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Firefighters’ skills tested More than 50 firefighters from around Mid and South Canterbury were faced with a fire where people were missing and water was in short supply in Ashburton last night – all in the name of training.

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Council ‘paying lip service’

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The Ashburton District Council is only paying lip service to consulting its residents on issues that affect the community, the Ashburton Citizens’ Association says.

The Local Government Act requires councils to develop a significance and engagement policy that spells out how it will consult and engage with the community and when it will call for community input on issues.

The council prepared a draft and called for submissions. Just

one was received, from the Ashburton Citizens’ Association.

Yesterday Ken Leadley spoke to district councillors at a submissions hearing saying the association was concerned that the policy did not address what it saw as a lack of open dialogue between the community and the council.

There was a significant difference between the council consulting the community on a specific issue and the community actually participating and having a voice in decision making, Mr Leadley said.

“As a result the council’s ear

has become focused on interest groups of remote professionals and business organisations able to lobby on behalf of a collective, and although it is acceptable groups have a say, the fact that the individuals and local ratepayers become redundant is not.”

The council’s approach to consultation had become reliant on written submissions rather than listening to voices in a constructive forum, he said.

“Over time citizens have become disillusioned and alienated to an exasperation point, resulting in apathy, discontent

and frustration at being disregarded.”

That showed in the lack of submissions made on many issues, Mr Leadley said.

He accused the council as being “more slighting than consulting” on numerous occasions and of giving nothing more than lip service to individuals and systems and then “over emphasising” that consultation with the community had occurred.

The citizens’ association did not support the draft policy in its current form because it was “idealogical”, he said.

Mayor Angus McKay said the council had learned from the past in terms of its communication and consultation with residents, but it was always trying to do better.

The current consultation over the hydroslide was an example of the new consultation era with the council going to the community early in the life of a project and asking people what it was they wanted.

“We see Mr Leadley’s presentation as an opportunity to remind us what the community wanted in terms of consultation.”

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‘Art’ apparently Kim Kardashian has defended her controversial butt-baring pictures, describing the nude photoshoot as “art”. The reality TV star, who’s currently in Australia, hit headlines last week when pictures from her shoot with US magazine Paper emerged online. Kardashian was shown pulling down her dress to reveal her famous bottom, while she also posed for a full-frontal nude picture and recreated photographer Jean-Paul Goude’s famous snap of a model balancing a Champagne glass on her behind. The shoot, titled Break The Internet, drew a barrage of criticism, but Kardashian is adamant the project was not based around gratuitous nudity.

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Band Aid song selling fast Band Aid’s reworked Do They Know It’s Christmas? has become the UK’s fastest-selling single of the year – in two days. The charity anthem, featuring the voices of One Direction, Bono and Ed Sheeran among others and raising money for ebola relief, is poised to return to the No.1 spot on Sunday. The track was recorded in London last weekend and released after its debut on TV talent show The X Factor. Since then, fans have already snapped up over 206,000 copies of the single.

‘Proudest moment’ All Black Sonny Bill Williams skipped training to watch his wife give birth to their first child via Skype in the early hours of yesterday morning. The 22-cap player sparked questions when he failed to show up to the training session overnight ahead of the team’s game against Wales in Cardiff, but his absence was later explained by a tweet.

“The proudest moment of my life,” Williams posted on Twitter, alongside a photograph of his newborn daughter’s tiny foot. It is understood Williams followed his wife Alana’s progress from the team’s Cardiff hotel over Skype.

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Marley’s marijuana Thirty-three years after his untimely death, ganja-loving reggae icon Bob Marley is being remembered with an eponymous brand of top-end marijuana, his family says. Marley Natural is being pitched as “a premium cannabis brand rooted in the life and legacy” of one of Jamaica’s greatest cultural exports, just as the United States slowly shifts towards legalised pot. “It just seems natural that Daddy should be part of this conversation,” said Cedella Marley, 47, the singer-songwriter’s daughter. The marijuana brand is being developed with a Washington statebased company and is intended to be sold in the US and possibly internationally starting next year. Marley, who died of cancer in May 1981 at the age of 36, embraced marijuana as a key part of his Rastafari faith. He considered pot a sacrament and supported its legalisation.

Ancient whales identified Two whales, which lived more than 20 million years ago, have been identified by Otago University researchers. University of Otago palaeontologists identified a previously unknown genus of fossil baleen whales, and two species within it. The two whales, which lived between 27 million to 25 million years ago, were found preserved in a rock formation near Duntroon in North Otago. The fossils belong to the toothless filterfeeding family called Eomysticetidae and this was the first time members of this family have been identified in the Southern Hemisphere. The new sub-family of whale has been named tohoraata (below) or “dawn whale” by Otago Department of Geology PhD student Robert Boessenecker and his supervisor Professor Ewan Fordyce.

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■ NEW COUNTDOWN SUPERMARKET

Consent hurdle easy to clear

By Sue NewmaN

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Progressive Enterprises could have an almost challenge-free run when it comes to building a new Countdown supermarket in Ashburton.

Last month the grocery giant released its plans to build and operate a new supermarket on the corner of East and South streets. It would come with a $120 million price tag and would create about 120 jobs.

An application for a resource

consent was advertised and attracted just three submissions, one of those from Progressive itself. All three relate to issues around parking or the proposed intersection changes.

On behalf of AA Canterbury West Coast, chairman John Skevington has supported planned changes to the South and East street intersection saying this area had been problematic for many years. The proposed land use for the site was logical and acceptable, he said.

For AA, however, it was critical that the state highway (East Street) had priority over South Street and that traffic flows were not compromised by the redevelopment. The traffic plan proposed by Progressive would achieve a good outcome, he said.

The association, however, wanted consideration given to banning a right turn for traffic leaving the proposed supermarket onto the state highway from South Street. It prefers this traffic to be moved down South

Street, along Cass Street and onto the highway via Moore Street.

The owner of two East Street buildings near the development wanted an assurance that access and parking for his premises would not be reduced or compromised.

Progressive’s submission supported the proposed roading plans and sought approval of its notice of requirement to acquire land for road widening at the East and South streets

intersection to allow the installation of traffic signals and the construction of two lanes for east bound traffic, left and right turning from East Street into South Street.

The area of land required is a strip measuring 93.19 metres at its maximum length and 3.34 metres at its maximum width.

A total area of 174 square metres will be involved in the road widening and between five and seven mature trees in the area will be removed.

■ CANTERBURY A&P SHOW

Mayfield lamb, farmer take out Mint Lamb award By michelle NelSoN

mous in their decision, in choosing Mr Gardner’s lamb.

“I was shocked when they called my name out,” Mr Gardner said.

“We only came second in the terminal sire grade. The competition was tough – there was guy from north of Auckland who entered five sheep and had three in the top 12 – I really wasn’t expecting to win.”

After the judges had finished taste testing, the remaining lamb was served on platters to the onlookers, but Mr Gardner doesn’t think he even sampled his winning entry.

“I treat it as a gift lamb, and I’ve been entering gift lamb competitions for 30 years plus.

It’s the first time I’ve won, and it’s probably the one to win too.”

Proceeds from the gift lambs went to the Canterbury A&P Association, to support the A&P show.

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A lamb bred and raised on a Mid Canterbury farm has been declared the tastiest in the country.

The title become official at the Canterbury A&P Show, where a lamb bred by Mayfield farmer Paul Gardner won the coveted Mint Lamb award from a field of 75 spring lambs.

Hazlett Rural lamb drafter Geoff Wright selected the purebred texel ewe lamb for entry in the terminal sire section of the competition.

Although Mr Gardner has entered the competition five times, is was the first time he had tried his luck with a ewe lamb.

“We chose a ewe this time because they tend to have a bit more fat, which makes the meat juicy and tender, with a better aroma,” he said.

The lamb left the farm late in October and was first judged on the hook for best overall yield.

The carcasses of the four top lambs in each of the four categories were then sent to Lincoln University to be tested for ten-

A lamb bred on Paul Gardner’s Mayfield farm has won the national Mint Lamb competition.

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derness.

The top 12 animals, three from each category, were then

delivered to a chef who cooked a rack of lamb from each and served it unseasoned to a panel

of judges at last week’s A&P show in Christchurch.

All four judges were unani-

Read more about Mr Gardner’s prize-winning stud sheep in next Tuesday’s rural pages.

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■ ASHBURTON MUSEUM AND STADIUM

In brief

Openings month apart in 2015

By Sue NewmaN

John Rooney said.

Work on the West Street complex started in July 2012; work on the stadium and pool complex started in August 2013.

The original opening date for the art gallery and museum had been around September this year but delays in relocating exhibits from the old complex to the new pushed that out. The Ashburton Historical Society began their move in May when construction work was completed but the relocation of art works did not begin until the building’s code of

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Ashburton’s two big ticket community facilities could open their doors within one month of each other next year.

While the construction of the West Street art gallery and heritage centre was officially signed off at the end of August, it is not scheduled to open until February.

The EA Networks Centre is on schedule for completion on March 4 and will be able to open its doors shortly after that date, Ashburton District Council commercial manager

compliance was signed off in August, Mr Rooney said.

While there would be a gap of more than 30 months between the start of work on the West Street building compared to 18 months for the EA Networks Centre, the two were very different building projects, he said.

“The stadium is a fairly standardised construction, yes there’s a lot of high-tech gear in the pool area in particular but it’s more off-the-shelf stuff. The art gallery and museum, particularly around the environmental stuff is much

more complex.” Several zones within the art gallery and museum required quite strict temperature and humidity controls and this, along with specialised construction details, made it a much more complex build, Mr Rooney said.

“The technology for pools is well developed, it’s been around for a long time, although every new pool has an upgrade.

While the construction does present challenges, they’re not to the same degree. There’s a lot more in the construction of the art gallery and museum than the sports complex.”

Firefighters’ skills tested in big exercise Firefighters were last night at the scene of a fire in a large two-storey building where people were missing and water access was limited.

It sounds like a nightmare situation, and if it was real, it would be. But it’s a situation that firefighters from around Mid and South Canterbury are now better equipped to deal with following last night’s training exercise.

More than 50 firefighters – from the Ashburton, Rakaia and Methven volunteer fire brigades, Mid Canterbury’s rural fire forces, and a command unit and type four appliance from Timaru – were last night on the scene at the old Ashburton Power Board building off Kermode Street. The building – behind the one on the road side – is owned by EA Networks.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Alan Burgess said fire exercises on such a scale were rare.

Even a type four fire appliance all the way from Timaru turned up for the training exercise.

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“The availability of suitable buildings or premises that we can go into and at least put a make believe element into it are few and far between,” Mr Burgess said.

Last night there wasn’t a real fire, but smoke generators helped make it realistic.

Mr Burgess said the building was an older style, rabbit war-

ren type building, with plenty of space to test all of their skills.

“We’ve done a few things like this but nothing quite this big as this. We’ve had multi-agency things before where we have St John along or whatever, and it’s always nice to see how the other half do their job.”

The scenario which played

out was one that didn’t come along often, but from time to time it did. The 2010 fire at the old mill on West Street was an example of what could happen.

That day, most of the brigades and units represented at last night’s exercise would have spent some time at the old mill fire – the biggest in Mid Canterbury’s recent history.

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A fire in a switchboard at Silver Fern Farms’ Fairton plant prompted a call-out for the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade yesterday shortly before 2pm.

Damage was limited to the switchboard.

More snow on Hutt Mt Hutt looked impressively white yesterday after snow falling following a blustery night.

The maximum wind speed hit 180 kilometres per hour on the mountain at 4.30am, and three centimetres of snow fell.

The snow may well have looked pretty from the plains, but according to the mountain’s Facebook page, was a little annoying for staff as they tried to get through their pre-Christmas maintenance programme.

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Internationally renowned tenor Simon O’Neill will return to his home town and perform at the new Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre next month.

Two months before the venue is officially opened, the concert will be held to raise funds for fitting out the art gallery. Considered one of the finest Helden-tenors on the international stage, Mr O’Neill will perform alongside invited guests on December 12. The performance will follow a fundraiser at the newly reopened Isaac Theatre Royal next week.

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A quick briefing before facing another scenario. It was a busy night for firefighters.

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A spectacular storm rumbled through Ashburton yesterday evening. Thunder, lightning and hail hit the township at about 6.30pm and was followed by torrential rain. The storm caused some motorists to stop and take shelter from the storm, while some of the town’s gutters struggled to cope with the deluge. While spectacular, Ashburton’s hail had nothing on a hail storm which hit Oamaru earlier in the day, bringing hail stones 2-3cm in diameter.

Parole rejected A psychiatric report delivered to the Parole Board found Ewen Macdonald still has a “significant personality disturbance” and has not addressed the factors underpinning his offending.

The board’s decision to decline Macdonald parole, released yesterday following a hearing on Monday, said little had changed for him in the year since his last appearance. Last year, the board said Macdonald had a “significant personality disturbance” – and its decision this week used the exact same language to describe him. Macdonald, 33, is serving a total sentence of five years’ imprisonment, having pleaded guilty to a string of offences committed between December 2006 and January 2009.

His sentence ends on April 6, 2016.

Macdonald was the main suspect in the murder of his brother-in-law Scott Guy but was acquitted.

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

Gender gaps ‘a major issue’

By Daisy HuDson

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Nearly 80 per cent of Mid Canterbury principals are male, and one local principal believes gender gaps in the education sector are still a major issue.

Ministry of Education figures show that as of September 2012, 68 per cent of Ashburton and Selwyn principals were male.

That figure has risen to 78 per cent this year, following the departure of Lauriston School

principal Dianne Prendergast meaning just five of Mid Canterbury’s 23 schools have female principals.

Wakanui School principal Hilary Boyce believes there is still a preference for male leadership in schools, and she questioned whether boards were advancing enough women to the interview stage during the job application process.

Ms Boyce said women often felt they had to be more qualified than their male counter-

parts in order to compete for jobs, which she believed was “ridiculous”.

“There’s still a perception that a male in charge of a school will be better than a woman in charge,” she said.

The number of male Ashburton principals has risen from 63 per cent in 2004, while Selwyn has seen a slight decrease over the same period, down from 70 per cent.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Chris

Murphy said the gender gap could be “one of those traditional hangovers”, but he believed there was no reason why women could not be good principals.

Ministry of Education head of student achievement Dr Graham Stoop told the Guardian the ministry was always looking for ways to ensure there was diversity in senior roles across the education sector.

“School Boards of Trustees are responsible for appointing

principals, and they are required to select the most qualified and experienced candidate based on their merit, not on their gender,” he said.

“At a national level, the picture is very balanced, with almost half of all school principals being women.”

Education Minister Hekia Parata said her focus remained strongly on quality in the teaching profession, but did not take a position on gender gaps in the sector.

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Caravan visit all about information sharing

Winds mean long hours in the field for repairs

By Caitlin Porter

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The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) Pink Caravan was in town yesterday – informing women and men alike about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

Nurses Janice Wood and Gill Mockford manned the caravan – which was purpose-built to tour through 30 small towns throughout the country.

The caravan also marked 20 years of breast cancer awareness.

Ms Mockford said she thought that the visit to Ashburton went well and a few women had already visited the caravan in the first few hours it was parked up.

Many of whom, she said, stopped to chat about symptoms of breast cancer they had experienced.

“There are no mammograms or breast exams, it is purely about information,” she said.

Men also visited, one man talked about his wife being diagnosed with cancer and was given, She’s Got Breast Cancer – A Book For Men, Ms Mockford said.

“Although the risk is low, they [men] are not immune,” she said.

Sarah Chapman stopped by the caravan yesterday and was provided with information by New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation staff nurse Janice Wood.

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There were many other resources on board too, such as pamphlets and fliers about support groups, signs and symptoms and treatments as well as prosthetic breasts to show women what a lump can feel like.

Originally from Ashburton, Ms Wood said she enjoyed

spending time in the place she grew up.

“Although 79 per cent of women from the Canterbury District Health Board area between the ages of 45 to 69 are getting regular breast screening, more than half of breast cancers are found outside of a mammogram, when a woman

finds a lump or other breast change, so it is very important to know all the signs of breast cancer and how to be breastaware, Ms Wood said.

Both Ms Wood and Ms Mockford agreed that women need to know “their own normal” so they are aware of changes.

Playcentre water leak could prove costly By susan sanDys

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Methven Playcentre parents are on the search for a water leak as the facility’s usage skyrockets.

Playcentre member Liz McMillan, who is also chairwoman of the Methven Community Board, told fellow board members this week that an Ashburton District Council staff member had contacted the

playcentre to let it know it had used 737,000 litres of water in the past few months.

