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■ FATAL CRASH

Truck driver had son, 9, with him

By Erin TaskEr

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A nine-year-old boy was a passenger in a truck involved in a fatal crash with a car near Chertsey on Thursday afternoon.

The driver of the car died instantly as a result of the crash shortly after 4pm on State Highway One, just south of Chertsey, and the driver of the truck – who had his nine-year-old son with him – was shaken but not injured.

A St John Ambulance crew was the first emergency service on the scene but could do nothing to save the driver of the car.

Volunteer firefighters from Rakaia and Ashburton then arrived on the scene, as did police, and the car was covered with a blue tarpaulin and the road closed until the police serious crash team, and a police photographer, had completed their investigation.

The man’s name is yet to be released by police.

The large truck and trailer unit – owned by Opzeeland Transport – came to rest jack-knifed across the road, and the car on the eastern verge of the road. Fortunately, the passenger side of the truck ended up facing away from the carnage, sheltering the young passenger from witnessing the worst of it.

“He saw the impact and experienced the crash though, so obviously that’s what he’s traumatised about,” Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade station officer Tyrone Burrowes said.

The boy was quickly taken to another motorist’s car to be looked after, while emergency services dealt with the scene.

How the crash occurred, and what happened in the lead up to the crash, is being investigated by the police serious crash team.

The man’s death will be referred to the coroner.

Tuatini Arahanga welcomes a group of young men onto the Hakatere Marae where they will be in camp until Anzac Day learning martial arts using taiaha (long clubs).

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■ HAKATERE MARAE

Special Anzac Day service planned When the sun rises on Anzac Day, guests will be welcomed onto the Hakatere Marae for a very special Anzac Day service of commemoration.

Preparations for the 7.30am service have already begun with a group of young men welcomed onto the marae on Thursday night.

Over the weekend they will be busy refining their martial arts skills using taiaha (long clubs) with instructor Huata Martindale.

During their time in camp on the marae the students from Christchurch and Ashburton will learn protocols and discipline and they’ll put those les-

sons into action during the Anzac service.

The marae service will begin with a powhiri followed by a laying down of treasures and will conclude with a breakfast.

Speakers will be Reverend Tevita Taufalele, and former Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan.

■ ASHBURTON CRIME SPREE

Police speak to second young person over stolen vehicle Police have spoken to a second young person they believe was involved in a mini crime spree which ended in a stolen car crashing into Ashburton’s KFC restaurant.

The offending – early Monday morning – involved a burglary at Ashburton’s Robbie’s Bar and Bistro at about 3am, where the

restaurant’s courtesy van was also taken. Barely an hour later, Tinwald Supervalue was broken into in what’s believed to have been a completely separate incident, and while police were there investigating that, they saw the signwritten Robbie’s vehicle go past.

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been aged 14 – then lost control and crashed into Ashburton KFC, from where all three occupants took off on foot.

The driver was apprehended a short time later, and had been referred to the police youth aid section, and a second person they believed was involved on Tuesday, Ashburton Police sergeant Janine

Bowden said.

Inquiries were continuing and police were hoping to speak to the last of those involved shortly.

All would be referred to police youth aid.

Inquiries are also continuing into the Tinwald Supervalue burglary, which it’s believed may have been connected to a burglary

at Temuka New World the same night.

Redmonds Furniture and Flooring was also broken into the same night, making it a busy night for police. The back door was forced and an alarm activated, but it’s believed whoever was responsible took off without entering the property.

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■ VELVETLEAF OUTBREAK

Urgent need to control weed

By Michelle NelsoN

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Plans are afoot to rally an army to combat a noxious plant, described as the worst crop weed in the world and now established on Mid Canterbury forage crops.

Federated Farmers’ Mid Canterbury arable chairperson Joanne Burke said the appearance of velvetleaf had largely slipped under the radar but the weed has the potential to collapse seed export markets, lower milk production and devalue

farmland. Federated Farmers, Ashburton District Council and Environment Canterbury representatives will meet on Tuesday to tailor an eradication plan specific to Mid Canterbury.

Ms Burke wants to hit the problem hard by recruiting volunteers to conduct a massive rogueing campaign before dairy cattle go into winter forage crops.

“We need to get into those fodderbeet crops next week,” she said.

There have been 110 con-

firmed infestations of the weed in Canterbury but that number is growing by the week.

“From a biosecurity perspective, we are at year zero here in Canterbury at the moment – this is our one and only chance to stop this weed spreading further afield,” Ms Burke said.

“We want to pull together a Mid Canterbury initiative like a farmy army, to go out and follow up with every single farmer who purchased the infected fodderbeet seed or who have had vel-

vetleaf identified on their properties.

“The aim is to look after this patch here to protect our seed export industry and to assist individual farmers facing huge ongoing expenses to get rid of the weed.

“It is the worst cropping weed in the world, make no mistake. If it establishes here we are in big trouble.”

Velvetleaf was first detected in South Island fodderbeet crops last month. It came into the

■ HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY

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Big day for Ashburton centurion

By RuBy haRfield

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Ashburton’s newest centurion celebrated her birthday in style yesterday with a family-filled party at Coldstream Rest Home, Hospital and Retirement Village.

More than 50 people attended the 100th birthday celebration of the founder of the Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre, Joan Jones.

Her daughter, Di Johnstone, said the day was a great occasion for her mother, who was very overwhelmed.

“I have never seen her cry in my life until today.”

Mrs Jones was born in Chester, England in 1916 and moved with her family to New Zealand some time after World War One. Her family was sponsored to come here by Barkers of Geraldine.

She grew up in Geraldine and left for Christchurch when she was a young woman to train to be a nurse.

However, she did not like the boarding arrangements at St George’s Hospital so she moved to Ashburton where she worked at Tuarangi Home in Ashburton.

Shortly afterwards she was set up with her future husband

Ashburton’s newest centurion receives a card from one of her family members.

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Norman by a friend of hers.

The couple had three children – two boys and a girl – seven grandchildren, 12 great grand-

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children and four great great grandchildren, all of whom live in the South Island.

Mrs Jones was an active

country in imported European seed.

The weed smothers out neighbouring plants by releasing chemicals which prevent the uptake of chlorophyll and water.

North American farmers have reported yield losses of up to 90 per cent, Ms Burke said.

Each plant can produce 9000 seeds and farmers discovering the weed are advised to bag the seed heads, mark its location and call MPI immediately, without attempting to remove the plant.

member of the Geraldine Players Group, the Ashburton Photographic Society and the Ashburton Repertory Society.

A fire which escaped and destroyed a tractor and a baler yesterday was a reminder that even though the countryside looked green, people still needed to take care, according to firefighters.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade station officer Murray Cairns said a rubbish fire on a Wakanui Road property got into some grass and trees, and spread to the tractor, baler and a container containing various items.

Firefighters from both Ashburton’s urban brigade and the rural unit were called to the scene shortly after 1pm yesterday, and found the fire was still moving, Mr Cairns said.

“It just goes to show it looks green out there, but it’s still pretty dry,” he said.

“By the time we got there, it was still moving reasonably quickly.”

Around 70 to 80 metres of trees were burnt.

“It was burning in both directions so it was a reasonable fire for how it started and considering there was no wind or anything,” Mr Cairns said.

He said it was also a timely reminder that people also needed to remember to check whether they were within the Ashburton clean air zone before lighting fires. Details could be found on the ECan website.

“They do run the risk of incurring costs, if a fire’s been illegally lit.”

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■ ANZAC DAY

Services in most districts Mid Canterbury residents have a range of options when it comes to Anzac Day commemorations on Monday.

The day will start at 6.30am with a Dawn Service at the Baring Square cenotaph, led by the Salvation Army’s Major Ken Smith.

A powhiri will get under way at the Hakatere Marae on the Rakaia Highway, opposite the Fairton turnoff at 7.30am. Ashburton Methodist Parish minister Tevita Taufalele will lead the service and former Ashburton

College principal, Lieutenant Colonel Grant McMillan will speak.

Breakfast will follow the service, which is open to everyone.

Returned service personnel are asked to assemble at the northern end of the services section at the Ashburton Cemetery at 8.45am for the commencement of the 9am service ahead of the civic service and wreath laying in Baring Square at 11am.

Limited seating will be available for elderly people and 150

kick off with a parade leaving the Mayfield Tavern car park at 9.45am for the Mayfield Memorial Hall. Morning tea will follow the service and a plate would be welcomed.

A service will be held at the Methven Memorial Hall, starting at 10am. Those intending to march should assemble at the Memorial Arch on McDonald Street at 9.45am.

The parade at Rakaia will commence at 9.30am, followed by a service and morning tea in the community hall.

seats will be reserved for returned service personnel.

Ex-service personnel, along with other groups such as scouts and guides are asked to assemble on the corner of Havelock and Park streets at 10.45am.

Meanwhile, an Anzac service will begin in the Hinds Hall at 10am, conducted by the Reverend Rob Davison. Ex-service personnel, scouts and guides are asked to assemble at the Scout Den at 9.45am.

The Mayfield service will

Commemoration day a test of stamina for cadets

By RuBy HaRfield

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Anzac Day is a time of commemoration for the public but many may not realise how much goes on behind the scenes.

Two groups of teenagers, the Ashburton Cadet Unit and the Air Training Corps, have been preparing for this day for months.

Their stamina will be tested with many standing to attention for long periods of time at the services, which can take its toll.

Ashburton Cadet Unit area support officer Major Cezarne Rodgers said the Ashburton Cadet Unit will all be staying the night together for one last rehearsal on Sunday night before getting up at 4.30am.

The cadets will be present at the dawn service, the Hakatere Marae service, the cemetery service, the civic service and the commemorative walk in the Ashburton Domain.

“It’s a really, really long day.”

Because the cadets will be standing still for long periods of time they are taught special exercises and techniques to help them if they feel uncomfortable.

There is also the possibility of them passing out so their leaders ensure they get enough food and water throughout the day as well as wearing appropriate clothing for each service, she said.

“When they are standing we

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A fire at a house north of the Rakaia River on Thursday night was believed to have been started by an occupant trying get rid of a wasps nest in a wall. Members of the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade were among the firefighters called to the fire, at a house near Southbridge, shortly after 6.30pm and were surprised by what they found. It’s believed the man was using a spray can and a lighter to make a kind of blowtorch, to put through a hole in the wall to try and smoke the wasps out. Instead, it started a fire in the wall, and firefighters spend about an hour at the scene.

Fire victim dies An elderly woman pulled unconscious from a burning house on Thursday night has died in hospital. A Whanganui District Health Board spokeswoman confirmed yesterday the woman, in her 70s, had died. It’s understood the woman was the first person to call 111 when she discovered a fire in her house, Wanganui Fire Service area commander Bernie Rush said. Two firefighters carried the woman out of the burning building, and she was revived at the scene before being taken to Whanganui Hospital.

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Refugees welcomed An emotional welcome has been held for Syrian refugee families in Dunedin. A spokesperson for the families expressed gratitude and respect for the support shown.

Many of the 49 refugees arrived at Dunedin airport yesterday and were welcomed by dozens of Red Cross staff and volunteers. More families flew in later yesterday.

The 13 families are the first to be resettled in Dunedin since it was chosen as a resettlement location last year.

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PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 220416-AK-009 make sure they are in the shade and if they get too hot we get them to sit down for a bit.

“Last year a couple of newer ones had to sit down.”

Despite these difficulties all the cadets work hard to do their best to commemorate the occasion.

“Everyone’s really quite proud to be there.”

Part of that training teaches them how to cope with standing still for long periods of time, which is something most people are not used to, he said.

“It’s similar to what they would do in the military.”

However, the ones that take part are very proud to be doing it for their community, Flt Lt Sutton said.

Air Training Corps unit commander Flight Lieutenant Luke Sutton said his unit will be attending the dawn service, cemetery service and civic service.

They will several parades and at the civic service they will lay a wreath for the air force.

“It’s a very big day for them, they do lots of training before the day.”

Mayhew improving Warriors doctor John Mayhew continues to make good progress in his recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest on Tuesday night.

The former All Blacks and Blues doctor was talking with his family and was in a comfortable state, his family said earlier this week.

An Auckland Hospital spokesman confirmed yesterday that he was in a stable condition in a ward.

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■ RAKAIA RIVER

Winter fishing off-limits

By Sue NewmaN

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Winter fishing will be off-limits on the Rakaia River this year, because of depleted fish numbers caused by environmental degradation.

North Canterbury Fish and Game announced yesterday that the fishing ban would apply from midnight on April 30 on the section of river from State Highway One to the sea.

The Rakaia River is part of a North Canterbury-wide ban on winter fishing on the coastal stretch of all rivers between the Rakaia and the Waiau.

Chairman of North Canterbury Fish and Game Trevor Isitt said the decision had the overwhelming backing of the region’s anglers and was given unanimous support at a public meeting in March.

“They understand that the fishery is under threat thanks to environmental degradation and poor water management

policies and this is something constructive they can do to help protect what they love,” Mr Isitt said.

The new rules are straightforward – no person can attempt to fish or take salmon or trout east of, or downstream of, the state highway on any river in the North Canterbury Fish and Game region.

The closure has been approved by the Department of Conservation’s director general and is based solely around a desire to preserve the fishery.

Fish and Game South Island communications advisor Richard Cosgrove said the salmon and trout ban would still allow people to fish at the Rakaia mouth and 500 metres upstream for kahawai.

“However, if rangers are on the river, they’ll have to prove that they’re not fishing for salmon or trout, that they are using the right gear,” Mr Cosgrove said.

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■ FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS MARRIED

Separated, but very much together After 58 years of marriage Nancy and Bricky Boulton are still very much in love.

They aren’t able to live together because Mr Boulton is a resident of Princes Court Rest Home but yesterday’s celebratory afternoon

tea showed their bond.

Speeches were made, cake was cut, loving words said and they even shared a sneaky kiss.

The couple married at Trinity Church in Darfield on April 22, 1958, and moved to Mid Canter-

bury in 1989.

They have two children and one grandchild who all live in the district.

The couple are pictured with Mrs Boulton’s wedding dress on display behind them.

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■ RANGITATA RIVER

Salmon struggle in hot water

By Michelle NelsoN

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Temperature is 90 per cent the governing factor in encouraging salmon to run up a river, according to Basil Ivey.

He was commenting on a recent Fish and Game survey which determined very low numbers of salmon returning to hatchery streams in the Rangitata River this year.

Mr Ivey was seconded to work on the Rangitata Conservation Order in 2000, working with Rangitata Diversion Race Management Limited (RDRML) as an expert witness, alongside environmental scientist Henry Hudson.

He said the rise in river water temperature is caused by large tongues of alluvial shingle, washed out from cliff faces above the gorge and creeping downstream, making the water shallower and causing the water to warm up.

Mr Ivey also targeted the unscreened Cracroft irrigation race intake on the Rangitata River.

As part of the research for the conservation order, Mr Ivey monitored a fish trap established in the race. He said thousands of fingerlings are lost every year.

“We did a count morning and night for two weeks on and two weeks off for a year, there were

thousands of juvenile fish caught in the trap, which means there were tens of thousands going out on to farm land with irrigation,” he said.

A similar survey in the RDR did not show up anywhere near the same number of fish getting through into the irrigation system.

“There would be 400 fish in the Cracroft trap and none in the RDR,” Mr Ivey said.

Initially the fish caught in the trap died, however Mr Ivey redesigned it and was then able to return the live fingerlings to the river.

Aerated water also causes ma-

ture fish problems on their upstream journey.

“The fish can’t get up the river in the aerated water in the gorge, because there’s nothing they can push their tails against to maintain forward movement. They are forced to build redds (nests) all the way up the river – as soon as there is a fresh or a flood in the river, the newly hatched salmon are washed out to sea.”

During the project Mr Ivey found salmon “going up and down the river all the time”, not just in seasonal runs.

He says the fish will return when the water temperature is cooler and not before.

Dog still missing Almost a fortnight after his mysterious disappearance, Monty the Jack Russell is still missing.

Monty, a shy, seven-year-old dog was possibly taken or lured from his Tinwald home in the early hours of Sunday, April 10.

There have been sightings of him in and around town since, and a farmer up Mt Somers way thought they’d found him, but all reports have led to dead ends.

His owner Susan Soal and her family are devastated and missing Monty. They’ve searched high and low, and followed up every possible sighting, to no avail.

They’ve heard stories of how Monty got to Ashburton McDonald’s that Saturday night; most are connected to a party of teenagers down the road that night. Some people say they saw Monty walking down Archibald Street in Tinwald, apparently being encouraged by those with him, while others say Monty arrived at McDonald’s in a car.

The last sightings of him that night were on grassed areas near the Ashburton skatepark and Farmers. Susan is hoping he’ll be home safe soon.

Drummers share culture Children at the Baptist Early Learning Centre were treated to a special drumming performance all the way from the Cook Islands yesterday.

The performers, who came from the island of Aituataki, have been travelling New Zea-

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JC Paulo, 4, (above) shows off his skills.

The group, called Young Generation, are made up of 21 children aged 4-16.

They will be performing at the chessboard on East Street at 10am today and at Balmoral Hall at 7pm this evening (ticket price $10).

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Tributes flow for police dog The police dog killed in yesterday’s Porirua shooting is Gazza, a star of TVNZ show Dog Squad which follows working dogs and their handlers.

Tributes for the fallen police dog have flooded in on social media.

Hundreds have expressed shock at the incident and their sympathies for the 4-year-old German shepherd’s family.

Gazza was fatally shot yesterday during an armed standoff in Porirua. His handler was constable Josh Robertson.

Shortly after the news was made public, New Zealand Police confirmed the dog was Gazza and wrote: “Our thoughts are with his handler and his family.”

Dog Training Centre national co-ordinator, Inspector Todd Southall, said Gazza and Mr Robertson had made an effective team in Wellington tracking, searching and catching offenders.

“Gazza was a four-year-old German shepherd, bred at the Police Dog Training Centre at Trentham.

He graduated as an operational dog in late 2013 with his handler, Constable Josh Robertson, and both have served Police bravely since that time,” he said.

Dog Squad NZ posted: “Awful news today, Wellington Police dog Gazza was shot and killed at a Porirua address this morning.

Our thoughts are with his handler Josh and the Delta sections around the country at this very sad time. RIP Gazza, you were a top dog, and a pleasure to work with!”

Police had gone to the address yesterday morning to find a man, who presented a firearm and the dog was shot.

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Charlie Banks is a blur of colour in his soccer bubble.

Bubble soccer a winner Nirvanah Stannard, 11, and Raven Fox, 14, spent a sunny afternoon playing bubble soccer during the YMCA’s holiday programme at Mount Hutt College this week. The free programme ran three days this week and will run two days next week for 11-17-year-olds. Activities include archery, a pool party, an amazing race and mountain biking.

Trumpeter and Ashburton College PE teacher Dave Christensen played his part in helping youngsters at Tinwald pre-school Child’s Play understand the importance of Anzac Day.

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New tractor channels farm play Children using the Rakaia salmon site playground will soon be able to channel their inner farmer via a bright red Nuffield tractor.

Rakaia Community Association (RCA) chairman Neil Pluck (left) tried the tractor out for size this week, as the big job of childproofing it before it’s moved to the playground continues.

The tractor has been provided

by Rakaia Lions and it’s being readied for play-time at Plucks Engineering. Upgrading the equipment in the playground over the past couple of years has been a combined effort by the RCA, Rakaia Lions, Plunket and the Ashburton District Council.

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Saving history The dust has come off Rolls of Honour throughout Mid Canterbury thanks to amateur historian Michael Sheate.

Susan Sandys reports.

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he Canterbury earthquakes hammered home to Michael Sheate just how important it is to record a district’s history.

The Ashburton dad-of-three set off on a journey two years ago to find all the Rolls of Honour hiding away in Mid Canterbury schools, churches and other organisations.

As a member of the Ashburton District Family History Group, he wanted to make sure the district had a record of all the servicemen and women’s names on these documents.

He found more than 60 Rolls of Honour, and is still looking for two he knows are missing.

Rolls of Honour were lists of names kept by organisations, such as schools, churches, halls, workplaces, sports clubs and associations, of their former attendees and members who undertook war service.

They were generally presented decoratively for display, on paper in a glass frame, or on wood, marble or brass.

Mr Sheate said he expected that many such rolls in Christchurch would have been buried in the rubble of buildings in the Canterbury earthquakes.

