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Stars turn out for Rolling Stones Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis and Harry Styles were among the stars who checked out the Rolling Stones at an intimate gig in Hollywood. The supergroup announced the ‘secret’ gig on Thursday (NZ time), but the venue wasn’t revealed until tickets went on sale later that day. Fans flocked to The Fonda Theatre to hear Mick Jagger and his bandmates perform their hit album Sticky Fingers in its entirety. The album will be re-issued on June 9 with added extras. The gig also served as a warm-up for the band’s upcoming North American Zip Code tour, which begins in San Diego, California on Monday. As well as Nicholson, Willis and Styles – Kesha, Andy Garcia, Joe Pesci, Leonard Cohen, Eric Idle, Steven Van Zandt and Jagger’s model daughter Georgia May were also spotted in the audience.

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Sexism claims flare Is 37 too old for an actress to play the lover of a 55-year-old man? It seems some Hollywood bosses think so, as Maggie Gyllenhaal was recently told she was too far over the hill to play the love interest of a man 18 years her senior. “There are things that are really disappointing about being an actress in Hollywood that surprise me all the time,” the Crazy Heart star told TheWrap Magazine. “I’m 37 and I was told recently I was too old to play the lover of a man who was 55. “It was astonishing to me. It made me feel bad and then it made me feel angry and then it made me laugh.” The story is trending on social media, renewing claims of entrenched Hollywood sexism. “Maggie Gyllenhaal, 37, deemed ‘too old’ to play the love interest of a 55-year-old man. Oh Hollywood,” author and television presenter Tara Moss tweeted.

“Seriously? Maggie Gyllenhaal, 37, was told she was ‘too old to play the lover of a man who was 55,’“ E! News added. Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union urged the US government to tackle the “widespread exclusion of women directors” in the film and television industries.

Swift’s Bad Blood breaks records Taylor Swift’s star-studded new Bad Blood promo has shattered viewing records on video sharing website Vevo, after over 20 million fans checked it out during its first 24 hours.

Swift’s video views break those of Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda, which debuted in August last year with 19.6 million views in a day. Swift’s promos have now been watched almost five billion times on Vevo. Bad Blood, which features Swift and a bevvy of famous pals including Hailee Steinfeld, Lena Dunham, Jessica Alba, Karlie Kloss, Cindy Crawford, Lily Aldridge, Ellie Goulding and Selena Gomez, debuted at the beginning of the 2015 Billboard Music Awards last Sunday night.

‘What an Attitude young man’ JK Rowling has jokingly castigated Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis for stripping off in a magazine shoot.

The Harry Potter creator admits she was shocked when she saw Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in the blockbuster film franchise, wearing just his underpants for a spread in Britain’s Attitude magazine.

In a discussion with Lewis on Twitter, Rowling also referenced Daniel Radcliffe’s 2007 theatre stint in Equus, where he appeared completely naked onstage. “Not as bad as watching Dan in Equus, but close. Warn me next time, for God’s sake ... I will always support you whatever you want to do, Matthew.

Now go put some clothes on ... I hastily averted my eyes and read an article on Political Correctness to get over the shock.” Lewis responded to the posts, writing, “Well, this is awkward.

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‘Scrappy’ supporters A “scrappy” under-13 rugby game was ended early amid ugly scenes punctuated by a heated stand-off between supporters after the match. A “heated exchange” between supporters of Kaikorai and Taieri’s under-13 teams followed a curtailed game littered with indiscipline at Bishopscourt at the weekend. “The entire game went against what children’s sport is meant to be,” Dunedin Junior Metropolitan Rugby chairwoman Donna Wingham said. She confirmed the board was investigating the match, but kept details of the incidents light. “There was some pretty heated discussion afterwards and there was some on-field stuff that went on,” she said. A “young inexperienced referee” was thrown into the middle of the “perfect storm”.

“It’s the top two teams in the grade and they are both super competitive,” she said.

“They were pushing the envelope.”

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■ TRIANGLE DEMOLITION

St Vinnies clearing out for move ahead of demolition By caitliN Porter

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St Vincent de Paul is selling its wares – to prepare for the demolition of its earthquake damaged building.

Its current building in The Triangle is set to be demolished in August, and a singlestorey building will replace it.

The shop will make the shift to the learning centre, near the Holy Name Church on Sealy Street but before then, the area needs to be cleared out.

Currently the room is being used as a storage hub for St Vincent de Paul - for furniture and other larger items.

To ensure the building is empty, members of St Vincent de Paul are having a garage sale this weekend.

The sale started yesterday afternoon, but will continue today from 9am until 1pm and

tomorrow from 9am to 1pm.

St Vincent de Paul volunteer Kevin O’Brien said a number of items sold within the first hour of the sale starting yesterday, including various pieces of furniture and a large organ.

“And there’s a few odds and ends too,” Mr O’Brien said.

The move to the new space will happen within the next couple of months, and Mr O’Brien said there will also be two containers which will help to store items that don’t fit in the shop.

“Everybody is looking forward to moving into the new shop,” he said.

Right - St Vincent de Paul volunteers (from left) Kevin O’Brien, Paul Thomas and Gerald Dolan had a well-deserved rest yesterday, after a busy afternoon of working at the garage sale.

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■ FARMING HEALTH AND SAFETY

Call for mandatory drug testing

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

Drug testing should be mandatory on all farms, an employment specialist says.

AgStaff manager Matt Jones said the agricultural sector has been dragging the chain when it comes to routinely testing employees for drugs and alcohol, bucking the trend in other industries.

The agricultural staff recruitment company employs two NZQA-qualified staff members in its Ashburton office to test all potential employees, and conduct random tests while employees remain on the books.

Mr Jones said there was around a five per cent failure

rate, however most drug users didn’t pursue a job once they realised it involved a drug test.

He thinks there is a significant amount of undetected drug use on Mid Canterbury farms, a point confirmed by the number of drug-related crime reported in the Ashburton District Court.

“Drug testing is a necessary tool – farmers are not using drug testing, but they should be,” Mr Jones said.

“They should be using it as a pre-screening tool, and doing random tests and testing following accidents. Tests should also be conducted whenever there’s a major mistake made or a near miss in the workplace.”

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of drugs or alcohol put others at risk – and health and safety is paramount, he said.

“I’ve seen many cases of people failing tests after they have been involved in an accident, and the reason they had the accident was because they were impaired at the time,” Mr Jones said.

“From a health and safety point of view, if an employer suspects someone could be taking drugs and doesn’t do anything, and an accident occurs, that employer is really in the firing line.

“I know some people in the agricultural sector don’t want to test their staff because they know they will fail, and that’s a risky situation to be in,” Mr

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AgStaff provide drug and alcohol testing service free of charge for regular clients, and at a nominal charge to recover costs, for other businesses.

Positive tests can result in disciplinary action, retesting further down the track, or dismissal.

“We deal with it on an individual basis, depending on what they are finding, the levels of impairment and the category of the illegal substances used,” he said.

Mr Jones has also heard a lot of excuses.

“I’ve had people say because they live with people who smoke drugs they will fail because of passive smoking, but that’s not

actually possible.”

And he said, farmers should not underestimate the dangers of workers on the job after a heavy drinking session.

“I’ve seen a guy return a result of 600 micrograms (per litre of breath) at 1pm on the day after St Patrick’s Day,” he said.

A WorkSafe spokesperson said drug and alcohol impairment can be a factor in workplace incidents.

WorkSafe staff can and do look into issues of impairment (including from fatigue) and how impairment is monitored and managed in the workplace, do not have the power to require a person to provide a sample for drug testing as part of an investigation.

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■ ASHBURTON CHILDCARE CENTRES

Budget to put pressure on rolls

By Caitlin Porter

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Waiting lists at early childhood education centres in Mid Canterbury could soon get a lot longer.

The 2015 budget announcement on Thursday will see childcare subsidies for low income families increase from $4 an hour, to $5 – for up to 50 hours of childcare a week.

This change came as a part of

a $790m package for children in New Zealand’s most impoverished families, and is expected to benefit about 18,000 families throughout New Zealand by around $23 a week.

The subsidy is available to those in employment, education or training and pays for preschool, after school and holiday programmes.

The package also aligned with the 20 hours of free early child-

hood education policy which was available when a child turned three.

In Mid Canterbury many early childhood centres are already stretched to their limits.

Phoenix Preschool currently has no space to take on extra children.

“Our rolls are full and yes, there is a substantial waiting list here,” said head teacher Diana Harrison.

Ashburton Baptist Early Learning Centre acting manager Ashleigh Grant confirmed yesterday that it too, had a waiting list.

Stephanie Hansen director at Tiddlywinks said the preschool did have room to accommodate more children, but only those of a certain age.

Earlier this week Finance Minister Bill English stated the childcare subsidy was intended

Stepping up and standing out against bullying It was pinker than a Barbie reunion at Hampstead School yesterday where even Principal Peter Melrose was donning the brights as part of Pink Shirt Day – an initiative to encourage students to work together to stop bullying.

“It highlights the importance of looking after your friends with your respect.”

Mr Melrose said there was a “real bubble of comradeship” among the students yesterday in the knowledge that “they need to look after each other”.

Staff had participated in the day as well with some wearing pink aprons and pink bowler hats, he said. “We’re definitely in the pink today.”

Meanwhile, six people lined up at B’s Barbers, prepared to stand together and ‘pink-up’ for a good cause.

Belinda Smith applied a generous amount of temporary pink dye to each head of hair.

All of the volunteers were there for a different reason, but the message was the same: speak up and stop bullying.

Mike DaSilva said he was there in support of a niece who had recently been bullied to the extent she was at risk of harming herself.

to make it easier for beneficiaries and low-income earners to stay in, or get in, to the workforce.People with one child will get the extra remuneration if they earn less than $41,600 annually, while those with three or more receive it if they earn less than $53,560.

“The best thing we can do for children is to get their parents into sustainable full-time work, where that is possible,” he said.

In brief Police notebook - Ashburton police attended a single vehicle crash on the Ashburton Staveley Road early on Thursday morning. Ambulance services also attended the scene, but no one was injured.

- A van was stolen from Ashburton overnight on Wednesday. It was found burnt out at the beach late on Thursday afternoon.

Child hit by car A child was hit by a car in Bay of Plenty yesterday. Emergency services were called to an address in Mamaku, near Rotorua, shortly after 3.30pm. The child was transported to Rotorua Hospital in a moderate condition, a St John spokeswoman said. A police spokeswoman said the child came out of a driveway on a bike and was clipped by an oncoming car.

She said the injuries were not serious.

- NZME Joining in the Pink Shirt Day are (from left) Ethan Marriott, Rebecca Ann, Akerita Lene, Emily Hodzelmans, Arabella Stewart and RicJale Heke.

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Gaylyn Spies and Marie McAnulty supported the cause, and Kylie Moore was speaking out because she had been a victim of bullying.

Pink Shirt Day began in 2009 in New Zealand and has grown every year. The idea stemmed from Nova Scotia in Canada.

“One of the main messages Think First promotes is to speak up about bullying,” Think First project co-ordinator John Hobbs said.

“We hope parents will have open conversations about bullying with their kids, and people will realise that they aren’t alone.

“They can reach out for support from friends, family, and colleagues or places like Youthline which has a free text counselling service.”

For more information and advice visit the Think First Facebook page www.facebook. com/thinkfirstNZ or www. thinkfirst.org.nz

Driver killed A driver died yesterday after crashing a vehicle into a tree, just south of Hamilton, police say.

The crash happened after the driver crossed the centreline on Marychurch Road, about 11am. The driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle and died at the scene, police said. No other vehicles were involved. The Waikato Police Serious Crash Unit was investigating.

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Ex-Ashburtonian crowned Best New Broadcaster

By Caitlin Porter

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Former Ashburton College student Luke Howden took out one of the top honours at the New Zealand Radio Awards earlier this week.

The 22-year-old was crowned the Best New Broadcaster.

While he spends the majority of his time on air, he is also a part-time tech, producer, promotions co-ordinator, sales rep, videographer and webmaster.

