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Arrests hit local gangs

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The arrests of key figures in Mid Canterbury’s gang scene has resulted in a drop-off in gang-related activity, police say.

The district is still home to gang members, but no dedicated gang houses, and police want the public’s help in keeping it that way, Ashburton’s acting senior sergeant Mark Offen says.

“I’d be lying if I said there weren’t gang members in town

but there’s a difference between that and organised gangs,” Mr Offen said.

“There are gang members in Ashburton, from all sorts of gangs. They are not necessarily organised and I think it would be fair to say that most of them have come here for work opportunities, or family have moved here and they have followed them later.”

As well as patched gang members, Ashburton is also home to

“wannabes” – people who were not necessarily gang members but wanted to be associated with gangs.

Gangs represented in Mid Canterbury included ethnic groups and motorbike groups, but there was currently no serious tension brewing between rival groups that police were aware of.

Mr Offen said the apprehension of two key figures on the local gang scene last year meant

the current gang situation was quiet, but that could change and the public needed to assist police by being their eyes and ears.

He’s urging anyone renting properties to be wary of who they rent to and check potential tenants’ references. He’s aware of cases in other areas where women had been sent to rent properties for gangs.

The community played a significant role in preventing crime and could help prevent gangs es-

tablishing in Mid Canterbury by saying ‘no’ to gangs, he said. The community did just that when the Rebels gang tried an unsuccessful move into Ashburton some years ago.

At this stage, Mid Canterbury’s gang situation wasn’t at a level to warrant serious concern, according to police. “Our problem here is burglaries, road policing and alcohol. Those are our three main problem areas in Mid Canterbury,” Mr Offen said.

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Dame Vera to release album at 97 Dame Vera Lynn is to release a new album – as she turns 97.

The “forces’ sweetheart” – who buoyed the nation’s spirits in the Second World War – will bring out a new collection, which includes unreleased songs that have recently been rediscovered. Dame Vera – who celebrated her birthday yesterday – already holds a record as the first and only artist over the age of 90 to top the UK album charts, a feat she achieved in 2009.

The veteran star will issue Vera Lynn: National Treasure – The Ultimate Collection on June 2 to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, which occurs four days later. Dame Vera said: “I think it’s wonderful that my songs are still enjoyed ...”

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UK Tolkien’s Beowulf to be published A translation of the Old English poem Beowulf by Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is to be published for the first time, nearly nine decades after it was completed. Tolkien’s estate has signed a deal with HarperCollins to release it as a book in May, accompanied by further thoughts on the text which he prepared for a series of lectures given at Oxford during his academic career. The new work Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary has been edited by his son Christopher Tolkien.

It is the latest in a series of posthumous publications for the author who died in 1973 and is best known for his fantasy works including The Hobbit.

Cheeky monkey filches iPod A pair of cheeky monkeys have gone bananas over a new Apple iPod – and broken the heart of the girl who lost it to them forever. When Stormi-Lee Whitford’s grandmother took her to Auckland Zoo, she had the perfect chance to test out the $300 iPod given to her as a combined Christmas and birthday present. But it took just a matter of seconds for the gadget to slip through the Te Kauwhata 10-year-old’s fingers – and into the hands of a filching spider monkey. Carol Whitford said her granddaughter was busy taking pictures of the monkeys on a landing above the enclosure when disaster struck. Two of the monkeys quickly claimed it and began playing with it, to the amusement of children watching on. “I tell you what, it kept the zoo entertained for ages,” Mrs Whitford said.

“But Stormi-Lee was so upset, and we couldn’t do anything.”

Zoo staff haven’t found the iPod and it’s feared the monkeys might have grown bored and tossed it into the moat around the enclosure.

Strapping Aussie strippers tackle Vegas gunman A gunman who tried to rob the dressing room of an Australian male revue show in Las Vegas has been tackled by performers. Police have told a local newspaper the gunman fired a shot at the Excalibur Hotel when confronted by Thunder From Down Under performers, after they noticed him making off with their belongings.

Las Vegas police and a hotel spokesman say one cast member was treated for minor injuries after being struck in the face by gunshot debris during the incident this week. The alleged thief is now in custody.

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‘Woman up’ girls Jada Pinkett Smith is urging fellow females to “woman up”. The 42-year-old actress and mother-of-two took to Facebook this week to address the “discontent” she sees standing between women. She urged females to stop tearing each other down and instead build one another up. “I have always had a deep love and fascination for the spirit and wisdom of woman, yet I have always felt robbed of my birthright to understand the deeper mysteries of womanhood blocked by the conditioned belief that we should spend more time protecting ourselves from one another instead of loving one another and learning about ourselves through the mirror we see in each other’s eyes,” Pinkett Smith wrote.

The star explained she’s felt “saddened” by the negativity she’s observed. She urged females to consider the differences they could make in the world if they stood united.

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■ GROW MID CANTERBURY

Report released behind closed doors

By Sue NewmaN

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A suggestion by Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley that his report to the Ashburton District Council might contain sensitive commercial information, was enough to ensure it was heard behind closed doors.

Mr Brawley yesterday presented the council with a draft economic strategy for his or-

ganisation as part of his pitch to secure a council grant for the coming year.

Last month during the council’s budget debate, he asked that Grow Mid Canterbury’s annual council grant to remain at $246,000.

Councillors, however, weren’t prepared to sign-off the request, saying they wanted more information and they wanted details on where their money went.

Chief executive Andrew Dalziel supported his councillors’ request and told Mr Brawley his organisation wasn’t providing enough detail about what it was doing and why.

The report was on the public excluded agenda for yesterday’s council committee agenda but councillor Donna Favel was quick to ask why.

“We’ve questioned this with them but because we don’t have

the presentation with us, we don’t really know. It needs to be in committee because we don’t know if there will be commercially sensitive material,” Mr Dalziel said.

Mrs Favel was not happy. The draft economic strategy should be available to the public, she said.

The council provides more than 25 per cent of Grow Mid Canterbury’s annual income

■ BALLANCE FARM ENVIRONMENT AWARDS

Mid Canterbury couple take out top award By michelle NelSoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

A Mid Canterbury couple have won the supreme award at the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

At last night’s award ceremony Mark and Devon Slee were also presented with the LIC Dairy Farm Award, the PGG Wrightson Land and Life Award and the WaterForce Integrated Management Award.

Their business, Melrose Dairy, is based on 1014ha in the Ealing district. With a milking platform of 660ha, Melrose Dairy milks over 2600 cows on three units.

Last year the operation produced 1834kg milksolids/ha, which is well above the region’s average.

BFEA judges said the Slees are top industry performers who have demonstrated the ability to run a highly profitable dairy business while ensuring excellent environmental management.

They described Melrose Dairy as a proven family operation that has achieved longterm growth and success through innovation, discipline and sound business management.

Melrose Dairy is an industry leader in profitability. It is one of four top privately-run Canterbury farms against which Lincoln University measures

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Mark and Devon Slee have plenty to smile about.

the performance of its dairying operations.

Mark’s parents Syd and Morrell converted the original 365ha sheep and beef farm in 1987 and Mark and Devon took over in 1991.

Melrose Dairy employs 13 full-time employees and two part-time. Two of the dairy units are run by managers, with a contract milker on the other.

The judges commented on their outstanding staff man-

agement and low turnover.

Judges said the couple’s management of land, labour and capital was exceptional.

They also noted the Slees’ strong community and industry involvement.

A field day will be held on the Supreme Award-winning farm, with the date to be advised.

Other winners were:.

Beef+Lamb New Zealand Livestock Award; Mike and Nicky Salvesen (Ashburton).

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Award, Hills Laboratories Harvest Award, Massey University Innovation Award; Paul and Lyn Loader (Selwyn).

Donaghys Farm Stewardship Award; Jeff and Kelly Gould, Wyvern and Beth Jones, (Ashburton).

Ballance Agri-Nutrients Soil Management Award and Environment Canterbury Water Quality Award; Phil Columbus, Shaun and Jo Back and Andrew Clayton, Ngai Tahu Farming (Oxford).

UK axes controversial tax on long-haul flights Flying from London to Auckland just got cheaper after the UK government cut a controversial tax on long-haul flights.

In the UK Budget on Wednesday night, Chancellor George Osborne announced that Air Passenger Duty (APD) would be cut with effect from April 1, next year.

Single travellers will now be charged £71 (NZ$137) to

of $853,306, with most of the remainder made up of grants tagged for specific projects. In next year’s budget it has built in $322,000 which it plans to find for “projects planned”.

Its expenditure budget for the year totals $940,000 and includes salaries and remuneration of $237,000, meeting expenses of $6000, entertainment $10,000 and ‘cost of projects’. $221,315.

travel long haul from UK to New Zealand, instead of £97 (NZ$188).

A family of four will now be charged £284 (NZ$550), down from £388 (NZ$752).

The move has been welcomed

by New Zealand tourism bodies that have long advocated for a reduction in the APD. They argued it was a barrier to long-haul travel and was nothing more than “a blunt

taxation instrument to help reduce debt”.

In a joint submission made to the UK Treasury in 2011, the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand, the Tourism Export Council, the New Zealand Airports Association and the Travel Agents Association of New Zealand argued that the APD, combined with other air travel taxes, was a strong disincentive for UK visitors

to travel here. Lesley Immink, chief executive of the Tourism Export Council representing inbound tour operators, welcomed the announcement.

“The UK has been a tough market for us over the last five years, not helped by the high level of the APD,” she said.

“When taken with the strength of our dollar, it has made this market challenging.”

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A Civil Aviation Authority inquiry is under way into a fatal helicopter crash in a forestry block near Gisborne yesterday morning in which a 53-year-old local man died.

He was a passenger on board the Gisborne Helicopters Ltd machine that crashed at the bottom of a hill near a forestry skid site on the Paritu Road off State Highway 2 in the Wharerata Ranges.

The crash happened around 10am, and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The pilot, aged 49, was flown to Gisborne Hospital by the ECT rescue helicopter and was admitted to the intensive care unit.

“He is in a stable condition,” a hospital spokeswoman said.

Paramedics said the pilot had suffered multiple serious injuries.

“We treated him and then used a long-line to lift him out.”

The body of the victim was to be recovered by helicopter this afternoon.

“A post-mortem examination will be conducted,” police said.

The chopper was delivering supplies from one work site to another prior to a controlled burnoff on the property when the accident occurred.

Police have spoken to numerous witnesses.

The helicopter did not catch fire as a result of the crash.

“We will not be commenting on the cause of the accident,” police said.

“It will be up to the CAA to determine how the accident happened and make comment.”

Police will maintain a cordon around the crash site overnight as the inquiry continues.

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■ CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY

New citizens sworn in

By Toni Williams

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Mihaela and Cristian Ene-Miron came to New Zealand in 2006 for a “better, less stressful life”.

Mr Ene-Miron was offered work at Canterbury Meat Packers and the family took the huge step and moved to Ashburton from Romania.

Yesterday, they took another leap of faith and were granted citizenship along with their two children Sebastian, 13, and Cristian, 7. Their youngest son Jo-

seph, 2, was born in New Zealand.

The Ene-Mirons joined 17 other people at the citizenship ceremony at Ashburton District Council.

The 21 people were Romanian, British, Fijian, Samoan, Sri Lankan, Vietnamese and American nationalities.

Those to receive citizenship from mayor Angus McKay were standing (from left): Cristian Ene-Miron, Mihaela Ene-Miron (holding Joseph, 2,) Sebastian Ene-Miron, Maricel Isac, Elena

Isac, Diana Isac, Merelaisa Ramalasou, Veniana Ramalasou, Nacanieli Ramalasou, Suresh Jayawardena, Marina Uesele, Naomi Uesele, Faimata Uesele and Shirley Uesele. Sitting (from left): Tracy Skinner, Jennifer Law, Rohini Sukul, Cristian EneMiron, Bikash Sukul, mayor Angus McKay, Kemueli Ramalasou and Thuy Nguyen.

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Right - Mayor Angus McKay presents Rohini Sukul from Fiji with her New Zealand citizenship documentation.

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■ DORIE COURSE INITIATIVE

Bringing immigrants up to speed with the Kiwi lingo By myles Hume

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It is phrases like “cow cockie” or “how’s it going mate?” that make up everyday chat for Kiwis, but for new arrivals it is not always so easy to comprehend.

Oral and colloquial language has been the focus for 33 immigrant farm workers in the Dorie community for the past seven

weeks as the their employers and the community chipped in financially to bring them up to speed with the way Kiwis speak.

The English second language course has seen Ashburton Learning Centre tutors Jenny Heath and Terri Lawson work with dairy farm workers who mainly originate from the Philippines and South America.

The two-hour classes once a

week at the Dorie community Hall also allows them to forge new relationships in Dorie.

Low order sharemilker Paco Mones-Cazon has been the driving force behind the initiative which has now run two block courses, the Argentinean aware of the difficulty to grasp the art of foreign chat.

“What we tend to see is most immigrants have a basic under-

standing and can execute tasks efficiently, but when it comes to expressing themselves, giving feedback or going beyond their day-to-day work and looking at career development they lack a bit of confidence.”

He said the initiative has had strong backing from farmers in the community, who see benefits for all.

The Ashburton Learning

Centre’s Angela Muckle said the farm workers emerged with an improved sense of the spoken English language, and there were plans to start another block course next month.

“There will be some returning students, and perhaps some new ones as well.”

She said the group would be divided up into classes, regarding their ability.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

On-line site may replace i-Sites By sue neWman

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A $20,000 grant could be seen as the first step in calling time on the Ashburton District’s two information centres.

Yesterday the Ashburton District Council agreed to hand over $20,000 to Experience Mid Canterbury as part-funding for an additional employee to improve its on-line presence.

And it is that presence that councillors see as becoming the ultimate replacement for the two i-Sites.

During this year’s budget debate, Experience Mid Canter-

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It’s only a matter of time before information centres will go but people will still need information

bury chief executive Nigel Birt asked the council for $30,000 towards the salary of an additional staff member to work on the organisation’s website.

If the grant was made, he said, Experience Mid Can-

terbury would raise an equal amount from both its operators and through on-line advertising.

The council agreed to give the tourism group $20,000 but wanted sign off by its board.

This has now occurred and a request was made to release the funds.

In approving the grant, the council was not signing ratepayers up to a new deal, the money had already been approved in the current budget.

This was simply completing the arrangement, councillor Neil Brown said.

Peter Reveley didn’t agree.

Experience Mid Canterbury was being given a grant for on-line work, while two of the district’s biggest organisations working in the tourism industry, the Ashburton Trust and

Mt Hutt Skifield, funded their own promotions, he said.

The grant was the right one, councillor Darryl Nelson said because Experience Mid Canterbury was doing exactly what the council had asked - working smarter.

“This is the sort of thing we should be encouraging. We told them, you raise some of the money and we’ll fund you.

“It’s only a matter of time before information centres will go but people will still need information.

“We’ll have that information on-line,” he said.

■ SHAVE FOR A CURE

Sock factory staff surrender their locks for a worthy cause

By Toni Williams

Toni.w@Theguardian.co.nz

Six staff from New Zealand Sock Company got their hair shaved yesterday to support Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand in their awareness week.

Alan Martin, Paul Sparrow, Roldan Pantoja, Rico Pantoja, Jared Moore and Christopher de Guzman all bared their heads to raise money and awareness for the Shave for a Cure cause.

Mr Martin had his hed shaved Left - New Zealand Sock Company employee Roldan Pantoja gets his head shaved by hairdresser Jackie Dwyer of Jax Hairdressing.

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live on the radio while the rest had their hair whipped off by hairdresser Jackie Dwyer as they were supported by some family members and fellow workmates at the sock company.

Also due to get their hair shaved yesterday in Ashburton was Romeo Bulginan, Tiffany Burst and Robbie Cartney.

Christine Palmer is due to get her hair shaved on Saturday.

Six people are diagnosed every day with a blood cancer or related conditions in New Zealand.

The disease affected about 2200 people a year.

The annual Shave for a Cure fundraiser helped to raise money and support to help patients and their families living with the disease.

The crew from NZ Sock Company were keen to support the cause, following the lead of company director Euan Sparrow.

Mr Sparrow annually supported the cause after losing two sisters in their younger years to the disease.

NZ Sock Company product development Gabrielle Simpson was co-ordinating the Shave for a Cure team.

