocean’s Grand Prix. 1am Triathlon 3am Motorsport – Thirteen PG 3:15 Hitch MLS – ITU World Series (RPL) Nascar Xfinity Series (HLS) 2005 Comedy. Will Smith, Rotterdam – Women’s Race.

Chicagoland 300. 4am Rugby 3:30 Triathlon – ITU World Eva Mendes. 5:10 Blue – The Championship (RPL) Jasmine ML 2013 Drama.

Series (RPL) Rotterdam – Men’s Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin.

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Game nearly called off West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite revealed his side were worried about the possibility of “careerthreatening injuries” and discussed a possible abandonment before sealing their latest Twenty20 victory over England on a damp outfield in Durham.

The Windies closed out a 21-run win, their 11th in 15 T20 games against the English after Brathwaite approached the umpires in the second innings and was ready to press to call the game off. “We kind of gave it an ultimatum...we got the outfield roped and we were in agreement that if anything dramatic or drastic happened we’d call it quits.”

Kiwi triathletes struggle

Ashburton Barbarians’ Tyson Tuani looks to break the Chertsey Oilers’ line in his side’s 38-26 win on Saturday.

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Despite a last-minute change in venue, a large crowd gathered to watch the first ever rugby league played between two teams from Mid Canterbury.

The more experienced Ashburton Barbarians were able to claim victory against the newly formed Chertsey Oilers at Collegiate Rugby Club on Saturday, 38-26.

The match was set to be

played at the Chertsey Domain, but an issue with the goalposts saw a last minute switch.

“It wasn’t too bad, we are pretty happy, it was just a shame it couldn’t be played out at Chertsey,” Chertsey Rugby League president Glenn Jamieson said.

“They were pretty on top of us in the first quarter but once we got some confidence we were pretty good, and we are pretty pleased.”

Picking up victory in the first

game of the Aoraki competition was a goal for the Barbarians, and coach Steve Gamble said he was pleased with the performance.

“It was very good as far as the boys went, we are happy with the effort,” he said.

“It was a big crowd and there were a lot of people interested.”

With games against the Country Cowboys and Timaru Outlaws on the horizon, Gamble said that he was quite con-

fident about his side’s chances.

“We are pretty confident in the team that we will give it a pretty close go,” he said.

Despite their opening loss, Jamieson said from the performance they are hopeful about how the Oilers might go.

“They (the Timaru Outlaws) had a reasonably big loss so we are pretty confident and then playing the Country Cowboys last will be good as we will hopefully have improved,” he said.

Waters, Stanaway upset in Sandown 500 Cam Waters has claimed a first Supercars victory, denying series leader Scott McLaughlin to win the Sandown 500 with teammate Richie Stanaway in a Ford lockout.

The Prodrive Racing pair were outsiders coming into the Melbourne race but showed their

speed to win pole position on Saturday.

Yesterday, they showed their grit to withstand challenges from all-comers.

McLaughlin and Alex Premat’s No.17 Falcon came closest, but couldn’t eat into the No.6 car’s lead as the laps ticked down.

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The two Red Bull Holdens, led

by Jamie Whincup and Shane Van Gisbergen, both suffered tyre blow-outs to end their podium hopes.

Chaz Mostert rounded out the podium.

While McLaughlin would cheer a strengthening of his se-

ries lead, it was Waters who celebrated hardest – treating the Sandown crowd to burnouts.

“I don’t know what to say, I’m so pumped,” he said.

“I didn’t think I could hold (McLaughlin) off but we managed to keep the gap. It’s awesome.”

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Kiwi triathletes Andrea Hewitt and Ryan Sissons have failed to fire a shot in the grand final of the world series in Rotterdam. Three-time Olympian Hewitt was 11th in the women’s race and Sissons 23rd in the men’s, both raced in cold, wet conditions. Both paid the price for missing out on the front packs out of the swim leg, failing to make up ground on the leaders on the technical bike course.

Hewitt was a chance of finishing second overall in the series but her result instead dropped her from third to fifth.

Falcao a goal machine Despite the departure of many key players, Monaco’s strike force remains intact. Monaco, which had Europe’s most potent attack last season when making it to the Champions League semi-finals, already has 17 goals in six league matches. Monaco’s display yesterday in a 3-0 win over promoted Strasbourg was not as flamboyant as last season, but they recovered from a 4-0 loss to Nice last weekend with remarkable efficiency. Radamel Falcao added two goals to his tally to make it nine in six matches.

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