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Burn-offs begin

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

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Mid Canterbury’s burn-off season appears to be starting with firefighters already being called to false alarms for vegetation fires.

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a false alarm for vegetation fire smoke in the Ashton area just before 10pm on Sunday.

“It was a false alarm for a burn-off, there was just a bit of smoke that was hanging about,” Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said.

“With the weather conditions it was very still so the smoke hung around for a while.”

Burgess said looking around the rural areas it was apparent things were starting to dry out quite quickly, and that the risk presented by vegetation fires would

be growing quickly.

“People have a good idea of what the local farmers do and seem to be getting used to local farming practices,” he said.

Burgess said they expect to have plenty more call-outs of this nature before the season ends.

Deputy principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said the vast majority of burnoffs take place without any issues, with only a small percentage resulting in the fires spreading.

“We investigate all of them (that do spread) and most of them are avoidable,” he said.

“They just need a bit more thought and consideration, just because you’ve being doing it that way for three generations doesn’t mean you don’t have to look at how you do things.

“Think is that wind going to change, or what would happen if a whirlwind

blew across the paddock or a rabbit ran through.

“Also think about have you got a contingency, if you are burning beside a road, is smoke going to blow across the road and do you have a traffic management plan in place or some people that can go to either end of the road and stop traffic for a couple of minutes.”

Geddes said while it was important for people to follow safe burning practices and to comply with their permits in a restricted fire season, it is also important to follow the requirements set out by Environment Canterbury around burn-offs.

Anyone inside the Ashburton or Timaru crop residue buffer zone requires a resource consent from ECan, and anyone planning on burning should at least have a smoke management plan in place.

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Greens aim to raise vote

By Susan Sandys

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Laura Muckle helps Fergus Gibbs at the Methven Learn to Swim classes.

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Big numbers learn to swim

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Thanks to the continued support of Philip Wareing Limited the Methven Community Pool is once again full of children learning to swim.

Over the course of two weeks 84 Methven children will finish five days of lessons feeling a lot more confident in the water thanks to the learn to swim programme which has been sponsored by the local trucking firm for the past 10 years.

Aimed at complete beginners to those who have not yet mastered their strokes, Yumi Blake said the registration numbers increase each year.

Originally there was space for

70 swimmers over the two weeks, however such was the demand Blake added another 14 bookings.

“I didn’t want children who needed it to miss out,” she said.

Blake has been involved with the lessons from the beginning.

To her the highlight has always been watching the children progress during the week.

“We help them to achieve their goal of improving their swimming skills. They all arrive with big smiles on their faces,” she said.

Also keen to come on board and help was local swimming sensation Bree Middleton.

“I really enjoy teaching children and they seem to like me more as the week goes on,” Middleton

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said. The Mount Hutt College student is a natural teacher. Her firm but friendly manner soon has her day one, level two class kicking confidently across the pool.

“I love working with children and it’s nice to be able to adapt my background in swimming to teaching,” she said.

The flow of knowledge for Middleton is not all one-way. When teaching she’s absorbing just as much as her charges.

“I’m learning how to adapt to kids with different personalities and how they learn.

“Every child should know about water safety, have confidence in the water and have a good technique,” she said.

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Tell the Government to fund a four lane highway from Christchurch to Ashburton Not long after the last election the Government cut more than $5 billion from the state highway network to instead spend on rail and cycle projects in Auckland. It’s left less money available for important upgrades to our local highways. Now the Government have announced plans to borrow $19 billion, with $6.8 billion earmarked for rail and road projects. It represents an opportunity to send a message to the Government that the road to Christchurch, the second most dangerous stretch of highway in New Zealand for fatalities and serious crashes, needs upgrading to four lanes to make it safer.

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sorship goes back ten years and was prompted by Wareing wanting to fill the gap left when many community pools were forced to close due to new government rules and regulations.

“Country kids have lost the opportunity to have fun in the water learning to swim,” he said back in 2010 and his views have not changed 10 years later.

“It’s important that all children can swim, even if it is only five or ten metres at least they have the knowledge and confidence to get themselves out of trouble.”

“Lots of people thank us for doing this. Out of all the things we sponsor this is by far the one we get the most positive feedback on.”

Retired registered nurse Gerrie Ligtenberg, 66, of Temuka, has been nominated for selection to the Green Party Rangitata electorate candidacy.

Former MP and high profile Rangitata candidate Mojo Mathers has decided not to contest the seat. Mathers was out of Parliament at the last election, when the Green Party received only 6.3 per cent of the vote nationwide.

Ranked at number nine, she just missed out on returning to Parliament when the Green Party secured only eight seats.

Ligtenberg has stood for the Green Party in Rangitata previously, in 2011, receiving 1766 candidate votes when the party was excelling and received 11.06 per cent of the vote nationwide, followed by 10.7 per cent in 2014.

The Greens did not stand a Rangitata candidate in 2014.

Mathers received 1583 candidate votes in 2017, and the party vote from the Rangitata electorate for the Green Party was well below the nationwide level, at just 3.5 per cent.

Ligtenberg said if she was selected for the candidacy, her focus would be on getting as many party votes as possible for the Greens.

She said the party needed to have a bigger share of the seats in Parliament so that its policies on social justice and environmental issues would have further reach and impact in New Zealand.

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Spectacular action at regatta

By Susan Sandys

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About 2000 people lined the banks of Lake Hood to see powerboat racing action on Saturday, and they were not disappointed.

Speed and adrenaline combined for a show on the water under a brilliant sky for the New Brighton Powerboat Club’s biennial Lake Hood regatta.

Race controller Craig Stevenson said as well as the racing providing spectator action, there was a high attrition rate with a few racers blowing engines, which was an occasional casualty of powerboat racing.

“When you are dealing with a race engine, you are stretching them to the limit,” Stevenson said.

“You go there to enjoy the racing, if you complete and win it’s a bonus,” he said.

Among those which didn’t complete the race was one driver whose boat had half its blade blow off.

“We did have one boat sink, which we recovered on the day,” Stevenson said.

The driver was checked over

by St John, on site for the event, and was fine.

Carl Ryan of Christchurch won the Matt Morrison Memorial Trophy, while Julian Stilwell of Nelson won the Ashburton Marine King of the Lake trophy.

Stevenson said racing finished early and the lake was able to re-open to the public by 3pm, about one hour earlier than anticipated.

He said it was great to see so many people turn out to see the event, and he thanked the Canterbury sponsors, including Ashburton’s Tinwald Tavern, as it was thanks to the sponsors that the event was free.

The regatta was also staged at the lake last year, but was usually held every two years.

If sponsorship continued the club would hopefully be able to make it an annual event.

Speed combined with adrenaline made for some spectacular boating action at Lake Hood on Saturday.

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In brief Three for MCB There will be only three candidates going to the polls for the Methven Community Board by-election next month, following one having to withdraw their nomination. Peter Garde said it was due to personal reasons he was withdrawing his nomination. Remaining candidates are Leonie Campbell, Tammy Dickson and Richard Owen.

Voting papers will be delivered to enrolled voters in the board area from January 27, with polling day on February 18. The Guardian understands the council is preparing a public notice on the withdrawal, which came through in time to be able to take Garde’s name off voting papers and candidate booklets.

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LandSAR groups from around Canterbury will head to the Mt Arrowsmith Station next month for the annual Canterbury search and rescue training exercise.

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SAR training heads for the hills

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

There might not be anybody missing, but that will not stop the around 100-strong search and rescue crew descending on Mt Arrowsmith Station next month taking things seriously for Canterbury Search and Rescue’s annual training event.

Search and rescue teams from across the district will be looking to bring their best skills to the exercise which is run in a competition format over a 24hour period.

“There will be 10-12 stations they will have to complete including navigation between them and they are all focused on the different search and rescue competencies,” Canterbury Search and Rescue co-ordinator sergeant Phil Simmonds said.

“It will be based on a competition and there will be river crossings and different search techniques and each team will have to radio in their progress.”

Simmonds said each team would be given either a gold, silver or bronze certificate based

on their performance at the different stations and that things can get pretty competitive.

“It is competitive and I am sure there will be groups working hard and training for it,” he said.

All the LandSAR groups in the district come together once a year for the exercise which Simmonds changes each year to keep things different.

“Last year we ran a cold case scenario where we did find the body which was a good result for the training,” he said.

“And we also do a game one like this. It gives a bit of variety and changes things up and if you asked everyone they would all want to do something different, so it covers everyone.”

Mid Canterbury has two LandSAR groups, one from Methven and one from Rakaia, with others attending the event from Geraldine, Timaru, Mackenzie, Ellesmere, Christchurch, Oxford and Hanmer Springs.

The event is being held at Mt Arrowsmith Station on February 22 and 23.

A week of outdoor fun and activities Participants in the Scouts Summer Camp travelled to all corners of the Ashburton District last week, climbing Mt Ashford, biking out to Hakatere Beach and testing their water skills with canoes, paddle boards and row boats at Lake Hood.

The programme caters for intermediate age children who don’t necessarily have to be part of the scouts.

The camp included an overnight stay on Thursday night which includes campfire cooking and tenting at the Mania-o-roto scout park.

A number of local organisations helped with funding for this year’s camp to allow more children to take part.

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A complete hosing ban is in force at Mt Somers following water levels dropping dramatically in the town’s water supply catchment.

Ashburton District Council service delivery group manager Neil McCann said drier conditions seemed to have resulted in much higher water consumption at Mt Somers in recent days. “Immediate action is required to conserve water at this time to help protect the water source for this supply,” he added. Residents were advised yesterday afternoon that they are under a level four water restriction, and can water gardens by hand using a bucket or watering can.

Toy Library turns 25 Ashburton Toy Library will celebrate turning 25 on February 1.

The library is holding a birthday party during its open session 9.30am to 12.30pm at its premises on Victoria Street, The Triangle.

President Anthea Moore said an exciting development would be launched on the day, and there would be a cake cutting at 11am. “We would love any past committee members and past librarians to come and celebrate with us,” she said. New families were invited to come along and join the library, and there would be specials on hire for the month. The non-profit community organisation aims to promote family interaction through play.

Leave the Marmite Guns, knives, cans of petrol, fireworks and even jars of Marmite are just some of the contraband items regularly picked up by airport security screening in New Zealand. Figures supplied by the Aviation Security Service show 713 “guns” (a category that includes gun parts, replicas and toys), 3303 explosives and tens of thousands of other potentially dangerous items have been confiscated from airline passengers this year. Head of operations Karen Irwin said it was not uncommon to find people carrying large boxes of fireworks.

“Having things that go bang is not a good idea on an aeroplane.”

However, most contraband found was usually the result of “natural mistakes”, Irwin said. “We collect a mountain of butter and Marmite.

Just make sure you pack it in the bag that’s going in the hold, not in your carry on.” Any liquids or gels or anything that can be “smeared” cannot go in your carry-on.

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Police swarmed Taradale CBD following gang-related altercations on Sunday.

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Gunshot hit child’s car seat

By Sahiban Hyde A shot fired in a gang brawl in Taradale’s CBD, on Sunday, struck the rear of a child’s car seat, while the child was in it.

The pellet from a shotgun was fired when rival gangs, Mongrel Mob and Black Power, clashed on Sunday about 1pm. Between 30 and 40 people were thought to have been involved in the brawl.

A 25-year-old man received injuries to his head, face and torso from a single gunshot.

He remains in a serious but stable condition at Hawke’s Bay Hospital.

“Fortunately the child was unharmed, but this behaviour is completely unacceptable and we are determined to hold those responsible to account,” said Detective Inspector Rob Jones.

“Tensions between the Mongrel Mob and Black Power have continued to escalate in recent months with police investigating a number of serious incidents and outbreaks of violence in public places – many of which have been witnessed by members of the public,” Jones said.

“Police urge anyone who may have information about either of these incidents to come forward.

“We would also like to hear from anyone with CCTV or dash cam footage that may assist these investigations.”

Police in Eastern District now have a directive to carry firearms and members of the public could expect a heightened police presence as enquires continue, Jones said.

It’s understood witnesses heard gunshots near the shopping centre’s McDonald’s restaurant, with one saying golf clubs were also involved.

There were about a dozen officers on the scene with the area evacuated and diversions

in place around the Gloucester St roundabout outside McDonald’s.

The injured man has had extra security measures placed around him at Hawke’s Bay Hospital.

On Monday, a DHB spokeswoman said the injured man in his 20s was in a stable condition.

“The hospital was not placed in lock-down. However, there was an extra security presence, including at hospital entrance/ exits as a result of the incident,” she said.

Security measures were in place for the man, she said.

Jones takes aim at ‘eco-bible-bashing’ climate-change activists

By Jason Walls Outspoken NZ First MP and Minister Shane Jones has launched a scathing attack on climate-change activists who want Kiwis to eat less meat, blasting their form of “eco-bible- bashing”.

He has compared them to “medieval torture chamber workers” and has vowed to rally against this sort of “absolutism” as Election 2020 draws closer.

His comments come after the Government, of which he is a Minister, announced school children would be taught about climate change in class.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins said kids will be taught the role that science plays in understanding climate change, as well as how it impacts the planet both globally and locally.

They would also be taught how to contribute to reducing and adapting to its impact on everyday life.

Climate Change Minister, Green MP James Shaw, said one

“I won’t be desisting from eating copious qualities of kaimoana [seafood] or meat – that’s how I grew up,” Minister Shane Jones said. of the ways kids could help reduce emissions was to eat less meat.

Speaking to Radio Waatea yesterday, Jones rejected this advice as “absolutism” – but did not mention Shaw’s comments.

In a statement, Shaw said: “The climate change resource kit for schools is based on science”.

Jones was critical of what he described as the “absolutism” which he said was “infecting” the climate-change debate in New Zealand.

“Absolutism is what you hear from bible bashers,” he said.

“Absolutism is what we saw in the medieval days of putting peo-

ple on the rack because there was an absolute sense of conviction that their perspective was the only perspective.”

Jones added that New Zealand First has a tremendous level of interest in how our society adapts to changing weather and changing climate.

“But our party is deeply suspicious of any scientist who starts preaching this gospel of absolutism – we don’t like that and we’re not going to acquiesce in that.

“If you stand up for industry, that doesn’t mean that you are denying the existence of changing climate and changing weather.”

He said some of the activists were like the “medieval torture chamber workers [who] don’t want you to talk about adaptation.

“They want you to join their shrill voices.”

And Jones said he has no plans to stop eating meat.

“I won’t be desisting from eating copious qualities of kaimoana [seafood] or meat – that’s how I grew up.”

