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Local beef on SKYCITY menu No – it’s summer, isn’t it?

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BY MEGAN GNAD

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SKYCITY restaurant, The Grill

by Sean Connolly, has been thrilled at the response to including 130-day grain-fed sirloin, finished on Ashburton’s Five Star beef feedlot, on its menu.

The product, which retails at $55 for 400g, is gaining rave reviews and is currently the restaurant’s most popular item.

The Grill by Sean Connolly operations manager Anna Haines said it was a firm favourite with customers.

“It has the perfect balance between texture and flavour,” she said. “You can taste the result of farming with grain and grass, cooked by chefs who are passionate about topquality beef, this steak truly tastes as good as it looks.”

Neat Meat managing director Simon Eriksen, who sources and supplies the steak to SKYCITY, said it was a challenge securing it, as it is produced largely for the premium Japanese market.

“The Grill is always looking to change their menu and use products that others may struggle to find and (products of) excellent quality,” he said.

“In this case, the sirloin, which has the perfect bal-

ance between taste and tenderness, is created through superior genetics, a grass diet for most of their life, then premium grains grown in New Zealand.

“It’s popular at The Grill because they sell it and it is good. It’s not popular elsewhere, because it’s hard to get.”

The mainly Angus beef is finished on the Ashburton feedlot for 130-150 days.

Wakanui comes off the same feedlot, but the difference is the beef is finished on grain for 70-90 days.

Chef Sean Connolly told the Ashburton Guardian it was rare to find 130-150 day grain-fed beef in New Zealand, especially when New Zealand is so famous for pasture-fed cattle.

Just last week, the product was highlighted in a restaurant review of The Grill by Sean Connolly, published in the NZ Herald’s Canvas Magazine reviewer Kim Knight said: “imagine the very best Burger King patty you’ve ever eaten – tangy, charred and juicy – and then imagine that delicious and distinctive flavour served as a steak.

Strange, but true”.

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Right – The Grill by Sean Connolly operations manager Anna Haines with the Ashburton 130-150 day grain-fed sirloin.

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Oak Grove roundabout closed next week If the Oak Grove roundabout is part of your normal route to work, next week you’ll need to change your plans.

From Tuesday the northern section of Oak Grove will be closed while sewer main renewal work is carried out.

“The work on Oak Grove is part of council’s ongoing pro-

gramme to renew Ashburton’s sewer mains.

The mains being replaced have reached the end of their serviceable life and have to be replaced to ensure the correct functioning of the network,” Ashburton District Council assets manager Andrew Guthrie said.

The north-bound lane of Oak Grove from Elizabeth Street to the Harrison Street roundabout will be closed for maintenance, and a detour will be in place.

Residents along Oak Grove affected by the works will be able to access their properties throughout the three-day maintenance, and traffic will

be diverted via Elizabeth Street, Cross Street and Harrison Street.

The closure will be in place from Tuesday until Thursday.

“Council greatly appreciates the community’s understanding and co-operation during this time, and we hope this work doesn’t cause too much disruption for anyone,” Guthrie said.

If you thought winter had arrived early in the Ashburton District when you woke up yesterday – it had.

A dusting of snow on Mt Hutt and a chilly southerly wind meant temperatures plummeted to just 3.2°C at 6.40am on Friday morning.

And it didn’t get much better as the district struggled to hit the day’s predicted high of 15 degrees.

The summer chill arrived on the back of a day of rain and high winds on Thursday. Wind gusts hit 75.9 kilometres an hour and the average wind speed for the 24 hours period was 54.6 kilometres an hour, according to Ashburton’s Graham’s Weather Station.

The days’ recordings, however fell well short of reaching the wind speed record (since 2006) of gusts topping 94 kilometres an hour on January 1, 2013.

And that is well below the 1975 windstorm where gusts of 153 kilometres an hour were recorded.

Snow is not unusual at Mt Hutt in summer, with southerly winds often bringing some snowflakes every couple of months.

Early January in 2014 saw about seven centimetres fall on the mountain.

Rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday saw the Rakaia and Rangitata rivers running high with flows peaking at river mouths on Thursday night. River levels decreased throughout the day yesterday.

The summer chill is set to linger over the weekend with rain forecast for Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures are unlikely to climb out of the low to mid teens until Tuesday.

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Wheeling bins into rural villages

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Residents in Mid Canterbury’s rural villages are being offered the opportunity to hook into Ashburton’s new wheelie bin, kerbside rubbish collection.

The Ashburton District Council is about to start a round of consultation with residents of Lake Hood, Fairton, Chertsey, Rakaia, Methven, Mayfield and Hinds as well as people living in the Winslow area and on lifestyle blocks around Ashburton and Rakaia to gauge interest.

Wheelie bins were given the thumbs up by Ashburton residents in 2015 and the council is now committed to introducing the new service in July. A tender for the wheelie bin contract has now been awarded to its current contractor, Envirowaste Services Ltd. Within that tender there is the opportunity to extend the service to include rural villages, said council waste recovery manager Craig Goodwin.

Apart from Fairtion, where residents elected not to have a kerbside collection and Lake Hood where residents employ their own contractor, the district’s rural villages have the same black bag kerbside collection as Ashburton.

With Ashburton signing

on for wheelie bins, that had prompted a number of inquiries from the village residents requesting the same service, Goodwin said.

The council had looked at the new service and identified that extending it to the villages would be a positive economic move, he said.

“We can offer exactly the same service as the people in town will get; it’s not an additional cost to bring in the rural villages.”

If rural residents wanted to be part of the new service, the council planned to roll out wheelie bins across the district at the same time “But for this to work, we need everyone in – or out – but we really hope everyone will buy into this. There are a lot of environmental benefits, it’s good for waste minimisation and we should see a 20 to 30 per cent rise in kerbside recycling,” Goodwin said.

By bringing the lifestyle blocks around towns into the collection it could see a reduction in the “bury or burn” approach to dealing with waste, he said.

Letters outlining the proposal will go out to all rural village residents from Monday to kickstart the consultation process.

Ashburton Hospital clinical nurse co-ordinator surgical services, Liz Grant, was preparing for the move into the new Day Procedure Theatre yesterday.

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Day procedure theatre opens at hospital

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Endoscopy services move into their spacious new building at the Ashburton Hospital Day Procedure Theatre on Monday.

Ashburton Hospital clinical

nurse co-ordinator surgical services, Liz Grant, said they had been housed in another building, which they moved into after the earthquakes.

“It will be great for the community,” she said. “Everyone is very

impressed with the building, it’s nice and spacious.

“It’s nice for patients because it’s a very compact area; they can see the doctor, have the procedure and then go home from here.”

Hard at work having fun Cuban dance opportunity beckons For some children taking part in the Adventure Plus holiday programme it was a morning of artistic discovery.

Under the guidance of Michael Craddock the kids have been learning the finer points of limestone carving.

Creating a variety of works such as candle holders and tigers, they chiselled and sanded their way to a finished product.

The week-long programme will finish with a bike ride to Hakatere after a night staying over at the Mania-o-roto scout park.

If you’ve always had a hankering to dance like a Cuban, then you’ll have an opportunity to learn how next month.

When Ashburton’s multi-cultural bite festival is held on Waitangi Day, two Cuban dancers Greydis Montero Liranza and Israel Ortiz Castellanos will be per-

forming and later in the day will hold a Cuban dance class.

Ashburton has its own salsa dance group and two of its members, Lyn and Richard George are passionate about all things Cuban.

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have travelled to Cuba and are keen to provide an opportunity for Ashburton people to experience the Cuban dance style.

The Cuban dance class will be held in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 3.30pm on February 6.

Dancers can enrol by email to cda@thecherryorchard.co.nz.

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Workshop for local artists

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New Zealand expressionist Wayne Seyb, of Christchurch, is tutoring 11 pupils in a three-day Ashburton Society of Arts summer workshop this week. He said he was enjoying taking his students out of their comfort zones. Painting with scrapers using gestures and employing a twig as a brush were among warm-up techniques as the workshop kicked off. “So there’s a certain bit that’s out of control, but it makes for a more organic type of image,” he said. Pictured above is Seyb with student Florence Wilson.

Council urges caution on water usage Ashburton District Council is urging the community to remain vigilant with water use, even though the region has been hit by rainfall during the holiday period.

Council assets manager Andrew Guthrie said the unseasonably wet conditions should not be a cause for complacency, and that SMART Watering practices

are as important as ever.

“We often feel a sense of security about water when we see lots of rainfall, but consecutive seasons of dry weather has taken a toll on Mid Canterbury, and we should be doing what we can to ensure water is used wisely.”

IrrigationNZ chief executive Andrew Curtis supports the initiative, saying there are immediate

steps the community can take to reduce water wastage.

“Given it’s the middle of summer now, we’re looking at shortterm approaches – things like making sure your sprinkler waters your plants and not the patio, driveway or footpath; using timers; watering early in the morning and in the evening and using mulch to help your soil re-

tain water,” he said.

The SMART Watering campaign, developed by IrrigationNZ, and launched by Canterbury councils in October last year, is an educational campaign promoting water-wise farming principles in suburban gardens.

The campaign is a tool for residents, particularly with water restrictions in place across

Ashburton District.

Environment Canterbury is also spreading the message, reminding farmers to ensure they are irrigating their paddocks and not roads.

More information on the SMART Watering campaign can be found on by visiting the council website: www.ashburtondc. govt.nz

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NZer wins prestigious humane award For the first time in nearly 50 years, a New Zealander has been awarded the prestigious United Kingdom Royal Humane Society’s Stanhope Medal.

In 2015, Murray Michie, then 58, rescued Susan Evans and her three daughters from their burning vehicle after a road crash in Manawatu.

As others helped keep the flames at bay, Michie cut three of them from their seatbelts with a pocket knife.

Last year he was awarded the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand’s Silver Medal in recognition of his bravery.

The New Zealand society also nominated him for the Stanhope Medal, and he came out ahead of nominations from societies in Australia, Canada and the UK. New Zealand society president Austin Forbes says the last New Zealander to be awarded the medal was Mt Cook ranger Robert Ryan in 1968, for belaying down a crevasse to help rescue a climber whose climbing companion was killed.

Despite the lethal combination of smoke, flames and leaking petrol, Michie had helped rescue Evans and her daughters and moments later their vehicle exploded.

“It’s just incredible. People see what’s happened and feel there’s no alternative but to go in there.

It’s very much to their credit,” Forbes said.

The society is hoping GovernorGeneral Patsy Reddy will agree to present the medal to Michie but a date is yet to be confirmed.

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Four injured in crash Three people suffered serious injuries and one is in a moderate condition after a plane bounced off the end of a runway at a Marlborough airfield. Four people were on board and one had to be extracted from the plane by the Fire Service, police said. Helicopters were sent to take the patients to hospital. A spokeswoman for the Kaikoura Aerodrome said a small plane heading into the Clarence area had come down north of Kekerengu. It had left from a Canterbury airfield earlier in the morning with at least one passenger. The airstrip is remote and emergency services gained access by quadbikes.

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Bo-Peep’s sheep found Figures released by new Social Housing Minister Amy Adams yesterday show the number of people on the list jumped in the last three months of 2016.

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Housing list sees rise Hamilton, but fell in other main centres such as Christchurch and Wellington.

Adams said the number of people waiting for social housing tended to fluctuate.

“Nevertheless it’s clear that the number of people seeking our help has risen,” she said.

“As a nation we are aware that the demand for housing is putting pressure on families, particularly in Auckland.

“We’ve been actively encouraging people to get in touch with Work and Income when they need help and I’m pleased to see that message getting through.”

Adams said there was a gap between the existing pool of social housing and the type of houses applicants were seeking.

The data showed a rise in people seeking one and two-bed-

The official waiting list for social housing has risen again to nearly 4800 households, nearly half of whom are in Auckland.

The waiting list is now at its highest level since it was transferred to Work and Income in mid-2014.

Figures released by new Social Housing Minister Amy Adams yesterday show the number of people on the list jumped by 169 in the last three months of 2016 to 4771 – an increase of 3.7 per cent. Over the last year, the list grew by 37.3 per cent.

The increase was driven mostly by demand in Auckland, where the list grew by 153 people to 2060. The biggest increases were in South Auckland suburbs such as Mangere, Otara and Manurewa.

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room properties.

Adams’ predecessor Paula Bennett announced $300 million in funding for emergency housing in November.

The National-led Government began funding emergency housing for the first time in late 2015.

The figures released yesterday by Adams also showed that another 1339 social housing tenants were seeking a transfer to another property. That is an increase of 171 households over the last quarter. Over the same period, 1748 households were moved into social housing.

The number of state houses has fallen from a peak of 69,717 in June 2011 to 64,240 in September 2016, partly because of the transfer of 2800 houses to the Tamaki Regeneration Company last year.

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Keen to reunite the impounded flock with its owner, the shelter has put out an appeal to get the livestock back on to the farm.“Little Bo Peep we have found your sheep!!!!” read the post on the lost pet register Facebook page. The real-life Bo Peep is being asked to contact the Manukau Animal Shelter within seven days before they become the property of Auckland Council.

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Sailor of the Year Auckland woman Jo Stewart was named the Royal New Zealand Navy’s Sailor of the Year for 2016.

The award, in its 18th year, is made to an outstanding and deserving candidate who demonstrates the Navy’s core values of courage, comradeship and commitment.

Acting petty officer writer Stewart, said she was overwhelmed and thrilled to be awarded Sailor of the Year.

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School costs increase significantly The primary and secondary education of a child born in New Zealand today is expected to cost parents up to $345,996, the latest research from a sector funding provider shows.

The ASG New Zealand Planning for Education Index released today, has estimated the cost of 13 years of education to be $38,362 at a state school, $109,354 at an integrated school and $345,996 at a private school.

The education index is independently verified and based on almost 2000 responses which measure a range of variables to determine the costs of education, including school fees, transport, uniforms, computers, school excursions and sporting trips.

It also shows the costs during the past decade (2007-2017) have surged.

The estimated cost of 13 years’ education in a state school has increased 15 per cent, from $33,274 starting in 2007, to $38,362 starting in 2017.

During the same timeframe, education in state integrated schools had increased 34 per cent ($81,765), and a whopping 48 per cent ($233,678) in private schools.

John Velegrinis, chief executive officer of funding provider ASG, said New Zealanders were fortunate to have excellent state, state-

integrated and private schools to choose from, but costs could spiral out of control.

“If you have three children, the cost of educating them in New Zealand’s private education system could top more than $1million.

Mr Velegrinis suggested parents

use “a disciplined approach” to funding their children’s education costs, by putting a little bit away each week so they can financially afford to “meet their children’s educational goals and aspirations”.

Mr Velegrinis said the cost of education in New Zealand had risen by double the rate of inflation

during the past decade.

“Independent research predicts the cost of education will increase, irrespective of whether you send your child to a state, state integrated or private school.

“Estimated costs for a state education in New Zealand have risen by 15 per cent over the last

decade, and costs for a state integrated and private school education have gone up sharply by more than $27,000 and $112,000 respectively.”

He said New Zealand parents fared better than Australian parents, who could expect to pay significantly more for their children’s education across state and private schools over 13 years.

The education index revealed for a child born in 2017, Australian parents could pay up to 88 per cent more (an extra $33,558), to send their child to a state school in metropolitan Australia.

“The difference in the forecast cost of a private education between the two countries is 48 per cent with Australian parents expecting to pay $164,575 more than New Zealand parents.”

Melbourne-based independent statistician and Foreseechange managing director Charlie Nelson said a range of economic factors was influencing the cost of education.

“Employment growth, hourly wages and inflation all impact the cost of living, which puts extra strain on the family budget. With school fees likely to rise further, it has never been more important for parents to financially plan for their child’s future.”

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Fire claims fourth victim Fire investigators have revealed they do not know what caused the Auckland house fire that yesterday claimed its fourth victim.

Refugee Council of New Zealand secretary Kaileshan “Kailesh” Thanabalasingham, 47, escaped the blaze in Flat Bush on December 22 but was severely burned.

His 11-year-old daughter and 69-year-old father-in-law also escaped the fire.

Counties Manukau fire risk managment officer Phil Faidley said despite exstensive investigations it was impossible to work out the cause of the fatal fire.

“We have ascertained the fire’s origin but unfortunately because we are unable to be conclusive, the cause of the fire is undetermined.”

He said the fatal fire started in the home’s ground floor lounge and dining area and would have been smouldering before bursting into flame.

“The indications are the fire had been a low, smouldering fire that might have been burning for 90 minutes,” he said.

