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Enjoying a day of animals Eloise (left) and Corbin Openshaw had calves in tow yesterday and were just some of the myriad animals frolicking at Fairton School.

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Silver Fern Farms has admitted the company could have managed the decision to close the second slaughter chain at the Fairton plant differently.

SFF managers met with workers from the now defunct second slaughter chain at the Fairton meatworks to iron out future employment options yesterday.

Fairton union rep Les Linton said company was challenged for not keeping the union up to speed with developments before announcing the closure of the chain on Friday.

On October 12 SFF Fairton supervisors were told to contact people who had worked on the second chain to tell them work would resume on November 15.

However, according to the company,

only 35 workers indicated an intention to return. On that basis, just two days later, a decision was made not to open the chain this season.

Declining stock numbers were also cited as a reason.

“They (SFF managers) admitted they could have managed the situation better,” Linton said.

The company has said the 35 workers intending to return will be redeployed to other areas within the Fairton plant on the same wages and conditions they were previously employed on.

SFF managers also agreed to make another attempt to contact others who worked on the second chain last year, Linton said.

“They say they have enough vacancies within the plant to absorb the 35 workers, however, that could change if

more people come forward,” he said.

“Our main concern is to get everyone who was on the second chain last season to get in touch with Fairton to signal their willingness to work, because if they don’t it will be presumed they have terminated their employment.”

Affected workers were told to take time to think about the company’s redeployment offer.

Redundancy payouts were not discussed yesterday, despite union enquiries.

Those at the meeting were also told the decision to close the chain was not indicative of its future.

“They said it (the second chain) could be reopened next season,” Linton said.

In the interim, he said the union would maintain a close eye on developments.

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Pupils put pampered pets up for prizes By noah graham

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Fairton School students had dogs, rabbits, calves and a cat named Stretch, at their heels yesterday as they brought in their potentially prize-winning pets for judging.

As part of the Fairton Pet Day, students were asked to bring in their precious pets which had been washed and combed to pristine shape.

Fairfield School senior teacher Andrea Small said each student who brought their pet in had an ‘All about my pet’ sheet which contained information about its name, age, the breed and what looking after a pet entails.

Special judges, from ANZ Bank, came to the school and assessed the pets on how well groomed they were and asked the children why they thought their pet was the best.

Abby Cochrane, 7, was certain her Beveren rabbit, Flopsy Mopsy Cottontail would win.

Flopsy Mopsy Cottontail has a twin called Peter which belongs to Abby’s sister, Kate, and both were birthday presents from their grandma.

Kate said she liked Peter because he liked to be “fed on the couch”.

The winning pet would receive a ribbon and a certificate which had been donated by ANZ.

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Teila Pitama cuddles her five-month-old puppy, Jess, at Fairton School’s Pet Day, yesterday.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Littering charge dismissed Charges have been dismissed against a mentally impaired man accused of breaking bottles in the Ashburton CBD in July.

Twenty-three-year old Raymond Rawiri Hemi appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Ashburton District Court this week to answer charges of depositing dangerous litter, possession of cannabis and utensils and assault.

Hemi has a severe impairment caused by brain injury as a child.

His lawyer Douglas Brown said the police officer was well

Doctors’ strike continues

aware of this when he spoke to Hemi regarding the alleged offence.

Police were alerted to the broken glass outside the Westpac bank on Tancred Street at about 8.15am on July 12.

Officers were told a man, described as Maori, wearing a hoodie and known as Hemi was responsible.

They found Hemi walking along Beach Road soon afterwards and questioned him about the offence without reading him his bill of rights.

Hemi allegedly said he broke the bottle because he was angry at being unable to access money is his account.

Brown argued Hemi was a suspect at this point and procedures were not followed. The arresting officer did not take any notes at the time, rather he wrote up his statement from memory 10 days later.

Hemi was further entitled to have a support person with him.

“At the time he was being arrested he was a suspect – he was not given his rights or cau-

tioned,” Brown said.

Judge Maze concurred.

“The only evidence tendered was the statement prepared 10 days after speaking with Mr Hemi,” she said.

“The defendant was not cautioned or advised of his rights – therefore the statement was improperly obtained.”

The littering charge was dismissed on this basis.

The other matters will be dealt with when specialist reports are received to attest to Hemi’s fitness to stand trial.

All eight of Ashburton Hospital’s junior doctors remained on strike yesterday.

Bernice Marra, Ashburton Hospital health services manager said none of the doctors had to be called in to deal with any emergency situations.

The Ashburton Hospital does not provide any elective surgeries so unlike many other hospitals across the country none had to be rescheduled.

NZME reported in Whangarei that some of the 80 resident doctors involved in the strike spent Tuesday serving the community.

A group turned up to Maunu School in Whangarei to talk to students about health and well-being.

In Rotorua, a group of six resident doctors spent Tuesday at Rotorua Hospice, washing cars, ironing clothing in the op shop and helping cart around boxes of goods.

Another group of doctors helped out with the maintenance of mountain bike tracks around the city.

The strike has been about Resident Medical Officers (RMO’s), also known as junior or resident doctors, campaigning for better work hours.

Some current rosters involve working 12 days in a row – with some shifts lasting as long as 16 hours – and seven consecutive night shifts.

The New Zealand Resident Doctors Association, which has been leading the strike, want the shifts reduced from 12 to 10 days and seven down to four night shifts consecutively.

On Tuesday the effect of the strike action resulted in the rescheduling of nearly 450 outpatient appointments and the rebooking of 181 elective surgeries across Canterbury, A CDHB spokesperson said the number of postponed surgeries and appointments remained the same as they were on the previous day.

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■ CHIEF CORONER’S REPORT

Canterbury suicide rate NZ’s highest

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Suicides in Canterbury are the highest in the nation this year, continuing a worrying trend for the region.

Statistics released yesterday by the chief coroner show the Canterbury District Health Board, of which Ashburton is a part of, has recorded 78 deaths by suicide in the year ending in June 2016.

This is the highest number since the 2009/10 year, when the toll was 74.

Men between the age of 25 and 29 and women between the age of 40 and 44 are the most at risk.

But the female to male ratio is the closest it’s ever been at 1:2.41 per 100,000 population.

However, female suicides have increased by 34 in the past year, while male numbers have decreased by 19.

Since the data collection on suicide deaths began in the 2007/08 year, the Canterbury DHB has had the highest suicide numbers for six out of the nine years, with a total of 599 recorded deaths.

Nationally there were 579 suicides between July 2015 and June 2016 and over 4900 since 2007.

Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall said it was the highest number of suicide deaths since the provisional statistics were first recorded in the 2007/08 year.

However, the suicide rate per 100,000 population for this year, 12.32, remains just lower than the 2010/11 year, which

was 12.65. Judge Marshall said the rate of people dying by suicide has again remained consistent and shows New Zealand still has a long way to go in turning this unacceptably high total around.

“There needs to be more discussion about suicide prevention and how family, friends and colleagues can identify someone at risk and help them get professional support.

“Everyone should recognise the importance of taking suicidal thoughts seriously and knowing where to get help,” she said.

Dr Sue Nightingale, Canterbury chief medical officer said it is concerning to see a rise in suicides towards the end of last year and start of this year.

She said graphs show there have been peaks and troughs before in numbers and it is too early to show if the rise will continue to be a trend.

However, Dr Nightingale said the Canterbury DHB is the second largest and that needs to be taken into account when stating the highest numbers.

The CDHB has developed a suicide prevention plan as well as looking at other agencies to get help for vulnerable people.

She said there are also wellbeing programmes that businesses can run to ensure their staff are looked after.

“Suicide prevention is a whole of society responsibility.

“We need to look after each other, look out for people in distress, provide what support we can and encourage them to seek help,” Dr Nightingale said.

Five-year-old Tinwald School student Bella Lamb is earning her first ticket for the BEST system.

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■ TINWALD SCHOOL

Praise wins out over punishment By noah graham

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Reward rather than punishment is proving to be successful in a local primary school.

Tinwald School has implemented a new approach towards misbehaviour at the start of last year which focused on reinforcing respect, responsibility and honesty and has reduced the number of disobedient children.

Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone said he had seen a decrease in students misbehaving since the new system, BEST, had been in place.

According to behaviour analysis data provided by Livingstone, there were 100 less incidents – a minor or major incident where a teacher thinks the student has shown a disregard for honesty, responsibility or respect – between February and March this year, compared to last year.

In the first two terms of 2015 there had been a recorded 167 incidents and this was down to 67 this year.

The Tinwald BEST system gives each student a chance to work

their way through ‘gotcha’ cards, a progression method where each student is awarded a ticket after displaying respect, responsibility or honesty.

There are five levels of cards the students can work through which progress from green to orange, red, blue and purple – each with its own set of rewards.

Once one of the cards is completed the student can choose a reward that is associated with the card level.

At the lower levels students could choose between bringing a stuffed toy into school for a day, extra play time or even pancakes.

School-wide recognition (with a badge), to a family entry pass for the swimming pool or movies, or lunch with the principal were at the highest level.

Livingstone said it was better to encourage the 240 Tinwald School students towards positive behaviour rather than punishing them when they had done something wrong.

BEST allowed the school to see what was happening with the students and how they responded to

a positive approach towards the student’s behaviour.

However, the system was not perfect.

In March this year there were 36 incidents, more than half the total from February to July.

Livingstone said it was hard to know why it happened, but it could be because some students would get agitated in a change of setting.

A teacher on extended sick leave or the student learning outside of the normal classroom environment could all be causes, Livingstone said.

He said it could simply be that schools are a “reflection of society” and some students, like many adults, just do not comply.

“There’s misbehaviour in every school.

“We won’t always have a utopia no matter how hard you try.”

Livingstone said for students who still misbehaved consequences still applied and included time out away from the other students to cool down before they could be introduced back into the classroom.

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Back to school for district councillors It was back to school yesterday for the 13 people who will become the Ashburton District’s new civic leaders.

The 12 newly elected district councillors and mayor packed their bags for the day and headed to the council’s meeting chamber to learn the ropes of what for some is a very new job.

Council chief executive Andrew Dalziel led the two day workshop and said it started with the basics and would work through to the documents, plans and legislation that councillors needed to understand.

There would also be discussion around the role of governance as opposed to management and there would be plenty of opportunity for all councillors to ask questions, he said.

Each councillors would also have an opportunity to talk to their fellow councillors about what they hoped to achieve as a councillor, the things they believed in and the issues they felt strongly about.

Ashburton District councillors getting to know their new ‘office’ and being given a run down on the business of council by chief executive Andrew Dalziel during a two-day ‘local body school’.

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Merger not on radar here SUE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Christchurch city might have given the thumb’s up to combining its economic and tourism activities, but such a merger is not on the radar in Ashburton.

The Christchurch City Council is bringing Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism and the Canterbury Development Corporation together as a single entity that will take responsibility for visitor attractions, major events, international education and economic development in the city.

However, while that might be a good model for a city, it’s one that doesn’t win any favours in the provinces, says Experience Mid Canterbury chief ex-

Youth Council vacancies Young people with aspirations to become leaders of the future have until November 7 to apply to become members of the Ashburton Youth Council. The council runs under the umbrella of the Ashburton District Council and is looking for new members.

Closing date for applications has been extended to ensure school students are able to submit their applications around end-of-year formalities. Application forms for the 2017 Ashburton Youth Council are available from www. ashburtondc.govt.nz. For more information, visit the Ashburton Youth Council Facebook page or the Ashburton District Council website.

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■ TOURISM ACTIVITIES

BY SUE NEWMAN

In brief

ecutive Bruce Moffat. When the district’s tourism functions became an Ashburton District Council controlled organisation (CCO) the board was adamant economic and tourism activities needed to be kept separate, he said.

Until earlier this year Grow Mid Canterbury handled economic development for the council but this organisation has now been shut down and the council is reviewing how this activity should be delivered in the future; that won’t be through a merged function, Moffat said.

“They need two very unique skill sets and you’d find one would dominate the other and the other loses out.”

A merged organisation was

tried in Timaru and failed and the two functions are now run by two organisations.

And that has meant a win for Ashburton, with Moffat adding the role of chief executive of Timaru District Tourism to his Ashburton job.

The council holds the same view when it comes to any merger of the two functions, says chief executive Andrew Dalziel.

“We’ve concluded we’re happy with the way we’ve set up Experience Mid Canterbury. There’s a new board, a new chair and it’s working pretty well,” he said.

How the council handles economic development in the future would be a task for the new council.

Consultants had been engaged to do background work on the options the council could consider when it decided on economic development delivery, Dalziel said.

“The idea of merging the two functions wouldn’t happen here because we’d need to get rid of Experience Mid Canterbury; we’d prefer to leave it alone and let it go from strength to strength.”

The only issue that needed to be resolved was the future of the district’s i-Sites, he said.

“We’ve told the board they need to look at a strategy that considers how you can get money out of i-Sites in the future; it’s about where we get the best bang for our buck.”

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■ WAKANUI SCHOOL

Troy Story lights up the Ashburton Trust Event Centre Fifty-two Wakanui School students performed to 300 friends and family on Tuesday night in their theatrical production.

The Year 5 to 8 students donned tunics and strapped on their cardboard armour for their show Troy Story at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Wakanui School Year 7 and 8 teacher Trena Watt said the show was “fantastic”.

She said the costumes and props were all created by the students and their families, and even included a huge, cardboard horse.

Watt said the family and friends who watched the students perform were “really, really supportive”.

Unfortunately, the cardboard horse was so big it had to be dismantled so the school could transport it, she said.

Watt said the lights and sound played a strong part in the performance.

Once the students got into the production they had a great time, she said.

“The kids absolutely loved it from start to finish.”

