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Bieber fans brawl in Paris Justin Bieber caused a fan frenzy during a radio appearance in Paris yesterday (NZ time) after a fight broke out among devotees who had gathered in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the pop superstar. The singer has been busy promoting his new single What Do You Mean? in Europe this week, and hundreds of people crowded the street outside the station building to show their support for the 21-year-old in his first trip to the city since 2012. However, as they waited for Bieber to emerge, some started pushing and shoving, prompting a brawl to erupt among the throng.

Video footage of the incident has since surfaced online, showing at least one girl on the verge of tears as she emerged with a bloody nose.

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Kayaker picks up hitch-hiker An Auckland man out kayaking this week gave a lift to a seal, who jumped aboard for about five minutes. In just his second outing on his new kayak, Henry Han was joined by the animal on Wednesday afternoon. Mr Han was out fishing off the Thames Coast, near Waikawau, when he spotted the seal. He snapped images on his phone and sent them to workmate Martin Plom. “Much to his surprise, the seal jumped on board,” Mr Plom said. “[Mr Han] had looked across and seen this seal swimming. He paddled a little bit closer and it swam over and jumped on board and just sat on the kayak for five minutes, resting and sunning itself – quite a shock.” The seal then hopped off and swam away.

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New Zealand’s first hip-hop dance movie has made waves at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, with the final session being attended by singer Janet Jackson. Kiwi singer-actor Stan Walker features in the film and said it premiered to “a full house of clapping, cheering, laughing and crying”. “We just premiered our film at Toronto Film Festival ... So blessed 2 be on the other side of the world 2 watch people love and enjoy our film,” Walker posted on social media. Directed by Tammy Davis, Born to Dance tells the story of Tu Kaea, a teenage boy from Papakura who gets the chance to audition for the best hip-hop crew in the country but has to go behind the backs of his home crew and his best friend Benjy, played by Walker. Tia Maipi plays Tu Kaea.

Hollywood actress Jessica Alba was convinced she had been caught up in a major emergency at a fashion show over the weekend when she was shoved out of the way by bodyguards escorting reality TV star Kylie Jenner. The star was attending an event at New York Fashion Week and reports suggested she had become caught up in a clash with a security team hired to protect Kim Kardashian’s younger halfsister. Alba has now confirmed the incident and compared it to a move in ice hockey known as bodychecking, in which players are brutally shoved out of the way. “I got like body checked... Yeah, and it was like, by two of them (Jenner’s bodyguards). I was like, ‘Whoa, whoa! What’s happening?’“ she told US TV show Watch What Happens Live.

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Flag fanatic flies his pick A Mount Maunganui man says his decision to fly one of the new proposed Kiwi flags up a 6m flagpole at his home has drawn huge attention and mainly positive feedback.

Robert Miller said his new red and blue flag with a silver fern was a recent 65th birthday gift from a mate who lives in the South Island, and his friend also had another nine made. The flag-flying fanatic said he had been flying this flag up his flagpole for the past two or three days and there had been mainly positive feedback from his neighbours and passers-by. “... It seems many young people do want a new flag, but more older people want to keep the current one,” he said. Mr Miller said he chose to fly the red and blue flag design because he does not like the other three choices and believed the mainly black flag should be left for sporting codes. “I also think the proposed red peak flag design is rubbish, it should be thrown away.”

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West Street Using a cellphone: 26 people Eating: 13 people

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■ DISTRACTED DRIVERS

Cellphone laws ignored

By Daisy HuDson

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An Ashburton District Council employee was one of dozens of motorists observed eating, using a cellphone, applying makeup, and even reading while driving in Ashburton this week.

Dozens of distracted motorists were spotted by Guardian reporters during two separate observation periods this week.

Reporters observed traffic on both East Street and West Street for half an hour each this week following the launch of a nationwide police operation targeting distracted drivers.

The operation was prompted by concerns over the rising number of people using cell-

phones while driving.

During a 30 minute period on Thursday afternoon, 26 motorists were spotted flouting the law and using a cellphone while driving on West Street – including one person driving a council vehicle.

Environmental services group manager Jane Donaldson said the council did not condone its staff using phones while driving, and she would raise the issue with the person involved.

During the same period, 13 drivers were seen eating while behind the wheel.

The same experiment was carried out yesterday, this time on East Street.

In the space of just half an hour, 10 people were seen us-

ing a cellphone and seven were spotted eating and driving.

The pull of a good book was also clearly too much for one motorist, who was snapped reading as he drove.

Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said sadly, the results did not come as a surprise.

“Twelve per cent of all crashes are caused by distraction,” he said.

“There were also 21 deaths attributed in New Zealand over the past 12 months to people being distracted while driving.”

Ashburton police staff were actively writing tickets for people using cellphones while driving, he said.

The current operation will continue throughout Septem-

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ber and those caught will receive a $80 Infringement Offence Notice and 20 demerit points on their licence.

The number of motorists caught using cellphones while driving in the Mid/South Canterbury district rose from 262 between January and June last year to 297 this year.

Officer in charge of road policing operations Senior Sergeant Scott Richardson said motorists should pull to the side of the road and stop in a safe area before using cellphones.

“We urge drivers to consider whether a phone call or text is worth the risk of a crash, fine or loss of life,” he said.

“No call or text is that important.”

A woman who was in the early stages of pregnancy when she was viciously beaten and raped on a popular walkway in the middle of the day begged her attacker not to hurt her because she was carrying a baby.

Her pleas to the teen, who held a knife to her throat and was high on magic mushrooms, were in vain.

She was so badly hurt she couldn’t even shed a tear afterwards.

“All I wanted to do was cry, but that was too painful,” the woman said yesterday when reading an emotional victim impact statement to the Wellington District Court.

She also revealed how she and her husband had been through IVF treatment and an embryo had been transferred to her the week before the June 11 attack.

Just that morning the woman felt early signs of pregnancy and a blood test was soon expected to confirm this.

“As I set off on my lunchtime walk I was so happy thinking about how we would celebrate the good news,” she said.

Yesterday, a screen stood between the professional woman and her teenage rapist Bailey Meredith, 17, so she wouldn’t again have to see his face.

He wasn’t keen on being seen anyway, hanging his head so low in the dock that only his shoulder blades were visible. He rose up only slightly as the judge imposed her sentence.

Meredith was jailed for eight years for the attack on the woman, who cannot be identified, who was on her regular lunchtime walk.

He had previously admitted a charge of rape, four of sexual violation and one each of abduction, wounding with intent and threatening to kill.

The court heard the chilling details of the prolonged attack. It began when Meredith grabbed the woman from behind.

Even after she said she might be pregnant, Meredith violated her. He kicked and stomped on her, breaking her ribs and smashing teeth. She lost consciousness.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT VALUATION

In brief

Houses only 18% of value

By Sue NewmaN

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Houses might make up 63 per cent of the Ashburton District’s properties, but they make up just 18 per cent of its capital value.

QV’s July 1 revaluation gives the district’s 9832 residential properties a capital value of $3.1 billion, up 16 .4 per cent on the July 2012 valuation figure.

Ashburton’s east led the way in rising capital values at 19.1 per cent.

The district, as a whole, has a new capital value of $16.7 billion, a 23.9 per cent rise over 2012 and 38 per cent over 2009.

While farms across all categories make up almost 70 per cent of the district’s capital value, they make up less than 20 per cent of the property mix.

Valuations were carried out over the past two months and are pegged at July 1.

A team of seven valuers, three dedicated to rural areas, worked across the district in

what is the first valuation for the year to be completed in the South Island.

National revaluation manager Gail Smits presented the new district valuations to Ashburton District councillors and staff on Thursday.

She described the growth in values in Ashburton as a lot steadier than in many traditional rural servicing towns.

Property owners will receive their new valuations next week and will have until October 29 to lodge an objection if they believe their valuation is too high or too low.

While a property’s valuation is used by the Ashburton District Council when it determines how much each property is rated, the capital value figure plays a much smaller part in a rates bill than most people think, says council finance manager Sandy Hogg.

Rates are made up of several categories of charges with rates impacting on general, roading and amenity services.

A rise in a property’s capital value would have a greater im-

Value by sector

Clarification The photograph used on the front page of yesterday’s Guardian should have been credited to professional photographer Julian Apse (www.julianapse.co.nz).

Domestic incidents Ashburton police attended two domestic incidents overnight on Thursday. The first was in Netherby at 7.20pm, while the second was in Hampstead at 12.08am.

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pact on a rural owner than on an urban one, Ms Hogg said.

She estimated about 40 per cent of an urban rates bill would be affected by a rise in a

property’s capital value.

Valuations will be available for viewing on the council’s web and on QV’s website site next week.

■ STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL

Centre expected to be operational by New Year

Late winter might be a slow time for hospitality businesses, but the Ashburton Trust still managed to turn over $1.23 million in sales.

Turnover was slightly below expectations, but in August there was strong growth in offpremises sales, said trust acting chief executive Robert Reid.

He anticipates sales across all premises will grow over the next few months. By managing payroll and other costs during August, the trust was tracking well against its budget, Mr Reid said. Over the rest of the financial year there would be a focus on reducing costs while maintaining revenue at expected levels, he said.

Employment stable Dairy farm workers are still in demand on Mid Canterbury farms despite a downturn in the industry.

Job security also appears to be intact with Winz staff at the Ashburton office reporting no increase in dairy farm workers applying for financial assistance.

The dairy downturn has not spilled over to impact on employment prospects in other sectors with Winz reporting employment opportunities across the wider Ashburton labour market.

By CaitliN Porter

Praise for CCN

Ashburton’s newest early childhood centre is set to be up and running by the New Year.

Stepping Stones @ Braebook is the brainchild of Michelle Thompson and Sue Cromie, two Mid Canterbury women who identified the need for another early childhood facility in the Netherby area.

“We’re really keen on Braebrook, it’s a go-ahead subdivision,” Ms Cromie said.

Located on the corner of Redhaven Rise and Magnolia Drive, Stepping Stones @ Braebrook has a total build area of 571.5m2.

When complete, the preschool will encompass three large classrooms, offices and sleeping areas as well as an outdoor play area and purposebuilt playground.

Nearly two months into the 16-week build process Ms Cromie and Ms Thompson expect the centre to be open in January of next year, if not earlier.

Ms Cromie said the build was on track and with the roof now on, the next stage will be to wrap the exterior before the windows are fitted and the exterior cladding installed.

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The Productivity Commission’s report on social services released earlier this week praised Canterbury’s health alliance model.

The Canterbury Clinical Network (CCN) was also recognised in the report as a valuable model for the integration of social services. The CCN helped to form Ashburton’s Service Level Alliance (SLA), the district’s own health alliance.

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Labour workshop Labour Party finance spokesman Grant Robertson will host a workshop in Ashburton next Thursday night. The event, which will focus on the future of work in New Zealand, will be held at the Ashburton Club and MSA on September 24 at 7pm.

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Stepping Stones @ Braebook owners Sue Cromie (left) and Michelle Thompson are confident the preschool will be open by the New Year.

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preschool has been hired, Kim Wall, who will look after the day-to-day running of the preschool once it is open.

Ms Cromie and Ms Thompson are currently working through the licensing process and looking at hiring teachers.

The exact number of students who will attend the preschool is yet to be finalised.

A website has been set up so parents can enrol their children in the pre-school. Applications for teaching positions can also be found on the site.

Both Ms Cromie and Ms Thompson said they were looking forward to the centre opening and had already heard a lot of positive feedback from the community.

“The need is definitely there,” Mrs Thompson said.

A 9-year-old girl was taken to Starship Hospital after being hit by a car in Auckland yesterday afternoon. A St John spokeswoman said the girl was hit on Fowlds Avenue in Sandringham.

An ambulance was called about 3.20pm, she said. The girl had moderate injuries and was transported to Starship Hospital.

Police also attended the incident and were investigating. An Auckland District Health Board spokesman said the girl was in a stable condition.

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Novopay work ‘bizarre’ - principal

BY DAISY HUDSON

DAISY.H@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

An Ashburton principal says forcing schools to spend time and resources collating Novopay data is “bizarre”, given that they did not want the troubled system in the first place.

A new fortnightly leave report will go online at the end of the month to help schools manage leave and meet their legal obligations as employers.

To ensure the report is ac-

curate, Education Payroll Ltd, which manages the payroll for the Ministry of Education, has asked schools to provide any missing leave bookings.

While the ministry says the new report will make it much easier for schools to accurately manage leave, a local principal has criticised the amount of manpower required to get it up and running in the first place.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said the leave

requests of about 170 staff had to be checked and reloaded.

“It is simply bizarre that we now have to help do all the repair work on something we didn’t ask for to start with,” he said.

“And once again, there will be no compensation or recompense for the work being done.”

While the deadline for the work was September 14, the college wrote to the ministry to say they would not be able to collate the data until September 21.

Ministry head of the education infrastructure service Kim Shannon said training and extra assistance was offered to schools so they could manage the new process.

Earlier this year school principals and administrators also took part in workshops to help design a “simplified” process for providing missing leave bookings.

Ninety per cent of schools had met the deadline, she said.

“The Novopay payroll system is now running reliably and well, and has been for some time,” she said.

“Overall payroll errors are now running at 0.2 per cent per pay cycle, lower than the performance target of 0.5 per cent.”

“Education Payroll Ltd has contacted Ashburton College and is happy to give them any additional assistance they may need to get their leave information up to date.”

■ THE NAPPY LADY

Nappy use calculations, statistics wow audience

BY CAITLIN PORTER

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A group of just over 100 babies will use around 610,500 disposable nappies, says Nappy Lady Kate Meads.

Earlier this week Mrs Meads spoke to a group of 52 Mid Cantabrians at the EA Networks Centre, in an effort to share her waste reduction expertise.

Her first time in the district, the Nappy Lady’s workshop centered on waste-free products and how best to reduce waste for families with children.

Everything from waste free products such as beeswax wrap, wastefree lunchboxes, reusable menstrual products and cloth nappies were discussed.

The topic of landfill was also touched on and Mrs Meads worked out for the 111 babies accounted for by the 52 attendees, each baby would send around 5,500 disposable nappies to landfill.

“It’s a massive impact but we

just don’t often realise…when you’re focused on the day to day it doesn’t seem like many.”

While she does not sell any of the products she talks about, Mrs Mead is passionate about teaching people to be responsible consumers.

“A lot of it is common sense, it’s how things were done before but we’re losing the skills to grow our own food and plant a fruit tree in the back yard.”

“We are the parents of the next generation and they are going to be left on a giant pile of rubbish if we don’t actually do something about it sooner rather than later,” she said.

The workshops, which take place all over the country, are subsidised by district councils and people pay a part-payment of $25 to attend. Upon leaving, everyone gets a gift bag with $100 worth of the products mentioned.

The Nappy Lady said she plans to hold another workshop in Ashburton is six months.

The Nappy Lady wowed the crowd with her disposable nappy calculations earlier this week.

Undie 500 successor on

BY KURT BAYER An infamous university student pub crawl has been well-behaved so far, but wary police are aware “the day is but young”.

The RoUndie 500 pub crawl, organised by the University of Canterbury’s Engineering Society (Ensoc), is the successor to the Undie 500, scrapped in 2009 after drunken riots and arrests.

Last year’s event was also criticised for bad taste themes and costumes, some of which being deemed sexist, racist or poking fun of ebola and Malaysia Airlines.

But yesterday, the pub crawl around

rural Canterbury had been kept under control. Students dressed up and decorated their cars. Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine has been spotted, along with a Donald Trump US presidential campaign car, the A-Team’s van, and Thomas the Tank Engine.

This year, RoUndie entries were assessed both well before and on the day of the event.

Participants were required to submit car themes and participant costume proposals at least three weeks beforehand, with entries moderated by a screening committee.

Police officers also checked each vehicle for safety and a sober driver.

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Celebrating 67 years of marriage

Computer code classes for children Mid Canterbury kids will soon have the chance to explore the world of computer coding.

A joint initiative between the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association, Business Mid Canterbury, and Code Club Aotearoa will bring after-school kids coding classes to the district.

Volunteers will teach children aged between eight and 12 to carry out computer coding projects such as computer games, animations and websites.

Code Club Aotearoa is a nationwide network of free clubs that teach children computer programming and software design.

Business Mid Canterbury hosted a presentation

by Code Club Aotearoa Co-Founder Michael Trengrove to the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association last week, establishing support for bringing the programme to Mid Canterbury.

Margaret Johnson was just 13 years old when she met her husband to be, Bill.

The Birmingham-born lad was in the special armed forces and ready for deployment to Germany.

“I asked her to wait for me, and when I came home in 1946 I went looking for her,” Mr Johnson said.

Two years later the couple married, launching a union which would stand the test of time.

Yesterday Mr and Mrs Johnson celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary at Terrace View Retirement Village, with chocolate cake for all.

Holding a photo taken in 1946, Mr Johnson reminisced.

“She was a beautiful girl and she still is,” he said. “I never wanted another girl – you only get one chance at love.”

The couple had one daughter, Linda, and when she immigrated to New Zealand they followed, first living in Auckland before moving south to Ashburton about 12 years ago.

They have two grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Right - Bill Johnson holds a photo of himself and his wife Margaret, taken in 1946.

Business Mid Canterbury board member Jeremy Adamson was enthusiastic about the project.

“Imagine the possibilities if our children could teach a computer – not just use it,” he said.

“We believe local kids should be able to discover the exciting possibilities that open up when they harness the power of technology.

“If learning to code sparks a passion for a career in IT, fantastic.”

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association chairman Chris Murphy said it was not enough for children to simply understand how to use technology any more.

“Learning to code develops more than just programming abilities,” he said.

“It promotes valuable skills in problem-solving, logical thinking, and working as part of a team to create solutions.”

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■ EXHUMATION ROW

Son wants dad to stay where he is

BY KURT BAYER As a 9-year-old boy, Tuhaka Pooley lost his beloved dad.

For the past four years, he has regularly visited Jamie Robert Pooley’s grave.

He lays flowers, tidies the grave, tells of his latest rugby league heroics, and how he dreams to follow in the former under-18 Kiwi league player’s sidesteps.

“Even though my dad isn’t here, I still think about him a lot and wish he was here to see me do things in my life.”

But now, 13-year old Tuhaka has been dragged into a court battle over his dead father’s body.

Mr Pooley’s partner Cheyenne Rana Biddle has launched legal action to dig up father-of-three Mr Pooley from his family plot at Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch and have him cremated.

Ms Biddle – mother of Mr Pooley’s two youngest children – claims that is what he always wanted.

The Pooley family is fighting the move.

And young Tuhaka also wants his father left where he was buried in May 2011.

“I just don’t want him to go anywhere else,” the St Thomas of Canterbury College pupil said this week.

“I feel like dad is in the right place because he is Maori and he is in a Maori cemetery and it is peaceful there. I can’t imagine him being anywhere else.”

The legal battle is being fought at Christchurch’s High Court.

While the two parties are working to a reach a compromise on other issues – including when Mr Pooley’s Maori weapons, including two taiaha and a tewhatewha should be given to his sons – the delicate issue of exhumation appears destined to be settled by a judge early next year.

“Neither party is willing to back down,” a source close to the matter said this week.

The Pooley family’s main argument against exhumation – which has legal precedent in New Zealand – is that Mr Pooley’s “very tapu” body has laid in rest for more than four years.

Tuhaka’s mother, Mr Pooley’s former partner Charmaine Shaw, 33, said the legal process had caused “a lot of unnecessary burden, stress, hurt and anger” for both her family, and the Pooleys.

“Ultimately, I am angry it took so long to come out,” said Ms Shaw.

“Had it been brought up at the time of death then we could have worked through this as a wider whanau.

“We have been living what feels like a nightmare.”

