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Ashburton College principal Ross Preece says his school does not have a bullying culture, despite allegations from parents too scared to send their children to the school.

After a video emerged of a violent attack on a teenage boy, one mother said

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she is fearing for her child’s safety, and others have spoken out about their concerns.

The video, sent to NZME yesterday, shows two college students fighting while others stand and watch.

As the video continues, countless other students become involved in the fight, launching in and punching a stu-

dent on the ground.

The concerned mother who sent it in said she believed it was time the school employed security guards to patrol the grounds.

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Nurses’ strike possible

By SuSan SandyS

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Nurses at Ashburton and other hospitals around New Zealand are seeking urgent mediation on their pay and conditions as potential strikes loom.

The Canterbury District Health Board is forming contingency plans in association with other district health boards in the case of industrial action.

DHB spokesperson Helen Mason said patient safety was

health boards’ main priority.

“And while we’re working to reach a settlement and avoid disruption to services, we’re also working hard to ensure emergency and life-preserving services are available if the industrial action goes ahead,” Mason said yesterday.

The New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation had just announced it was rejecting the DHB offer following members voting in union meetings around the country.

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National Party spokesperson for health Michael Woodhouse called for the government to intervene and ensure mediation.

Strike notice would not come until 72 hours before the first potential strike on July 5.

“We are heading into winter, which is the busiest time of the year for hospitals, and the prospects of nurses’ strikes poses a significant risk for the public,” Woodhouse said.

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Clark said he was disappointed, and the DHB’s half-billion dollar offer had been the largest made to nurses in more than a decade.

“This offer goes a long way to address nurses’ pay and staffing concerns, but you cannot fix nine years of underfunding in one pay round,” he said.

The proposal would see most full-time registered nurses earning an extra $10,000 a year within 18 months, and included funding for around 500

From P1 “The teachers are unable to stop this behaviour. The school must consider contracting security guards to protect our children or one day you will be reporting on a murder at this college. It only takes one coward to punch somebody in the back of the head to kill them.”

After the video emerged, another local mother contacted the Guardian to express her concerns with the number of “bystanding students” during such incidents.

She had been shown three different videos of a student violently attacking her Year 11 daughter at Ashburton College in March.

Ashburton College seemed to have a higher degree of bullying problems than other schools, the mother said – due to a wider issue of school culture rather than just a group of problematic pupils.

“In [yesterday’s] video and the videos I saw no one stepped in. I mean, there were even Year 12 students standing around, and they’re supposed to be the leaders.”

Ashburton College staff and board had investigated the incident with her daughter, stood down the girl responsible and spoken with recognisable bystanders, and the mother had eventually moved her daughter to another school.

She said she had “nothing negative” to say about their response, nor her daughter’s first two years at the college, but said “there’s just something about the whole culture there that needs to change.”

“I don’t know exactly what it is about Ashburton College, but it doesn’t take many troubled students to really upset the apple cart.”

However, Ashburton College principal Ross Preece denied there was a bullying culture at the school and said students were aware that violent incidents were taken “very seriously” by the board.

For example, in the video which emerged yesterday, he said two students were obviously attempting to haul their friends out of the way.

“That’s because they know that they are going to be in deep trouble,” he said.

He said the college’s 1200 students respect the school as a place that they can get on with their learning.

The school run programmes like Positive Behaviour for Learning and restorative practice, and would always discourage students from any involvement in fights.

“But the reality is, if we do have issues, they are generally blown up by social media,” he said.

There were suspension meetings scheduled for the students in the most recent fight, he said, and the school was not considering employing security guards.

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Walkway users increase after track improvements

By SuSan SandyS

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Spending countless hours shovelling shingle in all sorts of weather is a bit like going to the gym.

That’s according to Lew Shaw, who alongside fellow Methvenite Ron Smith, has transformed a section of the Methven Walkway.

The pair got together about six months ago and decided to embark on the project.

They received a $3000 grant from the Ashburton District Council, which oversees the walkway, and investigated how best to improve a 1.7 kilometre section through Oregon trees from next to the entrance to Mt Harding Racecourse up to the Rangitata Diversion Race. The path was on bare ground and had deteriorated over the years, with tree roots coming through.

Shaw said lime chip and clay were options, but silica sand ended up being the perfect choice, and about 150 tonnes was used as a base.

On top of that the pair sprinkled gravel. They used a loader to bring material in from a dropoff point at the adjoining racecourse, and used a wheelbarrow and shovel to distribute it.

“One of the big bonuses for us, it was like going to the gym,” Shaw said.

“We met half of Methven on the track, it was just amazing.”

Shaw said on any given day they would see more than 30 walkers, runners and cyclists.

Following the improvements it was easier than ever for people to

Getting out and about on the Methven Walkway yesterday were Robyn Hood, with Doug, and Annie Middleton, with Maxi. Inset: Lew Shaw.

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The pair also widened one of the walkway’s bridges, installed a new bridge, replaced a few small bridges with culverts, and have recently installed a picnic table, which they made from two old picnic tables from the Bank Street reserve destined to become a skate park.

The project was done at not only a cost in time to the pair, but also in funds, with the grant not covering all the materials that were used.

But Shaw and Smith are typical volunteers, in that they do not want any attention for that, and Smith did not even want to participate in the Guardian interview and photo-shoot, after explaining to Shaw he did not

want to “skite” about what work the pair had done.

Shaw said the walkway was more Smith’s baby than his, and he was happy to come along and skite for him.

Smith said by phone later that he was happy simply to have done the work for the community.

In a case of coincidental timing, this week as the pair have de-

cided to go public with the results of their hard work, it is National Volunteer Week.

The week celebrates the 1.2 million Kiwis who volunteer in our communities every year.

The walkway has always relied on a volunteer contribution, and retired Methven farmer George Currie is among those who have worked hard to maintain it over the years.

ECan councillors’ road trip comes here

By Linda CLarke

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Ashburton District councillors will not be short of things to talk about when they sit down with Environment Canterbury councillors today.

ECan councillors, including elected and appointed representatives, are on a regional road trip

and in Ashburton this morning to talk with mayor Donna Favel and her team.

Favel said mycoplasma bovis, and both councils’ response to the incursion, was top of the list.

Other topics up for discussion included transport, the provincial growth fund, biodiversity and the current winter air campaign.

Favel said the cattle disease M. bovis was a big issue for the Ashburton District and she was being kept well informed about the biosecurity incursion by the Ministry for Primary Industries and local farmer support groups.

MPI had had some of its highpowered people in town and was improving its communication

with the community, she said.

Water will also be on the agenda and will include the Canterbury Water Management Strategy, freshwater monitoring, surface water and consent reviews.

Canterbury mayors have talked recently about two projects that could be endorsed by the group and put before Regional Econom-

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Details of these have yet to be made public.

During council’s recent longterm planning process, it was also suggested ECan be asked if it was interested in space in Ashburton’s new civic building, to be built on Baring Square East.

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In brief Fairton moth-balled Silver Fern Farms has finished the process of decommissioning meat processing facilities at its Fairton plant. The pelthouse operation remains and the company’s head of communications and sustainability Justin Courtney said the site also had a round-the-clock security presence. The unused buildings would remain for the time being, along with adjacent farm land that was needed as part of a consent to disperse wastewater from the pelthouse operation.

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Call goes out for more blankets Trevor Hurley (back far right), alongside colleagues from his real estate firm and More FM Mid Canterbury, is pleased with blankets being donated for the Real Estate New Zealand Blanket Drive.

Communities Ministries Coordinator Judith Lilley (front, second from left) is grateful for the support, however both she and Hurley are hoping many more blankets will continue to come in as cold weather puts

pressure on Ashburton Salvation Army supplies.

Lilley was overwhelmed with a recent boost to foodbank supplies following a story in the Guardian last week, and believes the community will be

just as generous when it comes to cleaning out their linen cupboards and donating preloved woollen blankets.

Hurley said he was considering extending the drive into July as demand was high this year.

Project manager for civic centre appointed Ashburton District Council has announced the appointment of Logic Group as the project manager for its $21.8 million council library and administration building project.

Detailed plans and consents for the project are expected be complete by April next year, with construction under way by September next year. The work will take 12 to 18 months.

Council received 11 tenders through an open tender process and these were evaluated by the Administration and Library Project Control Group. Of those,

three were short-listed and invited to present to council last month.

Mayor Donna Favel says Logic Group was identified as the stand-out proposal during the evaluation process.

“We’re excited to see continued progress in the plans for the library and administration building,” she said. “This is a major project in Ashburton District’s Long Term Plan and the council has taken time and care to appoint the best possible candidate to manage this development.”

Logic Group will manage and

oversee the total development of the building including design engagement, construction engagement, and supervision, until its completion and handover.

Logic Group spokesperson Shaun Pont said the company was extremely pleased to be a part of the council team to deliver this important community project.

The company was involved in Farmlands’ $10m head office in Christchurch and in a $100m project for Otago Polytechnic. It was also project manager for the Christchurch police station and

multi-agency facility in Christchurch.

Council’s library and administration building will be located at Baring Square East, where the former Ashburton County Council building sits. The development will also encompass the current Paul May Motors site and v and carpark alongside the hall the Methodist Church.

Council announced in December last year that it had also purchased 255 Havelock Street as an investment and to further futureproof the Baring Square East site.

Hamilton police remain baffled as to the cause of death of a 28-yearold woman who died without sign of a single injury. Waikato police Senior Sergeant Stephen Ambler said a post-mortem examination performed on Jynelle Northover’s body at the weekend provided few clues as to how she died. It did however, confirm it appeared she died from a non-violent death.

“She had no injuries. There’s been no violence in relation to her death, not a single injury on her body recorded. There’s no apparent reason for her to die.”

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Potholes fixed A ballsy move by a man to get transport authorities to fix a road riddled with potholes has resulted in the damage being repaired.

Auckland Transport has answered a plea for help from local man Geoff Upson to fix a piece of road outside his home in Waitoki, Rodney. Upson made headlines after he drew two giant penises over the potholes when his calls for the damage to be repaired went unanswered for about 18 months. Upson has since shared the happy news that the potholes – and his artwork – have been removed.

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Appeal rejected A man who attacked and nearly killed a fellow prisoner has failed in his appeal against a sentence of preventive detention. Paka Leota attacked Jason Poi at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison in March 2015, leaving him with a such a severe brain injury he remained unable to walk or talk. Justices French, Ellis and Woolford noted in the decision Leota posed “a significant and ongoing risk to the safety of the public”.

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Youngsters shine on sports fields Kids big and small were in action on sporting fields around Mid Canterbury at the weekend.

Guardian photographer Tetsuro Mitomo went to check out town versus country hockey, the JAB seven-a-side tournament, First Kicks football and Mid Canterbury Combined’s UC Championship rugby game.

Mid Canterbury Combined’s Fotu Hala tries to break through a Shirley Boys’ High School tackle.

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Methven’s Amelia Vaughan, 4, puts a big right boot in during Saturday morning’s Mid Canterbury Football run First Kicks competition.

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Right – Briar Prendergast, 7, was among those taking part in the Mid Canterbury Rugby JAB seven-aside tournament at the Ashburton Showgrounds.

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Contesting the ball during the Town versus Country games on Sunday was Madeline Marshall, 10.

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Country’s Sam Roulston eyes up a Town defender.

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Left – Luka Campbell, 5, tries out some fancy footwork for his Methven side in the Mid Canterbury Football First Kicks programme.

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Finn Paterson, 5, looks to send the ball down field during First Kicks football on Saturday morning.

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Libby Feutz, 10, has the ball in her sights playing for one of the Town teams on Sunday.

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OUR VIEW

Violence doesn’t belong in schools W

ith one of our local schools splashed across almost every major news outlet in the country yesterday, perhaps it’s time we sat down and had a good, hard, look at ourselves.

We can dress it up in as many pretty and deceiving options that we can find, but there should be no more hiding from the fact that we have a violence and bullying culture in our major schools.

Yes, there will be reports come out that say it’s not a problem and those offenders are being dealt with.

But surely, the second incident in 12 months that has gained national attention is enough evidence to not suggest but instead underline the fact there is an issue.

It can be all too easy to sweep

something like this under the carpet and pretend that it’s not there.

But eventually it will fester its way into something else – a bigger problem, one that’s even harder to control.

Yesterday saw an outpouring of concern from local parents on social media.

Many stated that they no longer allow their children to attend schools in Mid Canterbury based on the culture that is evolving.

While violence is the biggest

concern of all out of this, the fact that some children and parents are too scared and afraid of what might happen to go to schools right on their back doorstep is equally, if not more, concerning.

School should be a safe place for our children.

Parents should be able to drop them off at the front gate and leave knowing that they are going to be watched and looked after.

Yes, it’s extremely difficult to monitor every child’s movements for an entire day, five times a week – but with more and more reports of bullying and physical violence emerging, whatever we are doing currently is a mile away from working.

As a parent, I can sympathise with those who are considering relocating their children or agree

with those who have already done so. Based on what is being said at the moment, there’s no way I would want either my son or my daughter attending a school with a culture like we have at the moment.

Yes, this isn’t new and school yard scraps have been going on for years – these more recent incidents have only been placed more heavily in the spotlight thanks largely to technology.

But old school yard fights often ended up being nothing more than handbag throwing between two individuals, not almost all-in brawls where anything is fair game and to hell with the consequences.