As the students prepared for the myriad of parts in the performance they also learned about Greek mythology, specifically the battle of Troy, the Trojan horse and its hero, Achilles.

Right - Wakanui School students light up the stage with pink in their Troy Story production on Tuesday night at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Uni told to repay $1.5m Lincoln University has been ordered to pay $1.5 million back to the Crown, after an independent investigation found it had not taught for as many hours as it was funded for.

An investigation found the university’s Telford Division had not delivered the required learning hours across several vocational programmes in accordance with its funding agreement.

It related to programmes delivered over the 2010-2015 period.

The money was paid to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC).

The Lincoln Telford Division offers vocational, certificate,

and diploma courses in the primary industries.

Yesterday, Lincoln University said it had “moved quickly” to address concerns raised by the TEC following the investigation.

The TEC raised no issues with other programmes, it said.

The investigation focused on four of the 33 programmes offered by the division, and were programmes offered through third-party delivery partners, the university said.

The programmes were: * Telford Certificate in Farming (Practices) * National Certificate in Horticulture (Arboriculture) * National Certificate in Horti-

culture * Telford Foundation Certificate in Arboriculture Lincoln University confirmed it had made the $1.5 million repayment to the TEC, and said it represented less than 1 per cent of its funding.

The TEC’s chief executive, Tim Fowler, said it was a core function of the body to monitor the performance of tertiary institutions.

“It’s vital the country has a high performing tertiary education sector that provides excellent outcomes for learners,” he said.

Lincoln University said in a statement it “regrets the situation that arose”.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Supervision for rampage A man who lost control of his emotions following a family dispute will spend the next nine months under supervision and has been banned from using alcohol or non-prescribed illegal drugs as a condition of his sentence.

Elvis Purua, of Hampstead, was also sentenced to 60 hours of community work during an appearance before Judge Joanna Maze in the Ashburton District Court this week.

The 20-year-old admitted a charge of assault and two of wilful damage.

The court was told cannabis use had exacerbated Purua’s mental health issues and propensity to resort to violence.

However, his lawyer Douglas Brown said Purua had a better understanding of his problems and was taking steps to deal with them.

Purua had attempted to put in place an arranged safety plan when the situation began to escalate but his case worker had been unable to pick him up.

He repeatedly punched his victim in the head, then brandished a length of wood, threatening others before using it to damage windows in two vehicles.

Judge Maze remitted fines of $565 and enforcement fees of $582, saying Purua had no ability to repay them.

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■ PARLIAMENT

In brief

Parata retiring from politics Education Minister Hekia Parata is retiring from politics in a shock move – telling reporters the portfolio had been both incredibly challenging and rewarding.

“It’s not the one that you could hope to ever be the most popular in, either. But it is also the most rewarding. Young people are at the heart of this, I’ve never lost focus on that.

“That goes with this portfolio.

People feel passionately about it, and so they should. As a mother I’m passionate about, are my daughters getting the best education possible? What’s happening in their school?

“I respect that from New Zealand parents, they want to know that the best is happening for their kids, they do take it personally, I take it personally.”

Parata said she made the decision not to contest next year’s election after talking with her family last summer, and told Prime Minister John Key early this year.

She would not reveal what her plans were after politics, saying she had no intention of seeking a diplomatic post, and neither herself or her close family were

Hekia Parata - not contesting next general election. suffering ill-health, “other than a spring cold”.

It would be the Prime Minister’s call when she leaves next year, she said.

“I have brought passion and pace to the portfolio, and I intend to maintain that.”

Asked how Key had reacted to her decision, Parata said he respected “decision-makers”, being one himself.

“I think that the work that I have been able to do can show measurable impact ... I think it is part of the obligation – when

you have this opportunity, you do what you can to the best of your ability, and, in my case, you then move on and leave the field clear for others who are equally or more talented.”

Key said Hekia had been a strongly-performing minister who “always wanted to push the boundaries”, and had overseen considerable improvements in student achievement.

He had not yet decided whether Parata would remain Education Minister until the election.

Parata was elected to Parlia-

ment in 2008 and has served as Education Minister since 2011.

Her departure is unexpected – she is currently overseeing the biggest education reforms since 1989.

Her biggest achievement to date and potentially her legacy has been getting through changes to enable and encourage groups of local schools to work together, with teachers and principals paid more to take a lead in those new “communities of learning”.

Not as headline-grabbing as online schools or charter school expansions, the policy isn’t particularly ideological either – it is similar to an earlier policy proposal from the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA).

Nonetheless, significant work and compromises were made to convince the secondary school union to cautiously back a key National policy in election year (the primary school union NZEI spoke out against the reform).

Parata has had her low moments in the portfolio, with most occurring in 2012 – the year she calls her annus horribilis.

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Armed stand-off Two people have been arrested but one remains at large after an armed stand-off with police in Taupo yesterday. Police said they were preparing to execute a search warrant at the Acacia Bay house when they saw a man outside the house pointing what appeared to be a firearm at the police helicopter.

The armed offenders squad was called. Police said two men from the property were taken into custody shortly after 5pm but there was at least one person still inside the property. Cordons have been placed around the property.

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Car rolls, woman dies Shocked family members have gathered in mourning after a woman died in a car that crashed down a driveway in West Auckland. The woman’s car smashed through half a house, leaving debris strewn all along the deck and part of the driveway, at a property on Aronui Terrace, Kelston, about 3.30pm. A police officer said it appeared the woman had suffered a medical event and died as a result. At the crash scene, the woman’s white car could be seen resting on its roof, at the bottom of the driveway, down a bank. Nobody at the address was injured. Firefighters, ambulance officers and a tow truck were called to the scene.

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■ IRAQ

Isis driven underground Badana, a farming village east of Mosul was turned into a bunker during more than two years of Islamic State rule: A network of tunnels and cramped living quarters betrays an extremist group increasingly forced to operate underground by a punishing air campaign and mounting territorial losses.

Wrested from Isis control on the first day of the offensive to retake Iraq’s secondlargest city, Badana offers a glimpse of the battle ahead.

Above ground, walls were shredded by airstrikes and artillery, homes were stained black with soot and the buildings still standing had been looted.

Below ground, bags of fresh vegetables lay on the floor of a cooking area and a bowl of eggs sat beside a crude stove, suggesting the fighters managed to maintain supply lines up until days before their defeat.

“They spent their lives in these tunnels,” said Tahseen Muhammed Sharif, a 35-yearold Kurdish fighter who said the Kurdish forces who drove the militants out of the village also found ammunition

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“There is a definite difference between us and them – their

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■ UNITED STATES

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Stop whining, Obama tells Donald Trump US President Barack Obama has told Donald Trump to “stop whining” as he rejected his claim that next month’s White House election will be rigged.

He said Mr Trump’s attempt to discredit a poll before it has even taken place was “unprecedented” for a US presidential candidate.

Also “unprecedented”, said Mr Obama, was the Republican candidate’s “flattery” of Russia’s president.

Mr Trump is facing sinking

poll numbers and accusations of sexual assault.

The businessman-turnedpolitician has claimed the November 8 election will be “absolutely rigged” for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

But in a White House Rose Garden news conference yesterday alongside visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Mr Obama said his assertions were “based on no facts”.

“I’d advise Mr Trump to stop whining and try to make his

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“By the way,” he added, “[it] doesn’t really show the kind of leadership and toughness that you want out of a president, if you start whining before the game’s even over.

“If whenever things are going badly for you and you lose you start blaming somebody else, then you don’t have what it takes to be in this job.”

Mr Obama also addressed the Republican candidate’s admiring remarks about Vladimir

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His broadside comes a day after Mr Trump said he would v Russia before consider visiting taking office, if elected.

He told a talk-radio host: “If I win on November 8, I could see myself meeting with Putin and meeting with Russia prior to the start of the administration.”

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here’s a lot of hot air being puffed around about youth unemployment with the Salvation Army saying immigrants are taking jobs that home-grown youth could have.

It’s saying its data shows that the number of 15 to 24-year-olds on job support has grown phenomenally.

The report says there are four sectors – building, dairying, hospitality and aged care – where work visas are being granted for jobs that young Kiwis could do.

That’s open to challenge.

In our district unemployment has always been very low. In recent years new jobs have opened up the markets the Sallies have tagged and if we hadn’t had access to a good pool of immigrant workers, those jobs would have gone begging. We’ve had too many jobs in all of those sectors for the people who wanted to work – not necessarily for those who were available.

The building industry aside, the other four sectors are all areas where many young people would thumb their noses at jobs.

Among the majority of fine young people who will do almost anything to get on the job ladder, there’s another group with quite a different attitude – they won’t start at the bottom, they want a top pay rate, they want to do the big jobs not the little jobs, they want to live in cities – they want it all.

Ask anyone in aged care and they’ll tell you that finding a Kiwi to work for carers’ wages is almost impossible. Ask anyone running a café or bar and they’ll tell you the same thing. Add to that our dairying boom, again, jobs many young Kiwis wouldn’t want to do.

Employers’ first choice would undoubtedly be home-grown, but if home-grown kids don’t want the jobs, then what are they to do – close down their business or employ immigrants?

It’s a no-brainer.

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My Food Bag Holdings, New Zealand’s biggest home delivery meal kit service, has a new major investor, Auckland-based Waterman Capital, and plans to become a publicly listed company focused on its home market.

In May this year, the Aucklandbased company said it was seeking expressions of interest from equity investors and had appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to manage approaches.

Yesterday at a press conference it said the process had “garnered a huge amount of interest” and Waterman would invest as it sets its sights on an initial public offering within the next three years and list on the NZX. The company declined to provide further details on Waterman’s investment, but said it would get three seats on the board.

My Food Bag was founded in 2013 by Cecilia Robinson, who is the company’s chief executive alongside her husband James Robinson, and is fronted by celebrity chef Nadia Lim and backed by former Telecom chief executive Theresa Gattung and Saatchi & Saatchi chairman Kevin Roberts.

In May, My Food Bag estimated it was New Zealand’s third-largest food retailer behind the country’s two dominant supermarket chains, Foodstuffs and Countdown.

It expected its revenue to rise to more than $135 million in the year ending March 31, 2017, and accel-

erate to more than $200 million in 2018.

In June, it launched Bargain Box, a cheaper option targeted at families. The business has also expanded its offerings to include lunchbox, dinner party and fruit as extras.

The service has more than 35,000 active customers across New Zealand and Australia but under changes announced yesterday it will withdraw from the Australian market to focus on New Zealand.

Currently it makes 14,000 weekly deliveries, with a 120 per cent annual growth rate. The company doesn’t split out its New Zealand figures, but Robinson says penetration lags behind her home country Sweden where one in four households have tried this type of delivery service. New Zealand has about 1.7 million households, according to Statistics New Zealand.

The company has had a number of unsolicited approaches from trade parties and venture capital investors since they launched. Robinson said they don’t have a preconceived idea of

how much equity they would like, or how much of a stake initial investors would want to retain, and wouldn’t rule out publicly listing.

Last September, gourmet dinner delivery service WOOP (World On Our Plate), raised $800,000 on equity crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect in exchange for 42 per cent of the company.

That equity offer said food and grocery home delivery was one of the world’s hottest new venture capital sectors, with over $1 billion invested in 2014, and already over $500 million in the first quarter of 2015.

In May, Foodstuffs, which owns the New World, Four Square and Pak ‘n Save brands, said it planned to begin a national grocery delivery and pick-up service from October, beginning in the North Island.

Countdown launched clickand-collect from supermarkets in May, and expanded that to five bus, train and ferry terminals in Auckland last month as a sixmonth trial. It has offered delivery under its brand since 2010.

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pine, and “a further million hectares in pines could capture the equvalent of about 81 per cent of all the biological methane and nitrous oxide currently emitted each year”. Pine plantations would capture much more carbon because pine grows far faster than native forests.

Wright also recommends that investment in scientific efforts to find a methane vaccine “would be so valuable that the research aimed at developing it should be

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gas emissions and nitrate leaching into fresh water bodies.

“Allowing a million hectares of marginal hill country to revert to scrub could capture the equivalent of about 17 per cent of all the biological methane and nitrous oxide currently emitted each year for 50 years,” the report says. “This carbon store would continue to grow for hundreds of years.”

Currently, around 1.6 millon hectares of New Zealand is covered in plantation forestry, mainly

tor that was found in samples of Fonterra’s milkpowder in 2012, sparking a food safety scare despite its absence of impact on human health. DCD and melamine – a compound added illegally to milk by Chinese milk producers in 2008 leading to kidney damage in thousands of babies – share a basic chemical building block, meaning DCD was effectively lost to the New Zealand dairy industry as a nitrogen-inhibiting technology because there were no global standards for its presence in food.

Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions have been left out of the ETS partly because technologies to reduce emissions are too scarce and New Zealand is unusual among developed countries for having around half its emissions come from animals rather than carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.

However, both methane and nitrous oxide remained damaging greenhouse gases, despite methane’s short life compared to CO2.

“The ETS is not the only mechancism that can be used” to control them, Wright said.

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Allowing marginal hill country to revert to permanent native bush and the fast-tracked development of a vaccine to massively reduce methane emissions created by the digestive systems of cows and sheep emerge as two key recommendations from a new report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

“The biological emissions of 100 sheep could be offset indefinitely by about six hectares of marginal land left to regenerate into native forest,” said the commissioner, Jan Wright, whose 100-page report concludes that the impact of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from farm animals on climate change needs to be dealt with, even though agricultural emissions are excluded from the emissions trading scheme.

“For 100 beef cattle, about 28 hectares would be required and for 100 dairy cows, about 42 hectares,” her report concludes, in addition to greater use of standing pads to collect cows’ urine, especially during the wettest times of the year, to prevent nitrous oxide

ramped up as much as possible”, even though she gives no timeframe within which such a discovery might be available.