“It’s just been whirring like crazy,” she said of the facility’s water meter.

Efforts among parents to find the probable leak had led them to a tap flowing near the neighbouring Garden of Harmony.

Both the garden and the playcentre are on council land.

Mayor Angus McKay, who was attending the meeting, asked if the meter had stopped whirring since the discovery, but Ms McMillan had yet to confirm that.

Investigations were continuing as to whether the tap was the source, or if it was something else.

In the meantime, she understood the playcentre was responsible for the cost of the

water, which could be a few hundred dollars.

The case follows the nearby Methven Primary School being billed almost $20,000 in 2010 due to a leak at the neighbouring Methven Community Pool.

The council later waived the charge, but it came with a strict condition - that school staff checked the water meter every week.

The howling nor’westers that have battered the Ashburton District over the past few days have meant long hours in the field for EA Networks lines staff.

Over the weekend, crews were busy reconnecting customers after wind-blown branches cut power to around 500 homes across the district and on Monday a similar number of consumers were left without power in Methven for a brief period.

The Methven outage had nothing to do with the wind, however, and everything to do with a tree climbing possum, EA Networks operations manager Ken Stirling said.

“Methven’s connections are all underground but there was just one pole connecting to the underground lines and that’s the one the possum climbed.”

While the high winds over the past few days had been testing for lines crews, the district had escaped without any significant outages, Mr Stirling said.

Undergrounding lines was the ultimate answer to preventing wind driven outages, but cost meant a widespread programme in rural areas was unlikely, he said.

Methven’s lines are underground and undergrounding work is continuing in Ashburton.

EA Networks has also put lines underground in several locations along state highways one and 72 as a road safety measure.

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Meeting on the Ashburton River bed yesterday are (from left) ECan scientist Phillip Cochrane, ornithologist Rachel McClellan, BRAID manager Jane Demeter, Geraldine ornithologist Jim Jolly and Forest and Bird Ashburton branch chairwoman Edith Smith.

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■ ASHBURTON RIVER

Gulls to get guardians

By SuSan SandyS

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Critically endangered river gulls nesting on the Ashburton River could well soon have a warranted officer protecting them.

A meeting on the riverbed yesterday saw Environment Canterbury, Ashburton branch Forest and Bird and ornithological enthusiasts come together to develop an action plan for the birds.

Forest and Bird spokespeople Edith Smith and Don Geddes said it was important to have a process in place which saw someone respond immediately in the case of a disturbance to

the colony, which nests near the State Highway One bridge each year from November to January.

Mr Geddes said if that person was issued with a warrant

by Fish and Game or the Department of Conservation, they would have the authority to request the identity of anyone disturbing the colony.

“You can approach people and ask nicely, but if they refuse to a warranted officer then they are committing an offence,” Mr Geddes said.

Disturbing protected birds is an offence under the Wildlife Act 1953, and in 2012 an Ashburton man was imprisoned

after driving into the colony.

And just this month, temporary gates preventing vehicle access on the south side of the river were vandalised.

Mr Geddes said the Ashburton police had not been able to guarantee they could respond immediately to such disturbances.

“We just want a process where there’s somebody who can respond immediately if a disturbance is reported down here.”

A phone number of an officer or contact person could be made public, and any disturbance could be reported to them.

Black billed gull ornithologist Rachel McClellan of Christchurch was among those who attended the meeting.

She was impressed with the size of the colony, which an aerial survey had shown to be about 6000 birds.

It could be the largest colony in New Zealand for the gull, which had the same endangered status as the kakapo and takahe.

The birds were now sitting on nests, and Dr McClellan thought the large size of the colony would help protect it from predators.

The birds would be raising chicks through to January.

■ ASHBURTON’S CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK

ship, organising musicians and co-ordinating a multitude of volunteers to be the brains and the brawn behind the event in the planning, the execution and the clean up.

With the inaugural event chalked up as a huge success, planning for its successor was a little easier, Mrs Anderson said.

“A lot of the harder work was done last year, making it a little easier this year because we know a little more about

Cockroach crash cause A cockroach has been blamed for causing a three-car collision in Tauranga which left two people injured and traffic backed up. Two people were taken to Tauranga Hospital with minor to moderate injuries after the crash on Turret Rd at 1.30pm yesterday. A woman travelling east told police she became distracted by a cockroach scurrying across her dashboard before she crashed into oncoming traffic. Western Bay of Plenty head of road policing Senior Sergeant Ian Campion said the woman took her eyes off the road after noticing the insect and was not watching where the car was travelling.

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On gardening leave The watchdog for workplace harassment has voiced her concerns about the investigation in to Roger Sutton, who will no longer be returning to his former role as Cera chief executive. Mr Sutton announced his resignation on Monday after a complaint of sexual harassment against him, laid by a senior female staff member at the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, was upheld.

He had intended on working until January 31, but yesterday it was announced he was on gardening leave and had been replaced by former Cera chief executive John Ombler, who will be the acting chief executive. The move comes as questions are raised about the way the seven-week investigation in to Mr Sutton’s conduct was carried out.

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Event building on a strong foundation Ashburton’s Christmas in the Park has become the must-attend event of the festive season.

Last year more than 5000 people picnicked, partied and were entertained by a non-stop smorgasbord of singers and dancers in the Ashburton Domain as Christmas was ushered in, in style.

And that big festive event is on again this year with organisers Lisa Anderson and Carmen Lye gathering up sponsor-

A Greymouth man who streaked naked at a rugby league test match in Dunedin was yesterday fined $800 for disorderly behaviour.

On November 8, Ephraim James McIntyre went to Dunedin for the Kiwis versus Australia match at the Forsyth Barr Stadium. In the days before the match, McIntyre said on Facebook that if he got enough support from people he would run naked across the pitch. Just before the final whistle he ran on to the field, initially evading security staff and stripping off his t-shirt.

Lawyer George Linder said the “penny had dropped” and McIntyre would not be repeating the offending. Judge Jane Farish there had been a time in the past when such behaviour had been regarded as ‘cool’ but McIntyre was just “being a dork”.

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The feedback following last year’s concert and fireworks display was fantastic and a real reward for the effort put in, she said.

While the flavour of the event would be the same, there would be a mix of new artists alongside some of last year’s favourites, Mrs Lye said.

The entertainment lineup will include more than 20 different performers.

These will be made up of locals and headline acts from Christchurch and Auckland.

Ashburton’s Mega Mitre 10 concert in the park will be a free community event, but it couldn’t run without the support of sponsors, she said.

If last year’s event was big, this year’s is promising to be huge, Mrs Anderson said.

Christmas in the Park will be held on Sunday, December 14 from 6.30pm, with the fireworks sparking off at 9.30pm.

A man previously found guilty of a sex crime committed in a backpackers hostel has been granted a re-trial by the Supreme Court. The man, who has name suppression, was found guilty by a jury of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection. The incident occurred in a backpackers hostel in Nelson when the complainant woke up on a couch to find the appellant allegedly violating her.

After the verdict, it was revealed that the jury had been provided two documents that had not been part of the evidence at trial.

The documents were transcripts of interviews, one with the appellant and the other with the complainant, that had not been admissible at trial.

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■ ROMNEY BOLTER

Runaway takes to the sea A sheep on an escape bid had a lucky break after it took a wrong turn and headed into the sea at Makorori.

The runaway romney ewe absconded from its paddock across the road at Makorori Station and made its way on to the beach.

It headed into the sea in an effort to avoid people and dogs.

From the carpark, Jane Putnam and others enjoyed the spectacle as the sheep waded into deeper water and appeared to be heading off to join the surfers.

There was a happy ending.

Phil Yeo (right) paddled in and guided her back to the shore to be met shortly after by farmer Richard Busby, who took his errant sheep home. “I’ve heard of cattle heading out to sea before but never a sheep,” Mr Busby said. “She was fine afterwards.

When we got her back into the yards she disappeared up the hill quite happily.”

Mr Busby said he appreciated the surfer’s help with the wayward animal.

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In brief A warrant for Ford A man named Mainline Ford is alleged to have stolen petrol from a local gas station. The Wanganui man was charged with theft after police say he filled his car up with more than $100 worth of petrol and drove off without paying. He was due to appear in Whanganui District Court on Tuesday but Judge Dugald Matheson said they’d received a letter saying Ford could not make it from Rotorua to Wanganui as he had no transport.

Despite lacking wheels, Ford now has a warrant. Judge Matheson issued a warrant for his arrest, as the lack of transport was not considered an excuse for not turning up.

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More than 100 people have already signed up for the 2015 Methven Summer School.

Spokesperson Judith Sommerville said she was delighted with the response for the earlybird enrolment period.

Last year more than 200 people from throughout New Zealand attended and the school has been running annually for more than 20 years.

Mrs Sommerville said old favourites such as golf, fly-fishing and cooking had so far proved popular. “Newcomers, such as archery and clay bird shooting, stone art and organise your digital photos are also proving popular,” she said.

The school will run from January 7 to 13 and the emphasis would be on using local talent as tutors, Mrs Sommerville said.

Aoraki polytechnic tutor Polly Blunden would instruct on how to make great coffee, computer whizz Alison Cox on organising digital photos and Mrs Sommerville on making cheese.

Methven guide Al Kircher would be teaching fly-fishing, while outdoor gurus Glen Currie and Richie Owen from Methven would be taking a two-day mountain bike adventure.

“On top of this we have a myriad of tutors from Ashburton also involved,” Mrs Sommerville said.

New courses were many and included scarf, hat and bag making, painting on location in the high country and movement as medicine.

Courses with a social element are mixed in with the programme and include a beer and barbie night, and even a pub crawl.

Balcony murder accused Gable Tostee will have to give up his former playboy lifestyle for strict bail conditions that prevent him from using the dating app Tinder, drinking or partying into the small hours of the night. Tostee, 28, had his application for bail granted yesterday at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Brisbane.

The bodybuilder was arrested and charged with murder in August after Lower Hutt woman Warriena Wright fell 14 floors to her death from his Surfers Paradise apartment. The pair met through Tinder dating app while Ms Wright, 26, was in Australia for a wedding.

He has been behind bars since his arrest.

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Man hit by truck A man being treated for drinking petrol was killed after he jumped from an ambulance and into the path of a truck in the Hawke’s Bay, police say. The incident happened on State Highway 2, between Waipawa and Hastings, about 4.40pm yesterday. Police said the man turned up at the Waipukurau police station, where it was believed he may have ingested petrol. An ambulance was called and was transporting the man to Hawke’s Bay Hospital when the incident happened.

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Tourist assaulted A German tourist remains in hospital with head and facial injuries after being assaulted in Northland. The 48-year-old man was taken to the Waipu Medical Centre with serious head and facial injuries after the attack about 6pm on last Thursday. Police have since located the bike and tent belonging to the tourist in a forestry area about 150m off Cove Rd, between Mangawhai Heads and Langs Beach. His other possessions, including his passport, travel documents and clothes, were not at the scene of the assault.

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Sex allegations Police say they are aware of two alleged incidents and have received one complaint involving a female teacher at a boys’ Catholic college in Hamilton. The teacher resigned on Friday amid allegations she had sex with two students at St John’s College.

Police said no crime had been committed because the parties were not under age and were consenting.

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■ ISRAEL

Harsh response vowed Israel vowed harsh retaliation for a Palestinian attack that killed five people and left blood-smeared prayer books and shawls on the floor of a synagogue in Jerusalem — an assault that sharply escalated already-high tensions after weeks of religious violence.

The attack during morning prayers in the west Jerusalem neighbourhood of Har Nof was carried out by two Palestinian cousins wielding meat cleavers, knives and a handgun.

They were shot to death by police after the deadliest assault in the holy city since 2008.

Four of the dead were rabbis and one was a police officer who died of his wounds hours after the attack.

Three of the rabbis were born in the United States and the fourth was born in England, although all held dual Israeli citizenship. Five others were wounded.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, the first time he has done so in the wave of deadly violence against Israelis. But he also called for an end to Israeli “provocations” surrounding Jerusalem’s shrines that are sacred to both Muslims and Jews.

President Barack Obama called the attack “horrific” and without justification, urging co-operation from both sides to ease tensions and adding that too many Israelis and Palestinians have died in recent months,

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man looks at bullet holes during the funerals of Aryeh Kupinsky, Cary William Levine, and Avraham Goldberg three of the four people killed in an attack in a synagogue in Jerusalem.

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The attack, however, appeared to mark a turning point, with the gruesome scene in a house of worship shocking a nation long accustomed to violence.

The government released a photo of a meat cleaver it said came from the crime scene.

Government video showed blood-soaked prayer books and prayer shawls in the synagogue.

A pair of glasses lay under a table, and thick streaks of blood smeared the floor.

“I saw people lying on the floor, blood everywhere,” said Yosef Posternak, who was at the synagogue in the quiet neighbourhood that has a large community of English-speaking immigrants.

“People were trying to fight with (the attackers) but they didn’t have much of a chance,” Posternak told Israel Radio.

In one of Israel’s first acts of retaliation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the demolitions of the homes

of the attackers.

He condemned the deaths of the “innocent and pure Jews.”

In a nationally televised address, he accused Abbas of inciting the recent violence and said the Palestinian leader’s condemnation of the attack was insufficient.

Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that runs the Gaza Strip, praised the attack.

In Gaza, dozens celebrated in the streets, with some offering trays full of candy.

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Recovered ebola patient isolated at airport Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC advises ebola survivors to avoid sex for three months or use condoms because the virus can continue to be found in semen for seven weeks after recovery from the disease. Sexual transmission of ebola has not been definitively established, though multiple studies have shown that the

virus can persist in semen for longer than in blood or other body fluids.

The ministry said the move to isolate the man was taken “as a matter of abundant caution” and he would continue to be held under isolation at the airport until his body fluids test negative.

“The person concerned is a treated and cured case of ebola virus disease,” it said in a state-

ment. “All necessary precautions are being taken at the isolation facility.”

When the man arrived at the New Delhi airport, he carried documents from Liberia confirming he had successfully undergone ebola treatment and had been declared free of any symptoms, the Health Ministry said. He was placed in quarantine as a precautionary measure.

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■ UNITED NATIONS

Calls for N Korea rights probe proceeds The world’s boldest effort yet to hold North Korea and leader Kim Jong Un accountable for alleged crimes against humanity moved forward yesterday at the United Nations, where a Pyongyang envoy threatened further nuclear tests.

The UN General Assembly’s human rights committee approved a resolution that urges

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In brief Mafia caught on video Recruits for Italy’s ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate have been caught on video taking a loyalty oath, swearing “under the splendor of the moon,” in a ceremony secretly recorded by police in what investigators called authorities’ first such glimpse of the ritual.

Carabinieri paramilitary police in Milan released video of what they said were two “convivial” gettogethers of suspected mobsters at a farmhouse in Castello di Brianza, northern Italy, with one recruit as young as 17. The oath reminds the recruits that traitors are expected to kill themselves and to keep an extra bullet handy in case it comes to that.

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General kidnapped

■ INDIA

A 26-year-old Indian man who recovered from ebola in Liberia has been placed in isolation at the New Delhi airport after traces of the virus were found in his semen, India’s Health Ministry said yesterday.

The ministry said three blood samples from the man tested negative for the disease, which means he is considered recovered according to standards set by the World Health

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the Security Council to refer the country’s harsh human rights situation to the International Criminal Court.

The non-binding resolution now goes to the General Assembly for a vote in the coming weeks. China and Russia, which hold veto power on the council, voted against it.

The resolution was inspired

by a groundbreaking UN commission of inquiry report early this year that declared North Korea’s human rights situation “exceeds all others in duration, intensity and horror.”

The idea that their young leader could be targeted by prosecutors sent North Korean officials on a furious campaign to derail the effort, finding it a

potential embarrassment and threat to his image.

North Korea sent a sharp warning before the vote. Trying to punish it over human rights “is compelling us not to refrain any further from conducting nuclear tests,” said Choe Myong Nam, a foreign ministry adviser for UN and human rights issues.

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President Juan Manuel Santos demanded Colombia’s largest rebel group demonstrate its commitment to peace and immediately release an army general it captured, saying the resumption of suspended talks to end the half-century conflict depend on it. Santos addressed the nation little more than 24 hours after Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate, dressed in civilian clothes, was snatched by gunmen along with two others while visiting a hamlet along a remote river in western Colombia.

