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Hot pools stall may be over

Rhythm and gym Ella Shanks, 12, works with the hoop during a session to introduce youngsters to rhythmic gymnastics at the EA Networks Centre this week.

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An argument over trees has held up the Methven Hot Pools for several months, but developments this week look promising for the project.

Camrose Estates Limited directors want the approximate 400-metre line of giant redwoods along Mt Hutt Station Road removed, claiming they pose a safety risk to members of the public and people on their nearby subdivision estate.

Camrose has been holding off on giving its approval for the hot pools project, on Methven Trotting Club land, based on its opposition of the trees.

But it is this week withdrawing a submission before the Ashburton District Council, paving the way for granting of a zoning change which would enable the hot pools to proceed.

The Methven Trotting Club maintains the trees, on its land, are a beautiful landscaping feature for their racecourse and the planned hot pools project.

Hot pools director Dave Dynes said he was cautiously optimistic about the submission withdrawal, as he waited for written confirmation.

“We are pretty excited and moving on to the next stage,” Dynes said.

Behind the debate has been accusations between Camrose and the trotting club, which have competing subdivision projects.

Camrose says the main reason the trotting club wants to retain the trees is to impede views from Camrose to the

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mountains and because the trees provide a safety risk to the estate. The trotting club maintains the trees are safe and the main reason Camrose wants them removed is to open up its own subdivision views.

Camrose director Andrew Mason said he and fellow shareholders fully supported the hot pools project.

They were now withdrawing the submission because they were satisfied that through the submission process they had successfully flagged the tree issue to the council, NZTA and EA Networks.

Directors maintained the trees needed to be removed, as taking out three of them for the hot pools entrance off Mt Hutt Station Road, which is State Highway 77, would weaken the tree line. Additionally, building near the tree line would further weaken the trees by impacting on their roof structure.

Camrose commissioned a Treetech report, which Mason forwarded to the Guardian, confirming these as valid concerns.

Methven Trotting Club president Ricky May said he was relieved Camrose had withdrawn its submission. He had not seen the Treetech report but believed the trees were solid and “safe as churches”.

The accusation the trotting club wanted them there just to inhibit Camrose views and safety was “absolute rubbish”.

“We just like the trees there, it just makes our racecourse,” he said.

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Jo Goodhew brings cheer to local rest home Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew was out and about in Ashburton yesterday, spreading Christmas cheer and goodwill. She stopped off at Coldstream House resthome and hospital to chat with staff and residents.

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Distinctive boat stolen Man sustains eye

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By Linda CLarke

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Mid Canterbury people are asked to help in the hunt for a boat stolen from Mayfield in the past 10 days.

The distinctive Maxum 1900, with a 200hp Mercury outboard motor, was taken from a farm shed about 1.5km south of the township. The thieves would have exited the property onto Mayfield Valetta Road.

The boat’s owner, who lives in Christchurch, was planning to take it back to the city so he could take family boating at Akaroa over the holiday period.

He last saw the boat on December 11 and it was in the shed, parked beside a tractor on December 14 when the area outside was mowed. The boat, cream and blue in colour, is worth up to $18,000 and not insured.

The owner, who wanted to remain anonymous, said it was used mostly in the sea, around Lyttelton and the Marlborough Sounds, but it could also be used at any of the boating lakes in the area.

He is asking people to keep an eye out for it when they are travelling or boating these holidays. He has reported the theft to the police, so people with information should get in touch with them first.

“It is a bowrider and seats around the front with a two-piece cover.

When it has its road cover on, its windscreen is exposed, which is a bit unusual.”

The road cover is light grey and

worn. The boat is sitting on a grey galvanised trailer with grey spoke wheels.

The owner was planning to pick the boat up from his farm, leased to another operator, on his way back from South Canterbury on Monday but discovered it gone.

The Insurance Council of New Zealand says the number of trailered boats stolen from yards and driveways always increases in the summer.

On average 24 boats a month are stolen around the country, but the recovery rate is only 20 per cent, says council chief executive Tim Grafton.

“This is partly due to the non-recording of both serial numbers and identifying features of boats, trailers and outboard motors by their owners.

“Thieves will often disguise a stolen boat by repainting and renaming it and swapping trailers and motors, so hidden unique identifiers are important, for example a splash of paint under the seats,” he said.

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Store boats on trailers out of view from the road and driveway Chain and lock boat trailers to an immovable object such as house foundations or a concrete-set steel ring Use boat trailer wheel clamps Use purpose-security locks for the outboard motor. Outboard motors, particularly the newer models are frequently stolen regardless of how heavy they are Remove auxiliary motors from the boat and all gear if the boat is stored out in the open Record serial numbers and any identifying features of your boat including motors and trailers.

Unique identifying features that will not be obvious to thieves should be recorded.

Keep digital photographs and cellphone images.

A man has been shot in the eye by a child using a BB gun in the Ashburton Domain.

Police and ambulance officers were called to the scene shortly before 3.30pm on Tuesday.

The man, in his 20s, was transported to Ashburton Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries, a police spokesperson said.

It is understood the shooter was a young boy using a plastic soft airgun.

As the matter is under investigation, police have refrained from making further comment.

According to the Police Firearms Code, BB guns are classified as airguns under the Arms Act. Anyone under 18 may use an airgun if they hold a New Zealand Firearms Licence or they are under the “immediate supervision” of a firearms licence holder or a person aged 18 or older.

The licence is also required

by people aged 16 and 17 who wish to possess or use an airgun.

Parents need to be aware of the arms law because it is an offence to supply or sell an airgun to an unlicensed person under 18 for example, an adult buying a BB gun for a child’s gift.

Immediate supervision requires that the licensed or older person is within reach and in control of the person using the airgun.

The person providing the supervision must be able to take control of the airgun.

They cannot be in possession or control of another firearm or airgun.

On a range or paintball field: the rules in place, fenced field and supervision of umpires, referees or Range Officer go toward immediate supervision.

Anyone 18 years of age or older can possess and use an airgun.

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Christmas lunch community style When lunch is served on Christmas Day, the largest family in town is likely to be seated around tables in Ashburton’s Sinclair Centre.

More than 140 people have registered to take part in this year’s Christmas lunch and that number shows every sign of growing, says event organiser Ann Allott.

“While we like to have an idea of numbers before the day, we’ll never turn anyone away.

“The phone is still ringing and every year we always have a few people who just arrive on the day. We don’t want anyone to spend Christmas alone,” she said.

People wanting to be part of the team of volunteers who help serve lunch are still coming forward and without those people the lunch would not be the success it always is, Allott said.

“We’re very grateful to firms and individuals who have been so very generous and it’s great to see some younger people volunteering this year too.”

Like most family Christmas dinners, the community event will have attendees across a wide age range – this year they’ll be from two to 92.

And while there are a few families and couples many of those attending are people who would otherwise have been on their own, she said.

Dan Lysaght from All Fed Up will be in charge of food on the day and lunch will wrap up with the arrival of Father Christmas.

The community lunch at the Sinclair Centre in Park Street will be served at 12.30pm and anyone who has not registered but who would like to attend can call Ann Allott on 308 0333.

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Heat sees pool use soar

The Ashburton District was left in no doubt that summer had arrived when the temperature shot up to 30.8 degrees in Ashburton at 2pm. Shoppers battled melting tar on footpaths and roads to tidy up their Christmas shopping and those with time to spare sought the district’s pools in which to cool off. The Tinwald Domain’s outdoor pool came into its own during the day with large crowds flocking to picnic in the domain grounds and to play in the pools.

Retail on a roll this Christmas

By Sue NewmaN

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With three trading days until Christmas, Ashburton’s retailers are battening down the hatches for a massive spending surge.

The Ashburton District’s economy might have had some humps and hollows over the year, but when it comes to Christmas people still seemed happy to spend jewellery store owner Mark Douglas said.

“This week’s really ramped up.

Monday was crazy and I still think the rush is to come – Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be huge,” he said.

As a group the Ashburton Arcade retailers had elected to remain open until 6.30pm each

night this week and that appeared to be a winner with shoppers, Douglas said.

“If we’re not open we can’t bitch if people are not spending.”

Shoppers are buying goods across the price ticket board and there was every indication this year’s spend was up on previous years, he said. “When Christmas comes round they’re happy to spend – we only see the happy people in here. There’s a lot of activity out there and it’s good to see people are shopping locally.”

Boxing Day might be the big retail day in some parts of Ashburton but after a trial last year, the Arcade retailers have decided they won’t be opening their doors on December 26 this year.

“It wasn’t a happening thing for us; we’re leaving it to the big box guys this year.”

Fellow Arcade retailer Bob McDonald is also smiling. Sales are well ahead of last year, he said.

“The town seems really busy; there are cars everywhere and the free parking is making a huge difference, we’re getting a lot of comments.”

Sports store owner Chris Helem knows almost to the dollar how this year’s Christmas trade is running compared to previous years – there’s a $200 difference with three shopping days to go.

Unlike many years, there were no must-have items on shopping lists. Unlike previous years where scooters or skateboards were big

sellers, this year there’s demand across the whole range of sports items, Helem said.

Three days out he’s happy and is anticipating the remaining shopping days will be huge.

“People will get paid on Thursday and it’ll all happen.”

Fusion Gallery co-owner Carol Boulton said there were no highs and lows in their pre-Christmas trade, it had just been consistently busy.

The rush might have started a little later this year, but in terms of money through the till it was on a par with last year, she said.

“We’ve been open seven days all of December and that’s been excellent, well worthwhile. We’re pretty happy.”

For Paper Plus owner Terry McNabb, this Christmas is proving to be a trading oddity and that’s a common theme with others in the store’s group.

“We’re down on people numbers and the average spend is down and it was certainly late starting,” he said.

Sports and cookbooks were usually big sellers but this year there were few ‘classy’ books on the market, McNabb said.

A big growth area this year was in the sale of vouchers and he believes this surge has been prompted by the growing popularity of Boxing Day sales.

Online sales were having an impact on traditional bookstores, he said.

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Excellent year for YMCA students The 2016 students at the Ashburton YMCA have had an outstanding year, earning a grand total of 28 national certificates.

Tutor Jan Gilmoure said the 19 students of the Vision Youth programme had smashed all records. In addition to their achievements in Levels 1 and 2 NCEA Employment Skills Certificate courses, nine had gained Red Cross Essential First Aid certificates, three had attained learner drivers’ licences and two now have restricted licences.

Many of this year’s students were working part time.

“I think being in the workplace may have altered their focus – they could see the relevance of what we were doing on the course, especially in terms of health and safety,” Gilmoure said.

“With the recent changes to the law, health and safety is an important part of any job and the students were able to contribute in the workplace.”

Typically the 16 to 18-year-olds enrolled with the YMCA struggled to achieve in mainstream school environments and often arrived with little confidence in their ability to learn.

The Vision Youth programme prepares them for the workplace by lifting literacy and numeracy levels as well as teaching

appropriate skills, such as time management and positive assertive interaction with co-workers.

“Reading has often been a big issue for many of these kids,” Gilmoure said.

Students can spend up to two years completing the programme, and former graduates have achieved great things.

Many have successfully completed apprenticeships while others have gone on to tertiary institutions to become teachers and nurses.

Gilmoure conceded she pulled out all the stops and pushed this year’s group a little harder – and she was delighted with their outstanding results.

She had also altered the focus toward raising literacy skills and away from encouraging them into fulltime employment, in order to better prepare them for the future.

The Ashburton programme has gained a reputation around the country as a great place to succeed and Gilmoure already had 12 names on the waiting list for next year.

As the only tutor, she prefers to keep the number at 15 to enable time for oneto-one support however, as students complete the programme throughout the year, they are replaced by those on the waiting list.

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Potatoes dug as fundraiser Ashburton Rowing Club members worked with the Plains Rotary Club of Ashburton on a fundraising project in the lead-up to Christmas. The two teams picked hundreds of bags of potatoes that will find their way onto dinner tables over Christmas and new year. Potatoes are being sold around the streets of Ashburton or can be ordered from Colin Bryant.

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Christmas Pole collapses in street sweeter with honey Christmas will be sweeter for many cash-strapped families this year, thanks to Midlands. The company delivered 360 jars of honey to the Ashburton branch of the Salvation Army yesterday to be sent out in Christmas hampers. Pictured, left, are Hamish Finnie from Midlands Apiaries and Salvation Army foodbank manager Judith Lilley.

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An overhead traffic-light pole that crashed down into the middle of a central Wellington intersection may have been suffering from earthquake stress.

The pole, at the intersection of Whitmore and Featherston streets, appeared to have snapped off at the base.

No one was hurt and traffic was diverted around it.

“We’re kind of suspecting that there might be a bit of post earthquake stress that’s brought it down,” Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said.

Council would have to in-

spect the pole and determine the cause of the fall, then decide whether or not they would need to check all the other poles around the city.

“We just have to look at that one and try to make a call as to why it has snapped, whether it is just past its use-by date or whether it’s been stressed by the quake.”

He didn’t expect checking all the other traffic poles would be a huge job.

The traffic light was cleared away and temporary lights put in place.