A faster potential fix, albeit with less potential impact, would be to develop ‘bolus’ pills to be fed to cows and sheep that would inhibit their production of methane.

Their effectiveness would depend greatly on how often they had to be administered and whether animals’ guts would become resistant to the compounds reducing methane production.

While a vaccine capable of reducing methane emissions by 25 per cent of more would be a highly effective method of reducing methane emissions, “there are no successful trials of a methane vaccine as yet”.

“Even a very optimistic scenario would not see inhibitors tailored for New Zealand becoming available before the 2020s. The development of a vaccine would take longer, if it can be done at all.”

The report reveals that the Ministry of Primary Industries has, however, made “some progress” in pursuing a fast-tracked authorisation of DCD, the nitrogen inhibi-

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The benefits of efficiency in lightening farm workloads were on the agenda at a field day near Staveley yesterday.

The event, held on Simon Chapman’s dairy farm, was attended by industry representatives and farmers on the DairyNZ Farm Tune programme.

The programme utilises aspects of the Lean business improvement models, first instigated by Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota and now in use in highly successful businesses internationally.

Business Mid Canterbury is also backing the initiative and has established the Lean Dairy Network specifically for Mid Canterbury dairy farmers.

The network facilitates on-farm workshops for trial participants’ farms to enable members to share their observations and learn from each other, BMC spokesperson Rene Artz said.

BMC now aims to encourage other dairy farmers to get on board.

Chapman explained how the Lean philosophy of finding ways to do things easier, better, faster and safer had been applied on Roxburgh Dairies, starting in the workshop.

He described it as having been “the worst workshop in the world” and a place staff refused to enter a year ago.

“I didn’t even know it had a concrete floor,” he said.

During the quieter months a concerted effort was made to move infrequently-used items to a secondary storage shed.

The remaining items were sorted and clearly labelled.

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easier when we are busy, for example calving – we are not spending hours looking for things, and it’s easy to see when we need to restock,” Chapman said.

“We saved time and money.”

Staff have used the same initiatives in the shed, developing a series of pictorial procedures and checklists to demonstrate everyday tasks, such as setting the shed up and marking animals requiring

treatments. New staff can easily refer to the laminated checklists placed in appropriate places on the shed walls. The system is particularly well suited to staff with English as a second language.

Dairy product prices rise with whole milk powder Dairy product prices inched higher at the Global Dairy Trade auction, increasing for the fifth time in six auctions.

The GDT price index rose 1.4 per cent to $US2965, up from $US2880 at the previous auction two weeks ago. Some 31,525 tonnes of product was sold, down from 33,937 tonnes at the previous auction.

Whole milk powder gained 2.9 per cent to $US2760 a tonne.

At the latest GDT auction, lactose climbed 5.6 per cent to $US780 a tonne, while butter added 2.6 per cent to $US3984 a tonne.

Anhydrous milk fat increased 1.1 per cent to $US5007 a tonne, while buttermilk powder eked out a 0.2 per cent gain, rising to $US2583 a tonne.

Skim milk powder slipped 0.3 per cent to $US2204 a tonne, while cheddar fell 3.7 per cent to $US3290 a tonne, and rennet casein declined 4.5 per cent to $US6286 a tonne.

The New Zealand dollar traded at 72.05 US cents at about 1.13pm in New York, compared with 71.34 US cents at 5pm in Wellington on Tuesday.

There were 115 winning bidders out of 164 participating at the 10-round auction.

The number of qualified bidders rose to 620, up from 617 at the previous auction.

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TINWALD SALE New season’s lambs in very good condition fetched up to $114 a head at this week’s Tinwald sheep sale.

Prime hogget prices eased by around $2 a head on the back of a smaller yarding.

Prices also eased back on a mixed offering of shorn and woolly ewes.

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Heavy hoggets fetched $122-$128, medium weights $116-$120, and lighter sheep $100-$110.

A line of heavy woolly ewes made $102$110. Heavy shorn ewes reached $110, medium weights $90-$98 and lighter sheep, $74-$86.

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Solid arrangement – no bull Three generations of a Greenstreet farming family got together on a Mt Somers stud to buy bulls last week.

David Stewart, his son Nick and grandson Blake Stewart visited Okawa Farm last Friday on a pilgrimage instigated by David’s late father Rod, almost three decades ago.

Since then successive generations of the Stewart family have bought yearling bulls from David Morrow and Nick France of Okawa Farm.

The arrangement came to be in 1988, when PGG Wrightson livestock agent Victor Schikker suggested that Rod look at

the Okawa Farm bulls for his dairy heifer breeding programme in 1988.

Twenty-eight years later Schikker is still assisting Morrow every year. More recently France, David’s son-in-law has picked up the responsibility.

The bull selection takes place in midOctober when bulls are selected for dairy heifer mating. The successful arrangement with the Stewarts’ Greenstreet farm has now extended to Nick Stewart’s farming operation at Rakaia Gorge.

Bulls sold for about $700 per head in 1988 and last week they averaged $1300 per head.

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Aorangi Golf Champion of Champions Fairlie turned on the weather with their usual great hospitality and an immaculately presented course for Champion of Champions on Thursday October 13, 2016. The highlight of the morning round was a hole in one by Judith Yates of North Otago on hole 10.

At lunchtime the team gross stableford scores were tied with Geraldine and North Otago both on 53. A nett 66 from Jude McKenzie in the afternoon along with good rounds from team-mates Judith Yates and Lesley Blanchard helped North Otago to a solid win with team total of 118 which will go forward to NZ Golf for the national competition All results: AD Reid trophy – best gross Silver – Lynda Brown (St Andrews) 158. Button – best nett Silver – Jenny Austin (Gleniti) 151 on countback from Jeanette Allnutt (Waimate) Peg Lister trophy – best gross Bronze – Sandra Quinn (Rakaia) 182. Button – best nett Bronze – Jude McKenzie (North Otago) 144 SCGWA trophy – best nett Bronze runner up – Marion Wederell (Rakaia) 139 Gross stableford rosebowl – North Otago 118 Judith Yates, Jude McKenzie, Lesley Blanchard. Pru Sanders rosebowl – best team nett – Waimate 454 Jeanette Allnutt, Jenny Hawke, Jimmy Cooney 50th Anniversary salver – best 18 hole nett not already in prize list – Marilyn Cross (Mayfield) 69. Hole in one – Judith Yates (North Otago). Two’s – Judy Webb (Mayfield) Jude McKenzie (North Otago) Pauline Bell (Ashburton) Adrienne Hopping (Mayfield) Jeanette Allnutt (Waimate).

Ashburton Golf Club Couple of big weekends coming up at the Brandon, this Saturday we have a mixed day, stroke round with the frosties annual match against the morning ladies, and 15 points on offer for the RMF cup, and Monday has the Centennial Cup, mixed day again individual stableford. Next Saturday we have given the day to the Pro to run his tournament, see all the posters, looks like a fun format with great prizes, and then Sunday 30 is county stroke day, busy, busy.

Can all trophy winners from last season please bring them back for engraving and re distribution on our Presentation night.

Notes for diaries, we are going to be having 2 big “give golf a go” days at the club, first one Wednesday evening November 16, then Sunday afternoon November 20. We will have coaching clinics, driving range balls, chipping and putting classes, and a barbeque all free of charge.

I challenge every member with the club at heart to bring a friend down to one of these days, or both, we need young ones and not so young ones, we need ladies and we need men. Let us promote the game we all love so much and encourage people to come and visit us at our second home. We also need helpers on these days to encourage, help groove some new swings and cook sausages. Some of the swings I see out there might be best off just burning bangers, eh Brucey.

Till next time good golfing.

Cavendish Club Travel Club Speaker: Rodney Chambers Hood, Ranger Christchurch City Council.

Also talked and showed slides of early park ranger duties, 18 months Campbell Island

Aorangi’s golf champions. Standing left to right: Jimmy Cooney, Jenny Austin, Lynda Brown, Sandra Quinn, Marion Wederell, Marilyn Cross.

Sitting left to right: Jenny Hawke, Jeanette Allnutt, Lesley Blanchard, Judith Yates, Jude McKenzie.

Auckland Regional Parks, Orton Bradly Heritage Park and West Coast National Park.

Now at Travis Wetlands Bottle Lake New Brighton Pier area.

Recently attended International Park Rangers conference in Denver Colorado, USA, visited Utah State Park, Lion National Park, no cars in park to keep noise down. Yellowstone National Park, bison and bears. Great Teton Park, Memorial Day, Montana with traffic jams, Los Angeles beaches and Santa Monica. Only New Zealander at conference so got to carry our flag.

Hoping to bring back ideas to implement at our beaches and parks.

Library Circle Our September speaker was well known radio and newspaper personality Phil Hooper (aka Hoops). Phil informed and entertained us in his pleasantly relaxed manner with memories and insightful impressions of life here in Ashburton and during time spent in USA. We heard about tap dancing lessons, the joy of expecting a new baby, about Elvis and visiting Gracelands, music in Memphis, Washington and Martin Luther King and about characters on the New York underground as well as men in odd outfits in San Francisco and Las Vegas. Obviously a wide ranging talk.

Jennifer thanked Phil and gave him a meat tray and a gift of baby knitting.

Garden Circle – Spring Flower Show Our club rooms were a blaze with flowers on a recent Friday when we all thought nothing would be left after a terrific hail storm, wind and rain a few days before. Our judges Pat Tarbotton and Graeme Gunn were amazed at the quality of the blooms shown after such a rough week.

Results: Grigg Cup for Daffodils: 1st Gladys Baker, 2nd Fay Wilson, 3rd Sandra Grant. Champion Daffodil – Pauline Cornwall Cup: John Dephoff. Murdoch Trophy for Cut Flowers: 1st Yvonne Matthews, 2nd Sandra Grant, 3rd Fay Wilson. Rountree Tray – Best Camellia in Show: Yonne Matthews. Premier Bloom in Show (New Trophy): Joan Dephoff – Daffodil.

Our guest speaker was Nancy Ridden who spoke of her love for alpine plants and brought a selection, which she spoke about

1500 people, but since then they have grown in confidence. The Student Executive meet weekly and organise events such as Mufti Days, Youth Leadership Week and both spoke at the Anzac Day ceremony.

After morning tea Richard and Mark told of Aspire Canterbury. With extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector, combined with extensive skill and knowledge, the Trustees and Staff are passionate about being a part of Aspire Canterbury and working together to achieve the vision of a society in which people with disabilities “are free to get on with their lives, doing what they want”.

Richard, in an entertaining manner, showed us of some of the products that are available for purchase – air cycle, opener device, telescopic duster, a range of comfort socks, sock aid, wheat bags, non-slip bath mat and so on. Marion Cleland thanked Richard and Mark for the presentation.

President Bernie closed the meeting, and reminded members that in future the club will have a new name.

then had for sale. Many members took this advantage and purchased many.

Nancy was thanked by Convener Sandra Grant and given a gift. Afternoon tea concluded a very enjoyable show.

Grey Power Ashburton Inc. On Monday October 17 Vice President Colin Cameron welcomed 40 plus members to the monthly general meeting of Grey Power Ashburton. Apologies were received from Greer Ricketts; Peter & Ruth Thomas; and Mrs J Knight, these were accepted.

The following items of general business were announced; a free leaflet on restorative care in the South Island was available; an addition to the discount directory for a massage service for ladies; Age Concern is organising a mature drivers course on November 4, phone 3086817 to book a space; volunteers are needed for newsletter deliveries around the town; non-perishable donations for the local food banks will be accepted at the next general meeting.

Colin then introduced our speaker for the afternoon; member George Harrison. After ten years in the merchant navy, George joined the police force and served on the tough streets and docks of Liverpool UK. He entertained members with many stories and anecdotes of his service during the late 50’s to mid60’s.

Trevor Gamblin passed a vote of thanks and presented George with a fruit tray.

The raffle was drawn and prizes distributed then afternoon tea was served.

The meeting closed at 3.00pm. Next meeting November 21 at 2.00pm. Christmas Party; free door prizes, entertainment, Christmas cake etc. Please bring a donation for the food bank.

Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club President Bernie Tutty opened the October meeting of the Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club. In future an afternoon tea will be held to honour over 90 year olds. A new member was inducted into the Club. There was discussion on the Club having to have a new name, after the end of October.

The Head Boy and Head Girl from Ashburton College, then told of their role. Before being chosen they had to make a speech to about

the District Governor’s 100 Year Centennial Banner which is travelling around all clubs.

Some unusual fines were then imposed by Lion Tamer John Low before President Alan closed the meeting with thanks to all for attending and contributing.

Mid Canterbury Men’s Probus Warm spring weather brought out a full attendance at our October meeting which included 1 visitor.

Bus Trip convener Don Hopwood reported that numbers paid up for the November trip to Lyttelton harbour are greater than expected and details will be finalised soon.

Colin Divers advised 3 teams are required for a bowls tournament on 19th January 2017 at $7 per head.

Our mini-speaker was Bill Doak who described how his great grandparents immigrated to New Zealand in 1863. They initially lived in North Canterbury, but after marrying, moved to a farm at Wakanui. The Doak family descendants have been farming at Wakanui ever since. Bill was born in 1941 and continued the farming tradition here for many years before moving into insurance.

He has been involved in hockey at Rep level since a young age and in later years became a hockey coach and national administrator.

Senior Constable Mark Dryland was our main speaker. Born in Lincoln, Mark joined the police force in 1981, with a large part of his 36 years service spent in Ashburton.

His talk focused on personal safety and the importance of watching out for ourselves and our neighbours. He also gave tips on how to deter home burglary and rounded off with a discussion on crime problems facing Ashburton today. Neil Mckenzie thanked our speaker before President Doug Anderson closed the meeting.

