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■■ MYCOPLASMA BOVIS

Infected farms set to surge

By Tim Cronshaw

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Mid Canterbury farmers are worried they will bear the brunt of a big spike in farm numbers suspected of being infected with mycoplasma bovis as a result of increased surveillance.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) expects 250 farmers will receive notices of direction restricting animal movement and 10-12 per cent of them will result in their properties ending up with the cattle disease.

Over the next few weeks about 300 farmers will be contacted by ministry officers as a result of carrying high-risk animals. About two-thirds of the properties are beef farms and the rest are dairy operations.

This will be a blow for Ashburton district farmers who had hoped the ministry was getting on top of the cattle disease. At the last count they had already accounted for about 40 per cent of the 161 properties confirmed positive with M. bovis.

MPI said it was increasing its disease programme activity in the lead up to autumn and winter stock movements to limit the risk of M. bovis spreading and to give farmers as much certainty as possible heading into a busy farming period.

Programme director Geoff Gwyn said more properties than usual could be expected to be placed under movement restrictions.

“This is happening in a short period because of increased surveillance late last year, which has resulted in a peak in the number of high-risk properties that we have identified, and the desire to get ahead of the curve before autumn and winter stock movements get into full swing.’’

He said about 300 farmers would be contacted as a priority over the next few weeks who had high-risk animals move onto their property.

“We would expect 250 of those to have notice of direction movement controls placed on them

A big surge in the number of farms suspected of having mycoplasma bovis is expected following new, increased surveillance.

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immediately and, following testing, that 10 per cent to 12 per cent may become confirmed properties.”

A MPI spokeswoman said a full regional breakdown had yet to be completed and at this stage about three-quarters of the 300 high priority farmers were thought to be in the South Island.

Former MBovis Affected Farmers Support Group spokesman Duncan Barr said the likely increase of properties under movement controls was a huge concern because it was a “big jump’’.

“We have been led to believe

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things were under control but this isn’t under control, it’s rampant. Releasing this in one big hit [makes you wonder if this a deliberate ploy, but what for we don’t know. They would have been working on this for weeks if not months.’’

He said it was disappointing that the spike in numbers was not released during farmer meetings just completed and came out just before a long Easter break.

Farmers would be worried that MPI had enough staff to carry out disease tracing, he said.

Gwyn said the owners of about

800 properties would also be contacted about very low-risk animal movements in the work to ring fence the spread of M. bovis.

They were considered low-risk and might have sent an animal to another property that had become infected. Less than 0.4 per cent of them were expected to be confirmed with the disease.

Gwyn said the surge in property numbers did not represent increased spread of the disease or a change in confidence that eradication would be achieved.

“To achieve eradication it is vital that we prevent the move-

ment of high-risk animals before [Gypsy Day] and winter grazing movements. … We know hearing that your farm is at risk is distressing for any farmer, we will ensure they are well supported through the process.”

He said MPI believed there was another year of intensive surveillance, movement controls, and depopulation before the bulk of the eradication effort was completed. “We are now entering a period where we will have to look at a greater number of farms to find a diminishing number of confirmed properties.

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Methven residents walk to mark Jesus’ sacrifice A large number of Methven locals took to the streets in the annual Walk of the Witness event around the streets yesterday morning.

An annual event, held on Good Friday each year in Methven, the Walk of the Witness sees members of the Methven Combined Churches walk their way around the town’s churches carrying a wooden cross. The walk is a celebration of the crucifixion where Jesus Christ died and begins the weekend-long story, ending on Sunday with a celebration of the resurrection of Christ.

Yesterday’s walk began outside the All Saints Anglican Church before making its way toward the Mt Hutt Elim Church. Next stop on the journey was the Presbyterian Church on South Belt before ending at the Holy Name Catholic Church next to Our Lady of the Snows School near the outskirts of Methven.

Yesterday the first honour of carrying the cross was given to Graham Van Duinen, a member of the Anglican Church. The cross holds significant meaning as it was made by the late Brian O’Hara.

Almost all of those who took part in yesterday’s proceedings will be back at churches tomorrow when Christians celebrate

the resurrection of their saviour.

Churches across the Ashburton District will be flooded with peo-

ple as services in all places of worship roll on throughout the entire day.

Graham Van Duinen carries the cross at yesterday’s Walk of the Witness in Methven.

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National backs Pike re-entry NZME The National Party is accepting advice that the Pike River re-entry can now be done safely, taking politics off the table on an issue that has been a bitter political battleground.

Yesterday, the party’s Pike River recovery spokesman, Mark Mitchell, met with the Families Reference Group — which represents more than 80 per cent of Pike River victims’ families — and told them National supported the re-entry plan.

Afterwards, Mitchell told the Herald the party’s position had

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always backed a re-entry as long as it could be done safely, but it is the first time National has told the families’ group it backs the plan.

“We would have gone into the drift but the advice was that it was too dangerous,” Mitchell said.

“The advice now is that we can get in there and we completely support that.”

Sonya Rockhouse, who lost her son Ben in the 2010 tragedy, welcomed the support.

“Even though it’s taken so long, it’s good to know they’ve swung in behind us getting truth and

justice.

“What’s really great is this means it’s the end of all the politics and now it’s about everybody doing the right thing by our men.”

The Coalition Government and the Opposition have long fought over the viability of re-entering the mine’s drift. The Labour-New Zealand First coalition agreement said they would “commit to re-entry to Pike River”, while National has always said it was too dangerous to do so.

The families’ group has not been shy about expressing its disappointment with the previ-

ous Government, not only about re-entry but also for feeling at arms’ length from information about the mine and the decision-making process.

On the tragedy’s eighth anniversary last year, just days after the Government had announced that re-entry would proceed, the families were angered when National leader Simon Bridges said an apology wasn’t necessary.

Bridges said at the time that the legacy of the 29 men who died had been honoured by the Royal Commission of Inquiry and changes to the health and safety laws.

Anna Osborne, who lost her husband Milton in the 2010 tragedy, told the Herald this week: “It’s the will of the Government to help. There was no will in the past from the previous Government.”

But after the meeting with Mitchell, the families’ group was buoyed by National’s support.

Mitchell said the families shared with him their view of the previous Government’s failure.

“I’m not going to comment on the past.

“All l’m going to do is focus on the future. I’m really pleased they are engaging in a process that’s positive for them.”

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■■VARIETY THEATRE ASHBURTON

Villain role new territory

By Susan Sandys

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Variety Theatre Ashburton’s Sister Act is drawing male lead Matt Williams into new territory.

The 27-year-old has never played a villain before.

“It’s been an enjoyable experience getting to ham up a character that’s so awful and really go with it,” he said.

Rehearsals are under way for the show, to stage next month.

At auditions, Williams had been trying out for the role of Eddie the police officer, when the directors eyed him up for the lead role of Curtis.

Williams went with their suggestion and ended up being successful in getting the part.

Curtis is the leader of a brutal gang in Philadelphia and the plot follows him trying to hunt down his ex-mistress after she witnesses him murder a fellow gang member.

“Finding a path to pursue a character where you have to be a villain is a bit of a change and a bit of a challenge, but it’s really enjoyable,” Williams said.

“There’s plenty of work with Curtis because he’s so horrible, because he has such motive to find Deloris, so you can really act with passion and vengeance and will, there’s a lot of driving force with that character.”

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Council draws line on social media

By Sue Newman

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Matt Williams will play the role of villain, Curtis in Ashburton Variety Theatre’s show, Sister Act.

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of Curtis’ character he was enjoying. “The thing I really like about the character, he has this gang he gets to interact with, they are all such characters and you can really play off each other.”

Williams lives in Leeston and works as a waterproofer in Christchurch.

He is a long-time former Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School student and began with

Variety about seven years ago as one of the brothers in Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat. He has since starred as the engineer in Miss Saigon and as Kenickie in Grease.

■■NEW ZEALAND ARMS ACT

Gun owners urged to follow gun laws process

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

Ashburton’s top cop is urging people to follow the online processes that have been put in place following the significant reforms to the New Zealand Arms Act. “The best advice I can give is for people to register their firearms online with us so we can avoid people just rolling up to the front counter with all their firearms,”

senior sergeant Matt Emery said.

“The best thing to do is to jump online and register and tell us you’ve got them and then Police will be in contact at a later date.”

Emery said some people had already surrendered their firearms at the Ashburton Police Station, but the best possible way for it to be done was for police to collect the firearms.

Details around a buyback policy

for the previously legal weapons are yet to be finalised, and police will announce those details once they are available, deputy commissioner Michael Clement said.

“We know people are very interested in that part of the process.

Only the newly-prohibited items will be eligible for buyback,” he said.

“This is about keeping our communities safe from potential

harm and working through these changes together.”

Details on the changes and what they mean for people can be found on the police website at https://www.police.govt.nz/advice/firearms-and-safety/changes-firearms This includes tables of both affected and unaffected firearms, and a video demonstrating the same.

Ashburton’s district councillors have been put on notice over their use of social media.

With a new communications policy signed off at Thursday’s district council meeting, chief executive Hamish Riach made it clear that a line needed to be drawn between their comments made as councillors and their comments as individuals.

“We must draw a distinction between the two. It’s implicit that if you’re on your own councillor page you are speaking as the council, but you’re entitled to have a private page and to have your private point of view,” Riach said.

Councillors needed to be quite clear about what they said and where, he said.

Elected members are not permitted to post comments under council posts and the council will not tag individual elected members’ posts, however, councillors are encouraged to share council’s content on their own personal accounts.

The council had no responsibility for posting or monitoring elected members’ private sites, Riach said.

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Trust returns $160k to community

By Sue Newman

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More than 3000 children around the Ashburton District will receive a visit from Harold and his team of Life Education educators this year thanks to a $28,890 grant.

In the latest round of grants from the Ashburon Trust Lion Foundation, Life Education was granted money that will enable the long-running programme to spread its net across the district’s primary and intermediate schools over the coming months.

The Life Education programme uses a mobile classroom and educators to teach children to make choices taking care of themselves, each other and their communities.

Grants committee chair Roger Paterson said the work Life Education did was incredibly valuable in helping children learn about their bodies, about friendships and about nutrition as well as helpful and harmful substances.

“This organisation positively influences a large number of children in our district and we are very pleased to support this programme for the year ahead,” he said.

The grant was part of the March grant round by the foundation’s regional grants committee.

In March, grants totalling more than $160,000 were made. The largest of these was to the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union, who received $60,000 for rugby development programmes.

Other recipients were Ashburton Variety Theatre, $30,000 to stage Sister Act; Ashburton Collegiate RFC, $20,000 for mower

and operational costs; Ashburton Car Club, $8000 for building upgrade; Ashburton Housing and Support Trust, $8506 for heat pumps and insulation; Hakatere Ceramics and Pottery, $7800 for operational costs and K2 Youth Development Trust, $5800 for

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Over the past year the grants committee has awarded $1.517 million to 82 organisations. Of those grants, 33 were made to community groups, 25 to sports clubs, 14 for education and 10 for health.

Above – Harold the Giraffe celebrates the grant of $28,890 with students at Ashburton Immediate School and Life Education’s Ray King (left) and Roger Paterson of the Ashburton Trust Lion Foundation.

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Big boost for young netballers The third season of the ANZ Premiership has taken off and with the community netball season also getting under way, ANZ is asking Ashburton netballers what difference having them on their team would make.

All successful teams have an x-factor, an element that gives them the edge. It could be mental toughness, a world-class impact player or the very best facilities, and the key sponsor of netball in New Zealand is calling for applications from aspiring netballers and fans in Ashburton, and asking what their netball dreams look like.

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Celebrating 50 years of T

his is a big year for the Ashburton Branch of the Vintage Car Club.

It’s turning 50 and celebrating this special milestone by hosting the National South Island Easter Rally.

Around 360 people from all over New Zealand as well as England and Australia are taking part in 172 vehicles.

The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand was originally formed in 1946 by a group of nine young Canterbury University students, one of whom, the late Clem McLachlan, lived in this district.

It started out as the Vintage Vehicles Association and covered all vehicles up to 1927.

In August 1948 the name was changed to The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand.

In the mid-1950s other groups began forming around New Zealand and the Vintage Car Club became an incorporated society, changing its constitution to allow for the formation of branches of the club.

Today with 36 branches it is one of the largest motoring clubs in New Zealand Over 8000 members and many thousands of vehicles and motorcycles are listed on the club’s database.

The club aims to offer something for everyone by running a variety of events for members: tar seal trundles, rural runs, hill climbs, swapmeets and speed events as well as regular club evenings for a yarn with like-minded enthusiasts.

Membership is not dependent on owning a vintage vehicle and the club caters for all types of cars, motorcycles, commercial and military vehicles which are over 30 years old and are in compliance with VCC period category requirements.

Club-eligible vehicles include Veteran, Vintage, Post War, Post 1960, Post 1980, Commercial, Motorcycle and Historic Racing vehicles.

Right from the beginning members have shared a common appreciation for the fascination of age and the individuality and the functional elegance of vehicles from a by-gone era.

A small group of Ashburton enthusiasts, some of whom belonged to the Christchurch branch, formed a sub-branch in Ashburton.

Full branch status was dependent on having a membership of 30.

Following a membership drive led by members, including the late Ralph Crum, that number was achieved in 1969 and the local branch was established.

Since then membership has risen to almost 200 and the Ashburton branch has a long list of achievements including development of their club rooms, parts shed and museum at Maronan Road.

Ron Winchester was already a Canterbury member so when the Ashburton branch was formed he transferred his membership.

Along with other locals Ron Galletly, Les Nell and Derek Prebble, Ron has been awarded a 50 year membership badge.

A similar badge was awarded posthumously to Jocelyn Hosken last year and the late Clem McLachlan had been awarded a 50 year membership badge.

Like others who were involved when the branch was formed Ron Winchester has wonderful memories of the early days.

He says the enthusiasm of members, their determination to establish a successful branch combined with lots of fun laid a great foundation for the future.

Club president Trevor Begg agreed with Winchester.

“The Ashburton branch is what it is today because of the efforts of early members and the contribution of those who have followed them,” he said.

“Hosting the National South Island Easter Rally is a great way to celebrate the Ashburton branch 50th anniversary.”

Today more than 360 people from across three countries will take part in the National South Island Easter Rally here in Mid Canterbury. Motoring correspondent Bernard Egan looks at the history behind the event and what’s in store today.

Veteran and vintage cars in an iconic Ashburton setting.

Organising the rally Planning for the 2019 National South Island Easter Rally began quite a long while ago when an organising committee was established.

Begg said a very enthusiastic group have followed the procedures laid down for a national rally and have come up with a full and interesting programme.

Three rally routes have been mapped out.

Entrants can choose to follow either a short, medium or long rally route. These options allow people to choose a drive which best suits them and their vehicle.

The routes traverse great roads and provide an opportunity to see the local countryside and places of interest.

All the rally routes converge on Methven for a lunch stop in the Mount Hutt College grounds today. So if you’re around Methven come and see some great vehicles.

Other weekend activities include field tests, a social function on Saturday evening and an anniversary and prizegiving dinner on Sunday night.

It couldn’t be done without them

Ashburton club chairman Trevor Begg and his son Craig in their 1937 Chevrolet Deluxe. The car was purchased new by Trevor’s grandmother, went out of family ownership, but Trevor got it back about 10 years ago.

As well as praising the organising committee, Begg said he and his club are immensely grateful for the sponsorship received from so many local businesses and organisations.

“Without the generosity of sponsors we couldn’t be doing what we are.”

“Our sponsors have helped us provide a really great experience for all who are taking part especially the visitors we are welcoming from out of town”.

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Cliff and Cindy Begg with their superb 1974 Rover PB6.

Taking part As the vintage car evolved it wisely amended its rules around vehicle classifications.

Vehicles manufactured before December 31, 1918 will always be classified as veterans just as those built between 1919 and 1931 will be classed as vintage vehicles.

But as time went on the need to bring in other classifications was recognised and these days there are other qualifying periods the latest being vehicles which are over 30 years old.

Interestingly some of the founding members were driving vehicles which were younger than 30 when they established the Vintage Car Club.

Local members Cliff and Cindy Begg are among those entered for the rally.

The Beggs have several vehicles with different classifications.

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After clocking up 50 great years, members of the Ashburton Branch of the Vintage Car Club are looking forward to the future.

They have a full programme of activities to look forward to, and the National Rally will only just be over when their next major event the Swapmeet takes place on Saturday, May 4.

Begg summed it up perfectly: “Vintage motoring is alive, well and popular in Mid Canterbury and will continue to be for a long while to come”.

cultural and military vehicles and they also have an immaculate 1974 Rover PB6.

The Rover, which has a V8 motor coupled to a 3-speed automatic gearbox, has a Vintage Car Club Post 1960 authenticity.

Finished in green with tan leather upholstery it’s a stunning car.

The Beggs will be taking part in the rally in the Rover.

They’ve owned the Rover for around 10 years.

Cindy Begg says it was an interesting purchase, the Beggs went to a sale for Cliff to look at a McCormick Deering WD6 tractor.

The Rover was included in the same sale.

Cindy saw it and decided she liked it.

So she said to Cliff “you can have the tractor if I can have the Rover”.

Needless to say they came home with both.

Cutting the cake A birthday party, especially a 50th, wouldn’t be the same without a cake.

The Ashburton branch has a birthday cake and with around 360 people helping them celebrate it’s a big one.

In fact, the club thinks it will take two people to cut it, so Diane Quarrie and Diane Ross, two stalwarts of vintage motoring have that honour.

Diane Quarrie is the National President of the Vintage Car Club, she and her husband Geoff will be on the rally.

Intrigued that South Island rallies are as

she puts it “bucking the trend and attracting large numbers”, Diane is looking forward to being in Ashburton.

The other cake cutting Diane – Diane Ross – is patron of the Ashburton branch of the Vintage Car Club.

She and husband Rob have, over many years, made a huge contribution to the Vintage Car Club locally and beyond.

Diane is well known for her regular, interesting and popular Brass Notes column in Beaded Wheels, the Vintage Car Club’s official magazine.

Heavily involved in the community Right from the start the Ashburton Branch of the Vintage Car Club has been involved with community events like parades, providing transport and with running the hugely popular annual swapmeet.

The branch has always supported Wheels Week and Daffodil Day events.

Support from the community has always been appreciated by the branch and to acknowledge this a massive car display featur-

ing all the cars taking part in the rally and other vehicles as well is being staged at the Ashburton Racecourse between 10am and 2pm on Easter Sunday.

Everyone is welcome to come along and bring their vehicle for display.

It will be a great opportunity to mingle with owners and look at some pretty special vehicles. Admission is by gold coin donation to the scouts.

Local commercial vehicle owners set out on a rally.

PHOTO CARYS MONTEATH

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Short-circuit likely fire cause AP Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said yesterday, as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters who saved the world-renowned landmark.

A judicial police official said investigators made an initial assessment of the cathedral but didn’t have a green light to search Notre Dame’s charred interior because of ongoing safety hazards.

The cathedral’s fragile walls were being shored up with wooden planks, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorised to speak by name about an ongoing investigation.

Investigators so far believe the fire was accidental, and are questioning both cathedral staff and workers who were carrying out renovations. Some 40 people had been questioned by yesterday, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

The police official would not comment on an unsourced report in Le Parisian newspaper that investigators are looking at whether the fire could have been linked to a computer glitch or the temporary elevators used in the renovation work, among other things. The prosecutor’s office said only that “all leads must be explored.”

Since the cathedral will be closed to the public for years, the rector of the Catholic parish that worships there has proposed building a temporary structure on the plaza in front of the Gothic-era landmark, and City Hall gave its approval Thursday “subject to technical restraints.”

“The rector has no cathedral for the moment. .... But I’m going to try to invent something,” Bishop Patrick Chauvet said.

A crypt containing vestiges dating from antiquity is located under the vast esplanade.

President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants Notre Dame to be restored in five years, in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics,

Sudan in transition The US State Department has called on Sudan’s military to step aside and make way for a peaceful civilian-led transition, as protesters in Khartoum kept up demands for the country’s transitional military council to hand over power to civilians. “The will of the Sudanese people is clear: it is time to move toward a transitional government that is inclusive and respectful of human rights and the rule of law,” department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said. The statement appeared to clarify the US position toward the military council’s hold on the country, after Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was ousted on April 11 after weeks of mass protests.

DJ ‘disengaged’

Paris firefighters were praised from saving Notre Dame from collapse. which Paris is hosting. Restoration specialists have questioned the ambitious timeline, with some saying it could take three times that long to rebuild the 850-year-old architectural treasure.