Yesterday’s emergence of another video showing disturbing violence at Ashburton College will have far-reaching effects for

many homes around the country.

There will be kids in places in the far north, the deep south and everywhere in between who have been victims of such attacks and watching that footage will only bring further fear that their turn might be next.

We need to stamp this sort of behaviour out of our schools.

Sure, there’s an obligation for every student to be given the opportunity to receive an education and to a point, they should be given that opportunity.

But when they abuse that privilege and put the health and well-being of other students in jeopardy, we need to consider whether it’s worth them being included in the school any further.

The soft and careful approach isn’t working, so perhaps it’s time to be ruthless.

Celtics, suffered a fatal cocaineinduced seizure. Artificial heart recipient Murray P. Haydon died in Louisville, Kentucky, after 16 months on the man-made pump.

In 1999, author Stephen King was seriously injured when he was struck by a van driven by Bryan Smith in North Lovell, Maine.

Britain’s Prince Edward married commoner Sophie Rhys-Jones in Windsor, England.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush surveyed the aftermath of devastating floods during a quick tour of the Midwest, assuring

residents and rescuers alike that he was listening to their concerns and understood their exhaustion.

Five years ago: Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban.

One year ago: A man drove a van into worshippers near a London mosque, killing one man and injuring a dozen others; a suspect was later sentenced to at least 43 years in prison.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Gena Rowlands is 88. Hall of Fame race car driver Shirley Muldowney is 78. Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is 73.

Author Sir Salman Rushdie is 71.

Actress Phylicia Rashad is 70.

Rock singer Ann Wilson (Heart) is 68. Musician Larry Dunn is 65. Actress Kathleen Turner is 64. Singer Mark DeBarge is 59.

Singer-dancer-choreographer Paula Abdul is 56. Actor Andy Lauer is 55. Rock singer-musician Brian Vander Ark (Verve Pipe) is 54. Actor Samuel West is

52. Actress Mia Sara is 51. TV personality Lara Spencer is 49.

Rock musician Brian “Head” Welch is 48. Actor Jean Dujardin is 46. Actress Robin Tunney is 46. Actor Bumper Robinson is 44. Actress Poppy Montgomery is 43. Actor Ryan Hurst is 42.

Actress Zoe Saldana is 40.

Actress Lauren Lee Smith is 38.

Actor Atticus Shaffer is 20.

Thought for today: “To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian author and philosopher (18951986).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2018. There are 195 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On June 19, 1953, Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.

On this date: In 1775, George Washington was commissioned by the Continental Congress as commander in chief of the Continental Army.

In 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free – an event celebrated to this day as “Juneteenth”.

In 1867, Maximilian I, emperor of Mexico, was executed by firing squad a month after being taken prisoner by the forces of President Benito Juarez.

In 1917, during World War One, King George V ordered the British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames; the family took the name Windsor.

In 1938, four dozen people were killed when a railroad bridge in Montana collapsed, sending a train known as the Olympian hurtling into Custer Creek.

In 1944, during World War Two, the two-day Battle of the Philippine Sea began, resulting in a decisive victory for the Americans over the Japanese.

In 1952, the US Army Special Forces, the elite unit of fighters known as the Green Berets, was established at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

In 1978, the comic strip Garfield, created by Jim Davis, was first published in 41 newspapers.

The Alicia Bridges single I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round) was released by Polydor Records.

In 1986, University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias, the first draft pick of the Boston

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Email us! editor@theguardian. co.nz Mycoplasma bovis could well spell the end to a Kiwi rural tradition – school calf days.

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Cancelling calf days is an opportunity squandered T

he long shadow of Mycoplasma bovis is now darkening the prospects of a Kiwi rural tradition – school calf days.

There have been calls from some quarters to cancel them, given the money and effort being expended to stamp out the cattle bacterial disease. MPI’s advice is that farmers may want to reconsider any movement of animals that is not absolutely business critical.

While MPI staff are neck-deep in the response operation, I understand that attitude but we may be being too cautious.

Sure, if schools decide to go ahead with these much-anticipated events, extra precautions will need to be put in place. But completely closing them down is squandering a chance to showcase strong biosecurity practice, not to mention the considerable benefits of camaraderie and farmer support that calf days entail.

Let’s keep a bit of perspective.

Calf clubs are a low risk compared to sale yards and other things that routinely happen on farm.

There’s a risk and we have to manage it. But it’s by no means the biggest risk that happens

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every day up and down the country, with stock being bought and sold, TradeMe and all those sorts of things.

It’s a given that animals from farms under movement control or suspicion of exposure to M. bovis will be excluded – these animals can’t move off farm.

For other calves, it’s important that measures are put in place to prevent direct contact between them.

One option is to flip the animal pens around, so that the entrances face the trailers and parked vehicles.

Tie up all the calves by the trailers. The kids can go one by one to get their calf and bring them in, showing off their handling skills. Calves can remain tied up once they’re inside the pen with enough space between them so they can’t lick each other.

The judge could then visit each of the calves and hand out

the prizes while they are tied up.

There’s a risk a big strong calf might pull a child off their feet and that means parents might have to be a bit more proactive, but that’s not a bad thing.

Owners could bring their own drinking bucket and organisers could provide disinfection trays and brushes for boots, etc. I am sure agrichemical companies will be falling over themselves to provide this for free.

All this should be discussed between the school and the community so that the whole community can decide what suits them.

I expect there will be some communities where this will be a step too far and that’s fair enough. We’re not all the same.

One of the lessons we need to take on board from foot and mouth outbreaks in the UK is that communities get isolated, and how vital social interaction is to mental health.

Farmers are feeling under pressure as we deal with M. bovis. They need support. Calf days are one of the biggest events on the school calendar, with entire communities turning out in force, and farming families catching up with friends and neighbours for a great day out.

Calves that get pampered are proudly shown off by the children. With suitable precautions put in place, what better advertisement is there for strong animal welfare and biosecurity.

Farmers will bring the animals’ ASD cards and NAIT compliance can be highlighted.

For example, OSPRI, vet clubs or individual farmers could bring a scanner, and scan the calves in and out.

It’s a great chance to show those farmers who may be a little bit behind the times that NAIT is essential, even for calf club days, and is not difficult.

Good communication and planning is needed by schools and communities which decide to hold a calf day.

MPI has useful advice on minimising risk on its website - https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/27534/loggedIn Chris Lewis is Federated Farmers Dairy Chairperson The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Bombshell revelations Dreamworld staff feared for the safety of the Thunder River Rapids ride that killed four people 15 years before it malfunctioned.

A coronial inquest heard a worker at the theme park sent an email saying: “I shudder when I think if there had been guests on the ride” after an incident in 2001.

New Zealander Cindy Low, Kate Goodchild, her brother Luke Dorsett and his partner Roozi Araghi lost their lives in the tragedy on the Gold Coast, Queensland in October 2016.

On the opening day of an inquest into the tragedy, counsel assisting Ken Fleming QC revealed several earlier incidents had occurred on the Thunder River Rapids ride.

Fleming said one incident, in January 2001, had resulted in several empty rafts colliding at the unloading point of the ride.

Lead police investigator Detective Sergeant Nicola Brown said the water pump on the ride had stopped working twice in the hours leading up to the fatal incident.

Det Sgt Brown told the inquest the pump failed at 11.50am and then again at 1.09pm before being reset by engineers.

The inquest heard the incident was disturbingly similar to the one that resulted in the

Tired of being humble She has seen astronomical success in her acclaimed acting career and now has two teen children hoping to follow in her footsteps. Yet Catherine ZetaJones, 48, has now revealed she’s had enough of being modest about her success, age-defying good looks and marriage to Hollywood royalty Michael Douglas, 71. In one of her most candid interviews to date, the Welsh actress, 48, unapologetically revealed to The Mirror: “I’m sick of being humble. I really am.

So sorry I’m rich, so sorry I’m married to a movie star, so sorry I’m not so bad looking.”

Kate Goodchild, Roozi Araghi and Luke Dorsett died on the Thunder River Rapids ride. deaths of the four people in 2016.

When the raft containing victims as well as two children collided with another raft, it flipped over and dropped the guests into the conveyor system.

All four victims were killed instantly from compressive and crushing injuries.

Goodchild’s 12-year-old

daughter and Ms Low’s 10-year-old son were on the raft that flipped at the end of the ride, but survived.

The inquest heard the emergency stop button on the ride could have shut it down “in two seconds”, the Courier Mail reported.

Detective Sgt Brown said the button was “totally unmarked” and a ride operator was told

“not to worry about that button no one uses it”.

The families have sought answers and relatives of New Zealand-born Low have said how they hoped the probe would prevent others from suffering “such enormous heartbreak”.

Dreamworld announced it would demolish the Thunder River Rapids Ride in November 2016.

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Deadly 6.1 quake strikes Osaka A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan yesterday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.

The Osaka prefectural government’s disaster management department said two people were found dead, while the Ibaraki city official confirmed a third victim.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said more than 90 were injured in Osaka and nearby prefectures of Hyogo and Kyoto.

One victim was a 9-year-old girl knocked down by a concrete wall at her elementary school as she walked by.

A man in his 80s died in the collapse of a concrete wall in Osaka city.

An 84-year-old man in nearby Ibaraki died after a bookshelf fell on top of him at home, according to city officials.

Many homes and buildings, including a major hospital, were temporarily without power, though electricity was restored at most places by mid-afternoon.

School children take shelter at a schoolyard in Ikeda, Osaka, following the 6.1 earthquake yesterday.

PHOTO AP The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck shortly after 8am north of Osaka at a depth of about 13 kilometres, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The strongest shaking was north of Osaka, but the quake rattled large parts of western Japan, including Kyoto,

the agency said. The quake knocked over walls, broke windows and set off scattered building fires.

It toppled book shelves in homes and scattered goods on shop floors.

It also cracked roads and broke water pipes, leaving

homes without water. The morning commute was disrupted, as dozens of domestic flights in and out of Osaka were grounded, while train and subway service in the Osaka area including the bullet train were suspended to check for damage.

Passengers were seen exiting trains on the tracks between stations.

Some subway services started to resume in the afternoon.

The earthquake reminded many in Japan of the magnitude 7.3 Hanshin-Kobe quake in 1995 that killed more than 6000 in the region. Yesterday’s quake also followed a series of smaller quakes near Tokyo in recent weeks.

A 30-year-old lawyer Jun Kawasaki said the quake reminded him of the Kobe quake 23 years ago, and started packing up immediately to run away.

“It was not as bad as the Kobe quake,” he told the Associated Press from Osaka.

Elevators in his office building were out of operation.

“I used the stairs but I was out of breath by the time I arrived at my office on the 20th floor.”

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Posh sinks Spice tour They have been teasing a hotlyanticipated reunion since the beginning of the year. However it seems the Spice Girls may have dashed the fans hopes of a reunion yet again due to claims that Victoria Beckham has allegedly refused to tour. The iconic pop band’s reunion tour is believed to have been called off following rifts between Posh and Melanie C, Mel B, Geri Horner and Emma Bunton.

The women were set to make £30 million each following the tour which was due to begin in late September after manager Simon Fuller masterminded the comeback.

Lawless gets animated Lucy Lawless is teaming up with Rhys Darby and Temuera Morrison for a new movie. The animated movie – the first official feature film co-production between China and New Zealand – is about a species called Thoriphants (they look like cool elephants) who rebel against their life of servitude to humanity and embark on a treacherous journey. A 3D production, the NZ Film Commission and China Film Co-Production Corporation movie named Mosely will also feature Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies who has been in New Zealand filming the TVNZ 2 comedy series Fresh Eggs.

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Bunnings has announced it will back pay staff $11 million as part of its efforts to comply with the Holidays Act. The payment affects 12,235 staff members and comes as a number of other major organisations also make moves to correct the underpayment of staff over years.

All leave payments from April 1, 2004 to May 31, 2018 have been recalculated to identify team members requiring payment and all money owed will be inflated to current value in line with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Consumer Price Index.

The median payment to staff is $317.

Team members were informed yesterday, and the company has already commenced back payments to current staff.

Bunnings NZ general manager Toby Lawrance says Bunnings will ensure team members are paid correctly moving forward until a permanent solution can be implemented.

“Like many other private and government organisations, we have found interpreting and ap-

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plying the Holiday Act to be a challenge,” he said in a statement.

“As a large employer in New Zealand we understand the importance of the trust that exists between our team and the business, particularly in ensuring they are paid correctly.”

The issues with the act centre around the fact that there are two ways to calculate holiday pay – either on the basis of ordinary weekly pay or an employee’s average weekly earnings over the past 12 months.

Employers must pay whatever gives the employee the most money.

But employers who calculate holiday pay based on an em-

ployee’s contracted hours can get caught out if that person does variable hours or earns a commission or other variable pay.

Due to the continued fallout from this issue, Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway announced in May that the Government would be setting up a task force to review the legislation and how it is applied in the workplace.

Lees-Galloway said the 15-yearold law which sets minimum entitlements for holiday, sick and bereavement pay needed reviewing to ensure it was fit for the modern workforce. It catered to a nine-to-five working day, which was no longer as common.

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Teenage prodigy’s business in liquidation On-demand delivery service Lazy Az has gone into liquidation, citing insufficient working capital to cover the cost of operations.