Mr Pooley was a “staunch Maori fulla”, she said, who respected Maori culture.

“It feels right that he was laid to rest in the ground to return to his tipuna which is where I feel he is – with his ancestors,” said Ms Shaw.

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Three-quarters of the food we eat relies on pollinators like these.

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Chemical linked to bee deaths

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Calls for the Environmental Protection Agency to revisit a decision to allow the use of a chemical implicated in bee deaths have the support of one local expert.

Federated Farmers bee industry group member John Symes backs the decision of a US federal appeals court judge who overturned approval for neonicotinoid sulfoxaflor.

The chemical, mainly used to coat seeds as protection against insects, cannot be used in the US until its manufacturer Dow Agroscience can prove it is beefriendly, however it is still approved for use in New Zealand – where it has been available since

the early 1990s.

Neonicotinoid toxins spread through the plant as it grows, killing insects who feed on it.

Pre-coated seed is both sold to farmers and home gardeners without any labelling. The chemical is also used in insecticidal sprays.

Lobby group GE Free New Zealand wants the product removed until more tests are conducted to find out its impact on bees.

With 64 years of beekeeping behind him, Mr Symes is convinced neonicotinoids are one of a number of chemicals responsible for killing bees.

He said bees may either die on the wing, or carry contaminated

pollen back into the hive, infecting the brood.

“It’s definitely causing problems,” he said.

“I believe that personally, but the problem [is] in proving that’s what’s going on. The average beekeeper can’t afford to spend money on testing to prove these points.”

A study conducted last year in the US found half the hives treated with neonicotinoids collapsed.

Six samples of pollen from New Zealand tested at the Harvard School of Public Health found high levels of neonicotinoids, Radio New Zealand reported.

The EU banned the use of one

variant of the chemical on cereal and flowering crops attractive to bees in 2013.

“These tests come back and say it’s very high, but absolutely nothing is done about it,” Mr Symes said.

“We all have to wake up and take a long, hard look at all the poisons we are putting in the soil, because if we wipe out our bees we are all going to starve.

We seem to be going forward in terms of producing more food by using these sprays but in fact we are going backwards. The day is going to come when we wished we had never used these things.”

Midland Apiaries manager John Dargue said neonicotinoids

accounted for just 3 per cent of the chemicals in plants at harvest.

“In trials it appears the toxin is not as high on the parts of a plant bees forage on, but it’s the accumulative effect; then they bring it back to the hive as pollen, which causes more problems,” he said.

Mr Dargue said it was difficult to pinpoint the problem because hives used for crop pollination were moved frequently.

Farmers battling insecticide resistance were running out of options, he said. “It’s a balancing act, the farmers and contractors know the situation and they don’t want to use chemicals that will kill everything.”

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■ HINDS SCHOOL

Slew of prizes for budding scientists A group of keen young scientists at Hinds School have taken out a slew of awards at the recent Sanford Science and Technology Fair.

Nine Year 7 and 8 pupils won prizes in the Central South Island section of the annual competition, continuing the school’s long run of science success.

One of the standouts was Year 7 student Jed Syme, who took out second place in the Environment Canterbury Resource Management section.

Jed wanted to test which kind of commonly available wood made the least polluting smoke.

He lit a series of small controlled fires in the driveway at home, burning blue gum, pine, macrocarpa, birch, and willow.

“I predicted that blue gum would be the worst and it was – willow was the best,” he said.

Right - Showing off their awards were (back row, from left) Bradley Isherwood, 12, Matthew Armstrong, 11, Keertthana Rajini Kanth, 11, Sara Harris, 12, Rhea Londe, 13, (front, from left) Alex Jones, 13, Jed Syme, 12, Sabrina Irvine, 12, and Lena Tamura-Goodman, 12.

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■ LOUD SHIRT DAY

In brief Tsunami warning

Colourful and proud

Residents of coastal Mid Canterbury settlements say they saw no significant changes following a tsunami warning on Thursday. The warning was triggered after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake hit Chile, killing at least 12 people. Civil Defence issued a warning, that was later withdrawn, that surges of up to 1m could hit coasts along the length of the country’s East Coast.

Kids at Jigsaw Pre-school donned their loudest shirts yesterday, to support deaf children with cochlear implants and hearing aids.

Senior teacher Leanne Miller (pictured) said the pre-school decided to support Loud Shirt Day and encourage all the children and teachers to dig out their loudest, brightest shirts and craziest onesies.

All those who took part paid a gold coin donation which goes to the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme in Christchurch.

Fears for missing man A search and rescue operation was under way last night for a missing Christchurch man who is thought to have entered a forest area before darkness fell. Senior Sergeant Vaughn Lapslie said police had concerns for the safety of Gary Elliot, 48. “Mr Elliot was last seen this morning and his vehicle has been located in the Bottle Lake Plantation car park.

It is believed that Mr Elliot could be in the forest area and concerns are growing as night approaches.”

Twenty-five police and SAR staff were searching for him.

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■ ASHBURTON BAPTIST EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

Pre-school kids play pirates Today (Saturday) is international Talk Like a Pirate day and one Ashburton early childhood centre celebrated in style earlier this week.

The themed day was created by two American men, who proclaimed September 19 as the day everyone should talk like a pirate.

Ashburton Baptist Early Learning Centre teacher June McDonald said the kids donned pirate and princess gear, before panning for gold, walking the

plank and taking part in a boat challenge. A special lunch was had too, with fish n’ chips and ice cream and jelly with shark lollies for dessert.

Boaties still missing Searchers looking for two missing boaties off the Southland coast have found a drink bottle that may belong to one of the pair. Whetuki Sam Kopua, 77, known as Sam, and Matekino Lucy Burling, 60, known as Lou, from Owaka, were reported missing about 6pm on Wednesday after they failed to return from a fishing trip. Their upturned boat was recovered about 10am on Thursday southeast of Nugget Point but Mr Kopua and Mrs Burling remain missing. A police statement issued yesterday said searches continued yesterday for the missing pair on foot, by boat, and by plane. “A drink bottle which may belong to Mrs Burling was located on the shore in between the two mouths of the Clutha river.

“Police also downloaded information from a GPS device from the vessel which gave an indication of where the vessel may have capsized.” Both land and water searches would continue today.

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Deployment extension

The preschool’s youngest pirate, nine-month-old Lilly McKain.

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Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has signalled the New Zealand deployment to Iraq could be extended beyond its two-year term if necessary. Mr Brownlee met with his Australian counterpart Kevin Andrews in Auckland yesterday to discuss matters including the joint deployment to Iraq where both countries have troops in Taji to train Iraqi soldiers. Asked if there was a foreseeable date at which the countries could leave Iraq Mr Brownlee said New Zealand’s commitment was for two years “but this is not a simple conflict.” - NZME

The kids at the Ashburton Baptist Early Learning Centre tucked into a fish n’ chip lunch on international Talk Like a Pirate day.

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Shocking encounter

Two-year-old Jacob Faalavaau shows mum, Florence his best pirate impression.

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Nathaniel Temporal, 3, won an award for his pirate getup.

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Holly Coulter, 3, walks the plank.

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Four cars got caught up in live power lines after they came down on a South Island highway yesterday. Police said no one was injured in the incident on the Coastal Highway near Mapua, between Nelson and Motukea.

The lines were believed to have been brought down by a tree being felled in the area. Diversions were put in place while the lines were fixed.

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Left – The 1930s Maronan Country Women’s Institute branch.

Right – Although not as raunchy as the English version pictured here in a promo shot, Tea and Tarts Marlborough is the first of its type in New Zealand.

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Breathing ne Once the backbone for women living in rural areas since its inception in 1921 Women’s Institute has suffered dwindling membership and has struggled to engage a younger generation but all that might be about to change with the surge in rural women social media platforms, reports Nadine Porter.

I Mayfield CWI minutes show the work they did during the war.

t’s a fun conversation taking place on Facebook between two friends one evening in Marlborough.

Both are rural mums with young children, both have an extensive network of friends from school days they never seem to have time to catch up with and both have just heard about Katherine, the Duchess of Cambridge deciding to join the Anmer

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n the Hakataramea Valley in North Otago two friends have begun a Facebook page for like-minded young rural women to inspire each other and its popularity has stunned them.

Bex Murray and Sarah Connell began Young Rural Ladies on Facebook at the end of May. Two weeks later the need for such a page was validated with 1000 members. That has now grown to 3000 members and the girls hope to hit 5000 members

by Christmas.

The girls wanted to create a space where women could share ideas. Sarah says they were looking to build a positive space online that inspired women.

“We are not qualified to go too deep into farming matters

Women’s Institute in England.

“If she can do it, why don’t we?” Sarah Neal asks her friend and within days they set about gathering their Facebook circle of rural friends to come to a coffee meeting at a local café on a Sunday afternoon.

Twenty-five of their friends readily agree and it soon becomes clear to Sarah that there needs to be a structure – so she emails

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Above – Willowby Eiffelton CWI catering for P. A. Haacks clearing sale around 1967 – Valerie Snowball, June Chivers, Margaret Lovett, Mary Wilson, Pauline Grieve, Cynthia Scarr, Margaret Fraser, Elizabeth Schmack, Josephine Cooper, Blanche Johnston, Aileen Chalmers, Heather Whiting, Patricia Read, Olive Bearman, Margo Bain, Verna Hastie.

w life into Women’s Institute young rural women to share

... there are other platforms that maybe do that better.”

She is referring to the hugely popular Farming Mums NZ page that boasts over 5000 members where all manner of issues are discussed.

A former city girl herself, Sarah understands the unique challenges women face when they first come to a farm and it’s more common than it was in the past.

“A lot of friends I’ve made locally don’t necessarily have rural backgrounds.”

She cites two English ladies in her area who met their Kiwi farmers overseas and came back to live with them.

“You kind of question things.

Am I doing the right thing and

am I doing enough? We’re naturally busy people having come from strong careers. I guess we’re looking for another sense of fulfilment by sharing our story and gathering people along the way.”

The girls have keyed into a strong resurgence in handcrafted hobbies among young women.

Bex herself dabbles in spraypainting antlers and sanding and oiling odd bits of wood she finds on farm while Sarah, who is a great cook, often shares recipes online.

Others inspire with photos or interesting projects they are working on.

Although the Facebook page has been a way to share, Bex believes meeting in person is

equally important – something a group of Waitaki Valley ladies do often.

The page creates a conversation, she says.

“But it’s still great to meet for a coffee once a week face to face.”

The page has given them an insight into some amazing businesses rural women are involved in – including two Duntroon women who make headboards – and they want to continue to promote small businesses.

For Bex the page has become far bigger than the original Trade Me for rural women concept she had originally planned.

“Social media is offering us support and a place where we can all come together and share ideas.”

the New Zealand Federation of Women’s Institute office and is shocked when the national president Kay Hart attends their first meeting in July.

It has already become clear to Kay that something must be done to rescue the organisation and she suggests they stay as a younger separate group to the other institute branches in the area.

“And so Tea and Tarts was formed,” Sarah laughs.

The name was inspired by the English version – also with younger members who are driving the revival of Women’s Institute there. Once declining, English counterparts boast 20,000 members and growing.

For Sarah – the first president of Tea and Tarts Marlborough – it is all about sharing face to face.

“It’s what our rural women are missing out on – the whole village thing. Nowadays the first thing you do when you have a problem is Google it. Back in the days you went to institute or rang your neighbours.”

With 16 paid-up members (the levies go back to Women’s Institute) and a handful on the fringes, Sarah and other rural women have been busy putting their vari-

Sarah Connell and Bex Murray from the Waitaki Valley and the founders of Facebook page Young Rural Ladies.

ous skills to work.

Recently they entered the Marlbourgh inter-institute festival competition where they entered between them 100 items and took home the trophy.

Next month they will make a coaster out of felt balls, drink some coffee, share some stories and plan future meetings where they hope to have speakers.

For 74-year-old WI president Kay the girls are a breath of fresh air. “And all I want now is for every branch to do the same thing.”

Kay is progressive in her outlook and realistic in the face of declining membership. She knows institute must evolve and reach out to younger women. In the past, rural women were often stay-at-home mums, these days

many are tertiary educated and have come from strong careers – and all are using social media to network and inspire.

“We’ve been told if we want the institute to die, sit back and enjoy your meetings or you can get out and push it. We are a fun group even though we do community work as well.”

Since the 1920s Women’s Institute has played an important role in New Zealand rural life. From supporting soldiers in wartime to teaching women the basics of cooking, gardening and everything in between, institute has been the backdrop to a socially supportive environment for all women.

The generational shift of the past decade has been the most difficult issue of all facing institute, causing Kay to advocate starting younger groups like Tea and Tarts in Marlborough, alongside the older branches where membership can range from 20 to 99.

“You cannot expect the 99-year-olds to appreciate what the 25-year-olds want.”

Kay believes retiring women may also be important in future.

“Because women work through to 65 and it takes two incomes to buy a home, they don’t create the hobbies they once did.”

Thrilled with the success in Marlborough, she is hoping Sarah’s lead will catch on around the country.

“It’s not happening fast enough for me, but it’s started!”

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20 years of passion for art A

shburton woman Joan Wilkinson remembers attending the inaugural public meeting at the Sinclair Centre to establish an art gallery in Ashburton. Over 100 people attended and enthusiasm was high.

“It was very positive, everybody wanted an art gallery.

They were all for it,” Mrs Wilkinson said.

The meeting was held in 1985 and chaired by the then chairman of the QEII Arts Council, Sir Michael Fowler. A steering committee was set up and those attending pledged their support by signing a register.

Many gave donations and the fundraising began. There were trips to opera and theatre concerts in Christchurch, tea dances, garden parties, stalls, raffles and fashion parades.

“I got very good at going around and asking people to donate things for raffles, and they were so helpful, it wasn’t a bother,” Mrs Wilkinson said.

A feasibility study considered various sites for a purpose-built facility, but also highlighted the idea of lobbying the Ashburton borough and county councils for the use of their building should the two councils amalgamate.

That was the idea that ended up coming to fruition and in 1995, 10 years after that first meeting, the new art gallery opened in conjunction with the town museum at the former council building at Baring Square East.

Funds also came from a range of lottery and trust grants and donations from community organisations, businesses and individuals. Marcella Currie was the first curator.

It was a wonderful site, one that Mrs Wilkinson liked so much, she had wanted the gallery to remain there rather than pursue the purpose-built establishment which opened earlier this year. She said she would have liked to have seen the building extended and the road between its frontage and Baring Square become pedestrian-only, and a café installed.

She did, however, believe the new building, despite controversy over its establishment, had turned out to be a good project.

As well as being a founding member of the gallery itself, Mrs Wilkinson began a Friends of the Gallery group, which is still going strong today.

Fellow gallery committee member, former president and current vice-president, Anne Carr, also has a long association with the gallery, having joined the committee in 1999.

Her dedication has extended

The Ashburton Art Gallery celebrated 20 years this week. Reporter Susan Sandys talks to two of the gallery committee’s longest-serving members.

to working there voluntarily in a front-of-house role until a newly-confirmed fourth staff member begins work.

“I enjoy working with artists, it’s great to be involved,” Mrs Carr said.

She said it was exciting to be celebrating 20 years in conjunction with an exhibition involving guest artists and the gallery’s collection, held earlier this week.

“I think of 20 years of dedicated volunteers, who have put the gallery where it is today,” Mrs Carr said.

The staff had been amazing and the council had always backed the facility, she added.

Controversy over the new building was behind the committee now and the gallery was moving forward.

The new art spaces had enabled works to be showcased in all their splendour, Mrs Carr said.

Large canvases and animations involved in recent exhibitions at the facility would not have been able to have been held in the former gallery.

Above – Gathering for the art gallery’s 10th anniversary are (front, from left) Susan Wall, Janet McQuilkin, Richard Conway, Ray Brand, Nan James, and (middle, from left) Sue Newton, Phillis Williams, Joan Wilkinson, Martha Tripp, Kath Von Tunzelmann, Rita Wright, Daphne Pringle, Jo Butler, and (back, from left) Michael Hanrahan, Marcella Currie, James Dickson, Betty Blair, Sarah Williams, Bev Macaulay and Peter Bain.

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In brief Quake aftermath Parts of the port city of Coquimbo were a disaster zone after an 8.3-magnitude quake hit off the coast, killing at least 12 people and likely causing billions in damage. Overturned cars and splintered boats sat in mud next to furniture, toppled adobe homes and fishing nets tangled in trees.

The most stunning thing about the earthquake, however, may be the relatively low amount of havoc caused by such a powerful shake.

While the quake led more than 1 million to evacuate coastal areas and no doubt caused much anxiety, seismologists said Chile’s heavy investment in structural reinforcement of buildings and constant refinement of its tsunami alert system helped prevent what would have been a catastrophe in less prepared nations.

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Free of land mines

Refugees gather at the train station in Beli Manastir, near the Hungarian border, northeast Croatia.

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Croatia shuts Serbia borders Croatia closed all but one of its border crossings with Serbia after straining to cope with more than 13,000 migrants who have entered the country after Hungary closed its border.

Huge numbers of people surged into Croatia after Hungary erected a barbed wirefence and took other tough measures to stop them from using it as a gateway into Western Europe.

Croatia represents a longer and more difficult route into Europe, but those fleeing violence in their homelands had little choice.

Many of the migrants are

Syrians and Iraqis fleeing war, who are seeking safety and prosperity in Germany and elsewhere in Western Europe.

Serbian officials, fearing the closure in Croatia would block thousands of migrants inside the country, protested Zagreb’s move.

Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia’s social affairs minister, said Serbia will take Croatia to international courts if the international border crossings remain closed, arguing that it should have been prepared for the influx.

“We will not pay the price of someone else’s incapability,” Vulin said. “I am sorry

to see that Croatian humanity and solidarity lasted just two days.”

However, despite the border closures, many continued entering Croatia through cornfields. Women carrying children and people in wheelchairs were among the thousands rushing in the heat in hopes of finding refuge.

One of the more desperate situations was unfolding in the eastern Croatian town of Beli Manastir, near the border with Hungary. Migrants slept on streets, on train tracks and at a local petrol station.

People were scrambling to board local buses, without

knowing where they are going.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban says that his country has started building a razor-wire fence along a stretch of its border with Croatia to keep migrants from entering the country there.

The migrants would prefer the quicker route to Europe through Hungary, instead of taking the longer route to Western Europe through Slovenia.

Orban says the first phase of the 41-kilometre barrier will be completed today, with coils of razor wire in place before an actual fence goes up. - AP

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Taliban attack on Pakistan military base kills 20 A brazen Taliban attack on a Pakistani military base on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar killed 20 people yesterday, including 16 worshippers who were gunned down when the militants stormed a mosque inside the compound during prayers.

The attack triggered an hours-long firefight at the base and the Pakistani forces said they killed 13 of the attackers, though it was unclear how many were involved in the assault.

Apart from 16 slain inside

the mosque, three guards employed with the air force and an army captain were also killed, officials said.

The attack was a major blow for Pakistan’s military, which stepped up operations against the militants following a horrific Taliban attack last December at a Peshawar school that killed 150 people, mostly children.

In yesterday’s assault, the attackers first stormed the guard room of the Badaber base, according to air force officials.

The base was established in

1960s as an air force facility but has mostly been used as a residential place for air force employees and officers from Peshawar.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said 13 attackers were killed by the security forces.

He said the attack was quickly repulsed and that the bodies of the slain “terrorist” were lying on the ground in the base compound.

However, details about how the Taliban managed to make their way into the mosque,

which is inside the compound walls, and gun down 16 people during prayers were sketchy.

Bajwa said the militants entered the base from different directions in a two-pronged assault — apparently one push targeted the mosque — but that security forces quickly responded.

It was also unclear if any of the attackers got away.