Earlier Thursday, Macron held a ceremony at the Elysee Palace to thank the hundreds of firefighters who battled the fast-moving fire at Notre Dame for nine hours starting Monday evening, preventing the structure’s destruction and rescuing many of the important relics held inside.

“We’ve seen before our eyes the right things perfectly organized in a few moments, with responsibility, courage, solidarity and a meticulous organisation”, Macron said. “The

worst has been avoided.”

The cathedral’s lead roof and its soaring spire were destroyed, but Notre Dame’s iconic bell towers, rose windows, organ and precious artworks were saved.

Macron said the firefighters will receive an Honor Medal for their courage and devotion.

Paris City Hall also held a ceremony in the firefighters’ honor Thursday afternoon, with a Bach violin concert, two giant banners strung from the monumental city headquarters and readings from Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

Remarkably, no one was killed in the blaze that broke out as the cathedral was in the initial stages of a lengthy restoration.

Dingo bites toddler’s neck, drags him away A toddler has been airlifted to a Brisbane hospital with a fractured skull and cuts to his head and neck after his father snatched the boy from a dingo’s jaws on Queensland’s Fraser Island.

The family were camping in a remote area of the island in the state’s southeast on Thursday night when a dingo entered their

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campervan as the family slept.

Paramedic Ben Du Toit says the dingo bit the toddler’s neck and began dragging him away into the bush.

“The parents awoke with the toddler crying and heard the crying getting further away from the campervan,” Du Toit said.

The boy’s father ran outside and fought off several dingoes

to rescue his son from the dog’s jaws.

Paramedics treated the boy for two deep cuts on his neck near the back of his head and some minor cuts on his head before being airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital about 3am.

He was found to also be suffering a fractured skull and at about 8am the boy was transferred to

Queensland’s Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.

Du Toit warned visitors to Fraser Island to heed rangers’ advice and stay away from dingoes.

“Just stay well clear of them, keep all food sources well locked up and away from dingoes, and never walk alone, always walk in groups,” he said.

The Australian DJ accused of attempting to snatch a twoyear-old boy off a San Francisco street may have suffered from “disengagement from reality”, according to his US lawyer. Roscoe Holyoake, a 34-year-old from Perth known as DJ Roski, entered not guilty pleas to kidnapping and child endangerment charges on Thursday. He remains in San Francisco County Jail after Superior Court Judge Vedica Puri sided with prosecutors and ruled to keep him in custody without bail. Holyoake’s lawyer, Stephen Olmo, told the Bay City News Service he had been in touch with Holyoake’s family and friends in Australia who all said the allegations did not match his character. “There was no evil intent,” Olmo said.

Trump feared for job US President Donald Trump believed the appointment of a special counsel to take over the federal probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election would spell the end of his presidency, according to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.

When then-attorney general Jeff Sessions informed Trump of Mueller’s appointment in May 2017, the report said Trump slumped back in his chair. “Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I’m f***ed,” Trump said.

Details of Mueller’s investigation were released on Thursday, showing Trump tried to impede the probe and raising questions over whether the president committed the crime of obstruction of justice.

Far-right banned

Woman killed in Northern Ireland riots A woman was killed after shots were fired during rioting in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry yesterday that saw police attacked by petrol bombs and other missiles.

After earlier appealing for calm when a number of shots were fired in the Irish nationalist Creggan area of the city, police confirmed shortly after midnight that the 29-year-old woman had died.

“We are treating this as a terrorist incident and we have launched a murder enquiry,” Po-

lice Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said.

A local journalist at the scene, Leona O’Neill, wrote on Twitter that after the woman was hit and fell beside a police Land Rover, officers rushed her to hospital, where she died.

O’Neill had earlier posted videos of police vehicles being pelted with what she said were dozens of petrol bombs, bricks, bottles and fireworks. The videos showed two vehicles were left in the middle of the street and lit on fire.

The rioting was in response to a house search that a large number of officers conducted in the area, she said.

The detonation of a large car bomb outside a courthouse in Londonderry in January highlighted the threat still posed by militant groups opposed to a 1998 peace deal that largely ended three decades of violence in the British-run province. No one was injured in the blast.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a congressional delegation to the city

earlier, as part of a trip to show support for the peace agreement politicians in Washington helped to broker.

The leaders of Northern Ireland’s two largest political parties, the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party and pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), both condemned the killing.

“Those who brought guns onto our streets in the 70s, 80s & 90s were wrong. It is equally wrong in 2019. No one wants to go back,” the DUP’s Arlene Foster said on Twitter.

Facebook has banned far-right groups including the British National Party (BNP) and the English Defence League (EDL) from having any presence on the social network for violating the site’s rules around promoting hate and violence. The banned groups, which also includes Knights Templar International, Britain First and the National Front as well as key members of their leadership, have been removed from both Facebook and Instagram. The social network’s policy does not allow groups or individuals which engage in “terrorist activity, organised hate, mass or serial murder, human trafficking or organised violence or criminal activity”.

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Spy role for Dench Judi Dench is back in the world of espionage – but her latest role is a far cry from James Bond’s unflappable spy chief, M. In Red Joan, Dench plays an elderly British woman whose quiet suburban life is upended when police come knocking to accuse her of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. An indignant Joan insists she has done nothing wrong. But as she is questioned, flashbacks reveal a complex tale of love, loyalty and misplaced idealism. Dench played M in seven Bond films, from Goldeneye to Skyfall. She says she is fascinated by spies.

Nima Doma, 34 (right) and Furdiki Sherpa, 43, stand for photographs after their morning exercise as they train to summit Mount Everest. The two women lost their husbands in the 2014 ice avalanche on Everest’s western shoulder that killed 16 fellow Sherpa guides.

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Widows honour Sherpas AP Five years after one of the deadliest disasters on Mount Everest, three people from Nepal’s ethnic Sherpa community are preparing an ascent to raise awareness about the Nepalese mountain guides who make it possible for hundreds of foreign climbers to scale the mountain and survive.

Kami Rita, a renowned climber who lived through the 2014 ice avalanche on Everest’s western shoulder that killed 16 fellow Sherpa guides, aims to break his own record by reaching the mountaintop a 23rd time this spring.

Furdiki Sherpa, who lost her husband in a mountaineering accident, and Nima Doma, whose husband was killed in the 2014 avalanche, are also attempting to summit Everest, to bring attention to the plight of Sherpa families living in the shadow of the world’s highest peak.

Rita, Sherpa and Doma hail from different villages in Nepal’s Himalayas, but share a goal of highlighting the bravery, sacrifice and athletic achievements of the ethnic Sherpa people, they told The Associated Press.

“In the mountains, we are all like from

the same family. We spend months together at the base camp and at the same time, we are all unsure if we would return back to our family,” said Rita, who survived the 2014 avalanche by staying at Everest’s base camp.

Sherpa’s husband, Mingma Sherpa, was part of an elite team of icefall “doctors” who are the first to fix ropes and aluminum ladders over the crevasses. In 2013, he slipped off a ladder and fell into the crevasse at the Khumbu Icefall just above base camp, long considered one of the most treacherous stages of the South Col route to Everest’s summit.

“We want to climb Everest not just for us, but also for other women like us who have been widowed on the mountain,” Furdiki Sherpa said.

The women plan to use their experience on Everest and the publicity it draws to start an organisation to provide financial help, job training and counseling for other Sherpa widows.

Doma’s husband, Tshering Wangchuk, died in the 2014 avalanche, crushed by a serac, a building-size chunk of ice.

Nepal’s Sherpa tribespeople were mostly yak herders and traders living deep

within the Himalayas until Nepal opened its borders in the 1950s after then-King Tribhuvan returned to power. Their stamina and familiarity with the mountains quickly made them sought-after guides and porters.

After her husband’s death, Doma got a climbing-season job to support her children, then age 3 and 6.

“When he was alive, all I had to do was look after the household chores, but after his death I was suddenly hit with all the responsibilities,” Doma said.

“And then it hit me that why should we widows have to stay at home, so I started to think about climbing Everest, too, like the men.”

While guides who help clients tackle the 8850m-high Everest can earn up to $10,000, a king’s ransom in a country where per capita income is about $1000 a year, the high-altitude Sherpa guides have only ever been men.

After her husband’s sudden death, Doma joined other women who work as porters carrying supplies to Everest’s rocky base camp at 5300m, where climbers stay an average of six weeks to acclimatise before attempting the summit.

Trauma continues for shooting survivors AP Alex Rozenblat can still hear the cries of a wounded boy calling for help as she hid from the gunfire that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year.

Talking to therapists at the school in Parkland, Florida, didn’t help. Each session had a different counselor, and she found herself rehashing traumas she had already expressed. She would rather turn to her friends, who understand what she went through.

“There is slight pressure to get better as

quickly as you can, and since it’s been a year, everyone thinks that you are better,” the 16-year-old said.

The mental health resources after a school shooting range from therapy dogs and grief counsellors at school to support groups, art therapy and in-home counseling.

But there is no blueprint for dealing with the trauma because each tragedy, survivor and community is different.

Many survivors don’t get counseling right away – sometimes waiting years – making it difficult to understand the full impact.

The struggle is getting them to seek

help in the first place. In the two decades since the Columbine High School massacre, a network of survivors has emerged, reaching out to the newest victims to offer support that many say they prefer to traditional therapy.

As the anguish festers, the danger grows, illustrated by the recent suicides of two Marjory Stoneman Douglas survivors and a father whose young child died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.

“It changes the community,” said psychologist Robin Gurwitch, a trauma specialist at Duke University Medical Centre.

Momoa shaves beard Aquaman is clean-shaven. Actor Jason Momoa on Wednesday released a video in which he shaved off his signature beard and mustache in order to promote recycling. He started by saying farewell to his Game of Thrones and DC characters Drogo and Arthur Curry. Momoa said he thought he last shaved in 2012. The 39-year-old says he wanted to do it to “bring awareness that plastics are killing our planet.” He says aluminum is the one thing that can save it and he promoted his own line of sparkling water in aluminum cans. Momoa says “there’s a change coming and it’s aluminum.”

Gable’s grandson dies A medical examiner says the grandson of actor Clark Gable died of an accidental drug overdose. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office says an autopsy found Clark James Gable III was killed by a combination of the opioids fentanyl and oxycodone, and the sedative alprazolam. It ruled his death an accident.

Gable died in February. The 30-year-old lived in Dallas and hosted the reality TV show Cheaters, which featured confrontations with people suspected of infidelity. Gable’s death was the latest in a national opioid crisis that the claimed 48,000 lives in 2017.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Which mountain is furthest south? a. Mt Somers b. Mount Peel c. Mount Hutt 2 – What is the collective noun for a group of tigers? a. An assault b. An ambush c. An attack 3 – Which of these Shakespearean plays does not have a song? a. A Comedy of Errors b. All’s Well That Ends Well c. As You Like It 4 – Which is the biggest type of bear? a. Grizzly b. Brown c. Polar 5 – What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet? a. Alpha b. Omega c. Zeta 6 – What are the first two names of AA Milne, writer of the Winnie The Pooh books? a. Alan Alexander b. Albert Anthony c. Alfred Arthur 7 – How many hairs are there on the average human scalp? a. 40,000 b. 130,000 c. 260,000 8 – Who is the youngest person ever to become New Zealand PM? a. Edward Stafford b. Jacinda Ardern c. Mike Moore

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Email move to rile customers

By Chris Keall NZME

Vodafone says it will switch off auto-forwarding for Vodafone Mail – despite promising free forwarding for life.

The telco canned its free Vodafone Mail in 2017 after it had failed to resolve spam and delayed email issues for its 200,000 or so active users.

Then consumer director Matt Williams said customers had told the firm its email service was not delivering on expectations.

“That’s simply not good enough for us,” Williams said. Attempts to upgrade Vodafone Mail had met with “little success” due to the age of the platform.

“We’ve made the decision to close the service and connect customers who need a hand setting up a new account to the email experts, Google Gmail and Microsoft Outlook,” Williams said.

A key part of that helping hand was to offer auto-forwarding from a Vodafone Mail address to

Chief executive Jason Paris says he’ll update before the end of this month on Vodafone’s restructure. a new Gmail or Outlook address, and the promise that the forwarding would not expire.

Vodafone said that 150,000 customers had setup auto-forwarding since late 2017.

“Customers relying on the au-

to-forwarding service are likely to find the change inconvenient,” Consumer NZ head of research Jessica Wilson says.

“They’ll need to make sure they arrange for emails to be sent direct to their current email, rather

than to their old Vodafone address. By doing this will be a better option than relying on a forwarding service.”

While it’s not a good look for Vodafone – “The indefinitely in this case has turned out to be less than two years,” Wilson quips – the Consumer NZ research head says by explaining its reasons and giving a long lead time, Vodafone is meeting its legal requirements.

Vodafone said in a statement on Thursday, “When we discontinued our email service in 2017, we said we would offer auto-forwarding for customers indefinitely.

“However, since then, the growth in spam and phishing type email attacks has resulted in major email platforms and others putting increasingly strict rules and technologies in place to protect users.

“This has led, and will continue to lead, to a growing incidence of forwarded emails being treated as spam or blocked from reaching our customers’ new inboxes

WHO WILL GET HIT You’ll be affected if your email address ends with one of the following: ■■ vodafone.co.nz ■■ vodafone.net.nz ■■ ihug.co.nz ■■ wave.co.nz ■■ quik.co.nz ■■ pcconnect.co.nz ■■ paradise.net.nz ■■ clear.net.nz ■■ es.co.nz altogether.”

An effort to get Vodafone Mail white-listed with all providers has apparently proved too tricky (or too time-consuming and expensive).

Vodafone says it’s easing the way by giving its customers 120 days’ notice (the switch-off will happen on August 21).

■■THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stocks rebound after CGT axed T

he local NZX 50 closed at a new record this week, with retirement village operators rebounding after the government said it would not proceed with a proposal for a capital gains tax.

Meanwhile, the NZ dollar fell sharply after disappointing inflation for the March quarter increased the prospect of a rate cut at the Reserve Bank’s next meeting. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose just 0.1 per cent in the first quarter, pushing the annual rate of inflation from 1.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018, to 1.5 per cent now.

Within the index, the a2 Milk Company hit record highs, closing at $16.00 on Wednesday and validating its title of the best performer in the index, with shares up 43.5 per cent this year. Vista Group also closed at a record $5.09, with shares of the cinema software company up 35.7 per cent year-to-date.

At the other end of the spectrum, Restaurant Brands tumbled more than 8.8 per cent in the wake of its full year result where it said it won’t pay a final dividend.

Tourism Holdings plunged more than 20 per cent on the open after it downgraded net profit after tax for the 2019 financial year. The company now expects net profit after tax of between $25m to $28m for the year ended June 30, 2019, down from previous guidance of $32m.

The company said the primary reason for the revised guidance is that the vehicle sales market in the USA has continued to deteriorate and their expecta-

Jeremy Flood ON THE MARKETS

tions for the financial year are now substantially below previous forecasts. Tourism Holdings said the New Zealand and Australian markets remain on track with a “solid outlook”.

The company will undertake an operational and capital review of the USA operations, and intends to update the market before the end of May. The retirement village sector continued to rebound after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern scrapped plans for a capital gains tax, suggesting the coalition government had not been able to reach a consensus.

The sector had been under pressure in previous weeks after Summerset reported a 4.2 per cent decline in first quarter sales on the back of a softening housing market, in particular in Auckland and Christchurch.

Mercury revised its fiscal year 2019 operating earnings guidance from $515m to $495m. The company said the change was due to an expected reduction in full year forecast hydro generation caused by dry weather in the Taupo area.

The company said the reduction was expected to take place mostly in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Meanwhile, competitor Gen-

esis also advised its operating earnings for the 2019 financial year will be at the lower end of its guidance range of $360m to $375m.

The latest Global Dairy Trade auction saw the headline index rise 0.5 per cent, advancing for the 10th consecutive auction.

This brings average pricing up 28 per cent since its November 2018 low point. However, the price of whole milk powder kept the gain muted, falling by 0.7 per cent. Anhydrous milk fat (+4.2 per cent) and butter (+3.5 per cent) saw the biggest gains while lactose (-3.4 per cent) and rennet casein (-2.4 per cent) fell the most.

Elsewhere, there was a flurry of data points out of China this week. The Chinese sharemarket hit its highest level in nearly 13 months after data showed housing prices in 70 major Chinese cities increased an average of 10.6 per cent year-on-year in March, signalling an economic rebound.

Chinese GDP grew an annual 6.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, unchanged from the fourth quarter and beating forecasts of 6.3 per cent.

Meanwhile, retail sales climbed 8.7 per cent on the year in March, beating expectations for an increase of 8.4 per cent and up from 8.2 per cent in February.

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

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Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook admits to email blunder NZME Facebook has admitted that it “unintentionally” uploaded email contacts of as many as 1.5m users without their permission, in the social network’s latest privacy blunder.

It said the issue stemmed from a design change to its stepby-step verification process for users setting up an account, made three years ago.

It meant that when users signed up to Facebook using their email address and password, they were not always aware that their email contacts

were being uploaded to the site.

Facebook said the contacts had not been “shared with anyone and we’re deleting them”, adding that the issue had been fixed and it was notifying people affected.

Last night Facebook also revealed that millions of Instagram users’ passwords were stored in plain text on its servers, making them potentially accessible to employees.

Last month it said that tens of thousands of Instagram users were also affected when it revealed 600m Facebook users’ passwords were not encrypted.

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Observations from three flights up S

itting on the third floor of Somerset House on a public holiday here in Ashburton can often be a desolate time.

The phone remains silent, the camera sits reasonably quiet in its bag and the outside world can seem as though it’s miles away.

Ashburton as a whole on these days is pretty quiet too. Everyone is enjoying their own time, doing what they can with the opportunity to not be doing what they normally do – spending time with family, fixing that leak in the spouting that’s been there since Christmas, or just switching off for a day to rest and recharge.

But there is one section of the township that remains vibrant –

the only problem is that it’s too vibrant.

I’m sitting here writing this near lunchtime on Friday and I can see the main road through town and the traffic heading south towards the bridge and the Tinwald corridor.

It’s painfully slow.

So slow in fact that I feel like I could go and stand on West

Street and get to the bridge faster walking than if I was in one of the hundreds of cars that have crawled their way past in the 20 minutes I’ve been casually observing.

And it’s not getting any better.

It’s frustrating to watch and I’m sure it’s even more frustrating to be stuck in, especially if your end destination is somewhere exciting.

This issue has been a major bugbear for so many people for such a long time.

You see comments posted on various things from time to time that lament the amount of time it takes to get from one side of town to the other when it’s busy

like this and the impact it has on travellers, especially on long weekends, or when something major is happening down the road, like a concert in Dunedin.

Would a second route solve the problem? In most instances, yes it would.

But there really is no quick fix.

And Ashburton isn’t alone.

Coming through our town you’ve got four stopping points – a roundabout and three sets of lights to get to the bridge – occasionally you might have to chuck a train into the mix too.

But take Timaru, for example, and there’s eight sets of lights on the main road through before you come out on the other side

near the botanical gardens.

That’s a fair few stops, especially if you get a bad run of lights.

Chuck thousands of vehicles going through those points in a row and it’s no wonder things come to a standstill.

The most concerning thing though is the amount of frustration it causes.

If it takes 25 minutes or longer to get from the Ashburton Raceway to the old saleyards at Tinwald then you are more likely to be impatient, want to get moving again and then more likely once more to make a decision that could have a tragic outcome.

And that’s a situation no-one wants to find themselves in.

decades, Russian-born pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed in the Soviet Union to a packed audience at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.

In 1988, gunmen who had hijacked a Kuwait Airways jumbo jet were allowed safe passage out of Algeria under an agreement that freed the remaining 31 hostages and ended a 15-day siege in which two passengers were slain.

In 1992, comedian Benny Hill died in his Greater London flat at age 68.

In 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and caused a blow-out that began spewing an estimated

200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. (The well was finally capped nearly three months later.)

Ten years ago: In Geneva, the United Nations opened its first anti-racism conference in eight years; dozens of Western diplomats walked out as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel the “most cruel and repressive racist regime”. (Nine countries, including the United States and Israel, were already boycotting the conference.)

Five years ago: Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to attacks against Christians in Nigeria and

for more attention to the hungry and neediest close to home.

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction in New Jersey became an international symbol of racial injustice, died in Toronto at age 76.

One year ago: US health officials told consumers to throw away any store-bought romaine lettuce and warned restaurants not to serve it amid an E. coli outbreak that had sickened more than 50 people in several states.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Leslie Phillips is 95. Actor George Takei is 82. Singer Johnny Tillotson is 81. Actor Ryan O’Neal is 78.

