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A group of Gurkha soldiers celebrated Kiwi connections in Ashburton yesterday.
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Focus on transport options BY SUE NEWMAN
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Upping the transport options for late night bar patrons could have a big impact on reducing street violence, says Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay. He’s a member of a community group formed to find solutions to late night, inner town violence and while there will be no one answer, shifting people off the street as quickly as possible could go a long way to reducing the problem, he said. “We’re going to have further
discussions with transport providers at that hour of the night to see if a satisfactory solution can be arrived at so people don’t have to wait around for too long.” While there would always be people who wanted to stay on the street after the bars closed, by moving some, the potential for volatile situations was likely to be reduced, along with that the potential for law abiding patrons to become victims of violence, Mr McKay said. “There are other things we
will look at but we see this as key, it will assist to a greater degree.” A close circuit television expert had been asked to take a look at the network of cameras in the inner town to see how this could be improved. He will also talk with police, security firms and the council about what they see is needed in terms of surveillance. The community’s local alcohol plan (LAP) is still not operative and with appeals unlikely to be heard until later this year, Mr McKay said the chang-
es to trading hours for bars that are intended to reduce late night problems, would still be some way off. An earlier closing time and a one-way door policy from 1am are seen as key components in ensuring large numbers of patrons are not spilling onto the street at the same time. The community group meets monthly, but there has been plenty of discussion in the community around issues and options, he said. “Talking about the problems with the many people involved
has assisted greatly in our understanding of what each party is doing. It’s still not having the effect we want but it is moving in the right direction. I’m feeling confident with the progress we’re making.” The strong focus that was now on inner town violence was sending a clear message to people looking to create trouble, Mr McKay said. “People are starting to realise they are being watched and looked at and that people are working together on this.” Ph 03 307 7900 to subscribe!
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Sam Neill visits grandfather’s war grave Actor Sam Neill visited his grandfather’s grave for the first time as part of a documentary about troops from Australia and New Zealand. The Jurassic Park star’s relative, Lieutenant Colonel Bob Ingham, fought with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) in the First World War and died in Belgium in the summer of 1917. He was buried in the Lijssenthoek Cemetery near the town of Ypres, and Neill made the journey to his grave for the first time as part of filming for a new documentary called Why Anzac. Neill tells viewers, “This is an emotional moment for me. I’ve never been here before. I’m finding this pretty distressing.” The actor then broke down in tears as he read the inscription on the headstone which had been requested by his grandmother: “So he passed over and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.”
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Sia feels hunted by paparazzi Sia said being famous makes her feel hunted and the paparazzi photographers are her predators. The USbased singer from Adelaide is a source of constant interest as she tops the charts and wins countless awards, but hates being in the limelight. “It’s unpleasant, if it makes me feel hunted,” she said yesterday. She performed a stripped-back version of her hit song Chandelier. She kept her veil of anonymity by wearing a headdress with coloured tinsel covering her eyes, having forgotten her usual blonde wig.
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An Egyptian court has sentenced a popular Armenian belly dancer to six months in prison for “insulting the Egyptian flag” after she allegedly wore a tight dress in its red, white and black color scheme. The court in Agouza, west of Cairo, said yesterday that Sofinar Gourian, known popularly as “Safinaz”, was fined £15,000 and paid another £10,000 bail pending appeal. The case had been initiated by a private complaint. Insulting the flag was made illegal by decree under Egyptian President Adly Mansour who ruled for a year after the army overthrew an elected but divisive Islamist president in 2013. Gourian, who lives in Egypt, had argued that she did not insult the flag intentionally and as a foreigner was less aware of Egyptian laws.
Cumberbatch as Bowie? Leaked Sony Pictures emails reveal former chairman Amy Pascal wanted Benedict Cumberbatch to play iconic rocker David Bowie in an upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic. More than 17,000 emails and 30,000 confidential documents, which were stolen from the movie giant’s computer network last year, were published on the WikiLeaks website last week. In one email exchange, Pascal urges producer Graham King to create a scene in the biopic of the late Queen frontman showing the Sherlock actor as Bowie performing their joint hit Under Pressure. She writes, “Benedict cum batch (sic) wants to play Bowie,” to which King replies, “He’s not a character in script. Let’s talk after you’ve had a chance to read it.” Pascal responds, “We have to have that scene ... Just a musical moment for Under Pressure ... Just had lunch with him (Cumberbatch)” and King writes, “Open to it. Let’s discuss after you’ve read...”
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US music legend Willie Nelson has announced plans to roll out his own brand of cannabis, which he intends to make “the best on the market”. The singer-songwriter announced in a statement on Monday that Willie’s Reserve will be grown and sold in Colorado and Washington, two states where recreational use of the drug is legal. A release explaining Willie’s Reserve says it reflects Nelson’s appreciation for “the many varieties and range of the plant’s qualities”. The release says 81-year-old Nelson will collaborate with master growers to define standards for the strain. Nelson is a longtime supporter of marijuana for personal use and has spoken of its benefits for hemp production. He has also pushed for the end of laws criminalising use of the drug.
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■ OPERATION FOCUS
■ 2017 ELECTION
Police focus on meth trade
Candidates sought
By Daisy HuDson
suppliers, while working to rehabilitate addicts. The operation’s push to reduce gang activity should also have a positive impact on Mid Canterbury. Detective Sergeant Kevin Holder said methamphetamine is present in Ashburton, and he believes it is a major driver of violent crime in the district. He also believed gangs were behind most of the drug trade in Ashburton. “The gangs use drugs because they make a lot of money out of it,” he said. “People don’t just set up shop on their own, and if you get someone not affiliated with
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The troubling rise of Mid Canterbury’s methamphetamine trade will be just one of the targets of a hard-hitting police operation. Operation Focus, which aims to reduce the impact of drug and gang related crime, has kicked into full gear. As well as reducing victimisation, the operation looks set to change both the attitude of police and the public’s perception of them. Police will focus on reducing drug supply and offending at the top level, particularly with
a gang setting up shop then a gang will get involved.” Operation Focus has three key interventions including reducing the opportunity for crime to occur, rehabilitating offenders, and redirecting offenders into other areas such as employment, sports and culture. At a Canterbury Police Prevention Briefing for staff working on Operation Focus yesterday, officers spoke of the importance of getting offenders into courses and employment. Staff heard that for every dollar spent on drug treatment, the community saves $7.
Detective Brad Grainger told officers of the importance of breaking down barriers to prevent people from re-offending. A prime example was a young female offender he had worked with in the past. He said the woman had committed a string of offences, and was battling with a drug problem. After speaking to the woman about her issues, Mr Grainger was able to get her into a course and she had not reoffended since. The operation is a Canterbury-wide prevention initiative, and will run until the end of May.
■ NEPALESE SOLDIERS IN TOWN
Nepalese soldiers visit Allenton School By Daisy HuDson
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Allenton School pupils had the chance to get up close and personal yesterday with an elite group of Nepalese soldiers. Members of the First Royal Gurkha Regiment stopped by the school to teach pupils about the traditions and history of the Gurkhas, show off their weapons, and perform traditional dances. The group of 20 are part of a wider group of 55 Gurkhas who are in New Zealand to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign. The pupils at Allenton School watched in rapt fascination as the soldiers showed off their traditional weapon, a distinctive knife called a Kukris. They also learned how the Gurkha unit was formed, and their links to Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
Members of the First Royal Gurkha Regiment demonstrate how to use a traditional knife at Allenton School yesterday. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 210415-TM-066
The Gurkhas are an elite group of Nepalese soldiers who serve under the British Army. World-renowned for their bravery, the group is very ex-
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Rangitata Labour Electorate Committee members are already on the lookout for candidates for the next general election, in 2017. Chairperson Glen Cameron said yesterday the committee was not too proud to learn from last year’s election, when outspoken Timaru dad Steve Gibson was the Rangitata candidate. He hit headlines at the time, for all the wrong reasons. “I have learned lessons from the Steve incident, I won’t hide the fact, there was mistakes made,” Mr Cameron said. He said committee members had decided at their annual general meeting on Monday night to set up a candidate selection sub-committee. The goal of the committee would be to have a candidate appointed by this time next year, giving that person a good 18-month lead-in to the election. The Rangitata electorate was a large electorate, and the much longer lead-in would be required to make sure the candidate could make themselves known across the electorate. Training would be undertaken before the appointment, with attendances at annual regional and national conferences and training clinics, to see whether potential candidates were happy to take on the role, and that they were the right fit. Mr Cameron, who was reelected chairman of the committee at the AGM, said there was already “one or two” interested in the candidacy, and he hoped to hear from others across the electorate. He can be contacted via email on glencameron@xtra.co.nz
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■ METHVEN COMMUNITY BOARD
In brief
Call for road to be formalised BY SUSAN SANDYS
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Methven Community Board members are pushing for having a paper road in the town confirmed as a formal road. Ashburton District Council urban contracts engineer Hernando Marilla told board members, at their six-weekly meeting on Monday, that he had discussed the concept with senior staff but there had been questions. These included on the cost of surveying the council-owned land the road runs through, and who would pay for it. Having the paper road become a formalised road would be “more complicated”. However, board members believed the road, which runs
off Methven Chertsey Road and serves as a second access to Methven Primary School, needed to be designated as such. Ashburton District Councillor and board member Alan Totty said it was time to push for the designation, “we have talked about it for a number of years and never got anywhere”. Board chairperson Liz McMillan said the road was indeed a busy one, but there had been delays while hot pool developers eyed the site. Mr Totty moved that the board seek the council’s service delivery committee to consider the road designation. The motion was seconded by Martin Nordqvist and passed unanimously. Playgrounds and fencing
were also on the community board agenda this week. Ashburton District Council open spaces manager David Askin said there was $20,000 available for playground equipment at the new Camrose Estate subdivision, and he was giving thought to basic equipment such as a slide and other items. Board members discussed fencing the Methven Railway Reserve playground, and installing a new seat there. Ms McMillan opened the discussion after a member of the public suggested to her a fence was required, particularly between the playground and Methven Medical Centre carpark, in order to keep children away from cars.
She said she had also visited the playground with Methven Playcentre parents, and most had considered the area did not need fencing. Board members also believed it did not need to be fenced, and said parents were there usually watching their children. The under-two-year-old playground was in an area further back from the road. Ms McMillan had also had someone suggest to her a seat be installed in a shaded area of the playground, and she would look into the possibility of a seat being installed around a tree similar to one at the Rakaia playground. Some of the board’s discretionary funding could be used for the project.
■ METHVEN TARTAN
Methven man to attend launch of new tartan BY SUSAN SANDYS
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Graham Marr of Methven is off to his home-town’s namesake in Scotland, to attend a special kind of launch. Operators of the Methven Castle, which has stood near the Scottish town for over 1000 years and today operates as a tourist attraction and hotel, are launching the Methven Tartan. Mr Marr is attending after Methven Community Board chairperson Liz McMillan and Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay signalled they could not make the launch. “He wasn’t entirely surprised we were unable to attend,” Ms McMillan said to fellow Methven Community Board members at a board meeting this week. She was referring to one of the operators, David Murdoch, who wrote a letter to the board. “As representatives of the only other town of Methven in the world, to the
best of our knowledge, we were keen to let you know about the event,” Mr Murdoch wrote in the letter. Ms McMillan had asked around Methven, via Facebook, to find someone from the town who may be in Scotland at the time of the launch, on May 31. There were two who were able to attend, Mr Marr, and also Erica Dynes, who is currently in London. Mr Marr said yesterday it was “extraordinary timing”, as he was going to be in Scotland visiting family at the time. He would wear his Gordon Tartan tie. His ancestors were from Scotland, and the Marrs were aligned with the Gordons. “It’s a pretty exciting concept really, I don’t know how often they launch new tartans,” Mr Marr said. Mid Canterbury’s Methven was named by a pioneer farmer, Robert Patton, from Methven in Scotland.
Tully in court The man accused of killing two women at Ashburton’s Work and Income office last year appeared via video link at the Christchurch District Court yesterday. Russell John Tully, 48, faces eight charges in relation to the shooting, including the murder of Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland as well as the attempted murder of Lindy Curtis and Kim Adams. All details of yesterday’s appearance were heavily suppressed. A provisional trial date is set for three weeks’ time. - NZME
Movie fundraiser Save the Children NZ Ashburton is holding a movie fundraising night next week for victims of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. Tickets to Woman in Gold, to screen on Tuesday 6pm at the Regent Cinema, are available at the Ashburton Save the Children shop in Tancred Street.
Healthy foods policy In the wake of the Wairarapa and Capital and Coast DHB’s adopting new healthy food and beverage guidelines, a Canterbury District Health Board spokesperson has confirmed that it too is reviewing its own healthy foods policy, which came into effect in 2006. The spokesperson said Canterbury was one of the first district health boards to move towards healthier food.
St John conference Ashburton St John hosted the annual St John South Island area committee conference for the first time at the weekend. All the St John area committees from around the South Island gathered at Hotel Ashburton. There were 170 delegates in attendance as well as members of St John management and administration. St John senior area committee relationship manager Brian O’Connell said overall everything went well.
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Methven farmer Graham Marr will be at the more than 1000-year-old Methven Castle in Scotland for the launch of the new Methven Tartan. PHOTO ZAK HOLLAND 210415-ZH-105
An article in yesterday’s Guardian about Presbyterian Support’s Curtain Bank contained incorrect information. Helen Mills is a curtain recipient, not a volunteer as reported. The Guardian apologises for the error.
Students line up for culinary battle Aoraki Polytechnic has confirmed that it will be sending three of its top hospitality students to compete at this year’s Nestlé Toque d’Or competition where they will battle it out in a live kitchen cook off against others from around the country. The three students who have yet to be confirmed will put their culinary and restaurant service skills to the test in an event which celebrates a 25 year milestone birthday this year. The annual event pits the country’s top talents against each other in a live kitchen cook off that has been fiercely contended for many years. NZChefs National President and organiser of the event, Graham Hawkes, said the event is considered by those in the hospitality industry to be the pre-eminent student culinary and front of house competition. “Menus and practice routines in the lead up to the big day are a closely guarded secret not too dissimilar to that of a well-known international yacht race,” he said. “On the day, while everything on the surface might look like plain sailing to an onlooker, scratch the surface and you’ll find underneath all sorts of
finely honed techniques aimed at helping a team to gain the upper edge on the day.” Each competing team comprises three students – two culinary and one restaurant service students - drawn from the country’s top training institutes. Teams have to battle against the clock and each other in a live cooking arena set up to replicate a working restaurant. “Competitors must prepare and serve six covers of a three course meal within an allotted timeframe, while a panel of judges scrutinises their work,” Graham said. A team of judges mark students against World Chefs’ criteria that include things like taste, service of food, presentation, food preparation and hygiene. In the months leading up to the big event, teams will spend hours training to perfect their menus and rehearsing how the dishes will be presented to guests dining at the event.
