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Water plant plan raises opposition

By Sue NewmaN

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Rumours that a water bottling plant could be established in Ashburton’s north-east business park have created a groundswell of opposition from people living in the area.

A Facebook comment posted on Thursday suggesting the issue would be discussed at the Ashburton Citizens’ Association meeting that night had the organisation’s executive scrambling.

The item was not on the agenda secretary Diane Rawlinson said, but because of community pressure, it was added as an extra item at the start of the meeting.

Mrs Rawlinson said she believed the bottling plant had been talked about at a Grey Power meeting last year but the proposal appeared to have suddenly gained traction.

Concern was raised by a group of Fairton residents, worried that it could impact on people in their area who were already having to deepen their wells to obtain a reliable water supply.

“The Fairton people said many people around the district had heard the rumour and a comment on Facebook confirms that the council is aware of the

proposal,” she said. While people might not be happy with the prospect of a bottling plant in the business estate, until a deal was confirmed and they had some facts to go on, there was very little they could do, Mrs Rawlinson said.

“People will have to know why they’re objecting, is it because water is being taken, water is being sold overseas or because they believe it’s morally wrong?”

Council chief executive Andrew Dalziel said he was aware of a proposal around a water bottling plant, but that details around that proposal were commercially sensitive. At this stage it had to remain out of the public arena.

“I wouldn’t deny there is something going on in this space,” he said.

Mr Dalziel said he understood talks around the establishment of a water bottling plant in Ashburton had been going on for several years.

“There’s been a group or groups looking at places in Ashburton where they could establish such a plant, but if a company approaches the council to buy council land then if we have a transaction going on it is commercially sensitive.”

Ashburton 12-year-old Jenna Borthwick took home three medals at the Under-15 Age Group Track National Championships last week.

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Jenna’s a medallist in the making

By RuBy HaRfield

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Longbeach School has a young Olympic medallist in the making if her results at a national cycling competition are anything to go by.

Twelve-year-old Jenna Borthwick won two gold medals and one bronze in the Under-15 Age Group Track National Championships in Invercargill last week.

Jenna has been cycling nearly for as long as she can remember

but only started taking it really seriously in January.

She thought she would try entering the championships, which pitted her against people two years her senior, to gain experience and never thought she would get a placing, let alone three.

“I was really happy, no one expected me to get a medal.”

The Year 8 student trains five days a week for about five hours either at the Tinwald Velodrome, on the road or at home.

The medallist had done karate for a number of years but recently stopped and had always liked cycling, so wanted to train more, she said.

Her goal would be to one day get into the Olympics.

Longbeach School principal Neil Simons said Jenna is a great student and the school helps her with her work if she ever needs to take time off for cycling.

Jenna won gold in her derby and scratch races and bronze in her time challenge.

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President Andrew Currie said the committee’s hard work had paid off and the all-day entertainment would start when the gates open at 8am.

“The committee have done an exceptional job of organising the extra space in the trade and art

and crafts section,” he said.

“We’ve got some sheaves of unusual crops lined up with a $100 prize for the person who can identify them.”

A treasure hunt with the clues in the centerfold of the catalogue also has 12 prizes on offer, valued at $20 to $100.

At 2pm 40-odd gift calves will go

under the hammer, to benefit Red Cross, Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Autism New Zealand. They will also fund a $1000 agricultural scholarship to be presented to a Mount Hutt College student at the school’s end-of-year prizegiving.

Gift lambs will be judged on the hoof and later on the hook, and a selection of dairy heifers will also

be auctioned. “We are very appreciative of our sponsors who donate these animals,” Mr Currie said.

This year’s small animal shed is also sure to be a winner, with young chickens, eels and even a buffalo on show.

All the way from Christchurch, the All Star Pride Cheerleaders

will strut their stuff at 1pm and 2pm.

Over in the trades section the world’s largest combine harvester will be on show.

The lamb colouring competition will get under way at 2pm.

“We’ve got wine, we’ve got food and we’ve got entertainment,” Mr Currie said.

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■ ASHBURTON POLICE

Four local burglaries a week

By Erin TaskEr

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Mid Cantabrians are falling victim to burglars around four times a week, according to police.

Ashburton Police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said there had been 237 burglaries reported to police in the past year, which worked out to be about 4.5 each week on average.

It might sound like a lot to some, but it could be worse, Mr Banfield said.

He said Christchurch’s Eastern Suburbs had around the same population as Mid Canterbury, but they’d had 1800 burglaries for the same period. In the Eastern Suburbs, the number of total crime offences reported was around 14,700.

“I know crime is our business, but Ashburton is a safe town,” Mr Banfield said.

“Every town has an element that causes a problem that we don’t want there, and we will identify and target those people.”

Mr Banfield said the definition of burglaries had changed and now, if a car was broken into up a driveway on a property, it was

recorded as a burglary rather than a theft ex-car. Despite that, the number of thefts from cars was remaining steady.

Many thefts from cars, and some burglaries, were opportunistic and people needed to ensure they took steps to help themselves.

He said keeping valuables out of sight, and locking homes and

vehicles was something simple, but important, that people should do, and too many people were still ignoring that message and leaving themselves open to fall victim to crime.

He said the average member of the community was responsible, but every community has people who were not as honest or responsible.

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February great for trust

One Ashburton dentist has stepped up in order to prevent the district’s up-and-coming rugby stars from sustaining teeth, jaw and concussion-related injuries.

Michael Holdaway, owner and principal dentist at Dentistry on Parkside, has taken it upon himself to fit the entire Ashburton College 1st XV with custom-made mouthguards.

To help keep the team safe Dr Holdaway and his team have spent many hours taking impressions of the young players’ mouths.

The custom mouthguards would also hopefully steer them away from the standard “boil and bite” mouthguards which were “fairly inadequate” and provided them with a false sense of security, Dr Holdaway said.

Mouthguards needed good retention and to be of adequate thickness and the boil and bite type often wear quite thin, resulting in minimal protection, he said.

“Because of the greater emphasis on trying to prevent concussions and that sort of thing you want a well-fitting mouthguard that absorbs some of the force, especially at secondary school level,” Dr Holdaway said.

Costing over $100 each, Dentistry on Parkside is providing the mouthguards free of charge in the hope the players understand how important they are.

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The Ashburton Trust might be selling its businesses, but it is exiting the business world in style, with its February revenue well up on expectations.

During the month revenue hit $1.28 million, with all sites continuing to show strong results. Accommodation at the Hotel Ashburton and Tinwald Motels was particularly strong, chief executive Rob Reid said in his monthly board report.

All sites were tracking well ahead of last year, he said.

“A lot of work has been put into operating more efficiently through the last year and this has continued.”

All three businesses that were now on the market – Speights Alehouse, the Tinwald Motels and Tavern and The Somerset Grocer had attracted strong interest. These are being sold by deadline private treaty which closes at 4pm on Tuesday.

Offers would then be considered and the future of the sites would be announced shortly after that, Mr Reid said.

The trust wants to shed its role as a hospitality operator and focus on its role as a landlord, using funds generated from the sales to consolidate its role as a community funder.

The Hotel Ashburton will be placed on the market next month.

■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE FIRST XV

Dentist gives college players a biting chance

By CaiTlin PorTEr

Ashburton College 1st XV player Fergus Bishop gets fitted for a custom mouthguard.

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ing a custom mouthguard made I hope they will be more motivated to wear it,” Dr Holdaway said.

Once all the players have had their impressions taken, using a tray and alginate the moulds will then be created.

“When you take the impression you do a lot of what we call muscle trimming, we want a good record of where that soft tissue or muscle

attachments are in the mouth … you want the mouthguard to go right up into the labial flange, a long way,” Dr Holdaway said.

Following that, moulds of plaster or stone are poured and run through a machine that works in a way similar to a vacuum.

Used to make the likes of teeth whitening trays and retainers, it heats up the material and folds it-

self down around the impression which can then be trimmed.

Made of a form of thermoplastic, each mouthguard takes around half an hour to fashion.

While the practice had all the materials on hand Dr Holdaway said making the mouthguards was not something he was asked to do often, even though they were a great safety device.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

In brief

Plan ‘off-pace with reality’

By Sue NewmaN

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Sustained low dairy prices could mean the Ashburton District Council’s long-term plan for spending over the next 10 years is off-pace with reality says councillor Peter Reveley.

He sounded the warning during discussions on the council’s draft budget for the coming year that is likely to see rates rise by 3.3 per cent.

As the impact from low dairy prices continued to bite, the Ashburton District was likely to see farm land plummet in price and that would show when the district was next revalued in 2018, Mr Reveley said.

The council has built its 10

year budgets on continued growth in rural land prices and continued urban residential development.

“In the next revaluation we might be hard hit. Rural land prices will drop hugely and that will affect urban rates and rural rates,” he said.

“That means some of the assumptions in our long-term plan are grossly wrong; our growth rate will be way out of whack.”

A word of caution was also sounded during budget discussions by councillor Rod Beavan who said during the last rural downturn he had been at the front line, dealing with farmers who were losing their farms.

In the late 1980s when farm

incomes were plummeting, as a Work and Income manager, Mr Beavan said he saw the impact of the downturn first-hand.

“During that time 864 farmers and their families applied for money for groceries because they simply didn’t have enough cash,” he said.

Back then the banks took a hard line and were not in the mood to negotiate. That meant many farmers were forced off their farms, but today’s downturn saw the banking fraternity taking a more understanding approach, Mr Beavan said.

They were geared towards finding solutions for farmers to stay on their farms rather than make a forced exit. Currently,

the impact of the downturn appeared to be being felt by contractors and businesses in town as much as it was by dairy farmers because they were opting to do more on-farm work themselves, he said.

He suggested that it was time for a range of organisations including the Rural Support Trust, the council, bankers, Federated Farmers and farm advisors to put their heads together to work out the impact of the downturn now and how it could be managed into the future.

“This will allow us to find out how bad things really are locally and we can take it from there. It could also mean relooking at our budget,” Mr Beavan said.

Rugby great Richie McCaw visits Borough School

By RuBy HaRfield

ruby.h@theguardian.co.nz

Former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw was the star of the show when the Variety Bash visited Ashburton Borough School yesterday.

The 26th Variety Bash car rally has been visiting schools around the country over the last week to entertain, give out goodies and raise funds for the children’s charity Variety.

The rally, made up of numerous eccentric vehicles, dropped into schools around Ashburton yesterday including Ashburton Borough School (with visitors from Ashburton Netherby School and Ashburton College), Chertsey School, Fairton School, Methven Primary School and Rakaia School.

McCaw flew his helicopter to some of the schools where he signed autographs and helped give out several free bikes to students.

Ashburton Borough School principal Sam Winterbourn said his students thoroughly enjoyed the Variety Bash’s visiting, especially McCaw.

Small stubble fire The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade responded to a small stubble fire on Beach Road just before 4pm on Friday afternoon.

Members of the brigade were not there long and within ten minutes one engine was sent back to the fire station.

Nitro Circus here?

One of the hottest shows on two wheels could come to Ashburton next year if the Ashburton District Council agrees to a request to underwite the event. Nitro Circus the action sports collective has Ashburton on its radar. It is an international show featuring stunt stars riding dirtbikes, base jumping, and performing stunts.

Whether or not it opts to underwrite the show to the tune of $50,000, will be decided by district councillors at their March 31 meeting.

Cyclist improving A cyclist critically injured when hit by a car in Ashburton in February is continuing to recover in Christchurch Hospital. The cyclist – a man aged in his 50s – spent the first few weeks following the February 15 accident in a critical condition in Christchurch Hospital’s intensive care unit, but he’s now been moved to a general ward where he’s in a stable condition, a hospital spokerperson confirmed. Police are continuing their investigations into the crash, but no charges have yet been laid against the elderly female driver of the car. The crash occurred at the intersection of Bridge Street and Princes Street after it’s believed the driver failed to give way.

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Rugby icon Richie McCaw is mobbed by Ashburton Borough School students during the Variety Bash’s visit yesterday.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 180316-AK-004 During their visit to Ashburton Borough School, Variety donated $6325 to Ashburton College’s

Student Learning Support Unit for a NeoPanel Touchscreen and angle trolley.

Bicycles were also given out to a number of lucky students at most of the visits.

With its new grant and funding formula on board, Ashburton District Council has come up with a new distribution formula for grants in the next financial year. It received 66 applications which totalled $1.605 million.

The council’s budget, however was for $1.340 million. The bulk of the fund will go on art and culture, $586,000 with community development agencies and economic development and events receiving $284,000 and $287,000 respectively.

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■ WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

Full house at Autumn on Show It was a full house at a fashionable fundraiser staged by Mid Canterbury Women’s Institute members at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre yesterday.

They aimed to raise $1800 to put toward the cost of a seat installed in the Ashburton Domain to mark the institute’s Founder’s Day on February 21.

Clothing from the Merino Shop’s Hinds and Timaru branches was modelled by local women in the Autumn on Show parade, while participants enjoyed the refreshments on offer.

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■ CORONER’S COURT

Teen’s death ‘a terribly sad case’

By Kurt Bayer The “terribly sad” case of a drink driver who ran over and killed a drunken teenager lying asleep on a dark country road, only to have careless driving causing death charges later dropped, has prompted police to change its prosecution system to avoid upset and angst for future grieving families.

Danny Mather Hendriks, 18, had been on a stag do bus trip on April 5, 2014, when he decided to not rejoin the bus after a toilet stop and instead walk to his girlfriend’s house in Rakaia.

“Help, I’m stuck,” he later texted his girlfriend as he walked alone.

Seen stumbling along the roadside verge of State Highway 1, concerned motorist Gordon Biggs stopped and picked him up.

After requesting to be dropped off at a Rakaia service station, Mr Hendriks then walked along

Acton Road where he fell asleep 700m from the Rakaia township, an inquest into his death heard yesterday.

A woman, who over a six-hour period had three glasses of red wine at a barbecue, where she also had dinner, then went to a local pub where she had a fourth glass of wine, didn’t see the prone Mr Hendriks until it was too late.

The driver, who was convicted for driving with 96mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood and who has interim name suppression, had decided to drive her and two friends home from the pub. She “felt in control”, she told the inquest in Christchurch.

As she reached 100km/h on the open country road, she says she flicked on her high beam headlights.

Her friend in the front passenger seat, then said, “What’s that?”

The driver thought it was a “bag or animal” on the road.

At the last second, to the horror of her passenger, who also has interim name suppression, she saw a pair of legs.

The driver says she didn’t have time to brake or swerve.

There was a “bang” when they hit Mr Hendriks, the inquest was told.

More than 200m down the road, the driver stopped.

With her passenger repeatedly screaming, “It’s a body”, she went back to see what she’d hit.

When the driver saw it was a person, she was “shocked and scared and not sure what to do”.

They phoned emergency services. Mr Hendriks was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lawyer for Mr Hendrik’s family, Simon Clay, yesterday accused the woman of driving too fast for the conditions, adding that she shouldn’t have been behind the wheel at all.

Police who attended the scene,

on the unlit country road, found Mr Hendriks wearing a black jacket, black jeans, black socks, and no shoes.

More than 90 per cent of sober drivers wouldn’t have seen a person standing on a dark road driving at 100km/h – and it would’ve been increased even further if that person was lying prone on the ground, according to senior constable John Isaac, of the police serious crash unit.

The woman pleaded guilty to driving with excess breath alcohol.

However, she pleaded not guilty to careless driving causing death.

Senior sergeant Scott Richardson, district prosecutions manager at the time, said the file was “fully reviewed” by two prosecutors who concluded the case did not meet Solicitor-General guidelines. The charge was withdrawn.

Since then, the process has been reviewed and changed to

limit the upset and angst the withdrawal of charges can have for grieving families, the inquest heard.

Mr Richardson was aware of four recent fatal crashes on rural Canterbury roads involving people either standing or lying on the road.

No other cases resulted in charges for the drivers involved, but he accepted that they had all been sober.

However, it was unlikely that a sober driver would have avoided Mr Hendriks, police said.

“If she hadn’t been driving, it could’ve been the next sober person who had driven over him and we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” Mr Richardson said.

“It’s terribly sad for everyone involved.”

After the three-hour hearing, Coroner Gordon Matenga reserved his decision.

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■ ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL

New principal is a face familiar to most

By RuBy HaRfield

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St Joseph’s School’s new principal will be a familiar face to students and parents having taught at the school for the past 10 years.

Cath Blacklow was appointed as principal just over two weeks ago after taking over the acting principal position at the end of last year with the departure of Janet Cummings.

Mrs Blacklow said she is looking forward to being able to continue the school’s connection with the parish and further engage with the community in her new position this year.

“I want to strengthen that relationship between the school and the parish.”

In her role, she also wants to continue to focus on having an inclusive and positive school environment.

Growing up near Mayfield and having taught in Mid Canterbury for most of her teaching career will be an advantage in helping her make more of a connection with parents, students and staff, she said.

Applications for the position were due this term and Mrs Blacklow was encouraged to apply by her colleagues and parents of students at the school.

She was very excited when she found out she got the job and is looking forward to the challenge of a new role, Mrs Blacklow said.

St Joseph’s School’s new principal Cath Blacklow has taught at the school for 10 years.

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

Dairy farm prices plunge

Student poaching not an issue – principals

By RuBy HaRfield

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price per hectare for all farm land sold in the three months for February 2016 fell by 7.3 per cent, down to $25,970 compared to $28,000 the previous year.

REINZ rural spokesperson Brian Peacocke said the easing of activity in the dairy and finishing farm sectors had been offset by the continuation of strong returns for grazing and horticultural properties.

“The All Farm Price Index indicates gains in values over the last three-month and 12-month periods, whereas the Dairy Farm Price Index show notable decreases in both the last three-month and 12-month periods.

“Favourable climatic conditions over much of New Zealand and the continuation of good returns for the beef and horticultural sectors are bright spots on the horizon.”

Kiwi rafter rescued A Kiwi environmentalist has been rescued by the Chilean Navy after a balsa wood raft she was floating on in the Pacific Ocean was swept up in strong currents. Lisa Te Heuheu of Kuratau, near Taupo, is listed as a crew member on the website of the Kon-Tiki 1 and 2 rafts which set sail with 14 people aboard in early January from Chile’s Easter Island, travelling towards the port city of Valparaiso, Chile. However, strong currents pulled them off course.

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■ MILK PRICE DECREASE

Dairy farm prices have plunged over the past 12 months in response to the downturn in milk prices, according to the latest Real Estate Institute New Zealand (REINZ) report.

The median price per hectare for all dairy farms has dropped about $11,000 a hectare and there had been no interest in the Canterbury and West Coast this year. However, there were indications of some well backed purchasers holding off in anticipation of prices lowering further.

The price index for dairy farms had taken a 21 per cent hit since February last year.

In the three months to February 2015 the median price was $45,105 but had weakened to $36,687 for the same period this year. Coinciding with the price drop, the number of sales fell from 97 to 76.

Across the board the median

In brief

Poaching of students for Christchurch schools is not a huge issue in Mid Canterbury, despite it being a problem for schools around the South Island.

A number of South Island schools have had problems with Christchurch schools offering scholarships to students with strong sporting or arts abilities with some principals even touring to encourage students to enroll at their school.

However, Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said that while it does happen, over the past few years the school has worked hard to make the environment as inviting as possible.

“We are having some success in that.”

Former Mount Hutt College student Dallas McLeod, who was supposed to be head boy for this year, left the school to take up a rugby scholarship at Christ’s College.

A chance like this was too good

for him to turn down and Mount Hutt College would not have been able to provide him with the same sporting opportunity, Mr Schreurs said.

“We all miss his leadership at the school … but that’s the way it is.”

Some eligible students also choose to attend boarding schools in Timaru and Christchurch, usually due to family tradition.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said there was the occasional student who went to school in Christchurch but between Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College there is a very high retention rate.

“It’s not really a major issue.”

A number of private schools in Christchurch have been struggling to get student numbers and have been undertaking marketing campaigns to boost enrolment numbers from outside the city but many families would rather spend the money on tertiary education, he said.

A person has been crushed to death in a workplace accident at a rubbish tip on Auckland’s North Shore. The accident happened at the Envirowaste refuse station off Constellation Drive in Mairangi Bay. It was understood the person may have been crushed by a bin.

Police, fire and ambulance were called to the scene. WorkSafe New Zealand said it had been advised of an incident and it was making inquiries.

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Hager has a win Nicky Hager has emerged from the High Court at Auckland clutching smashed clones of his hard drive and memory card seized during an “unlawful” search. The hard drive and memory card contain files made by detectives during a raid in 2014.

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Guard now an inmate A former Corrections officer has gone from prison guard to inmate after accepting bribes to smuggle items behind bars. Alofainu’u Tuisamoa, 42, who used to work at Rimutaka Prison in the Hutt Valley, was yesterday sent to jail for two years and two months.

Judge Denys Barry said only prison time was appropriate for the “serious breach of trust” in offending motivated by financial gain. “I accept the submission that once you started it you became a pawn to the baleful influence and pressure of those you supplied,” the judge said.

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■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Building work tracking along

By Caitlin Porter

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The face of Ashburton Hospital continues to change with work on the new 826sqm Acute Assessment Unit and theatre building continuing to track along.

Ashburton Health Services manager Bernice Marra said Ashburton Hospital’s ambulance bay, which was temporarily closed last month to allow for work to begin on its shift into the new complex, was now tentatively back in action.

St John Ashburton were once again using the bay and steps were in place to ensure patients were able to be comfortably and safely transported into the hospital.

Patients remained the main focus and were kept at the centre of every decision, Ms Marra said.

When complete the bay will be a part of the new state-of-theart complex and all patients will get to experience the new and improved areas of the hospital.

The rest of the refurbishment and rebuild work is also tracking to plan.

“It’s exciting here, we’re moving into regular meetings with architects and the project manager,” Ms Marra said.

“There’s lots of progress.”

Earlier this year the foundation for the new building was laid and cured and framing installed.

Project manager Joe McCarthy confirmed the structural steel work and all exterior and interior framing would be complete within the next few weeks.

The lift shaft is also currently under construction – an ongoing process – and come early April roof cladding will commence, he said.

Originally scheduled to be completed mid-2016 Ms Marra said the hand-over date of the AAU and theatre was now likely to be September.

An officially opening is likely to take place early next year.

When complete the new single storey building will house a theatre, a nurses’ station and recovery area.

A lift will be installed to connect the building to the second level of the newly refurbished Ward Block C.

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Taunter finally behind bars Counties Manukau police have captured a 19-year-old woman who was on the run after cutting off her ankle bracelet – and had started taunting police on social media.

A police spokeswoman confirmed yesterday Dayna Paparoa had been arrested and will face a raft of charges, including going back before the courts to face two charges of breaching home detention, a charge of burglary and possibly more to come pending further interviews and investigation.

“She now faces an additional charge of burglary and further charges are likely,” a police spokeswoman said. “She’s just being processed and that’s all we can say at the moment.”

In a photo posted by Counties Manukau police on Thursday Paparoa had considerably shorter hair than a previous police mugshot.

On March 10, police wrote on Facebook that they were looking for Paparoa. But it was unlikely they expected what happened next – a comment from Paparoa, stating: “You not doing your jobs properly my bros hahahah.”

Police replied, writing: “Hi Dayna Paparoa, if you want to make it easier for us, why don’t you pop into a Police Station and we can sort out your breach. Thanks.”

But the wanted woman had other ideas, writing a post that implied she was going to smoke cannabis first.

Hundreds of comments were left on the post, many of which Paparoa replied to.

She also posted a photo of herself on social media, with her face covered, posing on the hood of a police car with the caption “js a lazy lil selfie”.

The teenager said she had been buying a drink in the area and “just thort I’d take a pic”.

The incident was not the first time a person wanted by police has taunted them on social media.

In 2014, Samuel Evan Lake responded to a similar police post and photograph of himself, writing: “I need to get a new mugshot.”

Police wrote back: “Come see us and will arrange at no cost.”

Lake was later arrested and eventually sentenced to six months in jail.

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The Rakaia Bowling Club’s centennial celebrations will include a luncheon and dinner next Saturday before a tournament on Sunday for 64 past and present members.