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Gas heaters linked to childhood illness Home gas heaters have been found to increase the chance of respiratory illnesses in young children, according to Auckland University research.

The research points to an increased risk of hospitalisations for acute respiratory infections in children under five if gas was used to heat the room they slept in during their first year of life.

Paediatrician Dr Cameron

Grant, from the university’s Centre for Longitudinal Research, says the quality of housing is an issue of major concern in New Zealand.

A research team from the centre investigated the relationship between internal living environments and respiratory disease as part of a longitudinal study of child development, Growing Up in New Zealand.

The results were published in the journal Environmental Health.

Dr Grant said one-in-five mothers in the study reported frequent presence of dampness and condensation in the room where the child slept.

“Although these factors were positively linked to the incidence of acute respiratory infections, the association was no longer statisti-

cally significant after we adjusted for the use of gas heating,” he said.

“The independent relationship with gas heating identifies this as an area which, if addressed, could reduce the number of children admitted to hospital with these respiratory infections.”

Among the 7000 families that participated in the study, one in seven mothers reported using a flued gas heater, and one in eight

an unflued gas heater.

Dr Grant said gas heaters, particularly if unflued, emitted moisture and a number of pollutants that affected children’s respiratory health.

“This is a type of household heating that has been banned in a number of other countries, but there are no such restrictions in New Zealand.”

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Restart halts oil rally Oil prices rose on early this week but settled below session highs after Libya announced the reopening of pipelines after a two-year blockade that ended earlier this month.

Benchmark Brent crude futures settled up 43 US cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $US55.35 a barrel after touching an intraday high of $US55.92.

US crude futures rose 11 cents to $US52.23 a barrel.

Prices came off highs in the afternoon after Libya’s National Oil Corp said pipelines from its western fields had been reopened.

It expects to add 270,000 barrels a day in state production in the next three months.

Protesters agreed last week to end a longstanding blockade.

Conflict and political disputes have cut Libya’s production to just 600,000 barrels a day, far below output of 1.6 million before uprisings in 2011.

The market’s primary focus in recent months has been on the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which has agreed to cut output by 1.2 million barrels daily.

Non-OPEC producers also agreed to also limit output.

Traders expect US inventories to decline in coming weeks,

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but oil may trade in a range until early indications in January of whether producers are holding to their pledges.

“We think the next catalyst is not going to be until midJanuary until we start to see details on who is cutting and who has upheld their end,” said John Macaluso, trader at Tyche Capital Advisors in Mineola, New York.

OPEC’s agreement to cut supply did not include Libya, so its added production may undermine the group’s efforts

to reduce a global crude glut.

The deal to cut global supply among OPEC and nonOPEC producers struck this month has boosted oil prices to 17-month highs.

The market is awaiting official US data on weekly inventories.

Analysts polled by Reuters expected US crude oil inventories to show a draw of 2.4 million barrels in the week to December 16.

The American Petroleum Institute, an industry group,

will release its figures Tuesday, ahead of official government figures.

US gasoline futures rose 1.8 per cent at $US1.5917 a gallon on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Traders expect low imports to result in an drawdown for products when the US Energy Department releases new data this week.

Crude stocks fell more than expected last week, feeding expectations for another large drop in this week’s figures.

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Child killed in apparent road rage incident Newly released 911 recordings depict a frantic, chaotic scene as a grandmother pulls into a Little Rock shopping centre and discovers her 3-year-old grandson has been shot in what police describe as a road-rage killing.

“The woman’s saying this little kid’s been shot,” a female caller said on the 911 call.

According to police, the grandmother, Kim King-Ma-

con, was in her car at a stop sign in the pouring rain when a man driving a black Chevrolet Impala opened fire on her vehicle, fatally striking the boy.

King-Macon told police that she didn’t realize her grandson had been shot until she pulled into the shopping mall about 25 kilometres from where the shooting occurred and discovered the toddler slumped over in his seat. No arrests have

been made and the FBI said it’s joining the investigation.

A $40,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

In the 911 recording, a dispatcher asks the caller — an apparent bystander at the shopping mall — for any suspect information. The caller yells: “Ma’am, do you know who did it?”

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Giant rats eat baby alive Giant rats have eaten a 3-month-old baby girl alive in her home in Katlehong, Johannesburg, at the weekend.

The baby’s mother, who has been arrested for child neglect, found the baby’s remains in her “shack” in Johannesburg after leaving the girl to go to a party.

A neighbour was alerted by screams and rushed inside the home where the bloody scene was discovered, reported the Sun. The neighbour said: “The baby could only have died a painful death. The infant’s tongue, eyes and fingers had all been eaten.

“Besides the missing body parts, the remains of her body

had bites and wounds all over that were inflicted by the sharp teeth of the rats.

“This woman must rot in jail. She does not deserve to be a mother.”

Angry locals said the mother had been drinking all night at a bar and had taken the dead girl’s twin brother, Lucky, who is now in the custody of his father.

Noluthando Mtshali, the daughter of the landlady who rented the shack to the mother, revealed the baby twins had been taken to hospital last week.

She said: “The only thing this woman likes is going out partying.

“She has been a tenant

since the beginning of the year and her twins were both in hospital last week but we do not know why they had been taken to hospital.”

“She came back in the early hours of the morning with a new boyfriend and they tried to break into the shack since she had lost the key and they found the baby girl dead.

“They were claiming that the child was burned.”

“We have lots of rats in the area. She leaves the children alone all night long and they cry themselves to sleep,” the landlady, Mama Sesi Mtshali, said.

“She would not say she left the baby alone.”

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A woman, presumably KingMacon, is heard responding: “I was at the stop sign and the guy blew the horn at me, and I blew it back. And he shot, but I thought he shot in the air. He shot at the car!”

Little Rock police have said there is no apparent connection between King-Macon and the shooter and described the shooting on Twitter as a “road rage incident.”

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Liam Neeson has reinvented himself as an action man in recent years, but if a new video is anything to go by, he just can’t shake his Taken persona. In a skit for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Neeson does his best - or, rather, worst impersonation of Santa, with dark results.

Neeson growls his way through iconic Christmas carols, delivering lines like, “I see you when you’re sleeping,” in a way that would scare small children. When he is told to “make it jolly,” his smile could send chills. “Do you understand what Santa’s saying here?” Neeson asks the director later when justifying his take.

Blogger dies in shower A popular beauty blogger has been found dead after reportedly being electrocuted in a shower while on holiday in Bali. Rini Cesillia, 26, was discovered naked and unconscious by friends.

Cesillia has thousands of Instagram followers. Her friends became worried when they couldn’t contact her while she was away on a luxury holiday. It was her friend, who reportedly discovered water spilling out of the hotel room bathroom and found Cesillia unconscious. Police are yet to confirm the blogger died after being electrocuted in the shower.

Medical failure caused death A six-month-old baby boy who died in hospital from a lack of oxygen to the brain died because doctors failed to detect what was wrong with him and act on it in a timely manner, a NSW coroner has found.

Kyran Day was diagnosed with gastroenteritis at Nowra’s Shoalhaven Hospital on October 19, 2013, but died three days later in Sydney Children’s Hospital, with the cause of death listed as hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, NSW Deputy State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan found on Wednesday.

“I offer the family my heartfelt condolences,” Ms O’Sullivan told Kyran’s parents Naomi and Grant Day. - AAP

Karsashians ditch brother Rob Kardashian’s family don’t want anything to do with his relationship with Blac Chyna. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was left heartbroken when his fiancé walked out of their family home over the weekend after she accused him of verbally abusing her but his sisters are reportedly getting fed up with the constant arguments between the couple. A source said: “The sisters don’t want anything to do with this relationship. They see how fake it is. It’s so unhealthy for their brother. They see Chyna is using their family for fame and money.

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■ GERMANY

Memorial for Berlin attack There have been calls for a determined stance against hatred and division at a memorial service at Berlin’s Protestant Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the site of a terrorist attack which killed 12 people and injured dozens of others at a Christmas market.

“The power of reconciliation is stronger than hatred,” Bishop Markus Droege told the congregation.

“We will not allow ourselves to be led into inhumanity by terror.”

The church, with its steeple destroyed during World War II, was the centre of a Christmas market through which an as-of-yet unidentified driver ploughed a truck the previous evening.

Droege said the battle-scarred church was the right symbol for this dark day, adding that Berlin with its war ruins does not cover up or hide its wounds from the past or the present.

Among those attending the memorial were leading figures from the German government including President Joachim Gauck, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller plus high-ranking officials from the Protestant and Catholic churches, but also leaders from Jewish, Orthodox and Muslim communities.

The city’s mayor called on Berlin to hold on to its multicultural

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In brief Queen to scale back The Queen is to step down as patron of more than 20 national organisations at the end of the year, Buckingham Palace says.

The Queen, who celebrated her 90th birthday in April, will relinquish her association with the bodies - just as the Duke of Edinburgh broke formal ties with some of his patronages when he turned 90 in 2011. The move is likely to be seen as a common sense decision which acknowledges the Queen’s advancing years but Buckingham Palace stressed the monarch is still patron of more than 600 organisations.

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German chancellor Angela Merkel, (left) and Berlin’s mayor Michael Mueller, attend a memorial service in the Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin for the victims of a truck attack, one day after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin killing several people. togetherness: “We will not let cosmopolitan Berlin be taken by such a cowardly attack, by fear and terror,” Mueller said.

Condolences have been expressed from outside Germany with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressing his condolences to Merkel by telephone, the Anadolu news agency reported.

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Processed meats may worsen asthma Enjoy the traditional Christmas ham but don’t indulge too much if you are an asthmatic.

A new French study, published in journal Thorax, has found that four or more weekly servings of cured and processed meats - such as ham and salami - is linked to worsening asthma symptoms.

Such food products are rich in nitrites, which may have a role in airway inflammation, a typical feature of asthma, say the researchers from the Paul Brousse Hospital in France.

To find out if dietary processed meat intake was associated with the worsening of asthma symptoms over time, the researchers drew on data from participants in the French Epidemiological study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA).

This has been tracking the health through surveys and medical examination of more than 2000 asthma patients, their close relatives, and a comparison group from five cities in France for more than 20 years.

Data on 971 participants obtained between 2011-13 showed there had been no change in asthma symptoms for just over half (53 per cent).

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In one in five, symptoms had worsened and in around one in four symptoms had improved.

Among those who ate one or fewer weekly servings, the proportion of those with worsening asthma symptoms was 14%; among those eating 1-4 serves, the proportion was 20 per cent; and among those eating four or more, the proportion was 22 per cent.

After taking account of potentially influential factors, such as smoking, regular physical activity, age, sex, and educational attainment, those who ate the most cured meats were 76 per cent more likely to experience worsening asthma symptoms than those who ate the least.

Obesity, which has previously been linked to worsening asthma, accounted for just 14 per cent of this association, according to the calculations.

This suggests that processed meat intake may have an independent role in asthma symptoms, say the researchers.

Because this was an observational study, the authors note no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect.

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Wellwishers have laid flowers and candles in makeshift memorials outside, including messages that read “you will not win our hatred” and “Terror must not win.”

“I am so sad that that has happened here. It really upsets me all over again,” a softly spoken French woman said earlier in front of the church, referring to a

similar attack in Nice in the summer.

Berlin police say one or more of the perpetrators may still be on the loose after admitting they were uncertain whether a 23-year-old Pakistani suspect taken into police custody and since released was the driver of the vehicle.

-AP

Firework explosion destroys market A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico’s best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital, killing at least 26 people, injuring scores more and sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the sky.

The blast levelled the openair San Pablito Market in Tultepec in the middle of the afternoon as it bustled with shoppers stocking up on fireworks to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s. It was the third devastating explosion and fire to ravage the market since 2005.

Crescencia Francisco Garcia said she was in the middle of the grid of stalls along with a few hundred others when the thunderous explosions began. She froze, reflexively looked up at the sky and then took off running through the smoke once she realized everyone was doing so. As she ran she saw people with burns and cuts, and lots of blood.

Alejandro Gomez, chief prosecutor of the state of Mexico, raised the death toll from nine to 26 in comments broadcast on Mexican television. At least 70 injuries were reported. Authorities have not yet said what caused the explosion.

Sirens wailed and a heavy

scent of gunpowder lingered in the air well after the explosion at the market, where most of the stalls were destroyed. The smoking, burned out shells of vehicles ringed the perimeter, and first responders and local residents wearing blue masks over their mouths combed through the ash and debris. Firefighters hosed down still-smouldering hotspots.

The Mexican Red Cross said it sent 10 ambulances with 50 paramedics to the scene.

National Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente told Milenio television that some nearby homes were also damaged. The scene remained dangerous and he asked people not to come within 5 kilometres to avoid hampering the emergency response.

A similar fire engulfed the San Pablito Market in 2005, touching off a chain of explosions that levelled hundreds of stalls just ahead of Mexico’s Independence Day. A year later a similar incident at the same market also destroyed hundreds of stands.

Many in Mexico traditionally celebrate Christmas, New Year’s and other holidays by setting off noisy firecrackers and rockets.