Mr Howden was quietly confident about winning, but said it was incredibly humbling to

hear his name read out.

Now working down in Gore, Mr Howden’s interest in radio first peaked when he was at school.

“I can even tell you the moment it all started,” he said.

“It was back in the early 2000s when the first Harry Potter movie was being released, I was listening to Hoops on what was then Classic Hits running a competition to guess what was in Harry’s wizard chest.”

Mr Howden said he never usually rang in to the station, but on this particular occasion thought, why not?

“What a thrill it was to actually get through and talk to the local DJ … honestly at that age it was up there with meeting Prince Harry.”

After knocking on the door of Classic Hits Ashburton and getting a taste of promotional work, he made it his mission to study at the New Zealand Broadcasting School. A short time later he graduated with a Bachelor in Broadcasting Communications, majoring in radio.

As well as this, he continued producing a local sports show on Newstalk ZB Ashburton.

He said his real break came

when he heard Hoops was jetting off to America. He cajoled his Christchurch boss into letting him fill in.

“I listen back to the audio and cringe at what I put those poor listeners through,” he joked.

“However there must have been one golden moment, as the general manager for Radio Network Southern (now NZME) Lee Piper offered me the breakfast gig for Hokonui Southland.”

That is where Mr Howden has been ever since.

“Based in Gore, coming on three years now and bloody loving it,” he said.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

More homes, dearer homes

By Sue NewmaN

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The number of homes being built in the Ashburton District is not only growing, the value of those homes is steadily rising.

In the past week the Ashburton District Council’s building services team has processed two consents for homes that are close to the $1 million mark and high values were becoming increasingly common, building services manager Michael Wong said.

“We’ve still got housing coming in galore, this week we’ve had 10 consents so far and that’s a good sign, there’s been no slow down.”

During 2014, 233 consents were issued for new home builds, with a total value of $76.234 million. In 2013 there were 241 new home consents issued with a value of $76.494 million.

The steady number of new home builds was adding to a workload that, at times, put the building services team under considerable pressure to meet statutory timeframes, Mr Wong said.

After a run of meeting deadlines 100 per cent of the time, the department was now a little behind targets on the back of a shortage of building staff and a few very complex consents that had been lodged for big projects, he said.

One of those is a church for Jesus Christ of the Latter Day

Saints on Farm Road with a consent value of $4.6 million.

Mr Wong said he was anticipating two more large projects, Countdown on Kermode Street and the Eastfield complex, to be lodged shortly and was boosting numbers in his department.

“We have one new inspector on our team and I’m hoping to get two more. That will bring us up to 11 and that should be enough.”

To ensure the consenting process was as trouble free as possible, the council took a proactive approach by keeping applicants up-to-date with progress and making sure they were aware if there would be any delays, Mr Wong said.

“If you don’t try and hide things and let people know if there are any problems in meeting deadlines, people generally are pretty understanding.”

While a low payout had been signalled for dairy farmers, this hadn’t yet translated into a slow down in building, he said.

Last year a total of 1207 consents with a total value of $157.050 million were issued across the district and there was every indication this would be met, or exceeded this year, Mr Wong said.

Up to May 21 last year 515 consents had been issued; this year 512 consents have been issued.

“I think we’ve plateaued on a high and I think it will continue there for another three years.”

The Pink Ladies with Sandy (Nikita Hyde) centre in action during a performance of the Ashburton Variety Theatre’s sell-out show, Grease.

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■ ASHBURTON VARIETY THEATRE

Grease ‘a winner on every front’

By Sue NewmaN Sue.newman.co.nz

When the curtain falls in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre tonight it will signal the end of a sell-out season for the Ashburton Variety Theatre show Grease.

Variety Theatre production manager Bridget Danielson said the show had been a winner on every front and had achieved its two goals – as a revenue earner to help rebuild the organisation’s earthquake damaged costume hire venue and as a crowd pleaser for locals.

“The feedback has been really good. I haven’t heard a bad comment and people are amazed at the talent we have

in Ashburton,” Ms Danielson said.

This is the third time Grease has been performed by the theatre group and each time it has been a crowd pleaser, she said.

For the cast, tonight’s performance will end a six-month stint of working together to take the show from raw beginnings to polished finale.

And while tonight’s performance will be an ending for them, for variety theatre it will mean the beginning of a search for the next show.

And that’s always a challenge, particularly when it comes to selecting a new show that will come hot on the heels of one that has been a huge

sell-out success, Ms Danielson said.

A group of shows is tagged as possibles with the committee making the final decision, but in making that decision cost, casting and public appeal are all issues that have to be taken into account, she said.

The few shows Variety Theatre has produced have had a budget of around $100,000 and that means having 75 per cent of tickets sold for each performance is the break-even point. Grease exceeded that every night with some performances, including tonight’s finale, a sell-out.

“We’re very lucky, we get great community support for our shows.”

■ BUDGET REACTION

Polar blast Protesters’ actions ‘disappointing’ coming

The actions of protesters who tried to force their way into the SkyCity events centre yesterday were disappointing, police say.

The disruption happened ahead of Prime Minister John Key’s post-budget speech to the Trans-Tasman Business Circle.

The protesters, led by veteran activist Sue Bradford, made charges at the entrances but were pushed back by police.

They also surrounded broadcaster Paul Henry as he left the building.

Inspector Peter Gibson said police faced sustained and sometimes aggressive attempts to enter the building through various entrances, which led to a number of assaults on police and Sky City security staff.

One person was arrested and police

were continuing to review video footage of the protest.

A number of police staff suffered minor injuries, including scratches to the face and arms.

A member of the public was also assaulted as they tried to enter the building.

“This was a very challenging event to police and I am disappointed with the behaviour of these protesters,” Mr Gibson said.

“Auckland City police is well versed in policing such events, however the behaviour of this crowd went well beyond what is acceptable.

“We we work hard to ensure the lawful right of protest is upheld, however what we faced today was an aggressive crowd which had little regard for lawful behaviour, our staff and the

public who were also there.”

Mr Gibson said he was aware of certain video and commentary on social media yesterday about the actions of police.

“Video which shows the full context of what police were facing paints a somewhat different picture from the selective extracts which some are choosing to show,” he said.

Police would continue to review video footage of the protest with a view to deciding what further inquiries may be required.

Auckland Action Against Poverty spokeswoman Sarah Thompson yesterday said Thursday’s Budget allocations aimed at combating child poverty were a “mean trick” and too little too late.

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Forget the leisurely Sunday picnic in the park, impart the feeling of warmth to memory and spend the first day of your weekend finding firewood as a polar blast snakes past.

MetService warn it’s going to turn arctic on Sunday in Canterbury as a polar blast makes it presence felt over the South Island, bringing snow to low levels.

Strong southwest winds are expected to produce a significant wind chill and although snow has been forecast for Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury High Country MetService believe it’s unlikely to fall on the Plains.

Meteorologist John Law said Ashburton could have sleet on Sunday night while snow will likely dust Mt Hutt but not Methven.

Temperatures in Ashburton will reach a shivery high of just 9 degrees on Monday and will be unlikely to reach double figures again until later on in the week when high pressure pushes back from the west.

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■ COELIAC DISEASE AWARENESS

Local support group offers a helping hand

BY CAITLIN PORTER

CAITLIN.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

It is estimated that nearly 70,000 New Zealanders are living with coeliac disease, with around 80 per cent of them unaware they have the condition.

While there are no medical records kept in New Zealand as to how many people are diagnosed with coeliac disease, 36 people within the Mid Canterbury region are members of the national society.

Coeliac New Zealand’s key contact in Ashburton Heather Stewart said she keeps in contact with the members, as well as others who have an intolerance to gluten.

She runs a support group that meets every two months, with around half a dozen members turning up each time.

“Now that things are so much easier it is really just for people who are newly diagnosed, but we keep it going to support them and show them what foods they can have and so on and where to find them.”

Ms Stewart said while there are

many different gluten-free options available in supermarkets and retail outlets, Mid Canterbury cafes and restaurants also offer up a good selection of food.

“I think they are more aware, and you get to know which ones are safe to eat at but on the whole people are more aware and they care more about it.”

One of her main jobs now is to email members of the group, such as when gluten has gone into food by a manufacturer by mistake or when gluten-free items might be on special, or new items brought out.

This awareness week Ms Stewart has been busy visiting GPs around Ashburton, dropping off posters and distributing leaflets about what coeliac disease is.

Coeliac New Zealand acting president Pip McKay said it is important for people to get tested if they had any family history, or associated themselves with the symptoms.

“Coeliac disease is genetic, so if Coeliac New Zealand key Ashburton contact Heather Stewart provides Allenton Medical Cenyou have the condition other fam- tre nurse manager Andrea Kinley with information about coeliac disease.

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ings and processed foods such as couscous, sausages, soups, stock, sauces, gravies and dressings.

■ Gluten content is identified on labels and packaging.

■ More information on Coeliac Disease can be found at www.coeliac.org.nz.

A long running fundraiser for a Mid Canterbury school could be in jeopardy.

For more than five years Mount Somers Springburn School has run a bus for Mid Canterbury students boarding at schools in Timaru.

Families paid for students to travel on the bus, which served both as a community service and a fundraiser for the school.

Principal Brent Gray said at its peak, the bus service was so popular some people had to be turned away.

“The school had always said they would try to help the community where

they could, so what they were doing was at a break-even cost running a bus to Timaru on a Sunday night to take children back to boarding school,” he said.

However a decline in numbers means the service is at risk of coming to an end.

Mr Gray said the bus needed 10 permanent students to break even – it is currently transporting half of that.

He said the school was in discussions with the parent group that helped administer the bus service, but if numbers did not pick up, the service would cease to continue at the end of the school term.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

■ BASE YOUTH CENTRE

Legal firms stepping up

In brief Women murdered A 29 year-old man from Manurewa will appear in the Auckland District Court today charged with murder following the death of a woman who was allegedly attacked at a learning institute on Auckland’s Queen St yesterday. A 22 yearold man is in Auckland Hospital suffering serious injuries sustained during the attack. Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Newman said the woman’s body had been removed from the scene and a post-mortem examination is scheduled to get under way today.

- NZME

Orcon penalty A disputes resolution expert says the $25,000 penalty handed down to Orcon this week should be a wake-up call to other New Zealand companies. Brett James Taylor spent years battling a bogus debt Orcon referred to debt collectors. “Orcon investigated this eventually and found there was nothing owing. If they’d done that investigation at the beginning, they would have saved themselves $25,000, plus a lot of legal costs, and a lot of bad publicity.” - NZME

Attacker jailed

Four Ashburton legal firms have decided to share the financial load when it comes to supporting Ashburton’s Base Youth Centre. From left: Alister Argyle, Tom Evatt and Gretchen Hart with the centre’s manager Bexx Soper. (second from left).

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When it comes to ensuring Ashburton’s youth have a safe place to hang out, four Ashburton legal firms have stepped up to the mark and dug into their pockets.

Argyle Welsh Finnigan, Everist Gilchrist, Russell Moon and Fail and Tavendale and Partners, have all made a commitment to financially support the centre and this week they laid down a challenge to

other local businesses to do the same.

A spokesperson for the solicitors, Alister Argyle said the centre was well managed, had a realistic budget and rather than continuing to struggle for cash, it deserved and needed strong community support.

“We see the facilities that it is providing as forming an important part of the local social fabric and are concerned that fund-

ing is not adequate to meet its needs,” Mr Argyle said.

Base acts as both an activities centre and a drop-in centre for young people and for some it offers opportunities they may not normally have, Mr Argyle said.

Base is a registered charitable trust with a salaried co-ordinator and supervisor on site and it is free for young people to attend.

■ RURAL FIREFIGHTER WELFARE FUND

Firefighter fund receives hefty donation A hefty donation means the Rural Firefighter Welfare Fund is now several thousand dollars richer.

The Pendarves Volunteer Rural Fire Force has donated $3000 to the fund after going on a fundraising blitz in recent months.

Volunteer firefighter Vicki McArthur presented the cheque on behalf of the fire force to Advance Ashburton chairman Trevor Croy yesterday.