The start-up, founded by thenteenager Aryaman Taore in 2016, incurred substantial debt during its set-up and required “much more capital investment than the director was able to provide”, according to the liquidator’s first report.

All Lazy Az staff have been made

Compiled by

redundant. Porirua-based accountant and convicted tax fraudster Imran Muhammad Kamal has been appointed liquidator.

In 2013, Kamal was sentenced to three months home detention and 150 hours of community service for tax evasion.

Kamal pleaded guilty to six charges under the Tax Administration Act in 2013. He will now settle the books for the company.

Last year, Taore told the Herald

Lazy Az was on track to reach an annual turnover of $1 million, and was not fazed by the launch of Uber Eats.

“Users have awareness of such services coming into the market but they come back to us because they’re not able to get to the local dairy to pick up milk, or the Indian shop that’s right next to them, which some other on-demand platforms might not have,” he said .

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site. Hansells has had a checkered history.

In 2015 the company was taken over by Thai rice baron Varapong Supachok, who stepped in to save the company from receivership.

Last September Hansells’ auditor cited material uncertainty related to the food ingredients company’s ability to continue as a going concern after it posted a drop in sales and a narrower full-

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acquired Hansells and the two company’s brands were integrated.

Hansells was known for its essences and baking products as well as iconic New Zealand brands such as Vitafresh as well as the WeightWatchers brand.

Old Fashioned Foods was behind the traditional steamed pudding brand Aunt Betty’s, which began selling in 1996, according to the company’s web-

the business with his own Old Fashioned Foods – based around the Aunt Betty’s brand of pudding – and installed himself as managing director and centralised production at the company’s Penrose headquarters.

Australian merchant bankers Gresham Rabo had part-financed the 2006 purchase and became major shareholders. It is understood they exited the company in 2009.

Hart added nearly $2 billion to his fortune in 2017, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The owner of Auckland-based private equity firm Rank Group saw his net worth jump 21 per cent to $NZ11.03b in the year to December 28.

That’s an increase of some $1.92b and makes him the 203rd richest person in the world, according to the index.

Rank Group’s three main divisions are Reynolds Group, which owns food packaging and consumer products businesses, building materials supplier Carter Holt Harvey and vehicle parts business Automotive Group.

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year loss. Hansells recorded a loss of $6.8 million in the year ended March 31, from a loss of $9.4m a year earlier. Revenue fell 15 per cent to $103.7m, according to the Auckland-based company’s annual report. Cost of sales fell 12 per cent to $79.7m.

Auditor BDO Auckland cited the loss in its audit of the accounts while noting that current liabilities exceeded current assets by $34m and negative net assets had widened to $7.4m from $1.6m in 2016.

Notes to the company’s accounts said it has received continued support letters from controlling shareholder Varapong Supachok, with a 65.9 per cent holding, and from Thailand’s Kasisuri Co, which owns about 5 per cent and is associated with Varapong Supachok.

Hansells, founded in Masterton in 1934 by a chemist called Hansen and an entrepreneur called Maunsell, became famous for its range of pre-mixed and pre-prepared goods, including Jungle Juice and Vitafresh.

Food chemist MacKenzie took over Hansells in 2006 and merged

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Kiwi billionaire Graeme Hart has purchased one of the country’s biggest food manufacturing firms, according to a filing with the NZ Companies Office.

Hansells Food Group managing director Ross MacKenzie was not available for comment to the Herald on the purchase and there was “no comment” from Hart’s Rank Group.

The Companies Office website shows Hansells Food Group has been transferred to new shareholder HFC Acquisition Ltd – wholly owned entity of Hart’s Rank Group.

The sole director of HFG is listed as Harrison Richard Francis Hart – understood to be Graeme Hart’s son Harry.

Hansells company’s latest available financial statements show the group posted a loss of about $6.7 million for the year to March 2017.

New Zealand’s richest man Graeme Hart added $4.6 billion to his wealth in 2017.

The Hansells name has been part of New Zealand for 80 years.

Hansells Food Group was created when Old Fashioned Foods

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The announcement that Government policymakers will have to factor rural communities into their decision making is a good move, Federated Farmers President Katie Milne says.

The proof of its value to the rural community will be a genuine commitment by government agencies to engrain its principles in their processes, Milne said.

The Government launched the Rural Proofing Policy at Fieldays last week. “It’s great the Government is publicly declaring through policy design they want to make sure their decisions are rural-proofed.”

The idea is that when policy is formed, those who create it must take into account factors which affect rural communities.

“It is disappointing that a minister has seen a need to push for policy makers to ensure an entire section of people are included into their collective thinking when designing policy,” Milne said.

“However, we congratulate the Minister for Rural Communities for this initiative.”

“When policy is created it should be created with the whole community in mind. When you govern, you govern for all New Zealanders. A big thank you to Damien O’Connor for standing up for our communities.”

Milne said the announcement shows society is becoming more and more urbanised.

“Even policy makers are beginning to show a lack of understanding of food producers’ and rural communities’ needs.”

This policy move will help embed a renewed understanding and better protect our future, Milne said.

“It’s much easier to design for all needs at the start of a policy consultation than to retrofit the bits you missed later on.”

Mike Petersen received a $2500 cash prize and the pounamu trophy for being the 2018 Ravensdown Agricultural Communicator of the Year.

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New Zealand special agricultural trade envoy and Hawke’s Bay farmer Mike Petersen was named as 2018’s Ravensdown Agricultural Communicator of the Year in Hamilton last week.

The award honours those who make a significant contribution towards making New Zealand world leaders in primary production.

Petersen has been involved in leadership positions across the agri-food sector for nearly 20 years.

In his role of New Zealand special agricultural trade envoy, he travels offshore to countries where New Zealand is looking to improve market access and market reputation, acting as an advocate for the dairy, sheep, beef, horticulture and wine industries.

New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators guild president Elaine Fisher described Petersen as epitomising all that it is to be a highly effective communicator for the primary industries.

“He has advocated on behalf of sheep and beef farmers, promoted Maori agribusiness, and effectively represents New Zealand’s primary sector on the international stage, all underpinned by his background as an award-winning Hawke’s Bay farmer.

“Taking communications even further, Mike also shares his knowledge and skills with the next generation of leaders through working with Young Farmers, university students, Nuffield and Kellogg scholars. The guild is pleased to join with Ravensdown in honouring Petersen as the 2018 Ravensdown Agricultural Communicator of the Year,” Fisher said.

Ravensdown general manager of innovation and strategy Mike Manning congratulated Petersen on his win and reiterated how important it was to have strong advocacy and communication in the primary sector.

“With so many issues and vested interests facing the agricultural sector, communication has never been more important. But there are always opportunities to get the message across and to communicate that message well.”

As the 32nd winner of the Agricultural Communicator of the Year award, Petersen receives a $2500 cash prize from Ravensdown alongside the pounamu trophy.

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John Roche, MPI’s new departmental science adviser, recently worked as a principal scientist at DairyNZ. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Investing in M. bovis research The Government is investing $30 million over two years in scientific research to support the fight against mycoplasma bovis, Agriculture and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor says.

“We will continue to call on all the available domestic and international scientific expertise to track and eradicate the disease.

“This investment will enable us to address the bigger picture scientific challenge and research new tools in the fight against the disease.

“No other country has attempted eradication and our farming systems are unique, so there are questions that have never been adequately explored by scientists.

“At the top of the list of priorities will be developing a single animal test. This will help us to provide greater clarity to affected farmers and help us to understand the

spread of the disease and to focus our efforts where they are most needed.

“The work will be overseen by a Ministry for Primary Industries’ led Strategic Science Advisory Group.

“The group will work on ensuring we have the tools we need to better manage and understand the disease, so we can be faster, more efficient and more effective in our response to it.

“Newly-appointed MPI departmental science adviser, Dr John Roche, will assemble and lead the group, which will include both international and domestic scientific expertise.

“Dr Roche has a PhD in ruminant nutrition from the National University of Ireland and has most recently worked as a principal scientist at DairyNZ and adjunct professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland.”

t seems to me, the more time I spend on this beautiful, crazy planet, the more I come to realise that everyone is struggling with something. Every single one of us. No-one is immune in this thing.

The weird thing about us humans though, is that we are more than happy to share the most mundane of our lives readily, but we hesitate and resist talking about the things that really matter, especially if they happen to be a little gritty and uncomfortable.

As a country, we face some pretty appalling mental health statistics, and I wonder if our stoic, staunch number 8 wire, DIY mentality which allows us to be so innovative and successful on the world stage, might also have a not-sonice flip side that makes it hard for us to ask for help when we desperately need it.

We are proud and we have valued “strong and silent” as attributes that are inexplicably wound together. Whereas in reality being strong really means having the courage to speak out and ask for help when necessary.

This requires far more courage than silence. We are private people too.

This can isolate us emotionally. Drive through suburban America and you won’t see many fences in front of homes.

Some don’t even have fences to separate their backyard from the neighbours.

Here privacy is paramount. No fences would make us feel way too vulnerable.

In new subdivisions maybe, but only if we absolutely have to. Is this symbolic of our culture? For sure.

We need to get better at talking. We need more John Kirwans and more Doug Averys. These men have done much to remove the stigma around mental health just by being brave enough to tell their story. We need more people like Emily Writes, whose realistic tales of actual, real parenthood have made parents feel more normal and less alone.

Sarah Wilson has opened up about her struggles with anxiety: this coming from one of Australia’s most successful women. t We need more of these people, the brave ones who are willing to admit that things are not always Instagram unicorns and Facebook rainbows. We all need to tell our stories. Not just the good ones, and especially the hard ones.

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We also need to listen. We need to not shy away when someone we know starts acting a little differently. We need to stop shrinking from the things that make us feel uneasy. Someone who needs help could ask for it, but what if they don’t?

What if they can’t? What if they are, but it’s disguised as some kind of out-ofcharacter behaviour?

What if needing help masquerades as avoidance, drinking, insomnia, over working or recklessness? Listen hard and watch carefully. Pass no judgement.

Have compassion. That’s what good humans do. If you are worried, don’t be afraid to ask if that person is okay.

I had a conversation with a friend who said that “How are you?” has become more of a greeting, a sort of rhetorical question, and she is right. We need to get back to asking, ‘How are you really?’. As Glennon Melton says “People who need help often look a lot like people who don’t need help”. It isn’t always glaringly obvious from the outside.

Books you may enjoy: ■ The Resilient Farmer by Doug Avery ■ Rants in the Dark by Emily Writes ■ First We Make The Beast Beautiful

by Sarah Wilson ■ Carry on Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton Claire Inkson is an award-winning freelance photographer and blogger who is passionate about telling the stories of our people and landscapes through both these mediums. Claire is also passionate about Rural New Zealand: the people, the stories, the history and is dedicated to the positive promotion of New Zealand agriculture. Find her online at www. claireinkson.com The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Source: Midlands Grain 334 379 300 326 380 280 333 379 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 117.70 17.5 kg YX SI 132.10 19.0 kg YX SI 142.90 21.0 kg YX SI 157.30 Local trade (c/kg) SI 750 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 107.84 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 503 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 374 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 473 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 530 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 550 AP Stag 60kg SI 666 AP Stag 80kg SI 888

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MARKET REPORT Given that the elections were over eight months ago people could be forgiven in believing politics wouldn’t be featuring high on the radar now. However, politics or at least politicians are at the forefront of news lately.

With much of the focus around agriculture. On the domestic front, wearing his hat as Minister of Rural Communities Damien O’Connor spoke to farmers and others at the Mystery Creek Field Days last week.

He was announcing the Rural Proofing Policy. The focus of the policy is to make sure rural communities’ unique challenges are reflected in government policy.

He said: “The bottom line is that rural Kiwis should have equitable access to social and economic opportunities, to reach their full potential.”

Communities will be glad to hear this but perhaps this news is too late for those who have been looking forward to watching the Rugby World Cup in their living room, but likely will miss out given the sub-standard internet coverage that will persist for some time yet.

After O’Connor’s comments, things became somewhat less amicable with Shane Jones, the Regional Economic Development Minister, accusing Fonterra’s upper echelon of being out of touch with its shareholders’ base.

He said: “I believe that they have become disconnected from the farming community and I said in front of Mr John Wilson that I have requested the Minister of Agriculture – when he looks at his dairy restructuring – identify the issues and whether or not it’s time for us to look at a restructuring of Fonterra.”

Someone in Fonterra seems to have upset him as he went on to say he wants the company to “focus less on interfering in politics and more on justifying the money they’ve lost overseas”.

Jones is creating an image of either attacking large companies, given his previous criticism of Air New Zealand, or standing up for the regions.

At this stage it is unclear. If watchers expected Jones to be chastised, they were

quickly disappointed with the now Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters wading in and giving his support to Jones and adding his own criticism for good measure.

Feedback from the agricultural public seems to be in full agreement. Politicians affecting agriculture hasn’t been confined to New Zealand, with President Trump rolling out the promised tariffs on China in an attempt to address the growing trade imbalance.

China has been quick to respond with their own tariffs to the US. These, as they earlier indicated, are targeting US agricultural products. Some believe it is a message to those states which voted Trump in, ie the agriculturalbased states. However, it is difficult to see any real benefits falling New Zealand’s way from this.

Sheep The home markets for lambs and ewes have quietened down in the last week with saleyards appearing to have had their first reversal of prices for a long while. Although prices are still very healthy.