-AP

Australian holidaymakers are becoming increasingly fond of staycations, with the amount of spending on domestic travel soaring to record highs. Spending on domestic overnight trips hit a new record of $59.8 billion in the year to the end of September, a Tourism Research Australia report says. The surge in domestic travel was driven by a rise in holidayrelated trips as Australians opted for a vacation on home shores rather than overseas, the report said.

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US cold snap chaos A winter storm of snow, freezing rain and bone-chilling temperatures socked the United State’s mid-section and East Coast, causing hundreds of accidents and putting a crimp on Christmas shopping. Winter weather advisories were posted from Denver to Bangor, Maine.

Airports reported hundreds of flight delays or cancellations, interstates and toll roads reduced speed limits and authorities urged drivers to use extreme caution.

Temperatures have plummeted and people are braced for the cold.

- AP

No tsunami threat The Bureau of Metereology said there was no tsunami threat to Australia from an earthquake near Indonesia with tremors felt in the Top End. The bureau says a magnitude 6.9 quake near the Banda Sea off Indonesia was felt in parts of the Northern Territory on Wednesday morning. But the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre confirmed there was no tsunami threat Down Under. The quake occurred at 9.17am Indonesian local time and its epicentre was 184 kilometres north-east of Maluku Barat Daya on the Molucca islands, the Indonesian geophysics agency says. The quake occurred at a depth of 173 kilometres.

- AAP

Baby turtles released More than 70,000 baby turtles have been released into a river in the Bolivian Amazon as part of a conservation programme to prevent two species from becoming extinct. The release took place at the San Pedro Rivet.

The programme involves locating turtle nests on riverbanks, caring for the eggs and safeguarding the young turtles until they develop a shell sufficiently hard to protect them from predators.

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Top young rural leaders (from left) Ash-Leigh Campbell, Dean Rabbidge and Hannah Cameron.

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Outstanding young rural leaders A pilot, a young Maori leader and an environmental farming leader have been named as NZ Young Farmers prestigious 2016 Excellence Award winners.

The new award recognises the outstanding young leaders in our midst and are open to Young Farmer members.

Current Tasman regional vice chairwoman, 26-year-old AshLeigh Campbell has also shown her leadership potential after she was named a finalist in the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Dairy Farmer of the Year awards.

A herd manager at just 21 years old, Ash-Leigh has also run a drystock farm in Canterbury before

completing a Diploma in Agriculture.

She was also a Whenua Kura Maori Scholarship winner which enabled her to reconnect with her Maori roots and to develop her leadership skills.

Recently she has begun a fixed term contract as a Sustainability Co-ordinator for Ngai Tahu Farming, but in between she commits a lot of time to Young Farmers where she hopes to build bridges between cultures.

Hamilton-based flying instructor for CTC Aviation, 27-year-old Hannah Cameron has a long history of over-achieving and is currently working towards her dream

of flying jumbo jets for Air New Zealand.

She is responsible for the training and tutorage of Kiwi and international commercial jet pilots.

The former Te Kawahata dairy farming lass has flown through pilot exams and aims to be flying turbo-props (Air New Zealand’s smaller planes) within five years.

Females are a minority as pilots in the airline industry with only four per cent operating in the global environment, but Cameron aims to be one of the very few to make it to the top.

The current Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Chairperson for NZ Young Farmers, Cameron has

led from the front and the region is thriving because of her inclusive leadership style.

Wyndham sheep, beef and dairy farmer Dean Rabbidge was also named as an Excellence Award winner. The 31-year-old is the 2016 winner of the Zanda McDonald Award (a prestigious award that recognises diligence across the New Zealand and Australian primary sectors).

Rabbidge has also been recognised for his outstanding work in showing leadership on environmental issues among his peers.

He has also twice been a Grand Finalist of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year, representing Otago/

Southland and is the current Contest Chairperson and a NZ Young Farmers board member.

NZ Young Farmers CEO Terry Copeland said the three were outstanding in their fields and showcased the wide variety of talents required in the primary sector today.

“We are extremely proud of the role our organisation continues to play in developing the primary industry’s next leaders. Hannah, Ash-Leigh and Dean are examples of the diversity of skills, culture and talent we aim to develop and we are delighted they are our first recipients of the Excellence Awards.”

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Dairy product prices slip 0.5%

By Margreet Dietz Dairy product prices eased at the Global Dairy Trade auction, halting four straight increases, as whole milk powder declined.

The GDT price index fell 0.5 per cent from the previous auction two weeks ago to $US3656. Some 22,321 tonnes of product was sold, down from 22,472 tonnes at the previous auction.

“This slightly negative GDT result will have minimal impact on the farmgate milk price,” AgriHQ dairy analyst Susan Kilsby said in a note, adding that the result is “certainly still strong enough” to support the $6 per kilogram of milksolids price currently forecast by Fonterra.

Whole milk powder fell 0.8 per cent to $US3568 a tonne.

Fonterra last week said it lifted the amount of whole milk powder on offer for this auction.

“There was not quite enough demand

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to soak up the additional product offered,” Kilsby noted.

At the latest GDT auction, anhydrous milk fat dropped 2.3 per cent to $US5367 a tonne, while lactose fell 1.6 per cent to $US857 a tonne.

Meanwhile, rennet casein gained 3.3 per cent to $US6473 a tonne, while buttermilk powder increased 3.1 per cent to $US2874 a tonne.

Cheddar rose 1.9 per cent to $US3826 a tonne, while butter advanced 0.5 per cent to $US4290 a tonne.

Skim milk powder held steady at $US2621 a tonne.

The New Zealand dollar last traded at 69.21 US cents at about 12.17pm in New York, compared with 69.29 US cents at 5pm in Wellington the previous day.

There were 123 winning bidders out of 168 participating at the 13-round auction. The number of qualified bidders rose to 520, up from 516 at the previous auction.

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Meat and edible offal exports fell $158 million (31 per cent) from November 2015, contributing to a $219 million (5.4 per cent) fall in overall exports.

Beef exports fell 41 per cent in value and 31 per cent in quantity, and lamb exports fell 27 per cent in value and 23 per cent in quantity.

“Beef exports to the US, our top beef export destination, fell by around half when compared to November last year,” senior manager Jason Attewell said.

“When compared to the same month of

the previous year, the value of beef exports to the US have fallen in nearly every month since October 2015, only rising once in April 2016.”

Lamb exports to the EU (our top lamb export destination) fell in November 2016, with the United Kingdom seeing significant falls in value and quantity.

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Tourism investment is gilt-edged

Sue Newman

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here’s an old saying – “you need to spend a dollar to make a dollar” and it’s as true today as it was when the word penny was used instead of dollar.

That saying is true in business and it’s true when it comes to what is becoming New Zealand’s biggest dollar earner, tourism.

The district’s tourism boss Bruce Moffatt has been off-shore chasing business.

He’s spent a week or so in China, tapping into what has the potential to become a tidal wave of dollar-spending visitors to our shores. And if they’re coming to New Zealand, then why not our district?

Moffatt has a unique take on how to capture a share of the new travellers.

He knows those travellers are looking for a genuine Kiwi experience. They want to see us warts and all, doing what we do every day. And they want to get off the beaten track.

Those tourists are often time poor and cash rich, wanting a package that will give them a unique experience wrapped up in a few days, or they want to freedom travel but on a route that will ensure they can see, do and experience a slice of Kiwiana, take a range of photos and go home enriched. He’s got that package.

It won’t come, however, without spending money, or without a sales pitch that involves face to face, eyeball to eyeball contact.

It’s about building relationships and when one partner is offshore, that comes with a cost.

To conservative funders such as a local authority, it’s easy to under-estimate the value of tourism to an economy, but the figures don’t lie, $174 million into the district’s economy last year; that’s more than small change.

While Mt Hutt Skifield will be responsible for bringing in a share of that, much will have come almost accidentally.

How much of a boost will that income receive when the payback starts from Moffatt’s trip to China?

It’s easy to look at money invested in tourism as money that’s invested without any hope of a return, but if we don’t make that investment then the rest of New Zealand will benefit from the rest of the world when it comes calling; we’ll just be a staging post that provides a cuppa enroute.

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November arrivals set new records

BY SOPHIE BOOT

restraining wage growth. The nation’s per-capita growth has been anaemic.

“Net migration is continuing to run at record annual highs as arrivals continue to tick higher, while departures remain low and steady. Meanwhile, tourism continues to perform strongly,” ASB

Bank economist Daniel Snowden said in a note. “Once again, Stats NZ has had issues with a full data release, with much of the detail unavailable. However, it looks as if once again new arrivals are the main driver, although there was another small dip in departures.

Both are a continuation of recent

trends. As usual, around a third of arrivals were Australians or returning NZ citizens.”

Yesterday’s data show a 17 per cent uplift in the number of visitors holidaying in New Zealand in the year, with most holidaymakers from Australia, China or the US. On an annual basis, Australians

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Past Kaikoura and Ohau Point on State Highway 1. and south of the stranded town and wants full access restored within a year.

This week the Government restored access from the south for daytime traffic and has opened the inland Kaikoura road, Bridges said yesterday. Road crews have removed more than 50,000 cubic metres of rock and material in more than 7000 truckloads from 26 slips

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along the route, he said.

Work is under way on State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura to allow access for residents and to prepare for the huge job of clearing several massive slips blocking the road.

“The alliance will be lead agency to repair the transport infrastructure damaged during the earthquake,” said Bridges. “Other parts of the network have been significantly damaged and there’s a massive repair job ahead.”

The work is being carried out under an Order in Council, signed into force by the Governor General yesterday. The Order in Council will modify provisions of the Resource Management Act and nine other pieces of legislation, to streamline the recovery work.

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Alliance set up to repair road rail infrastructure near Kaikoura Transport Minister Simon Bridges says an alliance has been established to repair road and rail infrastructure near the South Island coastal town of Kaikoura after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake isolated it in November.

The alliance, which will repair State Highway 1 to the north and the rail line to the north and south, includes the New Zealand Transport Agency, KiwiRail, Fulton Hogan, Downer, Higgins, and HEB Construction. It is being led

by Duncan Gibb, formerly of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team.

The earthquake isolated the tourist town in November and caused damage in the upper reaches of the South Island and lower part of the North Island. Last week the government said it expects to spend as much as $2 billion rebuilding the coastal route north

made up 554,784 of the 1.8 million holidaymakers, while China was the second-biggest pool at 312,480.

Net permanent and long-term migration was dominated by arrivals from Asia, who made up about half of the 70,400 arrivals.

Some 10,280 migrants came from China, up 17 per cent from a year earlier, while 9100 came from India, down 31 per cent.

Of those new migrants who arrived in the year, a net 33,536, or 48 per cent, settled in Auckland, followed by a net 9.5 per cent moving to Canterbury, net 5.1 per cent going to Wellington and net 3.9 per cent settling in Waikato.

Most holidaymakers came from Australia, with 42,176 Australians travelling to New Zealand in the month.

Business visitors rose 3.6 per cent in November from a year earlier to 31,216, and increased 5.2 per cent on an annual basis to 289,152, two-thirds of whom came from across the Tasman.

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New Zealand’s booming migration and tourism set new records in November, with arrivals continuing to increase and departures steadily lower.

Annual net migration reached 70,400 in November, setting a new record, driven by more migrants from the US, Australia and Malaysia. Migrant arrivals rose 4.8 per cent to 126,7000 in the year, also a new record, while migrant departures dipped 1.6 per cent to 56,300.

Short-term visitor arrivals, which includes tourists, people visiting family and friends and people travelling for work, reached 3.45 million in the year ended November 30, up 12 per cent from the year earlier, Statistics New Zealand said.

A swelling population stoking more activity and record inflows of tourists helped offset the impact of weak dairy prices earlier in the year, underpinning an economy growing at a rapid pace.

At the same time, a rising population has posed problems for policymakers by fuelling demand for an already-stretched housing market in Auckland, while

Left – A Muslim man walks with two muslim women with fully body cover (burqa) in Auckland.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - In what year was the Queen of England’s Christmas message first televised? a. 1954 b. 1957 c. 1961 2 - In which city would you find the famous Little Mermaid statue? a. Copenhagen b. Oslo c. Brussels 3 - On what part of the body might you have surgery called genioplasty? a. Wrist b. Spine c. Chin 4 - What is the maximum number of blowholes a whale can have? a. One b. Two c. Four 5 - Which drink’s name literally means burnt wine? a. Brandy b. Rum c. Tequilla 6 - Monet, Renoir and Degas were artists belonging to which movement? a. Expressionism b. Surrealism c. Impressionism 7 - How would you describe a noisome object? a. Smelly b. Loud c. Colourless 8 - Which country’s flag has a blue cross on it? a. United Kingdom b. Norway c. Malaysia

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Molly likes to bark at anything that moves Molly the 13-year-old cocker spaniel is looking forward to her third Christmas in Methven.

Molly’s family says she is incredibly cute and loving, but a little senile and very deaf. She loves her walks around the block in Methven, but stays on the lead at all times because she likes to bark at anything that moves!

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From left: Jane Naish with the Christmas stocking as first prize, club president Peter O’Neill, Beverley Varley with her second prize hamper and Graeme Mabley with his third prize basket.

The raffle raised over $4000 which will go towards supporting the many charities that the club assists.