There was at least one work-

ing smoke alarm in the house that survivors of the fire reported hearing as they made their escape.

Faidley said yesterday’s death, which added to the fire’s already grim toll, was a tragic outcome.

“I really feel for the family and I feel for the community and I feel for our guys as well,” he said.

Family spokeswoman, barrister Deborah Manning, told the New Zealand Herald Thanabalasingham died at Middlemore Hospital just before 7am.

She was unsure if Thanabalasingham’s daughter had been told of her father’s death.

The fire claimed the lives of Thanabalasingham’s 5-year-old son Bareth Kailesh, 39-year-old wife Bhamini Theiventhiran and 66-year-old mother-in-law Umadhevi Theiventhiran.

Thanabalasingham was heavily sedated after the fire and was not able to attend the funeral of his family members at the Manukau Memorial Gardens this month.

It is understood he was not aware of the deaths of his son, wife and mother-in-law.

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One of the pre-fab buildings found at Scott Base.

Scott base celebrates 60 years Lamingtons and cheese rolls will be on the menu when New Zealand’s Scott Base celebrates its 60th year this weekend.

Celebrations surrounding the Antarctic station’s big anniversary will include a TEDx talk at the base featuring, among others, a Kiwi pop star, a Nasa astronaut and the granddaughter-in-law of famed adventurer Jacques Cousteau.

New Zealand was one of the first countries to establish a base on the frozen continent, and over the six decades since, the country had been at the forefront of scientific research and exploration on the ice, Antarctica New Zealand chief executive Peter Beggs said.

On January 20, 1957, a flag-raising ceremony was held outside the original Scott Base that had just been built by a team led by Sir Edmund Hillary.

Beggs said Antarctica New Zealand wanted to do more than just cut a cake to mark the milestone.

“We wanted to celebrate our history and success at Scott Base, but we wanted to use the anniversary to draw attention to the significance of Antarctica, how the continent is changing, and the impact this has on the rest of the world.

“Global warming means our scientific work in Antarctica is more important than ever before; what happens to the Ice over coming

decades will effect the entire global population.”

To highlight the issue, Antarctica New Zealand is hosting TEDxScottBase – a series of talks from 10 internationally recognised speakers.

Beggs said the team at Scott Base was also preparing a more low-key but fitting celebration.

“They’re having a 1957-style morning tea, complete with lamingtons, cheese rolls and pigs in blankets.

Antartcica New Zealand is also hosting a number of those who were on the early expeditions to Scott Base at a dinner in Christchurch.

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When a wall’s not just a wall Contemporary New Zealand artist, Mark Braunias, completed his eyepopping installation at the Ashburton Art Gallery this week. He spoke with Megan Gnad about his inspiration, love of painting giant wall canvases and why Mid Canterbury should be proud of its local gallery.

Left – Contemporary New Zealand artist, Mark Braunias, completed his eye-popping installation at the Ashburton Art Gallery this week. He spoke with Megan Gnad about his inspiration, love of painting giant wall canvases and why Mid Canterbury should be proud of its local gallery.

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o-one looks at a wall in quite the same way as Mark Braunias.

In fact, when he first visited the Ashburton Art Gallery, the stark white foyer was the first thing he noticed and he couldn’t shake it from his mind as his head swam wildly with outrageous possibilities.

The only thing to do was to approach the staff with a proposal that would allow him free rein to paint the 6m x 4m canvas in his own unique, contemporary style.

With permission granted, the Kawhia-based artist returned at the beginning of January where he set up shop in the main foyer; paintbrushes and testpots strewn over a table, under the watchful eye of every guest and visitor to the public space.

He was in his element.

Over a 10-day period he completed the work titled, Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble, designed to explore all living, growing forms in bright acrylic mediums, inks and intense colours.

Yet in just six short months it will be gone. Painted over and returned to the white wall with no lasting legacy other than a photograph of the work he describes as part Charles Darwin, part Walt Disney.

But this process is something Braunias is used to, having painted temporary installations at respected institutions across the country, the first one being for the Auckland Public Art Gallery.

“It makes you lose some of your preciousness about it and you get a lift from it,” he said. “I don’t have any angst about them getting painted out. Nothing is permanent.

“You respond in different ways to different social environments and no wall is the same.”

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For this particular work, he chose to look at biological forms, but says it is open to interpretation and enjoys hearing what different people see in the eyepopping creation.

“To me, it’s about organic shapes morphing and transforming into new shapes,” he said.

“It’s a cross between abstract and figuration. I don’t like to tell people what to think.

“Working in public you get a lot of kids who get it in one. A girl said it looked like notebook studies and body parts. It’s interesting, I don’t think, ‘you’ve missed the point’, everyone has different life perspectives.”

Braunias said he had a “visual bank of imagery” that he drew on in the lead-up to starting the work and he prepped by making one almost to scale in his North

Island studio.

“I had a design and theme and structure but wanted to be open to shifts and changes,” says the Canterbury School of Fine Arts graduate. “When you’re painting, you have to be alive to the surface and respond to the work.

“It’s 1000 per cent made in Ashburton, the shifts and changes happened here.”

Back home in Kawhia, Braunias

works out of an old wooden BNZ Bank building, circa 1918, with the original teller area serving as his studio.

While he used to commute to Auckland to teach, he now prefers to stay locally and finds time to lecture art at The Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec).

He has completed Artist-inResidence programmes at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2002), Southland Museum and Art Gallery (2005) and the Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, (2007) and his work is held in public, corporate and private collections in New Zealand and overseas.

In 2010, he was awarded a Fulbright/Wallace scholarship to take up a residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

This inspired him to publish a limited edition drawing book titled Encyclo – Dimensional featuring writings and drawings completed during the threemonth residency.

“It was the highlight of my career,” he said. “I worked with artists from all over the globe. I got a lot of confidence, it was a real lift.

“And I used to ride a bike over the Golden Gate Bridge once a week to look at the galleries.”

With all his knowledge and experience of galleries around the world, Braunias is quick to point out how special the Ashburton Art Gallery is, saying Mid Canterbury locals should be proud of such a venue.

“It’s a good space here,” he said.

“I’ve probably enjoyed it most in the mornings when the light crossed over. I’ve done projects for some public galleries and this place is as good as anything.

“The staff are great, particularly Shirin (Khosraviani). She is the hardest-working director in the country.

“She goes the extra mile with a passion for showing art to the Mid Canterbury community.”

While Braunias only manages to complete one or two wall works a year, he won’t be forgetting his Ashburton project in a hurry, saying he always takes inspiration as a template for the year.

“It’s a challenge and serious fun,” he said. “And because of the quirky shapes, there’s a humorous quality as well.

“I really respond to putting art in the wall rather than putting the object on top. I get excited about wall work, I think it’s the performance aspect.”

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Blogger fat-shamed over honeymoon photos P

lus-size blogger Callie Thorpe has hit back at bullies who launched a vicious attack on her wedding and honeymoon photos.

The size 24 fashion and lifestyle writer, from London, recently tied the knot with fellow blogger Daniel Hetherington with the pair jetting off to Tulum, Mexico, after their nuptials.

Callie has been posting a series of bikini snaps, but says her social media accounts have been littered with cruel comments from people who “want to torment or bully me for my size”.

She had previously re-tweeted comments on Twitter saying things like “Save the whales” and “When you slipped into your wedding dress did you have to use grease?”

But after returning to London last week, Callie took to Instagram to post a poignant message to her trolls.

“Take a seat and ENJOY THE SHOW, that is my happy life,” she wrote. “So I have extra weight, I also have ridiculously wonderful friends, a great job and a person that loves me. ALL OF ME from head to toe, big or small, fat or thin.

“I have a constant, loving kind, companion, to travel with, to laugh with, to ease the pain during the bad times in life. Sadly all you have is anger and hatred.

“So I’ll take being fat, I’d rather be overweight and full of love than an image of perfection and lonely. But on this final note I send you nothing but love and light and hope that one day you get even a tiny drop of what I have because it sure sounds lonely on that pedestal of yours up there.”

Her post racked up more than 7400 likes and a wave of support from her 115,000 followers.

One wrote: “Well said ... So much respect for you right now,” while others lashed out at the “sad and lonely pitiful” internet trolls.

In an earlier post, the style blogger, who writes a column for Marie Claire, posted a picture with the caption: “It’s not brave to be in a Bikini guys, it’s just not.

I don’t deserve a medal or your praise when I put one on and share it on Instagram.

“Let’s all get to a point where it’s just normal for a woman to put on a bathing suit on her holiday and it not be a big deal. I felt cute AF today all size 24 of me.”

Callie previously revealed that she always thought she would have to be thin to get married and she never thought she would find a dress to fit her figure.

However, after being contacted

by David’s Bridal – which stocks up to US size 30 (UK – 26) – she was able to find the perfect plussize gown.

She said of her now husband,

Plus-sized blogger Callie Thorpe has hit back at internet trolls who fat-shamed her on social media.

Callie Thorpe’s social media accounts have been littered with cruel comments.

who she met in 2008: “Dan has loved me at all different sizes and on the day of the wedding when I walked into the room he turned

and teared as I walked towards him, he looked at me like I was magic.”

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Sport Paddon crashes out

Spectator dies; team withdraw car A spectator involved in Kiwi Hayden Paddon’s rally crash in Monte Carlo has died.

The Hyundai driver lost control on ice, and slid off the road and into a bank, where someone was standing.

There are conflicting reports about whether Paddon’s car hit the spectator, or whether he fell from the steep bank into which the car crashed.

Live footage showed the spectator tumble down the bank and other spectators rush to check on the person.

Paddon and co-driver John Kennard were not injured.

A short time ago Hyundai Motorsport said via social media they would be withdrawing from the event, a tweet which Paddon shared with his followers.

In a statement Hayden Paddon RallySport Global Ltd said “we are deeply saddened to have just received the following statement from Rally Monte Carlo officials, plus the following statement from Hyundai Motorsport: It is with great sadness that the Automobile Club de Monaco confirms further details of the incident that occurred in SS1 with car #4 (Paddon/Kennard).

“A spectator was transported

by helicopter from the stage to hospital in Nice. Despite the best efforts of the medical staff, the spectator has sadly died.

“The team has withdrawn car #4 from the rally as a mark of respect for the spectator who sadly passed away in the incident.”

“An investigation has commenced into the incident and all involved parties will provide assistance to the authorities.

“Everyone associated with the event extends their deepest sympathies and condolences to the families, friends and individuals affected.”

Paddon said he was “incredibly

saddened by today’s accident and my thoughts are with the family and friends of the person involved. It’s difficult to say much more at the moment as we are in shock with what has happened.

I’m sorry for the family, the fans and our sport.”

Hayden Paddon RallySport Global Ltd said “this is an extremely sad end to a difficult day for Hayden and John. There will be no further comment from either of them at this time”.

Following the crash the stage was cancelled by rally organisers.

Conditions were treacherous in the hills, where the night-time

stage was being held.

Black ice featured prominently in zero degrees Celsius, making it difficult for drivers to judge grip levels.

Four-time world champion Sebastien Ogier and Paddon’s Hyundai teammate Thierry Neuville had already completed the stage when Paddon had his crash.

Both drivers spoke of difficult driving conditions.

Monte Carlo is known as one of the more technical courses on the world rally circuit. Drivers may not be at top speed, but would still be grappling with more power through corners.

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■ CRICKET

NZ hold advantage after day one New Zealand claimed the advantage on the opening day of the second test at Christchurch, despite a series of fielding calamities and a shot of Bangladeshi batting grit.

Tim Southee’s lbw of Kamrul Islam brought the day to a close, dismissing Bangladesh for 289.

It was the right-armer’s sixth test five-wicket bag, leaving him two victims short of becoming the fifth New Zealand bowler to reach 200 wickets.

However, four dropped slip catches – two from Jeet Raval, one from Ross Taylor and one from Southee – dulled the lustre on the hosts’ performance. Southee (five for 94 from 28.3 overs) and Trent Boult (four for 87 from 24 overs) pitched up for the most part to reap dividends from swing and seam on the fresh pitch.

The rain and wind of the previous evening passed to leave the ground in immaculate condition.

New Zealand won the toss and

New Zealand bowler Tim Southee celebrates with his team after capturing the wicket of Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haque.

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serted the opposition.

The visiting batsmen kept their composure for the most part,

courtesy of two key partnerships.

Makeshift opener Soumya Sarkar and 46-test veteran Shakib

Al Hasan staved off the hosts’ early impetus to post 127 runs for the third wicket after combining at 38 for two in the 11th over.

For a cricketer who had batted at No.6 or No.7 in his five previous test innings, Soumya deserved to take a bow. A highlight in his 86 was the one-two punch off a pull in front of square and an on drive from de Grandhomme’s fifth over.

The second boundary brought up his maiden test half-century in 54 balls and his side’s 100. He finally lobbed to cover which had de Grandhomme claiming a catch millimetres from the turf.

The Bangladesh effort was commendable, given their XI contained just four players who had played more than three tests.

Nurul eventually posted 47, reflecting his average of 133 from the last seven first-class innings.

Boult and Southee delivered impressive opening spells of eight and six overs respectively, taking a wicket each.

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The Weekend Sports Box A look ahead to the sporting weekend, with a casual glance back over the shoulder at the week that was.

On the couch …

Novak might have gone home early, but there’s still going to be plenty of quality tennis action to enjoy over the weekend at the Australian Open. And with the weather gods set to open up the heavens again over the next few days, what better way to relax and listen to the rain on the roof while watching some of

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Local multisport freak of nature Braden Currie is in action this weekend in Wanaka in the Red Bull Defiance – a race he helped establish – as he readies himself for a return to the Coast to Coast next

Out and about …

One of Mid Canterbury’s most prestigious cricketing trophies, the Pritchard Shield, is up for grabs this weekend when Methven and Allenton lock horns at the Methven Domain. Both sides have produced some quality cricket over the season so far and will be keen to get their hands on the prize. So if the weather is good, pack up the chilly bin and head out to Methven to take in the action.

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They said it ...

“I started with 36 golf balls and ended with 4.” – Greg Eason.

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■ BASKETBALL

OKC miss hardman Kiwi Adams

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Rep team hoping to bounce back from loss Mid Canterbury will be looking to bounce back this weekend in their bid for the Hawke Cup after their comprehensive innings and 45 run loss to South Canterbury in early December.

The side will be travelling to In-

vercargill to take on Southland in the two-day match.

Batting was a serious issue for Mid Canterbury, only posting a dismal 79 runs in the first innings and 87 runs in the second and that has been an area of focus,

coach Garfield Charles said.

He believes the team’s Achilles heel has been batting and said it has been a strong area of focus recently.

Charles believes the Queen’s Park surface may be more bat-

ting user friendly and is optimistic in their chances against a side of similar strength to South Canterbury.

Elsewhere in Zone four South Canterbury will be hosting North Otago.

■ PRITCHARD SHIELD

Lot riding on today’s games

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The Pritchard Shield will be decided in Methven today, but neither side is wishing to label themselves the favourite.

Allenton’s captain Jeff Naish and Methven’s captain Mitch Sim both believe their sides are underdogs coming in to the match, but for two different reasons.

Naish believes it is the form book that is putting the pressure on Methven as they have beaten Allenton twice earlier in the season so expectation will be on

Methven to continue that form.

In Sim’s eyes Methven are the underdogs due to the number of experienced players on the Allenton team sheet.

Methven are coming into the fixture in fine form after a comprehensive 49 run victory over Coldstream last week.

“A good strong team performance is what we need, the boys are quite excited as we haven’t contested for any silverware in quite a while,” Sim said.

Allenton will be looking to bounce back from their 17 run

loss to Lauriston last week that, had they won, would’ve made this fixture a dead rubber.

“We lost wickets in clumps last week and never really put any solid partnerships together, which we will need to improve on,” said Naish, in regards to what will be important for his team to win the match.

If Methven lose they still have the potential to be overtaken by Coldstream who take on Tech in the other fixture on the weekend.

Coldstream sit two points behind Methven and should they

defeat last place Tech and Methven lose to Allenton, Coldstream will move in to second place.

Tech themselves have a chance to propel themselves up the table as a victory would see them move level on points with Lauriston and Coldstream. An already superior net run rate to Lauriston would see Tech move to fourth but a substantial increase in net run rate would be required to overtake Coldstream for third.

Lauriston sit out the final round of fixtures with the bye.

Steven Adams’ absence was keenly felt during Oklahoma City Thunder’s latest loss, but more for his intimidation factor than his scoring and rebounding stats.