Mr Croy said the donation meant the fund now contained about $30,000.

The fund was established last year to help volunteers if they require financial assistance.

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The family of a volunteer firefighter who was savagely beaten say they feel like they can move forward now his attacker has been jailed. In Wellington District Court this afternoon, Judge Bruce Davidson sentenced Milton Haira, 27, to six years and six months in prison, after he pleaded guilty to one charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to Peter Fisher.

Mr Fisher was badly beaten in October 2012.

- NZME

TV3 staff cuts A clearer picture is emerging of what yesterday’s shock announcement that John Campbell is to depart MediaWorks means for TV3 staff and the channel’s schedule. Sources inside MediaWorks said the decision to air replacement current affairs only four nights week - with the Friday broadcast axed in favour of entertainment programming would see the current Campbell Live staff cut from 22 to 16. One editing, one camera, two reporting and two producing positions are expected to be scrapped.

Interviews with current staff to fill the reduced job pool are expected take place next week. On Thursday the company announced Campbell would be leaving the network and said the long-serving host had declined an offer to remain with the channel.

- NZME

Father pleads guilty The father of a Southland man shot during a hunting trip to Stewart Island, has pleaded guilty to careless use of a firearm.

Stephen Phillip Long, 61, of Southland, appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday. His son, Samuel Phillip Long, 24, was killed while hunting on Stewart Island on March 23.

Stephen Long was remanded at large for sentencing on August 4.

His lawyer, John Fraser, said he would seek a discharge without conviction for his client.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

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Ashburton Borough School pupils can do their work across a range of different surfaces in one of the school’s Modern Learning Environments.

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Kid-friendly classrooms popular

I

t takes a moment to adjust when you walk into one of Tinwald School’s new classrooms.

You are instantly confronted with a burst of colour splashed across the walls and the familiar hum of a large flat-screen TV in the corner.

Some children are curled up on beanbags reading. while others, alarmingly, are writing on tabletops.

Fortunately the pupils aren’t actually vandalising the furniture – the tabletop surface doubles as a whiteboard.

They are just some of the new innovations that make up what have been dubbed “Modern Learning Environments”.

Modern Learning Environments (MLEs) have been springing up across Mid Canterbury as schools scramble to build new classrooms to cope with rapidly expanding rolls.

While they come in many different shapes and sizes, the basic principle remains the same – using new technology and teaching practices to enhance student achievement.

As a building boom at Mid Canterbury schools gets under way, reporter Daisy Hudson checks out the new Modern Learning Environments changing the face of education.

The Ministry of Education defines them as being “capable of evolving and adapting as educational practices evolve and change – thus remaining future focused”.

The practice also gives pupils more independence to direct their own learning, as they can choose where they learn, how they learn and what time they tackle a particular task.

For Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone, the MLEs allow teaching and learning to be tailored to individual children’s needs.

The classrooms provide a range of different surfaces for pupils to learn at, from comfy beanbags to desks of various heights and shapes.

Pupils also have instant access to a range of wireless devices such as tablets, which have been incorporated into

everyday learning. “We’re able to personalise the learning a lot more,” he said.

“We can quickly give them the tools that they need next; there’s no hesitation, no having to wait in the corner for a computer.”

Mr Livingstone said the new classrooms will eventually be joined together to create another larger learning space.

“The idea is that I get a flow between classrooms more,” he said.

At Ashburton Borough School, the MLE concept has been taken one step further.

Classrooms can have multiple classes working in them at the same time, with one space catering for 55 pupils.

While the prospect of that many children in one space could be daunting, teacher Mark Wiseman says it works

well and reaction from parents had been very positive.

“We sent a questionnaire home at the beginning of Term One and it’s been very, very positive,” he said.

“Parents are loving it, children are loving it.”

Ashburton Borough School started working with the new MLEs late last year and Mr Wiseman said it would be a work in progress for years to come.

He said quite a few classrooms at the school were trialing and experimenting with various ways to incorporate the practices.

Despite the large numbers, Mr Wiseman said the teacherto-student ratio remained low.

The practice draws on the strengths of different teachers, as they can take turns teaching subjects they are particularly

proficient at. “We’re actually directing the learning more at what the children need,” he said.

Having different teachers throughout the day was also having a marked effect on student behaviour.

“With the behaviour element they’re not constantly being reminded what they’ve done all day, so it’s like a fresh start for them.”

The concept of MLEs has actually been around for some time, but they are becoming more apparent thanks to the influx of building work at Mid Canterbury schools.

With some schools planning to add up to three new classrooms over the next 12 months, many will be taking the opportunity to experiment with space, colour and furnishings to create a more modern and creative environment for students.

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■ AUCKLAND HIGH COURT

Blessie’s family finally finds justice

By RoB Kidd Two days shy of the anniversary of her death the family of Blessie Gotingco found justice.

The 28-year-old man, who has been on trial for the past four weeks, was yesterday found guilty of her rape and murder.

After the jury returned its verdicts - within two hours of deliberation - Justice Timothy Brewer said there was no reason for the defendant’s name to remain a secret.

The applause from the public gallery was soon quelled when defence lawyer Chris Wilkinson-Smith indicated his client wanted to appeal the ruling.

He told the court the defendant wanted to take his case to the Court of Appeal in a bid for

Betty Gotingco

a retrial. Undeterred, the Gotingco family, speaking through spokeswoman Ruth Money, said

they were “extremely relieved” the trial was over.

“We wish to remember her for who she was rather than the evil that happened,” she said.

“Her smile would light up your heart and will continue to do so.”

But the family saw the tragedy as “preventable” and called for an “open public enquiry” into the issue.

Earlier in the day, Justice Brewer summed up the case telling the jurors to scrutinise the credibility of the defendant, who had given evidence earlier this week.

After sitting silently with his head down for most of the address the man bolted from his seat in the dock towards the holding cells, sparking a scuffle

with security staff and a flurry of profanities.

The judge ordered him to remain outside the court and the next time he was in front of the jury they delivered the guilty verdicts, prompting him to pull his hood over his head and bury his hands in his pockets.

Mrs Gotingco was walking home after volunteering to do overtime at Tower Insurance on May 24, 2014 when she was deliberately run down by the defendant driving his silver BMW. He bundled her into the back of the car and drove swiftly to his Birkdale apartment.

While inside his garage, he raped Mrs Gotingco, strangled her and subjected her to a frenzied knife attack, which included slashing her throat.

He told the jury as much from the witness box earlier this week but he said he thought the 56-year-old North Shore mother of three was already dead and explained his actions as trying to make the death look like a “random attack” while he was high on methamphetamine.

The jury rejected that version of events and believed he had the requisite murderous intent to prove the charge.

Mr Raftery indicated to the court preventive detention would be sought by the Crown, which means the defendant will be assessed by two health professionals before his August sentencing.

Before then his name suppression appeal will be heard by the Court of Appeal.

- NZME

Black-billed gull colony ‘a super-colony’ An aerial survey of the world’s most endangered seabird has found a super-colony of some 10,000 birds nesting near the Ashburton River bridge on State Highway One. Wildlands environmental consultancy’s Rachel McClellan said the black-billed gull colony was the largest found in a survey of South Island rivers last summer.

Dr McClellan surveyed 14 braided rivers in Canterbury by plane, photographing colonies at 10 sites along the Hurunui, Waimakariri, Opihi and Waitaki Rivers and at the mouths of the Rangitata and Rakaia.

Environment Canterbury supported the survey in its region with a $20,000 grant from its Braided River Regional Initiative.

“It was an amazing thing to see such a large colony on the outskirts of Ashburton,” Dr McClellan said. “One side of me was thinking, ‘This is wonderful’ and the other side, ‘Why did you nest alongside urban sprawl on a riverbank easily accessed by cats and dogs?’”

The plus side of the highprofile site was that it raised awareness of black-billed gulls or tarapunga.

Black-billed gulls usually favour nesting sites close to farms with plenty of grass and moist soils.

“They congregate and feed in paddocks, and in Southland it’s not unusual to see close to 1000 following a plough,” Dr McClellan said.

She would like to see weeds cleared from islands near the Ashburton colony so the birds could nest out of reach of landbased predators, then decoys

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Are the world’s most endangered seabird Are New Zealand’s only endemic gull, found nowhere else in the world Have lost more than 75 per cent of their population in 30 years Carry the most serious “Nationally critical” conservation status.

could be used to attract breeding gulls.

However, the birds could still be attacked from the air, by black-backed gulls and possibly harriers, and islands would remain accessible to people and 4WD vehicles. Also, there was no guarantee black-billed gulls would return to this site because colonies’ location and size could change from year to year, Dr McClellan said.

Ashburton Forest & Bird president Edith Smith said black-billed gulls had bred in the area since 2007, up to 10 kilometres downstream and upstream of the SH1 bridge.

Forest & Bird members posted signs warning people to leave the endangered gulls alone, contracted a security firm to patrol the area and trapped hedgehogs, rats and stoats which kill chicks and eat eggs, Mrs Smith said.

Environment Canterbury put up plastic tape, blocking access particularly during the nesting season and put signage along the river.

Dr McClellan hopes to repeat the survey in the next two breeding seasons, if funding can be found.

Ashburton District Family History Group volunteer Rothsey Reesby (right) helps Yvonne Lister start the process of researching her late husband’s family history. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 130515-TM-043

■ FAMILY HISTORY GROUP

Happy to have permanent home

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

When the doors opened on Ashburton’s new heritage centre, members of the Ashburton District Family History Group celebrated.

After years of meeting in one another’s homes, and moving from temporary home to temporary home, the keepers of the district’s very personal histories finally have a permanent base. And members couldn’t be happier.

The group now has a dedicated room in the heritage centre and that’s not only a win for members, but it’s proving a big attraction to people who’re researching their own family history, says member Phyllis Bishop.

“We’ve been getting a few

more people in each day and we’re getting new people coming in too,” she said.

The new centre has allowed the group to make all of its research material more easily accessible to the public and it is a much nicer working environment for volunteers too, Mrs Bishop said.

While the group has its own researcher who can be hired to undertake family searches, volunteers are on hand to help people find information from thousands of books, files and old records.

By using old electoral rolls and school and church registers and often adding bits and pieces of local knowledge provided by volunteers, people can make good headway on family research, she said.

“People often come in here with very little information and leave with quite a lot.”

The research archives not only include a wealth of local information, they also include material from around New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

The family history group was formed in 1979. As well as providing resources for people researching their own family and social history the organisation is instrumental in preserving the district’s historic records.

Its library now has local transcribed records on baptisms, marriages and burials for most of the district’s churches, schools as well as headstones and burial records for the district’s cemeteries.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

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The theme of last night’s Canon Media Awards was freedom of expression. Today, some the freedom of freedom of expression.

The freedom of freedo Freedom of expression includes the right to say things other people don’t want to hear, writes New Zealand Media Freedom Committee chairwoman Joanna Norris.

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s the bodies of slain cartoonists were being removed from their office in Paris in January, New Zealanders supported the dead by embracing the phrase #JeSuisCharlie.

Across the globe people gathered at rallies to speak for the cartoonists and editors and in doing so ensured the victims’ pointed brand of freedom of expression was not curtailed by murder.

Following the killings, I wrote a piece arguing that the murder of journalists represented the worst possible attack on freedom of expression and media freedom.

While the attack may have been motivated by a desire to silence satirists, it was likely to have the opposite effect, I argued. Journalists across the world would not be chilled by the attacks.

But a few moments after the piece was published online I was struck by a four-word comment left by a commenter.

“Free speech is over-rated,” he wrote.

At the time I passed the comment off as the hopeful rant of an attention-seeking troll, but I have given it a great deal of thought since.

As the #JeSuisCharlie hashtags sunk from view and New Zealanders went about their lives, I wondered just how much Kiwis valued freedom of expression and the related media freedom? Do we know what it means? Do we know what threatens it?

This is a debate I fear is often taken for granted by New Zealanders, who view it as an

arcane discussion for countries such as China, North Korea and less enlightened Gulf States.

At its very simplest freedom of expression gives people the right to express themselves in a manner of their choosing.