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akaia Bowling Club will mark its 100th year in style next weekend with past and present members travelling from far and wide to celebrate the milestone.

The festivities will begin next Saturday with a midday luncheon and registration before an evening meal and a tournament on Sunday.

The Centennial Committee of Graham McJarrow, Neil Skirton, John Cromie, Helen Boag, Roger Hood and Gavin Doody took on the arduous task of tracking down the club’s past members.

“We had a registration of all the players over the years and a log book, we went back through the book of past members, it was a big job,” said Centennial Committee president McJarrow.

McJarrow, who has been a member of the Rakaia Club for 50 years, was chairman of the 75th jubilee celebrations and cited support from the local community as the catalyst of the club’s longevity.

“We’ve had some great support, if you don’t have that it’s not much good, the sponsorship of the town has been great,” he said.

In all, 64 current and former members will toast the club’s rich history next weekend, reuniting with former team mates from as far afield the North Island and Australia.

“It’s marvellous, there’s some coming back that we haven’t seen for years,” he said.

Rakaia Bowling Club set to celebrate 100 years in style. The Guardian’s James Ford reports.

“There is a couple coming from Australia, Peter Cunningham, he was a policeman in Rakaia, and we’ve not seen him since they went,” said McJarrow.

Despite membership falling to around 50 in recent years, McJarrow insisted the Rakaia Club is in good health.

“It’s all going great, between the '70s to the '90s the club was

very strong, we had about 65 members then,” he said.

“But I think the bowling club over the years has been great for the town, everybody deals with the local shop and the local hotel and that’s income coming in.”

The old guard may still be going strong, but McJarrow has one eye on the future, and hopes a new generation of bowlers will

emerge to continue the club’s illustrious history in to its second century.

“The ladies do a terrific job, the men seem to be in the older bracket so it’s great to have them on board,” he said.

“It’s a very competitive sport, and young people are competitive, but you’ve got to keep very cool, calm and collected.”

Centennial Committee president Graham McJarrow has played a key role in the organisation of the club’s centennial celebrations.

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alm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.

The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. In many Christian denominations, worship services on Palm Sunday include a procession with worshipers carrying palms, representing the palm branches the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem.

In many churches, Palm Sunday is also referred to as Passion Sunday, marking the start of Holy Week that ends on Easter Sunday. It also marks the end of Lent.

According to the Gospels, Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem and the people of the city laid down their cloaks and small branches of trees in front of him. The crowds shouted Hosanna to the son of David. Hosana meant ‘save now’ and the palm branches symbolised goodness and victory.

Immediately following this great time of celebration in the ministry of Jesus, he began his journey to the cross.

It is customary in many churches for worshippers to receive fresh palm leaves on Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday this year will have a special meaning for Velma Langdon after the discovery of an olive leaf, pressed and preserved in a 132-year-old prayer book, she shares that discovery with reporter Susan Sandys.

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alm Sunday falls this weekend and it is a day which has special significance for Velma Langdon.

In 1985 the Lagmhor resident was given an antique Catholic prayer book following a reunion of the Feron family. It had been passed down over the generations from its original owner Peter Feron, Mrs Langdon’s great-grandfather.

“I was absolutely delighted,” Mrs Langdon said this week as she recounted receiving that gift from her step-cousin all those years ago.

The prayer book dates back to 1874, and Mr Feron was one of New Zealand’s original settlers, having come here from his home country of France.

Leading up to Palm Sunday this year,

Mrs Langdon has retrieved the book and remembered its significance to the annual religious day, which commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. As he rode a donkey, a surrounding crowd scattered palm branches in front of him.

Mrs Langdon said she found an old olive leaf, pressed between the old pages of the Palm Sunday section, shortly after receiving the book. The fact the leaf had been there in a seemingly undisturbed state made her think it had probably been placed there by her great grandparents.

She believed it perhaps originally came from overseas and may have been among many given out by Catholic church leaders to parishioners at Palm Sunday services. She has pressed the leaf into a laminated collage featuring a photo of Mr Feron and copies of prayer book pages.

In Christianity the olive leaf is a symbol of peace, as in the book of Genesis, Noah finds one in a dove’s beak. Additionally, olive branches have sometimes been used as substitutes to palm branches for Palm Sunday services.

Mrs Langdon said while Mr Feron and his wife Sarah would have been strong Catholics, she herself had been brought up as an Anglican. She thought this was due to the fact her grandfather Joseph was brought up in an Anglican foster home following the death of his mother Sarah.

Mrs Langdon said upon dusting off the book this year for another look at it as Palm Sunday approached, she had decided to carry on the family tradition of passing it on. She said she would be giving it to her granddaughter, Haley Bradley, in Melbourne.

“She will be the one who will look after it and treasure it,” Mrs Langdon said.

Left – An olive leaf pressed into the Palm Sunday section of an antique prayer book had probably been there for over 100 years, says Velma Langdon.

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Methven Primary School students Eilish McKerrow, Emori Balenasia, C-Jay Winiata, James Ferguson-Cooke, Archie McKerrow, Eily Hewson, Hayley Foster, and Madisyn-Jo Harris celebrate after receiving new bikes from Variety. Methven Primary School made a breakfast for members of the Variety Bash yesterday morning.

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Special shopping night at the Triangle Mid Cantabrians perused the items on offer during the Triangle’s shopping evening earlier this week.

Retailers in the historic shopping precinct banded together in an effort to increase foot traffic and sales by opening late on Thursday.

A number of businesses including Little Poppets, Party People, Poppy’s Creative Collective Gift Shop, Weebodz and Vetire Devine were on board.

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Puppet time at schools Marty Scheib from Outreach and Church Ministries entertained Chertsey School students during a puppet session this week. He also visited Dorie School.

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update the mural with the addition of cows, Mr Dixon was happy to oblige.

The mural on the front wall of the Hinds Store, has always been a tourist attraction and many locals will remember when it was painted and the interest it created then and still does, he said.

Mt Somers Springburn School students have been in book-lovers’ heaven this week with the annual Scholastic book fair at the school.

At least 200 books are on display for purchase with some of the money raised coming back to the school.

Principal Brent Gray said this money will be used to buy more books for the school library.

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Noeline Clarke (pictured) has been one of the Hinds Lions Club’s unsung heroes.

For 31 years she filled the role of club auditor and last week that service was recognised when a mural was unveiled on the Hinds Store. Mrs Clarke and husband John owned the store for many years and it was her wish that a mural, painted in 1985, was updated to show how much farming had changed over the past 30 years.

The original mural, painted by artist Reverend Craig Dixon (pictured) during his time as Hinds’ vicar, recorded farming activities as wool, cropping, wine and berry crops. Cows were not included, as large-scale dairying had still to arrive in the district.

Club secretary Graeme Hathaway said that when contacted to

In an effort to raise awareness for national domestic abuse charity Shine, one Mid Cantabrian is rocking bright new locks.

Kim Willis opted to get her hair dyed orange at Panache Hair and Beauty in support of Shine’s national day of recognition, Orange Friday.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Which of these films did not feature Marlon Brando? a. The Misfits b. Guys and Dolls c. Mutiny on the Bounty 2 - In which year did the Suez Canal open? a. 1869 b. 1899 c. 1929 3 - Which of these categories can you not receive a Nobel Prize for? a. Physics b. Literature c. Humanity 4 - Complete the title of the William Holden movie: Stalag...? a. 13 b. 17 c. 23 5 - Which of these Greek mythological creatures was part man? a. Griffin b. Satyr c. Chimera 6 - Which musical group released the album Breakfast in America? a. Supertramp b. Boston c. The Eagles 7 - In which year was Diet Coke first introduced? a. 1977 b. 1980 c. 1982 8 - Which of these is biggest in size? a. Vatican City b. Central Park, New York c. Monaco

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Local swimmers (from left) Hannah King, Guy Roadley, Kelly Bentley and Victoria Binnie will compete at the Easter Splash meet at the EA Networks Centre.

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Easter meet to make a big splash

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The Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team will host the Easter Splash meet at the EA Networks Centre for the first time today

and tomorrow. The Easter Splash has been held at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre in Rolleston for the previous two years, but event co-ordinator Rae Wilson said she is confident the transition to the

new facility will run smoothly.

“Over that time we’ve gained experience and invaluable knowledge setting up and assisting in four major swimming events here,” she said.

“The largest was South Island Country and Town only last month.”

The Easter Splash will see 227 swimmers compete over two sessions today and tomorrow.

For some of the local swimmers it is the last meet of the season, while it will be the 13-and-over age group’s last chance to improve on or gain times for the national age groups next month.

Liverpool through to Europa quarter-final stage By duncan shaw Liverpool, Sevilla and Borussia Dortmund booked their tickets yesterday for the quarter-finals of the Europa League, eliminating Basel, Manchester United

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Liverpool battled out a creditable 1-1 draw at historic rivals United to go through comfortably 3-1.

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Lydia’s first look at Augusta

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Mount Hutt’s Aimee Elliott and Brea Roderick both broke Aoraki records in the 3000m on Thursday.

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Seventy-six Ashburton College and 47 Mount Hutt College students competed at the Aoraki Athletics Championships at the Aorangi Park all-weather track in Timaru on Thursday.

The champs were initially scheduled for Wednesday, but

postponed for a day.

In all, Ashburton College athletes notched up 32 individual titles, 27 second place finishes and 22 thirds.

Anthony Van Asperen was in exceptional form on the day, eventually winning three titles – the 100m, 200m and 400m – in

egory, while seven Ashburton College students picked up two titles.

The Mount Hutt College contingent also produced a fine set of results, but Aimee Elliott and Brea Roderick were the standouts - both breaking Aoraki records in the 3000m.

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Lydia Ko is heading for a first time look at the Masters where she will be honoured by the Golf Writers Association as their female player of the year.

She had plans to visit the famed Augusta event last year however a change in her schedule meant she had to miss the event.

This time she will be centrestage when the GWAA makes their annual awards.

Ko is playing the JTBC Founders Cup event in Phoenix this week then the Kia Classic as a buildup to the first ANA major of the year.

That starts on March 31 at the Rancho Mirage course in California before Ko will pack up and fly to Augusta.

“I’m just really excited. I’ve heard so many great things about it, and I’ve heard that there is not one piece of grass that is in the wrong place,” Ko said.

“Anna Nordqvist said it almost feels like you’re walking into a postcard where it’s so perfect.”

Ko is especially keen to watch her favourite player, Phil Mickelson, tee it up again and to soak up the vibe and take in the history of everything around Augusta.

“I haven’t had that many opportunities to go out and watch the Tour players, and I’ve watched a lot on Golf Channel, so that will be really cool to just see them play,” Ko said.

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Thirty-one students from Ashburton College and 21 from Mount Hutt College have qualified for the South Island Championships which will be held in a fortnight’s time, and will be gunning for more top performances in a bid to secure berths at the nationals in Auckland in December.

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A formal announcement celebrating Kilday’s selection took place yesterday at her Browns Bay club - Sejong Taekwondo - on Auckland’s North Shore.

Kilday, 34, has capitalised on some brilliant form in recent years taking gold medals both in 2015 at the Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea and again earlier in 2016 at the Oceania Championships and Taekwondo Olympic Qualifying event.

She has gone from strength to strength and has established herself as one of New Zealand’s most successful performers on

both the national and international stage, winning multiple medals and titles.

Taekwondo New Zealand Secretary General Matt Ransom, says the Taekwondo community is immensely proud of Andrea’s achievements and her Olympic selection.

“Taekwondo New Zealand is absolutely delighted for Andrea.

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Plans coming to fruition

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Hampstead will finalise their preseason preparations against Temuka today before kicking off the Combined Country Competition against Lincoln next weekend.

Regan Broker will be at the helm again this season, accompanied by assistant coach Lance Taylor, and the duo have been pleased with the senior side’s progress so far.

Hampstead were narrowly beaten by North Otago outfit Maheno 21-19 a fortnight ago before another close 14-12 loss to Timaru Old Boys last weekend.

“We’ve not got the results but I’m reasonably happy, we’ve tried so many combinations,” said Broker.

“I think we took 32 players in the first game, and last week we took 24.

“We’re ahead of where we were this time last year.”

There will be plenty of changes to the Hampstead backline this season, while the forward pack will benefit from the experience of returning stalwarts.

Broker will be without Tata Lisala – the halfback has re-united with his former College 1st XV coach Shane Enright at Celtic – but the backline will be given a boost by the return of fullback Josh Nonu.

Nonu is making his comeback after a serious injury to his medial knee ligament last season which required surgery.

“We definitely missed him (Nonu) when we lost him last year.

“It was about three games before our Watters Cup round.

“He’s a good yapper, we noticed a big difference without him,” he said.

Jeremiah Nikkel will also offer experience at 10 following a prolonged absence, while former Tonga sevens wing Sonny Heffa will bring plenty of pace.

“Bullfrog (Jeremiah Nikkel) is going to lead the backline,” said Broker.

“He came on in the last 20 minutes last week and he changed the game.

“He ran straight and put the pressure on the defence.”

Hampstead have also acquired the services of promising midfielder Ben Faasavala from New Brighton.

Faasavala has previously turned out for Canterbury under19s and will offer plenty of energy in the middle of the park, while the Hampstead faithful are set to recognise the return of a familiar face.

Logan Smart, son of club stalwart Michael Smart, will make a solid addition at openside flanker as he dons Hampstead colours for the first time since playing at junior level.

Broker will once again be able to call upon the influential Tevita Ula. The Mid Canterbury loose

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Regan Broker’s Hampstead will take on Temuka in their final pre-season clash at the Hampstead grounds today.

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forward has proved invaluable to Hampstead in recent years, and dependable skipper Nathan Vaauli will also be returning at lock.

“Tevita Ula, he’s our gun number 8, we can’t do without him.

“Nathan Vaauli’s a monster, he’s enormous.

“He’s so good on the field, like

a big ox and he’s a leader,” said Broker.

Broker said the targets he and Taylor set in a three-year plan are beginning to take shape, and expects the club to progress further in the 2016 campaign.

“We set a three year goal.

“It was to get a good culture among the team and the club,”

he said. “The players have set the goals themselves this season.

“They’ve said they want to make the top eight of the combined competition, win a Watters Cup game and put pressure on these local teams.”

Hampstead v Temuka, 3pm, Hampstead grounds.

When the All Black coaches needed to get stuck into the team they would zero in on Richie McCaw or another of the senior players.

It was a deliberate tactic to reverse the old concept of hammering the newest players in the group.

Longtime five-eighths Dan Carter revealed to the Daily Mail that motivational method used

by Steve Hansen and his management crew as he looked towards England’s Grand Slam bid against France in Paris this weekend.

“The coaches normally pinpoint the captain,” he said.

“They will make examples of missed tackles or mistakes from the leaders of the team and that sets an amazing example.

“They don’t pick on the young guys and that helps them feel like they’re equal. It’s a great trait.

“They don’t go after guys who are always making mistakes either.

“They might pull them aside privately, but the team culture is to use examples of the best players making mistakes.

“That creates this togetherness and ‘no one’s better than anyone else’ atmosphere.

“They’ll pick out someone like Richie [McCaw].”

Carter said the strategy was part of the All Black ethos that the team was always bigger than the individual.

That developed humility and if that attitude ever altered and players didn’t take advice, they would slip out of the group.

While the All Blacks had lost a line of very experienced players, they would not have to do much rebuilding ahead of the June test series with Wales.

There was still a very experienced core group who had been in the All Black system for the last four years.

“It’s the same coaching team and there’s so much depth, I don’t think a lot’s going to change,” Carter predicted.

Wales would back themselves and had three chances to make history while there was never any let up in expectation about the All Blacks.

Next year would be even bigger with a visit from the Lions.

“That 2005 Lions tour was huge for New Zealand. As a Kiwi growing up you dream about playing them.

“There’s already a lot of hype building back home and I think that will be a big barometer for the All Blacks.”

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Blackadder rings changes With a week to rest and coming off a pleasing victory, Todd Blackadder could have been forgiven for naming a settled side for tonight’s clash with the Kings at AMI Stadium.

But the Crusaders coach has instead opted for exactly the opposite, making no fewer than nine changes to his run-on XV to play the Super Rugby strugglers.

The Crusaders enjoyed an early bye after their 28-13 win over the Blues earlier in the month, but rather than looking at the past when picking his team, Blackadder has cast an eye on the future.

Five points are virtually guaranteed tonight.

Even without accounting for South African sides’ woeful historic record in Christchurch, the Kings have suffered two thumpings in South Africa and could be the worst team in the competition.

Next week, however, the challenge will be much tougher, with a two-match trip to the Republic to encounter the Sharks and the Lions, teams who both currently sit inside the top six on the overall standings.

So it’s no great surprise Blackadder has kept in reserve some of his key cavalry, omitting All Blacks forwards Kieran Read, Codie Taylor and Joe Moody

jersey ahead of Andy Ellis for the first time, but the most high-profile new face will be arriving from the bench.

Ryan Crotty has yet to enjoy any rugby this season after needing surgery on his thumb following an accident at home in January, but the All Black will come off the bench against the Kings and aim to add another dynamic option to a backline often too reliant on Nemani Nadolo.

The hulking wing is one of only two backs to retain their jerseys from the Blues win - alongside first five Richie Mo’unga - with Kieron Fonotia and David Havili both switching positions in a revamped midfield.

CRUSADERS Ryan Crotty: Coming off the bench after returning from a housework injury. from the matchday 23.

While youngster Jimmy Tupou will replace Read at the back of the scrum, there is hardly much experience lost in the front row, with Wyatt Crockett and Ben Funnell handed their first starts of the season and joining Owen Franks in the front row.

Lock Luke Romano and open-

side flanker Matt Todd will also be running out for the first time this year, having replaced Scott Barrett and Tim Boys to complete five changes in the forward pack.

In the backs, Marty McKenzie will make his maiden start for the Crusaders at fullback and Mitchell Drummond takes the No 9

Marty McKenzie, Johnny McNicholl, Kieron Fonotia, David Havili, Nemani Nadolo, Richie Mo’unga, Mitchell Drummond, Jimmy Tupou, Matt Todd, Jordan Taufua, Samuel Whitelock (c), Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Ben Funnell, Wyatt Crockett.

Reserves: Ged Robinson, Alex Hodgman, Mike Alaalatoa, Tim Boys, Pete Samu, Leon Fukofuka, Ryan Crotty, Jone Macilai. - NZME

Possible rugby/dementia links ‘of interest’

By Nicholas JoNes A link seems likely between serious head-knocks and dementia and the strain rugby-related injuries could put on the health system will be monitored, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman said.

Dr Coleman, who is Sports and Recreation Minister, a former GP and was himself concussed playing rugby, said the Herald investigation into health problems suffered by some members of the Taranaki 1964 rugby team raised questions that health researchers were looking at.

“I think everybody feels that there is a likely association between head-knocks, concussion and a range of neurological conditions, and indeed there is evi-

dence for some of those links.

“But we have got to continue to look at it and it will play out over time.

“It is an area of interest, not only to sports, but also the health system.”

Five men from Taranaki’s 1964 Ranfurly Shield-winning team have been diagnosed with dementia, which their families attributed to concussions from their playing days.

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew has said the organisation was sympathetic to the plight of former players, but its obligation is to protect the current generation.

Dr Coleman, who played rugby as a young man, suffered a mild concussion while playing

Doctor Jonathan Coleman in the front row of the scrum as a 16-year-old.

“That would not be uncommon for anyone who has played rugby.

“But I think there’s a far greater awareness now, people are much more conscious of this issue.

“Doctors have always been aware of this matter, but it is now

getting down to coaches, right down through the grades, and players themselves.

“I think rugby, from everything I’ve seen, is very aware of the dangers and have put protocols in place.

“But, of course, the big question is around these cases that are surfacing now, like those guys from the Taranaki team of the 1960s ... we have to look at what we do going forward to protect people playing contact sports.”

ACC claims involving rugby concussions have increased in recent years.

There has yet to be a claim for chronic conditions due to rugby, but ACC expects that will change in the future.

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Reds must prove themselves to fans

By ViNce RugaRi Reds stand-in skipper Rob Simmons says the battling Super Rugby franchise must put in a performance their fans can be proud of when they return to Suncorp Stadium for the first time since the sacking of Richard Graham.

The winless Reds take on the Blues tonight and Simmons said it is imperative they show clear

evidence of the improvements made under interim co-coaches Matt O’Connor and Nick Stiles to their restless supporter base.

“A lot’s changed since then and we’ve got to come out and prove it,” Simmons said yesterday.

The last time the Reds played at home, they were embarrassed 22-6 by the Force in front of an official crowd of just 17,533.

Simmons said the Reds are

now a different side with a new outlook.

“You can just put it under the umbrella of the feel of the group,” he said. “The mood’s come up and even thought we didn’t win last week, the mood was better.

“Our focus is to keep moving forward.”

Another weak-willed display at home will be seized upon by the Blues, one of just two sides to fin-

ish below them on last year’s ladder.

But while the Auckland side might be in a similar rebuilding mode to the Reds, with their own coach Tana Umaga under pressure, they have far more firepower in attack and can turn it on in an instant.

“You can almost expect anything. They’re electric all over the park,” Simmons said.

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Marler demoted Prop Mako Vunipola will replace Joe Marler as England seek a grand slam victory over France tonight but coach Eddie Jones says the switch, one of two changes for Paris, is entirely to do with on-pitch issues. Halfback Danny Care again swaps Six Nations places with Ben Youngs, who drops to the bench, while Vunipola continues his on-off battle with Marler for the starting loosehead slot. Marler was named among the replacements having been cleared on two counts following a citing for use of his elbow and complaints after he referred to Wales player Samson Lee as ‘Gypsy Boy’ during last week’s Twickenham victory. - PA

French re-shuffle France have reshaped their backrow as they attempt to prevent England from completing the Six Nations Grand Slam in Paris tonight.

Les Bleus coach Guy Noves responded to last weekend’s defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield by drafting Loann Goujon and Bernard Le Roux into the back row. Damien Chouly switches to blindside flanker to make room for BordeauxBegles No.8 Goujon to win his 10th cap. Gone from the 29-18 defeat in Edinburgh are flankers Yacouba Camara and Wenceslas Lauret, but the rest of the side is unchanged as France seek to bounce back from losses to Scotland and Wales. - PA

Boost for Rebels Melbourne Rebels skipper Nic Stirzaker is set to make his first Super Rugby appearance of the year today after being named on the bench for their historic clash with the Sunwolves in Tokyo. Stirzaker’s return from shoulder surgery was delayed after a pre-season setback but the halfback will finally get his first run in nine months. Rebels coach Tony McGahan said the injection of Stirzaker as well as flanker Scott Fuglistaller, who is playing his first 2016 match following a hip injury, would give the side valuable experience. - AAP

Jones taunts Wales Eddie Jones has mocked Wales for backtracking on their comments over Joe Marler’s “Gypsy Boy” slur.

Marler was cleared for aiming the racist jibe at Samson Lee, after Wales head coach Warren Gatland initially played down the incident as “just banter”. The WRU later retracted Gatland’s comment, before issuing a statement on Thursday expressing their disappointment that the England prop was not banned. “If you look at the Wales statement from Wednesday, they don’t know whether they’re Arthur or Martha,” said Jones. “At one time yesterday they didn’t (think it was racist) and now they do.” - AP

Lions to play Baabaas The New Zealand Barbarians will face the Lions next year to kick off the tourists’ eagerly-awaited tour.

The June 3 fixture was originally earmarked as a Provincial Union XV. It will be in Whangarei, the team made up of mainly Mitre 10 Cup and Heartland Championship players. It represents something of a coup for the Barbarians club.

This will be the highest profile home match in the club’s 80-year history.

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In brief

McFadden remains unfazed

By DaviD Skipwith Warriors coach Andrew McFadden has defended his side’s style of play after coming under fire for a lack of spark and creativity on attack in the opening two rounds of the NRL. Defeats to Wests Tigers and Brisbane have critics questioning McFadden’s tactics, with Australian commentators, Andrew Johns, and brother, Matthew, both disapproving of the Warriors structured backline play.