Actress Judith O’Dea is 74. Rock musician Craig Frost (Grand

Funk; Bob Seger’s Silver Bullet Band) is 71. Actress Jessica Lange is 70. Actress Veronica Cartwright is 70. Actor Clint Howard is 60. Actor Crispin Glover is 55. Actor Andy Serkis is 55. Actor William deVry is 51.

Country singer Wade Hayes is 50. Actress Carmen Electra is 47.

Reggae singer Stephen Marley is 47. Rock musician Marty Crandall is 44. Actor Joey Lawrence is 43. Actor Carlos Valdes (TV: The Flash) is 30.

Thought for today: “Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what’s best for us in the end.”

— Alice Caldwell Rice, American humourist (1870-1942).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, April 20, the 110th day of 2019. There are 255 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On April 20, 1999, the Columbine High School massacre took place in Colorado as two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher before taking their own lives.

On this date: In 1898, the United States moved closer to war with Spain as President William McKinley signed a congressional resolution passed the day before recognizing Cuban independence and authorizing US military intervention to achieve that goal.

In 1914, the Ludlow Massacre took place when the Colorado National Guard opened fire on a tent colony of striking miners; about 20 (accounts vary) strikers, women and children died.

In 1938, Olympia, Leni Riefenstahl’s documentary about the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, was first shown in Nazi Germany.

In 1948, United Auto Workers president Walter P. Reuther was shot and seriously wounded at his home in Detroit.

In 1958, the first temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints in the southern hemisphere opens in Hamilton.

In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.

National Public Radio made its on-air debut with live coverage of a US Senate hearing on the Vietnam War. In 1972, Apollo 16’s lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon.

In 1977, the US Supreme Court, in Wooley v. Maynard, ruled 6-3 that car owners could refuse to display state mottoes on licence plates, such as New Hampshire’s Live Free or Die. In 1981, Allison Roe became the first New Zealand woman to win the prestigious Boston marathon.

In 1986, following an absence of six

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Israel Folau May I, through your paper, help to clarify what Israel Folau is saying in his recent tweet. It’s not as the media is trying to portray that he hates sinners, but rather he hates the sin and loves the sinner.

That’s what Jesus asks us to do.

It really comes down to the fact that there are only two kinds of people in the world, the believer and the non-believer.

It doesn’t matter if you’re male or female, dark-skinned or fair, tall or short, test tube baby or natural born, you still end up being a believer or a non-believer.

We all believe in heaven and hell as we all use these words in our everyday speech, the believer as information and adoration, the non-believer usually as a swear word and just as there is only two kinds of people there are only two places we can go.

Hell you have to do nothing, heaven you have to repent first and that’s what Israel Folau was stating, everyone has choice.

Seven Sharp said a few nights ago that we were all going to hell as we were all sinners, we are all sinners, but the believers choose to repent.

George Rendall

Representation It was ironic to read, in the Christchurch Press on Saturday, only a few days after the Ashburton Guardian reported, with express approval, the Ashburton District Council’s decision to reduce the number of its councillors from 12 to 9 has been ratified by the Appeal Authority, that the Canterbury Regional Council has decided to increase the number of members sitting on the council so the views of the South Canterbury region are represented, although not on a strictly proportional basis, on that council.

Councillor Selwyn Price is absolutely correct that the disap-

Israel Folau pointing decision by the Ashburton District Council to reduce the number of its councillors reduces the ability of our council to represent the diversity of its citizens.

Despite your editorial stating there will be no change for ratepayers as a result of the council’s retrograde decision, democracy in our district has been reduced.

I was one of the people who made a submission to the council opposing the proposed reduction in the number of our councillors.

As you reported, the vast majority of ratepayers made no submission, and I was among a minority of citizens who made submissions on the question.

However, although there may have been few other submissions similar to my own, that does not make my opposition, or that of any other person, incorrect, or wrong.

Minority viewpoints need to be respected, and considered. Otherwise we have a dictatorship of the majority, which is, as the saying goes, often “blind”.

I urge the Ashburton Guardian to maintain its support of democracy, diversity, and liberal expression, and not take a position

that the majority, which is often “silent”, is necessarily correct.

I consider history has far too often shown a majority of voters may be misguided, or misled, and guilty of tolerating tyranny: think Hitler.

Despite your editorial, I consider there is no discernible advantage to the Ashburton District whatsoever in the reduction in the number of ratepayer representatives on the council that has now been ratified.

There is no monetary saving to ratepayers as we will still pay the same amount of money to a reduced number of councillors. (I do not think that was made clear in the documents issued by the council supporting its proposal).

Fewer councillors will have to make the decisions required for our district on our behalf. Possibly, there may be increased unanimity in the council, but I do not consider unanimity is necessarily an advantage. Think Stalinist Russia.

At the same time as other councils in Aotearoa are instituting measures to increase the ability of citizens to be represented and “to have a say” on councils, our council has gone in the

opposite direction, reducing representation, stifling diversity, and reinforcing the impression the majority “rules”.

Which, of course, in a democracy, it does. That is how our system works.

So it is very important the decisions made are “informed” decisions, based on an assessment of a wide range of arguments.

Democracy is fragile. It enables the majority to make decisions in opposition to any other view, how ever strongly held. It favours oppression, and it enables the tyranny of the majority over every minority.

Think colonialism, think oppression. Not having your considered view represented or valued may lead to dissension, animosity, and mistrust. It remains as important as it ever has been to have as wide a diversity of views represented on decision-making authorities, such as the Ashburton District Council, as possible.

Naturally, the majority view will prevail: that is how our democratic system works. In my view, it is more important than ever for councillors to have a diverse range of views placed before it to consider and evaluate before they vote and make a decision on our behalf on any particular issue. Councillors need to be well informed (and well paid).

The decision of the Ashburton District Council to reduce the number of representatives was a thoroughly regrettable decision, and, despite possibly being supported by the silent majority of ratepayers, and by a majority of the ratepayers who made a submission, and by most of our councillors, it is bad for our democracy.

Well done to the citizens who took the matter to appeal. They should be applauded for their courage, not criticised. Aorahanui to them.

Salaam Alaikum, Jonathan Everist

Easter Saturday – holy day for the hopeless A s we celebrate Easter, Holy Saturday is not a spare day in between the important ones. It is the day when we face the fact that Jesus was indeed dead and buried.

We are not allowed to pass too quickly from the cross to the empty tomb. The cold hard fact is that God’s Son was dead in the grave!’

This is the day that the majority of people can relate to in some parts of Africa and in much of the world – Asia, South America, and Northern Europe!

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Jim Young

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

This is the day for the refugees who feel they are in a hopeless place – no future!

This is the day for those who have lost loved ones in terrorist attacks; been maimed by terrorist bombs.

Holy Saturday is the feast day for the hopeless; for those who have run out of possibilities and

can do nothing to alter their plight. All that people can do is to wait like the women waiting at the tomb – Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. – Matthew 27:61.

Joseph of Arimathea does what he can along with Nicodemus, (John 19:38-42) but it still ends in a tomb!

Holy Saturday reminds us that we are utterly dependent on God for our rescue. Our hope is in him alone. So we trust the one who entered death, the ultimate end

of hope. When our lives reflect on that Saturday, we can still wait with hope. Sunday is coming!

Rev Jim Young is a member of the St David’s Church and has just returned from Malawi where he was a missionary for 15 years.

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■■ TRIATHLON

Brea makes worlds squad

By Erin Tasker

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The 2018 Youth Olympic Games must now seem a long time ago for Methven 16-year-old, Brea Roderick.

Since returning from South America with a silver medal proudly dangling from her neck in October, the youth triathlete has enjoyed a hectic summer of competition and now a busy past few months has been topped off by her naming in the TriNZ elite junior triathlon team for the world championships.

When you have big dreams, there’s little time to rest.

Between December and March Roderick competed in all three rounds of the Australian Under-19 Triathlon Series and consistent performances at each of these races – third on the Gold Coast, first in Canberra, and fourth in Devonport – resulted in her finishing the Australian series as the highest overall point scorer.

Then, in January, she completed an altitude training camp at the Snow Farm in Wanaka and while based down south she placed first in the sprint distance event at the New Zealand Off-road Triathlon Championships.

At the start of March she headed back to Devonport in the Australian state of Tasmania and competed at the Oceania Championships.

Her performance there – where she was the second Kiwi home and fourth woman home overall – resulted in her automatic selection to the New Zealand Junior Elite Team for the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Championships.

The world event will take place in Lausanne in Switzerland.

It was the second year she had gained selection to the TriNZ junior elite team, and it may not be the last.

At the age of just 16, Roderick potentially has a further two world championships ahead of her in the ITU elite junior division (under-19) – Canada in 2020 and Bermuda in 2021.

But, that was the future, and for now Roderick’s attention was firmly on what lay immediately in front of her.

Her latest competitions saw

Methven’s Brea Roderick has again made it to the TriNZ elite junior triathlon team for the world championships this year.

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her head back to the now familiar surrounds of Australia’s Gold Coast earlier this month, where she was given a starting position in an open age group event – the ITU Oceania Continental Cup. There, she was the 19th woman home out of around 50, finishing only 90 seconds behind the winner.

She was the fourth under-19 athlete across the finish line, and

the first 16-year-old.

The day after that she represented New Zealand in an invitational mixed team relay, where her New Zealand team finished third.

Due to a clash with the Gold Coast events, Roderick relinquished the opportunity to race at this year’s national secondary school championships.

It was a decision made with

slight disappointment, but Roderick felt that the experience she would gain from racing in an event such as the Continental Cup was too valuable an experience to pass up.

The two Gold Coast events signalled the end of her summer of Australasian competition, and her focus was now on getting ready for the challenge awaiting in Switzerland.

She is all set to head to Europe later this year, where she would train with the older members of the TriNZ High Performance Squad.

It is a trip that will provide opportunities to compete in a couple of European Junior Continental Cup races as a build-up to the world championships at the start of September in Switzerland.

■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Green’s importance played down by Warriors Pre-season fears that the Warriors’ NRL hopes hinge on the fitness of Blake Green have been heightened this week, although the club insists they can cope without him against North Queensland.

Green’s groin was a talking point all week ahead of today’s match between two bottom-eight rivals at Mt Smart Stadium.

The 32-year-old was named to start and trained on Wednesday but coach Stephen Kearney can’t be conclusive about the starting halfback berth.

Green trained yesterday and medical staff were assessing if there would be any recurrence of the twinge that ruled him out of last week’s 28-24 loss to South Sydney. That match was notable for the Warriors conceding three tries in the final quarter to squander a 12-point lead.

The control and direction Green provides was missing but Kearney wouldn’t attribute his absence for the late meltdown.

The blame for failing to complete six of their last eight sets was

spread across the team, he said, with rookie playmaker Chanel Harris-Tavita not alone in making some key late blunders.

“We don’t want to put any super-reliance on one person,” Kearney said. “We expect whoever comes into the team to fulfil their role and do it well.

“We got ourselves into a position where we could have got away with the win there but we just didn’t it finish it off the way we wanted to.”

Captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

continued his brilliant start to the season but even he threw away late possession.

He suggested Green’s importance has been overstated since the departure of Shaun Johnson and wouldn’t hear criticism of Harris-Tavita after the 20-year-old only learned of his shift to halfback moments before kickoff, in just his second NRL match.

“The way he performed throughout the majority of the game, he was calm, he got to our kicks and got our plays going,” Tu-

ivasa-Sheck said.

“But just in the back end is the big lesson for us as leaders to step up. I thought Chanel did his job really well.”

The Souths loss was the Warriors’ first close game of the season following two heavy defeats and two substantial wins, both came at their Auckland home ground.

The Cowboys (1-4) are probably yearning for the return of injured powerhouse Jason Taumalolo as much as the Warriors want Green back.

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Rakaia, Celtic victorious

By Matt Markham

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Night rugby returned to the Ashburton District on Thursday night to kickstart the long weekend, with three local side in action under the lights.

Celtic took on West Melton on home turf while, under the mountains, country bedfellows Methven and Rakaia locked horns in another instalment of their long-standing rivalry.

Mid Canterbury’s two other sides; Southern and Hampstead were set to battle it out in a Good Friday showdown at Hinds, but Hampstead were forced to default from the match leaving Southern’s unbeaten run in tact and gifting them some very valuable points in the overall competition.

After being dealt a hefty defeat last Saturday, the pressure was on Celtic to brush that loss to one side and get themselves back up for the challenge against West Melton and a five-try effort saw them get five valuable competition points, winning 33-22.

It wasn’t champagne rugby, but for coach Shane Enright it was about all he could ask from a side that is still without the services of about eight front-line players.

“There were improvements after last week, for sure - but we still have a lot to get right,” Enright said.

“The most important thing was getting those points, you’ll take that any day of the week.”

Doubles to both Sean Strange and fullback Tololima Senetenari paved the way to success but Celtic did struggle to combat a big West Melton pack which crashed over on numerous occasions with pick-and-goes from within the red zone.

“We struggled to hold them out in that aspect.”

Celtic will now focus on their clash with Hurunui next Saturday and will welcome back some heavy-hitters for the match in particular, the experienced Shepherd Mhembere and Angus Lindsay.

They then face two away games to finish the round robin stage of the competition against Oxford and Lincoln.

Out in Methven it was the locals who set the pace early and when lock Campbell Sommerville won a 30 metre foot race against some slick Rakaia backs after a chargedown to dive on the ball first, it appeared that the Methven lads were on the right path.

But it was Rakaia who made the most of their opportunities to run away 29-13 victors and keep their season alive.

Rakaia’s momentum, particularly in the first half was spurred by influential loose forward Seta Koroitamana who caused havoc each and every time he got the ball in his hands.

What Koroitamana does well is push the boundaries and while largely effective, it can often find him on the wrong side of the law at times and successive penalties for infringements at the ruck saw him sent to the sideline for 10 minutes near half-time.

Methven were in the same

Methven’s Tyler Blackburn looks to clear the ball during his side’s loss to Rakaia on Thursday night.

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boat at that point of time as well though which tempered the moment with Tyler Blackburn down the other end of the paddock serving time after he was incorrectly identified as committing a foul while Rakaia were hot on attack on the Methven line.

After Methven’s opening try, the momentum swung firmly in favour of Rakaia who looked strong with the ball in hand and scored two good tries from open play in the first 40 minutes.

Methven looked impressive with the ball in hand at times too, but were guilty of pushing one pass too many at times which under lights and with a damp ground underfoot left the ball slipping out of hands in the heat of battle.

Despite that they only trailed 8-12 at the break and the match belonged to anybody.

Three second half tries to Rakaia sealed the match in the second stanza though as again they made the most of opportunities and used their free-running backs to great impact.

The experienced head of Andrew Letham played a big role in feeding that with his decision-making from second-five influential in finding space for the speedsters both inside and outside him.

Another experienced player took to the field for Rakaia, former Heartland player Kody Nordqvist who wasted no time in making an impact - albeit a light-hearted one.

Within seconds of making it onto the field he could be over-

Rakaia’s Luke Leahoki prepares for a line-out. heard telling another veteran, Methven prop Simon Fleetwood, it might be time he went back to the local rest home, much to the delight of the nearby spectators.

For Methven, former Rakaia mid-fielder, Nete Caucau offered a lot of momentum with the ball in hand and caused problems for his former team mates every time he got the ball.

Rakaia now sit in a slightly precarious position in Section B with a cross-over match against Oxford next week before games against Ohoka and Southbridge to round out pool play.

If they can win two of those three matches they shouldn’t be too far away from the business end of the competition – particularly if they can roll old foe Southbridge in the last round.

Methven on the other hand are in a far more dangerous spot and unless they can turn things right around and win their next three games against Springston, Saracens and Ohoka they are virtually no chance of earning a spot in the top stage of the knockout part of the competition.

Southern faces a tough challenge next week against Darfield

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before matches they should win against Hornby and Kaiapoi while in the same section Hampstead face Kaiapoi away next weekend before playing Waihora and Hornby at home.

In other matches from around Canterbury on Thursday night.

Darfield beat Burnham-Dunsandel-Irwell combined 27-20 and Waihora smashed Hornby 48-10 in Section A. Southbridge escaped with a 3527 win over Ohoka and Springston dealt to Rolleston 57-0 in Section B while Saracens were too good for Oxford in Section C.

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Focus on Hunter Memorial Just minor changes have been made to the Highlanders’ starting team this week for the Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy match against the Blues in Dunedin tonight.

All Black forward Jackson Hemopo returns at lock to partner Tom Franklin at Forsyth Barr Stadium, and Sio Tomkinson takes the place of Rob Thompson, who is unavailable for family reasons this week.

All Blacks Aaron Smith and Luke Whitelock return from injury and will start from the bench.

Having players of their calibre and experience come on towards the end of the game will be very handy, especially if the match is in the balance.

Smith injured his ankle in the round six game, ironically against the Blues.

He was originally scheduled to be out for 4-6 weeks but has missed just two games during his speedy recovery.

“Nuggy and Luke have both worked incredibly hard to make themselves available and their return this week provides the team with a bit of a boost,’’ coach Aaron Mauger said yesterday.

“We are aware of the challenges the Blues will bring on Saturday, all the New Zealand conference games bring a high degree of intensity.’’

Meanwhile Highlanders winger Tevita Li looks poised to get a little help on the flank tonight.

The franchise has confirmed it has called in former Highlanders winger Patrick Osborne as a shortterm replacement.

His arrival takes the team’s stock of specialist wingers to two.

Li has been on his own since All Black Waisake Naholo was ruled out with a knee injury earlier this month.

Fijian winger Tevita Nabura succumbed to a knee injury in early February and was ruled out for the season.

Utility back Matt Faddes has slotted in on the right flank for the past two matches but he pulled up lame in the game against Crusaders on Friday night.

Li will surely start on one flank and he is hoping to see more of the ball.

By Patrick McKendry

All Black Jackson Hemopo is back to boost the Highlanders’ forward pack tonight.

“I just feel like there is a few things in my game I want to improve on,’’ Li said when asked about his form.

“I just want to get the ball in my hands and attack a bit more.’’

He has been concentrating on lifting his work rate off the ball and “popping up wherever I can and not just standing on the wing yelling for it’’.

It has not been easy for the Highlanders’ wingers this season.

The midfield has seen more combinations that it takes to solve Rubik’s Cube.

The Highlanders have not won since round two, so the team’s

playoffs prospects are teetering, and a loss to the Blues would not ease the pressure.

“It is a little bit frustrating because we are not too far away,’’ Li said.

“I think there is a little bit we can tidy up in our game.

“Just staying connected together and believing in each other because I believe we can turn the season around.

“We all believe that.

“We just got to go out there and play the footy that we like to play with speed and razzle.’’

The Highlanders have retained the Gordon Hunter Memorial Tro-

phy since 2012. The trophy is only contestable when the game is being played at the home ground of the previous year’s winner.

The game kicks off at 7.35pm.

Highlanders: Ben Smith, Matt Faddes, Sio Tomkinson, Tei Walden, Tevita Li, Josh Ioane, Kayne Hammington, Elliot Dixon, James Lentjes, Shannon Frizell, Tom Franklin, Jackson Hemopo, Tyrel Lomax, Liam Coltman, Daniel Lienert-Brown.

Reserves: Ash Dixon, Ayden Johnstone, Siate Tokolahi, Josh Dicksonm, Luke Whitelock, Aaron Smith, Bryn Gatland, Thomas Umaga-Jensen.

Wallaby great lambasts Cheika

Israel Folau

Parsons joining exclusive company

Former Wallabies skipper Nick Farr-Jones says Australian coach Michael Cheika has made a mistake in publicly stating he won’t play Israel Folau following the player’s controversial social media posts.

Folau has said he will appeal Rugby Australia’s decision to issue the Wallabies star with a breach notice for his anti-gay social media post last week.

Rugby Australia said last week it plans to terminate Folau’s contract because of the comments.

Farr-Jones, who lifted the Webb Ellis Cup in 1991, says Rugby Aus-

tralia should reconsider their stance because ‘everyone makes mistakes’ while also blasting Cheika for prematurely making the call that he’d never pick Folau again.

In a press conference on Monday, Cheika said would not have been able to select fullback Israel Folau for the Wallabies after his latest “disrespectful” social media posts attacking gay people.

Chieka said Folau’s latest comments crossed a line.

“We’ve had the discussion about it after the last time about his right to believe and our support in that,”

he said. “But getting out in that disrespectful manner publicly is not what our team’s about.

“When you play in the gold (Wallabies) jersey, we’re representing everyone in Australia.

“I felt that I needed to talk to him (Folau) about why, but I haven’t had that chance as yet.”