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Aoraki hospitality students at work in the 2014 Torque d’Or competition. Graham Hawkes, said “Everything needs to run like clockwork with a seamless dining experience delivered to guests, otherwise points are lost.”
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Hydroslides: It’s up to the community By sue newman
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If the community gives the nod, work could begin on the EA Networks Centre hydroslide project later this year. A proposal for two slides (one a signature ride) have been tagged in the Ashburton District Council’s long-term plan for construction in 2016/17. Work on the project, however, would begin in the next financial year. But whether that project retains its place in the spending queue is in the hands of the community, says Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay.
Construction of the EA Networks Centre has already boosted rates and running costs are likely to add from $206 per rateable property next year to $240 by year 10 in the long-term plan. If the community ticks off the council’s proposal to build two slides in 2016/17 at a cost of about $2.57 million, this will add $5 to rates next year, rising to $14 the following year. The slides will also add running costs to the pool complex. The community has other options it may prefer – delay the project one year and fund 60 per cent of the cost from rates or it can decide not to budget for the
hydroslide and relook at the project after June 2018. The project lines up with several others in the long-term plan, but what stays in or is delayed or deleted comes down to how much the community is prepared to invest in the district’s future, Mr McKay said. Rates are set to rise by 6.5 per cent next year and by varying amounts over the next 10 years, depending on the timing of several big ticket projects. While the community had previously given a clear mandate to move ahead with the hydroslide project, it has yet to test the waters on a project that will cost
more than $16 million but will give the district a new civic administration building and public library. The council building can no longer accommodate the number of staff employed and both it and the library need significant earthquake strengthening. This project is planned for the next three years and while the council will sell some property to fund this, there will be an impact on rates. Also in the plan is a request to partially fund a new sports facility at Rakaia which could add $10.50 to each rates bill. After considerable community
input, the council has already opted to fund through rates a wheelie bin kerbside collection, operating costs for the EA Networks Centre and a second bridge across the Ashburton River. Starting Friday, a series of public meetings will be held across the district where councillors and council staff will be available to answer questions and will talk about the plan. People can also have their say by completing a feedback form online at www.ashburtondc.govt. nz or by completing the freepost form provided in the consultation document.
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A timely bus safety reminder for motorists By Daisy HuDson
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Motorists around Mid Canterbury are being urged to take care around buses as students head back to school. Drivers are legally required to slow down to 20km per hour when passing school buses. A campaign launched by Transport Engineering Research New Zealand (TERNZ), with funding from the Road Safety Trust, titled Either Way It’s 20K, saw a marked reduction in the number of people speeding past school buses. However, it appears the message may have faded from some people’s minds since the end of the campaign. Pearsons Coachlines Ashburton branch manager, Mark Cook, said while most people followed the rules and slowed down, some motorists were still taking risks around school buses. “Maybe some old bad habits have slipped in,” he said. He believed afternoons were
Drivers are being urged to remember the speed limit when passing school buses. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 200415-TM-057
when motorists needed to take the most care. “You don’t often hear of kids getting hit in the mornings,” he said.
“It’s when they get off the bus and the bus is pulling away that people need to be aware of.” Mr Cook said it was not just younger children that drivers
Community meeting dates (all at 7.30pm):
■ April 24 – Walnut Avenue Pavilion, Citizens’ Association representatives ■ April 28 – Walnut Avenue Pavilion, service club representatives ■ April 29 – Rakaia Community Centre ■ April 29 – Mt Somers War Memorial Hall ■ April 30 – Hinds Community Centre ■ April 30 – Methven Heritage Centre ■ May 4 – Lower Hakatere Hall ■ May 5 – Ashburton Seniors Centre.
needed to be aware of. “You’ll get high school kids with their iPods in and they’ll just wander out and not look each way,” he said.
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■ METHVEN TOWNSMAN
Keeping Methven tidy BY SUSAN SANDYS
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Winter beckons in Methven, but there is barely a single autumn leaf on the pavements and gutters of the ski town. That is because townsman Steve Williams is on the job, having started work as early as 5.30am. The 59-year-old has been the townsman for about eight months, and it is a role he has taken to naturally, following in his father’s footsteps. The late Stan (Curly) Williams was the Methven townsman for about 15 years in the 1970s and 1980s. Mr Williams is content in the job of taking pride in the town which he and his family have lived for generations, and he said it was far more interesting than his previous job of freezing worker. “I love working outside, it’s good to look after the town you were born in,” he said. He is employed in the full-time role by ACL, which is contracted
by the Ashburton District Council. His duties are just generally keeping the town clean and tidy – the Methven Railway Reserve public toilets and the town centre footpaths and public areas. He takes a small camera around with him on his daily duties, and if something needs fixing he will make sure it gets done if he is unable to do it himself. Mr Williams has been the subject of praise from Methven Community Board members, who have mentioned at their six-weekly meetings just how great the town is looking. He said one thing he had not had to worry about since coming into the job was the previous issue of ongoing damage to the town’s public toilets, as security cameras had kept would-be vandals at bay. And one of the things he liked most was meeting lots of interesting people. Just the other day he was chatting to a South African who told him his life story.
The man had said all his family were now in Australia or New Zealand, and he was planning to set up a deep sea diving operation somewhere along the Kiwi coast. Other visitors he chats to include those who have come back to visit Methven after being away for decades, and they remember his father. It would not be exaggerating to say all the locals know Mr Williams, there’s many he is related to and many he went to school with. Not only did his dad hold the townsman role all those years ago, but his grandfather, who used to run a saddler shop, and grandmother lived in the town and had 21 children. He had an old school friend pop in and see him at work the other day, none other than Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay. Mr McKay, who farms in Methven, had been in the year ahead of Mr Williams at Methven High School.
Methven townsman Steve Williams. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 080415-SS-243
■ BUSINESS MID CANTERBURY Come and find out about improving local waterways
Group growing in strength
Community members are invited to attend a Hinds Drains Working Party field trip to learn about what can be done to understand and improve drain management in the lower Hinds area.
Business Mid Canterbury is just eight months old, but already it is signing up a steady stream of members. The business organisation was born out of the Ashburton Business Association, and on the back of demand for a group that would promote the interests of all businesses across the district. And in just eight months, board member Greg Martin said it was well on the way to achieving those goals. It has held several events that have been well attended and has a programme of speakers, workshops and social events lined up over the next few weeks. It has also hosted members of parlia-
Drains in this area provide multiple services including drainage, habitats for native fish, eels and trout and provide opportunities for food gathering. Canterbury University has a number of research sites on drains in the Hinds catchment. Their research is particularly focusing on nutrient, sediment and weed management. The Field Trip will visit some of these sites and discuss with researchers, drainage engineers and landowners what has been learnt from practical experience.
Field Trip information Hinds Drains Working Party field trip to Hinds Plains Catchment From 11am – 3pm on Friday 24 April 2015 Meet at Lowcliffe Hall, Isleworth Road. From here we will car pool to the research sites. A packed lunch will be provided. Bring your gummies and questions. For further information contact Lesley Woudberg on 027 706 4273 or email lesley.woudberg@ecan.govt.nz
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ment and been involved in several business advocacy initiatives. While advocacy and education were two key functions of the organisation, it was also about networking and socialising, Mr Martin said. And on Friday Business Mid Canterbury is going social with a members’ happy hour at Braided Rivers. “This is about our members getting together and relaxing at the end of the week.” The event is members only, but the board would be happy to sign up new people on the night, he said.
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Call for calm over whooping cough
Phil Rudd pleads guilty to charges
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An Ashburton health professional is urging people not to be alarmed about reports New Zealand could be heading for a whooping cough epidemic. Ashburton GP spokeswoman Charlotte Cox said whooping cough went in cycles and New Zealand was just coming out of an epidemic. The last spike in whooping cough cases began in 2011 and was now waning. However, parents should not panic, she said. Dr Cox said immunisation was not only the best protection against whooping cough it was also the best way to reduce the burden of disease in the community. “Pregnant women can receive free vaccination and the mother’s antibodies cross the placenta to protect ba-
bies under six weeks of age,” she said. Babies can then receive free immunisations when they are six weeks, three months and five months old. Dr Cox said if people continued to vaccinate then the number of cases of whooping cough in New Zealand could be significantly reduced. The Institute of Environmental Science Research (ESR) records cases of whooping cough, otherwise known as pertussis, as it is classed as a notifiable disease. ESR’s pertussis report for January to March this year outlined that within the Canterbury District Health Board there were 19 cases of whooping cough and only 5.3 per cent of the notifications were hospitalised. That is significantly less than other district health boards such as Capital and Coast, which had the highest number of cases (37 cases), followed by Waitematea (34 cases) and Counties Manakau (30 cases).
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Whooping cough is a highly infectious disease that is spread by coughing and sneezing. It can be serious for babies and children. If babies catch whooping cough they may not be able to feed or breathe properly, and could end up with serious complications such as pneumonia and brain damage. Information obtained from the Ministry of Health
AC/DC drumhome on Novemmer Phil Rudd has ber 6. pleaded guilty to Police say Rudd threatening to kill had 0.71g of and drugs charges. methamphetamine Rudd, 60, was and 130g of candue to stand trial nabis in his posyesterday at the session. Tauranga DisHe was also trict Court in New charged with atZealand but he tempting to proPhil Rudd changed his plea to cure a murder guilty before the trial began. when he appeared in court Rudd was arrested in No- in November, but the charge vember and charged over an was dropped the following incident on September 26 day. in which, according to a poAC/DC in February anlice summary of facts, Rudd nounced it had replaced rang a man he knew and Rudd with former drumthreatened to kill both him mer Chris Slade ahead of its and his daughter. world Rock or Bust tour. He was also charged with Rudd played on recording possession of methampheta- sessions for the album by the mine and cannabis. same name, but was unable The drugs charges were to promote the album late laid after police executed a last year while dealing with search warrant at Rudd’s the charges. - AAP
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This year marks the 100th year since Red Cross became active in communities throughout New Zealand. In lieu of the centenary many Mid Cantabrians are digging up Red Cross memorabilia that belonged to their beloved family members. One such Mid Canterbury resident, Elaine Cochrane, only recently stumbled upon a certificate awarded to her mother by the Red Cross during World War Two. While Ms Cochrane was just a young child during the war, she remembered it was such a busy time on the family farm. However, her mother Bertha, a member of the Wakanui Red Cross Branch,
always found time to make supplies for the soldiers fighting far away from home. She would knit, sew and bake and carefully wrap the goodies into parcels to be sent overseas. Mrs Cochrane received recognition for her hard work during the war, and at a Red Cross meeting was presented with a certificate from The War Organisation of The British Red Cross Society and Order of St John. The certificate was presented in “recognition of valuable services rendered in the making of hospital supplies during the world war from 1939” and signed by the Duchess of Gloucester. Ms Cochrane also did her part and joined the Junior Red Cross while at primary school.
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Helping heal Sri Lankan wounds Milk has many benefits, but it is not often that you hear about how it can foster peace and understanding, crossing the divide between ethnic groups, who were until recently, at war with one another. The director of a large-scale dairy project in Sri Lanka, Selina Prem Kumar, is in Mid Canterbury this week, talking up the benefits of the Wanni Dairy Regeneration programme, designed and supported by TEAR Fund and the New Zealand Government, with Kiwi expertise to improve milk quality. Ms Kumar will tell the story of how this project has brought together both Singhalese and Tamil small-hold dairy farmers for the common purpose of raising their incomes and
revitalising the dairy industry which stalled during the conflict. “The results of the Wanni Dairy Regeneration programme have been stunning, raising incomes for farmers involved by 600 per cent.” The programme spans 30 communities and involves more than 2000 farmers, 40 per cent of them women. The project encourages Tamil and Singhalese ethnic groups to work together breaking down past prejudices and fosters cooperation. Ms Kumar will speak at Rakaia’s Salmon Tales Café at 7pm tonight and at the St Stephen’s Parish Centre at 7pm tomorrow. Contact Bruce Morriss on 027 6767-166 or email brucem@tearfund.org to reserve a seat.
Scarecrows get well-deserved rest Methven’s celebrity scarecrows have had their day in the sun and are now being dismantled before they will be reincarnated again next year. Puff the Magic Dragon (pictured), created by Jade Hackney on Morgan Street, was voted the best by scarecrow trail participants. Second was SpongeBob
SquarePants at ATS (inset), while third was Sid the Sloth by the Peek family. The Methven Scarecrow Trail is an annual highlight in the town and this year 1200 people took part from throughout Canterbury. The organisers of the Scarecrow Trail, Karyn Robertson and Gillian Heald, wanted to
thank those who supported and participated in the two-week school holiday event. Photographs of all the scarecrows, with the names of their creators and the characters they represent, are posted on the Methven Scarecrow Trail Facebook page and are available at the Methven i-SITE. PHOTOS SUPPLIED
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shburton will not lose its special character businesses if the people who live there show they still want them. Observers worry small businesses will be squeezed out of the central business district as new buildings are built and existing properties are redeveloped. They say revitalisation is a good thing, but that the costs of the post-Canterbury earthquake rebuild could mean higher rents for businesses whose margins are already very tight. None say owners should not charge what they need to make the most of their investment, but they hope the new-look town will support the small businesses that sustain it. Certainly, the revitalisation of the town centre depends on the commerce it attracts. Variety, as well as the quality of architecture and amenity, will make it work. This will not be lost on developers who know they need to build what possible tenants want and what the town looks likely to need, if their investments are to pay for themselves. For example, those behind the Eastfield development between Burnett, Cass and Tancred streets considered the mix of businesses the town could sustain before firming their plans. They settled on devoting less than 30 per cent of its space to retail because they did not want to suck the life from one part of town in favour of another. Other developments, such as Westburn Courts on West Street and the Redpath building on East Street, were built knowing there would be anchor tenants. Property owners do their homework and they know many businesses are dealing with a spending slowdown in the wake of the drought and the low dairy payout. Many also face increasing competition from online retail and the ever-expanding retail opportunities offered in Christchurch. These headwinds will affect the town’s character well before new shops are built because they will affect the sort of market that will support new buildings. Developers can be encouraged to support special character businesses – but the best encouragement will come from a community of consumers that ensures the viability of their tenants.