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Fifty-eight members and wives gathered at Lochlea for our annual Christmas Lunch. The menu provided by our caterer, Dan of All Fed Up, was excellent and enjoyed by all.

Some were lucky enough to win prizes in our Lucky Number draw.

Our speaker, Errol Kingsbury was introduced by Bruce Ching. Errol is a relatively new member of the club who recently retired to Ashburton after a career which saw him and Ngaire move around New Zealand. He has belonged to Probus in Thames and has been involved in many community organisations over the years.

He gave a very entertaining talk about his family history, life and career, start-

ing as a 15 year old in the Cust grocery shop, managing a grocery in Akaroa, to Takaka with Wrightsons, to hardware in Nelson and eventually looking after Wrightson’s goat business in the heady days of the eighties when the top goat prices were higher than the top prices at the Trentham Yearling sales.

Later he moved to Thames where he managed the Wrightsons branch and had his own farm.

Errol kept his audience entertained with a wealth of anecdotes. He finished with

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Ashburton Pakeke Lions Sixty-seven members and partners of Ashburton Pakeke Lions attended the monthly dinner meeting at the MSA restaurant held in the busy pre-Christmas week.

Members of the Salvation Army Band

entertained with a selection of Christmas carols which was much appreciated.

They were presented with non-perishable food items for their much needed foodbank.

The guest speaker for the evening was Sonjia Mee who presented to us a hilarious and amusing story of her life from childhood to present day.

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President Tony gave the vote of thanks commenting that it was one of the best presentations he had heard at our club.

President Bernie Tutty welcomed members and two visitors to the December meeting of the Mid Canterbury Ladies Club.

After the National Anthem had been sung, birthdays and anniversaries were celebrated.

Several members received prizes as they had lucky programmes.

Trips Convenor Avis Kingsland spoke of a recent trip where there had been a medical mishap, and reminded members to always carry with them details of their next of kin.

An afternoon tea had been celebrated with members 90 years and over.

There will be a new name for this organisation in the future. Members had donated items for the foodbank.

After morning tea when a Christmas cake was enjoyed, members were entertained by dancers from the Charmaine Quaid Dancing School, Tessa Inwood and Lily Burdett.

Then Samantha McArthur sang a number of songs. Samantha had been to Sydney recently with the Phoenix Choir and will be Head Girl at Ashburton College in 2017.

After the meeting closed, members had Christmas Dinner at the RSA.

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visit to Christchurch which included an invitation to the Royal Yacht Britannia.

This encounter led to further friendships for both herself and her parents.

Her career took many twists and turns, eventually into the travel industry with Mt Cook Travel mainly in the United States and Canada and to finally setting up her own agency.

A wonderful speaker with an enthralling story to tell, and now happily settled in Ashburton.

The results of the Christmas raffle were announced. A very successful venture realising about $4000 which will go to the Charities Pakeke support.

Service awards were presented to Lions Les Briggs and Clarrie Galway for 30 years and to Lions Jack Hansen Pakeke membership) and John Lynch for 10 years.

Tail Twister Lion Ron took on the persona of Father Christmas but extracted fines while his elf delivered chocolates.

A happy evening concluding with the National Anthem.

With Christmas nearly upon us and the weather warming up the players will be glad to have a little respite and eat, drink and celebrate.

The Milson Cup was played, and the committee wishes me to thank all those men who kindly made up composite teams, two of which were in the prizes list.

It is the only Men Only tournament still played in the Ashburton district and has been going since 1953.

The Ladies have completed the Ch Pairs and the winners were Dawn Bruce and Margaret Eder. Congrats to you both.

Runners-up were Gloria Hawkins and Kath Muir.

The ladies went out to lunch on Tuesday and from the laughter and chatter a good time was experienced.

Sorry men that you had to get your own sandwiches at home but the little lady deserves time off, she will suffer on Christmas day no doubt.

Club members enjoyed the Christmas barbecue organised by Leonie and Alison last Sunday and thanks to the cooks Brian and Colin who did well and we didn’t see any burnt snags.

All ran smoothly and a few skits by GT and Russell livened the evening.

To all those travelling we wish you a safe journey and to those sick and unwell a get well wish is sent to you all.

Seasons Greetings to you all and wishes for a Great New Year to come. See you in 2017

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The Mid Canterbury Under 15 cricket side made it two from two in 50 over cricket for this week with another victory yesterday in their regional tournament being held in Ashburton.

Boosted by a confidencebuilding victory over Christchurch Metro Black on Tuesday, the green and gold lads set about repeating the dose against Buller yesterday and were successful in their mission.

Buller won the toss and elected to bat on a good wicket – a decision they would come to rue as Mid Canterbury’s bowlers piled on the pressure inside the first 15 overs to have them 22-5.

A 40 run partnership from Will Andrews and Devlin Pratt steadied the ship, but it was 10 steps backwards again when Mid Canterbury’s Sam Ree removed them both in the same over to leave the Buller side reeling.

Liam Sullivan grabbed a couple of late wickets to clean up the Buller tail and they were all out for 106.

Mid Canterbury made a decent start to their run chase

Angus Jemmett played another brilliant innings in his side’s win over Buller. getting through to 27 before both openers were removed.

This resulted in the arrival to the middle of Mid Canterbury’s own version of the Great Wall of China in Angus Jemmett who seems almost unbeatable with the bat at the moment.

After batting for close to three hours on Tuesday, Jemmett again played a brilliant innings to help guide his side

through to victory – finishing on 28 not out while down the other end Elliot Wareing made a solid contribution to the win too with his 21 not out.

Mid Canterbury have one more match today before finding out if they have done enough to qualify for the first and second play-off on Friday.

“Unfortunately we have a couple of players unavailable

on Friday,” coach Mark Reid said. “With the lateness of the tournament a lot of families are heading away and we have at least two that I know of who won’t be available for us which is a shame, but something we will just have to deal with.”

Today they play Christchurch Metro Red on the Ashburton Domain Main Oval with the first ball at 10am.

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Gubb, Vete targeted

■ BADMINTON

Achievements recognised Mid Canterbury Badminton’s Thursday morning sessions are currently in recess for the festive season but achievements were recognised recently at a prizegiving held for the group who compete each week. From left are: Isaac Langley (Men’s Singles), Rod Cumming (Club Patron), Gill Williams (Sportsmanship Award), Jenni Sale (B Grade Women’s Singles and Joint Most Improved), Karen Bishop (A Grade Women’s Singles), Rosie Trot (Joint Most Improved) and Sandi Leath (Yankee Trophy). Absent, but also picking up awards were Teresa Sinclair and Nicola Tupper who won the Graded Doubles. Play will resume in the 2017 on Thursday, January 19 and new players of all ages and abilities are welcome. The sessions are held at the EA Networks Stadium from 9.30am until 11.30am.

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Champ Norris out of Toyota Racing Series Reigning Castrol Toyota Racing Series champion Lando Norris has reluctantly decided that he won’t proceed with the defence of his title next month that he won at the start of this year.

Seventeen-year-old Lando has several clashing commitments that have come up in Europe during January and February and has made the difficult

decision to remain in Britain and prepare for his first full season in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2017.

Organisers of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series expect to announce a replacement driver for Norris within 48 hours.

The first round is being held at Ruapuna near Christchurch on January 14 and 15.

“I’m massively disappointed to miss out on the opportunity to defend my title but I believe I’ve taken the right decision although it was a very hard one to reach,” said Norris.

Norris won the title on his first attempt last February by scoring 11 podiums – including six wins – as well as recording eight pole-positions and five

fastest laps. Lando will now attend next month’s Autosport International Show as this year’s recipient of the prestigious McLaren Autosport British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) award.

The British youngster won the Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault Northern European Cup titles this year.

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The Warriors are refusing to part ways with young front-row pair Charlie Gubb and Albert Vete who have attracted the interest of rival NRL clubs.

Gubb was recently denied a request for a release from his contract which ends next year, with grand final winners Cronulla one of several clubs reportedly keen on signing him.

Vete is also contracted for next season but Fox Sports report the ambitious Gold Coast Titans are eager for him to join them in 2018.

“We took up Charlie’s option this year so he’s staying with us for 2017,” said Warriors recruitment manager Tony Iro. “And so is Albert and he has an option for 2018. I’ve got no doubt he’ll be approached, but no he hasn’t asked for a release.”

The Warriors could potentially consider letting Gubb go but only if a quality replacement could be found.

The Wellington product has come on since debuting for the Warriors in 2013 and earned plenty of admirers through his rugged and fearless playing style.

He made 14 appearances this season but feels he could enjoy more game time at another club.

“He’s a first grader and I can’t see a lot of first grade props on the market at this stage but we are happy with Charlie in our ranks,” said Iro. “He’s working hard. He understands the situation and he’s training well.

“At this stage, looking at where we are, he’ll be here with us for 2017.

“Things change in the market and I’m sure there will be a little movement across a few clubs but at this stage we’re happy with where we are.”

The club has little room to move under the salary cap but is on the look-out for a value-formoney outside-back signing.

“Potentially we’re still looking for another outside back but not a high-profile (player). Our cap is pretty tight.”

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In brief Hunt to fight Overeem Kiwi MMA fighter Mark Hunt is set to return to the octagon to take on British-born Dutch mixed martial artist Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 early next year. The match-up is the first fight of the UFC 209 card to be announced by the US arm of ESPN with the event being held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 5 (NZT). It will be Hunt’s first fight since his controversial defeat to Brock Lesnar at UFC 200 in July and victory would thrust him back into contention for a shot at current heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic’s title. Hunt and Overeem have fought previously but never faced each other in the UFC. Hunt will be hungry for revenge, after Overeem claimed a first round submission win in their initial bout.

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Weepu awarded $171k Former All Blacks halfback Piri Weepu has been awarded 114,000 euros ($NZ171,000) in damages by a court over his sacking by French rugby side Oyonnax.

In January Weepu, who played 71 test for the All Blacks,

was axed by the second division side six months into a two-year deal.

According to reports Weepu, who is now playing for fellow French club Narbonne, had been seeking half a million euros in damages.

Weepu played just eight matches for Oyonnax before having his contract terminated.

The club didn’t give a reason for his axing. He signed with Oyonnax in February last year after stints at London Welsh and Wasps.

He moved to Europe following his final season with the Blues in 2014.

Narbonne currently sit 10th in the French Pro D2 standings with seven wins and seven defeats.

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World Cup senior, junior teams named Bowls New Zealand has announced their senior and junior players to compete at their respective World Cup events in Australia during March next year.

Representing the Blackjacks at Warilla for the senior World Cup will be Jo Edwards and Ali Forsyth.

Edwards has previously won this indoor event a record four times. The last time being in 2013. A finalist here again last year she will be looking to improve on her bronze medal in the singles at the recent World Championships held in Christchurch.

A win at this annual New South Wales event would again see her challenging Australia’s Karen Murphy for the title of the “world’s best female player.”

A challenge that continues to bring the best out of Edwards.

After being the skip of the World Champion Fours Ali Forsyth will relish the chance to show his skills at the singles game. His form in Christchurch at the World Championships, especially in post section knock out play, was one of the most significant factors behind the

Ali Forsyth has been selected to represent New Zealand at the bowls world cup. team’s success.

A performance that selector and past World Champion Peter Belliss described as being one of the most complete and dominant displays he had ever seen.

In the Junior (under 25) World Cup to be held at Queensland’s

Broadbeach Club New Zealand will be represented by Canterbury’s Tayla Bruce and Southland’s Sheldon Bagrie-Howley.

They will then partner each other to play in the mixed pairs.

Bruce, considered by many unlucky not to make the World

Championships team, will be endeavouring to prove her worth and push for full Blackjack selection come the midyear internationals.

Bagrie-Howley played this event in 2016 but failed to make it to post section play.

The experience has certainly served him well and he will now be totally aware of the level of play required to be a threat at the business end of the tournament.

Kerry Clark CEO of Bowls New Zealand in releasing the teams stated “that with the World Championships over and a new coach in Sharon Sims in place, the work towards the 2018 Commonwealth Games now begins.

“Jo and Ali are at the top of their games and they, and us, expect them to do very well.

“Tayla and Sheldon both have a great chance to now push for higher honours and places in the team working towards 2018 and beyond.

“The sport is ending 2016 on a real high, it’s now up to the players selected to keep the momentum going. We are confident they can”.

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The Wembley bout between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko looks set to break records with 50,000 tickets sold after going on sale yesterday. The first batch of tickets for the April 29 fight went on sale and were quickly snapped up. Promoter Eddie Hearn now has his sights on a crowd of 90,000. The Mirror reports that Hearn has permission to sell 80,000 tickets and a request to increase the capacity by another 10,000 if approved

by London mayor Sadiq Khan.

Joshua is the IBF heavyweight world champion while Klitschko is the former WBA, WBO and IBO champion.