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Not guilty plea A man accused of being the leader of a Mexican drug-trafficking cartel pleaded not guilty in federal court after being extradited to the United States. Alfredo Beltran Leyva was held without bond and faces a detention hearing. US and Mexican authorities say the Beltran Leyva gang was responsible for trafficking drugs to the United States and Europe including cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine. Prosecutors say Beltran Leyva led the drug trafficking organisation with his brothers. The 43-year-old was extradited to the US on Saturday and made his first US court appearance before Magistrate Judge Alan Kay. - AP

Arms smuggling arrests Albanian police say they have arrested eight people for alleged arms trafficking to Syria. The arrests took place in Tirana, the capital, the nearby cities of Shijak and Durres. Police also seized seven automatic rifles, two shotguns, six pistols, five grenades and other ammunition. Police said four other suspects remain at large.

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Hong Kong protests Hong Kong police arrested four men early yesterday after a small group of protesters tried to force their way into the city’s legislature in overnight clashes. The arrests came after authorities cleared some barricades a day earlier from a small section of a site occupied by pro-democracy activists for nearly two months. Police used pepper spray against the umbrellawielding protesters, who they said repeatedly charged their cordon and injured three officers. The protesters used metal barricades and concrete slabs to smash glass doors at the entrance to the legislature.

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OUR VIEW

Big job ahead for Little Stu Oldham

EDITOR

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he new Labour Party leader has a hard road ahead to restore his party to the mantle of the natural alternative government.

Andrew Little has to reach across caucus to ensure support in a job that has been more of a poison chalice than a glittering jewel.

He also has to meet the expectations of the unions that supported him while ensuring his party can regain the political middle ground.

These are enormous challenges made harder by Labour’s laudable open selection process, which means Mr Little starts on the back foot.

Voters and Mr Little’s political opponents know he was not the first preference of the team he hopes to rebuild for the new term.

They also know he was backed by unions – a niche group in politics – but that party members and his caucus were keener on Grant Robertson.

Labour MPs have united behind Mr Little but they must be grimacing at the sense of déjà vu engendered by the process.

After all, the man he replaced, David Cunliffe, was not their first pick and despite early optimism, his leadership ended in disappointment.

Mr Little is less polarising in caucus, but his union background does not suggest an immediate shift back to the centre neglected under Mr Cunliffe.

Conventional wisdom has it that Labour lost votes at the last election because it did not attract as many more-centrethan-left voters as it used to.

Equally, it could be argued that it did not harvest the votes of its traditional, left-of-centre supporters because it was not the party they used to support.

Those voters might be happy to see Mr Little in charge and with him, the promise of reinforcing labour values to their Labour Party.

But their votes will have to be joined by those of others if their party is to make a serious tilt at the Treasury benches next election.

To restore the vote, Mr Little will have to demonstrate his exclusive support is no impediment to an inclusive party.

YOUR VIEW Readers were talking about the male teacher drought and Ashburton’s pigeon problem on the Guardian’s Facebook page:

Male teachers Both have a place in schools, some of my best teachers were male! They were exceptional at their jobs and I found them easier to get along with. There needs to be a good balance.

Some subjects are better taught by alternative genders for different ages and stages and learning capabilities.

Abby Calder The article really summed it up in my honest opinion.

The risk of sexual abuse claims must be a serious concern for most males.

I remember the male teachers as being “firm but fair” at school and were certainly role models for both male and female stu-

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dents. And as this is something also lacking in many young people’s lives these days.

Without the risk of sounding sexist, I don’t think female teachers have/had the same kind of respect or control over students, in particular the more troublesome ones.

Just another nail in the education system coffin – no offence to the female teachers.

Merv Orford

Pigeon plague Ashburton has bigger problems than pigeons. Get the young kids off drugs for a start.

John Niblett Yes, [Pigeons are a problem] but they should get rid of the seagulls in the riverbed, they have just taken over the river and the smell is disgusting for those that walk over the bridge.

Jannette Richards

by David Fletcher

If you take out the pigeons then will you deal to feral cats? Then the hedgehogs that are classed as pests?

Is it council’s job?

David Favel

Pigeons I read your article in Wednesday’s paper regarding pigeons in the town centre.

It is noted that “The council does not have a statutory responsibility to control wildlife, but it is considering partnering with businesses to solve the problem”.

This begs the question, why is council willing to take any level of responsibility for this when they do not have the resources to enforce their own rules under the District Plan, or to address the issue of vehicles parked on footpaths in residential areas?

Gillian O’Connor

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Breakthrough on climate change

W

hen news got out that US President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping had reached an agreement on climate change, the American blogosphere lit up with negative comments.

“The problem is, Obama probably means it,” wrote Jazz Shaw of the major conservative political blog Hot Air, “while China is almost certainly just yanking the world’s collective chain yet again with a bit of lip service as they seek better trade arrangements.”

But Jazz Shaw has got it exactly backwards. It’s the United States that cannot be trusted to keep its commitments, because the American political system is mired in a perpetual civil war and at the moment it is the climate-change deniers who have the upper hand. Whereas the Chinese will probably keep their word, because there are no denialists in China and the government is genuinely terrified of climate change.

The Obama-Xi deal is not wonderful, but it is the first step in the right direction that the world’s two biggest emitters of carbon dioxide have taken together.

Obama promised that the US would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to at least 26 per cent below the 2005 level by 2025. Xi promised more vaguely that China’s emission would peak by 2030 or earlier (and, by implication, then start to decline).

That looks a bit lopsided, of course, but any deal that takes account of current realities is bound to look like that. China is still a poor country and it is racing to grow its economy fast enough to preserve political stability. That means it has to generate a lot more energy fast.

China is installing a great deal of clean power (around half the world’s new solar energy plants last year, for example), but just to keep the lights on it has to go on building lots of fossil-fuel plants as well – and most of them burn the dirtiest fuel, coal.

Official policy is driving the number of new coal-fired plants down, however, which is one reason why Xi thinks he can keep his promise that emissions will stop growing by 2030.

Obama, by contrast, presides over an economy that is already

The US and China have reached an agreement on climate change measures and while many negative comments abound, it will most certainly be the Chinese government that keeps its promises, writes London-based independent Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian Gwynne Dyer.

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The average American citizen still consumes twice as much energy as the average Chinese, but total US energy consumption stopped rising years ago. Making 26 per cent cuts in American energy use over the next 10 years is not a huge challenge; it only requires a reduction of about 2.6 per cent a year.

So the American and Chinese commitments in the new deal, while asymmetrical, are not unequal in terms of the political and economic burdens they impose. The real difference lies in the likelihood that the two sides will stick to the deal over the next 10-15 years as they have promised. China probably will. The United States probably won’t.

The Chinese regime knows what global warming will do to the country if it is not contained. A study commissioned by the World Bank about a decade ago, but never published (quite likely at China’s insistence), concluded that if average global temperature rises by 2°C, China will lose about 38

per cent of its food production.

As in all predictions of this sort, that number may be wrong by five or even 10 percentage points, but that doesn’t really matter. Even a 28 per cent loss of food production would mean semi-permanent famine in China.

The regime would not survive that and much of the growth that has been achieved by great sacrifice in the past three decades would be lost.

Beijing takes climate change VERY seriously. Even though the regime must also keep the economic growth going if it wishes to survive, it knows that it must start making real concessions on emissions in order to facilitate a global deal.

Xi did not set this target of capping Chinese emissions by 2030 without a great deal of discussion and debate within the regime. Having made the promise, he will keep it. So will his successors, at least so long as the Communist Party goes on ruling China. Whereas Obama will be gone in two years and cannot bind his successors to keep his promise in

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Indeed, even in the past six years he has never got any legislation on climate change through the Republicandominated House of Representatives. Instead, he had to resort to issuing executive orders through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make even modest improvements like raising the fuel efficiency of US-made cars.

Now the House has voted to repeal the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, which would strip even that power from him.

The new Republican majority in the Senate will probably do the same. Obama could veto such a law, but all the Republicans have to do is attach it to the budget and they would set up a confrontation that would shut the US government down again.

The Chinese know this, of course, but they are so desperate to get matters moving on the climate front that they are willing to take a chance that the deal will survive.

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■ FONTERRA

Predictions milk prices to take another hit Farmers and analysts predict Fonterra’s forecast milk payout will be trimmed further, after milk powder prices took another hit in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction on Tuesday night.

The trade-weighted GDT price index slid 3.1 per cent to $US2561, on the back of a 0.3 per cent drop two weeks ago, when the price was $US2649.

In response ASB has trimmed its milk price forecast to $4.70 per kilogram of milk solids, and Agricultural analyst AgriHQ, which runs its own dairy price index, had lowered its farmgate milk price to $4.55.

About 39,613 tonnes of product was sold, down from 45,499 tonnes at the last auction.

Although prices rose for four of the seven main products, the prices of whole milk powder and skim milk powder fell over 5 per cent to $US2000 a tonne and $US2299 a tonne respectively.

ASB cut its forecast by 40 cents/kgMS on the basis there is likely to be a much more protracted recovery in prices.

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By HamisH FletcHer Netflix will launch in New Zealand next March, the online movie and television service has confirmed.

The company, in a statement on its website, said the service will be available on smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, computers, consoles and set-top boxes.

There are no details yet on pricing, but US customers are charged around $10 a month for the service, which hosts a vast

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catalogue of content.

Netflix, which will also launch across the Tasman next March, has around 53 million customers globally.

New Zealand internet users have already been able to access the service via back-door channels.

Internet companies Slingshot and Orcon have also given their customers access to the site and similar overseas media outlets since earlier this year.

Sky TV boss John Fellet said it

was difficult to comment on how the Netflix launch would impact its own online service, Neon, which goes live next month.

That would remain the case until Netflix announces the catalogue it will make available in this country and what it will charge New Zealanders, he said.

Fellet did say that the on-demand video market was getting crowded in New Zealand and that a mix of price, content, and a service’s ease-of-use would determine who wins it. – NZME

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disappointment to New Zealand’s dairy farmers.

Speaking at the federation’s national council Prime Minister John Key said he believes the GDT had bottomed out and prices would improve in 2015.

Westland Milk Products is forecasting a payout of $5.40-to$5.80kg/MS before retentions for the 2015 season.

West Coast Federated Farmers provincial president Katie Milne said the payout from the Hokitika-based co-operative, will be hard to hold as a result of the GDT with Westland selling more milk powder than anything else.

The AgriHQ Snapshot Farmgate Milk Price indicates that if the latest GlobalDairyTrade prices were achieved across the entire season this would equate to a milk price of $3.70/kgMS, a 25 cent fall from the previous auction.

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Federated Farmers dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard said the continued slide will be a huge

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■ CHINESE BILLIONAIRE

‘New Zealand has nothing to fear’ A Chinese billionaire behind the controversial buy-up of the Crafar dairy farms and Lochinver Station says New Zealanders have nothing to fear from his investments in the country.

Speaking to the Otago Daily Times at a function in Queenstown this week, Shanghai Pengxin Group chairman Jiang Zhaobai said buying land was not his primary purpose, but only a means of producing high quality agricultural goods for export to China.

His companies would invest much more in improving the land than buying the land.

“Because of that investment, we can promote the agriculture industry, and bring more ben-

efits to the farmers here.”

As well as buying the dairy farms and Lochinver Station, near Taupo, Shanghai Pengxin is the majority owner of dairy farm-owning company Synlait Farms. Another of Mr Jiang’s companies is behind a $550 million redevelopment plan for Gulf Harbour on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

Accompanied by about 50 entrepreneurs from Shanghai, Mr Jiang was the guest of honour at a function to welcome him as new owner of the Hilton Queenstown.

Among the guests were Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden and many resort business and tourism leaders.

Mr Jiang said he chose to invest in New Zealand because it had a “very sound and transparent” business environment and was the first country to sign a free trade agreement with China.

He saw himself as a “promoter and ambassador” for New Zealand in China and hoped New Zealanders would become more accepting of investment

by Chinese companies.

“Ultimately, together we can create a win-win outcome for everyone.”

He had visited Queenstown many times. “Queenstown is such a beautiful city and I want to get away from busy work as much as I can.”

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■ RAKAIA SHEARER

Coster pipped

by Irish shearer

Rakaia shearer Tony Coster was presented with his Shearing Sports New Zealand Master Shearer Award recently.

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Rakaia shearer Tony Coster opened well at the Canterbury A&P Show, retaining the Canterbury circuit title by a crushing margin of more than 14 points on day one.

However, he was stumped by Irishman Ivan Scott, who holds the world record for lamb shearing, in the New Zealand Corriedale Championships final the following day. It was a massive leap for the 33-yearold from County Donegal, who hadn’t won a competition in New Zealand since the 2008 Northern A&P Show in Rangiora.

Scott’s winning margin of 1.299 points was all that stood between 47-year-old defending champion Coster and a unique treble on a day when Coster was presented with his Shearing Sports New Zealand Master Shearer Award, and led Canterbury to victory over Queensland in the Lister Challenge.

Third place went to 13-times winner

Fairlie farmer Tony Dobbs retained the blade shearing title

David Fagan, of Te Kuiti. The second shearer from overseas to win the corriedale title in the past four years, Scott had been a favourite for the world championships in Ireland in May, after winning three finals in the build-up, but on qualifying by just one place in the heats.

Fairlie farmer Tony Dobbs retained the blade shearing title he won last year after retiring following his last previous win in the event 18 years earlier.

It was also a big day for runner-up and World Championships New Zealand teammate Brian Thomson, of West Melton, who was later presented with his Master Blade Shearer award.

Former World Championships New Zealand representative Billy Michelle, of Timaru, was third in a final which was also unique for the appearance of New Zealand-based Japanese shearer Shun Oishi. The senior shearing final was won by Rangiora-based Lyall Windleburn, with a winning margin of almost 12 points over runner-up Vanni Springer, of Ranfurly.

The intermediate final was won by Hugh De Lacy, of Fernside. Pagan Rimene, who won the open woolhandling final, also displayed her versatility by finishing fifth.

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Harvey Rhodes with Edsal Alana, who was runner-up to the supreme champion lowline in the cattle classes at the Canterbury A&P Show.

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Little cattle making big impact The demand for lowline cattle is growing, as more farmers become aware of the breed’s versatility, Ashburton breeder Harvey Rhodes says.

Mr Rhodes and his wife Sally, who run the Edsal Lowline Stud, enjoyed success at the Canterbury A&P Show, where their yearling heifer was runner-up to the supreme champion of the breed.

“The judges said they hoped to see her back again with a calf – she couldn’t have taken the supreme ribbon because she hasn’t been proved, but I’ll breed her this year,” he said.

Mr Rhodes became interested in lowline cattle about 10 years ago while living in North Canterbury. When the couple made the decision to move to Ashburton to take over the lease on the Ashburton Motor Lodge the cows came too. On a block of leased land in the Dromore district, he runs his small herd.

“It’s more of a hobby really,

I’ll calve five cows this year,” Mr Rhodes said.

Lowline cattle were bred down from angus and have remained isolated from outside genetics for 50 years.

The result is a compact beef breed, about 30 per cent smaller than traditional angus cattle The breed is popular with lifestyle block farmers, but is also gaining traction in the dairy industry, where bulls are in demand to put across heifers.

“They calve up to three weeks earlier and produce smaller calves, so there’s less stress on the cow,” Mr Rhodes said.

However, once on the ground the adaptable lowline calves rapidly gain weight and produce high quality meat with the same conversion efficiency as their high-line counterparts.

The genetic cross with a friesian will result in a polled calf, and will take the yellow fat out of a jersey cross, Mr Rhodes said.

The deer industry is disappointed in the outcome of the New Zealand–Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which leaves frozen velvet off the table.

South Korea consumes around 60 per cent of New Zealand’s deer velvet and frozen velvet, which accounts for about 75 per cent of New Zealand’s $20 million velvet exports to Korea, has been completely excluded under the terms of the agreement.

Processed (dried) deer velvet has been included in the FTA, but the phase-out period for the existing 20 per cent tariff is 15 years, in line with the US Korea FTA. Mid Canterbury rural consultant and chairman of Deer Indus-

Frozen deer velvet.

try New Zealand, Andy Macfarlane, said while the inclusion of processed velvet will be helpful over the longer term, the drawnout reduction in the tariff could be too little, too late for some growers.

He said DINZ and New Zealand exporters have worked tirelessly in Korea over a number of years to build markets for New Zealand deer velvet antler and foster good relationships with the Korean deer industry.

“Korean deer farmers and velvet processors appreciate the benefits of collaborating with New Zealand producers to develop the market for their products and appeared generally supportive of an FTA with New Zealand,” he said.

“We are simply at a loss as to

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why frozen velvet has been excluded. Although this FTA was imperative for some industries, it clearly falls short of the comprehensive trade agreements that New Zealand has negotiated previously.

“In future negotiations we will have to live with the precedent that has been created.”