National is suggesting the theft of three laptops from its Auckland-based headquarters in a burglary on Sunday night could be politically motivated, describing the nature of the theft as “highly suspicious”.

National MP Paul Goldsmith – who works in the building that was robbed – said the possibility that the theft was politically motivated was disturbing – “given it’s the start of an election year”.

Yesterday, National deputy leader Paula Bennett said someone had jemmied the window of the Epsom office open and stole the computers.

She said it looked as if someone had just “grabbed the laptops and ran”.

Nothing else was taken – the Herald understands that the office wasn’t ransacked at all and it appeared that no drawers had been rifled through.

Police are looking into the theft.

In a statement, a National Party spokesman implied that the theft could have been politically motivated.

“The nature of the burglary is also highly suspicious, given that our internal party offices aren’t overly visible from the street, the nature of the items stolen, and that the building itself contained other items of high monetary value,” he said.

He added that the party takes the security of its staff and information incredibly seriously.

The laptops in question, he said, were “very well encrypted” in “about three different ways”.

The spokesman wouldn’t say what information was on the laptops, but confirmed they were “normal service laptops” used by staff.

“At this time, we will let the police do their job and won’t be making any further comment till the matter is investigated fully.”

The Epsom HQ is also used by National MPs Paul Goldsmith and Jian Yang – none of the laptops were used by either MPs. Goldsmith said he was worried about the possibility that the theft was politically motivated.

“There are other things they could have taken, but they only took three laptops. It is certainly a worry that it might be politically motivated.

“I hope it’s not a signal of things to come.”

A staff member, who did not want to be named, said the break-in was “pretty odd”.

He said the office was “a bit of a bunker” and was partially underground.

“You would have to know that we were here.”

He said that someone had jemmied a window open during the break-in.

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OUR VIEW

When you pay, but they make you stay I

f you’re anything like me, then you’ll have a little bit of a love hate relationship with airports and the way that flights are managed by various airlines.

Sure, the prospect of flying away somewhere and stepping away from normal life is always an exciting prospect, but there is also the returning home bit as well which never seems quite as pleasant.

But the good thing is, that you usually get home. Even if it is eventually.

I’ve generally had a pretty good run when it comes to flying anywhere, or flying back home, but I’ve also had some shockers as well – and anyone who’s been stuck in the International Depar-

ture Lounge for 12 hours waiting for a mechanical fault to be fixed will know what I’m talking about.

Those moments aren’t so bad.

Sometimes things happen and you can’t do much about them.

It’s more the ones that should be well controlled that really irk you.

I’ll use the story of a work colleague to explain what I mean.

He’s been away for the week-

end and booked his tickets for his return flights quite some time ago. He had no problems getting to where he needed to go, but it was when he went to check-in for his flight home yesterday that things turned a little sour.

Despite, as I mentioned above, being well prepared and booking his flight well in advance, he was told upon his arrival to checkin yesterday morning that the airline company had over-booked his flight and he wouldn’t be able to return at the time he planned with his ticket being shifted to another flight.

That’s not so bad if there’s flights leaving every half an hour or so, but many hours later, there he was still sitting at the airport

waiting to be put onto an alternative flight to get home.

While there are terms and condtions which do cover these things and, more importantly allow airlines to enforce them, it doesn’t make them any more right, does it?

If you’ve taken the liberty to plan your trip and book your flights well in advance, why shouldn’t you be able to get on the plane you booked to be on and, probably, most importantly, why are airlines allowed to overbook their flights in such a manner?

It’s not too much to expect as a paying customer, that something which you pay for well in advance being delivered when it’s expect-

ed to be delivered upon, is it?

Especially when we are talking something as vital as travel.

Never mind if there has been something pressing that my colleague needed to get home to attend – the airline had overbooked, and therefore he must suffer the consequences of that.

Airlines in this country cop a fair amount of criticism from time-to-time in their handling of various situations and some of it is often a little bit unfounded. But then you hear of stories like this and it makes you wonder.

Do things right and deliver on what’s being promised when people are purchasing things and you won’t have any problems, it’s really quite that simple.

stabbing death of waiter Richard Adan in 1981. (Abbott was later sentenced to 15 years to life in prison; he committed suicide in 2002.)

In 1994, a jury in Manassas, Virginia, found Lorena Bobbitt not guilty by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband John, whom she’d accused of sexually assaulting her.

In 1997, Speaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded and fined as the House voted for the first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.

Ten years ago: A bitterly divided US Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election

Commission, vastly increased the power of big business and labour unions to influence government decisions by freeing them to spend their millions directly to sway elections for president and Congress.

Five years ago: Defying President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner announced that he’d invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stand before Congress and push for new sanctions against its arch-enemy Iran. (Netanyahu addressed Congress on March 3, 2015.)

One year ago: A light aircraft carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala to his new team

in Wales went missing over the English Channel; Sala’s body was recovered from the wreckage two weeks later. Security forces in Venezuela put down a pre-dawn uprising by national guardsmen that triggered violent street protests.

Today’s birthdays: World Golf Hall of Famer Jack Nicklaus is 80. Opera singer-conductor Placido Domingo is 79. Singer Mac Davis is 78. Actress Jill Eikenberry is 73. Country musician Jim Ibbotson is 73.

Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 70. Actor-director Robby Benson is 64. Actress Geena Davis is 64. Actress Charlotte Ross is 52.

R-and-B singer Marc Gay is 51.

Actor John Ducey is 51. Actress Karina Lombard is 51. Actor Ken Leung is 50. Rapper Levirt is 50.

Rock musician Mark Trojanowski is 50. Rock singer-songwriter Cat Power is 48. Rock DJ Chris Kilmore is 47. Actor Vincent Laresca is 46. Singer Emma Bunton is 44. Actor Jerry Trainor is 43. Country singer Phil Stacey is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nokio is 41. Actress Izabella Miko is 39. Actor Luke Grimes is 36.

Actress Feliz Ramirez is 28.

Thought for today: “I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.”

— George Burns, American comedian (1896-1996).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, January 21, the 21st day of 2020. There are 345 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On January 21, 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.

On this date: In 1889, American daredevil parachutes from balloon.

‘Professor’ Thomas Baldwin descended by parachute from a balloon floating high above South Dunedin.

In 1908, New York City’s Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance prohibiting women from smoking in public establishments (the measure was vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr., but not before one woman, Katie Mulcahey, was jailed overnight for refusing to pay a fine).

In 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died at age 53.

In 1944, New Zealand and Australia sign the Canberra Pact. The Canberra Pact was an undertaking by the two countries to co-operate on international matters, especially in the Pacific.

In 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. (Hiss, who proclaimed his innocence, served less than four years in prison.)

In 1954, the first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton, Connecticut (however, the Nautilus did not make its first nuclear-powered run until nearly a year later).

In 1976, British Airways and Air France inaugurated scheduled passenger service on the supersonic Concorde jet.

In 1977, on his first full day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.

In 1982, convict-turned-author Jack Henry Abbott was found guilty in New York of firstdegree manslaughter in the

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The ‘Roaring 20s’ beckons W

e’ve opened the door to the 2020s and as we welcome in the new decade, it’s a good time to look back to how we got here.

New Zealand had more than its share of natural disasters and other national tragedies over the course of this decade.

Nothing more needs to be said on the devastation associated with each of those events.

From a farming point of view, there’s been highlights and lowlights. The weather has been typically unpredictable, as have markets and commodity prices. Biosecurity has been a problem, with lessons hopefully learned on that front.

We’ve had to get our heads around a world of rising nationalism and trade protectionism, Brexit, Trump and other polarising international matters outside our control.

Climate Change talk has gone from something considered ‘fringe thinking’ to something widely accepted as an issue that needs action. The Primary Sector has accepted that challenge, and through He Waka Eke Noa – we’re all in this together – we’ll do our part.

Kim Reilly

FROM THE FARM

The past year has seen a mass of proposed regulation being cooked up in the coalition government’s kitchen. 2020 will see these proposals coming out of the Beehive’s oven, and I guess we’ll get to see what’s edible and what will have us reaching for the bucket.

The quality of water, and how we use it will continue to be a significant focus throughout the coming decade.

Outcomes of these workstreams will hit rural communities hard, but don’t expect urban rates and taxes to come off lightly either.

Activities affecting New Zealand’s indigenous biodiversity will be more strongly regulated, and as we work our way through those challenges, there’ll be some frustrations.

Again, this will not be a cheap problem to fix, and the govern-

ment’s chequebook must come to the party.

Looking more positively, from an environmental perspective, I think the decade’s unsung hero award should go to rural catchment groups (and their leaders). Key to that is the NZ Landcare Trust. The gains that come from these ground-up, constructive and community-based approaches are immeasurable.

Through these processes, farmers learn from each other; they learn from groups and speakers that come in to talk with them; they learn from the information passed around and that gained from direct research and projects undertaken.

It will ultimately be from these local groups that we make the necessary gains for our environment and its water, biodiversity and climate.

Any new and existing regulation must work alongside these, supporting and empowering processes, rather than derailing any buy-in at a local level.

An overly heavy handed red-tape and big stick approach may well catch what the government calls ‘the laggards’,

but it also risks ostracising the leaders and the majority who’re already committed to working on solutions.

It is also at odds with human nature. We do best when supported, empowered and treated with trust and respect, not when treated as ‘guilty until proven innocent’.

So that’s what I hope we take into the new decade.

An approach of partnership, constructive engagement, and a ground-up approach which focuses on practical, workable solutions.

I hope everyone enjoyed a great Christmas/New Year, a restful break and here’s to saying farewell to the century’s ‘noughty teens’ and welcoming in the new roaring twenties.

Kim Reilly is Federated Farmers’ South Island Regional Policy Manager. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Kidman nearly retired Nicole Kidman planned to retire from acting when she got pregnant. The Big Little Lies star – who has adopted kids Isabella, 27, and Connor, 24, with ex-husband Tom Cruise and daughters Sunday, 11 and Faith, nine, with spouse Keith Urban – was ready to “give everything up” and focus on her family over a decade ago, but she’s thankful she listened to her mother’s advice not to make any rash decisions. “My mom actually said, ‘Don’t do that. Just keep a little toe in the water’.” The Bombshell star admitted her husband gives her the “balance” in her life she’s always craved.

A Honolulu police officer escorts Dolores Sandvold back to her home near the scene of a deadly shooting yesterday.

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Lethal Hawaiian rampage At least three people are dead and multiple homes on fire in Hawaii’s iconic Waikiki neighbourhood after a man allegedly stabbed his female landlord before opening fire on police.

Hawaii News Now reported that the suspected gunman was holed up inside his home, which was now on fire, with the blaze having spread to four other properties and a police vehicle.

The bizarre and tragic chain of events is believed to have started with the attempted eviction of the gunman, named by local media as 69-year-old Jerry Hanel, just before 9.30am local time.

Police sources have told the newspaper the suspect al-

legedly stabbed his landlady when she tried to evict him from a Hibiscus Ave, Diamond Head, home.

Witnesses saw injured officers being dragged from the home.

One bystander said rescuers could be seen performing CPR on an officer in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

Hanel then allegedly barricaded himself inside the property before setting it alight.

The sound of what appears to be gunfire can be heard in video taken by locals of the scene.

The flames rapidly spread to neighbouring properties, completely destroying at least four other homes and a police

vehicle parked nearby.

Other houses have been significantly damaged.

“It was just a tragic unfolding of events,” resident Eric Crispin, who watched first responders rush to the scene from the rooftop of a nearby home, told reporters.

Court documents show Hanel has a history of violent behaviour and making false 911 reports, according to HNN. “This is an unprecedented tragedy for not only the City and County of Honolulu but the entire state of Hawaii,” Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said in a tweet.

“I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the two

officers as well as the entire Honolulu Police Department.”

Thick black plumes of smoke billowing from the scene could be seen from several kilometres away.

Sources told HNN that the two officers shot at the home were initially taken in extremely critical condition to the Queen’s Medical Center.

A third officer sustained a gunshot wound to the leg.

Dozens of police officers, including Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard, were seen arriving at the hospital.

Local media reported many were either visibly shaken or crying as Chief Ballard hugged colleagues at the emergency unit.

Eminem crosses the line Eminem has been blasted for his “distasteful” lyric about the bombing at Ariana Grande’s Manchester concert. The rapper released the track Unaccommodating on the surprise LP Music to be Murdered By on Friday, and whilst boasting about his hip-hop status, he referenced the tragedy at Ariana’s Manchester show in May 2017, which saw 22 people killed by a terrorist bomb. He spits: “I’m contemplating yelling ‘bombs away’ on the game/Like I’m outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting.” The rapper has subsequently been slammed by parents of some of those who lost their lives at the gig.

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Basic error disastrous for clumsy robber A bungling British bandit has pleaded guilty to robbery after a bizarre incident that saw him attempt to use a pillowcase as a disguise, before removing it when he realised he had neglected to add holes for his eyes.

The High Court in Glasgow heard that Matthew Davies entered a bank in Dunfermline in September last year, carrying a meat cleaver in a pillowcase.

He pulled the meat cleaver from the pillowcase before putting the bedding item over his head, removing it when he found he couldn’t see.

The 47-year-old then threatened staff and battered a glass partition with the cleaver, eventually leaving with £1980 ($3892).

A witness followed Davies as he left the bank, with Davies leading the witness back to his home.

Police later found the cash and a pillowcase at the property.

The BBC reported that Davies pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and robbery and was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing, which is scheduled for next Memo: Don’t forget to put holes in your pillow. month.

Hollywood in a lather Following news that Prince Harry and Meghan approached Disney boss Robert Iger and director Jon Favreau for voiceover work, it seems Netflix is also looking to throw its hat in the ring in Hollywood’s new bid for the royals. Now that the pair are leaving their roles as senior royals and dropping their titles, they’re free to pursue work and seem to be heading straight to Hollywood to do so. Last week, footage reappeared online of Harry pitching Meghan to Robert Iger for voicework for Disney. The Duchess has since signed an undisclosed voiceover deal with the studio.

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Fibre-only hemp crop ready to harvest

By Heather Chalmers

Left – While the hemp crop has previously been only harvested for seed, engineering adaptations to combine harvester front attachments means crops can be grown for both stalks and seed.

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New Zealand’s first, fibre-only, hemp crops will be harvested in the next few weeks, with the wool industry also set to benefit from potential new products combining the two fibres.

Managing director of Ashburton-based agribusiness group Carrfields, Craig Carr, said it was an exciting development that was being worked on by a cross-section of their businesses.