Andrew, the former Newcastle Knights captain and eighth league Immortal, blamed halfback Jeff Robson for stifling fiveeighth Shaun Johnson’s running game, while Matthew believes the Warriors would be better served playing ad-lib footy off the back of their forwards.

Ahead of tomorrow’s crucial match against Melbourne Storm at Mt Smart Stadium, McFadden remains unfazed by the barbs, but admits his side is suffering from a lack of confidence with the ball in hand.

“We got criticised in the Wests Tigers game for playing too one out and direct, and then we get criticised for playing too lateral (the game against the Broncos),” he said.

“We know what our game is and we know we haven’t really found it yet, that balance and there’s something we’re striving for.

“When we get a bit of confidence in the type of footy we

Bellamy’s master plan The Warriors well understand the threats posed by Storm playmakers Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk, but captain Ryan Hoffman says their focus is on shutting down their trio of New Zealandborn forwards in tomorrow’s clash at Mt Smart Stadium. Storm coach Craig Bellamy knows his Kiwi stars raise their game when playing in front of friends and family in Auckland, and Hoffman says he always looks to include as many locallyborn players in his side for trips across the Tasman. “Craig always liked to put as many Kiwis in the team as possible because he knows that they do grow an extra leg playing in New Zealand,” he said. - NZME

Another NRL black eye

Warriors coach Andrew McFadden: Admits his side is down on confidence. want to play it will all start to click.”

Robson’s combinations with Johnson, and new hooker Issac Luke and fullback Roger TuivasaSheck has come under intense scrutiny, with fans left frustrated by their lack of cohesion.

Luke and Tuivasa-Sheck arrived at the club in December and the quartet trained hard together through the last stages of pre-season, but Robson says that work did little to prepare them for actual game situations.

“You can train together as much as you like but when you get into a game it’s totally different,” he said.

“We had some nice pieces of play linking up together (with Johnson) and I’m starting to learn his style of play a bit more and vice versa.

“So it’s going to take a little bit of time.

“With Roger as well, being new to the club, we’re working out what he likes.

“We can take a bit of confi-

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dence out of the way we combined in last week’s game and just keep learning and improving.”

Robson too, says he is unaffected by the criticism of the team’s form and says 12-years of playing in Sydney has him conditioned to handle the media hype.

“I’ve been at a few different clubs in Sydney and there’s a fair bit of scrutiny over there.

“I played for the Sharks during the peptides situation so I’m sort of used to it.”

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Greenberg vows to unite league community

By Scott Bailey Newly-appointed NRL CEO Todd Greenberg has vowed to unify rugby league and increase the game’s playing numbers and audience.

Greenberg was named yesterday to succeed David Smith, who resigned last October, after the ARL Commission interviewed over 30 candidates for the role.

Previously the NRL’s head of football, Greenberg is seen as a football insider, unlike former banker Smith who was often at loggerheads with the clubs, and his appointment was widely welcomed.

“We are at a key moment in the game’s history where we can bring people together,” said Greenberg.

“I have real clarity about what that looks like.”

Greenberg believed his fiveyear stint as CEO of NRL club Canterbury would assist him when dealing with rugby league’s most difficult issues.

“It will allow me one key element which is a bit of empathy particularly in difficult situations

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Todd Greenberg: Nailed all the boxes for the CEO’s job. with our clubs,” he said.

“When you talk to clubs they go through difficult moments, and I know that because I’ve sat in their shoes.”

Greenberg outlined his two key objectives.

“It’s more people playing the game and more people watching the game,” he said.

“If we get those two key priorities right we will absolutely achieve our potential.”

Greenberg also addressed the

game’s most pressing immediate issue, the integrity unit’s salary cap investigation into Parramatta.

“I know people want us to move quickly. We are moving as quickly as we can but we’ve got to deal with facts,” he said.

The new CEO spoke to former league chiefs John Quayle, Neil Whittaker, David Gallop and Smith immediately after getting the job.

“I called them individually be-

cause I wanted to talk to them about their views on the role,” he said.

“But also because there are a very small group of people who have been afforded this opportunity.”

ARL Commission chairman John Grant said there were three key priorities when selecting the new boss - CEO experience, good communication skills and a genuine knowledge and love of rugby league.

“Todd not only ticked all the boxes, he nailed them,” Grant said.

Grant said Greenberg’s passion for the game, which includes watching every match of every round, also helped make him the obvious choice from the 30 candidates the commission spoke to.

“As head of football Todd has been responsible for some of the greatest innovations the game has ever seen,” said Grant.

“I reckon it’s the toughest corporate job in Australia.

“The ability to remain calm under pressure has to be fundamental.”

- AAP

Wayne Bennett says the NRL’s inability to place a blanket ban on referee contact by players has given the game a black eye. Bennett said the NRL could have solved the problem by alerting clubs that they were targeting player contact on officials. “Consistency is always an issue,” Bennett said. “We kind of give ourselves a black eye all the time - I don’t know why we do it.”

The crackdown appeared in disarray after the Bulldogs’ David Klemmer was found not guilty of a contrary conduct charge at the judiciary on Wednesday night.

- AAP

Burgess adds new tricks South Sydney NRL coach Michael Maguire has hailed the new skills in the armoury of his strike forward Sam Burgess. The British powerhouse has made an impressive return to the NRL following his patchy one-year stint in rugby, where he still managed to add some weapons to his arsenal.

“He’s definitely cracked a few new skills since he’s been away, but he’s been a great addition to what we’re doing, you can see it in the offloads,” Maguire said before the unbeaten Rabbitohs’ SCG clash with the winless Dragons.

- AAP

Roosters rounded up The Sydney Roosters suffered further long-term injuries and another player appeared to touch a referee as North Queensland kept the Tricolours winless after three rounds of the new NRL season. Centre Dale Copley was forced off in the opening minutes of the Roosters’ 40-0 loss on Thursday night. Copley, 24, will be sidelined for up to four months. He joins Boyd Cordner and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves on a big-name casualty list, while former co-captain Mitchell Pearce has more than a month remaining on a disciplinary suspension. - AAP

‘Smear campaign’ Under-siege Parramatta Eels chairman Steve Sharp has angrily rejected claims of foul play over his salary doubling in the past 12 months, saying his NRL club is the victim of a smear campaign.

The Eels released a statement yesterday in response to a News Corp article which claimed Sharp’s pay rose 150 per cent to $25,000 a year, while current directors had their pay doubled to $20,000 a year. The report comes as the Eels are investigated over alleged salary cap breaches - for which they’ve already been hit with a record $465,000 fine.

- AAP

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■ MOTOR RACING

Hamilton sets the pace

BY STEVE LARKIN Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton was fastest while local hope Daniel Ricciardo slid off the track in an abrupt end to his opening practice session at the season-opening Australian F1 Grand Prix yesterday.

Ricciardo clocked the third-quickest lap in the first practice session at Albert Park in Melbourne, with his team-mate Daniil Kvyat second-fastest.

Ricciardo’s session ended when he slid off the track at turn 12 on his last lap.

The Australian left his car in the sand and walked back to the pits – stopping to allow some spectators to take his photo, and shaking the hands of other fans on the way.

Ricciardo’s vehicle appeared to avoid any serious damage in an opening practice session initially marred by rain.

The wet conditions prompted a cautious start to the session before the track dried in the latter half of the 90-minute practice, allowing Mercedes star Hamilton to post a best lap in 1min29.725sec.

Hamilton’s best time was 0.421 seconds quicker than Kvyat while Ricciardo’s fastest lap was 1:30.875 in an encouraging start for the Red Bull Racing team.

Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg and Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen rounded out the top five.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel did not set a time while his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen finished 17th.

- AAP

Shane van Gisbergen has logged his first win with Red Bull Racing, taking line honours in the opening non-championship V8 Supercars race at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. The Kiwi driver stole the lead off his new team-mate Jamie Whincup after a safety car restart on lap five at Albert Park yesterday. Whincup, who had qualified on pole position for the first time, finished second, ahead of Ford young gun Chaz Mostert.

- AAP

Hunt ‘ready to die’

Lewis Hamilton demonstrated he will be a force to be reckoned with again as the Formula One circus kicks off in Melbourne this weekend.

McCartney creditable fifth at indoor champs blip before clearing 4.70m. She skipped at 4.75m and was eliminated attempting her outdoor personal best of 4.80m, set at this month’s New Zealand national championships.

Having qualified for the Rio Olympics, McCartney’s confi-

dence grew as competitors exited from 4.35m onwards. Five athletes were left after 4.70m.

With hands blackened with adhesive, McCartney grappled to grip the pole in her three final attempts, but finished with a wan smile as the bar dropped on

her opening 2016 gambit.

“I couldn’t ask for a better build-up to the world indoors and Rio with these competitions,” McCartney said.

“These heights are what I want.

It makes medalling [at the Olympics] look realistic.”

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■ OPINION

Gayle Force the enigma of world cricket W

hat does West Indian cricket, or world cricket for that matter, do with someone like Chris Gayle?

On the one hand he’s an absolutely magnificent player, a point he reiterated this week when he bludgeoned the first ton of the World Twenty20 tournament in India, crashing 11 sixes to easily sail past Brendon McCullum’s T20 mark.

Imagine if the Windies could put together a side of their best players in recent times; Greenidge and Haynes blunting any opening attack the world could muster, Lara coming in to compile a svelte century or two, and while Chanderpaul does his best ‘The Wall’ impressions at one end, Gayle comes in and blasts away to his heart’s content at the other, obliterating batting

Ashburton rowers will be in action at the South Island Secondary Schools’ Championships at Lake Ruataniwha this weekend.

The local contingent will look to build upon the fine form they showed at the recent Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Champs at Lake Hood, with one eye on the jewel in the crown of secondary school rowing – The Maadi Cup on April 4.

Kiwi driver runs hot

■ POLE VAULT

New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has finished fifth at the world indoor track and field championships, her first major international meet at elite level.

The 19-year-old cleared her opening height of 4.50m, opted out at 4.60m and incurred one

Rowers chase SI glory

records left right and centre.

When, or perhaps if, that lot finished batting, you could unleash Marshall, Holding, Garner, Ambrose and Roberts, with Jeffery Dujon keeping for them, and you’re going to knock over anyone. Often.

Unfortunately that sort of dream just isn’t going to be happening anytime soon for a cricketing nation that indeed once ruled the roost with a batting line-up that was always handy, but they didn’t really care how many runs they scored because their fearsome pace attack could brutalise anyone standing 22 metres away with a bit of willow in their hands.

Nowadays the Windies languish somewhere near the bottom of the test-playing nations, a little bit worse on the ODI

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

ladder, but somewhat incongruously at the top of the T20 board, a team torn by internal politics, serious lack of money and a heap of players, with Gayle leading the charge, who spend their time playing the interminable T20 tournaments around the world, and reaping sometimes stupendous financial rewards for doing so.

Gayle confounds the argument that he’s always just been a mercenary cricketer though; somehow he’s found the time to play over 100 tests, he’s one of

only four players to hit two triple test centuries, he was the first batsman to score centuries in all three forms of the game - the list of achievements becomes almost ridiculous in its length and breadth, as he has annihilated bowling attacks anywhere, anytime - if he’s in the mood.

But being the ultimate Mr Cool of cricket, Gayle does everything by his own rules, and that’s part of the problem West Indian cricket continues to face.

He’s no stranger to controversy either, the latest being the ‘Don’t blush baby’ interview in the Big Bash, just one of many clashes for a host of reasons with the authorities.

Is it an unpalatable truth that he’s the face of the demise of world cricket as it has been for well over a century.

Mark Hunt says he’s “ready to die” in the cage and has dared opponent Frank Mir to try to break his legs in their heavyweight clash in Brisbane tomorrow. Hunt was responding to inflammatory comments from former UFC champion Mir last week. Mir, a jiu-jitsu expert, said he would end Hunt’s decorated career if the Sydney based kickboxer tried to fight through his notorious leg lock submissions. Hunt said he was content if his life ended in the cage but wasn’t sure if Mir was. - NZME

Venus knocked out Kiwi Michael Venus has been beaten in the second round of the ATP Challenger tournament in Irving, Texas. A day after beating the world number 89, Venus has lost 4-6, 7-6, 3-6, to young American Jared Donaldson. The 19-year-old is ranked 158 in the world.

- NZME

Jazz destroy Phoenix No Gordon Hayward, no problems for the Utah Jazz as Joe Ingles turned in a season-best performance to lead the Jazz to a 103-69 over the hapless Phoenix Suns yesterday. Ingles dropped a season high 15 points and added six steals in the game as the Jazz improved their standing to be just one game behind eighth-placed Dallas. In San Antonio the Spurs made it 34 straight home wins with a 118-110 victory over the Portland Trailblazers. The win takes the Spurs to 58-10 for the season just three and a half games behind the 61-6 record of Golden State Warriors.

- AP

Porte leads rankings Australian cycling star Richie Porte is happy for the spotlight to shine on Chris Froome and Alberto Contador heading into the Tour de France. Porte leads the WorldTour rankings after he finished runnerup in January at the Tour Down Under and third overall this week at Paris-Nice. The Tasmanian switched teams from Sky to BMC this year so he could ride at the Tour de France as a team leader. In previous years, Porte has played a crucial support role at the Tour for Contador and Froome, who have won the race.

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■ TRENTHAM

Ritchie hopes for ace run Eleven is not Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie’s favourite number.

Especially when it applies to barrier draws for his emerging three-year-old sprinter He’s An Ace, who tackles today’s Gr.2 Go Racing Syndications Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham from barrier 11.

The Swiss Ace gelding started from barrier 11 in last week’s Gr.3 Mr Tiz Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie and finished strongly from the rear to claim fourth place.

“It was a good run.

“Unfortunately the barrier draw meant we had no choice but to ride him cold, even though he does have good gate speed,” Ritchie said.

“The six lengths we had to give up in running was probably the difference between him winning and running fourth.

“Unfortunately, he’s drawn a wide gate again this weekend.”

All four of He’s An Ace’s starts have been over 1200m, winning

He’s An Ace will be relying on good gate speed in today’s big race at Trentham.

PHOTO TRISH DUNELL his first two before finishing third in his Mr Tiz lead-up race, so he breaks new ground this weekend over 1400m.

“He’s a strong sort of threeyear-old and I’m confident he will run out a solid 1400m but till

you actually get there, you never know,” Ritchie said.

“He’s done well since Ellerslie.

“He’s a tough horse and while he comes up against a field that you could probably make a case for about three-quarters of them,

Sydney beckons Addictive Habit only needs to be doing his best work late in today’s open handicap at Te Rapa to confirm his trip to The Championships.

The 1200 metre dash, in which he will shoulder 64.5kg, will serve as his lead-up to the $A3 million Gr.1 Doncaster Handicap on April 2.

“As long as he’s running on well he’ll go to Sydney,” trainer Lee Somervell said. “He needs another good hit-out, he won a trial two weeks ago but it was too easy.

Derek Nolan will ride him so he doesn’t have to carry a lot of dead weight.”

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he’s right up with them.

“We know he’s got gate speed and over 1400m, we really think we have to use him and Mark Du Plessis will almost certainly work forward despite the wide draw and try and get in one-off somewhere.

“Otherwise we will find ourselves in the same position as Ellerslie of giving away too much of a start to the leaders.”

Ritchie will also take aim at the Gr.1 Wellfield New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham with Gr.2 Royal Stakes-placed filly Megawatt.

“She’s a fluker’s chance. She probably needs rain but she will run the mile and a half right out.

“We’re not going in with any massive degree of confidence though,” Ritchie said, adding Megawatt could do her future racing out of the Sydney stable of his brother, Craig.

In Victoria, Ritchie will produce Let Her Rip in today’s Listed Bendigo Guineas.

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Werther top hope Leading trainer John Moore believes the New Zealand-bred Werther is his best hope of a fifth win in tomorrow’s Gr.1 Hong Kong Derby. He has previously won the feature with Designs On Rome (2014), Collection (2009), Viva Pataca (2006) and Makarpura Star (1995). Werther was a first-up winner in Hong Kong in December and has since finished runnerup to the John Size-trained Sun Jewellery in the Gr.1 Hong Kong Classic Mile and the Gr.1 Hong Kong Classic Cup. - NZME

Goldminer returns Goldminer will make an unexpected return to the racetrack in today’s Wealleans 1200 at Te Rapa.

Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie revealed the Gold Mine eight-yearold had failed to get in foal, hence her return to training. She won a trial at Cambridge last month by four lengths, but Ritchie said he expected her to need the race on today. “She certainly hasn’t lost her turn of foot but she hasn’t raced for a long time and she’ll need the run. She’s won nine races and it would be nice to get that 10th win for her.”

- NZME

■ LAST CHANCE SALOON

Franco Nelson heading back to the beach by

Matt MarkhaM

A familiar face has returned to the Woodend Beach stable of Robert and John Dunn.

And they’re pretty happy about it too.

Former New Zealand Trotting

M8

Cup runner-up, Franco Nelson, is back in the care of his previous trainers.

Last produced in Australia where he was trained by Anthony and then Tim Butt, Franco Nelson’s career in the past 18 months has been tumultuous at best.

He battled with injury and other little niggles but produced an incredible performance to finish fourth in the New Zealand Cup behind Arden Rooney back in November despite having really only had the one trial in preparation for the race.

Below par runs have followed since though and the decision by Clive and Rona McKay, along with their daughter Sharon, to send him back to the Dunn’s might just be the last ditch effort to get the Group One winning pacer back to his best form.

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Methven harness Tomorrow at Mt Harding Racecourse

Methven Trotting Club Venue: Mt Harding Racecourse Meeting Date: 20 Mar 2016 NZ Meeting number: 8 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 12.02 MID CANTERBURY TROTTING OWNERS ASSOCIATION TROT $7500, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 x9763 Rollin Thunder (1) fr ................ C D Thornley 2 35654 Early Invasion (2) fr ....................K O’Connor 3 70088 Anotherdollytrouble (3) fr 4 54205 Brylin Rose (4) fr ..........................J Versteeg 5 000 Victory Pride (5) fr ........................M Heenan 6 00 Don Pierre (6) fr ....................... S Smolenski 7 79489 Majestic De Fence (7) fr ......... J Morrison (J) 8 22545 Motu Great Sensation (8) fr ...... B Borcoskie 9 Westar Bella (9) fr ......................B Zampese 10 38900 Landora’s Logan (10) fr .................... B Clark 11 00 Lightworkofit (U1) fr......................D Burrows 12 24x00 Quevert (U2) fr ................................... D Butt 13 40320 D D Trotter (U3) fr............................. D Dunn 14 56F00 Brylins Choice (U4) fr ............... M McKendry 15 00780 Rusty I Am (U5) fr ........................ P Wakelin 16 08333 Landora’s Girl (U6) fr........................ P Nairn Emergency: Anotherdollytrouble 2 12.32pm SOUTHERN DEMOLITION MOBILE PACE $7500, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2300m 1 67539 Rico Gold (1) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 2 68732 Strawb’s Chippie (2) fr ..................... G Smith 3 04 Gotta Mama (3) fr........................C DeFilippi 4 2 Give Me Twenty (4) fr .......................J Curtin 5 00x Master Jordy (5) fr......................C Markham 6 223 Crackared (6) fr .................................. R May 7 00078 Pembrook Harry (7) fr .......................J Dunn 8 84 Cruzy Dude (8) fr ..................... M McKendry 9 09 Ireby Meg (9) fr ..............................H Hunter 10 37 Spooky (21) fr ........................... R Anderson 11 Earthquake (22) fr ............................ D Dunn 12 64533 Midnight Flyer (23) fr ........................P Davis 13 Lucy Diamond (24) fr ....................L O’Reilly 14 70854 Blazing VC (25) fr ......................... A Lethaby 15 35 Love Ova Gold (26) fr....................R Holmes 16 69646 Rah De Rah (27) fr.................. C D Thornley 17 86075 Kachina (U1) fr ............................. G O’Reilly Emergencies: Pembrook Harry, Ireby Meg, Kachina 3 1.07pm P G O’REILLY SNR MEMORIAL MOBILE TROT $9000, 2yo mob. trot, mobile, 1609m 1 45 Needle (1) fr ............................. M McKendry 2 Landora’s Lassie (2) fr ............... L Lester (J) 3 7 Muscles Galore (3) fr ........................J Dunn

4 4 Heavyweight Hero (4) fr ............ M Edmonds 5 3 Chevron Express (5) fr ..................... D Dunn 6 1 Enghien (6) fr ..................................... R May 7 1 Habibi Inta (7) fr ............................B Orange 8 Di’z Luck (U1) fr .............................. G Smith 9 3D65 Eyrish Mist (U2) fr ................... M Williamson 4 1.42pm PAT MCGIRR MEMORIAL PACE $7500, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2400m 1 9x569 Dios Del Fuego (1) fr........................S Ottley 2 027 Bionic Man (2) fr............................R Holmes 3 03270 Four Starzzz Special (3) fr .............B Cusdin 4 0 Bronia (4) fr .................................. A Lethaby 5 85332 Buffy Bay (5) fr ............................T McMillan 6 xP487 Hangover (6) fr ........................ C D Thornley 7 00075 The Katz Pyjamaz (7) fr .............C Markham 8 Distinctive Del (8) fr ............................ R May 9 4 Just Chillin (9) fr ....................... M McKendry 10 38 Tahlia Franco (10) fr ..................... S McNally 11 3x669 Uralla Sue (11) fr...........................L O’Reilly 12 Franco Tallis (12) fr.................... H Clarke (J) 13 48093 Magic Blaze (13) fr .............................D Flint 14 34720 Dreamcoat (14) fr ................... J Morrison (J) 15 09000 Ling Rowl (15) fr......................... R Harneiss 16 540x2 Franco Hamilton (16) fr .................B Orange Emergency: Ling Rowl 5 2.17pm SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE TOWER JUNCTION MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2300m 1 53503 Pay Me Visa (1) fr................. C Ferguson (J) 2 10732 Marat Saf Finn (2) fr ....................J Young (J) 3 80x21 Hey Knowchange (3) fr .......... J Morrison (J) 4 04071 Fair Dinkum Bromac fr ................. Scratched 5 3123 Nolan Sackett (4) fr ....................... K Cox (J) 6 47960 Motu Lightning Lass (5) fr ............. K Butt (J) 7 0P521 Shelly Ann (6) fr .................... J Markham (J) 8 77231 Shards Halo fr .............................. Scratched 9 67400 Shantahlia Romeo (7) fr ............M Purvis (J) 10 80634 Mighty Empire (21) fr .............. S Golding (J) 11 32754 Joemaro (22) fr ....................M Anderson (J) 12 P8554 Wozniacki (23) fr ................. J Harrington (J) 6 2.52pm ROBBIE’S BAR & BISTRO ASHBURTON PACE $7500, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 3000m 1 80664 Myboylolliepop (1) fr .................. M Edmonds 2 7x0 Beau Sancy (2) fr ............................. D Dunn 3 34295 Caitlin Franco (3) fr .......................L O’Reilly 4 09000 Ling Rowl (4) fr........................... R Harneiss 5 Px Miss Brown (5) fr ................................ R May 6 x0648 Texas Ruler (6) fr..............................J Curtin

7 00732 Jayees Supreme (7) fr............. M Williamson 8 04677 Mustang Bullitt (8) fr ........................ G Smith 9 06000 Stonebridge Lad (9) fr ......................S Ottley 10 40080 Rainy River (10) fr ..................... C McDowell 11 86095 She’sa Tricky Bridge (11) fr ...... M McKendry 12 50098 Loire Franco (12) fr ................ J Morrison (J) 13 07441 Saramon (13) fr .......................... D Keast (J) 14 86900 What A Curtainraiser (14) fr ........... K James 15 37099 Shez Wicked (U1) fr ............ J Harrington (J) Emergency: Ling Rowl 7 3.26pm BLACKWELL CONTRACTING TROT $8000, 3yo+ c1 trot, stand, 3000m 1 58080 Kerryn Kylie (1) fr ......................A Tomlinson 2 77622 Sarah Palin (2) fr ..............................P Davis 3 19759 Stellar Success (3) fr 4 57329 Shadow Galleon (4) fr ...............J Smolenski 5 90469 Diana Harbour (5) fr ....................... K James 6 x0050 Sueno (6) fr ............................. C D Thornley 7 90160 Monarchy Invasion (7) fr ...............R Jenkins 8 99425 Speedy Earl (8) fr .........................I Cameron 9 10 Sundons Flyer (9) fr ..................... G O’Reilly 10 1624 We’ll Meet Again (10) fr.................... J Smith 11 00087 Explosive Star (11) fr.....................L O’Reilly 12 D7238 Astral Ruler (U1) fr ...... M Williamson 13 70x40 Izinthezone (U2) fr ..................... K Cameron 14 02524 Kowhai Monarch (U3) fr ...................S Ottley 15 9999x Bacardi N Coke (U4) fr 16 0P410 Sea Eyre (U5) fr ............................... D Dunn 17 01154 Gershwin (U6) fr................................. R May 18 x10x0 One Over Dover (U7) fr ................ S McNally Emergencies: Stellar Success, Sundons Flyer, Explosive Star, Bacardi N Coke 8 4.01pm FULTON HOGAN HANDICAP PACE $9000, 3yo+ c2, c3 with cond. spechcp pace, stand, 2400m 1 13277 Boomer Bailey (1) fr ................ M Williamson 2 63469 Marshal Star (2) fr ..................... L McKay (J) 3 00x94 Tatoo (3) fr............................S Tomlinson (J) 4 28142 Gabby’s Star (4) fr .........................R Holmes 5 21291 Torrid Bromac (5) fr ................. C D Thornley 6 01900 Marquis Eyre (6) fr ........................L O’Reilly 7 12421 Kotare Yael (7) fr................................J Dunn 8 28221 Bute Courage (U1) fr.................... G O’Reilly 9 38007 Jack Hammer (1) 10........................... R May 10 02544 Art Critic (U1) 10 .............................. D Dunn 9 4.36pm MAINLAND WOOL MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+, c1 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2300m 1 600x5 Bhappy (1) fr .................................R Jenkins 2 08493 Game Changer (2) fr ........................P Davis

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Gavin Smith is down to drive Tangos Delight in the $25,000 Country Cup Series Final at Methven tomorrow.