According to Bajwa, along with those killed, 10 soldiers were wounded in the firefight with militants, along with a number of civilians.

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Mozambique has been declared free of land mines after 22 years of demining, an international humanitarian organisation said.

The Halo Trust said it destroyed the last known land mine in the southern African country.

Demining efforts helped the country rebuild after years of conflict. Before clearance began in 1993, land mines led to hundreds of fatalities and amputations. - AP

Bomb blast on bus A home-made bomb exploding under a bus seat killed an 11-yearold girl and wounded 32 other people yesterday in a southern Philippine city where Abu Sayyaf militants operate, police said.

The bomb exploded in the middle of the vehicle as it was loading passengers at a bus terminal near a market, said Zamboanga City police Chief Inspector Joel Tuttuh. He said the suspects weren’t known but could include the militants, who set off a car bomb in Zamboanga earlier this year near another bus terminal, killing two people and wounding more than 50 others. Tuttuh said at least one of those wounded in yesterday’s blast was in serious condition after losing an arm and a leg.

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Arrest on train Police in the Netherlands have arrested a man who locked himself in a toilet of a Thalys high-speed train heading for Paris early yesterday. The train was evacuated as a precaution at Rotterdam Central Station. The incident comes less than a month after passengers subdued a gunman on board a Thalys train in northern France as it was travelling from Amsterdam to Paris, also on a Friday.

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Strike hits Finland A strike in Finland halted public transportation and shut down ports nationwide yesterday as workers protested against government cutbacks aimed at trying to drag the Nordic country out of a three-year economic downturn. Trains and city buses were not running. Finnair, the national carrier, cancelled 16 domestic flights. However, ferries, including those to Sweden and Estonia, were running normally.

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In brief Origin good tune-up Melbourne centre Will Chambers says he feels better prepared for the Storm’s finals campaign after playing all three Origin games this year. After making his debut for Queensland last year, Chambers was a constant in Queensland’s series triumph over NSW in 2015 and believes the big-game experience will help heading into their preliminary final next Saturday at AAMI Park. “Coming into the bigger games I feel I’m not as nervous as I used to be,” Chambers said yesterday.

“Having played three big games already this year holds you in good stead.”

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Surgery for Benji?

St George halfback Benji Marshall will meet with specialists to determine whether he needs surgery on his injured ankle.

Scans confirmed yesterday the 30-year-old had suffered a high ankle sprain as a result of a Greg Eastwood tackle in the Dragons’ golden-point elimination final loss to Canterbury last Saturday.

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Door ‘still open’ Livvie Kennedy will take to the courts next month to umpire the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Netball Tournament held at the EA Networks Centre stadium.

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Whistling up a storm

By Caitlin Porter

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Nineteen-year-old Livvie Kennedy is making a name for herself as a netball umpire.

A keen sportswoman, Livvie was a competitive swimmer and runner at high school, played netball and has taken part in various triathlons, but umpiring is her passion.

Next month she will take on the challenge of umpiring at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Netball Tournament (NZSS) – her biggest feat to date.

The competition is being held in Ashburton at the EA Networks Centre stadium for the first time and will see 16 of the best high school teams from around the country compete to be number one.

Livvie said it will be a big step up from other tournaments she has umpired, but is looking forward to the challenge.

“It’ll be really cool … and I’ll get to see lots of my friends.”

Livvie’s family is no stranger to the world of umpiring.

Her mum Kaye and aunt Claire Corbett were both highgrade umpires, and sister Gemma will also be in attendance at the NZSS tournament.

Other than the family ties, Livvie said she loves umpiring because it keeps her so fit.

First picking up a whistle at age 13, Livvie started off umpiring junior netball but quickly progressed through the ranks.

By the time she was 17 she was umpiring Mid Canterbury Netball’s premier grade.

At Ashburton College Liv-

vie played netball and umpired as well, however after enrolling at CPIT to study nursing at the beginning of last year she decided it was time to pick one or the other.

“I preferred umpiring and knew I was going to go further with that,” she said.

Now, as well as umpiring tournaments, Livvie spends her time umpiring premier netball in Christchurch.

“It’s a much higher standard … you’re umpiring players from the Tactix,” she said.

Livvie is a New Zealand C (NZC) grade umpire but hopes to progress to NZB and NZA before eventually qualifying to umpire international games.

To progress she needs to be watched by a panel of New Zealand Netball accredited asses-

sors – a nerve-racking experience, she said.

However, a break might come next year as she debates whether or not to take a season off from umpiring and play instead.

Right now she is focusing on the upcoming tournament which works in well with her study schedule, as she is down in Ashburton on placement.

The close proximity to home meant that she was able to fill in during the netball season at the EA Networks Centre and umpired the premier final between Ashburton College and Methven.

With her jam-packed schedule Livvie still finds time to squeeze in other hobbies and is currently training for the Queenstown half-marathon in November.

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Unlike rivals North Queensland, Cronulla say they have embraced the pressure to finally break their premiership drought ahead of tonight’s NRL knockout semi-final in Townsville.

Scott ‘hurting’ Talk about a pain in the neck.

North Queensland co-captain Matt Scott admits he is hurting ahead of tonight’s knockout semi-final against Cronulla in Townsville. But it has nothing to do with his much publicised neck complaint that may require end of season surgery.

What hurts the most is North Queensland’s premiership drought - and a missed chance to help break it 10 years ago.

History shows Scott was 18th man at North Queensland’s sole grand final appearance in 2005 - a heartbreaking loss to the Wests Tigers. “We haven’t been in a grand final since that’s how hard this comp is,” Scott lamented.

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Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney insists the door is still open for Benji Marshall to make a test comeback, but reinforced his desire to blood new talent in the halfback role on the end of year tour to England. Marshall was left out of the Kiwis trainon squad, however, Kearney denied Marshall’s days in the Kiwis jersey were over completely, and said the 30-yearold former test captain could re-enter the selection frame next year. “I spoke to Benji on Wednesday and he asked me that same question, and my response to him was ‘definitely not’”, said Kearney.

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As Cowboys coach Paul Green tried to relieve expectation on his title-less team in league-crazy Townsville yesterday, Sharks coach Shane Flanagan urged his side to “dare to dream”.

Flanagan does not have to be reminded that Cronulla have

never won a title in their 49-year history despite three grand-final appearances.

Yet, Flanagan didn’t flinch when the elephant in the room was addressed.

“I think we need to embrace it,” he said. “We can’t ignore that

it’s out there that the club hasn’t won a premiership and we’re still in the fight at the moment.

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Sandor Earl has pleaded to be allowed to revive his career next season during a five-hour hearing of the NRL’s anti-doping tribunal. Earl, stood down from playing more than two years ago after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs to treat a shoulder injury, is the first NRL player to appear before an anti-doping hearing over allegations arising from the 18-month ASADA investigation.

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In brief

■ CYCLING

Target: gold in Rio

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because I believe that New Zealand can win gold in Rio next year and I want to be a part of that.”

To make it to Rio, the 34-year-old knows he’s going to have to see off some new, younger talent to earn a spot, but he’s willing to put in the hard yards and use his wealth of experience to get there, and thinks that his experience will benefit the whole team.

It’s a move he’s been mulling over for some time now, and remembers talking it over with coach Dayle Cheatley a couple of years ago.

“It was the night before the road nationals and we were discussing when, if and how I could make it work. I decided on what I wanted way back then and ever since then it’s always been in my mind.

“Actually, after Beijing (Olympics in 2012) I said I wanted gold, so I guess you could say the seed was planted way back then.”

Heading back to Europe for one last season with Trek Factory Racing three months ago knowing it was all coming to an end made it hard to get motivated.

“To be honest I just about chucked it in a few times, but I’m glad I didn’t.

“I needed these years to grow, mature and work out what I wanted.

“I especially needed this year to learn a few more tools that will help me in the next chapter of my career.”

He’s spent little time in velodromes in recent years but attended a training camp with the New Zealand team in Belgium in July and came away from that feeling good.

“It was like I hadn’t been off the track at all. I was super strong in some efforts and like the old me.

“For sure

ayden Roulston has made the long trek home from Europe countless times, but when he boarded the plane yesterday, he did so knowing this trip was different.

This time, he’s not going back.

For the past 15 years, Ashburton born and bred Roulston has been a professional road cyclist based in Europe.

It has been his life; a life that has meant spending months at a time away from his Christchurch home, and his two young children.

But he’s made the life-changing decision to leave the European road racing scene behind and turn his attention back to the track, where he’s hoping to finish his career, and go out with a bang.

He already has Olympic silver and bronze medals to his name, along with two silvers and a bronze from the Commonwealth Games, but he wants to add more to that collection before he calls it quits.

So he’s turning his attention back to the track, where he’s hoping to ride the team pursuit at next year’s Rio Olympics, and finish his riding career at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

It’s a big dream, and a big commitment - which began last week with his naming in the New Zealand team for the Oceania Championships - but it’s one he’ll be able to achieve largely from home.

That’s the best part of his next adventure.

He’s missed most of his children’s birthdays so far and battled loneliness and injuries, such is the life of a professional athlete.

But today, he’s being welcomed home into the loving arms of his children – Moses and Rose – and although travelling will still form part of his goals, everything going to plan, his base will now be New Zealand.

Roulston said he hadn’t completely given up road cycling, he’s simply decided he wants to do something different before his career ends.

“The road will still play a huge role in the future, but I won’t be contracted to a European team like in the past.

“There’s many things that have brought me to this deci- Hayden sion but the main reason is Roulston.

I struggled in some of the real intense standing start efforts but that is normal having not been on the track for so many years.”

Track is much more specific than road racing.

“It would be hard if I was trying to achieve on both the track and the road, but now I’ve decided where I want my career to end I believe the transition will happen much easier.”

He’s in the gym two to three times a week now focusing on developing power, and has been doing track-type training on the road.

“For sure there will be hard days, and I may not set the world on fire in my first competition back, but I promise you I will be back at a level that will lead this team the more time I get on the track.

“It’s not just about the Olympics.

“I want to win the rainbow jersey too.

“I want Commonwealth gold too. There’s lots of goals I still want to achieve and with full focus I believe all is possible.”

As a cyclist, road racing is where the money is, but Roulston said as he grew older he realised there was more to sport than just money.

For him, family is huge, and spending more time with his children is the biggest bonus of his new dream.

He’s come a long way since his first foray into cycling in Europe in 2000, where he started in France.

“I remember racing in the French team, speaking no French and really getting dealt to.

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everything from scratch.

“It wasn’t that I was not good enough, I was just racing like I used to race in New Zealand.”

He remembers ringing his parents – Kay and Brian - in tears saying he couldn’t do it anymore and he wanted to come home.

“I laugh at how easy some of the young guys have it now and they are still complaining.”

But what he’s most proud of is the fact that he got to where he is today by himself.

“I wasn’t in a feeder team.

“I was all alone and I made it, when 90 per cent do not.”

There’s much he’ll miss from Europe, like the fact that being in a pro team meant everything from washing, to flights, to massages and meals was all organised for him.

“Your suitcase is wheeled everywhere for you, your bikes are always new, there’s unlimited equipment … the sky is the limit really in terms of what you get.

“It’s what you dream of as a kid really.”

But he won’t miss the loneliness that came with the job.

“That is very hard to deal with when you’re all of a sudden a pro bike rider with a lot of time on your hands.

“You can’t train all day and if you do you’ll have more time on your hands because you’ll be sick.”

He’s battled plenty of sickness and injury in his career so far, and he knows he’s got a big mountain left to climb to achieve his final goals, but he’s determined to give it his all.

“I want to lead the New Zealand team to gold in Rio. “I want to win gold at the world champs and have those rainbow colours on my back. I want to win gold and retire at the Commonwealth Games in 2018.

“They’re all massive goals, I know, but I believe wholeheartedly that they are achievable.”

When the time comes that he’s achieved all he can, and calls it a day, he sees his future in coaching.

“I wouldn’t mind using my skill set to help other sports too.

“I may do some papers at uni.

“I’m not sure yet.

“I know one thing though and that is that I’ll be helping people.

“I’m passionate about that.”

Kobe ready to go NBA superstar Kobe Bryant has been medically cleared for all basketball activities when the Los Angeles Lakers open training camp this month. Bryant, who suffered a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder in January, appears to be right on schedule in his recovery from a third straight season-ending injury. His original prognosis called for a nine-month recovery. The 37-year-old is entering his 20th NBA season, but it’s been some time since he completed a campaign.

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FIFA suspend Valcke FIFA has suspended secretary general Jerome Valcke amid misconduct allegations and announced the 54-year-old will be investigated. Valcke “has been put on leave and released from his duties effective immediately until further notice,” said a FIFA statement.

“Further, FIFA has been made aware of a series of allegations involving the secretary general and has requested a formal investigation by the FIFA Ethics Committee.”

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Spurs win in Europe Tottenham Hotspur kicked off their Europa League group stage campaign yesterday by coming from behind to beat Qarabag 3-1, while Liverpool conceded a late equaliser as they drew 1-1 at Bordeaux. Azerbaijani champions Qarabag grabbed a surprise seventh-minute lead at White Hart Lane when Richard Almeida converted a penalty. But two goals in the space of two minutes from striker Son Heung-min and a late strike from Erik Lamela spared Tottenham’s blushes.

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Hayne ‘amazing’ The San Francisco 49ers aren’t saying if Jarryd Hayne will be their punt returner this weekend after his dropped catch, but his quarterback Colin Kaepernick is full of praise for the Australian. Kaepernick, on a sixyear $US114 million contract with the 49ers, said he is amazed at how Hayne has picked up the intricacies of the NFL in such a short time. “If I went over and tried to play rugby, I’d probably be lost,” Kaepernick said. “Him coming over and being able to pick up football and the schemes and what we’ve asked him to do in such a short period of time, it’s really been amazing.”

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Big money for Man U Manchester United’s revenues fell by 8.8 per cent last season, but the club has predicted record revenues of $US500 million ($NZ695m) for 201516. United’s failure to qualify for the lucrative Champions League saw revenues for the period 2014-15 fall by $US38 m to $US395.2m. But with a new $US750m kit deal with adidas having recently taken effect, United expect to become the first English club to break through the $US500m barrier this season.

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‘Best is yet to come’ By erin Tasker His side is unbeaten and top-ofthe-table, but Mid Canterbury’s Heartland Championship rugby captain Jon Dampney believes his team’s best is yet to come.

Today they take on East Coast – a team bottom-of-the-table and yet to record a win – at the Ashburton Showgrounds, and although they’ll head into the clash as firm favourites, they’re not taking the boys in blue lightly.

Dampney knows all too well that it’s often the less fancied teams that can be the ones who can tip up the best, and East Coast’s improved performance against Horowhenua-Kapiti last weekend showed they had potential.

Horowhenua-Kapiti beat East Coast 24-20.

“They don’t always go the best, and then the next minute they can smash someone,” Dampney said.

“They haven’t had a good run and there’s always the danger of stepping down to their level and thinking it’s going to happen, but that’s not always the way.

“But we have got enough experience in the team to not allow that to happen.”

Both sides are struggling with injuries and Mid Canterbury had both good news, and bad news, on the injury front at Thursday night’s final training session of the week.

The good news was that influential first-five Murray Williams’ hamstring injury has improved enough for him to start

four at this stage of the season, earlier on we would have laughed at you, because it is a tricky competition.”

They’re in a good place, but Dampney knows his side could have done better.

“If anything we’ve probably let ourselves down and let in a few too many points to be honest.”

He said Mid Canterbury were yet to hit their straps and would be looking to continue building today against East Coast.

Wet weather in the forecast would impact the game, in that it may prevent Mid Canterbury from playing the open, fast-paced game they want to play, but they knew what they had to do and they planned to do just that.

That plan is to take five points from the clash and maintain their place at the top of the championship points table and continue on the road to defending the Meads Cup. Skipper Jon Dampney (centre) talks up the tactics with halfback Will Mackenzie.

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after missing two games, with Ewan Scott set to be rested today.

But the bad news was that Tyler Koning will miss the match.

He’s in hospital with appendicitis and will miss the remainder of the season, but Fa’aiutu Tuamoheloa returns today after missing the last game through illness.

Seta Koroitamana will start at number eight, in place of Tevita Ula, but Scott Vessey and Maikeli Mudu are still struggling with injury.

Dampney said depth was vital to cover injuries, and Mid Canterbury had just that.

That depth included two new faces on the bench this week – Andy Hamilton and Kirk Chettleburgh.

Chettleburgh – from the Celtic colts - makes the step up from the Mid Canterbury development squad in what will be a great opportunity for a young player after some impressive showings for the development side.

He’s set to cover the back row.

Another being given an oppor-

tunity to shine today will be lock Logan Bonnington.

He came off the bench in last week’s win over West Coast, and today he gets his first start, as does fullback Andrew Letham.

He’ll take the 15 jersey, with Matt Thatcher moving to the left wing.

Dampney said if someone had told him before the competition started that his side would be unbeaten and top of the table after four games, he’d have been a happy man.

“To say that we’d be four from

MC HAMMERS Mid Canterbury’s line-up for today’s match against East Coast at the Ashburton Showgrounds, at 2.30pm, is: Mark Andrew, Jackson Donlan, Tama Tuirirangi, Logan Bonnington, Adaam Ross, Eric Duff, Jon Dampney, Seta Koroitamana, Mavae Tomasi, Murray Williams, Matt Thatcher, Nete Caucau, Fa’aitu Tuamoheloa, Ashton Tuck, Andrew Letham.

Reserves: James Annabell, Simon Fleetwood, Sam Watt, Kirk Chettleburgh, Will Mackenzie, Andy Hamilton, Gideon Lambrechts.

Colin Slade: Mental fortitude to take

By GreGor Paul

I

f there’s ever a nuclear war, chances are Colin Slade will survive it.

He’d hardly welcome the comparison, but he’d at least appreciate the sentiment that he’s got the resilience of a cockroach.

He is a World Cup winner, but that’s not his proudest achievement.

What stokes his fire is the courage and tenacity he showed to rekindle a career that endured two broken jaws, a hernia and a broken leg within 16 months.

When he broke his leg - playing for the Highlanders - he had to wonder if he was being punished for sins committed in a former life.

He was out for a year with a metal rod fitted between his ankle and knee to stabi-

lise a limb that was in pretty bad shape.

There will be plenty of stand-up blokes claiming they always had faith Sladey would make it back, but that’s revisionist stuff.

The truth is that as Slade was stretchered off in Canberra in early 2012, oxygen mask clapped over his face and a shot of morphine doing what it could to dull the pain, no one in New Zealand believed he’d ever be back in black.

And probably even Slade had similar thoughts, albeit only fleetingly.

“At some point I made the decision that I wanted to set the challenge for myself and get back [to the All Blacks],” he said.

“I wanted to play my best rugby after all that mayhem ... I could have used it as an excuse for never reaching my potential.

“I could have said that I was injured and

blame it on that and gone overseas.

“But I made a stand - a promise to myself that I wanted to come back stronger - and I think I have achieved that.

“It forced me to build my character and it has given me the backbone I will need for the rest of my life.”

Strength of character is the big reason he made the final World Cup squad of 31.

Over the next seven weeks, good players will wilt and ultimately fail to play the rugby they wanted to play. That’s what World Cups do - they put the fiercest mental squeeze on everyone, and the one consistent quality every winning side shares is extreme mental fortitude that garners its collective effectiveness from the individual parts.

Slade adds plenty to the All Black machine - in a squad that is loaded with

veteran war horses, he stands among them as an equal, as a player whose resilience is as impressive to his peers as it is to everyone else.

It’s not just that he made it back from adversity that impresses - it’s the fearless way he continues to throw himself about.

It’s the selfless way he accepts any role - from playing on the wing to having to nail a lastminute conversion to beat the Wallabies last year.