“Over the last 12 months, our teams in contracting, grain and seed, machinery, wool and yarn, have been working together on a vertical supply chain for hemp products, in partnership with Hemp NZ. “The diversification into hemp for food, fibre and nutraceuticals is extremely exciting. With a large area of hemp planted this year we will harvest our first fibre-only crops late January and February.”

This would be processed in a new hemp decortication line that was being installed in a NZ Yarn factory in Christchurch. After some delays with delivery from its United Kingdom manufacturers, this should be ready for operation in three to six months, Carr said.

“The demand for natural fibres from domestic and international customers is increasing by the day, which bodes well for both fine and coarse wool, as well as plant-based fibres from New Zealand.

“It is still early days. We are working to set up the processing plant, develop products and build customer demand. There is a lot of work to do, but long-term, it is positive for New Zealand agriculture and global agriculture,” Carr said.

Carrfields, NZ Yarn and Hemp NZ formed a partnership in late 2018 to develop commercial processing of hemp stalk into fibre.

This involved transforming the NZ Yarn factory into a multi-fibre factory with the addition of equipment purpose-built and engineered specifically for hemp processing, alongside its existing wool yarn spinning equipment.

The new hemp processing facility, called a decorticator, was being imported from the United Kingdom in two separate ship-

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ments. It will separate hemp stalks into fibre (which can be woven) and hurd (a woody core material which has fire retardant and insulating properties).

Once the machinery was commissioned, NZ Yarn and Hemp NZ will begin what is thought to be the first-ever commercial processing of hemp stalks into fibre in New Zealand, using crop from the 2019 harvest. Following the 2020 harvest, it was anticipated that good quantities of hemp crop will be processed through the facility.

A joint research and development team made up of Hemp NZ, NZ Yarn and Carrfields was also exploring possible consumer and industrial applications for hemp fibre. Blending hemp with merino fibre to produce yarn for use in clothing was also on the research and development check sheet, with a leading European fabric weaving company having expressed strong interest in this blend.

Non-woven products were also

on the cards for development and testing; including a natural hemp-based material that could replace single-use plastic food packaging, as well as a hempbased replacement for the permeable synthetic geotextile fabric which was used to stabilise soil in infrastructure works.

Hemp NZ chief executive Dave Jordan said it had harvested 500

hectares of industrial hemp in Canterbury and the North Island in 2019, with plantings increased to 1500ha for the 2020 harvest.

While the hemp crop had previously been only harvested for seed, engineering adaptations to combine harvester front attachments meant crops could be grown for both stalks and seed.

These adaptations allow the seed

to be removed at harvest, with the stalks left on the ground separately for baling, essentially two harvests in one, known as dual cropping.

Another Ashburton company, Midlands Seed, is also at the forefront of developing a hemp industry, but is focused on seed production for oil and food products.

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China deal gives US beef an edge NZME A range of import restrictions affecting New Zealand beef exporters to China will be swept away for their American competitors as part of the new phase one US-China trade deal signed in Washington DC on Wednesday.

However, US producers will continue to face tariffs on beef as high as 47 per cent while New Zealand beef exports enter the Chinese market duty-free under the free trade agreement in place since 2008, according to initial analysis of the deal by the Meat Industry Association. Details were still emerging, but newly appointed MIA chief executive Sirma Karapeeva told NZME there was no suggestion “that I can see” that New Zealand lost its tariff advantage over US exporters to China.

“But on the [administrative side] it looks like they are streamlining systems and leapfrogging where countries like New Zealand are at.”

Of particular significance is China’s decision to allow American beef containing some level of

Grass-fed New Zealand beef was competing in a different part of the market from US beef. hormone growth promotants to be imported, reversing the current ban.

“Given the widespread use of HGPs in US beef production, this development has the potential to significantly increase US beef exports to China,” said Karapee-

va. However, full detail has yet to emerge, including a start date for the new US-China pact, whose wider effect has been to calm global trade and financial markets, which had become highly focused on the simmering trade war between the two major powers.

Grass-fed New Zealand beef was also competing in a different part of the market from US beef, which is mostly grain-fed, said Karapeeva.

The New Zealand product was “likely to continue to resonate with Chinese consumers looking for a

premium, natural, safe product.

New Zealand also has tariff-free access for beef into China under the NZ-China FTA, compared to tariffs of up to 47 per cent for US beef”.

That said, US producers would benefit from the removal for their products of “some 50-odd technical measures on US farm goods such as beef, pork, poultry, seafood, dairy, rice, potato and petfoods”, including removal of restrictions on animals’ age, use of veterinary drugs, traceability and product scope.

A backlog of applications by US processing facilities for approval from Chinese authorities to export “has the potential to open up the China market to more US facilities”, while New Zealand had been waiting for approvals relating to additional chilled meat plant listings since the completion of a trial in 2018.

That delay had “curtailed the opportunities in the China market for a number of New Zealand meat companies as they are not able to compete on a level playing field,” Karapeeva said.

Environmental gains anticipated for BioChar research NZME Overseas research indicates that BioChar has the potential to mitigate climate change through storing carbon, along with multiple other benefits.

BioChar is a form of organic matter charred under controlled high-temperature conditions of between 400 and 450°C. It can be blended with natural organic matter and added to pasture.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is co-investing with Parengarenga Incorporation

to turn local forestry waste wood into BioChar and trial its use in Northland soils.

MPI has contributed $100,000 through its Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures (SFF Futures) programme to an 11-month project that will identify a BioChar product best suited to far north soils and report back on its level of effectiveness.

Parengarenga Incorporation’s project leader Jon Brough said the project was prompted by concern about the high level of sawdust waste in the Northland forestry

industry, combined with the challenging sandy soils of the region.

“While the sawdust of pinus radiata on its own can’t be applied to soil, we knew from overseas research that if it’s turned to BioChar it has potential to hold the pH and soil nutrients way better than before,” Brough said.

The concept of BioChar goes back hundreds of years, for example, Aztec Indians discovered their crops grew better in areas where they had flung the ashes from their fire pits.

The Northland project will con-

duct pasture trials, making use of the varying soil types across Parengarenga station.

This will involve spreading ground-up BioChar on test strips of pasture and comparing them with control sites to observe differences in the soil over time.

Brough said adding BioChar to soil is expected to increase pasture growth, enrich topsoil and help to store carbon. Combined with a tailored drainage programme, this may also reduce and filter sediment run-off into waterways.

“After a couple of days in the

rain, BioChar still feels dry but is three times the weight. It returns extra carbon to the soil, holding back the moisture so that the nutrients are more available to the soil”.

While not in scope of the MPI-funded research, Parengarenga researchers are also interested in the potential benefits of BioChar for animal health.

They have been undertaking a 90-day trial of feeding a BioChar supplement to a mob of heifers and comparing the results with a control herd.

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MARKET REPORT H

By Guy Trafford

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hile we were, hopefully, having some time away from the coalface, the meat processing companies have been attempting to recapture some of the cream that has been on the farmers’ plate for the last few months.

Prior to Christmas most meat companies had had quite a dramatic drop in their schedules and I (naively) thought they may be just setting things up to cover the whole of the holiday period.

Unfortunately, that drop was just a taster of things to come. Most schedules have dropped from between 40 cents to 80 cents per kg, depending upon the company, and this covers all grades of meats with the exception of venison.

Venison also fell, but nowhere to the same degree as sheep and beef. Dairy fortunes however, were positive, with an upward trend on the latest GDT.

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Sheep Lamb experienced about a 65 cent drop, to where a benchmark lamb has had $12 cut off its value ($141 down to $129).

Mutton was the biggest loser of the holiday period with schedule drops of up to 95 cents per kg and an average fall of 65 cents or 88 if we go to the week prior.

These prices have flowed through to the saleyards and have been compounded by buyers being on holiday, and the continuing dry spell we are experiencing is not helping. It is no coincidence that dry weather almost invariably coincides with falls in the schedule.

Wool Wool has had limited sales over the peri-

od and is not doing anything too dramatic, which is probably a good thing as it would have been likely to have seen drops in price if anything had occurred.

The current sale prices are slightly down on the end of last year but are within the range of normal.

Beef As indicated, the beef schedule has followed a similar pattern to sheep meat with all grades being severely trimmed.

Drops of around 50 cents per kg for prime steer are the norm with bull and cow grades being in the same vicinity.

Saleyards have not been particularly active but the general trend is well down, as would be expected.

Venison A drop was experienced but only of around 15 cents per kg which almost looks positive in the light of the other meat grades.

This has meant that venison has warded off the challenge to its status as the most valuable pastoral meat from lamb. However, it is a long way behind the heights it hit last season.

Velvet has also been going through a reasonably soft period which is not helping deer economics either.

Dairy In contrast to meat products, dairying has had a positive trend on markets.

The last GDT (January 8) was up 2.4 per cent with SMP leading the way with a 5.4 per cent lift.

But all categories of product have lifted, reversing the trend which was occurring prior to Christmas.

Dairy farmers can be reasonably assured that the forecast prices from Fonterra, and others, should be able to be achieved.

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Keeping staff by saying ‘thank you’

By Greg Fleming NZME

In recent years unusual perks and rewards have increasingly been used as differentiators for many organisations.

From taking 6400 staff on holiday, as Chinese conglomerate Tiens Group did in 2015, to offering egg freezing to female employees, as Apple and Facebook have done, businesses have looked for new ways to attract and retain good staff.

But, according to recruitment company Hays, the answer is much simpler.

“Headline-grabbing perks have been a trend for many organisations in recent years,” Adam Shapley, managing director of Hays, New Zealand said.

“However, when it comes to attracting and retaining the top talent, improving staff recognition is usually a lot more beneficial.”

He believes that a simple thank you for a job well done is more than sufficient.

“The fact that so many workplaces are foregoing recognition is concerning, given the impact doing so can have on a business, including its culture,” Shapley said.

A 2017 Global State of Employee Engagement study by Officevibe, which surveyed 1000 organisations in 157 countries, found that 63 per cent of employees feel they don’t get enough praise, with 8 per cent never receiving it.

“Recognition has a tangible impact on each one of them. When it is used to improve culture, we have seen a significant impact on an organisation’s ability to retain, engage and attract talent.

“For example, we saw engagement increase 129 per cent in organisations that move from weak to strong recognition practices.

Additionally, people stay with an organisation two to four years longer when best practice service recognition is implemented.”

He says employee appreciation doesn’t have to be expensive to be beneficial.

“It’s more about taking the time to recognise success and make your employees feel valued. It should be personal and therefore more effective. Good bosses know what motivates and engages their staff and will take the time to treat them as individuals.”

A successful recognition programme involves recognising

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authentic to the company’s values,” Tatiana Braz Garbossa, HR manager Latam at Hays said.

“If you don’t listen to your people, and if you don’t know what their aspirations and motivations are, you can invest a great deal of time, money and energy on employee recognition without getting any real results.”

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not just what an employee has achieved but also how they achieved it.

“Employers need to be clear about what they are recognising people for,” he explains. “All too often, recognition is for a successful outcome. It should also focus on how the employee achieved the desired result.

“Employee recognition is about creating an emotional connection between employees and the company, while supporting the work employees do and staying

cent, while formal recognition increases appreciation by 355 per cent.

Recognition from the top – effective employee recognition must be led from the top, with the employer or manager recognising the contributions of employees.

This could be in tangible ways, such as presenting an award, or intangible ways, such as verbal praise.

Peer-to-peer recognition – ensures everyone in the organisation plays a part in recognising the often quiet but critical high performers.

Utilise internal social media – use recognition-specific tools or apps, to instantly recognise workers who go the extra mile, with the results displayed on the staff intranet or company social channels so that anyone can see them.

Annual events – annual recognition awards events single out the top performers, for example in the customer service arena or for demonstrating company values.

The effect is often to inspire other employees to do the same.

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Vodafone NZ is giving 2000 staff the chance to head home early for the weekend for the rest of summer.

A “summer hours” programme, starting this week and running until the end of February, will let people finish work from 2pm onwards on Friday afternoons.

Staff who are rostered for Friday afternoons will get a full day in lieu instead.

“We hope you’ll make the most of the extra time – perhaps escape the city for the weekend, pick up the kids from school and head to the beach, or maybe catch up with friends and family around the BBQ,” says an internal announcement – though it also counsels staff to manage the rest of the week carefully so they don’t fall behind.

It makes for a brighter start to 2020 than 2019, when Vodafone NZ staff faced the uncertainty of a sweeping restructure, which ultimately saw some roles out-sourced to Tech Mahindra.

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Spark offers flexitime summer hours. Its staff can choose any weekday to bunk off two or four hours early, or start late, though with the proviso that they have to make up the time at some point with their choice of an early start or working late make-up-time shift.

And its philanthropic Spark Foundation is partnering with fourday week champion Andrew Barnes on a series of wellbeing initiatives.

Spark has also promoted a living wage, and initiatives like income protection and medical insurance for all staff.

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2degrees recently introduced an initiative whereby staff are actively encouraged to genuinely switch off their work email and messaging after hours.

A trial was recently made permanent, and even new boss Mark Aue did his best to – mostly – down his screens over the Christmas holiday break.

Vocus pays for a gym or sports club membership, and grants an extra week’s leave after five years’ service.

Chorus gives staff two additional leave days between Christmas

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Online shopping sees record parcel deliveries NZME Online shopping is helping to drive a record number of parcel deliveries.

New Zealand Post has revealed it delivered a record 5.7 million parcels between Black Friday and Christmas Day. An extra 558 staff and 253 vans, trucks and planes were added to the New Zealand Post fleet to

deal with capacity.

Chief marketing officer Bryan Dobson said it was no secret people were sending fewer letters, and parcels were providing the service a lifeline thanks to online shopping.

“New Zealanders ... are continuing to embrace and shop online in record numbers,” he said.

About 360,000 more parcels were moved in that period than the year before.

Dobson said New Zealand Post was ready for the increase.

“It’s important that we prepare for year on year growth, so we were preparing for numbers slightly above that but we’re very happy to deliver a record busy season.”

Dobson said New Zealand Post was continually having to invest in business to ensure delivery, as parcels increasingly prove more profitable than letters.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - What is the star sign for someone born on Valentine’s Day? a. Pisces b. Aquarius c. Libra 2 - Which singer was the subject of the 2005 film Walk The Line? a. Buddy Holly b. Jerry Lee Lewis c. Johnny Cash 3 - The Adam Sandler movie The Wedding Singer is set in which decade? a. 1960s b. 1970s c. 1980s 4 - A snowball cocktail is made by mixing advocaat, lime juice and? a. Lemonade b. Ginger ale c. Cider 5 - According to the Bible, how many disciples were with Jesus at The Last Supper? a. Ten b. Twelve c. Fourteen 6 - What measurement is exactly one-tenth of a centimetre? a. Millimetre b. Micrometre c. Nanometre 7 - In what year did Pink Floyd release the album Dark Side of the Moon? a. 1971 b. 1973 c. 1975 8 - What sort of pastry is traditionally used for a lemon meringue pie? a. Puff b. Short crust c. Flaky

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■■ Sift flour and icing sugar together into a medium bowl. Stir in coconut and butter.