It made him want to uncover all those in Mid Canterbury, and he has found himself in buildings ranging from tiny historic churches to spacious community halls across the district.

“It’s been quite difficult at times to find them all, a lot of them now aren’t where

they were originally,” Mr Sheate said.

There remained some missing that he was aware of.

Among those is one for World War One from the Methven public school, which was unveiled in August 1921. An Ashburton Guardian article of June 1921 heralded the unveiling.

“There will shortly be erected in the public school a magnificent honour board in memory of the scholars who fell in the Great War,” the article said.

“This board will represent the result of an appeal instituted some time ago by old boys of the school, and which met with such success that a really fine board was made possible. It is now in course of preparation, and will have upon it about 100 names.”

Mr Sheate has a photocopy of an old photo of the unveiling, held by the Methven Historical Society, but the roll itself remains elusive.

“No-one knows where it is, it’s vanished,” Mr Sheate said.

Methven Historical Society chairwoman Kathryn McKendry said the society would dearly love to know where the roll was.

The school building it was erected at was demolished and another built in its place.

She feared the roll may have been deemed surplus to requirements, perhaps when the town’s war memorial arch was constructed at the school site.

Another missing roll sought out by Mr

Sheate was one from National Mortgage, formerly located on West Street, with nine names on it.

And at least two Rolls of Honour had been destroyed in schools which had burned down.

These included Anama School and Mayfield School, both of which were destroyed by fire in the 1920s. While a name-plate roll for Willowby School was retrieved from its ashes after it also burned down in the 1920s, the rolls for Anama and Mayfield had been destroyed completely.

However, Mr Sheate managed to get the names which were on these rolls by finding articles in the Guardian, which had reported on their unveiling.

His successes in finding Rolls of Honour include coming across an impressive World War One wooden roll at the Ashburton Baptist Church in a storage room at the old church, after it had been taken

It was a ceremonious occasion when Methven district school unveiled its Roll of Honour in 1921, but the roll has since mysteriously disappeared.

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down recently for building alterations.

And one wooden roll in a private museum had each name engraved, making it one of the more impressive documents in the district.

Mr Sheate’s project has resulted in the compilation of 490 names of World War One veterans, and these form part of the Their Name Liveth exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Ashburton Museum, running through to Anzac Day.

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Make time for your NZ Mayfield born and raised Sam Johnson, Student Volunteer Army (SVA) founder and chair, and Billy O’Steen, associate professor of community engagement at the University of Canterbury co-authored an essay on enhancing the spirit of our national days.

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very year on the 25th of April, thousands of people attend a service hosted by their local Returned Services Association (RSA) to commemorate Anzac Day – a time-honoured tradition that was first observed 100 years ago in 1916.

The dawn or morning services remember the Anzacs and all our veterans who have served New Zealand and Australia in war, conflict and peace keeping situations. It’s one of the days in the national calendar when a large number of people pause, stand together and take time to reflect on our past.

In 2012, the University of Canterbury’s Student Volunteer Army (SVA) was honoured to receive the Anzac of the Year Award by the RSA. At that time the SVA was given a challenge by the Governor-General, His Excellency Lt Gen Sir Jerry Mateparae, to consider how to continue the volunteer movement outside a time of disaster or crisis. As a team, we have since sought to cherish that spirit by finding a practical way to further the RSA values of compassion, comradeship, commitment and courage.

In 1994, the United States government designated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as the first and only federal holiday observed

as a national day of service. Every year since, thousands of Americans have marked the nation’s largest day of civic engagement through volunteer service under the notion of “a day on, not a day off”.

Drawing from this concept and others, the University of Canterbury, the SVA, and the RSA have partnered together to launch a similar idea called Serve For New Zealand, where people are invited to do a meaningful act of service or neighbourly activity on or around Anzac Day 2016.

So far more than 4000 people, including Ministers and Members of Parliament, schools, students, businesses, families and individuals have embraced the idea and pledged at least an hour of their time. Serve for New Zealand received international exposure this week with His Royal Highness Prince Harry publicly supporting it, stating: “This initiative is a way for Kiwis to remember the service of others in the past, and to continue that tradition of generosity and sacrifice in a practical way. I would like to congratulate those who have already pledged their time, and encourage others to do the same.”

In the future, we are interested in exploring how this concept and

Above – Prince Harry joins with University of Canterbury Student Volunteer Army members in 2015.

notion of service could be applied to other days of national significance, such as the way in which we commemorate and reflect on Suffrage Day and Parihaka Day. Initial feedback has taught us that service days need to be less about volunteering and more of an invitation to make a thoughtful contribution to something or someone you care about. We hope the Serve for New Zealand initiative can build over time to shine a light on important days in our country’s history and to invite people to find greater meaning in them through simple acts of service.

While reactions to a disaster often demonstrate the best of humanity – as we saw following the 2011 earthquake when 11,000 people took to the streets of Christchurch to clean up the city as part of the SVA – we also know community resilience can be increased by mobilising people to do small but meaningful acts of local service. This can have a significant impact on community

Limehills School students with Donald McDonald, vice president of Winton RSA. Limehills School was one of the first schools to sign up to Serve for New Zealand, pledging their time by maintaining and clearing the local war memorial. connectedness, helping to alleviate social isolation, build empathy toward others and increase the understanding of our history.

When the SVA was first established, the teams were relentlessly focused on shifting thousands of tonnes of silt. However, it was soon realised that the importance of our service wasn’t in the physical work, but in being there for others by listening to and learning from them.

We hope the Serve for New Zealand initiative can help embed these values in our communities with people from all walks of life working alongside each other.

Service is a great leveller and it’s not just about going to clean up a park; it is an act of thoughtful contribution that builds empathy and makes this country the great place that it is.

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Serve for New Zealand was first launched on the fifth anniversary of Canterbury’s biggest earthquake on February 22, 2011.

The dream is that thousands of New Zealanders will take some time out in the lead up to or on Anzac Day – even if it’s just an hour – to give back to their community in some way.

A website – www.servefor.nz – has been set up for people to pledge their intention to contribute. So far the site has seen pledges from more than 4000 individuals, including Ministers and Members of Parliament.

The founding partners of Serve for New Zealand – the University of Canterbury, the RNZRSA and the SVA – hope to see the initiative repeated in future years.

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‘My very clever uncle’ Ashburton man Peter Bain has a claim to fame that few can match – he has an ancestor who changed the course of history. He talks to reporter Sue Newman about his great, great, great uncle Alexander Bain, the man who invented the fax machine.

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Bain’s headstone describes him as an electrician and telegraph engineer.

lexander Bain was born in poverty and died in poverty, but over the 67 years of his life he invented the electric telegraph, the electric clock, which in turn was pioneering technology for television and the fax machine.

In January almost 140 years after his death, he was awarded a technology and engineering Emmy in the television excellence awards for inventing the concept of scanning for image transmission. His invention is said to be one of the fundamental principles of television.

Today his great, great, great nephew Ashburton man Peter Bain is keen to keep the story of his ancestor alive. What the son of a poor Scottish crofter achieved with only the most basic education, is nothing short of remarkable, he said.

“All of his experiments were done on the farm at night after work. There was no electricity so he had to make his own by putting a copper plate and zinc plate in the ground and pouring cow urine over it apparently,” Peter said.

Alexander’s first invention was the electric clock and this ultimately led to significant advances in navigation.

He patented his electric clock in January 1841 and shortly after he also patented the electric telegraph maker.

In 1846 he erected Scotland’s first telegraph line, 47 miles long, between Edinburgh and Glasgow. His inventions continued, with the electric fire alarm and a depth sounding apparatus added to the list.

He moved to the United States in 1848 where he believed there would be a wider market for his clocks and his electric telegraph. That move would see him revolutionise the American rail system.

“By setting up a network of clocks he linked all the railways in the eastern United States,” Peter said.

His drive to improve the rail system did not end there and he worked to revolu-

A pub in Cathness also bears his name. tionise the way the stations communicated with one another. His answer was the electronic printed telegraph.

While still living in Scotland, Alexander used heather as springs and cattle bones as jaws to create a basic version of today’s fax machine. This invention came more than 30 years before Alexander William Bell invented the telephone.

While he may have been a leader in the field of electronics, his inventions failed to reward him with an income. Some patents were hijacked by unscrupulous less able inventors and his telegraph system in Scotland was taken over by the government of the day without any payment.

“He died in poverty because his patents were all hijacked by lawyers in the United States. The British government awarded him a pension in later years but he died in a home for incurables,” Peter said.

More than 200 years after his birth, Alexander Bain has now been officially recognised as the man who through his invention of the electric telegraph, led, not

only to the progress of international communications but also to modern picture transmission, to television and to the fax machine.

His Emmy was accepted on the Bain family’s behalf by the town council of East Lothian, his home town.

The humble Scottish croft, birthplace of Alexander Bain.

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So to celebrate The Tool Shed’s third birthday and their new-and-improved space they are having a big blowout on Thursday.

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Andy Copland finds his way out of a bunker at the Aorangi Eagles Halberg Golf Tournament at Tinwald Golf Club.

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Rakaia take Halberg honours

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nament was won by the Rakaia team of Stuart Sutherland, Paul Brand, Paul Whittaker and Ross

Moore at Tinwald Golf Club in excellent weather conditions on Thursday.

Sutherland also collected the Junior Halberg Tankard to round off a superb day’s play,

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National under-21 action on the local turf Ashburton’s hockey fans are in for a treat tomorrow with the Canterbury under-21 men’s and women’s teams in action on the

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In brief Gunners up to third Arsenal’s resurgent Alexis Sanchez scored twice to help ease their top-four jitters in a 2-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League at a less than full Emirates Stadium yesterday.

Consecutive draws had all but ended Arsenal’s chances of overhauling Premier League leaders Leicester City and they began the night only a point above fifth-placed Manchester United in the battle to secure Champions League football. However Arsenal were untroubled by a poor West Brom side as they registered their 500th victory in the Premier League.

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Vardy accepts charge Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has accepted an English Football Association improper conduct charge over his reaction to being sent off against West Ham. Vardy’s standard one-match ban could now be lengthened, potentially hitting Leicester’s bid for a first Premier League title. The team is five points ahead of Tottenham with four games remaining. - Reuters

Pressure on managers Three of the four managers leading their teams out at Wembley for this weekend’s FA Cup semi-finals will do so knowing defeat could have serious ramifications for their short-term future. Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal has been dealing with “must-win” games throughout a troubled season and their clash with Everton falls into that category. Everton boss Roberto Martinez has fallen out of favour with a large section of the club’s fans, and Crystal Palace’s woeful form since Christmas has turned up the heat on Alan Pardew, but Watford manager Quique Florez has made an impressive impact in his first season. - Reuters

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Wakanui Black centre forward Andy Moore looks to unlock the Wakanui Blue defence at the Ashburton Hockey Turf on Thursday evening.

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Black claim bragging rights

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Wakanui Black have earned bragging rights over local rivals Wakanui Blue after taking a 3-1 win at the Ashburton Hockey Turf on Thursday evening.

Neither side had registered a win this season with Blue receiving a 9-0 hiding from division front-runners Cambridge three weeks ago before falling 3-1 to Northern Hearts in their last outing.

Defending champions Black kicked of their campaign with a 5-4 loss against Tainui in a replay

of last year’s final before receiving a drubbing of their own from Cambridge in a one-sided 9-1 encounter.

In Thursday’s Mid Canterbury derby Wakanui Black held a razor-thin 2-1 lead early in the second stanza, but Blue looked likely to level proceedings before Mitch Moore’s team put daylight between the two sides with a third goal.

Moore said his team were lucky to weather the storm in the second half as a determined Wakanui Blue attacked well.

“We had the majority of pos-

session, but they had a pretty good fire-up in the second half,” he said.

“They looked like they might come back at 2-1 but then we went up and scored another one.”

Wakanui Black will face Northern Hearts in their next outing, who were downed 3-0 by Cambridge on Thursday evening, while Oamaru’s Tainui are next on the agenda for Wakanui Blue.

Moore said his side will take confidence from their first win of the season, and hope to add

another against Hearts next weekend.

“We were better than we have been, and hopefully with a bit of confidence we can get up for Hearts,” he said.

Cambridge are firmly at the top of the men’s first division ladder having registered three wins and a draw, while Hearts occupy second place with two victories from their three outings.

Tainui are mid-table with a win, draw and loss ahead of Wakanui Black and Wakanui Blue who are holding up the rest.

Whatever the outcome of their A-League semi-final at Cooper’s Stadium last night, Melbourne City coach John van `t Schip feels his side deserve to be seen as a success this season. They’ve rewritten every attacking record in the book, with the feats of Bruno Fornaroli and Aaron Mooy fresh in the mind. A review of the season’s scorelines involving City reinforces their position as the league’s entertainers. It’s been all action, all the time with City and van `t Schip feels that should loom large in the mind when it comes time for any review of their campaign.

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Funes Mori apologises Everton’s Ramiro Funes Mori has apologised to Liverpool’s Divock Origi for the late tackle in their Merseyside derby that earned him a straight red card. Funes Mori was sent off five minutes into the second half after mistiming a tackle and planting his studs into Origi’s ankle.

The Belgian had to be taken off on a stretcher. “I very much regret what happened,” Funes Mori said in a statement yesterday. “It was never my intention to harm a rival nor my colleagues (by) leaving the field. “And regarding Divock Origi, I fervently hope it’s nothing serious and know that was never my intention to hurt. I ask my apologies for what happened.”

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Locals set for SI champs

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ive of Mid Canterbury’s finest tennis players will be competing at the South Island Open Teams Championships for a Canterbury Country outfit this weekend.

Gala Cup champion Rhys Cromie, Sam Bubb, Peter Leonard, Tessa McCann and Ashleigh Leonard will be in action at Wilding Park in Christchurch.

The tournament will also feature representative teams Canterbury Town, Otago and Tasman.

After winning the inaugural South Island Open Teams Championships last year, Canterbury Town will be out to defend their crown amongst some stiff competition.

The tournament will end at noon on Monday.

10-year ban for umpire A Croatian umpire who officiated at the US Open while serving a 12-month suspension has been banned for 10 years. Denis Pitner was suspended last August, but went on to work as a linesman at the US Open, due to what The United States Tennis Association said was a “flaw” in their system.

The ITF said in a statement that Pitner had now been banned until 2026. Pitner was originally suspended after sending information about a player to a coach during a tournament and regularly logging on to a betting account from which bets were placed on tennis matches.

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Durant leads the way Kevin Durant bounced back from the worst shooting game of his playoff career with 34 points and Oklahoma City retook control of its first-round series with a 131-102 victory over Dallas in Game 3 yesterday. Durant had seven field goals midway through the second quarter on nine shots after he needed 33 to get there in a Game 2 loss that followed a 38-point win in the opener. The 2014 MVP scored 20 points in the first half, when the Thunder led by as many as 19 points on their way to a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

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Raptors down Pacers DeMar DeRozan rebounded from his post-season shooting slump, and he and Kyle Lowry scored 21 points for Toronto as the Raptors beat the Pacers 101-85.

The Raptors lead the best-ofseven first-round series 2-1 and have reclaimed the home-court advantage they squandered by losing the series opener last weekend.

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Doping lab suspended Beijing’s National Anti-Doping laboratory was suspended for a maximum of four months by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) yesterday after failing to comply with international standards. “The suspension, which takes effect immediately, prohibits the laboratory from carrying out any WADA-related anti-doping activities including all analyses of urine and blood samples,” WADA said in a statement.

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Right - Gala Cup winner Rhys Cromie will be in action at the South Island Open Teams Championships this weekend.

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In brief Jones tipping Mauger Eddie Jones is tipping former All Black Aaron Mauger to be involved in the next All Black coaching set up. The England coach would love to have Mauger who has guided Leicester into this weekend’s European Champions Cup semifinals, in his England set up, but he thinks Mauger will head back down under. “He’s a quality guy and a quality coach. I’m going to catch up with him next week. But I think he might be in line for the silver fern and I’ve heard a very strong rumour,” the England coach said.

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Jesse Houston in action for Canterbury during the National Sevens Tournament in Rotorua in January.

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Houston set for Euro tour

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Rakaia resident Jesse Houston will be jetting to Europe in May to play in two rugby sevens tournaments in Paris and Amsterdam.

The 18-year-old, who received a rugby scholarship from Lincoln University, represented Canterbury at the national sevens tournament at Rotorua in January and will now turn out for the Susie’s Sevens invitational team.

The squad will consist of six other Kiwis, including fellow

Cantabrians Troy Smith and Amanika Nicol, and six players from the UK. Houston will first play in the 20th edition of the Howard Hinton Sevens in Paris on May 20.

This year the Cher Valley Stadium will be renamed the Howard Hinton Stadium for the duration of the tournament, which ends on May 22.

Houston’s team will then travel to the Netherlands to compete at the Amsterdam Sevens Tournament.

The Susie’s Sevens side will be coached by Canterbury’s Jason Tiatia, who is confident the Lincoln Premier Colts player will benefit greatly from the experience.

“It’s a good way to introduce young players to big time football,” he said.

“Especially someone like Jesse, who has just left school and will now tour across the world.

“It will be an eye opener for him, playing with players of that level and experiencing it.

“He has a great personality,

and he’s a good team man.”

Tiatia said Houston will bring plenty of pace to the side, and is expecting the former Christchurch Boys’ High School student to continue to progress in the short form of the game.

“I think he’s going to be a specialist sevens player,” he said.

“He’s said to me that he wants to give sevens a real go.

“He has great ground work as flanker in the 15 man game and he has a lot of speed, energy and he’s very versatile.”

Chiefs a huge hurdle for Hurricanes

By Patrick mckendry The Chiefs had their first bye of the season last weekend but, despite the rest, they have still been forced to make several changes to their team for the crunch derby clash against the Hurricanes in Wellington tonight.

They are without in-form left wing James Lowe, who failed a test on his shoulder yesterday, plus injury-plagued lock Dominic Bird, who made his debut for the Chiefs in their win over the Blues in Hamilton a fortnight ago due to a broken foot suffered in pre-season, only to now succumb to another problem.

Coach Dave Rennie has named Sam McNicol in the No11 jersey, with Michael Allardice joining All Black Brodie Retallick in the second row.

Speedster Toni Pulu replaces Shaun Stevenson in the No14 jersey, with hooker Rhys Marshall replacing Hika Elliot, who drops to the reserves.

In another change, Tom Sanders comes in for Ma’ama Vaipulu at blindside flanker.

The competition leaders will feel comfortable about the changes given

their relative consistency and two-point lead at the top of the table, but the Hurricanes look to be a much more settled side.

Blade Thomson’s return from injury is the only change to their starting lineup, the loose forward returning from a bruised knee which kept him out of the team’s comfortable victory over the Rebels in Melbourne.

Coach Chris Boyd said his selections reflected the bonus-point victory at AAMI Park.

“We are building a lot of competition in the squad through performance and there were some tough calls when it came to selection,” he said.

Boyd said there was no doubt the Chiefs represented a significant step up for the squad.

“I won’t have to say a lot this week.

“The team knows this is a big match and the Chiefs form and team sheet speak for themselves.

“They are a well-coached side that poses threats across the park.

“We will have to be at our best at both ends of the park if we want to compete,” the Canes’ coach said.

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Western Force hooker Nathan Charles has been ruled out for the rest of the Super Rugby season with a shoulder injury, while wing Luke Morahan is recovering from deep vein thrombosis. Charles dislocated his shoulder during the 20-19 loss to the Crusaders a fortnight ago and has since undergone surgery. Morahan is on the mend after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis, but he’ll miss tonight’s clash with the Waratahs in Perth.

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Brumbies unchanged The Brumbies will stick with the same starting side which beat the NSW Waratahs in tomorrow’s Super Rugby blockbuster against the Crusaders at GIO Stadium.

Jarrad Butler, fresh from signing a new one-year deal, remains at No.7 in place of suspended star David Pocock – an indication Butler will replace the Wallabies openside flanker in 2017 while on sabbatical. Coach Stephen Larkham has made just one change to his bench, switching Joe Powell with Michael Dowsett following some impressive performances in club rugby.

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Rebels chase Koroibete The ARU is reportedly trying to lure Melbourne Storm winger Marika Koroibete across to the 15-a-side game. Speaking on Triple M’s Rush Hour with Dan Ginnane and Mark Bosnich, The Australian’s Brent Read said the Melbourne Rebels were looking to poach the 23-yearold. “They’re chasing Melbourne winger Marika Koroibete, and now the ARU’s waded into it,” Read said. With Cooper Cronk still yet to decide on his future, Read said the Storm would be looking to secure his services first and foremost, which would mean they have a set amount in mind for Koroibete.