Farr-Jones told Macquire Sports Radio that people make mistakes and Cheika needs a player like Folau at the World Cup. “If I was Raelene Castle, I’d be calling Cheika into my office and be saying this isn’t resolved yet.”

They’ve tried for six years but the Blues have yet to beat the Highlanders under the roof in Dunedin.

For veteran hooker James Parsons, who will bring up his 100th game for the Blues tonight in the deep south, the waiting is a familiar experience.

The 32-year-old, part of Harbour’s recovery in the Mitre 10 Cup and a man who is craving success for the Blues like few others, is nothing if not patient.

Parsons had to persevere for something like 10 games as Keven Mealamu’s back-up on the reserves bench before he made his Super Rugby debut in Dunedin in 2012.

That’s a lot of running up and down sidelines in a tracksuit in order to make yourself noticed.

But, as the Blues target their second win over the Highlanders this season after their thriller at Eden Park last month, Parsons now joins an exclusive club including Mealamu, Jerome Kaino, Tony Woodcock, Ali Williams and John Afoa.

“I’m pretty proud to have that stickability I suppose,” Parsons said.

“It’s not something you set out for.

“You’re just grabbing on to the contract when you start and you’re striving to make the starting XV … but obviously when you get into the 90s you get pretty excited.

“To do it with both Harbour and the Blues is something I’m really proud of.”

The Blues are also excited about their opportunity at Forsyth Barr Stadium against a side which have endured some rotten luck this season and are last in the NZ conference.

Coach Leon MacDonald has named an unchanged backline and has made only one change to the pack – prop Sione Mafileo starting instead of Ofa Tuungafasi – and he feels the dry ball and associated quick pace of the game will suit a side on track for a playoffs position this season.

The Blues are in sixth and have a bye next weekend but will face a torrid examination by the Highlanders.

MacDonald is also well aware the Blues could be in a similar position to Aaron Mauger’s team, who have two wins in eight games.

The Blues have four – their streak broken last weekend by the Chiefs in Hamilton.

The Blues will be determined to honour Parsons, the 32-year-old former skipper who has played two tests for the All Blacks.

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Important day for MC United

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

While their younger counterparts have the day off, Mid Canterbury United’s two men’s teams will be in action on the football field today.

Mid Canterbury United’s division one team is set to host FC Twenty 11 Falcons at the Ashburton Domain at 2.30pm and they’ll be hoping for a much better result than the one they came away from round two with.

In their first game in the division one competition, having gone through unbeaten last year and taking out division two to earn themselves promotion to division one, the Mid Canterbury boys picked up a good, strong win over Halswell United Goal Exchange.

But in round two, in Christchurch last weekend, they had to settle for a 2-all draw against Selwyn United FC’s division one side.

That means that after two games Mid Canterbury United are fourth on the points table, just two points off the three teams who are two from two so far in 2019 – Halswell United 1964s, St Albans Shirley FC Thunder Panthers and Universities AFC Gators.

Their opposition in Ashburton today, the FC Twenty 11 Falcons, are one of four teams yet to pick up a win from the first two rounds.

Meanwhile, Mid Canterbury United’s division six team are off to Christchurch again today, with the Halswell United Globetrotters their opposition at the Halswell Domain.

Methven FC Reserves are also off to Christchurch for their next game in the same division today, with their game against the FC Twenty 11 Army set down for

Avonhead Park.

Meanwhile, the Methven FC Seniors in division three Mainland Football competition are set to host their first game of the season today, with the Christchurch

United Pressies their opposition at the Methven Domain at 2.30pm.

The Mainland Football youth grades take a break this weekend due to Easter.

SBW on Dragons’ wishlist?

All Blacks midfielder Sonny Bill Williams has again been linked with a shock move to rugby league – this time to join the Catalan Dragons in France.

RugbyPass is reporting that the 33-year-old midfielder is top of the Dragons’ wishlist and that head coach Steve McNamara is desperate to reunite with Williams, who he coached as an assistant at the Sydney Roosters in 2014.

The Dragons, who have been inconsistent this season and are currently in sixth place on the Super League table, recently signalled their ambition when they signed Kiwi prop Sam Kasiano from the Melbourne Storm.

Williams is expected to make Steve Hansen’s All Blacks squad for the World Cup in Japan, but the 51-test All Black is currently recovering from shoulder surgery that should keep him sidelined for at least six weeks.

In March, Williams was ru-

Sonny Bill Williams is in demand.

moured to be in discussions with the NRL’s Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 11 years after he famously walked out on the club to join French rugby union.

The Christchurch terror attack reportedly put these negotiations on hold.

A month earlier, reports sug-

gested that Williams had been offered a $5 million, one-year deal to join Canadian league team the Toronto Wolfpack in 2020.

The club’s billionaire owner David Argyle told Fox Sports at the time that he would “pay whatever it takes” to land Williams.

Methven FC Seniors started their season with easy points after their opposition in round one defaulted and last Saturday in their first actual hit out they were beaten by Burwood AFC 3-2.

Mid Canterbury United’s division one football team will be in action at the Ashburton Domain today against the FC Twenty 11 Falcons.

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Sprint star Eddie tip for AB sevens Eddie Osei-Nketia for the All Blacks sevens team — that’s the inside tip from the top Kiwi sportsman who has become the young sprint sensation’s mentor.

And athletics fans need not fret.​ Former Commonwealth Games athlete Gary Henley-Smith, who combined rugby and running in his day, believes the teenage Osei-Nketia will be able to pursue a black jersey and Olympic double dream.​ Henley-Smith – who is coaching and mentoring Osei-Nketia – and his wife Susanne have become so close to the teen that he even calls them dad and mum now and then.

If anyone knows the life as a footballing athlete it is Henley-Smith who has taken Osei-Nketia under his wing at Wellington’s Scots College, the school which also helped hone Steven Adams into an NBA

basketball star.​ West Aucklander Henley-Smith first hit the headlines in the 1970s, as a schoolboy sensation out of Auckland Grammar.​As an athlete, he was a national secondary school sprint champion, and also set longstanding junior records.​ He went on to compete in the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and athletics took him on a scholarship to Washington State University.​ But his career was incredibly varied.​The flying fullback played rugby under future World Cup winner Sir Graham Henry at Auckland Grammar, and again with the University club.

And personal connections helped take Henley-Smith to the famous Wigan league club in England, where his brief career included victory over the Kiwis in 1985.

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Saturday, April 20, 2019

■■BASKETBALL

Nomads, Team Donkey front runners Nomads and Team Donkey MSA Checkers both notched up victories in Wednesday night basketball, with the latter making the perfect start to the season with their second victory.

They took on the Newlands Gannets on Wednesday night – the new legs to the competition after having the bye during the first round last week.

In a rematch of last year’s finals, it was again a closely fought affair.

The Gannets looked to be well in control of the match with a seven point lead halfway through the fourth quarter only to lose by seven points – thanks in large to a standout performance from Pip Johnston.

He used all his skill and experience to take control of the game, finishing with 23 points. The Hunt brothers, Kieran (19 points) and Gareth (12 points) again showed their class and Thomas O’Brien was again excellent on the boards.

Gannets had a slightly new look about them, with three new team members.

Marc Juntilla was his speedy self and topped the scoring with

25 points and was well supported by Nick Fechney (8 points) and Jason O’Connor (14 points).

After snatching defeat from the jaws of victory last week, Nomads made no mistakes this week in their clash with the College side, keeping their opponents busy throughout the match.

By the third quarter they had managed to get a healthy lead, which this time they did not relinquish.

College on the other hand found their full court press was at times ineffectual, which in turn hindered their fast break.

However they still managed to create enough offensive opportunities, but were unable to find the basket consistently enough to push Nomads.

Fotu Hala was again the standout for College with 21 points and numerous rebounds and was well supported by hard working Sam Pearce (12 points) and Thomas Patterson (8 points).

For Nomads, Kody Stuthridge made a welcome return to the Nomads line-up, scoring 20 points, and was ably supported

by Pete Kirwan with 14 points.

Star enjoyed the bye this week.

Pip Johnston had a standout performance for Team Donkey MSA on Wednesday night.

LEST WE FORGET ANZAC Day Memorial Run or Walk 1km Laps or up to 5km Ashburton Domain - Walnut Avenue, Hockey Pavilion ANZAC Day 25th April, 1.30pm Enter on the Day Entry is $10 by way of a donation for a poppy Children and Students $3.00 Proceeds towards ANZAC Poppy Fund Proudly supported by the Ashburton RSA and Ashburton Rotary Club For further details contact Gary Whiting 03 308 4798 027 207 1478

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■■THE WEEK IN RACING

Local training duo flying Guardian racing reporter Matt Markham looks at the racing week that has been and what lies ahead.

Young Ashburton trainers flying The stocks of young Ashburton training duo, Sarah and Matthew Smith continue to rise at a rapid rate.

The pair picked up their third winner of the season last Saturday when the very much in-form Diorissimo was victorious on a big day of racing at Riccarton – making it two wins in a row for the daughter of Showcasing.

From 33 starters to the races this season, the Smith pair have picked up three winners and eight placings with a further seven occasions where they have finished in the top five.

That’s a healthy strike-rate for a stable with a small number of horses and has more and more attention being drawn their way as they try to establish themselves on the tough thoroughbred training scene.

We often undervalue just how good he is ...

When someone is successful for such a long period of time, it can be easy to lose sight of just how good they are.

In nutshell, that’s pretty much Ricky May. The Methven horseman, who is an absolute champion in the sulky, just continues to get the results.

His drive to win last Sunday’s Rangiora Classic on A G’s White Socks was a typically patient and perfect Ricky drive and then a couple of races later he went the other way and grabbed the bull by the horns with Missie Castleton and produced a

Samantha Wynne has returned from injury and picked up right where she left off with winners aplenty. front-running drive which left his rivals gasping.

For almost the last 30 years, May has been in the top echelon of drivers in New Zealand, he consistently posts a high number of wins for the season and with 64 in the bank for this season already, he’s on track for another big tally as he draws ever closer to the 3000 win mark – with just 90 remaining.

Sam is back ... with a vengeance

Mr Consistent on the harness tracks, Ricky May continues to produce results.

How good is it to see Sam Wynne back in the saddle and doing what she does best winning.

The rare talent returned to race riding a few weeks ago after almost a year on the sideline due to injury and has picked up where she left off pretty quickly.

She’s already notched up 50 rides and from that impressive number grabbed seven winners including a huge feature double with Who Dares Wins for Tony and Lyn Prendergast at Riccarton over the past two weeks.

With 291 wins next to her name, Wynne won’t take long to get to the 300 win mark

over the next couple of weeks at her current rate.

It’s great to have her back in the riding scene around Canterbury and word around is that another popular and talented jockey, Kylie Williams, isn’t too far away from a return either.

Life without Winx ...

I wrote earlier this week about the end of Winx’s racing career, but I must touch on it here again too. What a wonderful racehorse she has been, not just for her immense talent on the race track but also her ability to bring racing alive again.

The industry in both Australia and New Zealand is going to be all the poorer for her retirement, but the prospect of what she might be able to do in the breeding barn is exciting.

Racing this weekend With a couple of days of non-racing, it’s a pretty quiet weekend in the Canterbury region with just a couple of harness meetings on Saturday and then Monday. It’s a big day at Addington today and then an even bigger day out at Motukarara on Monday

where there are some huge fields on offer.

A real interest meeting for the weekend though will be what comes from the huge day of racing at Riverton today for their annual Easter two-day meeting on today and Monday.

There are huge fields down there with some quality horseflesh in action and there’s bound to be plenty of punter interest.

What are we backing?

No luck last week. None at all. Onwards and upwards though – we can turn this around.

Harness: We are going to head to Motukarara on Monday and unbelievably to the maiden trot where Far From True does battle. Third at Addington last week, she’s a swift beginner with plenty of upside who will relish the grass track and can win.

Gallops: I like the way the Brad McDonald-trained Feelin The Love found the line in a recent Ashburton trial. With an apprentice allowance the eight-year-old mare might not be the worst option for a wee place bet, or even an each way in a good field in Race 6 today at Riverton.

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In brief Melbourne targeted

No double for Megablast NZME Nigel Tiley has no expectation that he can repeat his Gr.2 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) win of last year, despite having twice the hand in today’s Ellerslie feature.

Tiley won the race from his home base of Pukekohe last year with Megablast, taking advantage of heavy10 conditions during a period when the Ellerslie track was undergoing renovation work.

Talented All Too Hard fouryear-old Demonetization joins Megablast in today’s contest, set to be run on a dead4 surface at worst with no rain forecast before the race.

Tiley said Shinko King sevenyear-old gelding Megablast didn’t have the residual fitness he had going into the race last year and the Easter Handicap was more a suitable starting point for an upcoming Brisbane campaign.

“He’s not as forward as he was last year.

“He was ready to go last year,” Tiley said.

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Trainer Nigel Tiley

“He could probably have done with a shower of rain as well,” Tiley said of Demonetization.

“We’ve changed his shoes and tinkered with a few things like putting the hoof pads on to help him along.

“He hasn’t got the best conformation and he’s best with cut in the ground.

“From that draw, we’ve got no choice but to go back.

“He’ll probably be trapped wide, but if he can get cover he’ll be fine.

“He’ll head to Brisbane after this and follow the same sort of campaign as Megablast.

“We’ll just place them where we think they can be competitive.”

TAB bookmakers have Demonetization as a $7 second favourite, while Megablast is the field’s $81 outsider, in a market headed by the Peter McKay-trained The Mitigator at $4.50.

Tiley will also produce Riding The Wave at Ellerslie, the Malibu Moon three-year-old chasing his third straight win as he prepares to tackle the Marks Ewen 1400.

“He’s improved since his Te Aroha win and this is a nice race for him, though he might be looking for 1600m now.

“There should be good speed though and that would suit him,” Tiley said.

Smith eyes Brisbane New Zealand-bred galloper Order Again will aim to add another stakes victory to his tally when he contests the Listed Tails Stakes (1615m) at Doomben today. The five-year-old gelding is coming off an impressive win over 1500m at Eagle Farm and has been marked as an early $3.60 favourite for the race by TAB bookmakers. Trainer Brian Smith plans to use today’s contest as a stepping stone to the Gr.2 Brisbane Cup (2400m) for Order Again, with the A$300,000 contest set to be run at the same venue on June 8.

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Hawera harness Today at Hawera Raceway

Hawera Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Hawera Racecourse Meeting Date: 20 Apr 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 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 11.52am G J GARDNER HOMES /DAN HUGHES LTD HCP TROT $8000, r48-r80 discrhcp, stand, 2100m 1 x3940 Monarchy Invasion (1) fr................B Hackett 2 73058 Belmont’s Greatest (1) 10M........P Ferguson 3 67268 Caitlin’s Surprise (2) 10M.............A Poutama 4 4P032 Grey Stoke (U1) 10M................... K Marshall 5 17480 M’Lord Mackendon (1) 20M........ T Cameron 6 29394 Sol Invictus (U1) 20M................. J Abernethy 7 121P Delson (U2) 20M................... D Ferguson (J) 8 16012 Need Luck (U1) 30M................ B Butcher (J) 9 2D948 Majestic One (1) 50M.................S Abernethy 2 12.27pm NICKEL GRAIN & PRODUCE/BODY DETECTIVE HCP TROT $8000, 3yo+, non-winners & upr47 spechcp, stand, 2100m 1 Mount Aspiring fr........................... Scratched 2 879 Buller Whitebait (1) fr..................P Ferguson 3 7 Prince Mackendon (2) fr.............. T Cameron 4 4 Royal Cadet (3) fr......................... K Marshall 5 07 Manchester On Fire (4) fr...............T Mitchell 6 97706 Mackerelli (5) fr............................A Poutama 7 xD840 Vatican Hill (U1) fr...............B Hackett 8 49688 Awa Cathrine (1) 20M......................D Moore 9 43855 Burt Munro (2) 20M.........................S Branch 10 20870 Wait For Success (3) 20M 11 46356 Ain’t No Princess (U1) 20M......M Pemberton 12 43657 Caroline Wozniacki (1) 30M.............S Doody

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“If it was a bottomless track this weekend, he’d be some chance but there’s no chance of that and I think they’ll go too quick for him.

“He’ll be on a plane for Brisbane on the third of May and this race will bring him on for that.”

After his Easter triumph last year, Megablast had a four-race campaign at the Queensland winter carnival, winning the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) as well as placing in the Gr.2 PJ O’Shea Stakes (2200m) and the Gr.3 Queen’s Cup (3200m), all at the Sunshine Coast.

“He’ll target the same races as last year.

“His main aim will be the Caloundra Cup again,” Tiley said.

Demonetization is likely to join Megablast as part of a sixstrong team heading to Brisbane from the Tiley yard, also likely to feature Group Two winner Bisou Bisou, promising three-year-old Standing Ovation and a couple of maiden gallopers.

“He’s going well but the draw for Saturday (barrier 14) hasn’t been kind to him.

Three-year-old filly Avantage is being sent for a spell following two good performances in Sydney and will likely be sent back across the Tasman in spring. The Jamie Richards-trained filly won the Gr.3 Birthday Card Stakes at Rosehill in her first run back from a break and stuck on well for third in the Gr.2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint last weekend at Randwick. “We gave serious consideration to backing her up in Sydney on Saturday, but ultimately we have decided to bring her home and give her a good break and get her ready for Melbourne in the spring. We do think she can be competitive in those mares races in Melbourne and she looks pretty promising to us.”

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13 80090 Soney Beatt (2) 30M.......................S Phelan 14 14358 Secretofthesea Smile (3) 30M.A Harrison (J) 15 81458 Littlebitoflove (U1) 30M.............. J Abernethy 16 67985 Grenado (U2) 30M.....................S Abernethy 3 1.02pm ELLA ROSE/HUGHES BROTHERS MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2000m 1 57534 Beaudiene Emerald (1) fr........ A Harrison (J) 2 22244 Zip Code (2) fr............................. T Cameron 3 86368 Letherhairdown (3) fr.................. J Abernethy 4 94334 Lady Ameera (4) fr..........................S Phelan 5 66607 Moniaive (5) fr....................... D Ferguson (J) 6 680 Heaven Lee (6) fr.......................S Abernethy 7 70 Cassis (7) fr...................................R Fensom 8 98 Two Fiftyeight (8) fr.....................P Ferguson 9 60500 Final Delight (21) fr....................... D Butcher 10 089 Sayalittleprayer (22) fr.................. K Marshall 4 1.36 LANDMARK HOMES/ALLIED FARMERS MBL PACE $8000, non-winners 2yo+., mobile, 2000m 1 77x Sampan (1) fr.............................. T Cameron 2 9P Nicky Jay (2) fr............................P Ferguson 3 Trump’s Ideal (3) fr........................R Fensom 4 06323 Shot In The Dark (4) fr...................T Mitchell 5 8x Prop Rock (5) fr............................A Poutama 6 48x Midnight Murray (6) fr............... B Butcher (J) 7 40243 Maria Kirilenko (7) fr................... J Abernethy 8 x5840 Betterbrook (8) fr.........................A Matthews 9 Beautiful Stranger (21) fr.............. K Marshall 5 2.14pm FARMLANDS MOBILE PACE $8000, r40., mobile, 2000m 1 65269 Knights Desire (1) fr....................P Ferguson

2 85398 Jack Bates (2) fr........................... K Marshall 3 08005 Lincoln Lovely (3) fr....................S Abernethy 4 00877 Phillydotcom (4) fr....................... T Cameron 5 70398 Manihiki Pearl (5) fr............... D Ferguson (J) 6 99628 El Dinero (6) fr................................T Mitchell 7 90754 Rangi Rangdu (7) fr...........................K More 8 49324 Express Play (8) fr.......................A Poutama 9 79989 Geoff’s Legacy (21) fr 10 44339 Our Wicklow (22) fr.........................S Phelan 11 65996 Itsokbeingbetter (23) fr............ A Harrison (J) 12 78830 Lady Santanna (24) fr...................R Fensom 13 030P0 Marrera (25) fr............................ J Abernethy 14 87967 Pure Desire (26) fr........................ D Butcher 6 2.49pm TOMMO’S TYRES MOBILE PACE $8000, r40-r50., mobile, 2000m 1 35554 Bugalugs (1) fr............................P Ferguson 2 78058 Arcano (2) fr.....................................S Doody 3 62056 Red River Dash (3) fr.................S Abernethy 4 44872 J Bee (4) fr.................................... D Butcher 5 25221 Ain’t Nothing Bettor (5) fr......... B Butcher (J) 6 24769 Allonblack (6) fr..............................N Chilcott 7 27463 Katamach (7) fr............................. S Dickson 8 54623 Art Courage (8) fr...........................T Mitchell 9 65694 Waingaro Mara (21) fr.....................S Phelan 10 35733 Hezaluckygrinner (22) fr........ D Ferguson (J) 11 79989 Geoff’s Legacy (23) fr 12 x5742 Honour The Bet (24) fr............... J Abernethy 7 3.23 SANDFORD BROS LTD/COASTAL AGRI SERVICES MBL PACE $8000, 3yo+ r49-r53., 2000m 1 09199 Lord Santanna (1) fr..............A Fitzgerald (J)