She said support for the company shavees had been great and money raised had exceeded the target.

“It’s just a good cause.”

There were about 10,000 people that lived with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma or a related blood condition in New Zealand.

■ NEW ZEALAND POST

Postage cost set to rise The cost of postage is set to rise in July, New Zealand Post says.

The standard letter rate, which is the cost of sending a medium-sized letter by standard post in New Zealand, is set to increase from 70 cents to 80 cents.

Sending larger letters would also cost more, increasing from $1.40 to $1.60.

Extra large and oversize letters would fall under one one oversize letter category, with the new postage required to send them within New Zealand set at $2.40 – 40 cents less than the current oversize letter price.

Postage to send standard parcels within New Zealand will also go up. Depending on the size of the parcel and whether it was self-wrapped or in a New Zealand Post postage bag, people would be pay-

ing between 10 cents and $1 more.

Meanwhile, premium letter services, which is Fast Post and Box Link, would not change in cost, New Zealand Post said.

Mail going overseas is also set to cost more, with postage for aerogrammes, postcards and medium and large letters increasing by 10 cents on July 1.

Extra large and oversize letters heading overseas would go up by between 10 cents and 30 cents depending on the destination, New Zealand Post said.

Parcels going off-shore would increase by an average of 4 per cent, and the International Economy parcel service would be withdrawn and replaced with one from International Air, the company said.

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■ GLOBAL DAIRY PRICES

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Downward spiral rejected

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Another slump in global dairy commodity prices does not spell the start of a downward spiral, a dairy industry spokesperson says.

Prices dropped 5.2 per cent at GlobalDairyTrade’s sale two weeks ago, where the average winning price was US$4563 (NZ$5286) a tonne, down from US$4794 at the previous sale.

It was the third consecutive drop in a row, prompting predictions of a backward slide for the industry.

However, Federated Farm-

ers’ dairy vice-chairperson Andrew Hoggard says looking at the big picture, the future is still positive.

“You get upwards and downward trends, the graph over the year will be up and down,” he said.

“For me you need to look at the wider market fundamentals, and we’re hearing a lot about trade booming in China at the moment.

“I think we are still going to see good demand, next year is not going to be as fantastic as this year, price-wise but it will still be a damn good price his-

torically.

Mr Hoggard said seasonally high production levels could have influenced prices.

“It just depends on the market supply and demand, and there’s points where the supply is a bit higher than the demand and it tracks down,” he said.

The 80,000 tonnes of product offered this month was more than double last year’s offering, which was impacted by severe drought conditions, and 50 per cent up on the 2012 season.

While dry conditions were starting to bite again in parts

of the North Island, Mr Hoggard said the majority of farmers were better prepared on the back of a bumper spring.

“Everyone made lots of supplement feed, so we’re approaching this dry period from a better standpoint than we were last year, which makes it a lot easier to deal with,” he said.

“It seems to have hit a couple of weeks later than last year; with any luck the rain shouldn’t be too far off.”

Fonterra owns GlobalDairyTrade and offers 89 per cent of the products offered in the fortnightly auction.

■ ASHBURTON POLICE STATION

Senior sergeant returns to fill top cop role By eriN Tasker

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Ashburton’s acting top cop says the community plays a vital role in helping police prevent, and solve, crime.

Senior sergeant Mark Offen is keeping the Ashburton Police Station’s senior sergeant’s chair warm until a replacement for Grant Russell – who left last week – is found.

He’s no stranger to Ashburton; he likes the town and says the community is well served by its police force and its social services.

But like all communities, Mid Canterbury can do a lot to help itself, he says.

“Like most communities there’s a few that ruin it for the many,” Mr Offen said.

“But we need the community to let us know what’s going on.

Solving crime isn’t the police’s role, it’s the community’s role.”

Mr Offen has been in the police for 28 years – the past 16 years spent in Timaru. He also travelled north from Timaru to fill the Ashburton senior sergeant’s role in the gap between Mr Russell and his predecessor, Arnold Kelly, so he knows the job and the town.

He knows the town’s cur-

rently got a burglary problem – prompting extra staff to be brought in from Christchurch to assist local staff.

“Mid Canterbury can help us by ensuring that they secure things. They need to lock their cars, not leave valuables in view and ensure houses are as secure as possible.”

Any suspicious behaviour should be reported to police immediately. Even if someone knocks at your door and asks if a person lives there; it could be innocent, or they could be casing your house, or your neighbour’s house.

“We’d much rather come out for a false alarm than come out after the fact,” Mr Offen said.

The vacant senior sergeant role has been advertised but Mr Russell’s replacement wasn’t likely to be in place for some weeks yet. For now, Mr Offen and Mid/South Canterbury’s area commander – inspector Dave Gaskin – will oversee the Ashburton station.

“I want to carry on the good work that Grant and his team have done. Ashburton is very lucky they have got good, motivated staff who live in the community and want to do their best for the community,” Mr Offen said.

Bell Tea yesterday confirmed it will next month begin winding down its Dunedin operation, ending a more than 100-year connection with the city.

Bell Tea and Coffee Co chief executive Mark Hamilton, who first informed the factory’s 10 staff of its plan on Monday last week, returned to Dunedin

yesterday to confirm that following consultation the company was going ahead with its plan.

The decision to shut the Dunedin factory and move machinery up to its Auckland operation was due to the expected cost of earthquake strengthening and other required work at the building - estimated at more than $1 million.

Fly-by-night tenants moving from house to house to avoid paying rent has topped the list of complaints to the Tenancy Tribunal in Northland. Figures released to the Northern Advocate by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment under the Official Information Act show rent arrears while tenants are still occupying properties or after they have moved out comprised more than two-thirds of complaints to the Tenancy Tribunal in Northland in the past three years.

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Mines made safe Some of the last known World War II under sea mines in New Zealand waters were made safe yesterday.

The three explosive devices – packed with 500lb of TNT – were among four discovered in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf earlier this month during an international mine counter-measures exercise.

The fourth had already been declared redundant during exploratory dives.

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Pepper spray trial A six-month Bay of Plenty trial involving police using a more concentrated gel-based pepper spray has been extended. Police said yesterday they would continue with trialling the new form of OC (oleoresin capsicum) pepper spray.

The spray contains approximately six times more capsicum than the current spray, meaning that it has a more effective immediate impact, and takes slightly longer to wear off.

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Spring back to life A long-dormant Rotorua hot spring is the latest geothermal feature to bubble back into life, giving scientists hope the town’s geysers are showing positive signs of recovery. If sightseers are lucky, they can catch a sight of a vent on Puapua hot spring sporadically spurting plumes of steam and water into the air. The previously dormant spring is located near the world-famous Pohutu Geyser at Te Puia New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua’s Te Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley.

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Business as usual

Mid Canterbury’s top cop for the moment, senior sergeant Mark Offen.

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Bell Tea to close its Dunedin operation

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Mr Hamilton said yesterday it would progressively shut the Dunedin factory from April 4, with the last machinery expected to be removed before June.

After last week’s meeting, yesterday’s news was not unexpected for staff.

“The staff were disappointed, but not surprised today.”

The Bell Tea and Coffee

Co was founded by Norman Harper Bell, who was born in Melbourne and gained his expertise in the tea industry with the Robus Tea Co. He arrived in Dunedin in 1894 and joined R. Wilson and Co. In 1898, the trademark Bell Tea was registered.

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Cash-strapped Solid Energy hasn’t further reduced its head office staffing, returned some head office functions to the regions, or found smaller digs - all of which it was planning last year. Interim chief executive Garry Diack said last May that head office staffing was expected to fall to around 50 over time, mostly comprising marketing, accounting, legal and communications staff.

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Flood map plan Scientists are analysing hundreds of photos sent in by Christchurch residents after this month’s flooding, to come up with a definitive flood map of the city.

Niwa appealed for people to send in photos of the peak water levels around Christchurch on March 5.

Now, scientists are using the photos to draw and refine a flood map of the event and use it to help gauge how much floor levels need raising to avoid future flooding.

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A legal challenge by supermarket giant Progressive Enterprises is stalling the sign off on local alcohol policies across New Zealand.

And for Ashburton, that means the local alcohol policy (LAP) that the community has developed over the past year, could be several months away from implementation.

When the Government rewrote the Sale and Supply of Liquor Act in 2012, local authorities were given an opportunity to draw up a policy that suited their communities (within the boundaries set by the act). If they chose not to do this, the trading hours and policies of the act would apply.

The Ashburton District Council brought together a group of people from the hospitality industry and from community organisations to develop the district’s policy. This was written, consulted on and a draft policy prepared.

This was due to be presented to the council next month.

The process, however, has ground to a halt, council chief executive Andrew Dalziel said, on the back of a strong

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Local Government New Zealand had also signalled that it would represent local authorities on the trading hours issue and a court date is unlikely before August.

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■ WARM UP NEW ZEALAND: HEALTHY HOMES

Free insulation package Ashburton people who live in a home built before 2000 and have a Community Services Card could be eligible for a free insulation package.

Under the Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes deal, the Government and other organsiations are funding free under-floor and ceiling insu-

lation for households around New Zealand.

The deal is designed for families with children under 17 and adults over 65 but if there is someone living in your home with high health needs then you may also qualify.

Although insulation is free for eligible homeowners and

tenants, landlords of the eligible tenants may be asked to make a contribution.

The Health Homes project replaces the earlier Heat Smart subsidy scheme that was launched in 2009 and was open to all Kiwis of pre-2000 homes.

As part of that scheme 1391 homes in the Ashburton Dis-

trict received a subsidised insulation boost.

Ashburton’s main provider of insulation under the new Healthy Homes project is EnergySmart.

To find out more and to find out if you qualify, phone 0800 749 782 or log on to www.energywise.govt.nz

■ NETBALL REUNION

Celebrating 90 years of Mid Canterbury netball

By SuSan SandyS

First gig since quake Methven jazz musician Jeff Bradley will play his first Christchurch gig since the February 2011 earthquake tonight. The Jeff Bradley and the Delta Swing frontman moved to Methven with wife Cathy after the earthquake destroyed not only their home in the city, but also the many venues his band played in.

The band will perform at Christchurch’s cardboard cathedral in Latimer Square 7.30pm to 9.30pm as the cathedral kicks off a Thank God It’s Friday series of performances. Mr Bradley will perform with his three Delta Swing Christchurch members - Ralph Woodham on piano, Mike Kime on string base and drummer Harry Voice. Mr Bradley also performs regularly in a band of the same name in Ashburton, with his fellow members sourced from the town.

Stones October return The Rolling Stones will return for a tour of Australia and New Zealand in October, Frontier Touring has confirmed. The 14 On Fire Tour of Australasia was postponed following the death of frontman Mick Jagger’s partner of 13 years, fashion designer L’Wren Scott. Frontier Touring issued a statement yesterday reassuring fans and ticket holders that efforts are being made to reschedule the tour for October and November. “If the new dates are not suitable, rest assured you will be able to secure a refund,” Frontier Touring said.

“While we encourage fans to hold on to their tickets, the option to secure a refund is now available via the official ticketing agency you purchased from.”

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Over 90 years of netball in Mid Canterbury will be celebrated this weekend.

About 115 people representing former players, umpires and committee members, will travel from around the country for the event. Some played as long ago as the 1930s, and the oldest of the attendees will be in their 90s.

Organising committee chairperson Barbara McIntosh said the majority would be from Mid Canterbury and the wider region, and all were very much looking forward to the event.

“Lots of people in town are quite enthusiastic about getting together and meeting old friends again,” Mrs McIntosh said.

The Mid Canterbury Netball Association was established in 1923.

Mrs McIntosh said as a new committee considered celebrations last year when the organisation reached 90 years old, it was decided they would be best held before this year’s netball season rather than after last year’s.

The event would be held at the Ashburton Club and MSA, where there would be a lunch, afternoon tea and cake cutting.

There would be displays of old photographs, uniforms and other memorabilia.

She said there had been many changes in the 91 years of the organisation.

When it was first formed, teams played in the Ashburton Domain on grass courts, and the game was nine aside and called basketball. In the 1940s the courts were asphalted after a pavilion was built. By the 1970s the association had expanded greatly but could not increase its area at the domain as the curator would not allow the removal of 100-year-old trees. The 1975 wind storm solved that problem, however by that time the association had decided to build a new pavilion at Ashburton College and use

In brief

Heenan found guilty The 1969 Ashburton Basketball Tournament Team with members (back, from left): C. Loach, J. Aitken, S. Warnes, J. Muir, L. Norris, A. Burgess, A. Brooker and (front from left) manager M. Hanham, L. McBain, J. Todd, and coach O. Husband.

Christopher Heenan has been found guilty of the 2007 murder of Raukawa Newton in Rotorua.

A jury in the High Court at Rotorua took about three hours to reach its guilty verdict yesterday, after a retrial lasting almost two weeks.

It was the Crown’s case Heenan, now 54, had been drinking at his home with Mr Newton on the evening of October 11, 2007.

Heenan became angry when Mr Newton, who suffered from bipolar disorder, began “conjuring up gods”. He approached Mr Newton from behind and stabbed him. Mr Newton’s aorta was severed and he died within minutes.

- APNZ

In trouble again

The 1981 Ashburton Netball Associaton Senior A Representative Team with members (back, from left) Marene Lange, Faith McLay, Helen Young, Margaret Lilley (vice-captain), Michelle Foster, Annette Watson and (front row, from left) Yvonne Denham, Larraine Stowell (coach), Karen Bell (captain), Pat Kerr (manager), Anne Mee.

the school’s courts. The association remains at the college today, but will next year go to the new stadium.

Team members’ uniforms

were cotton dresses when the association was first established.

They later became gym frocks in the Depression and

World War Two, changing to skirts and tops in the 1970s.

Today history has repeated itself, and players are back to wearing lightweight dresses.

A man previously convicted of assaulting a Fair Go presenter has pleaded guilty to running a car-go-round, in which vehicles were sold on credit and then later repossessed by a company owned by the same man. Alan Spiers was convicted in September 2011 of punching Fair Go presenter Gordon Harcourt, and was ordered to pay $1500 in reparation. Details of Spiers’ latest offending was revealed at the Auckland District Court yesterday in a case brought by the Commerce Commission.

He had previously pleaded guilty to 11 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act, and his co-accused MAC Warranties Limited, of which he is the sole director, to 17. The case involved at least 79 instances of repossessing cars sold on credit when their payments were defaulted on.

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This graphic released by Australian Maritime Safety Authority shows an area in the southern Indian Ocean that the AMSA is concentrating its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on.

aircraft, including two from the United States and New Zealand, were expected to reach the area late last night.

An Australian Hercules will drop marker buoys in the area highlighted by the satellite imagery.

Mr Young said the marker buoys would provide an ongoing reference point if the task of relocating the objects becomes protracted.

In AMSA’S experience there was usually debris floating in

that area, but on this occasion the size, and the fact that there were a number, made it worth looking at, he said.

He also cautioned against any hasty expectations of an outcome of the search because of unfavourable weather conditions.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he has informed Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak of the developments.

But he also warned against drawing any premature conclu-

sions or hopes on the search.

“We must keep in mind the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult and it may turn out that they are not related to the search for flight MH370,” Mr Abbott said.

Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says the lead gives reason for hope, but stressed the need to verify the claim.

“We have been very consistent. We want to verify, we want to corroborate,” he said. - AAP

■ BRITAIN

Bargain turns out Intruder sought to be Faberge egg in McCann inquiry There is good luck, outrageous good fortune — and now there is the case of the scrap metal dealer who found one of the eight missing Faberge imperial eggs at a flea market in the American Midwest.

A London antique dealer said yesterday the scrap metal entrepreneur bought the egg for about $14,000, thinking he could make a small profit by reselling the piece for its gold content.

It turned out the jewel-encrusted piece was worth millions.

Kieran McCarthy of Wartski, which specialises in Russian artifacts, said the scrap

Gaga criticised Lady Gaga’s vomit-art performance during a recent show has resulted in accusations she is encouraging eating disorders like bulimia. Artist Millie Brown, who creates artworks by vomiting coloured milk, threw up on the singer during her performance at the South by Southwest festival in Texas last week. Since then over 9000 people have signed a petition condemning the stunt. The petition says Lady Gaga’s actions could serve as a trigger for people struggling with eating disorders like bulimia.