The Kiwi NBA star has missed the Thunder’s last two games – both losses – with concussion, after knocking his head on the floor during a win over Sacramento Kings earlier this week. He remains in the league-mandated concussion protocol.

But commentators wondered aloud what might have been, when his team needed an enforcer on court against Golden State Warriors yesterday.

Just before half-time, Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook was flattened by Warriors centre Zaza Pachulia, who then stood over the prone OKC guard, as he writhed on the floor.

Pachulia was assessed a flagrant foul by officials and Westbrook later hinted the matter was not finished.

“He hit me kind of hard,” said Westbrook. “But it’s all right – I’m gonna get his ass back, straight up.”

During half-time on ESPN coverage, former NBA players Jalen Rose and Chauncy Billups hinted the situation could have ended very differently if Adams had been on court, claiming it would likely have escalated back in their days, once their designated enforcers intervened.

“Bodies would have moved,” warned Billups.

During his short career, Adams has carved a hard-man reputation, refusing to take a backward step in confrontations with some of the league’s toughest players. A square-up between him and Pachulia would have added another chapter to this standing.

And the rangy Kiwi already has history with the Warriors, after being kicked in the man-parts twice by forward Draymond Green during last year’s playoffs.

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■ BOXING

In brief

Jeff who? Pacquiao asks WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao insists he’s never heard of Australian fighter Jeff Horn – reportedly his next challenger – but he’d love to meet him one day.

Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has touted Horn, managed

by Auckland-based Duco Events, as his fighter’s next opponent on April 22, either in the United Arab Emirates or Australia.

But either word of that match genuinely hasn’t reached the champ yet or his mind games with the little-known Aussie have already begun.

“I don’t know him,” Pacquiao told Fox Sport News.

Still, Pacquiao was openly receptive to the idea of taking his act to Australia to fight Horn in what is essentially being dubbed as a “world tour”.

“I’m hoping that the fight will be in Australia, I’d love to do that,” he said.

Pacquiao continued by re-

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao raises his WBO welterweight championship belt during a news conference. asserting that he’s still at peak form as a fighter, but declined to comment on Jeff Horn’s chances against him, after admitting that he’s never seen Horn fight before.

In fact, he’s never even seen Horn’s face before.

Horn (16-0-1, 11KO) reached

the 2012 Olympic quarterfinals,before falling to eventual silver medallist Denys Berinchyk.

He was an impressive winner against Ali Funeka on the Joseph Parker v Andy Ruiz Jr undercard, but Pacquiao would represent a whole new challenge for the for-

mer Brisbane schoolteacher.

Horn is ranked #2 challengeer

by WBO, behind Jessei Vargas, so his claim is legitimate.

“I thought he was a really rugged guy,” said Arum, who watched the Funeka bout from ringside. “He’s a good fighter.

“Does he beat Manny? Probably not, but he’s going to give him a good fight.

“He has a very pleasing personality.”

There are fears in the boxing world that, if this Pacquiao-Horn fight does eventually come off, it will be yet another lacklustre fight, which is more of a novelty act than a upper-echelon prizefight.

Pacquiao isn’t getting any younger, stronger or more dedicated to the sport of boxing as time goes by, so if the plan is to ever have him face a young stud like Terence Crawford, he’d be better off doing it sooner than later.

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■ GOLF

Australia’s BLK sport apparel business, which supplies gear to the Silver Ferns netball team and the Canterbury rugby union team, has been bought from receivers by a private consortium of TimorLeste and Fiji-based investors. The consortium led by Esperança Timor Oan (ETO), a Timor-Leste based oil and energy company, acquired the BLK business, brand and associated sub-brands from the World Rugby Specialists (WRS) for an undisclosed sum. BLK International will retain the existing BLK business executive team and senior management, including Tyron Brant, chief executive of BLK since 2014.

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Bradford links denied Brian McClennan is refuting claims he’s heading back to the Super League. The Hull Daily Mail newspaper reports the former Kiwis and Leeds coach is to take over as head coach of Championship rugby league side Bradford. However McClennan has said a young family and a business has him wanting to remain in New Zealand. The famed club is now owned by New Zealanders Andrew Chalmers and Graham Lowe after the former entity was liquidated.

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Slater nears return

Playing so he can keep buying shoes Kiradech Aphibarnrat is one of the most interesting characters in professional golf.

Dubbed “Asia’s John Daly”, Aphibarnrat has six professional wins from his nine years and has accumulated $US5.64 million dollars in career earnings over that time.

But it’s what he does with that money that makes Aphibarnrat so intriguing.

Following an opening round 66 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on the Euro Tour the Golf Channel’s Tim Rosaforte conducted an insightful interview with the 28-year-old.

Aphibarnrat opened up about his spending habits, and it’s fair to say the man has expensive tastes.

He bought his first Ferarri last

BLK apparel sold

Kiradech Aphibarnrat has expensive tastes. year, and it’s white.

When asked why he didn’t go for a more traditional red,

he said “since there’s not many white Ferraris in Thailand, if I go anywhere everyone will know

it’s the only one in Thailand, so that’s the key for why I had to buy white”.

He also has an admitted addiction to shoes and watches.

“I was big fan of Yeezy,” said the world No. 86.

“I think I have more than 15, and overall, with [Adidas] NMD stuff, more than 40 pairs.

“Watches? I think all that I can make, the earnings from last year can’t buy all my watches.

“So I have a lot of work to do, that’s why I play a lot around the world, and as you guys see, I spend a lot on all of that stuff.”

He hopes to win some more European Tour events and increase his world ranking, but his main goal is to carve out a place in the US on the PGA Tour.

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Injury-hit fullback Billy Slater will make his return from a year on the sidelines in Melbourne’s NRL pre-season trial matches. The Storm won’t risk the 33-year-old in February’s Auckland Nines, with a shoulder injury limiting the former Australian and Queensland star to eight games in two years. But assistant coach Jason Ryles said Slater will return to the field for the first time since round one of 2016 in the pre-season.

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England fall short India won a thrilling second oneday international and the series only after running out England captain Eoin Morgan in the penultimate over. Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni combined in a 256-run partnership to give India a whopping 381-6 total.

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Tietjens taking small steps It is small steps for Sir Gordon Tietjens in his new role as coach of the Samoan Sevens team.

Lying a lowly 12th on the World Series table after two legs, the only way is up for Samoa, and it starts with the Wellington tournament next weekend in a pool shared with New Zealand, USA and France. Qualification for the Cup quarter-finals, by virtue of finishing in the top two, would delight Tietjens, who officially started his job on January 1.

For the past fortnight, his charges have been training hard in his back yard of Mt Maunganui, and Tietjens himself feels refreshed with his new job.

“I’m very pleased. We’ve got 18 out here, all bar two are from the island, and we’re giving them that experience of operating here in New Zealand with higher intensity and it’s probably a quicker game here too,” he says.

“It’s coming. It’s not a quick fix, but it’s really promising.”

Those who know Tietjens will be unsurprised that he has identified fitness and nutrition as key work-ons for the Samoans, so they should be in good nick when they hit Wellington on Tuesday.

Sir Gordon Tietjens, coach of the Samoan Sevens team.

Those two New Zealand based players are Auckland’s Ed Fidow and Wellington Tomasi Alosio, both of whom appeared for their provinces at last weekend’s nationals. Many of the squad played in the Mt Maunganui Sevens a fortnight ago, reaching the Cup final under the guise of the Samoan Barbarians.

He has long- and short-term goals with this team.

“Our main goal is to get to the next Olympics in 2020 and to do that you have to grow and secure the youngsters. It’s a challenging position to be in, but probably a little less pressure than I had when coaching New Zealand,” says Tietjens, who would know after 22

Tom Arscott – sacked.

■ RUGBY

Arscott sacked over leak English rugby side Sale Sharks have sacked winger Tom Arscott after he allegedly leaked information to Premiership rivals Bristol.

Sharks chief executive Jon Dorsett said in a brief statement that the decision followed a disciplinary investigation and hearing.

Arscott, 29, had been suspended by the club since January 4, three days after Bristol beat Sale 24-23.

Bristol said earlier this week that Arscott met his brother Luke - a Bristol player - at the team hotel on New Year’s Eve. But the west country club insist that “nothing of any sporting value” was passed on to coaching staff and that they were “entirely confident we have not acted in a way that is against the spirit and values of rugby.”

A complaint made by Sale relating “to the passing of information to the opposition team” is currently being investigated by the Rugby Football Union.

Sale suspended wing Arscott, who joined

the club from London Welsh in 2013, after his team-mates expressed concerns to the north-west club’s director of rugby Steve Diamond.

When Diamond was questioned about the situation on Tuesday, he revealed that Arscott had been suspended.

“We investigated it internally and we are going through a disciplinary, and under the regulations, we have to report it (to the RFU), so we did that,” Diamond said.

When then asked how disruptive it had been for the rest of his squad, Diamond, whose side have lost their last 10 matches in all competitions, added: “The squad are galvanised.

“They came to me with the problem. I knew nothing about it. And I reacted to that – senior players coming to me.”

Neither Arscott brother played in the game, with Tom not included in Sale’s 23man squad and Luke an unused replacement in Bristol’s.

- AAP

years in the hot seat.

“With Wellington, it’s a really tough pool. We’re fourth seeds, and it would exceed expectations to make the Cup quarters,” he says.

Tietjens’ right-hand man is former Manu Samoa coach and the man who guided Samoa to their sole World Series Sevens title

in 2010, Stephen Betham. He is based in Samoa and has a strong handle on the talent coming out of the villages. To some, the fall of Samoan sevens status since 2010 has been perplexing, and the failure to qualify for Rio was a heavy blow for a proud nation.

“There just isn’t the depth at the moment. All those players with whom they won the World Series are all playing (15s) offshore now in Europe and Japan,” Tietjens offers by way of explanation.

He is working closely with Manu Samoa coach Alama Ieremia, who has a similar repair job to haul them back up the rankings from their current position of 15.

In summary, Tietjens is loving being back doing hands-on coaching after the heartache of Rio. “I feel really energised. I’ve got a four-year goal with them, but I want to see major improvement from each tournament.”

While the Samoan Rugby Union have had their issues with governance in the past, Tietjens laughed when asked if he had been paid on time. It seems the level of support he is getting from the union, is solid and professional.

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■ WELLINGTON CUP

Australian jockey takes Cup ride Australian Racing Hall of Fame jockey Robert Thompson (right) will break new ground when he takes his first Wellington Cup ride aboard Queensland visitor Pop ‘N’ Scotch at Trentham today.

Thompson, 58, has achieved most things in racing over a 44year career in the saddle but he has never ridden at Trentham before and has yet to ride a winner in New Zealand.

However, Thompson has only had a handful of rides in New Zealand over the years and last rode in the country in the Bayer Classic (now the Levin Classic) back in the ’80s.

“I’ve been to New Zealand a few times but haven’t had any success. It would be nice to do that in a race as important as the Wellington Cup,” Thompson said.

“I’ve been long-time friends with Liam Birchley, who trains Pop ‘N’ Scotch. He’s a good mate of mine and he’s been very loyal to me. He asked if I’d like to go to

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New Zealand to ride this horse and I said I was only too happy to do so.

“This horse ran second in the Queensland Cup over two miles and that’s his go. He’s got no class but he’ll run the distance. Liam said it wasn’t a vintage field for the Cup this year and that’s what convinced him to go.

“It sounds like there’s a bit of rain about and that will help him as well.”

The six-year-old has won four of his 37 starts and has finished second in the Listed Queensland Cup (3200m) at the Sunshine Coast for the past two years.

TAB bookmakers had Pop ‘N’ Scotch at $24 for the Wellington Cup after he drew barrier 10.

Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2015, Thompson is Australia’s most prolific jockey, riding in more than 28,000 races, winning more than 4200 of them.

– NZ Racing Desk

Australian Hall of Fame jockey Robert Thompson.

Waikato harness Today at Parawai Racecourse

Harness Racing Waikato Inc Venue: Parawai Race- 10 76584 Kusima (23) fr..............................J Stormont course Meeting Date: 21 January 2017 NZ Meeting num- 3 1.47pm DAYMOS TYRES HANDICAP TROT $6000, ber: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: up to r49 & others with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 Our Petite Lady (1) fr...................J Stormont 1 12.37pm (NZT) NI TRAINERS & DRIVERS ASSN 2 560x A Glass Of Tanqueray (2) fr.........A Poutama JNR DRIVERS MBL TROT $6000, 4yo+ up to & includ- 3 0P The Rev (3) fr ....................... M Hjalmarsson ing r62 +claimer mob. trot jun.d, mobile, 1700m 4 500P8 Halley’s Last (U1) fr..................... R Brosnan 1 6x670 Sapphire Castleton (1) fr ........ A Harrison (J) 5 DD570 The Last Gamble (U2) fr J Abernethy 2 00770 Ginger Bertha (2) fr .............. D Ferguson (J) 6 33657 Meyer Lansky (1) 30 ......................J I Dickie 3 07988 Southland Reflector (3) fr .......M Johnson (J) 7 76455 Donna May (2) 30 .................... M McKendry 4 32345 Larch (4) fr .............................. B Butcher (J) 8 40984 Awa Cathrine (3) 30 .............. S Cruickshank 5 80x70 My Sky (5) fr............................... A Drake (J) 9 90x96 Dauntless (4) 30..........................B Edwards 6 06617 Cool Son (6) fr.................... J MacKinnon (J) 10 83736 Danke (5) 30 .................................S Lawson 7 95622 Princess Mackendon (7) fr .... T Cameron (J) 11 64339 Burt Munro (6) 30.......................... D Branch 8 61870 O’Driscoll (21) fr .....................J Crawford (J) 12 50042 Sundown In Paris (U1) 30 .............B Hackett 9 8x743 Il Pirata (U1) fr..................F Schumacher (J) 4 2.22pm TIM VINCE SUPPORTS RACING AT 2 1.12pm COROMANDEL MORE FM MOBILE PACE THAMES MOBILE PACE $6000, non-winners mob. $6000, non-winners & up to r43 & up to r49 with cond. pace, mobile, 1700m mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 The Darlin fr ................................. Scratched 1 x2236 Prime Silver (1) fr ...........................S Phelan 2 74 Lets Go Better (1) fr ..................... D Butcher 2 4x633 Cherokee Warrior (2) fr .................T Mitchell 3 Loud An Proud (2) fr ...................J Stormont 3 38776 Knights Desire (3) fr ....................A Poutama 4 85x8 Ultimate Angel (3) fr .......................T Herlihy 4 590x7 Father Frank (4) fr ..................M Johnson (J) 5 9 Sole Delight (4) fr ..........................T Mitchell 5 8980x Mr Megabucks (5) fr .................. J Abernethy 6 Janies Got A Gun (5) fr .................Z Butcher 6 7x707 Runcle (6) fr ......................................L Hollis 7 7x Gebo (6) fr...................................A Poutama 7 x8P98 Carrie Miss Mach (7) fr ...............A Donnelly 8 58 Canace (21) fr .......................... M McKendry 8 58900 October Rush (21) fr .................S Abernethy 9 23 Magnum Rose (22) fr ....................S Butcher 9 085 Elmagination (22) fr.........................D Moore 10 74 Wynberg Delight (23) fr .................P Butcher

M3 Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 22 Jan 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 2.22pm (NZT) TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C0, 318m 1 74 Jetsun Stampede nwtd ..................G Wilson 2 86865 Mighty Artemis nwtd .........................G Hunt 3 74646 Zarzuella nwtd.................................S Codlin 4 55535 Highway Hound nwtd ................... M J Lozell 5 84233 Warrior Tony nwtd U & ......................Cottam 6 74 Camara nwtd.....................................C Hore 7 42323 Strike Lotto nwtd G H & .......... PC Ferguson 8 2655 Irinka Darcy nwtd ............................S Codlin 9 77577 Bigtime Happy nwtd U & .......................Bliek 10 64468 Conquest Girl nwtd W & ..................T Steele 2 2.38pm GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE STAKES C1, 527m 1 57186 Mid Collison nwtd ............................ T Green 2 33356 Mr. Mumbles 30.75 R &...............N O’Regan 3 F1261 Magic Clock nwtd ............................P Green 4 64437 Fantastic Zoe nwtd .....................D Schofield 5 44215 Wong Way nwtd U & .........................Cottam 6 66316 Meteor Vege nwtd ....................E Duganzich 7 78444 Golden Ivy 30.60 W & .....................T Steele 8 28575 Opawa Paul nwtd W & ....................T Steele 9 38147 Gravity Falls 31.31 ....................... H Mullane 10 x2764 Mr. Fuss Pot nwtd......................... H Mullane 3 2.57pm DOGZONE SPRINT C0, 318m 1 6442 Hey Pretty Girl nwtd ..........................C Hore 2 43727 Carluke nwtd R & ........................N O’Regan 3 35856 Shazza’s Boy nwtd ............................G Hunt 4 42585 Miss Shellac nwtd ............................M Black 5 37327 Howlin’ Ace nwtd .............................S Codlin 6 67x67 One Anna Half nwtd ........................T Patton 7 45274 Jetsun Jamie nwtd .........................G Wilson 8 55746 Erasmus nwtd G H & .............. PC Ferguson