Read then said the “ARU has blown that (amount of money) out of the water”.

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Tahs keep youngsters

Charlie Ngatai has been a powerhouse for the Chiefs.

The NSW Waratahs have announced the re-signing of home-grown talents Jed Holloway, Andrew Kellaway and Matt Sandell. Back-rower or lock Holloway will remain at the club until the end of 2019 after signing a three-year deal. The 23-year-old made his Super Rugby run-on debut in round one this season and scored a hat-trick against the Highlanders last month. Outside back Kellaway, 20, made his debut in round six and will remain at the club until the end of 2018 alongside the uncapped prop Sandell, 21.

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Sevens Brumbies aware of huge task door still open for All Blacks By roje adaimy

The Brumbies have locked Jarrad Butler in for another Super Rugby season, earmarking the backrower as a ready-made replacement for superstar David Pocock.

The new one-year deal will keep Butler in Canberra until at least the end of 2017, covering the time Pocock is away on a sabbatical.

Butler filled in for the Wallabies openside flanker while he recovered from a second knee reconstruction in 2014 and last week when Pocock served the first of a two-game suspension in the win over the NSW Waratahs.

He has again been named at No.7 for tomorrow’s blockbuster battle with the Crusaders at GIO Stadium.

“He did a fantastic job last weekend coming back from (a knee) injury,” coach Stephen Larkham said.

“He may not have had the presence on the ball he would’ve liked, but he’s shown improvement in each week and his understanding of the game is second to none.

“In the forwards, he probably reads the game better than anyone else.”

Larkham had hoped to secure Butler longer-term, but the club was somewhat “hamstrung” because of the unusual deal with Pocock - who will return in 2018.

“The difficulty there is Poey is away for a year and will be back the following year, so we sort of have to see just where

our budget lies,” he said yesterday.

Larkham will stick with the same starting side that beat the Tahs for Sunday’s match between Australia’s most successful franchise and the competition’s most prolific champions.

He has made just one change to the bench, switching Joe Powell with Michael Dowsett following some impressive performances in club rugby.

“I thought they played really well against the Waratahs, they had a really good training week,” added Larkham.

“We’re sort of trying to keep that momentum going now.”

The Crusaders have won six games in a row and haven’t been beaten by the Brumbies since 2009.

It’s a fact not lost on Brumbies co-captain Stephen Moore.

“We haven’t played them a lot the last few years but when we have, they’ve had the wood on us here and over there,” he said.

“We’re keen to go out there and put on a good performance in front of our home fans.”

Brumbies: Aidan Toua, Robbie Coleman, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Toomua, Joe Tomane, Christian Lealiifano (c), Tomas Cubelli, Jordan Smiler, Jarrad Butler, Scott Fardy, Sam Carter, Rory Arnold, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore (c), Scott Sio. Reserves: Josh Mann-Rea, Allan Alaalatoa, Leslie Leulua’iali’i-Makin, Tom Staniforth, Michael Wells, Michael Dowsett, James Dargaville, Nigel Ah Wong.

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By GreGor Paul

David Pocock: Off on sabbatical next year.

Waifs and strays come right for the Chiefs

By GreGor Paul The Chiefs conditioning and skill level have been highlighted as crucial factors behind their success this year but perhaps the real star of their show has been the Super Rugby franchise’s recruitment strategy.

The Chiefs are the competition’s greatest wheeler-dealers; they are the ultimate nugget finder.

Their franchise is built predominantly on men who grew up supporting other clubs.

What’s particularly clever about the way they work is that they scour the country – not to find the obvious stars of the future – but to poke around the players others have left behind.

The Chiefs are a home for waifs and strays; a place for the unwanted to gather and then unify in their bond to prove everyone wrong.

Remember, Canterbury didn’t find a place for Brodie Retallick in their academy.

They saw a big lump when he was at Christchurch Boys’ High School who was more interested in proving why his nickname was “guzzler”.

Whatever Canterbury thought about Damian McKenzie, they never had the chance to tell him as the former Christ’s College pupil signed as a Waikato and Chiefs player.

Their record in these miracle conversions – of seemingly dragging a piece of coal to Hamilton

Damian McKenzie was quickly snapped up by the Chiefs.

only to unearth a diamond – is unparalleled and they show no signs of losing their magic touch.

They have a host of young players – barely out of their teens – who have already made a significant contribution to this campaign and look like keepers – all of them.

Anton Lienert-Brown is another who starred in Christchurch schoolboy rugby but committed to the Chiefs and is starting to look like he could be a player with special abilities.

Shaun Stevenson was at Auckland Grammar School and he’s settled well in his rookie season.

Mitchell Karpik, the King’s College No7, no doubt would have shown that he’s a livewire openside had it not been for injury and Atu Moli, the former head boy at Nelson College, is holding his own in the scrums and getting about in the loose.

The other player who epitomises the effectiveness of their recruitment process is lock-loose forward Taleni Seu.

The 21-year-old could in time to prove to be one of the best finds of the Dave Rennie era.

Seu is a 2.02m former basketballer whose athletic ability is extreme.

He’s played at lock and flanker for the Chiefs and impressed in both roles to the extent that it was hard to determine to which he was best suited.

What’s fascinating is that he went to Onehunga High School and was missed by the entire Auckland talent identification programme.

His break came last year when he was called up to the Auckland squad due to injuries, took his chance and on the back of that, the Chiefs pounced.

They have locked him in for two years and from what they have seen so far, will be looking to extend that.

The final piece of the Chiefs recruitment jigsaw is the way they have been able to take good players and turn them into great players.

First-five Aaron Cruden was struggling at the Hurricanes, even reduced to playing off the bench in 2011 which is why he initially missed the Rugby World Cup. He shifted to the Chiefs, set the game on fire and won the title.

Sonny Bill Williams went from so-so with the Crusaders to phenomenal with the Chiefs and Charlie Ngatai, quiet and un-noticed at the Hurricanes is now the form second-five in New Zealand.

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Hope has not been abandoned that a big name All Black will have a change of heart, but nor is the New Zealand Sevens team actively touting for new players ahead of their Olympic bid.

If Ben Smith suddenly decided he was keen on having a crack at the Olympics after all, it is probable that Sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens would be interested in helping him make that happen.

The same would be true of any player originally targeted by Tietjens – such as Beauden Barrett and Julian Savea. But while the door remains open and all possibilities on the table, it’s now the longest of long shots that there will be a late addition of star quality.

The problem is timing.

Smith confirmed recently that he was put off committing to sevens due to the amount of Super Rugby he’d have to miss.

As captain of the defending champion Highlanders, he wanted to be available for the entire campaign and that didn’t fit with the criteria imposed by Tietjens that Smith would have to play in at least two tournaments before the Olympics in August.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen suggested this was a problem for a number of players and that the scenario may be different if they could be considered without having to play as much of the abbreviated form.

“The sevens [programme] couldn’t be flexible enough to say, ‘OK, let’s just take this guy at the end of Super Rugby and play him in one or two tournaments’.

“Maybe Gordie would have got more people to come on board.”

But there are only two tournaments left in the World Series – Paris on May 13-15 and London a week later.

Tietjens plans to pick 14 players for those two tournaments and then run a week-long trial back in New Zealand starting on June 13.

A proposed list of the 12 players he wants to take to Brazil will be submitted to the NZ Olympic Committee in early July.

If Smith or anyone else has a late change of heart they are going to have to pipe up quickly and in all reality be available to play in Paris and London.

As that’s unlikely, the next option would be to commit but not actually play any tournaments before the team has to be named.

That would be a huge risk and one that Tietjens is unlikely to take.

Once all the top players are available then the picture will change significantly.

The challenge may be about knowing who to leave out rather than to keep in and that pressure will be on both Sonny Bill Williams and Liam Messam. - NZME

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In brief

■ SWIMMING

Harford in golden form

BY JAMES FORD

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shburton’s Mathew Harford has been among the medals at the National Age Group Championships at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre.

The St Andrew’s College student took out a gold medal in the 15-year 200m freestyle, and added two more golds to his growing haul with his Canterbury team-mates in the regional 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relay events.

Harford, who swims for the JASI Team, also produced a solid display in the 100m butterfly, with a sixth place finish, but as the fourth fastest New Zealander.

Meanwhile, Jennian Homes Ashburton swimmers Lucy Clough and Jared Scammell have produced some determined displays.

Clough placed fifth in the 800m freestyle and sixth in the 400m individual medley and freestyle, while Scammell swam in the 50m backstroke final on Friday evening ranked ninth.

Five-eighth Thomas Leuluai has re-inforced his commitment to the Warriors and dismissed reports linking him to a return to the UK Super League with St Helens.

Leuluai played eight seasons in the Super League with the London Broncos and Wigan and has been open about the fact that together with his English wife, Natalie, and their young baby, the family would likely return to the UK some day.

However, the 30-year-old is contracted to the Warriors until the end of next season and denies having spoken to St Helens coach Keiron Cunningham about cutting short his time in Auckland in the NRL to take up a big money deal from 2017.

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No rush over Coote North Queensland coach Paul Green says there is no rush to sort out-of-contract fullback Lachlan Coote’s NRL future. Coote is reportedly poised to decide whether he will take a pay cut and remain with the Cowboys, or take up a lucrative four-year deal offered by the Sydney Roosters, by the end of the weekend. But ahead of their clash with Parramatta tonight, Green said there is no such timeframe. “He’s conscious of what we’ve got to do on Saturday night so I think it’s in everyone’s best interest if we just park it for now.

We’ll revisit it and it will get sorted when it gets sorted.”

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Eels eye another upset Searching for a weakness in North Queensland’s NRL side is a bit like trying to find fault with the Mona Lisa. That’s why Parramatta coach Brad Arthur isn’t bothering. “It’s very hard,” he said. “We need to focus on being at our best.” Both the Cowboys and the Eels are looking inward ahead of their meeting tonight at 1300Smiles Stadium. It will be the second clash between the two this season, with the Eels having upset last year’s NRL premiers in a 20-16 win at Pirtek Stadium back in round two. - AAP

Right - Fifteen-year-old Mathew Harford won gold in the 200m freestyle at the National Age Group Championships in Wellington.

Taylor sidelined

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■ OPINION

Hurricane missing from around the table T here’s another sport on the telly that, except for the raucous supporting cast in the huge halls it’s played in, equals darts for being a quiet achiever with the fans.

The BetFred World Snooker Championships is live on our screens right now, getting near the sharp end of the tournament, and (except for a couple of days when some inexplicably dreadful shots dominated one contest) there’s some seriously top quality shot-making on display, as the players chase a juicy 330,000 pound winner’s cheque.

But, while the smart new breed with their 1D haircuts send reds and colours crashing into corner pockets and cue balls carooming off the cush, and you’re awaiting Robbie Wil-

Leuluai staying put

liams to burst into song (he’s not going to, it’s a different one) I can’t help thinking they’re missing something, and that’s the colourful shows that used to be put on by the likes of Hurricane Higgins, Jimmy White and Ray Reardon, back when Pot Black was showing on our screens.

Irishman Alex Higgins was always top of the entertainment tree, an iconic player who attracted plenty of attention both when playing and not.

Despite a reputation as a difficult and unpredictably volatile character, being a noted heavy smoker as well as indulging not-so-quietly in gambling and drinking (not to mention a bit of marijuana and cocaine on the side), The Hurricane was massively popular with the fans and

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

brought a huge new audience to the game, many of whom took it up and became the next generation of top players.

Even head-butting a tournament official once (12,000 pound fine and banned for five tournaments) didn’t cost him anything in the popularity stakes.

His off-table exploits could do nothing to slow down his pace around the table though; lining up and playing shots twice as

fast as most of his opponents, and sacrificing nothing in the skills department to do so.

He was twice world champion and a regular UK champion to go with countless minor tournament wins, and was at one point reputed to be worth four million pounds, although when he died he was bankrupt and on a benefit.

But while he was in the public eye he strutted around the table like a hyped-up turkey, firing barbs at one and all, and bringing a larger-than-life profile to the game.

The current lot, even with their nicely-tailored entrance music, just don’t have the same electric presence of their predecessors from yesteryear.

Billiards anyone?

A mystery abdominal ailment is set to force Gold Coast into a fourth different halves combination in as many NRL matches. Titans youngster Ash Taylor is almost certain to miss today’s clash with Canterbury in Sydney after being hospitalised during the week. The 21-yearold trained yesterday before the Titans jetted out of Queensland but coach Neil Henry said there was still strong doubt the halfback would face the Bulldogs.

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Pride on the line Seeking redemption is one thing, saving yourself from humiliation is another. Canberra hope to do both in today’s NRL battle with a similarly desperate Wests Tigers at GIO Stadium. Coach Ricky Stuart has invited around 60 past players and club legends to watch on as the Raiders set out to make amends for big losses to Parramatta and Cronulla. Among them will be Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy and new Kangaroos mentor Mal Meninga. “We need to perform in front of them,” skipper Jarrod Croker said. “We want to go out there and make those guys proud.”

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In brief

Pink ball test in India The Black Caps look set to play their second day-night test when they tour India later this year.

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur confirmed to Cricinfo that India would host their first day-night test when New Zealand visit in October.

A venue or date has not been revealed.

“We have decided that we will play one day-night Test match with pink ball against New Zealand later this year,” Thakur said.

“Before that, Duleep Trophy will act as a dress rehearsal for the day-night Test match.”

“While we have not zeroed in on the venue, there are lots of factors that need to be taken into account,” Thakur said.

“Things like dew factor, how the spinners bowl with the pink Kookaburra on Indian pitches.

“These things we will get an idea [of ] during the Duleep Trophy.”

The Black Caps are set to play three tests and five ODIs in India but the schedule has yet to be announced.

New Zealand played in the first ever pink ball test against Australia in Adelaide last year, losing the test by three wickets.

Black Caps all-rounder Jimmy Neesham missed the Adelaide

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test after suffering a back injury earlier in the tour and said yesterday that he’d love to play in an India day-night test.

Neesham said whether the ball could hold up in Indian conditions and dew later at night in India were two possible factors for a day-night test during the tour.

“They’re developing the pink ball.

“It’s a process isn’t it?

“They’ve tried another iteration since the Adelaide test.

“It’s six months away so there’s

plenty of time to go through a few more prototypes. “ “The other thing is the dew factor.

“But I’m sure who are much higher up the tree than I am, have plans for those two eventuations.”

“I’m looking forward to playing in a test match for a start,” said Neesham who missed the New Zealand home series last summer due to injury.

“I’d love to [play day-night test]. I was gutted to be missing out on that test match when

I came home injured from the Aussie tour.

“It was something mooted as a one-off at the time and it looks like it’s going to become a more regular occurrence.”

This week Australia announced they will host a pink ball test against Pakistan in Brisbane next summer and hope to also play South Africa in Adelaide with the pink ball – however the Proteas aren’t keen on the idea due to the fact their players wouldn’t have played at night in the lead-up to the series.

New Zealand Cricket’s general manager of cricket Lindsay Crocker rates the prospects of a day-night test in New Zealand early next year as possible rather than probable.

“We’ve only had early discussions with them and haven’t greatly advanced on the pink ball,” Crocker said.

“Our greater concentration has been around commitments to playing dates and we’re nearly there.”

England are the main feature of the 2017-18 New Zealand season.

The chances of a day-night test against them are better than they are against the South Africans next summer.

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Warner shines in Sunrisers IPL win

David Warner is captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.

David Warner has guided his Sunrisers Hyderabad to a crushing 10-wicket IPL victory over the high-flying Gujarat Lions on Thursday night.

The Australian opener won the toss and elected to field then saw his bowlers shine with the ball as the powerful Lions batting line-up were restricted to 8-135 from their 20 overs.

Warner’s international team-mate Aaron Finch lasted just four balls before becoming the first of Bhuvneswar Kumar’s four victims – departing to a snorting delivery without scoring in the first over of the match.

Brendon McCullum and skipper Suresh Raina added a quickfire 56 for the second wicket and appeared to be in control of proceedings.

However, Warner’s decision to introduce Bipul Sharma into the attack in the eighth over was vindicated when McCullum attempted to hit through the leg-side but only managed to find the fielder on the fence with the former Black Caps captain on 18.

Raina anchored his side’s innings with a well crafted 75 but received little support from the Lions middle order with only Ravindra Jadeja passing double figures with a run-a-ball 14.

Warner, who now leads the IPL batting statistics, and Shikhar Dhawan made easy work on the underpar target, knocking off the runs in just 14.5 overs with the skipper producing a typically aggressive 74 from only 48 balls and his partner scoring a more measured 53 to inflict a first defeat on the secondplaced Lions.

“I have to give credit to the bowlers, they allow us to play how we play,” Warner said.

“If we can do this every time we are going to be in a good place.

“We knew this would be a two-paced pitch, our bowlers were fantastic today. Mustafizur tried to knock my block off first time I faced him, he is going to be a fantastic player for a long time to come.”- AAP

Another Gayle blush Three months after his infamous interview with Australian television presenter Mel McLaughlin, West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle has named his first daughter Blush.

Gayle took to both Instagram and Twitter to confirm the naming, while also making it clear he hadn’t forgotten the specifics of his awkward boundary interview during the Big Bash League.

“Thank you all for the sweet and kind messages. Blush won’t Blush, my baby,” he tweeted.

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Corruption ban Hong Kong all-rounder Irfan Ahmed has been banned for two-and-ahalf years by the ICC for failing to disclose approaches made to him to engage in corruption. The 26year-old Pakistan-born cricketer was provisionally suspended in November with the ICC’s anti-corruption unit investigating his role in relation to the activities of another suspected offender. Ahmed had played in six one-day internationals and eight Twenty20 matches for Hong Kong.

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Black-ball for pink ball South Africa’s resistance to playing a pink-ball test in Australia in November may also be a grim pointer of hopes of playing a day-night test in New Zealand next year. Having taken part in the inaugural pink-ball test at Adelaide last December, there have been plans to host a five-dayer in New Zealand. South Africa have resisted Cricket Australia’s plans to have the deciding match of their three-game series, also at Adelaide in late November, played with a pink ball.

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Paddon in fifth World champion Sebastien Ogier and Spaniard Dani Sordo shared the fastest time in the opening super special stage of WRC Rally Argentina yesterday. Kiwi Hayden Paddon was less than a second off the pace - posting the fifth quickest time behind Ford’s Ott Tanak and Hyundai teammate Thierry Neuville. The first full day of action is today.

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Ingall a worried man DJR Team Penske might have enjoyed their best weekend of the V8 Supercars season on Phillip Island, but one legend of the sport is worried for team harmony. Twotime Bathurst 1000 winner Russell Ingall suspects the emerging team is heading for choppy waters due to speculation around their drivers for next season. Scott McLaughlin, who took two wins on the Island, has been heavily linked with a move to the team in 2017. A move would mean either an extraordinary expansion to a three-garage team, or the removal of off-contract driver Scott Pye. - AAP

Back on track Tony Stewart has been cleared to return to racing and will be back in his car Saturday at Richmond International Raceway. The threetime NASCAR champion missed the first eight races of the season with a fractured vertebra suffered in a January all-terrain vehicle accident. The injury occurred one week before Stewart was scheduled to start his final season in NASCAR. - AP

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In brief

■ NORTHERN CAMPAIGN

Soubrettes ‘thriving’ Whatever the outcome of the Gr.1 Manco Easter Stakes today, it has already been a rewarding campaign in the North Island for the smart southern mare Soubrettes.

It will be the last roll of the dice this season for Soubrettes and, despite her having to cope with the outside draw, her Rangiora trainers Matt and Mandy Brown couldn’t be happier with her going into the Ellerslie Group One event.

Even more so the Browns are thrilled with way Soubrettes has developed as a racehorse during the three months she has spent based at the Byerley Park stables of Peter and Dawn Williams.

“She was a timid filly when she started off, but she’s so sure of herself now,” said Mandy Brown.

“She was a bit delicate and that’s why we had to keep waiting with her.

“But this year she has improved

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a lot mentally and physically and since she has been up here in the north she has become a real racehorse.”

There has never been any doubt about Soubrettes’ ability.