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Cooper to coach Chiefs Former Hurricanes coach Colin Cooper has been named the next Chiefs coach, taking over from Scotland-bound Dave Rennie in 2018. Rennie has led the Chiefs since 2012, and won a pair of Super Rugby titles in his first two seasons. Cooper has added to an impressive resume in recent years, scooping a provincial title with Taranaki in 2014 and successfully defending the Ranfurly Shield seven times from 2011. Prior to his time with Taranaki, who are in the Chiefs region, Cooper led the Hurricanes for eight seasons from 2003 to 2011, making five playoff appearances. Cooper has also been head coach of the New Zealand Maori team since 2013.

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Hawkeye at classic Auckland’s ASB Tennis Classic will use Hawkeye technology for the first time at this summer’s WTA and ATP tournaments. The technology is used extensively at the Grand Slams and big tournaments around the world. Players are allowed two challenges per set to review line calls and retain the challenge if they are successful. Sky Television has confirmed Hawkeye will be used and tournament director Karl Budge says there’s a six figure cost involved. Budge says they always have aspirations of being one of the leading tournaments on the tour and it’s something they’ve fallen behind on over the last couple of years. Meanwhile players for the women’s qualifying tournament have already started arriving in Auckland with tournament drawcard Serena Williams due around December 28.

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Old boys’ club put on notice

By Chris rattue Women everywhere rejoice. Your rugby union needs you.

The concept of women helping to run rugby has taken a century or so to take hold, but the fix is in.

It’s time for you to jump on board and maybe even join an actual board, ladies.

As a non-woman, I can’t speak with conviction on behalf of the so-called fairer sex. But apparently their extra fairness is now needed.

Dame Margaret Bazley, who reviewed the Wellington Rugby Union’s handling of the Losi Filipo case, focussed on the lack of women in top WRU jobs.

The 78-year-old Bazley, a public servant who has led a number of major reviews, was appointed six weeks ago to look at what went wrong when Filipo was retained as a Wellington player, despite pleading guilty to a vicious and unprovoked assault on four people.

Among her discoveries was that thousands of women at grass roots level weren’t making it to the upper levels of rugby administration.

This, no doubt, is of no surprise to many women, who find they are still up against a glass ceiling in many areas of life.

They might also be miffed that their services suddenly seem to be needed in a crisis, rather than their contributions being seen as normal.

I well remember talking to Raelene Castle, a true trailblazer, after she had quit as the boss of

One small step forward – Farah Palmer has recently been elected to the New Zealand Rugby board.

New Zealand Netball to take over as chief executive of the NRL’s Canterbury Bulldogs.

She said that having more women in charge made sense for league, because women were half of the sport’s customers.

As with many of the great advancements in sport – think the

breaking down of the race barrier in baseball and heavyweight boxing – the business of winning and making money can play a very important part.

Having more women involved in running rugby – which should include taking the very top jobs – also makes sense because it is the

right thing to do.

Let’s face it. Rugby remains an old boys’ club which has no intention of giving up control whatever the public stance. Token gestures will gestate, eventually. For now, it’s still a case of reaching for the moon.

The Bazley report represents

another small step for rugby men, who have just elected Farah Palmer to the New Zealand board.

Given rugby’s conventions, women will be limited to small steps forward.

We can live in slightly more hope though.

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‘A male-dominated view on off-field misconduct’ The Wellington Rugby Union had a male-dominated view on managing off-field misconduct, says a review of the Losi Filipo case.

Dame Margaret Bazley has released a review of how the union handled the young player, criticising it for a lack of documents governing behaviour expectations.

In August, 18-year-old Filipo was discharged without conviction after pleading guilty in Wellington District Court to assaulting four people, including two women, last year.

His discharge led to a public outcry and his Wellington Lions contract being terminated by mutual consent.

After police were given leave to appeal against the court decision, Filipo was sentenced in November to nine months’ supervision.

“The documents governing misconduct do not reflect public expectations and need a major overhaul.

They fall short of today’s standards,” said Dame Margaret’s review.

Dame Margaret paid particular attention to the lack of women in

top jobs at the union.

She said thousands of women were involved in rugby at a grassroots level but weren’t making it into the upper levels of administration.

WRFU chairman Iain Potter said the Wellington union had no women on its board and although the matter had been discussed before, nothing had been done about it.

“Sometimes there needs to be a catalyst for change. I think if you look at any sort of social change, quite often there’s a catalyst for it. Arguably we should have been ahead of that and not required a catalyst. Dame Margaret has done a great job in terms of challenging us.”

Dame Margaret made six recommendations, including the union embarking on a 10-year plan to bring its cultural norms up to the expectation of modern standards.

Bazley expected changes to the rugby culture in Wellington would prompt changes around the country.

“I’m confident that this is going to be done in Wellington, I’m also

Dame Margaret Bazley confident because of the concern across the whole country that the rest of the country won’t sit back and let Wellington be the shining star.”

Her review said a taskforce should be created to design a new

system of standards, policies and documents, including a new code of conduct encompassing offfield behaviour.

The new code of conduct should clearly cover off-field behaviour such as drunkenness vio-

lence and inappropriate sexual behaviour, matters which aren’t included – to Bazley’s surprise.

Her review recommended that the committees and panels set up to develop the changes all have at least two women members and at least one outside expert.

“I have concluded that the WRFU, faced with an extremely difficult situation, managed it as well as could be expected,” Bazley said.

She said the union did not have a “robust set of documents” instructing it on what to do in Filipo’s case.

Filipo could come back to Wellington Rugby if he stays on the straight and narrow, Potter said.

When Dame Margaret was appointed, Wellington Rugby said her review would look at the union’s processes and protocols regarding player recruitment.

It would also consider the management and monitoring of player behaviour, particularly those contracted while still at school, as Filipo was.

Dame Margaret also said there needed to be “zero tolerance” for serious misconduct.

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 22 December 2016 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12

5 78176 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 6 68726 Budgie Right 17.50 H & ......................Taylor 7 13323 Opawa Blinky 17.49 L & ..................... Wales 8 87332 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 9 14277 Bella Jade 17.42 ..........................C Roberts 10 44353 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 1 12.02pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT 4 1.00pm A2B ASPHALT CANTERBURY STAKES C2, C3, 295m 520m 1 74733 Breaking Mad 17.30 ........................ M Grant 1 64745 Know Neglect 30.42 .......................G Cleeve 2 48311 Homebush Sloan 17.53 .........J T McInerney 2 6x835 Nessie Allen 30.96 .......................C Roberts 3 17127 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 3 46211 Odin Slayer 30.74 ..................... A Bradshaw 4 52714 Fiery Fagan 17.29 C & ....................... Fagan 4 12217 Cawbourne Leaha 30.33..............C Roberts 5 55452 Cawbourne Craig 17.34 ...............C Roberts 5 61376 Spring Sam 30.74 ..................J T McInerney 6 36126 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant 6 17171 Mandy Junior 30.21 J & ..................D Fahey 7 13423 Opawa Binge 17.56 L & ..................... Wales 7 81512 Smash Lilly nwtd ............................. M Grant 8 54655 Grand Apache 17.09 S & ................B Evans 8 85831 Shift The Blame 30.50............J T McInerney 9 27753 Feral Coaster 17.39 .....................M A Butler 9 66883 Smokey Action 30.36 S & ...............B Evans 10 84383 Joey Baxter 17.41 ..................J T McInerney 10 5778x Opawa Minstrel 30.57 L & .................. Wales 2 12.20pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH 5 1.20pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DISTANCE C2d, STAKES C2, 520m 645m 1 24211 Flaming Sambuca 30.65 ........J T McInerney 1 32342 Trust Issues 37.82 J &.....................D Fahey 2 46775 Raewyn 30.43 H & ..............................Taylor 2 87858 Goldstar Po 38.27 M & ......................Jopson 3 12155 Cawbourne Steele 30.86 .............C Roberts 3 36636 Goldstar Dallas 39.00 S &...............B Evans 4 11353 Allen Hadrian nwtd .......................C Roberts 4 76216 Goldstar Jagger 38.62 S &..............B Evans 5 12442 Smash Rebel nwtd .......................... M Grant 5 11445 Goldstar Coco 38.60 S & ................B Evans 6 47127 Arcane Sabre 30.35 M &...................Jopson 6 32321 Mystic Action 38.14 S & ..................B Evans 7 62578 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 7 324x4 Long Stockings 38.23 ............... A Bradshaw 8 16234 Opawa Anthony 30.39 L & ................. Wales 8 24674 Opawa Hope nwtd L & ....................... Wales 9 66883 Smokey Action 30.36 S & ...............B Evans 6 1.40pm (NZT) STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & 10 14678 Solstice 30.48 .................................. B Dann BLINDS 0272719588 DASH C3, 295m 3 12.40pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C2, 295m 1 51215 Timely Reminder 17.17 M & .............Jopson 1 72158 Homebush Bailey 17.53 .........J T McInerney 2 7176x Barcia Express 17.27 ...................... M Grant 2 85131 Broken Penniless 17.49 .................G Cleeve 3 72513 Whip Uppa Storm 17.27............ G T Bennett 3 48388 Uno James 17.37 L & ........................ Wales 4 11241 Serious Torque 17.24 ...................... M Grant 4 21244 Smash Demand 17.47 .................... M Grant 5 14444 Opawa Lean Meat 17.24 L & ............. Wales

6 22862 Bound To Erupt nwtd ....................... M Grant 7 55144 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 8 76265 Homebush Shane 17.55 ........J T McInerney 9 77185 Know Salute 17.29 .........................G Cleeve 10 85553 Opawa Rocket 17.13 L & ................... Wales 7 2.00pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C4, 520m 1 61247 Mina Allen 30.08 ..........................C Roberts 2 27152 Replica Yella 30.48 .......................... M Grant 3 63537 Majestic Action 30.00 J &................D Fahey 4 36265 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 5 36642 Letron James 30.48 .....................C Roberts 6 33318 Tamara May 30.26 .......................... M Grant 7 54234 Fekitoa 30.10 ................................R Adcock 8 13133 Opawa Jimbo 30.41 L & ..................... Wales 9 36535 Helena Allen 30.06.......................C Roberts 10 75728 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 8 2.17pm CAROL’S T.A.B. CLENDON INN DASH C4, 295m 1 83186 Chicago Black 17.35 ..............J T McInerney 2 75328 Homebush Kelso 17.04 ..........J T McInerney 3 73117 Wow Madonna 17.19 M & ...............P Binnie 4 55341 Extra Credit 17.26 ............................ B Dann 5 55727 Magic Mike 17.16 .........................C Roberts 6 47222 Speedy Return 17.14 H & ...................Taylor 7 16687 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 8 12867 Homebush Zippy 17.13 ..........J T McInerney 9 57345 Dad’s Ambition 17.41 ...................... M Grant 10 34268 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 9 2.35pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 12323 Zipping Jordan 30.24 .........................C Weir 2 81314 With Pride 30.15 .............................. B Dann 3 x7424 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts 4 41142 Opawa Shackley 29.86 J & .............D Fahey 5 14426 Kava Blu 29.99 J &..........................D Fahey

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84731 Ebert Bale 30.09 ..........................C Roberts 38151 Cawbourne Kristy 30.03...............C Roberts 21648 Nozzno Fear 30.37.................... A Bradshaw 36535 Helena Allen 30.06.......................C Roberts 75728 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 10 2.52pm MAC DEVELOPMENTS SPRINT C5, 295m 1 72852 Dirk The Jerk 17.17 ...........................J Dunn 2 11111 Swimming Goat 16.79........................C Weir 3 53343 Rapaki Kath 17.21 H & .......................Taylor 4 42762 Kihael Kaluna 17.20 J &..................D Fahey 5 28514 Terra Mondo 17.30 C & ...................... Fagan 6 18266 Homebush Rufus 17.34 .........J T McInerney 7 54146 Miss Fanning 17.11 .......................... B Dann 8 23114 God Particle 17.27 ..............................A Lee 9 27218 Cabarita 17.25 ................................ M Grant 10 86661 Dream Large 16.99 .......................... B Dann 11 3.10pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ DASH C5, 295m 1 42185 Believe 17.10 ................................... B Dann 2 25183 Sopoaga 17.32...................................C Weir 3 68316 Magic Wizard 17.39 S &..................B Evans 4 32551 Jinja Brian 17.15 ..........................A Waretini 5 3615x Know Knowing 17.26 .....................G Cleeve 6 21533 Burn Early 17.09 H & ..........................Taylor 7 32375 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 8 31211 Wheelchair Norm 16.91 .........J T McInerney 9 42818 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 10 38166 Dyna Quirk 17.11 .........................C Roberts 12 3.27pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C4, 295m 1 37736 Must Desire 17.17 ..........................G Cleeve 2 23773 Deman Blue Blood 17.43 .......J T McInerney 3 63625 Opawa Val nwtd L & ........................... Wales 4 21171 Homebush Scribe 17.36 ........J T McInerney 5 42521 Ohoka Billy 17.08 ......................... L Waretini 6 15754 Harkonen Bale 17.08 ...................C Roberts