2 18060 Bella Roza (2) fr..............................S Phelan 3 90817 Xmas Bay (3) fr..............................T Mitchell 4 16393 Ideal Tiger (4) fr 5 44216 McDaknife (5) fr................... S Iremonger (J) 6 82370 Awesome Speed (6) fr................P Ferguson 7 03221 The Kapiti Express (7) fr 8 35559 Errol Finn (8) fr...........................S Abernethy 9 43312 Notorious (21) fr....................... B Butcher (J) 10 x8921 Pekeson (22) fr............................. K Marshall 11 44536 Motoring Major (23) fr......................S Doody 12 35733 Hezaluckygrinner (24) fr 13 54189 Karolyi (25) fr................................ D Butcher 14 86271 Uncle Drew (26) fr................. D Ferguson (J) 15 39089 Afortunado (U1) fr...................... J Abernethy Emergency: Hezaluckygrinner 8 3.58pm FINHAVEN LODGE/REVITAL FERTILISERS MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r54-r58., mobile, 2000m 1 66964 Gotta Moment (1) fr...................... K Marshall 2 72134 Go Getta (2) fr................................T Mitchell 3 96579 Kensington Kate (3) fr.................P Ferguson 4 61154 Sarabi (4) fr............................. A Harrison (J) 5 51436 Jetenara (5) fr.......................... B Butcher (J) 6 26325 Toro Delago (6) fr.................. D Ferguson (J) 7 17180 Mac’s Tomado (7) fr........................N Chilcott 8 49011 Unfinished Business (8) fr.....A Fitzgerald (J) 9 24462 Mister Harris (21) fr............................K More 10 0x161 Brooke’s Image fr.......................... Scratched 11 90187 Nanelle Franco (22) fr................S Abernethy 12 15340 Sheikh Yabooty (23) fr..................A Poutama 13 44365 Racketeers Boy (24) fr.................. D Butcher

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1 x5042 Endless Drama (2) 59........................L Innes 2 31917 On The Rocks td (16) 59................. J Bayliss 3 0766x Megablast tdm (18) 57.5..................J Riddell 4 70x17 Kingsguard td (8) 56...................M Cameron 5 319x7 Tomelilla tdm (19) 55.5..................R Elliot (a) 6 83692 Watch This Space tdm (11) 55........V Colgan 7 317x3 Big Mike td (9) 54.5...................... R Hannam 8 29432 Beefeater d (3) 54........................ C Johnson 9 17077 Sultan Of Swing td (10) 53.5............ S Spratt 10 14x78 Rangipo td (15) 52...........................S Collett 11 38261 The Mitigator td (1) 52..................... S McKay 12 23752 Yearn t (13) 52.............................D Mansour 13 11415 Le Castile t (4) 52.................................C Dell 14 06248 Ronchi tdm (20) 52..................... L Satherley 15 7x6x3 Mongolianconqueror d (7) 52........... C Grylls 16 21211 Dama Zorro t (17) 52................ K McCulloch 17 26213 Demonetization tdmb (14) 52...........R Myers 18 0x674 Go Nicholas t (22) 52...................T Thornton 19 0x005 William Wallace (12) 52.................. A Calder 20 10323 Hanger mb (6) 52 21 44328 King’s Cross td (21) 52 22 43915 Tightlign db (5) 52 Emergencies: William Wallace, Hanger, King’s Cross, Tightlign 8 4.45pm FAREWELL & GOOD LUCK TIMMY G 1600 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 412 Anything But (12) 59....................... J Bayliss 2 35x77 Reevederci m (10) 59.........................L Innes

3 08329 Civilised (4) 59................................. T Harris 4 415 Copper Fox (15) 59......................C Lammas 5 x8547 Piazzetta d (6) 59....................... R Scott (a3) 6 20361 Rusavy t (9) 59................................ S McKay 7 x5580 Rubira dm (13) 58.5......................... C Grylls 8 63514 Holy Loch (5) 58.5....................... L Satherley 9 13872 Takeitlikeaman d (18) 58.5 Goindasamy (a3) 10 87422 Incantesimo tdb (14) 58............ D Danis (a2) 11 25152 Diamondsandbubbles d (16) 57.K McCulloch 12 8153x Glendalough 57............................. Scratched 13 x3816 Eleanor Rigby db (8) 56.5 14 45207 Excelsior Island (17) 56.5............D Mansour 15 7185x Friday Woolfe d (3) 56...................... S Spratt 16 55738 Aniceta (11) 56................................V Colgan 17 87517 Morris Lass t (1) 56...................... C Johnson 18 08924 Patsys Lass (7) 55.5........................S Collett 19 80093 Spancilhill td (2) 57.......................R Elliot (a) Blinkers on: Sherwood Forest (R4) Blinkers off: Ranger (R4), Ronchi (R7) Winkers off: Kingsguard (R7) SELECTIONS

4.33 B J TOWERS PLUMBLING HAWERA PRELUDE MBL PACE $9000, r58-r62,r74-r80 w/c., 2000m 1 48667 Fleeting Grin (1) fr......................... C Webber 2 00711 My Patronus fr............................... Scratched 3 11256 Lincoln Moment (2) fr................. J Abernethy 4 06401 Crackared (3) fr........................... T Cameron 5 92540 Ally Mae (4) fr........................ D Ferguson (J) 6 40774 Stars Delight (5) fr......................... D Butcher 7 4866x Eldolar (6) fr...............................S Abernethy 8 41463 The Night Hawk fr......................... Scratched 9 23348 Westar Sam (21) fr................... B Butcher (J) 10 13830 Johnny White (22) fr....................P Ferguson 11 58206 Count Landeck (23) fr....................T Mitchell 12 0389x Imajollywally (24) fr A Harrison (J,............Cl) Pacifiers off: Allonblack (R6) SELECTIONS Race 1: Delson, Need Luck, Grey Stoke, Monarchy Invasion Race 2: Soney Beatt, Royal Cadet, Vatican Hill, Littlebitoflove Race 3: Zip Code, Letherhairdown, Lady Ameera, Heaven Lee Race 4: Sampan, Beautiful Stranger, Prop Rock, Maria Kirilenko Race 5: Knights Desire, El Dinero, Lady Santanna, Express Play Race 6: Bugalugs, Allonblack, J Bee, Honour The Bet Race 7: Lord Santana, Afortunado, Errol Finn, McDaknife Race 8: Mac’s Tomado, Go Getta, Gotta Moment, Mister Harris Race 9: Johnny White, Westar Sam, Ally Mae, Lincoln Moment LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Auckland gallops Today at Ellerslie Raceway

Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date: 20 Apr 2019 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.40pm MARKS EWEN 1400 $25,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m 1 36x11 Riding The Wave d (3) 58.5................L Innes 2 0x231 Santa Catarina dm (1) 57.5..............J Riddell 3 1257x Notabadidea (2) 57.5................... R Hannam 4 1 Flying Grand (4) 57.5....................... T Harris 5 x1751 Not Usual June (5) 56.5..............M Cameron 6 11 Pinched (6) 56.5............................... C Grylls 7 65x51 The Faith d (7) 55.5......................D Mansour 8 7x175 Bella Pronto (8) 55.5.....................R Elliot (a) 2 1.15 BARFOOT & THOMPSON 2200 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2200m 1 36732 Savapak (10) 59............................... C Grylls 2 55281 Pierian Spring dm (5) 58...............R Elliot (a) 3 72113 Misstumut b (8) 56.......................... A Calder 4 27730 Red Sky At Night t (7) 56............ L Satherley 5 8x116 Za Za Gabor (9) 56......................... J Bayliss 6 87543 Nothing Trivial (2) 55.5.............. D Danis (a2) 7 320x2 Cochise (3) 55.............................. R Hannam 8 1x588 Dragon Storm (4) 55..........................L Innes 9 x8066 Gabriel (6) 54.......................................C Dell 10 59x53 Raaj m (1) 54...................................S Collett 3 1.50pm MADISON QUALITEX 1200 $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1200m 1 12530 Save The Date tdm (3) 59..................L Innes

2 24x35 Midnight Runner dm (5) 59 3 11341 Marzemino td (9) 58........................ A Calder 4 52201 Hammer King d (6) 58..................C Lammas 5 3782x Solmization tdm (10) 57.A Goindasamy (a3) 6 21137 Its Destinys Child td (2) 56...............S Collett 7 80475 Joy Anna tdm (4) 56........................ J Bayliss 8 7680x Ohceedee d (8) 55......................M Cameron 9 94284 Memories Only d (1) 54.5.............. R Norvall 10 7x102 One Bakerstreet d (7) 54.............D Mansour 4 2.25pm BUFFALO CO CHAMPAGNE STAKES $50,000, 2YO SW, 1600m 1 231 Checkers (1) 56.5............................ C Grylls 2 2 Quick Thinker (9) 56.5.................M Cameron 3 526 All The Rage (5) 56.5...................T Thornton 4 3x45 Ranger (4) 56.5............................... A Calder 5 535 Shakespeare (7) 56.5.....................V Colgan 6 4 Sherwood Forest (6) 56.5................ T Harris 7 5413 In Fashion (2) 54.5........................R Elliot (a) 8 2726 Glinda Goodwitch (3) 54.5...............S Collett 9 362 Rendition (8) 54.5..............................L Innes 5 3.00 VRC TROPHY 1600 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 44328 King’s Cross td (3) 60.5............. D Danis (a2) 2 43915 Tightlign db (11) 60.......................... C Grylls 3 61422 Creative Genius tdb (1) 59.5.......M Cameron 4 0x784 Project t (12) 59.5................................C Dell 5 12442 Master Painton td (5) 59.................. A Calder 6 59010 Light Shadow td (7) 58.5..............D Mansour

7 96100 The Rebel Knight t (2) 58................ S McKay 8 35481 Lala Land d (9) 57.5...........................L Innes 9 528x8 L’Escalier Rose dm (8) 56...............V Colgan 10 x410x Lady Style d (4) 55.5........................S Collett 11 62515 Spindle t (6) 55.5.............................. S Spratt 12 31453 Vichy d (10) 55.5...........................R Elliot (a) 6 3.35pm VALACHI DOWNS CHAMPIONSHIP STKS $100,000, 3YO SW, 2100m 1 61746 Bobby Dee (7) 56.5..........................J Riddell 2 0x023 Blue On Black (17) 56.5...............T Thornton 3 43871 Mighty Connor (12) 56.5................. S McKay 4 6413 Gehrig (5) 56.5................................V Colgan 5 0x913 Hasabro (13) 56.5........................C Lammas 6 85336 Lord Arthur (6) 56.5......................... T Harris 7 22261 Trumpet (4) 56.5........................... C Johnson 8 10733 Star Karen d (1) 54.5................... R Hannam 9 27100 Elate (14) 54.5..............................R Elliot (a) 10 21012 Spring Delight db (2) 54.5................ C Grylls 11 12x32 Jip Jip Rock b (10) 54.5...................S Collett 12 71x61 Ignored t (15) 54.5......................M Cameron 13 7611 Intrigue d (9) 54.5...............................L Innes 14 16661 Vee Cece t (3) 54.5..........................R Myers 15 45215 Decadence (16) 54.5....................... S Spratt 16 29872 Nerve Not Verve b (8) 54.5............. J Bayliss 17 83030 Iridessa (11) 54.5 Emergencies: Nerve Not Verve, Iridessa 7 4.10pm MANCO EASTER HANDICAP $100,000, OPN HANDICAP, 1600m

Race 1: Riding The Wave, Flying Grand, Pinched, Notabadidea Race 2: Savapak, Misstumut, Za Za Gabor, Cochise Race 3: Marzemino, One Bakerstreet, Save The Date, Joy Anna Race 4: Glinda Goodwitch, Sherwood Forest, In Fashion Race 5: Vichy, Creative Genius, Tightlign, Lady Style Race 6: Intrigue, Star Karen, Blue On Black, Bobby Dee Race 7: Endless Drama, Tomelilla, Dama Zorro, Big Mike Race 8: Copper Fox, Reevederci, Incantesimo, Aniceta

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Southern triple crown tilt NZME The Graham and Michael Eadetrained Orepuki Lad has taken out two southern cups this season and the Riverton galloper is being set to add another to the mantle when he contests his home cup today.

The son of Raise The Flag has won four of his 14 starts, including the Listed Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) and Invercargill Gold Cup (2600m) and Graham Eade said it would be a great thrill to take out the Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup (2147m) this weekend.

“It would be great to win our home cup.

“I don’t think it has ever been done before, one horse winning

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the three cups in a year, it would be great to do it.”

Orepuki Lad is coming off a last start fifth-placing to ill-fated galloper Boots ‘N’ All in the Hororata Gold Cup (1800m) and Eade believes his charge will appreciate the step up in distance on Saturday.

“It was a very good run last start,” he said.

“It was only 1800m and there were some very good horses in there and he still ran fifth and wasn’t far off the winner.

“The longer it gets, the better for him.”

The five-year-old gelding will jump from barrier one with regular rider Leah Hemi aboard and the only concern Eade has is the month between runs.

Jockey Leah Hemi Meanwhile, the father and son training partnership will line-up two other runners at their home meeting today.

Consistent galloper Sentient will step up to open company for the first time when he contests the Waiau Hotel Aparima Handicap (1200m), while stablemate Ruakiwi Blaze will tackle the Speight’s & Pankhurst Sawmilling Porakino Handicap (1600m).

“Sentient, he’s a bit of a bridesmaid,” Eade said. “He’s had about five seconds and he has been carrying a lot of weight.

“We couldn’t get into the (rating) 72, so we have put him in the open handicap, which is a big call.

“He’s down in weight to 54kg, where he was carrying 59.5kg. He’s a good bread and butter horse.

“Ruakiwi Blaze, she’s a small wee thing, just like a pony, but she is another one that does her best and will be right there.”

NZ Metro harness Today at Addington Raceway

NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc Venue: Addington Meet- Emergencies: Heavenly Love, Lone Star Lad ing Date: 20 Apr 2019 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 3 1.20pm NEVELE R FILLIES SERIES (HEAT 7) MOand 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 BILE PACE $20,000, 3yo fillies., mobile, 1980m and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 21233 Kendra (1) fr...................................B Orange 1 12.10pm GARRARDS SIRES STAKES SERIES (HT 2 x3411 Princess Tiffany (2) fr..............N Rasmussen 3) MOBILE PACE $22,000, 2yo c&g., mobile, 1980m 3 23363 Wainui Creek (3) fr.............................. R May 1 Glenledi Chief (1) fr...........................S Ottley 4 52550 Lilac Becky (4) fr...................... S O’Reilly (J) 2 54 Above N Beyond (2) fr........................J Dunn 5 96821 Majorca (5) fr................................. G O’Reilly 3 0 El Dorado (3) fr..............................B Orange 6 41406 Chevron Supreme (6) fr.....................J Dunn 4 0 William Wallace (4) fr....................T Williams 7 35316 Dina Brown (7) fr...............................J Curtin 5 Cloud Nine (5) fr.................................. R May 8 24514 Canstar (8) fr...................................T Chmiel 6 17111 Smooth Deal (6) fr..........................M Purdon 9 x1324 Garta (9) fr....................................T Williams 1.55pm AVON CITY FORD MOBILE TROT $10,000, 2 12.45 C’CHURCH CASINO/$5,000 BONUS EARLY 4r70., mobile, 1980m QUADDIE TROT $10,000, 3yo+ r40-r55, stand, 2600m 1 x0619 BJ Lindenny (1) fr..............................R Close 1 P421P Midnight Assassin (1) fr...............C DeFilippi 2 88201 Whatasista (2) fr.................................J Dunn 2 75373 Heavenly Love (2) fr 3 57355 Zoey’s Gift (3) fr....................... M Williamson 3 32122 Lone Star Lad (3) fr...........................S Ottley 4 02103 One Over Da Skye (4) fr.............. B Hope (J) 4 1P08P Unique Marshall (4) fr....................B Orange 5 43533 Izmok (5) fr...................................C DeFilippi 5 33837 Speedy Command (5) fr................. T Trathen 6 90x14 Rum In The Sun (6) fr.................... K Butt (J) 6 33182 Desert Wings (6) fr............................J Curtin 7 29078 Alvira Hest (7) fr.............................. A Faulks 7 55674 The Bloss (7) fr.......................... B Borcoskie 8 27537 Splash Cola (8) fr..............................S Ottley 8 31792 Monaro Maro (8) fr.............................J Dunn 9 1010P Wee Man Trouble (9) fr...................B Orange 9 06616 Natives Lasting Love (9) fr.......... K Cameron 10 10696 One Over Da Stars (U1) fr.................. R May 10 24008 Unique Rose (10) fr.......................... G Smith 5 2.30 WIN ON MOTHER’S DAY@SPECTATORS.CO. 11 22426 Overzealous (11) fr.................. C D Thornley NZMBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 2yo+., 1980m 12 72657 Chivasion (12) fr......................... M Edmonds 1 I’m Tough (1) fr...................................J Dunn 13 P2443 Sugarinspice (13) fr........................R Holmes 2 70609 Mynanasgotnoteeth (2) fr.......B Laughton (J) 14 78006 Michelle (U1) fr......................S Tomlinson (J) 3 0 Ringo’s A Star (3) fr...................N Purdon (J) 15 4030P Missalyssa (U2) fr........................... A Faulks 4 060x4 Diamond Edition (4) fr.....................T Chmiel 16 04332 Jerry Garcia (U3) fr........................L O’Reilly 5 23320 Already Gone (5) fr.................. M Williamson 17 08295 Sioux Princess (U4) fr................ L McKay (J) 6 4 Uno Mia (6) fr........................S Tomlinson (J) 18 25874 Rebel Kibbybones (U5) fr..................... J Hay 7 3x Vulcan Star(AUS) (7) fr.................T Williams

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“He is very good and very well in himself,” he said. “The only problem is that he hasn’t had a run for a month. But I did give him a trial, so hopefully that was enough.

“There are some good horses in there, like Tommy Tucker. He won’t get everything his own way.

“There are two or three leaders there and it’s going to be tough enough.”

Eade hasn’t made any set plans with Orepuki Lad after today’s assignment, but is contemplating taking his gelding north to Riccarton in a fortnight.

“We’ll see how he goes and we’ll just take it step-by-step,” he said.

“There is a race for him at Christchurch in a fortnight, but we will just see how he goes on Saturday.”