The daughter of High Chaparral won on debut as a three-yearold at Washdyke and during the spring of 2014 she strung together a hat-trick of wins, capped by an impressive win in the Gr.3 Stewards Handicap at Riccarton then followed up with a creditable fifth in Sacred Star’s Gr.1 Telegraph Handicap at Trentham.

During her northern soujourn the five-year-old has picked up $43,500 in prize money in three starts and, most importantly, she has added to her value by becoming a Group One and Group Two placegetter.

“It’s been a long time away from home with her, but it’s definitely been worth it,” said Brown.

Soubrettes at Riccarton “We’re so lucky we’ve been able to stay with Peter and Dawn. They have been such a big help with her.”

Soubrettes started her Auckland -Waikato campaign with a third

Trainer recovering Trainer Jenni Vance is recovering at home after suffering a trackwork fall last Tuesday.

She was walking a youngster onto the track when the filly reared up and threw her. “I was just ahead on the old horse, Mr Bond, and we were just walking on the track when it happened,” said Vance’s husband, Bob. “She was unconscious and not breathing when I got to her. I had to give her CPR then ring the ambulance. She spent a couple of days in hospital, but she’s okay now.”

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over 1200 metres at Matamata, then she flashed home for second in the Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m) at Ellerslie on Auckland Cup day before stepping up to 1600m for the first time in the Gr.1 NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Te Aroha a fortnight ago.

She was beaten just over a neck in the Te Aroha fillies and mares’ event when third and did well to finish so close after a mid-race check.

A common occurrence in each of Soubrettes’ last few starts has been Perfect Fit winning the three races.

“She (Perfect Fit) looks an exceptional mare and we’re lucky we’re not running against her again on Saturday,” said Brown.

Soubrettes has had a different rider in each of her northern starts, but this time it will be backto-back opportunities on the mare for jockey Mark Du Plessis.- NZME

Myers on Benzini The opportunity to ride one of her favourite horses sees Rosie Myers back in the saddle at Riccarton today. The main drawcard for Myers is the ride on Benzini in the Gr. 3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup. “It’s a bit earlier than I planned, but when the Bulls (trainers Adrian and Harry) approached me to see if I would be right to ride him I couldn’t say no,” said Myers.

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Auckland gallops Today at Ellerslie Raceway

Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date: 23 Apr 2016 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.20pm STELLA ARTOIS 1600 MAIDEN $20,000, MAIDEN, 1600m 1 2330x Markwood (10) 58.5 .................. M D Plessis 2 65503 Arite Guru (1) 58.5 .....................A Sims (a3) 3 37x20 Al Be Civics (6) 58.5 .................. L Satherley 4 0x5 Fort Knox (4) 58.5 .......................... J Parkes 5 7 El Corredor (3) 58.5 ................S McKay (a1) 6 3422 Das Blues (11) 58 ....................... D Johnson 7 x3563 National Asset (7) 58 ......................A Collett 8 3 Richie McHorse (5) 58 .................... C Grylls 9 King Valour 58 .............................. Scratched 10 87052 Kaldorei (8) 56.5 .........................T Thornton 11 86x74 Perfect Rose (12) 56.5 ................C Lammas 12 5632 Sarabande (2) 56 ............................S Collett 13 58x42 Aramelle (9) 56 .................................L Innes 2 12.55pm MADISON QUALITEX 2200 OPEN HANDICAP $40,000, OPN HCP, 2200m 1 17812 Saint Emilion td (2) 60................M Cameron 2 93012 Storming The Tower tdm (5) 57 .........L Innes 3 75038 Dubai Shuffle tdm (9) 53.5 .......... D Johnson 4 20450 Apache Fireworks t (7) 53 ...........T Thornton 5 08874 Little Alfie Brown tm (3) 53 ......... L Satherley 6 13541 Snow Secret t (8) 53 ...............B Hutton (a1) 7 97790 Smedley tm (1) 53 ..................... M D Plessis 8 61500 Cheeky Boy td (4) 53 ...................... S Spratt 9 18087 Gotta Keeper d (6) 53 .....................S Collett 3 1.30 DREAM BEDS 1200 RATING 85 $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1200m 1 216x5 In Flight d (10) 60 ....................B Hutton (a1) 2 711x7 Mr Knowitall tdm (3) 59 .......A Schwerin (a3) 3 531x3 Ramarro tdm (6) 58.5 4 13832 Airlie House d (7) 58 ......................V Colgan 5 53239 Biggin Hill td (8) 58..........................A Collett 6 1249x Staccato tdm (9) 58......................... C Grylls

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7 59026 Abaddon (5) 57.5 ........................ D Johnson 8 3529x Scholes tdm (2) 57.5 ...............S McKay (a1) 9 1321x Snowdrop td (12) 54.5 ...............R Elliot (a3) 10 345x3 Dramatist (4) 54 ................................L Innes 11 37103 Rich Billie Marsh dm (1) 54 ....... M D Plessis 12 3246x Rocknrolla m (11) 54 ..................M Cameron 4 2.04pm WHITE REFRIGERATION 1600 RATING 75 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 70290 Broadwalk d (12) 60 ................S McKay (a1) 2 64317 Luen Yat Miracle d (7) 59.5 .Z N Azman (a3) 3 31152 Nailed It d (1) 59 ........................M Cameron 4 5675x Mr Doole tm (13) 59 ...................H Moki (a3) 5 510x2 Ryker td (5) 59 ............................... J Parkes 6 x5523 He’s Cavalier tm (11) 58.5. U Holmquist (a2) 7 x109x Hesalljazz dm (6) 58.5 .................... C Grylls 8 54640 Big Dreamer d (10) 58 ...................V Colgan 9 6Px07 Boy tm (15) 58.......................... D Danis (a4) 10 60x30 Empress Elect m (2) 57.5 ...........T Thornton 11 05212 Palace Rock tdb (8) 57.5............. D Johnson 12 51821 Nelson Park d (4) 57 ..................M Coleman 13 115x0 Slice Of Cake db (9) 56.5 ..................L Innes 14 21255 Bullspur 55.5 ................................ Scratched 15 38141 Long Harbour d (14) 55 16 x1105 Elfee td (3) 54..........................B Hutton (a1) 5 2.39pm AUCKLAND CO-OP TAXIS CHAMPAGNE STAKES 2YO $50,000, 2YO SW, 1600m 1 415 My Paisann (8) 56.5 ...................M Coleman 2 8x412 Quantum (3) 56.5 ............................ C Grylls 3 33 Blue Twilight (4) 56.5 ................... D Johnson 4 545 Wilijonmcbride (2) 56.5 ............. M D Plessis 5 241 Astara t (5) 54.5 ..............................S Collett 6 23 Eleonora b (7) 54.5 ....................M Cameron 7 25 Family Secret (1) 54.5 ..................... S Spratt 8 7 Raqisa (6) 54.5 ...........................T Thornton 6 3.14 VRC TROPHY 3YO SW+P $20,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m 1 16821 Flying Quest 58.5 ......................... Scratched

2 295x2 Shot In The Dark (3) 58.5................ C Grylls 3 00015 Lucky Sweep td (9) 58.5 ................. S Spratt 4 300x2 Stradivarius m (4) 57.5 ................T Thornton 5 13228 Sabotage (11) 57.5 ........................V Colgan 6 21379 Bamurru t (8) 57.5 ...................B Hutton (a1) 7 943x1 Night Voyage (12) 57.5............S McKay (a1) 8 174 Krystrump (5) 57.5 ............................L Innes 9 20935 Makarios m (2) 57.5 ....................... J Parkes 10 0x801 Nahema m (10) 56.5 ..................M Cameron 11 98x71 Del Rios (13) 56.5 ......................M Coleman 12 22 Peaky Blinders (6) 56 ................ M D Plessis 13 8x420 Heart Of Th’Castle mb (1) 55.5 ..........L Tiley 14 31862 Vitesse (7) 55.5 ........................... D Johnson 7 3.49pm VALACHI DOWNS CHAMPIONSHIP STAKES $100,000, 3YO SW, 2100m 1 48131 Ronchi t (16) 56.5 ......................G Cooksley 2 71591 The Hassler dm (6) 56.5 ................V Colgan 3 72122 Five To Midnight dm (7) 56.5 .............L Innes 4 90044 Thunder Down Under td (2) 56.5 ... J Parkes 5 13081 Zambezi Warrior d (3) 56.5 ........M Cameron 6 23102 Chancery t (1) 56.5 ...................B Hutton (a) 7 48x27 Street Smart (10) 56.5 ....................A Collett 8 132 Verdi b (9) 56.5...........................M Coleman 9 63321 Chocante (11) 56.5 .........................S Collett 10 x3731 Sonorous (5) 56.5 ..................... M D Plessis 11 34218 Johnny Lincoln (14) 56.5................. C Grylls 12 21867 Rock On (15) 56.5 ........................... S Spratt 13 114 Romantic Maid b (8) 54.5............ D Johnson 14 1x610 Estimate (12) 54.5.......................C Lammas 15 33415 Red Tsunami m (4) 54.5 ...........S McKay (a) 16 3422 Das Blues (13) 56.5 17 9x922 Valour 56.5 ................................... Scratched Emergencies: Das Blues, Valour 8 4.25pm MANCO EASTER STAKES $200,000, OPNSW&P, 1600m 1 31922 Julinsky Prince dmb (6) 59............. J Parkes 2 858x6 Sakhee’s Soldier td (16) 58 ........M Cameron

20 357x7 Late Decision (5) 55 21 64317 Luen Yat Miracle d (1) 55 Emergencies: Sound Proposition, Late Decision, Luen Yat Miracle 9 4.59pm MARKS EWEN 1600 RATING 65 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 2x212 Captain Lincoln (8) 60 ..................... C Grylls 2 15504 Flying Ibis (11) 60 ..........................V Colgan 3 25x52 Naughty Knuckles (4) 60 .....A Schwerin (a3) 4 21255 Bullspur b (6) 59.5..............................M Hills 5 x5093 Deo Volente (7) 59 ..................S McKay (a1) 6 2331 Hardcase t (10) 58.5 ................... D Johnson 7 2001x Global Warrior (5) 58.5............... Z Moki (a3) 8 00901 Raaj (14) 58.5 ................................. S Spratt 9 80823 Irresistabelle (13) 58 ...................C Lammas 10 27320 Rule The World b (1) 58 .....................L Tiley Danielle Johnson is down to ride 11 6x417 Sacred Galaxy (9) 58 Queens Rose in the $200,000 East- 12 7x31 Buy Me A Rock d (2) 56.5 .................L Innes 13 170x9 Youwantmore (12) 55 ......................S Collett er Stakes at Ellerslie today.

14 36880 Rubee d (3) 54 .......................... M D Plessis Blinkers on: Das Blues (R1), My Paisann (R5), Das Blues 3 22112 Watch This Space dm (8) 57 .....B Hutton (a) (R7), Hardcase (R9) 4 11461 Mabeel tdm (19) 56 ......................... S Spratt 5 0x052 Abidewithme td (12) 55 ..............G Cooksley Blinkers off: Dubai Shuffle (R2), Stradivarius (R6), Street Smart (R7), Youwantmore (R9) 6 52x62 Spoke To Carlo tdmb (7) 55 7 689x1 Blizzard d (15) 55 ............................A Collett Winkers on: Lucky Sweep (R6) Winkers off: Rule The 8 00464 King Krovanh td (2) 55 ...................V Colgan World (R9) Pacifiers off: Broadwalk (R4) 9 12121 Snapshot t (4) 55 ............................ C Grylls SELECTIONS 10 31387 Matimba td (10) 55 ....................S McKay (a) Race 1: Sarabande, Richie McHorse, Das Blues, National Asset 11 42562 Trojan Warrior d (11) 55 ..............C Lammas Race 2: Snow Secret, Saint Emilion, Little Alfie Brown 12 35516 Rasa Lila td (17) 54...........................L Innes Race 3: Airlie House, Mr Knowitall, In Flight, Biggin Hill 13 70323 Soubrettes (21) 54 .................... M D Plessis Race 4: Slice Of Cake, Long Harbour, Ryker, Nailed It 14 424x4 Queens Rose tm (3) 53.5............ D Johnson Race 5: Astara, My Paisann, Quantum, Family Secret 15 890x0 Celebrity Miss tdm (20) 53.5 .......T Thornton 16 69x47 Candle In The Wind td (13) 53 ...........L Tiley Race 6: Shot In The Dark, Nahema, Sabotage, Peaky Blinders 17 77x78 Bechtolsheimer dm (9) 53 ............... R Jones Race 7: The Hassler, Zambezi Warrior, Estimate, Ronchi 18 00513 Charmont db (18) 53 .......................S Collett Race 8: Mabeel, Soubrettes, Sakhee’s Soldier, Snapshot 19 x3621 Sound Proposition td (14) 55 .....M Coleman Race 9: Hardcase, Buy Me A Rock, Captain Lincoln, Flying Ibis

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Raceway

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Sta- 2 63234 Our Jack Attack 18.62 .................. M J Lozell dium Date: 24 Apr 2016 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 3 35767 Skyler White 18.60 ............................B Craik 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 4 386F6 Fortis Fiona 18.65 U & ......................Cottam Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 5 36422 Prairie Kachina 18.45........................B Craik 6 87158 Armistice Day 18.65 ....................... I George 1 2.29 STITCHES UPHOLSTERY SPRINT C2, 318m 7 63817 Jump On It 18.75 ......................... H Mullane 1 42756 Looks All Good 18.41 W & ..............T Steele 8 65318 Contemporaneous 18.57 R & .....N O’Regan 2 55261 Sprite On Time 19.03 ..................... I George 9 75477 Grader Jack nwtd .............................T Agent 3 63235 Agent Schrader 18.56 .......................B Craik 4 31877 Red Rascal 18.66 R & ................N O’Regan 10 186x7 Jetsun Quaker nwtd .......................G Wilson 5 84371 Lady Jane 18.72 B &.......................... Steele 4 3.22 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN STAKES 6 25644 Peacock Princess nwtd ....................T Agent C1, 527m 1 58666 Lucky Collect 30.73 ....................D Schofield 7 6814x Eva Kaneva 18.66 ............................ S Clark 2 45311 Fortis Flier 30.74 U & ........................Cottam 8 58552 Drury 18.41 ...................................A Cleaver 3 75737 Wee Ping Wawa nwtd ...................... S Clark 9 186x7 Jetsun Quaker nwtd .......................G Wilson 4 66578 Zipping Sonia 31.14 ...................D Schofield 10 75477 Grader Jack nwtd .............................T Agent 5 1 Nangar Gem nwtd ......................D Schofield 2 2.47pm WWW.AGRC.CO.NZ SPRINT C0, 318m 6 F5433 Roman Action 30.91 ...................B Littlejohn 1 35327 Scott No Show nwtd B & .................... Steele 7 78856 Chateau Neuf 30.89 ........................P Green 2 533 Willi Gas It nwtd ......................... G Pomeroy 8 16785 Mr. Fuss Pot nwtd........................B Littlejohn 3 21 Idol Gee nwtd L & .............................. Wales 9 58588 Montana 30.60 ................................P Green 4 Snigglepuss nwtd ......................... H Mullane 5 62434 Scott Tied Up nwtd ...........................T Agent 10 87788 Mockingjay 30.67 ..............................B Craik 6 36x46 Miss Shellac nwtd U & ..........................Bliek 5 3.41pm LOCHINVAR MARLOW SPRINT C1, 318m 1 44524 Scott My Money nwtd B & .................. Steele 7 72424 Tiny Grey nwtd ................................P Green 2 44536 Coruba Cate 18.65......................... G Farrell 8 55377 Uno Marcus nwtd B & ........................ Steele 3 63724 Lure Me In nwtd ........................... M J Lozell 9 67 Raging Demon nwtd U & ......................Bliek 4 87865 Scott The Looks 18.90 B & ................ Steele 10 777 Shazza’s Boy nwtd G & .....................M Hunt 5 76466 Wairio Dee Jay 19.34 R & ...........N O’Regan 3 3.04pm MTA GIFT VOUCHERS SPRINT C2, 318m 6 18868 Snapchat 18.30 .................................B Craik 1 83176 Frankincense 18.59.......................H R Scott

1 62271 Calypso Star nwtd ........................... K Walsh 36647 Jobs Rite nwtd ............................... I George 2 21112 Fantastic Ricki nwtd ...................D Schofield 5223x Botany Holly 18.90 ..........................P Green 3 75523 Bloo Bloomers 30.67.....................K Herbert 1467 Nadzeya nwtd R & ......................N O’Regan 4 57645 Electric Impulse 30.12 W & .............T Steele 75577 Miss Bunnythorpe 18.83 U & ............Cottam 6 3.59pm (NZT) GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE 5 73643 Jinja Mia nwtd W &..........................T Steele 6 32277 Lochinvar Maine 31.30 ...............D Schofield SPRINT C1, 318m 7 22232 Lovely Rita nwtd .........................D Schofield 1 57756 You Betcha Noddy 18.88 R &......N O’Regan 8 44145 Bill Rush 30.74 ............................. H Mullane 2 53756 Scott Some Ticka 18.85 B & .............. Steele 9 78856 Chateau Neuf 30.89 ........................P Green 3 53547 Just About Ready nwtd ....................M Black 4 61658 Our Swift Buddy 18.73 ..................... S Clark 10 58588 Montana 30.60 ................................P Green 5 53862 Opawa Uno 18.64 W & ...................T Steele 9 4.58pm DOGZONE SPRINT C4, 318m 1 52424 Good Return 18.36 ....................D Schofield 6 44886 Plaiting Puss nwtd U &..........................Bliek 2 22343 Aniu nwtd ....................................... G Farrell 7 43238 Uno Nathan nwtd B & ........................ Steele 3 32868 Made Time 18.31 ..............................B Bond 8 57663 Queen Star 18.83........................... I George 4 54617 Atoonga Air 18.45 ........................... T Green 9 14477 Zoe’s Funk nwtd ........................... H Mullane 5 12132 Kit And Caboodle 18.33 .............D Schofield 10 88787 Botany Hot Shot 18.59 ....................P Green 7 4.17pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON SPRINT C3, 318m 6 16245 Sacred Can You 18.54 R & .........N O’Regan 7 45538 Stylish Fancy 18.39 ....................D Schofield 1 22441 Thrilling Forest 18.80 U & .................Cottam 8 21123 Simply Sam 18.38 ......................D Schofield 2 336F7 Fresco Star 18.55........................B Littlejohn 9 26264 Little Dreams 18.54 ........................ G Farrell 3 17174 Don’t Brag 18.60 .......................... H Mullane 4 88723 Little Rascal 18.38 R & ...............N O’Regan 10 18366 Pat Not Plait nwtd...........................P Henley 5 48355 Sandor Glegane 18.37 .................... T Green 10 5.18pm HOWICK CLUB STAKES C3/4, 527m 1 11131 Oscar Tron nwtd .........................D Schofield 6 17124 Belcroft Banker 18.26 ................H Laagland 2 46523 Kitty’s Shiraz 30.55 H & ..............L Laagland 7 53454 Mr. Mumbles 18.55 R &...............N O’Regan 3 31314 Ruby Murray 30.49..........................P Green 8 11315 Rasso 18.33 ......................................B Craik 4 83x55 Unbroken nwtd ..................................C Hore 9 58386 Mittyesque 18.39...............................B Craik 5 11611 Santa Sangre nwtd ....................D Schofield 10 71875 Cyclone Lusi 18.62 U & ....................Cottam 8 4.33pm PLASTERBOARD LTD STAKES C1, 527m 6 33411 Kimetto nwtd ...............................L Laagland 7 8 9 10

7 8 9 10

85764 Miss Velocette 30.36 ...................L Laagland 41426 Stinger 30.61................................... K Walsh 21258 Jinjaless 30.78 W &.........................T Steele 15275 Crying In Vegas 30.92 ...................... S Clark 11 5.37 GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 11574 Hallo Star 18.23 ................................B Bond 2 48185 Thrilling Galaxy 18.49 U & ................Cottam 3 53683 Sharella nwtd ....................................B Craik 4 71273 Talkin Fancy 18.38 .....................D Schofield 5 374F7 Speed Lorde 18.30 ...........................B Craik 6 83212 Zipping Steve 18.41 ...................D Schofield 7 57365 Gumbalanya 18.52 .........................P Henley 8 13562 Von Trapp 18.18 ................................B Craik 9 26857 Rocky Boy 18.59 ...............................B Craik 10 16676 Mr. Jules 18.53 .................................T Agent 12 5.55pm JACK’S MEATS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 74247 Screaming Skull 18.82 ..................H R Scott 2 82586 Tulip Muncher nwtd B & ..................... Steele 3 34856 Tepirita Amber 18.58 R & ............N O’Regan 4 48742 More Salt Needed 18.69 R & ......N O’Regan 5 55846 Scott To Go nwtd B & ......................... Steele 6 31886 Bee Lichter 18.56 ............................. S Clark 7 3x623 Lochinvar Belle nwtd ..................D Schofield 8 82824 Lord De Air 18.52 .............................M Black 9 55767 Botany Bev 18.63 ............................P Green 10 7x687 Wild Falcon 18.74 .........................K Herbert LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Business

■ COMMENT

NZ needs more businesses doing more business A

lthough New Zealand is an excellent place to start a business and to do business, it seems that it is not that easy to grow a business here.