While acknowledging the overall benefits of the FTA, Mr Macfarlane said it had fallen short of the expectations of the deer industry.

“Large food companies in Korea were looking at New Zealand frozen deer velvet as an ingredient in new health products and its exclusion from the FTA will hinder those opportunities,” he said.

Elgin deer farmer Pete Swann has been involved in the velvet industry since its inception and is running 160 stags, producing high-quality velvet products for Asian markets.

He was not familiar with the details of the reported FTA agreement, but said velvet was considered a luxury item and in the case of frozen product was only consumed by wealthy customers.

Those without money made do with lesser quality antler bone.

He said the bulk of the remaining 40 per cent of velvet produced in New Zealand goes into Chinese markets, but there was a lot of trading of processed velvet between China and Korea. This could also be impacted by the FTA. On the upside, Mr Swann said velvet prices were looking stronger than last year.

“The industry is getting to the point where it’s sustainable – but if it gets too much higher it will put buyers off.”

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TINWALD SALE Prime sheep prices lifted slightly on last week’s sale at Tinwald.

Heavy lambs made $145-$156, medium weights $125-$135 and lighter lambs, $95-$155.

Heavy prime hoggets fetched $90-$115, mediums $80-$90 and lighter weights

$65-$75. Heavy woolly prime ewes made $120-$135, medium weights $108-$117 and light sheep $78-$90.

Good store lambs ranged from $85 to $95, and medium weights $75-$82.

A line of hoggets with lambs at foot made $65-$72.

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■ KIA PRO_CEE’D GT TURBO $43,990

Unique in many ways B

oth the underscore and apostrophe in the Pro_cee’d GT’s name have provoked lots of media comment.

It’s even difficult to type.

So during my time with the “Track Red” car I was happy just to refer to it as the GT - and do so now.

Designed and built in Europe, this very good looking, crisp handling three-door hatch is certainly the most overtly sporting Kia. From its smart nose complete with four LED running lights either side of the front spoiler and slinky Xenon adaptive headlights, to the steeply raked windscreen, large doors neat rear and smart 18 inch alloys, it is a definite looker and exudes attitude!

And has the performance to match these looks!

For under the bonnet there’s a 1.6-litre direct-injection, twin-scroll turbo four cylinder petrol engine.

This develops its 150kW at 6000rpm, but it’s the instantaneous, very keen response from the 265Nm of torque on tap, from 1750rpm to 4500rpm, and just where needed for all styles of driving, that really impresses.

In fact with 80 per cent of that maximum torque available from less than1500rpm and minimal turbo lag, it feels like there’s something larger under the bonnet.

This, together with the slickshifting six-speed manual, whose ratios make the most of what the engine delivers, means the GT is able to accelerate from 0-100km/h in 7.7

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seconds.

And when doing this, as revs increase so does the tone of the exhaust note.

Kia says the top speed is 230km/h and the combined fuel consumption 7.4 L/100km.

The latter seemed pretty realistic to me for everyday driving.

Then on the road the GT delivers a seriously engaging, very enjoyable sporty drive courtesy of its polished chassis set-up.

There’s independent suspension both front and rear which is specially set up for ANZAC driving conditions.

This really shines on the likes of a drive up to the Coleridge powerstation.

And not just once, for this car becomes addictive with its precise steering, very tidy body control, firm but compliant ride (both in town and out in the country) and the excellent grip from the Michelin Pilot Sport 3 tyres.

The brakes, complete with their red-painted brake calipers, certainly come to the party as well.

Wind noise is well suppressed as is that from the road - except for tyre

roar on harsher grades of coarse chip.

But what about the cabin?

Well I’m glad to say it matches the rest of the GT’s sporty aspirations.

For a start it’s all black, (no red boots though - instead red stitching and highlights) is visually attractive and properly set up for sporty comfort.

The large doors open wide (care needs to be taken in carparks) so no problems for the driver or navigator’s entry or exit.

They get 3-way adjustable, part leather/part suede, heated formfitting but comfortable Recaro sports seats.

Also there’s heating for the leather steering wheel and the alloy pedals have very sensible, non-slip rubber inserts.

There’s a comprehensive array of gear including the three-dial instrument layout which can be switched from analogue-type to performance digital which shows lots including speed, engine torque and turbo boost pressure.

Plus push-button start/proximity key, dual-zone climate control, puddle lights, alarm, reversing camera/sensors and cruise control.

No sat-nav though!

There’s also adult-friendly space for two in the back seats with quite easy access courtesy of the wide doors and movability of the front seats.

Boot space is a very generous 380 litres so the GT can certainly front up as a four up, quick tourer.

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WHAT’S NEW

KIA PRO_CEE’D GT ■ Price: $43,990.

■ Engine: 1.6-litre, twin scroll turbo, direct injection - petrol 4-cylinder 150kW/ 265Nm from 1750rpm-4500rpm.

■ Transmission: 6-speed manual, front-wheel-drive.

■ Economy: 7.4 litres/100km.

■ Safety: Stability Control Hill-start Assist, six airbags, five star ANCAP crash rating.

■ Warranty: Five years including roadside assistance.

FINALE

Honda Odyssey

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he new spacious yet stylish Odyssey has been completely redesigned from the ground up.

Honda say they combine the comfort of a high-end sedan, with the practicality of even or eight seats and that the new model is an evolution in technology and performance.

Both models weigh less yet have vast cabin space, a low centre of gravity and low floors, multiple seat configurations, one-touch, power sliding side doors, reversing camera, touch screen and five-year unlimited km warranties.

Their new more economical Earth Dreams engine is more economical, produces 40 per cent less CO2, but more torque, while the latest evolution CVT transmission means better acceleration and more relaxed cruising.

The Odyssey L adds more luxury and technology, including a leather interior, with centre row captain seats, park assist, lots of additional safety systems including a 360 degree surround camera and blind spot monitoring and sat-nav.

Honda say that with the all new Odyssey, needing more space doesn’t mean you have to give up on luxury, technology or a five star safety rating.

Fast Facts: 2.4L petrol i- VTEC four cylinder, 129kW/225Nm; 7 step CVT auto with shift paddles and idle,stop and go; front wheel drive; claimed 7.6-7.8L/100km,; pricing – S, 8 seat $45,900 and L, 7 seat $52,500 (both plus ORCs).

This neat looking GT is both exciting and satisfying to drive. And yet, while it pushes the performance envelope for Kia, it delivers everyday usability and civility.

It’s unique too with that underscore and apostrophe in its full Pro_cee’d GT title. I can’t think of another car with these!

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

Yesterday’s top 5 stories on guardianonline.co.nz:

1 – What unit is used to measure the diameter of wool? a. Rebar b. Braid c. Micron 2 – What is the coloured part of the eye called? a. The iris b. The lens c. The cornea 3 – What name is given to the molten rock inside a volcano? a. Magma b. Lava c. Tephra 4 – If you ordered ‘frijoles’ in a Mexican restaurant, what would you receive? a. Nachos b. Cheese c. Beans 5 – Which coast of Africa is Ivory Coast on? a. North b. East c. West 6 – Which sport is featured in the film Escape To Victory? a. Soccer b. Boxing c. Skiing 7 – How many sides does a snowflake have? a. Five b. Six c. Seven 8 – Which area of NZ’s North Island is closest to the South Island? a. Cape Terawhiti b. Island Bay c. Oteranga Bay

1. Roadside sellers breach bylaws 2. School decile change ‘a joke’ 3. Male teacher ‘drought’ 4. Church’s days numbered 5. Uniforms too expensive

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Goodie Giveaway, PO Box 77, Ashburton.

Each week the Ashburton Guardian gives readers a chance to win DVDs courtesy of Roadshow Entertainment.

Winners will be announced in this column the following week, so keep looking! If you see your name in the winner’s box, come into the Guardian and claim your prize. ID may be required.

Winners have two months to claim their DVDs.

Winners of Devil’s Knot are: Katy Lee, Nicole Spicer and Lindsay Forde.

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QUICK MEAL 500g lean Quality Mark lamb mince 5 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped Finely grated zest of 1 lemon Large pinch dried chilli flakes or powder (optional) 1 1/2 C fresh breadcrumbs Handful parsley, finely chopped 1/4 C Greek yoghurt 2T olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 2x400g cans chopped tomatoes Handful pitted black olives (optional) 350g tagliatelle (or other) pasta Grated parmesan to serve (or a cheese of your choice)

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5 3 4 2 3 5 the meatballs, shaking the pan regularly until the meatballs begin to brown. Remove the meatballs from the pan on to a plate.

■ In the same pan, add another tablespoon of oil and cook the onion and the rest of the garlic until softened. Add the tomatoes and cook until thick and pulpy.

■ Add the meatballs back into the pan, pour in 100ml of water and cook gently for 10 minutes or so until the meatballs are cooked

through and the sauce is thick.

Stir in the olives.

■ Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling salted water until al dente. Drain, add to the meatballs and mix gently. Serve with the grated cheese on top, and a side of salad or seasonal vegetables.

Recipe courtesy of NZ Beef + Lamb www.recipes.co.nz

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Ashburton Guardian 19

Thursday, November 20, 2014

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Cheers to local horse racing heroes

BY MATT MARKHAM Don’t ask how long the Mid Canterbury Owners, Trainers and Breeders have been going because no one is exactly sure.

Some say 60 years, others suggest it might be getting close to 70 and only some extensive research will offer a final answer to the question.

But no matter how long their existence, the group can hold their head high as an integral part of the Mid Canterbury trotting landscape. Last night saw their annual social function for the year in which they dish out their annual awards to people, and horses, from within

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the Mid Canterbury district.

It’s a popular event each year and often gives those who don’t often find themselves in the spotlight a moment to shine.

Last night’s ceremony was no different.

The coveted Horse of the Year title was awarded to the evergreen and ultra consistent trotter Live The Dream who has compiled an impressive record on the track for his owner and trainer Donald Taylor.

From 101 starts he has won on 11 occasions, ran second 22 times and placed third in 26 races - an impressive effort for any racehorse let alone one who began his career as a pacer.

Grice brothers breed, Juliana has also left other consistent trotters Sarah Palin and Monty Python.

Laurence Hanrahan walked away with last night’s trainers prize after a good season of

success including the unearthing of the talented and exciting pacer Cullens Keefe who has looked every bit a good horse in his short career to date.

Gerard O’Reilly, who drove his first Group One winner last season with Tiger Tara, picked up the driver’s prize for his grand season in the sulky while Jeremy Markham was named as the most improved junior driver after snaring three winners in the past 12 months.

The popular personality of the year title was given to secretary and treasurer George Henderson who had devoted years of service to Mid Canterbury harness racing.

8 1000x Veecewah (8) fr ................................ A Milne 9 x3343 Feather Boyz (9) fr ........................ B Barclay 10 51x40 Och Aye The Noo (U1) fr.................J W Cox 11 27070 Mr Majestic (U2) fr ......................... A Faulks 12 10x08 Moa Bones (U3) fr........................T Williams 13 0x009 Kaizen (U4) fr ............................... B Norman 14 x6800 Swept Away fr .............................. Scratched 15 22x90 Armori (U5) fr ................................. G McLay Emergency: Swept Away 6 8.37pm RICOH MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ c3 to c6, c7 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 01757 Hudson Sully (1) fr .................. N Williamson 2 x1808 Ultra Shok (2) fr................................ D Dunn 3 73122 Classiebee (3) fr...................... M Williamson 4 75511 Mach’s Love (4) fr.............................D White 5 x9536 Bettor’s Brigadier (5) fr ....................J W Cox 6 1381x Franco Revel (6) fr .........................T Chmiel 7 50035 Motu Speedy Star (7) fr................. K Butt (J) 8 19x83 Here We Go Again (8) fr ..............T Williams 9 63887 Better To Be Bad (9) fr R McIlwrick (J, .....Cl)

7 9.02pm WASHINGTON VC FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $5750, 3yo+ f&m c0 to c1, 1700m 1 87068 Newmans Jet (1) fr ............................ S Lock 2 8x08x Baby Fern (2) fr ....................... N Williamson 3 5x018 Highland Reign (3) fr .....................B Orange 4 68059 Floreta (4) fr ....................... B Williamson (J) 5 7x726 Shards Phoenix (5) fr ...................T Williams 6 4x709 The Shakey Mistress (6) fr ...... M Williamson 7 0x501 Bettor Think Twice (7) fr ................... D Dunn 8 03233 Platinum Princess (8) fr...................J W Cox 8 9.27pm SPEIGHTS MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 59006 Chief Kapai (1) fr .................. C Ferguson (J) 2 88968 Izshebad (2) fr .............................. C Kennett 3 02316 Be Me (3) fr .....................................J W Cox 4 33057 No Way Else (4) fr ..........................T Chmiel 5 56x41 Supriya (5) fr .................................... D Dunn 6 80650 Spirit Of Chronos (6) fr .................. K Butt (J) 7 00085 Fleets Classy Jet (7) fr .................T Williams 8 x2200 Music (8) fr ....................................B Orange

Gerard O’Reilly in action.

The other equine prize for the night fell to broodmare Juliana who has produced a strong line of progeny on the track including the talented Father Christmas.

Another of the infamous

Forbury Park harness Today at Forbury Park

Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting at Forbury Park on November 20. NZ Meeting number: 7. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 6.12pm (NZT) DUNEDIN HOLIDAY PARK TROT $5500, 2yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2200m 1 00660 Illustrious Queen (1) fr ...................C McKay 2 52548 Renegade Fighter (2) fr.......................B Butt 3 99445 Pat’s Success (3) fr ............ B Williamson (J) 4 55226 Hengroen (4) fr.........................P Williamson 5 x970x Wingham Well (5) fr ......................... D Dunn 6 78722 Tachma (6) fr ........................... M Williamson 7 P4569 Hope And Pray (7) fr ......................... S Lock 8 0x004 Scarlett Lane (8) fr ................R McIlwrick (J) 9 08 Cocktail Waiter (U1) fr ................... B Barclay 10 80058 Duchesse de l’Amour (U2) fr...........J W Cox 11 0 Dark Ops (U3) fr............................... A Clark 2 6.47pm KEEP IT CLEAN MOBILE PACE $7000, 4yo+ c2, c3 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 77x62 Justalittlebettor (1) fr ...........................B Butt 2 11963 Vincennes (2) fr....................... M Williamson

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669x7 Jango Fett (3) fr..............................K Larsen 1145x Irish Kath (4) fr ................................. D Dunn 06x64 Superior Desire (5) fr ......... B Williamson (J) 07995 Xmas In New York (6) fr .......... N Williamson Fx0x7 Sunny Two Shoes (7) fr ................T Williams 60x77 Zakspatrol (8) fr.............................B Orange 76318 Missy Mach (9) fr ............................J W Cox 3 7.22pm DUNEDIN CITY FORD MOBILE PACE $5500, 4yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 8x097 Billy Klondike (1) fr .......................T Williams 2 970x Rory Mach (2) fr ..............................J W Cox 3 04500 Washingtons Chance (3) fr .............. A Milne 4 38x3x Rainbow Hunter (4) fr..........................B Butt 5 8997 Goldcrest (5) fr ................... B Williamson (J) 6 83530 Maldini (6) fr ............................ M Williamson 7 83737 Canasta (7) fr .......................... N Williamson 8 8x030 Gerald (8) fr...................................... D Dunn 9 6x Clifton Prospect (9) fr ....................B Orange 10 50970 Forgotten Runner (21) fr .............. B Norman 11 85908 Superfreak (22) fr ............................ E Swain

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2) MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1 to c2, 1200m 1 270x5 Canderdel (1) fr ....................... M Williamson 2 4x754 Sunnivue Bay Boy (2) fr ....... C Ferguson (J) 3 790x9 Vedika (3) fr ...................................B Orange 4 8x040 Unique Chance (4) fr....................T Williams 5 40945 Special Delight (5) fr ............... N Williamson 6 85339 Alexy (6) fr ........................................ D Dunn 7 59451 Sicilian Secret (7) fr........................T Chmiel 8 67x61 Rockin Cullen (21) fr ...........................B Butt 5 8.12pm CONGRATS TO JONNY, AMBER & JACCKA JUSTY TROT $6000, 4yo+ c1, stand, 2200m 1 62216 Springfield Eyre (1) fr ....................... D Dunn 2 53x62 Space Ace (2) fr ................... C Ferguson (J) 3 4960x Final Secret (3) fr ...........................C McKay 4 62655 Bono Hest (4) fr....................... M Williamson 5 x3530 Martini (5) fr D O’.............................. Connell 6 49768 Sappy’s Brite Star (6) fr .................B Orange 7 6P41 Strathmores Charm (7) fr ........ N Williamson