Schedules were unchanged this week.

Wool Last week’s Napier wool sale held prices to a very similar level for most classes to the previous sales.

Volumes flowing through are starting to reduce now as we go into agriculture’s quiet period.

Beef A similar story for beef, although a 10 cent lift for cows stood out as the only movement on the beef schedule.

The Kiwi/US dollar dropped a little moving towards the mid 69 cents which should help hold and maybe result in a lift in the future.

Dairy Politicians have held the stage around dairying last week and whether this will result in broader changes to Fonterra’s leadership and structure remains to be seen.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1. Where do crustaceans mainly live? a. In the sea b. In the desert c. In forests 2 - In which sport is the Curtis Cup awarded? a. Tennis b. Golf c. Cricket 3 - In Russia, what is a samovar used for? a. Chopping wood b. Cleaning floors c. Making tea 4 - What is the chemical name for ‘laughing gas’? a. Nitrous oxide b. Sulphur dioxide c. Carbon dioxide 5 - In Greek mythology, who was reknowned for his great beauty? a. Apollo b. Adonis c. Eros 6 - David Ben Gurion became Prime Minister of which country in 1948? a. Spain b. Canada c. Israel 7 - In Monopoly, what colour is the property of Old Kent Road? a. Light blue b. Brown c. Pink 8 - In which city is the famous Wailing Wall? a. Jerusalem b. Berlin c. Beijing

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Curried cauliflower and chickpea soup

■ Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Grease and line two oven trays.

■ In a large bowl, toss cauliflower and chickpeas with olive oil and spices. Divide between the trays. Roast for 20-25 minutes

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QUICK RECIPE 2 T curry powder 1.5kg cauliflower cut into florets, stem peeled and chopped into small pieces 2 x 400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed ¼ C olive oil 1 t garam masala 1 t turmeric ground 1 t cumin ground ¼ t ground coriander 2 L vegetable stock juice of 1 lemon To serve: greek-style yoghurt baby spinach leaves roasted almonds, chopped 1 crusty loaf of bread

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■ Transfer remaining cauliflower and chickpeas to a large saucepan. Pour stock over and bring to a boil on high. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20-25 minutes until very tender.

■ Using a stick blender or food processor, process mixture until

smooth. Reheat on low, stirring, for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and stir through the lemon juice.

■ Divide soup between serving bowls. Drizzle with yoghurt and top with spinach, reserved cauliflower mixture and almonds.

Recipe courtesy of www.countdown.co.nz

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More than just a cardi

BY MATT ANSTLEY TANYA ZOE ROBINSON

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hen the team at Ashburton Museum began planning an exhibition on Tekau Knitwear, there were only a handful of garments and images held in the museum’s collection and archives.

Yet we knew this was an important story to tell. The business was widely known and renowned. Not just in Ashburton – where the business touched the lives of so many factory staff and wearers – but also nationally as the brand was, and remains, wellknown throughout the country.

We made a call-out for more information and over the past few weeks have been amazed by the response. A great variety of garments, stories and other history items have been brought into the museum to help tell the story of Tekau Knitwear and the many people involved with the business.

We’ve been sent anecdotes, garments, advertising material, and more, from people throughout New Zealand. All tell of a much-loved brand and company.

We plan to open the exhibition at the end of the month, with the title Tekau: Don’t be Dull. The title comes from a radio jingle by Tandem Studios, a Christchurchbased recording company that has been creating content since 1974 and are professionals in video, audio and live streaming.

Tandem was just one of the businesses that worked with Tekau over many years.

A bit of history While Tekau Knitwear had its beginnings in the Ashburton home of Frank and Gladys McIntosh in 1931, it eventually became an important employer of many people, from Oamaru, Timaru, Temuka, to Ashburton, Methven, Rangiora, and Christchurch. At times, there were also showrooms around New Zealand, as well as garments sent overseas.

The business was large and complex, and connected with many other individuals, brands and businesses, within New Zealand and overseas.

From a humble 10-gauge knitting machine (Tekau being Maori for 10) the company grew to a production facility over 30,000 square feet by 1972, in Ashburton alone.

By the early 1970s over 1000 garments were being manufactured each day and that iconic 10-gauge knitter was now surpassed by state-of-the-art European circular knitters and other machines.

By this time, the pure wool Tekau used for garments was complemented by acrylic, and acrylic-wool blends and, increasingly, pure merino wool. Tekau was the original Icebreaker.

All this productivity required the assistance of many other companies and extensive networks. Tekau was one of the biggest accounts for Alford Forest Mills and was probably the first New Zealand company to use

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1 – Bella Moore and Kathleen Glassey (nee Moore) with vintage Tekau garments.

Both worked at Tekau.

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It also sourced wool yarn and fabrics from Alliance Textiles, Woollen Industries in Lower Hutt and Mosgiel Woollens Ltd. Each garment also required branding, including swing tags and embroidered labels. Higgins & Co, based in Ashburton,

and now known as DPI, and MK Lawson Ltd provided swing tags, sew-in tags and general stationery for Tekau.

Others, such as Corozo, a division of Ackmead Holdings Ltd, and Opti-Lon, supplied buttons and spiral zippers. From Christchurch, the English Sewing Ltd and Coates Paton supplied

thread and the Plastic Products Film Company, made printed bags that garments were shipped and sold in.

Over the years, other associated businesses included numerous suppliers, transport companies, brokers and more, all of whom were associated in some way with the brand.

If you know of a business who supplied Tekau, or have branded Tekau product, the team at Ashburton Museum would love to hear from you. These connections are another part of knitting together the fabric of this fascinating part of Ashburton’s history and helped place Ashburton on the national fashion map.

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RESULTS ■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club June 11 B & C Ladder N/S 1st Graham & Ann Gilbert, 2nd Catherine Robins & Sheryl Reid, 3rd Pauline Scott & Helen Briggs. E/W 1st Mary Bruce & Bev Blair, 2nd Georgina Black & Maryke Blignault, 3rd David Robins & Michael Brierton June 12 3 rds, diff ptr each rd N/S 1st Stephen Wise & Mike Holmes, 2nd Linda Baker & Maree Moore, 3rd Melva Stowell & Trish Small. E/W 1st Trish Downward & Mary Buckland, 2nd Audrey Rooney & Leigh Wackrow, 3rd = John Fechney & Maurice Small, David Wilkinson & John Irwin June 13 Individual Ladder N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Val Ferrier, 2nd Rona Brownlie & Trish Downward, 3rd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney. E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & Pauline Fergus, 2nd Val Palmer & Shirley Harris, 3rd Mary Buckland & Edna Segers June 14 2 rds, diff ptr N/S 1st Linda Baker & Mike Holmes, 2nd Pat Jordan & Rosemary McLaughlin, 3rd David Greenslade & Pauline Fergus. E/W 1st John McDonald & Maurice Reid, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Anne Reid, 3rd David Wilkinson & Val Palmer

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers June 16 27 riders 16km out and home 1st Home Brad Blundle CT.28.53. HT. 3.43.

RT 25m 10s. 2nd Don Sutton CT. 28.54. HT. 2.45m. RT. 26m 09s. 3rd Kristine Marriott CT. 28.55. HT. 3.43m. RT. 25m 12s. 4th Nigel Chatterton CT. 28.55. HT. 50s. RT. 28m 05s.

5th Pam Harcourt CT.28.56. HT. 50s. RT. 28m 06s. 6th Lucy Kirwan CT. 28.57. HT. 50s. RT. 28m 07s. 7th Andy Skinner CT.28.57. HT.50s.

RT. 28m 07s. 8th. Kerry Clough CT. 28.58.

HT. Go. RT. 28m 58s. 9th Emma Hudson CT. 29.00. Ht. Go. RT. 29m 00s. 10th Brent Kircher CT. 29.01. HT. Go. RT. 29m 01s. 11th Brent Hudson CT.29.01. HT. Go. RT. 29m 01s.

12th Dave Shurrock CT. 29.01. HT. Go. CT. 29m 01s. 13th Ross Proctor CT. 29.02. HT. Go. RT. 29m 02s. 14th Debbie Skinner CT. 29.02. HT. Go. RT. 29m 02s. 15th Liz Wylie CT. 29.04. HT. Go. RT. 29m 04s. 16th Ronnie Campbell CT.29.08. HT. 2.45m. RT. 26m 23s.

17th Shane Gerken CT. 29.10. Ht. 2.45m. RT. 26m 25s. 18th Shona Proctor CT. 29.10. HT. 2.45m. RT. 26m 25s. 19th Sara Hewson CT. 29.11. HT.2.45m. RT. 26m 26s. 20th Janette Hooper CT. 29.11. HT. Go. RT. 29m 11s. 21st Lyn Scammell CT. 29.12. HT.Go. RT. 29m 12s.

22nd Brad Hudson CT. 29.43. HT. 5.30m. RT. 24m 13s .F/T. 23rd Don Morrison CT. 29.43.

HT. 2.45m. RT. 26m 38s. 24th Ross Templeton CT. 29.44. HT. 5.30m. RT. 24m 14s. 2f/t.

25th Richard Kirwan CT. 29.45. HT. 5.30m.

RT. 24m 15s. 3f/t. 26th Paul Macfie CT. 29.45.

HT. 5.30m. RT. 24m 15s. 4f/t. 27th Roger Wilson CT. 29.46. HT. 3.43m. RT. 26m 03s.

■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets 1st Marilyn Bennett with 39 Stbl. next Christine Ross with 37 on C/B from Heather Robertson: June Bruhns 35: Joyce VanderHeide 34 and Jane Low 33 on C/B from others Two’s: Heather Robertson, Colleen Linney, Joan Undy, Sally Lemon N.P on No 8 Heather Robertson 2nd Shot on 12 Jan McArthur 9 Hole Players winner was Barbara Irvine with 16 Stbl on C/b

Ashburton Golf Club June 16 The Radius Care Player of the day: Peter Walker with a score of 75-8=67 net.

Other winning scores: Adrian Hopwood, Robbie Bell, Brian Fauth, Perry Hunt and Sean Strange all 68 net; Barry Jury, Murray Moorehead, Pat Turton and Paul Morrison 69; Chris Robertson, Paul MacFie and Wilson Hii 70, Charlie Alexander, Greig Sparrow and Tony Bennett 71.

Twos: Tony Bennett, Beavan Rickerby, Gene Hunt, Ken Clucas, Brent Clarke, Paul MacFie, Josh Ackerley, Paul Morrison, Barry Jury, Beavan Wilson and Robbie Bell.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 South Island Seeds: Chris Lovelock; Rothbury Insurance: Beavan Rickerby; Allenton Meat Centre: Sheryl Reid; Braided Rivers: Paul Warren; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Sheryl Reid; The Stables Family Restaurant Lucky Draw: Tony Bennett.

Birdie Jackpot: #4, Nett Eagles: #13 Nine Hole Results The winners of the stableford competition were: Kevin Hurley, Tonee Hurley and Sam Prince all with 18 pts; Peter Woods 17pts.

Methven Golf Club June 15 Methven 9 Hole Golf Stroke Hidden Holes Hiromi Ikehata 46-9-37 –Gross 36, Jodie Monk 52-16-36 –Gross 42, Kevin Thompson 54-15-39 –Gross 43 PGG Wrightson Best Player – Hiromi Ikehata, Methven Travel 2nd Shot – Angela Simonett

US Open Final round scores from US Open yesterday (par-70).

281: Brooks Koepka (USA) 75 66 72 68282: Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 75 66 78 63283: Dustin Johnson (USA) 69 67 77 70284: Patrick Reed (USA) 73 72 71 68285: Tony Finau (USA) 75 72 66 72286: Henrik Stenson (SWE) 71 70 74 71, Xander Schauffele (USA) 72 74 72 68, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 75 70 72 69, Daniel Berger (USA) 76 71 66 73287: Justin Rose (ENG) 71 70 73 73, Webb Simpson (USA) 76 71 71 69288: Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 73 70 75 70, Zach Johnson (USA) 73 73 72 70, Russell Knox (SCO) 73 71 75 69289: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 76 72 68 73290: Li Haotong (CHN) 79 68 74 69, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 75 70 79 66, Paul Casey (ENG) 73 73 73 71, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 74 72 75 69291: Rickie Fowler (USA) 73 69 84 65, Charley Hoffman (USA) 71 69 77 74, Steve Stricker (USA) 73 75 73 70, Dylan Meyer (USA) 77 69 71 74, Brian Gay (USA) 73 74 70 74292: Russell Henley (USA) 69 73 77 73, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 75 72 72 73, Alexander Noren (SWE) 72 72 77 71, Jason Dufner (USA) 70 74 79 69, Charles Howell III (USA) 71 72 77 72, Branden Grace (RSA) 76 69 72 75, Ian Poulter (ENG) 69 72 76 75, Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 76 69 73 74, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 74 72 77 69, Matthieu Pavon (FRA) 71 77 74 70, Justin Thomas (USA) 74 70 74 74293: Brian Harman (USA) 74 70 78 71, Bill Haas (USA) 76 72 74 71, Rafael Cabrera (ESP) 73 71 76 73, Pat Perez (USA) 73 71 77 72, Gary Woodland (USA) 79 69 70 75294: Ryan Fox (NZL) 73 72 74 75, Sam Burns (USA) 71 76 75 72, Patrick Rodgers (USA) 72 72 83 67, Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 76 72 73 73295: Patrick Cantlay (USA) 75 71 76 73, Scott Piercy (USA) 69 71 79 76, Marc Leishman (AUS) 74 69 78 74296: Luis Gagne (CRC) 73 74 75 74, Phil Mickelson (USA) 77 69 81 69, Matt Parziale (USA) 74 73 74 75, Tim Wilkinson (NZL) 76 72 78 70

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Double for Koepka

By Evin PriEst Brooks Koepka says the biggest reward for his consecutive US Open victories is silencing the critics who said he was incapable of winning on a “real” course like Shinnecock Hills.