Whether you want to write a letter to an editor, write a column, dance in a park, or even burn a flag, your freedom to express yourself is protected by law (unless your flag burning results in public disorder).

The Bill of Rights Act gives New Zealanders these rights.

Specifically it says this: “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form.”

There are of course limits, for example your right to express yourself must not result in a crime, but generally our courts have erred towards freedom of expression when balancing competing principles.

When the commenter wrote “free-speech is over-rated”, he was, of course, expressing himself. Perhaps that was his ironic intention, perhaps his comment was, in fact, satire.

But the point is, that in New Zealand, we are deeply fortunate to have legislation that protects our freedoms.

But from time-to-time issues arise that quietly threaten the rights of New Zealanders to express themselves.

One such threat is a rising tide of offence-taking and indignation, particularly in social media where a discussion can move swiftly and viciously, influencing views and actions.

Smart young Australian philosopher Richard King, author of On Offence: The Politics of

Indignation, says increasingly people are claiming it is their right not to be offended. People are not seeking freedom from offence but the freedom to ensure their view prevails, ie: they are arguing their right not to be offended over-rides the free speech of others.

The echo-chamber of a platform such as Twitter, meanwhile, can silence dissenting views in the face of a vicious mob attack on those viewed to have erred from a “right-

also respecting the rights of others to express theirs, even when those views are not mainstream, or are offensive to a great many people.

Whether you are a fringe activist, member of the power elite or lonely bigot, you have the same right to express yourself.

New Zealanders can do this in the knowledge that we are contributing to a marketplace of ideas that can be debated and discussed in a free media.

And in doing so, we must all respect the rights of others to have a view different than our own.

Free speech cannot be overrated, nor can the right to say it is.

How free Playwright, scriptwriter and columnist Dave Armstrong asks how free are we in New Zealand to speak our mind?

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s a playwright, I am lucky to work in one of the freest countries in the world. Playwright Bertolt Brecht was near the top of Hitler’s most-wanted list, as was Charlie Chaplin.

New Zealand playwrights can only dream of that sort of notoriety.

Today in Belarus, their world-class Free Theatre Company has to perform outdoors, deep

Is th thinking” view in the minds of the mob.

The, at times, sanctimonious Twittersphere can be quick to condemn and swift to move on.

But even this presents a conundrum, because members of the mob are themselves exercising their rights to freedom of expression.

The solutions lie at the heart of the issue itself.

Freedom of expression, which underpins media freedom, should be valued and protected. People need to know they are free to state their views, whilst

New Zealand Human Rights Commission chief commissioner David Rutherford reminds us there are many aspects to freedom of expression.

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ill our mountains “ever be” freedom of expression’s ramparts on the sea?

Freedom of the press is only part of freedom of expression. Freedom of expression includes your and my freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds.

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e are we in New Zealand? inside forests and other secret locations, where audience and performers can face arrest and imprisonment if caught.

England is often seen as a country with great freedom of speech, yet up until 1968, theatres used to have to submit scripts to the Lord Chamberlain for approval before they could be performed.

Here, there is no political interference in theatre and in some cases public arts funding agencies have embarrassed their masters by funding art works that have involved people who have vociferously criticised the government – such as Nicky Hager and Tame Iti. Where you could argue freedoms are curtailed is in the commercial model theatres have to adopt in order to survive. Our public subsidies are relatively small so thea-

tres have to attract “bums on seats”.

A daring expose into torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay might make for gripping theatre that raises political consciousness, but most theatre directors know it probably won’t do gangbusters at the box office. So they plump for a genial comedy or an inoffensive musical.

One could argue that our government doesn’t have to censor our arts by force, as they do it fiscally.

In television we have a similar picture. Now and again you get a penetrating local drama or brilliant satire, but both can be expensive. With all channels adhering to a strict commercial ethos, few networks are going to stick their heads out and do something overtly political or anti-establishment.

We are told how much

“freedom” we have with our 200-odd cable TV channels and our numerous internet portals, but I’m not so sure. So much of it is dreadful reality rubbish. I remember in the days when we only had one or two channels. You could watch quality TV all Sunday night.

Of course, by the word “quality” I mean things that I like.

I am a great lover of satire and I grew up watching McPhail and Gadsby, Gliding On and Fred Dagg.

There are many excellent satirists in New Zealand – read the Civilian, listen to Jeremy Well’s Hosking Rants on Radio Hauraki or read any columns by Toby Manhire and Steve Braunias if you don’t believe me.

But our media executives, especially in television, seem so risk-averse that biting satire seems to almost sneak

in by mistake and with little fanfare than be strongly promoted by media owners.

As for the Electoral Commission, they made the appalling and misguided decision to ban musician Darren Watson’s hilarious Planet Key at election time. Though it poked borax at the government, it was not funded by any political party and was simply an artist’s statement, yet it was deemed to be an “election broadcast”. I predict a long and successful career in the public service for the bureaucrats who made that decision.

Vladimir Putin would be proud.

Though Nanny State keeps out of our theatres, music venues and comedy clubs, as well as our bedrooms, things get slightly tricky when we move into the “mainstream media”.

In Dirty Politics, Nicky Hager

has documented the way “independent” media commentators are given special assistance by the government in the form of information, and in the case of a sympathetic right-wing blogger, fast-tracked OIA information from the SIS. More recently, the woman whose ponytail was repeatedly tugged by John Key was apparently named against her will by the New Zealand Herald in what appears to be a case of very dubious ethics.

So by all means let’s celebrate the freedom of speech we have, which is substantial, especially in the underfunded arts. But let’s also not kid ourselves that we live in an entirely free country where media organisations are free from manipulation by both governments and corporate interests.

he internet eroding our freedom?

Freedom of expression underpins our way of life in New Zealand, it enables liberal democracy, religious and nonrelgious observance, science and reason and innovation in all spheres of life.

All of us have the right to freedom of expression. Freedom of expression is inextricably linked to other freedoms including freedoms of belief, of association and from arbitrary interference with our home, family, correspondence or reputation.

Today one of the biggest threats to freedom of expression is over-reaching surveillance. Every expression you make digitally today can be stored for later use by governments or businesses.

Unless we take steps to ensure freedom of expression is not chilled by this our way of life is threatened.

A freedom always comes

with risk and responsibility.

Freedom of expression has and will always be subject to restrictions. There are responsibilities on those imparting and receiving expression.

There is a risk that expression will cause upset. There is a risk that limiting expression will harm our way of life.

Getting the balance right is critical. New Zealand has a high level of realisation of freedom of expression. It also has a reputation for tolerance.

Governments and special interest groups will from time to time seek to restrict freedom of expression in the name of safety or special interest. Any restrictions must be narrow, specific, limited and authorised.

We must remember that none of these freedoms or rights came without a struggle. People died that we might have them. A. G. Grayling

describes the challenge we face today: “We should not wish future men and women who have to fight all over again for liberty to think we gave up on the courageous work of centuries without a struggle.”

Today your and my freedom of expression is threatened by over-reaching surveillance.

The review of New Zealand’s Government security intelligence services starts soon.

However, each of us is as much or more at risk of overreaching surveillance by businesses that operate surveillance based business models.

We happily “tick box” all our data over to these businesses in exchange for the use of an app, a website or a cloud.

These businesses have plenty to lose if they lose our trust.

Many are leading the fight to defend our freedom. However, if you are a digital citizen it is your responsibility to under-

stand the bargain you are making when you tick the box.

Bruce Schneier has likened the current position of digital citizens to the serfs of feudal times. Tim Berners-Lee has called for a new Magna Carta 800 years after the first. There are many places where you can find information about the issues and possible solutions.

Schneier’s latest book Data and Goliath is one of the best places to look.

The Human Rights Commission will do everything it can to ensure New Zealanders know their human rights and responsibilities and to ensure that freedom of expression is protected. We agree that targeted and authorised government surveillance is legitimate.

Schneier goes so far as saying that we need to work on finding better ways for police and intelligence services to conduct targeted surveillance

in ways that do not overreach and unreasonably curtail our freedoms. This would remove any possible justification for over-reaching surveillance. We must also find ways to better balance the power of the citizen in all aspects of our digital world.

If you want to honour the sacrifice of men and women who ensured we are free it is time for you to understand how the way you use your information technology affects your freedom. It is time to make sure that our government surveillance programmes and businesses operating surveillance based business models are fit for the purpose of protecting our freedom and not eroding it. Governments and businesses are not necessarily the enemy that much of the rhetoric suggests. They can be a huge part of the solution.

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A slice of funding Celebrating their organisation’s success in securing a slice of funding from the Ashburton District Council’s creative communities grants funds, (back, from left): Julie Fechney, Anna Cartney, Mae Patterson, Richard George, Yvonne Harrison, Margaret Clifford with Viv Barrett representing Creative New Zealand. In front (from left): Deanne Watson, Lyn George, Kim Vessey and Rachael Boyd, representing Creative New Zealand.

The recipients represented the following organisations: Embroiderers Guild, $700; Ashburton Highland and National Dance Assn, $2500; Ashburton Performing Arts Theatre Trust, $1000; Ashburton Society of Performing Arts, $800; Ashburton Writers’ Group, $300; Filipino Dairy Workers in NZ Inc, $1500; Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre, $2000; Richard and Lyn George, $400; The Big Little Theatre Company, $1500; Variety Theatre Ashburton, $1600.

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■ Pat the lamb dry, trim any fat and season. Add 2-3 chops to the pan and cook until browned on one side. Turn over and cook for another few minutes. Transfer to a warmed plate and repeat with the remaining chops.

■ Discard any fat from the pan and return to a medium heat. Add a little oil and the garlic, onion, anchovies, oregano and rosemary.

Cook until the onion is soft. Add the tomato paste, tinned tomatoes, chilli powder (if using), stock and sugar. Stir to combine and nestle the chops in so they’re covered. Bring to a boil then turn off the heat straight away.

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Complex world of freedom of expression Sue Newman

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reedom of expression has been one of the cornerstones of the newspaper industry.

Ideally we would write warts and all stories that expose the truth and lay bare the facts without fear or favour.

The reality is very different; the power of the pen is curtailed by a myriad of rules and regulations.

The guidelines for good and fair journalism are many, they’re complicated and they’re subject to individual interpretation and circumstance.

In New Zealand we are fortunate, no person and no subject is off limits, but a story must be fair, balanced and what is portrayed as fact must be true.

The reality, however, is quite different, particularly for smaller newspapers in smaller communities such as Ashburton.

The people who write the news, who tell the district’s stories are the people who live in the community.

We’re the person next door, the person in the check-out queue, the person on the sideline at a sports match.

And that makes writing a story without fear or favour, ensuring the tough stories are still told, but told in a way that does not offend, that has an added layer of sensitivity, a lot more difficult.

A big city paper can drop a news bomb that burns and walk away.

What we write, we live by and with; the people we write about are the people we’re likely to see on the street the next day.

Our community is our judge, but occasionally we’re also judged by our peers.

At last night’s newspaper industry awards we may not have been on the podium, but we were winners in our own way.

The judges commended our coverage of one of our most recent, most high profile and most horrific events, September’s Winz shootings, describing it as “compassionate”.

For a small staff in a small community the paper did an “extraordinary job in how it handled this tragedy”, they said.

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From the grief and glory of being a mother Sharon Bailey

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9)

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uring the 1860s in America, Anne Reeves Jarvis, a devout Christian and peacemaker, who had borne 13 children, instituted Mother’s Day Work Clubs that worked tirelessly in the community to improve health, sanitation and reduce infant mortality. Anne herself lost nine of her 13 children to various diseases over the years.

Besides the unmatched misery of losing one’s children, another thing that upsets most mothers a great deal is to see their children fighting.

How much more would it hurt when a country’s “children” fight amongst themselves as happened in 1861-65 when America was ripped apart by Civil War? States like Virginia were totally divided by the conflict, with families and neighbours polarised as even brother fought brother on different sides of the war!

Four of Anne’s children died

during the war years, yet she never gave up the struggle for peace.