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A merchant ship is steaming towards a spot in the southern Indian Ocean where two large objects that might be parts of a missing Malaysia Airlines plane have been identified.

But while the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says the objects, captured on satellite imagery, are their best lead so far, they caution that they might prove to have nothing to do with flight MH370.

MH370 disappeared hours after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing early on March 8 with 239 people on board.

AMSA is co-ordinating a search for the plane in the southern Indian Ocean.

John Young, emergency response division general manager at AMSA, says the objects, one believed to be about 24 metres across, are some 2300km southwest of Perth and will be difficult to locate.

“It’s probably the best lead we have right now but we have to get there, find them, see them, assess them, to know whether it’s really meaningful or not,” he said.

“AMSA is doing its level best to find anyone that might have survived,” he said when asked what advice he had for families of those on the missing flight.

An RAAF aircraft is in the area and three more military

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metal dealer began to suspect he was holding a rare piece after seeing an article online about an imperial Faberge Easter egg made for Russian royalty. The dealer contacted McCarthy, who verified the egg as genuine and negotiated its sale to a collector. Both buyer and seller want to remain anonymous, and McCarthy did not disclose the sale price — but experts note that a non-imperial Faberge egg sold at Christie’s for $18.5 million in 2007.

The egg, which contains a Vacheron Constantin watch, sits on a jeweled gold stand and was given by Alexander III to his wife Empress Maria Feodorovna in Easter 1887.

- AP

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are looking for a lone intruder who sexually abused five girls during break-ins at holiday homes.

The tanned, dark-haired man is suspected of breaking in to 12 properties where British families were staying in the Algarve, Portugal, between 2004 and 2010. In four of the incidents, a total of five girls aged between seven and 10 were sexually assaulted.

These attacks happened between 2004 and 2006, before Madeleine vanished in 2007.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood said tracing the man, who has “a vile interest in young, white, female children”, is “a primary concern”.

Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, were fully briefed on the latest develop-

ments in the investigation before they were made public.

“I’m sure the public will understand that the significant features of this offending - a man with a vile interest in young, white, female children, who he is attacking in their beds while they are on holiday with their families - has got a very close resonance to some of the features of Madeleine’s disappearance,” Mr Redwood said.

“We really need to identify the offender, to bring to a close the trauma and the tragedy that these families have suffered and then seek to establish whether this is connected to Madeleine’s disappearance.”

The potentially linked break-ins had previously been discounted by Portuguese investigators because they were spread over a wide geographical area.

- PA

Nicknamed the “chicken from hell”, a newly identified species of feathered dinosaur as tall as a human roamed North America at least 66 million years ago, paleontologists have announced.

With a hen-like crest on its head, lanky legs like an ostrich, sharp claws on its forelimbs and jaws built for crushing eggs and prey, the Anzu wyliei weighed between 200-300kg. The longtailed creature is the largest known member of the legendary “egg-thief” dinosaurs, known as Oviraptorosaurs, which are closely related to birds, said the study - AFP

WWI shell kills two Two workers have been killed by the explosion of a World War One shell near the Belgian town of Ypres, site of some of the bloodiest battles in the conflict, officials say. Two other men were hurt, one left fighting for his life, after they disturbed the shell as they worked yesterday near the Ypres canal, reports said, citing local officials. The Western Front trenches ran just outside Ypres, a small medieval town completely destroyed in the war that was fought from 1914 to 1918.

- AFP

Quake hits off Taiwan A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has rattled Taiwan, shaking buildings in the capital, the Seismology Centre said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The centre said the quake struck yesterday with its epicentre 67km east of the eastern city of Hualien, at a depth of 16.2km. It said residents on many parts of the island felt tremors but no tsunami warning was issued.

- AFP

Crimea bases stormed Pro-Russian forces have seized two Crimean navy bases and captured Ukraine’s naval chief as Moscow tightened its grip on the flashpoint peninsula, despite Western warnings its “annexation” would not go unpunished. Dozens of despondent Ukrainian soldiers - one of them in tears - filed out of the Ukraine’s main navy headquarters in the historic Black Sea port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday after it was stormed by hundreds of pro-Kremlin protesters and masked Russian troops. “We have been temporarily disbanded,” said a Ukrainian lieutenant who identified himself only as Vlad. “I was born here and I grew up here and I have been serving for 20 years,” he said.

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OUR VIEW

Dairy boom at its peak?

Coen Lammers EDITOR

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arket experts are predicting that the latest fall in global dairy commodity prices are the start of a long-term downward trend.

Most Mid Canterbury dairy farmers will be aware that the recent record Fonterra pay-out is unlikely to become the new normal, but is more likely to be the top of the cycle that all commodity producers experience.

Federated Farmers dairy chairman Willy Leferink had already advised farmers to tread carefully with their new riches from the $8.65 payout per kilogram of milk solids. He pleaded with farmers to use the cash to consolidate their businesses by paying off some of the considerable debt most dairy farms carry.

That’s not what Ashburton retailers want to hear, as they would hope that the next payout would quickly flow into the local market when farmers and their families come to town to spend up large.

However, a short-term peak for local retailers would do little for Mid Canterbury’s long-term economy if farmers over-extend themselves and get into trouble when the going gets tougher.

The recent week has demonstrated that dairy farms may not always be a guarantee for financial success.

Not only are farmers and the wider economy at the mercy of world commodity prices, we now also know how vulnerable New Zealand’s reputation is in overseas markets.

Prime Minister John Key and the dairy industry are working hard in Beijing at present to restore the credibility of our dairy industry following the Fonterra botulism scare. Recent research

by Massey University in China has revealed just how badly our products have been tarnished.

While the initial scare received plenty of airplay on Chinese TV, the fact that the scandal proved to be a false alarm went largely unnoticed.

New Zealand dairy companies across the board are working hard to reclaim the shelf space from overseas competitors who have pounced to fill the gap.

Mr Key having a glass of milk on the front page of the China Daily may help the cause, but time is likely to be the best friend of New Zealand farmers.

YOUR VIEW Smoky I’m hoping the powers that be were out with their smoke detectors/readers on Wednesday night in the early evening (in particular 5-6pm) on the east side of town.

The amount of smoke in the urban area from burn-offs was absolutely disgusting!

Washing on the line stunk of smoke. I couldn’t open the windows. Couldn’t go for a walk.

I’ll be keeping my logburner thanks very much!

Trish

Good work Murray Anderson – keep up the good work.

When you were mayor of this town people took notice of what you were saying.

CRUMB

With this problem over a second bridge I wonder how many councillors and/or staff of the council actually live anywhere close to Bridge Street or Chalmers Avenue.

Surely they would have noticed how many children cross these streets on the way to and from college, intemediate or primary schools.

There are dozens of children – what about their lives?

The only advantage I can see is that there will be a lot of cheaper houses for sale and lots of cheap firewood when the trees are removed.

J. S. Cornwall

Thank you I would like to thank the librarian who helped my granddad Stan last weekend after he over-

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turned his mobility scooter outside the library.

Not only did she take him home, tend to his grazes and make him a cup of tea, she also arranged for his scooter to be delivered to his home and came back later to see if he was al-

right. Granddad has always refused to move to Christchurch, saying Ashburton people are the best. I now see what he means.

Thank you to this very kind lady.

Jean

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A Fairlie fantastic weekend!

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fter a weekend away at the Fairlie 500 golf tournament, the last thing I really needed in my life was that 4.30am alarm on Monday morning.

I was very tired and sore!

The Fairlie 500 for those that don’t know is a four-day tournament jammed into two days.

A group of Tinwald Golf Club members play in it each year. Some of us venture down there on the Friday and the rest join us on Saturday morning.

As you may know, the trip to Fairlie on Friday afternoon has to make it past pubs in Tinwald, Geraldine and the nice brewery 10 minutes south of Geraldine.

I have been going for several years now and as yet we have

never been able to drive past these fine establishments without checking in on them.

When we finally arrive in Fairlie there’s enough daylight left to get nine practice holes in, before checking in on the Fairlie Golf Clubhouse and then a local pub before tucking up for the night.

Saturday morning’s 8am tee-off is normally a bit shaky and usually involves a headache (must be the water in Fairlie), but after 18 holes you are well and truly ready for lunch, before heading back out for another 18 holes in the afternoon.

I was VERY lucky to be drawn with a local chap who’s getting a bit long in the tooth to walk and has a cart, so I managed to bunk a ride with him for the day.

Then after a night of rehydrating you turn around and do another 36 holes on Sunday.

The Fairlie course is what I would call an easy-tough course. Meaning if you play well and reasonably straight you can score well, but it has

three holes in a row with outof-bounds on both sides. So the course can turn a good round into absolute mud very quickly.

The Fairlie Golf Club makes the weekend special, not the golf. You get toasties, hot cross buns and coffee when you arrive in the morning, superb hot lunches and then meals in the evening, including a lovely roast on Saturday night, that I struggled to finish and that’s saying something because although I may be an average golfer, I am a very, very good eater.

The Saturday night in the clubhouse is full of stories of years gone by, some of them are even true! Like the one about the Fairlie local who had 27 on the par 4 8th hole and somehow managed to bounce the ball into his own pair (cue eyes watering).

Some of the Tinwald lads stay on Sunday night as well and they say it’s an even bigger night than the two nights prior.

My hacket bracket is well and truly done by then so I scarper

for home as soon as the raffles have been drawn (usually the only prize I bring home).

Yes it’s a challenge, physically, mentally and golf wise.

Yes the food is top notch. Yes the beer flows. Yes the prizes are great. But I think one word describes the Fairlie 500 and makes it such a special event – fellowship. A weekend away with your mates, making new mates from all over the South Island and seeing mates you made in past years at the tournament for the first time in 12 months.

On the way home on Sunday night I was thinking to myself, I’m glad that’s over but jeez it was good fun.

The Fairlie 500, four rounds of golf, meals, prizes and a WHOLE HEAP OF FUN for $110 entry fee. Bargain!

Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Classic Hits. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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from today for new customers and on April 11 for existing customers.

Ian Blair, Westpac general manager retail, said it was committed to keeping its floating rates extremely competitive after a period of historical low rates.

“We want New Zealanders to know we are open for business and will continue to offer competitive interest rates.”

He also urged customers to ensure their loans were structured to suit their circumstances in light of further potential increases.

Westpac was the last of the banks to make a move following the cash rate increase.

BNZ announced increases to its rates on Tuesday while ANZ, ASB and Kiwibank all increased rates last week.

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Westpac Bank is to increase its headline floating home loan rate for high equity borrowers by just 10 basis points in the last of the major banks to move in the wake of the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate hike.

New Zealand’s central bank increased cash rate from 2.5 per cent to 2.75 per cent last week on the back of New Zealand’s strengthening economy.

Westpac said it would absorb part part of the increase in a bid to remain competitive. The bank said its Choices Floating rate would rise to 5.74 per cent but all other floating rates would rise by 25 basis points. Interest on its short term deposits would also rise by 25 basis points.

The rates would change

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■ RURAL TRANSPORT

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Same business, new location. Rural Transport manager Jim Crouchley and his team, settling in to their new base on Northpark Road.

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For the first time in almost 80 years trucks are no longer rolling out of a transport yard on South Street.

The big red Rural Transport trucks that were the last in a line of vehicles to call the yard home, have relocated to a new base on Northpark Road, ending a road transport link that runs back to the days of trucking pioneer Bob Burnett.

Mr Burnett bought the site on the corner of South and East streets in 1934 and relocated his transport business from Hinds to town.

For decades the green Burnetts trucks moved from that yard around the Ashburton District carrying stock and freight and in its hey day in 1957 the company owned more than 100 vehicles and employed about 300 staff.

Over the years the trucking

firm became Brambles Burnett, Owens Transport and today it is known as Rural Transport, owned jointly by Wilson Bulk Transport and Philip Wareing Ltd. Three weeks on from the big move, general manager Jim Crouchley says he’s still smiling.

Having relocated from a site where administration space was at a premium and where trucks struggled for parking space in a too-small yard, the new complex couldn’t be better, he said.

“Where we were the dispatchers couldn’t see the trucks parked in the yard and now if they get a call for a truck, they can look out the window and see who’s in and who’s parked.

It’s great,” he said.

For part-owner Philip Wareing, the relocation has been the result of years of planning.

“We bought this five hectare site about six years ago with the idea that we’d move here even-

tually. “We realised that having stock trucks in the centre of town was not such a good idea and that we were sitting on some pretty valuable land.

“We managed to sell that and that’s allowed us to build and move,” he said.

The purpose-built complex was built for the future and for company growth. Spare office space will be leased.

The complex also contains a large warehouse which opens up a new business avenue in storage for pallets or bulk goods, Mr Wareing said The South Street site previously occupied by Rural Transport is owned in part by Tricroft Properties and by the Ashburton District Council.

Rural Transport employs 60 staff across its three bases in Ashburton, Kurow and Fairlie and runs about 48 trucks over its stock, bulk grain, freight and fertiliser spreading businesses.

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METAL PRICES

Growth keeps rate hike track intact

At close of trading on March 20, 2014

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Source: BNZ As at 4pm March 20, 2014

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New Zealand’s pace of growth in the final three months of the year, underpinned by a booming manufacturing sector, won’t derail the Reserve Bank’s path to higher interest rates this year.

Gross domestic product grew 0.9 per cent to a seasonally adjusted $38.3 billion in the three months ended December 31, from a revised pace of 1.2 per cent in the September quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. That was in line with

market expectations and slightly ahead of the Reserve Bank’s forecast of 0.8 per cent growth in the quarter. Annual growth was 2.7 per cent, and GDP was 3.1 per cent higher than the same quarter a year earlier.

The pace of growth underpins signs the local economy is gathering momentum, which Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler says is creating inflationary pressures that require a monetary policy response. He kicked off a tightening cycle this month, lifting the official

cash rate a quarter-point to 2.75 per cent.

“Most people continue to think we’ve got at least two more rate hikes ahead of us in April and June,” said Darren Gibbs, chief economist at Deutsche Bank in Auckland.

“July is a bit more debatable and depends how the data pans out.”

The Reserve Bank’s forecast track for the 90-day bank bill rate projects the rate rising to 4 per cent by the end of 2014 and 5.3 per cent by March 2017.

- APNZ

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Google redesigns Android to power smart watches

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By Michael liedtke Google thinks it’s time for an internet-connected watch that performs many of the same tasks as a smartphone but with fewer distractions and rude interruptions.

The internet’s most influential company is trying to unleash a new era in mobile computing with a version of its Android software tailored for high-tech watches and other devices that can be worn instead of held.

The “Android Wear” operating system released this week is an altered version of Google’s popular software that powers more than 1 billion of the world’s smartphones and tablets. The new software will run on an array of so-called smartwatches scheduled to be released later this year.

The Android watches will be less conspicuous — and perhaps less obnoxious — than Google Glass, the high-tech headwear that includes a small camera and thumbnail-sized display screen attached to frames that look like a pair of spectacles.

Google so far has only sold the $NZ1755 Glass device to a limited number of people known as “explorers”.

Like Glass and smartphones running on other versions of the software, the Android watches will respond to voice commands such as “Ok Google” to play a specific song, send a text or make a restaurant reservation. It will also feature a virtual assistant, called Google Now, to learn a user’s routines and preference so it can auto-

matically show important information that can be seen with a quick look at the wrist.

Google is already trying to create more uses for Android watches by making the software available to computer programmers interested in making apps for the software.

Cultivating more applications will be crucial because smartwatches probably may never become the main device that people use to help manage their lives, said Gartner analyst Brian Blau. That means consumers are going to have to see more compelling features to be persuaded to spend another $100 or $200 for a complementary device to a smartphone or tablet.

“Fashion is a big industry, but selling these watches will be more of challenge,” Blau predicted. “We still need to see what kind of cool apps there will be and what kind of new behaviours they will enable.”

The first Android watch may come from Motorola Mobility, a Google subsidiary that is in the process of being sold to Lenovo Group. Motorola already has built a prototype of its Android watch, called “Moto 360,” that will go on sale this summer. No details on pricing were announced.

LG Electronics, a frequent Google partner in the smartphone and tablet markets, and fashion accessory maker Fossil Group also say they will share more details about their Android watches in the coming months. Other device makers working on Android watches include Asus, HTC and Samsung Electronics, according to Google.