3 46052 Kotare Kasai (3) fr .............................J Dunn 4 20444 Ashes To Wings (4) fr ....................... D Dunn 5 64768 It’s All Over Now (5) fr ............. M Williamson 6 401 Rock N Roll Delight (6) fr ................ G Smith 7 31238 Star In The Future (7) fr ............ R Anderson 8 1 Clasina Maria (8) fr .....................J Young (J) 9 5521P Pay Me Way (9) fr..................... M McKendry 10 21008 Julia Lady (21) fr ..............................S Ottley 11 86777 Bird Of Paradise (22) fr .................L O’Reilly 12 08x15 Chittybangbang (23) fr ..................B Orange 13 65770 Nothingtolaughabout (24) fr .... C D Thornley 14 09968 Tuscaloosa (25) fr .................. J Morrison (J) 10 5.02pm SWEET LOU CANTERBURY COUNTRY CUPS SERIES FINAL $25,000, 4yo+ c3 to oc spechcp pace, stand, 3000m 1 04658 Johnny Eyre (1) fr ......................... K Cox (J) 2 11224 Graduate Under Fire (2) fr ........ M Purvis (J) 3 60116 Canndew (3) fr .................................P Davis 4 98439 Here We Go Again (U1) fr ....... C D Thornley 5 12611 Idealindiamonds (1) 10 ........M Anderson (J) 6 58457 Western Art (2) 10 .................. S Golding (J)

01686 Tangos Delight (1) 20 ...................... G Smith 11114 Callenberg (2) 20 ............................. D Dunn 77131 The Friendlyassassin (3) 20 ......... G O’Reilly 11612 Seel The Deal (4) 20 .......................... R May 41252 Cullect A Guinness (U1) 30 ..............J Dunn 11 5.27 SHEARMAC ALUMINIUM HANDICAP TROT $9000, 4yo+ c2 to c3, c4 with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2400m 1 09022 Danke (1) fr ......................................S Ottley 2 51900 Young Stranger (2) fr ............... C R Thornley 3 06803 Peterhof (3) fr ............................... A Lethaby 4 45708 Soney Beatt (4) fr .................S Tomlinson (J) 5 20225 Clover Mac (5) fr ........................ L Lester (J) 6 D0x10 Monkey’s Way (U1) fr ............R Close 7 14321 Royal Shine (1) 10 ........................... D Dunn 8 1140P Mon Richie (2) 10..........................L O’Reilly 9 00095 Never Fear (3) 10 ..........................P O’Reilly 10 55174 Clean Break (4) 10 ........................R Holmes 11 00P00 Free Bird (U1) 10 .................... M Williamson 12 5.53pm PAINT LAB HORNBY PACE $8000, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 3000m 1 60602 Sounds Swift (1) fr ................... M McKendry 2 08825 Lottie Franco (2) fr..........................H Hunter 3 51888 Hesa Dazzler (3) fr ............................J Dunn 4 00052 Hopeful Harriet (4) fr ........................R Close 5 37316 Culley Backy (5) fr .............................. R May 6 80867 Drover’s Eyre (6) fr .................. C D Thornley 7 09441 Automatic (7) fr............................. G O’Reilly 8 02506 Hestia Franco (8) fr ................ J Morrison (J) 9 55004 Shadow Rider (9) fr .....................C DeFilippi 10 80378 Midfrew Tarpediem (10) fr ...........J Young (J) 11 09004 Sonnetsson (11) fr ...........................P Davis 12 36357 Elusive Flight (U1) fr................ M Williamson Pacifiers on : Don Pierre (R1) Pacifiers off : Shez Wicked (R6)

SELECTIONS Race 1: D D Trotter, Quevert, Don Pierre, Westar Bella Race 2: Love Ova Gold, Rah De Rah, Crackared Race 3: Habibi Inta, Chevron Express, Landora’s Lassie Race 4: Distinctive Del, Bionic Man, Four Starzzz Special Race 5: Nolan Sackett, Marat Saf Finn, Mighty Empire Race 6: Beau Sancy, Caitlin Franco, She’sa Tricky Bridge Race 7: Gershwin, Kowhai Monarch, We’ll Meet Again Race 8: Kotare Yael, Boomer Bailey, Gabby’s Star Race 9: Chittybangbang, Game Changer, Kotare Kasai Race 10: Cullect A Guinness, Seel The Deal, Idealindiamonds Race 11: Monkey’s Way, Royal Shine, Clover Mac, Mon Richie Race 12: Sounds Swift, Hopeful Harriet, Lottie Franco

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

■ BACK ON TRACK

In brief

Xtravagant’s spell cut short Te Akau Racing have completed an about turn with their dual Group One winner Xtravagant, who will be back in work at Matamata next week.

Following a below-par performance when finishing eighth in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas at Flemington, the Pentire colt returned home for a spell ahead

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of a spring campaign.

However, Te Akau principal David Ellis with trainers Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards inspected Xtravagant on Thursday and the trio have now decided more immediate targets are worth chasing.

“We had a good look at him and he’s already put on 30kg so

if we left him out much longer he would get too big,” Autridge said.

“We’ll have him back next week and get him ready for the Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes and then, if we’re happy with him, we’ll have a look at Brisbane.”

The two Queensland winter carnival Group One targets will

Youth prevails Dexter Dunn won the “youth versus experience” invitation drivers series for the second time at Waikouaiti on Thursday. Dunn amassed 71 points over the eight races and finished three points clear of Samantha Ottley. Dunn won races with Holdon Toyaspurs, De Vito, Franco Exeter and Eh Ef El. His win on Eh Ef El clinched the victory with Ottley leading by three points before the final race.

Bruce Negus collected the $2000 prize for the leading trainer.

be the Doomben 10,000 on May 28 and the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm a fortnight later.

Meanwhile, Te Akau have confirmed they will have at least one representative in the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes with Sassy ‘N’ Smart to run in the April 2 fea- NZME ture.

Wellington gallops Today at Trentham Raceway

Wellington RC Venue: Trentham Meeting Date: 19 Mar 2016 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.30pm DIRECT FISH & OYSTERS PREMIER R85 $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 15124 Caramac dmb (7) 60 ............. H Andrew (a4) 2 4253x Shezgorgeous tdm (2) 59 ......... D Hirini (a3) 3 22947 Eternity td (8) 58.5 ...................... C Johnson 4 33212 Batman d (10) 58.5 ...............R Cuneen (a1) 5 04866 Catwomandu dm (11) 57.5 .............J Riddell 6 x3005 Charmont (9) 56 .......................... D Johnson 7 53472 Wills Road d (1) 56 ....................M Cameron 8 56543 Written Command (4) 56...............M McNab 9 21421 Xcuses Xcuses (6) 54 ............... M D Plessis 10 02721 Miss Daisy td (5) 54 ............ M Dravitzki (a1) 11 01529 Jackofall (12) 54 .......................... R Hannam 12 31357 Lincoln’s Sunset d (3) 54...............D Bradley 2 1.05pm HIREMASTER PREMIER R75 $30,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 27322 Kairanga Lad d (1) 60 ....................H Tinsley 2 44564 Sealed By A Dance dm (13) 60 .M Cameron 3 15781 Wiggle tdm (3) 59.5................... D Hirini (a3) 4 64428 Santiago (14) 57.5 ...................... D Johnson 5 21721 Docket (11) 57.................................J Riddell 6 223x1 Private Hero d (16) 57.......................L Innes 7 56155 Flying Ibis tb (12) 56 .....................M McNab 8 1x415 Rocky Ride t (4) 56 .....................C Lammas 9 75244 Endure d (5) 55.5 ..........................L Allpress 10 14164 In Another Life (8) 55.5 ............... C Johnson 11 37114 Tavigarde d (9) 55.5 12 64314 Hot Spot d (15) 55........................ D Mo (a2) 13 31357 Lincoln’s Sunset (7) 54 14 33252 Cristal d (2) 54 -

15 110x4 Jumanah d (6) 54 ...................... M D Plessis 16 87820 Powerade d (10) 54 .......................M Tanaka 3 1.40pm RICHARDSONRACING.CO.NZ PREMIER 2YO $30,000, 2YO SW+P, 1200m 1 716 Leading Role t (3) 57.5 ............... C Johnson 2 27144 Just You (1) 57.5.......................... R Hannam 3 Lx561 Savasava d (6) 57.5 .........C Lammas 4 72 Stephenstihls (8) 56 .................. M D Plessis 5 3 O’Reilly’s Choice b (4) 56................J Riddell 6 41. Platinum Diva (2) 55.5...................D Bradley 7 235 Luna Rossa (9) 54 .....................M Cameron 8 2. Shenandoah (5) 54 .......................L Allpress 9 3 Royal Fashion (7) 54 .........................L Innes 10 5. Karavali (10) 54 ........................... D Johnson 4 2.15 LINCOLN FARMS NEW ZEALAND ST LEGER 3YO & 4YO $50,000, 3&4YO Set Weight, 2500m 1 11717 Saint Emilion b (8) 59.5...................J Riddell 2 32676 Michelin m (10) 59.5 .....................M McNab 3 63360 Jacksstar m (1) 59.5....................C Lammas 4 25213 He’s No Saint (13) 59.5 ..............A Jones (a) 5 23321 Chequered Flag (12) 59.5 ..........M Cameron 6 05171 Jonquil t (11) 57.5 .........................L Allpress 7 07153 Porotene Diva (6) 57.5 ................ C Johnson 8 13240 What A Diva (2) 57.5 ................... D Johnson 9 94672 Arya (3) 57.5 .....................................L Innes 10 x7877 Miss Drama Queen (5) 57.5..........M Tanaka 11 05721 Five To Midnight m (4) 54 ..............D Bradley 12 16823 Midnight Flyer b (9) 54 ................ R Hannam 13 33251 Hiique (7) 54 ............................. M D Plessis 5 2.50pm WENTWOOD GRANGE CUDDLE STAKES F&M $70,000, F&M SW+P, 1600m 1 16535 Illuminati mb (8) 55 ................... M D Plessis 2 12355 Rasa Lila db (1) 55............................L Innes

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89140 Meursault (5) 55 .......................... C Johnson 10514 Somethingvain (4) 55 ..................C Lammas 80024 Rohaise d (3) 55 ......................... D Johnson 23333 Mae West d (12) 55..................... R Hannam 56151 Irish Whisper d (9) 55 ............ M Dravitzki (a) 60210 Platinum Balos t (6) 55..................M Tanaka 27461 La Adelita (11) 55..........................M McNab 33252 Cristal d (2) 55 ...........................M Cameron 48432 Em Kay Pops (7) 55 ........................A Collett 19380 Goodsav (10) 53 ...........................L Allpress 6 3.24pm GO RACING SYNDICATIONS WELLINGTON GUINEAS 3YO $100,000, 3YO SW, 1400m 1 40x44 Marky Mark db (9) 56.5 .....................L Innes 2 39F42 The Justice League b (8) 56.5 ...........L Tiley 3 22361 Shadows Cast (7) 56.5 .................L Allpress 4 1134 He’s An Ace (11) 56.5 ............... M D Plessis 5 3151 Ringmaster d (4) 56.5 .................C Lammas 6 1752 Flying Fletch d (13) 56.5 ............G Cooksley 7 2x132 Sabotage 56.5.............................. Scratched 8 10001 Lucky Sweep d (12) 56.5 ................A Collett 9 16 Glorious Beijing (1) 56.5 ...............M McNab 10 713 Steppenwolf 56.5 ......................... Scratched 11 x0022 The Axe tmh (15) 56.5 ................ C Johnson 12 17141 Lauberhorn d (14) 54.5 ......................M Hills 13 22526 Bella Court (5) 54.5.......................D Bradley 14 11209 Ruud Not Too d (6) 54.5 .............. D Johnson 15 11182 Cantilena d (10) 54.5 ................S Wynne (a) 16 51103 Deedee Panache d (3) 54.5 ..........M Tanaka 17 132 Tomelilla b (2) 54.5.....................M Cameron 7 3.59pm DIXON & DUNLOP MELBOURNE RACING CLUB LIGHTNING $50,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 91307 Natuzzi td (9) 60.......................... C Johnson 2 26341 Adventador tdm (7) 59.5 ...................L Innes

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26632 Strada Cavallo (14) 56.5 ............. C Johnson 41184 Duchess Kate t (8) 56.5 ..............C Lammas 14545 Coldplay (10) 56.5 .........................L Allpress 91308 Megawatt (9) 56.5 ...........................A Collett 57198 Cool Tart (5) 56.5 ...................... M D Plessis 4533 Amazing Lady (6) 56.5 ..................M McNab 22031 Maytra Dee (1) 56.5 ...................G Cooksley 49004 Alarmist m (12) 56.5........................J Riddell 04906 Alcaldesa m (3) 56.5 .....................D Bradley 05774 Fanatic (15) 56.5 ................................M Hills 16030 Magic Wonder (7) 56.5..............S Wynne (a) 27235 Tessastock (2) 56.5 ..................... R Hannam 65097 Firebird Flyer b (16) 56.5...............M Tanaka 9 5.21pm FASTTRACK INSURANCE PREMIER R65 Darryl Bradley will be out to add the $30,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m Star Of Greenbeel b (16) 60 Oaks to last week’s big Auckland 12 57123 2123 Beefeater b (11) 59.5 .....................H Tinsley Cup victory today at Trentham.

3 2x132 Sabotage b (5) 59.5 .................... D Johnson 4 52091 Thane d (8) 59 .................... M Dravitzki (a1) 3 00490 Whosyourmaster tdm (4) 59.5 .......H Tinsley 5 16 Glorious Beijing (15) 58.5 4 47011 Red Dirt Girl d (1) 57................. S Muniandy 6 163x2 Spanish Gold d (2) 58.5 .............R Elliot (a3) 5 5x526 Vespa td (8) 57 .......................... M D Plessis 7 13622 Mulberry (12) 58....................R Cuneen (a1) 6 51430 Speech Craft td (3) 55...................M McNab 8 05456 Zippin db (13) 58 .......................S Wynne (a) 7 41910 Passing Shot td (12) 54.................L Allpress 9 34168 Flying Quest (7) 58 ....................M Cameron 8 x6287 Silver Eclipse td (10) 53.5 ........... D Johnson 10 01641 Poster Girl d (6) 57 ......................C Lammas 9 x004x Designated Driver dm (11) 53 ..... R Hannam 11 07234 She Knows (3) 57 ...........................J Riddell 10 70550 McLaren d (6) 53.............................A Collett 12 51 Incantation (10) 56.5 ................. M D Plessis 11 11651 Reilly Lincoln td (5) 53 ..................D Bradley 13 0990x Charlie Chine m (14) 56.5 .............M McNab 12 12516 Smashing tdb (2) 53....................C Lammas 14 00976 Abbey Road (4) 56.5 ................... R Hannam 8 4.41pm WELLFIELD NEW ZEALAND OAKS 3YOF 15 52735 Silk Belt (9) 54.5.......................... C Johnson $300,000, 3YOF SW, 2400m 16 90054 Savannah Gem h (1) 54 ............ D Hirini (a3) 1 62211 Mime m (13) 56.5 .......................M Cameron Blinkers on: Goodsav (R5), The Justice League (R6), Passing 2 71F11 Sofia Rosa (4) 56.5 ..................... D Johnson Shot (R7), Spanish Gold (R9) Winkers on : Promise To Reign 3 36122 Promise To Reign (11) 56.5 ..............L Innes (R8), Zippin (R9) Winkers off : Passing Shot (R7)

M2 Waikato gallops Today at Te Rapa Raceway

Waikato RC Venue: Te Rapa Meeting Date: 19 Mar 2016 8 x7763 Champagne Diva (5) 56 .... U Holmquist (a2) NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 3 1.57pm NORTH HARBOUR TRIPE N ONION CLUB 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 R85 $25,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 12.45pm (NZT) NEW WORLD TE RAPA 3YO $20,000, 1 6314x Elusive Gold dm (9) 60.5.......... E Smith (a4) 3YO SW+P, 1200m 2 25323 Biggin Hill d (8) 58.5................... Z Moki (a3) 1 50x10 Lucky Edie td (3) 59.5 ....................V Colgan 3 64086 Riding Shotgun d (5) 58.5 ............... D Nolan 2 x9x10 Lorde Royals 57.5 ........................ Scratched 4 24573 Packing Tycoon td (1) 58 .........S McKay (a1) 3 14 Okanagan db (1) 57.5 ..................... C Grylls 5 93222 Watch This Space (2) 56.5 .............. R Jones 4 1545 Straight Sets b (5) 57.5 ...................S Collett 6 x1133 Arpeggio (6) 54.5 ...........................V Colgan 5 37x16 Esbeedee d (7) 57.5 ...................T Thornton 7 490x0 Prince Mambo t (7) 54.5 ................. C Grylls 6 x7026 Ina Canta (2) 57.5 ........................... R Jones 8 03554 Zorrali dm (3) 54.5 ..................B Hutton (a1) 7 1298x Del Rios d (4) 55.5 ................... E Smith (a4) 9 32289 Massofdash td (4) 54 ......................S Collett 8 93021 Conjuring d (6) 55.5 ............Z N Azman (a3) 4 2.32 CELEBRATING JACK BAKER’S 90TH BIRTH2 1.20pm GO TO THE MELBOURNE CUP WITH WWW. DAY R75 $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m BOYS-TRIP.CO.NZ $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 658x5 Snave 60 ...................................... Scratched 1 42 Celebratedachiever (1) 58.5............S Collett 2 7x722 Persuasive tdb (4) 58.5 ...........S McKay (a1) 2 4937x Al Be Civics (6) 58.5 .................. L Satherley 3 x13x5 Increditable Hulk (2) 58.5 ...........V Gatu (a2) 3 0645. Vonchoi b (7) 58.5 ..........................V Colgan 4 81431 Triaction d (7) 57.5 .......................... C Grylls 4 2 Cutting Up Rough (2) 58 5 0570x Kentucky Son tdm (6) 56.5 U Holmquist (a2) 5 Ryan Jim h (4) 58 ............................ C Grylls 6 x126x Sonsy td (11) 56 6 2x487 Jessicova (3) 56.5 ......................V Gatu (a2) 7 37114 Tavigarde (5) 56 ..........................T Thornton 7 3586x Perfect Rose h (8) 56.5 ...........B Hutton (a1) 8 83625 It’s Bianca (3) 55.5 -

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57163 Pace Setter dm (1) 55.5 .................. R Jones 02979 Carnavalito (8) 55 ......................A Sims (a3) 412x5 El Sagrado d (9) 55 .................B Hutton (a1) 6110x Sonic Rocket td (12) 54.5........... L Satherley 9x927 Warzone (10) 54 .............................S Collett 5 3.07pm EPIC SYSTEMS R85 $25,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1600m 1 2x552 Chambord tb (5) 61 ......................... C Grylls 2 66860 Delago’s Secret td (4) 59 ........B Hutton (a1) 3 02005 Smartly td (1) 58 .........................T Thornton 4 78088 Little Alfie Brown tdm (8) 56.5 ....... R Norvall 5 x1x11 Emily Monk td (7) 56 ......................V Colgan 6 13411 Mary Quant d (3) 56 ................S McKay (a1) 7 3475x Bachelor Zeel td (2) 55.5 ................S Collett 8 39481 Ronchi td (6) 54 .............................. R Jones 6 3.42pm NRM RATING 65 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 10780 Dezignator d (11) 60 ...................T Thornton 2 2431x First Honour (7) 60 ..................... L Satherley 3 2x951 Amperage d (10) 59.5 ..................... R Jones 4 09210 Domination (1) 59.5 5 5x281 Pieomie (9) 59.5.............................V Colgan

6 10x78 Hidden Treasure (5) 58 ...........S McKay (a1) 7 x0905 Bomber Jet (12) 57.5 ......................S Collett 8 0x777 The Patriot (4) 57 9 19673 Hilarious (6) 56.5 10 60053 Never In Doubt (8) 56.5 11 65754 Feroz (2) 56.5.............................V Gatu (a2) 12 87850 Bitethebullet t (3) 56 ............A Schwerin (a3) 7 4.17 TEAM WEALLEANS OPEN HANDICAP $30,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 81458 Addictive Habit tdm (5) 64.5 ............ D Nolan 2 10744 Barbaric td (10) 58.5 ......................V Colgan 3 23420 Irish Moon td (11) 57 ....................... C Grylls 4 1280x Perfect Start dm (4) 56 ............... D Danis (a) 5 6374x Goldminer td (6) 55.5 ...................V Gatu (a) 6 9077x Bechtolsheimer m (12) 55 .....A Schwerin (a) 7 10650 Caellum d (7) 55 ................. U Holmquist (a) 8 33570 Procurement tdb (3) 54 9 058Px Oceania tdm (9) 54 .........................S Collett 10 3769x Alleyoop td (2) 54 ......................B Hutton (a) 11 61481 Black Mascara td (8) 54 ..............T Thornton 12 2216x In Flight 54 ................................... Scratched 13 2145x First Class td (1) 54...................S McKay (a)

8 4.57pm FAIRVIEW MOTORS R65 $20,000, Rating 65

Benchmark*, 1600m 1 x2178 Animator d (1) 60 ....................B Hutton (a1) 2 03231 Chancery d (8) 59.5 ................... Z Moki (a3) 3 42563 Da Shindig d (12) 59.5 ............S McKay (a1) 4 0x16 Aston Park (7) 59 ........................T Thornton 5 31. Divine Duke (2) 59 .......................... C Grylls 6 x2130 Zambezi Warrior db (5) 58.5 ........... R Jones 7 61735 Chatham Whisper (6) 58.5 U Holmquist (a2) 8 50388 Liquid Asset (9) 58.5 9 0310. Hirapour d (10) 58 ...........................S Collett 10 60x83 Celtic Boy h (4) 57.5...................V Gatu (a2) 11 1 Romantic Maid (3) 57 SELECTIONS Race 1: Okanagan, Straight Sets, Ina Canta, Del Rios Race 2: Vonchoi, Celebratedachiever, Champagne Diva Race 3: Arpeggio, Massofdash, Biggin Hill, Elusive Gold Race 4: Triaction, Persuasive, Tavigarde, Increditable Hulk Race 5: Mary Quant, Chambord, Ronchi, Bachelor Zeel Race 6: Hidden Treasure, First Honour, Pieomie, Domination Race 7: Barbaric, Irish Moon, Caellum, Addictive Habit Race 8: Zambezi Warrior, Animator, Divine Duke, Da Shindig

Tokoroa dogs

Tomorrow at Cambridge Raceway

Tokoroa Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Race- 4 58684 Zulu Mercedes 21.48 .......................M Black 1 25661 Spearmint Juju nwtd U & ..................Cottam way Meeting Date: 20 Mar 2016 NZ Meeting number: 3 Dou- 5 43535 Contemporaneous 21.61 R & .....N O’Regan 2 21453 Red Rascal 21.51 R & ................N O’Regan bles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 6 17782 Winsome Dan 21.31 ..................D Schofield 3 33272 Scott No Value nwtd B & .................... Steele 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 7 5377x Wild Falcon 21.59 .........................K Herbert 4 46842 Waerenga Star nwtd U & ..................Cottam 8 67724 Podium Bonus nwtd W & .................T Steele 5 61342 Spotted Flyer nwtd M & .................... J Smith 1 12.10 TOKOROA WELCOMES YOU SPRINT C1, 375m 9 57657 Opawa Larry nwtd ........................K Williams 6 14382 More Salt Needed nwtd R & .......N O’Regan 1 87646 Wairio Dee Jay 21.37 ........................J Black 7 16651 Lady Jane 21.44 B &.......................... Steele 2 87546 Lord De Air 21.79 .............................M Black 10 34687 It’s The Dream 21.45 B & ................... Steele 3 66866 Making You Paw 21.49 ................B Littlejohn 4 1.03pm THOMAS JEWELLERS TOKOROA STAKES 8 52643 Thrilling Carter 21.24 U & .................Cottam 9 44416 Mockingjay 21.30 ..............................B Craik 4 84582 What’s Up Watto 21.53 W & ............T Steele C0, 457m 5 73237 Diva Pose 21.44 M & ....................... J Smith 1 2F45 Cawbourne Panic nwtd ................M Roberts 10 34617 Thrilling Forest 21.55 U & .................Cottam 6 Fx21 Zafonic Sound nwtd ...................D Schofield 2 Teefonic nwtd ............................ A Lawrence 7 1.56pm WAIKATO KIDZ KARTZ SPRINT C4, 375m 7 6455x Jack McCoy 21.33..........................P Henley 3 1 Cawbourne Merl nwtd ..................M Roberts 1 17375 Skyler White 21.50 ............................B Craik 8 42564 Skinny Ankles 21.49 ...................... P Lowen 4 55x75 Em Holland nwtd .............................. S Clark 2 17414 Umaga Rama 21.34 B & .................... Steele 9 45457 Jinja Mia 21.65 W & ........................T Steele 5 3342 Cawbourne Eski nwtd ..................M Roberts 3 22116 Peaknuckle 21.41 ......................... H Mullane 10 x8867 Wee Ping Wawa nwtd ...................... S Clark 6 43 Mid Collision nwtd ........................... T Green 4 33443 Sometime Soon 21.34 ......................B Craik Olivia nwtd ................................ A Lawrence 2 12.28pm HOLSTERS TOKOROA SPRINT C2, 375m 7 5 76818 Rocky Boy 21.15 ...............................B Craik 8 53368 Highway Hound nwtd ...................