Anne’s life reveals a true outworking of the scripture, “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice,” (Eph 4:31) as she urged her Mother’s Day Work Clubs to declare neutrality and care for the injured of both sides.

When soldiers began dying from typhoid and measles, Anne’s group of women must have said – “These are our men, our husbands, our sons!”

They continued to nurse both Union and Confederate soldiers. Continuing to work

for peace, in late 1865, when the war ended, Anne instituted a Mother’s Friendship Day celebration for soldiers from both sides and their families. She delivered a message of peace and reconciliation.

As the truth of Ephesians 4:32, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as Christ God forgave you” resonated strongly in this event, the day proved most powerful in ending the destructive animosity that had continued to rip the community and families apart after the war.

When this amazing woman died in 1905, her daughter

Anna Jarvis, took it upon herself to have a day set aside to honour mothers and, after much lobbying and campaigning, president Woodrow Wilson finally signed a proclamation in 1914 that the second Sunday in May would be a national holiday to honour mothers.

Poor Anna Jarvis eventually died angry and embittered by the extent to which Mother’s Day became commercialised. It is true – America alone spends 4 billion dollars on this one day in the year!

As modern-day Christian mothers, let us learn from people like Anne Reeves Jarvis to always be peacemakers in our homes, builders into the community and make it our duty to ensure that our children know how to honour their parents – because this impacts on their futures too.

“Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.”(Exodus 20:12) May your blessing as a mother last long after Mother’s Day has passed by as you allow God to use you as an instrument of peace in your home.

Sharon Bailey is with the New Life Church

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BY TIM PANKHURST

mong the fans at the Hurricanes-Crusaders match in Wellington this month were three dark-haired young women in yellow head scarves.

Clearly modest Muslims, the only parts of their bodies visible were their faces and hands.

They did, however, have some incongruous adornment – yellow and black stripes on their cheeks, the colours of the home team. A better example of multiculturalism and assimilation would be hard to find.

While the rest of the world beheads and bombs and maims in the name of religion, in this fortunate country our tribal conflicts are confined to crunching tackles by sporting warriors in different coloured jerseys.

We watch in horror as overseas atrocities accumulate in the name of Allah and God (the same God) and Sunnis and Shiites extract endless revenge on each other and those they see as opposing them.

We see this through a distant lens, it is shocking and unfathomable, but in our remote and peaceful land we are more exercised by the Prime Min-

ister stroking a waitress’ hair or which pretty young woman a bachelor will choose in a televised courting.

But the bitter divisions in the Middle East and, increasingly, in Europe were brought home to us in January when three terrorists shot dead 17 people in Paris, including the editor and contributors to the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The obscure magazine with a history of offending political and religious sensibilities was “guilty” of publishing mocking images of the prophet Mohammed.

This contentious issue first came to widespread attention nearly a decade earlier when the Danish newspaper JyllandsPosten commissioned a number of cartoonists on the subject of the prophet Mohammed and published 12 different works.

Danish politicians and Islamic extremists alike stirred the controversy and street demonstrations, violence, deaths, trade boycotts and damage to embassies followed.

Nearly six months later when the controversy was still being fanned, The Dominion Post elected to show its readers what the fuss was about and joined

at least 140 newspapers in 56 countries in publishing all 12 cartoons. The Press in Christchurch, the Nelson Mail, TVNZ and TV3 also published at least one image.

The New Zealand Herald however, took a different angle and declared it was not a media freedom issue and did publish.

The Dominion Post reasoned the cartoons had wide circulation, including in Algeria and Jordan’s Arabic weekly Shihan, and in the context of international reaction it was appropriate to print them.

Publication was divisive – that was the point of showing readers what the fuss was about.

National foreign affairs spokesman Murray McCully, then in Opposition, was supportive, upholding the right of the New Zealand media to make their own editorial decisions.

But on the ninth floor of the Beehive, Prime Minister Helen Clark was agitated.

She instructed her office to call and warn against publication, citing risks to Middle East trade, New Zealander Harmeet Sooden who was then held hostage in Iraq and New Zealand peacekeeping troops in the Middle East.

None of those fears came to pass.

While the left tut-tutted, Muslim leader Javed Khan, Auckland-based president of the Federation of Islamic Associations, while offended by the publication, opposed any trade retaliation.

Behind the scenes the Iranian Embassy in Wellington supported that stand.

A meeting was held between religious leaders and the media and the issue was effectively defused. That did not stop the prime minister from urging any business that might have suffered trade damage to sue Fairfax media, publisher of The Dominion Post and The Press.

None did so.

It is not wise to be deliberately offensive – Charlie Hebdo almost invited retaliation – but fear of disturbing the sensibilities of Muslims needs to be balanced against upholding a free press.

Catholics, too, object to mockery of their religion, such as encasing a statue of the Virgin Mary in a condom, but show no signs of resorting to barbarism.

Hypocrisy and evil deeds deserve scrutiny and satire can be one of the most effective weap-

ons. Islam in its purest form is a peaceful religion that has contributed much to civilisation.

We could all do more to recognise that and support and befriend Muslims in our community.

But if Islam is being perverted and terrible deeds committed in its name, a cartoon of Mohammed waving a sword can be a devastating statement, a far more arresting condemnation than any amount of political or editorial huffing.

Freedom of speech is a fundamental value that has to be defended. It goes hand-in-hand with tolerance and fairness and decency.

Those are the concepts that build a good society, one where Muslims and Westerners supporting Christian values can happily sit side by side and cheer their team on, rather than one where grievances fester in the dark. * Tim Pankhurst is a former editor of the Dominion Post. He is currently chief executive of Seafood New Zealand. The Canon Media Awards held on May 22 celebrate freedom of expression.

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In brief Oil clean-up begins More than 31,418 litres of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 15 kilometres of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky crude that escaped from a ruptured pipeline, officials said yesterday. Up to 400,000 litres may have leaked from the pipeline, according to estimates from the pipeline operator. The early toll on wildlife included five oil-covered pelicans, which were taken in to be cleaned, officials said. Biologists counted dead fish and crustaceans along sandy beaches and rocky shores.

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Islamic State fighters take cover during a battle against Syrian government forces on a road between Homs and Palmyra, Syria.

IS seizes Iraq border post The Islamic State group has kept up a counter-offensive that has rocked US strategy, seizing a key border crossing after capturing an Iraqi provincial capital and a renowned Syrian heritage site.

The jihadists, who now control roughly half of Syria, reinforced their self-declared trans-frontier “caliphate” with the capture of the Al-Tanaf to Al-Walid crossing on the Damascus-Baghdad highway.

It was the last border crossing with Iraq still held by the Damascus government. Except for a short section of frontier in the north under Kurdish control, all the rest are now held by IS. The jihadist surge, which has also seen them capture Anbar capital Ramadi and the ancient

Syrian city of Palmyra in the past week, comes despite eight months of US-led air strikes aimed at pushing them back.

It has sparked an exodus of tens of thousands of fearful civilians in both countries and raised fears that the jihadists will repeat at Palmyra the destruction they have already wreaked at ancient sites in Iraq.

President Barack Obama played down the IS advance as a tactical setback and denied the US-led coalition was “losing” to IS. But French President Francois Hollande said the world must act to stop the extremists and save Palmyra.

As the jihadists fanned out across Palmyra on Thursday, they went door to door executing suspected loyalists of the

Damascus government, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

At least 17 people were killed, the Britain-based monitoring group said.

Syrian state media said loyalist troops withdrew after “a large number of IS terrorists entered the city”, which lies at a strategic crossroads between Damascus and the Iraqi border to the east.

IS proclaimed Palmyra’s capture online and posted video and stills footage of its fighters in the city’s air base and prison, long notorious for its detention of regime opponents.

The jihadists did not immediately post pictures of the UNESCO-listed world heritage site with its colonnaded streets, elaborately decorated

tombs and temples.

IS now controls “more than 95,000 square kilometres in Syria, which is 50 per cent of the country’s territory”, the Observatory said.

The Islamist rebels yesterday overran a hospital in the town of Jisr al-Shughur where at least 150 regime forces and dozens of civilians were trapped for nearly a month, the Observatory said.

It said dozens managed to escape, but despite a pledge from President Bashar al-Assad to rescue them, others were killed.

Palmyra’s takeover came days after IS seized the Iraqi city of Ramadi, their most significant victory since their lighting advance across swathes of northern Iraq last summer.

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Suspect in killings of DC family arrested An ex-convict accused in the slayings of a wealthy Washington family and their housekeeper was arrested a week after authorities said the family was killed and their mansion was set on fire.

Daron Dylon Wint, 34, was arrested in northeast Washington around 11pm on Thursday by members of a fugitive task force and charged with firstdegree murder while armed, DC police and the US Marshals Service said. Investigators had

previously been seeking him in New York City.

Police have not detailed why Wint would want to kill 46-year-old Savvas Savopoulos; his 47-year-old wife, Amy; their son, Philip; and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa.

Three of the four victims had been stabbed or bludgeoned before the fire.

Police said that Wint, a certified welder, worked for Savopoulos’ company, American Iron Works, in the past. Savo-

poulos was the CEO of American Iron Works, a construction-materials supplier based in Hyattsville, Maryland, that has been involved in major projects in downtown Washington.

Police said they haven’t ruled out the possibility that other people were involved in the slayings, but no other suspects have been identified.

The Savopouloses lived in a $4.5 million home in Woodley Park, a neighbourhood where mansions are protected by

fences and elaborate security systems and local and federal law enforcement officers are a constant presence, in part because Vice President Joe Biden’s official residence is nearby.

Text messages and voicemails from the Savopouloses to their confused and frightened household staff suggest something was amiss in the house many hours before the bodies were found.

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A South Korean court has suspended the prison term of the former Korean Air executive whose onboard “nut rage” tantrum delayed a flight last year, immediately ending her incarceration. Cho Hyun-ah, who is the daughter of the airline’s chairman, did not violate aviation security law when she ordered the chief flight attendant off a December 5 flight, forcing it to return to the gate at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, according to the Seoul High Court.

The upper court sentenced Cho to 10 months in prison and then suspended the sentence for two years. It said she was guilty of assault. A lower court had earlier sentenced Cho to a year in prison.

She has been locked up since her December arrest.

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Search for boat people Attention turned yesterday to the seas off Southeast Asia’s west coast as naval vessels from Myanmar and Malaysia searched for stranded boat people and the US military prepared air patrols to step up its involvement.

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar and economic migrants from Bangladesh are believed to be trapped on crowded boats with little food or water and the international community has warned that time to save them is running out.

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Six police indicted A grand jury indicted all six officers charged in the case of an African-American whose death from injuries he suffered in police custody sparked rioting in Baltimore and nationwide protests.

The indictment allows the city’s top prosecutor to press ahead with the most serious charges despite criticism that she was part of an “overzealous prosecution.” The indictments were similar to the charges Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced about three weeks ago.

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Eiffel Tower closed The Eiffel Tower is closed to the public because workers are protesting a recent rise in aggressive pickpockets. The Paris monument is normally open every day of the year and brings in thousands of visitors daily. It sometimes closes briefly for bomb threats or strikes. The company that manages the tower said it did not open yesterday because staff are concerned about petty crime around the site. It said it is working with police to reach a solution. - AP

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Sports diary Around the Grounds

Saturday Combined Country Cup Celtic v Lincoln, Linclon, 2.45pm Rakaia v West Melton, West Melton, 2.45pm Methven v Waihora, Methven, 2.45pm Hampstead v Saracens, Rangiora, 2.45pm

UC Championships Ashburton College 1st XV v Nelson College, Nelson

Premier Mid-South Canterbury Hockey Hampstead-Collegians v TGHS at NBS Ashburton Turf, 1.30pm Hampstead v Craighead at NBS Ashburton Turf, 3pm Wakanui Blue v Cambridge at NBS Ashburton Turf, 4.30pm Wakanui Black v TBHS 1ST XI at NBS Ashburton Turf, 6pm

Mainland Football Men’s Div 4: MCU Eastern v FC Twenty11 @ Ashburton Domain, 2.30pm Men’s Div 5 Methven v Selwyn @ Brookside Park, 2.30pm Men’s Masters Div 2: MCU Masters v Universities @ Ashburton Domain, 2.30pm Men’s 18th Div 3: MCU v St Bedes @ St Bedes, 10:45am Men’s 18th Div 4 Methven v CBHS 4th XI@ Straven Road 10.45am Men’s 16th Div 1: MCU v Halswell United @ Ashburton Domain, 12.30pm

Netball Junior Grading from 8.45ammidday at EA Networks Centre Senior B, Senior Reserve A and B and Second Grade from 1.30pm at EA Networks Centre

Canterbury Rugby League Ashburton Barbarians v Burnham at Collegiate South at 1pm

Sunday Mainland Football Div 1 Methven A v Hornby@ Warren Park, 10.30am Div 2 Methven B v Halswell United @ Halswell Domain, 10.30am

Rep hockey Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury, NBS Ashburton Turf at 2pm

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Chch the winner at Lord’s

By Andrew Alderson There was pride on both sides of a Christchurch cricketing divide after the performances of two 23-year-olds on the opening day of the first test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s.