A year after dominating at Erin Hills – the longest-ever US Open course but with uncharacteristically wide fairways – Koepka admitted he felt overlooked before his win at notoriously difficult Shinnecock Hills yesterday.

“This one was a lot sweeter,” said Koepka, when asked to compare the one-shot triumph at one over par to last year’s four-shot win at a record-equalling 16-under.

“Everyone said Erin Hills was set up for me; it was set up for a lot of guys that bomb the ball.”

Muscular, big-hitting Koepka showed his ability to adapt when last man standing in a major that featured a diabolical course set up on Sunday before the USGA over-compensated with easier final day conditions.

His closing two-under-par 68

was enough to hold out a mighty charge from Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, whose 63 equalled the championship’s lowest round.

Florida native Koepka became the first man to successfully defend a US Open title since Curtis Strange in 1989 and he is projected to climb five spots to world No.4.

With the USGA traditionally aiming for even par as a winning total, Shinnecock presented narrower fairways, knee-high rough and lightning-fast greens whose closely-mown surrounds placed a premium on the short game.

“I always feel like I’m overlooked. I couldn’t care less,” Koepka said.

“This was back to a (real) US Open, where one-over-par wins and there is a lot of grinding.

“To win on two different styles of golf courses, I couldn’t be happier with the way I played.”

Aside from a winner’s cheque of $2.9 million, Koepka said the icing on the cake was becoming a multiple major winner at the age of 28. He joins Jordan Spieth

(three titles) and Rory McIlroy (four) as the only current players younger than 30 with multiple major wins.

“I couldn’t have dreamed of it in my wildest dreams; it’s pretty incredible to be a two-time major champion,” he said.

The USGA came under heavy fire for brutalising Shinnecock on day three, throwing up nightmarish pin placements and treacherously quick greens, with chief executive Mike Davis later apologising. When they went the other way on Sunday, Koepka was forced to withstand stern leaderboard challenges, most notably from Fleetwood.

The long-haired Englishman threw down the gauntlet with his 63 to make Koepka’s home stretch a nervous affair.

Koepka jagged birdies at the second and third holes and never looked back.

World No.1 Dustin Johnson birdied the 72nd hole but an even-par 70 gave him a three over total and solo third place, while Patrick Reed (68) finished fourth at four over.

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Teams 1st K Foote – handled by M Davidson 1165.928, 2nd D Mansfield – handled by M Davidson 1138.422, 3rd L Keenan – handled by B&G Kirwan 1136.918, 4th L Wilson – handled by M Davidson 1135.403, 5th K Spain – handled by B&G Kirwan 1123.808 Individual birds 1st F Morrow – handled by T Drummond 1229.563, 2nd K Spain – handled by B&G Kirwan 1227.132, 3rd L Wheal - handled by B&G Kirwan 1227.010, 4th T Drummond 1166.852, 5th L Davidson 1166.265

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Women Final 1-Ashleigh Barty (AUS) bt 4-Johanna Konta (GBR) 6-3 3-6 6-4.

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Men Final 2-Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-3 7-6(5).

Women Final 7-Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-7(0) 7-5 6-1.

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In brief Coll, King dominate The top seeds continued their domination of the New Zealand squash nationals with straight games victories to Commonwealth Games heroes Joelle King and Paul Coll in their finals at Henderson Squash Club. For world No.4, King it was a seventh title, this time courtesy of a win over doubles partner Amanda Landers-Murphy. In the men’s final, Coll, the world No.10, won his fourth title in succession as he put paid to the efforts of second seed and Gold Coast team-mate Evan Williams from Wellington. - NZME

Slater to step up NSW fullback James Tedesco proved the difference in the Origin opener and Queensland coach Kevin Walters reckons another No.1 can do the same in Origin II. It’s a must win game in Sydney on Sunday for the Maroons and Walters says returning veteran Billy Slater is ready to step up and fix Queensland’s problems. After missing the game one loss, Slater marked his 35th birthday yesterday by being named in an extended Queensland squad for Origin II. - AAP

Smith re-energised

Town battles Country on turf Country’s Lachie O’Connell looks to slip past a Town defender at the Ashburton hockey turf on Sunday. It was the second weekend in a row that Town and Country had faced off at the turf. On Sunday it was the turn of the Year six, seven and eight age group players, while the weekend before it was Years three, four and five.

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DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club June 23 The first round of the President’s Trophy will be played, for those not in the match play a stroke round will be held.

Number 1 Tee 12.00 Adrian Hopwood v Gordon Crawford; Charlie Alexander v Greig Sparrow 12.06 Murray Moorehead v Ray Lambert; Barry Jury vs Blair Franklin 12.12 Pat Turton v Ian Rive; Sean Strange v Chris Lovelock 12.18 Paul Morrison v Dylan Stoddart; Brian Fauth v Noel Sutton.

Reserves (selection order), Brayden Wood, Peter Morrison, Jamie Stone and Terry Molloy.

Starting times: Morning 8.30am; Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 11.30am for a 12.00pm start Nine Hole golfers report at 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start.

Methven Golf Club June 16 Men’s Division 2nd Round Mt Harding trophy Senior: Alister Maxwell 79-8-71 36pts. Intermediate: Max Ferris 83-17-66 41pts. Junior A: Mike Gray 89-20-69 38pts. Junior B: 97-2770 38pts.

Other Good Scores: 38 Daniel Burgess, Frank Sandys. 37 Athol McAlpine. 36 Pete Wood, Paddy Helmore, Jim Lattimore.

Two’s: Michael Kemp x2, Eric Meaclem, Craig Middleton, Pete Wood, John Robinson, Alister Maxwell, Mike Grey, Tony Worsfold.

Dubliner Best Nett: Max Ferris 66. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Mike Gray by lot. Methven Travel Best Gross: Alister Maxwell 79.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Tony Worsfold. Hunters Wine No 6: Alister Maxwell. Ski Time No 13: Craig Middleton. Green Parrot No 17: Eric Meaclem. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Phil Johnson.

Next Week 23rd June: 3rd Round Callaghan trophy, 3rd Round Mt Harding Trophy.

■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Association June 22 Small Sticks - Duty Club: Collegians 3.45pm - 4.27pm Kiwi Sticks [Yr 5] Allenton v Tinwald Smith & Sons [T1] [Rebecca Kidd & Lachlan Adam] Wakanui v Tinwald Emmily Harmer [T2] [Georgia Muir & Grace Austin] 4.30pm 5.12pm Tinwald Mayfield v Methven [T1] [Tim Connelly-Whyte & Rebecca Kidd] 4.30pm - 5.12pm Kiwi Sticks [Yr 6] Tinwald Read Farming v Bye [T2] 5.15pm - 5.57pm Allenton v Hampstead [T1] [Grace Austin & Emma Begg] Rakaia v Tinwald The Tool Shed [T2] [Lucy Ellis & Tim Connelly-Whyte] 6.00pm - 6.42pm Wakanui v Tinwald Mayfield Transport [T1] [Maddie Wilson & Emma Begg] Methven White v Collegians [T2] [Georgia Muir & Lachlan Adam] 6.50pm - 7.55pm 1st Grade Women Methven White v Hampstead [Collegiate & Tinwald Combined] 8.00pm - 9.05pm Collegiate v Tinwald Combined [Methven White & Hampstead] At Nunweek Park 3 Connetics SSL Boys Div 1 St Andrew’s College 3rd XI v Ashburton College 1st XI [Umpires supplied] Saturday 23 June Small Sticks - Duty Club: Collegians 9.30am - 10.05am Mini Sticks [Yr 3] Allenton v Collegians Green [T1] Collegians D & E v Rakaia [T2] Tinwald Mayfield v Tinwald Engineering Solutions [T3] Hampstead v Wakanui [T4] 10.10am - 10.45am Mini Sticks [Yr 4] Allenton v Methven Black [T1] Tinwald Bonnington Painting v Tinwald Skip-2-It FX [T2] Methven White v Wakanui [T4] Rakaia [Bye] 11.00am - 12.00noon Fun Sticks [Yrs 1 & 2] Draw unknown at time of publication At Tim AE 2.40pm Senior Women Craigshead v Hampstead [Timaru Umpires] At Tim WD 4.20pm Cambridge v Hampstead/Collegians [Timaru Umpires] At Tim 4.20pm Senior Men Wakanui v Cambridge

[Timaru Umpires] Sunday 24 June 4.00pm 1st Grade Men Wakanui Black v Wakanui Blue [Rex Turnbull & Stephen Mealings] 5.15pm Allenton v Tinwald Black [Wakanui Black & Wakanui Blue] 6.30pm Hampstead v Tinwald [Allenton & Tinwald Black] Tinwald Lowcliffe [Bye] 2nd Grade Girls Draw unknown at time of publication June 25 At Tim AE 6.15pm 2nd Grade Boys McKenzie v Allenton/Methven Timaru Umpires At Ashburton 6.15 pm Wakanui v Roncalli 2nd XI Timaru Umpires June 26 3.45pm Kwik Sticks [Yrs 7 & 8] Wakanui 8s v Wakanui 7s [Erin Connelly-Whyte & Jed Cameron] 4.45pm Tinwald/Mayfield v Methven White [Maddison Trusler-Clark & Michael Baker] 5.45pm Allenton Vipers v Allenton Hornets [Karen Dalgety & Michael Baker] 6.45pm Methven Black v Collegians [Hampstead 1st Grade Men & Tinwald 1st Grade Men] Tinwald Black [Bye] June 27 At Ashburton 5.45pm Connetics SSP Boys Champs Timaru Boys’ High School 1st XI v Burnside High School 1st XI [Jacob Gray & Erin ConnellyWhyte]

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby June 18 Ashburton College U 15 v Burnside High School, 12.15pm, College, N Forbes June 23 Seniors Watters Cup Hampstead Devon Tavern Seniors v Ashburton Celtic RFC: Div 1, 2:00pm, Hampstead 1, K Faalogo, G Clement, P McKnight Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting v Methven: Wareings,2:45pm, Hinds1, S O'Reilly, K Pottinger, P Arnold Railway Tavern Rakaia bye Senior B Hampstead Senior B v Rakaia Railway Tavern Rakaia Date to be confirmed Celtic Senior B v Allenton Grieve Construction, 2:30pm, Celt1, H Grant, J O'Connor, M

Southby Hampstead Senior B v Mt Somers B, 3:00pm, Hamps 2, D McKibbon, Senior B will start at 3:00pm and move halftime to Venue 1 Railway Tavern Rakaia v Collegiate 2:30pm, Rakaia 1, J Bond, Southern Wholesale Seeds v Methven Senior B, 1:00pm, Hinds1, P Arnold Colts Rakaia Rugby Club: Rakaia/Methven Colts v Celtic Colts, 2:30pm, Meth 1, S Bennett, G Barr, C Marshall UC Championship Ashburton College Mid Canterbury Combined v St Andrew's: 1st XV, 12:00pm, College, J O'Connor, H Grant, M Southby Under 14.5 7's tournament Club referees Under 16 Hampstead: Mid Canterbury Mechanical, v West Melton Rugby Football Club: West Melton 16, 12:30pm, Hampstead 1, N Forbes Southbridge: Southbridge Under 16 v Tinwald RFC: RD Petroleum Tinwald Under 18 SCRFU: Aoraki Country v Ashburton Celtic Hanham Concrete U18 Southern NZ Livestock Brokers v Prebbleton: under 18, 1:00pm, Hinds2, K Pottinger Methven: Methven/Hampstead bye Under 13 Collegiate RFC: Ashtons Garage Doors v Southern: /Allenton/Tinwald Comb, 1:15pm, Coll 1, A McGirr Methven: Methven v Ashburton Celtic Lysaght Glass, 1:15pm, Methven 1, G Barr Under 11.5 Collegiate Ross Leadley Building v Ashburton Celtic Lysaght Glass White, Coll 1, 12:00pm Methven: Black v Ashburton Celtic Ashburton Online Green, Methv 2, 1:15pm Rakaia v Hampstead: Hampstead,Rak 1, 1:15pm Southern Howden Ag v Methven: White, Hinds 1, 12:00pm Under 10 Ashburton Celtic Blacklows Celtic Green v Ashburton Celtic Blacklows White, Celt 4, 1:00pm Southern Progressive Livestock Andrew Robins v Methven: Methven, Hinds 3, 1:00pm

Cameron Smith says a weight has been lifted off his shoulders since retiring from representative duties as Melbourne look to continue his career into an 18th NRL season.

With coach Craig Bellamy now locked in until 2021, Storm chief executive Dave Donaghy said that he’d moved his focus to keeping Smith at the club.