M J Lozell 1 27484 Grader Jack nwtd .............................T Agent 6 33123 Irish Blue 21.12 W & .......................T Steele 9 67657 Semi Automatic nwtd R & ...........N O’Regan 2 34617 Thrilling Forest 21.55 U & .................Cottam 7 46118 Lucky Man 21.31...............................B Craik 3 25554 Rasso 21.08 ......................................B Craik 5 1.21pm DUYVESTYN DRAINAGE SPRINT C1, 375m 8 31842 Fresco Star 21.43........................B Littlejohn 4 44416 Mockingjay 21.30 ..............................B Craik 1 43157 Kit And Caboodle nwtd ..............D Schofield 9 82168 Little Rascal nwtd R & .................N O’Regan 5 42375 Maligned nwtd U & ................................Bliek 2 74776 Opawa Uno 21.28 W & ...................T Steele 10 52475 Zipping Steve 21.16 ...................D Schofield 6 14134 Agent Schrader 21.69 .......................B Craik 3 4211 Saved By Love nwtd.....................R K Roper 8 2.12pm COMMITTEE STAKES C2, 457m 7 32125 Opawa Binge nwtd B & ...................... Steele 4 44F34 Tepirita Amber nwtd R & .............N O’Regan 1 82222 Golden Ivy 25.59 W & .....................T Steele 8 57178 Chateau Neuf 21.70 ........................P Green 5 44786 Deceptive Lad 21.73 ..................M Mathews 2 51558 Lucky Collect 25.91 ....................D Schofield 9 37674 Armistice Day 21.25 ....................... I George 6 28633 Bill Rush 21.74 ............................. H Mullane 3 55544 Fortis Flier nwtd U & .........................Cottam 10 67887 Very Chilly 21.55 ........................M Mathews 7 5x673 Snapchat 21.28 .................................B Craik 4 66884 Acamas 26.11 ........................... A Lawrence 3 12.46 COUPLANDS DOG BISCUITS SPRINT C1, 375m 8 13432 Uno Nathan nwtd B & ........................ Steele 5 52323 Thrilling Riot nwtd U & ......................Cottam 9 67786 Zalia 21.50 W &...............................T Steele 1 58664 Coruba Cate nwtd .......................... G Farrell 6 47167 Lochinvar Maine 25.85 ...............D Schofield 2 56214 Zoe’s Funk 21.50 ......................... H Mullane 10 58658 Illicit Twist nwtd............................... P Lowen 7 73337 Boris Gump 25.85 ............................ S Clark 3 22323 Prairie Kachina nwtd .........................B Craik 6 1.38 WAIKATO GRC APPRECIATION SPRINT C2, 375m 8 71248 Golfing Buddy 26.25 R & ............N O’Regan

51386 Fortis Fiona 21.96 U & ......................Cottam 43432 Peacock Princess 21.50...................T Agent 72267 Little Dreams 21.16 ........................ G Farrell 1 43321 Vincent Gallo 21.89 W & .................T Steele 24667 Springvale Harry nwtd......................T Agent 2 22666 Sacred Can You 21.28 R & .........N O’Regan 37786 Jinja Fantasy 21.11 W & .................T Steele 3 16246 Dandy Star nwtd ............................... D Hunt 4 12247 Varga Frost nwtd ..............................T Agent 12 3.22pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAX MATHEWS STKS 5 66867 Rockin’ Fancy 21.26 ...................D Schofield C4/5, 457m 1 71586 Fabio nwtd B & ................................... Steele 6 62688 Rotovegas Rara 21.15 .................R McPhee 2 62364 Teegambo 25.61 ....................... A Lawrence 7 36633 Atoonga Air 21.17 ........................... T Green 3 x3254 Spanish Fancy 25.54 .................D Schofield 8 42333 Big Jamesy 20.94 ............................T Agent 4 71527 My Fantasy 25.52............................ K Walsh 9 37786 Jinja Fantasy 21.11 W & .................T Steele 5 24154 Good Return 25.36 ....................D Schofield 10 24667 Springvale Harry nwtd......................T Agent 6 57342 Rampion nwtd ...................................C Hore 10 2.48pm SOUTH WAIKATO CUP C5, 457m 7 14581 Triple Parked 25.68 .......................... S Clark 1 11133 Country Gun nwtd ........................... K Walsh 8 75365 Premier Osti 25.50 ............................C Hore 2 1131x Disco Rain 25.45............................. K Walsh 9 11467 Talkin Fancy 25.78 .....................D Schofield 3 43353 Fantastic Sid nwtd ......................D Schofield 4 26811 Dr. Robbie nwtd................................T Agent 13 3.41pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR STAKES 5 1x381 Kevin In Bangkok 25.65 ....................C Hore C1, 457m 1 86485 Plenty Of Time nwtd R & .............N O’Regan 6 41316 Mr. Jules nwtd ..................................T Agent 2 25214 Mean As Mena nwtd ........................ S Clark 7 31753 Let’s Go Lettie nwtd ..................... H Mullane 3 43243 Dylans A Villain 25.75 .......................C Hore 8 21144 Cawbourne Brick 25.66................M Roberts 4 68725 Forever Iris nwtd ...............................S Ross 9 24154 Good Return 25.36 ....................D Schofield 5 67825 Tulip Muncher nwtd B & ..................... Steele 10 x3254 Spanish Fancy 25.54 .................D Schofield 11 3.04 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT 6 31351 Zipping Sasha nwtd M & .................. J Smith 7 52624 April’s My Mum nwtd ....................... T Green C3, 375m 8 33411 Santa Sangre nwtd ....................D Schofield 1 77565 Looks All Good nwtd W & ...............T Steele 9 54437 Zimmer Frame nwtd U & .......................Bliek 2 23365 Jinja Luca 21.29 W & ......................T Steele 3 3628F Ez Feretti 21.37 ............................... L Martin 10 21564 Tyrion 25.79 ....................................P Green 4 33244 Mr. Mumbles 21.39 R &...............N O’Regan LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 5 51547 Melman 21.44 ..............................R K Roper - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 9 27657 Electric Impulse nwtd W & ..............T Steele

9 2.31 TOKOROA DISTRICTS VETS SPRINT C3, 375m

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Top multinationals pay little tax in NZ

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman MONEY MATTERS

er energy prices should provide a positive offset and help underpin the global economy, albeit at more tepid growth rates.

Aust and NZ equity markets Equity markets had a disappointing three months and declined in response to concerns that central banks were signalling weaker global conditions.

Higher credit spreads, driven by defaults in higher yielding bonds, also hurt equity prices as investors reduced exposures to protect capital.

Caution around reporting season earnings was also apparent, however, most results were generally better than expected.

Of the major markets we follow, New Zealand equities stood out by delivering a positive return for the quarter.

Buoyant consumer and business confidence helped investor

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman are investment advisers with Forsyth Barr Limited in Ashburton and are both authorised financial advisers. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice. Disclosure statements are available on request and free of charge.

Smelter taking it to Supreme Court

BY PAUL MCBETH New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, the operator of the Tiwai Point smelter, will go to the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn earlier decisions on the payment for statutory holidays that fell on a weekend, which it says leaves it with a $20 million bill and will impose new costs in the future.

The smelter has sought leave to appeal to the country’s top court after last month losing its bid to

overturn an Employment Court ruling. The lower courts ruled that while the relevant employment law doesn’t require payment for unworked statutory holidays that fall on a weekend, the smelter’s collective agreement with the E Tu union does and because the smelter moved to 12-hour working days in the 1990s, all such payments should be for 12-hour working days rather than the eight-hour days on which the smelter calculated workers’ statu-

tory holiday payments.

The Appeal Court upheld the earlier decision based on the collective agreement rather than the structure of the legislation, which required shift staff accrue a day in lieu for a statutory holiday as it occurred, irrespective of whether or not the day was worked or taken as a normal weekend day.

If leave for the appeal is granted, the smelter’s argument will focus on the interpretation of the Holidays Act. – NZME

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents Company CODE

a2 Milk Company ATM Air NZ AIR ANZ Banking Gr ANZ Argosy Prop ARG Auckland Intl Airpt AIA Chorus CNU Coats Gr COA Contact Energy CEN Diligent Corp DIL Ebos Gr EBO F&P Healthcare FPH Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Share Fund FSF Freightways FRE Genesis Energy GNE Goodman Prop Tr GMT Heartland Bank HBL Infratil IFT Kathmandu Hldgs KMD Kiwi Property Gr KPG Mainfreight MFT Meridian Energy MEL Metlifecare MET Metro Perf Glass MPG Mighty River Power MRP Nuplex Ind NPX NZ Refining NZR NZX NZX Orion Health Gr OHE Port Tauranga POT Precinct Properties PCT Prop For Industry PFI Restaurant Brands RBD Ryman Healthcare RYM Skellerup SKL Sky Network TV SKT Sky City SKC Spark SPK Steel & Tube STU Stride Property STR Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM Tower TWR Trade Me Gr TME TrustPower TPW Vector VCT Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP Warehouse Gr WHS Westpac Banking WBC Xero XRO Z Energy ZEL

Buy price

184 280 2900 117 645 403 58.5 483 708 1640 921 764 586 627 208 128.5 121 319.5 164 140.5 1530 248.5 496 163 283 506 315 101 314 1868 124 160.5 470 848 126 492 490 344 226 219 438 182 434 762 325 200 277 3665 1556 678

Sell price

191 285 2920 119 650 403.5 59.5 487 710 1688 930 770 590 635 210.5 129 122 322 169 144 1575 251 498 165 290 511 320 102 319 1870 125 161.5 492 854 127 500 492 348.5 230 220 440 184 437 772 327 204 283 3700 1557 679

Last sale

191 284 2915 117 645 403.5 58.5 487 710 1688 926 769 590 635 210.5 129 122 320 168 143 1550 250.5 498 163 289 510 317 102 319 1870 125 160.5 473 852 127 495 492 345 226 220 440 182 437 772 325 202.5 279 3665 1556 679

At close of trading on Friday, March 18, 2016

Daily Volume move ’000s

+5 +7 –5 +0.5 –1 +2.5 –1.5 +10 – +23 +13 +9 +1 +16 –0.5 +0.5 +2 – +3 +5 –40 –4.5 +13 –2 +11 +3 –7 +2 +4 – +2 –0.5 – +9 +1 –3 –2 +5 –3 +2.5 +3 +3.5 +4 +12 –2 +4 –4 –25 +1 +1

2.1m 1.8m 46.17 531.2 2.0m 952.2 1.7m 2.8m 800.6 62.06 758.9 4.0m 177.1 96.95 788.7 1.9m 706.4 790.5 95.93 5.1m 1.1m 35m 120.2 208.2 1.9m 676.9 2.3m 688.4 195.2 13.74 1.9m 260.6 292.0 1.3m 69.34 29m 9.1m 15m 396.0 338.9 488.4 133.7 3.6m 92.80 853.5 174.0 146.6 57.69 198.2 177.8

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 6650 6538 6426 6314 6202 6090

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he United States Federal Reserve’s move to tighten monetary policy, lifting interest rates 25bp in December 2015, was quickly overshadowed by the European and Japan central banks adopting aggressive negative interest rate settings to achieve their inflation targets.

Persistently lower inflation outcomes have been the reason for these aggressive actions, with the authorities wanting to stimulate growth, improve country competitiveness and avoid lower expectations becoming embedded in wage negotiations.

The collapse in commodity prices partly explains the lower inflation outcomes; however, the aggressive policy measures have increased concerns about economic growth.

The rapid commodity price falls, particularly in oil prices, have also raised concerns that defaults by oil and gas producers may feed into another round of global financial stress.

While investors should be aware of this potential scenario, the global banking system is now more stable and better capitalised.

Household debt levels in most major economies are also lower and the consumer benefit of low-

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

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Global environment

sentiment.

Company results were better than expected, with forecast earnings upgrades higher than normal.

Close to 70 per cent of the companies that reported saw unchanged or upgraded forecasts.

This compares to less than 50 per cent in the last two reporting periods.

Rather than weakness in the resources sector, the Australian market had to contend with declines in the banking sector.

This was despite the banking sector reporting another round of record returns, which highlighted that asset quality had not deteriorated.

Defensive sectors fared best, but consumer and industrial sectors also delivered positive returns.

In terms of earnings, outside the resource sector, mid-singledigit earnings growth is still forecast.

Compiled by

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A major New Zealand Herald investigation has found the 20 multinational companies most aggressive in shifting profits out of New Zealand overall paid virtually no income tax, despite recording nearly $10 billion in annual sales to Kiwi consumers.

The analysis of financial information of more than 100 multinational corporations and their New Zealand subsidiaries showed that, had the New Zealand branches of these 20 firms reported profits at the same healthy rate as their parents, their combined income tax bill would have been nearly $490 million.

But according to their most-recent accounts filed with the Companies Office, most covering the 2014 calender year, these 20 companies overall paid just $1.8m in income taxes after several claimed tens of millions of dollars in tax deferments and losses.

The companies in question, in-

tial sums involved vastly exceeded other areas of government priority for enforcement and could be put to good use.

“It obviously exceeds benefit by several orders of magnitude. That $500m could pay for 26,000 hip operations, 4000 doctors or 7500 cops.

This is a boatload of money,” he said.

Labour’s Robertson said the Herald analysis showed the system was broken. “This is failing the basic test of fairness for the tax system. The minister should get off his butt and find out what’s happening in Australia.”

The 20 companies identified by the Herald with the largest difference in profitability rates are dominated by firms in similar industries, ranging from the well-known, such as Apple, to under-the-radar methanol producer Methanex.

Of those companies who responded to questions, all insisted they were meeting their legal obligations.

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cluding Facebook, Google, Pfizer and Pernod Ricard, said they followed New Zealand laws and differences in profitability between its New Zealand operations and elsewhere were the results of different business models.

The tax gap between companies reporting meagre profits in New Zealand, while claiming huge profits offshore has sparked calls from Opposition MPs for the Government to follow the lead of Australia and the United Kingdom and crack down on illegitimate profit-shifting.

Minister for Revenue Michael Woodhouse declined repeated interview requests over the past fortnight.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw or Labour Party finance spokesman Grant Robertson who called for multinational companies – who have become infamous for routing profits to exotic havens to minimise their tax bills – to pay their fair share in countries where they operate.

The Greens’ Shaw said the poten-

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p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

6,623.5

+50.05

+0.76%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,710.69 +36.87 +0.79%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

7,108.1

+54.44

+0.77%

p Rises 58 q Falls 43

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,183.1

+14.9

+0.29%

At close of trading on Mar 18, 2016

p Dow Jones Indust.

17,481.5 +155.7 +0.90% At close of trading on Mar 17, 2016

p FTSE 100 index

6,201.1

+25.63

+0.42%

At close of trading on Mar 17, 2016

q Nikkei 225 index

16,727.7 –208.7 –1.23% Snapshot at 7pm on Mar 18, 2016

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,266.50

London – $US/ounce

+38.0

+3.09%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

15.73

+0.44

+2.88%

p Copper London – $US/tonne

5,029.0

+84.0

+1.70%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm March 18, 2016

Country

TT buy

TT sell

Australia 0.9106 0.8802 Canada 0.9073 0.8738 China 4.7206 4.1432 Euro 0.6201 0.5933 Fiji 1.4762 1.3603 Great Britain 0.4824 0.4655 Japan 77.99 74.71 Samoa 1.8468 1.6143 South Africa 10.5631 10.1814 Thailand 24.17 23.04 United States 0.6995 0.6745

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OUR VIEW

Is there a new player in our water debate?

Sue Newman

ACTING EDITOR

A

shburton could be heading for a clash between the moral high ground and cold, hard cash.

Rumours are flying around the district about a water-bottling plant being established at the Ashburton Business Estate.

Such a plant has been talked about over several years and several locations, but the rumours are now starting to gain some traction – and some heat.

Facebook, the ultimate rumour spreader of facts and falsehoods, has been well used to generate angst around this issue.

And while some of the early information making its way online during the week was clearly incorrect, there is an underlying truth to the water-bottling plant rumour, with the council forced to come out and say it was aware of a proposal for such a business.

Unfortunately, the nature of local government means that while much of what goes on in the halls of local body power is transparent and open for scrutiny, there is a clause in the local government regulations that allows a council to keep commercially sensitive stuff under wraps. And, of course, any deal that involves council land or a business investment in council land, falls into this category.

Many of the deals council does are unlikely to raise more than a flicker of interest among a few; the prospect of a waterbottling plant, however, will raise huge interest across the district.

And that interest will range from supporting the project for the money it will bring into the district and the opportunities it will create, to the other corner where objections will come thick and fast over the moral wrong of taking the district’s water and selling it off-shore while locals watch their wells run dry.

The debate will be an emotional one, but it’s a debate that will need the injection of logic and fact.

Emotion alone simply won’t fly if the project is confirmed and objections start flowing.

At the end of the day the whole issue could come down to cold, hard facts. If a water consent has been issued for a certain take per day and that level is not breached, the end use of that water could be a moot point.

Hope for all in your letterbox A

booklet about hope will have arrived in your letterbox this week.

Television advertising about the booklet has been happening.

This is the third part of the Hope Project which marks 200 years since the message about Jesus arrived in New Zealand.

It has cost $2.7 million and is supported by over 300 churches of all denominations.

One of the pleasing aspects I have seen at the meetings of the Ashburton Ministers’ Association is how the churches here support the project regardless of

David Hyslop

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

denomination.

The booklet aims to start a conversation with people about hope.

It describes how Jesus has given hope to people in various situations.

It talks about why Jesus came to this planet and the claims He made.

There seems to be a stark choice. Are we the result of millions of chance events or was someone involved in the creation of the universe?

Is there a purpose or are we just accidents?

The Hope Project does not call for “blind” faith, but considers the factual and experiential evidence about Jesus Christ.

The booklet gives some ways to find about more about the Christian faith.

There is a website called the 10 Day Challenge which tries to answer some questions.

David Hyslop is from the Assembly of God church meeting in the Hakatere Marae

So tell us what you think

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At the HopeProject.co.nz there are videos about how the lives of many New Zealanders have been changed – some dramatic, some gentle.

There is a list of churches near you on the 10 Day Challenge that you could visit this Easter.

Some are quiet, some not so quiet. Some are large, some are small. Some are traditional, some are contemporary.

They are all about Jesus.

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The hidden history of Dusky Sound

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n 1773 the British Captain James Cook brought his ship Resolution into Dusky Sound, built an observatory to take sightings of the stars, and wrote one of the earliest chapters of European history in New Zealand.

In January we followed in his footsteps, anchoring our ship in Dusky Sound, and heading ashore at Astronomer’s Point to learn more about Cook’s exploits, beer, and the importance of time.

Sandflies aside, it was a great spot to share some stories from the past.

After circumnavigating Antarctica, Cook brought the Resolution into Dusky Sound for repairs, spending several weeks in Pickersgill Harbour.

Sketches by on-board expedition artist William Hodges show a fallen rata used as a gangway to the ship.

As we pulled into the small bay and came alongside the slippery shore, the gnarled branches of a

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second horizontal tree echoed those scenes of the past, reaching out across the water to help steady our craft as we came into land.

Astronomer’s Point is so called because it was where William Wales cut down trees to get a clear view of the night sky and take astronomical measurements, thus confirming the accuracy of the Larcum Kendall Chronometer – or watch – back in 1773.

Now some 240 years old, the tree stumps resemble small mounds and the new regrowth creates a green canopy above,

obscuring the sky. Such coverage turned out to be a blessing for us, as the famous Fiordland rain made a visit in the form of fine mist, which thickened to precipitation proper as the morning wore on.

A short walk through rainforest of all possible greens revealed a survey peg, marking the former clearing where earlier measurements were made.

Installed in 1995, it features the carefully chosen numerical code “1773” to commemorate Cook’s visit.

The ability to accurately tell the time was of huge significance, as it meant that mariners could finally determine longitude with accuracy.

As a result of the new clock being on board the Resolution, New Zealand was the most accurately mapped area of world maps for many years to come.

These days we have our GPS units to help with location, but

it was not that long ago that navigation was much more of a challenge.

Astronomer’s Point is also an important site in New Zealand’s brewing history.

Boutique craft beers are now all the rage, but the first barrels of brew were fermented from Manuka and Rimu at the site under Cook’s direction.

Intended to combat scurvy, the resulting drink was less than palatable, and had to be augmented with molasses and rum before anyone would drink it.

On our visit we were quite happy to leave the flavours of the 1800s firmly in the past, and return to our ship, that beacon of satellite receivers and cold Peronis.

Once back on board the misty rain abated somewhat, revealing the towering peaks of the sound.

Still, if you squinted, it was easy to imagine the outline of a hardy sailing ship, tucked into the bay.