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All Blacks aim to start with a bang

By PaTriCk MCkenDry Among the heavy artillery wheeled out by All Blacks coach Steve Hansen for the team’s first World Cup match against Argentina, few will appreciate their place among the starting XV as much as Dan Carter.

Carter, of course, didn’t get to play against the Pumas at the last World Cup in 2011, a quarter-final at Eden Park, because he was beginning the long road to recovery from a ruptured groin suffered the week before in Wellington on the eve of the All Blacks’ final pool game against Canada.

The fact that he is here in London at all is credit to his mental toughness and determination to finish his career in black on his own terms.

To mark the occasion, he will set a new world record on Monday when he steps out in the cavernous arena that is Wembley Stadium.

It will be his 89th start in the No10 jersey - a new landmark (his other 12 starts were at No12 at the start of his career), and a World Cup record crowd of 90,000 will be there to see him do it.

This will be his 107th test.

The inclusion of the 33-yearold by Hansen is no surprise - the head coach was always going to name his strongest line-up for this match, one of the most popular pool games in the tournament in terms of crowd interest.

There will be tweaking for the next match against Namibia at Olympic Stadium four days

after the Pumas game, but it is important for the All Blacks and Hansen to make a statement here as defending champions.

Carter will take his place in a team including veterans Keven Mealamu, Tony Woodcock, skipper Richie McCaw, Ma’a Nonu and Conrad Smith.

There is youth, too, in the form of right wing Nehe MilnerSkudder, playing in his third test, and he is one of

11 of the matchday squad of 23 about to play their first World Cup game.

The team has an average age of 28 and features 1211

test caps in the starting XV and 316 caps on the bench.

About the only minor surprise in the team is that Hansen has gone with no lock cover on the bench against what will be a physical and tough Argentine pack.

Luke Romano has missed out to loose forward Victor Vito there.

“We’re all itching to get started and with 11 of the 23 players about to take part in their first Rugby World Cup match, there’s real excitement, enthusiasm and hunger in the group.

“We all can’t wait for our tournament to start,” Hansen said.

“We’ve had a wonderful reception here in London.

“The boys have really enjoyed connecting with our fans and this wonderful city.

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“But the business is about to start and we’re all looking forward to that because, after all, that’s why we’re here.

“We’ve selected what we believe is a very strong team.

“We have the utmost respect for Argentina who we know a lot more about now because of their involvement in the Rugby Championship.

“But it also means they know a lot more about us.”

Hansen added: “We will need to be at our very best to get our tournament away to a good start.

“We’ve had a great preparation and there will be no excuses for not performing on Sunday.”

After a long build-up, the phoney war is over.

Let the battle commence.

ALL BLACKS All Blacks team to play Argentina at Wembley Stadium on Monday, kickoff 3.45am NZT is: 15. Ben Smith 14. Nehe Milner-Skudder 13. Conrad Smith 12. Ma’a Nonu 11. Julian Savea 10. Dan Carter 9. Aaron Smith 8. Kieran Read 7. Richie McCaw (c) 6. Jerome Kaino 5. Sam Whitelock 4. Brodie Retallick 3. Owen Franks 2. Dane Coles 1. Tony Woodcock Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Victor Vito, Sam Cane, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Sonny Bill Williams.

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e up the World Cup challenge Sladey - as he’s universally known - is willing to have a crack at anything and he knows why he’s fought so hard to be like that; to win back his place in the All Blacks.

“I suppose I didn’t want to have that reputation of being that guy who always got injured,” he said.

“I still cop a bit of stick for getting injured which pisses me off.

People sort of hold it against you.

It’s not like I was trying to get injured. It gave me a lot of desire to prove people wrong. I am stubborn like that - I want to prove people wrong.”

He suggests, without quite being explicit, that at the last World

Cup the people he had to prove wrong were his team-mates. He was Daniel Carter’s understudy in 2011, but there was always a sense he had reached that position because he appeared to be the best available option and the All Blacks had to have an insurance policy.

When the unthinkable happened and Carter was ruled out, Slade didn’t lack confidence, but four years on, he suggests his team-mates didn’t share his conviction.

He can see that now, and he can say that now, because it’s all so different.

“I am better prepared, but more importantly I think everyone else is better prepared as well. We went maybe 10 years where Dan was pretty much the only firstfive we had, and all of a sudden he was gone and everyone panicked.

“Over the last few years we have had a lot of injuries among the first-fives.

“Guys have come in and come out and everyone is comfortable - all the first-fives are comfortable with the role and then I think the team is comfortable with all those first-fives.

“That’s key. We all want Dan to be healthy and to go through, but for whatever reason, if something happened we have shown different guys can step up.”

One of those who has stepped up is Slade.

He’s fulfilled his ambition of playing his best rugby post-injuries. His strength of character has enabled him to show a range of skills and attributes that weren’t necessarily obvious in 2011.

These days no one will be nervous seeing Slade take the field.

He’ll be there on merit.

- NZH

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In brief Croydon’s revenge The French rugby team’s woes in the town of Croydon have continued - they’ve been slapped with a parking ticket.

The squad were assigned in a hotel in the South London Borough for the duration of the Rugby World Cup, with players reportedly unhappy about the placement. However, it seems they’ve got even more to be unhappy about now - local man Dan Hicks tweeted a picture of the team’s bus being issued with a parking ticket, captioning it “Welcome to Croydon, Team France!! #ParkingTicket”.

French newspaper MetroNews had described Croydon as “dull and monotonous”.

- NZME

Wallabies ‘itching’ The Wallabies are itching to get their Rugby World Cup campaign under way, with opposed training sessions heating up and players desperately looking for someone new to tackle. Sick of hitting teammates day after day, the Wallabies want to take some pain out on their Pool A rivals, starting with Fiji in their tournament opener on Thursday in Cardiff. In coach Michael Cheika’s famous full-on sessions, the Australian squad has been given permission to not hold back - resulting in some testing moments from players champing at the bit for the real contests to start. “But no punches have been thrown, if that’s what you’re after,” laughs prop James Slipper.

- AAP

‘Boks not worried South Africa’s white-dominated Rugby World Cup team has not been rattled by complaints about its racial makeup, a key coach said two days before their opening match. “It does not upset the team. Each player knows he is there because he is the best, because he deserves it,” Pieter de Villiers, the former French international prop who is now the Springboks scrum coach, told AFP. A South African activist group tried to get a court to confiscate the Springboks’ passports so they could not travel to England because of their racial makeup. There are just three black players in the team to start against Japan on Saturday and nine in all in the 31-man squad.

- AFP

Memorabilia popular Kiwis are reaching for their wallets as the Rugby World Cup draws near, with Trade Me searches for memorabilia and jerseys increasing dramatically in recent weeks. The online auction site said there had been a 190 per cent increase in searches for ‘Rugby World Cup’ in the last month, and a 52 per cent increase in the last week alone.

Some of the most popular search terms were for Rugby World Cup replicas, Rugby World Cup trophies and Rugby World Cup jerseys. Cup fever has predictably fuelled Kiwis’ interest in their team. - NZME

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

In brief Naki on the charge Taranaki created some separation between the Premiership’s top four and the rest of the pack after cruising to a crushing 41-0 home win over Waikato last night. The defending champions earned their fourth straight victory after starting the ITM Cup season with a trio of defeats, consolidating their position among the playoff places with three games to come. With Tasman and Canterbury setting the pace, Taranaki’s bonus-point triumph lifted them to fourth and forged a nine-point advantage over fifth-place Waikato.

To make matters worse for the mooloo men, the duck was their first in provincial rugby since 1985, snapping a streak of 297 matches.

- NZME

Black Sticks eye Rio Ashburton Gymnastics Club gymnasts (back) Samantha Holden, (front from left) Madeline Marshall, Lucy Pearce, Tsehai Davis, Leilani Davis, Lucy Marshall, Mia Grieve, and Leah Johnson show off their medal haul.

PHOTO MICHELLE NELSON 180915-MN-100

■ GYMNASTICS

Young gymnasts in top form Thirteen-year-old gymnast Samantha Holden wowed crowds last weekend, taking home gold at the Kaikoura gymnastics competition.

Representing the Ashburton Gymnastics Club, Samantha competed in the nine to 13-year-

old age group, up against 25 others.

The young gymnast has also picked up three other gold medals, a silver, and a first place this year.

The club has also had a range of other successes this year,

with a number of other gymnasts picking up gold and silver medals.

Club president Glenys Holden said that she was very proud of how the club has performed this year.

This weekend the club is

hosting its fifth annual gymnastics competition at the Ashburton College gymnasium, which will see over 150 gymnasts from around the country competing.

The event will start at 8.30am on Sunday and finish at 4pm.

■ OPINION

It’s all preparation for the main course

I

t must be a case of getting everything out of the way before the big show starts - in recent times there’s been some quite incredible sporty stuff on the telly.

The best bits of the rowing (including our own Emma Dyke making history in the women’s eights, and Hamish Bond just carrying on world domination in the coxless pairs) were usually on after midnight so many would have missed them, but watching the New Zealand flag (the real one) being hoisted again and again is most definitely cause for some serious pride.

Then there was the tennis.

Roger Federer has discovered the elixir of youth; at the ripe old age of 34 he’s sweeping all before him (I notice there was no Aussie brats in the US Open semis - or quarters - or top 16 . . .).

He’s undoubtedly the best player in the world - except for one.

That must be an odd mix of elation and frustration for the old guy, with another grand slam title always tantalisingly just out of reach, despite being

way better than almost every other player on the planet.

And the NRL competition is white hot right now, with their big finale only weeks away, and every time an apparent favourite emerges someone knocks them over; you can still get very good odds on anyone, with not many games to go.

It would be a fairytale story if Supercoach Wayne Bennett could add to his premiership tally with the Broncos though; it really does look like he’s brought back the magic ingredient they’ve been missing for a few years.

But all of that is just the entree, with the real action starting this weekend in rugby stadiums on the other side of the globe.

Richie and the boys go out to create history by defending their championship title - you’re not allowed to call the tournament its proper title because the powers that be have locked down the rights for everything tight as a drum.

Nobody can use their logos, pictures of their rugby balls, names, anything else, so eve-

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

ryone in the world has to find other ways to describe where the action is, and what action is actually happening.

Remember when Murray McCaw and David Rutherford lost the hosting rights for New Zealand through sheer arrogance back in 2003 over stadium naming rights? This is worse, as the folks in charge seek to make record profits for the tournament, on top of the record profits they made last time round.

If you’re lucky enough to be over there, a family of four could expect to pay NZ$580 for tickets, food and beverages at the World Cup clash between South Africa and Samoa at Aston Villa.

That would give them two programmes, four pies, two pints of beer, two soft-drinks and four chocolate bars along with their seats.

Somebody, somewhere is making a power of money right there.

The Farming Show on Radio Hokonui ran a super competition for someone to win a trip to England, just when some big rugby games were on, and their guys had a field day lampooning the fact they couldn’t say which tournament they were sending the winner to.

Speaking of that station, haven’t they built a superb lineup, since all the drama when Hoops came back to replace those awful Auks?

Now you’ve got local boys Hoops and Peter Mac morning and afternoon, with the wonderful Farming Show at midday (if you haven’t listened in, there’s a very fair quantity of sport and laughter to go with the farming stuff); if they don’t win some awards this year there’s something wrong!

But I digress, which of course is a rarity, and the real subject here is what’s to come, and that’s a feast of the best rugby players in the world, on the biggest stage, for the best prize.

Let the games begin.

New Zealand’s most experienced internationals Kayla Whitelock and Emily Naylor are on track for a return to the national team before next year’s Rio Olympics. The pair took time out after last year’s Commonwealth Games but returned to play for Central in this week’s national league in Whangarei.

In their absence, New Zealand, ranked fourth in the world, qualified for the Olympics and have produced quality performances. Whitelock and Naylor, with their accumulated hockey wisdom, would be positive additions to the mix. - NZME

Bullets back in NBL NBL executive chairman Larry Kestelman says the return of the Brisbane Bullets is long overdue and will provide basketball in Australia with a timely shot in the arm. Kestelman was in Brisbane yesterday to confirm the Bullets would be back in the competition for the 2016-17 season, ending a seven-year absence. CJ Bruton is the team’s first official employee and will serve as director of basketball.

- AAP

Gabba needs facelift The Gabba has a fight on its hands to maintain its status as the venue for the first Test of every Australian summer. As rival states continue to plough money into stadium redevelopments or entirely new facilities, Brisbane risks being left behind without fresh investment, according to high performance boss Pat Howard. Despite one of the most iconic pitches in world cricket, the Gabba will soon slip to arguably the fifthbest following the announcement of a new 60,000-seat stadium in Perth.

- AAP

Farah’s coach cleared UK Athletics says it has found “no reason to be concerned” about Olympic champion Mo Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar and his training programme at the US-based Oregon Project.

Farah has faced intense scrutiny after allegations Salazar had administered testosterone to distance runner Galen Rupp in 2002, and encouraged misuse of prescription drugs.

- AFP

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In brief

■ RICCARTON

Hansen hopes for winning omen Steve Hansen can be forgiven if his rugby focus is temporarily distracted by a certain black type race at home today.

On the eve of the All Blacks opening World Cup clash with Argentina at Wembley in London, the New Zealand coach will be represented by his talented filly Dezzies Dream in the Listed NZB Canterbury Belle Stakes at Riccarton.

Hansen bred the three-year-old with his late father Des and now races her with trainer Sabin Kirkland.

“It would be an emotional win for Steve,” Kirkland said.

“She’s in great form, she’s doing really well and she loves that track so here’s hoping.”

Dezzies Dream was twice successful at Riccarton during her four

start juvenile campaign and she returned to the South Island’s premier course to launch her three-year-old preparation on a winning note earlier this month.

“She’s a very fast filly and she ran 1.08 as a two-year-old,” Kirkland said.

“Having said that, when she won over 1200 first-up this time she cleared out from them by four lengths and she didn’t pull up until 500 metres after the post.

“She might be a front-runner, but she relaxes and she doesn’t reef and pull.”

Dezzies Dream’s racing style and her pedigree has Kirkland more than hopeful that she can see out the mile of next month’s Gr.1 NZB 1000 Guineas.

- NZME

Filly chasing features Interstellar has earned herself a black type call up after an impressive maiden success at Taupo yesterday. The half-sister

by Shamoline Warrior to last season’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks winner Savaria followed up her debut second with a commanding front-running performance to open her account. Interstellar’s main aim will be the Gr.1 NZB 1000 Guineas at Riccarton in November.

- NZME

Cup back to 3200?

Dezzie’s Dream: Chasing victory in the Canterbury Belle.

PHOTO TRISH DUNNELL

The Wellington Racing Club wants to revert to type with its premier staying event. They have requested approval from the NZ Pattern Committee and the Asian Pattern Committee to reinstate the Wellington Cup distance to 3200 metres for the next year’s edition of the race on January 23. The cup was controversially reduced to 2400 metres in 2009. - NZME

M8 Methven harness Tomorrow at Mt Harding Raceway

Methven Trotting Club Venue: Mt Harding Racecourse Meeting Date: 20 Sep 2015 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.02pm (NZT) CASHMERE CLUB MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2300m 1 00087 Diamond Delight (1) fr .................C DeFilippi 2 74775 The Ghost (2) fr............................ G O’Reilly 3 067 The Professor (3) fr .........................J W Cox 4 x2046 Dreamcoat (4) fr ..................... J Morrison (J) 5 20262 Rock Diva (5) fr .................................. R May 6 03 Tirol’s Rocket (6) fr .................. C D Thornley 7 Best Laid Plans (7) fr ....................... D Dunn 8 42x42 Franco Tariq (8) fr ............................M Jones 9 0x Tiger John (9) fr ............................ K Cox (J) 10 5463 Bettor In The Dark (21) fr ....................B Butt 11 Mista Shark (22) fr ....................... M Neilson 12 0x00x Ling Rowl (23) fr...............................R Close 13 0x00x Mister Zeus (24) fr...................... R Harneiss 2 12.28pm OXFORD CLUB TROT $7000, 4yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 504x5 Pure Success (1) fr .......................N Buchan 2 Tehoro Nova (2) fr ................. J Markham (J) 3 Brylin Rose (3) fr ..........................J Versteeg 4 070 Brylins Choice (4) fr ........................... R May 5 46236 Diana Harbour (5) fr ....................... K James 6 80x Allineedisamiracle (6) fr 7 85x8 Franco Helios (7) fr ..................... L Chappell 8 0 Landora’s Logan (8) fr ...................... B Clark 9 Xavier John (9) fr ............................ I Lee (J) 10 Westy Boyz (10) fr............................J Curtin 11 x5656 Ruthless Success (11) fr ............ T Quate (J) 12 5385D Trouble Del (12) fr .................. J Morrison (J) 13 82x Mon Richie (13) fr .........................L O’Reilly 14 57452 Squire John (14) fr ....................... P Wakelin 15 6x324 Pat’s Success (15) fr ........................R Close 16 563D9 Playboy’s Brother (16) fr.................C McKay 17 Stellar Success (17) fr..................M Heenan 18 223P2 Cuddly Jess (U1) fr .......................... D Dunn 19 0578x Merlot (U2) fr ................................. L Newton Emergencies: Allineedisamiracle, Franco Helios, Ruthless Success, Trouble Del

M2

3 12.58pm RANGIORA & ASHBURTON RSAS PACE

$7000, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2400m 1 5 Culley Backy (1) fr ............................J Curtin 2 775x Hesa Dazzler (2) fr ............................J Dunn 3 62433 Lis Rulz (3) fr...................................... R May 4 Native Pic N Mix (4) fr ............. S Golding (J) 5 0000x Omihi El (5) fr ......................... J Morrison (J) 6 Sketching (6) fr............................C DeFilippi 7 3423x Tom Bola (7) fr ........................ C R Thornley 8 Paleface Sioux (8) fr.........................P Davis 9 0800x Lady Cullens Reign (9) fr ..............L O’Reilly 10 290 Kia Kaha (10) fr ............................ G O’Reilly 11 45624 Derringer (11) fr ..............................M Jones 12 286x0 Shard Diego (12) fr .........................J W Cox 13 07049 Mustang Bullitt (13) fr ....................... D Dunn 4 1.28pm KAIAPOI WORKING MEN’S CLUB PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 3000m 1 00980 Rainy River (1) fr ....................... C McDowell 2 x0507 Gene Time (2) fr ................. B Williamson (J) 3 0096 Loire Franco (3) fr .................. J Morrison (J) 4 0x758 Born To Delight (4) fr .................... G O’Reilly 5 37694 Tuapeka Art (5) fr ............................R Payne 6 67x97 Yippe Ki Yay (6) fr .......................... K Butt (J) 7 09089 Jayees Supreme (7) fr...................... G Telfer 8 x8800 Lynley Morris (8) fr ...........................R Close 9 008 Rhythmist (9) fr................................M Jones 10 0068 The Katz Pyjamaz (10) fr ...........C Markham 11 94x3 Formula One (11) fr ......................... D Dunn 12 56409 Olde Oake Arnie (12) fr ........... C D Thornley 13 06 The Nans Man (U1) fr ...................L O’Reilly 14 x6958 Karanga Sweet P (U2) fr ..................S Ottley 5 1.58pm ASHBURTON MSA LIQUOR CENTRE LTD TROT $7500, 4yo+ c1 trot, stand, 2400m 1 1 Fratellino (1) fr .................................. D Dunn 2 60427 Explosive Star (2) fr.......................L O’Reilly 3 900x1 October Rain (3) fr .......................... G Smith 4 500D2 Young Stranger (4) fr ............... C R Thornley 5 25216 Momentous (5) fr.........................C DeFilippi 6 x29x1 Trial Separation (6) fr .......................J Curtin 7 50397 Filigree Sheree (7) fr ........................R Close 8 2D1x3 Little Mo (8) fr .................................... C Ford 9 00960 Illustrious Queen (9) fr ...................C McKay