YOUR VIEW Website date On April 15 I emailed the Ashburton RSA pointing out that their website was still advertising the annual meeting to be held in March and why was there no mention of the Anzac Day programme? It is now April 21 and nothing has changed – have they cancelled Anzac Day? This is pathetic. Doug Forsyth Ashburton RSA secretary manager Brenda Costello replies: The RSA has had issues with updating its website; the annual meeting note does serve as a reminder to members that the annual meeting is always held on the last Sunday in March.
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In brief Death penalty possible An Indonesian court is expected to hand down verdicts in the case of a US couple accused of murdering the woman’s mother and stuffing her body into a suitcase on the resort island of Bali. The badly beaten body of Sheila von Wiese Mack, 62, was found in the boot of a taxi outside a five-star hotel in Bali last August. Her daughter, 19-year-old Heather Mack, and the daughter’s boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, were arrested in another part of the resort island after fleeing. The couple, who are both from the Chicago area and being tried separately by a three-judge panel, are accused of premeditated murder which carries a maximum penalty of death in Indonesia. - AFP
Abbott farewells troops Prime Minister Tony Abbott has paid tribute to about 300 Australian soldiers being sent to Iraq to train local forces fighting Islamic State. The personnel, drawn mainly from the Australian Army’s Brisbane-based 7th Brigade, were farewelled by family and political leaders at the Gallipoli Barracks yesterday. Mr Abbott said although the troops would be training abroad and not fighting, they would still be defending Australia. - AAP
Maglev breaks record Japan’s state-of-the-art maglev train has set a world speed record in a test run near Mount Fuji, clocking more than 600 kilometres an hour. The sevencar maglev - short for “magnetic levitation” - train, hit a top speed of 603kph, and managed nearly 11 seconds over 600kph, Central Japan Railway said. The new record comes less than a week after the company clocked 590kph, by breaking its own 2003 record of 581kph. The maglev hovers 10cm above the tracks and is propelled by electricallycharged magnets. - AFP
Grave-robbing monk A 65-year-old Buddhist monk is being held by police in Thailand on accusations of looting graves for skulls to be used in black magic rituals. The monk, who was disrobed on April 19, allegedly raided two cemeteries near the northeastern city of Udon Thani with accomplices. Police accuse the monk and two younger disciples of digging up skulls to be used in rituals - which may include making amulets said to protect the wearer and confer power. - AFP
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NSW storm a killer By Eoin Blackwell Three people have died in the worst storms to hit NSW in a decade with the battered Hunter region bracing for further cyclonic conditions. A woman and two men, all believed to be elderly, reportedly died in their homes in Dungog as water surged through the town, after more than 300mm of rain fell in 24 hours. The deaths came after dramatic footage emerged of a house floating down a Dungog street with wild weather wreaking havoc across the state, including Sydney. Rescuers have saved 47 people from floodwaters, 10 of them from rooftops in Stroud, just north of Newcastle. About 215,000 homes and businesses were without power on Tuesday afternoon. The SES last night warned Newcastle residents via text message to be prepared for flash flooding, with those living in low-lying parts of the city in greatest danger. “An evacuation centre is being set up in Dungog and we’re doing everything possible to support them,” Premier Mike Baird said. “Some of the areas are remote and cut off ... from the weather perspective it is antici-
The storm has hit the Hunter region very hard.
pated, all the way to midnight, the expectation is the weather could get more severe.” Sydney is in for another belting as the storm cell moves south.
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Champagne sweeter A shipwrecked trove of sugary, 19th century champagne is revealing new details about centuriesold ways of making wine, and fresh insights into the people who drank it. The latest analysis of a few of the 168 bottles found in 2010 on the floor of the Baltic Sea shows it was three times sweeter than modern bubbly, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. And the research suggests that the cool, dark ocean might just make an ideal storage cellar. “After 170 years of deep sea ageing, these sleeping champagne bottles awoke to tell us a chapter of the story of winemaking.” - AFP
Teenager Jarod Rits captured the video of a house floating in Dungog and had friends who had lost their home. “A roar really just rushing through the street,” he
told Fairfax Media yesterday. “Couldn’t really hear the houses but the power lines snapping, that’s all you could really hear.” During the day wind speeds topped 130km/h with towns such as Stroud and Dungog cut off by flooding. Three Hunter region hospitals were forced to use back-up generators with the east coast low expected to start easing this morning. “These events are going to test our emergency services,” Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said. “But they are there to be tested.” The weather forced the closure of more than 100 NSW schools with gates shut at national parks. A cruise ship is stuck outside Sydney Heads because of a massive swell - and it may be there for the next 48 hours. Passengers were due to disembark the Carnival Spirit on yesterday morning. Waves reached heights of at least 11 metres off Sydney, with blasted sand covering the skate park at the iconic Bondi Beach. Mr Baird called on bosses to be flexible and allow their staff to go home early, and for people to avoid roads unless necessary. - AAP
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Hubble, the first telescope to revolutionise modern astronomy and change our view of the universe by offering glimpses of distant galaxies, marks its 25th year in space this week. “Hubble absolutely has changed the way humans look at the universe and our place in it,” said astronomer Jennifer Wiseman, one of the telescope’s senior scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, Hubble orbits the Earth. It doesn’t travel to faraway stars, but instead snaps incredible pictures of them. The telescope is the fruit of a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency. Hubble is celebrated as a triumph these days, but almost as soon as it was launched, a major problem was discovered with its main mirror and it did not become operational until three years later.
Its repair required a special space shuttle mission in 1993. After that, Hubble became a legend in its own right, exploring the depths of space from its circular path around Earth and transmitting astonishing images of supernovas, or massive explosions that occur with the death of a star, and other celestial bodies. One of Hubble’s best known images is of the vast Carina Nebula, an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen gas, helium gas and plasma that lies some 6500 light years away from Earth. Hubble, named after pioneering American astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), has also shown us black holes at the heart of galaxies scientists did not previously know existed. The telescope has taken more than a million pictures, including some that have allowed astronomers to more precisely calculate the age of the universe - about 13.8 billion years old. - AFP
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Boat captain arrested, 800 dead Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized off Libya, as the UN said 800 people died in the Mediterranean’s worst migrant disaster. Police have detained a Tunisian man believed to be the captain of the vessel and a Syrian, allegedly a member of the crew, taken from a group of 27 haggard survivors who arrived in the Sicilian port of Catania on Monday evening. Both face charges of people trafficking. Under-fire EU ministers meanwhile have agreed on a 10-point plan to double the resources available to the current EU border surveillance mission Triton, as the UN’s refugee agency and the International Organisation for Migration recounted what those onboard had witnessed. “We can say that 800 are dead,” said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Italy yesterday, citing the survivors’ accounts of the deadly crossing. Those who escaped have described the moment the 20-metre trawler capsized after a Portuguese merchant ship approached the vessel, causing a stampede. “There were a little over 800 people on board, including children aged between 10 and 12.
Pilot a knifeman An airline pilot due to fly over 260 passengers from London to Hong Kong has been arrested at Heathrow airport after he was allegedly found to be in possession of a number of knives. A spokesperson for the airline Cathay Pacific said that the flight which was due to travel from London Heathrow to Hong Kong on Saturday was delayed following a “crew related incident.” The Metropolitan Police said they were called to a staff search area at Heathrow at around 9:10pm on Saturday and found the member of the flight crew in possession of “some knives.” - AFP
Syphilis ‘a killer’ Work needs to be stepped up to develop a vaccine for syphilis which has lost its “bogeyman” status, says an Australian expert. The disease still kills half-a-million babies worldwide annually, a situation described by Professor Basil Donovan as “an international scandal”. In Australia, urban gay men and young Aboriginal heterosexuals in remote communities were the two population groups affected, the Professor of Sexual Health at the University of NSW said. - AAP
Gin proves poisonous
Italian Coast Guard ship Bruno Gregoretti, carrying survivors of the boat that overturned off the coasts of Libya Saturday, arrives at Catania Harbour in Italy. AP PHOTO
“There were Syrians, about 150 Eritreans, Somalians ... They had left Tripoli at about 8 am on Saturday,” Sami said. The survivors hailed from Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Somalia, Eritrea and Bangladesh, she added, and all had been taken to nearby holding centres. Even as EU foreign and in-
terior ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss ways to stem the flood of people trying to reach Europe, the International Organisation for Migration said it had received a distress call from another boat. Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said separately that Italy’s
Ethanol poisoning from a locallybrewed gin may have been responsible for the sudden death of 18 people in Nigeria. “We strongly suspect ethanol poisoning and in view of this, we have ordered for another toxicology test for the surviving victims,” Nigerian official Dayo Adeyanju said. Preliminary investigations ruled out viral or ebola infection for the outbreak of the mysterious illness in the southwestern town of OdeIrele. - AFP
coast guard had asked merchant shipping to go to the aid of two boats off the Libyan coast with up to 450 migrants on board after they sought help. More than 11,000 migrants have been rescued by Italian authorities since the middle of last week alone. - AFP
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo has re-stated his commitment to execute Bali Nine drug smugglers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan saying “it’s only a matter of time”. In an interview with Indonesian news agency Antara, Mr Joko said he would not interfere with outstanding legal appeals of the group awaiting the firing squad but confirmed the executions would take place on their conclusion. - AAP
Head nun sorry over Qld orphanage abuse A senior Catholic nun has apologised for the inadequate way she handled historical child abuse allegations against members of her order. But the national head of the Sisters of Mercy, whose mem-
bers ran a notorious central Queensland orphanage, says she still believes the allegations should never have been aired in parliament almost 20 years ago. Sister Berneice Loch was the order’s congregational leader
in 1993 when former residents of the Neerkol orphanage near Rockhampton began coming forward with claims they had been abused by nuns and priests. Without contacting them, she prepared statements defending
the orphanage and saying there was no evidence of the claims. At a royal commission yesterday Sister Loch accepted her response had lacked compassion and exacerbated the suffering of abuse victims. - AAP
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Time’s running out for websites BY HOLLY RYAN Thousands of New Zealand businesses could have their websites bumped down Google’s search rankings if they have not met the requirements for mobile from yesterday. However, tech commentator Peter Griffin says the search engine giant is likely to tread cautiously. Earlier this year, Google set a deadline of April 21 for websites to ensure they were mobile-friendly, and said those that did not meet the requirements risked being penalised. “I think they’ll be wary of doing it too quickly,” Griffin said. “They know people have to make the transition and there’s a lot – probably hundreds of thousands if not millions – of websites that aren’t very mobile-friendly so they’ll be loath to drop them too far down because some of them are still highly trafficked websites. “But it’s definitely the first warning sign that if you don’t
Businesses are being warned to make their websites mobile friendly to stay competitive.
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friendly can expect a significant boost in mobile search engine rankings, site traffic and potentially sales.” Griffin said updates could vary in difficulty depending on the complexity of the website. He expected other search engines would follow suit, but Google’s deadline of yesterday was “the first red flag” for businesses to ensure their sites were mobile-friendly. First Retail Group managing director Chris Wilkinson told Newstalk ZB yesterday most large companies were on board with their websites. “Some of the smaller, regional groups, some of the smaller retailers are not yet ready and surprisingly, some of the malls that represent a lot of these retailers are not yet ready either.” It was not difficult to update websites to be more mobilefriendly, Wilkinson said. “It’s really just a question of translating the sites and adding some new functionality.” – NZME
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and having links spaced out to make searching on mobiles easier for users. Griffin said that although websites would not disappear from Google when searching on mobile, for some companies, not being on the first page of Google’s search could be devastating. Auckland marketing consult-
ant Fleur Revell from Impact PR said she had looked over websites of the NZX’s top 50 companies earlier this month and found half failed Google’s online mobile readiness tool. “Dynamic businesses that can adapt rapidly to Google’s 500 algorithm changes each year will reap the rewards, while others will be relegated to virtual obscurity as their rankings slip off the coveted first page of Google.” Revell said a quarter of the retail brands surveyed also failed to meet the requirements. She said the biggest risk was for businesses that relied heavily on marketing directly to consumers and on bricks-andmortar stores that used mobile searches to drive foot traffic through their doors. “Retail is a particularly competitive industry and in the case of a shopping mall or district, mobile search-driven foot traffic has become a key driver of sales,” Revell said. “Those sites which are mobile-
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Employee wins day in court P eter Hall was the sales and services manager for New Zealand for Dionex Pty Ltd (DPL) a supplier of scientific instruments and equipment. After a training trip to Thailand, he was dismissed for allegations of looking at prostitution websites and running up large company credit card bills for food and drink while dining with Thai escorts. Mr Hall was called to a meeting in December, 2011, and suspended, pending an investigation. The company hadn’t yet looked at his laptop, credit card bills or taken any statements. At the formal meeting he explained the food and drink purchase was authorised by management.
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He stumbled across the prostitution site while looking for therapeutic massage for his aches and pains and the photo on his phone of a topless Thai woman (with her back to the camera) was from some years ago – but he didn’t believe they breached policy. Mr Hall was dismissed the next day (December 23), even though Mr Hall’s lawyer wasn’t available until after Christmas. Mr Hall’s grievances centred on who his employer was at
the relevant time and, that the process, including the decision to suspend, was predetermined. He claimed he was denied access to relevant information during the course of the disciplinary process and that he was entitled to extensive relief. The Employment Court instructed the employer pay Mr Hall six months’ salary along with interest plus commission. He was also awarded $18,000 in compensation for hurt and humiliation. Judge Inglis then reduced the amount by 50 per cent for Mr Hall’s contribution. Christine Summerville of Chapman Employment Relations is an employment and HR advisor for businesses in Ashburton christine@chapmaner.co.nz
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Petrol prices moving quickly BY PATTRICK SMELLIE Rising global prices for crude oil and a 4 cents per litre increase in petrol prices this week saw Z Energy release updated research yesterday from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research showing petrol prices react to international price changes within a fortnight and fall as quickly as they rise. In a report titled “Petrol prices
(still) rise and fall at the same speed”, NZIER says the main change it has noted since about 2010 is that international oil price changes are passed through mostly within the following one or two weeks, rather than taking three or four weeks to filter through to the motorist at the petrol pump. “Both oil price reductions and oil price increases end up in retail prices more quickly than
they used to,” says the report released this morning by Z chief executive Mike Bennetts. The publication coincides with criticism from the Automobile Association about the decision by Z and BP to raise petrol prices by 4 cents a litre this week. AA analyst Mark Stockdale was reported as saying he believed the companies had acted “a day or two” earlier than necessary. – NZME
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f you have a pear tree in your backyard then you’ll be in mid harvest. It’s been a great pear year and even the most creative pear cook is likely to be wondering what to do with such a bountiful harvest. Pears are perfect just as they are or eaten with a good blue cheese and crackers, but they’re also at home in cakes, puddings and chutneys.