8 37360 Ale Ale Kai (8) fr........................B Williamson 9 05342 Koromiko Eyre (9) fr............................ R May 10 233 Lottie Moon (21) fr......................... G O’Reilly 11 6x56 Cullens Conspiracy (22) fr.............B Orange 12 03P27 Tiger Moth (U1) fr.......................M Hurrell (J) 6 3.05pm CANTERBURY STANDARDBRED BREEDERS STAKES MBL PACE $13,000, 4yo+ mares r80., mobile, 1980m 1 P0505 Senorita Margarita (1) fr....................J Young 2 31786 Bird Of Paradise (2) fr.............. M Williamson 3 x5154 Double O Heaven (3) fr....................... R May 4 10012 Be Mine Tonight (4) fr.................. D Keast (J) 5 50100 Samskara (5) fr..............................B Orange 6 45068 Kotare Cullen (6) fr.............................J Dunn 7 1x936 Sociable (7) fr....................................S Ottley 8 01211 Onedin Reign (8) fr.......................T Williams 7 3.40 FAHEY FENCE HIRE HANDICAP TROT $14,400, r70+ discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 25695 We’ll Meet Again (1) fr...................... J Smith 2 49204 Time For Diamonds (2) fr.................... J Ford 3 15551 Didjabringthebeers (1) 15M........... K Butt (J) 4 44273 Valloria (2) 15M..................................J Dunn 5 1x238 Winterfell (3) 15M...........................M Purdon 6 76728 Missandei (U1) 15M..........................S Ottley 7 00462 Amaretto Sun (1) 25M...........S Tomlinson (J) 8 4.15pm HYDROFLOW EASTER BUNNY HANDICAP PACE $17,500, r90+ discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 22444 Ashley Locaz (1) fr.........................M Purdon 2 44168 Alta Maestro (2) fr..............................J Dunn 3 07636 Elle Mac (3) fr......................... O Thornley (J) 4 137P6 Letspendanitetogetha (4) fr...............J Curtin 5 18355 Funatthebeach (5) fr.....................T Williams 6 7x580 Eamon Maguire (1) 10M.........N Rasmussen

7 75408 Alta Orlando (U1) 10M..................... G Smith 9 4.52pm MAJESTIC SON NZ 2YO TROTTING STKS MBL PACE $30,000, 2yo., mobile, 1980m 1 45 Zigzagzoo (1) fr.................................J Curtin 2 77 Quik Shot (2) fr..................................S Ottley 3 250 Dolly P (3) fr..................................M Perriton 4 4338 Midnight Dash (4) fr............................ R May 5 4 Chloe Rose (5) fr............................B Orange 6 111 Muscle Mountain (6) fr................. B Hope (J) 7 63 Tailored Elegance (7) fr..................M Purdon 8 8P6 Musculature Metro (8) fr...................J W Cox 9 0 Dreamsinthe Mist (21) fr.......... C D Thornley 10 6657 Fighting Fire (22) fr.................. M Williamson 11 2912 One Majic Kenny (23) fr.....................J Dunn 12 1107 Chinski (24) fr................................T Williams 13 030 Rain Mist And Muscle (25) fr............ G Smith 14 4524 Kahress (26) fr...............................R Holmes 15 21 Ultimate Stride (27) fr................B Williamson 10 5.27pm IRT HARNESS JEWELS PACKAGES ON SALE MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r50-r57., 1980m 1 56706 Pro Surfer (1) fr..................................J Dunn 2 17803 Rocknroll King (2) fr.........................J W Cox 3 04812 Myboylolliepop (3) fr...............B Laughton (J) 4 32834 Good On Ya Kiwi (4) fr....................R Holmes 5 1742 Tiebreaker (5) fr............................ G O’Reilly 6 1x Pitch Perfect (6) fr...................N Rasmussen 7 57954 Sweet Loress (7) fr......................... K Butt (J) 8 79441 Aveross Rustler (8) fr.................. D Keast (J) 9 8408x Flyin Milly Mac (9) fr......................T Williams 10 3231 Cullens Bet (21) fr............................... R May 11 26x18 Bettathanfast (22) fr.......................M Purdon 12 126 Burlington (23) fr........................... S McNally 13 03347 Franco Texas (24) fr................. M Williamson

14 22114 Ohoka Achilles (25) fr....................B Orange 11 5.52 BLUE STAR TAXIS MOBILE PACE $13,000, 3yo+ r59-r75., mobile, 1980m 1 61213 Franco Niven (1) fr.............................J Dunn 2 13372 Kiwis Are Flying (2) fr............... C D Thornley 3 5112 Team Kiwi (3) fr..............................R Holmes 4 60446 Stompem (4) fr.............................. G O’Reilly 5 16951 Anamajor (5) fr................................. G Smith 6 53258 Franco Hampton (6) fr.......................J Curtin 7 1x630 Mongolian Cavalry (7) fr.................B Orange 8 9x011 Bringitonhome (8) fr..........................R Close 9 12724 Nandolo (9) fr...................................J W Cox 10 61574 Global Domination (21) fr......... M Williamson 11 07175 The Golden Boy (22) fr................. S McNally 12 80519 Nakuru (23) fr................................T Williams 13 78963 Gore Bay (24) fr.................................. R May 14 4079x Copperhead Rose (25) fr.................. J Keast SELECTION

$60,000, OPN HCP, 2147m 1 00625 Tommy Tucker tm (13) 60..................J Lowry 2 22453 The Gordonian tdm (6) 56......... B Murray (a) 3 43421 Shakti tm (9) 55.5.....................K Mudhoo (a) 4 26041 Come Fly With Me tdmh (15) 55..L Callaway 5 55374 Timy Tyler tmbh (7) 54.5..................D Turner 6 12x48 Wild Jack tdmh (8) 54.5..........A Bohorun (a) 7 11134 Kilowatt tbh (14) 54.......... K Chowdhoory (a) 8 32115 Orepuki Lad mbh (1) 53.5..................L Hemi 9 41032 Shezatoucha m (12) 53......T Comignaghi (a) 10 39163 Shantav m (3) 53............................. J Morris 11 10993 Smiling Assassin m (11) 53..........T Moseley 12 01947 Taponisme m (4) 53................ R Mudhoo (a) 13 56x85 Tilly Dunnage tdmh (2) 53..............L Allpress 14 57471 Lil Miss Swiss tmh (10) 53.........T Jonker (a) 15 65663 Nomen Ludi m (5) 53......................S Wynne 16 61238 Sure He Can (16) 53...................... C Barnes 8 4.29 SPEIGHT’S & PANKHURST SAWMILLING PORAKINO HCP $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2147m 1 2x930 Banbury Lad m (14) 60..........K Mudhoo (a1) 2 77762 He Ain’t Heavy mh (12) 60....A Bohorun (a3) 3 01x98 Flying Agent m (6) 57........................J Lowry Emergencies: Amour La Vie, It’s Pandemonium, Valetina 4 34157 The Sparkle (7) 56.5......................L Allpress Vittoria 5 58842 Beaufighter m (13) 56.5................... J Morris 6 3.19 WAIAU HOTEL APARIMA HANDICAP $35,000, 6 90401 Mac Murdoch (9) 56.5........... R Mudhoo (a3) 7 33x22 Road To Redemption tb (5) 56.5......D Turner OPEN HANDICAP, 1200m 1 14x83 Irish Excuse tdm (10) 60....... R Mudhoo (a3) 8 78879 Friday Knight (10) 55.5.........R Beeharry (a3) 2 12237 Johnny Jones d (2) 58.5..T Comignaghi (a1) 9 48514 Smokem Up (15) 55.5.....................S Wynne 3 x2148 Darci Mac dm (4) 56.......................S Wynne 10 90700 Mrs Gee Eye m (8) 54..................L Callaway 4 30299 Accidental Offside dm (6) 54.5.......L Allpress 11 18785 Madam De Soir (2) 54.................... C Barnes 5 04031 Finbarr dm (12) 54.5....................L Callaway 12 70416 Ruakiwi Blaze h (11) 54.......... B Murray (a2) 6 35302 Passito d (9) 54..................................L Hemi 13 82199 Queen El Jay (16) 54.........................L Hemi 7 21551 Barabas d (8) 54............ K Chowdhoory (a3) 14 68694 Franconi t (3) 54 8 40475 Feelin The Love dm (5) 54.......T Jonker (a2) 15 80x00 Dowry Duty m (1) 54................T Jonker (a2) 9 35979 Secret Power tdm (11) 54......K Mudhoo (a1) 16 5x006 Sweet Time h (4) 54......................T Moseley 10 52476 Dynamic tdm (13) 54.....................T Moseley 17 61238 Sure He Can 55............................ Scratched 11 52963 Flicka Of Gold dm (7) 54..............K Kwo (a3) Emergency: Sure He Can 12 12348 Friar Tuck d (1) 54............................D Turner 9 5.04pm MACAULAY FORD WAIPANGO HANDICAP 13 26222 Sentient dmbh (3) 54.............. B Murray (a2) $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 7 3.54pm CARRIERS ARMS HOTEL RIVERTON CUP 1 72036 The Bumper mh (10) 60...........T Jonker (a2)

2 9716x Bullitt m (3) 59.5...............................D Turner 3 0x507 Heberite dm (13) 59.5...................T Moseley 4 22321 Devious m (6) 58.5..................B Morgenrood 5 22351 Our Boy Baz dh (18) 58.5............K Kwo (a3) 6 45917 Bluey’s Chance d (14) 58...... R Mudhoo (a3) 7 19690 Rock Solid tdm (15) 57..........K Mudhoo (a1) 8 20053 Fulltothebrim t (19) 57...............D Bothamley 9 9x248 The Chief d (7) 57...........................S Wynne 10 10783 The De Boy (9) 57................R Beeharry (a3) 11 34585 Celtic Wonder (5) 56.5........G Saejorhor (a4) 12 x7022 Montserrat m (4) 56.5.......................J Lowry 13 4x633 The Style tdm (8) 56.5............ B Murray (a2) 14 53245 It’s Pandemonium (16) 55.5Chowdhoory (a3) 15 4029x All The Drama 55.......................... Scratched 16 26539 Valetina Vittoria th (1) 54.5.............L Allpress 17 06974 So Natural (17) 56.5....................... C Barnes 18 18780 Little Bossing d (11) 56.5 19 55206 Stellacanto dh (12) 54 20 390x0 Olaf (2) 56 21 80007 Tantella d (21) 54 22 60087 Abbey Kay (20) 54 Emergencies: So Natural, Little Bossing, Stellacanto, Olaf, Tantella, Abbey Kay

Race 1: Smooth Deal, Above N Beyond, William Wallace Race 2: Monaro Maro, Sioux Princess, Overzealous Race 3: Kendra, Princess Tiffany, Chevron Supreme Race 4: One Over Da Stars, Wee Man Trouble, Whatasista Race 5: Koromiko Eyre, Vulcan Star(AUS), Cullens Conspiracy Race 6: Double O Heaven, Sociable, Onedin Reign, Samskara Race 7: Winterfell, Amaretto Sun, Didjabringthebeers, Valloria Race 8: Ashley Locaz, Elle Mac, Alta Maestro, Eamon Maguire Race 9: Muscle Mountain, Ultimate Stride, Tailored Elegance Race 10: Ohoka Achilles, Bettathanfast, Pro Surfer Race 11: Franco Niven, Global Domination, Nandolo

LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Riverton gallops Today at Riverton Raceway

Riverton RC Venue: Riverton Meeting Date: 20 Apr 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 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 12.22pm (NZT) EWAN ALLAN HONDA EXCELLENCY STAKES $22,500, 2YO SW+P, 1100m 1 Buck Shellfish (4) 57............... B Murray (a2) 2 P7x7 He’s Got Power h (1) 57...............K Kwo (a3) 3 25532 Our Rosette (6) 55......... K Chowdhoory (a3) 4 574x Shelby Devine (7) 55..........................L Hemi 5 Fairway Flight (3) 55...................... C Barnes 6 66 Hot Tap (5) 55..............................L Callaway 7 Just Henri 55................................. Scratched 8 Kitty Power h (8) 55........................L Allpress 9 Super Tap (2) 55..............................D Turner 2 12.57pm SOUTH PACIFIC MEATS FAIRFAX HANDICAP $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 351x9 Our Boy Scotty tdh (3) 59............K Kwo (a3) 2 03833 Katango (2) 58.5......................T Jonker (a2) 3 90x09 Classic Warrior dm (11) 58.5.......L Callaway 4 7538x Sun Genes mh (15) 58.5................L Allpress 5 86107 Chowder d (18) 58...........................D Turner 6 51555 Happy Hitter d (5) 57.5..................T Moseley 7 1x4 Little Flick d (17) 57.5............ R Mudhoo (a3) 8 90566 Non Blonde 57.5........................... Scratched 9 08001 Exemplar dm (14) 57..... K Chowdhoory (a3) 10 42261 Tap Tap d (12) 57...............................L Hemi 11 09244 Cabernet (1) 56.5..............................J Lowry 12 27623 Fascino Lass (16) 56.......................S Wynne 13 6927x Rebel Rose dm (9) 56............K Mudhoo (a1) 14 38995 Fox In Socks (6) 55.5....................... J Morris 15 106x0 Park Ranger m (8) 58...............D Bothamley 16 15767 Superstatic b (10) 55........T Comignaghi (a1) 17 56082 Miroslava 54.5............................... Scratched 18 8584x Boyslightup dmh (4) 55........... B Murray (a2) 19 207x7 Tatters d (13) 55 20 55206 Stellacanto h (7) 54.5 Em: Park Ranger, Superstatic, Miroslava, Boyslightup, Tatters, Stellacanto 3 1.31pm ELMWOOD CATERING MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN, 1400m

1 732 Gelibolu h (15) 58.5......................T Moseley 2 897x2 Ringbolt (7) 58.5....................K Mudhoo (a1) 3 365 Port Stephens (1) 58.5...................L Allpress 4 30x00 Rothacker (6) 58.5...................T Jonker (a2) 5 6 Pableau h (9) 58.5................... B Murray (a2) 6 0x00x Sharp As (13) 58.5.............................L Hemi 7 570x6 Trizac bh (11) 58.5.......................L Callaway 8 940x5 Ocean Of Champagne (8) 58....D Bothamley 9 80324 Haka Star (3) 56.5...........................S Wynne 10 x5334 Shock And Awe (14) 56.5.................J Lowry 11 60303 Reliable Glow (12) 56.5. K Chowdhoory (a3) 12 76 Dontputyafootinit (5) 56.5............... C Barnes 13 80x50 Salient (4) 56.5.................................D Turner 14 60009 Stirling Lady (2) 56...........T Comignaghi (a1) 15 0 She Is Gold (10) 56......................K Kwo (a3) 4 2.11 TODD REAL ESTATE INSURANCE BROKERS ALLIANCE HCP $25,000, R72 Benchmark, 1400m 1 908x0 Amun Ra tm (15) 61.5 2 12143 Nopele (8) 60.........................K Mudhoo (a1) 3 36487 What’s Up Alf dmh (12) 60.... R Mudhoo (a3) 4 37361 Carson River d (11) 59... K Chowdhoory (a3) 5 468x5 Galway Garry tmh (2) 58.5...........K Kwo (a3) 6 500x7 The Czar h (13) 58.5................T Jonker (a2) 7 09151 Belle Hope m (16) 57.5.................T Moseley 8 12661 Just Push Play (1) 57.5..................L Allpress 9 303x3 Lord Beaver dm (3) 57.5...................J Lowry 10 68011 Seduttore (10) 57.5...................D Bothamley 11 51771 Son Of Surf d (9) 57.5.........G Saejorhor (a4) 12 01422 Upscale (4) 56.5...................... B Murray (a2) 13 375x5 Epic Dreamer tmh (14) 56.5.. A Bohorun (a3) 14 44573 Fire Show 56.5.............................. Scratched 15 44311 Sweet Oak (7) 55.............................D Turner 16 010x6 Elana Rose d (20) 55......................S Wynne 17 97980 Karm ‘N’ Easy mh (19) 54............L Callaway 18 26222 Sentient mbh (17) 56.5 19 72036 The Bumper dmh (18) 56.5 20 36157 Attimo 54....................................... Scratched 21 53245 It’s Pandemonium d (6) 54 22 26539 Valetina Vittoria th (5) 54 Emergencies: Karm ‘N’ Easy, Sentient, The Bumper, Atti-

mo, It’s Pandemonium, Valetina Vittoria 5 2.44 BUPA CARE SERVICES FRANCOLIN STAKES $40,000, F&M, 1400m 1 51730 Elfee m (15) 60..............................L Allpress 2 53024 Kiwi Ida dm (14) 57.5.......T Comignaghi (a1) 3 77940 Flying Sardine dmh (10) 57.G Saejorhor (a4) 4 99560 Montoya Star d (11) 56.5................. J Morris 5 314x6 Ishinktaatledo dm (13) 54...............S Wynne 6 88056 Nightcap t (8) 54..................... B Murray (a2) 7 27322 Zabay db (12) 54................................L Hemi 8 61655 Macy d (4) 54........................ R Mudhoo (a3) 9 110x3 Beneficial db (5) 54.......................T Moseley 10 21034 Taieri Gem dm (6) 54..................... C Barnes 11 33114 Jim’s Gift (2) 54............................L Callaway 12 41341 Mamma Sans 54........................... Scratched 13 99121 Dreaming Easy (9) 54.... K Chowdhoory (a3) 14 24x74 Ruby Marie t (16) 54..............K Mudhoo (a1) 15 84016 Supatwista (17) 54...............R Beeharry (a3) 16 36157 Attimo d (7) 54.........................T Jonker (a2) 17 027x9 Amour La Vie d (3) 54......................D Turner 18 53245 It’s Pandemonium d (1) 54 19 26539 Valetina Vittoria th (18) 54 -

Blinkers on: Classic Warrior, Happy Hitter, Fox In Socks (R2), Sharp As, Dontputyafootinit (R3), Macy (R5), Friday Knight (R8) Blinkers off: Park Ranger (R2), Feelin The Love (R6), The Chief, The De Boy (R9) Winkers on: Hot Tap (R1), Gelibolu (R3), Montoya Star (R5), The De Boy (R9) Winkers off: Sharp As, Dontputyafootinit, Salient (R3), Macy (R5)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Our Rosette, Kitty Power, Buck Shellfish, Shelby Devine Race 2: Happy Hitter, Cabernet, Exemplar, Fox In Socks Race 3: Gelibolu, Ringbolt, Shock And Awe, Reliable Glow Race 4: Nopele, Galway Garry, Just Push Play, Seduttore Race 5: Kiwi Ida, Flying Sardine, Elfee, Zabay, Montoya Star Race 6: Finbarr, Passito, Barabas, Sentient, Dynamic Race 7: Orepuki Lad, Tommy Tucker, Come Fly With Me, Kilowatt Race 8: Road To Redemption, He Ain’t Heavy, Smokem Up Race 9: Devious, The De Boy, Montserrat, It’s Pandemonium

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Saturday, April 20, 2019

■■COMMENT

Toxic Folau saga could help Wallabies

By Gregor Paul NZME

The high drama across the Tasman with Israel Folau might not be such a bad thing for the Wallabies.

It might even be the catalyst they have been looking for to pull together a talented but wayward group.

The Wallabies have been a good team waiting to happen in the last few years but between the volatility of head coach Michael Cheika and his deteriorating relationship with former assistant Stephen Larkham and a lack of mental resolve among the players, they have been erratic and disjointed since the last World Cup. The administrative mess created by the need to axe one of their Super Rugby teams in 2017 and the lingering ill-feeling that created, has compounded this sense that Australian rugby operates in a near permanent chaos.

And now there is the Folau saga, which everyone can see is not going to end well.

There will be precisely no winners in this sad, nasty business, however it concludes.

Folau may well win his legal fight and save his career but it will be the mother of all Pyrrhic victories.

Rugby teams haven’t presented themselves in recent years as the most socially inclusive institutions and no doubt Folau is not the only homophobe in the professional game.

But the typical Super Rugby changing room is not morally bereft or without good, decent people and among Folau’s peers, there will be widespread and intense discomfort with what he has said.

The majority haven’t expressed their disgust, but that doesn’t mean they don’t feel it and Folau, should he be able to continue playing is going to hold Pariah status.

Israel Folau might end up galvanising the Wallabies.

His Waratahs teammates will not find it easy to forgive and forget, but in the spirit of the unity and inclusiveness that they want Folau to support, they will have to find a way, however unpalatable, to accept him as part of the team.

But it will be a different case for the Wallabies who simply don’t have to pick him.

Cheika has been criticised for saying he won’t select Folau following his social media comments, with former Wallaby Nick Farr-Jones adamant that the coach has prematurely played his hand.

Far from being lambasted as he was, Cheika should be applauded for protecting the cultural integrity of the Wallabies and making it clear he won’t give a test jersey to

any player who wants to be selective about which parts of Australian society they are willing to represent.

Australia tore itself apart deciding whether to legalise gay marriage and in New South Wales and Queensland, where the majority of the rugby fraternity are based, they respectively voted 42 per cent and 39 per cent against.

Those statistics hint at the inevitability of the hard core Wallaby supporter seeing winning a World Cup as a more worthy goal than taking a moral stand.

No one can deny that Folau is a brilliant footballer and that the Wallabies will be a better equipped, more potent attacking force with him in the team.

Cheika will, therefore, come under pressure to bow to the tangible: to accept the undeniable truth that Folau’s playing talent outweighs any intangible disruptive element his presence may provoke and has to be picked.

And so it will rumble, the differing views creating a near intolerable pressure on Cheika and his Wallaby team, with the Australian Rugby Union powerless to intervene as if Folau wins his case, the national body will be re-cast as interested bystander.

The situation will look explosive. Toxic even and a Wallaby team, faith in whom has been tumbling as it is, will suddenly appear to have crashed off the rails just months before the World Cup. But this seemingly hopeless and desperate situation could just as easily, if not more probably, flip the Wallabies back on their feet and be the galvanising force they have craved since 2016.

The Wallabies have used player-driven adversity to drive them in the past. In 2014 they were on the cusp of a meltdown when Kurtley Beale triggered a scandal following an unsavoury text exchange with the team’s commercial manager.

It was a similarly divisive business that ended up with the Wallabies under siege in the build-up to the final Bledisloe Cup test of the year in Brisbane.