The Plains Ladies Club Jed Syme

Lions Club of Hinds & Districts Another good evening of fellowship, speakers and business. Youth Scholarship recipient Jed Syme from Hinds School spoke on his recent trip to Japan to learn the culture and play competition Football.

After showing his team member 3rd Place Medal and questions, Jed was presented with a Certificate of Congratulations by Secretary Graeme Hathaway. Lion Graham Smith spoke on the challenges, joys and memories he had from his there years working with Camp Quality South.

He explained the process required to match companions with participants, the organising of suitable events and the extraordinary organisation required to make it all happen for the 40 Cancer Children participants for the one week in January each year. After questions Graham was thanked and presented with a Certificate of Appreciation by President Alan Johnston.

Ladies from Lynnford Rural Woman’s Institute then provided an excellent hot meal, dessert and drinks. Lion Garry Brown presented an update on the forthcoming Longbeach Coastal Challenge, the club’s major event for the year, outlining parts of the track requiring urgent remedial work and allocating members to assist with time and equipment.

Raffles were drawn, club reports presented and in general business all members signed

President Wilma Breading welcomed everyone on a blustery day. Celebrations were acknowledged especially Val and David Dellow’s 50th wedding anniversary.

We had one visitor and 18 apologies.

Details were given out for the upcoming trip on the Black Cat ferry on November 30 and a reminder about carpooling for the Christmas meeting on November 28 at Winchmore Gardens.

The film for Wednesday November 3 is ‘The Golden Years’.

Our Mini-speaker was Isla Jones who gave a very interesting summary of her life - growing up on a farm on the West Coast, a working holiday in Australia and work where she was employed as a Herd Tester.

That took her all over the South Island.

Through the job she met her husband and subsequently went farming. Together they farmed through some tough times including a stint with ostriches and they are still dabbling in farming. They are semi-retired so now they have time to indulge in their hobbies.

A chance encounter with Mark Inglis at another meeting revived an interest in tramping for our next speaker Andrea Chalmers who gave a fascinating talk, with slides, on a tramp she did in the north of India.

Lei- a military based town at an altitude of over 3600 ft. was the last transport. They had to walk very slowly because of high altitude. The countryside was very barren and steep. They slept in tents on the ground.

Vera thanked Andrea with a small presentation.

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In brief

■ MOTOR RACING

Whincup appeal dismissed Supercars young gun Chaz Mostert hopes a Bathurst 1000 appeal controversy leads to more simplified racing rules, saying a lack of clarification had made drivers hold back.

Holden star Jamie Whincup’s unsuccessful appeal against a penalty that cost him a fifth Great Race win may have rubbed a lot of drivers the wrong way.

But Ford’s Mostert believed the unpopular protest may finally help clear the air on what many drivers believed was the confusing issue of “redressing”.

The issue was the key to Whincup’s appeal against a 15 second time penalty for careless driving after making contact with Volvo’s Scott McLaughlin late in October 9’s Great Race.

Whincup had hoped to prove at the Supercars National Court of Appeal in Melbourne on Tuesday night that he had redressed or fallen back behind McLaughlin in order to avoid a penalty after making contact with the Volvo driver while attempting to pass

Chaz Mostert: Bathurst issue may clarify the ‘redress’ rule. on lap 150. It took just 50 minutes for the Supercars National Court of Appeal to dismiss Whincup’s appeal.

Still, Mostert believed the con-

troversial court hearing could help clear up redressing by this weekend’s next Supercars round, the Gold Coast 600.

“It would be good to see what

comes out of the appeal – the drivers need to understand redressing a bit more,” Mostert said.

“When can you redress and avoid a penalty?

“What constitutes a 15 second penalty? The rules aren’t that clear on it.

“It’s just a bit foggy, hard to understand.”

Mostert claimed the redressing issue had made drivers tentative on the track this year.

“It makes us feel like we can’t race and make mistakes – it’s a bit disconcerting,” he said.

“Sometimes the rules hold us back.

“It’s bad it happened in our biggest race of the year but it’s probably good that it happened if it can help clarify the rules.

“Hopefully we can get some clarification before the Gold Coast event.”

Whincup’s Red Bull Racing team have a week to decide whether to take their case to the FIA International Court of Appeal.

- AAP

New Zealand’s best riders descend on Taupo Taupo will again draw the cream of the country’s motocross riders this Labour Weekend.

The big annual MX Fest at Taupo traditionally marks the start to the summer season and the event has again attracted all the nation’s major racers and teams to the steaming pumice and sand circuit.

The popularity of the two-day spectacular at the Digger McEwen Motorcycle Park on the outskirts of town ensured there won’t be a motel bed to spare in the region over the coming days.

With new 2017 model bikes to be tuned and set-up for the upcoming nationals, muscles to be flexed, fresh team line-ups and allegiances to be shaped and test-

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ed, and a long weekend in which to do it, the MX Fest heralds the start of what could be another cracking motocross season.

The Huka Honda-sponsored event on Saturday and Sunday brings fresh match-ups, with riders such as Ngatea’s Ben Broad, Te Puke’s Logan Blackburn, Mangakino’s Maximus Purvis, Te Puke’s Tyler Steiner, and Tauranga’s Rhys Carter, for example, all now flying different colours to last season.

Local riders such as Taupo’s Brad Groombridge, Rotorua’s Scotty Canham, Reporoa’s Hadleigh Knight, Mangakino’s Kayne Lamont and Taupo brothers Cohen and Wyatt Chase should also feature among the leaders, al-

Josh Coppins though former motocross Grand Prix star Josh Coppins, from Motueka, and current national MX1 champion Cody Cooper, from Mount Maunganui, are possibly the key men to beat.

Although now retired from international competition, Cop-

pins convincingly won the MX1 class at MX Fest last year, while Cooper was a notable no-show.

Seeing a clash between these two would be worth the admission price alone.

Otago’s Courtney Duncan, Amberley’s Micah McGoldrick, Waitakere’s Ethan Martens, Dairy Flat’s Claude Griffithand Beachlands’ Blake Gillard will also be contenders.

Duncan is another with vast international experience after she raced the women’s world championships in Europe this season.

It would be no surprise if she won the MX2 class outright at Taupo, just as she did at the New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville in January.

- NZME

One appeal left The winner of this year’s Bathurst 1000 may not be confirmed for at least another week despite Jamie Whincup failing to overturn a penalty that cost him a fifth Great Race victory. The Supercars National Court of Appeal’s dismissal of Whincup’s appeal ensured Will Davison and co-driver Jonathon Webb’s grip on the Peter Brock Trophy tightened. However, Whincup’s Red Bull Racing team have a week to decide whether to take their case to the FIA International Court of Appeal.

- AAP

Toyota sign Hanninen Veteran driver Juho Hanninen has been confirmed as one of Toyota’s works drivers when the Japanese manufacturer returns to the World Rally Championship next season.

“This really feels like a dream come true,” said the Finnish driver.

“Joining a works team with such potential for a full season is a real opportunity for me. We have been working together since the new car’s first outing, so that makes it all the more exciting and motivating.”

- NZME

Marquez still hard out Repsol Honda star Marc Marquez plans to enjoy the Australian MotoGP but he certainly won’t be taking it easy at Phillip Island this weekend. The Spaniard clinched the 2016 MotoGP world title with his win at the Japanese MotoGP at Twin Ring Motegi circuit on Sunday. Marquez is hoping to celebrate his third world title with a win at the island circuit he called one of his favourite two tracks in the world.

- AAP

Whincup ‘hard to beat’ Supercars great Mark Skaife believes a fired up Jamie Whincup will vent his frustration over his failed Bathurst 1000 appeal and dominate this weekend’s Gold Coast 600. Fivetime Supercars series champion Skaife believed the failed appeal would make Whincup and co-driver Paul Dumbrell almost unstoppable this weekend. “I believe he will come out this weekend with all guns blazing,” Skaife said. “He and Paul Dumbrell will be very hard to beat.”

Skaife hoped the appeal would lead to simplified race rules which he described as “too complex and too hard to administer”.

- AAP

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In brief Ko splits with caddy World women’s golf No.1 Lydia Ko sacked her Australian caddie Jason Hamilton. The pair have won eight tournaments since partnering in early 2015, including the last year’s Australian Open and Evian Championship, and this year’s Kia Classic. But the New Zealander has had only moderate recent success, failing to perform in her last three tournaments including a tie for 51st in this week’s LPGA Championship event in Korea. “All Lydia told me was she wanted a different set of eyes out there,” Hamilton told Golfweek. “These things happen, it’s part of the game.”

- AAP

Scott eyes fast start

Waireka Croquet Golf Club medal winning members (from left) Lyn Jones, Janice Murta, Sue Lamb, Phyllis Reith, Shelagh Field, Eva Kircher and Audrey Leith at the Waireka Croquet Golf Club.

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Leuluai shares blame

■ CROQUET

Medal glut for Waireka

By Noah Graham The Waireka Croquet Golf Club is rolling in a haul of medals.

Thirteen members from the club participated in the South Island Masters Games 2016 in Timaru last week and walked away with 11 medals.

In the aged 68-71 golf croquet category Gail Benseman claimed gold, Janice Murta picked up silver and Jackie Rol-

linson managed to take home bronze.

Audrey Leith got silver in the 68-69 years’ category, Bill Allnut secured a bronze in the A70-72 singles group and Eva Kircher won a bronze in the 72-77 age group.

The Waireka Club also had success in the doubles competition with Audrey Leith and Bev Blair picking up gold, Janice Murta and Phyllis Reith took

silver and Sue Lamb and Eva Kircher won bronze in the 69-71 group.

In the B69-73 group Lyn Jones and Joanne Logan picked up a bronze.

Waireka Croquet Club publicity officer Raylene Phillips also competed in the croquet association and picked up two bronze medals.

Phillips said the team had a big haul of medals given there

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She said their medal winning had not ended with croquet as they competed in the quiz night on Thursday and won gold for that as well.

The quiz team were tired when the quiz was over so they did not stay around to hear the results and only found out in the morning they had won that too, which was a “nice surprise”, she said.

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Adam Scott is aiming to go one better than last year when he starts his US PGA Tour season at the $US7 million CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur. World No.6 Scott is among 10 of the world’s top 30 players in the 78-man field at TPC Kuala Lumpur, where he finished one shot behind winner Justin Thomas 12 months ago despite shooting 25-under with scores of 68 66 66 63. The Australian is coming off a rare missed cut, having struggled with scores of 76 and 74 at the Japan Open last week - the first time he has missed weekend play in over a year. - AAP

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Silver Ferns defender Anna Harrison is preparing to unleash a bold new defensive tactic in tonight’s Constellation Cup finale in Invercargill.

The athletic defender, who introduced the Harrison Hoist – a ploy where a defender is lifted in order to block a shot – to top level netball, has been working on a new innovation on her defence of the shot.

The Ferns have trialled the new move in training this week as they continue to look at ways to curtail the impact of 1.93m Diamonds shooter Caitlin Bassett.

New Zealand coach Janine Southby said she is comfortable with Harrison using the tactic in the final clash of the series after the umpires found no issue with the move when it was used in yesterday morning’s training match.

“I think the girls are keen to have a go,

we were just seeing what reaction we got today [from the umpires] and they were okay with it,” said Southby.

“The big thing is the timing of it.

“The game is so fast so it is not going to happen every time, but I certainly think it’s something we can use going forward.”

Harrison warned the defensive ploy is still being perfected and it won’t be the magic bullet to breaking down the welldrilled Diamonds attacking unit.

“It’s very new, and there will be bloopers.

“We might not even get to do it. It’s kind of similar to the lift in that you can only do it when everything aligns,” the veteran defender said.

“I don’t know if it is going to be as effective I had hoped in my mind, but I definitely want to put it out there and it’s all about getting the shooters to think about something else other than being comfortable under the goal.”

- NZME

Five-eighth Thomas Leuluai says the Kiwis underperformed in Saturday’s demoralising loss to Australia but insists it won’t take them long to rediscover their mojo ahead of the Four Nations.

Leuluai was disappointed by his own form and the team’s flat performance in the 26-6 defeat but believed there were signs they were capable of matching it with the Kangaroos. “I think we just did it to ourselves which is the most disappointing thing.”

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Shortage at Phoenix It’s not just the height factor that has got Ben Litfin feeling at home straight away at the Wellington Phoenix. New Australian signing Litfin emerged unscathed from his first training session in blustery Wellington, where his diminutive frame was instantly lost in a sea of vertically challenged players at the A-League club. The 21-year-old, standing at 1.68m, is the shortest of the lot but not far behind pocket-sized front men Kosta Barbarouses, Roy Krishna and Michael McGlinchey.

- NZME

Ranieri still unhappy Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri insisted he was still angry with his side despite the Foxes taking a giant step towards the Champions League knockout stages. Riyad Mahrez’s winner sealed a 1-0 victory over FC Copenhagen to maintain their 100 per cent record in Europe and keep them top of Group G. They are five points clear and will reach the last 16 with victory in Copenhagen on November 2 having already beaten Club Brugge and Porto.

“I’m very proud. For one side, I’m very proud. For the other side, when I think of the Premier League, I’m very, very angry. But it’s OK, because also in my career this has happened,” said Ranieri yesterday.

- AAP

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In brief Explanation please Chris Froome says questions remain over Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins seeking permission to use triamcinolone – and Sir Chris Hoy has joined calls for an explanation.

Wiggins in 2012 became the first British Tour de France winner and Froome has since inherited the Team Sky leadership and won the maillot jaune three times, in 2013, 2015 and 2016. Data stolen by hackers from files held by the World Anti-Doping Agency showed Wiggins received three therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) for anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone – a substance which has a history of abuse and is otherwise banned – on the eve of the 2011 and 2012 Tours and 2013 Giro d’Italia.