Not enough of our businesses take that leap from being a small operator to achieving their full potential.

Medium-sized enterprises are contributing 34 per cent of gross domestic product despite making up just 6.5 per cent of New Zealand’s businesses.

KPMG have delivered an Enterprise Report that includes analysis and commentary on the current shape of New Zealand’s private business sector and drives insight into what’s required to grow a business.

The research undertaken for the report highlights that our medium-sized businesses outperform smaller businesses in terms of overall contribution to our economy.

That information indicates that there are questions to be asked with regard to how small businesses grow to be bigger and better.

Matt Hannah

BUSINESS MATTERS

It is clear that leadership and attitudes differ greatly between those that remain small business owners with a view to managing a business and those that take businesses to the next level.

The statistics show that small businesses are less profitable, less productive, more likely to fail and more unlikely to export than medium-sized businesses.

Small businesses are, by and large, focused on the domestic market and are quite happy to operate without much competition in a way that allows them to have a comfortable lifestyle without too many growing pains.

Their entrepreneurial counterparts look for continual growth and invest more in product development and research. Their attitude and ambition to move

forward goes a long way towards driving growth.

One key point is that highperforming enterprises grow from a set of conscious decisions to do things in a particular way.

Embedding excellence into an organisation is a cultural issue that cannot be imposed on people through meetings or PowerPoint presentations.

In summary, the report identifies four key leadership traits of enterprise DNA – Pivotal Leaders, Capable People, Strategic Anchors, Attitude and Ambition.

The evidence suggests New Zealand is a great place to do business. We’re in a strong position economically, constraints to trade are low, the regulatory and operating environments are generally fair and allow for growth, and we can be competitive while still attracting a premium price for our products.

In essence, New Zealand needs more businesses doing more business.

Matt Hannah is a director of KPMG Private Enterprise

of bottled water - a commodity that literally falls from the sky. The bottled water industry is now worth over $100 billion globally. Will this be the future of clean air?” Deanna said.

The group’s first idea was for a ventilation system for hospitals or individual rooms, but after a quick visit to a diving specialist they realised this idea was not feasible.

“We went big - shocked by the fact that 40 per cent of the world’s premature deaths are due to air pollution in China.”

Deanna said the group would meet soon to consider using the money, $500 from the Management School and $1000 of their own money, to begin the project.

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than they would have been in the past,” he said.

Mr Collins said Easter trading laws hurt small businesses outside of the main centres that earn their keep from the busy, tourist season – including the Easter long weekend.

For some New Zealanders however, the weekend was a chance to get stuck into a DIY project.

The managing director of Mitre 10 Mega Napier and Hastings has broken trading laws and opened his stores on Easter Sunday for the last 10 years. Graeme Ricketts said he’s been fined in the past but

the penalty has never been a big consideration.

“The trading we’re doing on Easter Sunday indicates there’s certainly a demand there,” he said. “I would say the public expect stores to be open on Easter Sunday in this day and age,” he said.

The Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill currently before Parliament will grant local councils the power to allow shops to open on Easter Sunday. Good Friday trading laws will not be affected.

Rotorua Chamber of Commerce chief executive Darrin Walsh said the bill is a step forward, but said it shouldn’t be a local council decision. “It dodges the bullet in that it’s a decision that central government need to make. It should be across the board – a rule that just says ‘over Easter, you can open if you wish to open’.”

Mr Harford said the bill will create a “patchwork of inconsistent rules” around the country.

“It doesn’t make sense. It’s going to be confusing and really expensive to administer bylaws,” he said.

Mr Harford said people who travelled on Easter weekend might unwittingly get caught in a non-trading area.

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A group of six Waikato University students took out the “Craziest idea that might just work” award at the Innes48 Business Startup competition with their plans to export clean New Zealand air to residents of smogladen cities.

Team leader Deanna Morse said the group wanted to focus on a problem, so when team member Rhandal Meyerink suggested air pollution the idea began to take shape.

After reading that air pollution was one of the world’s top 10 killers, the students came up with the idea of selling canisters of fresh air to consumers living in cities like Beijing.

“A decade ago, the world was shocked by the introduction

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■ RETAIL LAWS

There were a mere handful of complaints made nationwide about stores trading over Easter – and business leaders around the country say a law change is long overdue.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment was notified 15 times about businesses breaking trading laws over Easter weekend – well down on the 42 complaints lodged last year, and the lowest in at least four years.

Trading restrictions on Good Friday and Easter Sunday prohibit many shops from opening. Flouting the law can lead to a $1000 fine.

Retail New Zealand spokesperson Greg Harford said the industry strongly supported a law change allowing shops to open.

“The law, frankly, is completely archaic and out of date. It just doesn’t make sense in the 21st century,” he said. “These days, people shop 24/7 from the comfort of their own homes.”

Northland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Tony Collins said the lack of complaints reflected a changed public attitude toward shopping at Easter.

“The majority of people are probably in a position where they’re a lot more comfortable buying things on Easter Sunday

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6,381.4

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5,025.50

+87.0

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TT buy

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Saturday, April 23, 2016

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Landlord called out over flats Sue Newman

T

he Human Rights Act is a great piece of legislation, it ensures people cannot be discriminated against on terms of gender, race, age or for a host of other reasons.

But human rights can sometimes go just a bit too far.

If you’re a landlord, then you have every right to be picky about who gets the key to your home. But if you play strictly by the rules then you can’t choose your tenants according to a preset, if unwritten criteria. To keep it fair you should be offering the occupancy of your home to the first person willing to sign a tenancy agreement.

We all know that doesn’t happen.

A Rotorua apartment block owner, however has found out the hard way that while you might have a tenant criteria in mind, you daren’t let anyone know. He has a block of newly built one-bedroom apartments and he’s marketed them as a safe and private place for women wanting to live alone. Nothing wrong with that you might say and the public response to the women’s only enclave has generally been positive, except for the beige wearing, politically correct, they’re crying foul.

Apparently a landlord can’t discriminate on the grounds of gender, overtly at least. We all know when it comes to letting properties landlords pick and choose according to their own personal preferences, and so it should be.

We all abhor discrimination and the act is there to keep a cap on discrimination of the most obvious kind, but it would be naïve to think that discrimination is not widespread in a far more subtle way.

Why do dog owning tenants find it hard to get houses? Why do older people get passed over for jobs? Why can flatters state they’re looking for a gender specific flatmate?

We must protect the rights of individuals not to be discriminated against on whatever grounds, but sometimes the act of telling an individual what they can or cannot do becomes a human rights issue of another kind.

The Rotorua landlord has done nothing wrong, he’s just catering to a very specific market. It could have been blokes only or over 65s. It just happens that this time the properties on offer are for females only. Good business is about finding a niche and going for it.

YOUR VIEW Smoke and mirrors It is disappointing that the Ashburton District Council has attempted to do a shoddy smoke and mirrors act with respect to recharging the aquifer.

The council has claimed that the 45 litres/second that can be taken by the water bottling plant would be replenished with 60 litres/second, with the implication that we will end up with more water!

The public is not stupid and we all know that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The council well knows that our water resources are all linked, and the stockwater to be used to replenish the aquifer comes from the river or one of its tributaries.

This precious stockwater should remain in the river to help raise minimum flows. The water in the aquifer should stay in the aquifer so they are not depleted as quickly as they would be if used for bottled water. There are already too many consents for water takes from the aquifer.

Water in our area is over-allocated. It’s really quite simple – when water resources are over-allocated, you don’t keep giving it away.

Mary Ralston

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The Vinnies: Charity in action G

ood can come from bad, and one of the effects of the disastrous Canterbury earthquakes has been the revitalisation of a lot of former ageing infrastructure such as buildings.

A case in point is the historic precinct of the Ashburton Triangle. In pride of place at the point of the Triangle once stood the two-storied blue building that housed the St Vincent de Paul Centre.

Damaged in the earthquakes and rendered unsafe, it has now been replaced by a handsome new building that will serve the society and the Ashburton community for many years to come.

The bright blue and white building standing on the corner that will be opened for business next week will be a great testimony to the spirit and generosity of the members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul here in Ashburton and indeed throughout the world.

Geoff Gray

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The commitment of the Vinnies, as they are popularly known, to serve and help the poor and needy of society has been inspired by two great Frenchmen who were really the founding members of the society.

St Vincent de Paul himself was a French Catholic priest of really outstanding faith and goodness, who in the early years of the 17th Century founded in France “Confraternities of Charity” for the relief of the needy and the sick. He dedicated his life work to improve conditions for slaves, for prisoners, for people in hospital.

With a holy French woman, St Louise de Marillac, he founded a religious congregation, The Daughters of Charity, to care for the sick and the poor.

The great work done by these people inspired another young

Frenchman, Frederic Ozanam in 1833, while at the University of Paris, to found what is the present day Society of St Vincent de Paul, whose members are found working for the wellbeing of the needy throughout the Catholic world.

The inspiration for these holy men and women (hence the title Saint given them by the church in recognition of their profound love for God and their fellow men and women) came from their Christian faith and the teachings and example of Christ.

The Gospels of the “words and deeds” of Jesus present him as teaching and healing, so that “the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, lepers are cleansed, and the poor have the Good News preached to them”.

Jesus of course invited his followers to do the same, to work for a more just, compassionate and loving world where men and women are brothers and sisters, called to love and care for each other.

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Pope Francis has reminded his present day flock of the need to faithfully observe what have traditionally been called the Corporal Works of Mercy: inspired by the Commandment “to love your neighbour as yourself” they are to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, heal the sick, visit the imprisoned and bury the dead.

These essentially human virtues have deeply influenced many cultures throughout the world, and all help to make life for many people more liveable.

So as we congratulate the members of the St Vincent de Paul Society and their many helpers and supporters on the successful rebuild of the new blue shop in the Ashburton Triangle, we remain grateful that the Christian spirit that inspired the founders of the society and its works still inspires and so assists many people today.

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■ SYRIA

Aid reaches besieged town The UN special envoy for Syria said Thursday there was real but modest” progress in the country’s humanitarian situation despite a stumbling ceasefire, as one of the largest international aid convoys made it into a government-besieged opposition stronghold.

NATO said an increasingly fragile ceasefire remains the best hope for ending Syria’s five-year war, and the main Syrian opposition group said it would keep “experts” in Geneva next week to discuss issues like humanitarian aid even though it has pulled back from indirect peace talks with President Bashar Assad’s government.

Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy, said he would address the “next steps” in the UNbrokered peace talks after the Western-backed opposition walked out, accusing President Bashar Assad’s government of trying to wreck the negotiations with new fighting.

De Mistura called for improved aid access to besieged areas, which he said would boost chances for salvaging the teetering ceasefire.

“Bottom line: If humanitarian aid increases as they should be and the cessation of hostilities goes back into what we would consider a hopeful mood that would certainly help the political discussions,” he told reporters in Geneva, the locale of on-and-off intraSyrian peace talks under UN mediation in recent months.

The opposition group High Negotiations Committee, an umbrella group of Assad opponents, says it will keep “technical experts” in Ge-

Matt Damon Bourne again After a week of teaser clips, the official trailer for the new Jason Bourne movie has been released, with Matt Damon back at the centre of action. Having played the iconic CIA assassin in the first three films, Damon missed 2012’s instalment of the franchise, The Bourne Legacy, which saw Jeremy Renner as the star of the film. Now, almost a decade later since his last appearance as Bourne, the actor is back in another actionpacked thriller which finds the CIA’s lethal former operative drawn out of the shadows years later after The Bourne Ultimatum.

Also featuring in the trailer is fellow Bourne stalwart Julia Stiles, as well as new cast additions of Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, and Vincent Cassel.

Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, speaks after the Update on Task Force for Humanitarian Access in Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland.

PHOTO AP neva next week to focus on the truce, humanitarian aid, and a new, accelerated push it has sought from the UN to win the release of thousands of detainees held by the Syrian government.

The US-Russia-engineered ceasefire between Assad’s government and rebel fighters, which went into effect in late February, has excluded the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria – designated as terrorist organisations by the United Nations.

The truce has sharply reduced violence in Syria but has all but collapsed in the country’s north.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that the suspended participation of the Syrian opposition in the Geneva talks could lead to “a return of total armed conflict.”

“We have a situation where terrorists are desperately trying to disrupt the political process,” referring to the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, which said it was halting its involvement in talks, she said. Zakharova told reporters in Moscow that the armed standoff in Syria is growing, especially to the north and south of Aleppo.

While the Russian official

blamed Turkey for continuing to destabilise Syria by colluding with extremist groups, US deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes expressed Washington’s concern about a reported Russian buildup in Syria. He addressed reports that Russia was moving military personnel and equipment back into Syria – weeks after Moscow said that it would scale back its presence.

A Russian air campaign aiding the Syrian government launched in September has significantly reversed the tide of the war in recent months, enabling government advances.

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■ AUSTRALIA

Stefani’s divorce official US pop star Gwen Stefani is officially single again after her divorce from rocker Gavin Rossdale was finalised by a Los Angeles judge. The No Doubt star filed for divorce in August after separating from the Bush frontman, her husband of nearly 13 years, and on April 8 a judge approved their settlement. According to documents obtained by TMZ.com, Stefani and Rossdale will have joint physical and legal custody of their three sons Kingston, 9, Zuma, 7, and Apollo, 2. They also both agreed neither will get child or spousal support payments.

60 Minutes crew relieved to be home Shortly after 10pm in Australia on Thursday night, 60 Minutes journalist Tara Brown, producer Stephen Rice, cameraman Ben Williamson and sound recordist David Ballment landed at Sydney airport.

The team had flown from Lebanon via Dubai immediately after being released from their Beirut prison cells.

They cleared customs in Sydney shortly before 11pm and were rushed past waiting media minutes later. Brown had few words for reporters but they said it all.

“It’s just so good to be home,” she said.

The group’s release was secured after a deal with Ali Elamine, who agreed to withdraw charges against 60 Minutes and his estranged wife Sally Faulkner for trying to snatch back the couple’s two children, 5 and 3 on April 7.

They left behind a nightmare fortnight and arrived to a packed media scrum and

The 60 Minutes crew is delighted to be back home. endless questions over the incident.

Ballment spent a few moments with the media before he too was rushed into a black van and whisked away. He said he was tired and looking forward to a shower and spending time with his family.

News Corp reporter David Murray spoke with Channel Nine news director Darren

Wick at Beirut airport before the group boarded the flight to Dubai.

“Relief,” is how Wick described the feeling of securing their release.

“We’ve still got to do a debrief with these guys as well.

They want to have their first conversation with their family.”

Channel Nine is staying

tight-lipped over exactly how the deal to free its staff went down. Of particular interest is how much money was paid to Mr Elamine for the group’s freedom.

The Lebanese-born surf instructor insists he has not received a cent, however News Corp revealed Channel Nine paid $US500,000 to Mr Elamine in the official settlement registered with the prosecuting judge.

The group was detained along with agents from Child Abduction Recovery International, including founder Adam Whittington.

Mr Whittington and one of the operatives, Craig Michael, are still facing charges in Beirut, much to the disappointment of their lawyer, Joe Karam.

“It is not appropriate for Channel Nine to arrange a deal and not include the men they asked to execute it,” Mr Karam said.

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Adele features in rich list Adele has been named Britain’s richest ever female musician - but is one of only three solo women to make it onto a new list of the top 50 wealthiest pop stars in the British Isles. The Hello singer is estimated to be worth £85 million (NZ$174.72 million), £35 million up from a year ago, putting her in 30th place on the Music Millionaires Top 50 list from The Sunday Times. She is also ranked at the top of the Young Music Rich List of performers aged 30 and under this year. Australian singer Kylie Minogue is worth £55 million and is at position number 42. Minogue is tied alongside Coldplay’s Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion, and The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood. Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell top the list once again, with a joint fortune of £760 million, which is up £30 million from last year.

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■ BRAZIL

A bike lane is missing a section after it collapsed onto the beach below in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Helicopters fished the two who died out of the water and laid them out on the golden sands of Sao Conrado beach. Initially covered by colourful beach sarongs, they were later shrouded by a sheet of black plastic.

The bodies were left on the sand for hours. A crowd of beach-goers gathered around the corpses, while others continued a game of beach soccer nearby. It was a public holiday in Brazil, and with the weather sunny

and warm, the city’s bike paths, beaches and other outdoor recreational spots were packed.

Joao Ricardo Tinoco identified one of the victims as his brotherin-law, Eduardo Marinho Albuquerque. He said the 54-year-old father of one was out jogging at the time of the accident. Tinoco’s sister, Eliane, kneeled over the body, kissing his face and begging to be given another moment to “say goodbye” to her husband.

Carvalho said it was too early to tell what caused the accident and said an investigation was under way.

Shoddy construction is a perennial problem in Brazil, where graft is a fixture of many construction projects.

“It’s clear that an accident like this is unpardonable,” Carvalho told the Globo television network. The entire 4-kilometre bike path, which links the beachfront neighbourhoods of Sao Conrado and Leblon, is now closed, he said.

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■ MEXICO

Prince’s purple reign ends

Blast kills at least 13

Prince could play guitar like Carlos Santana or Jimi Hendrix, sing like James Brown, turn out pop melodies worthy of Motown or lay down the deepest grooves this side of Sly and the Family Stone.

But no one could mistake his sound for anyone but Prince.

The dazzlingly talented and charismatic singer, songwriter, arranger and instrumentalist who died yesterday at his home drew upon the history of modern popular music and created a gender- and genre-defying blend of rock, funk and soul.

With hits including 1999, Purple Rain and Little Red Corvette, Prince’s records sold more than 100 million copies and earned him Grammys and an Academy Award for music.

The Minneapolis native stood just 5 feet, 2 inches, yet made a powerful visual impact at the dawn of the MTV era, proving to be the Little Richard for the ’80s, from his wispy moustache and tall pompadour to his colourful and suggestive outfits – the counterpart to the openly erotic lyrics that made him one of the most sexually daring artists of the era.

“He rewrote the rulebook, forging a synthesis of black funk and white rock that served as a blueprint for cutting-edge music in the Eighties,” reads his dedication in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “Prince made dance music that rocked and rock music that had a bristling, funky backbone. From the beginning, Prince and his music were androgynous, sly, sexy and provocative.”

The 57-year-old superstar passed away yesterday at his

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In brief

Bike lane collapses, two dead A new elevated bike path that was heralded as a top legacy project of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics collapsed yesterday, killing at least two people.

The accident on the Tim Maia bike path was the latest in a series of problems besetting preparations for the August 5-21 games, which include worries about an outbreak of the Zika virus, political turmoil that threatens to topple President Dilma Rousseff, underwhelming ticket sales and budget cuts amid Brazil’s worst recession in decades.

Municipal Secretary Pedro Paulo Carvalho said a third person was thought to be missing after a giant wave apparently swept up a rocky cliff, lifted an approximately 50 metre stretch of the bike path and sent it plunging onto the rocks and sea below.

Rio’s fire department confirmed only the two deaths. Local news media said two other people were rescued alive.

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Prince, a dazzlingly talented and charismatic singer, songwriter, arranger and instrumentalist. home in suburban Minneapolis.

The local sheriff said deputies found Prince unresponsive in an elevator after being summoned to his home, but that first-responders couldn’t revive him.

“I am confirming that Prince, the legendary iconic performer has died at his home this morning at Paisley Park,” his publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press in a phone call.

No details about what may have caused his death have been released. Prince postponed a concert in Atlanta on April 7, saying he had fallen ill with the flu, and he apologised to fans during a makeup concert last week. An autopsy is scheduled.