M6 Southland gallops Today at Ascot Park

Southland Racing Club’s meeting at Ascot Park. Meeting Date: 20 Nov 2014. NZ Meeting number: 6. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 1.10pm (NZT) SADDLERY WAREHOUSE INVERCARGILL MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 95x52 Bee Hapi h (5) 58.5 ......................T Moseley 2 53 He Ain’t Heavy (9) 58.5 ...............L Callaway 3 6x Taniwha h (4) 57 ....................C Barnes (a1) 4 Rumpelstiltskin h (3) 57 .................. J Morris 5 Smokem Up (7) 57 .......................K Williams 6 42x36 Cleo Layne (8) 56.5............ D Prastiyou (a2) 7 4 Western Tap (1) 56.5................... C Johnson 8 Dun Eden h (2) 56.5..............R Cuneen (a3) 9 Queenofthestoneage h (6) 56.5 R Black (a1) 2 1.45pm McCALLUMS GROUP MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 44434 Catalan King (7) 58.5 ..................L Callaway

M9 Auckland Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Manukau Stadium on November 20. NZ Meeting number: 9.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 5.09pm (NZT) MTA GIFT VOUCHERS SPRINT C0, 318m 1 Jetsun Royal nwtd ..........................G Wilson 2 Jetsun Jinny nwtd ..........................G Wilson 3 Jetsun Lord Jon nwtd .....................G Wilson 4 77752 Truckin’ Boy nwtd ........................... I George 5 34666 Pinetree Blue nwtd ....................... M J Lozell 6 54732 Drury nwtd ....................................A Cleaver 7 225 Out of Trouble nwtd R & N O’ .............Regan 8 Legato Bay nwtd ...........................K Herbert 9 47 Found My Berries nwtd ....................T Agent 10 87588 Bigtime Flo nwtd ..............................T Agent 2 5.27pm DOGZONE SPRINT C1, 318m 1 88778 Exciting Dream 18.47 R & N O’..........Regan 2 43448 Asia Ostee 18.78 ............................ M Mann 3 72544 Cosmic Pirate 18.92................... G Pomeroy 4 67848 Beale Street 19.02 R & N O’ ..............Regan 5 22784 Blairly Alive 18.92 R & N O’................Regan 6 34526 Katniss nwtd......................................B Craik 7 72767 Boston Mona nwtd ...........................T Agent 8 86524 Nasty Bizo Boi nwtd ....................... P Lowen 9 16587 Sarah’s Cool 18.84............................J Black 10 18678 Our Crown Jewel 18.42....................M Black 3 5.48pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY SPRINT SERIES

2 x3578 Peterbilt (4) 58.5...........................T Moseley 3 995x0 Just As Nosey (3) 58.5 .............J Chong (a3) 4 74604 African Star (5) 56.5 ..................R Black (a1) 5 0537x Mangaroa Miss (1) 56.5 ...............K Williams 6 06x57 Spic N Span h (2) 56.5............ T Direen (a1) 7 50x90 Marg (6) 56.5 ..................... D Prastiyou (a2) 3 2.18pm INVERCARGILL LICENSING TRUST OPEN HANDICAP $12,000, OPN HCP, 1600m 1 66835 King Prawn td (2) 59 ................. S Muniandy 2 04100 Comanche Gold dm (1) 58..........L Callaway 3 30116 Karaka Jack dm (5) 57 ................ C Johnson 4 235x2 Oor Wullie tmh (4) 57 .............. T Direen (a1) 5 26843 To The Max tdh (3) 54 ..................T Moseley 6 144x6 Croydon m (6) 54 .........................K Williams 4 2.53pm THE SOUTHLAND TIMES RATING 65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 39x71 Gunna Fly mh (3) 59 ....................T Moseley 2 7x070 Honor And Cherish tdh (2) 58.5 ....A Morgan

3 63428 Lucky Nemo m (6) 58.5 ................ D Skerrett 4 2x066 The Bubbly One 58 ...................... Scratched 5 22x35 No Rosettes dmh (5) 57.5 ......... S Muniandy 6 1070x Tom Dooley (8) 57.5 .................... C Johnson 7 66800 Hydraulic (4) 56.5.........................K Williams 8 38x10 Katie’s Diamond h (1) 56......... T Direen (a1) 9 80x08 Pythia (7) 54.5.......................R Cuneen (a3) 5 3.28pm MARQUEE & PARTY HIRE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 60x2 Tap Out (4) 58.5 .......................... C Johnson 2 0 Fabrizio (8) 58.5 ........................ S Muniandy 3 60 Rub It In (2) 58.5 ......................J Chong (a3) 4 0 Wise King (6) 58.5 ................R Cuneen (a3) 5 06430 Peria Princess h (9) 56.5.... A Edmeads (a3) 6 535x9 Shirley Brook (1) 56.5 ............C Barnes (a1) 7 89. Ely Valley (7) 56.5 ........................K Williams 8 Katie’s Sister h (10) 56.5 ..............T Moseley 9 53x94 Hear Me Roar (5) 55 .......... D Prastiyou (a2)

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6 4.03pm ILT FOUNDATION RATING 65 HANDICAP

$7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 25371 Metro Lover d (1) 59.................. S Muniandy 2 2455x Rikho th (7) 59 ................... A Edmeads (a3) 3 48x05 Heapzacash m (2) 58.5................ D Skerrett 4 72357 Twist Of Fate m (4) 58 ...........R Cuneen (a3) 5 0Lx00 Snip In Time (9) 57 .. D Prastiyou (a2) 6 466x2 Four Gees tdh (3) 56 ....................T Moseley 7 12x63 Saperavious tmh (8) 56 ................... J Morris 8 06988 Sir Jack Remington m (6) 55.5....L Callaway 9 4x179 Jenuwin (10) 55 ........................R Black (a1) 10 000x0 She’z A Virtuoso d (5) 54.5 ......... C Johnson 7 4.38pm SPEIGHTS RATING 75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 4230x Don’tlikemonday dmh (1) 61.5 . J Lowry (a4) 2 0600x Robbie Rooster th (4) 58................. J Morris 3 307x7 Edenbrae dmh (6) 57 ............R Cuneen (a3)

4 823x6 Hurikin d (7) 56 ............................K Williams 5 89x91 La Girl dm (3) 55.5 ...................... C Johnson 6 75053 Indy Ruler m (8) 55 ...................R Black (a1) 7 838x5 Swami dm (5) 55 ....................... S Muniandy 8 8x511 Thyme Zone tdmh (2) 54..............T Moseley 8 5.13pm CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES SAT 13 DEC R65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 1 Back In The Day mh (1) 59 .........L Callaway 2 9120x Cairnsville m (10) 58.5 3 5x361 Peter Parker m (3) 58.5 ................T Moseley 4 88x45 Life’s In A Spin (9) 58 ................R Black (a1) 5 201x6 Josephine Baker dmh (7) 57 ..C Barnes (a1) 6 00x23 Ready To Rule (2) 57 ...................K Williams 7 0x092 Ima Geegee tdmh (6) 55 ................. J Morris 8 009x5 Double Tap d (4) 55 9 9537x Wild About Me (5) 54 .............. T Direen (a1) 10 8669x She’z A Prima Donna t (8) 54R Cuneen (a3)

Auckland dogs Today at Manukau Stadium HEAT 1 C1q, 318m 1 22324 Jetsun Storm 18.86 ........................G Wilson 2 16875 Wild Falcon 18.93 ............................ S Clark 3 66385 Chevy Impala 18.68 R & N O’ ............Regan 4 82664 Prancing Bee nwtd ...........................T Agent 5 55513 Asta 18.95 .....................................A Cleaver 6 36774 What’s Up Watto nwtd W & .............T Steele 7 76272 Homebush Titan 18.80 U & ...............Cottam 8 34531 Rosa Gallica 18.78...........................T Agent 9 53887 Marlene’s Terra nwtd ........................T Agent 10 45684 Gem’s Conquest 18.84 U & ..................Bliek 4 6.04pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY SPRINT SERIES HEAT 2 C1q, 318m 1 71284 Family’s Pride nwtd ........................ I George 2 6514x Madam Knocka 18.51 ...................K Herbert 3 47562 Cool Time 18.73 ............................A Cleaver 4 45318 Procrastination nwtd U & ......................Bliek 5 86777 Ruth’s Raider nwtd U & .....................Cottam 6 25365 Daisy’s Boi nwtd ............................. P Lowen 7 68386 Miss Razz 19.23 ..............................T Agent 8 58573 She Said Maybe nwtd ......................T Agent 9 72767 Boston Mona nwtd ...........................T Agent 10 43448 Asia Ostee 18.78 ............................ M Mann 5 6.22pm THE GREATER AUCKLAND CHORUS FUNDRAISER SPRINT C2/3, 318m 1 85646 Charlie’s Funds 18.42 .....................P Green 2 26564 Boss Appeal 18.48 .......................... M Mann 3 52411 Tee Kay Yapper 18.29 ...................... S Clark 4 11315 Festival Miss 18.56 .................... G Pomeroy

5 38485 Magic Fancy nwtd ......................D Schofield 6 62471 Tepirita Enforce nwtd........................T Agent 7 85642 Hot King Cole 18.57 R & N O’............Regan 8 67778 Caruba Queen 18.65 B &................... Steele 9 48878 Fancy My Luck 18.64 .................D Schofield 10 72476 Vicariously nwtd B & .......................... Steele 6 6.39pm 30K GUARANTEED TRIPLE TRIO STAKES C1, 527m 1 44485 Sheriff Roscoe 31.35 W & ...............T Steele 2 77623 Atoonga Air nwtd............................. T Green 3 4737x Mockingjay 30.92 ..............................B Craik 4 45467 Artic Rouge 31.20 W & ...................T Steele 5 76465 Zamdato 30.93 R & N O’....................Regan 6 48516 Minnie For Mum 30.69 ..................... S Clark 7 46867 Miss Votchka nwtd B &....................... Steele 8 24457 Cosmic Warra 31.34 W & ................T Steele 9 68867 Rich List nwtd................................. I George 10 46787 Larto 30.87....................................A Cleaver 7 6.57pm CAROL’S TABS SPRINT C4, 318m 1 14222 Stylish Fancy 18.42 ....................D Schofield 2 45878 Jetsun Blaze 18.48 ........................G Wilson 3 11376 English Honey 18.65 R & N O’...........Regan 4 52647 Aqua Wolf 18.52 R & N O’..................Regan 5 31358 Heza Carlos 18.66 ....................... M J Lozell 6 15168 Utah Bolt 18.70 .......................... G Pomeroy 7 32335 Little Dreams 18.70 ........................ G Farrell 8 21613 Winfield Winter 18.57 ........................C Hore 9 8F8x8 Ibiza Fling 18.45.........................D Schofield 10 58484 Feel The Vibe nwtd ....................D Schofield

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87374 King’s Legacy nwtd B & ..................... Steele 11731 Level Down 35.39 .............................C Hore 78657 Jonesy’s Fortune nwtd B & ................ Steele 58677 Thrilling Rebel nwtd ........................ T Green 45416 Cawbourne Penny nwtd ...................T Agent 44485 Sheriff Roscoe nwtd W & ................T Steele 11 8.24pm GREATERAUCKLANDCHORUS.COM SPRINT C5, 318m 1 88178 Looks All Good 18.52......................C Steele 2 57822 Gainsford 18.28.................................B Craik 3 12151 Uno Lachlan 18.37 .....................D Schofield 4 34133 Quick Cat 18.54 .........................D Schofield 5 17532 Rasso 18.33 ......................................B Craik 6 66616 Harvey Nichols 18.32 ........................B Craik 7 76511 Blue Cosmic 18.46 ............................C Hore 8 18126 Call Me Blue 18.41.....................K R Toomer 9 63165 Fancy Invader 18.41...................D Schofield 10 4165F Lochinvar Blaze 18.43................D Schofield 12 8.50pm SEL’S TAB MANGERE SPRINT C2, 318m 1 11232 Cortez Flyer 18.58 ........................... S Clark 2 85311 Miss Jolt 18.57 .................................T Agent 3 42711 California King nwtd ..........................B Craik 4 43443 Rocky Boy nwtd ................................B Craik 5 65584 Dipsy Lala nwtd U &..........................Cottam 6 37124 Members Only nwtd R & N O’ ............Regan 7 61128 Belfast Jane 18.61 U & .........................Bliek 8 67441 Hot Pootie 18.75 U & ........................Cottam 9 16655 Fancy Rover 18.89 .....................D Schofield 10 68885 No More Laughter 18.67 ..................T Agent

Club news 20 Ashburton Guardian Ashburton Bowling Club Ladies singles are being played and have reached the semi-finals. These will be played Thursday morning and the final in the afternoon. Gaynor Crack plays Heather Goodall in one semi and Wendy Herriott plays Diana King in the other.

Good luck to all players. At the same time the Ladies Junior singles will be playing so there will be some good bowls to watch. Come along and support the players please.

The men’s matches are progressing well in all the championship events. In the interclub 3 3’s the men had 3 wins against Papanui at home and away against Red Cliffs Pt Pleasant had 2 wins. Well done to all. On Wed evening Ash 1 played Ash 3 but the weather was not at all kind and games were called off after 14 and 15 ends, Ash 1 winning all 3 games.

On Sunday 22 Nov the finals of the Lowry Cup for men will be played, good luck to all who have qualified.

Saturdays Roll overs are well attended and Corner to Corner is held afterwards.

So far Anne Gowan, Roger Dakers and Murray Anderson have qualified for the end of season playoff. Thanks to Trevor Watson and Colin Cross for helping me with the Sat rollovers. Last week it was won by Wendy Herriott, Joan Knudson and Chas Rooke, 2nd Annette Blain, Roger Duff and Jim Allison, 3rd Anne Stroud, Lex Johns and Roy Keeling. A lot of these players stayed to play Corner to Corner and that ended an enjoyable afternoon.

Sales of tickets $30 for the Xmas dinner on Sunday Dec 14, are available from Leonie or Alison Gibbs, catering is by All Fed Up and a good meal is guaranteed.

We don’t have to provide anything or even do the dishes. That should be good news.

Barry has distributed Xmas raffle sheets for all members, look in your lockers if you have not received yours. Return them with the money to Barry.

Some of the members have been laid low with aches and pains, and I hear that Maureen has been unlucky and has her wrist in plaster. Best wishes to you all for a comfortable recovery. Let’s hope that the warmer weather can help us all to feel better. See you all at Xmas dinner if not sooner.

Ashburton Golf Club We are coming towards the end of the season and it is a busy time at the club, we have the club presentation night coming up on the 29th November. Tickets for this are $30 each and they can be purchased off any of the ladies or men’s committee members.

I would like to encourage as many people as possible to attend, especially if you have managed to pick up some silverware this season. These have always been very sociable evenings and a great way to close out the season. Can anyone who won a trophy last year make sure it has been returned please, so we can get it engraved for this year’s recipient. thank you Last weekend we had the Sutherland Cup and great rounds from one of our newbies Brian Brown, and one of our not so newbies Charlie Alexander, saw the boys pick up the cup, closely followed by Bruce Day with Mal Trewavas, and Tufuga Sa with Peter Bain. In 2 weeks’ time we have the closing day tournament play for the Smallbone Trophy your last chance to get a trophy on Presentation night, but before that, on this Saturday we have the annual Captain versus President match, where players turn up and chose which one of our office bearers they want to play for, then they are pitted into a head to head match play against a player from the other camp. The office bearer who receives most winners picks up the trophy. Now, as a totally impartial reporter, I would not dream of trying to influence anybody into playing for either of the teams. You will just have to decide, if you want to play for a herculean specimen of true kiwi manhood, or a reject from willy wonka’s factory, the choice is yours! Let battle commence Brian. Till next time good golfing.

Ashburton Keyboard and Electronic Organ Club Club night November 2014 - Janet welcomed all. Our final club night for the

Thursday, November 20, 2014 year. Most of us have wondered where 2014 has gone. We have been extremely busy, so perhaps that’s it.

Reminder of Bands in the Park this Sunday. The Organ Club will be playing again. It’s a lovely restful afternoon, so roll along.

The Domain is a super place to be at the moment.

Our Christmas dinner is on Sunday, our final social gathering for the year.

Bev Stevens compiled the programme for the night (first time up) and tells me no one turned her down when she approached them to play. Well done all.

Her Father Christmas stockings, which she made herself, were hanging on the keyboards and piano, and were delightful.

Rose played us in, and you couldn’t help singing along. A nice variety.