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■■ Cover and chill in refrigerator until cold. Cut into slices and drizzle with extra passionfruit pulp, to serve.

Tip: Straining the passionfruit pulp for the drizzle on top is optional – the seeds make for a good decoration.

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Expect the unexpected

By Connor Lysaght

W

hen managing a collection of photographs six million strong, you soon learn to expect the unexpect-

ed.

In the time that I have worked with the collections at Ashburton Museum, I have come across a number of unique and interesting images, which hold some novelty or significance beyond historical.

Some such images I have found are damaged, intentionally composed in a strange way, or were intended to be funny but more likely offend our modern sensibilities and come off as creepy or strange.

Whether it’s accidental or on purpose, weirdness can be appreciated all the same!

Here are a few of my top favourites: The person who made a postcard of the vehicles used during the Prince of Wales’ visit in 1920, who somehow thought it was a good idea to add in His Royal Highness’ ghostly floating head, for reasons I’m sure the rest of us commoners wouldn’t understand.

The photo captioned “Muldoons Picnic Party Domain Camp 1905” gives off a sinister vibe. There is something off about these guys – are they pretending to be a heist crew? Or just a bunch of creeps? Both?

The second man is holding a bag labelled doctor and the third man’s luggage says gold and sly grog. As for the flag the fourth is holding – I have no clue.

Odd for quite different reasons is a damaged photograph of Mrs Turton and her sons, John and Edwin, a photo that is nothing short of strange.

Although many photos we deal with fall into relatively few categories when it comes to material and photographic processes, every damaged photo that comes into our care seems to have degraded in their own unique ways.

In this one, Mrs Turton has become quite other-worldly, while the buttons on her dress are glowing brightly.

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I think the last photo speaks for itself.

This was taken at one of the Tekau factory socials, during a time when clowns weren’t considered as terrifying as they are today.

Yet, there is something very human about the awkward nature of this unidentified clown. The ciggy in hand, the expression that says “I really want to go home and take this clown makeup off,” and the worrying suggestion that the clown may be the only sensible person in the shot.

This photo is, in my opinion, a masterpiece.

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■■NETBALL

Ferns tick all the boxes

By Liam Napier As far as new eras go, Noeline Taurua could not have asked for any more from her emerging Silver Ferns.

Dispatching a similarly newlook England side by 16 goals in Nottingham – the largest winning margin against the hosts since 2017 – is impressive enough but to get all 11 players on court represents several boxes ticked for the first outing of 2020.

In the context of the international game, it’s important to acknowledge England are missing the likes of influential shooters Helen Housby and Jo Harten, defender Geva Mentor and midcourt veteran Serena Guthrie for the Netball Nations Cup. But so, too, have the Ferns left Laura Langman and Katrina Rore at home while adapting to life after Maria Folau and Casey Kopua following last year’s World Cup success in Liverpool.

Those thrust into starting roles, and those used off the bench, proved the future is bright for the Ferns.

“I’m really happy with the result but also getting everyone out on court and the manner they performed out there,” Taurua said of the 64-48 victory.

“One of the things we need to be mindful of is we are looking forward for the next four years but also the now.

“It’s stressful sometimes to know you are going to make those changes but I couldn’t be more proud of everybody who took the court.

“We knew this is the start for us and we’ll get a feel as to how good or not we are.

“It’s a great start and now we know what we need to work on.

“We haven’t got some of those senior players but behind the scenes we’ve known we’ve got players who are ready to step up.

“It’s a testament out there to know what they can do.”

In the post Folau era Maia Wilson grabbed her 11th test by the scruff to nail 27/29 and combine brilliantly with new captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio under the hoop.

“Her numbers were amazing, the volume of her shots,” Taurua said of the 21-year-old Wilson.

“Her coming off Maria retiring is massive and a huge confidence boost for her.”

Taurua made changes in every quarter yet even as England capitalised on New Zealand’s repeat errors the Ferns regained composure to re-establish their dominance.

Michaela Sokolich-Beatson was desperately unlucky to rupture her Achilles tendon.

Shannon Saunders was the sole squad member to play the full match, switching between centre and wing attack.

“I thought she was outstanding.

“She’s like a fine wine.

“She thinks she’s old but she’s only 29 so she’s a young buck but she’s been around a very long time.

“She’s coming into her own physically and mentally and knowing where her space is out on court.

John Uden Punctured. 34th. Shona McGrath DNF.

RESULTS ■■ Cricket Allenton v Peninsula Allenton won by 5 wickets. Peninsula 198 all out.

Bowling for Allenton Sukhjeet 2/18, Daljinder 2/27, Manu 2/30 Allenton 204/5 - Ravinderjit 43, Karmjeet 56, Satveer 30 not out

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers January 15 34 Riders.

1st Matt Donald CT.33.49. HT. 6.30m. RT. 27m 19s.

2nd Paul Summerfield CT.34.50. HT.9.30m. RT.25m 20s. 3rd Martin Hyde CT.34.51. HT.9.30m. RT.25m 21s. 4th Michelle Davidson CT.34.53. HT9.30m. RT. 25m 23s. 5th Nick Grijns CT.34.53. HT.9.30m. RT. 25m 23s. 6th. Don Morrison CT.34.53. HT. 9.15m.

RT. 25m38s. 7th Brent Hudson CT.34.54. HT.4.30m.

RT.30m 24s. 8th Michelle Knight CT.35.06.

HT.9.30m. RT. 25m 36s. 9th Pam Harcourt CT.35.13.

HT.6.30m. RT.29m 43s. 10th Kenny Johnston CT.35.35. HT.4.30m. RT.31m 05s. 11th Rachel Reid CT.35.36. HT.6.30m. RT.29m 06s. 12th Flynn Beeman CT.35.37. HT.10.30m. RT.25m 07s. 13th. Mark Summerfield CT.35.37. HT.12.00m. RT.23m 37s.

14th. Gerard Morrison CT.35.47. HT.12.00m. RT.23m 47s. 15th. Chris Reid CT.35.48. HT.12.00m. RT. 23m 48s. 16th. Jake Beeman CT.35.48. HT.10.30m.

RT.25m 18s. 17th. Paul Sinclair CT.35.48. HT.12.00m.

RT.23m 48s. 18th. Anna Summerfield CT.35.58.

HT.6.30m. RT.29m 28s. 19th. Bridget Sheed CT.35.58. HT.6.30m. Rt. 29m 28s. 20th. Kerry Clough CT.35.59. HT.6.30m. RT.29m 29s. 21st. Paul Macfie CT.36.00.HT.10.30m. RT.25m 30s. 22nd.

Matt Marshall CT.36.06. HT. 10.30m. RT.25m 36s.

23rd. Doug Coley CT.36.07. HT.9.15m. RT. 26m 52s.

24th. Kevin Opele CT.36.07. HT.13.20m. RT.22m 47s F/T. 25th. Tony Ward CT.36.07. HT. 13.20m. RT.22m 47s 2f/t. 26th. Mark Smitheram CT.36.08. HT.9.15m.

RT.26m 53s. 27th. Ethan Titheridge CT.36.08 HT.13.20m. RT.22m 48s 3f/t. 28th. Matthew Clough CT.36.09. HT.13.20m. RT.22m 49s. 4f/t. 29th. Brad Hudson CT. 36.10.HT. 13.20. RT.22m 50s. 5f/t. 30th Cole Beeman CT.36.22. HT.9.15. RT. 12m 07s. 31st.

Paul Hands CT.36.41. HT. 4.30m. RT.32m 10s. 32rd Leanne Chatterton finished had Bike Trouble. 33rd

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club January 17 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: The Inconsistents 92 Blair Snowball, Daniel Snowball, Isaac Robertson, Jake Sherratt; Men: Cunning Studs 88.5, Wz R Good 88, Read Rebels 87; Women: Mayfield Magic 88, Lynn’s Lassies 88; Mixed: Puff Caddies 91, Gabites Swingers 87.5; Top lady: Katelyn Hogg 36; Top man: Blair Snowball 33, Jake Sherratt 33 Nearest the Pins: Colombus Coffee Pam Feutz; Mac & Maggies (now working from 7 Westcott Place) Brian Nuttall; Paul May Motors Hilary Ward; Gabites Ltd Josh Cochrane Twos: Kevin Smith, Don McQuarters, Catherine Knight, Jeff Williamson, Brian Nuttall January 18 AC Browne Cup for mixed pairs Winners: Barbara Williams and Peter Wright 9328=65 nett.

In the Men’s pairs the winners of the Smith Salver: James McFarlane and Jordan Bird 75-15=60 nett.

Other winning scores: Sam Clarke and Tom Blacklow 61.5, Barry Jury and Kevin Smith 63.5, Eric and Wendy Parr 65.5, Dave and Jeff Hewitt 65.5, John Richards and Gordon Crawford 66.

Twos: Jeff and Fiona Williamson, Tom Blacklow and Sam Clarke, Dylan and Ryan Stoddart, Bruce Ferriman and Adrian Hopwood, Marilyn Walker and Vince Carr, Damien Roger and Josh Smith, Brent MacGregor and Hamish Niles.

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Ryan Stoddart; Rothbury Insurance: Josh Smith; Value Plus Processing: Perry Hunt; South Island Seeds: Fiona Williamson: Property Brokers #6: Shane Beavan and partner: Charming Thai Longest Putt: Tom Blacklow.

Nine Hole Last Week: Tonee Hurley 19Pts. Other winning scores: Oliver Prince, Sam Prince and Fiona Williamson all 19pts. A two for Bruce Leighton.

This week: The Harvey Bakehouse winner: Dick Hansen with 21 pts.

Other winning scores: Robynne Nicol, Bruce Leighton, Gordon Clinton and Hughie Murchie all with 18 pts.

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“She had a very mature game and she was able to control the momentum.”

Ekenasio, in her first test as captain, embraced the occasion.

“It definitely felt a bit different and I’ve been feeling into that role for the past week so getting out there tonight was an immense sense of pride,” Ekenasio said.

“It felt really special.

“I don’t remember the last time we won that big over England so it definitely feels good but it’s a good

January 17 Stroke round played at Tinwald Joan Undy 68, Marilyn Bennet 70, Barbara Cochrane 70, June Bruhns 70, Maree Moore 71.

Nearest the pins #2 Erin Porter, #6 Alison Vessey, #12 Barb Harris, #16 Christine Ross.

Twos #12 Leen Bell; 9 Holes Diana Wellman 33, Fairlie Matsinger 36 on c/b.

Tinwald Golf Club January 16 Twilight Stroke Leading scores in the twilight Stableford round: -6; Phill Hooper 21, Gordon Rennie 21, John Smitheram 20. 7-10: Steve Moorehead, Dave Allan, Shannon Perry 22, Mitch VanderKrogt 21, Richie Watson, Adam Lowe 20 c/b. 11 plus: David Quigley 23, Darryl McKibbin, Stan Stringer, Ben Stoddart Phil Prendergast 22.

Women: 0-14: Barb Harris 21, Sally Lane 20. 15 plus: Emily Wilson, Karen Young 23. Non-Handicap; Sam Whiting net 31.

Nearest the pin: # 6 Kevin Chamberlain. # 12 Geoff Soal. Two’s; Steve Moorehead, Kerry Whiting, Phil Prendergast. Radio Hokonui hacker; John Schofield with 9 points.

January 18 Stroke Best scores in the summer season combined stableford. Men; Chris Bell & Matt Walker 78, Cameron Miller & Myson 77, Bill Mason & Rod Harris 76.Mixed; Ray Wards & Barb Harris 80, Alan Anderson & Maree Moore 78.

Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Alan Anderson. Gluyas Ford # 6; Matt Walker. House of Travel # 12; Myson. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Brian Rouse.

Two’s; Andrew Hill, Warren Scott, Gordon Rennie, Myson, Des Green. Net Eagle; # 3 not struck.

The winners of the Closing day trophies were Chris Bell & Matt Walker in the men and Ray Wards & Barb Harris in the mixed.

The highlight of the day being a hole-in-one to Matt Walker on the par 3 6th.

■■ Slowpitch Hampstead Slowpitch January 17 As Good As It Gets 26-10 Hawkies Hawks; Marines & Angels 17-11 Laser Attack; Shits & Giggles 18-9 Marines & Angels; Lion Brown Club 7-0 More Beer Than Gear

place to start and we can see what we can work on.

“It was good for us to start a new four-year cycle off like that and getting new girls blooded and giving everyone a good shot.”

The only dampener for the Ferns came with news defender Michaela Sokolich-Beatson is heading home after rupturing her Achilles in training this week, leaving the squad one player short for the remainder of the tournament.

“She went home today and hopefully she’ll have her operation as soon she gets back.

“It is unfortunate. She has been around the traps for a wee while and this was her opportunity so we’ll get around and support her.”

Jane Watson and Phoenix Karaka linked nicely but that pairing, and Karin Burger at wing defence, will be tested in the Ferns’ next match against Jamaica, who defeated South Africa 59-54 after leading 33-28 at half time, in Birmingham on Thursday (NZT).

“The difficult thing for us against Jamaica is they’ve got the elevation game,” Taurua said.

“The pressure we put on outside has to be huge otherwise they’re going to bomb it in.

“There’s things we did really well which I know will combat them but it’s a totally different game.”

DRAWS ■■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club January 22 2 Bowl Open Triples – kindly sponsored by Terrace View Retirement Village. 12.30pm start - Whites or Club colours to be worn.

The following Skips have entered teams.

M Anderson, B Mayson, J Ryk, R Anstiss, G Body, G Eder, M Watson, M Smallridge, D Gutberlet, L Osbourne, B Osbourne, R Herriott, D Hickman, C Cleghorn, B Holdom, B Hopwood, C Tubb, E Maw, M Quinn, M Reid, N Sharplin, GT, B White For information contact: G Eder 307-7498

MSA Bowling Club January 24 – MSA Bowling Club Half Day Triples Sponsored by Skip2It Flooring Xtra - 12.30 start Skips entered: D Muir, R Mitchell, D Kinvig, G Sparks, B Williams, T Inwood, G Taylor, N Atkinson, B Harrison, B Hopwood, R Anstiss, E Maw, A McKenzie, M Anderson, D Hickman, J Argyle.