10 68558 Little Bro (10) fr ................................P Davis 11 72422 Sarah Palin (11) fr ................... S Golding (J) 12 23664 Jean Sebastien (12) fr........... J Markham (J) 13 36330 Shadow Galleon (13) fr .............J Smolenski 14 040x0 Dream Big fr ................................. Scratched 15 07568 Kerryn Kylie (14) fr ....................A Tomlinson 16 34342 Insignificant (U1) fr ........................ K Cox (J) 17 0x008 Classy Boyz fr .............................. Scratched Emergencies: Dream Big, Classy Boyz 6 2.28pm WOOLSTON CLUB MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2300m 1 317x7 Chasing Shadows (1) fr ............... G O’Reilly 2 53180 Love That Guest (2) fr .......................J Dunn 3 44398 Tuscaloosa (3) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 4 4x1P3 Louie Finn (4) fr...............................M Jones 5 79674 Brute Ute Anvil (5) fr ............... C D Thornley 6 34981 Flagpole (6) fr...................................P Davis 7 38744 Riga Doon (7) fr ................................. R May 8 50x62 Flyin Heather (8) fr .......................... G Smith 9 7307x Shadow Rider (9) fr .....................C DeFilippi 10 26648 Nui Toc Tien (21) fr ........................... D Dunn 11 P0x00 Oncewerechristians fr .................. Scratched 12 40x86 Danny Del Vito (22) fr.....................T Chmiel 13 32695 Sounds Swift (23) fr ......................K O’Reilly 7 2.57pm NEW BRIGHTON CLUB MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 1609m 1 6358x Romanite (1) fr ...................M Blakemore (J) 2 60972 Incredible Anvil (2) fr ..................... K Butt (J) 3 25243 Change The Rulz (3) fr............ S Golding (J) 4 2100x Maximus Prime (4) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 5 100x2 Free Falling (5) fr ................ B Williamson (J) 6 46312 Live To Tell (6) fr ............................ K Cox (J) 7 31009 Kotare Mahdi (7) fr .................... M Purvis (J) 8 1x Charlie Chuckles (8) fr .................... I Lee (J) 9 54070 Music (9) fr ..................................J Young (J) 10 55176 Simply Fun (21) fr ..................... H Clarke (J) 11 4814x Arizona Eyre (22) fr .................... C Smith (J) 12 1310x Pay Me Visa (23) fr.............. J Harrington (J) 13 1 Talktomeurmattjesty fr .................. Scratched 8 3.33pm HORNBY WORKING MEN’S CLUB HANDICAP PACE $8000, 4yo+ c2 to c4 pace, stand, 2400m 1 2899x Nero Star (1) fr ................................M Jones

2 0x008 Classy Boyz (U1) fr ................. C D Thornley 3 05005 Getaway Doug (1) 10 .....................N Burton 4 10x10 Princess Galleon (2) 10 ....................J Dunn 5 000x5 Wishes Star (U1) 10.........................S Ottley 6 60133 Pegasus Dream (1) 20 ..................... D Dunn 7 34D11 The Earth Moved (2) 20 ..................... R May 8 21154 Prestine (1) 30 .............................. K Butt (J) 9 927x8 Zachary Binx (2) 30...................A Tomlinson 10 0409x Jayceekay (3) 30 .......................... G O’Reilly 11 1300x Xmas Joyella (4) 30 ..................... S McNally 12 13111 Tessa’s Rocket (U1) 30 ....................R Close 10 4.44pm PAPANUI CLUB INC PACE $7500, 4yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2400m 1 4P384 Reklaw Supreme (1) fr ....................W Higgs 2 06603 Boomer Bailey (2) fr ......................... D Dunn 3 x38x1 Ralph Elliott (3) fr ..........................B Orange 4 0269x Outta Sight (4) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 5 900x6 Bank Raider (5) fr..........................L O’Reilly 6 4003x Tubbys Sister (6) fr .......................... G Smith 7 5x998 Inchbonnie Lad (7) fr ............... C D Thornley Jonny Cox is down to drive McAr- 8 2160x Shantahlia Romeo (8) fr ....................J Dunn dle Royale in the last on the card 9 3720x Call Me Danny (9) fr ...................... K Cox (J) 10 97560 Hestia Franco (10) fr ........................R Close at the Methven meeting tomorrow. 11 42848 McArdle Royale (11) fr ....................J W Cox 2 32807 Canndew (2) fr .................................P Davis 12 48217 Spinyback (12) fr ............................T Chmiel 3 54867 Whyamibettor (3) fr .......................... D Dunn Pacifiers on : Landora’s Logan (R2) 4 65423 Aveross Brachole (4) fr ................. K Cox (J) Pacifiers off : Rhythmist (R4) 5 0x534 Ideal Arden (5) fr ............................. G Smith LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Re6 77015 Westburn Jewel (6) fr .....................S Phelan tired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unbeginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming con7 5887x Carrickmannon (7) fr .................... G O’Reilly ruly cession driver which allows horse to start one class down 8 02192 Princess Arts (8) fr ............................J Dunn SELECTIONS 9 1500x Verdun (9) fr .....................................R Close 10 83007 Karanga Red Fantasy (1) 10 ............S Ottley Race 1: Franco Tariq, Tirol’s Rocket, Rock Diva, Mista Shark 11 x2121 Maverick (2) 10 ...........................N McGrath Race 2: Mon Richie, Landora’s Logan, Cuddly Jess, Xavier John 12 4P10x Speedy Jack (3) 10 ................. C D Thornley Race 3: Lis Rulz, Culley Backy, Kia Kaha, Derringer 13 53x6F New York Town (4) 10 .............. S Golding (J) Race 4: Formula One, Tuapeka Art, The Katz Pyjamaz 14 591x0 Johnny Eyre (5) 10....................... M Neilson Race 5: October Rain, Insignificant, Sarah Palin, Fratellino 15 1409x Explosive Art (1) 20............................ R May Race 6: Flyin Heather, Louie Finn, Riga Doon, Danny Del Vito 16 x4156 Jerry Garcia (2) 20 ........................L O’Reilly Race 7: Free Falling, Change The Rulz, Romanite 9 4.09pm RICHMOND CLUB HANDICAP TROT $8000, Race 8: Jerry Garcia, Princess Arts, New York Town Race 9: The Earth Moved, Pegasus Dream, Zachary Binx 5yo+ c1 to c4 discrhcp trot, stand, 2400m 1 040x0 Dream Big fr ................................. Scratched Race 10: Boomer Bailey, Ralph Elliott, Tubbys Sister

Avondale gallops Today at Avondale raceway

Avondale JC Venue: Avondale Meeting Date: 19 Sep 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 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 12.00pm HEALTHVISION MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 68322 Special Duke (1) 58.5 ...............J Oliver (a2) 2 36326 Battlefield (5) 58.5 ...................... Z Moki (a3) 3 59202 Sum Favour (3) 58.5 ....................... R Jones 4 58239 Blue Pool Blur b (2) 58.5 .................A Collett 5 42 Call Me Royal 58.5 ....................... Scratched 6 x28x0 Francome (4) 58.5...................S McKay (a2) 7 54 Locally Sauced (10) 58.5 ................S Collett 8 x6450 Rambo 58.5 ................................. Scratched 9 04646 Up On The Roof (6) 58.5.........B Hutton (a1) 10 Banrock (7) 58.5 ........................H Moki (a3) 11 07066 Basil Brush (11) 58.5 .................G Cooksley 12 x5706 Enure 58.5 ................................... Scratched 13 32x2x Zabelle (8) 56.5 14 60630 Katango 56.5................................ Scratched 15 0370x You Are Amazing (9) 56.5 .............M McNab 2 12.33pm IRT R65 2200 $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 20133 The Arabian Duke mb (3) 59 ....A Jones (a1) 2 422P1 Zavamar (6) 58.5...................... E Smith (a4) 3 63836 D’Llaro dm (1) 57.5 .................S McKay (a2) 4 42154 Doucette tm (9) 56.5 ...............B Hutton (a1) 5 x9950 Oscar Legend (7) 56.5 ..................M McNab 6 96172 Sheez The Boss (5) 56 .......Z N Azman (a4) 7 32531 Special Unit m (4) 56 ................. Z Moki (a3) 8 90606 Zah Off dm (2) 55.5....................H Moki (a3)

21547 Counting House d (12) 58.5 x4180 Dylan De Lago (11) 58.5 ...............M McNab 43104 He’s Cavalier dm (9) 58.5.. U Holmquist (a2) R85 2200 $20,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2200m 36373 Dark Gem tdm (7) 58 ...................... R Jones 1 61432 Letmeby tm (7) 59 ....................A Jones (a1) 84447 Heeza Dreimer tdm (10) 58 .....A Jones (a1) 2 0x073 Rafa m (4) 59 ............................. Z Moki (a3) 05234 Jud Strunk (4) 57.5 .............A Schwerin (a3) 3 04614 Kidnapped mh (6) 56.5 ...................A Collett 04859 Saved By The Bell tm (1) 56.5 ...G Cooksley 4 2x127 Mr Kanton tm (2) 56 ........................S Collett 70918 Nulla Creek tdm (2) 56 ................ C Dell (a1) 5 93165 Permesso dm (3) 55........................ R Jones 74265 Cardon Boy tdm (6) 55.5 .................A Collett 6 00653 Malbec dm (5) 54 ........................ C Dell (a1) 7 39211 Top Choice dm (1) 54..............B Hutton (a1) 6 2.47pm COLLETT RACING STABLES R85 1200 Rating 85 Benchmark, 1200m 4 1.43pm THE HICKEY FAMILY R75 1400 $18,500, $20,000, 1 05204 Aaja Nachle tdmb (8) 59 .....Z N Azman (a4) Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 2 2149x Irish Encore d (4) 59 .................B Hong (a4) 1 81912 Kindaleica dm (4) 59 3 64391 Close Up dm (6) 58 .................S McKay (a2) 2 211L4 Eletist dm (1) 58.5 ...................S McKay (a2) 4 18136 Conrwin tdm (5) 57.5 ..........A Schwerin (a3) 3 1120x Cursive td (9) 57.5...........................S Collett 5 x3729 Britt Ekland td (7) 57 .................J Oliver (a2) 4 32712 Martiniz Special dm (5) 57 ......... Z Moki (a3) 6 11213 Scholes tdm (1) 56.5 ...............B Hutton (a1) 5 13483 Rocknrolla tdm (2) 56 ..............B Hutton (a1) 7 544x6 Sierra Beel d (2) 56 .........................S Collett 6 x1115 Charleston Girl 55 ........................ Scratched 8 x0x31 Late Decision d (3) 55.5 ................M McNab 7 0x11. El Duque tdm (3) 55 ............M McNab 9 325x3 Riding Shotgun (10) 55 ...................A Collett 8 728x1 Vicki Anne m (6) 54.5 .................. C Dell (a1) 10 7193x Stella’s Honour 54 ........................ Scratched 9 0x1x1 Galaxy Miss m (8) 54 ...................... R Jones 11 22435 Sunbeam tdm (9) 54 ................A Jones (a1) 10 12234 Nighean tdm (10) 54 .......................A Collett 7 3.22pm WESTBURY STUD KARAKA CLASSIC 11 60051 Philipa Charlotte dm (7) 54 U Holmquist (a2) (LISTED RACE) $50,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 5 2.18pm COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL R65 1400 1 32125 John Gray tdm (10) 59 ........ U Holmquist (a) 2 14553 Bechtolsheimer tdm (8) 56.5 ...........S Collett $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 3 53121 Illuminati dm (7) 56.5 ....................M McNab 1 15030 Playboy Prince 59 ........................ Scratched 4 0481x Noble Warrior tm (12) 56.5 ............ R Norvall 2 00x21 Shinko Shibata dm (8) 59 .......... Z Moki (a3) 5 7150x Candle In The Wind d (3) 55.5 ..B Hutton (a) 3 216 Silencer b (5) 59......................B Hutton (a1) 6 22113 Spoke To Carlo dmb (4) 55 ................L Tiley 4 4x315 The Gin Keeper m (3) 59 ........S McKay (a2) 9 77206 Businessman (8) 55 ........................S Collett

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7 18709 Khemosabi dm (5) 53.5................... R Jones 8 224x2 Taaxman dm (13) 53.5 ..............S McKay (a) 9 07781 Smartly d (11) 53 .......................... C Dell (a) 10 12392 Sir Kingwood dm (2) 53 ..............J Oliver (a) 11 32724 Dragonkeeper m (6) 53 ...................A Collett 12 84179 Seconds Out m (9) 53 ..................H Moki (a) 13 81912 Kindaleica dm (1) 53 ..................A Jones (a) 8 3.58pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES R65 RACE $25,000, R65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1400m 1 4150x Gin Swing (3) 59 ...........................M McNab 2 36397 Her Choice (8) 59.............. U Holmquist (a2) 3 0x432 Promises tb (6) 59 4 43x21 Whatz Occurring d (2) 60.5 .....S McKay (a2) 5 40x41 Martini Lass (12) 58 ................... Z Moki (a3) 6 04713 Stocktake m (7) 58 ...................A Jones (a1) 7 x2421 Ventura tdm (5) 58 ..........................A Collett 8 13778 Embraceable You 57.5 ................. Scratched 9 15306 Rebel Rose dm (11) 56.5 ................S Collett 10 x0308 Rustana tdm (9) 56 .................B Hutton (a1) 11 32x2x Zabelle (13) 56 12 1 Swiss Elle (10) 55.5 ........................ R Jones 13 0x090 Lola Brigida (4) 54.....................J Oliver (a2) 14 00688 Moon Eclipse (1) 54 9 4.37pm SISTEMA R65 1200 $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 0x99x Gold ‘N Mac d (13) 59 ................. C Dell (a1) 2 x2325 Sono Veloce d (8) 59..........................L Tiley 3 2266x Chachi Arcola (1) 58.5 ............... Z Moki (a3) 4 7800x Twya tdm (2) 57.5................A Schwerin (a3) 5 00641 Anuka dm (4) 57 ......................A Jones (a1)

6 5580x Snow Charm td (12) 57 ..............G Cooksley 7 0405x Eezemoova tm (7) 57 .................... R Norvall 8 0x510 Elegant Lad 57 ............................. Scratched 9 614. Absolute Gold d (11) 56 ..........S McKay (a2) 10 1 Acrylic m (6) 55.5 ..........................M McNab 11 x300x Silver Platter 55 ............................ Scratched 12 76x45 Flavigny 54.5 ................................ Scratched 13 1 Only If 54...................................... Scratched 14 104 Queen Of Cool tm (9) 54.................A Collett 15 40484 Bachata (5) 56.5 .......................J Oliver (a2) 16 41947 Parisdotcon dm (10) 54 17 x7675 Getalonghome Cindy 54 .............. Scratched 18 01045 Enjoy The Ride 56.5 ..................... Scratched 19 14x High Class tdb (3) 54 Emergencies: Bachata, Parisdotcon, Getalonghome Cindy, Enjoy The Ride, High Class Blinkers on : Rustana (R8), Sono Veloce (R9) Blinkers off : Twya (R9) Winkers on : The Gin Keeper (R5) SELECTIONS Race 1: Zabelle, Francome, Special Duke, Sum Favour Race 2: Zavamar, Doucette, D’Llaro, Sheez The Boss Race 3: Letmeby, Kidnapped, Permesso, Malbec, Rafa Race 4: Eletist, Martiniz Special, Cursive, El Duque Race 5: Silencer, Shinko Shibata, Counting House Race 6: Riding Shotgun, Aaja Nachle, Close Up, Scholes Race 7: Illuminati, Spoke To Carlo, Dragonkeeper, John Gray Race 8: Swiss Elle, Gin Swing, Martini Lass, Ventura, Zabelle Race 9: Sono Veloce, Acrylic, Twya, Eezemoova

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■ COMMENT

Week kicks off with leadership coup

T

Jeremy Flood ON THE MARKETS

change was seen as a positive from the business community due to Turnbull’s strong economic background.

Mid-week saw the latest Global Dairy Trade auction rise again. The average price rose by 16.5 per cent, making it the steepest rise in prices in more than five years.

The gain was driven by lower volumes and speculation that supply may be constrained in the months to follow due to drier than usual conditions in summer.

Whole milk powder, the key determinant for Fonterra’s farm gate milk price, rose a whopping 20.6 per cent to US$2495.

This is now above the level re-

quired to maintain the forecast payout level of $3.85 per kilo of milksolids.

Dairy analysts are expecting further increases in the dairy price although recognise that this may not translate to an increase in the payout for farmers.

New Zealand’s economy continued to grow in the second quarter according to GDP figures, as agriculture and mining continue to recover. GDP grew 0.4 per cent in the three months to June 30 this year, accelerating from the first quarter which saw growth of only 0.2 per cent.

On an annualised basis the economy grew 2.4 per cent, slightly below expectations and down from the 2.7 per cent annual growth rate seen at the beginning of the year.

This further cements sentiment that the economy is slowing and ratifies the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut rates again, as was implied in the

monetary policy statement last week.

The New Zealand dollar fell against all major trading partners following the announcement.

The biggest economic release for the week came from the US as the Federal Reserve met and decided to hold the federal fund rate at near zero. The Fed has now held rates at record lows for more than seven years and if we had seen a rate rise it would have been the first in almost a decade.

The market was pricing in a 29 per cent chance of a rate hike prior to the meeting, having fallen from a 43 per cent chance a month earlier. Despite the low odds of a rate increase investors chose to sit on the sidelines for much of the week with markets seeing lower than usual trading volumes and narrow gains and losses on indices.

The US economy continues to perform well with jobless claims

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

This article should not be deemed as advice. Disclosure statement available free of charge and on request.

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■ COMMENT

Compiled by

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman MONEY MATTERS

and companies with foreign earnings were the strongest performers.

The New Zealand equity market also succumbed to the weaker global sentiment backdrop, while the reporting season didn’t provide sufficient upside with revenue growth weakening and analysts’ downgrades outpacing upgrades by an 8:5 ratio.

Fixed interest market Looking at the fixed interest markets, New Zealand interest rates were dominated by cuts to the Official Cash Rate, weaker global sentiment and slower Chinese growth statistics.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has also not ruled out the chance of further cuts going forward.

This is great news again for borrowers, but it becomes

harder still for those investors relying on a regular income stream.

Recent bond issues that come to the market have been highly sought and we expect that demand to continue over the coming months.

Globally, both United States and United Kingdom monetary policy is expected to tighten at some point in the coming months, signalling a rise in their short-term interest rates.

Conversely the Euro region, Japan and China are all expected to maintain low shortterm interest rates as well as undertake purchases of debt securities.

While this is the case longerterm bond yields are expected to remain low.

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman are Authorised Financial Advisers with Forsyth Barr in Ashburton. 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.

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

71 250 3220 108 499 263 61.5 509 536 207 1147 764 750 509 540 194 117.5 109 301 138 133 1502 223 420 136 264 390 97 328 48 1695 115 152 378 737 133 495 385 319.5 256 377 209 372 750 320 172.5 261 3570 1325 602

Sell price

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Daily Volume move ’000s

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 5770 5720 5670 5620 5570 5520

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Company CODE

At close of trading on Friday, September 18, 2015

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

28/8

Australian, New Zealand equity markets W hile major developed equity markets declined over the quarter in local currency terms, most have delivered double-digit (New Zealand dollar) returns over the 12 months and even positive New Zealand dollar returns for the quarter.

Japanese and United States equities provided the strongest gains, with Japanese equity returns bolstered by significant monetary policy stimulus.