First up Bev Lister, and hasn’t she come along nicely. Played with so much more confidence and her selection was lovely.

“Moonstruck” ”The rose” a polka “Patrona Babariae” and 2 Christmas carols.

Ann and Ross Allott, piano and alto sax.

(Lovely mellow sound) They played a nice selection, two were, “Welcome to my world” “No room” a really nice piece.

Shirley then showed us how well she has mastered her Tyros. “Liechtensteiner polka” and “Nuns chorus” were two of her selection.

Then Janet, “I don’t see me” “There’s no Christmas like a home Christmas” “Im getting nuttin’ for Christmas” were a few of her songs. Iris then played, “Jingle bells” “Tell me story” Grandma’s reindeer” and “Snowflake” The evening concluded with our very own singing group. I believe they number 13 now. Go guys you sounded really good.

They sung “does Santa Clause sleep with his whiskers” All his children” “Jingle coins” (love it, where did you find that) “An old Christmas card” and a selection of carols. A very pleasant evening and well done Bev. She is heading off to Ireland for Christmas so she very well may have herself “A white Christmas.”

Ashburton Writers’ Group The November meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group was held recently.

Debbie read a quotation – “A book is a magic portal to another dimension” The Assignment for the meeting was “The person in the seat beside you on the plane is holding something. Reveal what it is.”

Members wrote of snake, turbulence, important person, old lady, forbidden object and virus. The best expansion of theme was won by Marion and Rae. The instant exercise was to write of “Queen”. Members wrote of fiction queens, queen bee, Queen of the dessert, we will rock you and new pet.

The meeting concluded at 2.50pm with the serving of afternoon tea.

The assignment for the February meeting is to write a poem.

Visitors are welcome to the meetings, please contact Rae at 308 8927.

Creative Fibre Creative Fibre Ashburton met on 17th November at the Allenton Rugby Rooms.

May, our new president welcomed the 29 ladies present. On a personal note, those who had been sick or in hospital hopefully are on the way to recovery.

Congratulations were extended to the 15 members who created 69 entries for the Ashburton A&P show. We were told not to be complacent but do even better next year.

Thanks were given to those members who each year help set up our area.

Ideas were bounced around as to how our group could sell ourselves more to the general public. 7 ladies spent a week recently at Hanmer for some R&R. The Area AGM for Creative Fibre will be held at the Tannery, Woolston on Saturday 29th November at 10am - all welcome.

The last meeting for the year will be a Christmas luncheon at the Allenton Rugby rooms at midday 1st December.

Members are to bring a contribution for the finger food lunch. Husbands welcome.

A stall is to be set up at the Domain Celebration on Sunday 30th November at 10am to advertise ourselves and to be part of the fun. To celebrate a 100

www.guardianonline.co.nz Ashburton Bridge Club Each year the Bridge Club hold a Charity Night with the proceeds donated to the organisation whose application has been successful. Club members contribute raffle prizes, which, when added to the table fees, increase the amount raised considerably.

The charity contributes to the evening by providing supper and giving a brief outline of services provided. This year we were delighted to have the St John cadets as recipients.

The following hand illustrates the effectiveness of a long trump suit, even though the high card points are somewhat lacking.

N/S should reach the excellent contract of 4 spades regardless of any intervention in Hearts by E/W North, with his 7 spades will be playing the hand, giving East the opening lead, and his best choice is the Heart K. North will ruff the second Heart trick in his hand and must look to set up the long Diamonds in dummy, as well as lead towards the Spade A, J length in his own hand.

So, he leads a small Diamond, putting up the J from dummy – it holds the trick, so now a Spade from dummy, the K appears from West, the A from declarer and East follows with probably the 10. Hoping for a 2-2 split declarer now plays the Spade J, which East takes with the Q, West showing out. On well, all is not lost, but it is now imperative to bring home safely both the Clubs and the Diamonds.

It matters not what poor East leads now – a years of WW1 the group is to create a display of knitted socks, balaclavas and gloves and red poppies at the library next year. Show and Tell. There were two trestle tables full. In the children and babies section there were 4 jerseys, a cardigan, 4 hats, and 2 sets of baby’s hat and bootees, a jacket and 4 crocheted singlets. Skeins of wool, 4 in various colours of alpaca, 2 black hanks, a novelty yarn, 2 dyed hanks, 1 merino hank, 1 cashmere/silk hank. A first time spinners hank. Felted bead necklace and scarf Sundry:-2 decorated boxes, flax crafted flower and 6 knitted dolls, woven wall hanging.

Rugs:- Aircell striped air rug, 8 mohair rugs, 2 tartan woven rugs, another woven one, 2 blue rugs, crocheted square rug, and a knee rug. Adult wear:- a brown and grey jersey, 2 hat and scarf sets, hand woven material made into a fitted jacket, woven stole, a knitted fine wool stole, a hat and a triangular stole.

Margaret then showed what could be done with circular wire frames to decorate them as wall hangings and little plastic rings made into Christmas trees.

That concluded the meeting which was followed with lunch.

Grey Power Ashburton On November 17 Grey Power Ashburton welcomed approximately 90 members to their annual Christmas function at the Seniors Centre. President Ruth Thomas welcomed those present and accepted apologies from Ken and Mary Smith; and Elizabeth Day. Members were advised that there were still some calendars for sale and were thanked for their generous contributions to the food bank trolleys. Goods donated will be delivered to the Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul at the close of the meeting.

Rose then played the piano for a round of carol singing lead by Blair and Colin.

Ruth then introduced Heather Glass the entertainer for the afternoon. Heather played her guitar and sang several Irish and Scottish folk tunes. A very pleasant and polished performance which was enjoyed by all. After another round of carol singing Heather performed a second bracket of songs and stories. Betty King passed a vote of thanks to both Heather and Rose and presented each with a gift.

The raffle was drawn and prizes distributed. Natalie announced the lucky door prize numbers and the ten parcels of Christmas goodies were handed out by Colin and Isabel.

Ruth closed the meeting by wishing all those present a merry Christmas and happy New Year. A generous and delicious afternoon tea was enjoyed by everyone.

Next meeting 16th February 2015 when the speaker will be Ann McKenzie.

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82 J4 AQJ65 KJ106 South club allows declarer to accurately place the Club Q, a Diamond helps to suit up dummy’s long suit.

If he chooses the Diamond, North must play the Q which holds, and now play the Diamond A, looking for a 3-3 split. As the cards lie, all is well, and the K drops under the

Methven Bowls What a busy week most of men have had. Bowls every day for some. I will start off with a result I missed last week from the men’s reps in Christchurch.

Town was too strong for Country but our Methven boys Rob Adrian Simon and Craig performed very well.

On Monday at Rakaia our ladies played the last 2 rounds of the 7/s. We had a loss to Ashburton 1/2 and in the afternoon we had the same score 1/2 loss to Rakaia. It was an enjoyable day and we were spoilt by the food Rakaia provided for us. Thank you On Tuesday Maureen Sullivan. Raiona Isherwood and Mary Stone won their game of triples in the club champs and the afternoon they played the fours and also won that with Melva Middleton being the fourth player.

Wednesday night both our men’s teams played the 3/3s at Allenton. Team 1 had a 2/1 win and team 2 had a 1/2 loss. This week both teams will play at home. The men have a few results in club champs.

In the pairs Craig Carter and Bruce Harper had a win. Fours winners Alan Hill Gary Eddington Jim Lattimore and Jim Martin (I think) Craig Carter Neil Owen Jeff Nowell and Gene Pagey. If I have missed any I will catch up next week On Friday we had 3 teams play at the Allenton show day tournament. None of us came home with the money but a lot of fun was had. On Saturday Junior 1 team had a loss to Woolston Park and Junior 2 team of Rob Fensom, Jim Lattimore, Bruce Redmond and Lyn Fensome won against Halswell.

Our senior men in the 7/s had a draw with Woolston Park. We had 13 of our men play in the Lowry Cup. Well done to you all for doing this. We had 3 from the club qualify. Congratulations to Adrian Kemp, Eric Maw and Brent Mayson. Well done guys. Our club host the final next week so come along and support our guys. We also had Craig Carter and his Hornby team qualify for the triples in Christchurch. This team won this last year so good luck again this year. That’s about it for this week.

Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club President Val Farr welcomed members to the November meeting. After the National Anthem was sung, birthdays and anniversaries were remembered. Members were reminded of the Christmas lunch on 10 December, the movies and the coffee morning, also to bring a food bank item to the next meeting. President Val told of her visit to McDonald House in Christchurch with the grocery items that had been donated.

Valmai Mitchell was the mini speaker and spoke of the Amazing Race she had attended on the occasion of her daugh-

A, but if they were split 2-4 and the K did not appear, then North must ruff the 4th Diamond in hand, and drive out East’s remaining Spade winner.

Whatever East leads now cannot threaten and the contract is made with just 21 high card points. ter’s 40th birthday. The 10 teams had to complete the challenges. They all had to drop kick a rugby ball over the goalposts, go up or down an escalator the wrong way, hug a store dummy and gather autographs on their arms. As well there was roller blading and having a tug of war, photos had to be supplied as evidence. After all of these activities they were able to have a lovely evening to celebrate, Valmai’s team coming in at 5th place.

The main speaker was Robin Burton who spoke of his trip in February on the Spirit of Enderby in the Wake of Scott and Shackleton. He was away for one month, leaving from Bluff, and going 4684 nautical miles.

He reminded us that Australia is only half the size of the Antarctic. The boat was ice strengthened, there were 22 crew and 48 passengers. They passed the Snares Islands which are protected so were not able to land, however they could see the wildlife. Then to the Auckland Islands where they were able to go on the boardwalk, and saw the nesting albatrosses. Macquarie Island had penguins and the elephant seals who were moulting.

Robin spoke of his grandfather, Bill Burton who was Scott’s Last Man, nearly 100 years of age when he died. It was an emotional time for Robin to see how it would have been for his grandfather in 1911 on the Terra Nova. Robin saw the historic huts and went to Cape Adair, and visited Shackleton’s base, as well as Scott Base and Mt Erebus. The Ross Ice Shelf is massive. The Emperor Penguins are large, several pods of orcas were seen. Back up to Campbell Island before heading back home.

The Thought for the Day was “Sometimes you need to step back in order to move forwards.”

MSA Outdoor Bowls Happy to report a little more news this week and most of it good? Last season was unfortunate [through no fault of their own in not being able to play some of their Club Trophies. This was mainly due to wet weather or players unavailable, but hopefully this season we can get away to a good start. The powers that be have arranged a Thursday programme for both men and women to partake. Starting on Thursday November 20th. The Ngaire Hunt Triples will be held [mixed] and will commence at 1pm.-play two[2] games of 8 ends.

The following trophies will play the same format as above each Thursday and as listed. Beryl Murchie Triples - November 27th. Flo Goulding Triples - December 4th. It would be appreciated if those [men and women] would enter their names on the board if wishing to play or phone Marie 3083150.

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In brief

Dubai decision time for hopefuls

By DaviD Leggat The United Arab Emirates, not New Zealand, is where key decisions on next year’s World Cup squad will be made.

The departure this week of 12 players in the New Zealand A squad means 27 of the country’s best players will be in the UAE until early next month.

Any players not in Dubai by tomorrow are all but out of the World Cup running.

The 27 comprise several who specialise in either test or limited-overs cricket and those who are key figures in both forms of the game.

The 12 NZ A players - it was to be 13 before Jesse Ryder ruled himself out this week have four games ahead of them, against World Cup-bound associate countries Ireland (whom they play twice), Afghanistan and the UAE, all in Dubai.

They are likely to be bolstered by a couple of players unwanted for the third and final test against Pakistan, starting in Sharjah next week.

The formula is pretty straightforward for this group: perform strongly against the associate countries, and get picked for the subsequent five ODIs against Pakistan - in what are New Zealand’s last 50over internationals before the squad of 15 for the cup must be

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Warriors cut Nielsen Centre Dane Nielsen is set to be granted a release from the last year of his Warriors contract with reports suggesting he will join the St George-Illawarra Dragons on a two-year contact. Nielsen’s formal release had been held up while all required paperwork was completed but this is expected to be signed off yesterday. “As we did with Feleti (Mateo) and Jayson (Bukuya), we’ve reached a decision to let Dane go so he can continue his career in Australia,” said Warriors general manager of football Dean Bell. “This is all part of the process we’re working through as Cappy (coach Andrew McFadden) seeks to reshape the NRL squad the way we believe will best serve the club’s needs.” - NZH

Aussie sinks OKC named.

There are seven ODIs at home against Sri Lanka in January, but that is after the group is revealed.

Coach Mike Hesson has already indicated several of the test squad, who are strong cup chances, may get an early departure before the Pakistan ODIs to rest up and prepare for the arrival of Sri Lanka, and at the same time give them a short break in a busy summer.

Those players might include captain Brendon McCullum and senior seamer Tim Southee, possibly batting kingpins Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson, although right now both look as if they could do with more

time at the crease.

The incentive for the NZ A players is clear. Several would appear solid cup chances - captain Mills, burly left armer Mitchell McClenaghan, spinners Nathan McCullum and Dan Vettori and opener Martin Guptill for a start.

Others, such as bearded opener Anton Devcich, top order batsman Dean Brownlie, Auckland’s hard hitters the Colins Munro and de Grandhomme, and fast bowling pair Adam Milne and Matt Henry, have their opportunity.

Hesson suggested recently he and fellow selector Bruce Edgar had about four or five spots they were mulling over. Now would

seem the ideal time for those on the fringe to make a statement.

NZ A play the UAE on Sunday, Afghanistan next Wednesday, and the Irish on November 29 and December 1.

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The New Zealand A squad which left for Dubai yesterday: Kyle Mills (c), Anton Devcich, Martin Guptill, Dean Brownlie, Colin Munro, Colin de Grandhomme, Derek de Boorder, Nathan McCullum, Dan Vettori, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, Matt Henry.

Aussie Dante Exum has sparked the Utah Jazz to a blowout 98-81 NBA win over Oklahoma City.

The 19-year-old sank three threepointers to ignite a 16-point Utah run across the third and fourth quarters. He shot three from five from the field as he contributed nine points in just 15 minutes of court time. Exum said he was caught up in the emotion of the side’s charge over both sides of the final break. “The crowd was crazy and, hitting those threes, I couldn’t even hear my own thoughts,” he said. “I didn’t know what to do. It was just run to the bench and kind of get around the guys.” Alec Burks collected 20 points with 14 rebounds, Enes Kanter had 16 points and 15 boards, as the Jazz (5-7) rallied from a slow start to hand the injury-depleted Thunder a third straight loss.

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CLUB NEWS CONTINUED Good news and congratulations to the M.S.A. men’s 4s of Bob Neilson [s] Brian Lynn, Robin Petrie, and Jack Sclater in claiming runners up in the Friday Show Day Tournament at Allenton. Well done.

Saturday our 2/4s teams had play at home when they hosted the Burnside Club.

Once again a mixed bag with one win and one loss, but pleasant conditions and enjoyable companionship. Results were: Dave Muir [s] Guildford Lane, Ray Mitchell, John Withell, lost 18-23. Brian Lynn [s] Robin Petrie, John Argyle, Barry Stott, won 18-13. Don’t forget to sign in for the Xmas Pot Luck Tea and read the board.

Afternoon tea duty November 25th-27th Cynthia Dudley and Joan Chapman.

Veteran Golf Forty-seven happy and contented golfers played their annual away tournament recently in Central Otago. The games each day were played in fine conditions, but late afternoon or evening rain brought snow to the surrounding hills and consequently early mornings were somewhat nippy.

The last three days, members were treated to some real “country” lavish afternoon teas.

As well as a daily competition there was an overall competition with the best three out of four scores counting.

The ladies’ overall champion was Lesley Glassey and the men’s overall champion was Clarry Whiting – both were clear winners. Daily results were: Day 1 at Alexandra Golf Club Ladies: Phyllis Bishop 45 points, Maureen Colville 34, Maree Moore 34, Val Cartney 33, Erna Smith 33 Men: George Cartney 40, Clarry Whiting 40, Arthur Pawsey 37, Allan Smith 35

Two’s: Allan Smith Day 2 at Dunstan Golf Club Ladies: Fairlie Matsinger 41, Lesley Glassey 41, Heather Robertson 39, Bev Gregory 37, Erna Smith 36.

Men: George Cartney 46, Clarry Whiting 45, Colin Morgan 43, Mike Gray 41 Two’s: Maureen Coleville Day 3 at Omakau Golf Club Ladies: Lesley Glassey 42, Helen Hawksby 37, Phyllis Bishop 37, Shirley Young 35, Ruth Kinvig 35.