The Wallabies were front page news that week, not for anything they were doing or had done on the field, but because Rugby Australia board members were leaking details about all sorts of things they shouldn’t have been.

Written off as a rabble, the Wallabies were miraculously good at Suncorp. Adversity drew them together, focused their minds and they were within one minute of a famous win.

Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates

Ashburton Rest Homes

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number Emergency Dentist to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential. weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

DUTY DOCTORS For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any ELPLINE ERVICES time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please Alcoholics Anonymous bring your Community Services Card. All non New Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ashburton Health First, Havelock Street, Ashburton, Ask for the Crisis Team. will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday.

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Consultations will be by appointment only. To make an Support. Ph 03 364 8791 appointment, please phone 0800 700 155.

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Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Easter Sunday, April 21, Easter Monday, April 22 until 8am Tuesday. Please phone 0800 700 155 for an appointment.

Methven & Rakaia Area

For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 8105 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Pharmacies

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Victims Support Group

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

Direct dials to a volunteer.

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

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Lifeline

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will Toll-free: 0800 353 353. be open Saturday (April 20) from 9am - 1pm, Easter Sunday (April 21) and Monday (April 22) from 10am - 1pm and from 5pm - 7pm every evenings.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

COMMUNITY SERVICES RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS

The Ashburton Resource Recovery Park will be closed on: Easter Sunday (April 21) and ANZAC DAY (Thursday, April 25).

Rakaia Resource Recovery Park will be closed on all of the above dates as well as Easter Monday (April 22).

Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Ashburton Museum

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Information Centre

Methven - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter Contact - President 021 1356 969.

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

Full emergency service all weekend.

Mail Closing Times VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

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

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

PUBLIC NOTICES ASHBURTON RETURNED AND SERVICES ASSOC (Inc)

ANZAC DAY

Ashburton

Rural Reporter The Ashburton Guardian is based in New Zealand’s primary production heartland, and our independently owned daily newspaper is looking for a new team member.

The person we’re seeking will have a strong affinity with, and knowledge of the rural sector. We are looking for a journalist with a solid media background, who is excited by the opportunity to write for our two monthly publications as well as for our weekly rural pages.

Our monthly publications are distributed across Canterbury and North Otago.

The rural reporter’s position offers the successful candidate an opportunity to write for a wide audience across the entire spectrum of the rural sector because of the district’s diverse agricultural economy.

We are open to employment options that could include working as an independent contractor or as a Guardian employee, full or part time.

The Ashburton District offers an opportunity to enjoy the best the outdoors has to offer but is within an easy hours drive of Christchurch City. We have Mt Hutt Skifield on our doorstep and offer a wide range of aquatic sports on Lake Hood.

If you have a solid portfolio of work, a full driver’s licence and the right to work in New Zealand, don’t hesitate, please apply by email, with CV attached, to :

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

COMMEMORATION SERVICES

DENTAL ASSISTANT FULL TIME POSITION

The following services have been arranged and all citizens of the Ashburton County are invited to attend.

We are a large modern dental practice based in Ashburton with four clinicians. We have an opportunity for a friendly person to join our busy team.

We are looking for someone who is well presented, energetic, physically fit and has the ability to build rapport with patients in a cheerful lighthearted manner.

You will support the clinician by assisting during dental appointments and instrument sterilisation. For this you will need to be well organised with attention to detail and be able to follow instructions.

Computer skills and a clean driver’s licence are required, worth noting a police check will be done.

If you want to work in a positive, fast paced environment where patient care is the number one priority please apply in person or send your cover letter and CV to: Bernie Jopson Practice Coordinator Bernie@parksidenz.co.nz Applications close for this position on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

Application close 5pm, Tuesday, May 7.

Looking for the ideal part-time driving job?

TRADES, SERVICES

TRADES, SERVICES

COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

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

Supergold discount card welcomed.

SHOWER domes make the difference, get rid of steam forever. Supplied and fitted from $435. Phone Mitch on 0274 370 532.

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.

RURAL TRADING POST

Soil Testing Fert Spreading Available for small farms and lifestyle blocks.

Ph 027 258 9286

LIVESTOCK, PETS BUYER of unwanted animals.

Cattle, bobby calves, horses and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

We need school bus drivers!

Driving a school bus is very rewarding and allows you plenty of time to follow other pursuits in between daily trips.

We currently have vacancies within our company for School Bus Drivers in the Ashburton area.

Assistance may be available for suitable applicants to obtain the required licences.

For further enquiries to:

information,

please

direct

The Manager Pearsons Coachlines Ltd 403 West Street Ashburton Email: pearsonsashburton@xtra.co.nz Phone: (03) 308 2992 or 021 344 647 Website: www.pearsonscoachlines.co.nz

Guardian Classifieds HOLIDAY 307 7900

ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. Phone Brian 307 8000 or 308 6180.

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Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

73 Burnett St, Ashburton

THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019 • 6.30am DAWN SERVICE Dawn Service at the Cenotaph, Baring Square West. Service conducted by Brigadier Mike Allwright of the Salvation Army.

Speaker: Mayor Donna Favel President Ashburton RSA Merv Brenton • 9.00am CEMETERY SERVICE SERVICES PLOT Service conducted by Brigadier Mike Allwright of the Salvation Army.

Speaker Jo Luxton RSA members assemble at north end of Service Personnel plot 8.45am.

• 11.00am CIVIC SERVICE & WREATH LAYING Cenotaph, Baring Square West Guest speakers: Andrew Falloon, Ashburton College Head Girl and Head Boy. President Ashburton RSA Merv Brenton Limited seating available for elderly citizens. 150 seats reserved for Returned/ Service Personnel.

Ex-service personnel, also other groups: Scouts, Guides etc assemble at the corner of Havelock and Park Streets by 10.45am.

Dress for all services, mufti and medals. Courtesy van available phone 308 7175.

• HINDS SUB-BRANCH Service at Hinds Hall at 10am Ex-Service Personnel and Scout and Guides assemble at Scout Den at 9.45am.

• MAYFIELD & DISTRICTS 9.30am Assemble at Mayfield – Panther Rock Café car park.

9.45am Parade leaves.

10.00am Service commences in Mayfield Memorial Hall, service taken by Paul Thomas, Order of St John.

Speaker Lt Commander Grant Finlayson Ashburton Silver Band in attendance.

Collection for a charity. Morning tea to follow, a plate appreciated.

12.00 noon. Golf match at Mayfield Golf Club, 12.30pm start.

• METHVEN SUB-BRANCH Assemble at the Memorial Arch on McDonald Street at 9.15am, March 9.30am.

Service at Mt Hutt Memorial Hall at 10.00am.

Speaker.

Morning tea in the supper room of the Memorial Hall. All welcome.

• RAKAIA All ex service/relatives are invited to participate in the march. Please assemble at 10.00am followed by the Commemorative Service at the Rakaia Community Centre 10.15am.

PUBLIC NOTICES ANZAC DAY SERVICE

GARDENING LIME chip for sale - Westside Hire, 171 Alford Forest Road. $38 per scoop. Call now on 308 0006. Compost and bark too.

Pick-up and delivery options.

You can even hire a trailer!

Ealing Hall Thursday, April 25 at 9.15am FOR SALE Please bring a plate for morning tea.

All welcome.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ASHLEY, attractive, available for appointments, gentlemen welcome. Genuine callers only. No texts. Please phone 021 0275 9055.

ASIAN ladies, size 10, Sasa and Kiki, sexy body, busty.

Chinese SCOOTERS - new and 34DD, secondhand three and four prostate massage, in/out wheel-electric scooters calls. Phone 021 046 4314. and wheel-chairs.

Call Fred Reddecliffe at Guardian Classifieds Electric Mobility Ashburton today. Phone 308 3602.

307 7900

Birthday Greetings Charlie Quinlan Happy 8th Birthday Charlie! We know you enjoyed your day yesterday. Love always Nana and Poppa.

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.

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

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Book your high windows in today “we clean to a standard, not a price”

KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND

• regular full house cleans • one off spring cleans • farm houses • builders cleans • floor buffing

HEAT PUMPS

electriCOOL Ltd Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

• All staff are police vetted •Able to travel out of town

03 307 2656 | www.ashburtoncleaning.co.nz

Mid Canterbury Agent for KOBA batteries

Mobile Mower servicing • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Automotive: Commercial, Agricultural and Marine

A.S.B.G (Alternators, Starters, Batteries, Galore) Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

April special - less 10% Cash and carry*

* Cash, Eftpos, DD only

4 McGregor Lane, Ashburton -

03 307 4777

Keeping your property protected with a security camera system from Masterguard Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301 57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

Alps

Continuous Spouting

CALL GROUTPRO (MARK OR BRETT) FOR AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR GROUT AND TILE AFTERCARE

To deal with Dirty Tiles and Grout

ALL WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED MANUFACTURERS & INSTALLERS OF: • Continuous Spouting - Fascia • Down pipes

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CALL GROUTPRO WE HELP YOU KEEP ON TOP OF YOUR SHOWER AND TILE MAINTENANCE

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ENQUIRE ABOUT LEAF AND SNOW GUARD Ben Kruger 027 390 1027 or 03 308 4380 481 West Street, Ashburton benkruger@xtra.co.nz - www.alpscontinuousspouting.co.nz

Tile shower makeovers Professional tile and grout cleaning Re-colouring existing grout Sealing and repairing/replacing tiles/grout Replacing mouldy and tired silicon

WE TRANSFORM TILES/GROUT IN BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, SHOWERS, BALCONIES, CONSERVATORIES AND ANY TILED AREA

0508 422 532

Contact GroutPro Brett Muir or Mark Butler for a quote and an upfront honest discussion.

www.groutpro.co.nz

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

When Professionalism COUNTS – Call Talbot Security Group 24/7 • Alarm design • Alarm installation and maintenance

Whether you are building new, renovating or looking for retrofit double glazing - we’ll happily help you find the right solution.

• Alarm monitoring • Patrols

For “Total Peace of Mind” call Talbot Security Group on 307 2409 anytime E-mail info@talbotsecurity.co.nz

Rylock Ashburton 8a John Street, Netherby, Ashburton

Lifestyle

Phone (03) 308 8493 Email rylock.ash@xtra.co.nz

Whether you are renovating or building new we offer practical window and door solutions to suit any style of home or living.

Suppliers of Double Glazing, Euroslider®, Eurostacker®, Foldback® Bifold, Pacific Suite® and the Atlantic Suite®.

Rylock® Ashburton

Ph 03 308 8493

8a John Street, Ashburton rylock.ash@xtra.co.nz

Fax 03 308 8410 www.rylock.co.nz

NEW SEASON’S LADIES FASHION

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Worried about wearing hearing aids? Come in for your free hearing check and to talk to us about the latest hearing technology.

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CONNECTIONS

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Special Offer!

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Call us to find out more Ashburton 03 307 8949 326 East St

*Offer on the purchase of selected hearing aids, valid to 31 May 2019 T&Cs apply.

To advertise here contact Neil on 021 272 2399 or 03 307 7907

Daily Events SATURDAY 7.30am (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Rise and Shine Saturday. Runners and Walkers, all welcome. Meet at Frontrunner, 28 Moore Street. Visit our facebook page for more details.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS’ MARKET. Lots of produce, products, hot and cold

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

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Easter day worship service celebrating the Resurrection Of our Lord Jesus. Led

by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am

EASTER MONDAY 9.30am - 11am DAYTIME NETBALL. $5 a game, first game free. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

10am

Apr 20, 21 & 22, 2019 drinks and much more. See you there!

West Street car park.

9am - 12.30pm CRAFT MARKET. Children’s clothing, jewellery, Rawleighs, toys and more. West Street car park.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria Street, The Triangle.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and Parts Shed closed today due to National Rally. 86 Maronan Road Tinwald.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

11am - 4pm

THE PLAINS RAILWAY COMPLEX. Open today and tomorrow. Steam train rides, Ashburton Fire Museum open, miniature train rides and much more.

Facebook: The Plains Railway. Maronan Road, Tinwald.

1.30pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Registrations at 1pm, start time 1.30pm sharp. Fords Road, Tinwald.

ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy. Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox streets (note - new venue).

9.30am ST PAUL’S/ST JAMES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined Easter Sunday service with Baring Square Methodist Church at Paterson’s Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets.

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

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

Tinwald.

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

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

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

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

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

11am - 4pm THE PLAINS RAILWAY COMPLEX. Steam train rides, Ashburton Fire Museum open, miniature train rides and much more. Facebook: The Plains Railway. Maronan Road, Tinwald.

11am - 4pm RAILWAY AND PRESERVATION

SOCIETY PLAINS MUSUEM. Welcome all crafts people. Come along, bring your friends, make new friends. $2. Bring your lunch. The Plains Railway.

Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more informa-

tion ring Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

12pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, foyer entrance off Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed

most public holidays.

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Monthly meeting with guest speaker Cyril Keen on Cherry growing. Domain Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

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6am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 6:25 Krypto The Superdog 0 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 7:15 The Loud House 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8:05 Teen Titans 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Justice League PGR 10am Raw PGR 3 11am SmackDown PGR 3 Noon Football – English Premier League (HLS) 1pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 2pm NRL Try Time 3pm IRT Deadliest Roads PGR 3 4pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Highlights of the week’s action.

5pm Fishing Classics 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm 100-Day Renovation 0 7pm WhichCar 0 7:30 Scorpion PGR 0 8:30 3rd Rock From The Sun PGR 0 9pm Married With Children PGR 3 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Waiata Mai 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Pipi Ma 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Smooth 3 8:30 Pukana 3 2 10am Basketball – Fiba World Cup Qualifiers 3 11:30 Both Worlds 12:30 Matau PGR 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior National Championships 2pm Basketball – College Nationals 3 3pm The Pits TV 4pm Waiata 3 4:30 Moving Out 3 5pm Fresh 5:30 Moteatea 3 6pm Waka Huia 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News The latest news, with a more inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

7pm M The Water Horse PGR 2007 Adventure. An enchanted egg hatches something that sets in motion an adventure that takes a boy on the journey of a lifetime.

8:30 M The Sapphires AO 2012 Biographical Comedy.

10:50 Te Ao – Maori News 3

6am Celebrity Motor Homes 6:30 Secret Cities 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Into The Wild With Gordon Buchanan 9:30 Mysteries At The Museum 10:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food 11:30 Restoration Home 12:30 George Clarke’s Old House New Home 1:30 Phil Spencer – 100 Homes 2:30 American Pickers 3:30 Love Nature – Baby Animals 4pm James Martin’s French Adventure 5pm Property Brothers At Home – Drew’s Honeymoon House Drew and his fiancé Linda are newly engaged, planning their wedding, and have just bought a vintage doer-upper in LA, which Drew and Jonathan have 12 weeks to renovate.

6pm Mysteries At The Museum 7pm American Idol The Top 14 contestants perform solo, hoping to be voted through to the top 10 reveal.

9pm M Churchill PGR 2017 Drama. Tension mounts for British Prime Minister Winston Churchill as D-Day approaches in June 1944.

Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (DLY) Warriors v Cowboys.

From Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland. 0 1:10 Closedown

11:20 Songs From The Inside AO 3 Anika Moa, Troy Kingi, Ladi6, and Scribe share their talents with inmates at two prisons based in Christchurch.

11:50 Closedown

11pm Property Brothers At Home – Drew’s Honeymoon House Midnight Mysteries At The Museum 1am James Martin’s French Adventure 2am Shoreline Detectives 3am M Churchill PGR 2017 Drama. Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson.

5am The French Collection

MOVIES GREATS 6:05 Sweet Home Alabama PGL 2002 Romantic Comedy.

Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey. 7:55 Gravity MLC 2013 Drama.

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney.

9:25 X-Men – First Class MVL 2011 Action. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence.

11:35 Serena MVS 2014 Drama. Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper. 1:25 30 Days Of Night 16VL 2007 Horror.

Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster. 3:15 The Help MC 2011 Drama. Emma Stone, Viola Davis. 5:40 Batman Begins MV 2005 Adventure.

Christian Bale, Michael Caine.

8pm How To Be Single MLS 2016 Comedy Drama. A group of young adults navigate love and relationships in New York City. Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann.

9:55 Killer Joe 18VLS 2011 Crime. Matthew McConaughey.

11:35 Scary Movie 16VLS 2000 Comedy Horror. Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Marlon Wayans.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Lotte Championship.

6:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) RBC Heritage – Round One. 7am L Golf – PGA Tour RBC Heritage – Round Two. 10am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Sharks v Reds.

12:05 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Chiefs v Lions.

2:10 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Sharks v Reds.

2:40 Sky Sports News 3:20 Golf Central 4:20 SkySpeed 5pm Kick-Off 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Sharks v Reds.

6pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Chiefs v Lions.

6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Sunwolves v Hurricanes.

7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Highlanders v Blues.

From Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.

10pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Chiefs v Lions.

10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Sunwolves v Hurricanes.

11pm I Captured The Cup – India

Sunday

Midnight Fox Sports News Sunday 12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby 1:05 30 Days Of Night 16VL (HLS) Sunwolves v Hurricanes.

2007 Horror. Josh Hartnett, 1am L Rugby – Super Melissa George, Ben Foster.

Rugby Stormers v Brumbies.

2:55 The Help MC 2011 Drama. From Cape Town.

Emma Stone, Viola Davis.

3:05 Rugby – Super Rugby 5:20 Batman Begins MV 2005 (HLS) Highlanders v Blues.

Adventure. Christian Bale, 3:35 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Waratahs v Rebels.

Michael Caine.

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Bulldogs v Rabbitohs; Storm v Roosters.

6:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Hull FC v Hull Kingston Rovers.

From KCOM Craven Park in Hull, England.

8:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Wigan Warriors v St Helens.

From DW Stadium in Wigan, England.

10:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Bulldogs v Rabbitohs.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Storm v Roosters.

2:30 Rugby League – Championship (RPL) Barrow Raiders v Toronto Wolfpack.

4:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Bulldogs v Rabbitohs; Storm v Roosters.

5pm L Rugby League – NSW Cup Bulldogs v Rabbitohs.

From Belmore Sports Ground in Belmore, NSW. 7pm L Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Cowboys.

From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

10:20 L Cricket – IPL Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians.

From Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

2:20 L Cricket – IPL Delhi Capitals v Kings XI Punjab.

From Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Castle by the Sea. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:10 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M Forever Missing. 10am Evil Lives Here M Fear Thy Father.

10:50 Web Of Lies M In Dark Corners. 11:40 Homestead Rescue PG Fire and Ice. 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG 1:20 Misfit Garage PG Barter Bucket. 2:10 Shifting Gears With Aaron Kaufman PG Wildwood or Bust.

3pm Outback Opal Hunters PG 3:50 The Last Alaskans PG Hit the Ground Hunting.

4:45 The Last Alaskans PG The Price of Freedom.

5:40 The Last Alaskans PG Two Kills. 6:35 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG X Marks the Spot. 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Super Spy Treehouse. 8:30 Bushcraft Build-Off PG Fire Fight.

9:25 Alaskan Bush People M 10:15 The Very Edge Of China PG 11:05 Expedition Unknown PG 11:55 BattleBots PG The Gears Awaken.

Sunday

12:45 Strange Evidence PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Deadliest Catch PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Deadliest Catch PG 4:55 Deadliest Catch PG 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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6am Extreme Road Rescue 3 0 6:50 Tiny House Nation 3 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 8:05 Praise Be 8:35 F Death Threat 3 0 9:10 20/20 0 10am Marae PGR 2 0 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 M Grumpy Old Men PGR 1993 Comedy. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret. 0 1:10 M City Slickers II – The Legend Of Curly’s Gold PGR 1994 Comedy Western. Billy Crystal, Jack Palance. 0 3:10 F Location, Location, Location 3 0 3:55 F Karena And Kasey’s Kitchen Diplomacy 3 0 4:20 F The Chase Blooper Show 0 5:10 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Ten Years Of Good Sorts 0 7:45 F Extreme Cake Makers 0 8:35 N Les Miserables AO 0 9:40 N Mother Father Son 0 10:45 Deception AO 0

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 6:40 M Tom And Jerry – Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory 2017 Animated Adventure. 0 8am What Now? 10am Powerless 3 0 10:20 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon The Bachelorette PGR 0 1:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 1:55 This Is Us PGR 0 3:30 Home And Away 3 0 5:25 Castaways After a fight divides a camp, starvation leads two Castaways to search for resources that may still exist on the islands; two Castaways are unsure if they can continue. 0 6:10 The Middle 3 0 6:35 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 7pm M The BFG PGR 2016 Family Adventure. 0 8:50 M The Finest Hours PGR 2016 Drama. Based on true events, four Coast Guards face the forces of nature to rescue over 30 sailors trapped in a sinking tanker off the New England coast.