Returns from United States equities were largely currency driven, with the positive domestic economic data reflected in the stronger United States dollar (USD).

Australian equity returns underperformed most markets with the resource sector and in particular energy companies declining along with commodity prices.

Banks were under pressure after the major banks moved to raise equity and hybrid capital to meet expected higher regulatory capital requirements.

The reporting season was generally disappointing, with more company earnings downgraded than upgraded.

The healthcare sector

decreasing again and hitting an eight-week low. This coupled with rising wages and a shrinking unemployment rate has seen the Fed’s labour market goals achieved.

However, inflation continues to stagnate which is one of the Fed’s main concerns. Lower fuel prices have been a significant drag on pricing as they resumed their decline in August. The strong US dollar has also seen lower prices as imported goods are cheaper. The consumer price index saw a slip of 0.1 per cent for August, missing expectations for a slight increase. The annualised inflation rate saw prices edge up 0.2 per cent, well below the targeted rate of 2.0 per cent.

21/8

his week started with some excitement as the governing liberal party in Australia had a leadership change.

There were just a couple of expected announcements that Kiwi investors were looking out for, the first was the Global Dairy Trade auction, which saw another significant rise.

Next was the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures, which showed growth, albeit at a smaller than expected rate. Lastly and probably most importantly, was the Federal Reserve committee decision in the US. Monday night saw a leadership spill in Australia as Tony Abbott was challenged for the leadership of the governing Liberal party by Malcolm Turnbull. Hours after the challenge a vote was held within the party room which saw Turnbull take control of the party and the reins of the country. The

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

5,712.05 +17.82 +0.31%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,223.6

+14.56

+0.35%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

6,118.07 +17.79 +0.29%

p Rises 61 q Falls 45

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,170.5

+23.7

+0.46%

At close of trading on Sep 18, 2015

q Dow Jones Indust.

16,674.7 –65.21 –0.39% At close of trading on Sep 17, 2015

FTSE 100 index q

6,187.0

–42.22

–0.68%

At close of trading on Sep 17, 2015

q Nikkei 225 index

18,070.2 –362.06 –1.96% At close of trading on Sep 18, 2015

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

1,117.50

London – $US/ounce

–0.1

–0.01%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

14.76

+0.25

+1.72%

p Copper London – $US/tonne

5,369.0

+19.0

+0.36%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm Sep 18, 2015

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.902 0.8567 4.3197 0.573 1.4353 0.4173 78.25 1.7661 8.65 23.18 0.6512

TT sell

0.8711 0.8245 3.7887 0.5478 1.3212 0.4025 74.91 1.5386 8.3278 22.09 0.6275

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Opinion 26 Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, September 19, 2015

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OUR VIEW

Is that text message worth dying for?

Daisy Hudson

REPORTER

I

s checking a text message worth dying for?

That’s the question many of us need to ask ourselves after dozens of distracted drivers were spotted texting, talking on the phone, eating, and drinking while driving in Ashburton this week.

In the space of just half an hour, I observed 26 motorists using cellphones, while a further 13 people were spotted eating as they drove.

I saw drivers who had to slam on their brakes at traffic lights because their eyes were on their cellphones rather than the road.

Another motorist narrowly missed taking out a cyclist; but then, it is hard to control a large ute with one hand while eating Subway with the other.

Police this week launched a nationwide operation targeting distracted drivers, with a particular emphasis on those who continue to use cellphones while driving.

Distracted drivers are deadly, that’s a fact.

According to police, 21 people have died in crashes involving distracted drivers on New Zealand roads in the past 12 months.

That’s 21 people who might still be alive had someone not decided that checking Facebook or putting on lipstick was more important than staying focused on their driving.

Ashburton’s senior police officer told the Guardian that he was disappointed, but not surprised, by what I observed.

That lack of surprise seems to sum up the problem.

Unfortunately, paying attention to the road is something that many of us don’t take seriously until it’s too late.

After all, it’s easy to fire off a quick message or take a 30second phone call while you’re on the road.

However, that 30 seconds might be the difference between making it home at the end of the day or not.

Basically, it all comes back to my simple, original question – is checking a text message worth dying for?

YOUR VIEW Texting and driving Good on the police for targeting people who use their phones when they drive.

Too many drivers seem to think they are the only people on the road and that everyone else should watch out for them.

My personal favourite this week was the lady in the Hilux who drove over the side of the East Street roundabout.

She looked like she was taking a photograph of the roundabout’s flower bed. I’d say she’d have shared it on Facebook by the time she got to West Street.

Aaron Clyde ***** As the mother of a son seriously hurt when he drove his car off the road nearly two years ago, I am horrified that

CRUMB

so many people are not getting the message about phoning and driving.

My son crashed when he was on his phone.

He was too busy talking to his girlfriend than watching the road.

He did not see a box in the middle of the road until he was nearly on it, and he swerved only to hit a fence.

Two years on, he is still on pain medication and he is still not living a full life.

I thank God he wasn’t killed and that nobody else was around to get hurt.

People know they cannot concentrate on backing a car with the car stereo on full blast, so why do they think they can concentrate with a phone on their ear, or their fingers typing out a text?

Name withheld by request

by David Fletcher

Health and safety Schools are worried new health and safety rules will scare off parents from volunteering (Parent volunteers at risk, September 15).

This is crazy. The Government has to get off its chuff and inform the schools on how they can make sure volunteers will not get in trouble if something goes wrong on school camps and the like.

You would have thought that it would have thought of all this when it made the law.

As I read it, if schools don’t know, then how are parents and grandparents going to know whether helping out at school is a risky business?

S. A. Brown

Internet scams

On the Guardian’s Facebook page, readers were discussing internet scams: Two nights ago: Phone call out of the blue. “Windows Security” saying that I’m registered with them and our computers are in danger.

I said, “I’ve heard about these phone calls. This is a scam.” She said: “You are a stupid dumb people.”

I asked who her supervisor is, she told me to “shut your mouth”. I hung up.

Can’t stop laughing. I’m such a stupid dumb woman.

Muriel Morgan Any “cold callers” – hang up on them straight away. I tell them I don’t believe a word they are going to tell me, cut them off right there and then.

Maureen Small

Opinion Saturday, September 19, 2015

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Put out your onions Hanne Nielsen

TOWNIE GOES COUNTRY

I

t’s not often that an everyday kitchen vegetable steps into the political limelight and steals the show.

Then again, it’s not often that the leader of a nation chomps into a raw onion, skin and all, on national television. Twice.

Australia is a strange place, and it became even stranger at the start of this week when news that Tony Abbott’s leadership was being challenged sparked a flurry of online posts about “putting out the onions”.

What was this all about, you may ask? So did I – my onions generally live in the secluded dark of a kitchen drawer, safely protected from both sunlight and hungry politicians.

On the eve of the leadership vote, people across Australia were reminded of Abbott’s unusual snack choice and took to social media to post photographs of their bulbs – hanging from doorknobs, sitting on doormats, or generally enjoying the outdoors. The hashtag #putoutyouronions carried

echoes of the earlier “put out your bats” campaign for deceased Aussie cricketer Phillip Hughes, but this time the posts were less commemorative and more satirical.

Onions in a pot of hot water, onions impaled on fence railings and onions digitally merged with Abbott’s face all

made an appearance.

Some commentators spoke of the custom of putting out onions for your defeated enemies, so as to stave off their hunger with an unappetising food.

Theories about the significance of the posts – and the onions themselves – abounded, almost garnering more cover-

age than the actual leadership vote itself.

As political decisions were made behind closed doors in Canberra, layers of history – both local and medieval – were coalescing quite literally on people’s doorsteps.

Up until that point, I’d always associated onions with dinner: roasted, fried, chopped up in tomato sauce, or sliced in a burger.

They’re not really standalone vegetables, so their contribution to a meal is easily overlooked.

When you actually stop and think about it, onions are actually pretty powerful vegetables.

They’re many layered, just like the very best mysteries and have the power to bring even the most stoic cook to tears.

The humble onion really has been overlooked for so long, so it does seem timely to celebrate the fact that its functionality extends far beyond being cooked up into delicious French soup.

Whether or not the incoming Australian prime minister will have the same penchant for edible bulbs as his predecessor remains to be seen.

For now, all this talk of onions has just left me #FeelingHungry.

Let’s hope the local supermarket still has some in stock.

Take a look from a different angle

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ears ago a friend came and stayed with us.

When she left she gave us a copy of a painting by Salvador Dali.

Many years later, and after several shifts, it still hangs on the wall, a view of Jesus Christ upon the Cross, but from God’s vantage point.

The painting reminds me of a gift of love, of thanks, of shared memories and future hope for eternity and that is just remembering a short time of fellowship with a Kiwi friend in Scotland.

It also challenges me about how I see the world, usually from my perspective, and, as this painting portrays, there is another perspective, God’s.

Jesus, in his teaching, con-

John Coutts

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

tinually challenged societies’ norms like “the first shall be last and the last shall be first”, “if you want to lead then you must become the servant of all”, “humble yourself and you will be lifted up” (my paraphrases).

This is not what is continually presented as leading to success or satisfaction and yet as I see in our weekly Good Sorts on TV, these are just the attributes that society does value and honour and so many of the good sorts live by.

Jesus taught, but his real reason in coming to live here was

to defeat death on our behalf so that we can live with hope and anticipation of life so different and so much better than our struggles here.

He challenges us, like Salvador Dali’s painting, to look at life, death and eternity from a different perspective and to accept his gift to us all of an abundant rich life unlike anything we can fully appreciate.

He gives us a slight foretaste of what’s to come in the wonderful experiences we have here like the beauty of a spring daffodil, the sheer joy grandparents can have in their grandchildren, the joys of acceptance and friendship, the comfort of a hug or a smile.

How do you see the world?

Some parts sure are messy and

painful, joyful and amazing.

What are most of your texts about? What gives you pleasure, causes you to think?

Don’t put it in the “too hard basket” or the “not for me”.

There is another perspective – think about it; even dare to ask God to help you see it.

Jesus came to present the world with an utterly different perspective, not a temporary, fleeting, never satisfying one, but an everlasting out-of-thisworld one that would turn our thinking upside-down – to change our future from an “at death do we finish” to an “at death do we embark to glory”.

Rev. John Coutts St James’ & St Paul’s Ashburton

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Behind the St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 157 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www. toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter,

interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12.00pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road. Tinwald.

10.00am - 12.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Preloved clothing bargains. St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street.

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10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield

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5.00pm ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS SOCIAL EVENINGS. A social group for Masters swimming. E A Stadium, River Terrace.

6.00pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

Sunday

ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Service and worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele.

Baring Square Church Lounge. Baring Square East.

10.00am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined service at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovetts Road, off Maronan Road.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street,

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10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10.30am

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET, DOUBLES WAIREKA. Golf Croquet, doubles. Waireka Club, Philip St. 1.30pm

ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club and family day, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

4.00pm - 5.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth group meeting at the church. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

Monday

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will compete for the RSA trophy, Host North Canterbury. Ashburton Golf Club.

12noon - 1.30pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Every 2nd and 4th Monday, entry of Cass Street. Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

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1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome.

2.00pm ASHBURTON GREY POWER. Monthly meeting, speaker Mayor Angus

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6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter St. 8.00pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night concert, all visitors welcome. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.00am - 2.00pm ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB. Annual bird and accessory sale. 67 South Street.

9.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH TINWALD. Community garden working bee and fellowship, each Saturday, weather permitting.

8.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

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

9.00am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Allenton.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship Service with Kidz Church. 48 Allens Rd. 9.30am

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Their role is to plan and carry out direct sales activities such as maintain and develop relationships with prospective and current clients. This would involve communicating with clients, responding and follow up sale enquiries.

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Forklift experience would be an advantage but not essential, some heavy lifting would be required.

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• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented collaborative environment is essential.

• Have excellent communication skills - as you will be required to liaise at all levels with a range of people.

• Highly responsive and ‘business savvy’.

• Self motivated with a pleasant manner for sales.

• To be tidy in appearance and have good work habits.

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Some Saturday morning work is rostered.

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Required qualifications include Safe use of Pesticides PA1 and PA2, ATV Handing Certificate, Health and Safety Certificate for the use of Telehandlers and Certificate for the Safe use of Veterinary Medecine.

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MEDICAL SERVICES

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

DUTY DOCTORS

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your Community Services Card.

Sealy Street Medical, Sealy Street, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday.

They will hold surgery from 10am -12noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment necessary.

Surgery phone 308 1212.

Dr Charlotte Cox, Ashburton Health First, Havelock Street (opposite Police Station), will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday.

They will hold surgery from 10am -12noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment necessary.

Surgery phone 308 1956.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday, and from 6pm - 8pm both evenings.

Methven Pharmacy, 101 Main Street, Methven will be open Saturday, from 9am - 1pm.

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MENTAL HEALTH

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

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

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

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

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

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

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

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm ASHBURTON HOSPITAL STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm. VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP POST DELIVERY CENTRES Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

Mon - Fri 5pm 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. Business Area: -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

INFORMATION CENTRES Call us free on (0800 787 797).

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

-unrestricted visiting.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS OMMUNITY ERVICES Holidays 10am until 3pm.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org ART GALLERY Saturday, and Sunday doctor and emergency unrestricted visiting.

327 West Street, phone 308 1133. details - please telephone the Rakaia Medical BUS DEPARTURES EMERGENCY DENTIST Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm Centre, ph 303 5002.

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

If you do not have or cannot contact your ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. provide an accident and emergency service.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm Except in cases of emergency persons requiring in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. medical attention must consult their own or the Sundays and Public Holidays.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently NIMAL ERVICES 327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must weekdays 10am - 4pm, weekends 1pm - 4pm. DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL ELPLINE ERVICES have a general practitioners note of referral.

Research facilities weekday afternoons.

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS hour service.

PHARMACIES

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VETERINARIANS

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: south: Toni Johnston, north: Jennifer Hubbard. Small: Ref Vet Ent. ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Kate Foxcroft, Katherine Hayward. Small: Gabbie

Muschamp.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Sales Consultant Are you ambitious, driven, and looking to succeed in a sales role?

You are?

Then we have the perfect role for you!

Milk nutrition for a modern world

SITUATIONS VACANT

Motel Cleaner

Warehouse Cleaner Please visit our website to find out more!

We require a reliable, conscientious cleaner 4-5 mornings a week also includes weekend work.

throughout the South Island, as well as having many diversified interests in seafood, frozen vegetables, meat and dairy products. We currently have the following positions at our Fairton plant located 10 minutes drive from Ashburton.

We require a motivated, results driven sales professional who will achieve sales, whilst securing new business opportunities.

You will be selling into our daily newspaper, farming publications, exciting monthly lifestyle magazine YOU and also digital platform.

Packout Manager

Warehouse Cleaner

The Fresh Name in the Freezer

Milk Ensuring ALL targets and goals are achieved and managed within the guidelines and timeframes, as set out by the company in conjunction nutrition We are looking for a team player with a competitive spirit, driven with the customer’s needs, while complying with regulatory governance. by achieving results and targets. This role will be based between for a You require all the skills above as well as experience in effective which may include Kaizen, Lean Thinking and 5S training: Christchurch and Ashburton. modernleadership a proven history in organising, data collection and analysis: a full The key skills for this position include: and implementation of the needs of food safety, health world understanding • Sales experience and drive is vital, along with a high degree and safety, compliance, industry standards and customer specifications

Please visit our website to find out more! are essential. of professionalism • Confident in making outbound sales calls and closing a sale Nurturing, guidance and support of the staff is expected to maintain • Hunting, building and maintaining valuable customer morale and boost training while stimulating continuous improvement.

Ellesmere Echo 5 x 3 columns relationships If this position interests you, please forward your CV to: Recruitment, • Experienced in building new relationship channels.

PO Box 244, Ashburton, or email: recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz • Enjoy a career opportunity and lifestyle that is flexible and Note for Non Residents: allows you to work around your customers’ needs Only applicants that are legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be • Good planning and organising abilities considered for advertised position.

• Professional phone manner and a high level of professional presentation • Focused on meeting and exceeding targets Milk • Have an excellent command of the English language • Great computer skills nutrition

In return we will provide: • Full time position • Attractive base salary + OTES’s (circa $60k - $80k pa) • Great and enthusiastic business culture • Social Club

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If this position suits you please email Craig at info@taylorsmotel. co.nz

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Community Support Worker Ashburton | Part Time Do you enjoy helping people and making a difference to someone’s life?

We are looking for a female support worker ideally aged between 25-40 years old to assist our client rehabilitating after an injury. It’s more than just a job, you will be providing support on a one-to-one basis that will help her get on with living in her own home and community.

Shifts available are daily from 7.30am to 9am. You must have a full drivers licence, be motivated, have empathy, clear communication skills and fluency in English. NZ residence or a valid NZ work permit is essential.

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We offer: • competitive hourly rate • full induction and training • a great team support network

To apply: mandy.wilkinson@healthcarerehab.co.nz Ph 0800 621 222 extn 363 www.healthcarerehab.co.nz Healthcare Rehabilitation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Healthcare of New Zealand Holdings Limited

Qualified Electrician

We are seeking an individual who is adaptable and keen to learn. In this position you will be required to perform all facets of the trade as the role involves a wide variety of work.

Please visit our website to find out more!

The successful applicant will offer: Hinds Mechanical • New Zealand registration.

You will be reaching for the stars in this role.

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RURAL TRADING POST

TRADES, SERVICES

PLANTS, PRODUCE

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

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$2 Week

Lettuce Royal Gala 1kg Tele Cucumber Celery Pears 1kg

Specials available from 15/09 - 22/09

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Fresh Fruit & Vege

Raukapuka/Geraldine Office Aerial & Ground Herbicide Spraying Programme

Tender

– for Building Construction Ashburton District Council seeks tenders for the construction of a Fire Shed at Hinds, Isleworth Road being part of the Hinds Domain, Ashburton District.

The work involves the construction of a single storey timber framed building with steel cladding, comprising two vehicle bays, a meeting room, kitchen and ablutions. Total floor area is approximately 215sqm. Council will obtain all necessary consents for the construction prior to commencement.

Conditions of tender, contract for service, working drawings and specifications can be obtained from the Receptionist, Ground Floor, Council Administration Building, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton or by phoning Council’s Property Department on 307 7863.

Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Hinds Rural Fire Shed” and received no later than 4.00pm Friday 20 October 2015.

Tenders for the property close with – The Chief Executive Officer Ashburton District Council PO BOX 94 Ashburton Officer for enquires, James Webb,Commercial Manager.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

REGISTRATION OF INTEREST Te Runanga O Arowhenua Marae upgrade

Registration of Interest from Main Contractors are being sought for the proposed Redevelopment of the Arowhenua Marae.

ROI closes 4pm Friday, October 9, 2015.

For information contact: Rushton Architects Telephone: 03 684 8908 Email: info@rushtonarchitects.co.nz

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

All entries for the 2015 Show close on September 30, 2015, other than Show Jumping, which closes October 22. Show office opens at Showgrounds , Brucefield Avenue on September 28, 29 from 1pm to 5pm and September 30 from 9am to 5pm

Location

Schedule and entry forms available on line at www.ashburtonshow.co.nz or by contacting the Secretary on phone 308 7908

Spraying will take place on land administered by the Department and LINZ within the Ashburton Lakes and Upper Rangitata and Upper Rakaia Rivers between 21 September 2015 and 30 June 2017 as required. This notice also covers weed control on conservation land managed by the Raukapuka/Geraldine Office outside the areas mentioned above.