Men: Owen Everest 40, Ray Lambert 40, Clarry Whiting 39, Mike Gray 36 Day 4 at Cromwell Golf Club Ladies: Lesley Glassey 46, Phyllis Bishop 41, Val Cartney 40, Shirley Young 39, Val Fleming 39 Men: Ray Lambert 41, Clarry Whiting 39, Mike Holmes 38, Dave Horrell 38 Overall Results were: Ladies: Lesley Glassey 129, Phyllis Bishop 123, Laurie Fogg 107, Shirley Young 105, Val Cartney 105, Fairlie Matsinger 104, Helen Hawksby 104, Val Fleming 103 Erna Smith 103, Heather Robertson 102, Maureen Colville 102 Men: Clarry Whiting 124, George Cartney 119, Ray Lambert 118, Owen Everest 117, Mike Gray 115, Dave Horrell 113, Guildford Lane 109, Dave Tilson 107, Mike Holmes 104.

Patron’s Prize: Ian Kennedy

Hinds and Districts Lions Club Tuesday evening saw 47 members and guests turn up for the Hinds & Districts Lions Club monthly meeting at the Hinds Hall. First up was the induction of two new members, Bruce Kell and Neil Fowler, who were inducted by Past District Governor and Hinds member Lion Ken McKenzie. This brings to 6 the number of new members that have joined Hinds

The Hinds Lions inducted two new members this week, (left to right) new member Bruce Kell, Lion Russell Keir, new member Neil Fowler, Lion Duncan Barr, PDG Lion Ken McKenzie and President Robert Ellis.

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Lions in the last 4 months. Membership Director Lion Alan Harrison then introduced another 4 new prospective members and asked that they also be warmly welcomed by the club. Members and guests then enjoyed an informative talk from Ashburton Pakete Lions member Lion Meredith Lowe on his solo circumnavigation around Australia by motorcycle and recent ride along Route 66 in USA as part of a 17 rider group on Harley Davidsons.

Meredith showed slides from both trips

then took questions from the floor. An excellent meal prepared and served by the Longbeach Playcentre then followed.

Club finances were presented by Treasurer Lion Alan Johnston and Projects Director Lion Willy Leferink then outlined his need for volunteers at the clubs largest and most important community activity of the year, the Longbeach Coastal Challenge on 30th November.

Race Director Lion David Keeley outlined track conditions and confirmed that a members working bee would be

held on Wednesday 26th November.

Members were then given an update on various other planned activities such as the scrap metal drive, tree planting and the Hinds Domain Playground upgrade.

Lion Tamer Lion Stuart Wilson miraculously extracted large amounts of fines from many unfortunates present then President Lion Robert Ellis reminded all that the club would be hosting the December Quarterly Lions Zone Meeting in December before closing a very busy but enjoyable meeting.

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In brief Rowers host eights The Ashburton Rowing Club host their annual Corporate Eights Rowing Regatta at Lake Hood on Saturday. Three local teams will compete, from ATS, Ashburton District Council and Gabites, against four teams from Timaru over 1000 metres. The teams are all novice crews who have been allowed to train once a week for 10 weeks before the regatta. The Ashburton teams have shown their commitment to the cause, with ATS training at 5.30am in the dark with flood lights mounted on the coaching boat to guide them along the lake and will have the unfamiliar setting of sunlight on Saturday. Racing gets under way from 9.30am with the crews having three heat styled races in the morning session before a final in the afternoon.

Black Sticks improve

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Brushing up on croquet skills for new season Third time was the charm for Marion Cleland and the Allenton Croquet Club yesterday.

After two weeks of unkind weather conditions, the club’s

players were finally able to step on the greens yesterday greeted by sunshine.

Just as they settled into the afternoon a brief dash of sleet

and then some light rain blew over, but not enough to dampen the day.

The players are keen to spend as much time on the greens be-

fore they hold their big tournament of the summer, the Ashburton Engravers Tournament, on November 25. Fingers are crossed for the weather.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■ Golf Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association Byrne Salver Selwyn Vets average Stableford total of 67.35 to Ashburton’s 65.25.

Individual Scores. Methven.

1st with 43 Stableford Points was Graeme Moore.

2nd= with 42 Stableford Points were Guildford Lane, Rex Palmer and Bill Stowager.

4th = with 41 Stableford Points were Dave Horrell and Dave Tilson.

6th = with 40 Stableford Points were Allan Lilley and Eddie Tulip.

8th = with 39 Stableford Points were Ron McLaren and Doug Bruce.

10th = with 38 Stableford Points were Richard Boyce, Clarrie Whiting, Max Ferris, Gavin Smith, Ian Beach and Mike Holmes.

Twos.

Mike Gray, Ian Beach, Dave Tilson, Rob Fussy and Max Ferris.

Mayfield Men’s Golf November 15 Bisque par 0-15 handicap W Blair T Kingsbury F Tasker M Keir 3 up 15-36 C Bryant 9 up D Ingold 8 up J Sim D Green 7 up Nearest the Pins: Aon Insurance No. 2 I Beach; John McAuliffe Bayleys No 11; M Keir; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No 5; T M Candrew; ANZ Bank No W Blair; ATS No 9 & 18; T Kingsbury; Nett Eagle No 8 F Tasker; Ladies Trish Corbet 8 up; Ashvegas player of the day C Bryant

The ATS Mayfield 2BBB Tournament November 17 1st F Bierema & S Smith 57 (Rakaia); 2nd T Booker & B Sutherland (Rakaia) 60 on c/b; 3rd L Small & C Emery (Ashburton) 60; 4th J Evans & D Kay (Weedons) 60; 5th J Mc Leod & A Vessey (Mayfield) 61; 6th M Langan & M Langan (Weedons) 62 on c/b; 7th D Harrison & L Henderson (Waimate) on c/b; 8th P Morrison & T Corbett (Mayfield) 62 Longest Drive 0-19 D Kay (Weedons); 20-29 A Hopping (Mayfield); 30-44 H Trott (Ashburton) Nearest The Pin 5 and 14 0-19 M Langon (Weedons); 20-29 J Evans (Weedons) Hole in One; 30-44 F Bierema (Rakaia) Second Shot Nearest the pin 2 &11 0-19 J Senior Methven) and S Benseman (Geraldine); 20-29 J Ross (Geraldine); 30-44 H Trott (Ashburton) Twos D Kay, J Senior, S Benseman, J Ross and Carol Brand (Gleniti) Mayfield Golf club along with ATS congratulate Jill Evans on her Hole in One on No 14

Ina Divers 50: Lesley Glassey 47: Di Bell 47: Lyn Bird 45; Shona Vucetich 43 Two’s Trish Clarke 9 Hole Summer Golf – Putting Round Pauline Boon 13: Valda Johston 15 Course closed on Tuesday 25th November.

We are playing at Ashburton please report 8.30a.m. for 9a.m. start.

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Women’s Section November 18 Betty Brand Greensome – Closing Day Jan Guilford and Janice Dunlop – 57.5, Helen Hawksby and Gay Lane – 58.5, Janice Ackerley and Maryanne Urquhart – 60.5 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites Ltd: Sue Simpson, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Maryanne Urquhart, No 12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Win Carter, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Wendy Parr, 2nd Shot to Green: Janeen Donaldson

Tinwald Golf Club Women’s Section November 18 Summer Golf: Stableford Round

■ Netball Mid Canterbury Netball Mitre 10 Mega Twilight Netball Round 3 November 18 Hotties 12 v High Raters 16; Superheroes in Training 7 v Highschool Dropouts 23; ANZ 21 v Seeds R Us 5; Fossils and Fillies 9 v Kool Chips 23; RMF Gangstaz 22 v Swish 23; The Invincibles 7 v The Dark Knights 27; Childs Play 10 v Zebras 28; Midnight Quest Warriors 14 v Tolly & Co 33; Silver Thorns 24 v Grazing Unicorns 23; Black Thorns 27 v S & Giggles 30; BeyQuisha and the Ratchets 19 v The A Team 21; After Dark Divas 19 v Mixers 10

Mid Canterbury Tennis Twilight Competition November 12 Division 1 Property Brokers 13 v Tridents 20; Council Crew 14 v Famous Grouse 19; Misfits 16 v High Raters 17; Electric Donkey Bottom Biters 17 v ACA’s Hackers 16; Spare Parts 17 v Balls of Steel 16; 5 Shades 18 v What’s The Score 15.

Division 2 Rob’s Mates 12 v Bubbs Downs 10; The Young and the Reckless 19 v Baseline Bandits 14; The Racqueteers 19 v Team Alpha Sandrey 14.

It was a big improvement from the Black Sticks men last night with a 3-0 second test win against Japan at the National Hockey Stadium in Wellington. In the first half the Kiwis were sharp, holding the majority of possession and continuously forcing Japan to scramble in defence. The attacking pressure paid off when Black Sticks drag flicker Nick Haig capitalised off a penalty corner with a direct flick to the keeper’s left. The second goal came from the captain of the series, Simon Child, who perfectly dribbled it along the baseline, finding local Jacob Smith, who deflected it in.

Child again found Smith for the third. The Black Sticks now head to the Coastlands Kapiti Sports Turf where they play their final two games of the series on Friday and on Saturday.

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DRAWS ■ Netball Mid Canterbury Netball Mitre 10 Mega Twilight Netball Round 4 November 25 Heartland Court – 6pm: Superheroes in Training v Seeds R Us; 7pm: Hotties v Highschool Dropouts Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd Court – 6pm: ANZ v High Raters; 7pm: Fossils and Fillies v Swish Ashburton Guardian Blue Court – 6pm: RMF Gangstaz v The Dark Knights; 7pm: The Invincibles v Kool Chips. Ashburton Guardian Red Court – 6pm: Childs Play v Grazing Unicorns; 7pm: The After Dark Divas v Tolly & Co. AMI Insurance Court – 6pm: Silver Thorns v Bequisha and the Ratchets; 7pm: Black Thorns v Midnight Quest Warriors Colourplus Court – 6pm: Zebras v The A Team; 7pm: S & Giggles v Mixers

■ Touch Methven Touch November 21, Junior 6.00pm IntermediateF1 6.30pm Pocket Rockets v Junior Stags ref- The Creeps; F2 6.30pm Renegades v Dragon Slayers ref- Bomb Squad; F3 6.30Pm Big Bad Bears v Methven Bulldogs ref- CWC SeniorsF1 7.00pm Methven Seed Cleaning v RGBS ref- The Lads; F2 7.00pm CWC v Dremons Deamons ref- Methven Swingers Club; F1 7.30pm Bomb Sqaud v Team Tamar ref- Methven Seed Cleaning; F2 7.30pm Brown Pub v Methven Swingers Club ref- Dremons Deamons; F3 7.30pm The Creeps v The Lads refRGBS

All Whites coach Anthony Hudson described the All Whites’ loss to Thailand yesterday as a “teething issue” that comes with having such a young group of players.

After an encouragingly upbeat performance against China on Saturday, the All Whites were frustratingly bad against Thailand and coach Hudson said that greater consistency will come with experience. “These are going to be the times that we learn from,” said Hudson. “The Uzbekistan game wasn’t good, but the response from that and what we took from that gave us a huge boost and we learned from that.”

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Bowler under scrutiny Under-scrutiny Pakistani allrounder Mohammad Hafeez will fly to England for tests on his suspect bowling action. Hafeez’s action was reported during the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi last week. Under International Cricket Council (ICC) rules for dealing with suspect actions, a bowler must undergo a biomechanical test in an accredited laboratory within 21 days of being reported. Pakistan team manager Moin Khan said Hafeez would undergo testing in Loughborough on November 24. Hafeez was ruled out of the ongoing second Test against New Zealand in Dubai after suffering a hamstring injury.

Hafeez would fly back to Dubai on November 25 if cleared.

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The Heartland XV squad after the controversial end to their three-match tour.

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Controversial end to Heartland tour

By Jonathan Leask

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The New Zealand Heartland XV completed their three-match rugby tour in unusual circumstances on Saturday, with coverage of all the action on Main-

freight Rugby tonight.

The Heartland XV featured Mid Canterbury’s Jon Dampney, Brenton Connell, Jake Ashby, Gary Redmond and Andrew Smith, and the side beat Marist in Auckland before they flew to Rarotonga for a two match se-

ries against the Cook Islands.

After the Heartland XV thumped the Cook Islands 64-6 four days earlier, dubious refereeing and five new faces in the Cook Islands line-up, had the host claim a controversial 33-20 win.

The poor performance of the officials ended the tour on a sour note with Heartland XV captain, Wanganui’s Peter Rowe, telling the Wanganui Chronicle he had “never seen anything like it”, but the public can judge their efforts on Mainfreight rugby.

Coverage from the side’s win over Marist and the two -match tour to Rarotonga will be screened on Sky Sport 1 at 7.30pm, and the Rugby Channel at 8.30pm, with a replay screening on Prime at 1.25pm on Sunday.

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Ryder back for Otago in T20

Darts stars destined for NZ

Reluctant traveller Jesse Ryder is back in the Otago side for their T20 game against Canterbury today.

The gifted lefthander was chosen for the New Zealand A tour to the United Arab Emirates but withdrew on Monday.

That squad left for Dubai yesterday.

Ryder missed Otago’s last Georgie Pie Super Smash game in Christchurch on Sunday after missing the Otago team’s flight north on Saturday. He then turned down a plea from his team mates to make a later flight to Christchurch, citing personal reasons for missing the match, which is understood to be a relationship issue.

Ironically that game was Otago’s first win of the competition.

Ryder’s decision almost

certainly rubbed him out of World Cup contention for the tournament in New Zealand and Australia in February and March.

The last of his 48 ODIs was against India at the start of the year before he was booted out of the test squad for late night misbehaviour.

New Zealand Cricket’s general manager national selection Bruce Edgar admitted 30-yearold Ryder’s withdrawal had made it considerably harder for he and national coach Mike Hesson to pick the batsman.

Otago will be without wicketkeeper Derek de Boorder and spinner Nathan McCullum, who both flew to Dubai with the NZ A team. Roald Badenhorst and Brad Rodden are the other players to come into the Otago squad.

- NZME

The world’s best darts players, led by the legendary Phil “The Power” Taylor and world number one Michael van Gerwen, are set to compete in Auckland next year as part of the World Series of Darts.

The once niche sport of darts is a surprise sporting phenomenon with millions in prizemoney, driven by its popularity in Britain. The 54-year-old Taylor is an international sports star and other leading players have built followings around the world. The three-day tournament in Auckland would be televised live in Australasia - the PDC usually links with the Fox Sports.

Auckland is being lined up to join the fledgling world series run by the United Kingdom’s Professional Darts Corporation headed by famed promoter Barry Hearn.

The jewel in the PDC’s crown is the world championships, held at London’s Alexandra Palace.

Michael van Gerwen

The world series has included tournaments in Dubai, Perth, Sydney and Singapore since last year.

The PDC is already testing out New Zealand bringing Taylor, who has won an extraordinary 16 world titles, and fellow Englishman Adrian Lewis, the world number three who has two world crowns, to tourna-

ments in Invercargill and Wellington in January.

But PDC co-founder and tournament organiser Tommy Cox told the Herald there was a bigger goal, to cement Auckland as a permanent part of the world series along with other new territories such as Russia. The PDC was particularly encouraged by the enthusiastic reaction from New Zealand darts boss Dale Frampton from Invercargill.

PDC chief executive Matthew Porter had visited Auckland a few times and there were three venues under consideration for an August tournament.

If it does, the top eight players from the order of merit - which is a money based ranking system - would compete in a field of 16 in Auckland that included two New Zealanders.

Taylor has won 14 PDC world titles, two titles in the rival British Darts Organisation event, and is unchallenged as the finest player in history.

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Cricket prodigy McKenna chooses AFL Footy has won another battle over cricket with one of Australia’s best teenage cricket prospects Pat McKenna nominating for the AFL draft.

Just two months after McKenna led the Australian under 19 team to Sri Lanka, the left-handed batsman has put his whites away.

With Greater Western Sydney, Hawthorn, Collingwood and Fremantle all reportedly circling the Victorian product, the 18-year-old has even surprised officials and teammates at his local football club.

At 186cm and 76kg, McKenna played a number of positions for Gisborne in the Bendigo Football League, kicking 45 goals for the senior side in 18 games.

He won’t be the only talented cricketer whose name is listed for next Thursday’s draft but the fact he’s held such a key underage role is a concern for Cricket Australia.

Cricket has always had a major struggle to keep its top all-round youngsters in the game as the football codes have heightened appeal due to the far greater quantity of professional contracts and the much longer time it usually takes to break into the top ranks.