Those companies will likely be competing against a highly anticipated smartwatch from iPhone maker Apple Inc. that is expected to be unveiled later this year.

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Apple hasn’t confirmed any plans to add a watch to its product line, although CEO Tim Cook has left little doubt he is intrigued by the concept.

There are already several other smartwatches on the market, including a recently released timepiece from Samsung that runs on that company’s own operating system.

So far, those watches have proven to be novelties that primarily appeal to gadget-loving geeks and physical fitness enthusiasts looking for more tools to help track their workouts and general health.

Google’s new take on Android may help cultivate more mainstream appeal for smartwatches. The software already is the most popular smartphone operating system in the world with a 79 per cent share of the market, according to the research firm International Data Corp. Apple’s iOS software ranks second with a 15 per cent market share, so that company’s entrance into the smartwatch category would also help spur more innovation in the category.

Smartwatches and Google Glass are just two of the first examples of how computing devices increasingly are expected to become like appendages to the human body as technology advances and connecting to the Internet becomes as reflexive as breathing. Google executives have even openly talked about day when it might be possible to help people live longer and more enjoyable lives by planting chips in their heads or under their skin.

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Members of the diaspora who are unable to travel to pay their respects will be able to log in to a special private weblink and stream coverage of services, including burial.

Web-based Funerals Live will broadcast live or offer mourners the option of a video recording within two hours.

Alan Foudy, who has set up the company, says it will also allow people to pay their respects from sick beds in hospitals, or from nursing homes.

“Wherever in the world our client may be, whether it is in Australia or the United States, this service provides them with private weblink to a live stream of a funeral service, or the option of a video recording of the entire service, including the burial, within two hours of its conclusion,” he said.

“The general feeling was that a live webcast or a delayed broadcast of the service would be a better option, rather than having to wait up to two weeks for a DVD to arrive by post.”

Mr Foudy said the idea came from a request to make a DVD of a funeral for relatives who could not attend the service. He plans to employ 10 people over the next 18 months.

It is understood to be the only service of its kind in the UK and Ireland and mourners will be charged from 350 euro ($NZ567), with live streaming costing up to 850 euro ($NZ1377).

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MORRISON’S SADDLERY & FEED MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ c2-c3, 2600m

10 80163 It’s Big Time (10) THall 11 5X521 Hellavahanover (11) GDixon 12 90800 A Special Dream (u1) RBrosnan 13 32100 Ton Tine (u2) RLawson 3 14 15383 King Of Cool (u3) J&MTeaz 8:05 PM

6

P Butcher T Herlihy R Brosnan S Lawson M Teaz (J)

MID WINTER XMAS JUNE & JULY PACE $12,000, 3yo+ c1, c2 & others cond, 2200m

4

7

9:23 PM 809

OPT

9

EQUINE VET SERVICES HCP TROT $8500, 4yo+ c2 & faster discrhcp, 2600m

1 59820 Millicent (1) C&JDeFilippi C D Thornley 2 20050 Aile Rouge (2) RHolmes R Holmes 3 340X8 Xmas Joyella (3) FMorris S Golding (J) 4 81005 Tarn (4) MEdmonds J Anderson (J) 5 00187 The Bog (5) NMcGrath B Orange 6 989P9 Westmelton Willie (u1) THealy T Healy

S Ottley (J) S McNally 3 6 21346 Lumos (6) RDunn J Dunn 7 94100 Pammys Boy (1) MEdmonds M Edmonds 7 48353 Dynamic Party (7) T&GChmiel G Chmiel 4 8 19157 Barry (1) MEdmonds A Butt 2 8 32116 The Brigadier (8) NMcGrath N McGrath 9 2X490 Sir Lexington (2) TButt 2 10 11264 Live The Dream (3) DTaylor R May 1

9 34411 Return To Sender (9) R Dunn

D Dunn

3 11 44315 Astral Traveller (4) TButt M Jones Barrier 12 31800 Sarah Lindenny (u1) CHarrison C Harrison MAYFIELD LIONS & LION BEVERAGES PACE 8:53 PM 1 13 63550 Regal Petite (u2) C&JDeFilippi S Ottley (J) OPT 808 $9000, 4yo+ M c2-c3 jun.d, 1950m 14 16540 Vacanza (u3) BHutton J Curtin 1 3X214 All Delight (1) SMcRae J Anderson (J) PM CHANGEOVER & GUTHRIE BOWRON MOB 9:53 2 53956 Little Tess (2) T&GChmiel A Veint (J) PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0, 1950m 3 23517 Justalittlebettor (3) D&CButt D Stratford (J) OPT 810 4 76343 Whyamibettor (4) DPearce M Neilson (J) 1 1 93423 Franco Sanchez (1) TMcMillan T McMillan 2 07647 Rollin Thunder (2) DThompson G O'Reilly 5 X6603 Lurah (5) RHolmes J Harrington (J) 3 0 Leo (3) BHutton J Curtin 6 56960 The Burning Question (6) GSmith G Smith

S Golding (J) 4 65436 Shard Diego (4) GSmith 2 7 10308 Clarisa (7) JParsons 2 5 330X2 Abbey Cullen (5) DAnderson S McNally S Ottley (J) 1 8 63142 Magna (8) J&JGeddes N Purdon (J) 6 23095 Red Under Fire (6) KBarron K Barron

4

9 91448 Seven Point One (9) P Burrows B Thomas (J) 7 Franco Neeson (7) N McGrath

A Butt

Barrier 8 90X05 Double Vision (8) LMosely L O'Reilly 10 05018 Crackapaca (21) BHill R Close (J) 9 Make N Offer (9) PBurrows B Thomas (J)

4 11 18369 Roxy Bromac (22) PYoung J Young (J) Barrier 3 12 95101 Belmont Fire (23) DWilliamson K Cox (J) 3 10 63 No Way Else (21) T&GChmiel T Chmiel 13 51486 Mashika (24) RDunn M Purvis (J) 11 Diamond Delight (22) GHall S Thompson

8

10

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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March 21, 2014

Track Information Type: All weather Direction: Left-handed Length: 1193m Weather: Partly cloudy

1 9P637 Louie Cullen (1) JMiller L O’Reilly 2 3X138 Angus T Jones (2) T&GChmiel T Chmiel 4 3 013X2 Royal Mach (3) Purdon/Rasmussen B Orange 4 09675 Brute Ute Anvil (4) JBromley C D Thornley 5 44121 Billythehuntedone (5) C&JDeFilippi

10

2

3

8:25 PM OPT 807

C D Thornley

7

1 12167 Ideal Success (1) ADonnelly A Donnelly 1 2 11 Doubleodeano (2) TMitchell T Mitchell MAGNESS BENROW SIRES STAKES SERIES 7:05 PM MOB PACE $18,000, 2yo F, 1700m 3 3 5331 Darcee (3) THerlihy B Mangos 1 Santanna Jewel (1) Telfer/Garlick J Abernethy 4 87141 Mach’s Gem (4) SPhillips S Abernethy (J) 2 Smart By Design (2) BMangos T Macfarlane 5 X4328 Roger Ramjet (5) Reid/McMullan P Ferguson 3 Bettor Be Supreme (3) BMangos T Herlihy 6 34814 Smooth Delight (6) BPurdon Z Butcher 4 9 Sossusvlei (4) GSmall Z Butcher 2 7 96441 Thomas McBride (7) Andrew&LynNeal A Neal 3 5 2 Savannah Maguire (5) BMangos B Mangos 8 73114 Ideal Alice (8) THerlihy T Herlihy WOODLANDS STUD TROT

6:05 PM Barrier 2 6 5384 Art Exhibit (6) MShinn J Stormont $12,000, 3yo+ c0, 2700m 9 54318 On A Promise (21) D&CMcGowan 4 1 2DX88 Dead Cat Bounce (1) MPemberton S Phelan 1 7 215 Unforgiving (7) Reid/McMullan S Lawson

T Macfarlane

8 Jazz It Up (8) Telfer/Garlick

S Phelan 2 7 Gintaras (2) RBrosnan R Brosnan

4 10 21133 Destination Moon (22) Reid/McMullan Barrier 1 3 4 Mum’s Pride (3) JStormont J I Dickie J Stormont 4 9 Shimmy Shoes (21) GSmall P Butcher 4 69030 Sundonna (4) GDempsey M McKendry 10 CANAM HANDICAP TROT $14,999, The Orange Agent (22) BHughes M McKendry 8:35 PM 5 3352D Jomo (5) JRobinson 4yo+ c3-oc spechcp, 2700m J Robinson DAWSON HARFORD AND PARTNERS TROT 1 32522 Be Seein Ya (1) D&CMcGowan T Macfarlane 6 29725 Spud Murphy (6) VFacoory J I Dickie 7:35 PM $12,000, 3yo+ c1, 2200m 2 86689 Jasinsky (2) LChin L Chin 3 7 614X9 Tereskova (7) LChin L Chin 1 26438 Kip Keino (1) RBrosnan N Chilcott 3 66937 Kowhai Whiz (3) D&CMcGowan B Mangos 8

Brian Elsu SCRATCHED 2 65555 Cascadia (2) John&JoshuaDickie J I Dickie 4 31146 Our Dainty Lady (4) JStormont J Stormont 2 9 44383 Sun Of Anarchy (u1) JCole J Cole 3 05964 Viking Girl (3) GDempsey B Butcher (J) 2 5 10154 Bonechip (1) THerlihy T Herlihy 4 75667 Burt Munro (4) SBranch D Branch (J) 6 41267 Commander Galleon (u1) Reid/McMullan ALEXANDRA PARK FUNCTION CENTRE MOB 6:35 PM 1 5 45332 Torbjorn (5) RBrosnan PACE $12,000, 3yo+ f&m c0, 2200m P Ferguson S Lawson 1 00504 Yanna Maree (1) PMiller T Macfarlane 6 430X0 Te Kouka Breeze (6) MNicholas M Nicholas 7 20339 Mingara (u2) J&MTeaz M Teaz (J) 1 2 64352 Maddys Star (2) TGrayling M McKendry 4 7 44007 Kissme Earl (7) IBrownlee 4 8 61775 Dr Hook (1) JMacKinnon J MacKinnon (J,Cl) I Brownlee 9 3 2 8 41316 Sir George Grey (8) DBalle Cool Cobber SCRATCHED Kamwood Lisa (3) DWood N Chilcott Z Butcher 4 4 43824 Elisaveta (4) Rogerson/Blanchard B Mangos 9 23823 Ivanov (9) LChin 1 10 13353 Sovereignty (1) SMcCaffrey M McKendry L Chin

5

22 Gotta Grunter (12) SMcRae

9

Today at Alexandra Park

$12,000, 2yo+ c0, 2200m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

3 12

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

M&J Hill AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH 3 15672 Winne Willow 17.76 1:39 PM $1100, c0, 295m 4 22453 Slingo 17.75 M Robinson 1 Ohoka Hope nwtd L Waretini 3 5 83151 Marbella 17.53 M Flipp 2 2 Impersonator nwtd A Bradshaw 6 38636 Another Rule 17.75 J McInerney 3 865 Ditched nwtd Hart&Taylor 2 7 8244X Abound nwtd R Adcock 4 74 Marty McMoth nwtd Mitchell&Smith 1 8 4511 Angel Noir 17.57 B Dann 3 5 52634 Editorial nwtd R Blackburn 9 24235 Phat Pants 17.66 McCook&Jopson 6 65835 Hurricane Sandy nwtd D T Barnes 10 41751 Summer Love 17.53 A Joyce 4 7 Goldstar Bridie nwtd S&B Evans ISLINGTON TAVERN STAKES 1 8 2 Homebush Jagger nwtd J McInerney 2:32 PM $2200, c2, 520m 9 8 Peppermint Patty nwtd S Hindson 4 1 51872 Homebush Coral 31.11 J McInerney 10 Memphis Girl nwtd S&B Evans 2 66556 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd C Roberts 3 23158 Mulberry Brook 30.80 K Cassidy CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO STAKES 1:57 PM J McInerney $1900, c1, 520m 4 74166 Botany Seaton 30.51 4 1 24252 Miss Selfies 30.93 J McInerney 2 5 35837 Cawbourne Abbi 30.37 C Roberts 2 57541 Goldstar Bomber 30.92 S&B Evans 1 6 31532 Dream Academy nwtd B Shaw 2 3 23432 Cawbourne Aries 31.24 C Roberts 7 65463 Rocky Baxter nwtd J McInerney 3 4 63134 Runaway Taxi 30.60 McCook&Jopson 3 8 57571 Opawa Bomb 30.67 Lane&Wales 1 5 24F23 Ambilight 30.67 J&D Fahey 9 776X8 Line Honours 30.94 G Cleeve 6 T5182 Mr. Johnny 31.10 J Goode 10 76686 Kylie’s Belle nwtd Lane&Wales 7 65516 Opawa Dosh 30.90 Lane&Wales JOHNNY MIDNIGHT AT STUD SPRINT 8 88573 Botany Comet 30.68 J McInerney 2:49 PM $1200, c1, 295m 9 53572 Hyperparadise nwtd J&D Fahey 4 1 66178 Monaco Denver nwtd M&J Hill 10 54454 Casino Black 31.02 H Anderton 2 2 52232 Red Hot Fury 17.59 McCook&Jopson 1 3 33231 Advanced Pedro 17.76 S&B Evans DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH 2:14 PM Hart&Taylor $1200, c1, 295m 4 26437 Maker’s Label 17.54 1 48368 Car Bootle 17.62 M Robinson 5 37256 Another Hunter nwtd J McInerney 4 2 177 Plagiarism 17.65 3 6 31531 Big Muddy 17.63 R Blackburn Mitchell&Smith

Auckland Harness

1 GRANDPACEPARK CHINESE RESTAURANT MOB

Lane&Wales

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

Compiled by

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4 PICK 6

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2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-11 $40,000

68090 Realmein (2) MPemberton

9:05 PM

8

M Pemberton

WASTE MANAGEMeNT PACE $14,999, 4yo+ c3-c6, c7 w cond, 2200m

Track Information Weather: Partly cloudy

7 36374 Conaloo 17.53 8 17218 Tepirita Enforce 17.60 9 316 Only Got Time 17.55 10 21X65 Know Pity 17.82 3:06 PM

9:35 PM

1 4 2 3 3 4 5 6 2 7

9

11 DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY DASH $1200, c1, 295m

1 34271 Cherry Crusher nwtd 1 2 21262 Opawa Lean Meat 17.53 3 21276 Groovy Leo 17.61 3 4 2137X Wee Terra 17.45 5 46337 Kenny’s Comet 17.56 4 6 818X4 Mop Head 17.76 7 4736X Quattro 17.66 2 8 51136 Run For Sophie 17.43 9 75115 Zoe Brand 17.21 10 1 Corporate Image 17.77 3:23 PM

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M&J Hill Lane&Wales J McInerney Casey&Fagan Mitchell&Smith D T Barnes M Robinson Weir&Nissen B Dann R Blackburn

SPEIGHT’S SPRINT

$1400, c2, 295m

1 1656X Girl Pride 17.73 4 2 141X3 Mamalulu 17.65 1 3 64223 Pedro Force 17.33 3 4 23131 Another Groom 17.49 5 23365 Blickling Bridge 17.53 6 18346 Son of Grace 17.47 2 7 11521 Opawa Idol 17.35 8 31627 Rob’s Mate nwtd 9 74852 Maximum Jewel nwtd 10 63772 Wandy Destiny 17.54

R Adcock Casey&Fagan S&B Evans J McInerney A Joyce D Stapleton Lane&Wales M&J Hill S&B Evans G Cleeve

Track Information Type: All weather Direction: Right-handed Length: 1006m Weather: Partly cloudy

1 12

18211 Tout Noir (u6) BMangos

10:05 PM

1 51922 The Fascinator (1) THerlihy T Cameron (J) 1 2 14311 Major Star (2) BMangos B Mangos 3 3 76242 River Polka (3) THerlihy T Herlihy 4 4 24211 Mach’s Gladiator (4) PBurrows T Mitchell 5 26737 Spirit And Desire (5) MCollins S Abernethy (J) 6 75116 Randalstown (6) THall Z Butcher 7 469X9 Copy My Past (7) CButler N Chilcott

Tiago Bromac (8) Reid/McMullan P Ferguson 8 44465 Barrier 2 9 583X2 Jarcullembra (21) GSmall P Butcher 10 36017 Our Southern Man (u1) JAbernethy