- AAP Tinwald v Allenton Carrfields, Tinwald 3, 1:00pm Under 9 Hampstead Blue v Collegiate RFC: Cates Grain & Seed, Hamp2 A, 12:00pm Hampstead Hampstead Gold v Rakaia Rugby Club: Rakaia, Hamp 2 A, 1:00pm Southern Harcourts Ash Real Estate v Methven: Black, Hinds 4 ,1:00 pm Southern Quigley Contracting v Methven: White, Hinds 4, 12:00pm Under 8 Ashburton Celtic RFC McCrea Painters & Decorators G v Allenton Rugby Football Club Under 8, Celtic 4, 12:00pm Methven: Black v Mt Somers Rugby Football Club Mt Somers,Methv 4, 1:15pm Rakaia v Ashburton Celtic Summerfield Builders W, Rak 4, 1:00pm Southern: Four Seasons Treecare v Methven: White,Hinds 3, 12:00pm Tinwald v Collegiate Johnson Gluyas Tractors, Tinwald 4, 1:15pm Under 7 Rippa Collegiate R Redpaths v Ashburton Celtic RFC Finishing Company G ,Coll 3, 1:00pm Hampstead v Tinwald RFC,Hamp 2B, 12:30pm Rakaia v Ashburton Celtic Summerfield Builders W, Rakai 2a, 1:00pm Southern Riverlea Ag B v Methven White, Hinds 5a, 12:00pm Southern Hayden Mackenzie Contracting R v Allenton Rugby Football Club Under 7, Hinds 5a, 12:45pm Southern Coleman Ag W v Methven Black, Hinds 5a, 1:30pm Under 6 Rippa Ashburton Celtic Anderson Joinery G v Collegiate Cranfield Glass Red, Celtic 3a, 1:00pm Ashburton Celtic RFC Summerfield Builders Red v Collegiate Property Brokers Black, Celtic 3a, 12:15pm Ashburton Celtic RFC Anderson Joinery W v Allenton Maroon, Celtic 3b, 12:15pm Rakaia v Collegiate McIntosh Group Gold, Rak 2B, 1:00pm Southern James Doyle Contracting B v Methven Red, HInds 5b, 1:30pm Southern Agspread R v Methven White,HInds 5b, 12:00pm Southern Busch Joinery W v Methven: Black, HInds 5b, 12:45pm Tinwald RFC under 6 v Allenton Rugby Football Club Gold, Tinwald 4,1 2:30pm

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In brief What do the fans want?

The ANZ is asking what Ashburton netball fans and supporters need to achieve their netball aspirations.

To celebrate this year’s national netball ANZ Premiership season, the bank is calling for applications for assistance that will help Ashburton netball fans achieve their netball aspirations. Over the past five years ANZ has supported teams, clubs, schools and players all over New Zealand to the value of nearly $500,000. “We know sometimes all you need is just that little bit of extra help to achieve your goals, so we are committed to helping as many netball fans as we can,” Sue McGregor, ANZ Head of Sponsorship, said. Ashburton netball clubs, teams, players and fans can tell ANZ what they need to help achieve their netball goals at anzcourtside.co.nz.

Fox happy with payday It’s not often Ryan Fox would have left a golf tournament having shot 14-over the card and a decent payday. The Kiwi finished the US Open tied for 41st yesterday following a final round five-over, 13 shots behind winner Brooks Koepka. It was Fox’s best finish at a major, beating his previous best of tied for 49th at the 2015 Open Championship. The 31-year-old earned a payday of $NZ62,119 – well over the average yearly wage in New Zealand.

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Lorenzo pips Marquez Mid Canterbury Combined first-five Tom Middleton gets through a gap in the Shirley Boys’ High School defence during his side’s loss in Methven on Saturday.

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■ RUGBY

Coach finding positives

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

A second half blowout at the Methven Domain on Saturday saw Mid Canterbury Combined beaten 54-20 by Shirley Boys’ High School (SBHS) in secondary school rugby’s UC Championship.

The loss meant Mid Canterbury Combined remained winless and at the bottom of the points table in the Crusaders region competition, but coach Blair O’Donnell said it wasn’t all bad.

As had been the case in many

of their games so far this season, Mid Canterbury Combined were well in it at half-time against SBHS, down just 14-13.

“It didn’t really reflect on how they played because they got a couple of really soft tries,” O’Donnell said.

“They had a bit more off the bench and ran away with it.”

O’Donnell said there were plenty of positives to take from the game. Elama Touli scored a couple of outstanding tries, Jacob Smith really got his tackling going, first-five Tom Middleton gave his side great field position,

and Fotu Hala’s kicking game from centre was outstanding, allowing his side to play a lot of the game down the right end of the field.

But the key for the young side, which was made up of players from both Ashburton College and Mt Hutt College, was consistency.

“It’s just putting it together for 70 minutes, it’s proving to be a bit tough, but I’m really proud of the boys,” O’Donnell said.

“The way we are playing, if we can just string it together for another 10 minutes in the second

half we will put pressure on a lot of teams.”

Mid Canterbury’s next opponent was St Andrew’s College, at the Ashburton College Field this Saturday at midday.

While it would be another tough one, O’Donnell said his side needed to just keep doing what they’d been doing.

“If they keep fighting and keep trying then they will rattle a few teams, like Shirley Boys, they were really rattled by us and their impact players that came off the bench did it for them,” O’Donnell said.

Aussies on the slide Australia have arrived in Nottingham at one of the lowest points in their ODI history as they desperately try to keep their series against England alive at Trent Bridge.

Tim Paine’s side trail the world’s top-ranked team 2-0, having lost 4-1 when the sides met in Australia earlier this year. And the news didn’t get any better when the latest ICC one-day international rankings were released yesterday.

The reigning champions have slumped to sixth, their lowest ranking in 34 years.

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Kerr, Bates star again

■ INDOOR BOWLS

Black flies the flag for Mid Canterbury Despite earlier reports suggesting it wasn’t the case, there was in fact Ashburton success on the final day of the New Zealand Indoor Bowls championships at the EA Networks Centre on Saturday.

Local bowler, Georgina Black, featured in the successful team which claimed national honours

Jorge Lorenzo won the Catalonia Grand Prix after starting from pole position ahead of MotoGP points leader Marc Marquez yesterday. Marquez crossed second followed by Valentino Rossi at the Barcelona-Catalonia Circuit. It was the Spaniard’s second straight victory after the Italian GP two weeks ago. Lorenzo announced last week that he would leave Ducati at the end of the season and join Honda next year, forming a formidable pairing with Marquez.

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in the Masters Fours competition after being called in to fill a spot in the team due to player unavailability.

Black, who plays out of the Allenton club, had been working on the raffle table as part of the Ashburton Indoor Bowls crew who had been there throughout the week and when the oppor-

tunity to play was offered, she jumped at the chance.

“I never thought in my wildest dreams that we would get that far,” she said.

“It was a huge shock and a huge thrill.”

Black teamed up with North Harbour players Ton Kaan, Bryan Sobey and Bev Sobey to win the

title, defeating the local team of the Chapman family in the semifinal before heading on to win the final 14-6.

A story in Monday’s Guardian suggested that there was no local success on the final day of the championships.

The Guardian wishes to apologise for this omission.

Captain Suzie Bates and teenage talent Amelia Kerr both starred for the White Ferns as they claimed an impressive win in their final warm-up match in Taunton ahead of an international Twenty20 series with England and South Africa. New Zealand comfortably beat England’s Senior Academy by 45 runs yesterday after Bates (73 from 48 balls) and Maddy Green (52 not out from 26 balls) steered the Kiwis to an imposing 191-6 in the first innings. In reply, the England bats were spun into trouble by Kerr as England fell well short of the New Zealanders’ big total.

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In brief Red card dismissed Australian ref Angus Gardiner got it wrong when he sent off French fullback Benjamin Fall during his team’s second test loss to the All Blacks, according to a judicial committee which has dismissed the red card. Gardiner gave Fall his marching orders early in Saturday’s clash in Wellington. A World Rugby judicial committee of three Australians – Adam Casselden SC plus ex-players David Croft and John Langford – was convened.

It has found Fall’s actions were accidental as a collision with All Blacks centre Anton Lienert-Brown had caused him to stumble and change direction as he went to contest the high ball.

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Shields ‘just a toiler’

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Methven youngsters showing fine form Methven’s Liam Clark, 7, eyes up a gap in the Celtic defence during Mid Canterbury Rugby’s JAB seven-a-side tournament at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday. It was a good day for Methven with the club taking out three age groups in the annual tournament. Methven beat Southern in both the under 8 and under 9 finals, and Celtic in the under 13 final. The under 10 grade was won by Southern, beating Collegiate in the final, while in the under 11s Celtic beat Southern in the final.

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Desperately seeking Reado

BY GREGOR PAUL The one good thing about second test referee Angus Gardner being so matesy-matesy with the All Blacks is that he wheedled out Kieran Read’s return to play plans.

The All Blacks skipper was acting as water boy in Wellington and when he ran the kicking tee on for Damian McKenzie to convert Ben Smith’s try, Gardner sparked up a chat, inquired about a likely return date and was told that Read was hopeful he would be back for the last few games of Super Rugby.

Which would suggest, if all goes to plan, that Read could return to the test arena in time to start the Rugby Championship.

That’s still a hope rather an expectation given the uncertain nature of nerve-related injuries but the cautious way he has been managed combined with his maturity to be patient and honest about his readiness, increases the likelihood that he will be at the helm come the first Bledisloe Cup clash in Sydney.

And how much the All Blacks need him back is hard to exaggerate.

It’s not the All Blacks way to publicly lament the

absence of one individual as it tends to undermine the replacement – erode their confidence and make them doubt whether they are good enough to be there.

But they have missed Read more than they imagined they would and while Luke Whitelock has done in the last two weeks what he always does – play with everything he has – the harsh reality is that the All Blacks need more than all he has.

The All Blacks have missed Read’s attacking portfolio most.

He’s one of the best in the world game at retrieving kickoffs.

They have missed his lineout ability – the certainty that when he goes up the ball c o m e s back.

They have missed his readiness and availability to carry hard on the short ball and pump himself over the gainline.

And most of all they have missed his roaming presence in the wider parts of the field where his creativity makes all the difference.

Read is a masterful distributor – equipped with a range of offload abilities that allow him to play others into space from nearly impossibly bleak situations.

Think back to last year and there were several times when Read made the critical play to change the outcome.

There was his flip pass to Aaron Smith in the first test against the Lions last year that created Rieko Ioane’s killer try.

It was Read who won the kickoff in Dunedin to give the All Blacks the ball back in the last three minutes against the Wallabies and Read who made the line break and pass to set the try-scoring chain of events in motion to win the game.

The All Blacks just haven’t been the same threat without Read and while they have missed him mostly as a No. 8, his captaincy has been notably absent, too.

Sam Whitelock has done all that has been asked and will in

time be a strong and skilled captain, but he’s inexperienced and no-one has a handle on the job after three tests.

Read is that bit further down the road in his international captaincy career and therefore been exposed to so much more than Whitelock. A moot point maybe, but would the All Blacks have drifted into a mindset of complacency the way they did in Wellington after France had been shown a red card if Read had been at the helm?

Would the likes of Aaron Smith, TJ Perenara and Damian McKenzie taken it upon themselves to tap and run so many penalties as they did had Read been on the field?

The All Blacks looked to be a touch frantic and impatient when they had a man advantage and as much as Whitelock may have been imploring his troops to stick to the original plan of playing direct and being accurate, the message didn’t get through.

Read, had he been playing, may have had the wider range of strategies to ensure that those around him were brought back to task and focused less on outcome.

The All Blacks may be reluctant to publicly lament the loss of Read but privately they will know they need him back.

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Down, down, down do England go, gasping for air at altitude and flailing, a shattered and spent force.

There was a new starting face in Brad Shields but the failings were the same: patchy, ill-disciplined play that allowed the Springboks to gather themselves from another dozy start but England had neither the muscle nor the cleverness to take advantage. Instead, Shields revealed himself as no more than another toiler in white. It has been a salutary experience for them on the High Veld where they have been well and truly trumped by what is a raw Springbok side.

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Call for common sense A fortnight into the French series and never has there been more pressure on World Rugby to differentiate between the increasing incidents of accidental foul play which cause injury, and the flat-out dirty stuff of which there is less of these days. Days after the dramatic events at Westpac, Steve Hansen’s sympathy was still with the French after Benjamin Fall’s red card following his collision with Beauden Barrett, and especially ref Angus Gardner who was simply ruling to the letter of the law. But he stressed the need for common sense has never been greater in a game becoming more dynamic and highimpact by the week. Few people want to see red cards for incidents like Fall’s because it was clearly an accident and the test was effectively over as a result. - NZME

Trump call apology Eddie Jones has apologised to Bruce Craig for branding the Bath owner the “Donald Trump of rugby”. PA Sport understands that England’s head coach has written to Craig expressing his remorse after escalating a verbal feud that erupted last month over the number of injuries being sustained during international camps. England are preparing for Saturday’s final test in Cape Town with the aim of ending their six-match losing run.

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Time runs out James Stannard will make a full recovery from injuries he suffered in an assault, but says there’s no way he would have been able to make his sevens rugby swansong at next month’s World Cup. Stannard had planned to retire after that tournament, but brought that forward after failing to fully recover in time from the incident that left him with a fractured skull and forced him out of the Commonwealth Games.