“We respect Pat’s decision,” said Cricket Australia’s team performance manager Pat Howard. “He’s a terrific kid and a terrific athlete.”

Should McKenna miss out at next week’s draft, he’s expected to spend 2015 playing in the TAC Cup with the Calder Cannons.

Both CA and the Australian Cricket Association boss Alister Nicholson said McKenna would be welcomed back with open arms if his AFL dreams turned to dust. Rating career opportunities for cricketers at “unprecedented levels” due to the introduction of the Big Bash League, Nicholson said cricket would always hold an advantage of national representation.

- AAP

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10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) The fact that it will be hard to take yourself or life too seriously brings the fun factor back into your life, which will give you a creative edge.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) From tomorrow your relationships will need your full attention, with a chance today to address anything that could prove a distraction.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Venus and Ceres, the two goddesses of the solar system, are working to help you get to the heart of what you want from your relationships.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) At the moment finding a balance between work and play shouldn’t be a problem but if it’s hard now it will be even harder over coming weeks.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) You’ve reached a point in the year where matters of the heart are starting to demand your attention, despite the fact that it is even busier than ever.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) At the same time that you’re drawing close to a busy end to your working year, home and family matters are also fast becoming a priority.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Venus and Ceres, the two goddesses of the solar system, have met in your communication sector, bringing a chance to give your heart a voice.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Your confidence is on the rise as you wake up to the importance of your own needs being met. You can’t give to others what you don’t have to give.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Just days away from moving into your most powerful solar year in decades take the time to ask yourself what you want from the journey.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) While you may think you have little time for navel gazing this is exactly what you need to make time for, with time to daydream essential.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) You have until Christmas to bring your professional year home, with life’s distractions a reminder that life can’t be all work and no play.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) While the Sun is still 2 days away from your career sector you’ve got a chance to define your professional priorities and your definition of success.

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BROWNE, Alan Charles, (Brownie) – On November 19, 2014 at Ashburton. Dearly loved deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz husband of Jill and dearly to ensure publication. loved father of Rachel, Anthony, and Jonathan. During office hours notices may also be sent to: Loved father in law of Hayden, Karen, and Anna. classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Loved grandpa of Matthew, Any queries Luke, Eva, Sam, Ollie, please contact Timothy, and Maggie. Dearly 0800 loved son of the late Joe and ASHBURTON Olympia Browne. Messages (0800-274-287). to Browne Family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A funeral service for Alan will be held at St Andrew’s Church, Presbyterian Havelock Street, Ashburton FRIDAY, TOMORROW, November 21, commencing at 1.00pm. Followed by Canterbury owned, locally operated private interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Patersons Cemetery.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

WELCH, Pearl Annie Marjorie – Passed away peacefully in Auckland on November 16, 2014, in her 100th year.

Beloved wife of the late Reginald and mother of Ann. Grandmother of Joanne and Hayden and great grandmother to Jezania, Jozuha, Tyler, Tom and Azaria.

‘You were much loved and will be sorely missed’.

All communications to Ann Butler, PO Box 12 8136, Remuera, Auckland or email butler.ta@xtra.co.nz.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Bernice is keen to help Andy; Adam reassures Katie; Nicola is disappointed. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Packed To The Rafters PGR 30 3pm Selling Houses Australia Extreme Peter’s property in Berowra Waters has been on the market for over a year, and he is desperate to sell up and move on with his partner and daughter.

3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 F George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces PGR 0 8:30 Love Child AO. 0 9:30 Count Arthur Strong 0 10:10 N Off their Rockers UK Senior citizens attempt to turn the tables on unsuspecting members of the public in unexpected pranks. 0 10:40 One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 0 6:55 My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 0 7:20 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 0 7:45 Thundercats 3 0 8:15 Paw Patrol 3 0 8:40 Noodle And Doodle 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 1:30 Jeremy Kyle USA PGR 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:28 Angry Birds Toons 3 3:30 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 4pm Austin And Ally 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 8pm F Renters 0 8:30 The Flash Barry Allen, aka The Flash, is the fastest man on earth, but speed is not enough to solve all of life’s problems. 0 9:30 Arrow 0 10:30 Hell’s Kitchen 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:25 Rachael Ray 3 11:25 Celebrity MasterChef 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO 3 2pm HomeMADE 3 3pm Food Glorious Food Carol Vor-Techderman and experts Tom Parker Bowles, Anne Harrison, Stacie Stuart, and guest judge Andi Oliver open the competition to the people of the North West.

4:05 Entertainment Tonight 4:35 The Simpsons 3 Bart fakes his own kidnapping after defying his parents to attend a rap concert. 0 5pm Big Brother Australia 3 Highlights of life in the house.

6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 Grand Designs 3 0 8:30 CSI AO 0 9:30 Motive AO Flynn and Vega investigate a case of mistaken identity, and discover a link between the killer and the victim that threatens to expose an even more dangerous secret. 0 10:30 The Paul Henry Show

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Scaredy Squirrel 3 8am Rocko’s Modern Life 3 8:30 Chuggington 3 0 8:40 Humf 3 8:50 Peppa Pig 3 9am Bob The Builder 3 9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 9:20 Tree Fu Tom 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV Featuring – Dora The Explorer and Grojband.

4:30 Smash! Music and entertainment.

6pm The Nanny 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Harry’s Practice 3 Filmed on location at Dr Harry’s veterinary practice in northern Tasmania.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Test PGR 3 Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions.

1pm American Idol 3 2pm Who Do You Think You Are? USA 3 Kim Cattrall travels to England to find out what happened to her grandfather.

3pm Bondi Rescue PGR 3 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before giving a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 The Millers PGR 7:30 The Red Carpet Special PGR 8pm Modern Family PGR The lead up to the 2014 New 8:30 Downton Abbey PGR Zealand Music Awards.

Following the recent 8pm L New Zealand Music altercation, relations between Awards AO Robert and Cora are strained; Hosted by Jono and Ben from Blake’s scheming starts to Auckland’s Vector Arena. come to fruition when Mary Performances from Broods, is pitted against her love rival.

Benny Tipene, David Dallas 9:30 Madam Secretary AO and.

10:30 The Tonight Show Starring 10pm Nitro Circus Live PGR Jimmy Fallon 10:30 The Big C AO 3

6am Fight Night On Sky Gilberto Ramirez v Fulgencio Zuniga.

8am Bowls – Australian Premier League (Replay) Day Two. 1pm Fight Night On Sky Gilberto Ramirez v Fulgencio Zuniga.

3pm The Ultimate Fighter Team Pettis and Team Melendez compete.

4pm UFC Now 5pm Jetboating – New Zealand Sprint Championships (Highlights) Group A Final. From Wanaka.

5:30 Red Bull Mates In Alaska Follow Jake Koia and Roland MorleyBrown as they rip up the fresh powder that Alaska has to offer.

6pm Football – International (Highlights) Thailand v All Whites.

6:30 Rugby League – Four Nations (Highlights) Final – New Zealand v Australia. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

7pm Total Rugby Reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world.

7:30 Mainfreight Rugby 8:30 #SkyRugby – Engage 9pm The Ultimate Fighter 10pm Golf – Australian Masters (Highlights) Round One. From The Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne.

10:30 Inside Cricket

11:10 Trauma Investigators AO The Trauma Investigators are on call 24 hours a day.

12:10 Come Dine With Me PGR 30 1:15 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:30 Police Ten 7 3 0 Midnight Rizzoli And Isles 0 1am RBT 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:30 Private Practice AO 3 0 3:20 Switched At Birth PGR 3 0 4:05 Pair Of Kings 3 0 4:30 Regular Show PGR 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm Bones AO A corpse found in the woods may be connected to a feud between two families that has been going on for more than 100 years. 0 Midnight CSI – NY AO 3 1am Infomercials

11:35 Entertainment Tonight 12:05 Infomercials

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Total Rugby Midnight #SkyRugby – Engage 12:30 Mainfreight Rugby 1:30 Golf – Australian Masters 2am Basketball – NBL Championship (Replay) 4am Basketball – NBL Championship (Replay)

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Matt Hayes’s 24-Hour Rod Race 7:30 Back To Basics With Nick Nairn 8am Holiday Heaven On Earth 8:30 Sophie In The Souk 9am The Cook And The Chef 9:30 Storage Hoarders 10:30 Gourmet Farmer 11am Yard Crashers 11:30 Toy Hunter Noon Ray Mears’ Close Encounters 1pm Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 2pm Matt Hayes’s 24-Hour Rod Race 3pm Back To Basics With Nick Nairn 3:30 Holiday Heaven On Earth 4pm Sicily With Aldo And Enzo 4:30 Catch And Cook – World 5pm My Dream Derelict Home With Simon O’Brien.

6pm Gourmet Farmer 6:30 Kitchen Crashers 7pm Garage Gold 7:30 Luke Nguyen’s France 8pm The Flying Winemaker 8:30 Cook The Books 9pm Cheese Slices 9:30 The Roux Masterclass 10pm Zumbo 10:30 Garage Gold 11pm My Dream Derelict Home With Simon O’Brien.

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11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Waka Ama 2013 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 2

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SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation 3 8pm Te Po Mekemeke 8:30 Charismatic AO 3 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Survive Aotearoa (Starting Today) 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

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6am Auction Hunters PG Sink or Swim. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG Fan v Wild with Bear Grylls. 8:30 MythBusters PG Down and Dirty; Earthquake Survival.

9:30 Yukon Men M Wild Lives.

10:30 Highway To Sell PG Partners In Chrome.

11:30 Nightmare Next Door M Highway to Hell.

12:30 Deadline Crime With Tamron Hall M 1:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M Got To Be A Ladies’ Man. 2:30 Commandos PG 3:30 Yukon Men M Breaking Points.

4:30 Deadliest Catch PG Darwin’s Law. 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Tethered M 7:30 Naked And Afraid M 8:30 Marooned M 9:30 Tethered M 10:30 Naked And Afraid M FRIDAY 12:25 Survivor – Vanuatu PG 1:15 11:30 Blood Relatives M Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:40 FRIDAY Law And Order MV 2:30 SVU MV 12:30 Disappeared M 1:30 3:20 The Musketeers MVLS 4:20 Scorned – Love Kills M 2:30 Matador MVLS 5:10 Whose Line Auction Hunters PG 3am Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Deadliest Catch PG 4am Jungle Funniest Home Videos PG Gold PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Vanuatu PG 8:55 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 NCIS MV 11:25 NCIS – LA MV 12:15 Criminal Minds 16VS 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Survivor – Vanuatu PG 4pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Pawn Stars PG 5:30 NCIS – LA MV 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 The Musketeers MVLS 9:35 Matador MVLS 10:35 SVU MV 11:30 NCIS MV

6am Sky Sport – What’s On 6:30 #SkySpeed 7am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Race 33.

7:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Race 34.

8am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Race 35.

8:30 Motorsport – European Le Mans Series 9:30 #SkySpeed New Zealand Music Awards The Flash 10am Fox Sports News 8:00pm on FOUR 8:30pm on TV2 10:30 The Golf Fix Host Michael Breed tackles viewer questions, MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS demonstrates useful drills and 7:25 The Break-Up MLS 2006 6:35 Hummingbird 16VLS 2013 takes a look at some of the most Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, exciting shots from the weekend’s Action. Jason Statham. 8:15 Vince Vaughn. 9:10 Fashion In Admission ML 2013 Comedy. professional tour.

Film 10:10 Spy Game MVL 2001 Tina Fey, Paul Rudd.

11:30 Golf – Big Break From Action. Robert Redford, Brad Pitt.

10am Seven Psychopaths Cancun, Mexico.

12:15 The Three Musketeers MV 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Colin Farrell, 12:30 Golf – Feherty 2011 Adventure. Logan Lerman, Woody Harrelson.

1:30 Golf Central Matthew Macfadyen.

11:50 Profile Of A Killer 16 2012 2pm Golfing World Thriller. Joey Pollari, Gabriele Angieri. 2:05 Semi-Pro MLS 2008 Comedy.

2:30 L Golf – Australian Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson.

1:25 Hummingbird 16VLS 2013 Masters Round One. From The 3:40 King Kong MV 2005 Action. Jason Statham.

Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne.

3:05 Admission ML 2013 Comedy. Adventure. Naomi Watts, Jack Black, 7:30 Fox Sports News Adrian Brodie.

Tina Fey, Paul Rudd.

8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 6:45 Letters To Juliet PGL 4:50 The To Do List 16LS 8:30 Golfing World 2010 Romantic Comedy.

2013 Comedy. Aubrey Plaza, Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave. 9pm L Golf – European Tour Rachel Bilson.

DP World Tour Championship – 8:30 Red Eye MVL 2005 Drama.

6:35 Dead Man Down 16VLS 2013 Round One. From Jumeirah Golf Action. Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace. Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy.

Estates in Dubai.

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Jonah Hill.

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2005 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, The Street MV 2012 Horror.

Terrence Howard, Tyrese Gibson, 3am Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue.

Sofia Vergara.

Lorena Ochoa Invitational – Round FRIDAY Four.

1:10 The Babymakers 16LS FRIDAY 3:30 Golf – Australian Masters 2012 Comedy. Paul Schneider, 1:35 Letters To Juliet PGL (Highlights) Round One. Olivia Munn. 2:45 The Wolf Of 2010 Romantic Comedy. 3:20 4am Football – A-League (Replay) Wall Street AO 2013 Drama. 5:40 Shanghai Noon PGV 2000 Action House At The End Of The Street Western. 5:10 King Kong MV 2005 Perth Glory v Western Sydney MV 2012 Horror.

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Sport Junior cricketers set for reps

BY JONATHAN LEASK

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The Mid Canterbury junior rep sides head to Timaru on Sunday to coincide with the Cricket World Cup Roadshow.

The Mid Canterbury Primary A, development and Year 5/6 teams were originally scheduled to meet South Canterbury in

Ashburton, but with the World Cup Trophy due that day in Timaru, they agreed to a change of venue.

For the Primary A team the big focus is preparing for the annual South Island Primary Cricket Tournament, which takes place in Blenheim from January 12-16.

Logan Currie, 13, bowls at open wicket practice for the Mid Canterbury Primary A cricket team.

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At the tournament Mid Canterbury will meet hosts Marlborough, Dunedin Metro, Nelson, Buller and Otago Country over the five days. Otago Country and Nelson were the joint tournament winners in Gore last year, where rain washed out two days play.

The Year 6 and Development

teams both have regional tournaments in January.

The juniors will be hoping to replicate the efforts of the senior side, with Mid Canterbury beating South Canterbury by four wickets last weekend, after beating Marlborough the previous Sunday.

The Mid Canterbury seniors

will be on the Ashburton Domain Oval again this Sunday looking for a third straight limited overs win, taking on North Otago.

They then host a Twenty20 tournament on November 30 before getting their Hawke Cup campaign under way at home to Otago Country.

■ RUGBY

ABs not short of world-class first-fives At this stage in the last World Cup cycle, the All Blacks didn’t have a clue who their back up first-five was.

They played Wales in this equivalent weekend in 2010 and left Cardiff knowing they had Daniel Carter and then a giant gap to somebody else - who could have been Aaron Cruden, Colin Slade or Stephen Donald but was in no way obvious.

Here they are again in Cardiff four years on and now they don’t

even know who their first-choice first-five is and yet they could hardly be happier about that.

The All Blacks have done what many other sides would consider impossible and ended up with four test quality No 10s. That’s selling them a bit short - they have got the best one the world has known, another who is definitely world class, a third who is on the cusp of being there and a fourth who would walk into pretty much any other test side.

The Irish would disagree _ convinced as they are despite his flaky temperament that Johnny Sexton is in the mix _ but the All Blacks may have the three best first-fives in world rugby.

They might have four of the top five as Slade wouldn’t be that far behind Sexton and it’s a scarcely believable position to be in just 10 months before the World Cup. The All Blacks have, probably, insured themselves against even

the most outrageous misfortune at next year’s tournament.

Every other serious nation would be in a fluster if they lost just one first-five. The All Blacks could lose two and shrug it off. They could probably just about avoid going into a panic if a third fell over and while such depth in one position won’t win them a World Cup on its own, it does give them a level of confidence about their ability to play the type of game they want all

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the way through the tournament.

“It’s comforting. Very comforting,” said All Black assistant coach Ian Foster. “Even today we were rotating all four of them through [at training] and that is our goal - to be able to have a seamless transition from one to the other. Yep it’s great.

But there is going to be massive pressure on us to make sure that all four of those guys keep lifting up next year.”

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