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75512 Magic Dozer 17.37 .................... G T Bennett 74336 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 21388 Sahara Sam 17.40 H & .......................Taylor 18346 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Opawa Binge, Breaking Mad, Homebush Sloan, Grand Apache, Opawa Opal Race 2: Flaming Sambuca, Allen Hadrian, Opawa Anthony, Arcane Sabre, Raewyn Race 3: Time Slayer, Opawa Blinky, Broken Penniless, Homebush Bailey, Bella Jade Race 4: Mandy Junior, Cawbourne Leaha, Know Neglect, Odin Slayer, Smash Lilly Race 5: Mystic Action, Trust Issues, Goldstar Jagger, Opawa Hope, Long Stockings Race 6: Serious Torque, Opawa Lean Meat, Whip Uppa Storm, Barcia Express, Timely Reminder Race 7: Letron James, Majestic Action, Fekitoa, Replica Yella, Opawa Jimbo Race 8: Homebush Kelso, Magic Mike, Speedy Return, Homebush Zippy, Wow Madonna Race 9: Opawa Shackley, Zipping Jordan, Cawbourne Kristy, Kava Blu, With Pride Race 10: Swimming Goat, Dirk The Jerk, Kihael Kaluna, Rapaki Kath, Miss Fanning Race 11: Wheelchair Norm, Sopoaga, Burn Early, Believe, Puma Pants Race 12: Must Desire, Ohoka Billy, Cathy Maree, Harkonen Bale, Magic Dozer

M5 Auckland harness Today at Alexandra Park

Auckland Trotting Club Inc Venue: Alexandra Park Meeting Date: 22 December 2016 NZ Meeting number: 5 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 6.38pm (NZT) GRAND PARK RESTAURANT MOBILE PACE $8113, 4yo+ up to & including r55 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 x8142 Rocknroll Princess (1) fr..... J MacKinnon (J) 2 56252 Booming Jet (2) fr ................. T Cameron (J) 3 954x0 Kate Black (3) fr .........................R Argue (J) 4 56217 Toot Toot (4) fr ............................ A Drake (J) 5 22522 Waingaro Mara (5) fr ............ D Ferguson (J) 6 42624 Tiger Tamer (6) fr .................... B Butcher (J) 7 25143 Alta Michaela (7) fr ................. S Grayling (J) 8 42165 Kate Jackson (8) fr .................. T Lethaby (J) 9 04588 Themailman (21) fr.............. E Isherwood (J) 10 78507 Collection (22) fr.......................J Wallace (J) 2 7.03pm PASCOES THE JEWELLERS MOBILE PACE $13,500, 3yo+ r56 to r62 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 361x8 Saucy Rebel (1) fr .......................J Stormont 2 31245 Rocknroll Legend (2) fr .....................J Dunn 3 01x15 Classy Chapel (3) fr .......................T Herlihy 4 02018 Real Torque (4) fr ..........................B Orange 5 16354 Runrunjimmydunn (5) fr ........... M McKendry 6 81843 Rory McIlroy (6) fr ........................ D Butcher 7 52190 Big Mach fr ................................... Scratched 8 0x761 Whale Rider (7) fr...........................S Phelan 9 57946 Full Speed Ahead (21) fr ...............T Mitchell 3 7.34pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNEMARIE PIDWELL HANDICAP TROT $8113, 6yo+ up to & including r53 spechcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 0090x Dauntless (1) fr ...........................B Edwards 2 59675 Izinthezone (2) fr .......................... G Noakes 3 74433 Majestic Gal (3) fr........................J Stormont 4 46724 Itsnowornever (4) fr .......................N Chilcott 5 P6799 Opawa Speed (5) fr .......................T Mitchell 6 38454 Te Kouka Breeze (U1) fr..............M Nicholas 7 4x676 Burt Munro (1) 10.......................... D Branch 8 00007 Ginger Bertha (2) 10 ..................P Ferguson 9 68x50 Sundown In Paris (U1) 10 .................J Dunn

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10 76200 Saint Michel (U2) 10 .................... B Mangos 4 7.59pm NZ THOF LEN HEART MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $12,000, non-winners & 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 02346 Three Kisses (1) fr ............................L Hollis 2 Northview Hustler (2) fr ................ D Butcher 3 0x824 Cobra Banner (3) fr ...........................J Dunn 4 5555x Spirit Of Delight (4) fr .............. T Macfarlane 5 6532x Pocket Major (5) fr ........................ W Fausett 6 Lerato (6) fr ...................................Z Butcher 7 242 Positano (7) fr.................................T Herlihy 8 43304 Hezaluckygrinner (8) fr..................N Chilcott 9 Vampiro (21) fr ............................. B Mangos 10 0x270 Ready To Fire (22) fr ....................T Williams 11 Master George (23) fr ....................J I Dickie 12 3237 Circles (24) fr .................................S Phelan 13 5x2 Jude’s Gem (25) fr .................... J Abernethy 14 3 American Princess (26) fr .............B Orange Emergency: Spirit Of Delight 5 8.24pm DUNSTAN SUMMER SERIES PACE $13,500, 3yo+ r65 to r73 pace, stand, 2700m 1 x4722 Van Mara (1) fr ..............................S Lawson 2 10034 Minstrel Boy (2) fr ......................S Abernethy 3 07718 Sir Richie (3) fr ......................... M McKendry 4 23114 Mongolian Storm (4) fr ..................B Orange 5 52535 Mo Casino (5) fr ............................Z Butcher 6 85296 Cullen Who (6) fr 7 84633 Bonnie’s Khaleesi (7) fr ..................T Herlihy 8 47x36 Kenrick (8) fr................................. D Butcher 9 7x489 Fleeting Grin (9) fr ......................P Ferguson 10 26586 No Way Else (U1) fr .......................S Phelan 6 8.53pm JACOBSEN HEADSTONES MOBILE PACE $13,500, 3yo+ r63 to r66 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 13635 Spring Campaign (1) fr................A Poutama 2 85296 Cullen Who (2) fr ...........................B Orange 3 17138 Neighlor (3) fr ........................... M McKendry 4 82141 Lockyer (4) fr .................................P Butcher 5 11x Acceptance (5) fr............................J I Dickie 6 x2124 Rakarazor (6) fr .............................S Lawson 7 10449 Lola Jones (7) fr .............................S Phelan 8 11177 Rariza (8) fr ...................................Z Butcher

Jack MacKinnon is on board Rocknroll Princess in the first at Alexandra Park.

9 70x51 Zadaka (21) fr .............................. D Butcher 9.23pm DUNSTAN SUMMER SERIES HANDICAP TROT $13,500, 4yo+ r56 to r92 +claimer spechcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 100x0 Winners Shout (1) fr .......................J I Dickie 2 x0283 Forfeathers (2) fr .........................J Stormont 3 x0495 Princess Mackendon (3) fr ..............M Wallis 4 0x561 O’Driscoll (U1) fr ...............................D Balle 5 2398x Il Pirata (U2) fr................................S Phelan 6 53217 Makarewa Jake (1) 10....................T Herlihy 7 77x69 Highland Star (U1) 10 ...................Z Butcher 8 84512 Monnay (1) 20 .............................. B Mangos 9 20x12 Eyre I Come (U1) 20 .....................B Orange 10 11060 Commander Paris (1) 35 ...............T Mitchell 11 20760 Harriet Of Mot (2) 35 .........................J Dunn

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9.53pm STREAMLINE FREIGHT MOBILE PACE $8113, non-winners & 3yo+, up to r48 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 64539 Lady Bellissimo (1) fr ....................T Mitchell 2 58x45 Spooky (2) fr ...............................A Poutama 3 50027 Thunda Down Unda (3) fr ..............T Herlihy 4 0Px Everything (4) fr ............................N Chilcott 5 869x Lite Giovani (5) fr.........................M Nicholas 6 5555x Spirit Of Delight (6) fr .............. T Macfarlane 7 05 Brother In Arms (7) fr ....................Z Butcher 8 x5583 Kellanda Babe (8) fr ...................P Ferguson 9 36320 Harper Franco (21) fr ............... M McKendry 10 688x7 Savanna (22) fr ............................ W Fausett 11 89x Eye Lash (23) fr ........................... D Butcher 9 10.23pm NEW YEAR’S EVE AUCKLAND CUP TWI-

LIGHT RACES TROT $8113, non-winners & 3yo+ trot, stand, 2200m 1 30x50 Madhubala (1) fr................................J Dunn 2 The Rev (2) fr ..............................A Poutama 3 Musculus (3) fr ...................................P Iggo 4 Te Kouka Success (4) fr ..............M Nicholas 5 49 Pegasus Gem (5) fr .......................S Lawson 6 Caitlin’s Surprise (6) fr ......................D Balle 7 Apollo (7) fr .....................................M Wallis 8 42228 Tuhimata Lass (8) fr ......................Z Butcher 9 908 Angus Burga (U1) fr ................ T Macfarlane 10 9500P Halley’s Last (U2) fr..................... R Brosnan 11 670 Secretofthesea Smile (U3) fr.... M McKendry 12 x9322 One Bid Buys (U4) fr .........................M Teaz Pacifiers off : Pocket Major (R4) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Rocknroll Princess, Booming Jet, Kate Black, Toot Toot Race 2: Rocknroll Legend, Saucy Rebel, Runrunjimmydunn, Rory McIlroy Race 3: Saint Michel, Sundown In Paris, Majestic Gal, Opawa Speed Race 4: Northview Hustler, Lerato, Positano, Master George Race 5: Van Mara, Kenrick, Bonnie’s Khaleesi, Cullen Who Race 6: Acceptance, Rakarazor, Zadaka, Cullen Who Race 7: Eyre I Come, Harriet Of Mot, Monnay, Commander Paris Race 8: Spirit Of Delight, Lady Bellissimo, Harper Franco, Savanna Race 9: Musculus, Tuhimata Lass, One Bid Buys, Madhubala

Auckland dogs Today at Manukau Stadium

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau 5 7778x Shazza’s Boy nwtd G & .....................M Hunt Stadium Meeting Date: 22 December 2016 NZ Meeting 6 Jacob Attack nwtd ........................ M J Lozell number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 7 Carluke nwtd R & ........................N O’Regan 10 and 11. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 8 One Cool Chap nwtd W & ...............T Steele 1 4.06pm (NZT) GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT 9 Maximum Express nwtd ..................P Green 4 5.12pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C1, 318m C0, 318m 1 22577 Electric Dee Eye 18.73 ...................P Green 1 Irinka Darcy nwtd ............................S Codlin 2 74287 On Demand 19.15 U &..........................Bliek 2 88787 Hanao nwtd ...................................A Cleaver 3 46334 Tepirita Amber 18.58 R & ............N O’Regan 3 64456 Transzeus nwtd ............................... T Green 4 74458 Idol Butcher nwtd B & ........................ Steele 4 Vanos nwtd .................................. H Mullane 5 67558 Spearmint Juju 18.70 U & .................Cottam 5 25282 Alex Attack nwtd U &.........................Cottam 6 462F1 Mega Munchies 18.70 U &................Cottam 6 88686 Mighty Artemis nwtd .........................G Hunt 7 15675 Fancy Gas 18.70 M & ...................... J Smith 7 Princess Alea nwtd ...........................C Hore 8 72576 Allegro Cody nwtd ............................. D Hunt 8 Was Just Saying nwtd U & ....................Bliek 9 16488 Cosmic Rover nwtd ......................... T Green 9 Maximum Express nwtd ..................P Green 2 4.27pm AGRC REWARDS SPRINT C0, 318m 10 87768 Skinny Ankles nwtd ...........................G Hunt 1 77 Bigtime Happy nwtd U & .......................Bliek 5 5.36pm DOGZONE SPRINT C1, 318m 1 88881 All Hail Caesar nwtd U &...................Cottam 2 Clockwise Rap nwtd ........................P Green 2 85446 Red Rascal 18.66 R & ................N O’Regan 3 45636 Miss Shellac nwtd ............................M Black 3 65F48 Bouncie Al 19.09 ............................. T Green 4 36727 Amazing Contact nwtd ......................B Bond 4 86652 Cawbourne Eden nwtd.................R McPhee 5 Conquest Girl nwtd W & ..................T Steele 5 67x86 Jacqui Attack nwtd ....................... M J Lozell 6 Howlin’ Ace nwtd .............................S Codlin 6 14F47 New Look nwtd ..........................D Schofield 7 88 Chasing Tail nwtd U & .......................Cottam 7 3512 Beat The Butcher 18.85 U & .................Bliek 8 88778 Minute Sixteen nwtd..........................G Hunt 8 86555 Dandy Star nwtd ............................... D Hunt 9 Maximum Express nwtd ..................P Green 3 4.54pm GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE 9 87768 Skinny Ankles nwtd ...........................G Hunt SPRINT C0, 318m 10 16488 Cosmic Rover nwtd ......................... T Green 1 7 Zarzuella nwtd.................................S Codlin 6 5.58pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY SPRINT C2, 2 4 Strike Lotto nwtd G H & .......... PC Ferguson 318m 1 266F6 Baymax 18.50 ...................................B Craik 3 24584 Mid Collison nwtd ............................ T Green 2 18475 Myrniong Girl 18.62 ........................ T Green 4 74553 Bigtime Sassy nwtd...........................B Bond