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parmesan in a bowl. ■ Place oil, vinegar, honey and mustard in a screw-top jar. ■ Secure lid. Shake to combine. ■ Add to rocket mixture. Toss to coat. Serve.
Balsamic onion, pear and walnut pizza 2T olive oil 2 red onions, thinly sliced 1/4 C (60ml) caramelised balsamic vinegar 1/4 C (65g) store-bought pesto 1 Afghan bread 2 beurre bosc pears, peeled, cored, sliced, brushed with lemon juice 150g mozzarella, sliced 1/4 C (25g) walnuts, toasted, chopped Handful wild rocket leaves ■ Place a baking tray in the oven and preheat the oven to 220°C. ■ Heat oil in a
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Upside down pear cake 50g butter 1/3 C brown sugar 3 medium firm pears, peeled and sliced into eighths 150g butter 1C lightly packed brown sugar 3 eggs 1 1/3 C self-raising flour 1t baking powder 2t ground ginger
■ Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). ■ Line the base of a 24cm cake tin with the pears. ■ In one bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, brown sugar and ginger together. ■ In a second bowl whisk together the remaining ingredients. ■ Gently stir to combine and pour batter over the pears. ■ Sprinkle this with the brown sugar. ■ Pour over the boiling water and scatter with hazelnuts. ■ Place in the oven and bake for 35 minutes, or until the top is firm to touch.
■ Preheat the oven to 180 C. ■ Line the base of a 22cm spring form cake pan with baking paper. ■ Melt the 50g butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar together and pour over the baking paper. ■ Cover with sliced pears in a circular pattern. ■ Beat together butter and sugar until pale and creamy. ■ Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. ■ Stir in the combined flour, baking powder and ginger. ■ Spoon the cake batter over the pears. ■ Bake for 40 minutes until cake tests cooked when a skewer inserted comes out clean. ■ Leave to rest for five minutes and then invert on to a serving plate. ■ Serve with whipped cream, caramel sauce, or both.
Pear chutney 1kg pears, peeled, cored and chopped 250ml malt vinegar 100g granulated sugar 100g dark brown soft sugar 1/2 t cinnamon 1/2 t white pepper 1/2 t ground cardamom 1/4 t ground nutmeg ■ In a saucepan, combine all ingredients. ■ Bring to the boil, reduce heat, and cover. ■ Simmer 30 minutes, stirring frequently, until the pears are tender. ■ Immediately spoon the chutney into hot, sterlised jars and seal. ■ Once cooled, store in a cool, dark place. ■ After opening, chutney should easily keep three to four weeks in the fridge.
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Ashburton College Year 13 pupil Dani Rigby may come across as a little shy, but she has had plenty of sass to win at recent country music awards. The 17-year-old has done so well as to qualify for the prestigious New Zealand Country Music Entertainer of the Year awards, where she will perform alongside other regional winners and country music legends. The awards event is an annual highlight on the nation’s country music calendar, and Dani is chuffed she will be there. She qualified after winning the overall intermediate category at the Red Star Country Music Awards in Matamata this month. She will be the only one from the South Island in the intermediate category, competing against three other intermediate winners after similar competitions around the country. The song she sang at the Red Star awards to win, was Song of My Summer by New Zealand country music artist Kaylee Bell. At the event she also sang You Believe in Me, a song she penned herself, giving her second prize in the song-writ-
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Isla brings home medals Mid Canterbury karate kid Isla Russell collected two medals at the 2015 NZ Open Karate Championships last weekend. Isla’s father Sid Russell said she “completely dominated her age group and division”. She competed well and took home the title of 8-9 year old girls karate champion, winning individual gold medals in both kata and kumite. Sister Kalia did not fare so well. A recent birthday meant that she was bumped up into a higher age group, and although she competed strongly she did not do well enough to take home a medal. The competition included top competitors from all over the country, as well as from Australia and as far as Tahiti.
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Art Union impresses trial-watchers at Ashburton The Cran Dalgety-trained Art Union (outside) proved he might be one to watch when the big ticket Harness Jewels race day rolls around on May 30, when he took out the second on the card at yesterday’s
Ashburton Trotting Club workouts. The Art Major-Sparks a’Flyin youngster is currently fourth qualifier in the threeyear-old emerald mile field on the back of more than $73,000
in stake earnings for the season, with seven wins from 12 starts in New Zealand and one win from four starts in Australia. The John Hay trained and driven Gimmegold came home
a head back with Bruce Negus’ Chantrey finishing three lengths behind in third. With Murray Howard in the sulky, Art Union ran the 2400m in 2:05.6, 800m, 56.2 and 400, 26.2.
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Crusaders apologise to fans The Crusaders have issued an apology to their supporters for their lacklustre form in Super Rugby. Fans streamed out of AMI Stadium before the final whistle in their heavy defeat at the hands of the Chiefs last weekend. Assistant coach Aaron
RESULTS ■ Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Golf Club April 20 Women’s Open Pennants (round 2) Zone 1 (Mayfield) Mayfield 1 13.5 Methven 3.5; Ashburton 8.5 Tinwald 8.5 Zone 2 (Geraldine) Geraldine 13 Tinwald 4; Mayfield 2 11.5 Temuka 5.5 Zone 3 and 4 rained off to be rescheduled
■ Rugby league NRL round 7 ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 12 (M Cooper E Nabuli tries G Widdop 2 goals) bt BRISBANE 10 (S Thaiday D Vidot tries A Milford goal) at Jubilee Oval. Referee: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Morris. Crowd: 13,029.
Mauger says that, coupled with some angry posts on social media, really affected the team. “We love the people that we represent and we know that they love our team. “That’s probably why they walked out - they were disappointed and it hurt them to see that.”
The champions of old are languishing in fourth in the New Zealand conference and are 10th overall, six points off a playoffs spot. Their attack has been well below par but Mauger says they know their systems work. “We’re not in a great position at the moment but we truly be-
lieve we can get ourselves out of it. If we take that game by game approach and just nail each performance we’ll give ourselves a chance to do that.” Mauger says that Ryan Crotty will be available to play the Blues on Saturday but Israel Dagg is still a week away. - NZME
CANTERBURY 28 (C Rona 2 M Mbye F Pritchard C Stanley C Thompson tries T Hodkinson 2 goals) bt MANLY 16 (D Cherry-Evans P Hiku S Matai tries J Lyon 2 goals) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris Sutton. Crowd: 13,568. GOLD COAST 32 (J Hoffman 2 W Zillman 2 J Roberts tries A Sezer 5 G Bird goals) bt PENRITH 6 (W Blake try M Moylan goal) at Cbus Super Stadium. Referee: Jared Maxwell, Chris James. Crowd: 9,244. NORTH QUEENSLAND 28 (J Granville 3 L Coote K Linnett tries J Thurston 4 goals) bt NZ WARRIORS 24 (K Hurrell S Kata M Vatuvei J Wright tries S Johnson 4 goals) at 1300SMILES Stadium. Referee: Gerard Sutton, Grant Atkins. Crowd: 16,038. MELBOURNE 17 (W Chambers F Kaufusi M Koroibete tries C Smith 2 goals C Cronk field goal) bt SYDNEY ROOSTERS 16 (M Aubusson D Tupou tries J Maloney 4 goals) at AAMI Park. Referee: Alan Shortall, Ashley Klein. Crowd: 12,860. CANBERRA 30 (S Boyd J Croker F Nuuausala J Rapana J Wighton tries J Croker 5 goals) bt WESTS TIGERS 22 (L Brooks K Galloway P Richards T Simona tries P Richards 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval. Referee: Gavin Reynolds, Henry Perenara.
PARRAMATTA 28 (J Folau 2 N Peats 2 B Faraimo tries C Sandow 4 goals) bt NEWCASTLE 22 (D Gagai C Houston J McManus A Uate tries T Roberts 3 goals) at Hunter Stadium. Referee: Adam Devcich, David Munro. Crowd: 16,953. CRONULLA 18 (J Bukuya M Gordon L Lewis tries V Holmes 2 M Gordon goals) bt SOUTH SYDNEY 10 (A Johnston C McQueen tries I Luke goal) at Remondis Stadium. Referee: Ben Cummins, Matt Noyen, Alan Shortall. Crowd: 3,978. Standings P W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Melbourne 7 5 0 2 0 148 104 44 10 2 St George 7 5 0 2 0 98 74 24 10 3 Brisbane 7 5 0 2 0 142 122 20 10 4 South Sydney 7 4 0 3 0 146 132 14 8 5 Canterbury 7 4 0 3 0 142 137 5 8 6 Nth Queensland 7 4 0 3 0 146 151 -5 8 7 Newcastle 7 4 0 3 0 114 123 -9 8 8 Syd. Roosters 7 3 0 4 0 154 115 39 6 9 Wests Tigers 7 3 0 4 0 137 135 2 6 10 Cronulla 7 3 0 4 0 122 122 0 6 11 NZ Warriors 7 3 0 4 0 147 150 -3 6 12 Gold Coast 7 3 0 4 0 146 149 -3 6 13 Penrith 7 3 0 4 0 128 138 -10 6 14 Canberra 7 3 0 4 0 125 146 -21 6 15 Parramatta 7 3 0 4 0 149 171 -22 6 16 Manly 7 1 0 6 0 96 171 -75 2
■ Shooting Mt Somers Rifle Club April 20 Stephen Millichamp, 94.4, 191.8, Kevin Fews, 85, 91.1, Julian Evans, 89.4, 86, Jake Jupp, 66, 93.2, Philip Duff, 86, 86.2, Eddie Millichamp, 83.2, Douglas Richards, 73, 63, Ross Richards, 70, 85, Greg Barnaby, 75.1, Sid Stewart, 96.3, Mark Smith, 89.1, 94.3, Andy Oram, 96.2, 92.1, Dave Millichamp, 95.3, Patch Duff, 75, Hunter Lill, 79, 78, Riley Duff, 75, 74.1, Alex Barnaby, 73, Jacob Smith, 82.1, Brent Frame, 87.2, 95.3, Wayne Tubb 90.1.
Mayfield Rifle Club Will Boyd 57.1, Robert Spencer 76, James Spencer 65.1, Sophie Holden 64, Ben Williams 77.1, Martin Williams 86.3, Nicholas McDowell 68, Hamish Kirk 62, Kyle Hansen 94.3, Oakley Murphy 58, Adrian Holden 89.1, Phillippa Fleming 96.6, Ben Nordqvist 84, Martin Fleming 97.4, Carl Nordqvist 98.5, Andrew Donaldson 97.2, John Fleming 96.4.
Lydia Ko has retained the world number one women’s golf ranking despite rival Inbee Park finishing second at the Lotte Championship over the weekend. Former world number one Park lost in a playoff to fellow South Korean Sei YoungKim who holed out for eagle on the first playoff hole. The second placing saw Park move ahead of Stacey Lewis into second in the world rankings. Ko missed the tournament, taking a two week break ahead of her defence of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in San Francisco this week. - NZME
Sopoaga in AB frame Highlanders first-five Lima Sopoaga has firmly entered the minds of the All Blacks brains trust in Rugby World Cup year. The spotlight has gone on other first five-eighths around New Zealand after news Aaron Cruden had ruptured his ACL. Beauden Barrett, Dan Carter and Colin Slade are in pole for the likely three World Cup playmaker spots, but selector Grant Fox says Sopoaga has impressed. “We’ll wait and see what happens, but there’s another guy who’s playing well in Lima Sopoaga,” Fox said. “He’s quite possibly, right at this point in time, the form five-eighths of our teams in the competition.” - NZME
Roe back in spotlight In 1981 Allison Roe won the prestigious Boston and New York marathons, but now the 58-year-old has set her sights on rowing. And when the World Masters Games kick off in Auckland two years from today, Roe will row in them - though she’s not yet placed as much as a toe in a scull. “It’s quite a funny decision, considering I haven’t set foot in one of those funny little boats. But I’m very good at staying on the indoor rowing machine,” the games ambassador said with a smile. In 1981, Roe set records in both the New York and Boston marathons in under 2 1/2 hours. She also set a 20km world record in Japan. - NZME
Bulls down Milwaukee Jimmy Butler scored 31 points as Chicago beat Milwaukee 91-82 yesterday to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round NBA playoff series. After scoring 25 points in Game 1, Butler was at his best down the stretch, scoring 14 points in the fourth quarter. Chicago’s Derrick Rose scored all of his 15 points in the second half after dominating in the series opener. - AP
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Thenamesbond on target Thenamesbond is making solid progress toward a return to the jumping game, but in the meantime he is forward enough to give his flat rivals a shake at Tauranga today. “He’s twice the horse he was last year,” tainer Stephen Ralph
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said. “He’s finally matured and we’re looking forward with him. “He hasn’t put a foot wrong and we haven’t had any setbacks with him.” Thenamesbond pleased Ralph with his resuming effort at Te Awamutu and with natural im-
“At this stage he’ll run in the special conditions hurdle at Te Rapa on May 2 and then we’ll be targeting the Waikato Hurdles.” Thenamesbond won twice over fences last winter, including a defeat of the highly-regarded Real Treasure at Te Aroha.
Thenamesbond: No setbacks.
Otago gallops Today at Oamaru Raceway
Otago RC Venue: Oamaru Meeting Date: 22 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.15pm (NZT) THE HITS RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65&JMPS Benchmark*, 2200m 1 4Fx85 Harry Hill m (7) 59 ..................C Barnes (a1) 2 P622x Faites Vos Jeux td (5) 58.5...........T Moseley 3 93310 Keep The Lot (11) 58 .............. G Jogoo (a3) 4 25030 Seeking Redemption d (3) 58 ......K Williams 5 56210 Come Fly With Me b (9) 57 .........L Callaway 6 88863 Squash d (8) 57 .......................... C Johnson 7 34x97 High Forty tm (12) 56.5 ............ J Lowry (a3) 8 70x68 Lord Yarborough (2) 56.5 ................T Direen 9 60476 The Bubbly One (6) 56 ............S Wynne (a1) 10 74708 Varvara (4) 54.5 .........................R Tyler (a1) 11 98300 Yazoom (10) 54.5 ................... B Murray (a3) 12 456x5 Jachil (1) 54 ....................... D Prastiyou (a2) 2 12.51pm FARMING MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 30642 Whatwasthat (4) 58.5 ..............S Wynne (a1) 2 0042x Wotsittooyah (9) 58.5 .................R Tyler (a1) 3 x7470 Sea Tiger (7) 58.5 ..................... S Muniandy 4 90x8 Rambler (3) 58.5 ....................C Barnes (a1) 5 08449 Madethecut (10) 58 ..................... C Johnson 6 28844 The Lion Queen b (13) 56.5 ...........R Bishop 7 0x429 Conceal (1) 56.5 .............................T Direen 8 07753 Oriental Bronze (11) 56.5.............T Moseley 9 43347 Perfect Jazz (12) 56.5 .............A McKay (a3) 10 736x8 Carinata b (8) 56.5 ................R Cuneen (a2) 11 76936 The Weddings Off (2) 56.5 ..............D Walsh 12 x3020 Celtic Lass (6) 56 ................... B Murray (a3) 13 7 Heed The Flag (5) 56 ............... J Lowry (a3)
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provement he is expected to be competitive in the Paramount Hire Group Highweight. “He generally comes to hand pretty quickly, but he doesn’t like the really heavy stuff so we wanted to get him going early,” Ralph said.