11 57632 McLeod’s Daughter (24) fr ............S Lawson 12 00x Oklahoma Thunder (25) fr .. J MacKinnon (J) 13 62237 Queen Lostris (26) fr ......................J I Dickie Emergency: The Darlin 5 2.57pm LES HARRISON DISTRIBUTION MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ up to & including r49 mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 60047 Charlie Harper (1) fr ......................Z Butcher 2 02992 Hey Knowchange (2) fr ...............A Poutama 3 08503 Bourbon Street (3) fr .................S Abernethy 4 74539 M T Pockets (4) fr ..........................S Lawson 5 65527 Stars Delight (5) fr ................... B Butcher (J) 6 04898 Turnbulls (6) fr ............................P Ferguson 7 77043 Lucky John (7) fr ....................J Crawford (J) 8 20365 Chrissie Jet (21) fr........................ D Butcher 9 407x8 Sage Creek (22) fr ........................S Butcher 10 66846 Youbetteryoubet (23) fr ........... T Macfarlane 11 6x027 Emerson Margaret (24) fr..............P Butcher 12 21990 Luna De Miel (25) fr .................... K Marshall 6 3.34pm KOPU STATION HOTEL MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ r49 to r57 +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 38013 Diamond Prince (1) fr .....................S Phelan 2 09618 Snow Raker fr .............................. Scratched 3 90x53 Shantahlia Knight (2) fr ...............J Stormont 4 38304 My Kiwi Lady (3) fr ........................Z Butcher 5 071x The Dali Express (4) fr ...................T Herlihy 6 P1072 Mr Asia (5) fr ................................ D Butcher 7 93420 Kate Jackson (6) fr .................. T Macfarlane

8 46754 Sem’s Delight (21) fr .....................P Butcher 9 93767 Olivia’s Secret (22) fr...................A Poutama 10 43233 Lynton Creek (23) fr ................ B Butcher (J) 11 0797x Cherry Bay fr ................................ Scratched 12 32217 Collection (24) fr........................ J Abernethy 7 4.09pm BAYLEYS COROMANDEL 2017 PARAWAI CUP (HCP PACE) $8000, 4yo+ r66 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 49715 Lola Jones fr ................................ Scratched 2 44171 Drover’s Eyre (1) fr .........................T Herlihy 3 34599 Minstrel Boy (2) fr ......................S Abernethy 4 18774 Sir Richie (3) fr ......................... M McKendry 5 12021 Imajollywally (4) fr .......................A Donnelly 6 96626 Fleeting Grin (5) fr ......................P Ferguson 7 46531 Full Speed Ahead (6) fr ........... T Macfarlane 8 20461 Chal Shocked fr............................ Scratched 9 6x355 The Tracker (U1) fr ........................T Mitchell 10 86856 No Way Else (U2) fr ...............M Johnson (J) 11 3x710 Joanednobettor (1) 10....................J I Dickie 12 69334 Hudy Haxwell (U1) 20 ....................S Phelan 8 4.44pm PLACEMAKERS THAMES MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ r58 to r61, r62 to r63 with cond. +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 37532 Elliot Daniel (1) fr ......................S Abernethy 2 82451 Cobra Banner (2) fr ............ J MacKinnon (J) 3 08x20 Red Magic (3) fr ...................... B Butcher (J) 4 76176 Whale Rider (4) fr...........................S Phelan 5 18684 Knockmanaugh (5) fr ................... D Butcher 6 P4833 Brydon Delight fr .......................... Scratched

7 75780 Easy For Cullen (6) fr .................P Ferguson 8 84255 Prime Lustre (21) fr ....................... A Sharpe 9 88217 Alta Valencia (22) fr ........................J I Dickie 10 14660 Armabluechipboy (23) fr ....... D Ferguson (J) 11 2346x Vibe (24) fr M Johnson (J, ........................Cl) 12 88x76 Sunhaven Boss (U1) fr .............. J Abernethy 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

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4 13352 Alex Attack 18.94 U & .......................Cottam 5 68843 Tiny Grey 18.64...............................P Green 6 45455 Asta 18.74 .....................................A Cleaver 7 54584 Cawbourne Eden nwtd.................R McPhee 8 78347 Lord De Air 18.52 .............................M Black 9 62767 Tepirita Amber 18.58 R & ............N O’Regan 10 14687 Bonus Lotto nwtd G H & ......... PC Ferguson LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Irinka Darcy, Strike Lotto, Warrior Tony, Jetsun Stampede, Camara Race 2: Magic Clock, Golden Ivy, Wong Way, Mr. Mumbles, Gravity Falls Race 3: Hey Pretty Girl, Howlin’ Ace, Carluke, Miss Shellac, Jetsun Jamie Race 4: Electric Dee Eye, Pat Not Plait, Hows Your Mum, Bloomingdales, Opawa Poppy Race 5: Thrilling Flo, Miss Velocette, Untraceable, Rubeus Hagrid, Electric Impulse Race 6: Amazing Contact, Kapai Lana, Red Rascal, Agent Schrader, Willi Gas It Race 7: Tumbalaioo, Lovely Rita, Skinny Ankles, Go Andwyn, Tuff Star Race 8: Jinja Heart, Fortis Flier, Clockwise Rap, Westworld, Bold Sassy Race 9: Ali Ali Ali, Bouncie Al, Jacob Attack, Camside Gold, Eva Kaneva Race 10: Spud Missile, Gold Class, Rampion, Global Conquest, Opawa Kuru Race 11: Eva Diva, Sketchy Chief, Fabrelee, Fantastic Lucy, Speed Lorde Race 12: Hallo Star, Stylish Fancy, Obstinatus, Bigtime Moola, Waerenga Star Race 13: Alex Attack, Tiny Grey, Lord De Air, Asta, Thrill-

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Il Pirata, Larch, Cool Son, Princess Mackendon Race 2: Prime Silver, Cherokee Warrior, Kusima, Father Frank Race 3: Sundown In Paris, Donna May, Awa Cathrine, Halley’s Last Race 4: McLeod’s Daughter, Ultimate Angel, Janies Got A Gun, Lets Go Better Race 5: Hey Knowchange, Sage Creek, M T Pockets, Stars Delight Race 6: Diamond Prince, Sem’s Delight, My Kiwi Lady, Lynton Creek Race 7: Full Speed Ahead, Joanednobettor, Sir Richie, Drover’s Eyre Race 8: Cobra Banner, Vibe, Whale Rider, Elliot Daniel

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium 9 36648 Minute Sixteen nwtd..........................G Hunt 10 78748 Hanao nwtd ...................................A Cleaver 4 3.14pm MCGHIE PLUMBING SPRINT C1/2, 318m 1 41757 Bloomingdales 18.72 ........................B Craik 2 21752 Pat Not Plait 18.92 .........................P Henley 3 63263 Electric Dee Eye 18.57 ...................P Green 4 31144 Opawa Poppy 18.51 B & .................... Steele 5 22323 Hows Your Mum 18.62 ......................B Bond 6 55615 Myrniong Girl 18.62 ........................ T Green 7 23267 Scott No Value 18.51 ........................G Hunt 8 32176 All Hail Caesar 18.94 U & .................Cottam 9 18747 Embrace Me nwtd ............................ S Clark 10 83858 Spearmint Juju 18.70 U & .................Cottam 5 3.30pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY STAKES C3, 527m 1 663F2 Miss Velocette 30.36 ...................L Laagland 2 43751 Thrilling Flo 31.07 ........................... K Walsh 3 83231 Untraceable 30.19 ......................D Schofield 4 65117 Electric Impulse 30.12 W & .............T Steele 5 26823 Rubeus Hagrid 30.91 ....................... S Clark 6 66247 Multicam Ranger 30.76 ..............D Schofield 7 65818 Crying In Vegas 30.79 ...................... S Clark 8 43624 Joe Joe 30.13 B &.............................. Steele 9 68D14 Tron Bradman 30.80 G H &..... PC Ferguson 10 73652 Thrilling Riot 30.97 U & .....................Cottam 6 3.47pm AGRC REWARDS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 44665 Red Rascal 18.66 R & ................N O’Regan 2 46548 Agent Schrader 18.56 .......................B Craik 3 26112 Amazing Contact 18.77.....................B Bond 4 75776 Hey Khali 19.09 U &..........................Cottam 5 47573 Willi Gas It 18.80 ........................ G Pomeroy 6 34262 Kapai Lana 18.83 U & ...........................Bliek 7 4F748 Just About Ready 18.92...................M Black 8 86457 Mega Munchies 18.70 U &................Cottam 9 85667 Typhoon Ted 18.70 ........................... S Clark 10 86887 Jacqui Attack nwtd ....................... M J Lozell 7 4.07pm PLASTERBOARD LTD SPRINT C1/2, 318m

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12248 Skinny Ankles 18.87 .........................G Hunt 61788 Tuff Star 18.66 U &............................Cottam 17477 Go Andwyn 18.63 ............................ S Clark 23476 Lovely Rita 18.50 .......................D Schofield 38538 Simply Yeti 18.56 ............................. T Green 42341 Scott Tied Up 18.63 U & ...................Cottam 63211 Tumbalaioo 18.52 G H & ......... PC Ferguson 7x738 Fresco Star 18.55......................... H Mullane 18747 Embrace Me nwtd ............................ S Clark 76686 Stainless Knocka nwtd U & ...................Bliek 8 4.24pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD SERIES FINAL C1f, 527m 1 88851 Fortis Flier 30.74 U & ........................Cottam 2 21231 Clockwise Rap nwtd ........................P Green 3 38623 Bold Sassy 31.30 .......................D Schofield 4 72832 Lucky Man 30.53...............................B Craik 5 72241 Jinja Heart 30.92 W & .....................T Steele 6 77554 Cawbourne Wales 30.57 ..............R McPhee 7 18644 Blame The Clown 31.64 ..................T Patton 8 52124 Westworld nwtd .................................B Craik 9 44215 Wong Way nwtd U & .........................Cottam 10 33356 Mr. Mumbles 30.75 R &...............N O’Regan 9 4.42pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 27362 Bouncie Al 19.09 ............................. T Green 2 1F54 Jacob Attack 19.22....................... M J Lozell 3 25855 Camside Gold nwtd...................... H Mullane 4 25765 Allegro Cody nwtd ............................. D Hunt 5 36831 Ali Ali Ali nwtd W & ..........................T Steele 6 33635 Miss Bunnythorpe 18.83 U & ............Cottam 7 58465 Drury 18.41 ...................................A Cleaver 8 74354 Eva Kaneva 18.62 ............................ S Clark 9 56474 Skyler White 18.60 ............................B Craik 10 55767 Frankincense 18.59.......................H R Scott 10 4.59pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN STAKES C4/5, 527m 1 44711 Rampion nwtd .................................. S Clark 2 11765 Flying Merkel 31.14.......................... S Clark

54236 Our Sambo 30.87......................... M J Lozell 41331 Gold Class 30.33 .......................D Schofield 33265 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 61766 Triple Parked 30.51 .......................... S Clark 73828 Stinger 30.61 B & ............................... Steele 27121 Opawa Kuru 30.35 W &...................T Steele 18562 Spud Missile 30.10........................... S Clark 68565 Sharella 30.45 ...................................B Craik 11 5.23pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 72682 Speed Lorde 18.21 ...........................B Craik 2 74146 Fabrelee 18.20 ..................................C Hore 3 66138 Zipping Steve 18.41 ...................D Schofield 4 26167 Belcroft Banker 18.15 ................H Laagland 5 18421 Eva Diva 18.38 ...........................D Schofield 6 26114 Sketchy Chief 18.29 G H & ..... PC Ferguson 7 21346 Fantastic Lucy 18.22 ..................D Schofield 8 14888 Nangar Gem nwtd ......................D Schofield 9 566F5 Idol Gee 18.68 B &............................. Steele 10 41455 Bigtime Moola 18.71 U & ......................Bliek 12 5.48pm DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT C4, 318m 1 1887x Up High 18.47 ...................................G Hunt 2 35366 Obstinatus 18.25 R & ..................N O’Regan 3 54434 Hallo Star 18.23 ................................B Bond 4 73685 Raging Demon 18.48 U & .....................Bliek 5 72621 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 6 26417 No More Debt 18.46........................ T Green 7 13846 Stylish Fancy 18.39 ....................D Schofield 8 5551x Percentage Girl nwtd...................L Laagland 9 41455 Bigtime Moola 18.71 U & ......................Bliek 10 566F5 Idol Gee 18.68 B &............................. Steele 13 6.06pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 85635 Off The Grid nwtd W & ....................T Steele 2 76657 On Demand 19.15 U &..........................Bliek 3 45666 Thrilling Forest 18.80 U & .................Cottam

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president subsided, and the markets focused on the positives of lower taxes and higher infrastructure spending. Growth sectors have benefited at the expense of defensive yield companies which are less attractive as a result of higher interest rates.

In New Zealand dollar terms, United States equities delivered the strongest returns over the quarter as the market focused on the Trump growth dividend, the potential $US2.4 trillion that corporates could repatriate and a stronger United States dollar.

European equity returns were not far behind, after these markets produced the strongest rally globally in December. Improved economic activity helped by the weaker Euro and the extension of the accommodative monetary policies drove the gains.

In Australasian markets, Australian equities benefited from higher commodity prices and the potential for stronger demand for iron ore as infrastructure spending is brought forward.

Oil companies also benefited as OPEC announced upcoming cuts to production.

New Zealand equities, despite having been the stand-out performer for the last few years, declined. New Zealand equities are dominated by defensive higher-yielding companies which have been the biggest beneficiaries of the record low interest rates. With the environment now changing, some of this attraction has unwound as investors have rotated away from more interest rate sensitive sectors.

Fixed interest markets – Higher interest rates, tighter credit.

Trump’s economic policies of lower taxes and infrastructure

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

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents Company CODE

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Buy price

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Sell price

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Last sale

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At close of trading on Friday, January 20, 2017

Daily Volume move ’000s

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191.9 1.2m 55.21 747.0 306.0 1.1m 1.2m 224.9 1.5m 10.19 1.3m 1.8m 129.0 86.42 694.8 548.7 742.5 3.7m 117.6 24.37 1.6m 19.64 449.5 1.2m 96.93 76.08 568.0 124.6 99.87 1.1m 29.26 51.95 345.7 255.9 1.3m 1.6m 4.7m 137.9 95.37 104.5 153.7 426.7 72.16 56.70 3.71 87.71 74.96 100.5 63.15 323.2

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spending are unquestionably inflationary.

The increase in budget deficits will lead to increasing supply and therefore higher costs of funding, while the already positive economic growth occurring in the United States and low unemployment also increases inflationary pressures. New Zealand longerterm bonds are highly correlated to United States interest rates, so higher longer-term rates should be expected.

Shorter-term rates are also expected to rise despite the outlook for no change in the Official Cash Rate (OCR).

This is likely to be driven by higher bank deposit rates, as banks attempt to maintain core funding ratios.

Deposit growth has been lagging lending growth and this has already led to tighter credit conditions. We believe banks are likely to continue to increase mortgage rates, but also to raise deposit rates in order to restore a better balance between offshore wholesale funding and domestic deposits.

Investors in financial assets have benefited from falling and low interest rates for many years.

Fixed interest portfolios have been deemed low risk in this environment. Looking forward, pressure on governments to invest more in their economies, larger fiscal deficits and higher inflation in a still heavily indebted world, mean investors will need to look for more than income from their investment portfolios.

Fixed income assets will carry higher risk, while growth assets will be back in fashion.

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lobal environment – Higher growth and inflation in prospect.

The United States presidential election was the defining feature in the final quarter of 2016. It highlighted the revolt against the status quo, stagnant incomes and increasing inequality in favour of something new.

Trump’s platform included many protectionist and inflammatory policies, but at its heart lowering taxes and investing in infrastructure is pro-growth. This should boost the already recovering United States economy and lead to higher wage inflation.