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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington yesterday. Kerry has determined that the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has packed on the pounds for his new movie Central Intelligence. A trailer for the film shows the usually muscular actor looking incredibly overweight, thanks to the help of CGI. Johnson stars alongside Ride Along actor, Kevin Hart, in the action comedy about a bullied, chubby high-schooler turned ripped CIA agent. In the film, Johnson seeks out Hart’s help during a CIA mission after Hart stuck up for Johnson in high school, 20 years earlier. Central Intelligence also features Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, though his role in the film is yet to be revealed.

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■ UNITED STATES

Isis ‘commits genocide’ The Obama administration has formally concluded the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria, a declaration long sought by Congress and human rights organisations but likely to change little in the conflict against the extremists.

The determination does not obligate the United States to take additional action against Isis militants and does not prejudge any potential prosecution against its members.

Officials said the US has already intensified its fight against Isis and had effectively recognised the situation as a genocide more than a year ago when it agreed to increase the number of refugees, notably

from Syria, that America accepts.

Kerry said yesterday that he had completed his review and determined that Christians, Yazidis and Shiite groups are victims of genocide and crimes against humanity by the Islamic State. The House earlier this week unanimously passed a nonbinding resolution condemning Isis atrocities as genocide.

Kerry outlined a litany of atrocities that he said the militants had committed against people and religious sites, as well as threats to eradicate what it terms apostates and infidels. Using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group, he said, “Daesh is genocidal by self-proclamation, by

ideology, and by actions — in what it says, what it believes and what it does.”

However, he added that he was “neither judge nor prosecutor nor jury with respect to the allegations” and said any potential criminal charges must result from an independent international investigation.

Kerry said the U.S. would continue to support efforts to collect evidence and document atrocities.

While his determination does not carry such legal weight, Kerry said he hoped that groups he cited as being victimised would take some comfort in the fact that the “the United States recognises and confirms the despicable nature of the crimes commit-

ted against them.”

Republican Jeff Fortenberry, the author of the House bill, commended Kerry’s decision.

“The United States has now spoken with clarity and moral authority,” Fortenberry, Republican Nebraska, said in a statement. “I sincerely hope that the genocide designation will raise international consciousness, end the scandal of silence and create the preconditions for the protection and reintegration of these ancient faith communities into their ancestral homelands.”

Republican congressional leaders said President Barack Obama should use the declaration to strengthen what they consider an inadequate plan to defeat the Islamic State. - AP

Chris Knox to remarry Kiwi singer-songwriter Chris Knox is set to remarry, it has been reported. Knox, who still suffers from the affects of a severe stroke in 2009, will remarry poet Raewyn Alexander.

Knox, 63, was married to Barbara Ward and had two children with her over their 30 years together. But the pair reportedly broke up in 2011, with Ward moving on with Labour MP David Parker. Alexander is Knox’s primary caregiver, Fairfax Media reported, and has penned a story for an upcoming edition of Metro outlining how Knox proposed to her.

Knox’s recording career stretches back to late 70s punk era bands The Enemy and Toy Love, as well as a long association with independent music label Flying Nun as a solo artist and a member of duo the Tall Dwarfs. His best known songs include the hit Not Given Lightly.

■ CAMEROON

Death sentences for 89 Boko Haram fighters

People inspect a damaged mosque following a suicide bomb explosion in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

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Cameroon has sentenced 89 members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram to death, local media report.

They were convicted on terror charges by a military court for their roles in several attacks in Cameroon’s northern region which borders Nigeria.

Cameroon passed an antiterror law in 2014 which introduced the death sentence.

This is the first time the death sentenced has been used since that law was passed.

The 89 are among 850 people arrested in Cameroon on charges of links to Boko Haram.

Hundreds of people have

been killed in a spate of attacks in Cameroon since it joined a regional force set up to tackle the militants last year.

Some residents of northern Cameroon have praised a military court’s decision to sentence 89 members of militant Islamist group Boko Haram to death after finding them guilty of terrorism charges.

Two other people were acquitted by the court on the same charges in January.

Human rights groups have called for the reform of Cameroon’s justice system after it emerged that those convicted have no right to appeal against the judgement.

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Pig new member of family Acting duo Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa Pataky have welcomed a new member to the family - a pet pig. Spanish actress Pataky shared an Instagram selfie with her 612,000 followers, cuddling up to the sleeping piglet named Tina. “The new Member of the family!

Tina!#tinathepiggy #loveanimals #kids #cute #baby #cuddly,” she captioned the image.

Pataky and the hunky Thor actor are parents to daughter India Rose, twin boys Tristan and Sasha and are now parents to Tina the pig.

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EU agrees migrant stance European Union leaders have agreed upon a common stance on a plan to send tens of thousands of migrants back to Turkey something they will propose to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today.

After late night talks in Brussels, leaders backed a mandate for negotiations with Turkey that they said would not result in mass deportations and some differences were bridged over sweeteners to give Turkey in exchange for its help.

“The 28 have agreed on a proposal,” French President Francois Hollande said. “It was late in the evening, but it has been done.”

But Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that reaching an agreement had not been easy.

“There too, it is a complicated process,” he said. “I think we can get a deal out of this, we have to get a deal out of this. But the race is not really finished yet.”

Desperate to ease the pressure placed on Europe’s borders by the arrival of more than one million migrants in a year, the EU has turned to Turkey hoping to stem the flow of refugees into overburdened Greece.

The plan would essentially outsource Europe’s biggest refugee emergency in decades to Turkey, despite concerns about its sub-par asylum system and human rights abuses.

Under it, the EU would pay to send new migrants arriving in Greece who don’t qualify for asylum back to Turkey. For every migrant returned, the EU would

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In brief Attitude adjustment Puerto Rico’s 2016 Miss Universe contestant was stripped of her crown yesterday after officials said she had an attitude problem.

Kristhielee Caride will no longer represent the US territory in the upcoming international beauty contest. Caride won the crown four months ago but recently did an interview with a local newspaper in which she was criticised for being dismissive and saying she did not love cameras. Caride never apologised and said she was having a personal problem. - AP

Paul Daniels dies

A boy plays with a cardboard box as migrants from Afghanistan wait in queues to receive food distributed by the Greek army at a refugee camp in the western Athens’ suburb of Schisto. accept one Syrian refugee, for a total of 72,000 people to be distributed among European states.

In exchange for the help of Turkey – home to 2.7 million Syrian refugees – the EU will offer up to 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in aid, an easing of visa restrictions for Turkish citizens and faster EU membership talks.

The summit chairman, EU Council President Donald Tusk, and Rutte are scheduled to present Europe’s terms for an agree-

ment to Davutoglu.

If Davutoglu objects, the heads of state and government of the 28 EU nations will meet again to reconsider their position.

But Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel warned that Turkey must not expect a free ride.

“An agreement can be no blank cheque,” he said after the first day of the summit. “A deal is possible but not a certainty. We’d rather have no agreement than a bad agreement.”

Human rights groups and leading EU legislators have decried the plan as a cynical cavein, sacrificing universal rights to pander to a restless electorate fed up with hosting people who are fleeing war and poverty.

Even some leaders acknowledged the EU was walking a tightrope.

“It is on the edge of international law,” Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said before leaders signed off on the tentative deal.

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■ NORTH KOREA

Ballistic missile fired in act of defiance North Korea defied UN resolutions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea yesterday, Seoul and Washington officials said, days after its leader Kim Jong Un ordered weapons tests linked to its pursuit of a long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching the US mainland.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile fired from a site north of Pyongyang flew about 800 kilometres before crashing off the North’s east coast.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it wasn’t known what type of missile was fired, but a South Korean defence official, requesting anonymity citing department rules, said it is the first medium-range missile launched by the North since April 2014 when it fired two.

A senior US defence official said the Pentagon can confirm the missile launch, saying it appears to be a Rodong missile fired from a road-mobile launcher.

The official said the test violated multiple UN Security Council resolutions that ban North Korea from engaging in any ballistic and nuclear activities.

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The missile fired from a site north of Pyongyang flew about 800 kilometres before crashing off the north’s east coast.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said later its surveillance equipment detected the trajectory of a suspected second missile fired from a site where the North’s confirmed first launch occurred.

A Joint Chiefs of Staff statement said the object later disappeared from South Korean radar at an altitude of 17 kilometres and that it was trying to find out if a missile

had been fired or something else was captured by the radar.

Yesterday’s launch came amid a heightened international standoff over the North’s weapons programmes in the wake of its nuclear test and long-range rocket launch earlier this year.

In recent weeks, North Korea threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes against Washington and Seoul and test-fired short-range

missiles and artillery into the sea in response to tough UN sanctions imposed over its nuclear test and rocket launch. The North says it needs nuclear weapons to cope with what it calls US military threats.

Earlier in the week, North Korea’s state media said Kim had ordered tests soon of a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying warheads.

Kim issued that order while overseeing a successful simulated test of a re-entry vehicle aimed at returning a nuclear warhead into the atmosphere from space so it could hit its intended target, according to the North’s Korean Central News Agency.

This led South Korean analysts to suspect that the North would likely fire a missile soon to test the re-entry technology. Some analysts also predicted the North might fire a missile carrying an empty warhead, which contain trigger devices but lack plutonium or uranium, to see if those warhead’s parts can survive the high pressure and temperatures upon re-entry into the atmosphere and if they could detonate at the right time.

- AP

Paul Daniels, best known for The Paul Daniels Magic Show that regularly attracted 15 million TV viewers in Britain and was sold to 43 countries, has died after suffering from an inoperable brain tumor. He was 77. His publicist, Bex Colwell, said in a statement that Daniels died yesterday at his home in Berkshire, 95 kms west of London. “The TV star, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year, passed away peacefully at home with (his wife) Debbie at his side,” Colwell said.

Daniels, one of Britain’s bestknown magicians, didn’t take up the trade full time until he was 30.

- NZME

Plotting Trump’s demise Fearful of a Donald Trump nomination to lead the Republican party, conservative leaders huddled privately in Washington yesterday in search of a plan to stop the billionaire businessman.

His Republican rivals braced for another Trump victory next week, this time in delegate-rich Arizona.

The Republicans have an eager alternative in Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, yet some party leaders are exploring “other avenues” instead of rallying behind the fiery conservative, an ominous sign that Republican leaders’ deep dislike of Cruz complicates their overwhelming concern about Trump.

- AP

Raft crews rescued Fourteen crewmembers aboard two balsa rafts were rescued yesterday after the vessels were swept up in strong currents hundreds of kilometres off Chile’s coast. The Kon-Tiki 1 and 2 rafts set sail in early January from Chile’s Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean toward the port city of Valparaiso, Chile. However, strong currents pulled them far off course. The Chilean Navy said in a statement that the rafts were about 1600 kilometres west of Puerto Montt in southern Chile.

- AP

Two new ebola cases Two bodies tested positive for Ebola in Guinea, the government said yesterday, months after the outbreak was declared over in the West African country and hours after Sierra Leone announced the end of the recent flare-up of the virus there. The cases emerged from the same family out of Koropara, in the N’Zerekore prefecture, about 1000 kilometres southeast of Guinea’s capital, Conakry, said Ibrahima Sylla, a spokesman for the national coordination for the fight against Ebola.

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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Raising Boys’ and Raising Girls’.

MONDAY 4TH APRIL 2016

7PM @ THE WBHS AUDITORIUM PURCHASE TICKETS FROM WBHS OFFICE $40 PER PERSON Proudly sponsored by Oamaru House of Travel, Oamaru Northstar Motels Restaurant & Bar and Oamaru Paperplus

Please note that the evening may include some language which may be deemed offensive

TPP

Mid Canterbury Opportunity or Threat?

What Exactly Does it Mean for You?

The following skills and expertise are required: • Excellent understanding of agricultural machinery • Diesel mechanic certificate preferable but not essential • Heavy Vehicle and Drivers licenses (Class 4 with R and W endorsements) • Good computer skills • Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines • Able to liaise with staff and customers and have a strong customer focus • Excellent problem solving skills and a proactive attitude • Able to work extended hours when required A competitive remuneration package will be negotiated with the successful candidate.

If you are a motivated and trustworthy team player looking to join a reputable company then we would like to hear from you.

Confidentiality of all applicants will be respected.

Apply today to : Chris West Cochranes Email: chris@cochranes.net.nz Phone: 027 524 3555

Graeme Moore Cochranes graeme@cochranes.net.nz 027 433 2585

COCHRANES

your farm machinery specialist

Senior Hairstylist Wanted Painter Decorator We are a small local painting and decorating business specialising in new housing.

We are looking for an experienced and hard-working brush hand to join our team as soon as possible.

The applicant would need to be reliable and motivated, be able to follow directions and keen to deliver a high standard of work in the painting and decorating industry.

This is a full-time position that involves some travel to Christchurch.

If you are interested call: Nadia 03 307 6104 or 027 610 5106 email: peter.mcclelland@xtra.co.nz

Vivo Hair Salons are looking for passionate, experienced Senior Stylists to join our team.

We will consider full-time and part-time stylists.

Vivo is a busy salon group with a fun, exciting vibe and loyal clients! We need stylists with a flair for hair and a love for people to join our senior stylist team.

At Vivo we get excited about beautiful hair and believe that the best way to look after our clients is to look after our stylists. We love to have fun, are always positive (even on bad hair days!) and love to celebrate achievement.

Vivo have salons across New Zealand and we offer regular education and training events as well as monthly competitions and incentives in salon. You will definitely earn more with Vivo! If you are passionate about hair, love to create amazing work for your clients and have an ambition to want to be the best stylist you can be, call us today! It will be the best career move you will ever make!

Phone Lynden on 021 676 222

Complimentary BMC cocktail evening with Hon. Todd McClay Hear from the Minister with Q&A afterward.

St Joseph’s Catholic School Ashburton

Or email: jobs@vivosalon.co.nz

HOW TO BOOK Seats are strictly limited so book online now at www.businessmc.nz or call BMC now on 03 308 0290 (Priority given to BMC members)

Specialist Teacher Position

Martin Seed Dressing

COST

Complimentary

WHERE

Ashburton Trust Events Centre Bradford Room, 211 Wills Street

DATE

Thursday, March 31

TIME

6:00pm – 8:30pm

Hon. Todd McClay Minister of Trade Minister for State Owned Enterprises Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

Fixed term, part time, term time only.

We currently have a position available for an experienced Specialist Teacher to join our team, commencing May 5, 2016.

Attributes required to successfully fill this position include patience, compassion a friendly disposition and enthusiasm.

Prior experience in working with students with Autism is preferred but not necessary.

If you are interested in this position please email your CV to: principal@st-josephs.school.nz Applications close April 1,2016.

The world’s number 1 selling ATV! Available at D&E - see us for a test drive today!

ASHBURTON 832 East St 03 307 9911

www.dne.co.nz 0800 432 633

A full time permanent position is being offered to assist in our small seed dressing plant at Lyndhurst, 10km from Methven and 27km from Ashburton.

Experience is not essential as full training will be given to the successful applicant.

Operation of machinery and some heavy lifting is involved.

Please contact John Phone 302 1777 (wk), 027 388 6004 or 302 1839 (a/h)

Classifieds 32 Ashburton Guardian SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

You will be required Monday 10.30am to 1.30pm, Wednesday 8.15am to 4.45pm.

Duties include general childcare and light housework.

Must have some relevant childcare experience and a full drivers license.

Option also available Wednesday, 2.30pm to 5pm.

May suit a retired person who loves kids.

To discuss further please contact Sarah

0274 537 579

Part Time Staff Needed For Cafe Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

We are seeking an applicant with good people skills, honest and reliable.

Experience is not essential and training will be given to the right applicant also more work will become available to cover staff on leave.

Come in and see Margaret or Tash at the Macaroon Café Hinds, 03 303 7641

SITUATIONS VACANT

Production Planner

Nanny Wanted We are looking for someone who is honest, reliable, nurturing and can build a genuine relationship with our family to help care for our two boys aged four years and 10 months.

www.guardianonline.co.nz

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Niagara is an innovative sawmill, manufacturer and distributor of quality timber products. We export product all over the world, as well as supply building merchants and fabricators throughout NZ. As a company we pride ourselves on delivering outstanding service to our customers, it is vital that we deliver our product on time and in full.

Office Administration Due to an impending retirement, the Sales and Distribution site-inMaternity Ashburton is looking Coverto employ a

Production Planner. This appointment is a full time permanent position within an established production team responsible for developing and maintaining production plans that best utilises Niagara’s capacity to meet customer requirements.

Amongst other duties the role will include: • Developing and maintaining production plans • Ordering feedstock and tracking progress through production • Communicating with suppliers and customers on scheduling • Managing levels of selected stock Ideally the successful applicant will: • Have a high level of numeracy and computer literacy skills Niagara is an innovative sawmill, manufacturer, and • Have excellent communication skills distributor of quality timber products. We export product • Be well organised and have good time management skills all over the world, as well as supply building merchants • Demonstrate good attention to detail

and fabricators throughout NZ.

Having some knowledge of the timber industry would be an advantage but not critical as full training will be supplied.

The Sales and Distribution office in Ashburton is looking

If you require more information on the position or a detailed job description please contact: to employ an office administrator to cover maternity Phillip Townshend on 03 308 0007 or email: phillipt@niagara.net.nz

leave for a period no shorter than 8 months, beginning in April 2015. This will be a part time position of between Applications close March 31, 2016 and must include a cover25 letter to be considered. to 30 and hoursCV a week Monday to Friday. Please address to: Phillip Townshend Niagara Sawmilling Co. Ltd PO Box 332, Ashburton 7740 or email: phillipt@niagara.net.nz

Blackwell Contracting, Methven, require a part-time

Digger Operator

with immediate start.

Position could become full-time.

Phone or text 027 435 5697.

Teacher Aide Position

In this role you will keep our complex in a clean and tidy manner to ensure the centre is looking great for our users. Working hours will be every Saturday and Sunday morning, 9.00am to 1.00pm.

You’ll also need to be flexible to work additional shifts during the week to help cover any staff absences.

If you are trustworthy, have a high standard of work and a friendly manner then this could be the job for you.

Applications close 29 March 2016.

FOR DETAILED INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT:

www.niagara.net.nz/jobs

For more information on these vacancies and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you - please see our website.

Team MemberPHILLIP Customer Service TOWNSHEND 021 116 4696 • phillipt@niagara.net.nz [Trade Centre] Ashburton Warehouse - Full-Time Trade Centres service builders by providing a core range and deliveries to site.

Our team are focused on delivering in full and on time and ensuring customers are provided with reliable and efficient service.

If you are driven by putting a smile on a customer’s face and enjoy helping others, you would like working as part of the Bunnings team. As a team member at Bunnings, you will work in an informal environment that has retained a family feel.

You will have the autonomy to make decisions and have some fun along the way.

Relevant experience is helpful, but it’s your attitude and values that are the most important.

What you can expect to do: • Provide customer service to trade customers • Merchandising stock

St Joseph’s Catholic School Ashburton

Sports Facility Cleaner

What we need from you: • A passion for customer service • An ability to work in and contribute to a team • Attention to detail

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

Health and Safety Officer Grant Hood Contracting Ltd is a local family based Earthmoving and Civil Engineering Contractor.

A position has become available to manage our Health and Safety systems.

As the Health and Safety Officer you will be responsible for providing advice, support and leadership in Health and Safety across all business functions for Grant Hood Contracting Limited. You will ensure the company has the correct policies, procedures and documentation in place and will assist with the completion of site specific safety plans on all major projects whilst making sure they are adhered to.

We currently have a position available for a Teacher Aide to join our team, commencing May 5, 2016.

• Opportunity to actively support the local community

Attributes required to successfully fill this position include patience, compassion a friendly disposition and enthusiasm.

• Training

The applicant must: • Have proven experience in this or a similar role and a hands on approach so that they can hit the ground running • Have a thorough knowledge of current H&S legislation and the new H&S at Work Act 2015.

• Be comfortable in the construction industry - this is not a desk bound position • Have excellent communication and computer skills • Have a passion for keeping everyone at work safe • Be well presented and trustworthy

• Career opportunities

A full job description is available on request.

• Benefits Please apply in writing to Rachael Russell on email: ashburton@bunnings.co.nz

This is a part time role and competitive remuneration will be offered to the successful candidate.

Applications close on the Monday, 4th of April 2016.

To apply for this position, please send your covering letter and resume to:

Fixed term, part time, term time only.

Prior experience in working with students with special needs is preferred but not necessary.

• Strong verbal communication skills • You may also be required to work in other departments when required What’s in it for you?

• Flexibility • Team member and spouse discount

If you are interested in this position please email your CV to: principal@st-josephs.school.nz

Carolyn at carolyn@granthoodcontracting.co.nz Applications close on by Thursday, March 31, 2016

Applications close April 1,2016.

Guardian Motoring

307 7900

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

Happy Birthday

For just $10!*

Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10! Ten words only.*

Phone 03 307 7900 Email: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

(Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE) *Terms and conditions apply.

Level 3, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street

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PUBLIC NOTICES

FORD 8 & 10 ENTHUSIASTS CLUB

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PUBLIC NOTICES More Than Elements

RRP $94.99 now just $63.65

per roll

(SOUTH ISLAND)

Formed after its first meeting on Sunday 12 February 1995, our Club currently has 26 Members and their families.

This year the Club celebrates their:

21ST ANNIVERSARY

in Ashburton over Easter weekend. Among the celebrations planned are a Rally on Saturday, and a Field Test on Sunday afternoon.

Vehicles in our Club (including those vehicles not currently on the road) are the 7Y, Anglia (EO4A, E494A, 100E), Y, Prefect (E93A, E493A, 100E, 107E), Popular (103E, 100E), Fordson, CX, Thames, C, 107E and 7W. An invitation is extended to any past Members of the Club who may wish to join us for any part of the weekend. If you require further information you can contact the Club Secretary on (03) 3524156 or Hilary Butterick, one of our Foundation Members, on (03) 308 8741.

PLANTS, PRODUCE

FOR SALE

Peastraw - $6 Lucerne Hay - $12 Meadow Hay - $10

Rye Grass Straw - $8 Barley Straw - $7

(all conventional bales)

Pick up 15 Bryant St during office hours, Saturday mornings by appointment.

Free delivery within Town Boundary for orders over $200.

Colourplus Store of the Year 2007-2009-2011-2012-2013-2014 & 2015

Contact number 0800 QUIGLEY

118 Tancred Street, Ashburton Phone 03 308 3973 www.colourplus.co.nz www.facebook.com/AshburtonColourplus

No EFTPOS - CASH ONLY

Terms & conditions apply. See in-store for details.

RURAL TRADING POST

TRADES, SERVICES

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

TRADES, SERVICES

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable service contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989.

30 years local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD Discount card welcomed.

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

Royal Gala Apples .99c kg Celery Buttercup Pumpkin Tomatoes 500gm Plums 1kg

$1.49 ea $1.99 ea $1.99 bag $3.99 bag

PUBLIC NOTICES Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club Inc Annual General Meeting Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 8.00pm in K88 rooms at Plains Museum, Tinwald.

Specials available from 15/03 - 22/03

All welcome

OPEN 7 DAYS

Ross Worner, Secretary.

The Green Grocer Fresh Fruit & Vege

Main South Road Tinwald 308-1095

SERVICES:

Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire.

AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine cleaner and more. Call local distributor. Veehof phone 302 2911.

PLANTS, PRODUCE

KAKARIKI FLOWERS - Your local rose grower. Open to the public. Phone 307 2457.

45 Hollands Road, Tinwald.

al c o l r u o y k n a Th y! a d o t s p u o r g y r volunta Enter them in the Trustpower Ashburton District Community Awards online at: www.trustpower.co.nz/communityawards Collect an Entry Form from your council service centre, or phone the Trustpower Community Relations Team on 0800 87 11 11 There are cash prizes for the groups as well as a celebration dedicated to them.

Entries close Friday, April 8, 2016.

AUTO TRIM, CANVAS & SHADE

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

151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton Visit us at www.petermay.co.nz

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REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

OPEN HOME TODAY

Hastings McLeod Limited Licensed REAA 2008

Telephone 03 307 9176

INDUSTRIAL LAND

TENDER WEB ID AC48303

ASHBURTON Woollen Mills Drive

A bareland industrial site zoned Business D situated off Alford Forest Road. Comprising 1.28 ha (12,801sqm) this site is slightly irregular in shape providing for an affordable purchase option.