3 1.26pm IHEART RADIO RATING 65 $7000, Rating
65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 4x870 Clem td (3) 59 ......................... G Jogoo (a3) 2 89700 El Bee Dee dm (5) 57.5 ..................T Direen 3 21901 Dalwhinnie d (7) 57 ..................... C Johnson 4 90093 Cairnsville 56.5 ............................ Scratched 5 79613 Quartet (1) 56 ........................... S Muniandy 6 37046 Ivanskavinskyskvar (4) 56 ............K Williams 7 63630 Movida d (8) 55 ......................C Barnes (a1) 8 3435x Angel Falls td (6) 54.5 ...........R Cuneen (a2) 9 0x00x The Rook m (11) 54.5 .....................D Walsh 10 06775 Revolve d (13) 54 ........................L Callaway 11 00040 Tantella d (12) 54 ....................S Wynne (a1) 12 95898 Go Go Gonzo d (9) 54 .................T Moseley 13 x087x Pythia (2) 54...............................R Tyler (a1) 14 00038 St Bernard d (10) 54 .............. B Murray (a3) 15 63926 Hit The Bit 57.5 ............................ Scratched Emergency: Hit The Bit 4 2.03pm COAST RATING 65 $7000, R65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 27729 Rejoice (4) 59............................ S Muniandy 2 5220x King Laria b (3) 57.5 ....................T Moseley 3 22668 Dunoon (12) 57 ......................C Barnes (a1) 4 44424 Young Jim b (13) 56.5 ............. G Jogoo (a3) 5 36521 Tipilk d (9) 56 ...............................K Williams 6 7217x Delleud dm (10) 56 ................ B Murray (a3) 7 57220 Mal D’Mour b (14) 56 .................. C Johnson 8 05747 Kevildo m (7) 55.5 .......................L Callaway 9 08x09 Kodema (6) 55.5 .....................A McKay (a3) 10 1650x Desert Girl m (8) 55 ........................T Direen 11 49401 Moneyforjam d (2) 55 .................R Tyler (a1)
1 30246 Owe The Ransom (2) 58.5 ...... G Jogoo (a3) 2 7. Sir Fiz (7) 58.5 .........................D Bothamley 3 57252 Elusive Pete (9) 58 ...................... C Johnson 4 35. Hirakimata (11) 58 ..........................D Walsh 5 0x3 The King b (10) 58 .................... S Muniandy 6 4522x Propitious b (16) 56.5...................K Williams 7 95330 Jafa Jill (5) 56.5 ...................... B Murray (a3) 8 552x9 Wait And See (13) 56 ............R Cuneen (a2) 9 4 Inbee 56 ....................................... Scratched 10 036x Twilight Meteor (17) 56...................R Bishop 11 9475x Hear Me Roar (14) 56 ........ D Prastiyou (a2) 12 San Michele (4) 56 ..................S Wynne (a1) 13 Highway King (15) 58 ...................T Moseley 14 0 Bella Mac (6) 56 15 0 The Glow (12) 56 16 9 Annaghagh (3) 56.5 17 60x Madam Roxy (1) 56 18 5060x Strictly Limited (8) 56.5 Emergencies: Highway King, Bella Mac, The Glow, Annaghagh, Madam Roxy, Strictly Limited 8 4.20pm FLAVA DUNEDIN RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 0682x Dominio d (6) 59 ............................R Bishop 2 47x54 Them Or Us d (10) 57 ..................K Williams 3 84x24 Drumgold d (9) 57 ..................... S Muniandy 4 31x25 Sofia Loren d (15) 56.5 ..........C Barnes (a1) 5 8x20x Da Best Coup d (8) 56.5 .......R Cuneen (a2) 6 48210 Single Spice (16) 56.5................R Tyler (a1) 7 18006 Killa Question dm (12) 56.5 ....P Shaikh (a3) 8 22527 Born Happy (3) 56.................. B Murray (a3) 9 53912 Coulee d (17) 55.5 ................... J Lowry (a3) 10 22031 Royal Dollar d (11) 55.5 ..........S Wynne (a1)
11 9x17. Di Monet d (14) 55 .......................T Moseley 12 43170 Courante (4) 54.5 ........................ C Johnson 13 02444 Pure Blonde d (7) 54 14 086x7 Avechii (2) 55.5 15 949x0 Switzer dm (18) 55.5 16 7x808 Mary Burke (5) 54 17 8000x Nutinear tdm (1) 55 18 08x09 Kodema (13) 55.5 Emergencies: Pure Blonde, Avechii, Switzer, Mary Burke, Nutinear, Kodema 9 4.55pm NZ ME. RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 24653 A Bob Short dmb (3) 59 ........... J Lowry (a3) 2 63616 Mels Evie d (2) 56.5 ....................L Callaway 3 16438 Pacific Choice d (9) 55.5 4 40544 Natkingcole d (1) 55.5 .............A McKay (a3) 5 01415 Werribee db (11) 55.5 ...........R Cuneen (a2) 6 3018x Tudor Lily tm (4) 55 ............ D Prastiyou (a2) 7 54213 Forever Vital d (6) 54 .......................T Direen 8 34542 Ruby’s Rose (7) 54 ................C Barnes (a1) 9 19144 The Barmaid 54 ........................... Scratched 10 31018 Ask Me d (8) 54.......................P Shaikh (a3) 11 22011 Maia’s Angel d (5) 54 ............. B Murray (a3) 12 04409 Master Chief (10) 54 ................J Chong (a3) Blinkers on: Ivanskavinskyskvar, The Rook (R3), Falzano (R4), Midnight Cappa, Dovetail, Nakoma (R5) Blinkers off : Faites Vos Jeux (R1), The Lion Queen (R2), Pythia (R3), Hear Me Roar (R7) Winkers on: Dream Divine, Quiet Flutter (R5), Twilight Meteor (R7) Winkers off: Midnight Cappa, Dovetail (R5)
2 15014 Keeping Tom dh (3) 58.5 ..........A Jones (a2) 3 7960x Deebee Don (12) 58 4 510x Deagon m (1) 57.5 .................... M D Plessis 5 97418 I’m Bronson (14) 57.5 6 8338x Ysabella Brave dm (2) 57.. U Holmquist (a3) Emergencies: Martiniz Special, Cagliari, Stunner 7 x50x4 Stralis td (5) 56.5......................... D Johnson 5 2.53pm TAURANGA HARDWARE & PLUMBING 1400 8 78x1. Suggestive Heights t (15) 56.........P Holmes 9 2721 Astrid 55.5 .................................... Scratched MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 10 0x729 Gardone td (9) 55.5.....................C Lammas 1 x8463 Raadical Jazz (7) 58.5 2 42849 Hannibal Lecter (1) 58.5 ... U Holmquist (a3) 11 4620x Nighean dm (7) 55.5 ................. A Collett (a) 3 7 Leica Dreim (11) 58.5 ............... A Collett (a) 12 284x5 Amber Rayne m (13) 54.5 ....... R Smyth (a1) 4 x260x Eksuude h (6) 58................. R Hutchings (a) 13 16230 Bachata 57 ................................... Scratched 5 5 Southern Dancer 58 ..................... Scratched 14 3510x Sweet Molly tmh (10) 55 .................S Collett 6 886 Licavoli (10) 58 ................................ C Grylls 15 x6505 Felicity Hall 54.5 ........................... Scratched 7 07 Pacorus (4) 58...................................L Innes 16 00676 Shebang d (4) 54.5 8 7 Perry (3) 58 .....................................S Collett 17 1x09x Penzance (11) 56 9 8 Second Fling (5) 58.......................M McNab 18 1688x Nectacolecta dm (8) 54 10 72249 Jesdemona (8) 56.5 ......................P Holmes Emergencies: Bachata, Sweet Molly, Felicity Hall, Shebang, 11 2447x Rebel Rose (12) 56.5 .................. D Johnson Penzance, Nectacolecta 12 25 Aura D’Oro 56 .............................. Scratched 7 4.03pm STEWART BROWNE ELECTRICAL 1400 R75 13 3 Bonny Emilia (2) 56....................M Cameron $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 14 7x Belle Duchesse (9) 56............... M D Plessis 1 356x4 Nothing dm (6) 59 .....................J Oliver (a2) 15 00097 Buff The Diamond 58 ................... Scratched 2 2315x Mr Kanton tdmb (4) 58.5 ....L Magorrian (a2) Emergency: Buff The Diamond 3 60x19 Amadeus 57.5 .............................. Scratched 6 3.28pm ULTIMATE MOTOR GROUP 1200 RATING 4 2750x Celtic Chief dm (5) 57 ....... U Holmquist (a3) 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 5 23410 Back On Song d (2) 55.5 .... R Hutchings (a) 1 2420x Doiknowyou m (6) 60 ....................M McNab 6 54010 Panna Cotta d (1) 55.5 -
7 523x7 Lady Marilyn dh (3) 55 ....................S Collett 8 20173 Puntinato d (7) 55 9 511 My Secret 54.5 ............................. Scratched 8 4.37pm AZTECH SIGNS TAURANGA 1400 RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 31075 Torricella td (7) 59 ............... R Hutchings (a) 2 6x15 Whakatane d (5) 58.5 .......................L Innes 3 9245x Aurora Lights d (6) 57.5 4 5050x Bob Valdez d (9) 57.5.................V Gatu (a3) 5 x7193 Flying Fantasy td (3) 57 .....L Magorrian (a2) 6 71353 Tiara 57 ........................................ Scratched 7 63874 Green Easy m (4) 57...................T Thornton 8 55186 Maestro 57 ................................... Scratched 9 30x89 Moretti d (10) 56.5..........................V Colgan 10 456x6 Edward The Eighth dm (14) 56.5J Oliver (a2) 11 x1300 Colour Plus t (1) 55.5 12 610x Saywhen d (13) 55.5 ....................... C Grylls 13 x94x9 Crystalight m (2) 54.5................ M D Plessis 14 x508x Tegwin (12) 54.5 .....................B Hutton (a2) 15 267x9 Dahls Delight (11) 54.5 ................... R Jones 16 x60x0 The Nott (8) 55 ............................C Lammas 17 7960x Deebee Don 58.5 ......................... Scratched
12 01663 Zhanim d (1) 55.....................R Cuneen (a2) 13 03168 The Fascinator d (11) 54.5 ..............D Walsh 14 67x30 Falzano (5) 54.5 ................. D Prastiyou (a2) 15 63926 Hit The Bit 57.5 ............................ Scratched Emergency: Hit The Bit 5 2.38pm NEWSTALK ZB MAIDEN $7000, 1400m 1 73479 Jigger Inn (1) 58.5 ......................R Tyler (a1) 2 9x580 Boswell (9) 58 ................................R Bishop 3 60430 Lotterio b (6) 58........................... C Johnson 4 80x8 Midnight Cappa (12) 58 ......... B Murray (a3) 5 8800x Geez All Heart (4) 56.5 ...............L Callaway 6 x6342 Hot Pants (7) 56 ......................S Wynne (a1) 7 04 Bridget Town (3) 56 ............ D Prastiyou (a2) 8 30 Dovetail b (11) 56 ............................D Walsh 9 0x Dream Divine (2) 56 ...............C Barnes (a1) 10 Hessonite (8) 56........................ S Muniandy 11 00x Nakoma (5) 56 ......................... J Lowry (a3) 12 0 Quiet Flutter (10) 56 .....................T Moseley 6 3.10pm ZM RATING 85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 8x492 Jack’s Run m (2) 59 .....................K Williams 2 43419 Dillinger d (6) 58.5....................... C Johnson 3 8830x Commanding Oak (1) 58.........P Shaikh (a3) 4 12322 Hurikin d (7) 58 ......................C Barnes (a1) 5 49251 Norah d (8) 57.5 ..............................T Direen 6 036x8 Comanche Gold dm (4) 57.5..... S Muniandy 7 86654 Halo Buster td (9) 57.5 ..........R Cuneen (a2) 8 1950x Pennys From Heaven m (5) 55.5 R Tyler (a1) 9 03463 News Flash (10) 54 .................. J Lowry (a3) 10 63926 Hit The Bit dm (3) 54 .............. B Murray (a3) 7 3.45pm HAURAKI MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m
Tauranga gallops Today at Tauranga Raceway
Racing Tauranga Venue: Tauranga Meeting Date: 22 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.33pm RACE IMAGES FOR WINNING MEMORIES 1600 MAIDEN HWT $7000, MDN HWT, 1600m 1 72 It’s Complicated (2) 68 ................. M Mitchell 2 02 Leif Erikson (6) 68 ........................... T Harris 3 64PFx Rosetown Joe m (1) 68 .................. C Perrett 4 400x5 Brother Bam Bam (7) 68 ............C Studd (3) 5 67x Notabadrooster (3) 68 ....................S Phelan 6 06293 Flying Briar (4) 66 .....................A Kuru (2.5) 7 0x626 Max A Miss (5) 66 ........................R Cole (3) 2 1.08pm VERO INSURANCE 3YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 350x Hardy’s Revenge (15) 57.5 . R Hutchings (a) 2 505x Howzat (2) 57.5......................... M D Plessis 3 He’s Game (6) 57.5 4 Kiddo (12) 57.5 ................. U Holmquist (a3) 5 Ryker (5) 57.5 ...............................M McNab 6 29x2 Our Mystere (9) 55.5 .........................L Innes 7 062x Jehanne (10) 55.5 .......................C Lammas 8 20x Cagliari (4) 55.5 .............................V Colgan 9 27384 Offspring (11) 55.5 ....................J Oliver (a2) 10 82x6 Trevita (13) 55.5 ...................... R Smyth (a1) 11 640x8 Mareeba h (7) 55.5 .........................S Collett 12 0x Stunner (8) 55.5 13 Sweet Reason (3) 55.5 ..............M Cameron
14 Luna Dolce (14) 55.5 15 0x Galaxy Miss (1) 55.5 16 080x Ishara Yar 55.5 ............................. Scratched Em: Sweet Reason, Luna Dolce, Galaxy Miss, Ishara Yar 3 1.43pm PARAMOUNT HIRE GROUP MAIDEN & JUMPS HIGHWEIGHT $7000, MDN & JMP HWT, 2140m 1 96P3x Bahhton tm (3) 71 ......................... E Farr (3) 2 54872 Crimson Prince (7) 70 ..................... T Harris 3 2711x Jack Romanov m (1) 69.5 ............ M Mitchell 4 18Px6 Thenamesbond m (5) 66........ M McNelis (3) 5 5x02 Impatient Dreams (8) 65 ................S Phelan 6 54443 Big Meadsy (6) 65 .....................A Kuru (2.5) 7 0 Bixby (9) 65 ................................C Studd (3) 8 2431x Brave Buccaneer (4) 65 ...............R Cole (3) 9 00896 The Kakahu Express (2) 65 ........D Miller (3) 4 2.18pm WILL JOHNSON 9 TO 3 ON THE HITS 1200 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 63235 Almighty Sun (8) 58.5 ........L Magorrian (a2) 2 53x Davey Crockett (13) 58.5 3 36x Enure (3) 58.5 ......................... R Smyth (a1) 4 000x Pinz Charming h (9) 58.5 ................ R Jones 5 006x6 Power Star (1) 58.5 .................S McKay (a3) 6 2 Jessicova 56.5 ............................. Scratched 7 Pinterest (12) 56.5 ..........................S Collett 8 0x Galaxy Miss (10) 56 9 080x Ishara Yar (2) 56 .......................... D Johnson 10 Luna Dolce (4) 56 -
11 597x Our Iffraaj (7) 56........................J Oliver (a2) 12 Sweet Reason (6) 56 13 233x Martiniz Special (11) 58 ....................L Innes 14 20x Cagliari (5) 56 15 0x Stunner 56 ................................... Scratched
M9 Wanganui dogs
Emergencies: Dahls Delight, The Nott, Deebee Don