Method

Aerial spraying will be only of proprietary formulations containing the herbicides Glyphosate or Triclopyr triethylene amine (TEA) as the active ingredient. The only additives to these herbicide formulations will be surfactants and dyes added in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Liz Gunning Department of Conservation Raukapuka/Geraldine Office Geraldine Phone 03 693 1010

Andrew Dalziel Chief Executive

Building –

it’s what we know and it’s what we do best. That’s why clients have chosen us, again and again.

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

Close of Entries for Ashburton A&P Show

The Department of Conservation, Raukapuka/Geraldine Office advises the start of its aerial and ground herbicide spraying programme for the purposes of weed control as per Resource Consent CRC110419.

For further information regarding this programme please contact:

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

308-1095

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

TENDERS

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D&E MARINE

We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart

FOR FUN ON THE WATER

AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE

153 Moore St 03 3077620

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

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REAL ESTATE

EDUCATION

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CHURCH SERVICES

Church Services Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays@10.00am Including Children’s Church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron Sts Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All welcome

BUSINESS WANTED/SELL Lawn Mowing Business ‘Learn today for ever’

OPEN NIGHT Tuesday 22 September 2015 7.00pm-8.30pm All parents and students of Year 6 & 7 are invited to our Open Night to look at what our school has to offer.

Judy Jemmett Acting Principal

GARAGE SALES

FALCON Drive, Ashburton, 9am - 12 noon. Household goods, art work.

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St Andrews Presbyterian Church Sinclair Centre, Park Street Saturday, September 20, 2015 9.00am - 11am Garden stall, treasure trove stall, cake stall, preloved clothing, book and records, bric-a-brac, hand made cards, morning tea, sausage sizzle amd more!

WANTED

COLLECTOR pays top prices for old bottles, old petrol or oil company items or old metal advertising signs. Phone or text 021 034 9001.

TRADES, SERVICES

HOME handyman available.

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

MOTORING

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.

Looking for a builder MEETINGS, EVENTS with a little more EIFFELTON experience?  Housing  Commercial  Farm Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

HALL SOCIETY AGM Wednesday, September 30 7.30pm At Eiffelton Hall

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Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

307 7900

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.

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.

HIRE

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street.

Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

MASSIVE GARAGE SALE SAT 10am-2pm, 92 Rawles Crossing Rd. Follow the balloons from Ashburton Staverley bridge MOVING NORTH ALL MUST GO! Bring your trailer and your cash. Modern Couch, pool table, bedroom furniture, clothing, kitchenware, art, whiteware, toys, sports goods, horse gear, bus, walnut trees, shrubs, renovation supplies, garden equip, BBQ, outdoor furniture and lighting.

FOR SALE

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

For Sale $12,000 • 70+ regular clients • Includes: mower, line trimmer, blower (all new), trailer • Great lifestyle, be your own boss.

Motoring 307 7900

10am Morning Service

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison Life 2 da Max (Kids Church) Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

Call : 03 307 2840 021 063 9242 email: elizdavidmcc@ yahoo.co.uk

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

17 PETER ST, Hampstead.

Three bedrooms, spacious lounge/dining area, fully section with fenced single garage. Trademe #947191578. Ring Belinda 021 1198 222.

2 ISLEWORTH Road, Hinds.

Warm three bedroom house with spacious lounge/dining/ kitchen area.

Trademe #911088330. Ring Belinda 021 1198 222.

20 ALISON St, Allenton.

Three bedrooms plus sunroom, large lounge and dining area close to Allenton school & shops. Trade me #925935019. Ring Belinda 021 1198 222.

27 GROVE St, Tinwald. Four bedrooms, fully fenced section with double garage.

Trademe #947191943. Ring Belinda 021 1198 222.

69 PRINCES St, Netherby.

Modern three bedroom house with large kitchen/lounge/ dining area with fully fenced section and double internal access garage. Trademe #949906663. Ring Belinda 021 1198 222.

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting

You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

Selling for health reasons.

Room to grow business if required.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton

Work the hours you want.

MISS Eva, attractive and busty, friendly. Straight and GRAZING clean. No texting, no blocked GRAZING required for 400+ calls will be answered. Phone store lambs. Grass preferred. 021 044 0698.

87 HEKEAO Road, Mayfield.

Please phone Ian on 027 230 TERRI - Hot and sexy. 46, Large, sunny, four bedroom 2188. mature busty blonde. Here to house out in the country.

GRAZING wanted for store tease you and please you. In Trademe #877336336. Ring lambs. Phone Steve Sim 027 town from 6pm Friday and Belinda 021 1198 222.

Saturday. Phone 022 065 9 BELT Rd, Allenton. Great 321 6060.

7059. location with double garage.

LAMB grazing wanted for Trademe #929638347. Ring mobs 300 plus, preferably Belinda 021 1198 222. grass. Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

CARAVAN for rent at Ashburton Holiday Park.

Guardian Classifieds Good weekly rates. Phone 03 308 6805.

307 7900

Guardian

Many are the afflictions of the Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts righteous but the Lord delivers Phone 308 5409 him out of them all. www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

FOR RENT - Tidy and warm two bedroom unit, attached garage and storeroom. $285 per week. Ph 027 480 5662.

RAKAIA three bedroom house to rent. $295 per week.

Available early October. No dogs, references required. Ph 302 0706.

TINWALD - Two bedroom unit, large living and dining, single garage, lovely section, pets negotiable, $300 p/w. Ph Adelle 0210 480 210 or 307 6487.

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Libby Jackson Happy 7th Birthday Princess Libby.

Lots of love from Mum, Dad, Greta, Tess and Jack.

Libby Jackson Happy 7th Birthday Libby.

Lots of love from Nana, Grandad, Aunty Iona, Uncle Andrew, Jackson and Angus. xxx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Pettinice Coloured Fondant

Ready to use.

Available in 11 colours.

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

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FOUR

6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Come Dine With Me PGR 3 0 Noon Cook Me The Money 3 1pm NZ With Nadia Lim 3 0 1:30 Kiwi Living 3 0 2:30 Situation Critical 0 3pm Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:30 SCU Serious Crash Unit PGR 30 4pm Piha Rescue 3 0 4:30 N Tales From Northumberland With Robson Green Born and bred in Northumbria, Robson Green thought he knew everything there was to know about this remote part of Britain – until now. 0 5pm Monster Fish 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Outback Truckers PGR 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 Outback Truckers PGR Continued. 0 8:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 9:30 Mr Selfridge AO 0 10:30 The Kick AO 0

6am Sooty 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:15 Transformers Rescue Bots 3 0 6:40 Paw Patrol 3 0 7:05 The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue! 0 7:15 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:45 Pokemon XY 0 8:10 Transformers Robots In Disguise 0 8:35 Beware The Batman 3 0 9:05 Breadwinners 0 9:30 Lab Rats 0 10am 2Kaha PGR 10:30 Posh Nosh 3 0 10:40 Step

By Step 3 0 11:10 Full House 3 0 11:40 Family Matters 12:10 The Big Bang Theory PGR 0 2pm Pretty Little Liars AO 0 3pm Galavant PGR 0 3:30 The Neighbours 3 0 4pm The Amazing Race 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Wipeout 0 7pm M The Chronicles Of Narnia – Prince Caspian PGR 2008 Adventure. Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley. 0 10pm M Unknown AO 2011 Thriller. A man wakes from a coma to find someone has taken his identity, with even his wife not recognising him.

Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger. 0

6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 Former All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry talks rugby, and some of the players go fishing.

7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show.

10:30 F Smokefree Rockquest 2014 3 11:30 Survivor – Caramoan 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3 1:30 F Child Genius 0 2:30 Bondi Vet (Starting Today) 30 3pm MasterChef New Zealand 3 4pm MasterChef New Zealand 3 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 Storage Hunters 3 6pm 3 News 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 American Ninja Warrior The top 30 contenders from the Denver qualifier compete in the Denver finals course. 0 8:30 Blue Bloods AO A photographer who is an important witness in one of Erin’s cases is almost killed in a hit-and-run, so Erin asks Danny to protect him. 0 9:25 F SVU AO 0 10:20 Hannibal AO 3 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:35 Sidekick 3 9am BeyWheelz 3 A peaceful city becomes the site of a battle between good and evil.

9:30 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Mr Young 3 5:30 Victorious 3 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 M Free Willy 2 – The Adventure Home PGR 1995 Family.

Jason James Richter, Francis Capra Elvis, Mary Kate Schellhardt. 0

12:35 Doc Martin PGR 3 0 1:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Neighbourhood 3 0 4:20 L Football – English Premier League Manchester City v West Ham at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester.

12:15 M Act Of Valour AO 2012 Action Thriller War. Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano.

0 2:20 M Michael Jackson’s This Is It PGR 2009 Documentary.

Michael Jackson. 0 4:15 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 5:05 2Kaha PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

11:20 Bouncers AO 3 On the Clacton-on-Sea doors are Ryder, who is ready for trouble, but prefers a quiet life and Andy, who is training a be a physics teacher. 0 12:25 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

11:50 90210 PGR 3 Annie envisages an alternate reality in which she never left Kansas and she is engaged to her high-school boyfriend.

12:40 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features 8:30 Love Nature – Monkey Thieves 9am Atlantic Edge 9:30 Destination Flavour Down Under 10am Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 10:30 Buying Alaska 11am House Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings PGR Noon 100 Day Bach 12:30 The Get Growing Roadshow 1pm Beyond River Cottage 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm American Restoration 3:30 Yard Crashers 4pm The Apartment 5pm 10 Years Younger UK 6pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 6:30 Baggage Battles 7pm Shark Man 7:30 Love Nature – Natural World – Flying Rhinos 8:30 Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 9:30 Toy Hunter 10pm NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 10:30 American Restoration 11pm The Apartment

SUNDAY

Midnight 10 Years Younger UK 1am Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 2am Shark Man 2:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet 3am Mad Dogs AO 4am NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Toy Hunter 5:30 American Restoration

8:30 M Jaws 2 PGR 3 1978 Thriller. Terror returns to the resort town of Amity when a giant fin is spotted circling the surrounding waters. Lorraine Gary, Roy Scheider. 0 10:55 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 3 The biggest entertainment stories of the last week.

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am L Rugby – World Cup Opening Ceremony. From London’s Twickenham Stadium.

6:45 L Rugby – World Cup England v Fiji.

9am Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) NRL Premiership.

Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2:30 Celebrity Wife Swap USA PGR 3 3:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Taranaki v Waikato.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day One. 6:35 Storage Wars – Texas 3

6am L Rugby – World Cup Opening Ceremony. From Twickenham, London.

6:45 L Rugby – World Cup England v Fiji. From Twickenham, London.

9am World Rugby 9:30 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Opening Ceremony.

10:15 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) England v Fiji. From Twickenham, London.

12:15 The Making Of Black 1:15 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) England v Fiji.

1:45 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Opening Ceremony.

2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Hawke’s Bay v Bay of Plenty.

4:30 Jonah Lomu – Back To RSA 5:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Southland v Manawatu.

7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup 7pm Storage Wars – Texas 3 Northland v Counties 7:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries Manukau. From Toll Stadium PGR 3 in Whangarei.

9:30 F Silent Witness AO 9:30 L Roof Top Rugby Jeff Nikki and Jack finally make Wilson and guests talk about a forensic breakthrough on rugby, from New Zealand their case in Afghanistan.

House in London.

10:40 Rugby – World Cup 10pm Rugby – World Cup (Replay) (Highlights) Day One. Opening Ceremony.

10:45 L Rugby – World Cup Tonga v Georgia. From Kingsholm, Gloucester.

11:15 The Moaning Of Life AO 3 Lacking a grand career plan, Karl travels to meet the great entrepreneurs of the world. A Japanese man teaches him how to be a genius and he tries being a catwalk model in Hollywood.

12:15 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Patapatai 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am The Fit Club 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm The Big Hit 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Pacific Games 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Modern Family PGL 9:20 Survivor – Marathon PG 1:15 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 2:05 Shearing Gang PG 2:30 Smashed Palace ML 2:55 Wild West Alaska M 3:45 SVU MVS 4:35 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

7:30 Last Man Standing PG 8pm Modern Family PGL 8:30 Duck Commander ML 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 10:30 Shearing Gang PG 11pm Smashed Palace ML 11:30 Chosen MVL

SUNDAY

12:25 Raw MC 3:10 Chosen MVL 4am Last Man Standing PG 4:25 Modern Family PGL 4:50 Duck Commander ML 5:15 Survivor – Fiji PG

1:15 L Rugby – World Cup Ireland v Canada. From Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. 3:30 L Rugby – World Cup South Africa v Japan.

From Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton. 5:45 Roof Top Rugby

SKY SPORT 2 6pm F Marae Kai Masters PGR 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M Beverly Hills Ninja PGR 1997 Comedy. Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Nicollette Sheridan.

9:10 M Hero – Ying Xiong PGR 2002 Action Adventure History.

Jet Li, Tony Chiu Wai Leung, Maggie Cheung.

11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG Love Meter; Knights Templar Sword. 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 River Monsters PG Prehistoric Terror.

10:30 River Monsters PG Atomic Assassin. 11:30 John Eales Reveals – Life After Sport PG 12:30 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 1:30 Naked And Afraid XL M 40 Days No Escape. 2:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Auction Hunters 5:30 What On Earth? PG 6:30 River Monsters PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Flipping Ships PG 9:30 Treasure Quest M 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Hour China – How China Works PG SUNDAY Midnight Aeroplane Repo PG 1am Crimes That Shook The World M 2am Bering Sea Gold PG 3am Bering Sea Gold PG 4am Bering Sea Gold PG 5am Mythbusters PGR

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MOVIES PREMIERE 6:45 The Giver MV 2014 Drama.

Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep.

8:20 Lone Survivor 16VLC 2013 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch.

10:20 Fright Night 2 16VLSC 2013 Horror. Will Payne, Jaime Murray.

Noon Prisoners 16VLC 2013 Crime.

Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal.

2:30 The Giver MV 2014 Drama.

Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep.

4:05 A Common Man MVL 2013 Thriller. Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross.

5:30 Goats 16VLSC 2012 Comedy.

David Duchovny. 7:05 The Reckoning MVLS 2014 Thriller.

Jonathan LaPaglia, Luke Hemsworth.

8:30 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action. Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko. 10:20 Tammy ML 2014 Comedy. Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon. 11:55 Wild Card MC 2014 Drama. Jason Statham, Michael Angarano. SUNDAY 1:25 The Reckoning MVLS 2014 Thriller. Jonathan LaPaglia, Luke Hemsworth. 2:50 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action.

4:35 Tammy ML 2014 Comedy.

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MOVIES GREATS 7:55 Don’t Say A Word MVLS 2001 Thriller. Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy. 9:45 Team America – World Police 16VLS 2004 Animated Action.

Voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller. 11:25 Yes Man MLS 2008 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Rhys Darby. 1:10 Mercury Rising MVL 1998 Action Thriller. Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride. 3pm My Best Friend’s Girl 16LSC 2008 Comedy.

Kate Hudson, Dane Cook. 4:40 The Illusionist MVS 2006 Drama.

Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel. 6:30 The Bourne Identity MVL 2002 Thriller. 8:30 Kiss The Girls 18VL 1997 Crime Thriller.

10:25 Shaun Of The Dead MVLC 2004 Horror Comedy. SUNDAY 12:05 The International 16VL 2009 Crime. 2am My Best Friend’s Girl 16LSC 2008 Comedy. 3:40 Shaun Of The Dead MVLC 2004 Horror Comedy. 5:20 The Illusionist MVS 2006 Drama.

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6am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers. From Headingley Carnegie in Leeds.

6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Playoffs.

9:30 #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy and Stephen McIvor.

10am L Triathlon – ITU World Series Women’s Race. From Chicago, Illinois.

12:30 The F1 Show In depth interviews with drivers and a wrap of the week’s action.

1:30 Golf Central 2:30 Sport TBC 4:30 Football – Fifa World Cup (Highlights) Qualifiers – Oceania Stage One. 5pm Rugby League – Super League (Replay) Playoffs.

7pm L Rugby League – Holden Cup Semi-final Two – Broncos U20 v Warriors U20.

9pm L Rugby League – NRL Semi-final Two – Cowboys v Sharks.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Saturday Week Six. Featuring Hawke’s Bay v Bay of Plenty, Southland v Manawatu, and Northland v Counties Manukau.

12:30 Roof Top Rugby Jeff Wilson, Ali Williams and Sean Fitzpatrick talk about rugby from New Zealand House in London.

1am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Playoffs.

1:30 World Rugby (Highlights) 1:55 L Rugby League – Super League Leigh v Bradford.

4am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Hawke’s Bay v Bay of Plenty. From McLean Park in Napier.

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6:30 Fishy Business 3 0 6:50 Sunday 3 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 3 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 Noon River Monsters 3 0 1pm The Life And Times Of Temuera Morrison PGR 3 0 1:30 Radar Across The Pacific 3 0 2pm Building The Dream 3 0 3pm The Incredible Mr Goodwin PGR 0 4pm Off Their Rockers UK 3 0 4:30 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs 3 0 5pm Biggest And Baddest 3 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm Topp Country 0 8:30 Winter AO Eve is caught between two worlds – solving Karly’s murder with Lachlan and her team, and finding Indiana, who she is convinced is hiding something. 0 9:30 Ordinary Lies PGR 0 10:35 A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 3 8:30 Turning Point 3 9am Three60 9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation 0 11am Missing Pieces 3 0 11:30 Prison Families PGR 3 0 11:55 Family Secret PGR 3 0 12:25 Crime Exposed PGR 3 0 12:55 Hamish And Andy’s Gap Year – South America PGR 3 0 2pm Motorsport – Jet Sprints Hastings, Superboat round four. 2:30 Motorsport – WTCC (Highlights) 3pm Motorsport – NHRA Norwalk round 12.

4pm Motorsport – MotoGP Misano, round 13. 5pm Big Angry Fish 6pm 3 News 8:30 M The Tuxedo AO 2002 7pm MasterChef New Zealand 0 Action. A hapless chauffeur 8pm M Percy Jackson And must take a comatose secret The Olympians – The agent’s place using his special Lightning Thief PGR 3 gadget-laden tuxedo. Jackie 2010 Adventure. When Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt. 0 a boy discovers he is the 10:30 N Constantine AO descendant of a Greek god, Seasoned demon hunter he sets out to settle an and master of the occult ongoing battle between the John Constantine takes on a gods. 0 rising darkness as he fights to 10:25 M Public Enemies AO 3 reclaim his soul. 0 2009 Crime. 0

11:35 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:45 Attitude 3 0 1:15 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Marae 3 Maori current affairs show. 2 3:35 Infomercials

11:25 M Underworld – Awakening AO 2012 Action.

Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy. 0 1:10 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4:10 It Is Written 3 4:40 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Baggage Battles 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Love Nature – Natural World – Flying Rhinos 8am Toy Hunter 8:30 Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 9:30 The Apartment 10:30 10 Years Younger UK 11:30 Baggage Battles Noon Shark Man 12:30 Yard Crashers 1pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 1:30 Love Nature – Natural World – Flying Rhinos 2:30 Brand New House On A Budget 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5pm Cheese Slices 5:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 6pm Garage Gold 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Penn And Teller – Fool Us 8:30 M Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead AO 2007 Crime Drama. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney.

10:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 11pm Garage Gold 11:30 Being Erica PGR

MONDAY

12:30 M Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead AO 2007 Crime Drama. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney.

2:30 Buying The Bayou 3am Brand New House On A Budget 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Cheese Slices

6am Fishtronaut 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:45 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 7:10 Fish Hooks 3 0 7:35 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8am What Now Ronnie, Chris, and Bianca sail their recycled rafts; Young Ocean Explorers are live in studio.