The timing of policy implementation should see tax cuts bolster growth as early as the first half of 2017, while infrastructure spending is not expected to commence until the second half of the year.

However, the increased borrowing and inflationary impacts have already started to be reflected in higher long-term interest rates and brought about the end to the bull market in global bonds.

The Euro-area economy finished 2016 with the strongest economic momentum in more than five-and-a-half years. Strength in both the manufacturing and service sectors was due in part to a weaker euro, but economic expansion was indicated in the four largest European economies, with Spain leading the way, followed

by Germany.

Whether this is enough to dampen the backlash against the status quo is unknown. Accordingly, it was unsurprising that the European Central Bank decided in December to prolong its asset-purchase programme through to the end of 2017, amid the uncertainty from looming European national elections and the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.

Equity markets – more restrained in recent months.

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sumer prices jumped above 2 per cent for the first time in two-anda-half years last month, according to consumer-price index data released this week. Elsewhere, December inflation accelerated in Germany to its highest level since July 2013.

While the increase will cheer the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which is mandated with keeping inflation in a 1 per cent-to-3 per cent target band, economists say it won’t have any impact on in-

ANZ Bank New Zealand senior economist Phil Borkin said inflation pressures would gradually rise over the course of 2017 but warned that deflationary pressures – including the high dollar and a competitive retail environment – will ensure it “doesn’t run away”.

The RBNZ “needs (and will likely want) to see the whites of the eyes of inflation before tightening,” he said. ANZ is forecasting a 0.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter CPI result and annual inflation of 1.2 per cent.

The data is due to be released next Thursday, the same day Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler will deliver an off-therecord speech to the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce in what’s traditionally been a state of the nation address.

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The central bank cut interest rates to a record low 1.75 per cent in November in a bid to stoke inflation in an economy growing ahead of expectations. At the time, however, it signalled an end to the easing cycle, forecasting rates would stay on hold for the next two years.

ASB Bank economist Kim Mundy said the RBNZ may be “relieved” to see inflation back within the target band but “enough downside risks remain for the RBNZ to keep the OCR on hold for the foreseeable future,” she said.

Among other things, the New Zealand dollar remains high on a trade-weighted basis and this will continue to be a drag on tradable inflation, she said. ASB expects the CPI to register a 0.2 per cent increase in the fourth quarter, with annual inflation jumping to 1.1 per cent.

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Higher fuel prices probably pushed New Zealand’s annual inflation back above 1 per cent for the first time in more than two years in the December quarter.

Economists expect inflation was 0.2 per cent in the final three months of 2016 for an annual rise of 1.2 per cent, according to the median in a BusinessDesk poll.

The central bank is tipping annual inflation to be 1.1 per cent in the fourth quarter. The consumer price index rose 0.3 per cent in the third quarter of last year bringing the annual rate to 0.4 per cent. Annual inflation has not been higher than 1 per cent since the September 2014 quarter.

Fuel-driven inflation isn’t unique to New Zealand as the price of crude oil has recovered from its slump in 2015. US con-

terest rates. The RBNZ will “take some comfort” from the return to the target band “but the renewed strength of the New Zealand dollar means that inflation will remain subdued for some time yet,” said Westpac Banking Corp acting chief economist Michael Gordon.

The New Zealand dollar has remained persistently high as the nation’s relatively upbeat economic outlook continues to make it attractive in an uncertain global environment.

Also, with inflation still at the lower end of the range and likely to remain so for a while longer “there’s no case for withdrawing the monetary stimulus that the RBNZ has applied over the past couple of years,” said Gordon.

Westpac is expecting a 0.2 per cent increase in CPI for the quarter, which will bring annual inflation to 1.2 per cent.

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Car ploughs into crowd Three people including a baby have been killed and at least 20 others injured after they were deliberately run down in a busy inner-city Melbourne mall during a police chase that ended in gunfire. Three other children were also among the casualties.

The car – driven by a man who had been involved in a stabbing earlier in the day in Melbourne’s southeast – ploughed through the crowd in Bourke Street mall about 1.30pm.

Ten News originally reported the man at the centre of the pursuit had been shot dead but police said he was alive and in custody.

He was seen shirtless and lying only in his underwear, surrounded by police.

Witnesses say a pram – and a child – were hit by the car and dragged at least 100 metres and it was later confirmed the baby had been killed.

“Where is my baby, where is my baby,” a frantic mother was heard screaming.

A woman, who was too traumatised to speak on camera, told Sky News that she estimated the driver was travelling at 80km/h. She said she saw the

‘God, you guys are personal’

Police and emergency services at the scene. car hit a pram and “saw a baby fly out”. The carnage unfolded shortly after the driver began doing 360 degree doughnuts in the middle of the main Bourke Street intersection near Flinders Street station, holding up traffic and causing pedestrians to run for their lives.

The driver then sped down King Street, chased by police.

A CBD worker wrote on Twitter: “Was in Bourke Street Mall

when the driver who caused the police operation in #Melbourne went past. Shirtless, cigarette hanging out of his mouth”.

Police believe the incident is related to a stabbing in Windsor in southeast Melbourne earlier yesterday and is not terror related. Two men were involved in the stabbing and were known to each other.

The driver was arrested at

the Elizabeth Street end of the mall, and was seen lying on the ground dressed only in red underwear and white shoes with police standing over him.

The mangled wreckage of half a pram was stuck on the bonnet of the car, while what appeared to be the other half was about 100 metres further up the mall at a pedestrian crossing on William Street.

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■ ITALY

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Avalanche flattens hotel; 30 people inside Rescue crews who reached the four-star mountain resort on skis found only eerie silence yesterday after a huge avalanche flattened the hotel, trapping more than 30 people inside.

Two bodies were recovered, but the search for survivors was hampered by heavy snowfall and fears the buildings would collapse.

Two people escaped the devastation at the Hotel Rigopiano in the mountains of central Italy and called for help. But it took hours for responders to verify their claims and arrive at the remote earthquake-stricken zone. They worked through the night, but hopes were dimming of finding survivors.

Days of heavy snowfall had knocked out electricity and phone lines in many central

A rescuer stands in front of the Rigopiano Hotel hit by an avalanche in Farindola, Italy.

PHOTO AP Italian towns and hamlets, and the hotel phones went down just as the first of four powerful earthquakes struck the region.

It wasn’t clear if the quakes

triggered the avalanche. But emergency responders said the force of the massive snow slide collapsed a wing of the hotel that faced the mountain and rotated another off its

foundation, pushing it downhill.

“The situation is catastrophic,” said Marshall Lorenzo Gagliardi of the alpine rescue service, who was among the first at the scene. “The mountain-facing side is completely destroyed and buried by snow: the kitchen, hotel rooms, hall.”

Farindola Mayor Ilario Lacchetta estimated that more than 30 people were unaccounted for: the hotel had 24 guests, four of them children, and 12 employees onsite.

Giampiero Parete, a chef vacationing at the hotel, called his boss when the avalanche struck and begged him to mobilise rescue crews. His wife Adriana and two children, Ludovica, 6, and Gianfilippo, 8, were trapped inside, restaurant owner Quintino Marcella said.

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■ UNITED STATES

‘El Chapo’ extradited from Mexico Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Mexico’s most notorious cartel kingpin who twice made brazen prison escapes and spent years on the run as the country’s most wanted man, was extradited to the US yesterday to face drug trafficking and other charges.

Nicole Kidman got more than she bargained for when she sat down for a recent radio interview. Kidman found herself faced with a succession of questions about her children, her past and current relationships and even her husband’s battle with alcoholism.

The 49-year-old star seemed at times shocked by the line of questioning, veering away from sensitive topics and, at one stage, flat out refusing to answer a question. Presenter Jenni Murray didn’t hold back in asking Kidman about her well-documented personal history.

Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department announced Guzman was handed over to US authorities for transportation to the US yesterday.

The US Justice Department issued a statement confirming that Guzman was en route to the United States and ex-

pressed gratitude to Mexico for its cooperation.

A senior US official said the US Drug Enforcement Administration took custody of Guzman in Ciudad Juarez, which is across the border from El Paso, Texas.

The convicted boss of the

Sinaloa cartel, one of the world’s largest drug trafficking organisations, had been held most recently at a prison near Ciudad Juarez. He was recaptured a year ago after escaping from a second maximum-security prison through a tunnel dug to his cell.

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The Hathahate she experienced after winning an Oscar may have slowed her career down for a few years, but Anne Hathaway is preparing to stage a big career comeback. The trailer for her new movie Colossal went online yesterday, in which Hathaway plays an alcoholic woman psychically linked to a Godzillalike monster attacking South Korea. In the trailer, Hathaway’s Gloria wakes up from a stupor to discover news of the giant monster, before later realising it imitates all of her actions. On top of that, Hathaway was said to be in talks to join Rebel Wilson in the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake.

Depp thanks his fans Actor Johnny Depp, whose 2016 split from his wife Amber Heard led to a widely publicised divorce battle, has thanked his fans for “trusting him”.

Accepting a People’s Choice Award for Favourite Movie Icon earlier this week, the actor told his audience: “I came here for one reason, and one reason only.

I came here for you, the people, who through whatever good times or bad have stood by me and trusted me. Thank you.” “You very graciously invited me here once again tonight. I appreciate it,” he continued. “I was very deeply affected by the kindness of your recognition and your well wishes to me and my family.”

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Changing rural communities Sue Newman

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orget the smutty sheep jokes, they’re about as outdated as the sheep themselves.

Where once New Zealanders were known as a country of sheep lovers, with 22 of them for every one of us, we’re now getting the sheep-human ratio much more in balance, one of us for six of them.

And while the massive numbers of woolly Kiwis might have made us the butt of many jokes, those numbers also made us rich as a country. Our economic reputation was built on the backs and carcasses of sheep.

How that’s changed. The sheep industry is now something of a niche industry, replaced by dairying and with that change in animal has come a massive change in landscape and farming ethos.

Sheep farmers were traditionally farming families. Generation after generation farmed the land, looked after their stock and, while farm practices changed, the basis for livelihoods did not.

All that has changed in less than one generation. Now dairy cows are the district’s growth industry.

Today’s farming community is very different to the farming community just one generation back. Now it’s not about succession, about inter-generational knowledge, about farming that’s “in the blood”.

Today’s farmers are businessmen and women. They just happen to make their living farming cows.

The new breed of farmer is not bred to be a farmer, rather they’ve chosen to farm because it’s a business from which they know they can make a living. Dairying has opened the doors to those who previously would never have been able to, to make a living from the land. It’s introduced a new diversity of thinking.

Are we richer as a country because of the change? In terms of our economy, yes, but in terms of rural communities, possibly, no.

Where once inter-generational ties bound rural families to their community and to one another, now those ties are much looser.

Many rural areas now can scarcely say they are a community. The common interests, the shared history, they’ve all but gone and for many who are first-generation business farmers, their interests are so much broader than just home patch.

There’ve been massive wins, but we’ve also lost something very special along the way, rural New Zealand the way it was.

YOUR VIEW ON Guardian columnist Phill Hooper was none too impressed with the PC “brigade” on yesterday’s opinion page. He reckons there’s nothing wrong with a bit of bullrush play in the schoolyards and, he asks, what happened to some good old-fashioned common-sense? Here’s what you said on Facebook: Kids do get hurt playing bullrush. And falling out of trees. And crossing the road. And being a passenger in a car. And, and, and .... let’s get over it.

Cathie Withington He’s (Hoops) right, but part of the reason all this came about is parents whingeing about how their kids were hurt in school.

Everyone’s quick to remember “the good ol days” but as soon as little Jimmy comes home with a sore shoulder they are making angry phone calls to the school.

Nathan Speedy Sometimes bones were bro-

Your

ken, but so what it was part of our right to grow up. But guess what, the powers that be have outlawed it from our schools and kids are still breaking bones.

It was a great game shared by many kids who learnt teamwork when working out how many small kids it took to bring down the bigger kids. Now what do the young ones do? It made me fit.

Nigel Duncan

society tells us to!

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Eulia West

Let kids be kids. So what if they get bruises or broken arms and legs, it happens. Stop wraping kids in cottonwool, we survived running up and down hills, climbing trees, eating dirt, playing in mud, etc.

Sandi Wilson

Kids need to be kids, they need to fall off, get some scratches and learn their limits. Way too much PC and wrapping kids in cotton wool, than they jump in a car, drive at high speed and really hurt themselves, but it’s too late.

Let them play bullrush, climb trees and have fun.

Valeska Sofia Kunstmann Wilson

Totally agree (with Hoops). PC has gone completely mad, kids aren’t allowed to have good oldfashioned fun these days like I did as a kid.

Let them enjoy what it is like to be a real kid and let them get dirty, climb trees, play bullrush, fall over, get hurt a wee bit. It did me no harm, in fact growing in the ’80s was great.

Rachel Aldridge

Couldn’t agree more! My two little girls, aged 4 and 5, loved it (bullrush). They got tackled, got up and carried on. I ain’t about to wrap them up in cottonwool cos

We played bullrush at Allenton School in the ’70s and everyone survived. PC madness is killing this country.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Are you sad to see the Obama administration come to an end?

Yes 78% No 22%

Today’s online poll question Q: Do you think Donald Trump will unite America?

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s widely anticipated, 2017 has dawned, thus succeeding the previous year, 2016.

So, it seems, there are still manifestations of continuing certainty on which, in this otherwise constantly changing world, we can rely.

For such relief we offer much thanks. However, the fact that the new year has appeared precisely when we expected it to is no guarantee of its providing the eagerly desired improvement on the 12 months past, even now still receding, reluctantly, into the cellar of forgettable history.

Certainly not!

We in the Western World must now contemplate a very uncertain future indeed. The fact is, that same Western World, of which we have always been, more or less, happy to be a member, is to be led by a man apparently put in place courtesy of Russian telecommunication trickery.

This man has already shown himself to be a charlatan of dazzling dexterity, a misogynist of considerable charm, a “Twit”(ter) of inexhaustible insult and selfpromotion, with other, similar attributes too numerous to mention.

He dislikes, viciously, any attempt to contradict or satirise him, as on US evening television, and has promised, repeatedly, “to change the world”, now his inauguration has, at last, come around.

In his first 100 days in office, he has, among other things, threatened a complete re-arrangement of the United Nations, the end of the much-fought-over Obamacare and to get his small hands firmly on the nuclear codes (and buttons).

All this adds up to the very real possibility of our having just enjoyed our last Christmas on this planet. If any of his threats were to eventuate, if not actually bringing to an abrupt end, life as we have always known it, it would guarantee a serious

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One can’t help feeling Vladimir Putin has done to the Western World what James Bond went to such singular lengths and considerable personal discomfort to prevent. No democracy can now be safe from Russian destabilising interference in the forming of future Western governments. undermining of much of what we hold dear.

Pending utterances of sinister depth and grave implication are further forecast.

The Trump inauguration day, that day inevitably to be known forever-after as infamous, will likely have dawned cold and ominous in Washington DC. By now, therefore, we would be well advised to have our bags packed, exits clearly marked and plans in place for immediate evacuation and nuclear shelter.

But hey, I may just be exaggerating. The coming of Trump could still be a whimper rather than a bang. American life, and ours with it, might yet survive.

America will very soon and undoubtedly, “be great again”, just as Trump has consistently said it would. We shall be nicer to each other and Isis will be carpetbombed into speedy extinction, if not actually “nuked”.

So sleeping in our beds at night should no longer be a problem for even the hitherto most rest-

less insomniac.

But (again) that could be merely an exercise in blind survival hope rather than a realistic assessment of what may be to come.

One can’t help feeling Mr V. Putin has done to the Western World what James Bond went to such singular lengths and considerable personal discomfort to prevent. “Putin The Terrible” seems to have succeeded where even Goldfinger failed.

No democracy can now be safe from Russian destabilising interference in the forming of future Western governments. And such interference requires nothing like the blood and violence in which Mr Bond has always had to indulge before getting his way.

What’s more, Putin doesn’t even need a modern Mata Hari to get him over the line.

Then there is the little matter of the quaint electoral college system in America which has intriguingly seen Trump win the presidency despite receiving

three million fewer votes than his main rival.

Even though a similar result is still possible in the UK, where the First Past the Post system (FPP) is used, in both countries such results are real political headscratchers calling for re-appraisal and re-think.

A democracy, after all, can hardly be one unless seen to be so by the inhabitants who exercise their democratic right to vote for the candidate of their choice.

However, no such arcane point has made any last-minute change to the ascent of Donald Trump to the leadership of the free world today.

Fasten your seatbelts, there may be bumps in the road ahead.