Blinkers on: Almighty Sun (R4) Blinkers off: Pinz Charming, Martiniz Special (R4), Jesdemona (R5) Winkers on: Our Mystere (R2), Pinz Charming (R4), Jesdemona (R5) Winkers off : Our Iffraaj (R4)
Today at Hatrick Raceway
Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 2 25463 Bigtime Redfoo nwtd ........................L Ahern 3 11474 Ritza River 30.94..............................L Ahern 8 x8536 Kiss of Death 18.04.........................M Olden way Meeting Date: 22 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 3 43431 Peaky Blinder 31.29 ........................B Marsh 4 77286 Into The Fray 30.69 ..........................R Waite 9 14 Allegro Hero 18.03 ...........................L Ahern Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 4 37577 Dark Garnah nwtd.................... S Gommans 10 22265 Vinny Doon 17.83 .........................G Atwood 5 1434 Have A Benda nwtd ....................A Turnwald 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 5 52532 Bigtime Pulse nwtd ..........................L Ahern 6 1.35pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 6 38634 Botany Sel 30.50.......................J McInerney 10, 11 and 12 6 75884 Mr. Zafonic nwtd ........................J McInerney 7 17365 Chloe’s Prodigy 30.41 ..................M Roberts 1 21284 Clearly Magic 18.04 L & ..................... Morris 7 22262 Box Of Fluffies nwtd .........................L Ahern 8 82422 Banbit nwtd ......................................T Agent 1 12.04pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 2 73231 Denali 18.00 G &............................. J Clarke 8 66684 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite Emergencies: 1 27474 Kilimanjaro nwtd G & ...................... J Clarke 3 64442 Cosmic Rascal 17.90 .............. T McCracken 9 87657 That’s King 30.50 ........................B Hodgson 2 54543 Homebush Happy nwtd ................. R Maisey Emergencies: 4 51572 Fair Cruzin nwtd ........................J McInerney 9 87 Bigtime Reign nwtd ..........................L Ahern 3 85286 Another Russ nwtd....................J McInerney 5 41146 Skinny Ankles 17.74 ...................A Turnwald 10 8x848 Zulu Deb nwtd ..............................K Williams 4 88x67 Digger Socks nwtd ..................... G Hodgson 10 78777 Homebush Magic nwtd K & ............ J Maisey 6 3F351 Rua Rama 17.76 ...............................M Flipp 9 2.27pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 HT3 C1q, 520m 5 68864 Homebush Chaos nwtd .............J McInerney 4 12.59pm J P PRINT PETONE C0 C0, 305m 7 31216 Kyla Rose nwtd .........................J McInerney 1 36833 Procrastination nwtd U & ......................Bliek 6 63863 Another Pearl nwtd....................J McInerney 8 85787 Where’s Rican 17.94 ...........................F Kite 1 5 Another Queen nwtd .................J McInerney 2 64613 Bigtime Tricks 30.93 .........................L Ahern 7 5 Brilliant Ashlee nwtd.....................M Roberts 3 7857x More Salt Needed 30.26 .............A Turnwald 2 56767 Tank’s Rob nwtd ..............................S Maher Emergencies: 8 35657 Takeaway nwtd L & ............................ Morris 9 64231 Cawbourne Teash 17.77 ..............M Roberts 4 16868 Uno Shelley nwtd ......................J McInerney 3 875 Another Key nwtd ......................J McInerney 9 38886 Belk Road nwtd G &........................ J Clarke 5 4523x Maramarua Jack nwtd .......................D Edlin 4 77587 Homebush Express nwtd K & ........ J Maisey 10 32681 Homebush Dodger 17.78 ..........J McInerney 10 8878F Princess Novak nwtd..................... D Donlon 6 37865 Zamaddis Lass 30.64................... T Downey 5 Fx Angie Zarr nwtd...........................A Turnwald 7 1.53pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE HT1 C1q, 520m 2 12.24pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 305m 6 43446 La Ventana nwtd ...............................M Flipp 1 42623 Meg’s Me Mum 30.40......................S Maher 7 27176 Homebush Spook 30.57 ...........J McInerney 8 66632 Opawa Cuddles 31.00.....................S Maher 7 Cheap Shot Matty nwtd.......................L Udy 1 33662 Lahar nwtd G & ............................... J Clarke 2 64736 Sarah Campbell 30.69 ................B Hodgson 9 68754 Cawbourne Gable nwtd .......... T McCracken 8 Brilliant Ava nwtd..........................M Roberts 2 44788 Bundoran Lass nwtd ..................... D Donlon 3 1838 Making Time 30.68...........................L Ahern 9 38886 Belk Road nwtd G &........................ J Clarke 3 44766 Homebush Celia nwtd K & ............. J Maisey 4 33312 Wasem Twist nwtd.......................A Turnwald 10 8x848 Zulu Deb nwtd ..............................K Williams 4 Brilliant Jayla nwtd .......................M Roberts 10 8878 Fair trading nwtd .......................J McInerney 5 63764 Sue Sews Socks 30.62 ............ T Mischefski 10 2.46pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRI5 88765 El Movin nwtd............................J McInerney 5 1.17pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 305m 6 27855 Botany Liz 31.01 .......................J McInerney TION C1 HT4 C1q, 520m 6 75752 Another Penny nwtd ..................J McInerney 7 67343 Homebush Coral 30.56 .............J McInerney 1 35722 Opawa Token 30.27 ........................S Maher 1 53225 All About Jazz nwtd...........................M Flipp 7 85663 Homebush Rocco nwtd .............J McInerney 8 35642 Opawa Dosh nwtd .............................. N Udy 2 43774 Sheriff Roscoe nwtd ................... G Holswich 2 12315 Miss Mowhawk 17.79 ................... P Denbee 8 65573 Lily Ma’s Smoking nwtd...................S Maher 9 46685 Jinja Pat 30.53 G R &...................... S Voyce 3 34572 Thrilling Ava 30.22 ..........................B Marsh 3 4711 Another Fan 17.84 ....................J McInerney 9 38886 Belk Road nwtd G &........................ J Clarke 4 36777 Tanto’s Whisper nwtd .......................T Agent 4 56112 Cawbourne George 17.75.........J McInerney 10 8x848 Zulu Deb nwtd ..............................K Williams 10 8878 Fair trading nwtd .......................J McInerney 5 65754 Nicksta nwtd..............................J McInerney 5 86631 All The Coco 17.98 G & .................. J Clarke 8 2.11pm AON CPF C1 HT2 C1q, 520m 3 12.42pm WWW.RACINGTIPS.CO.NZ FINAL C0f, 520m 6 51731 Allegro Senor 17.81 ...........................W Kite 1 64474 Rocky Baxter 30.19...................J McInerney 6 54728 Homebush Lucifer nwtd ............J McInerney 7 77734 Adda Boy Zeke 30.80....................G Atwood 7 28374 Wellywood nwtd ...................... T McCracken 1 43354 Fox In Box nwtd........................ T Mischefski 2 51886 Opawa Lachlan 30.75 ........................ N Udy
8 12526 Nitro Mary 31.03 G R &................... S Voyce 9 42787 Homebush Stew nwtd ...............J McInerney 10 8x848 Zulu Deb nwtd ..............................K Williams 11 3.03pm THE DOGZONE C1 C1, 305m 1 52622 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd....................... L Bell 2 25528 Hermione Baxter 17.76 .............J McInerney 3 33F47 Kiribati Girl 17.89 ..................... S Gommans 4 62136 Worboys 17.74 G R & ..................... S Voyce 5 62121 Made Time 17.76 .............................L Ahern 6 51445 Cawbourne Sarah nwtd ...............M Roberts 7 23376 Homebush Fine nwtd ................J McInerney 8 73784 Opehu Flyer 17.78 ...........................R Waite Emergencies: 9 23814 Aconagua 17.72 G &....................... J Clarke 10 36524 Found My Berries 18.10..................L Doody 12 3.21pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK 06 345 6794 - C0D C0d, 645m 1 24522 Ritza Danny nwtd .............................L Ahern 2 82642 Botany Richie nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 46522 Thrilling Dylan nwtd................. T McCracken 4 F7434 Always Welcome nwtd .....................L Ahern 5 85886 Boston Spirit nwtd .......................A Turnwald 6 63338 Tifino nwtd........................................L Ahern 7 21857 Miss Selfies nwtd ......................J McInerney 8 85441 Wall Age nwtd .................................L Doody 9 48472 Opawa Jean nwtd ................... T McCracken 10 56847 Boston Mona nwtd ...........................T Agent LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track
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If this sounds like you, please email your CV, including references to alasdair@cm.net.nz or post to Picker/Packer Position CM Trailer Parts PO Box 124, ASHBURTON
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20t Excavator Operator to operate a late model machine on Irrigation Works 14t Wheeled Excavator Operator to operate a new machine on Irrigation Works Fencer to remove and reinstate fences as part of a Large Irrigation Project Team Key attributes are: • Good Communication Skills • Ability to work in a team • Focus on safety and delivering quality work • Experienced Operator • Minimum of Class 2 W, T license required for all positions
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Agriculture Sprayer Operator Full Time Position
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Successful applicants will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. Please send applications to:
Talley’s is a successful and well known brand, operating several plants throughout the South Island, as well as having many diversified interests in seafood, frozen vegetables, meat and dairy products. We currently have the following positions at our Fairton plant located 10 minutes drive from Ashburton.
Molloy Agriculture Limited is one of Mid Canterbury’s fastest growing agriculture spraying Companies. We operate a modern fleet of equipment and provide a range of agriculture services. An outline of our business and the services we provide can be found on our website: www.molloyag.co.nz We are currently looking for a motivated, hard-working and responsible person to join our team.
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ACL are currently involved in a number of exciting projects throughout the Ashburton District. Due to increased workloads on these Projects we are looking for suitable people to fill the following positions in our Large Projects Team:
Canning Operator Opportunities – Register your interest Large Projects Manager We Offer: Ashburton Contracting Ltd attention now. And our blending • and The canning latest spraying GPS technology We’ve got your plant equipment is worthy ofand attention. Our recently P O Box 264, Ashburton 7740 • Full training and support in a skill that there is a commissioned blending and canning plant in Dunsandel, Canterbury, is one of the most technically worldwide demand for advanced quality controlled infant formula canning lines and admired companies • Rostered weekends offby and the abilityall to over plan the world. Right now we’re experiencing significant growth,holidays which means we need competent people to support us throughout the year during this challenging but exciting time. This •equates to opportunity. We’re big on internal promotion Company Health Scheme • Market leading remuneration and on-the-job training, so within the advertised roles there’s room to grow if packages you’re upwhich for the challenge. include timebe and a half We’re also big believers of attitude over experience, so don’t put off if you haven’t had exposure to the
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General Hands Inspection and grading of the product during processing, assist the operators achieve the Company targets & goals, maintain food safety, health & safety, sanitation and quality standards. If this position interests you, please forward your CV to: Recruitment, PO Box 244, Ashburton, or email: recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz You can also apply onsite at our guardhouse situated at 125 Fairfield Road, Fairton, Ashburton. Note for Non Residents Only applicants that are legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered for advertised position.
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Merlo/Telehandler Operator, Dunsandel • Do you want to work on a challenging project? • High profile project with a highly motivated team We are looking for someone to join our team on a large construction project in Dunsandel.
Melvern ThisNews role will be the Telehander/Merlo operator for the site, as well as assisting with general laboring as required to assist this energetic team.
Ideally you’ll have Unit Standard 23637 to enable you to drive a telehandler, however training can be given to the successful applicant.
To be successful you will have: • Onsite laboring experience • Ability to work within a team • The required qualifications to drive a telehandler or a forklift • Strong verbal communication skills • Be of good fitness to work on this very busy site. The successful applicant will work 50 hours a week including Saturday work. Specialist training may be provided to the successful applicant, to supplement existing qualifications. Please email your CV including relevant qualifications to michelle.cheeseman@ebert.co.nz Find out more about us at www.ebert.co.nz
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Full Time Position We require a mature person, who is reliable, energetic; self motivated and has a positive attitude, to join our team.