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club October 15, Saturday Roll over triples 1st T Watson, C Rooke and H Mowatt 2 wins 1 draw 11 ends 9 points, 2nd Lex Johns, A Stroud and D Weir 2 wins 1 draw 9 ends 14 points

Netherby School student Devan Tinon-Gauru, 9, hurling the shot put with ease.

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■ Golf

■ SCHOOL ATHLETICS

Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association

Giving it their best shot

RSA trophy Ashburton Joint winners with 43 Stableford Points: Ken Borland and Graeme Moore, 3rd John McArthur 40, 4th Colin Divers 39, 5th= Peter Huggins, Gavin Santy, Tony McAndrew 38, 8th Graham McEvoy, Peter Kiddey, Brian Sivier, Ray Bennett, Mike Gray, Kevin Sissons 37.

Twos: Graeme Moore.

School students from around Ashburton applied their hands and feet at sprinting, throwing and anything in between on Tuesday.

Allenton School and Netherby

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School hosted their athletics days and had year one to six children practice discus, long jump, high jump, shot put, sprints and long distance running.

Fairton School and Chertsey School students were also there to have a go at the Netherby athletics day.

The top performers from the

day will feature in the County Athletics Day to be held next month.

Photographer Tetsuro Mitomo was there to capture the action.

October 14, Midlands Seed Friday night teams Concrete Blockheads 88.5, Slice n Dice 88Top Lady - Kaylene Speedy 34, Top Man - Adam Lowe 33 2’s - Robbie KokBP Lucky Player - Andrew Smith, Gabites Lucky Player - Kevin Smith NB Teams are playing this Friday - Labour weekend Friday October 21.

Tinwald Golf Club October 11, Womens Division Tinwald v Avondale for Tindale Trophy played at Russley Ina Divers 38 stbf Maxine Whiting 37 stbf Sally Lane 34 stbf Phylis Smith 33 stbf Mara Kennedy 32 stbf A Caddies 31 stbf c/b Diana Wellman J Beardsley. Two’s Ina Divers Maxine Whiting (2) Joyce Van der Heide.

Tindale Trophy won by Tinwald.

October 18, Lagmhor Salver Mayfield v Tinwald played at Tinwald: Mara Kennedy 42 stbf c/b Marilyn Cross 42 stbf Di Bell 41 stbf Judy Fielder 40 stbf Linda McClea 38 stbf Sue Gutsell 38 stbf c/b Colleen Linney 38 stbf Judith Smith 37 stbf c/b Helen Rapsey Sally Lane Lagmhor Salver won by Mayfield Nearest Pins 2nd Shot No 2 Murray Young Property Brokers Phylis Smith No 6 Jon MacAuliffe Bailey’s Donalda Mitchell No 12 Mac&Maggies Mara Kennedy 2nd Shot Outdoor Adventure No 16 Mara Kennedy. Two’s Mara Kennedy (2) Colleen Linney (2). 9 Hole Competition Stablefords Cath Carr 21 Nancy Costin 16

DRAWS Fairton School student Kayla Peace, 8, is ready to launch the discus disc at Netherby School.

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Parker camp happy with Klitschko’s call Wladimir Klitschko’s likely decision to pull out of his proposed bout with Anthony Joshua should strengthen Joseph Parker’s bid to hold a heavyweight world title fight in Auckland against Andy Ruiz Jr. Parker’s promoters Dean Lonergan and David Higgins are currently in Los Angeles stitch-

ing together a deal with Ruiz Jr’s promoter Bob Arum for a fight in December, and the New Zealand pair will fly to the WBO convention in Puerto Rico tonight believing their position has been helped by the stalled negotiations between Klitschko and Joshua.

“I would certainly hope that

would be the case,” Lonergan said. “In a perfect world the WBO will sanction the Parker v Ruiz Jr fight for the world title.

Discussions are going very well with Bob.” Just as it appeared the deal was done for Klitschko and Joshua to fight in Manchester in December, a sanctioning issue appears likely

to break it. Klitschko is unwilling to fight Joshua unless the vacant WBA belt is also on the line, and Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn fears the bout is off.

As No1 contender to the vacant WBO world title, Parker should be free to fight the next highestranked available contender, which would be Ruiz Jr. - NZME

October 22, Weekend Ladies Labour Weekend-mixed day-team stableford Frosties v Weekend ladies Report 8.30am October 24, Labour Day Centennial Cup, individual stableford October 25, Mid-week ladies - Putting round Multiple start report 9am. Draw Steward Lynn Small 308-3830 or 0276319080. Starters L. Small, P. Bell Nine hole men and women October 27, Three clubs and a putter, report 8.45am. Convenor Joy Nicholas 308-6464, Club captain Leigh Wackrow

Tinwald Golf Club November 25, Women’s Division 9.30 Sub committee AGM followed by closing day ambrose for Marge Wilson Trophy.

5.45pm Dinner and prize giving.

Starters B. Harris S. Gutsell. Cards J. Bruhns

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

■ OAMARU

Mr Conductor hard to beat Danny Crozier is expecting two former North Islanders to make their mark for him at Oamaru today.

The Riccarton trainer has welcomed Mr Conductor and Radiant to his yard with the former a twowin horse who also finished fourth in the Listed Castletown Stakes as a two-year-old.

“He came down a couple of months ago and he’s only had the nine starts so he should do well,” Crozier said.

“It’s quite hard to get a line on him as he’s such a laid back customer, but he’s fit.”

Mr Conductor hasn’t raced since July and he will make his southern debut in the North Star Motel Res-

taurant and Bar 1200. He will be ridden by Michael McNab. “He’s got the draw and the jockey and while he’s got a bit of weight (60kg), he’s a lovely cut of a horse and I’d like to think he’d be very hard to beat,” Crozier said.

Stablemate Radiant has been lightly tried and she picked up placings last season at Otaki and Awa-

puni from her four appearances.

She will be ridden in the Melbourne Cup Day Maiden by Rafi Firdhaus, who has recently arrived from Singapore to continue his apprenticeship with Andrew Carston.

“She’s a lovely mare and the progeny of Nom du Jeu need a bit of time, but she should sprint well fresh,” Crozier said.

- NZME

Trainer Danny Crozier

M6 Oamaru gallops Today at Oamaru Raceway

Oamaru JC Venue: Oamaru Meeting Date: 20 Oct 2016 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.27pm (NZT) GORDON HANDY MACHINERY LTD R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 20000 Show MacCool d (3) 60 ............ D Hirini (a2) 2 54401 Lifesahighway (2) 59.5 ..................M McNab 3 14950 Odabella td (7) 59.5 .......................S Wynne 4 39220 Babilloni (1) 59.5 .............................T Direen 5 9x900 Lady Em (4) 57.5 .......................... C Barnes 6 00564 Lady Lindauer dm (6) 57.5K Kalychurun (a2) 7 89579 Villa Elba td (5) 57.5.................... C Johnson 2 1.02pm GARDEN FRESH OAMARU R85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1200m 1 32741 Somethings Burning (6) 60.5 R Cuneen (a1) 2 1157x Gallant Dan db (5) 59.5............ J Lowry (a2) 3 640x5 Pinsgold d (3) 58 ............................S Wynne 4 5426x Nippin (2) 57.5 ........................... C Kwo (a4) 5 7239x Mels Evie d (4) 54 .......................L Callaway 6 x08x9 Big Kahuna dm (1) 54 ..................K Williams 3 1.37pm CROMBIE AND PRICE R75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 0375x Take Fire d (1) 60 ..................K Mudhoo (a2) 2 756x3 Quartet d (5) 58 ........................ S Muniandy 3 3611x Velluto (4) 57.5 ...............................S Wynne 4 55000 Saperavious dm (7) 57 ..................C Spittles 5 46868 Back In The Day m (6) 56 ........... C Johnson 6 4x077 Kolaman dm (2) 56......................L Callaway 7 20004 Handsome Dax dm (10) 55 ...........M McNab

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8 766x3 Wild Wings d (9) 54 ......... K Kalychurun (a2) 9 38770 Gottagetmywoohoo (8) 54............. C Barnes 10 59409 Zah Champ m (3) 54 ................. D Hirini (a2) 4 2.12pm EASY MADE MARMALADE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 083x5 Darci Inn (6) 58.5 ..................K Mudhoo (a2) 2 9726P Pinnacle Bay (5) 58.5 ...................K Williams 3 x5859 Black Iziah (4) 58.5 ................ S Wahab (a4) 4 x5722 Penny Perfect (2) 56.5...........R Cuneen (a1) 5 228x3 Sweet Indulgence (9) 56.5 .............S Wynne 6 40x83 What A Deeza (7) 56.5 ............. D Hirini (a2) 7 78x75 Eyes Wide Shut (3) 56.5 ............. C Johnson 8 5x0x6 Madam De Soir (10) 56.5.................R Black 9 x3068 Asoma (1) 56.5 ....................... G Jogoo (a2) 10 97 Aviate (8) 56.5 ........................... S Muniandy 5 2.47pm SPORTS CENTRAL BREWHOUSE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 023x9 Rionius (2) 58.5..............................S Wynne 2 7x0x Drought Breaker (4) 58.5 ............L Callaway 3 32888 Flash Suggestion (10) 58.5 ..........K Williams 4 84706 Ellerstina (7) 56.5 ..........................M McNab 5 Step Inside Love (3) 56.5 ................T Direen 6 80x97 Unico (9) 56.5 ......................... G Jogoo (a2) 7 44x Plowshare (8) 56 ............. K Kalychurun (a2) 8 Seathepower (6) 56................... D Hirini (a2) 9 980 Galisini (5) 56 ........................K Mudhoo (a2) 10 0x Raise You Ten (1) 56 ..................... C Barnes 11 2 Rippylongstockings (11) 54 6 3.22pm WINGATUI MELBOURNE CUP DAY $7000,

MAIDEN, 1200m 1 00x Big Mac (4) 58.5 2 660x Grey Ghost (7) 58.5 ........ K Kalychurun (a2) 3 7 Smoke ‘Em Wilson (6) 58.5 ......... C Johnson 4 508x Tiger Claws (10) 58.5 ...............D Bothamley 5 0x562 Carmenize (9) 56.5 .......................M McNab 6 3538x Radiant b (8) 56.5 7 974 Silvermist (2) 56.5 ........................K Williams 8 Madame Libre (5) 56.5...................S Wynne 9 69x Our Star Anise (1) 56.5 ............. S Muniandy 10 795 Mia Mamma (3) 54 .................. G Jogoo (a2) 7 3.57pm NORTH STAR MOTEL RESTAURANT AND BAR R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 0167x Mr Conductor dm (1) 60 ................M McNab 2 450x5 Kasundi d (8) 57.5................... G Jogoo (a2) 3 11550 Overnightsensation td (11) 57.....L Callaway 4 4594x All Jokes Aside d (2) 57 ...............K Williams 5 31086 El Bee Darci d (6) 57.............K Mudhoo (a2) 6 1446x Tickets On Her d (5) 56 ............... C Johnson 7 5060x Fascinate d (4) 55.5 ...................... C Barnes 8 127x0 Waipari Lad (13) 55........................S Wynne 9 0x973 Touch The Sky (3) 55 ...... K Kalychurun (a2) 10 0x70x Daifuku d (12) 54.5 .......................C Spittles 11 17. Sheralee td (9) 54 .................R Cuneen (a1) 12 98x97 San Michele t (7) 54 ........................T Direen 13 499x7 Elvera d (10) 54 Emergency: Elvera 8 4.37pm LIQUOR LAND OAMARU MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m

1 24x70 Powerball (5) 58.5 ....................... C Johnson 2 599x0 Richie Rox (2) 58.5 ......................K Williams 3 6472x Little Haast (3) 56.5........................S Wynne 4 62363 Flying Sardine b (9) 56.5. K Kalychurun (a2) 5 55629 Itsa Keepa (10) 56.5.................. D Hirini (a2) 6 49279 Jona Mac (15) 56.5 .................... C Kwo (a4) 7 7x94 Rideitlikeustoleit (13) 56.5 ....... G Jogoo (a2) 8 5x9 Serve De Aunt 56.5 ...................... Scratched 9 8 Zuzana (12) 56.5..............................R Black 10 4x3 Son Of Zac (6) 56 ......................... C Barnes 11 506 Pickup (4) 56 .........................R Cuneen (a1) 12 El Bee Dancer (1) 56 ................ S Muniandy 13 74 Zawhip (7) 54 ................................M McNab 14 5x5 Jandles 54.................................... Scratched 15 0x Dream Rich (11) 54 16 0 Keemaia (16) 56.5.................K Mudhoo (a2) 17 6x97 Allaquila (14) 54 18 8707 Misty Trella (8) 56.5 Em: Dream Rich, Keemaia, Allaquila, Misty Trella 9 5.12pm THE BRYDONE HOTEL R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 4262x Centavada dm (5) 60 ............R Cuneen (a1) 2 08157 Sir Jack Remington dm (13) 59.5K Kalychurun (a2) 3 3540x The Beaut (9) 59 ........................ C Kwo (a4) 4 4351x Hardy’s Revenge (3) 58.5 ...............T Direen 5 x78x1 Londonderry Air (8) 58.5 .......... J Lowry (a2) 6 3810x Cotta Pin (11) 57.5 ...................D Bothamley 7 31x00 Kevildo dm (2) 57.5 ...............K Mudhoo (a2) 8 x397x Bobby Al (7) 57 .............................M McNab