3 52421 Pat Not Plait 18.92 .........................P Henley 4 67867 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 5 37587 Diva Pose 18.64 M & ....................... J Smith 6 86348 Dipsy Lala 18.87 U & ........................Cottam 7 14584 Fantastic Zoe 18.67 ...................D Schofield 8 38353 Simply Yeti 18.56 ............................. T Green 9 32848 Macjam 18.33 ............................D Schofield 10 37658 Drury 18.41 ...................................A Cleaver 7 6.19pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C3, 318m 1 75161 Tuff Star 18.66 U &............................Cottam 2 62347 Lovely Rita 18.50 .......................D Schofield 3 12778 Little Kiwi 18.54 B & ........................... Steele 4 25664 Rock Lass nwtd..........................D Schofield 5 47348 Le Roi 18.78 B & ................................ Steele 6 63122 Highland Laddie 18.66 ................. H Mullane 7 42844 No More Debt 18.46........................ T Green 8 73755 Gumbalanya 18.52 .........................P Henley 9 54655 Bigtime Moola 18.78 U & ......................Bliek 10 84675 Wobourn Abbey 18.53 ....................P Green 8 6.48pm PLASTERBOARD LTD SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 11F56 Don’t Brag 18.44 .......................... H Mullane 2 11543 Obstinatus 18.25 R & ..................N O’Regan 3 85216 Sharella nwtd ....................................B Craik 4 15781 Eva Diva 18.68 ...........................D Schofield 5 86813 Zipping Jane 18.61 ........................... D Hunt 6 37414 Fabrelee 18.20 ..................................C Hore 7 53165 Locha Knocka 18.63 ....................... T Green 8 51512 Gimme Hot Chips 18.56 U &.............Cottam 9 F8426 Zipping Steve 18.41 ...................D Schofield 10 61566 Idol Gee 18.68 B &............................. Steele

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7.11pm DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT C1, 318m 1 13 Sweet Bordeaux 18.94................... G Farrell 2 87568 Breeze Attack nwtd ...................... M J Lozell 3 73673 Agent Schrader 18.56 .......................B Craik 4 45474 Mr. Mumbles 18.55 R &...............N O’Regan 5 77736 Miss Bunnythorpe 18.83 U & ............Cottam 6 12446 Kapai Lana 18.83 U & ...........................Bliek 7 45437 Just About Ready 18.92...................M Black 8 43456 Thrilling Forest 18.80 U & .................Cottam 9 16488 Cosmic Rover nwtd ......................... T Green 10 87768 Skinny Ankles nwtd ...........................G Hunt 10 7.27pm PUMP AND ENGINEERING LTD STAKES C2/3, 527m 1 57565 Jinja Heart nwtd W & ......................T Steele 2 76233 Who Dat Boy 30.51 ...................... H Mullane 3 43111 Zipping Ringo 31.09 .......................... D Hunt 4 32417 Fortis Flier 30.74 U & ........................Cottam 5 8F157 Zipping Kasey 30.74 ..................D Schofield 6 11774 Zimmer Frame 30.77 U &......................Bliek 7 61854 Gold Class 30.33 .......................D Schofield 8 11627 Golden Ivy 30.60 W & .....................T Steele 9 31678 Idol Leanne 30.71 B & ....................... Steele 11 7.49pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C1, 318m 1 22535 Skyler White 18.60 ............................B Craik 2 82787 Opawa Poppy 18.51 B & .................... Steele 3 54858 Lord De Air 18.52 .............................M Black 4 34656 Saint Sassy 18.62 ......................D Schofield 5 65535 Rocky McAwesome 18.75 U &..........Cottam 6 52756 Jinja Fantasy 18.62 W & .................T Steele

7 28264 Asta 18.74 .....................................A Cleaver 8 25463 Stainless Knocka nwtd U & ...................Bliek 9 87768 Skinny Ankles nwtd ...........................G Hunt 10 16488 Cosmic Rover nwtd ......................... T Green LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Princess Alea, Irinka Darcy, Alex Attack, Vanos, Transzeus Race 2: Clockwise Rap, Amazing Contact, Miss Shellac, Conquest Girl, Bigtime Happy Race 3: Strike Lotto, Mid Collison, Bigtime Sassy, Jacob Attack, Carluke Race 4: Mega Munchies, Electric Dee Eye, Tepirita Amber, Fancy Gas, Spearmint Juju Race 5: All Hail Caesar, Beat The Butcher, Red Rascal, New Look, Dandy Star Race 6: Simply Yeti, Pat Not Plait, Waerenga Star, Diva Pose, Myrniong Girl Race 7: Tuff Star, Lovely Rita, Highland Laddie, Rock Lass, Little Kiwi Race 8: Eva Diva, Fabrelee, Obstinatus, Sharella, Don’t Brag Race 9: Agent Schrader, Sweet Bordeaux, Mr. Mumbles, Just About Ready, Thrilling Forest Race 10: Gold Class, Zimmer Frame, Zipping Kasey, Zipping Ringo, Jinja Heart Race 11: Skyler White, Saint Sassy, Jinja Fantasy, Opawa Poppy, Lord De Air

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

The Mid-Canterbury Summer Singing School 2017 presents Dreams, Despair & Delight.

A mixture of intrigue, beauty and delightful melodies from over 100 talented youngsters.

Fiona is a highly talented violinist & composer from Christchurch & together with her band, will perform music from her own exciting compositions as well as wellknown favourites.

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NEW potatoes Nadine $2.00 per kilo. All Xmas orders $2.00 per kilo. Digging all January and throughout 2017. 81 Elizabeth Street, phone 308 3195 or 027 531 9103.

NEW potatoes Osprey and Nadine $2.50 kg, 5 kg for $10. Bennett, Melrose road.

Phone 308 4015.

Fiona Pears & Band

7.30pm (Fri); 2pm & 7.30pm (Sat) / All tickets $23 (fees apply)

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8pm / Tickets: A-Reserve: $79.90 B-Reserve: $65 (fees apply)

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6pm / Premium $79.90 / A-Reserve $59.90 / B-Reserve $49.90 (fees apply)

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9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway (Old Allenton Nurseries Packing Shed).

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 4pm ALTRUSA CLUB OF ASHBURTON TREE OF REMEMBRANCE. Put a message on the tree to a

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

10am - 4pm ALTRUSA CLUB OF ASHBURTON TREE OF REMEMBRANCE. Put a message on the tree to a

loved one Mon 12 Dec - Fri 23 Dec, Palliative care project $2. The Arcade, Ashburton 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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

115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

5pm - 8pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Christmas market with fresh produce for Christmas. Terrace Gardens, 80 Carters Terrace, Tinwald. (note: NO Farmers Market at West Street car park on Saturday). loved one Mon 12 Dec - Fri 23 Dec, Palliative care project $2. The Arcade, Ashburton 1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Closed until January 9. Heritage Centre, West Street.

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ACROSS 1. Three-cornered cape, if reversed, church will start using (5) 4. Puts money aside for us, Vespa being required (5,2) 8. Bribe covers us anyway if we put in too many offers for shares (13) 10. I fool around with a leaf in the account book (5) 11. Some of the landowners show impetuosity (4) 12. African warriors stand one each side of politician (4) 16. The bovine regard of the wild chrysanthemum (5) 17. The church won’t allow previous partner to write to one (13) 19. Sail and rout a conqueror of the Holy Land (7) 20. It is the tale of a building level, we hear (5) DOWN 1. The ministers and their opposition shadows are not taking a back seat (5,8) 2. It’s a signal to start to strike the snooker ball (3) 3. Use fan in a way that may be dangerous (6) 4. It can be elusive, to bustle about like this (6) 5. The winner to appear in credit after six (6) 6. Can’t wish meter’s first change to be effected by points operator (9) 7. Being ripe, City leapt to it in headlong style (13) 9. The sort of joke that may be put to use? (9) 13. Is fated to perform at reconstructed Dome (6) 14. Go back to make a profit (6) 15. It is miser’s ruin, being so neglectful (6) 18. A shot at it shows the time to be past (3)

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

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): What would you tell your best friend to do? Not your actual best friend – your fantasy best friend who needs to make a few decisions just like you do. You love that crazy-cool person! Advise then apply it.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Maybe you want the same thing they want, but that won’t help you get there any easier. Their reasons will barely move you there. Figure out your reasons.

Your reasons will be big time motivation.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Some will be threatened by what you believe. Some will challenge you. This is good. Beliefs should be tested.

Otherwise, how will you know which ones aren’t stable enough to support you?

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Many great works of art infuriated people at first then were gradually accepted and appreciated after the minds of the audience caught up with the ideas of the art. You’ll be an early adopter.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You honour commitments to the people in your life and your social circle grows from there. You don’t always get to choose who you’re around. That’s what makes the friends you do choose so special.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Remember when you got some time chunks to organise your life around? Boy, that does seem like a thing of the past now, but don’t worry, it will also be a thing of the future.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There’s a logic behind your attraction to certain people and things. Those motives are worth investigating. What feels natural isn’t always the best choice, but today it will be a pretty solid one.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’re ready to get deep, but your life is filled with a million shallow tasks. Let your heart provide the depth. Later you can avoid any source of shallow work, but right now it’s pretty unavoidable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Stay relaxed as you make requests of others. Your charisma is turned up and people will be inclined to make you happy, going to lengths to see you smile.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): So much will be subject to interpretation. Assume that things mean what you want them to mean. Choose the meaning that energises you; the more energy you have, the better you’ll enjoy yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Here’s what holds you in place: family, work, routine, the “boring” stuff. But it’s not really boring, especially when you consider that all the best bits life will spring from these sources.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re embroiled in a fantasy about not having to compromise, doing it your way and being supported. Compromises are good for you, and yet too much of anything makes you long for the other things.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian ANNIVERSARIES 65th WEDDING ANIVERSARY

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To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information

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Wind km/h less than 30 fine

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isolated snow thunder flurries

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rain

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NZ Today

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

TODAY

FZL: 3000m lowering to 1900m

Rain, with heavy falls about the divide, turning to showers. Snow to 1600m.

Wind at 1000m: NW gales 110 km/h, easing to W 40 km/h, then dying out later. Wind at 2000m: NW 120 km/h, easing to W 50 km/h, then easing to 30 km/h later.

Scattered morning rain, then fine spells.

Showers spreading from the south in the afternoon and evening, some heavy and possibly thundery with hail south of Banks Peninsula. Northerlies changing southerly.

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Timaru

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Good fishing Rise 1:55 am Set 2:22 pm

New moon

29 Dec 7:55 pm ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

Rise 5:47 am Set 9:16 pm

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13 Jan 12:36 am

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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Thursday, 22 December 2016

A trough moves away to the east late tomorrow and a high gradually approaches the country from the west during the weekend. A front approaches the far south on Monday.

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Mainly fine with northeasterlies developing.

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SAT Southerlies dying out.

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BODY, Alf – December 22, 2015 It is lonely here without you I miss you every day Life is never the same Since a year ago you were called away.

Love forever, Glad.

TODAY: Fine spells. Evening showers with southerly change.

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IN MEMORIAM

deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz

December 22, 1951 Colin Russell Price and Valmai (nee Shaw) married at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Ashburton

by Rev S. D. Baird.

Happy anniversary to you both. A fantastic milestone to reach.

Happy shuffling and hobbling along.

Love and kisses from your loving family. xx

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Emmanuelle Vaugier, Dean Cain, Richard Ruccolo. 0 5:30 F Home And Away Sparks fly at the Summer Grooves festival; an unwelcome visitor returns to the Bay. 0

7pm M Sister Act 2 – Back In The Habit 1993 Comedy.

Sister Mary Clarence returns to take the convent choir to the state championships. 0 9:05 M Bad Santa 2003 Comedy. Two con men pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve, but their plans go awry when they meet a troubled boy. 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia 0 8:40 The Windsors 0 9:10 Upstart Crow PGR 0 9:50 Mountain Goats 0 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 Citizen Khan PGR 3 0

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11pm Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 11:30 Embarrassing Bodies AO 3 0 12:30 Surveillance Oz Dashcam PGR 3 0 12:55 Car Crash TV PGR 3 0 1:20 Motorway Patrol PGR 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:50 The Vampire Diaries AO 3 0 3:35 Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce AO 3 0 4:20 Baby Daddy PGR 3 0 4:45 The Neighbours PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Modern Family 7pm on Prime

THE BOX 6am CSI – New York MV 6:50 Criminal Intent MV 7:40 The Amazing Race PG 8:30 Shipping Wars PG 8:55 The Simpsons PG 9:20 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:10 NCIS MV 11am NCIS MV 11:55 Elementary MV 12:50 Storage Wars PG 1:15 Criminal Intent MV 2:10 CSI – New York MV 3:05 Barry’d Treasure PG 3:35 Shipping Wars PG 4:05 The Amazing Race PG 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 Criminal Intent MV 6:30 Barry’d Treasure PG 7pm Storage Wars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 American Grit PG 9:30 The Interceptor MVLS 10:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 NCIS MV

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12:15 Shipping Wars PG 12:40 Storage Wars PG 1:05 The Amazing Race PG 1:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:45 CSI – New York MV 3:30 The Simpsons PG 3:55 American Grit PG 4:40 The Interceptor MVLS 5:35 Barry’d Treasure PG

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7am Sticky TV 7:05 Kate And Mim 7:30 Sticky TV 7:35 The Moe Show 0 8am Sticky TV 8:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 8:30 Sticky TV 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Baggage PGR 3 Noon The Biggest Loser Australia 3 1pm M Hats Off To Christmas PGR 2013 Romantic Comedy. Haylie Duff, Antonio Cupo, Jay Brazeau. 0 2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:25 Sticky TV 4:25 The Farmer Wants A Wife After a stressful week, on the weekend the farmers take the women out to show them they know how to have fun.