Rateable Value $305,000.

VIEW By Appointment TENDER closes Friday 25th March, 2016 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior)

Clark McLeod

Mobile 0274 322 194 Office 03 307 9183 clark@propertybrokers.co.nz

www.propertybrokers.co.nz REAL ESTATE

YOUR LOCAL

PAINTING PROFESSIONALS Contact us today on: Richard: 027 279 8952

Office: 308 9039

www.bradfords.co.nz

FOR SALE

Saturday, March 19, 2016 1.30pm - 2.30pm at 8 Orchard Grove

Phone 0274 491 871

YOUR OFF-ROAD DRIVER TRAINING SPECIALISTS 4WD on & off-road Quads / LUV’s Heavy Vehicles

Affordable in Braebrook $420,000 - $415,000 GV.

www.drivingforce.nz Or call 027 274 1580

Ph: 03 307 6336

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Trademe Ref: ESH 604

SCVCC 31ST ANNUAL SWAP MEET

For Rent Tancred Street office space.

Modernised offices in central west side location. Shared facilities - staff kitchen, bathrooms and large meeting room. Would suit a variety of small businesses.

Winchester Domain, SH1

Warehouse or storage space located on Cass Street (at south end).

Approx 75 square metres floor area.

Affordable monthly rent.

Enquiries welcome.

Please contact Sally to enquire on 307 8888 or 027 622 7748.

Garage and workshop for removal.

Refer Trademe No 1052269249

MOTORING

MOTORCYCLES

MOTORING

HARLEY Davidson Fat Bob 2009, 1584cc, 33,500 km, extras, ex cord. $18,000 ono.

03 308 7019 or 021 130 3792.

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

Guardian Real Estate

Saturday, April 2, 2016

LIVESTOCK, PETS

Stock for Sale

Gates open 7.30am

44 x in-calf X-bred Heifers

Car Display and something for everyone.

Average BW 154 PW 183

Site bookings Michelle Munro Ph 03 686 4824 or Email:scvccswapmeet @hotmail.com

Great line of animals, well grown.

www.southcanterbury vintagecarclub.co.nz No Dogs Allowed.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

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

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

307 7900

Immediate delivery $1,300 ONO Phone 0275 71 73 72

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

Daily Events Saturday 9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, coffee and hot food. Northern end West Street Car Park.

9am - 12pm CRAFT MARKET. Good variety of crafts. West Street Car Park. 9.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Community Garden, Thomson St. 9.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Sunday 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Harrison Street, Allenton.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Palm Sunday service led by Rev John Coutts, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

Monday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

9.45pm PLAINS LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Annual General Meeting. Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture

Community Garden, Thomson Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY HIRE. Open for toy hire. Methodist Church Baring Square.

10am SCOUTS FUNDRAISER. Car wash and sausage sizzle. Repco, corner East Street and Grey Street.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and golf croquet, new members welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street, Allenton.

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Golf croquet doubles. Waireka Philip Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON JOGGING AND WALKING GROUPS. Everyone young and old welcome, meet at the Domain Oval Pavilion (entrance off Philip Street).

6pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

7.30pm GLENYS DANCE GROUP. Sequence dance, St Patrick’s day theme.

Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

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

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Service and worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge.

Baring Square East.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Palm Sunday combined service at St Andrew’s. Havelock Street 10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

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

10am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

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

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131

Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

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

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Golf croquet casual. Waireka, Philip Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON DAHLIA CIRCLE.

Combined show with Canterbury Dahlia Circle. Tinwald Hall, entrance off McMurdo Street.

4.30pm - 6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth Group meet in the youth room.

48 Allens Road.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Reflective/Meditative service - on the theme “Hands”. Havelock Street.

Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play the last round of the Heartland. Ashburton Golf Club.

12noon - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Free lunch every Monday. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets, entry off Cass Street.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and golf croquet. New

members welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street, Allenton.

2pm GREY POWER ASHBURTON. Speaker Don Geddes, ADC Principal Fire Officer and Conservationist. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm

ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy week communion. Park street.

7.30pm CATHOLIC PARISH CENTRE. Euchre, all welcome. (not public holidays). Cnr Burnett and Winter Street.

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

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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FOR SALE

Oasis Sleep Pack

THE

• Plush feel.

• Features a Euro Top of Latex Gold®, Dreamfoam® and FusionGel+, along with the support of Pocket Springs to minimize partner disturbance for a great night’s sleep.

OASIS SLEEP PACK

Queen Pack

2 Sleepyhead memory foam pillows

WAS $4,999 Mattress protector & pillow protectors

NOW $1,999

*While stocks last.

NEW ZEALAND’S

LARGEST

East to Burnett Street, Ashburton VISIT US ONLINE TO FIND YOUR CLOSEST STORE WWW.BEDSRUS.CO.NZ 5269 Trading hours may vary between stores, Phone contact your (03) local store308 for details.

INDEPENDENT *Offer valid 22/02/2016 to 20/03/2016 or while stocks last. Excludes Everyday Dream Prices and clearance stock. Q Card and GE Finance lending criteria, fees, terms & conditions apply.

BEDDING GROUP

www.redmonds.co.nz

FURNISHINGS | FLOORING | BEDS | CURTAINS

LET OR LEASE

BUSINESS WANTED/SELL

Available from April.

5 year term.

Rakaia silt loam soils.

Above Highbank Power Station.

For conditions and inspection,

Hastings McLeod Ltd Licensed REAA 2008

Small Business Required

Three other franchise agreements are included in the sale.

Vehicles and equipment are ready for the new owner.

Current owner will stay on for a changeover period, but would be prepared to stay on for up to 12 months.

All welcome

Price on application.

Rev. David Bayne Ph 307 7355

Feel free to contact: Denis Trudgeon on 0274-411-659 or (03) 308 8159.

www.propertybrokers.co.nz

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

GARAGE SALES

SATURDAY 9am to 3pm at the old Community House, behind Westpac Bank, Tancred Street. Second hand clothing, baby gear, toys and surplus office equipment.

FOR SALE

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

WINTER grazing Overdale kale / grass and silage and good yards. Phone 027 284 0377.

We design, we build, we innovate.

BUSINESS NOTICES Physiotherapist Paul Annear Injury Management Available at 256 Moore Street.

Mondays and Thursdays

RENTAL

AVAILABLE for rent, sunny house with sunroom, three double bedrooms, two showers, dual heating. Quiet street in Allenton, single garage, easy-care section.

No animals, references required, available now long term. Phone 021 1799 265.

Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 0560

Jubilee Christian Fellowship

ARE you living in a sexual desert? Has the switch been turned off? If you prefer older women, call Kate for an offline membership. 027 662 1181 or check out privatearrangements.co.nz

CONVENTIONAL bales peastraw for sale. Weed free BEAUTIFUL, naughty Asian.

HIRE - $6 per bale delivered. Exciting, busty, great body.

GENERAL hire.

Lawn- Phone 027 390 0002.

Playful good time. Ph 022 mowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. FIREWOOD - Green old man 321 0270.

All your DIY / contracting pine $140, semi $170, semi CINDY, kiwi, attractive, long work, Call and see U-Hire blue gum $200, green blue hair, size 8, busty. Lots of fun.

Ashburton. 588 East Street. gum $160 per 3.6m³. Phone Phone calls only, private 027 Open Mon-Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Shane James Firewood 303 363 7916.

Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 7063.

8am - 5.00pm. – Ph: 308 SAVANNAH, bubbly mature 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co. SCOOTER’S - new and lady would suit mature secondhand three and four nz gentleman. Genuine calls wheel electric scooters and only, no texting, please. wheel chairs.

Call Fred Available 24/7.

Phone GRAZING at Electric 021 044 0698.

GRAZING wanted for store Reddecliffe Mobility Ashburton today. lambs mobs of 400 plus.

Phone 308-3602 ACCOMMODATION, Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

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

10am Every Sunday All welcome

Only you can fill my deepest longing, only you can answer my Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts hearts cry.

Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz 206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath 10am Ph 308 7511

Morning Service

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison Life 2 da Max (Kids Church)

Creche available Refreshments to follow 6pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

Have you lost your way in Life?

Join us this Sunday to discover HOPE for 2016.

Including Children’s church See you at cnr Cass & Cameron St’s Sundays @10.00am Everyone is welcome Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

Birthday Greetings

307 7900

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

OPEN OFFICE first Wednesday of every month! *Source: Nielsen CMI Q4 14 – Q3 15, All people aged 15+ in the Ashburton District TLA

63 Princes Street

A display yard can also be purchased or leased.

Confidentiality guaranteed

newsworksnz.co.nz

10.30am Worship Every Sunday

The business is currently run by a husband and wife team and 3 full-time staff.

Contact: Chris Murdoch 0274 342 545

Wrong! 9 out of 10 Kiwis in Ashburton read the newspaper every week.* If you’re going to believe everything you read, make sure you’re reading a newspaper.

Church Services

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You will be servicing the Mid Canterbury area.

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SKY SPORT 1

6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Taste Of A Traveller 0 10am Come Dine With Me PGR Noon Saturday Kitchen 1pm N Gino’s Italian Escape Chef Gino D’Acampo begins his second Italian Escape in Florence to examine the food that has shaped this Renaissance city.

1:30 Tales From Northumberland With Robson Green 0 2pm Location, Location, Location 30 3pm Border Security 3 0 3:30 Coastwatch 3 0 4pm River Monsters 0 5pm Robson Green’s Ultimate Catch PGR 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Posh Pawn 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 Posh Pawn Continued. 0 8:35 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:35 M Darling Companion AO 2012 Comedy Drama.

Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline.

6am Tiki Tour 3 0 6:25 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:30 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:40 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 7:05 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:25 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 7:50 Pokemon XY 3 0 8:20 Hulk And The Agents Of Smash 0 8:45 Adventure Time 3 0 9:10 Clarence 0 9:35 Mighty Med 10am Fresh 10:30 Step

By Step 0 11am Full House 0 11:30 Young And Hungry PGR 0 Noon The Fosters PGR 1pm Pretty Little Liars PGR 0 2:05 The Flash PGR 0 3:05 Supergirl PGR 0 4:05 The Amazing Race 0 5:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:35 Bear Grylls – Survival School 0 6:05 72 Hours 0 7pm M The Game Plan 2007 Comedy. An NFL quarterback living the bachelor lifestyle discovers he has an eightyear-old daughter from a previous relationship.

Dwayne Johnson, Madison Pettis. 0 9:05 M The Dark Knight AO 2008 Action. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show.

10:30 Baggage PGR 3 11am Million Dollar Listing NY PGR (Part 1) Fredrik, Luis, and Ryan reassemble in a reunion edition hosted by Andy Cohen.

Noon The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3 1pm America’s Next Top Model – Guys And Girls PGR 3 (Part 1) 0 2pm The Bachelor NZ PGR 3 0 3pm The Bachelor NZ PGR 3 4pm Grand Designs Australia 3 0 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 8:20 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 8:45 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 Animated series in which teen heroes face an evil organisation vying for world domination.

9:10 Power Rangers – Dino Charge 9:35 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Drake And Josh 3 5:30 Mr Young 3 6pm Victorious 3 6:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3

6am Home Shopping 11:30 NRL Fulltime Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2:30 The Taste 3 As the final draws closer, the contestants must make ‘sexy’ dishes.

3:25 The Big Spring Clean (Starting Today) 3 Andrew meets the staff at Petworth House, and discovers what happens when the doors are closed for the winter.

4pm River Cottage To The Core 3 5pm Addicted To Fishing 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Animal Heroes (Starting Today) 3 (Part 1) Two veterinary officers are in charge of transporting 50 dogs and 200 soldiers from the UK to Camp Bastion.

7pm M Kung Fu Panda 2 PGR 3 2011 Animated. Po and The Furious Five must defeat a villain who plans to use a secret weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu.

Voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman. 0 8:50 M Mission – Impossible II AO 3 2000 Action Adventure Thriller. 0

7pm Bullseye 3 Host Kellan Lutz and co-host Godfrey welcome eight new contestants to the Drift Car, Defying Gravity, and Puppetmaster challenges. 0 8pm The Biggest Loser Australia 3 9:50 Super City AO 3 10:20 Just Shoot Me! PGR 3 0 10:50 Baggage AO 3

7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 Father Brown PGR Soon after his poetry recital, Leonard Quinton is found hanging in the conservatory. When Father Brown realises he could not have committed suicide, he searches for a murderer.

8:35 Weekend Murders – Partners In Crime PGR 9:45 Rugby – Super Rugby

12:35 Happy Hour AO 3 Variety show hosted by Temuera Morrison and Keisha Castle-Hughes. 0 1:25 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:20 Infomercials 3:50 L Football – English Premier League Crystal Palace v Leicester from Selhurst Park in London.

12:05 M Scenic Route AO 2013 Drama Thriller.

Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler.

1:45 M Beautiful Creatures AO 2013 Fantasy Romance.

4:10 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

11:20 Blue Bloods AO 0 12:20 My Tattoo Addiction AO 3 1:20 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 3 7:30 Reno v Relocate 8am Secret Creatures Of Jao 8:30 Wildlife SOS 9am Shark Man 9:30 Luke Nguyen’s France 10am Paul And Nick’s Big American Food Trip 10:30 Million Dollar Contractor 11am Yard Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings Noon George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 1pm Gardeners’ World 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm The Liquidator 3:30 Buying Hawaii 4pm Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Cracking China 5pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 5:30 Poh And Co 6pm Getaway 6:30 Baby Animals In The Wild 7:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 8pm Travel Man 8:30 Lost Kingdoms Of Central America 9:30 Backroad Bounty 10:30 Getaway 3 11pm NZ Hunter Adventures

SUNDAY

Midnight Hugh’s Three Good Things 12:30 Poh And Co 1am Laurence LlewelynBowen Cracking China 2am Baby Animals In The Wild 3am Antiques Roadshow Detectives 3:30 Travel Man 4am Backroad Bounty 5am F Buying Hawaii 5:30 The Liquidator

11:15 Infomercials 5am Infomercials

11:45 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 7:30 Tribe 8am Matika 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Playlist 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Cam’s Kai 3 10:30 Kai Ora 3 11am Kawe Korero – Reporters 1:30 The Big Hit 2:30 Friday Night Lights PGR 3:30 Te Po Mekemeke 3 4pm Whawhai 4:30 Get Your Fish On PGR 3 5pm Kotiro Maori E3 5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 8:55 Pawn Stars PG 9:20 Survivor Marathon – Nicaragua PG 12:40 Combat Dealers PG 1:30 RBT MC 2pm Crash Investigation Unit M 2:25 Hardcore Pawn PGL 2:50 Parking Wars PGL 3:40 Law And Order – UK MV 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

7:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

US PG 8pm Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Hardcore Pawn PGL 9pm Call Of The Wildman PG 9:30 Combat Dealers PG 10:30 RBT MC 11pm Crash Investigation Unit M 11:30 By Any Means ML SUNDAY 12:25 Raw MVC 3:05 By Any Means ML 4am Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 4:25 Pawn Stars PG 4:50 Hardcore Pawn PGL 5:15 Survivor – Nicaragua PG

8am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Hurricanes v Force.

10am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Waratahs v Highlanders.

From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

Noon Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Bulls v Sharks. From Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria.

2pm Sky Sport News NZ 2:30 Sky Sport UK News 3pm Mountain Biking – Cape Epic (Highlights) Stage Five. The 93km route from CPUT Wellington Campus to Boschendal, South Africa.

3:30 World Rugby 4pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Hurricanes v Force.

4:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Waratahs v Highlanders.

5pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Sunwolves v Rebels. From Singapore National Stadium.

7:15 L Rugby – Super Rugby Crusaders v Kings. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

9:40 L Rugby – Super Rugby Reds v Blues. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

Midnight Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Crusaders v Kings. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch. 2am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Knights v Raiders. From Hunter Stadium, Newcastle. 4am L Rugby – Super Rugby Lions v Cheetahs.

SKY SPORT 2 6pm Waka Huia 3 6:30 M The Spongebob Squarepants Movie PGR 2004 Animated Adventure Comedy.

Voices of Jeffrey Tambor, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence.

8:05 Waiata 3 9pm M The English Patient AO 1996 Drama. Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliette Binoche.

11:35 Te Kaea 3 2 11:55 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Alcohol Myths. 7:30 MythBusters PG Motorcycle Flip. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:25 Alaskan Bush People M 10:20 Naked And Afraid M Surthrive. 11:15 Treehouse Masters PG Merry Fishmas!

12:10 Gold Rush PG 1:05 Naked And Afraid Pop-Up Edition M Yucatan. 2pm Mega Moves PG Huge Hovercraft. 2:55 Alien Mysteries PG 3:50 Railroad Australia PG 4:45 Alaskan Bush People M 5:40 Chaos Caught On Camera M 6:05 Chaos Caught On Camera M 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Restoration Wild PG 9:30 Railroad Australia PG 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Smart China PG SUNDAY Midnight Naked And Afraid M 12:55 Aeroplane Repo PG 1:50 Gold Rush – Alaska PG 2:45 Auction Kings PG 3:15 Dirty Jobs PG 4:10 Gold Rush – Alaska PG 5:05 MythBusters PG

Kung Fu Panda 2 7pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE 7am Mom’s Day Away M 2014 Drama. Bonnie Somerville, James Tupper. 8:20 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime Drama. Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo.

10:20 Mad Max – Fury Road 16VC 2015 Action. Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron. 12:20 The Broken Shore 16VLSC 2013 Thriller. Don Hany, Claudia Karvan. 2:05 Interstellar ML 2014 Sci-fi. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway. 4:50 Deliver Us From Evil 16VLC 2014 Horror.

Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez.

6:45 If I Stay M 2014 Drama.

Chloe Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley.

8:30 Godzilla MV 2014 Action.

Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen.

10:35 Dumb And Dumber To MVLSC 2014 Comedy. SUNDAY 12:25 Inside 16VC 2012 Horror.

1:50 Deliver Us From Evil 16VLC 2014 Horror. 3:45 She Made Them Do It MVLSC 2013 Crime. 5:15 The Making Of Mad Max – Fury Road MV 2015 5:35 Godzilla MV 2014 Action.

Father Brown

7:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 7am Fun With Dick And Jane ML 2005 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni. 8:30 Iron Man 2 MV 2010 Action. Robert Downey jr, Scarlett Johansson. 10:35 The Perfect Storm ML 2000 Adventure.

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane. 12:45 The Bounty Hunter MVLS 2010 Comedy.

Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston.

2:35 Fantastic Four PGR 2005 Action. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon. 4:20 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon.

6:35 Runaway Bride PGS 1999 Comedy. Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo.

8:30 The Happening 16V 2008 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel. 10pm Old School MLS 2003 Comedy.

11:30 Cold Creek Manor MVL 2003 Thriller. SUNDAY 1:25 Fantastic Four PGR 2005 Action. 3:10 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. 5:25 Runaway Bride PGS 1999 Comedy.

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

19Mar16

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Hurricanes v Force.

7am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Waratahs v Highlanders.

From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

7:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Wigan Warriors v Widnes Vikings.

8am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Bulldogs v Eels.

8:30 L Rugby League – Super League Leeds Rhinos v St Helens.

11:30 #SkySpeed Noon The F1 Show 12:30 Cricket 360 1pm Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Leeds Rhinos v St Helens.

1:30 Rugby League – UK Super League (Highlights) Wigan Warriors v Widnes Vikings.

2pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Bulldogs v Eels.

2:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Knights v Raiders.

4:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Newcastle v Mounties.

6:30 L Rugby League – NRL Knights v Raiders.

9pm L Rugby League – NRL Panthers v Broncos. From Pepper Stadium, Penrith.

11:30 L Rugby League – NRL Titans v Tigers.

SUNDAY

2:20 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Reds v Blues.

2:50 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Crusaders v Kings.

3:20 L Rugby – Six Nations Wales v Italy.

5:50 L Rugby – Six Nations Ireland v Scotland.

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TV THREE 6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am Born Naughty?

PGR 3 0 9:55 The Nation 0 10:55 Reality Trip PGR 3 0 11:40 Missing Pieces 3 0 12:05 N Arranged PGR 1:05 Motorsport – Super Trucks (Highlights) 1:30 Motorsport – Australian Carrera Cup Round three, Philip Island.

2pm Motorsport – Australian Carrera Cup Round four, Townsville.

2:30 Motorsport – NHRA Round one at Pomona in Southern California. 3:30 Motorsport – Monster Jam #1 4:30 Motorsport – D1NZ 5pm Ice Road Truckers 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Rural Delivery 3 0 6:25 The Fishing Show 0 7:10 Sunday 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae PGR 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:35 Fair Go 3 0 Noon Nature’s Great Events 0 12:55 Undercover Boss USA PGR 0 1:55 George Clarke – Restoration Man 3 0 2:55 Katherine Mills – Mind Games 0 3:55 Piha Rescue 0 4:25 Fishy Business 0 4:55 Micro Monsters With David Attenborough 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 7:30 Our First Home 0 8:30 Blindspot AO Jane and Weller go undercover as a top assassin couple to protect some lethal information; David must repair his relationship with Patterson. 0 9:30 Black Work AO 0 10:30 F Indian Summers AO 3 0

6am Tiki Tour 3 0 6:25 Sofia The First 3 0 6:50 The Octonauts 3 0 7:10 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 7:35 Get Ace 3 0 8am What Now Featuring – Country singer Kaylee Bell; the Iconic dance crew; the creators of Kiwi animation series Barefoot Bandits; the kidcammers report in from Auckland Polyfest.

10am Jessie When Jessie discovers Zuri is a chess prodigy, she encourages her to compete in a renowned chess competition. 0 10:25 The Voice 0 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2:30 A To Z 0 3pm Trophy Wife PGR 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 6pm F Thunderbirds Are Go 0 6:30 The Barefoot Bandits 0 7pm The Simpsons 0 7:30 Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud Clip show featuring animals with attitude. 0 8:30 M The Dark Knight Rises AO 2012 Action Thriller.

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway. 0

Midnight Q+A 3 Local politicalaffairs programme. 0 1am Attitude 3 0 1:30 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Infomercials

12:30 Infomercials 11:45 Filthy Rich AO 3 0 1:45 Embarrassing Bodies Down 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3 Under AO 3 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Switched At Birth PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Mythbusters PGR 3 Adam, Jamie, and Nik Wallenda must survive in one of America’s harshest environments using nothing but duct tape.

1pm Shearing Gang PGR 3 With shearers dropping like flies, shearing boss Peter Lyon must find replacements; the season also takes its toll on shearer Kelly Kristie.

1:30 Masterchef Junior USA 3 2:30 Idris Elba – King Of Speed PGR 3 3:30 Danger Beach 3 4pm Deal Or No Deal 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Life 3 7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 0 8:30 F Unforgotten AO Father Robert’s revelations have lasting repercussions; Caroline goes into premature labour; the search for Lizzie continues. 0 9:35 Elementary PGR 10:30 Limitless PGR 0

11:25 Infomercials 5am Infomercials

11:30 Life Is Toff AO 3 Francis befriends an injured jackdaw; Matilda’s fiery relationship with twin brother Arthur is tested as she launches the Fulford brand at a local farmers’ market.

12:05 Home Shopping

MAORI TV

6am IFish 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Lost Kingdoms Of Central America 8am F Buying Hawaii 8:30 Getaway 9am The Liquidator 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 10am Poh And Co 10:30 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Cracking China 11:30 Baby Animals In The Wild 12:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 1pm Travel Man 1:30 Backroad Bounty 2:30 Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 3:30 From Ireland To Sydney By Any Means 4:30 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 5pm Beyond River Cottage 5:30 Far Flung With Gary Mehigan 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 American Pickers Mike must make a big promise to get his younger brother to help haul the carnival ride back to Antique Archaeology’s offices.

8:30 M Kontiki PGR 2012 Adventure History. Pål Sverre Hagen, Gustaf Skarsgård.

10:30 The Time Of Our Lives AO 11:30 M Little Women, Big Cars AO 2012 Comedy Drama.