10am ANT Farm 0 10:30 The Bachelorette PGR 3 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2:30 Selfie PGR 3 0 3pm Hot In Cleveland PGR 3 0 3:25 Home And Away Omnibus 30 5:50 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 6:45 M Escape From Planet Earth PGR 2013 Animated Adventure Comedy. Voices of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba. 0

1:05 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake 3 7:25 Care Bears 3 7:45 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8am Moerathon 3 0 8:55 Chuggington Badge Quest 3 9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 3:40 Infomercials 4:40 Pukana 2 5:10 M A Simple Wish 3 1997 Family. Mara Wilson, Martin Short, Kathleen Turner, Francis Capra. 0 7pm Glee PGR 3 New Directions are busy working and planning; with an upcoming wedding, Sue has a change of heart and encourages everyone to follow their own.

8pm Community PGR 3 8:30 M Maid In Manhattan PGL 3 2002 Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes. 0 10:40 Parks And Recreation PGR 3 11:05 Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week.

Midnight Infomercials

PRIME

6:15 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) England v Fiji.

6:45 L Rugby – World Cup France v Italy. From Twickenham, London.

9am Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Tonga v Georgia. From Kingsholm, Gloucester.

11am Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Ireland v Canada. From Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

1pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day Two. 1:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) England v Fiji – Day One. 2pm Roof Top Rugby 2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup North Harbour v Canterbury.

4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Tasman v Auckland.

6:30 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) South Africa v Japan.

8:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

9:30 The Making Of Black 10:45 L Rugby – World Cup Samoa v USA. From Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton.

11:05 Psych PGR After Henry takes a bullet to the chest and is taken to hospital fighting for his life, Shawn seeks revenge on the shooter and everyone else involved.

12:05 Vegas PGR 3 1am Home Shopping

1:15 L Rugby – World Cup Wales v Uruguay. From Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

3:20 L Rugby – World Cup All Blacks v Argentina. From Wembley Stadium, London.

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2 2pm Whanau Living PGR 3 Stacey Morrison samples Paleo food, also known as the cave-man diet; Beez Ngarino looks into lowimpact fitness; Natasha Keating demonstrates how to make feature lamps.

2:30 Code 3 3:30 N The Rugby Show – French Top 14 La Rochelle v Clermont.

5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX 7:05 Survivor – Marathon PG 9:25 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Shearing Gang PG 5:50 Smashed Palace ML 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 7:30 Longmire 16V Walt is seriously concerned about Branch’s behaviour, but makes a key discovery in the David Ridges case.

8:30 Texas Rising 16VLSC Buffalo Hump, leader of the Comanches, observes an Indian attack on Emily West’s wagon train from afar.

9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 Cleaners MVLS 11:30 Longmire 16V MONDAY 12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 Cleaners MVLS 3am Texas Rising 16VLSC 3:50 Hawaii Five0 MV 4:40 Counting Cars PG 5:05 Longmire 16V

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6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Bear Grylls Wild Weekends PGR 3 Bear Grylls takes comedy writer and actress Miranda Hart on an expedition to the Swiss Alps.

1:10 Doctor Who Christmas Special PGR 3 The Doctor and Clara face their last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, they must call on Santa Claus for help.

2:30 Mainfreight Rugby 3:25 Animal Airport 3 4pm Animal Airport 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day Two. 6:35 Storage Wars – Texas PGR 3 7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 N Doctor Who PGR 8:30 Weekend Murders – Midsomer Murders PGR When a pub landlady is crushed to death during a magic show in Midsomer Oaks, Barnaby and Nelson discover conflict between the village church and ancient pagan traditions.

10:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights)

SKY SPORT 2 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Paepae 7pm Rugby League – NRL Premiership 8:30 M Wings Of Desire PGR 1988 Drama Fantasy Romance.

An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal. Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander.

10:50 Te Kaea 3 2 11:20 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Mythbusters PGR 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 Naked And Afraid M 9:30 Flipping Ships PG 10:30 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 11:30 River Monsters PG 12:30 Extreme Drug Smuggling M 1:30 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG 2:30 River Monsters PG 3:30 Chaos Caught On Camera M Icy Impact; Flash Flood; Deadly Deer. 4pm Chaos Caught On Camera M 4:30 Treasure Quest M 5:30 Naked And Afraid XL M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Hustling The House M 8:30 Casino Secrets M 9:30 Alaskan Bush People M 10:30 Flipping Ships PG 11:30 What On Earth? PG

MONDAY

12:30 Mythbusters PG 1:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Yukon Men M 5am Bering Sea Gold PG

Weekend Murders – Midsomer Murders, 8:30pm on Prime

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:10 A Common Man MVL 2013 Thriller. Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross.

7:35 Wild Card MC 2014 Drama.

Jason Statham, Michael Angarano.

9:05 The Reckoning MVLS 2014 Thriller. Jonathan LaPaglia, Luke Hemsworth. 10:30 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action.

Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko.

12:15 A Common Man MVL 2013 Thriller. Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross.

1:45 Tammy ML 2014 Comedy.

Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon.

3:20 Reasonable Doubt 16VL 2014 Crime. Samuel L Jackson, Dominic Cooper. 4:50 Delivery Man ML 2013 Comedy.

Vince Vaughn. 6:35 Robocop MV 2014 Action. Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman. 8:30 The Hunger Games – Mockingjay: Part 1 MV 2014 Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 10:35 Fury 16VL 2014 Action War. MONDAY 12:50 Last Call 16VLS 2012 Comedy.

2:20 Reasonable Doubt 16VL 2014 Crime. 3:50 Fury 16VL 2014 Action War.

6:15 Canoeing – Slalom ICF World Championship (Replay) Semi-finals Session One. 8:30 Canoeing – Slalom ICF World Championship (Replay) Semi-finals Session Two. 10am L Triathlon – ITU World Series Men’s Race.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Semi-final Two – Cowboys v Sharks.

Winter 1pm Rugby League – Super 8:30pm on TV One League (Highlights) Leigh v Bradford.

1:30 Sport 365 MOVIES GREATS 7:05 The Bourne Identity MVL 2002 2pm Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Leigh v Thriller. Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Bradford.

Chris Cooper, Clive Owen.

2:30 Rugby League – NRL 9am The International 16VL 2009 (Highlights) Semi-final Two – Crime. Clive Owen, Naomi Watts.

Cowboys v Sharks.

10:55 My Best Friend’s Girl 3pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) 16LSC 2008 Comedy. Kate Hudson, Semi-final One – Roosters v Bulldogs.

Dane Cook. 12:35 Shaun Of The 5pm L Rugby League – NSW Dead MVLC 2004 Horror Comedy.

Cup Preliminary Final Two – Simon Pegg, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield. Mounties v Newcastle.

2:15 Kinky Boots ML 2005 Comedy. 7pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Semi-final Two – Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

4pm Troy MV 2004 Action. Brad Pitt, Cowboys v Sharks.

7:30 Football – Arsenal TV Chelsea Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom. 6:40 I v Arsenal.

Now Pronounce You Chuck 10:30 Rugby – World Cup And Larry MLS 2007 Comedy.

(Highlights) Day Two. Adam Sandler, Kevin James, 11pm Motorcycling – British Jessica Biel. 8:30 Speed MV Superbikes (Delayed) 1994 Action. Keanu Reeves, MONDAY Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper.

12:10 L Motorsport – British 10:30 The Making Of Everest Superbike Championship TT 10:45 Training Day 18VL 2001 Circuit Assen.

Action Thriller. Denzel Washington, 4am Champions League Weekly Ethan Hawke. MONDAY 4:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) 12:45 Black Hawk Down 16V 2001 Sunday Week Six. Action. 3:05 Kinky Boots ML 2005 5am Motorcycling – Classic TT Comedy. 4:50 Troy MV 2004 Action. (Highlights)

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PAWSEY, Dorothy Joyce (nee Hay) – Dot’s family wish to express McKIMMIE – their sincere thanks to Dave and Sarah (née everyone for the many cards, McCormick) along with big letters and floral tributes of brother Oscar are thrilled to sympathy received following announce the arrival of their recent sad loss of a Freddie (Frederick) James, wonderful mother, born September 5 at 9.26pm, grandmother and great weighing 3810gm. Special MID CANTERBURY grandmother. Also thank you thanks must go to Anna FUNERAL SERVICES to those who attended the Campbell and the team at funeral service. We are Christchurch Women's Galbraith’s provide choice! forever grateful to the team at Hospital.

We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, Coldstream Resthome where and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering. provide choice! mum spent the last three DEATHS We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to years of the life. Please their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and HANSON, Malcolm Peter –reflect Call us on your family. accept this as a personal On September 17, 2015.

Call us on 308 3980 308 Passed away peacefully ator call in and visit 3980 our new premises atthank you to you all.

Ashburton. Aged 84 years. or 246 callHavelock in andStreet visit ROWE, John – Dearly loved husband of the our new premises at Monica, Anthony, Tim, late Frances. Loved father Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams Jeremy, Vanessa, Allison, and father in law of Peter and 246 Havelock Candice, Rachel, Robert and Pam (W.A.), Heather and their families, would like to Street Denys Jeffery (Dunedin), thank everyone most Noel and Leanne (Napier), sincerely for the love and Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm Barbara and Geoff BlakeOfficial FUNERALS support given to us on the (W.A.), and Tony and the late sad and sudden loss of John, Raewyn Wylie (Christchurch). a loved husband, father, Loved Pop of Tim, Rachael father-in-law, grand-father, and Josh, Brendan, Harriette, great grand-father and uncle.

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We have been greatly helped Messages to the Hanson and comforted by your family c/- P.O. Box 472, Prayers, Masses, attending Ashburton 7740. A service to Service, expressions celebrate Malcolm’s life will HAMMOND, Arthur Geoff – John’s sympathy, beautiful be held at St Andrew’s Members are requested to of baking, food, meals Presbyterian Church, attend the funeral service on flowers, lovely cards. Please Havelock Street, Ashburton Tuesday, September 22, and accept our thanks, we value on THURSDAY, September 2015 of their late comrade and your 24, commencing at 1.30pm. Arthur Geoff Hammond, Reg friendship,appreciate care and concern.

Followed by interment at the no 233729, Paterson’s Our grateful thanks to all the Ashburton New Lawn Chapel, cnr East & Cox Doctors and Nurses at I.C.U. Cemetery.

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FURNISHERS It is with heavy hearts, but IN MEMORIAM also with a sense of relief, MASTER that Heather and Denys MONUMENTAL MASON Jeffery, Macandrew Bay, advise you of the death of E.B. CARTER LTD Heather's dad, in Ashburton.

For all your memorial Our heartfelt thanks go to requirements Janice, Dave, John, and to New headstones and designs the brilliant district nurses, HURST, Heather May Renovations, whom without your love and (nee Webb) – Additional inscriptions, care, dad would not have 22-05-1936 - 20-09-2014.

Cleaning and Concrete work been able to stay in his home Our hearts broke a year ago Carried out by qualified for as long as he did. A big today. The world is much tradesmen. thankyou to Sondra for your quieter without your laughter. 620 East Street Ashburton hugs, and to the wonderful Always in our thoughts. Much Ph/Fax 308 5369 loved wife, mum and nana of or 0274 357 974 staff at Rosebank.

Ollie, Wendy, Andrew, Liz, ebcarter@xtra.co.nz “Peace Perfect Peace.”

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.4 14.5 Max to 4pm 7.0 Minimum 1.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm September to date 28.8 Avg Sep to date 30 2015 to date 453.8 491 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 17 At 4pm Strongest gust S 31 Time of gust 8:17am

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to 4pm yesterday

Methven

Christchurch Airport

Timaru Airport

14.5 15.0 8.0 –

13.8 15.8 6.2 1.0

14.5 15.4 7.0 –

0.0 73.7 – 795.4 –

0.0 15.4 27 338.2 469

0.0 16.6 24 270.4 353

N 28 – –

NE 22 SW 41 10:18am

NE 15 E 30 2:52pm

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Puzzles Saturday, September 19, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1. A pioneer, i.e one who lights the way (5-6) 9. Abolish the yearbook after a second loss (5) 10. One’s initial entitlement to get parturition correct (10) 11. Mocking humour got Roy in a muddle (5) 12. Inactive drug put on half the body (7) 14. One may see this space traveller anon (3) 15. Sad, a drop being left in the glass (4) 16. Item returned in City area is enough to make one sick (6) 17. An equitable form of country entertainment (4) 21. Piece let in that may wound one (4) 22. Whisper that, not having been started, might waste away (6) 23. Nobody fails to finish at midday (4) 26. Is given to ranting about such meat (3) 27. Mix salmon with last of salad? Must be nuts! (7) 29. Appearance of it in article was due to the church (5) 30. An aim to put out a high degree of mechanised handling (10) 31. There was nothing Wren could build for a warship captain (5) 32. May have counted stir as being ruin (11)

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DOWN 2. One up in arms amid the harebells (5) 3. Preparing to shave, is getting in a sweat (9) 4. Strip of fat upset Orlando endlessly (6) 5. Temple building from Giza moved, by trug, to Babylon (8) 6. Has to make it, or a proportion of it (5) 7. Conjure up the sort of vine that’s all right internally (6) 8. Dramatists who sport with Shakespearean joiners (11) 12. Feeling something bad will

happen to one in prim turnaround (11) 13. Declare it to be a true old Scottish carthorse (4) 18. Suffering joint pain, give him a truce to sort it out (9) 19. Encourages sales of more tops perhaps (8) 20. Archer, say, will put his name to it (4) 24. Fuel rating once at variance with it (6) 25. Yellow gavel used by a bird (6) 26. Was told to sound like a lot of animals (5) 28. Tawny yellow dog in trouble (5)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 7. Companionable 8. Bitter lemon 12. Plaint 14. Waning 16. Tailed 18. Behind 19. Intelligent 23. Seventh heaven Down 1. Tomb 2. Spot 3. Invent 4. Hollow 5. Balm 6. Plan 9. Italian 10. Opinion 11. Aged 12. Path 13. Nee 15. Axe 17. Dilute 18. Blight 19. Idea 20. Tree 21. Exam 22. Trek

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QUICK Across 1. Strongholds 8. Logical 9. Spoil 10. Reed 11. Opposed 12. Dew 13. Cute 15. Sure 17. Mat 19. Embrace 20. Icon 23. Trait 24. Goodbye 25. End products Down 1. Salary 2. Rogue 3. Nick 4. Hollow 5. Last Post 6. Sponsor 7. Melody 12. Departed 14. Umbrage 16. Jester 17. Merger 18. Unless 21. Cubic 22. Hold

QUICK ACROSS 1. Tip (8) 7. Shade of brown (5) 8. Rodent catcher (9) 9. Canister (3) 10. Subside (4) 11. Infants (6) 13. Informal network which spreads news (4,9) 15. Lying face up (6) 16. Brilliant and notable success (4) 18. Annoy (3) 20. Promotion (9) 21. Lets off steam (5) 22. Angelic (8)

DOWN 1. Pastimes (5) 2. Graduate (7) 3. Taken advantage of (4) 4. Choose not to see something (4,1,5,3) 5. Notices (5) 6. Decorate (food) (7) 7. Bouncy (7) 12. Paper fasteners (7) 13. Accept as true (7) 14. Do away with (7) 15. Hides (5) 17. Uncontrollable fear (5) 19. Long tale (4)

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SUDOKU Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll win the game, stomp the competition and claim victory in the battle. Knowing this, do you still want to take it on?

Consider what the benefit to you will be beyond the momentary glory of winning.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): There’s a reason you never catch up with the one to whom you keep saying, “Let’s catch up.” The vibe is off, the common ground is yawn-inducingly broad — and yet still, insincere niceties prevent discomfort.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): If you want to know who cares the most, exit and see who follows, leave the job unfinished and see who shows up to finish it.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Your wide-ranging interests pay off as you connect with many different types of people. The weird things you talk about with your intimates will lead to brilliant (and far less weird) conversation with acquaintances.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You have many identities and roles. For instance, if one relationship is bumming you out, losing yourself in a project or spending time with other friends will help.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ll be inspired by learning about a variety of industries, cultures and subcultures. The lingo and ideas up your attractive quotient and make it easier for you to influence others.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are too many options. You’ll spin your wheels if you consider each one. Give a quick glance and ask: Helpful or not helpful? Potential doesn’t count. Only things that are directly and immediately helpful count.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Did you lock the door?

How old is the meat? When was the last time you checked the tyres? It’s safety-rundown time, better safe than sued!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The ones you love may not support all your endeavours, but the support you do get is still valuable. Of course, the question was never “Is it valuable?” It was, “Is it enough?”

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): There are many highly intelligent people who extol the virtues of idleness, loafing, loitering, lollygagging and let’s not forget napping. Might they be right? Test the theory.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Don’t assume people do what they do because they like it. Other possible reasons: it’s easy, it’s there, it’s what they know, it’s comfortable. Use this knowledge to effect change.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re certain to make an impression but what kind? If you want to have fun in the short-term, you can be afford to be assertive or even shocking.

SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 152 Thomson Street, Tinwald

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10 Allison Street, Ashburton

11:15 - 11:45am

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16 Bridge Street, Ashburton

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167 Grahams Road, Ashburton

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36 Lochead Crescent, Methven

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8 Manse Place, Ashburton

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15 Westpark Close, Ashburton

12:45 - 1:15pm

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1054 Grahams Road, Ashburton

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33 Dolma Street, Methven

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29 Chalmers Avenue, Ashburton

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18 Rolleston Street, Rakaia

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103 George Street, Tinwald

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4 Trent Place, Lake Hood

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SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER

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15 Westpark Close, Ashburton Desirable Location, Luxurious Home

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Tinwald 152 Thomson Street

* 3 generously proportioned bedrooms * 1 bathroom - 2 toilets * Separate laundry & storage aplenty * Superb heating - Log fire and Heat pump * Sizable double garage, garden sheds and ample off street parking

Offers in the vicinity of $425,000 Open Home Sat 11:00 - 11:30am rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20884

Ashburton 8 Manse Place

* 3 Spacious bedrooms including Ensuite and WIR in Master Bedroom * Near new condition * Huge open plan living and kitchen area * Large computer nook/office * Extra large double garage

Enquiries Over $469,000 Open Home Sat 12:00 - 12:30pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20936

Lifestyle, Close to town

Take a look at this 4.5299 hectare block. This house is a two story, Oamaru Stone, Four bedroom home with Awesome sheds. This home has great heating with a log fire and nightstore to warm the whole house. It also has an upstairs and downstairs toilet and great views of the mountains.

For Sale $770,000 Open Home Sat 11:00 - 11:30am rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20945

Ashburton 16 Bridge Street

Ashburton 10 Allison Street

Open Home Sat 11:15 - 11:45am

Offers Over $320,000 Open Home Sat 11:15 - 11:45am

First home buyers don’t delay as this rejuvenated red brick home has been found and is ideal for someone who is looking for an easy care Three bedroom home with double garage, plenty of off street parking, near new Kitchen, new carpet and great location to shops and schools.

For Sale $310,000 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20934

* 3 Bedrooms * 2 Bathrooms (2 WC) * Open plan kitchen/dining * Polished floors * Sloping section with many fruit trees

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20891

Ashburton 29 Chalmers Avenue

Lake Hood 4 Trent Place

Rakaia 18 Rolleston Street

For Sale $299,000 Open Home Sat 2:00 - 2:30pm

For Sale $620,000 Open Home Sun 1:00 - 2:00pm

For Sale $281,000 Open Home Sun 1:00 - 1:30pm

* 3 Bedrooms * Compliant fire * Roughcast * New Carpet

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20942

* 2 x WIR & ensuited bedrooms * 2 x double bedrooms, good wardrobes * Entertainers outdoor area * Butlers Pantry * Pellet fire

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20898

* Tidy renovated 3 bedroom home * Open plan kitchen, dining and living * Heat pump * 6x6 Versatile Garage * 1/4 acre that can be subdivided

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20915

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