5:25 The Best Of Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Madagascar Penguins In A Christmas Caper 0 7:15 Donkey’s Carolling Christmas 0 7:30 Road Madness PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 8pm F Territory Cops PGR 3 0 8:30 M Immortals AO 3 2011 Fantasy Adventure. 0 10:40 The Good Wife AO 3 11:40 Fail Army AO 3 Series with pranks and compilations featuring the web’s biggest failures.

12:10 Infomercials

6am The Fairly Odd Parents 6:25 Shimmer And Shine 6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar 7:15 Bella And The Bulldogs 7:40 Henry Danger 8:05 Endangered Species 8:30 Sanjay And Craig 9am Million Dollar Minute 3 9:30 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:55 Jeopardy 3 10:25 The Doctors PGR 3 11:25 Hot Bench 11:50 MasterChef USA 3 12:50 Qi PGR 3 1:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm Modern Family PGR 3 7:30 Homes By The Med 0 8:30 Edinburgh Military Tattoo 0 10:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

11:40 Qi AO 3 Guests include Jo Brand, John Sessions, and Dara O’Briain.

12:20 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:50 Closedown

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MOVIES GREATS

6:10 Superfast MVL 2015 Comedy. Alex Ashbaugh, Dale Pavinski. 7:50 Self/ Less MVL 2015 Sci-fi.

Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley.

9:45 The Intern ML 2015 Comedy. Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro. 11:45 Big Sky 16VLS 2015 Thriller.

Bella Thorne, Kyra Sedgwick.

1:20 Maze Runner – The Scorch Trials MV 2015 Action.

Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario.

3:30 Z For Zachariah ML 2014 Sci-fi. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie.

5:05 Innocence MVSC 2014 Adventure Horror.

Sophie Lane Curtis, Kelly Reilly, Graham Phillips. 6:40 Ex Machina MLSC 2015 Drama. Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson.

8:30 London Has Fallen 16VL 2016 Action Crime. In London for the Prime Minister’s funeral, a man discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman.

10:10 Legend 18VL 2015 Biography Crime. Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton.

6:40 Brothers MVL 2009 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman. 8:25 Meet The Fockers MS 2004 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Dustin Hoffman, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand, Robert De Niro. 10:20 The Strangers 16VC 2008 Horror.

Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Scott Speedman. 11:45 Red Dragon 16VC 2002 Thriller. Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel. 1:50 Meet Joe Black MLS 1998 Drama.

Brad Pitt, Claire Forlani.

4:50 Hannibal 18V 2001 Thriller. Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman.

7pm Corky Romano MVS 2001 Comedy. The bumbling son of a Mafia boss must infiltrate the FBI. Chris Penn, Chris Kattan, Peter Falk. 8:30 Breach ML 2007 Drama. A young FBI agent is promoted to work for a well-respected agent who is suspected of selling secrets to the Soviet Union. Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillipe.

10:20 Baby Mama ML 2008 Comedy. Tina Fey, Greg Kinnear; Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver.

FRIDAY

12:20 Leprechaun – Origins 18VL 2014 Horror. Andrew Dunbar, Stephanie Bennett. 1:55 Z For Zachariah ML 2014 Sci-fi. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie. 3:30 Legend 18VL 2015 Biography Crime.

5:40 London Has Fallen 16VL 2016 Action Crime.

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MAORI

Midnight The Village MV 2004 Thriller. Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt.

1:50 Hannibal 18V 2001 Thriller. 4am The Directors – Atom Egoyan PG 2011 Documentary. 4:30 Breach ML 2007 Drama.

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6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 7:30 Pukana 2 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Te Irikura 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Whaikorero PGR 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Iwi Anthems 3 4:30 Ka Tu Ka Korero PGR Series in which Kingi Biddle helps participants overcome their fear of public speaking.

5pm Kapa Haka Regionals 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 3 2 6:20 Huhu 6:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 7pm F Hahana 7:30 Cam’s Kai 3 8pm Hakataetae 3 8:30 Aotearoa 3 9pm The GC PGR 3 9:30 Billy T James AO 3 10pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 7:30 Love Nature – Ocean Rescue Australia 8:30 10 Years Younger UK 9:30 12 Drinks Of Christmas 10:30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 11:30 American Restoration Noon Burma’s Secret Jungle War 1pm Billy Connolly’s Route 66 PGR 2pm Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge PGR 3pm 10 Years Younger UK 4pm Mountain Gorilla The story of the world’s last mountain gorillas, protected by a group of humans who watch and care for them.

5pm Kirstie’s Crafty Christmas Kirstie shares her festive guide to ensuring the big day goes with a bang.

6pm Great British Garden Revival 7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 Tiny House Nation 8:30 Gok’s Fill Your House For Free Alice and Richard from Chiswick need Gok’s help to transform their terraced house into a lovely home.

9:30 Tomorrow’s Food 10:30 Toy Hunter

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

11:30 Closedown

11pm Kirstie’s Crafty Christmas Kirstie shares her festive guide to ensuring the big day goes with a bang.

Midnight Getaway 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am 10 Years Younger UK 2am Mountain Gorilla 3am Great British Garden Revival 4am Tomorrow’s Food 5am Gok’s Fill Your House For Free

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rio 2016 – Women’s Rugby Sevens (HLS) Day One. 7am Rio 2016 – Women’s Rugby Sevens (HLS) Day Two. 8am Rio 2016 – Women’s Rugby Sevens (HLS) Day Three. 9am World Rugby 10am Rugby – New Zealand Rugby Awards (RPL) Noon Kickboxing – Glory Rewind 36 1pm Ultimate Insider 1:30 New Zealand Gaming Championship (RPL) Call of Duty. 3:30 Golf – Open Championship Official Film 4:30 Golf – Champions Tour Year In Review 5:30 Yachting – Vendee Globe Update 5:50 Rio 2016 – Athletics (RPL) Mens Shot Put Final.

7:30 Rio 2016 – Athletics (RPL) Men’s Hammer Throw final, Men’s 4x100m Relay final and 4x400m Relay, Women’s Pole Vault final, Women’s 5,000m final, Women’s 4x100m Relay final.

10:30 Darts – World Championships Day Seven – Match Of The Day. 11pm Golf – Open Championship Official Film

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6am Football – A-League Highlights Show 6:30 Football – Premiership Highlights Show 7am Sport TBC 7:30 Darts – World Championships Day Six – Match of the Day. 8am L Darts – World Championships Day Seven. Noon Sport TBC 12:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 1pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat.

4:30 Motorsport – WRC Review 5:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 6pm The Cricket Show 6:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat. 7pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers. 7:30 Inside Cricket 8:30 Cricket – International India v England – Fifth Test, Day Five. 9pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat.

9:35 L Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder.

6am Auction Hunters 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Trials of the Greenhorns.

7:30 How Do They Do It? PG 8am Auction Hunters 8:30 MythBusters PG Mini Myth Mayhem. 9:25 Abalone Wars M Proving Grounds.

10:20 Deadliest Catch – Dungeon Cove PG Pacific Fury. 11:15 Deadly Sins M High Society Sins.

12:10 Disappeared M 1:05 Evil Kin M Brothers in Hate. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters 3:50 Gold Rush PG Parker’s 21st. 4:45 Abalone Wars M Proving Grounds.

5:40 MythBusters PG Dumpster Diving.

6:35 Bering Sea Gold PG Backseat Diver.

7:30 Bering Sea Gold PG Lady Luck.

8:30 Moonshiners Special M A Very Moonshiners Christmas.

9:30 River Monsters – Mysteries Of The Ocean PG Deep Sea Demon.

10:30 How It’s Made PG FRIDAY FRIDAY 1:05 Inside Cricket 2:05 The 11:30 You Have Been Warned M Grand Masters.

Midnight Rio 2016 – Cricket Show 2:30 Cricket Women’s Rugby Sevens (HLS) – International 3am Cricket FRIDAY 12:30 Evil Kin M Day One. 1am Rio 2016 – – T20 Big Bash League 1:25 Disappeared M Women’s Rugby Sevens (HLS) 3:30 Cricket – T20 Big 2:20 Auction Hunters Day Two. 2am Rio 2016 – Bash League 4am Cricket 2:45 Auction Hunters Women’s Rugby Sevens (HLS) – T20 Big Bash League Day Three. 3am Basketball – 4:30 Cricket – International 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG NBL (RPL) Adelaide 36ers v Perth 5am Fox Sports News 5:05 Moonshiners M Wildcats. 5am World Rugby 5:30 SKY Sport Select

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Sport SVG covers the kms Kiwi Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen has finally finished competing in 2016 and is headed home for a well-earned break. The year has been a hectic one for the 27-year-old as he competed in numerous categories around the world. He racked up the air miles – making a total of 109 flights (42 international and 67 domestic), where he flew a phenomenal 337,457km, spent 466 hours and 22 minutes in the air on his way to winning the Supercars crown, the Bathurst 12 Hour Race and the Blancpain GT Endurance championship.

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli (left), and teammate Ravindra Jadeja celebrate after wining the test series against England during their fifth day of the fifth cricket test match in Chennai, India yesterday.

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England humiliated England’s losing tour of India ended in further failure yesterday when the tourists collapsed to an innings and 75-run loss in the fifth test in Chennai.

Well placed at 167-4 going into the final session and playing for an honorable draw, England lost six wickets for 40 runs to lose the the five-match series 4-0.

India dominated throughout the series, with effective spin bowling while its batsmen exerted complete domination over England’s spinners.

On Tuesday, Ravindra Jadeja

took 7-48, his sixth five-wicket haul and his career-best in test cricket, as the visitors collapsed.

The first test in Rajkot ended in a draw and India won the second test in Visakhapatnam by 246 runs, as well as the third test in Mohali by eight wickets.

They won the series with an innings and 36-run win in Mumbai.

Virat Kohli was declared man of the series for his 655 runs in five tests.

Karun Nair was given the man of the match for his maiden triple hundred. “I think it will take

a couple of days to sink in. It’s an amazing feeling when you contribute to winning a match, so hats off to the team,” he said.

Starting from overnight 12-0, England openers Alastair Cook (49) and Keaton Jennings (54) put on a century stand for the first wicket.

Cook was caught at leg slip off Jadeja soon after lunch while Jennings completed his maiden test half-century off 117 balls. He too fell shortly afterwards in the 44th over.

Jadeja then trapped Joe Root

(6) lbw in the 50th over. The allrounder was all over the visitors, as he played a part in dismissing Jonny Bairstow (1) as well.

England went from 103-0 to 129-4, still hoping to save the match in the last session though, placed at 167-4 at the break. Instead, they collapsed, and were bowled out for 207 runs in the span of 24 overs.

This was Jadeja’s first tenwicket haul in test cricket, as he picked 3-106 in the first innings, returning a total 10-154.

- AP

Del Porto doubtful starter for Auckland Argentine tennis star Juan Martin del Potro looks in doubt for the ASB Classic in Auckland next month.

Del Potro says he might have to skip the Australian Open due to injury. That means he would certainly miss the Auckland event which begins the week before the first grand slam event of the year.

“If I’m being smart, I know that I have 15 days of practice left for Australia and for my first tournament [ASB Classic], and that’s a goal I’m not going to make,” del Potro said.

Del Potro said that in addition to taking a pass on the Australian Open, which starts on January 16, he may also have to look at whether to play the ATP event

in Delray Beach, Florida, in late February.

Last month, del Potro helped lead Argentina’s Davis Cup squad to its first championship in tennis’ premier international teams event.

A former world No. 4, del Potro’s ranking stands at No. 38 due to his many wrist injuries and operations.

“Tennis waited for me for two years and it can wait one more Australian Open for me,” he said.

“But I also know that it’s an important tournament and that if you do well, you can really move up in the rankings and be set for the rest of the season. I’m in a tough situation.”

- AAP

Hernandez ‘triggerman’ A man, who survived a deadly 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston, has identified former New England Patriots NFL star Aaron Hernandez as the triggerman. During a hearing yesterday, prosecutors asked Raychides Sanches to describe the chaotic scene. When asked who the shooter was, Sanches said “Hernandez” and nodded in the player’s direction. Hernandez is charged in the deaths of Safiro Furtado and Daniel de Abreu.

Tennis star attacked Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was injured by a knifewielding attacker at her home and had to undergo surgery on her left hand. An operation that took three hours and 45 minutes revealed the left-handed player’s injuries were “serious,” but “there’s no reason to think she wouldn’t be able to play tennis,” her spokesman said. Kvitova will, however, miss the Australian Open and a significant part of the season as she won’t be able to fully train for at least three months.

Weepu to get $171k

Behaviour code ‘sadly lacking’

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