9 x025x Tantella (4) 56.5 ...................... G Jogoo (a2) 10 520x0 Fashion Lass 56 ........................... Scratched 11 90x65 Whatwasthat (6) 55.5 ..................L Callaway 12 9400x Spitting Image (12) 55................... C Barnes 13 x508x Stormy Ray d (1) 54 .....................K Williams 14 09467 Letmego m (10) 54...................... C Johnson 15 59409 Zah Champ 55 ............................. Scratched 16 38770 Gottagetmywoohoo 55 ................. Scratched Emergencies: Zah Champ, Gottagetmywoohoo

Blinkers on: Mels Evie (R2), Zah Champ (R3), Our Star Anise (R6) Blinkers off: Pinsgold, Nippin (R2), Drought Breaker (R5), Grey Ghost (R6), All Jokes Aside, Daifuku (R7), The Beaut, Whatwasthat (R9) Winkers on: Pinsgold (R2), Zawhip (R8) Winkers off: Zah Champ (R3), Big Mac (R6), Cotta Pin (R9) Pacifiers on: Rionius (R5)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Show MacCool, Odabella, Lifesahighway, Villa Elba, Babilloni Race 2: Somethings Burning, Gallant Dan, Mels Evie, Nippin Race 3: Take Fire, Quartet, Handsome Dax, Velluto, Kolaman Race 4: Eyes Wide Shut, Sweet Indulgence, Asoma, Darci Inn Race 5: Rionius, Rippylongstockings, Plowshare, Flash Suggestion Race 6: Grey Ghost, Silvermist, Mia Mamma, Madame Libre Race 7: All Jokes Aside, Sheralee, Touch The Sky, Mr Conductor Race 8: Rideitlikeustoleit, Little Haast, Zawhip, Itsa Keepa Race 9: Tantella, Bobby Al, Letmego, Centavada, The Beaut LEGEND: Runner Form b - Beaten favourite at last start c Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months

Forbury Park harness Today at Forbury Park Raceway

Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc Venue: Forbury Park Meeting Date: 20 Oct 2016 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 5.18pm ROGER KINGSLAND/COLIN KEEN MEMORIAL TROT $6000, 2yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2200m 1 23754 Foursharesmorebeers (1) fr ..........C Buchan 2 5768x Prince George (2) fr ........................J W Cox 3 0x54 Ed Wood (3) fr ..................... D D McCormick 4 73 Barham Belle (4) fr ................R McIlwrick (J) 5 8 About Last Night (U1) fr ...........B Williamson 6 58 Imperial Whiz (U2) fr ........................ A Clark 7 3x475 Belmont’s Greatest (U3) fr ...............R Close 8 86P79 La Vette (U4) fr ..............................B Orange 2 5.43 PETER FRASER MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 30330 Four Starzzz Special (1) fr ............... D Dunn 2 4 Dan Bilzerian (2) fr ........................B Orange 3 45450 Justan’s Sister (3) fr ..................M Parker (J) 4 06420 Canardly Remember (4) fr .............H Hunter 5 0x7 Buster Brown (5) fr .....................C Ferguson 6 Supa Styx (6) fr ..............................N Burton 7 0 Remachable Idea (7) fr ............... G A Payne 8 50075 Atom Express (8) fr .........................J W Cox

M9

9 05008 Kohen Connor (21) fr .......................R Close 10 x0088 Troposphere (22) fr ...............R Cameron (J) 11 58900 Aveross Ferrari (23) fr ............. M Williamson 12 Duff McKagan (24) fr.............G Crawford (J) 13 88 Matai Valour (25) fr........................... A Milne 14 2575x Jayedgar (26) fr ........................B Williamson 3 6.11pm JOHN COLLINS MEMORIAL PACE $6000, 3yo+, c0 with cond. pace, stand, 2200m 1 6 Go Exclusive (1) fr....................B Williamson 2 85698 Mustang Bullitt (2) fr ............... J Morrison (J) 3 6307x Vukona fr ...................................... Scratched 4 8x079 Rake (3) fr ..................................C Ferguson 5 700x0 Come And Go (4) fr..........................S Ottley 6 26336 Seduce Me (5) fr ..................... M Williamson 7 0 Vixenlyz (6) fr ......................... S Walkinshaw 8 40 Hold On Arizona (7) fr ..........S Tomlinson (J) 9 32477 Glenstone (8) fr .............................B Orange 10 0425 Linda’s Cullen (9) fr ................. L McCormick 11 708x3 Celebrity Easton (10) fr ...............A Suddaby 12 68366 Tilly Patron (11) fr............................. A Milne 13 39803 Living Glory (U1) fr ..........................J W Cox 4 6.40pm DON CUTTANCE MEMORIAL TROT $6500, 4yo+ c1 trot, stand, 2700m 1 17080 Wandering Star (1) fr........................ A Lowe

2 P249x Armori (2) fr.................................... G McLay 3 36007 Rosie Express (3) fr ................ M Williamson 4 6323x Evander D Go (4) fr ........................N Burton 5 0x205 Cocktail Waiter (5) fr.................... B Crothers 6 7179x Jackofdiamonds (6) fr......................S Moore 7 241x4 Don’t Look Back (7) fr ..............B Williamson 8 4x100 Sugar Cane (U1) fr.............. D D McCormick 9 2P929 Sheza Trendy Monarch (U2) fr ......... D Dunn 10 x8477 Wishes Star (U3) fr ................ J Morrison (J) 11 86230 Insignificant (U4) fr ......................A Suddaby 12 200P9 Ygritte (U5) fr ..................................J W Cox 5 7.04 LETTY FERGUSON MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 969x4 Mysistersastar (1) fr .........................R Close 2 x5434 Bobby T (2) fr ........................R Cameron (J) 3 451 Motu Time To Shine (3) fr ................. D Dunn 4 67526 Comic Book Hero (4) fr ..................H Hunter 5 x0012 El Dinero (5) fr............................C Ferguson 6 7x829 Alexy (6) fr ........................................J Young 7 1180x Fiery Ferret (7) fr ..................... M Williamson 8 32077 Tuherbs Two (8) fr .....................M Parker (J) 9 48366 Twitter Bromac (21) fr....................B Orange 10 25703 Sauchiehall (22) fr .................R McIlwrick (J) 6 7.30 FERGUS MATHIESON MEMORIAL HANDICAP

TROT $7000, 5yo+ c2 to c6 discrhcp, stand, 2700m 1 75661 Montmorensy (1) fr........................B Orange 2 x9132 Soney Beatt (2) fr .................S Tomlinson (J) 3 19784 King Kone (3) fr .....................G Crawford (J) 4 0x8x5 Bono Hest (4) fr.....................R McIlwrick (J) 5 10071 Dusky Eyre (1) 10 ............................ D Dunn 6 036x3 Feather Boyz (1) 40 .................B Williamson 7 45x62 Kowhai Whiz (2) 40 ..........................S Ottley 8 1312P Pyramid Magic (3) 40 .............. M Williamson 7 7.57 RYAN COURT MEMORIAL PACE $6500, 4yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2200m 1 149x3 Nova Time (1) fr ............................B Orange 2 64566 Groomsman (2) fr...........................H Hunter 3 8x509 Gotta Classie Girl (3) fr ...................J W Cox 4 68047 Zena Mac (4) fr ................................S Ottley 5 86484 Martin McGuinness (5) fr ........ M Williamson 6 00087 Live To Tell (6) fr ...............................J Young 7 84077 Franco Nixon (7) fr .....................C Ferguson 8 72323 Leading The Way (8) fr ........... J Morrison (J) 9 548x8 Quick Nick (9) fr ............................... D Dunn 10 09690 Top Brass (10) fr ..............................R Close 11 25240 Raphoe (U1) fr ....................... S Walkinshaw 8 8.26 HYDROFLOW DISTRIBUTORS F&M MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mobile, 2200m

1 79000 Sandra Keith (1) fr ............................ A Lowe 2 50284 Sarah Kate (2) fr ..................... M Williamson 3 Good Gone Bad (3) fr ............. L McCormick 4 Pembrook Ideal (4) fr ....................... D Dunn 5 3090x Matai Lexie (5) fr .............................. A Milne 6 70703 Trixie Bromac (6) fr........................B Orange 7 92676 Fabri Bromac (7) fr .....................S Payne (J) 8 3904 Homeforlife (8) fr ..............................J Young 9 0 Susies Desire (21) fr .............R McIlwrick (J) Pacifiers on: Sarah Kate (R8) Pacifiers off : Insignificant (R4) SELECTIONS Race 1: Foursharesmorebeers, Belmont’s Greatest, Barham Belle Race 2: Four Starzzz Special, Remachable Idea Jayedgar Race 3: Go Exclusive, Seduce Me, Celebrity Easton, Living Glory Race 4: Don’t Look Back, Sheza Trendy Monarch, Insignificant Race 5: Mysistersastar, Sauchiehall, Twitter Bromac, El Dinero Race 6: Pyramid Magic, Dusky Eyre, Kowhai Whiz, Soney Beatt Race 7: Groomsman, Nova Time, Quick Nick, Raphoe Race 8: Fabri Bromac, Susies Desire, Homeforlife

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

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 4 85763 Know Hero nwtd.............................G Cleeve 2 35813 Another Cruise 17.40 .............J T McInerney 9 6.34 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN DASH C5, 295m Raceway Meeting Date: 20 Oct 2016 NZ Meeting num- 5 13753 Seeking Baxter 17.28.............J T McInerney 3 31883 Chippy Jordy 17.47 M & ....................Jopson 1 16386 Rand 17.19 ............................J T McInerney ber: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 6 85147 Another Liz 17.25 ...................J T McInerney 4 63646 Dad’s Ambition 17.41 ...................... M Grant 2 78178 Rapaki Kath 17.21 H & .......................Taylor 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 7 46851 Homebush Shane 17.55 ........J T McInerney 5 33155 Know Struggle 17.34......................G Cleeve 3 21188 Dream Large 16.99 .......................... B Dann 10, 11 and 12 6 54476 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor 8 88848 Mandi Mae 17.21 C & ........................ Fagan 4 34521 Kihael Kaluna 17.20 J &..................D Fahey 7 48127 Fancy Nomikai 17.22 .......................

B Dann 9 38474 Harsesis 17.42 ..........................R Blackburn 5 56721 Technic 17.21 ................................R Adcock 1 3.48pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 295m 8 52474 Holly Blue Blood 17.31...........J T McInerney 6 55651 Magic Wizard 17.39 ...........................C Weir 1 61336 Wunzee 17.21 ........................J T McInerney 10 48856 Cawbourne Sarah 17.28 .................J Tanner 7 11366 Homebush Zippy 17.13 ..........J T McInerney 2 53772 Extra Credit 17.26 ............................ B Dann 4 4.44pm ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN STKS C2, 520m 9 66188 Gorilla On Drums 17.29 ...................A Joyce 8 42234 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 1 84648 Mina Allen 30.08 ..........................C Roberts 10 76877 Clever Sage 17.24 ........................... B Dann 3 11687 Magic Dozer 17.37 .................... G T Bennett 2 17465 In The Boot 30.14 M & ......................Jopson 7 5.59pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STKS C5, 520m 9 48283 Harkonen Bale 17.08 ...................C Roberts 4 61872 Bigtime Tip 17.39 M & ......................... Smith 1 24613 Homebush Kelso 30.31 ..........J T McInerney 10 71588 Norman Jewel 17.13 ....................C Roberts 3 27857 Solstice 30.48 .................................. B Dann 5 x3312 Starburst Emma 17.30 .................... M Grant 2 51863 Ebert Bale 30.09 ..........................C Roberts 10 6.54pm 2016 KOLORFUL KANVAS CHRISTCHURCH 4 51753 Crystal Flame 30.59 ........................ M Grant 6 52118 Know Lapse 17.49 .........................G Cleeve 3 78888 Goldstar Po 30.18 S & ....................B Evans CLASSIC FINAL R/Af, 520m 5 84563 Opawa Tracy 30.29 L & ...................... Wales 7 75866 Another Belle 17.25 ...............J T McInerney 4 22661 Cawbourne Kristy 30.06...............C Roberts 6 13253 Goldstar Dallas 30.23 S &...............B Evans 8 28533 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 1 63133 Amino Trouble 30.68 ................. A Bradshaw 5 1165x Know Style 30.26 ...........................G Cleeve 7 33511 Hard Questions 30.43 ....................G Cleeve 9 38474 Harsesis 17.42 ..........................R Blackburn 2 21422 Opawa Cheviot 30.20 J & ...............D Fahey 6 61613 Ace Bale 30.37.............................C Roberts 8 36452 Odin Slayer 30.74 ..................... A Bradshaw 10 37858 Jackpot Jake 17.27 .......................... B Dann 3 46213 Replica Yella 30.48 .......................... M Grant 7 74177 Know Answer 30.23 .......................G Cleeve 9 65473 Another Message 30.42 .........J T McInerney 4 42132 Nozzno Fear 30.37.................... A Bradshaw 2 4.07pm CHRIS & LISA EARL DASH C3/4, 295m 8 75641 Fekitoa 30.10 ................................R Adcock 5 73841 Spring Sam 30.74 ..................J T McInerney 1 68868 Krista Barista 17.31.......................... B Dann 10 53877 Zipping Sonny 30.43 ..............J T McInerney 9 71857 Mystic Action 30.35 S & ..................B Evans 6 22111 Opawa Brad 30.30 J & ....................D Fahey 2 46721 Go Poppy 17.29 M & .......................P Binnie 5 5.04pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK STKS C3/4, 520m 10 18247 Jon Snow Lives 30.40 ..................C Roberts 7 33684 Botany Alan 30.46..................J T McInerney 1 44111 Epic Dream 30.00 .........................R Adcock 3 42578 Black Crow 17.41 ...................... A Bradshaw 8 12111 Albie Punter 30.05 J & ....................D Fahey 2 22333 Chippa Lata 29.92.....................R Blackburn 8 6.19pm I PAVE CONCRETE DASH C3/4, 295m 4 88246 Adjudicator 17.23 S & .....................B Evans 1 13467 Expect Delay 17.31 ......................... M Grant Emergencies: 3 14675 Majestic Action 30.00 J &................D Fahey 5 33676 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 9 65255 Sarcasm nwtd ................................G Cleeve 2 26745 Tina 17.16 H & ....................................Taylor 4 15725 With Pride 30.15 .............................. B Dann 6 12412 Terra Mondo 17.30 C & ...................... Fagan 3 51464 Backchat Harry 17.05 ............... A Bradshaw 10 13253 Goldstar Dallas 30.23 S &...............B Evans 5 1118x Frosty Action 30.26 S & ..................B Evans 7 65255 Sarcasm 17.39 ...............................G Cleeve 4 68258 Grifinator 17.33 C & ........................... Fagan 11 7.12pm FLAIR DASH C5, 295m 6 73x12 Benjamin Black 30.29 .............. A Botherway 8 85477 Paperbond 17.08........................... I Fensom 5 21644 Sopoaga 17.32.......................... A Bradshaw 7 85837 Breaking Mad 30.57 ........................ M Grant 9 38474 Harsesis 17.42 ..........................R Blackburn 1 81524 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 6 26217 Cawbourne Craig 17.34 ...............C Roberts 8 33224 Luminary 30.16 .........................R Blackburn 10 48856 Cawbourne Sarah 17.28 .................J Tanner 2 34127 Mickey Tee 16.95 ..........................R Adcock 7 5F576 Arbre Chene 17.12 M & ..................P Binnie 9 27447 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 3 71175 Burn Early 17.21 H & ..........................Taylor 3 4.24 EMERSON CONSULTANCY SPRINT C3, 295m 8 48358 Southern Blue 17.17 .......................M Cutler 10 84212 Charlie Runkel nwtd ..........................J Dunn 4 73571 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 1 88777 Briseur De Reves nwtd ............. A Bradshaw 9 66188 Gorilla On Drums 17.29 ...................A Joyce 5 11111 Swimming Goat 16.79........................C Weir 2 13355 Miss Harper 17.34............................ B Dann 6 5.29pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C3, 295m 6 53175 Homebush Rufus 17.34 .........J T McInerney 1 61424 Sweet Marylou 17.36 ................R Blackburn 10 76877 Clever Sage 17.24 ........................... B Dann 3 33426 Sahara Sam 17.40 H & .......................Taylor