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To advertise here contact Deidre on 021 272 2399 or 307 7927

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Daily Events SATURDAY 9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Farmers market with fresh locally grown produce- hot food. North end of the West Street car park.

9am - 12.30pm CRAFT MARKET. Crafts for sale in the West Street car

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

9am ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Regular play, families welcome. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

9.45am THE PLAINS LADIES CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

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9.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Community Garden, Thomson St, Tinwald.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. Church Hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

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

Airport, Seafield Road.

12.50pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet doubles and singles, Waireka, Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

Worship service led by Rev John Bilverstone, 48 Allen’s Road, Allenton.

9.30am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTHERIAN CHURCH. Combined service at St Paul’s, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined service at St Paul’s, all welcome, 65 Oxford Street.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST BARING

SQUARE CHURCH. Combined service at St Paul’s, 65 Oxford Street.

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

Main Street, Methven.

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

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

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

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

11am - 4pm The Plains Railway Train Rides, Museum Village Open.

Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf croquet doubles, Waireka, Philip St. 7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will contest the Merrett Salver, Gross WFA. Mayfield Golf Club.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm

TAI CHI. Free “Have A Go” Session, St Johns Rooms, Tancred Street (opposite Briscoes).

12pm - 1.30pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Community free lunch each Monday, Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton

Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Speaker Graham Gunn, sales table and raffle. Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

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Saturday, January 21, 2017

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ASHBURTON COLLEGE ‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Agricultural Spray Truck Operator Soper Agri spraying is a family owned broad acre spraying business. We cover Mid Canterbury, from the Ashburton river to the Rangitata river, hills to sea.

RX PLASTICS

Customer Service/ Administration

Operating 3 Mitsubishi Canter/Fuso trucks and a self-propelled all 24 metres wide.

We cover a wide range of farms from Dairying, winter fodder crops, vegetable seed crop, cereals and grass seed.

We are seeking a bright enthusiastic personality to join our friendly team based in our Tinwald office, which is Head Office for our three branches and handles all incoming calls and orders nationwide.

We are currently looking for an experienced full time operator to operate our new Fuso spray truck.

Applicants should ideally have experience in the following, • Be experienced in spraying/cropping.

• Class 2 drivers licence.

• Be able to read and understand chemical recommendations.

• Be able to communicate well with farmers/agronomists and other staff members.

• G.P.S. experience with TopCon would be an advantage but not necessary, as long as willing to learn.

• Be mechanically minded and able to solve problems in the field.

• Ideally live in the Ashburton/Hinds area and have a knowledge of Mid Canterbury.

• Be prepared to work extended hours in peak season, weather depending, with early morning starts also weekends.

This position requires someone with excellent communication and people skills and a real understanding of customer service.

A positive friendly personality and a sense of humour Ability to work under pressure, highly organised and able to multitask Able to work in a team environment and share the workload Excellent telephone and customer service skills High accuracy with computer data entry Have a good mathematical brain, and able to think outside the square

We are based 10kms from Tinwald Ashburton near Lake Hood.

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We are looking for someone who has the following attributes:

Applicants please apply by email before January 30, 2017.

Mike Soper- soperagri@hotmail.com

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If this sounds like you please email your application letter along with a copy of your CV or alternatively post to the address below no later than Friday, January 27, 2017.

Anne Cain Customer Service Manager Email: annec@rxplastics.co.nz RX Plastics Ltd PO Box 360, Ashburton 7740

Phone: 027 555 1261 With a covering letter,CV and references.

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100% MADE OF NEW ZEALAND Shift Engineer •Refrigeration or Mechanical Trade •Industrial Maintenance focus •Mid Canterbury Lifestyle Location.

We have a challenging opportunity for a person who is skilled in providing an efficient and reliable shift engineering service to ensure our plant refrigeration systems are operating at required levels to accommodate the sheep, lamb and bobby calf processing plant throughput. We operate a two shift operation generally between the hours of 6am and 8pm.

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Hold a tertiary qualification to at least Trade Certificate (or equivalent such as EnChem Level 4) in a Mechanical or Electrical trade and / or Third Marine Broad-based experience and a sound knowledge of ammonia refrigeration equipment, potable water and compressed air equipment practices and policies with a particular emphasis on health and safety, operation, maintenance and repair of these systems within a food processing environment Sound knowledge of engineering practices Ability to trouble shoot and multitask with enthusiasm Computer literacy - proficiency in the use of Microsoft (Word, Excel) and familiar with Data bases and SCADA systems A demonstrated knowledge of the legal and legislative compliance conditions and issues as relating to fired and unfired pressure vessels Organisational skill with the ability to prioritise workload.

The Shift Engineer will be part of the team responsible for the safe operation of the plant refrigeration systems. You will also assist with planned maintenance along with the installation of new plant equipment.

This is an ideal position for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual looking to join a skilled and progressive team within a large industrial food processing environment.

Applications close: Monday, 30 January 2017.

Apply to The Engineering Manager, Silver Fern Farms Fairton, Fairton, PO Box 30, Ashburton 7740. Or apply online at careers.silverfernfarms.co.nz

www.silverfernfarms.com

Malcolm McDowell Road PO Box 571 Ashburton 7740 office@evanstransport.co.nz 03 308 8075

DIESEL MECHANIC PERMANENT FULL TIME

Evans Transport Ltd is a proven player in the transport sector. We service the meat industry with transportation of chilled, frozen and containerised products within the Canterbury region.

We require a Diesel Mechanic to join our workshop team. The workshop team service and maintain our fleet of modern Freightliner, Kenworth and Nissan trucks, refrigerated and flat deck trailers and sundry equipment including forklifts, a combi-lift and auxiliary vehicles.

You will be required to: • work unsupervised, • hold current NZ Driver’s Licence, a Class 5 Licence would be an advantage, • have a positive attitude, • be punctual, have a strong work ethic and be able to work in a small team environment, • maintain vehicles to NZ COF standards.

Remuneration package includes a wage relevant to today’s market.

Should this position interest you, please send a CV to: Geoff Evans, PO Box 571, Ashburton 7740 Or email geoff@evanstransport.co.nz If you require any further information please phone: Geoff Evans 027 432 7612

SENIOR CHEF, DUTY MANAGER and WAITSTAFF Panthers Rock Mayfield.

Full time and part time positions available.

Successful applications for all positions must be available for shifts during, days nights and weekends.

We are closed on Mondays, open 11am - late Tuesday to Sunday.

Please phone Alice on 03 303 6209 or email application letter with CV to: billb@ruralnet.co.nz

For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops – text, call or email:

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

Teacher for Supported Learning (Literacy and Numeracy)

Our College is a U10, Decile 6, Co-educational school catering for the majority of students in Mid Canterbury.

The position is part-time, fixed-term,10 hours/week, school term time, working with Year 9 and Year 10 classes, for the 2017 school year.

The position would suit Primary or Secondary Trained Teacher.

Familiarity with Levels 3 and 4 of the New Zealand Curriculum is a requirement, in both Literacy and Numeracy.

Commencement for beginning of 2017 school year preferred (early February).

Applications close 12 noon, Wednesday 25 January 2017.

Information package enquiries and applications – Please contact: Sheena Tyrrell, Management Administrator Phone (03) 308 4193, ext 812 or 027 247 8003; Email: ts@ashcoll.school.nz, Ashburton College, P O Box 204, Ashburton.

Sales We are seeking a bright enthusiastic personality to join our friendly sales team.

You will need to be a team player with excellent communication and people skills, able to multitask, stay calm, cheerful and focused while under pressure, appreciate the importance of exceeding customer expectations, and have a true desire to succeed in a sales career.

We are looking for someone who has a positive friendly personality with a good sense of humour, a strong work ethic and is punctual, an eye for detail and a high level of accuracy, the ability to think outside the square, work unsupervised and who has a current NZ drivers licence and NZ residency.

The remuneration package includes an hourly rate plus commission on sales. Your earning potential is in your hands. The more you sell the more you’ll earn.

If this sounds like the position for you, please apply in writing (and include a copy of your CV)

by February 6 to: Sales Position, Smith & Church Appliances + Beds, PO Box 434, Ashburton 7740 Email: alister@smithandchurch.co.nz

Fertiliser Spreader Driver Green Fertiliser Spreading Ltd are currently looking for a Fertiliser Spreader Driver.

The following skills would be an advantage but not necessary as full training will be available to the right person: » Good communication skills » Ability to work unsupervised » Local knowledge of the Mid Canterbury farming area » Common sense » Ability to drive machinery » Minimum Class 2 license will be required If you would like to work with modern machinery and are a conscientious team player please phone Darren on 027 432 8845 or apply in writing enclosing you CV to: Green Fertiliser Spreading Ltd 45 O’Keefe Rd RD 4 ASHBURTON

Today’s construction is tomorrow’s legacy  Housing  Commercial  Farm  Renovations

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote on 03 308 9936 or 027 432 3258

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

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

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Zone Leader Due to an internal restructure, Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton has a vacancy for a Zone Leader to manage our Bathroom/Plumbing/Kitchen/Appliances, Installed Heating - Cooling and Lighting departments.

The role of the Zone Leader will be to promote the Mitre 10 image to our customers by ensuring the highest level of customer service and store presentation at all times for our customers. This position will be full time and include one weekend day.

The duties of the Zone Leader will be extensive working in conjunction with the Floor Manager to achieve Company goals and manage your Zone department team members in a way that maximises their productivity.

The candidate will require; • Excellent customer skills • Well establish and proven leadership skills with ability to achieve high performance and standards from the team. Prepared to lead by example • Drive enthusiasm and self-motivation • Excellent communication and team development skills • Ability to problem solve, prioritise, and have good time management skills • Can remain focused and calm in a high pace working environment • Good computer skills • Ability to inspire and influence positively • Customer focused • Retail experience would be an advantage, however full training will be given • Interest in Home renovations and DIY. This role requires a combination of skills experience including sound numeracy, literacy, problem solving and planning skills. Candidates must be able to work under pressure.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate that they have leadership experience along with organisational and coaching skills.

The person we are looking for should be motivated and looking for a challenge.

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Electrician ANZCO Canterbury ANZCO Foods Limited is one of New Zealand’s largest exporters employing over 3,000 staff worldwide. A dynamic, multinational group of companies, our core purpose is to procure, process and market New Zealand beef and lamb products to the world.

We currently have a permanent role available at our Canterbury plant near Ashburton. This is a fast paced and busy role that will require excellent organisational abilities, enthusiasm for the processing environment and the ability to think logically and remain calm under pressure. To succeed you will have proven computer skills, knowledge of monitoring and auditing systems for compliance and an understanding of the Health & Safety requirements for a processing environment.

In addition this role requires the following: • NZ Electrical registration with a current practicing certificate • Knowledge and experience with electrical systems and electronics • Ability to diagnose problems associated with electrical and process control • Working knowledge of mechanical systems.

We are committed to supporting and developing our people and we offer a competitive remuneration package. If you have the skills and motivation to succeed in this role, and would like to be part of the exciting future of our company then we want to hear from you.

HR.Ashburton@mitre10.co.nz Or post to Lyn Church, Human Resources, Mitre 10 MEGA, P.O. Box 35, Ashburton 7740.

Applications remain confidential and close on Friday, January 27, 2017.

Weekend Services

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

DUTY DOCTORS

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

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 1pm and from 5pm until 6.30pm. Appointment only, please phone 308 3066 from 9.30am.

Ashburton Health First, Havelock Street, will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12 noon and from 2pm until 5pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 1956.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

ASHBURTON REST HOMES

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

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

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days. and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

EMERGENCY DENTIST

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

HELPLINE SERVICES ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous. org.nz for more information.

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

For weekend doctor and emergency details please phone Methven 302 8105. For medical attention SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual during the weekend there are drop in clinics Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 from 11am - 12noon and 5pm - 6pm Saturday and Sunday.

A class 5 licence is essential for this position.

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Rhys Young PO Box 104, Ashburton 7740 03 308 4079 or 0275 932142 rhys@ruraltransport.co.nz www.ruraltransport.co.nz

Seed Store Machine Operator We are seeking an enthusiastic and physically fit person with a can do attitude to join our small team at Range Street, Ashburton.

Position is full time with competitive remuneration.

Forklift licence is essential and knowledge of industry is preferred.

Please email: HRAdmin@carrfields.co.nz to apply.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

PHARMACIES

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

Flat Deck Semi Truck Driver- Operating an 8 x 4 Tractor unit and towing a 46’ Flat Deck.

Apply today by sending your CV and Covering Letter to recruitment@anzcofoods.com or apply in person at the site.

Applications close Monday, 23 January 2017.

If you feel you meet our requirements please email your CV and covering letter to:

MEDICAL SERVICES

TRUCK DRIVING POSITION

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

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

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact - President 021 1356 969.

VETERINARIANS

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Seafield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour INFORMATION CENTRES OMMUNITY ERVICES emergencies: Large: North: Ciprian Verdes, ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

ART GALLERY Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until South: Amy White. Small: Hannah Leslie.

327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com emergencies: Juan Gray.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm BUS DEPARTURES 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890.

BUSES Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, Weekends 1pm - 4pm. Research facilities Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am weekday afternoons.

- 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: Large: EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS NIMAL ERVICES Nathan Roberts. Small: Ref Vetlife.

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterWEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce. hours small animal emergency service. To use Public Holidays 10am - 5pm. this service please phone your vet as usual.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

PLANTS, PRODUCE

NEW potatoes - Nadine, Desiree and Rocket. $2 per kg. Phone or text 027 8181 883.

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Nectarines 1kg $3.99 bag,

MUSICAL

LADYBANK Learning School of Music. Now taking enrolments for 2017.

Keyboard/piano, ukulele, singing, guitar, drums. Phone Barbara 027 474 2003.

Some plumbing fittings have potential for minute traces of metals to accumulate in water that has been in the fitting for several hours.

Although the health risk is small, the Ministry of Health recommends you run a mugful of water through your drinking water tap each morning before use to remove any metals that may have dissolved from plumbing fittings.

This notice is issued by Ashburton District Council on behalf of the Director - General of Health, Ministry of Health. ashburtondc.govt.nz

NOTICE OF MEETINGS

Thursday 9 February Performance, Audit and Risk Committee 2.00pm Environment Canterbury offices, 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch Tuesday 14 February Canterbury Water Management Strategy Regional Committee 2.00 pm Environment Canterbury offices, 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch Wednesday 15 February Greater Christchurch Public Transport Joint Committee 3.00 pm Environment Canterbury offices, 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch Thursday 23 February Council 10.00 am Environment Canterbury offices, 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch Friday 24 February Canterbury Regional Transport Committee 2.30 pm Commodore Hotel, Memorial Avenue, 449 Burnside, Christchurch REGULATION HEARING COMMITTEE In addition to the above meetings, the Regulation Hearing Committee is scheduled to meet weekly.

Meetings will be held on either Thursday or Friday as required.

To confirm venue and start times for these meetings please check online at the link described below or contact Customer Services on (03) 353-9007 (calling from Christchurch) or calling from any other areas: 0800 324 636 (0800 EC INFO) Agendas will be available online at http://www. ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/minutes/ Pages/default.aspx at least two days prior to each meeting.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the above meetings, and copies of the agendas will be made available at the meetings.

Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Birthday Greetings Liam Robertson Happy 6th Birthday Liam!!

Lots of love Mum and Dad. xxxxxx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

We currently have funds available to distribute in grants for the following purposes in the Canterbury area: • Research, treatment, provision of equipment in relation to, and the education and training of skilled persons relative to, the disease of cancer.

• Research, development, education for, training and expansion of, the science and practice of agriculture.

• The needs of young people who suffer physical or mental disabilities or have less chance in life than their peers.

Applications close at 5pm, Friday, January 27, 2017. For further information and application forms, please contact: The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation C/- Croys Ltd Level 2, 161 Burnett Street P O Box 582 Ashburton 7740 Phone: 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz www.mcf.org.nz

TRADES, SERVICES

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

BRICK-BLOCKLAYER TRADES , SERVICES Available for all aspects in brick-blocklaying.

BRICK-BLOCKLAYER Specialising in outdoor Available for all aspects fires and landscaping. in brick-blocklaying.

Licensed with 25yrs Specialising in outdoor experience. fires and landscaping.

Workmanship Licensed with 25yrs guaranteed. experience.

021BRICKIE Workmanship 021 274 2543. guaranteed.

021BRICKIE 021 274 2543.

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

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of Senior Net Inc. Ashburton will be held in the Card Room at the MSA, Burnett Street, Ashburton at 1.30pm on Thursday, January 26, 2017.