Whites or Club shirts to be worn. $21.00 team entry. 12.30 start. If unavailable please phone Dave Muir 308-6466

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club January 25 This is the Men’s Opening Day with a 4BBB match played in pairs for the Jim McKenzie Memorial Trophy.

Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 12noon for a 12.30pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

January 25 – The Property Brokers Shootout final will be played with 19 players starting from #1 Tee.

■■ Slow Pitch Hampstead Slowpitch January 24 6.00pm: Devon Tavern D1: Demolition v Shits & Giggles; 7.10pm: Devon Tavern D1: Demolition v Marines & Angels; 6.00pm: Laser Electrical D2: Reigning Champs v More Beer Than Gear; 7.10pm: Laser Electrical D2: Reigning Champs v Laser Attack; 6.30pm: First National Real Estate D3: Lion Brown Club v As Good As It Gets; 7.10pm: Dell Phillips Landscaping D4: Shits & Giggles v Hawkies Hawks

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■■TENNIS

Osaka, Williams cross first hurdle Naomi Osaka won the tournament opening match for her dad at the Australian Open yesterday.

Serena Williams won hers for her daughter.

The first two matches on centre court at the Australian Open were all about families for two champions.

For something new, Osaka’s father, Leonard Francois, was in the crowd watching as the defending champion reeled off the last four games after dropping serve for the only time to beat Marie Bouzkova 6-2, 6-4.

Next up, Williams started her bid for a first major title as a mom when she beat 18-yearold Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-3.

Williams has won the title seven times in Australia, and is aiming for an all-time record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title.

She hasn’t added to her career tally since victory at the 2017 Australian Open, and then becoming Olympia’s mum.

She managed to end one drought last week when she won the title in Auckland – her first since the Australian title three years ago.

“I hadn’t been able to win as a mom, so it was nice to finally be able to win a tournament with a 2-year-old now,” Williams said of her Auckland win.

“I’ve been pretty close, but it was special for me and for her. I hope for her.”

Williams has lost four Grand Slam finals since her last title, and is determined to end that streak.

Osaka thanked the crowd after her match, saying “You probably didn’t come for me, but thanks for filling up the stadium.”

There was one person in particular who was there only for Osaka.

“My dad watched my match from my box for the first time during a Grand Slam,” Osaka, who won back-to-back majors at the 2018 US Open and last year’s Australian Open, tweeted.

“I feel so happy.”

She later explained: “He’s just superstitious. Because, like, he literally – because, like, before when he used to sit in my box I would just look at him and complain a lot, but I have matured over the past, like, three or four years he hasn’t sat in my box.”

Osaka is aiming to be only the ninth woman to successfully defend the Australian Open title.

She wasn’t able to do that at the US Open last year, when she lost in the fourth round, but says she learned some valuable lessons there.

“Definitely, it was really tough for me trying to control my nerves,” she said of her first-round win.

“I’m really glad I was able to finish it in two.

Other seeded players advancing on the women’s side included No. 13 Petra Martic and No. 14 Sofia Kenin. Martic had a 6-3, 6-0 win over Christina McHale and Kenin beat Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan 6-2, 6-4.

Denis Shapovalov lost an ill-tempered match 6-3, 7-6 (7), 6-1, 7-6 (3) to Marton Fucsovics, who has made a habit of taking out the No. 13 seed in Melbourne.

Shapovalov berated the umpire and received a code violation for spiking his racket after the third set.

“I didn’t break it. If I break it, 100 per cent code me,” Shapovalov yelled at umpire Renaud Lichtenstein.

“You’re not doing your job. You’re just finding reasons to code me.”

Naomi Osaka fires down another serve on her way to a straight-sets victory over Marie Bouzkova in day one of the Australian Open yesterday.

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Slam record just a matter of time, says Federer

By Howard Fendrich Roger Federer, for one, figures questions about whether Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic – or both? – will surpass his men’s record for most Grand Slam singles titles are moot.

That’s because he’s sure it’s going to happen.

And he’s OK with that.

Ending up in third place, Federer insists, would be just fine.

“I think the way it’s going, obviously, Rafa and Novak will win more,” Federer said matter-of-factly during a recent interview with The Associated Press, “because they’re that good. And the season they had (in 2019), again, shows that there is more to come for them.”

He didn’t say this with a wistful sigh or a disappointed glance at the floor or a trace of regret.

That’s just the way he sees things at the moment.

Entering the Australian Open, Federer leads the list with 20 majors, followed by Nadal with 19, then Djokovic with 16.

So as soon as the end of this tournament, Nadal could pull even with Federer for the first time.

Whether or not it truly matters who comes out on top when all is said and done, everyone is going to be paying attention to how it shakes out.

Including Federer, who surpassed Pete Sampras’ old standard of 14 a decade ago.

Don’t mistake an honest outlook for disinterest.

“I guess you do care, to some extent, just because it’s normal,” Federer said, then mentioned how much it meant to him that Sampras was sitting in the Centre Court stands for No. 15.

“I looked up to him so much that I felt, also, uncomfortable maybe, sometimes, breaking his records.

“It’s not something I ever wanted to do.

“It just happened to be like this.

But of course I knew it was a big, big-time moment in our sport.

“And I think those are the moments you will remember,” Federer said.

“Now, at the end, if somebody else would pass you, I mean, I guess it’s OK, because that’s what sports is all about.

“It’s a lot about numbers. It’s a lot about records.

“But I had my moment and I al-

ways said everything that comes after 15 was, anyway, a bonus.

“And especially after the knee injury (in 2016), everything that came after that was a bonus.

“I would have taken one more Slam, and I was able to get three more – and three amazing ones.”

Nadal, currently No. 1 in the ATP rankings, and Djokovic, who is No. 2 ahead of Federer, each took home two major trophies last season.

Djokovic won the Australian Open (beating Nadal in the final) and Wimbledon (beating Federer in the final after saving two championship points).

Nadal won at Roland Garros (beating Federer in the semi-finals) and the US Open (facing neither of the other two).

“I always say the same: I would love to be the one who wins more,” Nadal said, “but I am not thinking (about it) and I’m not going to practice every day ... for it.”

After his seventh championship in Australia a year ago, Djokovic said: “I do want to definitely focus myself on continuing to improve my game and maintaining the overall well-being that I have – mental, physical, emotional – so I would be able to compete at such

Roger Federer a high level for the years to come, and have a shot at eventually getting closer to Roger’s record.”

Federer’s most recent Grand Slam triumph arrived at Melbourne Park in 2018.

He is 38, an age at which no one has won a Slam title in the professional era; he doesn’t feel compelled to quit anytime soon.

Still, time is certainly on the side of Nadal, 33, and Djokovic, 32.

“I honestly think it’s going to be quite exciting to see how much longer can they go.

“How much more can they win?

“They might have some more incredible years ahead of them.

That’s my assumption,” Federer

said. “It’s a bit of a golden time for tennis right now, no doubt.”

Also of particular interest, of course, is when a new face will emerge from the crop of 20-somethings who have been rising in the rankings.

There hasn’t been a first-time male champ at a major since 2014.

Ask Federer to name names, and he offers several, calling them “that whole group of guys.”

Among them, he said: Felix Auger-Aliassime. Denis Shapovalov. Stefanos Tsitsipas, who upset Federer at the Australian Open last year. Alexander Zverev. Daniil Medvedev. Karen Khachanov.

“It’s an elite group of 10 now, which is nice.

“It’s not just maybe one or two that we thought were pretty good,” Federer said.

“So I think it’s changed a little bit in the last, sort of, 18 months.

“It’s just really, really hard to predict who’s going to win.”

Here’s something Federer is certain of, though: One day, someone will come along and accumulate majors the way no-one ever had until he, Nadal and Djokovic rewrote the record book.

“It’s going to happen, inevitably,” Federer said.

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■■UFC

Another $100m fight on offer?

Action from last year’s High Country Classic.

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■■GOLF

Classic to tee off again

By Matt Markham

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

One of the most popular golfing weekends in the Ashburton District is being held this weekend, but with just a few days to go until tee-off the call for entries is going out once again.

The annual High Country Classic – a two-day golf tournament held at both Terrace Downs High Country Resort and then at the Methven Golf Club begins on Saturday morning.

While more than 30 names

already sit on the entry list, the hope is that they can stretch those numbers to closer to 40 this week before the competition begins.

Methven Golf Club spokesperson, Bruce Dickson said they’d love to hit the magical 40 mark

by Saturday morning.

“At this stage we will be accepting more entries up until Friday,” Dickson said yesterday morning.

“We’ve currently got 32, which is a good number but with it be-

ing a shotgun start on both days we can take more if we need to, so it’d be nice to see a few more come in.”

The competition is a twos tournament with combined stableford across both days of play, with both scores counting towards the overall tally for the tournament.

The competition begins on Saturday morning at Terrace Downs High Country Resort for the first 18 holes of play, before returning again on Sunday for

another 18 holes at the Methven Golf Club.

“It’s always a really good weekend with lots of laughs and some good golf,” Dickson said.

The entry fee for the tournament covers both rounds of golf, plus a practice round at Methven on the Friday and also a meal at Ski Time Resort in Methven on the Saturday night.

Entries for the two days of play can be sent to methvengolf@xtra.co.nz or by phoning 0274408058.

Landry overcomes hiccup to take out Amex Andrew Landry was forced to regroup to win The American Express after blowing a six-stroke lead on the back nine yesterday.

Landry broke a tie with Abraham Ancer with a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole and made a 6-footer on the par-4 18th for a 5-under 67 and a two-stroke victory.

Landy won the pro-am event at PGA West two years after losing a playoff to Jon Rahm.

The 32-year-old Texan has two

PGA Tour victories, also winning the 2018 Texas Open.

Trying to become the third Mexican winner in PGA Tour history and first since 1978, Ancer matched the Stadium Course record with a 63.

Playing two groups ahead of Landry, Ancer birdied the par-5 16th and the island-green 17th and parred the 18th.

After missing the cut in seven of his first eight starts this season, Landry appeared to be cruising

to victory when he birdied the first three holes on the back nine to open the six-shot lead.

But he bogeyed the next three holes, made a par on the 16th that felt like another bogey, and was tied when Ancer ran in a 25-footer on 17.

Landry finished at 26-under 262.

He opened with a 66 on the Stadium Course, shot 64 in the second round at La Quinta Country Club and had a 65 on Sun-

day on PGA West’s Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course for a share of the third-round lead with Scottie Scheffler – four strokes ahead of third-place Rickie Fowler.

The anticipated duel between Landy and Scheffler fizzled on the first six holes.

Scheffler bogeyed the par-4 first after his drive rolled back down a hill into a large divot. He also dropped strokes on the par5 fifth and long par-3 sixth to fall four strokes behind Landry.

Forty seconds was all it took for Conor McGregor to reassert himself as one of the top dogs in the UFC. It wasn’t that much longer before Floyd Mayweather announced a re-match in the boxing ring.

After months of anticipation and hype, McGregor didn’t hang around in his return to the octagon – stopping Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone less than a minute into their headline bout at UFC 246 in Las Vegas on Sunday (NZT).

Shortly after the bout, boxing great Mayweather was already teasing another match-up with McGregor in the ring with a post on Instagram.

Their 2017 boxing bout earned both fighter upwards of $100m each, according to reports.

The Instagram post has already attracted more than one million likes.

McGregor said a rematch with Mayweather would happen during his press conference, but remained coy on where it could take place if it were to go ahead.

“We’ll see what happens.

“Old Floyd, he’s a funny man old Floyd, so we’ll see what happens,” he said.

“Discussions are always ongoing, they never stop.

“You know Floyd and going through money fast.

“He’s far from retired and that rematch will definitely happen at some stage.”

In Sunday’s bout, where Bruce Buffer’s fighter introductions took longer than the fight itself, McGregor managed to show he hadn’t lost a step in his 15 months out of action, with speed and power still in his arsenal.

Just his third fight in the welterweight division, McGregor fired his shots from the opening bell, charging straight in with a left-hand haymaker.

Cerrone ducked it, but got caught by a knee, then had his nose busted by McGregor striking with his shoulders in the clinch.

With blood running from Cerrone’s nose, McGregor stepped back and landed an impressive head kick flush on Cerrone, and finished the fight off with his fists.

Cerrone was transported to the hospital immediately after leaving the octagon.

With the result, the former featherweight and lightweight champion can now say he has wins by knockout in three weight classes, and picked up his first win inside the octagon since winning the lightweight title from Eddie Alvarez in 2016.

The win poses questions over where McGregor’s immediate future lies in the UFC, with possibilities of staying at welterweight or moving back down to lightweight.

McGregor it seems had more immediate thoughts on the octagon.

“I love this sport.

“I’m going to keep fighting; I don’t care, it’s just what I love,” he said.

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Battle on down the Methven straight The Simon Adlam-trained Bromac Hype (Carl Markham) on the inside has her rivals covered in a learners’ pace at the Mt Hutt Trotting Club workouts on Sunday morning. The daughter of Auckland Reactor jumped to the lead and was too good for her rivals over the concluding stages, beating Vintage Gold (John Versteeg).

More than 60 horses stepped out at the morning’s workouts over 11 heats. Local horses to impress when winning during the morning included President Pat, Handsome Harry, DD’s Super Stuart and Jack’s Mate.

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Heisenberg’s victory develops into something special

By Bruce Stewart The win by Heisenberg in the rerun of the Central Otago Cup has led to a very generous donation by the horse’s connections, owners Ross and Angela Gordon, trainer Robert Dunn and the horse’s regular driver John Dunn.

The race was originally run at Omakau but had to be abandoned when champion driver Ricky May suffered a major medical incident and was flown to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition.

The Group Three feature race was re-run on Sunday at the Young Quinn Raceway at Wyndham and was won by Heisenberg in a very quick time.

Robert Dunn explained that after the race Ross Gordon rang him and said he and Angela wanted to express their appreciation for the care Ricky May received on January 2 at Omakau.

“Ross, Angela, Johnny and I decided to donate four and a half thousand dollars of the Cup winnings to charity. “$1500 to the helicopter trust fund for picking up Ricky, $1500 to St John who were great on the day and $1500 to Team Teal’s Ellie Barron (who performed mouth the mouth on May).

“Ross wanted to do that and I said to him that Johnny and I would come on board as well.”

Driver John Dunn was trailing

May in the race at Omakau and saw the incident unfold. He managed to pull his horse back and warn trailing drivers.

John Dunn wasn’t on hand when Heisenberg won; the horse was driven by stand-in driver Tim Williams who took the talented pacer to the front and held out a game Nandolo by half a neck.

“Yep he’s much better in front with the pace on.