Mick Jagger was among numerous musicians, actors and other public figures praising the artist, tweeting: “Prince’s talent was limitless. He was one of the most unique and talented artists of the last 30 years.” Madonna called him a “true visionary,” while Oprah Winfrey tweeted: “Prince the doves really are crying now. Listening to your mu-

sic. Remembering you.”

Even President Barack Obama – for whom Prince was a White House guest last year – released a statement, saying he and his wife “joined millions of fans from around the world” in mourning Prince’s sudden death.

“Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent,” Obama said. “‘A strong spirit transcends rules’, Prince once said - and nobody’s spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative.”

Born Prince Rogers Nelson, Prince broke through in the late 1970s with the hits Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? and I Wanna Be Your Lover, and soared over the following decade with such albums as 1999 and Purple Rain. The title song from 1999, his funky and flippant anthem about an oncoming nuclear holocaust, includes one of the most quoted refrains of popular culture: “Tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999.” - AP

Desperate relatives gathered outside a petrochemical plant Thursday hoping for news about loved ones still unaccounted for a day after an explosion killed at least 13 workers.

Officials said 18 workers had been reported missing.

About 30 families massed at a plant entrance road, where a sharp chemical smell still hung in the air about 2 kilometres from where the blast occurred.

Many wore facemasks to ward off the pungent odour.

Shoving broke out as people unsuccessfully tried to force their way into the installation in Coatzacoalcos on Mexico’s southern Gulf coast.

Some shouted at marines and soldiers who were called in to guard the facility, and they threw rocks at a white government SUV when it arrived at the scene.

Rosa Villalobos travelled about four hours by bus from the city of Veracruz to scour Coatzacoalcos hospitals looking for her son, Luis Alfonso Ruiz Villalobos, a 25-year-old worker at the plant. When she couldn’t find him she showed up at the plant entrance.

“What I want is for justice to be done in my son’s case, for there to be no impunity,” Villalobos said. “I’m going to stay here. Even though I have no money, even though I have nothing to eat, I’m staying put.”

Some volunteers brought food and drink to the families.

After a while authorities began taking people inside in small groups to see a list of those confirmed dead.

- AP

Marijuana law revamp?

President Enrique Pena Nieto said yesterday that he will ask Mexico’s Congress to raise the limit on decriminalised marijuana for personal use to 28 grams, or about one ounce. Currently, only possession of five grams, or less than a fifth of an ounce, is exempt from prosecution. “This means that consumption would no longer be criminalised,” Pena Nieto said.

Possession of larger amounts would still be punishable under drug trafficking laws. Pena Nieto’s proposal also would allow the use and importation of cannabis-based medications and it would free people who are on trial or serving time for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana.

- AP

Sentence upheld Taiwan’s supreme court has upheld the death sentence given to a university student over a random May 2014 knife attack in a subway car in the capital Taipei that left four people dead and 22 injured.

The denial of Cheng Chieh’s third and final appeal draws a line under one of the most shocking crimes to strike the island’s prosperous and generally non-violent society in years. Before the attack, Cheng posted a message on his Facebook page saying he “wanted to do something big”. During sentencing by a lower court, he was quoted as saying that he would not mind receiving a death sentence. - AP

Killing condemned Guatemala protested the killing of a 13-year-old boy in a border-shooting incident involving Belizean soldiers, the latest flashpoint in a long territorial dispute between the Central American neighbours.

President Jimmy Morales called it a “cowardly and excessive attack” that merits the “total condemnation of the Guatemalan state”. Guatemalan authorities said teenager Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano, his father and his 11-yearold brother were attacked as they planted crops in the community of San Jose Las Flores near Melchor de Mencos, which is on the border between the department of Peten and Belize.

- AP

Plane leaves Hawaii Two pilots are slowly carving their way into a new future of solarpowered flight as one embarks on the latest leg of their aroundthe-world journey in a plane powered only by the sun. After some uncertainty about winds, the Solar Impulse team took off from Hawaii, and hours later it was still ascending over the Pacific attempting to reach a high altitude before night sets in. The Swissmade Solar Impulse 2 was on course to land in Mountain View, California, in about three days. - AP

Quake toll rises The death count from Ecuador’s worst earthquake in a decade rose to at least 587 yesterday even as the country faced another grim toll: a long and costly reconstruction effort likely to cost billions of dollars. President Rafael Correa announced he would raise sales taxes and put a one-time levy on millionaires to help pay for reconstruction.

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CONNECTIONS

Eskay Hankerchiefs 3 pack $16

East Street, Ashburton - Phone 308 5771 www.sparrows.co.nz Open Mon - Fri 9am - 5.30pm Sat 10am – 2pm Sun 11am – 2pm

Harri Mocs $109.90

House of Hearing

Sovrano Driving Caps

Tamarac slippers $59.90

$29.90

WINTER STOCK NOW IN STORE Rieker 79693-24 Erin Tan

Your Rieker Destination Store Rieker 72862-45 Effie Grey

Rieker 70564-35 Edie Red

Plants for all projects.

- Landscaping Plants - Ornamental & Specimen trees - Native plants for all purposes - Hedging plants & Topiaries - Fruit & Nut plants.

SOUTHERN

WOODS

Earnest Braun (Tan) Rieker 31523-25

PLANT NURSERY

www.comfyshoes.co.nz 49 Main Road, Pleasant Point Phone: 03 614 8750 - A/H 0508 RIEKER 743537

100% NZ Owned & Operated

Experience. The Difference

Hours: 11am - 4pm Tuesday to Saturday

1133 Main South Road - Call 0800 800 352 - www.southernwoods.co.nz

To advertise here contact Trudy on 021 959 783 or 307 7955

Daily Events Saturday 9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, coffee and hot food. Northern end West Street Car Park.

9am - 12pm CRAFT MARKET. Good variety of crafts. West Street Car Park.

9.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Sunday 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

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

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Service and worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge.

Baring Square East.

Monday (ANZAC Day) 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

9am - 12pm ST PAUL’S CHURCH HOLIDAY PROGRAMME. Games, music, craft, stories, fun and more. St Paul’s Church Hall, 65 Oxford

Community Garden, Thomson Street.

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

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY HIRE. Open for toy hire. Methodist Church Baring Square.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street. Closed today.

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

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

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

10am - 4pm POPPY MAKING PROJECT. Make a poppy to add to the WWI Wall of Honour. Materials provided.

Open daily. Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, West Street.

1pm

MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Registration at 1pm, race start 1.30pm sharp. Fords Road, Tinwald.

1.30pm ASHBURTON JOGGING AND WALKING GROUP. Meet at the Ashburton Domain Oval Pavilion. All welcome.

6pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship and Harvest Thanksgiving led by Paul Inwood, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Service to commemorate ANZAC Day. Havelock Street.

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

10am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10am - 4pm POPPY MAKING PROJECT. Make a poppy to add to the WWI Wall of Honour. Materials provided.

Open daily. Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, West Street.

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

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

11am - 4pm THE PLAINS RAILWAY. Steam train rides, Museum Village open. Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

Street.

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

Main Street, Methven.

12noon - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Free lunch every Monday. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock

Streets, entry off Cass Street.

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

1pm - 4pm POPPY MAKING PROJECT. Make a poppy to add to the WWI Wall of Honour. Materials provided.

Open daily. Ashburton Art Gallery and

Heritage Centre, West Street.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC PARISH CENTRE. Euchre, all welcome. (not public holidays). Cnr Burnett and Winter Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Speaker - Wendy Millichamp. Raffle, sales, supper. Sports Pavilion, Walnut Ave.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Qualified Landscape Gardener

Health & Safety Position Our friendly team are looking for someone to join their team to focus on Health and Safety.

This is a part time position of approximately 15 hours per week.

Grounds & Services Ltd is a long established company, providing services in the areas of turf and landscaping amenities, plant pest control, civil construction and mechanical repairs and maintenance.

The applicant must have strong office and communication skills with a willingness to learn.

Training will be provided.

Our team provide the level of service and quality of work required to be a preferred supplier. The successful applicants will have the same drive and work ethic to achieve great results, every time.

All applicants will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

So, if you think this sounds’ like you, and you enjoy working outdoors no matter what the weather, then this may be the job for you.

Please provide a cover letter and full CV, marked the attention of:

To be successful in this role you must: • Hold a minimum Level 4 Horticulture • Hold a current NZ Driver Licence (class 2 would be desirable but not essential) • Have good plant knowledge • Be self-motivated, able to work both independently and as part of a team • Be experienced with good references and at least 3 years’ experience in commercial gardening • Be reliable and hardworking with a friendly and professional manner • Be flexible and adaptable, and able to work to deadlines • A current Growsafe and/or Site Safe certification would be desirable but is not essential as training will be provided

Health & Safety Position McIntosh Group PO Box 464, Ashburton 7740 Or you can email your application to jobs@mcintoshgroup.co.nz Applications must be received no later than 4 pm Friday, April 29, 2016

In return we can offer you a competitive hourly rate and full company uniform as well as the opportunity to work for a dynamic and growing company committed to being recognised as a market leader and contractor of choice.

Please forward your cover letter and CV in application to hr@gsl.nz

Essential Nutrition specialises in Animal Health & Performance, providing advice and supplementation programmes for farmers.

We have a 3 month fixed term office assistant position in Ashburton. If you have attributes and skills in the following areas we would love to hear from you: • reliable and punctual • natural ability to build and maintain relationships • great communication - verbal and written • flexible and courteous in handling a variety of tasks • general office administration • accurate and efficient data entry including using Excel You will be part of a friendly team who are committed to supplying products and service to a high standard, and who have a can do attitude.

This role may be a lead into a future permanent role being offered later in 2016 for the right person.

Apply with Cover Letter and CV attached by Tuesday, April 26, 2016 to: Essential Nutrition Ltd, PO Box 23-074, Templeton, Christchurch 8445 or email to: application@essentialnutrition.co.nz

Practice Nurse Position Part-time/Relieving Maternity Leave Position 22 rostered hours plus holiday relieving and some weekend work.

Registered Nursing qualifications essential.

Practise nursing experience is an advantage.

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?  Housing  Commercial  Farm

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

Methven Medical Centre Ph: 03 302 8105 Email: desk@methvenmedical.co.nz Applications close on Wednesday, April 27, 2016.

We require a full time sales assistant to join our busy tourist retail shop based in Ashburton. The applicant will be required to promote our shop and the stock we sell to our potential customers.

The ability to speak confidently and persuasively is important. For the promotions and sales to be successful, the applicant must also have an in-depth understanding of the customer’s cultures and what products they are attracted to. You should have a bright friendly personality.

The ability to speak Mandarin is a must to cater for the Asian tour market.

• Chinese Cuisine Chef We are looking for an experienced Chef who is able to work flexible days and hours, and has experience in Chinese cuisine as we mainly cater for the Asian tour market.

The applicant will be required to plan menus, manage and maintain food quality control, execute dishes to a high standard, be able to work under pressure in a team environment, and be able to work on shift rotations. The applicant should meet the following criteria:

Please send your current CV to john.y@farmerscorner.co.nz or to:

Machinery Operator / General Farm Worker Office Assistant

• Sales Assistant

1. Have at least three years experience as a Chef 2. Expertise in Chinese cuisine is a must.

Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit. You will also be required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol test.

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We are currently seeking a Landscape Gardener / Team Leader, based at Burnham to join our Open Spaces team.

As a Landscape Gardener at Grounds & Services you will responsible for assisting with general hard and soft gardening duties including maintenance, landscape development, weeding, spraying, mulching and pruning.

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We Help Save Lives

Wairuna Farm Ltd operates a large and diverse stock, cropping and horticulture business with properties at Eiffelton and Lowcliffe, near Ashburton. We seek a motivated and well-rounded person to fill this position focusing on all aspects of the farm operation with emphasis on arable and stock work.

Attributes we seek include: -

We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago. ac.nz/chchheart

• A happy and positive attitude • Strongly focused on quality and attention to detail • Adaptability, intelligence and the ability to problem solve • Willingness to work as part of a larger team • Experience with machinery and stock This is a live-off position with no family accommodation currently available. The position will be predominantly based at the Eiffleton properties, 16km from Ashburton.

The employers are noted for their retention of staff through providing an enjoyable working environment and supporting their team to develop.

For any enquiries contact Rob Stevenson on 027 612 6098.

The Manager Farmers Corner Ltd Cnr Longbeach Rd & S.H 1 Ashburton

THINKING OF A CHANGE? Real Estate New Zealand-ashburton is a successful, independent, boutique, communitybased company in Ashburton and are looking for a new salesperson to join our team.

At Real Estate New Zealand we strive to get that balance between work time and leisure time. We also place an important emphasis on supporting our community via many sponsorships and donations.

We pride ourselves on a strong team environment and are committed to helping you reach your potential and to be the best that you can be.

Being an independent company, there are no boundaries as to where you can sell, or franchise fees which can further limit your income.

So whether you are thinking of a change of employment or are already a licensed, experienced sales person, Real Estate New Zealand-ashburton would like to hear from you.

Full training and confidentiality is assured. To find out more about this exciting and rewarding opportunity, complete an online employment application at: realestatenewzealand.net.nz/employment/ ashburton-only/ or email: admin@realestatenewzealand.net.nz

To apply email rob@teamwork-si.co.nz or post to 976 Longbeach Road, RD4 Ashburton 7774 Applications close May 4, 2016.

Trevor Hurley Real Estate limited mreinz - reaa 2008

FLOORING Come check our great flooring options:

Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

• Tiles • Vinyl • Carpet • Woodfloor Call today for an obligation free quote

AUTO TRIM, CANVAS & SHADE Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton www.petermay.co.nz

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

East to Burnett Street, Ashburton | Phone 03 308 5269

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PLANTS, PRODUCE

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

N.Z Kiwifruit 1kg $2.49 bag HASTINGS MCLEOD LTD Hastings McLeod Limited Licensed REAA 2008

Potatoes 10kg Tomatoes 500gm Grapes 500gm Onions 5kg

Telephone 03 307 9176

COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT

TENDER WEB ID AC48879

ASHBURTON 69 Tancred Street

Central CBD office and retail building with great prominence and foot traffic.

This property provides the opportunity to upgrade the building to a high seismic rating with a strong anchor tenant and good lease terms. Enquire for full details.

Specials available from 19/04 - 26/04

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

VIEW By Appointment TENDER closes Friday 6th May, 2016 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior)

TRAVEL

Fresh Fruit & Vege

Beckley Coachlines Programme

For bookings phone 308 7646

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline

OPEN HOME 18 Charlesworth Drive, Allenton Lochlea Estate * architecturally designed * three bedroom plus ensuite * open plan living * new build * quality fittings * top Allenton location Open Homes: This Saturday and Sunday between 1.00pm and 2.00pm Contact: 027 272 7837or 03 302 6887

0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON TRADES, SERVICES SHED wanted for removal to build covered yards. Any suitable building or materials considered. Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

WANTED Arable land to lease Arable land wanted to lease Any size and location considered Phone Chris on 027 680 3818.

FOR SALE

Peastraw - $6 Lucerne Hay - $12 Meadow Hay - $10 Rye Grass Straw - $8 Barley Straw - $7

www.propertybrokers.co.nz

Buyer enquiry range $605,000 - $620,000

WANTED

308-1095

PUBLIC NOTICES

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable service contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989.

30 years local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD Discount card welcomed.

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

Real Estate New Zealand ashburton

24/7 Appraisals 308 6173

Cameron Courts Retirement Villas

Two 1 bedroom Villas NOW AVAILABLE

For more information, please contact

Cameron Courts 308 8534 or Ashwin Mani 021 527 433

MOTORING

FOR SALE - 2007 Honda CRV Sport Plus, 125,000kms, $15,000. Phone 308 8662.

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life SITUATIONS WANTED of your tyres with an WORK WANTED on farm. 20 alignment from Neumanns years experience. Married Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Kiwi man. Looking for position Street. Phone 308-6737. handy to Ashburton/ Christchurch.

Will be available for interviews as in MEETINGS, EVENTS the area next week. Phone Mid Canterbury 027 226 0506.

Animal Shelter AGM RURAL TRADING POST Friday, May 6 at 7 PM AMSOIL SYNTHETIC St John Ashburton LUBRICANTS - All oils, 241 Tancred St, greases, fuel additives, filters, Ashburton antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust Everyone is welcome to bust, rain clear, engine attend, see what we are cleaner and more. Call local all about and how you distributor. Veehof phone 302 can become a member 2911. or volunteer.

PUBLIC NOTICES Mid Canterbury Aero Club Notice of AGM Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7.30pm To be held at MCAC club rooms at the airport on Seafield Road.

By rotation Ian Begbie and Richard Tait are up for election and they have both put themselves up for reelection.

D&E MARINE

FOR FUN ON THE WATER

Klondyke Storage Lake Information Public Forums

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More information can be found on the RDRML website: www.rdrml.co.nz or by phoning RDRML, Chief Executive, Ben Curry on phone: 021 893 944 or 03 307 8320.

The Ashburton Vintage Car Club

has been granted approval for a closed day for the purpose of our annual

Swap Meet

at Maronan Road on May 7, 2016.

Entry fee to the grounds will apply.

LOST, FOUND MISSING BLACK LABRADOR

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

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

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

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

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

HIRE

LIVESTOCK, PETS

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

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

FLOAT hire - single, double and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & Feed. Phone 308-3422 anytime.

GRAZING

MAY – MAY heifer grazing available, experienced OFFICE available for rent. grazier. Phone Canterbury Parking, 24 hour access, Grazing Ltd 0273 786 314 nightly security. Minutes from WINTER grazing Overdale CBD. Ph 021 554 570. kale / grass and silage and STORAGE unit for lease. Fire good yards. Phone 027 284 rated storage unit (7.85 x 0377.

3.90m) in secure, alarm monitored compound, WINTER grazing Overdale accessible 24/7. Please kale / grass and silage and phone Nicola at Bradfords 03 good yards. Phone 027 284 0377.

308 9039.

LET OR LEASE

STORAGE units available.

Various sizes. Rainbow Storage. Ph 307 0401.

Situations Vacant

307 7900

Pick up 15 Bryant St during office hours.

Free delivery within Town Boundary for orders over $200.

0800 QUIGLEY No EFTPOS - CASH ONLY

A range of experts covering engineering design, construction effects, dam risk, environmental and recreational issues and opportunities will be available to discuss the lake. Anyone interested in learning more about the Klondyke Storage Lake is welcome to attend. These are drop-in sessions.

Missing since Wednesday April 20 from Winters Road, Pendarves, 6 months old, red collar.

Contact Jane Grice 027 433 4343.

AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE 153 Moore St 03 3077620

(all conventional bales)

Wednesday, April 27 11am to 2pm, Hinds Hall 4pm to 7pm, Mayfield Hall

Affordable in today’s market. Price range from $125k-$145k

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◊ MacKenzie Country Tour 21 - 23 May includes Tekapo, Mt Cook, Twizel, Kurow and more.

Relax with D B B in the Mac Kenzie Country Hotel.

Package price $340

$6.99 bag $2.99 bag $2.99 ea $3.99 bag

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Birthday Greetings Bailey Kingan Wishing you Bailey a very happy 8th birthday. Hope you have a great day with your friends. Love Mum Dad Lachlan Harrison and Sophia. xx Isaac Moore Wow 5 already.

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Lots of love from Mum, Dad, Jenna and Simon.

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

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LIVESTOCK, PETS

FOR SALE

Surplus winter feed and no mouths to eat it?

ASHBURTON RETURNED AND SERVICES ASSOC (Inc)

ANZAC DAY

Give us a call Dave Marsh 0274 920 875 Phil Cushnie 0274 399 555

COMMEMORATION SERVICES

The following services have been arranged and all citizens of the Ashburton County are invited to attend.

MONDAY APRIL 25, 2016

• 9.00am - CEMETERY SERVICE - SERVICES PLOT Service conducted by Major Ken Smith. RSA members assemble at north end of Service Personnel plot 8.45am • 11.00am - CIVIC SERVICE & WREATH LAYING Cenotaph, Baring Square West Service conducted by: Rev David Brown.

Guest speakers: Ashburton College head girl and head boy.

Speaker: Jo Goodhew.

Limited seating available for elderly citizens. 150 seats reserved for returned/service personnel.