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■ ROYAL ASCOT

In brief

Jockey amped for Ascot Star Kiwi jockey James McDonald has a gilt-edged chance to secure his first Royal Ascot win this week.

McDonald, who left for England after riding at Warwick Farm last week, has picked up the ride on the Charlie Hills-trained Equilateral in the Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup (1200m) at the Royal meeting on Friday (Saturday NZ time).

“He’s come in to favouritism so hopefully they’re right. Charlie sent me the link to his last-start win and he looks very good,” McDonald said.

“Charlie reckons he’s one of the best sprinters he’s had, and that’s saying something because he had Muhaarar, who won five Group Ones. But he reckons he could be up with him.

“That last race he won by eight lengths and the third horse has won twice since so the form looks good too.

“He’s still got to make the step up but he looks a really good ride.”

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McDonald was hoping to ride at all five days of the Royal Ascot meeting, with confirmed mounts on the Hills-trained Pogo in the Gr.2 Coventry Stakes (1200m) and the Sir Michael Stoutetrained Mirage Dancer in the Listed Wolferton Stakes (2000m) on the opening day on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time).

He will ride the Stoute-trained Expert Eye in the Gr.3 Jersey Stakes (1400m) on day two, Silver Quartz in the Gr.3 Hampton Court Stakes (2000m) and Curiosity in the Britannia Stakes (1600m), both for trainer Hugo Palmer on day three, as well as the Hills-trained Hawayel in the Gr.3 Albany Stakes (1200m) and the Stoute-trained Elector in the Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes (2400m) on day four.

“I’ve won at Ascot before but not as part of Royal Ascot week and that’s something I’m very keen to do.

“It would be nice to put that right this week,” McDonald said.

He is on the cusp of £1 million

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 19 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.23pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 66465 Aroha 17.42 ...................................B Pringle 2 56373 Call Me Joe 17.57 .................... A Botherway 3 52657 Giancana 17.36............................S Hindson 4 76735 Dunk It 17.62.................................... B Dann 5 14676 Disobedience 17.74 S & .................B Evans 6 58x44 Moonshine Boy nwtd S & ................B Evans 7 44766 Homebush Fued 17.42 .............J McInerney 8 47727 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 9 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson 10 68888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 2 3.44pm CHRIS & LISA EARL DASH C1, 295m 1 55673 Verbena 17.52 .............................. K Cassidy 2 7177x Olliebollon 17.58 .............................. B Dann 3 55353 Broken Penniless 17.49 .................G Cleeve 4 35F22 Sozin’s Treasure nwtd ...............J McInerney 5 84563 Auros Advantage 17.67 S & ............B Evans 6 74637 Goldstar Bindi 17.89 S &.................B Evans 7 63865 Jinno Gino 17.51 ......................... J McMillan 8 68875 Opawa Shay nwtd ...........................R Wales 9 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson 10 68888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 3 4.01pm ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 67754 Ohoka Tess nwtd.......................... L Waretini 2 32435 Homebush Pansy 17.69 ............J McInerney 3 78736 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans 4 28485 Okuku Billy 17.49 ............................R Casey

in stakes earnings in England, having won 25 of his 139 rides there and banking £989,938 for his connections.

McDonald partnered 19 winners on his last summer stint in Britain two years ago, including Dutch Connection for Hills in the Gr.2 Lennox Stakes (1400m)

In what has been a frustrating month for injured trainer Tony Pike, he may finally be able to head to Queensland to watch a couple of his in-form stable runners compete at Doomben this weekend. The Cambridge conditioner’s stable has been in great form in Australia, but Pike has been stuck at home waiting for surgery on his wrist. “I had surgery on Tuesday, I got a couple of plates inserted,” he said.

“It’s a bit more frustrating than anything else, it’s going to take three months to come right.”

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Tribeca triumphant It was just one night, but Soho Tribeca has claimed Lazarus’ shoes as Australasia’s best pacer. We will know a lot more after the Group 1 Len Smith at Menangle on July 1, the Group 2 Sunshine Sprint at Albion Park on July 14 and the Blacks A Fake at the same track a week later. But for now, Soho Tribeca is the one they all have to beat. There was a real stamp of arrogance and dominance about his Italian Cup win at Melton at his first start since finishing third in the Miracle Mile on February 24. Driven

by Mick Stanley, Soho Tribeca came from outside the back row, quickly circled the field and was never out of second gear.

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Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Race- 2 53876 Viktoria Vikkers 22.95 ..................C Roberts way Meeting Date: 19 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 3 36716 Opawa Binge 22.34.........................R Wales Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 4 26662 Abrasador 22.17 ...............................B Eade 12 Trebles : 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 5 43517 Debbie Baxter 22.57 .................J McInerney 1 12.00pm (NZT) SOUTHLAND GREYHOUNDS WEL- 6 33535 Opawa Waihemo 22.73 ...................R Wales 7 11457 Princely Gold 22.49...................J McInerney COME C0, 390m 8 41655 Zipping Clyde 22.54 .................... B I Conner 1 32 Guilty Rogue nwtd..........................J Guthrie 9 84878 Gotcha Majenta nwtd ................J McInerney 2 77638 Nippa Mint nwtd ........................J McInerney 3 Yee Coo Coo nwtd ....................J McInerney 10 86778 Cosmic Richie 22.60 .................J McInerney 4 74373 Springheel Jack nwtd .....................J Guthrie 4 12.52pm WWW.BODYAUDIT.CO.NZ C3, 457m 5 85436 Homebush Izzy nwtd .................J McInerney 1 27553 Mina Allen 26.13 ..........................C Roberts 6 55747 Pretty Keen nwtd ...............................S Keen 2 36343 Dyna Bart nwtd ............................C Roberts 7 Miss Nina nwtd..............................R Adcock 3 31275 Spring Sam 26.00 .....................J McInerney 8 522 Dream Stone Jade nwtd ...................S Keen 4 26536 Homebush Miles nwtd ...............J McInerney 9 27887 Homebush Satara nwtd.............J McInerney 5 18587 Darlek Ian 26.22........................J McInerney 10 4887 Homebush Nesbo nwtd .............J McInerney 6 46714 Opawa Racer nwtd..........................R Wales 7 46138 Shady Snapper nwtd....................C Roberts 2 12.17pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C5, 390m 8 43711 Malaga Molly 26.46 ...................J McInerney 1 14111 Wheelchair Norm 22.08 ............J McInerney 9 27756 Zugzwang 26.36 .........................R Hamilton 2 41862 Think Tank 22.53 .......................J McInerney 3 27434 Opawa Sheldon 22.22.....................R Wales 5 1.10pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C1/2, 457m 4 17121 Grid Lock nwtd J & ..........................D Fahey 1 15347 Shift The Blame 25.94...............J McInerney 5 43411 Platinum Marshal nwtd.................C Roberts 2 74365 Botany Alan 25.88.....................J McInerney 6 13221 Detective Dash 22.73 ................J McInerney 3 22671 Lightning Crash nwtd ....................R Adcock 7 42237 Cawbourne Britty 22.42 ...............C Roberts 4 16443 Allen Hadrian 26.29 .....................C Roberts 8 23612 Cosmic Jase 22.90 ...................J McInerney 5 71856 Ketchikan Blue 26.12 ........................B Eade 9 53668 Sergess nwtd ............................J McInerney 6 65132 Valyrian Steel 26.28 ..................J McInerney 10 17536 Botany Cold nwtd ......................J McInerney 7 51438 Zipping Jen nwtd ......................... B I Conner 3 12.35pm TONI@BODYAUDIT.CO.NZ PH 021657001 8 56613 Cosmic Stu nwtd .......................J McInerney C4, 390m 9 888x8 Opawa Richie 26.19 ........................R Wales 1 11724 Homebush Scorpio 22.79 .........J McInerney 10 87888 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie

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James McDonald

at Goodwood and Big Orange in the Princess of Wales’s Stakes (2400m) for trainer Michael Bell.

A champion apprentice and senior jockey in New Zealand and premiership winner in Sydney, McDonald recently returned from an 18-month ban for a betting indiscretion but has quickly re-established himself, winning 11 races from just 44 rides.

“I’m really enjoying it and I couldn’t have asked for a better start really,” he said.

“Nearly every meeting I’ve ridden a winner. It would be nice if I could carry that form on to Royal Ascot.”

McDonald is not the only Kiwi hoping to be in the spotlight at the Royal Meeting.

The Sir Peter Vela-owned Eminent will take on Europe’s best weight for age performers in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2000m) on day two, while the tangerine colours of Te Akau racing will be sported by Torcedor in the Gr.1 Ascot Gold Cup (4000m) on day three.

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Pike targets Doomben

6 1.27 SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C1, 457m

8 66537 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 9 87888 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie 1 54544 Sozin’s Emperor nwtd ...............J McInerney 2 42353 Zipping Ripley nwtd ..................... B I Conner 9 2.21pm GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 390m 3 F2443 Opawa Millie 26.12.......................D Roberts 1 81843 Homebush Bow nwtd ................J McInerney 4 11 Beck Eleven nwtd..........................R Adcock 2 12F67 Bigtime Kendall nwtd...................R Hamilton 5 24342 Zefside nwtd..............................J McInerney 3 42765 Homebush Skip 22.76...............J McInerney 6 64474 Awesome Annie nwtd.................. B I Conner 4 53556 Gotcha Rocky nwtd ...................J McInerney 7 24668 Forbury Flyer 27.15 ...................J McInerney 5 57587 African Violet nwtd ....................J McInerney 8 5F755 Homebush Ragna 26.50 ...........J McInerney 6 36188 Cosmic Ryder 22.97 .................J McInerney 9 888x8 Opawa Richie 26.19 ........................R Wales 7 76344 Elland Road nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 87888 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie 8 46F76 Glass Harpoon nwtd ......................J Guthrie 9 87888 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie 7 1.45pm CONGRATULATIONS TARNS C1, 390m 1 318 Flying Canary nwtd ...................J McInerney 10 2.41pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH 2 86667 Magic Tracey nwtd.....................J McInerney C1/2, 390m 3 35876 Homebush Ellie nwtd ................J McInerney 1 17668 Homebush Cherico 22.76 .........J McInerney 4 73565 Avalanch City 22.81 ..................J McInerney 2 85783 Lonely Baxter 23.05 ..................J McInerney 5 78286 Chief Doug 23.29 ......................J McInerney 3 25123 Black Dan 22.71........................J McInerney 6 24887 Homebush Hundy 22.89 ...........J McInerney 4 88887 Bouncer Milos nwtd...................J McInerney 7 46481 Chasing Great nwtd ..........................S Keen 5 71654 Homebush Hazel nwtd ..............J McInerney 8 52286 Cosmic Marty 23.11 ..................J McInerney 6 23371 Chasing Fame 22.73 .........................S Keen 9 87888 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie 7 85541 Mounga nwtd ............................J McInerney 8 2.02pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ 8 17873 Oskitz nwtd ..................................C Roberts 9 87888 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie C1, 390m 1 86755 Trendy Blake 22.76 ...................J McInerney 11 2.57pm ASCOT PARK CONSORTIUM C1/2, 390m 2 83655 Homebush Sloan 22.50 ............J McInerney 1 47778 Macey Baxter 22.97 ..................J McInerney 3 78314 Homebush Maycee 23.00 .........J McInerney 2 37585 Sozin’s Angel nwtd ....................J McInerney 4 46473 Homebush Scribe 22.48 ...........J McInerney 3 11847 Mulberry Minx nwtd .......................R Adcock 5 85765 Tartan Watch 23.51 ........................J Guthrie 4 72146 Homebush Tasha 23.09 ............J McInerney 6 88312 Nippa Martino 22.97 .................J McInerney 5 22125 Ana Dior 22.85 .............................C Roberts 7 15578 Sergio Star 22.88 ......................J McInerney 6 54478 Unverified nwtd .........................J McInerney

7 31751 Half Silver Fern nwtd .................J McInerney 8 51663 Gotcha Penny nwtd ...................J McInerney 9 87888 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie 12 3.17pm RACING AGAIN 3 JULY C3, 390m 1 34243 Barellen Panther nwtd ..................C Roberts 2 83664 Chop Shop nwtd .......................J McInerney 3 84648 Seeking Baxter nwtd .................J McInerney 4 18735 Storming Mack 22.85 .................. B I Conner 5 25725 Flaming Sambuca 22.65 ...........J McInerney 6 38623 Disclaimer 22.63 ...........................R Adcock 7 31157 Cosmic Ruben 22.55 ................J McInerney 8 32248 Jitterbug Jewel nwtd.....................C Roberts Emergencies: 9 48853 Sozin’s Blue 22.70 ....................J McInerney 10 27756 Zugzwang 22.88 .........................R Hamilton SELECTIONS

Race 1: Miss Nina, Guilty Rogue, Yee Coo Coo, Nippa Mint Race 2: Wheelchair Norm, Cawbourne Britty, Think Tank, Cosmic Jase Race 3: Abrasador, Princely Gold, Zipping Clyde, Viktoria Vikkers Race 4: Dyna Bart, Mina Allen, Malaga Molly, Opawa Racer Race 5: Lightning Crash, Shift The Blame, Allen Hadrian, Botany Alan Race 6: Beck Eleven, Opawa Millie, Zefside, Zipping Ripley Race 7: Flying Canary, Cosmic Marty, Chasing Great, Chief Doug Race 8: Nippa Martino, Homebush Maycee, Homebush Scribe Race 9: Cosmic Ryder, Homebush Skip, Homebush Bow Race 10: Chasing Fame, Black Dan, Oskitz, Lonely Baxter Race 11: Mulberry Minx, Ana Dior, Sozin’s Angel, Unverified Race 12: Cosmic Ruben, Disclaimer, Sozin’s Blue, Flaming Sambuca LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