6:05 Survivor – Nicaragua PG 6:55 Survivor – Nicaragua PG 7:45 F Survivor – Nicaragua PG 8:35 Parking Wars PGL 9:25 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

11:55 Raw MVC 2:40 WWE Main Event MVC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 RBT MC 5:55 Crash Investigation Unit M 6:20 Call Of The Wildman PG 6:45 Combat Dealers PG 7:35 Covert Affairs MV 8:30 Bosch MVL 9:30 Bosch MVL 10:30 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 11:30 Covert Affairs MV 3

1:30 Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 2:30 From Ireland To Sydney By Any Means 3:30 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 4am American Pickers 5am Far Flung With Gary Mehigan

12:30 Smackdown MVC 2:10 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 3 3:05 Bosch MVL 3 3:55 Bosch MVL 3 4:45 Call Of The Wildman PG 3 5:10 Covert Affairs MV 3

MONDAY

7pm Si And Gary’s Now That’s Funny! 0 7:30 The Hunt PGR 0 8:30 The Night Manager AO Roper welcomes Pine into his inner circle, leaving Corky out in the cold; Burr has concerns for the safety of her source. 0 9:30 Live At The Apollo AO 0 10:30 F Hope And Wire AO 3 0

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake 3 Strawberry Shortcake and her friends have fun in Berry Bitty City.

7:20 Wonder Pets 3 7:45 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 7:55 Tree Fu Tom 3 8:45 Julius Jr 3 9:05 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:30 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm Victorious 3 6:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 7pm The Big Adventure 3 8:30 M Like Crazy PGR 2011 Romantic Drama. A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she is banned from the US after overstaying her visa.

Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence.

10:30 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

10am The Journey To Success 3 10:30 Media Take 11am Native Affairs 2016 3 12:30 Play PGR 3 1:30 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 2:30 Poitukohu – Nga Kura Tuarua 3:30 Rugby – French Top 14 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Tangata Taumata Rau PGR 7pm F The Big Sing 7:30 Rugby League – NRL

THE BOX

MONDAY

6:10 L Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Brumbies. From DHL Newlands, Cape Town.

8:25 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Reds v Blues. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

10:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Jaguares v Chiefs. From José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires.

1pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Hurricanes v Force.

1:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Waratahs v Highlanders.

From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

2pm Cycling – Milan-San Remo (Highlights) 2:30 L Netball – ANZ Championship Pre Season.

6pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Pre Season.

9pm Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

10pm Football – A-League (Highlights) Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory.

From Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Jaguares v Chiefs.

11pm Football – Arsenal TV Everton v Arsenal. From Goodison Park, Liverpool. 2am Football – A-League (Replay) Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Stormers v Brumbies.

SKY SPORT 2 (Highlights) Warriors v Storm.

8:30 M The Reluctant Fundamentalist AO 2012 Thriller Drama. In New York, a Pakistani native finds his American Dream has collapsed following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland.

10:50 Te Kaea 3 2 11:20 Karanga – The First Voice 3 11:30 Marae Kai Masters 3 11:50 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters v Jaws PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:25 Treehouse Masters PG 10:20 Restoration Wild PG 11:15 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 12:10 Shark Island M 1:05 Inventions That Rocked The World PG 2pm Gold Rush PG 2:55 Gold Rush PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Robson Green’s Australian Adventure PG 5:40 Railroad Australia PG 6:35 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 7:30 Surviving Exodus M 8:30 Alien Mysteries PG 9:30 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG 10:30 Tribe Alive PG 11:30 Wondernesia PG MONDAY Midnight Auction Hunters PG 12:30 MythBusters v Jaws PG 1:25 Gold Rush – Alaska PG 2:20 Auction Kings PG 2:45 Destroyed In Seconds PG 3:15 Gold Rush – Alaska PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 MythBusters PG

Blindspot

8:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:35 If I Stay M 2014 Drama.

Chloe Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley.

9:20 Dumb And Dumber To MVLSC 2014 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels. 11:10 Deliver Us From Evil 16VLC 2014 Horror.

Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez.

1:05 Godzilla MV 2014 Action.

Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen.

3:05 If I Stay M 2014 Drama.

Chloe Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley.

4:55 Chappie 16VLC 2015 Sci-fi.

Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman.

6:55 Tracers MVL 2014 Action.

Taylor Lautner, Marie Avgeropoulos.

8:30 Pixels PGVLS 2015 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

10:20 As Above, So Below MVL 2014 Horror. Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge.

11:55 A Broken Code MVLSC 2012 Crime. MONDAY 1:30 Bafta – A Life In Pictures: Martin Scorsese PG 2011 Documentary. 2am Forever 16 M 2013 Fantasy. 3:30 Pixels PGVLS 2015 Comedy. 5:15 Tracers MVL 2014 Action.

Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 7:30pm on TV2

MOVIES GREATS 7:20 Cold Creek Manor MVL 2003 Thriller. Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Juliette Lewis. 9:15 The Happening 16V 2008 Drama.

Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel.

10:45 Old School MLS 2003 Comedy. Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell. 12:15 Fantastic Four PGV 2005 Action. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon.

2pm Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama.

Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy.

4pm He’s Just Not That Into You MLS 2009 Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long.

6:10 Catch Me If You Can ML 2002 Crime. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks. 8:30 Mercury Rising MVL 1998 Action Thriller. Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride. 10:25 Children Of Men 16VL 2006 Drama. MONDAY 12:15 The Time Traveller’s Wife MV 2009 Drama. 2am The Making Of Sex And The City 2 PG 2:15 Catch Me If You Can ML 2002 Crime. 4:35 Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama.

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

20Mar16

8:20 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Crusaders v Kings. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

8:50 L Rugby – Six Nations France v England. From Stade de France in Paris.

11am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Three Saturday.

11:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Warriors v Newtown. From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

1:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Warriors U20 v Storm U20. From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Storm. From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckand.

5:50 The After Match Awen Guttenbeil and guests discuss the big issues in rugby league.

6:30 Golf Central An in-depth analysis and breaking news on everything that is happening in the world of golf.

7:30 L Golf – European Tour Indian Open – Round Four. From New Delhi, India.

MONDAY

Midnight Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Dragons v Rabbitohs.

12:30 Football – Chelsea TV Chelsea v West Ham United.

3:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Warriors v Storm.

4am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Dragons v Rabbitohs. From the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SINCLAIR, David Neil Please note all late death (Neil) – notices or notices sent 12.11.40 - 27.2.16 outside ordinary office hours Jeanette, Nikki and Mike, must be emailed to: Garth and Julie, Craig and Ali deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz and the nine grandchildren to ensure publication. sincerely thank everyone for During office hours notices their many expressions of sympathy following the loss of may also be sent to: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz our very much loved Neil.

Your many shared thoughts, Any queries memories and support shown “Tight lines” please contact through cards, calls, visits, 0800 ROBERTSON, Angus baking, flowers and ASHBURTON attendance at Neil’s life Graeme, (Graeme, Boss, (0800-274-287). celebration are humbly and Gus) – Dad passed away peacefully gratefully appreciated. Thank on March 17, 2016 at you also for the generous Ashburton Hospital donations to Palliative Care surrounded by his loving which will assist them to family. Aged 78 years. Dearly continue their work in loved husband of the late Ashburton. Our thanks also to Janice. Much loved and MID CANTERBURY St David’s Union Church FUNERAL SERVICES respected father and father in members and the Rev. law of Phillip (Robbo) and Mbambo for your prayers, Galbraith’s provide choice!

Lanise, Vivienne and Evan and assistance at the service.

We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s Marshall, Carolyn Robertson celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, Special thanks to the and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering. and Paul Bailey, Darryl and provide choice!

Ashburton Palliative team and We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to Joanne, Wayne Robertson Ward 1 staff for their care and reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Call us on and Linda Adamson, Michelle your family. for sharing Neil’s wonderful Call us on 308 3980 and Brendon Preece. Loved 308 visit 3980 our new premises atsense of humour throughout grandad of Michael andor call in and illness. This support and Ashleigh, and Trudy; the late or 246 callHavelock in andStreet visit his love shown over this time has Catherine Marshall; Brad and our new premises at been a great comfort for all Leanne Colville, Tim Colville Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams those who miss him dearly. and Gemma Langford; Cory, 246 Havelock Ashley, and Erica; Harry Street FUNERAL Preece, and great grandad to Sophie, and Jack; Dyllan, andOfficial Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm FURNISHERS Layton; and Millie.

IN MEMORIAM MASTER “You are finally at peace Dad, and now together with mum MONUMENTAL MASON and Catherine.”

E.B. CARTER LTD Messages to Robertson For all your memorial Family, P O Box 472, requirements Ashburton 7740. The family New headstones and designs would like to extend a BYRON, Phoebe Renovations, heartfelt thank you to the 08-11-1933 - 19-03-2006.

Additional inscriptions, wonderful staff at Ashburton Ten years. Not a day passes.

Cleaning and Concrete work Hospital, doctors , nurses and Mum, you are never Carried out by qualified carers. A service to celebrate forgotten. In our hearts and tradesmen.

Graeme’s life will be held at thoughts. We so miss you. our Chapel Cnr East and Cox Love Margaret, Bruce, 620 East Street Ashburton Ashburton on grandchildren and great Ph/Fax 308 5369 Streets, or 0274 357 974 TUESDAY, March 22, grandchildren. ebcarter@xtra.co.nz commencing at 2.00pm.

NZMMMA Member Followed by cremation at the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ashburton Crematorium.

Paterson’s Funeral Services BURRELL, Jane Margaret – Jane’s family wish to FDANZ Ashburton sincerely thank all those who Ph 307 7433 supported us by sending flowers, baking, letters, cards ROBERTSON, Angus and donations to the Graeme (Graeme) – Arohanui Hospice during the Loved brother-in-law of loss of a very special person.

Valmai and Raymond Thank you to all those who Mitchell, Dawn and Bevis attended the funeral and Begg, Sheryl and the late Lex celebration services and Walker (Invercargill) and helped us celebrate the life of loved uncle of his nieces and someone so very dear to us nephews. all. As many addresses are unknown, please accept this as a personal WINCHESTER, Nannette acknowledgement.

Mary (Nan) – On March 16, 2016 at Princes CHAMBERS, Richard Court, Ashburton. Dearly (Rich) – We help save loved wife of the late Mervyn. Sue, Noeline, Rex and Bailey would like to thank everyone lives every day Loved mother and mother in law of Heather and Peter most sincerely for the through the Seed and loved Nanma of messages of sympathy and personal kindnesses after the research and and Henry.

William, Messages to the Winchester sad loss of a much loved development Family P O Box 472, partner, son, brother and uncle.

Please accept this as a of improved Ashburton 7740. Sincere thanks to the wonderful staff personal acknowledgement to diagnosis, be er at Princes Court. A service to you all. prediction and celebrate Nan’s life will be held at St Stephen’s Anglican treatment of Church, Park Street, heart disease Ashburton on MONDAY, March 21, commencing at in our hospital 1.00pm.

Followed by and community. interment at the Ellesmere CRUM, Alice Eleanor – Cemetery.

Max and Nicky, Barry and Paterson’s Funeral Services\ Pam, Brian and Karen and FDANZ Ashburton their families sincerely thank Ph 307 7433 all their family and friends for the kindness and love shown to us all with the recent loss of our dear mother, nana and great nana.

“Memories are forever.”

Celebrant

RANGIORA RA

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

DEATHS

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mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers 30 to 59

fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

snow

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60 plus

TODAY

FZL: Above 3000m

Rain with heavy falls about the divide.

Mainly fine further east, but high cloud and a few spots of rain in the south in the morning.

Wind at 1000m: Gale NW 70 km/h in exposed places.

Wind at 2000m: Severe gale NW 90 km/h in exposed places.

Fine, with high cloud at times. Northerlies, strong in exposed places.

TOMORROW Fine with high cloud. Northerlies.

MONDAY

TOMORROW

Fine with high cloud. Northerly winds.

FZL: Above 3000m

Rain about the divide, possibly heavy. Fine with high cloud further east.

Wind at 1000m: NW 55 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: Gale NW 70 km/h in exposed places.

TUESDAY Mainly fine. Northerly winds.

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

Further rain about the divide, possibly heavy. High cloud with a few spots of rain elsewhere. Strong northwest easing a little.

High cloud increasing, a few spots of rain later. Northeast winds.

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7:59 2:09 8:16 2:37 8:45 2:57 9:02 3:23 9:27 3:40 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Rise 7:34 am Set 7:47 pm

Good

fine

Hamilton

fine

Napier

fine

Good fishing Set 3:02 am Rise 5:31 pm

Full moon

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Rise 7:35 am Set 7:45 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 4:02 am Rise 6:05 pm

Last quarter

1 Apr www.ofu.co.nz

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Happy Birthday

9:45

Rise 7:36 am Set 7:43 pm

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Good fishing Set 5:01 am Rise 6:37 pm

New moon

7 Apr 11:25 pm

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For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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Palmerston North shower Wellington

fine

Nelson

showers

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

rain

Christchurch

fine

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

rain

Dunedin

fine

Invercargill

fine

River Levels

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cumecs

1.05

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 1:10 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:00 pm, yesterday 108.4 Nth Ashburton at 1:15 pm, yesterday

3.91

Sth Ashburton at 1:35 pm, yesterday

4.75

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:25 pm, yesterday

59.0 nc

Waitaki Kurow at 1:30 pm, yesterday

381.5

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

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Auckland

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TODAY

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rain

Saturday, 19 March 2016

A northeast flow covers the North Island. Meanwhile, northerlies over the South Island strengthen ahead of a trough which moves east onto the south of the South Island tomorrow before stalling. Northeasterlies strengthening over the country Tuesday and Wednesday, as another trough develops over the Tasman Sea.

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 19.8 20.9 Max to 4pm 6.4 Minimum 1.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm March to date 33.8 Avg Mar to date 35 2016 to date 140.6 143 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 19 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 43 Time of gust 10:43am

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E 35 E 52 12:53pm

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Puzzles Saturday, March 19, 2016

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ACROSS 1. Chooses the best people for Chekhov play? (6-5) 9. Cross one at being reintroduced (5) 10. Used delaying tactics to accord with promise Ted made (10) 11. In being intoxicated I’m as far as I can go (5) 12. How else can it make it pure? (7) 14. Reg will feast one with drink (3) 15. Some celebration to do with naughty child (4) 16. He’s wild about PC, Adam is (6) 17. Confusion exists where servicemen eat together (4) 21. Attempt to keep nothing in Helen’s place (4) 22. Those heavenly twins of mine may be held by American soldier (6) 23. How can a peasant show the back of his neck? (4) 26. Starts round another sheer headland (3) 27. A thrill suffered for sins of a sort (7) 29. Am to introduce Heath to the New World (5) 30. Make one clip lilac and produce a mustard pickle (10) 31. With American backing, his might be a dish from Japan (5) 32. Not knowing where one is desired on it maybe (11)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 7. Follow-through 8. Sweethearts 12. Parish 14. Taxing 16. Ethics 18. Cruise 19. Spread-eagle 23. Incombustible Down 1. Loss 2. Flue 3. Switch 4. Threat 5. Sour 6. Ages 9. Worship 10. Trivial 11. Ague 12. Plea 13. Sic 15. Air 17. Shabby 18. Cheese 19. Song 20. Rook 21. Grip 22. Eels QUICK Across 1. Gesticulate 8. Miracle 9. Sober 10. Limp 11. Splurge 12. Cry 13. Solo 15. Took 17. Cue 19. Ice over 20. Blot 23. Felon 24. Against 25. Pretentious Down 1. Gamble 2. Scrum 3. Itch 4. Uneasy 5. Absolute 6. Embargo 7. Cursed 12. Convince 14. Overlap 16. Differ 17. Create 18. Status 21. Lingo 22. Bait

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DOWN 2. Where to put up what’s stolen by the Spanish (5) 3. Sorry to be lying on the ground with a soldier (9) 4. Zoroastrian descendant coming bottom in physical education (6) 5. In case cads should turn to the falls (8) 6. With novice driver inside, will edge along furtively (5) 7. Declare one a defaulter in a field event (6) 8. It is due to tin – or absence of one – that makes poverty (11) 12. British Lower House seen to differ as to nous (6,5)

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13. Objectives one doesn’t go on with (4) 18. Destroy micro-organisms in series lit in such a way (9) 19. Tsar’s cavalry would plunder within a certain distance inside India (8) 20. Bargain over the beer-barrels (4) 24. Is the South to nose about being so prim? (6) 25. The business that is extramarital (6) 26. Swift attack made when quietly enheartened (5) 28. Suppose nothing will waste away (5)

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ACROSS 1. Practise (8) 7. Fad (5) 8. Deliberate (2,7) 9. Mythical creature (3) 10. Binds (4) 11. Vendor (6) 13. Unsatisfactory (13) 15. Resolve (6) 16. Secular (4) 18. Alcoholic drink (3) 20. Wedlock (9) 21. Swelling (5) 22. Amicable (8)

DOWN 1. Perch (5) 2. Unfortunate (7) 3. Askew (4) 4. Eventually (6,2,5) 5. Gradually reduce (5) 6. Danger sign (3,4) 7. Upper limit (7) 12. Perfect example (7) 13. Undress (7) 14. To sum up (2,1,4) 15. Odour (5) 17. In a shy manner (5) 19. Taunt (4)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Humour is magic. If you don’t have enough laughter in your life, you don’t have enough magic. The funny people you know are golden treasures, and you will treat them as such because you’re an emotional genius.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Social graces are so much more important than they seem. Reach out to that shy person. It’s not that big of a deal for you, but it will be huge in the other person’s lens.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Go ahead and orient yourself to your own needs. This isn’t selfish, you know. It’s actually smart, and you’re doing someone else a favour by providing for yourself.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): If you didn’t make the kind of impression you wanted to make on someone, you’ll get a second chance. So think about it this time -- exactly what are you going for?

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The talkers will annoy you.

It’s because this isn’t your nature. You can’t see the point in talking a good game. In fact, you prefer not to talk at all as you get down to whatever it is you need to do to produce your deliverables.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The other person clearly isn’t asking what can be done to help you out. Maybe it’s because you’re so self-sufficient.

Anyway, if you want help, you’re going to have to ask directly for exactly what you need.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You have the best ideas, and perhaps you’ll have more of these ideas than others know what to do with. Write things down and you can figure out your presentation later.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Have you gotten away from the basics? Food, water, rest, warmth – and love. Check each box. You’ll be surprised how much better things go when you are, for instance, hydrated.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Stress isn’t attractive or interesting to others. That’s why you never lead with how “stressed out” you are, even if it’s true. Being fun is harder than being anxious, but you make the effort and get the payoff, too.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Don’t accept the pressure someone is putting on you. For the pressure to be real, you have to agree to it. Don’t agree and it goes away. It’s really as simple as that.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The one who says sorry is actually testing the waters. Listen between the lines. Is this an apology or a way to find out where the boundaries are?

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Romance, for all its beauty, also threatens your comfort zone. You’re trying to figure out how far you’re willing to stray from the pleasantness you’re used to.

OPEN HOMES

SATURDAY 19TH MARCH 27 Grey Street, Ashburton

9:45 - 10:15am

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26 Mitchell Place, Ashburton

10:00 - 10:30am

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12 Hanrahan Street, Ashburton

10:30 - 11:00am

3

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2

122F Tarbottons Road, Tinwald

10:30 - 11:00am

4

2

2

22 Buchanan Place, Ashburton

10:45 - 11:15am

3

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127 Cameron Street, Ashburton

11:00 - 11:30am

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19 Coniston Drive, Ashburton

11:00 - 11:30am

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Cawton Grove, Tinwald

11:00 - 11:30am

19 Russell Avenue, Ashburton

11:00 - 11:30am

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73B Spaxton Street, Methven

11:00 - 11:45am

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2

2

49 Ludlow Drive, Ashburton

11:15 - 12:00pm

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2

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6 Catherine Street, Tinwald

11:15 - 11:45am

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11 Sudbury Street, Ashburton

11:30 - 12:00pm

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10 Mason Place, Ashburton

11:30 - 12:00pm

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2 Avalon Grove, Ashburton

11:45 - 12:15pm

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Sections

81 Harland Street, Tinwald

12:00 - 12:30pm

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42 Charlesworth Drive, Ashburton

12:30 - 1:00pm

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17 Buchanan Place, Ashburton

12:45 - 1:15pm

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26 Suffolk Street, Ashburton

12:45 - 1:15pm

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44 Spaxton Street, Methven

1:00 - 1:30pm

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5 Manse Place, Ashburton

1:30 - 2:00pm

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2 Westpark Close, Ashburton

2:00 - 2:30pm

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14 Wakanui Road, Ashburton

2:00 - 2:30pm

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39 Queens Drive, Ashburton

3:00 - 3:30pm

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87 Belt Road, Ashburton

11:00 - 11:30am

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11 Glassey Drive, Ashburton

11:30 - 12:00pm

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37 Hanrahan Street, Ashburton

11:45 - 12:15pm

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6 Millibrook Place, Ashburton

12:30 - 1:00pm

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30 Dunford Street, Rakaia

12:30 - 1:00pm

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5 Carters Road, Ashburton

12:30 - 1:00pm

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SUNDAY 20TH MARCH

61 Eton Street, Ashburton

12:30 - 1:00pm

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16 Kerr Street, Ashburton

1:15 - 1:45pm

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5 Carters Road, Ashburton Where town meets country

* 4 bedrooms * Master with large ensuite * Storage galore * Modernised kitchen * Separate lounges x2 with compliant log fires * Moisture master system * Separate laundry * Extra living space with own log fire and loft bedroom * Double internal access garaging plus plenty of off street parking * 2000m2 section, well fenced with mature garden * Freshly painted exterior, including the roof

Deadline sale closing 23rd March 2016 at 4:00pm Open Home Sunday 12:30pm 1:00pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21129 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

5 Manse Place, Ashburton

1:15 - 1:45pm

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50a Beach Road, Ashburton

1:30 - 2:00pm

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55 Grayburn Road, Ashburton

2:15 - 2:45pm

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37 Hanrahan Street, Ashburton

26 Suffolk Street, Ashburton

87 Belt Road, Ashburton

* Renovated cottage with great garaging * 2 bedrooms * 1 bathroom * Open plan living

* 4 bedrooms(all with good storage) * Master with walk in robe & ensuite * Open plan modern galley kitchen & living * Separate lounge with gas fire

For Sale $275,000 Open Home Satruday 12:45pm - 1:15pm

* Deadline sale closing 4pm,7 April 2016

* Entry foyer, Study * 4 Bedroom * 2 bathrooms, 2 WC * Walk in wardrobe, sep laundry * Double garage with internal access Offers over $499,000

Open Home Sunday 11:00am - 11:30am

Open Home Sunday 12:30pm - 1:00pm

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4 bedrooms (master with ensuite & WIR) Double living spaces Entertainers kitchen stunning bathroom, separate toilet & laundry

For Sale $679,000 Open Home Sunday 11:45am - 12:5pm rwashburton.co.nz/ AHB21117

16 Kerr Street, Ashburton

* 3 bedrooms (all with good storage) * Single bathroom (shower over the bath, vanity, heater & heated rail) * Separate laundry & toilet * Open plan kitchen, dining, living area For sale $295,000 Open Home Sunday 1:15pm - 1:45pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21139

6 Millibrook Place, Tinwald

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21138

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21140

5 Manse Place, Ashburton

61 Eton Street, Ashburton

50a Beach Road, Ashburton

Open Home Sunday 12:30pm - 1:00pm

Open Home Sunday 1:30pm - 2:00pm

- 3 bedrooms - 1 sizeable bathroom - Double internal access garage - Open plan kitchen, dining, living - Separate lounge + office nook Offers over $469,000 Open Home Sunday 1:15pm - 1:45pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21152

* 3 bedrooms plus office/study * Tidy bathroom with separate toilet * Open plan kitchen, dining, living area * Freshly painted throughout * Well heated and insultated For Sale $299,000 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21153

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21142

An extremely tidy + spacious Townhouse. Cleanlinesa, fresh decor and positioned ever so close to the Beach Road Shopping Centre. This well designed two bedroom Townhouse is set on a 459sqm fully fenced section with double garage and internal access.

Offers over $347,000 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21149