7 8 9 10

3537x Firemans Galaxy 16.96 ..................G Cleeve 55254 Fliberty Jiberty 17.32 ....................... B Dann 63773 Miss Fanning 17.36 .......................... B Dann x8638 My First Litter 17.07 .....................C Roberts 12 7.39pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 52371 Speedy Return 17.14 H & ...................Taylor 2 85334 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 3 41766 Jinja Brian 17.15 ..........................A Waretini 4 81858 Roadworks 17.16 ............................ M Grant 5 21825 Max Stix 17.32 .............................C Roberts 6 68674 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney 7 41887 No Leaf Clover 17.01 M & .................Jopson 8 72226 New Thang 17.01 ...................... A Bradshaw Emergencies: 9 66188 Gorilla On Drums 17.29 ...................A Joyce 10 37858 Jackpot Jake 17.27 .......................... B Dann SELECTIONS

Race 1: Wunzee, Starburst Emma, Magic Dozer, Greet The Judge Race 2: Sarcasm, Adjudicator, Cathy Maree, Terra Mondo Race 3: Briseur De Reves, Sahara Sam, Another Liz, Mandi Mae Race 4: Hard Questions, Goldstar Dallas, Mina Allen, In The Boot Race 5: Epic Dream, Chippa Lata, Majestic Action, Frosty Action Race 6: FAnother Cruise, Dad’s Ambition, Holly Blue Blood Race 7: Know Answer, Cawbourne Kristy, Fekitoa, Ace Bale Race 8: Backchat Harry, Sopoaga, Expect Delay, Arbre Chene Race 9: Kihael Kaluna, Dream Large, Smash That, Rand Race 10: Opawa Cheviot, Opawa Brad, Nozzno Fear, Replica Yella Race 11: Homebush Riley, Swimming Goat, Mickey Tee, Burn Early Race 12: Maudie’s Babe, Homebush Errol, Jinja Brian, Max Stix LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Cox Plate targeted Champion New Zealand jockey James McDonald looks set to have a major influence on the remainder of the Melbourne spring carnival.

Following his quickfire Group One wins aboard Hauraki in the Epsom Handicap and with Hartnell in the Turnbull Stakes on the opening weekend of this month, Godolphin’s stable jockey then copped a careless riding ban.

McDonald will be back in action this week and at Moonee Valley on Saturday he will be plotting the downfall of Winx, Australia’s current queen of the turf, in the $A3 million Gr.1 Cox Plate.

The 24-year-old will continue his association with the John O’Shea-prepared Hartnell in Australasia’s premier weight-for-age contest.

“He’s flying and I’m happy with the gate (seven) and that gives me a bit of space and I won’t have to be pushed into anything,” McDonald said.

“If the breaks go his way then we will be giving Winx a good run for her money.”

McDonald paid tribute to O’Shea’s conditioning skills to have Hartnell in careerbest form.

“He has had a great preparation right from the start – he’s been trained to perfection,” he said.

McDonald is also looking forward to riding Hartnell at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November.

“I’ve always thought he would be a better

Champion trotter Monbet is back but not to his best.

So while trainer Greg Hope was thrilled with the Horse of the Year’s return at the Ashburton workouts this week, he says the superstar could be vulnerable in the Flying Mile on the same track next Monday.

Monbet wasn’t asked to fully stretch himself when he came from a 40m backmark to finish second to All Lit Up in Tuesday’s trot workout, finishing with the removable hood still in place.

But Hope was smiling as the five-yearold trotted the 2400m in 3:4, his last 800m

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Kiwi jockey James McDonald is out to upset favourite Winx on Saturday. chance in the Melbourne Cup,” McDonald said.

The Godolphin representative will carry 56kg – with the withdrawal of topweight Preferment – and he will concede only a kilo and a half to the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup winner Jameka with 54.5kg.

The Cup favourite Hartnell gave the Ciaron Maher-trained mare two and ahalf kilos and a three and a-quarter length

thumping the last time they met in the Turnbull Stakes.

Hartnell aside, McDonald’s leading Group One carnival rides also include Astern in the Coolmore Stud Stakes and the Caulfield Cup runner-up Scottish in the Emirates Stakes.

“I’ve been looking at the markets and in most of the big races I’m on either the first or second favourites,” he said.

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in 57 and the final 400 in 26.7 seconds.

“It was ideal for what we needed and Ricky (May, driver) was happy, which is the main thing.”

Hope says Monbet is showing no ill effects from banging his leg two weeks ago and has no soundness issues going into his first race of the season.

“But he can still be vulnerable on Monday,” he warns.

“I am glad his first race back is a mile but if he draws badly then he is beatable.

“If he draws wide he may not be ready to make his own luck and then it becomes hard to win over a mile when you really have to be up in the speed.”

Hope is also likely to deviate from his original early campaign plan and take Monbet to Kaikoura for their feature trot on October 31 even though he doesn’t want to.

Monbet got as long as $1.90 to win the Dominion, from which fellow stars Speeding Spur, Stent and Master Lavros are missing, but is back into $1.70.

There has been movement in the New Zealand Cup market too, with Smolda into $5 after winning the Methven Cup and long-time favourite Have Faith In Me out to $4 because of his manners concerns.

Those three and many of the other main NZ Cup chances will clash in the Flying Stakes at Ashburton on Monday. - HRNZ

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9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome. Enquiries to Clark Gillies 021-146-3619. EA Networks Centre Stadium.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Methodist Baring Square

Friday

Church hall.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre-loved second hand clothing.

Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. OP shop second time around used clothing. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Havelock and Cass Street, entry Havelock Street.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED.

Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway (Old Allenton Nurseries Packing Shed).

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allen’s Road, Allenton.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

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10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall,

Havelock Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities.

M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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

1.30pm HINDS GARDEN CIRCLE. Car pool from Mona Square at 1pm to Ealing. Slee Family, 346 Maronan Ealing Road.

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

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social day, come and try it yourself. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.30pm - 9.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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ACROSS 1. No dry traveller can be upset by a tankard of this (6) 8. Marines prove to be a washout when Mother leaves them (5) 9. First Bentley to appear in motor repair shop with the rubbish (7) 11. A piece of wood that may be fingered (8) 12. It’s all set for the wobbles (5) 15. Plunder means a great deal, but there’s nothing in it (4) 16. Very cold, like fifty per cent of the insurance document (3) 17. Singular occurrence, single person entertaining a hundred (4) 19. There is yet room for spirit (5) 21. Role is, if old-fashioned, that of a guerrilla (8) 24. Back trouble to disappear after universal balm is applied (7) 25. It is fundamental: a degree is to be read as it’s written (5) 26. Makes an effort to move about ten trees (6) DOWN 2. Escape showing present age, in woman (5) 3. But a tale it is wrong to list in such a way (8) 4. They clothe the very poor (4) 5. The offer Academician gets in gold for officers (5) 6. It may be the Turk’s head that is seen in the wood (4) 7. It is sad to see it fall (4) 10. It is by the bishops who cope with a lisp such as this (9) 12. Make notes that include Latin to shake one (4) 13. Fortified wine has the capacity to be carried about (8) 14. One may be made to strip off by the founder of the police (4) 18. Succeed before church to supply a pull-up for boatmen (5) 20. If it is short of change it is not to be taken seriously (5) 21. In short, they are refreshing places to be (4) 22. Is not being careful with the spots (4) 23. One not suited to having his or her picture painted (4)

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Your love is not blind as love tends to be. You even may worry that it’s a little too filled with visions today. You see close and intimately, and you see a distant future, too.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll be told what to do.

Having your work cut out for you is actually a good thing – much better than having your work uncut and trying to figure out what you’re supposed to do.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You value family to such an extent that you feel the impetus to raise and teach relatives who aren’t your children.

Today is perfect for taking care of parents or another extension of your clan.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): How in the world will you get ahead? List it. Think about it. Fantasise about it. Flesh it out in your mind. And then just know that in the pursuit of an ambition, many sacrifices will happen.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You won’t mind working long, though it’s a little better if the work is not so difficult. Furthermore, who depends on you?

Who is waiting for you at the other end?

These things will make a difference.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Even though you’ve a full schedule, you’re on the quest for delight and amusement. Friendships are your wealth. When you really like someone, you’ll celebrate their small accomplishments.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): In a world where every computer and phone has a camera, is there any privacy, really? Probably not, so it’s particularly lucky today that you’re doing the right thing.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You will influence others without thinking, persuade them without talking and comfort them without putting yourself out in the least. This is the magic of your cosmic gift.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Here’s what it will take to get clarity on the situation. First, you’ll have to disassociate yourself from your current point of view: Try out a detached, emotionless vantage. Next, you’ll see.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): When loved ones shut you down, it’s something to pay attention to, especially the how and why of it. The one who tries to keep you from your happiness is also threatened by your power.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Every little thing you do is magic! At least the rest of the world sees it this way, though your tendency to be hard on yourself obscures your own vision.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Some say a life without reflection is a waste. Others claim being too conscious of oneself messes up what would otherwise be beautiful living. Split the difference. Think, but don’t over-think.

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Across 1. Therapeutic 8. Ancestor 9. Kite 10. Myths 13. Newt 16. Iron 17. Frau 18. Area 20. Harpy 24. Emit 25. Cornetto 26. Perforation Down 2. Hock 3. Rusty 4. Pooch 5. Token 6. Facilitated 7. Destruction 11. Tough 12. Sever 14. Earl 15. Hope 19. Alter 21. Amour 22. Pinot 23. Otto

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Previous solution: dele, edge, eel, eld, gee, geed, gel, geld, glee, led, ledge, lee, leg.

Across 7. Flash in the pan 8. Carousel 9. Kill 10. Screen 12. Tenths 14. Apt 15. Stupor 17. Oracle 19. Menu 21. Overlaps 23. Materialising Down 1. Clear-cut 2. Ashore 3. Aims 4. Stiletto 5. Beckon 6. Tall 11. Narcotic 13. Half-pint 16. Pauper 18. At last 20. Elan 22. Eels

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9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show Ellen DeGeneres brings her brand of humour to daytime talk. 0 10am Morena 10:30 The Chase Australia 0 11:30 Come Dine With Me PGR Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street 3 0 2pm Guess This House 3pm Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 7:05 Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:20 Pokemon XY 3 7:45 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:35 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Ellen 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 0 2pm Judge Rinder 0 3pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 3:30 Robin Hood – Mischief In Sherwood 0 4pm Best Friends Whenever 0 4:25 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4:55 Holly And Luke’s First Dates 0 5pm 8 Simple Rules 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Simpsons 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am The Café Mike Puru and Mel Homer present a lifestyle and entertainment show.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 Game show played by two competing teams, each consisting of four family members. 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M Eye Of The Hurricane PGR 2012 Drama.

Nicola Peltz, Melanie Lynskey, Colin Ford.

3:25 Sticky TV 4:25 Wipeout 0 5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

8:30 Hot Bench 3 Judge Judy and other judges debate before reaching a verdict.

9am The Crowd Goes Wild 3 9:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm CSI – Cyber AO 3 0 2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 0 4:35 Hot Bench 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune Contestants guess letters in mystery words and phrases to win money or prizes, all determined by a spin of The Wheel.