M Robinson B&T Shaw R Blackburn G Cleeve

B Mangos

10 THE ALEX BAR & EATERY PACE

$12,000, 4yo+ c1-c2, others w cond, 2700m

1 X6453 Nothing Bettor (1) AFausett W Fausett 4 2 72523 Lisdelight (2) RRichardson N Chilcott 3 79075 With A Vengeance (3) TVince D Branch (J) 4 47906 Infrequently (4) SAshworth A Veint (J) 1 5 633X2 McRoyal (5) D&CMcGowan T Macfarlane 2 6 35424 Chattan (6) DGale J Stormont 7 60X17 Real Star (7) RPaynter S Lawson

Winstone P (8) ASharpe B Mangos 8 57000 Barrier

9 44463 Take The Hint (21) J&DButcher B Butcher (J) 10 61200 Imajollywally (22) SHunt S Abernethy (J) J Abernethy 3 11 05776 Brydon Delight (23) TGrayling S Phelan 2014 AUTUMN TROTTING CARNIVAL 25 12 17493 American Angel (24) JYoung M McKendry APRIL TROT $14,999, 3yo+ c2, 2200m 13 07778 Russian Alsu (25) MCollins M Collins

29410 Brookby Prince (1) TGrayling S Grayling (J) 60251 Kawarau Spur (2) RBrosnan S Abernethy (J) 32114 Earl Of Shebar (3) IMoody M McKendry 68461 Pretty Awesome (4) MPemberton S Phelan 00419 Ella’s Speed (5) JCoppins P Ferguson 03724 Our Super Ram (6) PYoung P Young 71246 Ruby Castleton (u1) JMacKinnon

J MacKinnon (J) 8 10P08 Revenue Maker (u2) D&CMcGowan

T Macfarlane 9 880X9 Rompers Monarchy (u3) AGrant T Herlihy 10 95806 Itsnowornever (u4) SBranch N Chilcott 11 D4975 Saffron Castleton (u5) WTaylor Z Butcher

10:35 PM

1 2 3 4 4 2 5 6

11

ALABAR F&M MOB PACE $12,000, 3yo+ f&m c1, 2200m

08792 Lyn’s Delight (1) Wallis/Hackett M McKendry 32539 Dixey Styx (2) Cooney/Hopkins T Herlihy 26505 Kilkeel Lady (3) CButler N Chilcott 144 Wynberg Sally (4) JStormont J Stormont 02728 Asuka (5) BPurdon Z Butcher 14328 Simply Stunning (6) Macfarlane/Sharpe

T Macfarlane 1 7 35131 Rockn Ruby (7) BMangos B Mangos 3 J Abernethy 8 1135X God Forbid (8) WAnstis

Barrier

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#

RunnerName

SCRATCHED

Barrier

Canterbury Racing

Tomorrow at Riccarton Park

8 31183 She’s Insatiable (5) 55 TCharles D Walker 9 86429 Stingray (6) 55 T&MStokes J Bates PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey 10 44177 Annabel Rose (12) 54.5 J&KParsons 11 92131 McMay (9) 54.5 T&LPrendergast C Barnes (a2) 1 26752 Royalty (11) 58.5 T&LPrendergast K Williams 12 20512 Gossip Girl (4) 54 MPitman D Walsh 2 32345 Why Wait (7) 58.5 LLatta D Bothamley 3 X4330 Chatter (2) 56.5 T&MStokes J Bates 1:40 PM CBRY EQ CLINIC PETERSENS JEWELLERS $15,000, 2&3yo set wgt, 1000m 4 89356. Kiatere (10) 56.5 MPitman D Walsh OPT 603 3 1 24811 Delzzup (8) 61 NRidley 4 5 22852 Maria Santos (12) 56 J&KParsons S Wynne (a2) 4 2 116. Big Kahuna (6) 60 L&RDidham J Morris

A Morgan (a2) 3 6 2234 Miss Alice (1) 56 J&KParsons C Johnson 3 1X Patricio (3) 59 NCoulbeck C Johnson 2 7 67X2 Decanter (8) 56 Kennedy/Furlong R Hannam 1 4 8878X Girl Of My Dreams (1) 58 LMolloy P Shaikh (a4) 8 0942 Unicorn Power (4) 56 B&SAnderton 2 5 114X Hurunui (7) 58 M&MBrown J Wong (a3)

S Muniandy 6 10X No Surrenda (2) 57 NCoulbeck D Bradley 1 9 3 Merci Cherie (3) 56 Kennedy/Furlong 7 X4138 Zeina (4) 57 T&LPrendergast C Barnes (a2)

V Johnston 8 1765X Dunoon (5) 57 T&LPrendergast M Cropp (a2) 10 84535. Satanya (9) 56 LLatta D Bradley 11 64 Rapt (5) 56 NCoulbeck SELWYN RAKAIA VET SERVICES OPEN C Barnes (a2) 2:15 PM SPRINT $25,000, opn hcp, 1200m 12 84X7 La Croupier (6) 56 PScholes P Shaikh (a4) OPT 604 2 1 14124 El Chico (3) 61 MPitman P Shaikh (a4) 13 Tricia’o (13) 56 PRudkin S Wynne (a2) 3 2 25309. King Montrose (8) 60 NRidley J Wong (a3) DAN REARDON RACING STABLES R75 1:05 PM 1 3 47512 Pinsgold (5) 59.5 NCoulbeck C Barnes (a2) OPT 602 $17,500, R75 benchmark, 2000m 4 20784 Conscious Mistake (9) 55 MPitman 3 1 21X03 Red Magic (1) 60.5 DCrozier M Cropp (a2) R Cuneen (a4) 2 21671 Commanding Oak (3) 58.5 MPitman 5 770X7 Cangowest (2) 54 LLatta R Hannam

A Morgan (a2) 6 43223 Valiant (1) 54 B&SAnderton T Direen (a1) 1 3 46456 Locket (10) 58 J&KParsons C Johnson 4 7 51523 Toma Valea (7) 54 T&MStokes D Walsh 4 80016 The Groomsman (8) 57 SPrice J Wong (a3) 8 80070 Dillinger (4) 54 J&KParsons C Johnson 2 5 25946 Capo (7) 56 NCoulbeck D Bradley 9 530X5 Tacticall (6) 54 LLatta K Williams 4 6 63054 Blue ’N’ Gold (2) 55.5 B&SAnderton 12:30 PM OPT 601

THE BULLERITES & PIRATES ISLAND MINI GOLF MAIDEN $10,000, mdn, 1400m

3

4

2

S Muniandy 7 6X516 Ryan John (11) 55.5 Champion/Murphy

S Wynne (a2)

h M7

11:40 AM

1

March 22, 2014

2 36421 Dhaulagiri (6) 58.5 JO'Flanagan J Wong (a3) 3 3 37304 Ishigold (9) 57 MHamilton K Wong (a4) 1 4 13402 Meursault (2) 57 LLatta C Johnson 5 55554 Rose Tattoo (5) 57 K&LRae R Hannam 6 1746X Blu Mach (8) 57 L&RDidham J Bates 7

Milk It SCRATCHED 8

Sorley Boy SCRATCHED 9 09441. Are You Mine (12) 56.5 SHewitt J Morris 10 23721 Kaapfleur (11) 56.5 CHarris R Bishop 2 11 1 Florence Hilton (7) 56 Kennedy/Furlong

V Johnston K Walters

S Wynne (a2) S Collett

12 07002 Pheasant (1) 56 BGliddon 13 12849. Perfect Prospect (4) 54 S Laming 14 57938. Redline (10) 54 LRobinson 3:26 PM 606

OPT

6 SEATONCUPFAMILY MEMRL HORORATA GOLD

$25,000, opn hcp, 1800m

1 71248 Captain Todd (7) 59 T&MStokes M Cropp (a) 4 1 2 33560. The Glitzy One (14) 58 SAnderton S Muniandy 3 54267 Ric O’Shea (4) 57.5 SPrince D Bradley 4 34948 King Prawn (11) 56 JPhillips S Collett 5 X5455 Electronic Motion (8) 55.5 ATaylor L Callaway 6 71662 Stormy Rain (9) 55.5 MDaly J Morris 7 84579 Needastar (3) 55 DCrozier D Walsh 8 33024 Flash Hapi (13) 54.5 K&LRae R Hannam 9 X7348 Soldier Of Love (6) 54 MHarris D Walker 2 10 9X374 Woodyeva (12) 54 J&KParsons 11 81306 Confederate (2) 54 Kennedy/Furlong VJohnston YALDHURST WOOLS & NZWTA LTD R65 12 31122 Motorboat Mike (1) 54 SPrice J Wong (a) 2:50 PM J Bates OPT 605 $15,000, R65 bmk*, 1400m 13 11231 Red Ripper (15) 54 K&LRae 3 14 24110 Revolutionary (10) 54 JHay K Williams 4 1 65229 Wiseguy (3) 59 MPitman D Walsh

5

Northern Southland Harness Tomorrow at Ascot Park Raceway

12 $7000, 3yo+ c0-c1 spechcp, 2700m 13

POLARCOLD STORES/CAMPBELLS GRDN CNTRE

48675 Aveross Brachole (24) ABlack A Beck 69448 Fleets Classy Jet (25) JGameson

S Walkinshaw 14 P6380 Onlykidding (26) RSwain R Swain

2:25 PM

6

March 22, 2014

WAIPOUNAMU&WAIMEA CONTRACTING RIVERSDALE $8000, 3yo+ c2, 2200m

1 11263 Happy Heidi (1) JHowe 2 D Dunn 2 64237 Deano Robyn (2) HHunter 1 3 Stuey D (1) JHay H Hunter J Hay 1 3 74411 I Smart (3) BShirley 2 2 34492 Another Crusher (2) CLaurenson B McLellan N Williamson MARK JONES STABLES/KINA CRAIG STUD 3 767 Hope And Pray (3) CLaurenson C Barron 12:39 PM PACE $7000, 3yo F c0-c1, 2200m 4 6X762 Chief Thundercloud (4) KMoore B Barclay 4 1 3P Popular (1) WAdams T Williams 3 5 62381 Chers Bettor Babe (5) MGBrown A Armour 4 X2534 Snow Boy (4) SLock S Lock J W Cox 6 35313 Macardo (6) MGBrown 5 42645 Kiwi Kex (u1) ESwain B Williamson (J) E Swain 2 61P Queen Of The Crop (2) BGray 4 A 6 78075 Overcast (1) APaisley Jango Fett (7) KLarsen K Larsen B Barclay 3 3X41P Rachel Ducket (3) JGameson M Williamson 7 10148 Barrier

D Dunn 1 7 21831 Queen Kenny (2) TBarron B Williamson (J) 4 75025 Shards Phoenix (4) TStratford 1 5 21 Millwood Pink Lady (5) T&GChmiel J Dunn B 8 00X86 Chevy Corvette (3) Cox/McGrannachan J HIGGINS INSURANCE/MURRAY BROWN STABLE $8000, 2yo+ c0, 2200m 9 54642 Royal Squeeze (4) TStratford M Williamson 6 18658 Lets Go Ceilidh (6) GJohnstone B Barclay 3:01 PM 2 1 72 Just A Delight (1) WAdams T Williams 3 7 20531 Picobello (7) DBaynes A Beck 4 10 36000 The Wonkey Donkey (5) NWilliamson 1 2 2 Liv Lavish (2) G&CLee G Lee

N Williamson 2 8 60221 Raksdeal (8) C Barron

C Barron C 11 44000 Reserve Banks (6) OLawrence C Graham Barrier 3 73039 Data Base (3) HHunter P Hunter 12 05946 Speedy Success (7) AClark A Beck MATHESON CRUTCHING/ELITE RACING PRODUCT 4 99442 Blue Eyed Suzie (4) BShirley N Williamson 13 Cum Laude SCRATCHED 1:14 PM $8000, 5yo+ c2-c6 spechcp, 2700m 5 348 Jaccka Emberz (5) G&JKnight M Williamson 3 14 X0501 Moa Bones (u1) BWaldron D Dunn 1 P0999 Anothersuperstar (1) AShaw R Norman 6 0X Franco Cortese (6) MGBrown A Armour 15 0109 Larch (u2) GMcClymont K Larsen 2 60X60 Sun Shine Whiz (2) BShirley B Shirley 3 7 332 Ask Me Mach (7) MHouse D Dunn 16 014 Swept Away (u3) NWilliamson 3 56635 Moon Countess (3) G&CLee G Lee 8 24264 Just Rusty (8) DBaynes A Beck

R McIlwrick (J) 4 95021 Valmagne (u1) JKennett Barrier C Kennett 17 0X510 Perfect Sunrise (u4) Cox/McGrannachan 20 One Cool Chick (21) RSwain R Swain 3 5 16341 Harlindon (1) BShirley N Williamson 9

J W Cox A 10 Dissolution (22) Cox/McGrannachan J W Cox 6

Experiment SCRATCHED WILLY’S FLOORING LTD/MACCA LODGE PACE C Barron 12:05 PM K Larsen 11 86524 Big Bad John (23) TKilkelly $6000, 3yo+, c0 w cond, 2200m 1 7 95102 Given (u1) GMcClymont 4 8 45689 Burano (1) KTownley D Dunn 12 X4306 Nothingforthemedia (24) DMcLachlan 4 1 53866 Dazzling Arden (1) TKilkelly A Armour 2 9 27204 Jag’s Invasion (1) PWilliamson M Williamson 13 09300 McArdle’s Ledger (25) HHunter S Walkinshaw 1 2 680X2 Kezza’s Lass (2) KMcRae N Williamson H Hunter 3 3 54X47 Strategic Miss (3) Shirley/Larkins B 14 697 Forest Blazzar (26) CBarron CADUCEUS CLUB STHLND/NEVELE R STUD

M Williamson 1:49 PM 4 15 0263 Cayenne El (27) KLarsen K Larsen MBL PACE $25,000, 2yo F, 1700m 4 697 Forest Blazzar (4) CBarron C Barron 3 1 3 Tintinara (1) RDunn J Dunn 16 700X2 Bla zing Bracelet (u1) SLock S Lock 5 X7300 Tellthetruth (5) BMorris D Dunn 2 3 She’s Smooth (2) AArmour A Armour PETER FINLAYSON/MICH GRIFFIN HARCOURTS 6 50X80 Rumpole (6) SLock S Lock 3 2 Breeanna Rose (3) NWilliamson N Williamson 3:36 PM $7500, 3yo+ c1-c2 spechcp, 2700m 7 00708 Bad Kate (7) MHunter C Ferguson (J) 1 4 121 Fight For Glory (4) Purdon/Rasmussen 4

1 52133 Vera’s Delight (1) BMcLellan B McLellan

Party Girl Satty (8) KMoore B Barclay N Rasmussen 8 7X300 Barrier S Walkinshaw 5 3 Arden Caviar (5) Katrina&JohnPrice A Beck 1 2 31269 Theo Bos (2) MSwain 3 84647 Minstrel Boy (3) HHunter 2 9 02 Havnaparty (21) HHunter H Hunter H Hunter 4 6 321 Land Patrol (6) CLaurenson B McLellan 10 590X5 Sunhaven Express (22) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox 2 7 2 Joanne’s A Delight (7) NMcGrath D Dunn 4 26378 Face The Facts (4) LHanrahan D Dunn

5 32418 Jetrange (5) BShirley 11 X6849 Franco Synergy (23) KLarsen N Williamson K Larsen Barrier PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer

Driver

3

7

4

2

5

8

h M8

12:00 PM

1

Methven Harness (Grass) Sunday at Mt Harding Racecourse

FULTON HOGAN LTD TROT

$7500, 3yo+ c0, 2400m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

C 1 000 Belle Bones (1) Wakelin/Noble P Wakelin 4 2 0 Always Away (2) JAarts R Close (J) 3 59X07 Petite Royal (3) RHolmes R Holmes 4 Little Mo (4) KFord C Ford 5 65 Diedrez Pearl (5) FFletcher S Smolenski 6 6X226 Mantorp (6) SKennedy G O'Reilly A 7 47805 Overstayer (7) CHarrison C Harrison B 8 Need Success (8) MAustin 9 80222 Waihemo Angus (9) Hannah/Chappell