England finished on 354 for seven after slumping to 30 for four.

On the New Zealand side was Cantabrian Matt Henry, the country’s 266th test cricketer and 16th to debut at the historic venue.

He was presented with his cap and his parents came across in time to attend the match.

On the England side was Durham’s Ben Stokes, who was born in The Garden City, but grew up in northern England where his father Ged coached professional league for a decade.

Stokes snr tweeted: “Off to bed very well batted my boy #proudmum&dad”.

Both were arguably the standout performers for their sides.

Henry took three for 93 from 24 overs, including an opening spell of two for 19 from five.

With three England wickets to get, he’s a candidate to become the 18th New Zealander to add their name to Lord’s visitors honours board.

Stokes reached 92 before shouldering arms to a Mark Craig delivery that slid down the slope and bowled him within sight of

adding his name to England’s equivalent in his 10th test.

“I can’t say what I want without adding a swear word, so I’ll leave it at that,” Stokes said with a laugh, having made a pair here last year against India.

“I always back the way I play, regardless of the situation. Another day I could have looked like a wally and nicked out for 20.

“Farby [temporary coach Paul Farbrace] said ‘everyone backs you in the changing room. Don’t change anything because of the three lions’ [the symbol on England’s crest].

“It was a bit quiet [in the dressing room initially]. That had changed by 6.30pm, at least compared to mid-afternoon.”

Henry was in awe of how his world had changed in a few days, having previously been to England to play for clubs and New Zealand ‘A’.

“It was incredible walking down the stairs [of the Members’ Pavilion] with the clapping.

Walking out is a moment I’ll never forget, but it was good to get some overs under my belt,” he said with a grin.

“The way we started was great.

We asked some good questions, but then England fought back well.

“One ball an over tended to give them a chance [to hit a bad ball] and they took it. If you bowl back of a length you get hurt.”

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■ BOWLING

New Zealand’s Matt Henry (left) celebrates the wicket of England’s captain Alastair Cook during the first day of the first Test match at Lord’s cricket ground in London, yesterday.

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■ NETBALL

Ashburton bowlers Fast recovery for Kopua selected for comps Nine Ashburton indoor bowlers have been named to represent the South Island Academy and Southern Zone Masters at the annual Indoor Bowls Nationals in Timaru next month.

An annual fixture at the national championships, players are selected to compete in the two competitions played on the middle day of the week-long tournament.

In the women’s South Island Academy side, Bernice Laird and the mother and daughter combination of Rowena and Laure Mackenzie have made the side.

Laird will play three in the fours side with Rowena at two while Laura leads the triples.

The men’s side sees another Mackenzie, this time Ken, skipping the fours side

with Matt Markham playing three to him.

Gaylene Smith has also been named as a reserve in the women’s side.

In the Masters event Chris Talbot will play the women’s singles and Rosemary Bennett will skip the fours.

On the men’s side of proceedings, Alec Crawford will lead in the pairs and Graeme Chapman will skip the fours.

Both South Island sides will be managed by Ashburton’s Mike Lawson.

Meanwhile, Ashburton continued their winning run on Thursday night with a representative victory over Ellesmere in Lincoln.

They won with 22 wins and two draws against Ellesmere’s 18 wins and two draws.

Silver Ferns’ skipper Casey Kopua is still no certainty to return to the court with the Magic this season, despite her remarkable progress in her comeback from a devastating knee injury.

When Kopua and the Ferns medical team sat down late last year and mapped out the path ahead following surgery to repair her ruptured patella tendon, they did not expect to be talking of a return at this time of the season.

But the athletic defender is tracking ahead of schedule after a determined and committed effort with her rehabilitation programme.

Kopua is now taking full part in trainings with her Magic side and is suiting up for every game. While she is still waiting for the official all-clear to play, she appears to be inching ever closer to being given the tick of approval to return to the court.

However Kopua’s impending return comes at a tricky time for the Magic with play-offs nearing.

For the Magic, every game from this point on is a must-win, be-

ginning with a meeting with the desperate Pulse on Monday night.

Coach Julie Fitzgerald must therefore weigh up individual objectives against team objectives.

That is, she needs to try to find a way to get Kopua back out on court to give the athletic defender every opportunity to rebuild her confidence ahead of the World Cup, while still ensuring the team maintains their defensive structures and consistency.

Kopua said there is a chance Fitzgerald may opt to stick with the in-form pairing of Kristiana Manu’a and Leana de Bruin for the remainder of the season.

But regardless of whether she gets on court in the ANZ Championship, Kopua is feeling comfortable with her progress to date and believes she is on track to regain her form and fitness before the World Cup in August.

Kopua hopes to take part in the Silver Ferns trials at the end of next month.

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■ KARATE

Locals off to champs in India

By Jonathan leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Five members of the Jion International Karate Dojo of Ashburton have been selected to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Karate Champs in New, Delhi, India in September this year.

Charlie Savage Rosie Gray, Jenna Borthwick, Taylah Burrowes and Jessica Windhorst were all selected following strong outings at the New Zealand Open Championship and a National Training Camp in Christchurch in April.

Jion’s team of 13 competitors, aged 6 to 15-years-old, won two individual gold, two silver, six bronze as well as two team gold medals.

From the two-day training camp and the open championship, a panel of Karate NZ selectors picked a 35-strong team to head to India - with five from Ashburton.

Savage, 10, Gray, 11, Burrowes, 11, and Borthwick, 11, were all selected for kumite in their respective age-weight divisions while Jessica Windhorst, 14, was selected for the Kata and Kumite.

Sensei Thorsten Windhorst has also been included to be one of three assistant coaches to travel with the team.

The club are planning some fundraising activities for their trip to India, starting with a Fun Day at the Tinwald Memorial Hall on June 7.

The hall has been the club’s home for almost a decade but with the EA Networks Centre sports complex now open the

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In brief Finch set to return Aaron Finch is five weeks ahead of schedule in his comeback from hamstring surgery and hopes to return on June 14. Finch went under the knife on April 21, having snapped a tendon in his left leg a week earlier while playing for Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai. The original expectation was the hard-hitting opener would be sidelined for 12 weeks and miss the majority of England’s domestic Twenty20 competition. But Australia’s T20 captain is progressing remarkably well after the first injury of his cricket career.

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club is eyeing up a possible relocation. “It is something we are definitely looking into what facilities are available and whether we can get in there depending on size and cost,” Jion Ashburton spokesperson Jacqui Windhorst said.

“We have contacted Karate New Zealand to see if they are interest in hosting one of the

South Island competition here.”

The Jion Dojo started in 2007 with seven members and their three sessions a week are now “full to capacity” with the club introducing a waiting list for their junior sessions.

They now have three junior groups according to age and grade, an adult group and a new youth group - having picked up

10 new teenagers at the start of the year.

Jion had a big night at last week’s Mid Canterbury Sports Awards with the Jion Dragons which featured Gray, Burrowes, Borthwick and Jessica Windhorst - were the junior team of the year and Thorsten received a special award for his efforts as both a coach and administrator.

■ CYCLING

Gates rides his way to victory in Ireland

By Cameron mCmillan New Zealand rider Aaron Gate sprinted his way to victory on a wet and windy fifth stage of the An Post RAS Tour of Ireland yesterday.

Gate, who rides for the An Post Chain Reaction team, is among the Cycling New Zealand track squad who are competing in road racing in preparation for the summer track season to be highlighted by the UCI World Cup in Cambridge in December.

The Aucklander attacked with two other rides in the closing moments of yesterday’s 142km stage to Ballina in the north west of Ireland, with a select group managing to edge clear as New Zealand team riders Alex Frame and Nick Bain headed the second bunch only three seconds behind.

It pushes Gate up to fifth on general classification and the leader in the points race jersey with three stages remain-

ing as his An Post Chain Reaction team chase down Austrian tour leader Lukas Postlberger.

Frame from Christchurch finished eighth only three seconds behind the winner is now fourth in the points jersey race and third in the young rider category.

Aucklander Bain was aggressive yesterday, riding Frame up to the front group of 18 as the field was blown apart on the exposed roads in west Ireland, worsened by the driving rain and three category climbs. Bain attacked again late in the day but was brought back before Gate led the final charge.

The rest of the New Zealand endurance track squad finished further behind after riding in support of Frame in the early part of a challenging day.

Today’s sixth stage is the longest of 160km moving inland to Ballinamore with three category climbs to contend with.

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Former Italian superstar Paolo Maldini has beaten David Beckham to the punch in launching a professional soccer club in Miami. As Beckham’s plans for a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami remain in limbo, Maldini announced yesterday he was joining entrepreneur Riccardo Silva in launching Miami FC to begin play in the North American Soccer League in 2016. “I strongly believe in the growth of soccer in the USA, and this is the perfect project to develop a top-class soccer team in one of the most important cities in the world,” Maldini said.

- AFP

Spieth shares lead Masters champion Jordan Spieth drained a 19-foot birdie at the final hole yesterday to join a four-way tie for the lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Texas. Playing in front of delighted fans near his hometown of Dallas, Spieth was unfazed by the threehour delay that pushed back the start of play, recording six birdies without a bogey to tie Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa and fellow Americans Kevin Na and Boo Weekley atop the leaderboard on six-under-par 64. Marc Leishman was the leading Australian in a tie for seventh after opening with a 67, two shots better than countrymen Jarrod Lyle, Geoff Ogilvy and John Senden in the $US6.5 million ($NZ8.8 million) tournament.

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Macrae still out

New Zealand rider Aaron Gate has won the fifth stage of the An Post RAS Tour of Ireland.

Forward Jackson Macrae remains out of the Western Bulldogs line-up for tomorrow’s AFL match against Melbourne at the MCG. After being dropped for last week’s narrow loss to Fremantle, Macrae was added to the 25-man squad. But the Bulldogs only made one change to their final team, promoting former Sydney defender Shane Biggs for his first game with the club. Mitch Honeychurch is sidelined because of soreness, with ruckman Will Minson also spending another week out of the senior team.

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■ RUGBY

Perry primed Super 15 retu

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Tim Perry

Tim Perry is a solid outing of club rugby away from returning to the Crusaders for the tail end of the Super 15.

Coming off an Achillies injury that required surgery at the end of the ITM Cup, Perry will have his third game of club rugby today for Christchurch against New Brighton in the Christchurch Metro competition.

Rather than have a run-around with Rakaia - as he did last year the former Mid Canterbury representative was requested to play in the Christchurch competition.

“They told me I could if I wanted to but would prefer me to play in town to keep a better eye on me,” Perry said.

It was probably not the news the Rakaia coaches wanted – battling with injuries in recent weeks - but it was what Perry has had to do to prime himself for a Super return.

It also made more sense with his travel arrangements, being based in town this year rather than on the family farm near Barrhill as he was last season.

Having previously turned out for the Christchurch Colts in his first year out of school, it made them an obvious choice and he had 60 minutes in his first two games before lasting the full 80 last weekend.

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Another big chunk and I should be bac with match fitness

“Another big chunk this weekend and I should be back up to speed with match fitness.