Our advertising team is committed to helping businesses promote themselves and reach their target markets by offering them an excellent advertising platform both in print and digitally. We are currently looking for an Advertising and Marketing Consultant to be part of our great team. As an Advertising and Marketing Consultant, you will revel in a fast-paced and multi-deadline environment. You will be looking after existing clients as well as targeting new ones and will provide marketing strategies to grow their business both in print and online. You will be: • Selling advertisements to your existing clients for both print and online • Proactively looking for new clients in our circulation area • Building a great rapport with both existing and new clients • Able to effectively assess client needs • Presenting marketing plans to your clients and help them position their business well within our newspaper and other publications • Positive and driven to deliver your clients and the company the best • Taking responsibility for the content and the proofing of your clients’ advertisements • Currently in New Zealand In return we will provide: • Full time position • Salary plus commission remuneration, OTE’s circa $45,000 - $60,000 per annum • Benefits include mobile phone and a work vehicle you can use within the work hours to visit your clients • Great and enthusiastic team members to work with • Social Club If you think you have what it takes to be a great Advertising and Marketing Consultant and want to be part of a passionate and dynamic team in the media industry, then we would like to hear from you. Please send your CV and cover letter to: Desme Daniels General Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or email desme@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Friday, May 1, 2015
Niagara is an innovative sawmill, manufacturer, and distributor of quality timber products. We export product all over the world, as well as supply building merchants and fabricators throughout NZ. As a company we pride ourselves on delivering outstanding service to our customers, it is vital that we deliver our product on time and in full.
Local dispatch role Due to growth in the domestic market, the Sales and Distribution site in Ashburton is looking to employ someone to assist the local dispatch team, as well as other general duties across the site. This appointment is a full time permanent position with scope to learn and grow as the company grows. Amongst other duties the role will include: • Picking customer orders • Liaising with transport firms to collect orders • Restocking rack supplies • Maintaining stock levels Ideally the successful applicant will: • Be physically fit • Be well organised with good time management skills • Demonstrate good attention to detail • Have reasonable levels of computer literacy Having some knowledge of the timber industry and forklift experience would be an advantage but not critical as full training will be supplied. Applications close May 1, 2015 and must include a cover letter and CV to be considered. Please address to: Phillip Townshend, Niagara Sawmilling Co. Ltd, 145 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, or email: phillipt@niagara.net.nz
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: PHILLIP TOWNSHEND 021 116 4696 • phillipt@niagara.net.nz
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Forecourt Sales Person A part-time, senior afternoon/evening position has become available from 3pm 11pm, approximately 24 hours per week. Will be required to work weekends and be available for on-call work. The person we are seeking must be honest, reliable, a mature team player and able to work unsupervised. If you are interested please contact The Manager Caltex Ashburton Phone (03) 307 0011 Or send your CV to The Manager P.O. Box 58, Ashburton 7740
Bulk Truck & Trailer Driver We require a Bulk Truck & Trailer Driver to drive a Volvo 540. The successful applicant must have a current class 5 license. A solid work ethic, positive attitude and willingness to learn. Reliability and excellent communication skills. Applicants for this position must have New Zealand residency. To apply contact: Gary Webb phone 0274 350 736 or webbstransport@xtra.co.nz
Duties would include: • Maintenance and servicing of all pools/ spas and associated equipment • Servicing of all types of pumps/water systems • Upgrading or construction of swimming pools/fencing/landscaping Ideally applicants should possess the following attributes: • Be flexible and show willingness to work extended hours if required (out of district work may be required) • Be practical and mature • Have the ability to work unsupervised. • Enjoy a variety of work tasks. As our line of work is varied, a building/plumbing or electrical knowledge background would be an advantage • Must have a full license • Must be a resident of New Zealand Remuneration will be negotiated with the successful applicant depending on experience. Please apply in writing or email to: Job Vacancy 27 Gordons Road RD2 Ashburton 7772 admin@poolandpumpworld.co.nz www.poolandpumpworld.co.nz
Evans Animal Feeds
Mill Production Assistant
We have an exciting position available in our Fashion store.
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If you enjoy people, clothing and fashion, want to work for a well established company and to be part of a fun, dedicated, talented team we want to hear from you. At Sparrows our clothing and customer service is what sets us apart and we are looking for a person who has the ability to understand customer needs and will ensure their in-store experience is a memorable one. Hours are flexible, however will include rostered weekend hours. If this sounds like you then please email your CV to richard@sparrows.co.nz
Evans Animal Feeds is a small but very busy stock food manufacturer producing a wide variety of animal feeds. We are looking for a Mill Production Assistant. To be successful in this position you will require the following: • Experienced forklift operator, telehandler experience would be an advantage • Be able to use your initiative and have strong organisational skills with good time management • Have a positive attitude and strong work ethic • Have a good level of numeracy and literacy • Be healthy and fit and able to pass a drug test • Show strong attention to detail • Above all be a team player with the ability to think for yourself Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. Please send your CV and covering letter to: Evans Animal Feeds PO Box 667, Ashburton 7740. Applications close on May 8, 2015.
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HASTINGS MCLEOD LTD
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BUYERS $185,000+
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BUYERS $540,000+ WEB ID AU41140 EASTSIDE 13 Orchard Grove
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EASTSIDE Flat 8, 42 Aitken Street
Sit down in your living room and enjoy the outdoor living area, relax and take in the view. Super presentation both inside and out. Everything you would expect in a near new home and more. All this can be yours!
Recently painted and stained exterior means you can move in and enjoy. This unit has a very nice and relaxing outlook, has a well established section, a lockup garage and garden shed. Heat pump, dishwasher and near new water cylinder.
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Plus much more FREE loan trailer available! From a shovel load to a trailer load. Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon
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4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar protective films, UV block, fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for glass. FREE quotes - 20 years local service, Bill Breukelaar - phone 0800 368 468. www.tintawindow.co.nz
We currently have funds available to distribute in grants for the following purposes in the Canterbury area: • Research, treatment, provision of equipment in relation to, and the education and training of skilled persons relative to, the disease of cancer. • Research, development, education for, training and expansion of, the science and practice of agriculture. • The needs of young people who suffer physical or mental disabilities or have less chance in life than their peers. Applications close at 5pm, Friday, April 24, 2015. For further information and application forms, please contact: The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation C/- Croys Ltd Level 2, 161 Burnett Street PO Box 582 Ashburton 7740 Phone 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz www.mcf.org.nz
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For bookings phone
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RURAL TRADING POST
AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine cleaner and more. Call local distributor: Veehof phone 302 2911.
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NEW Strapping Clinic - Open Saturdays 8am-10am. Starting March 28. If you need strapping for playing your winter sport, or if you would like to make an appointment for physio treatment, give us a call today! Physio services available Mon-Fri with late nights on Mon and Thur! Physiosteps, phone: 03 308 5188. 53 Creek Road, Ashburton.
REAL ESTATE BUYING OR SELLING real estate. Contact Sue Prendergast, Real Estate New Zealand, ph 027 322 8422 - REAA 2008.
PLANTS, PRODUCE Smithfield Flowers, 211 Smithfield Road. Chrysanthemums for sale come out and see us, plenty of red and green suitable for Anzac Bouquets. Ph 0274 425 837 for special orders. Open every day. Many colours to choose from.
WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.
GRAZING
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LAMB grazing required for RENTAL May/June. Phone 027 321 AVAILABLE for rent, three 6060. bedroom house with sleep TOP QUALITY Grazing out, sunny lounge, dual available for R2 and Yearling heating, double garage, large Dairy Heifers with proven section, Allenton, available Graziers. Phone No. 0800 now. References required. No MEETINGS, EVENTS animals, phone Ray 021 1799 ASHBURTON Society of Arts GRAZ4U. 265. Autumn Show on now at Short Street Studio. 15 FOR SALE ANZAC NICKY BUTLER members exhibiting. Guest BEAUTIFUL Commemorate Zita Waldron painting and Collection. IN YOUR sculpture. Open Saturdays Galipoli 1915 Centenary. NEIGHBOURHOOD and Sundays 10am-3pm or Poppies Collection and Lone when the sign is out. Pine by Ashdene beautiful fine bone china and linen. “Real Estate is about Enquiries phone 308 4533. Pop into Kitchen Kapers in people; moving The Arcade and treat yourself forward, being honest The A.G.M. today. Lest we Forget. and building strong
of the Ashburton Bridge Club will be held in the clubrooms at 6pm on Wednesday May 6, 2015.
LIVESTOCK, PETS
BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.
GRAZING
CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772. SINGER sewing machine with attachments. Phone 308 5651. TREES wanted. Suitable for milling and export. No obligation quote. Phone John Rose Logging 03 693 9385 or 021 935 628.
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12HA kale for sale. Close to CINDY, Kiwi, attractive, late Winchmore Hall. Contact: 027 30’s, size 8. Ph calls only 022 036 5404. 222 5360.
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cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald. 1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, West Street. 1.15pm TINWALD 500 CARDS. Playing cards and fellowship. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 6.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB.
Welcomes regular and new players. M.S.A. Sports grounds, Racecourse Road. 7.00pm ASHBURTON UKUKELE GROUP. Beginners and new members welcome. St Paul’s Church hall, Oxford Street. 7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road. 7.00pm - 9.00pm OSTOMY SOCIETY. Meeting being held at the Savage Club rooms, Cnr William and Cox Street. 7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS.
Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Annette (instructor) phone 307-7138a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness, fun. New members welcome phone 308-5437. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Results photojournalism competition, entries shadows. Senior Centre, Cameron Street
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9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op-shop. Cnr Cass Street and Havelock Street. 10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. 10.30am
RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia. 10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Working day of stitch and chat. Senior Centre, Cameron Street. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.
1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, Racecourse Road. 7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time /Sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road. 7.30pm DIABETES NZ ASHBURTON. Open meeting, come and talk about your diabetes. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.
10.00am ASHBURTON POTTERY SOCIETY INC. 6.00am Every Wednesday, new comers welcome. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Nixon Street, Tinwald. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 10.45am Allens Road, Allenton. M.S.A. TAI CHI. 9.00am - 11.00am Seated exercises suitable for people with HAKATERE MARAE HEALTH CLINIC. limited mobility. Social Hall, Havelock Open today at Hakatere Marae, Fairton, Street. State H/W 1. 11.30am 9.30am - 1.30 pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Mid-week service and lunch. 48 Allens Second time around Op- shop. Cnr Cass Road, Allenton. and Havelock Street. 1.00pm - 3.00pm 10.00am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and Holy Communion, Park Street. cuppa. St Andrews Anglican church hall, Hall, Tancred Street. 9.30am - 12.30pm 9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH M.S.A. TAI CHI. GOODWILL SHOP. Beginners refresher and learning next 9 Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald moves. Social Hall, Havelock Street. Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and 9.30am - 11.00am Jane Street, Tinwald. BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. 9.30am - 12.30pm Term 2 commences 23 April. Balmoral ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. hall, Cameron Street. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings 9.30am - 11.30am www.toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square Daytime section, great exercise, new East. players welcome, rackets available. Sports
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HAVE YOUR SAY - LONG TERM PLAN 2015-25 Ashburton District Council’s consultation document, “Working together for lifestyle and opportunity” - which details key decisions facing the district over the next 10 years - is now available for community feedback and comment. The consultation document and supporting information outlines the proposed direction for the district and the impact it might have on rates over the next decade. Council wants to hear what you think. Have we got it right? The consultation document, supporting information and a feedback form can be found on Council’s website at ashburtondc.govt.nz Feedback closes at 5.00pm on Monday 11 May 2015.
PUBLIC NOTICE Road Closure
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Citizens Associations Representatives Domain Pavilion Walnut Avenue
Friday 24 April 2015
7.30pm
Service Clubs Representatives Domain Pavilion Walnut Avenue
Tuesday 28 April 2015
7.30pm
Rakaia Rakaia Community Centre (Supper Room)
Wednesday 29 April 2015
7.30pm
Mt Somers Mt Somers War Memorial Hall (Community Room)
Wednesday 29 April 2015
7.30pm
Hinds Hinds Community Centre (Supper Room)
Thursday 30 April 2015
7.30pm
Methven Methven Heritage Centre (Function Room)
Thursday 30 April 2015
7.30pm
Hakatere Lower Hakatere Hall
Monday 4 May 2015
7.30pm
Ashburton Ashburton Seniors Centre (Lounge)
Tuesday 5 May 2015
7.30pm
HAVE YOUR SAY Draft Revenue and Financing Policy Council’s draft Revenue and Financing Policy is now available for community feedback and comment. The draft Revenue and Financing Policy details how Council will fund each service and/or activity it is involved in and why. The aim of the policy is to ensure ratepayers pay what is fair. Council wants to hear what you think of the proposed policy. The policy and additional information can be found on Council’s website ashburtondc.govt.nz. Feedback closes at 5.00pm on Monday 11 May 2015.
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Ashburton District Council and the New Zealand Transport Agency gives public notice of road closures for the purpose of allowing the Ashburton Returned and Services’ Association to hold “ANZAC Day Services” (with the exception of emergency vehicles) for the period indicated hereunder. Roads to be closed: Havelock Street, from Park Street to East Street Baring Square West, from Havelock Street to Cameron Street State Highway 1 (West Street), from Havelock Street to Cameron Street Cameron Street, from West Street to Park Street Period of closure: From 6.00am and 8.30am and 10.00am to 12.30pm on Saturday, 25 April 2015. This proposed closure is made under the Local Government Act 1974 - Schedule 10 (11 (e)). It will be an offence under the above regulations for any person otherwise than under authority of an authorised permit to use the roads / streets for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure. Neil McCann, Group Manager Service Delivery, Ashburton District Council Colin Knaggs, Highway Manager, NZ Transport Agency, Christchurch
RUBBISH AND RECYCLING ANZAC Weekend Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on Saturday 25 April 2015, from 9.00am until 1.00pm and Monday 27 April 2015. The Methven Inorganic Materials Drop-off Facility will be closed on Saturday 25 April 2015 Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Monday there will be a change over ANZAC weekend. Collections normally scheduled for Monday 27 April 2015 will be collected on Tuesday 28 April 2015. There are no changes to any other collections. Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.
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Up & Coming Meetings Environmental Services Committee Meeting Thursday 30 April 2015, 1.30pm Service Delivery Committee Meeting Thursday 30 April 2015, to follow Environmental Services meeting
Career Opportunities • Compliance Co-ordinator • Application Specialist • Rangitata Caretaker(s)
Tenders • C635 Operation & Maintenance of the Rakaia Resource Recovery Park For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz
HAVE YOUR SAY Draft Development and Financial Contributions Policy Council‘s draft Development & Financial Contributions Policy is now available for community feedback and comment. The draft Development and Financial Contributions Policy details the approach Council will take to ensure developers pay a fair share of the costs associated with providing additional infrastructure capacity specifically to cater for new development. Council wants to hear what you think of the proposed policy. The policy and additional information can be found on Council’s website ashburtondc.govt.nz. Feedback closes at 5.00pm on Monday 11 May 2015.