We will be seeking a new secretary and a new treasurer.

All members and those interested are cordially invited.

J.W Burn, Chairman

LIVESTOCK, PETS

OPEN 7 DAYS

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod TRADES, SERVICES cons, short walk to village.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ?? Phone Brian 307-8000 or For prompt reliable computer 308-6180. servicing or laser engraving, contact Kelvin Boult, KJB HIRE hire.

LawnSystems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, GENERAL Ashburton. Ph 308 8989. 30 mowers, chainsaws, concrete years local service. Same breakers, trailers, and more. day service if possible. All your DIY / party hire, call SUPERGOLD discount card and see Ashburton U-Hire.

588 East Street. Open Monwelcomed.

Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am OLD newspapers available. - 5.00pm; Sunday 9.00am Perfect for packing, fires, 2.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 bedding for animals, birds, www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level HEALTH & BEAUTY 3, 161 Burnett Street or YOGA with Annie - starting phone 307 7900 for bundles January 30, St Pauls Church of 10 or more.

Hall. Monday, 9.15am - mixed level, 6pm - beginners / SITUATIONS WANTED foundation. Tuesday, 6pm FARM or heavy traffic work mixed level. Bookings phone wanted. Licences 1-5 plus 027 480 5662. FB Yoga with heavy wheels and tracks. Annie.

Wide range of farm experience. Phone Taff 0274 GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE. 9.00am 603 863. onwards, Saturday, January Middle Road.

RETIRED farmer looking for 21, sporting work. Tractor work, truck Homewares, driving, irrigation etc. Phone equipment, outdoor gear, soft 308 8585 (leave a message). toys, books. Heaps of great quality bargains. Sign out at 9.00am.

PUBLIC NOTICES

OLD newspapers available.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or HOME handyman available. phone 307 7900 for bundles Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph of 10 or more.

027-677-1952.

HOME handyman available. PLANTS, PRODUCE Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph potatoes Nadine $2.00 027-677-1952.

Guardian Classifieds NEW kg. Digging all New Year.

Phone 308 3195, 027 531 307 7900 9103, 81 Elizabeth Street.

Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

FOR SALE

OLD man pine $140 semidry, blue gum $200 dry, dark poplar $140. All 3.6m³. Split and delivered. Phone Shane James, Firewood 303 7063.

OLD newspapers available.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles of 10 or more.

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

Phone 308-3602

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

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

SWAROVSKI sale 30 to 50% OFF selected jewellery.

LET OR LEASE Pendants, earrings, rings, STORAGE units available. bracelets and iPhone cases.

Alarm monitored compound. Come in and select your Security cameras. Within pieces. Swarovski at The town boundary. Phone 027 China Shop in The Arcade.

449 1871.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

$3.99 bag $2.99 each $2.99 kg $1.79 each

Specials available from 17/01 - 23/01

MEETINGS, EVENTS

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ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ABBY, fun happy pretty outgoing lady.

Private premises. In/out calls for a good time. Phone 021 0869 0409.

308-1095

BUSINESS WANTED/SELL

INTERESTED IN BEING SELFEMPLOYED? We have a successful business for sale by tender due to the owner wishing to retire.

This is a long standing business which provides general garden maintenance and tree and shrub services with a primary focus on commercial clients.

An excellent client base which will provide the owner with part time work, approx. 25 hours per week year round.

Tenders close at 5pm on February 28, 2017.

Please direct enquires to: Croys Ltd PO Box 582 Level 2, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street, Ashburton 7740 Email: anne@croys.co.nz

ALBA, 28 year old, Chinese lady, 36 D cup, busty, size ACCOMMODATION, 10.

Good personality.

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WANTED flatmate. Must be Guardian Classifieds working. $130.00 per week plus expenses. Phone 308 307 7900 9122.

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7X4 TRAILER with stock crate. Reg and WOF. Reasonable order. Phone 307 6199.

A WEDDING gift for the happy couple? We have a classic collection of white bowls and platters for indoor/outdoor entertaining.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am There And Back 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Come Date With Me Australia PGR 3 12:30 The Food Truck 3 0 1pm Who’s Doing The Dishes?

2pm Four Weddings USA 3pm Border Security 0 3:30 The Force PGR 0 4pm River Monsters With Jeremy Wade Jeremy encounters one of South America’s greatest freshwater fighters, and discovers the creature stalking Argentina’s ‘River of Blood’. 0 5pm The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Posh Pawn 0 8pm L Lotto The Lotto draw. 0 8:05 Rachel Hunter’s Tour Of Beauty 0 8:35 Coast New Zealand 3 The Deep South. 0 9:35 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:35 M Jersey Boys AO 2014 Biography Music. 0 1:05 Betrayal AO 3 0 2am Emmerdale PGR 3 0 4am Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

Back to the Future III 7pm on Three

BRAVO 10am Flipping Out 3 10:50 Millonaire Matchmaker PGR 3 11:40 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 12:30 Wahlburgers 3 1pm Wahlburgers 3 1:30 Flipping Out 3 2:30 Kim Of Queens 3 3:30 Dance Moms 3 4:30 Dance Moms – Abby’s Studio Rescue (Starting Today) 3 5:30 Dance Moms – Abby’s Studio Rescue 3 6:30 Hoarders 3 7:30 Millonaire Matchmaker 8:30 Timber Creek Lodge 9:30 Shahs Of Sunset 10:30 N Kourtney & Kim Take New York AO Newlyweds Kim and Kris join Kourtney and Scott in New York, but with two couples and a baby all living under one roof, things do not go exactly as planned.

11:30 Snapped – Killer Couples AO 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

THREE

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PRIME

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 The Octonauts 3 0 6:45 Elmo The Musical 0 6:55 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:20 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 3 0 7:45 Ninjago – Masters Of Spinjitzu 0 8:10 Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 0 8:35 Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 3 0 8:55 Adventure Time 3 0 9:20 Clarence 3 0 9:45 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything 10:05 Crash And Bernstein 0 10:35 Blossom 0 11am Full House 3 0 11:30 Baby Daddy 3 0 Noon F Switched At Birth 3 0 1pm This Is Us PGR 0 3pm Melissa And Joey 0 3:30 Galavant 4pm Food Fighters 5pm Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud 0 6pm The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 The Middle 3 0 7pm M Sweet Home Alabama PGR 2002 Romantic Comedy. A successful New York fashion designer returns to her roots to divorce her redneck husband so she can marry the perfect man. 0 9:10 M Bringing Down The House AO 2003 Comedy. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Power Rangers – Dino Super Charge 7am Turbo Fast 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker 3 10:30 Survivor – San Juan Del Sur 3 11:25 America’s Next Top Model PGR 3 12:25 Face Off PGR 1:25 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 2:25 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 2:55 New Girl PGR 3:25 The Goldbergs PGR 0 3:55 Grand Designs UK 3 0 4:55 Expedition Tiger The team strikes out from base camp to hunt tigers throughout Bhutan. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Back To The Future III PGR 3 1990 Comedy.

Doc Brown travels back to 1885 and the Old West, where he falls in love, and Marty must rescue him when he learns a gang leader is after him. 0 9:20 M Jaws 3 AO 3 1983 Thriller. 0

11:20 M Jack And Jill PGR 2011 Comedy. A family man prepares for the annual event he dreads, the Thanksgiving visit of his passive-aggressive twin sister. 0 1:05 M Murder

By Numbers AO 2007 Crime.

0 3:15 Constantine AO 3 0 4:40 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

11:25 Motive AO The assistant to a successful photographer is murdered; the detectives are questioned about Angie’s connection with Neville Montgomery. 0 12:20 Nurse Jackie AO 12:50 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

NZ Hunter Adventures, 10:30pm on Choice

THE BOX 6:30 Law And Order – UK MV 7:20 Wild West Alaska M 8:10 Combat Dealers PG 9am Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 10am The Musketeers MVLS 11am Elementary MV 11:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 2:50 Law And Order – UK MV 3:40 Bosch MVL 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 8pm Last Man Standing PG 8:30 Counting Cars PG 9pm Call Of The Wildman PG 9:30 Wild West Alaska M 10:20 The Musketeers MVLS 11:20 Elementary MV SUNDAY 12:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 12:35 Last Man Standing PG 1am Counting Cars PG 1:25 Call Of The Wildman PG 1:50 Wild West Alaska M 2:40 The Musketeers MVLS 3:35 Elementary MV 4:25 Covert Affairs MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 5:35 Last Man Standing PG

7pm Storage Wars – Canada 3 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 0 8:30 Silent Witness AO After a former convict is killed, suspicion falls on a released child killer, but as other former long-term prisoners out on a life licence are examined, the team learns how fragile its freedom is. 0 10:45 Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell AO Midnight Scorpion PGR 3 1am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Two. From Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

1:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:30 The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2 MVC 2015 Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson.

9:45 The Lazarus Effect MVC 2014 Horror. Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass.

11:10 The Gambler 16VL 2015 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson.

1pm Furious 7 MV 2015 Action. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker.

3:15 Nowhere Safe MV 2014 Drama. Natasha Henstridge, Danielle Churchran.

4:45 Wrecker 16VLS 2015 Horror. Anna Hutchison, Andrea Whitburn.

6:10 Avengers – Age Of Ultron MV 2015 Action.

Robert Downey jr, Mark Ruffalo.

8:30 The Secret In Their Eyes MVL 2015 Thriller. Separated by a tragedy, three investigators reunite 13 years later to solve the case that affected their lives. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts.

10:25 Hail, Caesar! PGL 2016 Comedy. Josh Brolin, George Clooney.

7:35 Making Of Atonement PG 7:50 Fantastic Four – Rise Of The Silver Surfer PG 2007 Action.

Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis.

9:20 Bring It On MS 2000 Comedy. 11am Super 8 MV 2011 Sci-fi. Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler. 12:50 Eat Pray Love ML 2010 Romantic Drama. Julia Roberts.

3:05 Underworld 16VC 2003 Action Thriller. Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen.

5:05 Underworld Evolution 16VLS 2006 Action Thriller. Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy.

6:50 Babylon AD MVL 2008 Action. Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh. 8:30 I Love You, Man 16LS 2009 Comedy.

On getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, a man finds he has no male friend close enough to be best man, and embarks on a series of bizarre and awkward man dates. Paul Rudd, Jason Segal, Rashida Jones.

10:20 Friday Night Lights PGC 2004 Action.

Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke.

SUNDAY 12:15 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson.

2am Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama. 4:05 Underworld 16VC 2003 Action Thriller.

SUNDAY

12:10 Wild Horses MVL 2015 Western. Robert Duvall, James Franco. 1:50 Nowhere Safe MV 2014 Drama.

Natasha Henstridge, Danielle Churchran.

3:20 Wrecker 16VLS 2015 Horror. Anna Hutchison, Andrea Whitburn. 4:45 Hail, Caesar! PGL 2016 Comedy.

Josh Brolin, George Clooney.

MAORI

6am The Fairly Odd Parents 6:20 Kid v Kat 6:45 The Penguins Of Madagascar 7:10 Bella And The Bulldogs 7:35 Sanjay And Craig 8am Avatar – The Last Airbender 8:25 Johnny Test 9am Victorious PGR 9:50 Robot Wars PGR 3 0 10:55 Mythbusters PGR 3 11:55 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:25 Coastwatch Oz PGR 3 3pm Football – English Premier League (HLS) 4pm Storage Wars 3 4:30 Addicted To Fishing 3 5pm Fishing And Adventure 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm University Challenge The semi-final and final. 0

CHOICE

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:30 Pukana 2 8am The Zoo 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Swagger 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Atamira Behind The Scenes 3 10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 Noon Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Mama Son Learner League 3 2pm World Forklift League PGR 3 2:30 Basketball – College National Championship 3:30 The Kapa 3 4:30 The Big Sing 3 5pm He Kupenga Hou 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 M Nim’s Island PGR 2008 Adventure.

8:15 Iti Pounamu 3 8:30 M Everything We Loved AO 3 2014 Drama. A shy magician coaxes his wife back to life with his greatest illusion, a little boy, but the loving family they create is threatened when they are accused of child abduction.

10:20 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals (HLS) From Lake Karapiro.

6am Streets Of Your Town 7am Getaway 7:30 Nature’s Treasure Islands 8:30 Monkey Thieves 9am Rick Stein’s Spain 10am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 11am Four Rooms Noon Gardeners’ World 12:30 Streets Of Your Town 1:30 Brick By Brick – Rebuilding Our Past 2:30 Sandcastles 3pm Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 4pm Beverly Hills Pawn 4:30 Salvage Hunters 5:30 Wild Transport Rick and Andrew move a rescued kangaroo and her joey across Texas.

6pm Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 7pm Fish Of The Day 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M The Frozen Ground AO 2013 Crime Drama.

10:30 F New Zealand Hunter Adventures At mid-winter Himalayan tahr rut time, the boys go into Mt Cook National park, crossing a high alpine pass into the remotest country where the biggest bulls live.

11:20 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:50 Closedown

11:30 Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 12:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 1am Wild Transport 1:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 2:30 M The Frozen Ground AO 2013 Crime Drama.

Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack. 4:30 Fish Of The Day 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 1 6am Tennis – Australian Open Day Five, Night Session.

7am Golf – US PGA Tour CareerBuilder Challenge – Round One. 7:30 World Rugby 8am Basketball – NBL Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers.

8:30 Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day One. 9am Cricket – International Australia v Pakistan – Third ODI. 9:30 Cricket – International India v England – Second ODI. 10am Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day One. 10:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Two. 1:05 The Cricket Show 1:35 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Two. 6:30 The Cricket Show 7pm Fox Sports News 7:30 L Basketball – NBL Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United. 9:30 L Basketball – NBL Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings. 11:30 Golf – US PGA Tour CareerBuilder Challenge – Round Two. SUNDAY Midnight Squash – PSA Tournament Of Champions 1am World Rugby 1:30 Basketball – NBL 2am FIH Hockey World 2:40 L Hockey – India League 4:30 Golf – US PGA Tour 5am Tennis – Australian Open

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Football – A-League (RPL) Sydney FC v Adelaide United.

8am Tennis – Australian Open (HLS) Day Five, Night Session.

9am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (RPL) Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades.

12:30 Sky Sport News NZ 1pm Motorsport – Asian Le Mans Series (HLS) Buriram International Circuit.

2pm Sky Sports News UK 2:30 Motorsport – WRC (HLS) Monte Carlo Event – Day One. 3pm Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) CareerBuilder Challenge – Round Two. 3:30 Basketball – NBL (RPL) Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers.

5:45 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades.

6:15 L Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers.

9:25 L Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers.

From the MCG, Melbourne.

SUNDAY

1am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Two. 1:30 Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – Second ODI. 2am Basketball – NBL (RPL) Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United.

4am Basketball – NBL (RPL) Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans.

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Machine Gun Ton. 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:25 Dual Survival M Blackout. 10:20 Naked And Afraid XL M Man On Fire. 11:15 Justice For MLK – The Hunt For James Earl Ray PG 1:05 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Nick Jonas. 2pm Deadliest Catch – Dungeon Cove PG Final Crossing. 2:55 What On Earth? PG 3:50 Alaskan Bush People Special M Browns Down South. 4:45 Auction Hunters PG 5:10 Auction Hunters PG 5:40 Auction Hunters PG 6:05 Auction Hunters PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG Eye in the Sky. 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Takeover – The Roderick Experience.

8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Lazy River Runs through It. 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Stranded.

10:30 Auction Hunters

SUNDAY

Midnight Gold Rush PG 12:55 Alaskan Bush People Special M 1:50 Moonshiners M 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:10 Moonshiners M 5:05 MythBusters PG

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6am The Fishing Show 0 6:45 Going, Going, Gone 3 0 7:10 Together Again 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Morena Summer Series PGR 10am Marae Summer Series 10:30 Waka Huia Summer Series 3 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Being Me 3 0 Noon F David Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies 3 0 1pm Undercover Boss USA 3 0 2pm The Fixer PGR 3 0 3pm Britain’s Busiest Airport – Heathrow 3 0 4pm The Supervet 3 5pm Outback Truckers PGR 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm N Wild New Zealand Isolated since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand’s wildlife has been left to its own devices, with surprising results. 0 8:05 Nigel Latta Blows Stuff Up 0 8:35 N 800 Words 0 10:30 N Indian Summers 0 11:30 One Born Every Minute 3 A look at a maternity unit from the perspective of the parents-to-be and the maternity-ward staff.