10:45 Mind The Age Gap AO 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 3 0 9:30 The Hui 0 10am Arranged (Starting Today) 3 0 10:50 Getaway 3 11:15 Big Angry Fish 3 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend 12:50 Motorsport – US Formula Drift Insider 1:10 Motorsport – The Grid 1:35 Motorsport – Carpool 2pm Motorsport – Formula E 2:50 Motorsport – Moto GP 3:40 Motorsport – Monster Jam 4:25 Motorsport – Blancpain GT Series Round One – Monza.

5:10 XVenture Family Challenge 0 5:35 Fish Of The Day 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm Dancing With The Stars NZ Twelve celebrities dance to win over the judges and the viewers’ text vote.

8:30 M Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes AO 3 2014 Action. The human and intelligent ape survivors of a virus fight a war to decide Earth’s dominant species. 0 10:30 The Rookie AO 3 0

11:30 Prime Suspect – Tennison 3 0 12:20 Attitude 3 0 12:50 Coronation Street CatchUp 3 0 2:55 Infomercials

11:35 M The Gift AO 2015 Thriller.

1:25 First Dates UK 3 2:15 Infomercials 2:45 F The Lie Detective 3 3:30 Quantico 3 0 4:15 Infomercials 4:45 Melissa And Joey 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 The Rookie AO 3 The team is on high alert during the most dangerous day of the year, Valentine’s Day; Officer Nolan invites everyone over for a party now he is single.

12:05 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:15 Battle Of The Sexes PGLS 2017 Drama. Emma Stone, Steve Carell. 9:15 People Interview – Emily Blunt 9:45 Kingsman – The Golden Circle 16VLSC 2017 Action.

Taron Egerton, Colin Firth.

12:05 Winchester MVLC Les Miserables The Finest Hours 2017 Horror. Helen Mirren, 8:35pm on TVNZ 1 8:50pm on TVNZ 2 Jason Clarke.

1:45 Den Of Thieves BRAVO SKY 5 16VLSC 2018 Crime Action.

6am Last Man Standing 6am Flipping Out 3 Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber.

PG 6:25 Main Event MV 9:10 Four Weddings UK 4pm The Circle ML 2017 7:15 Million Dollar Car PGR 3 9:58 The Dish PGR 3 Drama. Emma Watson, Hunters PG 8:05 Arrow 10am Four Weddings UK Tom Hanks.

MVS 9am DC’s Legends PGR 3 10:50 Little Big 5:45 Valerian And The City Of Tomorrow MVS Shots – Forever Young 3 Of A Thousand Planets MVC 9:50 Supernatural MVS 11:40 Little Big Shots – 2017 Sci-fi. Dana DeHaan, Forever Young 3 12:28 The 10:45 Survivor – San Juan Cara Delevingne.

Del Sur PG 11:40 Highway Dish PGR 3 12:30 Little Big 8pm Life Of The Party MSC Thru Hell PG 12:35 Mountain Shots – Forever Young 3 2018 Comedy. A soon-to-beMen PG 1:30 Raw MVC 1:20 Little Big Shots – divorced housewife attempts to 4:15 SmackDown MVC Forever Young 3 2:10 Little change her life by going back 6pm Main Event MV Big Shots – Forever Young 3 7pm Last Man Standing PG to college. Melissa McCarthy, 3pm Little Big Shots – 7:30 Survivor – San Juan Del Gabriel Bateman.

Forever Young 3 3:53 The 9:50 American Assassin 16VLC Sur PG (Part 1) Dish PGR 3 3:55 Four 2017 Action. Dylan O’Brien, 8:30 Scorpion ML Weddings UK 3 4:50 Love Charlotte Vega.

9:30 Scorpion ML It Or List It – Vancouver 3 11:40 Hometown Hero 10:30 Supernatural MVS 5:45 Love It Or List It – M 2017 Romantic Comedy.

11:25 Survivor – San Juan Brooke Nevin, Jake Sandvig.

Vancouver 3 6:40 Backyard Del Sur PG (Part 1) Envy 7:35 Million Dollar Monday Monday Listings Los Angeles PGR 1:05 Den Of Thieves 12:15 Million Dollar Car 8:30 Dr Christian Will See 16VLSC 2018 Crime Action.

Hunters PG 1:05 Last Man You Now 9:25 Nightwatch Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber.

Standing PG 1:30 Main Nation AO 10:18 The Dish 3:25 The Circle ML 2017 Event MV 2:20 Million PGR 3 10:20 Newlyweds Drama. Emma Watson, Dollar Car Hunters PG – The First Year AO Tom Hanks. 5:15 Valerian 3:10 Supernatural MVS 11:15 Hollywood Medium And The City Of A Thousand 4am Last Man Standing With Tyler Henry 3 Planets MVC 2017 Sci-fi.

PG 4:25 Scorpion ML Dana DeHaan, Cara Delevingne.

5:10 Scorpion ML 12:05 Infomercials 3

7:20 Jesus Christ Superstar Live PGR 3 0 9:05 Flight Of The Conchords – Live In London AO 0 10:30 Crowded House – Live From The Sydney Opera House 3 0

1:30 Football – English Premier League 3 Highlights of the week’s English Premier League games.

2am Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 7:40 How To Be Single MLS 2016 Comedy Drama.

Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann. 9:30 Killer Joe 18VLS 2011 Crime.

Matthew McConaughey.

11:10 Scary Movie 16VLS 2000 Comedy Horror. Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Marlon Wayans. 12:40 30 Days Of Night 16VL 2007 Horror. Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster.

2:35 Out Of Time MV 2003 Thriller. Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain. 4:20 Walk The Line MC 2005 Biography. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon. 6:35 The Campaign 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Will Ferrell. 8pm The Avengers MV 2012 Adventure.

Nick Fury of Shield assembles a team of superheroes to save the planet from Loki and his army. Robert Downy jr, Scarlett Johansson.

10:25 Good Night And Good Luck MC 2005 Drama, History. David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson.

11:55 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy.

Monday

MAORI

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Agatha Raisin PGR 3 0 1pm University Challenge 3 0 1:25 Superior Donuts PGR 3 1:45 The Great Indoors PGR 3 2:10 Hot Bench 3 2:55 Paddington Station 3 3:45 The Great British Bake Off 3 4:40 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great British Bake Off – An Extra Slice Sandi Toksvig, Stephen Mangan, and Tez Ilyas join Jo to discuss dessert week. Regular Tom Allen will again be inspecting the efforts of the celebrity bakers. 0 6:50 Storage Wars

1:40 People Interview – Octavia Spencer 2016 Featurette. 2:15 Out Of Time MV 2003 Thriller. 4am Walk The Line MC 2005 Biography.

CHOICE

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Waiata Mai 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Pipi Ma 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Smooth 3 8:30 Fitness In The Whare 3 9am Swagger 9:30 Grid 3 10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 10:30 Traditional Kai 3 11am Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 11:30 R & R PGR Noon F Ride Or Die 3 12:30 Waka Warriors 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Nationals 2pm N This Is Who We Are 3:30 Both Worlds 3 4pm Waka Ama Sprints Extensive coverage of the 2019 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals from Lake Karapiro, including behind-thescenes stories and profiles.

5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm Whaikorero 3 7:30 The Kiwi Who Saved Britain 3 8:30 M Born On The Fourth Of July AO 1989 War. True story of a Vietnam veteran who returns home paralysed and becomes an anti-war and human rights activist.

Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, Stephen Baldwin.

6am Dream Gardens 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Love Nature – Baby Animals 7:30 M The Wild Thornberrys Movie 2002 Animated. Voices of Lacey Chabert, Tim Curry, Lynn Redgrave.

9am Dream Gardens 9:30 Strip The City 11:30 Property Brothers At Home – Drew’s Honeymoon House 12:30 Mysteries At The Museum 1:30 American Idol 3:30 Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 4:30 Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Home Cooking Gordon embraces vegetarian home cooking with recipes including beetroot-and-thyme risotto followed by white chocolate-and-lime mousse.

5:30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat 6pm Tiny House Nation 7pm American Idol 9pm Discovering Lennon Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle’s death, his contemporaries and current commentators reflect on the role of John Lennon, the artist and radical thinker.

10:30 Strip The City

11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with a more inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 Putauaki – He Maunga Korero.

Midnight Closedown

11:30 Tiny House Nation 12:30 Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Home Cooking 1am Cash Cowboys 2am Jamie’s Comfort Food Jamie explores the ritual of cooking, and dishes that raise the spirits.

3am Discovering Lennon 4:30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat 5am The French Collection

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – Super Rugby Highlanders v Blues. 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Rebels.

7am Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Brumbies.

9:05 Rugby – Super Rugby Highlanders v Blues.

11:10 Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Brumbies.

11:40 Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Rebels.

12:10 Rugby – Super Rugby Highlanders v Blues.

12:40 Rugby – Super Rugby Round Nine. 1pm Sky Sports News 1:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership Pulse v Mystics.

2pm L Netball – Beko League Central Manawa v Waikato Bay of Plenty.

From the TSB Arena, Wellington.

4pm L Netball – ANZ Premiership Pulse v Magic.

6pm Golf – LPGA Tour Lotte Championship. 6:30 Golf – PGA Tour RBC Heritage – Round Three. 7pm L Rugby – Rapid Rugby South China Tigers v Asia Pacific Dragons. 9pm Rugby Nation 10pm Fox Sports News 11pm Rugby – Super Rugby Highlanders v Blues. 11:30 Golf Central

Monday

12:30 Rugby – Women’s World Sevens 2am Netball – ANZ Premiership Pulse v Magic. 3:30 Netball – Beko League 5am L Golf – PGA Tour RBC Heritage – Round Four.

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

SKY SPORT 2

DISCOVERY

6:30 Cricket – Royal London Cup (HLS) Sussex v Surrey.

7am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Cowboys.

9am Fox Sports News 9:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians.

10am Cricket – IPL (HLS) Delhi Capitals play the Kings XI Punjab.

10:30 RugbyLeague – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Cowboys.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Friday.

1pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Cowboys.

1:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Dragons v Sea Eagles.

3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Titans v Knights.

6pm L Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Broncos.

From GIO Stadium, Canberra.

8pm Sunday Night With Matty Johns 9pm Controversy Corner 9:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Cowboys.

From Auckland.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Dragons v Sea Eagles.

6:35 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG For the Birds. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:10 BattleBots PG The Gears Awaken.

10am Expedition Unknown 10:50 Sydney Harbour Patrol 11:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 12:30 Homestead Rescue PG Fire and Ice. 1:20 Alaskan Bush People M 2:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 4:45 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Blowing Up History PG Mystery of the Cursed Pyramid.

8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Expedition Unknown PG 10:15 BattleBots PG The Gears Awaken.

11:05 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:55 Alaskan Bush People M

Midnight Fox Sports News 12:30 Sunday Night With Matty Johns 1:30 Controversy Corner 2am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday.

2:45 L Netball – Superleague

12:45 Homestead Rescue PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid M 3:15 Naked And Afraid M 4:05 Naked And Afraid M 4:55 Naked And Afraid M 5:45 Naked And Afraid M

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IN MEMORIAM

QUIN, Richard Philip (Dick) – Passed away on April 13, 2019, at home in Christchurch, aged 79 years.

Formerly of Tapanui and Methven. Cherished husband of Margaret (nee Ellis), dearly loved Dad of Chris, Jo and Vicky, and father-in-law of Julia and Ian. Adored Papa of Jessica and Matthew, and Oscar, Kate (passed), Charlie, Max, and Leo. Loved son of the late Philip and Mona Quin (Tapanui); loved brother of Bill and Kathleen (deceased), and Sheila Young (Auckland), and loved by his nieces and nephews and their families. Loved sonin-law of the late Dr and Mrs W Ellis Bill and Kath (Christchurch).

Loved brother-in-law of Tish (Rangiora) and the late Tony Ellis, Theresa Mora and Allan Young (deceased). Messages may be addressed to the Quin family C/- 19 London Street, Christchurch 8013. A Celebration of Dick’s life will be held in the John Rhind Chapel, entry from London and Whitmore Streets, Richmond, on Wednesday 24 April, at 1.00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations to St John Ambulance would be greatly appreciated and may be made at the service.

McLAUCHLAN, Barry Ronald Heaton – 26/03/1940 - 21/04/2018 One year on.

You are greatly missed and always thought of and spoken about with love.

The gap you have left is huge.

With love we remember you.

Marlene, Nicola and Steve, Simon and Judy and the late Paul and families.

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MORGAN, Ryan John (Ryry) – On April 14, 2019, aged 31.

Adored son of Susan Macey and the late John Rex Morgan (Rex). Big brother and chief stirrer of Bradley and Caitlin (Spooky). Eldest grandchild to John and Barbara Macey (Australia).

Loved nephew of Ann and Ian, Carol and Mal, Peter, Puk and families.

We will all miss that beautiful smile.

Funeral details to follow.

JONES, Amy (nee Holliday) – Cathie and Greg, Ross and Alice, and their families wish to extend their sincere thanks to their family and friends for all the love and support given to us during Mum's illness and sudden death. The kind expressions of sympathy through visits, cards and flowers, and your attendance at the funeral were a great comfort to us all. Our sincere thanks to Dr Tarry, Dr Crozier, their medical teams, and the staff at Rosebank, for their care of Mum over the past few years, and all the wonderful nursing staff in Ward 17. Please accept this as our personal acknowledgement.

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TODAY

TODAY

Cloudy, with a few showers mainly south of Waimakariri during morning and evening, possibly heavy at night. Northerlies changing southwest in the evening.

FZL: 3000m, 1900m S, 2400m N by evening

Rain, possibly heavy, clearing in the south in the afternoon. Southerlies.

Rain about the Divide, with some heavy falls.

Scattered rain further east. Snow lowering to 1700 metres.

Wind at 1000m: NW 45 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW 55 km/h, rising to gale 80 km/h for a time in the morning, and easing in the evening.

MONDAY

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

Rain easing to isolated showers in the afternoon, clearing later. Southerlies dying out.

Morning cloud then fine spells. Isolated showers in the evening. Light winds.

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

Showers, falling as snow to 1700 metres, clearing and southerlies dying out by afternoon.

Fine spells, isolated showers near the foothills. Light winds.

World Weather

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fine fine fine fine showers fine fine thunder fine thunder fine fine fine fine cloudy

FZL: 1700m

Rain, possibly heavy at times, falling as snow above 1400 metres, easing southwest of Pukaki in the afternoon.

Wind at 1000m: S 40 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: SE 50 km/h.

TUESDAY

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Palmerston North fine Wellington

fine

Nelson

cloudy

Blenheim

cloudy

Greymouth

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Christchurch

shower

Timaru

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Queenstown

showers

Dunedin

showers

Invercargill

showers

River Levels

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cumecs

1.72 nc

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 1:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:00 pm, yesterday 117.4 Nth Ashburton at 12:05 pm, yesterday

4.49

Sth Ashburton at 12:05 pm, yesterday

5.76

Rangitata Klondyke at 1:25 pm, yesterday

55.0

Waitaki Kurow at 1:05 pm, yesterday

378.4

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Monday

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Auckland

Forecasts for today

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Saturday, 20 April 2019

A ridge lies over the North Island while a front moves through central New Zealand today, preceded by a moist northerly flow. The front moves across the rest of the North Island tomorrow and is followed by an unsettled south to southwest flow.

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TUESDAY: Morning low cloud then fine spells, chance late shower.

Light winds.

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MONDAY: Showers clearing afternoon. Southerlies dying out.

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CUMBERLAND, Kenneth (Ken) – 16-10-1927 – 13-04-2019 In his 92nd year, passed away at Ashburton Hospital surrounded by family.

A private person to the end.

It was Ken’s wish for a private cremation. Ruth and family extend their thanks to Rosebank and Ashburton Hospital for the care that Ken received.

TODAY: Cloudy. A few showers morning and evening.

N. SW evening. MAX 19 OVERNIGHT MIN

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Ashburton Forecast

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 16.0 16.6 Max to 4pm 9.3 Minimum 9.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm April to date 58.4 Avg Apr to date 33 2019 to date 186.8 201 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 11 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 24 Time of gust 1:13am

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Cryptic crossword

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You can have the best answer in the world, but if you’re asking the wrong question, it’s useless. There’s one thing you can do to make the rest either a lot easier.

What is it? That’s the magic question.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You may not think you’re doing anything out of the ordinary; however, your kindness and generosity of spirit will make an extraordinary difference in the life of another.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’ll find yourself at a place in the project where others before you have failed. It’s not a reason to be more careful; rather, it’s a reason to stay open to different approaches.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There are many types of intelligence. You’re relied upon because you understand more than another person about some things, though there are other sorts of things this person can help you with.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You are under no obligation to take anyone to the airport, house out-of-town visitors (even family) or walk your friend’s dog. If you feel weird about turning others down, just blame it on your horoscope.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Do more things you enjoy.

Knowing how busy you’ve been lately, “more things” might consist of “one thing” – a major improvement from ignoring your own need for rest and delight.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): With some people you can let your guard down. They’re fun, they don’t judge, and there’s little at stake. With others you need a Secret Service-level security – discreet and always on-the-ready.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Go to the party. You won’t regret it, especially if you go without expectation of any particular outcome. Who knows when you’re going to get another chance to make someone’s night?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It can be very frustrating to spend time doing what doesn’t come naturally, but it will be important to do it anyway. Your personal and spiritual expansion depends on it.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): When people ask for help, sometimes what they really want is attention, belonging or just a general feeling of support. So even if you don’t feel like you’re doing much, just being there is plenty.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Boredom is possible. Keep it at bay with a challenge, it won’t be hard to find the right sort. Your sporting mood will liven things up for others, too.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): For the change you want, you’ll have to get your rational mind, emotions and actions lined up in the same direction. Consider which part of you is out of alignment and guide it back in.

ACROSS 1. Wipe out a hundred by waving lance (6) 8. Neither this nor reason to match it sound-wise? (5) 9. By which one is unaccompanied (7) 11. May be imprisoned in Nile dock (6,2) 12. Poetic lord depicted in a lullaby Ronsard wrote (5) 15. Make one cross river to Isle of France (4) 16. There’s a fool in every classroom (3) 17. This is the eye that will give one a wicked look (4) 19. Primarily, a duke is about right (5) 21. How did hip bar go wrong, according to early cinema? (8) 24. Is older form of a strip of toast (7) 25. In which a number may make up the full house (5) 26. Throughout the time of the French Wagner cycle (6) DOWN 2. Any getting around a negative will be displeasing to one (5) 3. The buyer who is always opposed to the left, they say (8) 4. An interval of quiet may soothe one (4) 5. It is applied to the slow-down (5) 6. Looked at the way they edited it, partly (4) 7. To be, if archaic, a runner perhaps (4) 10. One may be soundly aware of twelve-inch stairs (9) 12. Commit to the flames some water running in Scotland (4) 13. After a loss the rest may serve to jog one’s memory (8) 14. Such a machine as will accept one’s money (4) 18. Stable employee may be found waiting at the altar (5) 20. The wrong set joining the Navy, being all behind (5) 21. Infant got by, having taken in a rating (4) 22. Possesses things to wear that are topless (4) 23. Hang on to it and keep something back (4)

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ACROSS 1. Slingshot (8) 7. Range (5) 8. Say again (9) 9. Food in a shell (3) 10. Rents out (4) 11. Mean (6) 13. Preliminary event (7,6) 15. Cut through (6) 16. Foolish (4) 18. Pub (3) 20. Chippy (9) 21. Run away to marry (5) 22. Bloodline, ancestry (8)

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DOWN 1. Christmas song (5) 2. Tornado (colloq) (7) 3. Verse (4) 4. Educational arc (8,5) 5. Tied up (5) 6. Climatic conditions (7) 7. More than two or three (7) 12. Rhythm (7) 13. Shoemaker (7) 14. Smash (7) 15. Beforehand (5) 17. A sweet, layered cake (5) 19. Food shop (abbr) (4)

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

There’s at least one five-letter word.

Good Verywords Good of 14 three Excellent 16 How 10 many or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

There’s atsolution: least one five-letter word.cow, Previous col, cols, cos, cowl, cowls, cows, low, owl, 16 owls, Good 10 Very Good 14lows, Excellent scow, scowl, slow, sol, sow

Previous cryptic solution

Across: 1. Photography 8. Ancestor 9. Axle 10. Revel 13. Tier 16. Epic 17. Pelt 18. Army 20. Scope 24. Clod 25. Carnival 26. Celebratory.

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