C D Thornley

10 25363 Sungait Sally (10) DBennett 2 D Dunn 3 11 730 Regal Moment (11) KO'Connor K O'Connor 12 08584 Star Filly (12) TMcMillan T McMillan 13 56952 Starview Soul (13) NPerkins R May 14 990X3 Glenferrie Sunbird (14) CEdmonds J Dunn D 15 3000X Enthral (u1) MEdmonds S McNally 16 Clover Mac (u2) C&JDeFilippi S Ottley (J) 17 084 Donsmedad (u3) MAustin B Orange 18 Star Commando (u4) BHutton J Curtin 1 19 Waterloo Sunset (u5) PNairn B Butt

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46 Lyin Eyes (28) MNyhan

12:55 PM

1 2 3

4 4 5 6 3 7 1 8 9 2 10

3

11 1 12 13 $8500, 4yo+ c2-c3 discrhcp, 2400m 14 P Davis

SHEARMAC ALUMINIUM & JOINERY TROT

36174 Wishes Star (1) TSoal G O'Reilly 89003 Joltin Joe Demagio (2) MHeenan R May 51004 Gee Itsa Boy (3) McCormick/Kentish L McCormick 90X72 Foreverman (u1) RHolmes R Holmes 00470 Franco Nadal (u2) BWaldron C D Thornley 58X80 Glendaloch (u3) DMcCormick T Mitchell 70091 Eyrewell Pegasus (1) MNyhan P Davis 99510 Sunchita (2) BHill J Curtin 80X00 Patch Bromac (3) GSmith G Smith 30619 Tart N Tights (4) MAustin B Orange

1:25 PM

CANTERBURY TROTTING OWNERS 4 ASSNMIDPACE

$7500, 3yo+ c0, 2400m

1 35906 Taia’s Kid (1) Wakelin/Noble P Wakelin 2 9X00 Bobbi (2) BForrester T Chmiel 1 3 5X857 Joe The Hunter (3) CThornley C R Thornley 4 8X03 Zakspatrol (4) MJones B Orange 5 45X Zena Mac (5) PBurrows G Smith 6 Spinyback (6) P&LJones S Ottley (J) 4 7 60366 Lacroix Franco (7) MNyhan P Davis MCGIRR FAMILY MOBILE PACE 8 02093 Bianca (8) BWaldron C D Thornley 12:28 PM $7500, 3yo+ c0, 2300m 9 000X0 Double Chocolate (9) MGreen J Curtin 2 1 4447 Riga Doon (1) TMay R May 3 10 22404 Lifestyler (10) KCollins T Woodward 2 Midnight Warrior (2) JHowe D Dunn 11 00598 Sounds Like Us (11) MNyhan S Golding (J) C 3 Make N Offer (3) PBurrows 12 56570 Zoerotten (12) RThornley K Cox (J) A 4 06907 Fiery Rock (4) JSheenan J Sheenan 13 Hell Or Heaven SCRATCHED 5 8X865 Karanga Sweet P (5) BForrester G Smith 2 14 0552 Phil Monty (u1) JWederell D Dunn 6 2X454 Real Life Hero (6) PRobertson C D Thornley YALDHURST HOTEL PACE 7 67P46 Snowden (7) KEstreich C Markham 1:55 PM $7500, 3yo+ c0, 3000m 8 97464 Arizona Eyre (8) MBrown J Dunn 1 07358 Lavros Is King (1) P&LJones S Ottley (J) 9 487X8 Rise And Shine (9) Derek&AdeleJones 3 2 83376 Scanreco Bay (2) MHeenan R May

S Ottley (J)

Barrier 4 3 78038 Stans Day (3) MHjalmarsson D Dunn 10 0 Smokin Home (21) NBurton N Burton 4 08034 Tom Bola (4) DRoss L O'Reilly B 11 0 Leo (22) BHutton J Curtin 5 73007 The Grinder (5) WLake C Markham 3 12 59754 Gyrate (23) T&GChmiel T Chmiel 6 45 Venus Lindenny (6) DBennett R Holmes 13 00002 Mr Melsu (24) RHolmes R Holmes 7 0000 Lynley Morris (7) GMcStay G O'Reilly 4 14 90270 Bobby T (25) CThornley C R Thornley 8 Right First Time (8) BWard T Mitchell 1 15 34903 Garibaldi (26) JWederell T Mitchell 9 006P7 Be Me (9) BWaldron B Orange 16 300X Jimmy Hoffa (27) JGameson 2 10 32532 Sterns Arising (10) RDunn B Orange J Dunn

2

5

March 23, 2014

39744 Royal Chance (11) RWinter S McNally 70060 So You Think (12) BWard B Thomas (J) 69978 Hot Lips Brogden (13) KCameron K Cameron 05404 Coyote (u1) FBaigent R Curtin

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 6-7-8-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

15 2X657. Gold ’N Cash (16) 54 EWilson 16 21843 Karaka Jack (5) 54 PRudkin 4:04 PM OPT 607

7

K Wong (a)

FARMLANDS MCMILLAN EQ FEEDS& YLDHRST HOTEL $17,500, R75 bmk, 1400m

1 45412 Fragrant (3) 60.5 MPitman 2 P Shaikh (a4) 2 190X5. Keepa Tramp (10) 59.5 SCunningham

D Bothamley 22296 Black Berry Punch (5) 59 PRobson

L Callaway 3 4 73421 Ishipal (6) 58.5 NRidley K Wong (a4) 4 5 55680. Sir Singo (8) 58.5 MPitman D Walsh 6 50480 Light’s Up (1) 58 MWeastell C Barnes (a2) 7 92345 Hit The Bit (11) 57 TCharles R Hannam 8 5X134 Gold Rock (9) 56.5 Champion/Murphy

S Wynne (a2) 1 9 13163 Southern Power (13) 56 J&KParsons

C Johnson 10 11306 Bella Vi (7) 54.5 T&MStokes J Bates 11 52444 Ketchme (2) 54.5 Kennedy/Furlong V Johnston 12 8271X Vaporetto (4) 54.5 JHay K Williams 13 06X70 Tallyho Tui (12) 54 SHaisma T Moseley

3

4:41 PM OPT 608

8

VALACHI DOWNS S.I. T’BRED BREEDERS STKS $70,000, f&m, 1600m

14041 Emerald Queen (1) 55 Kennedy/Furlong V Johnston 13632 Ishimine (3) 55 D&DLogan S Collett 31633 Lakers Bay (6) 55 NWigley S Wynne (a) 41175 Asaint Sheaint (11) 55 T&LPrendergast

C Barnes (a) 9 78562 Irish Bay (10) 55 T&LPrendergast K Williams 4 10 71611. Rohaise (5) 55 FAuret D Walsh 11 16889 Something Zed (7) 55 MHarris D Walker

3 5

6 7 8

5:16 PM 609

OPT

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

6 08004 Alliwantforxmas (6) JHay R Swain 7 59900 Never Eyre (7) Cox/Hoffman M Williamson 2 8 4815 Scherger Royal (8) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox 9 00X07 Langham Gold (9) SLock S Lock 10 42041 Village Club (1) TWhite B Barclay 11 51832 Go The Stags (2) TKilkelly A Beck 12 70590 Majestic Lustre (3) AStack C Barron 3 13 47181 Don’t Die Working (4) R&JMcEwan

R McIlwrick (J) 14 P006P The Tisbury Terror (u1) TKilkelly K Barclay

4:16 PM

1 4 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 2 8

3 9 10 11 12 13 14

9

CADUCEUS CLUB SOUTHLAND AUTUMN FUTURITY PACE $25,000, 3yo+, 2200m

37324 McCovey Cove (1) TBarron N Williamson 43150 Ardlussa Comet (2) JDillon M Williamson 06177 Holm Three (3) HHunter H Hunter 49152 Astro Boy (4) HHunter S Walkinshaw 71786 Franco Joaquin (5) TKilkelly J W Cox 72169 Phoenix Warrior (6) TBarron D Dunn 2111 Cyclone Kiwi (7) RHolmes R Holmes 21552 Char Do Neigh (8) AMcVicar B Barclay Barrier

13943 Shak’n Cullen (21) G&CLee C Lee 60783 Bettabe Perfect (22) ABeck A Beck 48135 Nureyev (23) MGBrown A Armour 24213 Milligan (24) RWilson C Ferguson (J) 11837 Acolyte (25) HHunter P Hunter 21912 Royal Counsel (26) G&CLee G Lee

9

PAT REARDON FAMILY R65 $15,000, R65 benchmark*, 1800m

1 3342X Jimmy The One (3) 59 EGLow T Moseley 2 2 10424 Kings Pal (2) 58 BSmith R Hannam 3 00353 Commander Cody (6) 57.5 JHay S Wynne (a2) 4 94313 Southern Pride (10) 57 JHay K Williams 3 5 18833 Evidence (11) 57 BGliddon R Bishop 6 21625 Encharm (7) 56.5 T&LPrendergast J Bates 7 82686 Kerrytown Lady (13) 56.5 TFoley S Collett 1 8 30202 Keynote (5) 56.5 J&KParsons C Johnson 9 57492 Umshini Wami (8) 56 Kevin&PamHughes L Callaway

10 1036X Lagerfeld (4) 55.5 NRidley D Bradley 4 11 63298 Avow (9) 55 B&SAnderton C Barnes (a2) 12 13083 Crystal Fox (16) 55 EWilson K Wong (a4) 13 453X7 Shaylee Wilde (14) 55 T&MStokes

1 12116 The Diamond One (2) 56 SAnderton T Moseley 2 1 2 12359 Arietta (4) 55.5 J&KParsons C Johnson 3 20014 Sucre (8) 55 SBellew D Bradley 14 15 4 0220X Ormond Road (9) 55 Kevin&PamHughes

R Hannam 16

V Johnston 84017 Evancho (15) 54 JHay T Direen (a1) 03457 Willow Park (1) 54 Champion/Murphy J Morris 00054 Halo Flight (12) 54 SPrice J Wong (a3)

Track Information Type: All weather Direction: Left-handed Length: 1029m Weather: Fine

7 710D1 Belkmyster (3) GAnderson 3 8 7775P Bettor’s Brigadier (u1) DMcLachlan

D Dunn

S Walkinshaw 07115 Cam Before The Storm (1) G&JKnight

M Williamson 4 10 526X3 Vi Et Animo (1) BShirley B Shirley

9

5:25 PM

11

TLC TILING MOBILE PACE

$8000, 3yo+ c1, 2200m

1 23134 Bute Courage (1) LHanrahan 4 2 X3635 Northview Major (2) MGBrown

A Beck

B Williamson (J)

N Williamson 58472 Simply Susational (7) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox 47503 Knapdale Lady (8) RSwain R Swain

3 12 No Doctor Needed (3) RDunn 1 J Dunn 4 66X74 Rockin Cullen (4) KLarsen K Larsen 5 0X800 Lite Bourbon (5) SLock S Lock 6 62641 King Caractacus (6) Katrina&JohnPrice 7 2

8

9 3 10

Barrier

38367 Chief Kapai (21) APaisley 31436 The Octagon (22) LPearson

6:05 PM

M Williamson B Barclay

ELECTRICAL/SHEET $8000, 3yo+ c1, 2200m 12 METALCRAFTHARRINGTON

1 03849 Le Sol (1) IWilson 4 A Beck 2 2 81030 Mach Of The Man (2) TStratford D Dunn 3 1234X Hokuri Railrida (3) MGBrown N Williamson LAKERHOUSEOFTRAVELAUTUMNCUP$12,000, 4 7X780 Shiney Princess (4) SLock S Lock 4:51 PM 4yo+ c3-c9 spechcp, 2700m 3 5 78075 Groomsman (5) HHunter H Hunter 1 67534 Robyn’s Raider (1) RDunn J Dunn 6 50002 Iron Duke (6) BShirley B Shirley 1 2 24333 Twilight Franco (2) GHunter B Barclay 1 7 11755 Love Filly Dale (7) MGBrown A Armour 2 3 48542 Canardly Lover (3) HHunter H Hunter 8 93715 Heretic Franco (8) KMcRae R Swain

4 Eric Clapton SCRATCHED Barrier 5 21716 Kid Galahad (1) LHanrahan A Beck 9 70424 Its Ollies Excuse (21) CBarron C Barron 6 35X25 Run Fatboy Run (2) MGutsell C Barron 10 60095 Blanco (22) TKilkelly K Barclay

10

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4 3:30 PM

8

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 MAINLAND WOOL LTD HCP PACE $9000, 4yo+ c2-c3 spechcp, 3000m

1 17725 Delgado (1) GSmith G Smith A Hastie MT HUTT TROTTING CLUB MOBILE PACE 2 87720 K C Pedro (2) AHastie 2:22 PM K Cox (J) $7500, 4yo+ c1 jun.d, 2300m 3 45218 Lilac Desire (3) DTaylor T Chmiel 1 72100 Oncewerechristians (1) LDriver T Quate (J) 4 41286 Sailing On (4) AStuart 3 5 45923 Special Bella (5) CMarkham T Mitchell 2 90460 Glacier Express (2) PYoung J Young (J) 1 6 26508 Roo Star (1) TMcMillan T McMillan 3 00609 Vienna Eyre (3) PAnderson S Ottley (J) 7 21362 Graduate Under Fire (2) RDunn J Dunn 4 73P00 Shadow Rider (4) FShrives J Anderson (J) 8 55625 Greenburn Creek (3) TButt B Butt 4 5 4P578 Roofcraft (5) JHay I Lee (J) 4 9 02000 Smoken Roman (4) P&LJones R Close (J) 3 6 63443 Donegal Cam’s Card (6) G&NHope 10 9P637 Louie Cullen (5) JMiller R May

M Neilson (J) 11 18369 Roxy Bromac (6) PYoung J Young (J) 7 689X0 Party Girl Deb (7) AStuart J Harrington (J) 12 80896 Sonnetsson (7) MNyhan P Davis 8 06X80 Dalness (8) RDunn L Lester (J) 2 13 33433 Jerry Garcia (8) LO'Reilly L O'Reilly

9 X0000 Fifi La Finn (9) T Neale

K Grant (J)

Barrier BLACKWELL CONTRACTING TROT 4:05 PM $8000, 3yo+ c1, 2400m 10 8398X Cardinal Huff (21) KCox K Cox (J) S Ottley (J) 1 11 45213 Destined For Glory (22) G&NHope R Close (J) 4 1 402P2 Armed Force (1) PAnderson J Dunn 2 12 60X60 Lady Godiva (23) GSmith M Purvis (J) 2 32200 Fancy Pants (2) JHowe L O'Reilly 13 97929 Shantahlia’s Star (24) GLamb B Williamson (J) 3 40006 Gordon Trotter (3) PHill J Curtin 14 9X009 Dream Gal (25) PAnderson N Purdon (J) 4 00001 Sueno (4) SRoulston 5 64723 Sarah Palin (5) MNyhan P Davis A 15 70005 Tiana Franco (26) DReardon 3 6 09084 Thanksforplaying (6) GMills C McDowell D Nyhan PAINTLAB HORNBY F&M MOB PACE 7 04221 Total Exposure (7) DNyhan 2:55 PM 1 8 06010 Never Fear (8) PO'Reilly P O'Reilly $7500, 3yo+ f&m c0, 2300m 9 07310 Young Stranger (9) TGrant C R Thornley 1 Covet Me (1) RBurnett S Ottley (J) 10 01P00 Filigree Sheree (10) KFord A Tomlinson 2 2 72665 Armazem (2) ICourt D Dunn 11 07383 Brite N Early (11) Wakelin/Noble P Wakelin 3 053 Thingamajig (3) DFlint D Flint 2 12 14236 Trouble Rieu (u1) BWhite S McNally 4 95X4 Sheer Class (4) RDunn J Dunn 13 X0X00 Peterhof (u2) BGraham A Lethaby 5 632 Ohoka Royal (5) KCameron K Cameron P G O’REILLY SNR MEMORIAL $10,000, 6 20596 Trevi Bromac (6) KDixon J Anderson (J) 4:30 PM 4yo+ c4 & fastr discrhcp, 2400m 3 7 44352 Expressive Art (7) G&PCourt R May 8 90X09 Ultimate Blue Jean (8) NBurton N Burton 1 96655 Fair Dinkum Bromac (1) MJones T Mitchell B Hill 1 Macy Blue Chip (9) NMcGrath T Mitchell 2 7030X Ellmer Hanover (2) PEllis 9 52628 Barrier