2 36334 Dime Diva 17.55..............................J Tanner 5 28175 Astro Tipple 17.53 ...........................J Tanner 3 18263 Taieri Terra 17.61 ............................R Casey 6 32128 Chitina Tin 17.54 .................................A Lee 4 33543 Koroibete 17.92 H & ............................Taylor 7 61676 Twizel Storm 17.95.......................... M Grant 5 66563 Matariki nwtd ....................................A Joyce 8 64617 Running Freer 17.28 ..........................C Weir 6 6x482 Goldstar Whitey nwtd S & ...............B Evans 9 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson 7 42532 Jinja Cody 17.65 .......................J McInerney 10 88x78 Roo Baloo 17.79 ........................D Stapleton 4 4.19pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY MURRAY WIGLEY STKS 8 27486 Zephaniah 17.45 .......................A Bradshaw 9 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson C1, 520m 1 1111 Dyna Weslyn 30.17 ......................C Roberts 10 88x78 Roo Baloo 17.79 ........................D Stapleton 2 4x865 Fab Action 30.62 ........................D Stapleton 7 5.11pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAIG WHITE SPRINT 3 31877 Sly Carl 31.11 .................................R Wales C1, 295m 1 23744 Venetia 17.53 ............................... K Cassidy 4 62861 Archie’s Ranger 30.86................J M Jopson 2 62273 Ohoka Magic 17.45 ...................... L Waretini 5 66655 Goldstar Jagger 30.80 S &..............B Evans 3 55323 Holly Grace 17.92 ........................... M Grant 6 82431 Bossy Affair 30.29 ........................ L Waretini 4 51756 Fiery Jemma 17.83 .......................... B Dann 7 67814 Eyrewell Bentley 31.20................... H Cairns 5 18657 Goldstar Power 17.65 S &...............B Evans 8 72876 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 6 57762 Little Snicko 17.54 .....................J McInerney 9 87557 Eyrewell Lucy 31.14 ....................... H Cairns 5 4.36 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 7 33214 Jingili Jill 17.55 M & ............................ Smith 8 64652 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 1 14874 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.50................J M Jopson 9 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson 2 65674 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37 .......................A Joyce 3 42254 Jealous Much 17.67 ..................J McInerney 10 68888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 4 384Fx Hilton Forabeer 17.48 ............C N Anderson 8 5.26 FOX & FERRET@THE PALMS DASH C1, 295m 1 88273 We Rocking 17.52 H & ........................Taylor 5 47456 Ohoka Pheobe 17.62 ................... L Waretini 2 58148 Rocky Vincitore 17.66 ...................... B Dann 6 62656 Poetik 17.59 S & .............................B Evans 3 75724 Tikao Jackie 17.63 M & ....................... Smith 7 45762 Culvie Chairman 17.47 H & ................Taylor 4 3x772 White Not Wong 17.53 ...............J M Jopson 8 18782 Sweet As Brad 17.41 ................R Blackburn 5 86786 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 9 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson 6 88876 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 10 88x78 Roo Baloo 17.79 ........................D Stapleton 6 4.54pm (NZT) STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & 7 86677 Goldstar Dodge nwtd S & ...............B Evans 8 52344 Smash Gator 17.51 ......................... M Grant BLINDS PH.0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 9 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson 1 54546 Cornali 17.68..............................J M Jopson

28716 Ring Clown nwtd ............................. M Grant 18745 Bula Roberts 17.40 ......................C Roberts 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson 1 8F642 Goldstar Renee 31.73 S & ..............B Evans 88x78 Roo Baloo 17.79 ........................D Stapleton 2 35532 Stompin’ Ground nwtd S & ..............B Evans 3 87672 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 12 6.41pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 73642 My Ginger Kiss 17.80 S & ...............B Evans 4 23511 Know Flare 30.35 ...........................G Cleeve 2 77438 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 5 25651 Dig Dig Dig 31.11 .......................J M Jopson 3 17784 Where’s Snoopy 17.43 H & .................Taylor 6 11752 Eyrewell Ebony 30.75 .................... H Cairns 4 45F22 Gordy Junior 17.51 ....................J M Jopson 7 1F215 Oh So Nitro 29.98 J & .....................D Fahey 5 48737 Mamma Rose nwtd .........................R Casey 8 F4437 Opawa Pam nwtd ............................R Wales 6 65632 Come Sunday 17.35 ...........................A Lee Emergencies: 7 27261 Feral Steadfast 17.93 ...................M A Butler 9 67814 Eyrewell Bentley 31.20................... H Cairns 8 77754 Cut The Ribbons 17.44 ...................J Tanner 10 545x4 Kelly’s My Name nwtd .................... H Cairns 10 6.06pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH Emergencies: 9 4788x Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson STAKES C1, 520m 1 6F838 Sass ‘Em Up nwtd .....................A Bradshaw 10 88x78 Roo Baloo 17.79 ........................D Stapleton 2 24426 Go Belle 30.96 J & ..........................D Fahey SELECTIONS 3 53252 Replica Casino 30.81 .....................B Pringle Race 1: Moonshine Boy, Call Me Joe, Cathy Maree, Dunk It 4 F2323 Peekay Shout 30.89 ........................R Wales Race 2: Verbena, Olliebollon, Sozin’s Treasure, Auros Advantage 5 88547 Goldstar Scooby 30.97 S &.............B Evans Race 3: Running Freer, Chitina Tin, Ohoka Tess, Mr Black Magic 6 35368 Smash Rebel 30.58 ........................ M Grant Race 4: Dyna Weslyn, Archie’s Ranger, Sly Carl, Eyrewell Bentley 7 26246 Know Shame nwtd .........................G Cleeve Race 5: Sweet As Brad, Culvie Chairman, Goldstar Tu Puc 8 545x4 Kelly’s My Name nwtd .................... H Cairns Race 6: Zephaniah, Taieri Terra, Jinja Cody, Koroibete 9 87557 Eyrewell Lucy 31.14 ....................... H Cairns Race 7: Holly Grace, Venetia, Jingili Jill, Little Snicko 11 6.25 CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m Race 8: Rocky Vincitore, Smash Gator, Tikao Jackie, Goldstar Dodge 1 23656 Eyrewell Tango 17.38 ..................... H Cairns Race 9: Oh So Nitro, Stompin’ Ground, Know Leave, Opawa Pam 2 48x86 Unfettered 17.51 .........................B Freeman Race 10: Replica Casino, Peekay Shout, Sass ‘Em Up 3 46581 Cee Ash 17.83 ...............................G Cleeve Race 11: Ring Clown, Cee Ash, Bula Roberts, Okuku Terra 4 74637 Jinja Ellie nwtd .................................A Joyce Race 12: Come Sunday, Where’s Snoopy, Cut The Ribbons 5 54886 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ...................B Evans LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 6 78137 Okuku Terra 17.61...........................R Casey - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 10 68888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler

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Alonso wins Le Mans Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso won the 24 Hours Le Mans on his debut in the classic endurance race yesterday to move closer to motorsport’s unofficial Triple Crown.

The Spanish driver, together with team-mates Kazuki Nakajima of Japan and Sebastien Buemi of Switzerland, completed 388 laps in their Toyota hybrid car, two more than Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez in the other Toyota hybrid.

Alonso is bidding to match British driver Graham Hill’s feat of completing the Triple Crown, including wins at the Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500.

Alonso is a two-time winner in Monaco.

“Le Mans once a year is not enough! It needs to be every three weeks,” joked Alonso, who looked to be in trouble when Buemi was penalised for speeding in a caution zone late Saturday.

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Alonso’s car was left more than two minutes behind the other Toyota but the Spaniard managed to claw back the difference through the night, putting Nakajima in position to retake the lead from Kobayashi early yesterday.

“I felt great tonight,” Alonso said after his final stint driving.

“I don’t know exactly how, but I managed to make the tyres work for us at the right time despite the cool air temp. Our pace has been good and I was lucky with the traffic as well.”

It was Toyota’s first victory at the 20th attempt, and the first win for a Japanese manufacturer since Mazda’s success in 1991.

Former Formula One champion Jenson Button raced for the private SMP team, but the Briton’s non-hybrid car faced early problems with engine trouble that forced its retirement in the final hour.

Some 60 factory and private teams competed in the 86th edition of the race.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): To celebrate what is, you’ll have to let go of what you thought it would be. This shouldn’t be too hard, since there’s much about the way things are right now that suits you better than you’d ever dreamed.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Sometimes inspiration strikes. Other times, including now, it’s more of an itch, a slow tug or a nudge that gets you on the path. Once there, life starts to feel like a custom design made just for you.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Yes, there were deals that didn’t quite pan out, arrangements that never found their groove and actions that didn’t land as you might have preferred. But if it made you smile, there’s nothing to regret.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Unfamiliar people will be especially hard to read, and it may be best not to try. Ask questions instead. It would be easy to overdramatise the significance of social interactions today, but try not to.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The most important thing in life is this. Literally this. Because “this” is what you’re doing now – or, more precisely, 12 words ago. The present moment is your domain. Seize it over and over.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The first hint was when they said, “Repeat after me: I am free.” Well then, why don’t you feel like it? “Acting normal” might have something to do with it. What was the idea that came from you and only you?

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Anyone who’s loved a television character or been devastated by the plotline of a book knows that something doesn’t actually need to happen to feel real. You can use this principle to your advantage.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The young who set out to learn who they are tend to miss the point.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your attention is a precious commodity that’s all yours to distribute how you see fit. Sometimes you give unconditionally, but today you let people earn your attention. You’re both better for the effort.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The beauty is all around you today, mostly because you have the eye to pick it out. You’re also excellent at bringing together the elements that will feature beauty in its best frame and light.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’ve been in the equivalent of a chorus line – where generally working as one were the necessary qualities for success.

Today it’s time to step out with your solo work.

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late Pat. Loved Pop of Peter, Trevor and Debbie and loved Grandad of Melissa, and Adam and Chrystal, and Tiffany. Messages to Broome family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Bob’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, June 20, commencing at 10.30am.

Followed by cremation at theJune 19, 2018 Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, Ashburton Crematorium.

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BEDFORD, Jeffrey William (Jeff) – On June 17, 2018. Peacefully at Christchurch. Aged 67 years. Dearly loved son of the late Margaret and Bill. Dearly loved husband of Rosie.

Much loved father and fatherin-law of Kim and John-Paul Tenebaum, and Hayden and Kylie Bedford. Awesome Grandad of Jake, Josh, and Cassie; Jerome, and Carter.

Loved brother and brother-inlaw of Alison Chapman and Graham Cox, and loved uncle of Abbey, Jade, Abel, Jarrah and beloved Lolo to his extended Filipino family.

Messages to the Bedford family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to ‘Heart Kids’ would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Jeff’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, June 22, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by interment the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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BROOME, Robert Leslie (Bob) (LAC, Reg No. 44192) – Passed away suddenly at his home, in Ashburton on June 16, 2018. Aged 94 years young. Dearly loved husband of the late Margaret and the late Pat. Loved Pop of Peter, Trevor and Debbie and loved Grandad of Melissa, and Adam and Chrystal, and Tiffany. Messages to Broome family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Bob’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, June 20, commencing at 10.30am.

Followed by cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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Sport BAABAAS NOTCH UP CENTURY James Ihaka Barbarich heads in for one of many tries scored by his Ashburton Barbarians team on Saturday.

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The Ashburton Barbarians notched up a century in their Canterbury Rugby League division one match against a depleted Celebration Lions in Ashburton on Saturday.

They won 112-10 after leading 46-6 at half-time, to put their season well and truly back on track following two disappointing losses.

Ashburton Barbarians manager Matt Milne said it was a one-sided match from the outset.

“We have to give the Celebration boys a

lot of credit and respect for making the trip down here with only 12 players and not wanting to call the game off early,” Milne said.

“Clearly these guys absolutely love the game of rugby league and it showed with how much heart they have.”

The win was a massive confidence boost for the Barbarians heading into a key clash on their home patch, Robilliard Park, this weekend.

Addington pulled out of the competition and the draw had to be revised which meant that the Barbarians would this week

face the top-of-the-table Burnham Chevaliers.

“Without any doubt the boys will want to rectify the result of the last encounter with them,” Milne said.

The last time the two sides met Burnham handed the Barbarians their first loss of the season, 44-26, with their only other loss this season having followed that, at the hands of the Woolston Rams.

But the Ashburton Barbarians were still second on the table on points differential and Milne said Saturday’s game with Burnham would be an epic encounter and he

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hoped Ashburton would get out and support them.

“It will be another great game of rugby league going by the last encounter between these two sides and if you had ever thought about coming down and watching then this is the game you want to see.”

As well as winning big, the Ashburton Barbarians came through the clash with the Celebration Lions injury-free meaning they should have a fully fit squad for this weekend’s grudge match.

Kick off will be at 2pm this Saturday at Robilliard Park.

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