6:30 Jeopardy Fast-paced general-knowledge quiz.

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia 0 8:35 Cold Feet PGR Jenny is flattered to have caught the eye of a client at work; Pete beats himself up when a dads’ and lads’ trip to the match does not go according to plan. 0 9:40 20/20 0 10:40 1 News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 8pm Renters PGR 0 8:30 Motorway Patrol PGR 0 9pm Car Crash TV PGR 0 9:30 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners PGR 0 10:35 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0

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7:30 Robot Wars PGR 0 8:35 M Speed AO 1994 Action.

A police officer must save the passengers of a bus that has a bomb triggered to explode when its speed drops below 80km/h.

Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper.

11:10 Britcam – Emergency On Our Streets AO 0 12:10 F Strippers AO 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 32

11:05 Police Ten 7 3 0 11:35 World’s Most Extreme PGR 0 12:40 Motorway Patrol 0 1:05 Rescue 1 3 0 1:35 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 2am Infomercials 3am The Originals AO 3 3:50 Once Upon A Time PGR 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 Golf World A look at the world’s exclusive golfing destinations and biggest golfing personalities. 0 11:50 CSI AO 3 The CSIs investigate a murder linked to the kidnapping of two teenaged girls. 0 12:45 Infomercials

11pm Netball – Constellation Cup Silver Ferns v Australian Diamonds.

12:35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:05 Home Shopping 3:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4:05 Home Shopping

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BRAVO 9am Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis 3 9:55 Million Dollar Listing LA 3 10:50 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 3 11:45 Snapped PGR 3 12:40 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills 1:35 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey 3 2:25 Watch What Happens Live 2:50 The Real Housewives Of Orange County 3 3:40 Hoarders 4:35 Dance Moms 5:30 Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis 6:30 N Million Dollar Listing Miami Chad wants to stake his claim on the exclusive neighbourhood of Palm Island; Chris brushes up on his Russian as he works from his bathtub to sell a six-million-dollar penthouse.

7:30 The Real Housewives Of New York City 8:30 Below Deck PGR 9:30 Vanderpump Rules 10:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 11:30 Snapped PGR 12:20 Infomercials 3

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THE BOX 6am CSI – New York MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 Duck Commander ML 8:05 The Amazing Race PG 8:55 Criminal Intent MV 9:45 CSI MV 10:35 NCIS MV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 Elementary MV 1:05 The Force MC 1:30 Criminal Intent MVC 2:20 CSI – New York MV 3:10 The Amazing Race PG 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Duck Commander ML 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 Criminal Intent MV 6:30 The Force MC 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Kingdom 16VLSC Animator/Annihilator.

9:30 Outsiders 16VLSC 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 NCIS MV

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12:30 The Amazing Race PG 1:20 Duck Commander ML 1:45 CSI – New York MV 2:35 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Kingdom 16VLSC 4:45 Outsiders 16VLSC 5:35 The Force MC

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7:40 The Cobbler MV 2014 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi. 9:20 The Directors – George Lucas PG 9:50 American Sniper 16VLC 2014 Action. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller. Noon Pixels PGVLS 2015 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

1:45 The Loft 16VLSC 2014 Thriller. James Marsden, Karl Urban. 3:25 Unfinished Business 16LSC 2015 Comedy.

Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco.

4:55 The Walk PGL 2015 Drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley.

6:55 Don’t Blink 16VLS 2014 Horror. Mena Suvari, Brian Austin Green.

8:30 In The Heart Of The Sea MVC 2015 Action. Chris Hemsworth, Brendan Gleeson.

10:35 Dumb And Dumber To MVLSC 2014 Comedy.

Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels.

7:15 Mission – Impossible II MV 2000 Action Adventure.

Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames. 9:15 The Final Destination 16VC 2009 Thriller. Bobby Campo.

10:40 Changeling 16VC 2008 Drama. Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich. 1pm The Mummy Returns MV 2001 Adventure. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. 3:10 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride PGC 2005 Animated. Voices of Johnny Depp, Helena BonhamCarter. 4:30 Midnight In Paris PGS 2011 Romantic Comedy. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams.

6:05 Minority Report MVLS 2002 Sci-fi Thriller. Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton.

8:30 Dear John MVS 2010 Drama. Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried.

10:20 The Perfect Storm ML 2000 Adventure.

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane.

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12:25 The Guest 16VLSC 2014 Thriller. Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe. 2:05 Tom, Dick And Harriet M 2013 Comedy. Steven Weber, Michelle Harrison.

3:30 Don’t Blink 16VLS 2014 Horror. Mena Suvari, Brian Austin Green. 5:05 The Making Of Spectre – Just Getting Started PG 5:20 In The Heart Of The Sea MVC 2015 Action. Chris Hemsworth, Brendan Gleeson.

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12:30 Fracture MVLS 2007 Crime. Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, Cliff Curtis.

2:20 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride PGC 2005 Animated.

Voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter.

3:35 Midnight In Paris PGS 2011 Romantic Comedy. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams.

5:10 Fracture MVLS 2007 Crime. Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, Cliff Curtis.

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6:30 My Mokai 3 7am Pukana 2 7:30 Pukoro 2 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Project Matauranga 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Te Irikura 3 4:30 2Kaha PGR 5pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua Footage from the 2016 secondary schools’ national kapa haka competition.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm My Mokai 3 6:20 Huhu 6:30 Avatar Animated series based on the film, and dubbed in te reo Maori.

7pm Hahana 7:30 Native Kitchen 3 8pm Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 8:30 Finding Aroha PGR 9pm The Stage – Haka Fusion AO 9:30 All Talk With Anika Moa 10pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Hockey World 6:30 #SkySpeed 7am Golf World 7:30 European Tour Weekly 8am Golf – Asian Tour Venetian Macoa Open.

9am Golf – PGA Champions Tour (HLS) SAS Championship.

10am PGA Golf – European Tour (HLS) British Masters Event.

11am SKY Sport Select 11:30 Hockey World Noon Netball – Constellation Cup (HLS) Silver Ferns v Australia – Game Three.

12:30 Netball Zone 1pm Back Page 2pm School Of Hard Knocks 2:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Manawatu v Otago.

3pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Taranaki v Auckland.

3:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Saturday Highlights.

4pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Sunday Highlights.

4:30 Motorsport – WRC Spain (HLS) 5:30 European Tour Weekly 6pm Inside The PGA Tour 6:30 Mainfreight Rugby 7:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 8:50 L Cricket – International India v Blackcaps – Second ODI, First Innings.

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12:35 Rugby League – International (HLS) Kangaroos v Kiwis. 1:05 L Cricket – International India v Blackcaps – Second ODI, Second Innings. 5am Rugby – The Breakdown

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild 7:30 World’s Worst Venom 8:30 In Search Of Perfection 9am Shane Delia’s Spice Journey – Turkey 9:30 Made In Italy With Silvia Colloca 10am Hook It, Cook It 10:30 The French Collection 11:30 American Restoration Noon Cold Water Cowboys 1pm Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild 2pm Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 3pm In Search Of Perfection 3:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey – Turkey 4pm Arctic Dilemma 5pm Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 6pm Outback Nation

7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 Tiny House Nation 8:30 Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys 9:30 The Operatives PGR New Zealander Pete Bethune and his team of former military commandos travel the world bringing poachers and environmental criminals to justice.

10:30 Toy Hunter 11pm Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains Midnight American Restoration 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am In Search Of Perfection 1:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey – Turkey 2am Arctic Dilemma 3am Outback Nation 4am The Operatives PGR 5am Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby – The Breakdown 7am School Of Hard Knocks 7:30 Sky Sport Select 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Rugby Documentary – The 1996 All Blacks Tour Of South Africa 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Rugby Nation 11:30 Motorsport – WRC Spain (HLS) 12:30 Inside Supercars 1:30 #SkySpeed 2pm Fishing – Pure Fly NZ 2:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Saturday Highlights.

3pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Sunday Highlights. 3:30 Fight Night 5:30 Extreme Sailing – Madeira 6pm FIH Hockey World 6:30 Supercars Life 7pm #SkySpeed 7:30 L Netball – Constellation Cup Silver Ferns v Australia – Game Four.

9:30 Supercars Life 10pm Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) CIMB Classic – Round One. 10:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Blue Bay – Round One. 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Cycling – Roc D’Azur (HLS)

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12:15 L Cycling – UCI Asia Tour Abu Dhabi – Stage One. 2:15 Motorsport – TCR Asia Series (HLS) Round Seven. 2:45 Motorsport – TCR Asia Series (HLS) Round Eight. 3:15 Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) 5:30 L Football – UEFA Europa League 20Oct16

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Disco and Dice.

6:30 Deadliest Catch PG We Have Not Yet Begun to Fight. 8:30 MythBusters PG Shooting Fish in a Barrel. 9:25 Homestead Rescue PG Bearanoia.

10:20 Deadliest Catch PG Life or Death Decision.

11:15 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M Chosen to Kill. 12:10 Disappeared M Unfinished Business.

1:05 Bloody Marys M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters 3:50 Gold Rush PG Paid in Full.

4:45 Homestead Rescue PG Bearanoia.

5:40 MythBusters PG Pirates 2.

6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Kellie and Henri face poachers and a dry streak; the Dirt Dogs must break new ground to stay in business; the Gold Gypsies look for reef gold.

8:30 Abalone Wars PG 9:30 Saltwater Heroes PG Tasmania.

10:30 How It’s Made PG 11:30 What Happened Next? M

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Midnight What Happened Next? M 12:30 Shadow Of Doubt M 1:25 Disappeared M 2:20 Auction Hunters 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 5:05 Dirty Jobs PG

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Sport Ban for match-fixing Mexican tennis player Daniel Garza has been suspended for six months and fined $US5000 after being found guilty of match-fixing, the Tennis Integrity Unit said yesterday. The 31-year-old, ranked 1065th in singles, had attempted to influence the outcome of a match at an ITF Futures tournament at Calabasas, California, in March 2015, the sport’s corruption watchdog said. World tennis was rocked in January by allegations that the game’s authorities had failed to deal with widespread match-fixing in the sport.

Gardner jailed in Japan

All Blacks skipper Kieran Read is well aware of the challenge the Wallabies will provide at Eden Park on Saturday night.

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BY PATRICK MCKENDRY After being tripped up several times by Australia in recent years when on the brink of setting the world record for consecutive test wins, the All Blacks are determined not to let the same thing happen at Eden Park on Saturday night.

In fact, while All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster said his team were taking no notice of what was coming out of the other camp, and in particular the mouth of Michael Cheika, the Wallabies’ coach may have delivered the opposition a pep talk when he said recently the All Blacks will be “thinking they’ll do it easy”.

That doesn’t appear to be the case, and it could be apt that New Zealand’s Olympic rowing gold medallist Mahe Drysdale was with the All Blacks this week setting them on the straight and narrow.

With the team assembling

only four days out from the test to give them as much recovery time as possible after their efforts and associated travel in Argentina and South Africa, Foster said their preparations had been given an added edge as their date with destiny looms.

Loose forward Jerome Kaino added: “What we’ve learned in the past is how to prepare during the week.

“Although a lot of things in the media or out in the public will be said about how we’ll easily beat them, it’s important for us not to believe that.

“We’re both tier one nations and there’s only little things in test matches that win them and lose them.”

The Wallabies most recently spoiled the party in Sydney in 2014 when holding the All Blacks to a 12-12 draw as Steve Hansen’s men teetered on the brink.

Given that history, and the feelings between the two teams

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this year – which came to a head in Wellington in August when the Wallabies played the man rather than the ball – the motivation to get to the magical 18 victories in a row and beyond could hardly be greater.

“The Aussies are certainly mentioning it, and we’re mentioning it,” Foster said.

“There’s no point denying the fact that we’re sitting on 17.”

Foster believed the Wallabies performances in beating the Pumas at Twickenham in their last test and losing a relatively close one to the Springboks showed how far they had come this year.

Cheika’s side were on a fivematch losing streak this year following their 29-9 hammering by the All Blacks in Wellington before they beat the Boks and Pumas.

“Looking at their [recent] tests against Argentina and South Africa, they’ve taken a lot on board from those first two tests and they’ve moved on and I think

playing a better style of rugby,” Foster said.

“They look like they understand what they’re trying to do more. We probably have, too.

“We’ve certainly stepped up from August so I think there’s two improved teams – we’ll see who has improved the most.

“The energy levels are high now and there’s that mental freshness that comes in. There’s an edge that generates when you know you have to get through the same amount of work [in a shorter time].”

Foster said the team had put a full stop to the Aaron Smith affair after the statement by New Zealand Rugby that the halfback had voluntarily stood down from the test.

The focus this week is on performing at training in what is looming as one of the most important tests for the All Blacks this year. A world record is at stake, and they generally don’t come easy.

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Motorcycling great Wayne Gardner and his son Remy are being provided Australian consular assistance after being jailed in Japan. Wayne Gardner, the 1987 500cc world champion, was detained over his alleged involvement in a road rage incident before the Japanese Grand Prix at the weekend. Remy, 18, who is on the Moto2 class world circuit, has also reportedly been locked up over an alleged driver’s licence violation.

It places Remy’s participation in the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Phillip Island this weekend in doubt.

Tops seeds advance Top seeds Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki and Kiki Bertens advanced to the second round of the Luxembourg Open. Kvitova, the Czech No.11, progressed with a 7-5 6-0 win over Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei. Dane Wozniacki beat Madison Brengle 6-2 6-2, while Bertens saw off Annika Beck of Germany 6-4 6-4.

Sixth seed Misaki Doi, though, is out after the Japan player was defeated 6-1 6-2 by Lauren Davis. Sabine Lisicki came through in three sets against Viktorija Golubic.

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