“He will learn to use the speed he’s got in other ways but he’s one of those horses that likes getting into his own rhythm.

“He used to be a devil of a horse to run in and out and it made it difficult for Johnny to drive.

“He’s far better when he concentrates so that’s why we’ve got the hood on him. He runs a lot straighter with that on but the only thing is it sets you up for horses that swoop off your back,” said Robert Dunn.

The winning time of 2-52.4 for the 2400 metre mobile was a new track, Southland and New Zealand record.

“He’s racing more genuinely this year. We possibly gelded him later than we should have. He was always a horse with potential, but he was green.”

Sunday’s win was the horse’s sixth.

Dunn said Heisenberg is likely to join his Auckland base at some point later in the season and this

Heisenberg’s trainer Robert Dunn. time should be better the Auckland way round.

“He struggles a bit in Auckland.

He tended to get in a little too much on the turns. But it was just because of his racing manners early on.

“I’m sure when we bring him up for the Taylor Mile and the New Zealand Messenger he’ll be much better.”

The Art Major gelding was bought at the 2017 Auckland Sales by Gordon and Dunn – then named Viva La Vida.

“Ross changes all of his horses names.

“He’s generally got a reason. We both loved the horse on type, he looked racy and we thought he

might make a young horse.

“Ross has a good eye for horses which he’s developed. He actually comes from a horse family.

“His mother and father Don and Carol were one of the very first preparers at the yearling sales.

They prepared yearlings for I reckon a half a century.

“On his mother’s side is champion horseman Felix Newfield and also Kevin Chapman.”

Ross and Angela own Telfer Electrical and have three branches in Christchurch and outlets in Nelson, Cromwell, Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill.

“They bought the company just over twenty years ago when it was small and they’ve turned it into a

very successful business.”

The Gordons have been very good clients for Robert Dunn over many years.

They’ve owned and raced The Fed Express (five New Zealand wins – bred by Ross’s parents Don and Carol), Code Black (two New Zealand wins and 17 Australian wins), Robbie Burns (10 New Zealand wins and 1-49 USA) and Henry Hubert (seven wins).

“I’ve had their horses for years and we’re still waiting to get our first Group One winner.

“The one we thought was going to be the bees knees was a horse called Say My Name (6 wins from just 18 starts).

“He’s was exceptionally talented but had ongoing bone issues.”

The Gordons also own up and coming Above N Beyond. “We think he could be a real player in the three and four-year-old races.

He’s a horse with a lot of upside.”

And as the Yearling Sales approach Gordon and Dunn will be having a close look at the full brother to Heisenberg who’s in the ring early on 17th February at the Auckland Sales.

“He’ll be on our list.”

Bred by Chris and Tina Barlow of Highfield Bloodstock and named Crusader, you’d have to say this may be one horse if Ross and Robert buy him that may not get a name change considering they’re all Cantabrians.

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Ritchie close, but no cigar Shaune Ritchie came close to a big double at Trentham on Saturday, but left the meeting knowing his smart filly Jennifer Eccles is still on the right path for a return trip to the course in March to contest the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m).

Following on from her win in the Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, Jennifer Eccles produced a big effort for third in the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m), while The Good Fight

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 21 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 2.42pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 68378 Homebush Flynn 17.30..............J McInerney 2 22773 Dream Runner 17.34 J M................. McCook 3 76863 Call Me Joe 17.31..................... A Botherway 4 88682 Smash Dragon 17.63....................... M Grant 5 21256 Meatloaf 17.85..............................S Hindson 6 66585 Go Great nwtd..................................R Wales 7 14 Ever Rested 17.53.....................A Bradshaw 8 76586 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 2 2.59pm MURRAY & HANNAH @ RAY WHITE CASHMERE DASH C1, 295m 1 52426 Mulberry Rock 17.48..................... K Cassidy 2 48881 Homebush Mandy 17.82............J McInerney 3 72876 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan 4 88484 Come A Guster 17.30...................... M Grant 5 87588 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &........................ Smith 6 56874 Know Approval 17.28......................G Cleeve 7 55465 Cold Affair 17.37........................... L Waretini 8 66752 Goldstar Liberty 17.32 J M............... McCook 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 3 3.17 ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 58484 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 2 41 Vegan Express 17.39..........................C Weir 3 74458 Smash Ocean 17.50....................D Kingston 4 21175 Carl Spackler 17.53.......................R Adcock 5 87884 Goldstar Rebel 17.81 S &................B Evans 6 33653 Pacemaker 17.54.......................A Bradshaw 7 24887 Miss Honey 17.35............................R Wales

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right on target for the Oaks.”

Jennifer Eccles will start next in the Gr.2 Fillies Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa on February 8 and top off her preparation for the New Zealand Oaks on March 14 with a start in the Gr.2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings on February 26.

The Good Fight, Excalibur and stablemate Daytona Red are also entered for the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie on March 7.

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 8 85246 Shanly Star 17.15......................J McInerney 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 4 3.34pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND DASH C1, 295m 1 88314 Mick The Mouse 17.79...............J McInerney 2 48647 Absent nwtd....................................G Cleeve 3 25774 Billy Budd 17.51........................ A Botherway 4 45765 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson 5 43843 Mulberry Brit 17.60....................... K Cassidy 6 68876 Ohoka Kate 17.37......................... L Waretini 7 83754 Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 8 66274 Horse Range Gold 17.71................. M Grant 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 5 3.54 SUCK IT UP LTD STAKES HEAT 1 C1q, 520m 1 58676 Kia Tere 30.48 S &...........................B Evans 2 x5853 Born Tasha 30.65.............................R Wales 3 28667 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 4 15555 Billy Ray 30.93............................N Wanhalla 5 46256 Go Belle 30.96.................................R Wales 6 F5324 Shermo Bale 30.57.......................C Roberts 7 41643 Goldstar Truman 30.54 S &..............B Evans 8 52x86 Opawa Queen 30.67........................R Wales 9 877x6 Opala Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 48758 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 6 4.16pm FLAIR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 28657 Father Leo nwtd.........................J McInerney 2 33653 Sydneys Sox 17.30....................... L Waretini 3 73481 Tearaway Tara 17.39 J M................. McCook 4 77358 Aroha 17.19.............................. A Botherway 5 84771 Denuto 17.52.................................R Adcock 6 56653 Goldstar Spook 17.67 S &...............B Evans 7 8x884 Smash Achiever 17.16..................... M Grant 8 58667 Mitcham Trudy 17.31..................J McInerney 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans

7 4.33pm SWIMMING GOAT @ STUD DASH C1, 295m

1 72258 Goldstar Montana 17.47 S &............B Evans 2 14674 Punters Kirsty 17.39.........................R Wales 3 26231 Know Majority 17.37.......................G Cleeve 4 37857 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 5 72177 Homebush Maree 17.89............J McInerney 6 33578 Archie’s Ranger nwtd J M................ McCook 7 88268 Mulberry Sox 17.87....................... K Cassidy 8 88x76 Stumpy Bill nwtd........................ M Dempsey Emergencies: 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 8 4.57 SUCK IT UP LTD STAKES HEAT 2 C1q, 520m 1 76474 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans 2 64784 Goldstar Vale 31.08 S &...................B Evans 3 12783 Opawa Dan 30.65............................R Wales 4 85676 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 5 233x1 Bye Bye Punter 30.96......................R Wales 6 51748 Opawa Gonzo 31.00........................R Wales 7 62657 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 8 52252 Tucker 30.63.......................................D Lane 9 877x6 Opala Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 48758 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 9 5.13 DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 78x82 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 2 58663 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 3 11821 Maffra Daisy 17.48.....................J McInerney 4 168x4 So Flossy 17.82................................ B Dann 5 4442x Epic Boom 17.47 J M....................... McCook 6 87588 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 7 45756 Goldstar Halsey 17.41 S &...............B Evans 8 2733x Jealous Affair 18.13...................... L Waretini Emergencies: 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 10 5.29 SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO DASH C1, 295m

1 15878 Go Rap nwtd....................................R Wales 2 82554 Sozin’s Noir nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 47272 Dagny 17.38 J M.............................. McCook 4 16347 Know Tactics 17.61.........................G Cleeve 5 77x77 Step Inside Love 17.74.....................A Joyce 6 86x78 It’s A Joke 17.26.........................J McInerney 7 41768 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 8 44524 Goldstar Perrie 17.44 S &................B Evans Emergencies: 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 11 5.47 SUCK IT UP LTD STAKES HEAT 3 C1q, 520m 1 7x464 Dyna Wink nwtd............................C Roberts 2 3F174 Ain’t He Lucky 30.82...................N Wanhalla 3 47332 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S &...............B Evans 4 63488 Opawa Lola 30.82............................R Wales 5 75374 Dream Kay 30.29.............................R Wales 6 11215 Viking Mafia 30.66 J &.....................D Fahey 7 87468 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales 8 46755 Goldstar Yankee 30.54 S &..............B Evans 9 877x6 Opala Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 48758 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 12 6.05pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE SPRINT C1, 295m 1 62657 Gadzooks 17.44................................ B Dann 2 78786 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 3 17732 Second Summer 17.46........................A Lee 4 46873 Goldstar Shiloah 17.40 S &..............B Evans 5 44887 Zefside 17.74.............................J McInerney 6 47775 Curly Bill 17.59........................... M Dempsey 7 14423 Jinja Twinkle 17.55............................A Joyce 8 64782 Crushington 17.51......................J McInerney 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 13 6.23pm ISLINGTON TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 56555 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 2 54477 Gotcha Pixie 17.64..........................J M Lane

3 53671 Goldstar Hurley 17.47................... L Waretini 4 68422 Jinja Sneak 17.36.............................A Joyce 5 73235 Tremonti 17.78.................................. B Dann 6 46166 Shoelace Jack 17.65.................. M Dempsey 7 56185 Homebush Liz 17.78..................J McInerney 8 6176 Know Farewell 17.66.......................G Cleeve 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 14 6.39pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 21366 Grey Wind nwtd...........................N Wanhalla 2 66465 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini 3 54483 Impressive Flash 17.53..............J McInerney 4 72325 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 5 67765 Fernando Bill 17.90.................... M Dempsey 6 67563 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M.................... McCook 7 65555 Cawbourne Cruz 17.57........ B J Middlewood 8 75537 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &................B Evans Emergencies: 9 68887 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 17788 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans SELECTIONS

7 55834 Replica Casino nwtd.......................B Pringle 8 45124 Alotta Talk nwtd J &..........................D Fahey 9 64522 Know Talent nwtd............................G Cleeve 10 57766 Bruiser’s Day nwtd......................... B Conner 8 1.50pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C2, 390m 1 71426 Homebush Velma 22.47.............J McInerney 2 23132 Raquel Allen nwtd.........................C Roberts 3 84816 Punch On Woody 22.94.............J McInerney 4 24378 Our Anna nwtd.................................R Wales 5 71648 Homebush Jordie 22.98.............J McInerney 6 F5311 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 7 54287 Sozin’s Blue 22.68.....................J McInerney 8 55113 Ezra Blueblood 22.72.................J McInerney 9 36573 Mitcham Reado nwtd.................J McInerney 10 84453 Homebush Caesar 22.69...........J McInerney 9 2.07pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C3, 390m 1 41421 Ulyssa Bale nwtd..........................C Roberts 2 2413x Know Charisma nwtd......................G Cleeve 3 12386 Amuri Liv 22.71..........................J McInerney 4 28261 Eyrewell Bentley 22.74.................... H Cairns 5 11864 Khatia 23.22...............................J McInerney 6 73624 Machine Gunn 22.98......................R Adcock 7 54633 Sozin’s Symphony 22.74............J McInerney 8 17523 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 9 85155 Go Gunna 22.70..............................R Wales

10 38363 Cawbourne Britty 22.42................C Roberts 10 2.27pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 C4, 390m 1 17747 Dyna Elliot 22.54...........................C Roberts 2 32412 Know Debt 22.94............................G Cleeve 3 33215 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 31868 Magic Jess Lass 22.62...................C Healey 5 81366 Homebush Sayer 22.53.............J McInerney 6 51873 Amuri George nwtd....................J McInerney 7 17257 Homebush Tesan 22.54.............J McInerney 8 43244 Starr Blueblood 22.79................J McInerney 9 67571 Thrilling Watch 22.39....................D Roberts 10 78753 Kiwi Gunn 22.58.............................R Adcock SELECTIONS

3 84784 C’Mon Benny Boy 22.89.................J Guthrie 4 67467 Baldrick 23.02............................J McInerney 5 75178 Chicago Head 23.14..................J McInerney 6 F1282 ST Andrews nwtd...............................D Lane 7 48438 Lakota Wichapi nwtd....................... H Cairns 8 43547 Homebush Rehaina 23.16.........J McInerney 9 47486 Elite Blueblood 23.10.................J McInerney 10 57766 Bruiser’s Day 22.76........................ B Conner 5 4.04pm RACING AGAIN 24TH JANUARY C1, 390m 1 37671 Sonja nwtd.........................................D Lane 2 74774 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 3 54665 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 4 66783 Homebush Erin nwtd..................J McInerney 5 74334 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns

6 56555 Cool Beans 23.48......................J McInerney 7 52185 Homebush Bomber 23.25..........J McInerney 8 36848 Prince Rohit nwtd.......................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 85786 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 10 57766 Bruiser’s Day 22.76........................ B Conner SELECTIONS

Race 1: Dream Runner, Smash Dragon, Homebush Flynn Race 2: Mulberry Rock, Come A Guster, Cold Affair Race 3: Vegan Express, Shanly Star, Carl Spackler, Pacemaker Race 4: Billy Budd, Mick The Mouse, Mulberry Brit, Ohoka Kate Race 5: Born Tasha, Shermo Bale, Opawa Queen, Billy Ray Race 6: Tearaway Tara, Sydneys Sox, Denuto, Goldstar Spook Race 7: Know Majority, Archie’s Ranger, Smash Gator Race 8: Tucker, Bye Bye Punter, Goldstar Scooby, Opala Bale Race 9: Maffra Daisy, So Flossy, Little Lottie, Epic Boom Race 10: Sozin’s Noir, Go Rap, Dagny, Know Tactics Race 11: Viking Mafia, Goldstar Yankee, Opala Bale Race 12: Second Summer, Gadzooks, Zefside, Crushington Race 13: Jinja Sneak, Tremonti, Know Farewell, Gotcha Pixie Race 14: Impressive Flash, Cawbourne Cruz, Know Dollars LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