“I should be eligible for selection again and if I can train well through the week and I’ll will see what happens.”

Perry returns to the Crusaders squad nestled behind All Black loosehead props Wyatt Crockett and Joe Moody – both of whom may require stand down weeks under the All Blacks World Cup year rest protocols.

With just three games to go after this weekend, he still hopes to take the field before the season ends as the Crusaders launch a desperate bid to make the play-offs.

The Crusaders are in Sydney for their clash with the Waratahs tonight where Crockett will become the most capped Crusader.

The prop will play his 152nd game for the franchise to surpass fellow frontrower Corey Flynn’s record. Coach Todd Blackadder made five changes to the side that beat the Reds two weeks ago for the

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Sonny Bill Williams

New Zealand’s Olympic Sevens bid has snared Sonny Bill Williams and Liam Messam and is hopeful that Beauden Barrett, Julian Savea, Ben Smith, Victor Vito and Malakai Fekitoa are also going to commit to the abbreviated game.

New Zealand recently secured Olympic qualification and has asked players such as Barrett, Savea, Smith, Vito and Fekitoa to make a commitment, one way or the other, by next month.

The New Zealand Herald understands that all five are strongly considering saying yes, giving New Zealand an excellent chance of winning gold at the Olympics but

massively compromising the fire-power of the All Blacks.

To make the final 12-man Olympic squad, players will have to be involved in at least two Sevens tournaments during next year’s Super Rugby and also miss at least the first five, if not seven, All Black tests.

Players who signal their interest in Sevens by June will be able to change their mind at any stage and nor is there any guarantee they will be selected for Rio. But even if only half of the targeted list makes the final Olympic cut, it will leave the All Blacks with massive gaps in their squad for half their 2016 programme.

Given the All Blacks are also going to be losing a host of senior players such as Daniel Carter, Ma’a Nonu, Conrad Smith and Colin Slade after the World Cup and most likely Richie McCaw and Keven Mealamu, too, the enormity of New Zealand Rugby’s ambition is breathtaking.

They are hoping to bed in a new, expanded Super Rugby competition, introduce a handful of top test players – some of whom have

never played – to Sevens and attempt to win the Olympics while also hoping the All Blacks secure a clean sweep in the June series and are crowned Rugby Championship winners.

“We could be in danger of spreading ourselves too thin particularly given the period of the cycle we are in,” says NZRU chief executive Steve Tew. “And that is something that we will constantly weigh up and we had conversations on this as recently as yesterday.

“We don’t have a complete picture yet as there are still a reasonable number of players deciding. As you would expect, the opportunity to go to the Olympics is something that every player will consider so there is certainly interest. Some players are weighing it up – for a lot of them, they are in the peak time of their 15s as well. There is no guarantee that if you walk away from your jersey in an All Black environment or even in your Super team that someone else doesn’t grab it and it’s not that easy to get back.”

The difficulty of the logistical balancing act – of trying to not disadvantage Super Rugby

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d for Chiefs storm past Bulls urn By kris shannon

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Crusaders have not missed offs since 2001, and just the he last 17 seasons.

The Chiefs once again showed they know exactly how to set aside a setback and keep on racking up the wins.

In last night’s case there were a couple of hurdles to clear en route to a vital 34-20 victory over the Bulls in Rotorua, but the Chiefs bounded past those obstacles to find five points.

Some impediments were something of their own doing, spotted the Bulls a two-try headstart through errors close to their line, while they were well aware of others, like a growing injury list, in the days before the game.

But the absence of a quartet of locks and the loss of key attacking weapon James Lowe did little to dampen the Chiefs’ efforts as they charge towards the playoffs, with next weekend’s showdown against the Highlanders looming as pivotal.

Whether any of the injured locks return before then remains to be seen but, based on tonight’s efforts, it was also questionable how much the Chiefs need the reinforcements.

Because a locking combination featuring loose forward Johan Bardoul and commentator Ross Filipo – ostensibly retired before the campaign – never looked out of place against a fearsome Bulls pack. Filipo, in fact, was full of a level of energy that belied a season spent playing only club rugby, answering Dave Rennie’s SOS call in emphatic fashion.

The attack was far from perfect

Augustine Pulu

without Lowe but that has been the case throughout the campaign, regardless of whether the Tasman flyer was present in the side. Hosea Gear and Bryce Heem regressed after last week’s impressive outing against the Hurricanes but the Chiefs were able to threaten in other areas.

They enjoyed success particularly around the edges, with Augustine Pulu making the most of a rare start with an impressive two-try performance, while Damian McKenzie showcased his full range of skills.

But it was in the forwards where this one was won, meeting the challenge provided by the Bulls’ fearsome pack and helping the Chiefs remain in the game after a wayward attack contributed to an even opening half.

The home side had all the ball in the beginning stages but, with the Chiefs wings making a meal of a couple of kicks to the corner

to gift two tries, the Bulls soon found their way into the encounter.

Not that they were completely undeserving of reward, though.

The South African side were playing at the right end of the field and, after the tries, began to enjoy much more time in possession by winning turnovers and forcing penalties.

Both were signs of a Chiefs side playing poorly with ball in hand, looking directionless at times as they struggled for territory. Rennie’s men hardly need territory to be dangerous, however, and their pair of first-half tries to Liam Messam and Bryce Heem were both courtesy of counter attacks.

Drawing level appeared to help the Chiefs regain their composure and play with increasing fluidity, with that growing confidence apparent during their patient play after the break. The Chiefs were content to monopolise possession and break the Bulls down, with Pulu was soon the benefactor of a tiring Bulls defence to create some comfort for the first time all night.

That comfort might not have lasted long but a staunch defensive effort prevented the Bulls from the pulling themselves back into the game.

Chiefs 34 (Messam, Heem, Pulu 2, Nanai-Williams tries; McKenzie pen, 3 cons) Bulls 20 (Serfontein, Basson, Labuschagne tries; Pollard con, pen) HT: 15-15 - NZME

king cut for Rio Olympics squads who lose players to Sevens and protecting the All Blacks is significant.

Agreement was reached some time ago to put positional and franchise quotas in place.

The All Blacks have asked that they don’t lose more than one player from each position while the guideline is no more than two players from each franchise.

Exceptions will be made but not at first-five where the All Blacks will already be stretched following the departures of Carter, Slade and Tom Taylor.

All Black coach Steve Hansen insisted only one No 10 could be in the mix for Rio and Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens made it clear Barrett was his preferred choice – hence the announcement by Aaron Cruden earlier this year that he would not be sticking his hand up.

Super Rugby teams are waiting to learn more of the detail about how they will be compensated for players they lose.

Each player approached about playing Sevens was categorised ‘A’ or ‘B’. The former are players who may have previous experience, or are

considered to have the necessary conditioning and skills to make the transition relatively easily and therefore will only need to play in two tournaments to prove their readiness.

The ‘B’ players will have to make a longer commitment to Sevens – and play more tournaments in the World Series which starts in December this year.

Super Rugby squads will be able to contract extra players as cover but are still going to be impacted given the calibre of player they are likely to be losing.

The Chiefs will be especially hard hit losing Messam and Williams for at least some of the campaign, but chief executive Andrew Flexman says: “Sonny and Liam have indicated their interest [to play Sevens] to us. We do expect them to be involved in our campaign but the picture around that I imagine will start to form soon. We have bought into the NZRU’s wider ambition to win medals in Rio so if anyone else [from the Chiefs] has a desire to play Sevens then we will engage in thoise conervsations but it would be on a case-by-case basis.” - NZME

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Extended group of players identified as possible Sevens converts earlier this year Players identified by Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens have until early June to declare their interest A 26-man extended Sevens squad will be named after Rugby World Cup World Sevens Series kicks off in December 2015 and ‘B’ players may be required to be available from then ‘A’ players will be required to play at least two World Series events so before June 2016 12-man Olympic squad will be announced in June 2016 Olympics run from August 5-18 and those picked won’t be available for three-test series against Wales or the first two – possibly four – games of the Rugby Championship

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Tony Woodcock

Keeping options open

By Patrick Mckendry All Blacks prop Tony Woodcock says he hasn’t made up his mind about whether he will be returning to the Blues.

The 34-year-old is unavailable for tonight’s match against the Hurricanes due to a shoulder injury, a similar problem to the one which curtailed his appearances for the All Blacks last year. Surgery following the June series against England forced him out of the Rugby Championship and tour of the United Kingdom.

In the meantime Crusaders Wyatt Crockett and Joe Moody have taken their chances with the national team, so it is likely Woodcock is waiting to see if he can force his way back into Steve Hansen’s reckoning before making a decision on the Blues.

Speaking before his latest injury, suffered in the victory over the Bulls at Eden Park last weekend, Woodcock said: “I’ve never indicated either way, really. I’m just going to wait and see what happens throughout the next wee while and make a decision then I guess.

“It’s going to all depend on body and mind.”

Woodcock would be a significant loss to the Blues if he did leave - and the likely destination would be his farm near Helensville, rather than an overseas club.

Hooker Keven Mealamu has already told the franchise he won’t be returning, with 23-year-old prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi understood to be holding off on re-committing.

Blues team to play the Hurricanes at Eden Park tonight, kick-off 7.35pm is: Lolagi Visinia, Ben Lam, Francis Saili, George Moala, Melani Nanai, Ihaia West, Jamison Gibson-Park, Akira Ioane, Blake Gibson, Brendon O’Connor, Josh Bekhuis, Culum Retallick, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, James Parsons (c), Sam Prattley. Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Angus Ta’avao, Nick Mayhew, Hayden Triggs, Joe Edwards, Jimmy Cowan, Simon Hickey, Matt Vaega.

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■ TENNIS

Djokovic the man to beat in Paris

BY DARREN WALTON Only injury or suffocating pressure can seemingly stop Novak Djokovic from completing a fabled career grand slam with long-awaited French Open glory.

The world No.1 enters the claycourt major starting tomorrow an odds-on prospect after raising a fourth Masters 1000 trophy of the season in Rome and looking untouchable as he rides a 22-match winning streak.

Djokovic has barely lost a match since becoming a father for the first time last October and swept past world No.2 Roger Federer in straight sets in his last outing to add an exclamation mark to his clear title favouritism.

The Serb has arrived in Paris with high hopes before and departed disappointed, most notably in 2011 when Federer ended his spectacular 43-match unbeaten run in the semi-finals.

In 2012, when bidding to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four grand slam trophies simultaneously, a controversial overnight

Novak Djokovic

suspension while he was poised to force the final against Rafael Nadal into a fifth and deciding set cruelly denied Djokovic.

Djokovic surrendered a 4-2 fifth-set advantage to Nadal in the 2013 semi-finals and was thwarted once again by the Spaniard in last year’s championship decider.

This year, though, Nadal looks a shadow of the claycourt colossus who boasts nine French Open crowns and whose lifetime record at Roland Garros stands

at a staggering 66 wins - including six over Djokovic - and just one defeat.

Nadal has been trumped five times on dirt and his lone title so far in 2015, as he battles back from nagging injuries, came in Buenos Aires without having to beat a single player inside the world’s top 60.

Djokovic believes his time has come and is vowing to stick to the formula that has yielded 12 titles in a rampant past 13 months.

“I don’t think that I need to gear up or do anything special in order to be successful at Roland Garros,” he said.

“I have been very close to that title before, played several finals.

I just need to continue preparing myself for that event as I prepare for any other, try to keep the routine going and hope it will take me where I want to be.”

Seventh in the rankings after being unable to collect a European claycourt title en route to Paris for the first time in a decade is certainly not where Nadal wants to be.

Handed his lowest seeding since triumphing as a teenager on debut a decade ago, the 14-times grand slam champion looms more as an x-factor than fearsome force in the all-important draw.

The Majorcan’s malaise has Federer seeded to make the final for a sixth time but avoiding Nadal’s half of the draw will still be a relief to the defending champion’s chief rivals.

Turning 34 in August, Federer would likely need to conjure a first victory over Djokovic at

a slam in three years - and possibly also a first against Nadal since 2007 - to become the oldest champion in more than four decades.