Ex service personnel, also other groups: scouts, guides etc assemble at the corner of Havelock and Park Streets by 10.45am.

Dress for all services, mufti and medals. Courtesy van available phone 308 7175 • HINDS SUB-BRANCH Service at Hinds Hall at 10am Conducted by Rev. Rob Davison Ex service personnel and scouts and guides assemble at Scout Den at 9.45am.

• MAYFIELD SUB-BRANCH Service at Mayfield Memorial Hall at 10am. Parade to assemble at Mayfield Tavern Carpark at 9.30am. Parade leaves at 9.45am.

Minister: Rev. Joan Clarke.

Speaker: Paul Chamberlain.

Silver Band in attendance.

Morning tea to follow, a plate would be appreciated. All welcome.

• METHVEN SUB-BRANCH Assemble at the Memorial Arch on McDonald Street at 9.15am. March 9.30am.

Service at Mt Hutt Memorial Hall at 10.00am.

Speaker: Anna Leask Minister: Ralph Penno Morning tea in the supper room of the Memorial Hall.

All Methven residents welcome.

• RAKAIA Service at the Rakaia Community Centre Parade commences at 9.30am followed by a commemorative service and morning tea in the hall.

FOR SALE FIREWOOD for sale. $170 per cord (3.6 m³). Seasoned pine, delivered. Phone or text Sue 0211 624 102.

MITSUBISHI heat pump, model MSZ-A24YV, wall unit.

Heating output 6.8 - cooling 6.00. Excellent condition and working order. Details ring 308 6162.

FIREWOOD for sale. Wellseasoned, dry Old Man Pine $165 per cord (delivered) within Ashburton and local surroundings. Call Rowan, 027 271 7730 or 03 302 0875.

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

Phone 308-3602

700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

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

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 3066.

Tinwald Medical Centre, Archibald Street, will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday.

They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 6565.

Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, will be the duty doctor for Monday (Anzac Day) until 8am Tuesday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 5pm until 6pm.

No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 3066.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

For Saturday, Sunday and Anzac Day doctor and emergency details, please telephone the Rakaia Medical Centre, ph 303 5002.

Friday, April 22 Saturday, April 23 10am to 3pm D’Fault Café building, cnr Forest Drive & McMillan Street, Methven

10.30am Worship Every Sunday 63 Princes Street All welcome Rev. David Bayne Ph 307 7355

Jubilee Christian Fellowship

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

BUSTY blonde, mature and fun. Friday 6pm to Saturday 12am. Phone Terri 022 065 7059.

CINDY, kiwi, attractive, long hair, size 8, busty. Lots of fun.

Phone calls only, private 027 363 7916.

SAVANANNAH - long raven hair. Lovely melons. Sorry, no texting. Please phone 021 044 0698.

10am Every Sunday All welcome

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Morning Service

GOOD quality, shed stored lucerne hay. Conventional bales. Phone Jacob 0274 225 464.

Speaker: Rob Davison Creche available Refreshments to follow 6pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

provide an accident and emergency service.

Except in cases of emergency, persons requiring medical attention must consult their own or the duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners note of referral.

PHARMACIES

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and Anzac Day and from 6pm - 8pm all three evenings.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

-Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

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

307 7900

Have you lost your way in Life?

Join us this Sunday to discover HOPE for 2016.

Including Children’s church See you at cnr Cass & Cameron St’s Sundays @10.00am Everyone is welcome Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

New Zealand

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Fear binds you but the truth will set you free.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

Life 2 da Max (Kids Church)

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Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT

EMERGENCY DENTIST

is having their annual stock clearance.

FIREWOOD - Green old man CARAVANS, TRAILERS pine $120, semi $170, semi FOR sale - light trailer, tidy, blue gum $200, green blue WOF and registered. Ph 027 ACCOMMODATION, gum $160 per 3.6m³. Phone 361 2244.

RENTAL Shane James Firewood 303 FOR RENT - Four bedroom 7063.

BUSINESS NOTICES house, heat pump, double garage. West side location.

Physiotherapist Professionals preferred. No FOR SALE: Atlas Cosmos pets. Reference required. thermowave oven. Simpson Paul Annear Phone 027 332 9272. washing machine. Both in good order, suit flat or bach.

Injury Management $100 each. Ph 308 8091.

Available at 256 Moore Street.

FOR SALE - Table saw, runs Motoring on petrol! $200.00, mountain Mondays and bike $50.00. 82 Pattons 307 7900 Thursdays Road, Mount Somers or 303 9773.

Phone 307 0560 Real Estate

Weekend Services

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800

FOR SALE

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Church Services

Clothe

Great designer brands of clothing and footwear at crazy prices.

• 6.30am - DAWN SERVICE Dawn service at the Cenotaph, Baring Square West. Service conducted by Major Ken Smith of the Salvation Army.

MEDICAL SERVICES

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307 7900

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

HELPLINE SERVICES

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

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

MENTAL HEALTH - Call free on 0800

222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual

Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

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

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

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - INFORMATION CENTRES 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Holidays 10am until 3pm.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

COMMUNITY SERVICES ART GALLERY

327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890.

Weekends 1pm - 4pm. Research facilities

weekday afternoons.

RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS

The Ashburton and Rakaia resource recovery parks and Methven inorganic materials drop-off facility will be closed on Monday, April 25. The Ashburton resource recovery park will also be closed on April 26 for construction works. It will also be closed over the weekend following to complete the construction works. Actual dates are yet to be confirmed.

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce.

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - President – 021 135 6969.

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Patrick Tayler. Small: Refer Vetlife.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Renate Haveman.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Ciprian Verdes. Small: Matt Wong.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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Saturday, April 23, 2016 TV ONE

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TV THREE

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar When a shearing family are turned down for a bank loan, they help one another to lease, then buy, a farm each.

One couple has gone on to win a prestigious Maori farming trophy. 0 7am Rural Delivery 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 The Game Chef 0 10am Come Dine With Me PGR Noon Saturday Kitchen 1pm Instant Gardener 0 2pm Kiwi Living 3 0 3pm Border Security 0 3:30 Along For The Ride 0 4pm F River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 0 5pm Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 N Britain’s Got Talent 0 8pm L Lotto The Lotto draw.

8:05 Britain’s Got Talent 0 8:45 Coronation Street PGR 0 9:45 F Flash Families PGR 0 10:45 The Astronaut Wives’ Club PGR 0

6am Tiki Tour 3 0 6:25 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:30 Little Monstar 3 0 6:40 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 7:05 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:25 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 7:50 Pokemon XY 3 0 8:15 Hulk And The Agents Of Smash 0 8:40 F The Barefoot Bandits 0 9:10 Clarence 0 9:35 Mighty Med 10am Fresh PGR 10:30 Step

By Step 0 11am Full House 0 11:30 According To Jim 0 Noon The Fosters PGR 1pm F Pretty Little Liars PGR 0 2pm The Flash 0 3pm F Supergirl 0 4pm Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 0 5:30 Bear Grylls – Survival School 0 6pm Betty White’s Off Their Rockers 0 6:30 The Middle 0 7pm M Police Academy PGR 1984 Comedy.

Steve Guttenburg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes. 0 8:55 M Saving Private Ryan AO 1998 Drama.

Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Baggage 3 11am Survivor – Blood v Water 30 Noon The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3 12:50 Come Dine With Me New Zealand PGR 3 0 1:20 Baggage PGR 3 1:50 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 2:55 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 3:55 Shark Tank 0 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 The Goldbergs (Starting Today) 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Ice Age – Dawn Of The Dinosaurs PGR 3 2009 Animation. Voices of Ray Romano, John Leguziamo, and Denis Leary. 0 8:55 M All Is Lost AO 2013 Drama.

During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a man fights for survival against the elements after his yacht collides with a stray shipping container.

Robert Redford. 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 8:25 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 8:50 Beyblade – Shogun Steel 3 9:15 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 9:40 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Drake And Josh 3 Drake fakes his way onto the school academic team to impress a girl.

5:30 Mr Young 3 6pm Victorious 3 Series about Tori Vega as she adjusts to a performing-arts high school.

6:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 7pm Million Dollar Listing James and David attend Josh Altman’s open house and stir up tension when they criticise the property.

8pm The Biggest Loser Australia 3 The fear week race continues to cause problems for the contestants and their now slimmer and fitter bodies.

10:30 Hounds AO 3

6am Home Shopping 11:30 NRL Fulltime Noon The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:30 Netball – ANZ Championship 3:30 F The Big Spring Clean 3 Andrew Graham-Dixon takes on the finishing tasks before welcoming visitors back into Petworth House.

4pm Animal Airport 3 Ross meets an angry bulldog; Sian welcomes a shipment of sheep from New Zealand; Chris must repack some pea fowl that have arrived in poor condition.

4:30 Addicted To Fishing 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Tigers About The House 3

11:40 M Made In Dagenham AO 2010 Biography Drama.

Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins. 0 1:50 L Football – English Premier League Liverpool v Newcastle. From Anfield in Liverpool.

4am Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

12:10 M Chloe AO 2009 Drama.

Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried.

0 1:50 M The Girl AO 2010 Biopic. Toby Jones, Sienna Miller.

0 3:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:25 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 3 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

11:10 Blue Bloods AO Danny and Baez investigate a drag queen’s homicide. 0 12:10 Stacey Dooley Investigates… Sex, Stags And Prague AO 3 1:15 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11pm Funny Roots PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 11:25 Baggage AO 3 11:50 Infomercials 5am Infomercials

11:40 60 Minutes PGR 3 Current affairs from New Zealand and around the world.

12:40 Home Shopping

CHOICE TV

MAORI TV

6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Natural World – Monkey Thieves 8:30 Wildlife SOS 9am Shark Man 9:30 Luke Nguyen’s France 10am Paul And Nick’s Big American Food Trip 10:30 Location, Location, Location 11:30 Auction Kings Noon George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 1pm Gardeners’ World 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm The Liquidator 3:30 Buying The Bayou 4pm Kirstie’s Handmade Showdown 5pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 5:30 Jamie At Home 6pm Getaway 6:30 Polar Bear Town 7:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives Hilary Kay investigates a rare medal, and reveals the details of an act of bravery.

8pm Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets PGR 9pm American Restoration 9:40 Backroad Bounty 10:40 Xtreme Endurance – Race To The Pole 11:30 Jamie At Home

6:30 Pukoro 2 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 7:30 Tribe 7:30 Tribe 8am Matika 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Playlist 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Cam’s Kai 3 10:30 Paki Vault 3 11am Kawe Korero – Reporters 1:30 The Big Hit 2pm Te Po Mekemeke 3 2:30 Friday Night Lights PGR 3:30 Te Po Mekemeke 3 4pm Whawhai 4:30 Get Your Fish On 3 5pm Moko Aotearoa 3

Midnight Hugh’s Three Good Things 12:30 Getaway 1am Kirstie’s Handmade Showdown 2am Polar Bear Town 3am Antiques Roadshow Detectives 3:30 American Restoration 4am Backroad Bounty 5am Buying The Bayou 5:30 The Liquidator

1:45 Combat Dealers PG 2:40 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 3:05 Pawn Stars PG 3:30 Lizard Lick Towing PG 3:55 Call Of The Wildman PG 4:20 N Psych MC Stylish art thief Pierre Despereaux summons Shawn to London to help on an undercover sting operation.

5:10 Parking Wars PGL

SUNDAY

7pm Storage Wars 7:30 Father Brown PGR Father Brown joins the search when a girl believed to be radioactive goes missing overnight.

8:35 Weekend Murders – Grantchester PGR 0 9:40 Rugby – Super Rugby (Delayed)

THE BOX 6am Parking Wars PGL 6:50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 7:20 Pawn Stars PG 7:45 Lizard Lick Towing PG 8:10 CSI MV 9am Survivor – South Pacific Marathon PG 11:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 2:20 Parking Wars PGL 3:10 Law And Order – UK MV 4:05 Psych MC 4:55 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 8pm Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Lizard Lick Towing PG 9pm Call Of The Wildman PG 9:30 Combat Dealers PG 10:30 RBT MC 10:55 Border Security PG 11:20 RAW MC

SUNDAY

6am World Rugby 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Highlanders v Sharks. 7am Golf World 7:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Shenzhen International – Round Two. 8am The Golf Fix 9am School Of Golf With Martin Hall. 10am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Broncos v Rabbitohs. Noon Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Highlanders v Sharks. 2pm Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Rising Pune Supergiants v Royal Challengers Bangalore. 2:30 Grassroots Rugby 3:30 Motorsport – WRC (Highlights) Rally Argentina – Day One. 4pm #SkySpeed 4:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Highlanders v Sharks.

5pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Sunwolves v Jaguares.

7:15 L Rugby – Super Rugby Hurricanes v Chiefs.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

9:40 L Rugby – Super Rugby Force v Waratahs.

From nib Stadium, Perth.

11:55 Fox Sports News 12:25 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 12:55 L Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Reds.

3:05 L Rugby – Super Rugby Kings v Lions. 5:15 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 5:45 Random Rugby TV

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 3 6:30 M Airplane PGR 1980 Comedy. Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen.

8:05 Waiata 3 8:35 M All Quiet On The Western Front AO 1979 War Drama.

Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasance, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal.

11:15 Te Kaea 3 2 11:45 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Magic Of Science PG Leap of Faith. 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:25 Killing Fields M 10:20 Dual Survival M 11:15 Treehouse Masters PG 12:10 Gold Rush PG 1:05 Naked And Afraid M 2pm Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG 2:55 Close Encounters PG 3:25 Close Encounters PG 3:50 Railroad Australia PG 4:45 Alaskan Bush People M 5:40 You Have Been Warned M 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Salvage Hunters PG 9:30 Railroad Australia PG 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Smart China PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Naked And Afraid M 12:55 Over My Dead Body M 1:25 Over My Dead Body M 1:50 Flying Wild Alaska PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG 4:10 Flying Wild Alaska PG 5:05 Mythbusters PG

Ice Age – Dawn of the Dinosaurs , 7pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:05 Paul Blart – Mall Cop 2 PGV 2015 Comedy. Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez. 7:40 Hours ML 2013 Thriller. Paul Walker. 9:15 The Making Of Fury PGV 9:35 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action.

Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko.

11:25 Life Of Crime 16VLSC 2013 Crime. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Aniston.

1:05 Paul Blart – Mall Cop 2 PGV 2015 Comedy. Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez. 2:40 Small Time MLS 2014 Drama. Christopher Melon, Devon Bostick. 4:15 Blended MLS 2014 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore. 6:10 Avengers – Age Of Ultron MV 2015 Action.

Robert Downey jr, Mark Ruffalo.

8:30 Foxcatcher MVC 2014 Drama.

Steve Carell, Channing Tatum.

10:45 A Walk Among The Tombstones 16VLS 2013 Thriller.

Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens.

SUNDAY

12:40 Wrecker 16VLS 2015 Horror.

2:05 Avengers – Age Of Ultron MV 2015 Action.

4:25 Foxcatcher MVC 2014 Drama.

Blue Bloods

11:10pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 8:20 Speed MV 1994 Action.

Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper. 10:15 The Hangover 16LS 2009 Comedy.

Bradley Cooper. 11:55 Hope Springs ML 2003 Comedy Romance.

Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver. 1:25 Shaun Of The Dead M 2004 Horror Comedy. Simon Pegg, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield. 3pm Titanic ML 1997 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. 6:10 The Island MVL 2005 Sci-fi Thriller. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson. 8:30 The Mummy – Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor MV 2008 Action. Brendan Fraser, Jet Li. 10:25 Freddy v Jason 16VLS 2003 Horror. Robert Eglund, Ken Kirzinger.

SUNDAY

12:05 Reign Of Fire MV 2002 Action Fantasy. 1:45 Hope Springs ML 2003 Comedy Romance.

3:15 Shaun Of The Dead M 2004 Horror Comedy.

4:50 Titanic ML 1997 Drama.

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

23Apr16

6am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants. 6:30 L Rugby League – Super League St Helens v Leeds Rhinos.

9:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Broncos v Rabbitohs.

10am Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Shenzhen International – Round Two. 10:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Semi-final One – Adelaide United v Melbourne City.

11am Sky Sport TBC 11:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants.

Noon Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) St Helens v Leeds Rhinos.

12:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Bulldogs U20 v Titans U20.

2:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Canterbury v North Sydney.

4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Bulldogs v Titans.

7pm L Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Tigers.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Cowboys v Eels.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Bulldogs v Titans.

2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Hurricanes v Chiefs.

2:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Eight Saturday.

3am Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Shenzhen International – Round Three. 3:30 World Rugby 3:55 L Rugby League – Super League Catalans Dragons v Salford Red Devils.

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Sunday, April 24, 2016 TV ONE

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TV TWO

©TVNZ 2016

TV THREE

6am Rural Delivery 0 6:25 The Fishing Show 0 7:10 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia Anzac Special.

11am Marae PGR 2 11:30 Fair Go 3 11:55 Frozen Planet 0 1pm SPCA Rescue 0 1:30 Coasters 3 0 2pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 3pm F Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy 3 0 3:55 F Piha Rescue 3 0 4:25 F Fishy Business 0 4:55 F The Supervet 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 7:30 Secret Life Of Cats The story of a newborn kitten as it grows into a nimble neighbourhood cat. 0 8:30 Blindspot AO 0 9:30 The Family AO 0 10:25 The Missing PGR 3 James Nesbitt. 0

6am Tiki Tour 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:50 The Octonauts 3 0 7:10 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 7:35 Get Ace 3 0 8am What Now Two new competitions with prizes of a Shopkin’s prize pack or a family holiday on the West Coast; making blueberry pancakes.

10am Jessie Everyone becomes trapped in the penthouse panic room after Stuart changes the pass code so he can be alone with Zuri. 0 10:25 The Voice 0 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 0 2:30 The Family Tools PGR 3pm Trophy Wife PGR 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 6pm The Cul De Sac 0 6:30 The Middle 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am Re-Think 9:25 The Hui 0 9:55 The Nation 0 10:50 Inside Story 0 11:15 Arranged Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend 1pm Motorsport – Monster Jam 6 2pm Motorsport – New Zealand Drag Nationals 3pm Motorsport – World RX Portugal – Round One. 4pm Motorsport – WEC Silverstone – Round One. 5pm Ice Road Truckers 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm The Simpsons PGR 0 7:30 You’re Back In The Room UK 0 8:30 M Edge Of Tomorrow AO 2014 Action.

In a near future where an alien race has made an unrelenting assault on Earth, only one man has the power to stop them. Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt. 0 10:40 F Filthy Rich AO 3 0

11:40 Q+A 3 Local political-affairs programme. 0 12:50 Attitude 3 0 1:20 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:20 Infomercials

12:40 Containment 3 0 1:30 Embarrassing Bodies Down Under AO 3 0 2:25 NY ER PGR 3 2:50 Infomercials 3:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Switched At Birth PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Natural World – Monkey Thieves 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets PGR 8am Buying The Bayou 8:30 Getaway 9am The Liquidator 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 10am Jamie At Home 10:30 Kirstie’s Handmade Showdown 11:30 Polar Bear Town 12:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 1pm American Restoration 1:30 Backroad Bounty 2:30 Sophie In The Orient 3pm The Kindness Diaries 3:30 From Ireland To Sydney By Any Means 4:30 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 5pm Cook The Books 5:30 Backroad Bounty 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 American Pickers When Mike and Frank bet on who is the best picker, the loser must wash their dirty van; working against the clock, the guys must strike a deal in a seller’s jam-packed barn.

8:30 M Stuck In Love AO 2012 Comedy Drama.

Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly.

10:30 Injustice AO 11:30 The Kindness Diaries

MONDAY

Midnight M Vanity Fair PGR 2004 Drama. Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Gabriel Byrne.

2:30 From Ireland To Sydney By Any Means 3:30 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 4am American Pickers 5am Backroad Bounty

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

7pm M Life Of Pi PGR 3 2006 Drama.

Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan. 0 9:30 M The Grand Budapest Hotel AO 2014 Comedy Drama. Ralph Fiennes, F Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody. 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake 3 7:25 Wonder Pets 3 7:50 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8am Tree Fu Tom 3 8:45 Julius Jr 3 9:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:30 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 6pm Victorious 3 6:30 M Agent Cody Banks PGR 3 2003 Family Action. Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Ian McShane. 0 8:35 M Indecent Proposal AO 3 1993 Drama.

A couple face a dilemma when a rich man offers them $1 million to spend a night with the wife.

Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Robert Redford. 0

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Mythbusters PGR 3 The team tackles five cliches of the laws of attraction.

1pm Shearing Gang PGR 3 Firstyear shearers Cody and Logan hatch a plan to impress Pete so he will re-employ them next season.

1:30 MasterChef Junior USA 3 The top six junior home cooks in America face a classic MasterChef challenge, the restaurant takeover.

2:30 Grassroots Rugby 3 3:30 Danger Beach PGR 3 4pm Animal Airport 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Life Force 7pm Storage Wars 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 0 8:30 Forensics NZ AO Simon Morton examines the work of the police and scientists who pieced together evidence to find the truth behind the death of an Auckland taxi driver, and bring his killer to justice. 0 9:30 Elementary PGR 10:30 Limitless PGR 3 0

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Hurricanes v Chiefs.

8am Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Shenzhen International – Round Three. 8:30 Rugby – First XV (Replay) Rathkeale College v Central Hawke’s Bay. 10am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Stormers v Reds. Noon Sky Sport News NZ 12:30 Sky Sports UK News 1pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Hurricanes v Chiefs. 1:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Catalans Dragons v Salford Red Devils. 2pm Football – OFC Champions League (Replay) Final – Auckland City v Team Wellington.

4:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 5pm Rugby Nation 5:55 L Rugby – Super Rugby Brumbies v Crusaders.

8pm Rugby – Champions Rugby World Cup 2015.

Highlights of the All Blacks’s triumph in the 2015 Rugby World Cup held in the UK. 9pm Rugby Nation 10pm Ultimate Insider In-depth UFC fighter profiles, private training sessions and exclusive footage.

10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Brumbies v Crusaders.

11:35 M The Toyman Killer PGR 2013 Crime Drama. Sarah Carter, Magda Apanowicz, Tom Butler.

1:20 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11:05 Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week.

Midnight Infomercials

11:25 Top Gear USA PGR 3 The Top Gear hosts embark on a two-wheel road trip through South Dakota to the world’s largest automotive event, the annual Sturgis Bike Week.

12:25 Home Shopping

11pm Fox Sports News 11:35 Motorsport – WRC (Highlights) 12:05 L Cycling – Liege-BastogneLiege 3:05 Rugby Nation 4am Motorsport – WRC (Highlights) 4:30 L Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series

MAORI TV 10am Game Of Bros PGR 10:30 Media Take 3 11am Native Affairs 3 11:30 Marae Kai Masters 3 12:30 Playlist 1:30 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 3 2:30 Poitukohu – Nga Kura Tuarua 3 3:30 Rugby – French Top 14 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Tangata Taumata Rau PGR

THE BOX 6am Border Security PG 6:30 Survivor – South Pacific PG 7:40 Survivor – South Pacific PG 8:30 Survivor – South Pacific PG 9:20 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 11:50 RBT MC 12:15 RAW MC 3pm Main Event MV 3:55 Smackdown MV 5:35 RBT MC 6pm Border Security PG 6:25 Call Of The Wildman PG 6:50 Combat Dealers PG 7:40 Covert Affairs MV When a crucial CIA asset disappears from protective custody, Annie and Eyal must find her before they lose her for good.

8:30 CSI – NY MV 9:30 CSI – NY MV 10:25 Crossing Lines MV 11:20 Covert Affairs MV

SKY SPORT 2 7pm The Laughing Samoans 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Bulldogs v Titans.

8:30 M Schindler’s List AO 1993 Drama. A vain German businessman becomes the unlikely saviour of his Jewish factory workers in Second World War Poland. Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes.

MONDAY

Midnight Te Kaea 3 2 12:30 Closedown 5:50 L Dawn Parade

DISCOVERY 6am Magic Of Science PG 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:25 Treehouse Masters PG 10:20 Salvage Hunters PG 11:15 Naked And Afraid M 12:10 Over My Dead Body M 12:35 Over My Dead Body M 1:05 Churchill’s Toyshop M 2pm Mythbusters PG 2:55 Mythbusters PG 5:40 Railroad Australia PG 6:35 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 7:30 Aftershock – Disaster In Nepal PG 8:30 Close Encounters PG 9pm Close Encounters PG 9:30 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG 10:30 Treehouse Masters PG 11:30 Mythbusters PG

MONDAY

12:30 You Have Been Warned M 1:25 Flying Wild Alaska PG 2:20 Auction Hunters MONDAY 12:10 Smackdown MV 1:50 Main PG 2:45 Magic Of Science Event MV 2:40 Crossing Lines MV PG 3:15 Flying Wild Alaska PG 3:30 CSI – NY MV 4:20 CSI – NY MV 4:10 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG 5:10 Covert Affairs MV 5:05 Mythbusters PG

Secret Life of Cats 7:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:35 Close Up – Denzel Washington PG 7:05 Blended MLS 2014 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore. 9am A Walk Among The Tombstones 16VLS 2013 Thriller. Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens. 10:55 Wrecker 16VLS 2015 Horror. Anna Hutchison, Andrea Whitburn. 12:20 Avengers – Age Of Ultron MV 2015 Action. Robert Downey jr, Mark Ruffalo. 2:40 The Riot Club 16VLSC 2014 Drama. Max Irons.

4:25 Black Sea MVL 2014 Thriller. Jude Law, Scoot McNairy.

6:20 American Sniper 16VLC 2014 Action. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller. 8:30 Jurassic World MV 2015 Action.

Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard.

10:35 Poltergeist MC 2015 Horror.

MONDAY

12:10 The Opposite Sex 16LS 2014 Comedy. 1:45 American Sniper 16VLC 2014 Action. 3:55 Close Up – Denzel Washington PG 4:25 Jurassic World MV 2015 Action.

Edge of Tomorrow 8:30pm on TV2

MOVIES GREATS 8am The Mummy – Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor MV 2008 Action.

Brendan Fraser, Jet Li. 9:50 Making Of The Mummy – Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor PG 2008 10:05 Freddy v Jason 16VLS 2003 Horror. Robert Eglund, Ken Kirzinger.

11:40 Reign Of Fire MV 2002 Action Fantasy. Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerald Butler. 1:20 Love’s Labour’s Lost 2000 Romantic Comedy. Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone. 2:55 District 9 16VL 2009 Sci-fi. Sharlto Copley, William Allen Young. 4:45 Liar, Liar M 1997 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper.

6:10 Shutter Island 16VLC 2010 Thriller. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo. 8:30 Blades Of Glory MS 2007 Comedy. 10:05 2012 MC 2009 Action.

MONDAY

12:40 The Rainmaker MV 1997 Drama. 2:50 Love’s Labour’s Lost 2000 Romantic Comedy.

4:25 District 9 16VL 2009 Sci-fi.

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

24Apr16

6am Cricket – IPL (Replay) Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings Xl Punjab. 9:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Catalans Dragons v Salford Red Devils.

10am UFC 197 Countdown 11am Rugby League – Super League (Replay) Catalans Dragons v Salford Red Devils. 1pm Sunday Footy Show 3pm SKY Sport News NZ 3:30 Motorsport – WRC (Highlights) Rally Argentina – Day Two. 4pm Champions League Weekly 4:30 Rugby League – UK Super League (Highlights) Catalans Dragons v Salford. 5pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Eight Saturday. 5:30 L Rugby League – NRL Sharks v Panthers. 8:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Steel v Pulse. 9pm Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians. 9:30 Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings Xl Punjab. 10pm Motorsport – WRC (Highlights) Rally Argentina – Day Two. 10:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Steel v Pulse. 11pm Football – A-League (Highlights) Semi-final Two – Western Sydney Wanderers v Brisbane Roar.

11:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Shenzhen International – Round Four.

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Midnight L Triathlon – ITU World Series Cape Town – Women’s Race. 1:30 Fox Sports News 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Brumbies v Crusaders.

2:30 L Triathlon – ITU World Series Cape Town – Men’s Race.

4am Football – A-League (Replay)

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Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

BANKS, Sarah Faith – Our beloved Sarah passed away suddenly on April 16. A family service has taken place and she is now at rest in the Ashburton Cemetery.

“Words cannot express the love and loss we feel.

Sarah will always be remembered and loved by all her family and forever in our hearts.”

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HALL, John – TIMARU Passed away on April 23, 18 2013.

“Though his smile is gone forever HAYWARD, Ronald Arthur and his hand I (Ron) – Office and Chapel cannot touch still On April 20, 2016. Peacefully Corner East & Cox with family, at Cashmere I have so many memories.”

Streets, Ashburton View Hospital, Christchurch. Love Maureen.

Waimate Aged 86 years. Dearly loved Wind km/h Saturday, 23 April 2016 NZ Situation husband of the late Noelene. less than 30 Loved Dad of Lindsay and A ridge over the country gradually weakens, as fine mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers partner Eleanor, Glenys, and a trough moves northeast over the North Island fine showers clearing showers Robyn. Special grandad of 30 to 59 tomorrow, and a southwest flow covers the country.

Reilly, and Rosa and Big Pop of Ashton, and Madison.

Another trough crosses the far south later Monday, fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail Loved eldest brother and 60 plus MID CANTERBURY and on Tuesday and Wednesday, a second ridge thunder flurries FUNERAL SERVICES brother in law of Norman and spreads east over New Zealand.

Jean, Murray and Mona, overnight Galbraith’s provide choice! and Isobel and Trevor Canterbury Plains NZ Today Canterbury High Country max low We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s Reeves. Loved uncle of celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

Auckland shower 21 15 Warren, Karyn, and Dianne.

TODAY TODAY FZL: 2200m in the north and 1500m in the south provide choice!

We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to Messages to Hayward family, reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Isolated showers, turning to scattered rain Rain with heavy falls about the divide, Hamilton fine 21 12 Call us on PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. HALL, John – your family. from the south in the afternoon and evening clearing late. Occasional rain developing Call us on 308 3980 A special thanks to the staff 3 years have passed since we lost you and it seems like 308 3980 or call in and visit our new premises atwith some heavy falls possible. Strong Napier fine 24 14 at Cashmere View for their elsewhere. Wind at 1000m: NW gale 65 loving care of Ron. A service we miss you more each day. or 246 callHavelock in andStreet visit northwesterlies change southerly from the Life has to go on but you took km/h in exposed places, changing SW 30 Palmerston North fine 20 12 to celebrate Ron’s life will be our new premises at south in the afternoon and evening. km/h. Wind at 2000m: NW rising to severe held at the Salvation Army part of us with you when you Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams left.

We had so many good Wellington cloudy 19 11 Citadel, Cass Street, 246 Havelock gale 90 km/h in the morning, changing SW TOMORROW Ashburton, TOMORROW times together. Our memories gale 70 km/h.

Street are so special, we are so Nelson shower 20 10 Saturday, April 23, Remaining showers clearing and sunny commencing at 2.00pm. grateful for that. You were ourOfficial Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm spells developing. Southwesterlies dying rock, a dad, a best friend and TOMORROW FZL: 1400m, rising to 2300m Blenheim fine 21 8 Followed by interment at the FUNERAL out, northerlies developing.

Ashburton New Lawn amazing grandad. We miss Remaining showers clearing in the morning Greymouth being able to tell you our FURNISHERS rain 17 7 Cemetery.

MONDAY and becoming fine. Snow flurries down to Paterson’s Funeral Services moans and you making us MASTER Christchurch fine 20 6 laugh. We love you so much Morning cloud, then becoming sunny.

1100 metres at first. Wind at 1000m: SW FDANZ Ashburton and look forward to the day MONUMENTAL MASON Ph 307 7433 Early southwest change, then Northerlies 30 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: SW 55 km/h in Timaru fine 18 4 we are all together again.

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PAGE, Barry Arthur – “Our love always.”

For all your memorial Queenstown showers 16 3 On April 18, 2016. At Teena and Amanda xxxx requirements TUESDAY Rosebank Rest Home, MONDAY New headstones and designs Dunedin showers 16 7 Ashburton, in his 83rd year.

Mainly fine. Early southwest change, then Renovations, Morning cloud then fine. Southwesterlies, Husband of Margaret for 59 winds dying out.

Additional inscriptions, Invercargill showers 15 6 years. Father and father in strong or possibly gale about the tops.

Cleaning and Concrete work law of Wayne and Joan, Carried out by qualified Kerrie and Neville Hammond, Forecasts for today River Levels cumecs World Weather tradesmen.

Sandra and David Hight and 620 East Street Ashburton Y cloudy 19 13 Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:10 pm, yesterday drizzle 10 7 New York Adelaide fine 21 9 Frankfurt 0.72 Michael (Western Australia). drizzle 11 8 rain 13 7 Paris Amsterdam drizzle 10 2 Geneva Ph/Fax 308 5369 Grandfather of Lisa and fine 29 16 fine 19 8 Perth Bangkok showers 36 29 Hobart or 0274 357 974 Richard and great showers 28 24 Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 102.1 rain 28 24 Rarotonga Berlin cloudy 11 4 Hong Kong ebcarter@xtra.co.nz grandfather of Billy Hawkins. rain 17 12 showers 29 22 Rome Brisbane showers 29 18 Honolulu NZMMMA Member 18 11 Nth Ashburton at 12:40 pm, yesterday rain 27 15 San Francisco fine Cairns showers 31 23 Islamabad 2.65 nc Messages to 4 Rapley Street, cloudy 19 8 rain 32 25 Seoul Cairo fine 35 20 Jakarta Ashburton 7700. Special thunder 34 25 Sth Ashburton at 2:15 pm, yesterday 27 13 Singapore Calcutta fine 38 28 Johannesburg fine thanks to the staff at 3.49 showers 6 -2 34 25 Stockholm Canberra fine 21 8 Kuala Lumpur thunder Rosebank Rest Home for showers 21 17 showers 12 5 Sydney Colombo thunder 32 26 London their loving care of Barry. At 45.3 drizzle 31 21 Rangitata Klondyke at 3:25 pm, yesterday fine 22 14 Taipei Darwin fine 36 25 Los Angeles Barry’s request a private fine 30 17 showers 17 7 Tel Aviv Delhi fine 37 25 Madrid family service has been held. HALL, John – cloudy 24 13 Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday showers 19 13 Tokyo Dubai fine 34 24 Melbourne 386.6 showers 23 12 rain 11 1 Washington Dublin showers 11 2 Moscow Paterson’s Funeral Services Well it’s been 3 years today, rain 13 9 Source: Environment Canterbury showers 30 23 Zurich Edinburgh cloudy 8 2 Nadi FDANZ Ashburton since you left us without a Ph 307 7433 chance to say goodbye. So Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Canterbury Readings to 4pm yesterday much has happened since Please note all late death Ashburton Methven Christchurch Timaru you passed away. They say Saturday Sunday Monday notices or notices sent Airport Airport Airport that time heals but I believe m am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm 3 outside ordinary office hours you just learn to accept what Temperature °C must be emailed to: we have no control over. We At 4pm 22.0 19.5 18.7 16.2 2 deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz miss you every single day, 24.0 21.1 21.2 19.7 Max to 4pm 1 to ensure publication. the birthdays, the parties are 2.0 4.6 1.7 2.9 Minimum -2.9 – -2.5 – Grass minimum 0 During office hours notices no longer the same, there are 4:23 10:29 4:44 10:56 5:00 11:11 5:24 11:39 5:41 11:55 6:07 so many times we have Rainfall mm may also be sent to: The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

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Strongest gust NW 22 – NE 24 NW 17 30 Apr 3:30 pm 7 May 7:31 am 14 May 5:04 am “All our love always and Time of gust 9:29am – 3:02pm 6:52am ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd. www.ofu.co.nz Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa forever until we meet again.”

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Puzzles Saturday, April 23, 2016

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Tinker with the problem to see what it’s made of. This one doesn’t need such a delicate touch; rather, it needs to be called out, opened up and examined fully.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Your tolerance of a person’s behaviour is exactly the thing that keeps the dynamic alive. If you don’t want to tolerate it anymore, put your foot down and watch how quickly things turn around.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The one who knows more than you do on the subject will be mighty annoying indeed. It’s something to keep in mind next time the positions are reversed.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Don’t expect magic.

Embrace a workmanlike aesthetic. While you’re extremely busy with this, magic just may alight on you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Stories have the power to change the world, so of course they have the power to change your afternoon. Give some thought to the way you’re going to tell people about your life, because it will matter now more than you think.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): If only people could just be themselves around you, you could all relax.

Unfortunately, some are still afraid of your judgment.

With gentle encouragement you’ll turn it around.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Play the game twice and you’ll double your chances of winning. Keep playing it and you’re bound to hit a jackpot sooner or later.

The game in question now is love.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’re like the seeker in the game. It’s not your problem if the others haven’t done their job. You agreed on an amount of time and now, ready or not, here you come.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You may find that you love your backup plan even more than the original. Because you’re so prepared for anything to happen, you’ll go forward with confidence.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): This day will require more than the usual amount of pleasure and leisure.

Instead of taking moments for relaxation, make relaxation your prevalent attitude. You’ll actually be more productive this way.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): This thing about getting through it all by the skin of your teeth – is it getting old yet? If you had a better plan you wouldn’t have to be in constant reaction mode.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Friendship is about more than discovering the other person. It’s about discovering yourself through the interactions. The closer you get to a lovely someone, the better you’ll know yourself.

OPEN HOMES

SATURDAY 23RD APRIL 27 Grey Street, Ashburton

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12 Hanrahan Street, Ashburton

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122F Tarbottons Road, Ashburton CANCELLED

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36 Murney Lane, Lake Hood

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10 Charlesworth Drive, Ashburton

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127 Cameron Street, Ashburton

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10 Houston Place, Ashburton

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19 Coniston Drive, Ashburton

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11A Main Street, Methven

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108 Smithfield Road, Ashburton

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SUNDAY 24TH APRIL 27 Miller Avenue, Ashburton

Ray White knows how to get you the best price for your property!

36 Murney Lane, Lake Hood

- 3 Bedrooms oamaru stone home - New Kitchen - Large.......shed - 1.17 ha This is your opportunity to purchase the Lifestyle dream For Sale $485,000 Open Home Saturday 10:30 - 11:00am rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21182

12 Jane Street, Tinwald

- Three double bedrooms - Double Garage - Short walk to Tinwald Primary School - Open plan kitchen/dining and living For Sale $345,000 Open Home Saturday 12:45 - 1:15pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21168

10 Houston Place, Ashburton

* 2 storey PLUS a lower level * Open plan kitchen/dining/living * Heatpump plus double glazing in master bedroom * Double garaging with internal access * Safe and secure back garden For Sale Offers over $385,000 Open Home Saturday 11:00 - 11:30am

Privacy and Seclusion

Just walk down the shared driveway to a private retreat, ready for a family to make it home.

- 3 Double Bedrooms - Great 1/4 acre - Close to all amenities - Kent Log burner A large family home down a right of way. Plenty of space for the little ones to safely run around. This home has a large carport and conservatory, summerhill stone for low maintenance.

Miller Avenue is a great central location, close to schools, shops, domain and hospital.

34 Tucker Street, Ashburton

* 3 ample bedrooms with built in wardrobes * separate bathroom, toilet & sizable laundry * freshly painted throughout * partial double glazing, heat pump & log fire * double internal access garaging For Sale $389,000 Open Home Saturday 11:30 - 12:00pm

Open Home Saturday 1:00 - 1:30pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21086 Bruce McPherson 027 438 4250 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

27 Grey Street, Ashburton

* 4 bedrooms, master with en suite * Open plan living and dining * Double internal access garage with auto door opener * Private and secure back section For Sale ** Offers Invited NOW ** Open Home Saturday 9:45 - 10:15am & 12:00 - 12:30pm

rwashburton.co.nz/ AHB21178

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21175

15 Torbay Avenue, Lake Hood

30 Grey Street, Ashburton

14 Wakanui Road, Ashburton

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21162

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21143

How does boating, fishing, jet ski-ing or relaxing just 30 metres from your doorstep sound ? Lake access at the edge of your beautiful landscaped section with your own private jetty For Sale Set Date of Sale Open Home Saturday 1:00 - 1:30pm Sunday 12:30 - 1:00pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21176

- Build me up - Between the Avenues - Corner Section Fully Fenced - Bungalow with Two Bedrooms could be three - A Project as it needs work For Sale POA

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB21132

- Great fenced section for children and pets - 3 Good sized bedrooms plus 2 car garaging - Nice decking for the BBQ - Good heating - Close to primary and intermediate schools For Sale $315,000