10 57766 Bruiser’s Day 26.37........................ B Conner 3 12.22pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C2/3, 457m 1 146x8 Dyna Eva nwtd..............................C Roberts 2 72846 Joe Bonanza 26.33....................J McInerney 3 4138x Punters Bolt nwtd.............................R Wales 4 55422 Know Shame 26.09.........................G Cleeve 5 31372 Know Baby 26.31............................G Cleeve 6 21315 Opal Hunter 26.80......................J McInerney 7 7x235 Know Conclusion 26.27..................G Cleeve 8 21577 Punters Last 26.13...........................R Wales 9 55566 Know Denying nwtd........................G Cleeve 10 18378 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 4 12.40pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C2, 457m 1 62112 Queena Bale 26.36.......................C Roberts 2 77467 Cosmic Stu 26.29.......................J McInerney 3 23142 Cisco Reign nwtd..........................D Roberts 2 12.05 CONGRATULATIONS TRAMMERS C1, 457m 4 34677 Bashful Buffy 26.04....................J McInerney 1 65652 Homebush Boden 26.94............J McInerney 5 x5273 Eddie Hemi 26.39............................R Wales 2 23485 Bartholomew Cub 26.54....................B Eade 6 8x514 Opawa Pink 26.60............................R Wales 3 33746 Mick The Mower 26.60...............J McInerney 7 87746 My Girl Sofia nwtd...........................B Healey 4 66561 Chunk 26.28...............................J McInerney 8 38751 Lakota Kohana 26.31...................... H Cairns 5 64833 Miss Nina 26.42............................. B Conner 9 18378 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 6 7x223 Opawa Slick 26.31...........................R Wales 10 F7751 Ophelia Allen nwtd........................D Roberts 7 52655 Mitcham Manering 26.68...........J McInerney 5 12.57pm TOP CLASS RUN C5, 457m 8 46537 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns 1 41111 Eyrewell Turbo 25.92....................... H Cairns 9 7F865 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney 2 22221 Archie John Hill 26.39 J &................D Fahey

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 21 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 11.48am (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C0, 390m 1 22225 Homebush Barclay nwtd............J McInerney 2 Bundy nwtd J M............................... McCook 3 4 Adelphi nwtd J M.............................. McCook 4 8 Homebush Jozie nwtd................J McInerney 5 Mitcham Usain nwtd...................J McInerney 6 Mitcham Queen nwtd.................J McInerney 7 33477 Impressive Gift nwtd..................J McInerney 8 Mitcham Boult nwtd....................J McInerney 9 Mitcham Sam nwtd....................J McInerney 10 275 Savage Knight nwtd........................ H Cairns

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planted wide so there wasn’t much else Sam (Weatherley, jockey) could do.

“She still ran the last 600m faster than anything else (32.25 seconds) and from an Oaks point of view it was a good run.

“She’s had a look at Trentham now and her next two runs will be over 2000m and 2100m and, if at any point 2000m is an issue, I’ll re-evaluate things and look to drop her back to 1600m.

“But for now she’s definitely

charged home to go down a halfhead to Soleseifei in the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m).

Stablemate Excalibur also contested the Wellington Cup and finished seventh, five and a half lengths from Soleseifei.

“It was always going to be a problem from the wide draw with Jennifer Eccles and if she drew well she would probably have won,” Ritchie said.

“I feel if she had gone forward mid-race she would have been

3 16842 Opawa May 26.29............................R Wales 4 45588 Know Betrayal 26.51.......................G Cleeve 5 46127 Opawa Sweet 26.40.........................R Wales 6 21336 Bolty 25.71.........................................D Lane 7 1435x Opawa Lawsey 25.87.......................R Wales 8 35615 Ringside 25.90...............................R Adcock 9 16x53 Dyna Monty 26.16.........................C Roberts 10 17837 Dyna Xarvel 25.93........................C Roberts 6 1.15 HAPPY BIRTHDAY VINNIE MUNRO C2, 390m 1 63127 Gracie Lee 22.85.......................J McInerney 2 24271 Homebush Monkey nwtd............J McInerney 3 76125 Dusty’s Ink 22.90.............................B Healey 4 31121 Homebush Comet 22.84............J McInerney 5 72836 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 6 376x5 Opawa Waihemo 22.66....................R Wales 7 62F83 Reign Of Fire 22.49....................J McInerney 8 44145 Macey Baxter 22.97...................J McInerney 9 36573 Mitcham Reado nwtd.................J McInerney 10 84453 Homebush Caesar 22.69...........J McInerney 7 1.32pm ASCOT PARK DISTANCE C2d, 630m 1 22147 Replica Rango nwtd........................B Pringle 2 53227 Student Loan nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 3 22213 Classy Witch 37.64.........................G Cleeve 4 44238 Orina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 5 14356 Gem 37.36 J &.................................D Fahey 6 428x8 Know Pudding nwtd........................G Cleeve

Race 1: Homebush Barclay, Mitcham Usain, Mitcham Boult Race 2: Opawa Slick, Mick The Mower, Mitcham Manering Race 3: Punters Last, Know Conclusion, Punters Bolt Race 4: Queena Bale, Eddie Hemi, Opawa Pink, Ophelia Allen Race 5: Bolty, Archie John Hill, Ringside, Opawa May Race 6: Opawa Waihemo, Dusty’s Ink, Gracie Lee Race 7: Classy Witch, Gem, Student Loan, Orina Allen Race 8: Our Anna, Raquel Allen, Sozins Blue, Homebush George Race 9: Ulyssa Bale, Machine Gunn, Know Charisma, Amuri Liv Race 10: Dyna Elliot, Homebush Sayer, Thrilling Watch LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue Ascot Park Race- 10 36715 Cosmic Jase 22.65....................J McInerney way Meeting Date: 21 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 5 Dou- 2 3.08pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m bles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 34284 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 1 2.49pm (NZT) GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C5, 2 33721 Opa’s Dream nwtd...........................R Casey 3 45534 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 390m 1 11628 Homebush Alexei 22.92.............J McInerney 4 68534 Brut Magic nwtd..............................C Healey 2 45226 Tee An’ Cee 22.50.......................... B Conner 5 13353 Sozin’s Assassin nwtd................J McInerney 3 12864 Homebush Finn 22.58................J McInerney 6 47724 Punch On Scooby nwtd.............J McInerney 4 42185 Souffle Sue nwtd........................J McInerney 7 67352 Big Tiny nwtd..............................J McInerney 5 11313 Homebush Boots 23.21.............J McInerney 8 71672 Bound Up nwtd..........................J McInerney 6 36671 Nippa Martino 22.47..................J McInerney 9 36848 Prince Rohit nwtd.......................J McInerney 7 61434 Shaw Lee 22.40 J M........................ McCook 10 54665 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 8 35155 Sozin’s Empire 22.79.................J McInerney 3 3.26pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH021737111 9 12477 Amuri Magic nwtd......................J McInerney C1, 390m

1 57783 Black Dan 22.67.........................J McInerney 2 67653 Lakota Scout 23.09......................... H Cairns 3 68635 Blazing Banjo 23.00...................J McInerney 4 66557 Opa’s Joy nwtd.................................R Casey 5 74666 Punch On Rex 22.74..................J McInerney 6 387x7 Sozin’s Melody 23.52.................J McInerney 7 56462 Yanira Bale nwtd...........................C Roberts 8 2411 Homebush Stasser nwtd............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 74768 Homebush Zack nwtd................J McInerney 10 57766 Bruiser’s Day 22.76........................ B Conner 4 3.46 BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C1, 390m 1 87773 Punch On Jessie nwtd...............J McInerney 2 45745 Yi Feng nwtd..............................J McInerney

Race 1: Homebush Boots, Sozin’s Empire, Homebush Alexei Race 2: Homebush Maycee, Impressive High, Punch On Scooby Race 3: Yanira Bale, Black Dan, Blazing Banjo, Lakota Scout Race 4: ST Andrews, Homebush Rehaina, C’Mon Benny Boy Race 5: Sonja, Prince Rohit, Homebush Bomber, Take A Hint LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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everal on-field fixes are required by New Zealand coach Gary Stead to expunge the horrors of Australia but it might be a more subtle change that will go further to establishing his credentials as Black Caps’ coach.

Whether it is rooted in reality or not, there is a creeping belief that Cantabrians have an outsized influence over the Black Caps, concerns that have only increased after recent decisions.

When players start talking about it among themselves – and they are – then perception equals reality.

Stead, a man about as Canterbury as you can get, would be a fool to brush it off as an irrelevance.

The quickest way to lose a dressing room is to make one side of it think that another group has a clearer path to selection.

Even wildly successful teams are delicate ecosystems where rampant ego and crippling insecurity sit side-by-side. In cricket the fragility is increased as individual failure sits starkly, even in times of team triumph.

Two sources told me Stead’s selections for the dead-rubber Sydney test went down poorly with a good section of the room he is employed to command.

Some of the changes were forced through illness but it did not go unnoticed that the Northern Districts skipper was replaced by a Cantabrian, while two further ND players were replaced in the playing XI by two Cantabs.

As a selector as well as coach, Stead’s titles afford him the luxury to do as he sees fit; it also invites the type of scrutiny he would never have experienced at first-class level.

There is no suggestion he has acted improperly or without putting what he thought the best interests of the team were first, but I believe the dropping of senior bowler Tim Southee in particular was opportunistic.

And in my view, there is no debate that he did a woeful job of explaining it.

When you live within the bubble you can be unaware of the world

outside but Stead must know there has been a suspicion about the Canterbury fast-track to the Black Caps, whether as players or coaches, ever since high-performance operations were centralised at Lincoln.

He can’t be naïve enough to not realise that with Peter Fulton at his side as batting coach and fellow Cantab Bryan Stronach leading high-performance operations, the Sydney shambles played beautifully into that narrative.

There was a time when you could justifiably call Christchurch the centre of New Zealand’s cricketing cosmos.

With the bulk of the country’s population and elite cricketing talent residing within the so-called Golden Triangle – the points being Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton – the high-performance centre at Lincoln looks like a relic of an ancient powerbase; the Parthenon without the beauty or heritage status.

A satellite centre will be established at Mt Maunganui’s Bay Oval – home of Maersk cargo containers, impossibly bad restaurant service and paralytically drunk teens – but that is a project of little immediate concern to Stead.

He now knows there is more to his job than placing cones and timing net sessions.

He might have suspected it but probably only fully understands now that there is a political element to his job.

And there is nothing quite as fraught as dressing-room politics. he juiciest story of the week has been the cheating scandal surrounding the Houston Astros baseball team.

It is close to the perfect sports story for our times, marrying hubris, technology and a win-at-anycost mentality.

In case you missed it, the Astros were once a basket-case organisation famous only for losing more than 100 games three seasons in a row.

This however enabled them to draft a number of highly talented players and restock their “farm” system.

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The tanking strategy worked.

With generational players like Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman coming through the system, and a retooled pitching staff led by Justin Verlander, the Astros have made two of the past three World Series and won the title in 2017.

The journey from laughing stock to MLB darlings was swift and spectacular.

However, 2017 was also the year they have subsequently been found to have cheated their way through by videotaping the catcher’s signs to the pitcher, decoding them and relaying the message to the batter.

With an array of off-speed and high-speed pitches, successfully hitting the major league’s best throwers is fiendishly difficult, but it’s a lot easier if you know what’s coming.

It has been reported that MLB has known about the accusations for some time but only acted after their former pitcher, Mike Fiers, went public.

The reaction has been severe.

The Astros have been fined millions and lost draft picks, and their manager and general manager of baseball were suspended by MLB and then fired by the Astros.

Former bench coach, Alex Cora, was fired by the Boston Red Sox (he had left Houston for Boston in 2018 as manager and won a World Series in his first attempt, throwing suspicion on that title, too).

There will likely be more to come.

There is a well-founded rumour that even last year Houston players were wearing devices under their shoulders that buzzed a certain amount of times to indicate what pitch was coming.

There’s an undoubted element of Get Smart -type comedy about it but there’s also a serious element that can never be rewound, even if MLB goes nuclear and rescinds Houston’s title (the indications are they won’t). Pitchers’ careers and legacies have already been ruined by the cheating.

Gamblers have spent millions on games that are essentially unfair.

But after decades of futility, the Astros won their first title … was it worth it?

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Keep moving. Action makes you hard to trap.

Movement opens potential.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): So much is going right for you! Take stock. List at least five and feel your mood lift. Staying grateful is to your spiritual health as staying fit is to your physical health.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Take a break from selfimprovement. There is a point when it reinforces a belief that you’re not enough.

There’s a time to push, but right now is a time to trust life and let things develop naturally.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): In a prevailing culture of narcissism, it’s more important than ever to make sure that you’re doing a fair amount of focusing on others. Bonus: This is also the way to happiness.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’ll be making interesting trades today. You’re always trading something – attention for relationships, hours for dollars – it’s just that today’s trades are outside of the norm, and they make you think.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Fantasies have no consequences.

Reality is pretty much built on them. It’s a long string of cause and effect, some of which one would be hard-pressed to correlate, and yet we sense they are balanced in the grand math.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You can do something most people can’t – that’s a talent. Don’t consider it a talent? That’s an oversight on your part. This is the ideal time to change your assessment and start toying with possible applications.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Those with an affliction want to be released from it, and yet there’s something terrifying about giving up that crutch. You’ve a special heart for helping people let go of what’s no longer needed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Not knowing how a thing works makes it easy to dismiss as working unintelligently, but that’s probably not the truth today. There’s benefit to staying alert to different styles, especially simple ones.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It is very difficult to help others when you are, in fact, injured yourself.

The same applies to emotional and soul-level wounds. By resolving inner conflicts, you nudge yourself toward an empathetic state.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Have you ever texted or been texted by someone “accidentally” on purpose? You’ll witness today how the desire for a specific kind of attention can inspire odd and unpredictable behaviours.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Rigid perspectives lead to errors of all sorts. Try to find a gentle frame of mind. There is plenty of common ground between two points of contention for anyone willing to look for it.

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Palmerston North fine Wellington

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Nelson

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Blenheim

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Greymouth

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Christchurch

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Timaru

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Queenstown

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Dunedin

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Invercargill

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:05 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 175.5 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

6.63

Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

8.90 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

83.5

Waitaki Kurow at 2:07 pm, yesterday

369.1

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DAY, Elizabeth Ada (nee White) – Died peacefully on January 18, 2020 at Rosebank Resthome Ashburton. aged 94 years. Dearly loved and cherished wife of the late Dudley (Terry) Day. Much loved mother and mother-inlaw of Terry and Kathy (Brisbane), Richard and Jan (Perth), Stephanie and Joe Butchard and Liz and Nick Courtney (Christchurch).