3 26644 Woodlea Legend (3) TTwidle K Cox (J) 4 22176 Supreme Gem (4) JMcDermott C D Thornley 10 23426 Don’t Call Me Sue (21) Derek&AdeleJones

C D Thornley 5 5733X Reklaw Supreme (5) G&NHope R Close (J) 4 11 54 Sicilian Secret (22) T&GChmiel T Chmiel 1 6 20112 Arising Easton (6) Purdon/Rasmussen B Orange 12 80 Little Cullect (23) RHolmes R Holmes R Holmes 7 48351 Live Lea (7) GMcStay 4 8 63X10 Fly The Flag (8) MNyhan 13 09P94 Redback Jars (24) TThomas P Davis P Davis 14 X8799 Rainbow Classic (25) GLamb B Williamson (J) 9 1127X Unico Rose (9) G&NHope R May

6

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Slow; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 2400m; Straight: 400m; Rail: Out 5m; Weather: Partly cloudy

9

7

10

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Track Information Type: Grass Direction: Left-handed Length: 1386m Weather: Partly cloudy

10 15235 All Star Man (1) Purdon/Rasmussen M Purdon 3 2 11 43X10 Chaff Muncha (2) JParsons S Ottley (J) 12 20033 Better To Be Bad (u1) SAshton G O'Reilly 4:55 PM

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MIDLANDS SEED LTD MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ c1, 2300m

1 11306 Isaac (1) BHutton G O'Reilly 2 72621 Elroy Jetson (2) LDriver R Close (J) 3 9812 Ohoka Jett (3) MFuller J Curtin 4 0545P Cowboy (4) DTaylor K Cox (J) 2 5 1 Pepe Bromac (5) NMcGrath T Mitchell 6 53434 Baileys Desire (6) DTaylor R Todd 1 7 1 Free Falling (7) PBurrows B Thomas (J) 8 244X5 Burning Ambition (8) BHill R May 4 Juicy Odds (9) DMoore S McNally 9 331X8 Barrier

3 10 12402 Meticulous (21) Purdon/Rasmussen M Purdon 11 4474X Artsu (22) BZampese C D Thornley 12 5228X Speedy Jack (23) JMiller L O'Reilly 13 641 Scotlynn Justis (24) DTaylor M Jones A 14 94088 Chargedownking (25) FBaigent R Curtin 15 34631 Johnny Eyre (26) MBrown J Dunn 5:20 PM

BAR & BISTRO ASHBURTON PACE 12 ROBBIES

$8000, 3yo+ c1, 2400m

1 87000 Shantahlia Knight (1) GLamb R Holmes A 2 1620 Tuxedo Max (2) MJones B Orange 3 58757 Waikari Cash (3) KJames K James 4 60X00 Franco Hepburn (4) PAnderson R May 5 40059 Tubby Jim (5) RPaterson B Butt 6 00098 Riverboat Princess (6) LSmart R Close (J) 7 85000 Can’t Teach That (7) DTaylor K Cox (J) 1 8 76403 Drover’s Eyre (8) SMcRae C D Thornley 9 70804 Smokin Chick (9) DTaylor S Ottley (J) B 10 32912 Major Talk (10) PKerr M Kerr 11 46X22 Maddison Hill (11) CChalmers T Chmiel 3 12 03005 Playaway (12) PRobertson P Davis 13 Bankcard SCRATCHED 2 14 12909 Classiegent (13) GKelk G O'Reilly 15 16008 Going To California (14) BWard T Mitchell 16 15063 Caesar (15) WStevenson J Dunn 4 17 26055 Midfrew Tarpediem (16) WLake C Markham Compiled by

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Friday, March 21, 2014

In brief

■ SUPER BIKE

Perriton eyes national title

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Bailie Perriton

Ashburton Guardian 17

Ashburton’s Bailie Perriton has the chance to secure a national title with a round to spare in the New Zealand Super Bike Series.

The series hits Taupo Motorsport Park this weekend with Perriton currently leading the 250 production class after a dramatic opening two rounds.

Perriton was second after round one at Ruapuna where he was left to chase European Junior Cup champion Jake Lewis.

The teenager then claimed a clean sweep, and a track record,

at the second round in Timaru to take the lead but was subsequently stripped of his points from the weekend following a technical inspection.

Perriton and his Kiwistars team appealed the decision and it was found that the measurements initially used to exclude him were in fact within the manufacturer’s manufacturing tolerances for the model and he was reinstated.

That has Perriton starting this weekend’s third round six points ahead of his nearest rival, Jake Lewis who has returned to Europe and won’t be

racing, and 40 points clear of reigning champion, Australian Luke Burgess.

Another weekend of chequered flags and Perriton can lock in the 250 Production New Zealand title, a week out from the series finale at Manfeild Park in Feilding.

It has been a month since they raced in Timaru but Perriton comes hot off an impressive debut in the Australian Ninja FX300 Cup at Wakefield Park last weekend where he recorded third place finishes in round one of the ASC/FX Championship and FX 300 Cup.

■ ATHLETICS

Nineteen titles for college

Senior cricket supremacy is decided with Lauriston taking on the Tech Stags in the Muirhead Rosebowl final at the Ashburton Domain Oval tomorrow. Lauriston are the defending champions and have been the most consistent side this season, lifting the Studholme Shield, but the Stags have the potential to stun the country club. The Stags played their first play-off match last week since entering the competition in 2009 and have the chance to lift their first piece of silverware. The sides have met three times this season with Lauriston winning two of the three exchanges, both times at the Ashburton Domain.

Road to Maadi Cup Boats from every destination north of the Rakaia have been and will continue to make their way through the district as secondary school rowers make their way to Lake Ruataniwha for the Maadi Cup Secondary Schools’ National Championships. The week-long nationals begin on Monday but for many of the schools, especially from the North Island, the boats have already made the journey south.

Spain defeats NZ New Zealand will need to win their final pool match against Japan on Monday (NZ time) to have any chance of progressing to the second round of the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica after going down to Spain 3-0 yesterday. The Young Football Ferns struggled to cope with a powerful Spanish outfit, falling behind inside three minutes. New Zealand had a chance to score a late consolation when they were awarded a dubious penalty, but Isabella Coombes fired her spot kick against the post. Their chances of progression are slim considering Japan beat Spain 2-0 in their opening match.

- APNZ

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton College came away with 19 titles from the Aoraki Athletics Championship at Aorangi Oval in Timaru on Wednesday.

Veronica Wall was the top performer of Ashburton’s 69 athletes, taking three titles with wins in the under 14 girls’ 400m, high jump and long jump as well as being a member of the winning 4x100m under 14 girls’ relay team.

Three athletes each won two titles. Emma Waite won the under 19 girls’ high jump and long jump with a second placing in the triple jump, and was a member of the girls’ under 19 4x100m relay team which came third.

Alin Onicas took out the under 15 boys’ discus and long jump, was third in the 100m and was a member of the winning 4x100m under 15 relay team.

Johan Eramus won the under 16 boys’ high jump and long jump.

Tayla Love won the girls’ 200m and Adam Phillips the boys’ 200m in the under 14s.

College’s new triple jump record holder Gareth Hunt won the under 15 boys’ triple jump and Taukana Kamoe the shot put.

In the under 15 girls Becca Harper Grey won the discus and Sala Beuta the shot put while Madeleine Evans won the 1500m and Mikhayla Stroganov the 400m in the under 16 girls.

As well as the 19 titles college had 27 second and 20 third placings for a solid number of athletes to qualify for the South Island Secondary Schools’ Championships on April 5 and 6, also in Timaru.

Cricket showdown

Venue confirmed

Aimee Elliott in action at the Aoraki Athletics Championship at Aorangi Oval in Timaru on Wednesday. photo supplied

Athletes set new school records

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Mount Hutt College athletes claimed five titles and new school records at the Aoraki Athletics Championships at Aorangi Oval in Timaru on Wednesday.

Aimee Elliott took on the triple distance events of the 800m, 1500m and 3000m in the under 14 girls.

Elliott won the 3000m following a brilliant run that smashed her existing record by over half a minute, clocking 11.12 minutes, as well as

coming in second in the other two distances.

Assina Dalglish replicated Elliot’s efforts in the under 16 girls, winning the 3000m and breaking the old school record by over a minute with a time of 12.07mins.

She also came second in the 1500m.

In the under 16 girls Manaia Whatuira-Wereta, excelled in two of the throwing events, winning the shot put breaking her own school record with a distance of 10.50m and also finished second in the discus.

In the under 14 girls Victoria Pluck equalled her own school record in winning the shot put and was then second in the discus.

Juliette Lewis won the under 16 girls’ javelin with a throw of 22.44m and showed her all-round ability coming third in the 400m, close to the school record, and was third in the triple jump.

Mt Hutt had several other podium finishes with 17 athletes heading back to Timaru on April 5 and 6 for the South Island Secondary Schools’ Championships.

The venue for the All Blacks’ Rugby Championship test against Argentina on September 27 has been confirmed as the Estadio Ciudad de la Plata in Buenos Aires.

The stadium has hosted the All Blacks’ two previous victories in the championship. The Pumas will open their home schedule against the Springboks on August 23 at Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta, in the north west of the country, and will host the Wallabies in Mendoza on October 4.

- APNZ

New opponent Joseph Parker’s opponent for his April 27 bout on the undercard of the world heavyweight title fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Alex Leapai has been confirmed as Sherman Williams. Parker was originally slated to fight Ukrainian Andriy Rudenko but negotiations fell through. Instead, he will fight experienced West Indian Williams, a sparring partner of Klitschko’s who has been stopped only once in 52 fights. The fight, in Germany, will be the biggest of Parker’s short professional career, but the 22-year-old will have the advantage of youth and height.

- APNZ

Super 15 18

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Friday, March 21, 2014

Hickey at No 10, Marshall back on bench

BY PATRICK MCKENDRY Blues coach Sir John Kirwan has acknowledged that Simon Hickey is his best first-five in selecting the 20-year-old to run the backline against the Cheetahs at Eden Park tomorrow.

Hickey, a wider training group player, replaces Chris Noakes at No10, with Benji Marshall, who played 80 minutes at fullback against the Lions, back on the reserves bench. Charles Piutau, used on the left wing at Ellis Park, is back in the No15 jersey.

“I thought he came on last week and really showed some spark,” Kirwan said of Hickey.

“I’m going to pick on form and he’s on form at the moment so he’s getting a start.”

“Just a little bit of positional stuff,” was Kirwan’s explanation as to why Marshall had lost his starting spot. “I thought for him on attack he was outstanding, he just needs to keep learning that positional play and back at fullback that’s not easy to do but he’ll pick it up.”

As expected Ma’a Nonu and

Jerome Kaino have been selected on the reserves bench, which also includes lock Hayden Triggs for the first time.

While Kirwan wants his side to start with more intent this week after underwhelming starts in their four previous matches, the bench has the potential to add real impact.

“Our bench has been pretty good coming on so far, but I was looking at it today and it’s a pretty special bench. With Ma’a and Jerome in there it certainly gives us confidence to use it.”

Blues team to play the Cheetahs at Eden Park tomorrow, kick-off 7.35pm is: Charles Piutau, Frank Halai, George Moala, Jackson Willison, Tevita Li, Simon Hickey, Piri Weepu, Peter Saili, Luke Braid (c), Steven Luatua, Tom Donnelly, Liaki Moli, Charlie Faumuina, James Parsons, Tony Woodcock. Reserves: Tom McCartney, Angus Ta’avao, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Jerome Kaino, Hayden Triggs, Bryn Hall, Ma’a Nonu, Benji Marshall.

- APNZ

Simon Hickey

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Classifieds PUBLIC NOTICES

■ RUGBY

Club rugby player banned for stomping

BY STEVE HEPBURN A club rugby player has been handed a 20-week ban for stomping before the season in Dunedin has officially started.

Taieri forward Eti Tofiga was given the ban after a hearing in front of an Otago Rugby Football Union judicial panel on Wednesday night.

The Taieri club was to meet last night to consider whether it would lodge an appeal against the sentence, one of the longest dished out in Otago rugby in a decade.

Tofiga was involved in an incident in a match between the Taieri premier 2 side and Toko last Sunday.

The match, played at Peter Johnstone Park, was for the Ken Bloxham Memorial Trophy, an annual encounter between the two clubs for which former All Black Bloxham played.

Tofiga stomped on the head of Toko forward Adam Knight late in the game. Tofiga was not sent off but was taken off the field by Taieri management.

Taieri club captain Mike Casey said it was a bad incident, and Tofiga had shown a lot of remorse at the hearing.

Mr Casey said it was completely out of character for Tofiga, and the player could not explain why he did it.

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The player did not wish to comment further.

Knight, who only played the final quarter of the game, said he was satisfied with how the Taieri club had handled the incident.

A melee broke out late in the game when a Taieri player objected to being cleaned out at the breakdown, Knight said.

The referee blew his whistle and the fighting stopped.

Within a couple of seconds, Knight was trampled on his head by the boot of Tofiga.

Knight was taken from the field and was given seven stitches for a cut of about 10cm. He hoped to get the stitches out next week.

Knight, a former Otago sevens player, normally plays rugby for the Southern club, and was playing for Toko only because Bloxham was his uncle, and Knight wanted to play in the match.

He spoke to Tofiga after the match and at the hearing on Wednesday, and accepted his apology.

With the premier 2 season lasting 18 weeks, Tofiga’s ban will run into next year.

Otago Rugby Football Union general manager Richard Kinley did not wish to comment on the incident.

He was waiting for the official report and could not make a comment until he received it, he said.

- APNZ

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Olympic gold medal winner Lisa Carrington took a rare day off from kayak training to accept an honour from the Governor-General yesterday.

The 24-year-old was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to kayaking at an investiture ceremony at Government House in Wellington.

“Coming here and getting the honour, it’s really special - and to be here with other New Zealanders is such an awesome thing as well.

“I took a day off training to come down here,” she said.

A long list of Carrington’s achievements were read out

during the ceremony, including her London Games gold medal for the K1 200m event, which set an Olympic record; and that she was the first New Zealand woman to win a canoeing World Championship.

At the 2012 Oceania Canoe Championships she won gold in the K-1 200m and gold with her partner Erin Taylor in the K-2 500m.

Carrington was also named Maori Senior Sports Woman of the year in 2011 and was a finalist for the 2012 Halberg Sportswoman of the Year.

Carrington’s parents and boyfriend had travelled from Auckland and Ohope to Wellington for the event. - APNZ

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Saturday 9.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Weekly farm fresh produce, plants, coffee, food and more.

North end of the West Street car park.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.30am - 12noon.

ASHBURTON PARENTS CENTRE, PLAYGROUP kids play, parents relax with a cuppa. Parents Centre Rooms,

Saturday & Sunday, March 22 & 23 No entry before 8.30am

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Household goods.

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Arcade for $18.00.

Netherby Shopping Centre, Chalmers Avenue.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

Museum and parts shed open.

86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome.

Upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 12. noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Saturday’s in the West Street Car park.

1.30pm M..S.A. CARD SECTION. Euchre, Ashburton R.S.A. Cox Street.

2.00pm CAVENDISH CLUB. Music circle “Surprise for You”.

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10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Doubles competition.

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Puzzles Friday, March 21, 2014

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Welcome to the future, with the Sun’s return to your sign today doing more than kicking off your birthday month and a new solar year.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Today marks the start of the month long wind down of your current solar year, with a chance to look back and within, needing more time to navel gaze.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) While there is no danger of losing professional momentum soon, there is a loosening of the professional stranglehold today.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) The Sun’s return to your career sector begins a month long professional review and the start of the most professionally focused months of the year.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) As the Sun leaves your financial sector, with Mercury and his smart head for money staying on you’re in safe hands, with most things revealed.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) There’s plenty of support as the solar spotlight shifts to your financial situation, something you’ve already got a jump on.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Today marks the start of some defining and even game changing weeks on the relationship front, with a new level of authenticity required.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) While the Sun returns to your work sector at this time each year, his return today will reveal how much has been developing behind the scenes.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) With the busiest months of the year for work matters kicking off next month there is a need to get in first and develop a balance between work and play.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) The Sun turns the solar focus onto your home situation and matters, at a time when having the right work/life balance is essential.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) The Moon in your career sector as the Sun wraps up his month long visit to your income sector ensures your finger’s on the pulse.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) As the Sun leaves your sign and brings your birthday month to a close, this is the point where it now becomes more about walking the talk.