12:30 Attitude 3 0 1am Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3am Marae Summer Series 3:30 Infomercials

Wild New Zealand 7pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Flipping Out 3 6:45 Flipping Out 3 7:35 Million Dollar Listing 3 8:20 Million Dollar Listing 3 9:10 Flipping Out 3 10am Millonaire Matchmaker 3 10:50 Snapped – Killer Couples 3 11:35 Dance Moms 3 12:35 The Real Housewives Of Atlanta 3 1:35 Timber Creek Lodge 3 2:30 Shahs Of Sunset 3 3:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 4:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 5:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 6:30 Kim Of Queens 7:30 Millonaire Matchmaker 8:30 Dance Moms 9:30 Botched 10:30 Donnie Loves Jenny AO 11pm Donnie Loves Jenny AO 11:30 Snapped – Killer Couples AO 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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MAORI

6am Art Attack 3 0 6:20 The Octonauts 3 0 6:35 Little Monstar 3 0 6:40 My Little Pony 3 0 7am Looped 3 0 7:25 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 3 0 7:50 Jungle Bunch – Back To The Ice Floe 0 8:45 Mako Mermaids 3 0 10am Shortland Street Omnibus 0 12:30 M Pay It Forward PGR 2000 Drama. Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment.

0 3:05 N Life In Pieces 0 3:35 The Mick (Starting Today) 3 0 4pm I Can Do That USA The celebrities perform in pairs with Blue Man Group and crossbow artist Ben Blaque, and take on doubleDutch skipping rope. 0 5pm Greatest Hits 0 6pm The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 The Middle 3 0 7pm M Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day PGR 2014 Family Comedy. 0 8:35 M The Hangover Part III AO 2013 Comedy. 0 10:30 M Scream 3 AO 2000 Comedy Horror. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am UCKG 8:30 Turning Point 9am R & R 9:25 Family Secret PGR 3 0 9:50 MasterChef New Zealand 30 11:10 MasterChef New Zealand 3 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – NZV8 Utes Round three, Ruapuna.

2pm Motorsport – TR86 Championship 3pm Motorsport – New Zealand Touring Cars 4pm Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series 5pm Highway Thru Hell 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Block Australia PGR 0 8:30 M Fifty Shades Of Grey AO 2015 Drama.

A literature student’s life changes when she meets a handsome, yet tormented, billionaire. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle. 0

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Trawlermen Tales PGR 3 0 1pm Elementary PGR 3 2pm The Crayfishers PGR 3 0 2:30 Piha Rescue PGR 3 0 3pm The Millers PGR 3 3:30 Storage Wars – Canada PGR 3 4pm Sachie’s Kitchen 3 Sachie visits a museum dedicated to ramen noodles, before returning to the kitchen.

4:30 The Wonder Of Britain 3 From an ancient volcanic past, through ice ages and modern farming, Britain’s countryside story is one of diversity. 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Rick Stein – From Venice To Istanbul 3

12:50 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 1:45 Supernatural AO 3 0 2:30 Infomercials 3:05 Marvel’s Agent Carter AO 3 3:50 It Is Written 3 4:20 The Fosters PGR 3 5:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm M Margaret AO 3 2011 Drama. A young woman sees a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people’s lives. Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo. 0 1:55 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11:20 Tatau AO Kyle discovers a new power, which enables him to reveal Dries’s murder.

Suspicion falls on Maui, but is Koringo also involved and, if so, can anyone prove it?

12:20 Bull AO (Starting Today) 3 1:20 Cricket – International (HLS) From Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

1:50 Closedown

7pm Storage Wars – Texas PGR 7:30 Prime Planet – The Cruise PGR As the ship celebrates its first birthday, casino host Cecila is in love, dancer Dulcie’s boyfriend visits, and Timothy loses some passengers. 0 8:30 M Goodfellas AO 1990 Crime Drama. 0

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6am Counting Cars PG 6:25 Call Of The Wildman PG 6:50 Border Security M 7:15 Shearing Gang PG 7:45 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 10:20 Storage Wars – New York PG 10:45 Storage Wars – New York PG 11:10 Border Security M 11:35 Shearing Gang PG 12:05 Survivor – Blood v Water PG 1pm Covert Affairs MV 2pm Raw MV 4:45 Smackdown MV 6:30 Main Event MV 7:30 Survivor – Blood v Water PG 8:30 NCIS LA MV 9:30 NCIS LA MV 10:30 Covert Affairs MV 11:30 Main Event MV

6:30 Wild Horses MVL 2015 Western. Robert Duvall, James Franco. 8:10 Nowhere Safe MV 2014 Drama.

Natasha Henstridge, Danielle Churchran.

9:40 Wrecker 16VLS 2015 Horror. Anna Hutchison, Andrea Whitburn.

11:05 Avengers – Age Of Ultron MV 2015 Action. Robert Downey jr, Mark Ruffalo. 1:25 The Secret In Their Eyes MVL 2015 Thriller. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts. 3:15 Black Sea MVL 2014 Thriller. Jude Law, Scoot McNairy. 5:10 Focus MVLS 2015 Crime. Will Smith, Margot Robbie. 6:55 Daddy’s Home MVLS 2015 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg.

8:30 Batman v Superman – Dawn Of Justice MV 2016 Action. Fearing Superman’s actions are being left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world must decide what kind of hero it really needs.

Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill.

11:05 The Martian ML 2015 Drama. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain.

6:05 Underworld Evolution 16VLS 2006 Action Thriller. Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy.

7:50 Babylon AD MVL 2008 Action. Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh. 9:30 I Love You, Man 16LS 2009 Comedy. Paul Rudd, Jason Segal, Rashida Jones.

11:15 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson.

1pm Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama. Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy. 3pm The Other Guys MVLS 2010 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg. 4:45 Hulk MV 2003 Adventure. Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly. 7pm Mr Bean’s Holiday PGC 2007 Comedy. Rowan Atkinson.

8:30 10,000 BC MV 2008 Adventure. A young mammoth hunter makes a journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. Steven Strait, Camilla Belle. 10:20 Notting Hill MLS 1999 Comedy.

Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant.

12:30 Survivor – Blood v Water PG 1:30 Storage Wars – New York PG 1:55 Storage Wars – New York PG 2:20 Border Security M 2:45 Shearing Gang PG 3:15 NCIS LA MV 4:10 NCIS LA MV 5:05 Main Event MV

1:25 Bachelor Night 18VLSC 2014 Comedy. Rachel Alig, Skyler Yeast. 2:55 Black Sea MVL 2014 Thriller. 4:50 Close Up – John Travolta PG 5:20 Batman v Superman – Dawn Of Justice MV 2016 Action.

Fifty Shades of Grey 8:30pm on Three

THE BOX

MONDAY

MONDAY

MONDAY

12:20 Taken 16VS 2008 Action. Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen. 1:55 Hulk MV 2003 Adventure. Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly. 4:10 Close Up – Julia Roberts PG 4:40 The Other Guys MVLS 2010 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg.

CHOICE

10am Whanau Bake-Off 3 10:30 Whanau Living 3 11am Native Affairs – Summer Series 3 11:30 Ka Tu Ka Korero Noon My Reggae Song 3 12:30 Kapa Haka Whanau 3 1pm Hoiho 3 1:30 Play PGR 2:30 Basketball – College National Championship 3:30 F Marae Kai Masters 3 5pm Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 At her workplace in Whakatane, Roka Pukepuke discusses the steps to revitalising te reo and Tikanga through matauranga Maori and matauranga pakeha.

7pm Pukuhohe 3 7:30 Tales From The Trails 8:30 M Little Dorrit AO 1987 Romantic Drama.

(Part 2) Arthur Clennam returns to London after working abroad for many years, and becomes involved in the problems of his mother’s seamstress.

Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood.

11:55 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 12:25 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Tennis – Australian Open (HLS) Day Six – Night Session. 7am Football – A-League (HLS) Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar FC. 7:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) CareerBuilder Challenge – Round Two. 8am The Fishing Show 9am Golf – Australian Open Day Six. 10am Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Two. 10:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Three. 1:05 The Cricket Show 1:35 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Three. 6:30 Golf – US PGA Tour Career Builder Challenge – Round Three. 7pm Golf – European Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championships – Round Three. 7:30 Sport TBC 8:20 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers.

8:50 L Cricket – International India v England – Third ODI, First Innings.

MONDAY 12:35 Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Three. 1:05 L Cricket – International India v England – Third ODI, Second Innings. 5am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades.

5:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers.

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

6am Monkey Thieves 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Salvage Hunters 8am This Old Thing 9am American Pickers 10am Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 11am Fish Of The Day 11:30 Better Homes And Gardens 1pm Wild Transport 1:30 Salvage Hunters 2:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 3:30 The Frankincense Trail 4:30 Jamie At Home 5pm Jamie’s Big Feastival 5:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 6:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammies Baz, Nancy, and the Mammies travel to Costa Rica, where they abseil down a waterfall, raft down rapids, walk 700 dogs, and one of them may make the USA’s highest bungee jump.

7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 8:30 M Playing It Cool AO 2014 Romantic Comedy.

10:30 M The Boys Are Back AO 2009 Drama.

12:30 Monkey Thieves 1am Jamie At Home 1:30 Jamie’s Big Feastival 2am M Playing It Cool AO 2014 Romantic Comedy.

Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Topher Grace.

4am Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR 5am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

SKY SPORT 2 6am The Cricket Show 6:30 Cricket – International (RPL) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Two. 8:30 Squash – PSA Tournament Of Champions (HLS) 9:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers.

10am Sky Sport News NZ 10:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers.

11am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (RPL) Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers.

2:30 Motorsport – WRC (HLS) Monte Carlo Event – Day Two. 3pm Squash – PSA Tournament Of Champions (HLS) 4pm The Fishing Show 5pm L Basketball – NBL Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks.

7pm L Basketball – NBL New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats.

9pm Golf – European Tour (HLS) Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championships – Round Three.

From Abu Dhabi Golf Course.

9:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Three.

MONDAY 2am Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) CareerBuilder Challenge – Round Three.

2:40 L Hockey – India League Kalinga Lancers v Delhi. 4:30 Basketball – NBL (HLS) New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats. 5am The Fishing Show 22Jan17

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Carolyn Goes Topless.

6:30 MythBusters PG Request Fest Special.

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O’SULLIVAN – Liam and Victoria are proud to announce the arrival of Georgina Elizabeth Cargill O’Sullivan. Born January 4, 2017, weighing 7lb 12ozs. A special thanks to Robyn Little, Ben Sharp and all the midwives and staff at St Georges Maternity.

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Rain developing in the afternoon, becoming heavy about the divide in the evening.

Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h rising to N gale 70 km/h in exposed places in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: N 50 km/h rising to severe gale 90 km/h late afternoon.

TOMORROW Rain, with some heavy falls possible, easing to a few showers, then clearing at night.

Winds turning southwesterly, briefly gale in exposed places.

TUESDAY Increasing high cloud. Strong northerlies developing.

WEDNESDAY Scattered early rain, then becoming fine.

Northerlies.

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Wind at 1000m: E gale 70 km/h, turning SW, gale 80 km/h in exposed places near the foothills.

Wind at 2000m: NE gale 70 km/h, changing SW, severe gale 90 km/h.

Mainly fine. Southwesterlies dying out.

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Saturday, 21 January 2017

A high drifts away to the east of New Zealand, while a deep low and associated fronts move from the Tasman Sea towards the South Island. The low moves across the South Island tomorrow, while an associated front crosses the North Island. A southwesterly flow covers New Zealand on Monday.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 14.7 15.8 Max to 4pm 2.2 Minimum -2.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm January to date 40.2 Avg Jan to date 38 2017 to date 40.2 38 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 19 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 33 Time of gust 2:43pm

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Simon Shuker’s CodeCracker

ACROSS 1. One of the rolling stones? (6) 8. European capital dweller, an upright type (5) 9. One doesn’t agree to things (7) 11. Packed in as a simile they’re small and fishy (8) 12. There is scope, if the opening move hasn’t been started (5) 15. The wheel centre may be found in a church (4) 16. It is curious, a number such as nine (3) 17. It comes out of a daze and is of cutting use (4) 19. They cover wounds, do blacklegs (5) 21. One says we’d adapted to crab-like walking (8) 24. Own flesh is the concern of one who is so disposed (7) 25. Cereal it goes hard to go against (5) 26. One who murders a sort of whale (6) DOWN 2. There isn’t enough in this book for egg-white (5) 3. Could Eve be his in the apiarist’s garden? (8) 4. Take a set out as one dines (4) 5. A priggish person can be quietly uncivil (5) 6. A sign that means nothing to adult males (4) 7. They may be soldiers, the hill-dwellers (4) 10. When one was young and life was a picnic? (5,4) 12. Florentine river is in particular nominated (4) 13. Vigilant observation ’flu brought about (8) 14. It isn’t so much minus (4) 18. Sort of music to make a comeback? (5) 20. Put in stitches as bet perhaps (5) 21. Start the race, we are told, for pudding (4) 22. End a difference with the chapter head (4) 23. Hide, and look for the answer in game (4)

WordBuilder

WordWheel Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 9 Excellent – 12 Amazing – 15

Previous solution: OVERSTEP 12

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ACROSS 6. Unadulterated (6) 7. Rubbish heap (6) 10. Theft (7) 11. Advice (5) 12. Suspended (4) 13. False (5) 16. Any two-legged creature (5) 17. Stylish (4) 20. Death notices (abbr) (5) 21. Competitor (7) 22. Wages (6) 23. Do without (6)

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): A project seems to be taking over your life in many ways, including financial ones. Don’t emphasise how expensive it is; rather, focus on the joy, education and relationships it brings.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): If you aren’t busy working on your own goals today, you’re working on someone else’s. Whose? And how did this person get so lucky as to entice you to this line? Review and rework the plan.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Stick to the one aim, the one person, the one ideal you want to hold up. Multitasking ensures malcontent. Try and do two things; neither gets done.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ll give yourself good advice but no guarantee you’re going to follow it. And who is the “you” who’s giving it anyway? Is this person considering all the humour, fun, bonding you need?

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Some call it moral courage, some call it optimism, and you don’t call it anything, because this is how you are.

You’re seeing the possibilities, giving that big smile and feeling groovy today.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): When you love something there are two modes you often take. You either make it sacred, and stash it in an untouchable place, or you play with it until it’s worn-in like only you could do it.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Your happiness is not dependent on approval, excitement or reward. You’re curious. You find it easy to like people. These qualities are what drive you to the interesting places.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Every time you recall a memory, you corrupt it. It’s not just you; these are the wonderful adaptations of the human brain. This is why history is more an art than a science – keep this in mind now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Change yourself and change the world. Most people don’t think of it. It’s not the most popular quest. Everyone is trying to make a mark outwardly. The inward changers – they’re onto something.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Storms on Jupiter make earthly hurricanes look infantile. That’s just how it is around here. Nothing on earth can rage indefinitely. When passion dies down, as is natural, acceptance is grace.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Since you’re going to travel the same roads time and again, why not sprinkle some wildflower seeds as you go, so you’ll have pretty changes along the way?

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You wish time would change things for you, but it’s becoming clear you’re going to have to do it yourself.

A little more grit and muscle, negotiations, a sprinkle of charm – you’re almost there.

Previous Cryptic solution Across 1. Premonition 8. Romantic 9. Kite 10. Comet 13. Dear 16. Gulp 17. Land 18. Oyer 20. March 24. Even 25. Impetigo 26. Polystyrene Down 2. Rump 3. Mango 4. Noise 5. Irked 6. Greengrocer 7. Depredation 11. Minim 12. Tudor 14. Elan 15. Blue 19. Renal 21. Admit 22. Clear 23. Limn

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Sudoku

Previous solution: ais, ani, anis, asp, ins, nap, naps, nip, nipa, nipas, nips, pain, pains, pan, pani, pans, pas, pia, pin, pins, psi, san, sap, sin, sip, snap, snip, spa, span, spin.

Across 1. Zeal 8. Abominable 9. Reckless 10. Kegs 12. Adds up 14. Dowser 15. Bounce 17. Crypts 18. Tsar 19. Daunting 21. Assurances 22. Keep Down 2. Eavesdrops 3. Lark 4. Bone up 5. Kissed 6. Back away 7. Pens 11. Great-uncle 13. Sonorous 16. Endear 17. Clutch 18. Thaw 20. Tusk

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9

DOWN 1. Be in charge (4,3,5) 2. Trials, tests (3,4) 3. Beginning (5) 4. Nauseous (7) 5. Skilled (5) 8. Announcement (12) 9. Something surprising or revealing (3,6) 14. Crevice (7) 15. Devalue (7) 18. Undulating (5) 19. Wooden seat (5)

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