Adored and treasured Tammy of Maleisha and Natalie; Aaron, Rachel and Chantel; James, Michael, Anna, Catherine, Chris and Peter; Justin, Simon, Fleur, Sophie and Olivia. Great Tammy of her 23 great grandchildren.

Daughter of the late Oswald John White and Ada Maud (nee Wright).

Loving youngest sister of Cyril White, Doris King-Turner and Alice Clayton (All deceased).

Messages to the Day family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to St John Ambulance would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Many thanks to Sue Prowse and her Rosebank staff, the Sealy Street doctors, home carers and priests. You all treated mum with dignity and respect and appreciated mum’s sense of humour. A Requiem Mass to celebrate Elizabeth’s life, will be held on WEDNESDAY, January 22 at Holy Name Catholic Church, Sealy Street, Ashburton commencing at 10.00am, followed by interment at 3.00pm at Horsley Downs Cemetery, Lance Road, Masons Flat, North Canterbury. A rosary will be held TODAY Tuesday, January 21 at 7pm at Holy Name Catholic Church Ashburton.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 20.8 22.5 Max to 4pm 12.0 Minimum 13.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm January to date 3.8 Avg Jan to date 38 2020 to date 3.8 38 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 19 At 4pm Strongest gust E 28 Time of gust 3:29pm

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6:30 Darwin And Newts 0 6:40 Peppa Pig 6:45 Moon And Me 0 7:10 My Little Pony 0 7:30 Star v The Forces Of Evil 3 0 7:55 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 8:15 Ducktales 3 0 8:40 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:05 Neighbours 3 0 10:35 Australian Survivor PGR 3 0 12:05 Mom PGR 3 0 12:35 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0 1:05 Little Big Shots 0 2pm American Housewife PGR 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Powerpuff Girls 3 0 3:40 Bunk’d 3 0 4:30 House Rules Joh introduces the teams to a family affected by a serious house fire, and the remaining teams work harder than ever to build a new home to bring the family back together. 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Extreme Cake Makers 0 7:30 F Magical Land Of Oz The challenges animals must deal with to overcome the effects of human-induced change. 0 8:40 F Inside The Ritz Hotel London 0 9:40 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:40 1 News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 F Motorway Patrol PGR 3 0 8pm F Neighbours At War AO 3 0 8:30 M A Good Day To Die Hard AO 2013 Action. 0 10:20 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:50 Mom PGR 3 0

11:10 Gordon Ramsay On Cocaine AO 3 (Part 1) 0 12:10 That’s A Bit Racist AO 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:15 Station 19 PGR 3 0 12:05 The Resident AO 3 0 12:50 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 1:15 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:40 Lucifer AO 3 0 3:25 Love Island Australia AO 3 0 4:20 First Dates US PGR 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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BRAVO 10am Mom’s A Medium 3 10:30 Dance Moms 3 11:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 3 1:30 Below Deck – Mediterranean PGR 3 2:30 Four Weddings Australia 3 3:30 The People’s Court 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 Dress To Impress 3 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 While investigating the murder of a man who was shot in his delivery truck, police in California discover an affair with fatal repercussions.

8:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 9:30 Botched AO Danielle Milian visits the doctors to have her scarred stomach and popped implant repaired; a police officer wants her pig nose gone so she can look like her twin again.

10:30 Snapped PGR 3 11:30 Snapped – Killer Couples PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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6am The AM Show 9am House Rules PGR 3 Having reached the finish line, it is time for the judges to score Leigh and Kristie’s transformed home. 0 10:15 Infomercials 11:40 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:35 Face The Truth PGR Jamie says her children’s father cannot be trusted because he is addicted to drugs and gambling, and sometimes disappears for days; he says he does not use drugs or gamble any more, and he just wants her back.

1:05 Dr Phil PGR 2:05 American Ninja Warrior 3 4pm Find Me A Dream Home Australia 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 The Block Australia PGR 0 8:35 N NCIS AO An old friend returns from the grave to warn Gibbs his life is in danger, meaning they must become accomplices in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. 0 9:35 Lost And Found 3 0 10:35 NewsHub Late

6:30 Paia 6:40 My Mokai 6am Ben 10 3 0 6:30 Batman 7:10 He Rourou 3 7:20 E Kori – Brave And The Bold 3 0 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7am Youth Olympic Games (HLS) 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Huritua 8:10 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 3 8:35 The Moe Show 3 0 8am Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:30 Our Songs 3 9am Sachie’s 9:05 Celebrity Antiques Road Kitchen 3 9:30 Opaki 3 Trip 3 10am The Doctors PGR 3 10am Waiata 3 10:30 Fitness 11am Antiques Roadshow 3 0 In The Whare 11am Huia Noon Everybody Loves Rau 3 Noon Hamu And Tofiga Raymond 3 0 PGR 3 12:30 It’s In The Bag PGR 12:30 NCIS – New Orleans 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 Motu 3 1:30 Opaki 3 2pm Toku 1:30 Frasier 3 Reo 3 2 3pm Senior Kapa Haka 2pm The Late Show With Regionals 3 3:30 Hahana 3 Stephen Colbert PGR 3 4pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 4:30 Pukana 3 2 3:30 Jeopardy 5pm Paia 5:10 My Mokai 4pm A Place In The Sun 5:40 He Rourou 3 5:50 E Kori 3 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun 0 5:55 E Ki E Ki 6pm Haati Paati 3 5:30 Prime News 6:10 Huhu 3 6:20 Huritua 6pm Pawn Stars 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 6:30 Sky Sport News 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 The Story Of The Royals PGR 7:30 Moosemeat And (Part 2) 0 Marmalade PGR 3 9:30 The Radical Story Of Patty 8pm Shear Bro PGR 3 Hearst AO 8:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 From American heiress to 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 American terrorist and back, 10:30 Whawhai Patty uses Hearst PR to rebuild her image and regain public trust. 0 10:30 Tennis – Australian Open (HLS)

11:05 The Blacklist AO Aram goes undercover to infiltrate a secret society of wealthy thrillseekers, whose entertainment involves spectacular acts of violence. 0 12:05 Infomercials

11:40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:40 Closedown

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7:10 The Children Act ML 2018 Drama.

Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci. 8:55 Elvis Goes There – Guillermo Del Toro MC 2019 Documentary.

9:50 Before I Wake MVC 2016 Horror. Kate Bosworth, A Good Day to Die Hard Thomas Jane. 11:25 The 8:30pm on TVNZ 2 Old Man And The Gun ML 2018 Drama. Robert Redford, SKY 5 Sissy Spacek. 1pm Welcome 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel To Acapulco 16VLC 2019 Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Action. Michael Kingsbaker, Simpsons PG 7:15 Charmed M William Baldwin. 2:30 The 8am Border Security – Children Act ML 2018 Australia’s Frontline M Drama. Emma Thompson, 8:25 Highway Thru Hell PG Stanley Tucci. 4:15 Elvis 9:15 Storage Wars – Texas PG Goes There – Guillermo Del 9:40 CSI MV 10:25 SVU MV Toro MC 2019 Documentary.

11:10 Charmed M 5:10 Born Guilty 16LS 2018 11:55 Jeopardy! PG Comedy. 6:55 Interview 12:20 Wheel Of Fortune PG With God PG 2018 12:45 A1 – Highway Patrol Drama. David Strathairn, MVLC 1:35 The Simpsons PG Brenton Thwaites.

2pm Raw Live MVC 5:05 Wheel 8:30 Leave No Trace PGC Of Fortune PG 5:30 Storage 2018 Drama. A father and his Wars – Texas PG 6pm Highway teenage daughter live off the Thru Hell PG 7pm Border grid in the forests of Portland, Security – Australia’s Frontline Oregon. However, one small M 7:30 CSI MV mistake changes everything.

8:30 World’s Wildest Weather Thomasin McKenzie, PGV 9:30 Combat Dealers PG Ben Foster.

10:30 SVU MV 10:20 The Guernsey Literary 11:15 Highway Thru Hell PG And Potato-Peel Pie Society MC 2018 Drama. Lily James, Wednesday Glen Powell.

12:05 Charmed M

MOVIES GREATS 7:48 Cuban Fury MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. Nick Frost, Rashida Jones. 9:23 Kate And Leopold PGL 2001 Romance.

Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman.

11:18 Law Abiding Citizen 18VC 2009 Crime.

Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler.

1:03 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime.

Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo. 3:05 A Beautiful Mind M 2001 Drama. Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe. 5:20 Dracula Untold M 2014 Action.

Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon. 6:50 Legally Blonde 2 – Red, White And Blonde PGL 2003 Comedy.

Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Bob Newhart. 8:30 The Host MV 2013 Sci-fi Adventure.

When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies, a woman will risk everything to protect those she cares about.

Rachel Roberts, Shyaam Karra.

10:35 Blue Jasmine ML 2013 Drama. Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin.

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12:11 City By The Sea 16VL 2002 Drama. Robert De Niro, Frances MacDormand, Eliza Dushku. 1:57 A 12:50 Wheel Of Fortune PG Beautiful Mind M 2001 Wednesday 1:15 Jeopardy! PG 1:40 Border 12:25 John Ford – The Man Drama. Jennifer Connelly, Security – Australia’s Frontline Who Invented America MC Russell Crowe. 4:08 Dracula M 2:05 Combat Dealers PG 2018 Documentary. 1:20 The Untold M 2014 Action.

2:50 World’s Wildest Weather Killer Trainer MC 2018 Thriller. Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, PGV 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Storage 2:45 Born Guilty 16LS 2018 Sarah Gadon. 5:38 Legally Blonde 2 – Red, White And Wars – Texas PG 4:50 CSI MV Comedy. 4:25 Interview Blonde PGL 2003 Comedy.

With God PG 2018 Drama.

5:35 The Simpsons PG

11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

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6am Gardeners’ World 6:30 Baggage Battles 7am River Cottage – Vegetables 8am Hope For Wildlife 9am Great Australian Cookbook 9:30 Tiny House Nation 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum 11:30 Salvage Hunters 12:30 Treasures Decoded 1:30 Copacabana Palace 2:30 Lost Secrets Of The Pyramid 3:30 Wildlife Icons 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Crusted cod with ‘my mashy peas’, tartare sauce, and warm garden salad feature on Jamie’s menu.

5pm Rachel Khoo – My Swedish Kitchen 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Location, Location, Location 8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Designing Paradise Just off the Mekong in the Golden Triangle, Bensley has set up camp for the most expensive Four Seasons, lauded three years in a row as the top hotel in the world.

10pm My Floating Home 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Gardeners’ World 1am Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1:30 Rachel Khoo – My Swedish Kitchen 2am Alone AO 3am Wildlife Icons 4am Designing Paradise 4:30 My Floating Home 5am Mysteries At The Museum

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7am Gallagher Premiership – London Irish v Chiefs (RPL) From Madejski Stadium, England.

9am Gallagher Premiership – Wasps v Saints (RPL) From Ricoh Arena, England.

11:30 Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show Round Eight.

12:30 Pro14 Weekly Highlights 1:30 Pro14 – Dragons v Ospreys (RPL) From PA Rodney Parade.

3:30 Pro14 – Zebra v Cheetahs (RPL) From PA Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.

5:30 Pro14 – Blues v Scarlets (RPL) From Cardiff Arms Park.

7pm Super Rugby PreSeason (HLS) 7:30 The Breakdown Super Rugby Special 9pm Japan Top League (HLS) 9:30 Pro14 – Ulster v Munster (RPL) From Kingspan Stadium.

6am Big Bash (HLS) Sixers v Stars.

6:30 Big Bash (HLS) Scorchers v Thunder.

7am Women’s Super Smash (HLS) Elimination Final – Hearts v Sparks.

7:30 Super Smash (HLS) 8am Super Smash (HLS) Elimination Final – Volts v Aces.

8:30 Super Smash (HLS) 9am Big Bash (RPL) Sixers v Stars.

12:30 ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) India v Sri Lanka.

From Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein.

1:30 ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) England v West Indies.

From De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley.

2:30 India v Australia (HLS) Third ODI. 3:30 Big Bash (RPL) Scorchers v Thunder.

From Perth Stadium.

7pm Super Smash (HLS) Wednesday 7:30 South Africa v England Midnight Pro14 – Benetton (HLS) Third Test, Day Five. v Warriors (RPL) 8pm ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) 3am Gallagher Premiership England v West Indies.

Highlights Show Round Eight.

9pm L ICC U19 World 4am Pro14 Weekly Cup India v Japan.

Highlights 5am Sevens – Nationals (HLS) From Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein.

Day One. From Tauranga Domain.

5:30 Super Smash (HLS)

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG Far Out. 7:30 Car Crash Global Caught On Camera PG 8:20 Wheeler Dealers PG The Best of the Best. 9:10 Kindig Customs PG Cut, Replace, Repeat. 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:40 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 12:30 Blood Relatives M Fatal Fuse.

1:20 Web Of Lies PG Webcam of Lies. 2:10 Car Crash Global Caught On Camera PG 3pm Homestead Rescue PG The Bears and the Bees.

3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Settling the Score.

4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Mashed.

5:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 6:35 Sydney Harbour Patrol PG 7:30 BattleBots PG 8:30 Expedition Unknown PG Search for the Sultan’s Heart.

9:25 Naked And Afraid XL MLC Goodbye Cruel Waterworld.

11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC Rise Above.

11:55 How It’s Made PG

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Naomi starts the right way

Great gesture after win

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SMITHERAM CLAIMS COOKSLEY HONOURS

Some of the competitors in Sunday’s Dean Cooksley Memorial in Methven.

Jamie Smitheram found the line the strongest in a two-up sprint to claim victory in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s, 45km handicap event at Methven on Sunday.

Smitheram’s efforts saw him lift the Dean Cooksley Memorial Trophy.

Gene Shurrock produced his best performance of the season to deservedly pick up the second placegetter

spoils. The evergreen Don Morrison led in the chasing group to secure third spot.

Bruce Blackburn held on gamely to take fourth place.

Paul Williams and Roger Wilson rounded out the top six.

Scratch marker Tony Ward secured fastest time honours, covering the distance in 68.05.

Co-markers Steve Hands and Nigel Douglas took second and third time.

The juniors and division 2 contested a 15km handicap event.

Local rider Lucy Reeve underlined her potential, storming home to secure the win and fastest time honours.

Lucy rode the course in in 27.28.

Holly Douglas-Crawford continued her great first season form with a great

ride to take out second placing.

Debbie Skinner took division 2 honours in a close finish with Janette Hooper.

Kenny Johnston secured third place and fastest time honours.

Next week the club will travel to Rakaia to contest a 50km handicap event on the new Gardiners Road block.

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High Country Classic set to tee off again

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