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Guardian

Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: to ensure publication.

During office hours notices may also be sent to:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FUNERAL FURNISHERS

WHITING, Norman Meredith (Norm) – Any queries Aine, Pamela and grandplease contact children wish to sincerely 0800 thank everyone for their love ASHBURTON and support after the sad and (0800-274-287). sudden passing of a much loved husband, father, granddad and great grandad.

IN MEMORIAM The messages of sympathy, PUTARANUI, Herbie – You never know the value of flowers, food, phone calls and a moment until it becomes a visits have been a great comfort to us. Thank you to memory. those who attended the service and special thanks to Pastor Joseph Flammer for conducting such a special farewell. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

Sadly missed. classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

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Guardian Classifieds

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Waimate less than 30 fine

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isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

rain

snow

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overnight max low

TODAY

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Auckland

mainly fine

Morning and evening cloud. Northeasterlies developing.

Fine, apart from areas of early and late cloud. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light.

Hamilton

mainly fine

Napier

showers

TOMORROW

Palmerston North mainly fine

SUNDAY

FZL: Above 3000m

FZL: About 3500m

Cloudy periods, mainly morning and evening. Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Wellington

mainly fine

Nelson

fine

SUNDAY

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

fine

Christchurch

mainly fine

Timaru

mainly fine

Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

mainly fine

Invercargill

fine

Cloudy periods, mainly morning and evening. Northeasterlies.

Fine with light winds.

MONDAY

MONDAY Mainly fine, cloudy periods increasing near the divide. Northwesterlies developing.

Cloudy periods, mainly morning and evening. Northeasterlies.

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Rain spreading from the west for a time, then clearing. NW dying out at low levels and turning southwest about the tops.

A few showers with a change to southwesterlies.

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“Renting properties just like yours”

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.5 16.6 Max to 4pm 11.5 Minimum 6.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm March to date 67.6 Avg Mar to date 39 2014 to date 163.2 147 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 11 At 4pm Strongest gust S 46 Time of gust 10:36am

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Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing

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NZ Today

Canterbury High Country

Cloudy periods, mainly morning and evening. Northeasterlies.

Monday-Friday 8am – 5.30pm Saturday 10am – 1pm

Friday, 21 March 2014

A high extending across the South Island, directing a moist southeast flow onto northern New Zealand, drifts further north on Sunday and Monday as a front approaches Fiordland. The front weakens as it moves north over much of the country on Tuesday, and the high builds back over the South Island behind it.

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Television Friday, March 21, 2014

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Whanau Living 3 10:30 Ellen 3 With guests George Lopez and Jessie Metcalfe.

11:30 House Guest 3 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Amy is outside Joanie’s house, trying to make amends through the door. 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 2pm May The Best House Win 3 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Ellen With guests Wanda Sykes and Jordana Brewster.

5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted

by Eddie McGuire. 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 Audrey is taken to hospital; Kevin has spent the night at Sally’s, but he is cautious not to rush things; Kylie has not come home all night. 0 9:30 Come Dine with Me A lifestyle show that sees five very different people compete to be named the ultimate dinner-party host. 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0 11pm Alan Carr – Chatty Man AO Alan is joined by Anna Friel and Brian Cox. 0 Midnight Hawthorne AO (Starting Today) 3 12:55 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey Shane explores ancient Middle Eastern food traditions from Malta to Lebanon, and then on to Iran.

7am Italian Food Safari 7:30 Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill 8am Cash And Cari 8:30 Travel Wild 9am The Pioneer Woman 9:30 Yard Crashers 10am Destination Flavour Japan 10:30 Dear Genevieve 11am Dig Wars 11:30 Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries Rachel Allen shows us there is a cake for every occasion – from cupcakes to cheesecakes.

Noon Destination Flavour 12:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey 1pm Italian Food Safari 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill 3pm Rachel Allen’s Easy Meals 3:30 Cash And Cari 3:50 Exploring China 5pm You Live In What?

6pm Travel Wild 6:30 House Crashers 7pm Traders And Collectors 7:30 Selling London 8pm Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 Great British Garden Revival 10:30 Cash And Cari 11pm Traders And Collectors 11:30 No Ordinary Party AO

SATURDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Storage Hoarders 2am Great British Garden Revival 3am Exploring China 4am Travel Wild 4:30 House Crashers 5am You Live In What?

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TV THREE

FOUR

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Special Agent Oso 3 0 6:55 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 7am The Looney Tunes Show 3 0 7:25 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:50 Beyblades Metal Masters 3 0 8:20 Sofia The First 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 F Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 2pm Bethenny 3pm Hope And Faith 3 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 4pm Jessie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Middle PGR 3 0 8pm The Big Bang Theory PGR 3 0 8:30 M The Dark Knight AO 2008 Action. Batman sets out to destroy organised crime in Gotham City for good, but soon finds himself prey to rising criminal mastermind, The Joker. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger. 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Dr Phil PGR A family discuss their daughter’s eating disorder and its effect on them.

1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR 2:30 Rachael Ray 3:30 The Queen Latifah Show 4:30 The Block – Sky High With three days until room delivery, Lysandra is away for the night.

5:30 The Simpsons Eric Idle provides the voice of a documentary filmmaker who interviewed a group of Springfield schoolchildren 32 years ago, and has followed up at eight-year intervals. 0 6pm 3 News

11:40 The Vampire Diaries AO 3 0 12:40 Live At The Apollo AO 3 1:35 Infomercials 2:40 Supernatural AO 3 0 3:20 Revolution AO 3 0 4:05 Nikita AO 3 0 4:45 The 4:30 Show 3 5:15 Neighbours 3 0 5:35 Good Luck Charlie 3 0

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 The Wild Thornberrys 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:25 Chuggington 3 8:35 Strawberry Shortcake 8:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 9:10 Bob The Builder 3 9:20 Thomas And Friends 3 9:30 Peppa Pig 3 9:40 Wonder Pets 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Malcolm In The Middle Hal worries about getting the boys to behave while Lois is out. 0 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 0

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Test PGR Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions.

2pm MasterChef USA PGR 3 The nine remaining home cooks return to the MasterChef kitchen for their next Mystery Box Challenge, to cook a sea urchin.

3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Father Ted 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat 3 Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

Campbell Live The Simpsons 0 How I Met Your Mother PGR The Graham Norton Show AO 9:30 7 Days AO 10pm Jono and Ben at Ten AO 10:30 The Paul Henry Show Paul Henry wraps up the day’s events, including the latest from the newsroom.

7pm The Simpsons 0 7:30 American Ninja Warrior 3 8:30 M First Blood AO 3 1982 Action. When a former Green Beret is wrongfully arrested, his wartime nightmares return, causing him to flee to a mountain hideaway.

Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy. 0 10:30 White Collar PGR

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Idol 8:30 Bones AO With Brennan on jury duty, Daisy helps out at the lab, and before long, the case before the courts coincides with the new, fleshless body brought into the lab.

9:30 Secret Millionaire UK PGR 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3

11:10 SVU AO 3 A string of attacks has the SVU squad dealing with neighbourhood watch members who become vigilantes. 0 12:10 CSI – New York AO (Starting Today) 3 Mac and the team recall moments from 9/11 its anniversary.

1:10 Informercials

11:25 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

11pm The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

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

2am Home Shopping

7pm 7:30 8pm 8:30

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Joe’s World On A Plate 3 3:30 The Backyardigans 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 2014 Waka Ama Sprints 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm F Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 2

THE BOX

DISCOVERY

The Paul Henry Show 10:30pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE

6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 Alaska Gold Diggers PG 11:30 Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M Noon Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M 12:30 Disappeared M 1:30 Fatal Encounters M 2:30 Gold Rush PG 3:30 American Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 River Monsters – Lair Of Giants PG 8:30 Ultimate Fish – Barramundi PG 9:30 Deadliest Catch PG 10:30 Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 11pm Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 11:30 Auction Hunters PG

6:45 The Nail 16VLS 2009 Drama.

Tony Danza, William Forsythe.

8:15 Manhattan Hustle ML 2011 Drama. Ryan Eggold, David Gallagher.

9:55 Stash House 16V 2012 Thriller.

Dolph Lundgren, Sean Faris.

11:35 Iron Man 3 MV 2013 Action.

Robert Downey jr, Gwyneth Paltrow.

1:45 The Truth About Emanuel MC 2013 Thriller. Alfred Molina.

3:20 Lost Treasure Of The Maya MVLS 2009 Action. Michael Madsen.

5pm She Wants Me MLS 2012 Comedy. Josh Gad, Hilary Duff.

6:25 Prometheus 16V 2012 Sci-fi.

Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender.

8:30 The Possession 16VL 2012 Horror. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick.

10:05 Movie 43 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

Hugh Jackman, Emma Stone.

11:40 Act Of Valour 16VL 2012 Action. Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez.

12:30 Monk PGV 1:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:45 SVU MV 2:35 Law And Order MV 3:30 SVU MV 4:20 SVU MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

Midnight Auction Hunters 12:30 Dates From Hell M 1am Dates From Hell M 1:30 Backyard Oil PG 2am One Step Beyond PG 2:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG

1:30 She Wants Me MLS 2012 Comedy. Josh Gad, Hilary Duff.

2:55 The Possession 16VL 2012 Horror. Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

4:25 Movie 43 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

Hugh Jackman, Emma Stone.

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

Bones

8:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:15 Ladder 49 MC 2004 Action.

Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta.

8:10 The Exorcism Of Emily Rose MC 2005 Drama. Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott.

10:10 Miami Vice 16V 2006 Action.

Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell.

12:20 Cold Mountain 16VS 2003 Drama. Nicole Kidman, Jude Law. 2:50 Ladder 49 MC 2004 Action.

Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta.

4:45 No Country For Old Men 16V 2007 Crime. Tommy Lee Jones.

6:45 My Best Friend’s Wedding ML 1997 Romance. Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz.

8:30 Letters To Juliet PGL 2010 Romantic Comedy. Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave.

10:20 Walk The Line MC 2005 Biography. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon.

SATURDAY

12:35 No Country For Old Men 16V 2007 Crime. Tommy Lee Jones.

2:35 My Best Friend’s Wedding ML 1997 Romance. Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz.

4:20 Letters To Juliet PGL 2010 Romantic Comedy. Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave.

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Midnight Basketball – NBL (Delayed) Wollongong Hawks v Sydney Kings.

2am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Wests Tigers v Rabbitohs.

4am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Broncos v Roosters.

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6am NRL Footy Show 8am L Golf – US PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational – Round One. From Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida.

11am Golf World A weekly review of golf tournaments around the globe.

11:30 Cycling – National Track Cycling Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) Chicago Blackhawks v St Louis Blues.

3pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Bulldogs v Sharks.

3:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Warriors v Dragons.

4pm Sterlo 5pm NRL Footy Show 7pm Fox Sports News 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Founders Cup – Round One. From Wildfire Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona.

9pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Arnold Palmer Invitational, Round One. From Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Wests Tigers v Rabbitohs.

From ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

11:30 Football – A-League (Delayed) Adelaide United v Sydney FC.

SATURDAY

1:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans.

2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Highlanders v Hurricanes.

4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Waratahs v Rebels.

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6am Football – Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup (Replay) New Zealand v Spain. From Tibas, Costa Rica.

8am L Darts – Premier League From First Direct Arena in Leeds.

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

Noon NRL Footy Show 2pm Sky Sports News UK A daily international news bulletin.

2:30 Football – Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup (Replay) New Zealand v Spain. From Tibas, Costa Rica.

4:30 Fight Night Tony Bellew v Valery Brudov.

6:30 Total Rugby Reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world.

7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Highlanders v Hurricanes.

From the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

9:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Rebels.

From Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Swagger A series where youth become the directors and storytellers of their own stories, and share what is important to them.

8pm Fifty Haka Moments 8:30 The Kapa 3 2 9:30 Songs From The Inside AO 10pm Hoiho 3 10:30 Tribe 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

6am SVU MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Monk PGV 8:55 Criminal Intent MV 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 Criminal Minds 16VS 12:15 Most Shocking M 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 Criminal Intent MV 2:20 SVU MV 3:10 Monk PGV 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Criminal Intent MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 SVU MV 9:30 SVU MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

SATURDAY

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Friday, March 21, 2014

Sport Test of the best

BY DAVID LEGGAT

Top award for Coster New Zealand representative shearer Tony Coster was named the sportsperson of the year at the inaugural Rakaia Sports Awards last night.

BY JONATHAN LEASK

JONATHAN.L@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Shearer Tony Coster was crowned the inaugural Rakaia Sportsman of the Year last night at the town’s first sports awards.

Coster was the national shearing championships circuit winner last year and the New Zealand representative was presented the top award by special guest, Olympic rowing gold medallist and Mid Canterbury product Hamish Bond.

While Coster was awarded the top gong, cowboy Patrick McCarthy received a highly recommended for his exploits in the rodeo ring as the current New Zealand Rodeo Cowboys’ Association end-of-year champion.

Outstanding junior sportsperson went to showjumper Jamie

Bird who was the winner of the Horse of the Year (pony) for showjumping and was selected as a non-travelling reserve for the New Zealand showjumping team. The Rakaia-Dorie junior A tennis team was the outstanding junior sports team after winning the Mid Canterbury Junior A competition in the 2012-13 season.

The outstanding senior sports team went to the Rakaia golf pair of Vicki McArthur and Sally Smith who won the Aorangi section for the Nancy McCormick Cup in 2013.

The outstanding coach went to the Rakaia senior rugby combination of Wayne Foxcroft, Simon Lee and Merv Todd that led the side to the Combined Country Cup semi-finals and a Watters Cup win last year.

Rakaia Bowling Club’s Rosemary Bennett was named the outstanding referee/umpire and was also a nominee for senior sportsperson, and club mate Ian Kaye was the outstanding sportsperson with a disability.

There were joint winners of the outstanding club volunteer with Phil Dolan (golf) and Graham McJarrow (outdoor bowls) both honoured on the night The event was organised by Sport Rakaia Incorporated and featured a cross section of sports with rugby, football, hockey players rubbing shoulders with karate, shooting, rodeo and shearing representatives.

Most Rakaia sports clubs are now involved with SRI and their goal is to build a new sports complex in the Rakaia Domain for the community to enjoy.

Perriton eyes national title P17

One major global cricket title seems a meagre return over 39 years of competition for New Zealand.

And, even that one, the ICC Knockout crown - which morphed into the Champions Trophy - won in Kenya in 2000 was an odd affair. New Zealand won three games on the bounce, against Zimbabwe, Pakistan and India and, hey presto, they had a trophy for the cabinet.

However New Zealand will go back to the ICC well in Bangladesh early on Sunday in its latest bid for another piece of silverward, starting in Chittagong. Their chances are, as always, quite good. Then again, New Zealand have form for flattering to deceive. This is a version in which New Zealand have made the semifinals just once at four attempts, in the inaugural tournament in September 2007.

Yes, it does count, even if it’s ‘only’ T20, and this is the fifth edition in less than seven years. Whatever happened to quadrennial world events?

Evidently the thirst is still strong.

But there is a sense, after events over the summer months, that this tournament, this type of cricket, has come at the wrong time for New Zealand. Brendon McCullum’s team may well throw this idea to the wind.

But it is easy to figure after their test and ODI success against the West Indies and India that New Zealand would rather be doing something like

Brendon McCullum

playing a test series in the Caribbean - which is their next international assignment in May - than pitching up to a part of the world they’ve invariably found difficult.

Both official warm-up games were lost in last-over finishes, to Pakistan and, yesterday, Australia. Those games were designed for teams to try and bed in players and strategies for the tournament proper, which starts early tomorrow with India playing Pakistan in a high-octane opener.

New Zealand’s batting flexed its muscles against Australia, chiefly through Martin Guptill’s 62 off 34 balls and McCullum’s 37 off 18.

However, chasing 201 to win, New Zealand came up four runs shy, a result which can be sheeted back to the bowlers. Not many games will be won by sides who spot a double century to their opponents in conditions likely to favour slow bowlers, particularly in the second innings.

The show starts tomorrow.

Twenty-three games in 16 days. Suitably rapid for cricket’s fastest-paced game.

- APNZ

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