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MCASLAN, Gerald FURNISHERS Please note all late death Stewart – On April 20, 2015 passed notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours away peacefully at home. must be emailed to: Aged 79 years. Treasured husband and friend of Louisa. deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. Dearly loved father and father in law of Sylvia (Pidgeon During office hours notices Bay), Andy and Ann (The may also be sent to: Grove, Marlborough Sounds), classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Janet and Ron Cross Any queries (Mayfield), and treasured please contact granddad of Hamish, Jessie, 0800 and Louise Cross. Loved son ASHBURTON of the late Vernon and Sylvia (0800-274-287). Phone Eddie anytime and stepson of the late Lexie, and Beatrice (Cameron 308 9051 or Courts), and loved brother FUNERAL 021 267 5563 and brother in law of the late Dave, and Mavis and Richard FURNISHERS and Lois. Son in law of the MASTER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS late Bill and Dora Crean, and MONUMENTAL MASON BREACKWELL, Donald – brother in law of Frances and Betty, Paul, Jan and Marina E.B. CARTER LTD wish Bet, Ivan and Isobel, the late to thank all who sent For all your memorial Trevor, and Merle, Max and cards, flowers, visited and requirements the late Shirley, Alistter, attended the service for Don. New headstones and designs Robert and the late Elizabeth, A big thank you to the staff at Renovations, and David and Janice, and a Coldstream House for their Additional inscriptions, loved uncle of all his nieces care, also Dr Ryan. Our Cleaning and Concrete work and nephews. Messages to thanks to the RSA and also Carried out by qualified the McAslan family, C/- P O for the catering of afternoon tradesmen. Box 472, Ashburton 7740. tea. The support was Donations to the Ashburton 620 East Street Ashburton appreciated from everyone. Cancer Society would be Ph/Fax 308 5369 Thank you. appreciated and may be left or 0274 357 974 ebcarter@xtra.co.nz at the service. A service to Guardian Classifieds celebrate Gerald’s life will be NZMMMA Member 307 7900 held at Our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on THURSDAY, April 23, commencing at 11.00am Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers. followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433
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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 With special guests Chris Hemsworth and Randall Park. 0 11am Brendan’s Magical Mystery Tour 3 Tour guide Brendan Sheerin takes eight strangers on a mystery trip where the guests must compete for luxury perks or risk being downgraded. 0 11:30 Come Dine With Me UK Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Four Weddings USA 3 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Rapid Response A random attack on a party goer leaves a man badly injured; officers must reach a person having a heart attack. 0 8:30 F I Am Innocent AO In 1992, John Saunders was accused, along with his parents, of sexually abusing his sister as part of a satanic cult. 0 9:30 The Fixer 0 10:45 One News 0 11:15 Betrayal AO (Starting Today) 3 Two lovers’ worlds collide, culminating in a story of sex, love, loyalty and treachery. 0 12:15 English Premier League (Highlights) 1:25 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:45 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0
CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 My Dream Home 7:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 8:30 NZ Food Culture 9am Trish’s Paris Kitchen 9:30 Better Homes And Gardens 11:30 Auction Hunters PG Noon Full Frontage 12:30 A Place In The Sun – USA 1pm How Did You Do That? Office Reno 1:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 2pm My Dream Home 3pm The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 4pm Sophie In The Orient 4:30 The Cook And The Chef 5pm Candice Tells All 5:30 Carter Can 6pm Great Escapes 6:30 Buying Alaska 7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 Alexander’s Lost World 8:30 Wild Catch Each episode is filmed in a different place all over the world in the quest to catch the most elusive and exotic species. 9:30 NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 10pm Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction PGR Breath-taking scenery and dynamic fishing action. 11pm Toy Hunter 11:30 Carter Can
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Midnight Buying Alaska 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 2am NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 2:30 The Cook And The Chef 3am Buying Alaska 3:30 Great Escapes 4am Wild Catch 5am Alexander’s Lost World
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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 Piggy Tales 3 0 6:55 Pokemon – Black And White 3 0 7:20 Monsters v Aliens 3 0 7:45 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:15 Jungle Junction 3 0 8:35 Jane And The Dragon 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 1:30 Judge Rinder PGR 2:35 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 4pm Mighty Med 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 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules Cowboy Robert and his daughter Lynzey bring some Texan flavour to the Instant Restaurant. 0 8:45 The Big Bang Theory PGR As Sheldon records the final instalment of Fun with Flags, Bernadette learns of her co-workers’ true feelings. 0 9:15 2 Broke Girls AO 0 9:45 Once Upon A Time PGR 0 10:45 Resurrection AO 0 11:45 Anger Management 12:15 Distraction AO 3 0 12:45 Sullivan And Son PGR 3 0 1:15 Moon TV USA. PGR 3 1:45 Infomercials 2:45 Scandal AO 3 0 3:35 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 4:15 Kickin’ It 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials
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6am Sesame Street 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Turbo Fast 3 7:55 As Told By Ginger 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 0 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:40 Peppa Pig 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d 3 5pm Life’s Funniest Moments 3 5:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm Campbell Live 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 The Bachelor NZ PGR 7:30 The Simpsons PGR When Arthur soars sky high with Lisa learns Springfield’s one bachelorette; a double anthem was stolen from date creates trouble; one another town, she writes a of the most memorable replacement; Homer learns bachelorettes is sent home. 0 the meaning of Wide Pride. 0 8:30 M No Strings Attached 8pm Fresh Off The Boat PGR AO 3 2011 Comedy. 8:30 M Sergeant Bilko Natalie Portman, Ashton PGR 3 1996 Comedy. Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Kevin Steve Martin, Dan Ackroyd, Kline. 0 Glenne Headly. 0 10:45 3 News 10:30 The Ringer PGR 3 11:15 NCIS – LA AO 3 Kensi and Deeks are sent to Mexico to investigate the theft of a cartel boss’s body. 0 12:15 Infomercials
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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 A celebrity chat show. 2pm The Jeff Probst Show Jeff Probst hosts a daytime talk show. 3pm Storage Wars PGR 3 Darrell Sheets finds a macabre oddity; Dave Hester discovers an antique toy; Barry Weiss asks one of his Aerosmith friends for an appraisal. 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict. 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Coast Australia 8:30 N Poldark PGR A hero to most, but a scourge to many, Ross Poldark is a man of contradictions. Presumed dead, a young Poldark returns from war to find 1783 Cornwall in turmoil. 9:45 Frisky Business AO 10:45 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.
6am Motorsport – British Superbike Championship (Highlights) Brands Hatch Indy. 7am Inside Supercars 8am Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series (Highlights) Food City 500. 9am Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (Highlights) Bristol Race. 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Small Blacks TV 10:45 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Sharks v Bulls. 12:45 Random Rugby TV 1pm Golf Central 2pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Firebirds v Magic; Swifts v Mystics; Vixens v Steel; Pulse v Fever; Tactix v Thunderbirds. 4:30 Motorsport – FIA Formula One World Championship (Highlights) Bahrain Grand Prix. 5pm Motorsport – British Superbike Championship (Highlights) 6pm Motorsport – Road Racing Series (Highlights) 7pm The Hunters Club 7:30 Rugby – First XV Review 8:30 Rugby – The Breakdown Former All Black Jeff Wilson discusses the weekend’s rugby with a discussion panel of former top players and experts. 9:30 Golf World A weekly review of golf tournaments around the world. 10pm The Crowd Goes Wild 10:30 #SkySpeed
11:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 12:15 Home Shopping 1:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 2:15 Home Shopping
11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Random Rugby TV 11:50 Cycling – Amstel Gold Race (Highlights) From Limburg, Holland. 12:20 L Cycling – Fleche Wallonne 3am Football – A-League (Replay) Perth Glory v Melbourne City. 5am Rugby – First XV Review
MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am F It’s In The Bag 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 3 2 4:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 5pm Pukana 2
THE BOX 6am Covert Affairs MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 Parking Wars PGL 8:05 The Amazing Race PG 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 The Glades MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 Transporter – The Series 16VLSC 12:15 Inside Men MV 1:05 Pawn Stars PG 1:30 CSI MV 2:20 Covert Affairs MV 3:10 The Simpsons PG 3:35 Raw MC 6:35 Pawn Stars PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS – LA MV 10:30 The Glades MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV
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12:30 We’re The Fugawis PGL 12:55 We’re The Fugawis PGL 1:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:45 Covert Affairs MV 2:35 The Glades MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 NCIS MV 4:45 NCIS – LA MV 5:35 Pawn Stars PG
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SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari PGR 3 8pm The First Voice 3 8:30 The Cost Of Citizenship Anzac Debate. 9:30 Whaikorero PGR 3 2 10pm Te Kauta PGR 2 10:30 Native Affairs 3 11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown
DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Yukon Men M 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Dual Survival M 10:30 Man v Expert PG 11:30 Beauty Queen Murders M 12:30 Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M Playdate with Death. 1pm Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M Third Time’s the Charm. 1:30 A Crime To Remember M 2:30 How It’s Made PG Fish Replicas; Siren Systems; Pre-Packaged Sandwiches; Candlesticks. 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Supersized Earth PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Dual Survival M 7:30 Big Giant Swords PG 8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 9:30 Moonshiners M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Swamp Murders M
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12:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 1:30 Southern Fried Homicide M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Bering Sea Gold PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG
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MOVIES PREMIERE 6:55 2nd Serve MVL 2012 Comedy. Josh Hopkins, Alexie Gilmore. 8:25 A Stranger In Paradise 16VLS 2013 Thriller. Colin Egglesfield, Stuart Townsend. 9:50 World War Z ML 2013 Action. Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos. 11:50 Rob The Mob 16VLSC 2014 Crime. Michael Pitt, Andy Garcia. 1:35 The Butterfly Room MVL 2012 Horror. Barbara Steele, Ray Wise. 3:05 2nd Serve MVL 2012 Comedy. Josh Hopkins, Alexie Gilmore. 4:35 Deliver Us From Evil 16VLC 2014 Horror. Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez. 6:35 A Million Ways To Die In The West 16VLSC 2014 Comedy. Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron. 8:30 47 Ronin MV 2013 Fantasy Adventure. 10:30 Knights Of Badassdom 16VLC 2013 Comedy Horror. 11:55 Wild Card MC 2014 Drama.
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1:35 Deliver Us From Evil 16VLC 2014 Horror. 3:35 A Million Ways To Die In The West 16VLSC 2014 Comedy. 5:30 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Charlize Theron PG 2012 Documentary. 5:55 47 Ronin MV 2013 Fantasy Adventure.
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MOVIES GREATS 7:15 Duplex MVS 2003 Comedy. Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller. 8:45 Ghost Rider MV 2007 Action. Nicolas Cage, Wes Bentley, Eva Mendes. 10:35 My Best Friend’s Wedding ML 1997 Romantic Comedy. Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz. 12:20 A Few Good Men PGL 1992 Drama. Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise. 2:40 Harrison’s Flowers 16VL 2002 Drama. Adrien Brody, Andie MacDowell. 4:40 The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman. 6:20 In The Line Of Fire MVL 1993 Suspense. Clint Eastwood, Rene Russo, John Malkovich. 8:30 Hot Fuzz MVL 2007 Comedy. Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman. 10:35 Black Hawk Down 16V 2001 Action. Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett.
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12:55 Space Cowboys PGL 2000 Comedy. 3:05 The Making Of Get Smart PG 2008 3:20 Harrison’s Flowers 16VL 2001 Drama. 5:20 The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy.
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6am Small Blacks TV 6:15 Random Rugby TV 6:30 NRL 360 7:30 NRL Fulltime 8am Super League Fulltime 9am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves. From DW Stadium in Wigan. 9:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) St Helens v Leeds Rhinos. From Langtree Park in St Helens. 10am Boxing – Mayweather v Pacquiao At Last 11am Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) Tactix v Thunderbirds. From Horncastle Arena in Christchurch. 11:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) Vixens v Steel. 1pm Netball Zone 1:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Titans v Panthers. 3:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Seven Sunday. 4pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Sharks v Rabbitohs. 4:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Cowboys v Warriors. 6:30 Warrior’s 20 Year Celebration 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Sterlo – On The Couch 10:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 11:30 Golf World
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Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) Calgary Flames v Vancouver Canucks – Game Four. 2:30 NRL 360 3:30 Sterlo – On The Couch 4:30 Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Titans U20 v Panthers U20.
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Pleasing turnout for first dressage of the season Julie Sime and Aztec Carmenella strutted their stuff at the first event of the Ashburton Dressage Group Autumn Series on Sunday. Ashburton Dressage Group convener Glenys Blain said the event featured musical classes again after a long absence from the programme. A training arena was also provided for riders who wanted to test their skills without having to compete. Blain said she was pleased with the turnout for the event, although she was not sure exactly how many riders had competed. The second event of the series will take place at the Ashburton Showgrounds on May 17, while the third and final event will be held on June 21.
Fusitu’a gets a start for Warriors Konrad Hurrell has paid for some mixed form by being dropped to the NSW Cup side for Saturday’s Anzac Day match against the Titans at Mt Smart Stadium. The centre struggled with injury early in the season and, while he did some good things in the 28-24 defeat to the Cowboys last weekend, made crucial
errors that put his side under pressure. David Fusitu’a, who has played most of his NRL career on the wing and who has been in good form for the NSW Cup side, will start at centre in his place. Back rower Raymond FaitalaMariner will also become the Warriors’ 200th NRL player while veteran prop Sam Rapira
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will have his first outing of his 10th and final season. The pair have both been named on the bench and come in for Albert Vete and Dominique Peyroux. “I had to make the changes,” coach Andrew McFadden said. “With Konrad, he’s been working really hard but I feel it has affected his performances. “He has been doing some good
things and there are some things he needs to work on. He’s aware of that. And David Fusitu’a’s form in the NSW Cup side has been too good to ignore. He’s well and truly earned his spot there. No one is safe. We want performances on the field so we need competition to guarantee that. When people slip up, I need to make changes.
The players are aware of that and that drives performance. Errors are really hurting us at the moment and I need to keep the players accountable to that.” Faitala-Mariner played for the Junior Warriors in the 2013 NYC grand final before joining the club’s NRL squad last year, and was a fixture of the NSW Cup side last season. - NZME
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