But the Swiss great dismisses the notion the tournament shapes as a battle in two.

“It’s all talk. In the end, the racquets do the talking,” Federer said. “I hope it’s not just between the two of them.”

Andy Murray, a two-time semi-finalist in Paris, had failed to win a title on clay in 10 years but suddenly picked up two in six days in Munich and Madrid to emerge as a challenger.

But winless in his past seven meetings with Djokovic, doubts remain over the Scot’s capacity to conquer his career-long friend and foe in a best-of-fiveset grand slam contest.

A breakthrough triumph at Roland Garros would place Djokovic alongside legends Laver, Federer, Nadal and Andre Agassi as only the fifth man in 47 years of professional tennis to win all four majors - Wimbledon, the Australian, French and US championships - at least once each.

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■ OPINION

Weekend a kaleidoscope of sporting excellence

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ast weekend saw the wrap-up of the ever-expanding Wheels ‘Week’, one of those events that start off small, but because of the sheer enthusiasm from those involved in the broad spectrum that motorsport (and everything else involved with wheels) entails, it is now Wheels-ThreeWeeks and not looking like slowing down at all.

I was lucky enough to be part of the team lining up on Saturday against the Canterbury basketballers - that’s the ones who are in wheelchairs.

These guys are truly inspirational, overcoming often horrendous injuries to come back and be the best they can pushing their chairs around the basketball court at crazy, unbelievable speeds, and developing skills that are just amazing.

With several current New Zealand representatives in their ranks, our team, obviously highly-skilled as we all were, could only look on as they ran rings around us, scoring baskets on the run at will.

And when the teams were mixed up for a final match and these guys were going head-tohead against each other, with us trying desperately to keep

up, the pace (and the physicality) was simply stepped up to another level.

For our side, who would have thought Hoops was such a deadeye sharpshooter? Of course the clue is in the name.

And who was that noted Ashburtonian, first name of Angus, who repeatedly led the charge into the thick of the action, bashing and crashing into the keyhole to create space for his shooters?

Pretty sure there were a fair few illegalities going on there, but as John their main man suggested, wheelchair basketball is a non-contact sport, much like international netball is a noncontact sport.

And who would have bet on one of our top multi-sportspersons, first name of Shona, missing six shots in a row from directly under the basket??

And notice I’ve cleverly just used first names, to protect the guilty from any embarrassment.

All great fun, but it surely ain’t as easy as they make it look, massive respect.

There was also the opening of a new building in town.

A building ‘down the riverbed’, that has attracted rave reviews from most observers, and

that’s around the country, people who know a top sports stadium when they see one, and can’t believe such a small community can get together to make such a project a reality.

Yes, there’s been a rash of teething problems that have annoyed lots of people, but the good folks running the place will fix them all, even the parking in time, and it will prove to be an outstanding community asset.

But on the Friday night was arguably a more important occasion, one that celebrates the achievements of those people, young and otherwise, who take part in all the sports, competitions and contests out there, the folks who are the reason why we build such sporting edifices.

And the annual Sports Awards night was again a huge winner, held as usual at a venue that never fails to deliver an excellent night (with a terrific spread), the Flash Ash, the New Pub, the Northern Lights, call it what you will, the Trust’s flagship events centre is the perfect place for such on occasion.

As with the past 14 editions, Jan Cochrane and her team have created the right atmosphere to introduce to us the cream of the

years, but was still determined to succeed, and after every selectorial setback he simply tried harder.

And harder.

Steve Devereux And eventually the Warriors, MY SHOUT casting their net wide, spotted this gangly youth doing year’s sporting achievers, and his thing in the lower grades, as per usual, the fact that Mid decided to give him a shot, and Canterbury punches way over Swann grabbed that chance with its weight in the sports arena both hands. was the obvious result.

The rest is history, with him Brilliant compere Pete Smith, quickly making his mark on an icon of the Canterbury both the NRL and international sporting and broadcasting scene rugby leagues. for many years, several times Message: Don’t give up. Ever. had to stop and ask younger As Pete Smith pointed out, title contenders when they had while the night’s winners had time to do any schoolwork, such plenty to crow about, every was the amazing list of sporting single person nominated for an achievements he was reading award could be justifiably proud from their CVs. of having made it that far; it And many of those youngwas due recognition of the sacsters were unstinting in their rifices and dedication necessary praise for their support crews to make it to the top. (read family), great to hear.

Think of all the other sportGuest speaker Logan Swann ing activities going on, the commight have been a little underbined rugby competition getting whelming, but his main message near the sharp end, netball was one that hopefully many of revelling in a new venue, hockey, the more youthful members of football and every other winter the audience would have picked code with hundreds of comup on, and that was perseverpetitors battling it out on Mid ance.

Canterbury’s fields, courts and Swann had languished in the now that’s a sporting weekend.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

■ HARNESS RACING

Roach backs Blues to answer critics

The Orange Agent biggest Jewels winner

By Steve ZeMek Steve Roach says NSW’s most maligned players are readying to leave their critics red-faced during Wednesday’s’s State of Origin series opener.

The NSW and Balmain legend has leapt to the defence of Aaron Woods and Mitchell Pearce who he says have been unfairly targeted for their past Origin performances.

The outspoken former prop came out swinging against those who would criticise Woods’ output in previous game in the sky blue while he said Pearce had been unjustifiably blamed for Queensland’s dominance from 2006-2013.

Woods came in for criticism from Queensland newspaper the Courier-Mail on Thursday, which called the Wests Ti-

gers front rower a weak link in Laurie Daley’s side after pointing to his Origin average of just 51 running metres.

The 24-year-old front-rower has been in terrific form for the Wests Tigers this year, averaging 186 metres.

But he has the worst running metres of any NSW starting prop in Origin history and his Origin average is about half of Queensland’s starting pair of Nate Myles (93m) and Matt Scott (106m).

However Roach fired back, saying statistics only told part of the story.

“I watched his first game (for NSW) and we didn’t have the ball for 15 minutes - it’s hard to make yards or have an impact when you don’t have the ball,” Roach said.

“Stats are only right 80 per cent of the time. They don’t tell the whole story.

“What they don’t tell you about is those little one per centres - things like diving on the ball and kick chases. Everyone gets tied up in stats. When I was playing the only thing I was thinking about was who you wanted to play with or have out there with you. There’s no stats for that.”

Roach said the same could be said for Pearce, who has earned an Origin recall after some stellar form for the Roosters this year. Pearce failed to convert his club form in the representative matches, making just two line breaks and coming up with four try assists in 12 Origin games.

Pearce has won just three games at Origin level but Roach said a lot of other NSW players had similarly poor win rates after Queensland’s run of eight straight series wins up until 2013.

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■ BASKETBALL

Golden State win thriller

By Peter Mitchell Just two days after playing what he described as a horrible game, Australian centre Andrew Bogut was sensational in helping the Golden State Warriors win a thriller against the Houston Rockets.

The 99-98 win on their home court in Oakland yesterday gave the Warriors a dominant 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference Finals series.

Two more wins will book the Warriors a berth in the NBA Championship series.

After two home games in Oakland, the Warriors will play the next two in Houston.

“We need to keep our momentum going,” Bogut, who had 14 points, eight rebounds, five blocked shots and four assists in 30 minutes on the court, said.

“They battled hard these two games and it’s not going to be easy in Houston.

“Their home crowd is loud as it is here and obviously they won’t want to go down 3-0.”

Bogut was sensational at the start of the game and in the final minutes, dunking, throwing pinpoint passes, setting fortress-like screens for shooting guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson and battling All-Star centre Dwight Howard.

With a little over two minutes left in the game and the Rockets attempting to make a late charge Curry sucked in Howard, Bogut took the pass, slammed it and was fouled by Howard.

While Bogut and Howard took each other on around the basket, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Curry and runnerup, Rockets’ guard James Harden, went basket-for-basket in a premier shooting contest.

With the Warriors up by one point in the final seconds Harden had the ball, but Curry and Thompson ganged up on him and he was unable to attempt a gamewinning shot.

Curry finished with 33 points.

Harden had 38 points.

“You want to crack open a beer and get a courtside seat sometimes,” Bogut, talking about the show Curry and Harden

Houston Rockets guard James Harden (bottom) shoots against Golden State Warriors centre Andrew Bogut (right) and forward Draymond Green during the first half of game two of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals in Oakland, California yesterday.

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put on, said. Curry also had plenty of praise for his Australian big man.

“It was huge,” Warriors’ guard Steph Curry, describing Bogut’s impact, said.

“He’s battling Dwight every possession. He’s protecting the paint and getting blocked shots, rebounding the basketball and even finishing on the offensive end for us.”

Howard, who only decided to play the game 45 minutes before tip-off because of a sprained left knee, had 19 points and 17 rebounds.

Bogut admitted to playing poorly in the Warriors’ 110-106 game one victory on Tuesday when he went scoreless in 16 minutes and was benched after three early, careless fouls.

He was suffering a bad case of the flu and needed an IV after the game.

The Melbourne-born centre was a dif-

ferent player in game two, aggressively taking on Houston’s All-Star Howard from the opening jump ball.

Just three minutes into the game Bogut performed a power one-handed alley oop dunk from a Curry pass and then ran down the court and took a charge on Houston’s Trevor Ariza.

A few minutes later when Harden sliced to the basket for what looked like an easy layup Bogut came from behind and blocked the shot. The Warriors’ Oracle Arena erupted and gave the big Aussie a standing ovation.

Bogut also found himself in foul trouble, picking up his fourth late in the third quarter, but by that stage he had helped the Warriors set the tone for the game.

Game three of the best-of-seven series will be played in Houston this weekend.

- AAP

By Matt MarkhaM

Harness racing new Zealand

The final fields for Harness Jewels 2015 have been found.

The button was pressed yesterday afternoon at Harness Racing New Zealand and 117 sets of connections held their bated breath in hope of a good barrier draw.

Some were left disappointed, others joyous with the rest stuck in that little rut otherwise known as ‘it’s good, but it could be better’.

The biggest winner out of the nine races looks to be glamour pacing filly The Orange Agent in the Three-YearOld Diamond.

She’s in a see-saw battle with Fight For Glory for the mantle of top dog in the filly ranks and when she drew barrier two her chances of Jewels success grew ten-fold.

Despite a star-studded line up of fillies – arguably one the best in recent years – the Brian Hughes trained, Maurice McKendry driven superstar could start one of the shortest priced favourites of the day.

Making it interesting however is that Fight For Glory will follow her through from the second line.

Other stars to draw well include King Denny in the Four-Year-Old Ruby and Lancewood Lizzie in the Four-Year-Old Diamond.

Potential history makers; Venus Serena and Sky Major will have to do it impressively in their respective categories after they each drew the second line.

Venus Serena will have to come from 13 behind the mobile barrier if she is to become the first horse to win three Jewels races while Sky Major, who races later in the day will start from barrier 11.

The six Australian raiders for the meeting received a mix bag of results.

Three-year-old Emerald contender, Burnaholeinmypocket will start from the outside of the front row while Cala (2), Valerie (3) and Salty Robyn (3) have drawn perfectly.

Three-year-old Diamond runner, Glenferrie Bronte will start from the middle of the front line with barrier four and Messini wears the 14 saddlecloth.

Seven days out from the event, the Ashburton course will today be a hive of activity with the running of the annual Jewels Workouts.

Seen as the final chance for the public to view prospective Jewels aspirants the workouts are well attended each year.

The first five heats today will feature Jewels runners including a large contingent from the All Stars stable of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen who have an imposing 23 runners engaged next weekend.

The workouts kick off at noon with the final Jewels related heat run an hour later at 1pm.

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■ BUDGET

Biggest income boost in decade

BY SIMON COLLINS New Zealand’s poorest families will get their biggest income boost in a decade when the Budget anti-poverty package kicks in next April.

Benefits for families on welfare will rise by $25 a week, and in-work tax credits for working families will rise by up to $12.50 a week depending on incomes.

The benefit increase is the biggest since family tax credits for all children were raised by the same $25 a week in April 2005, in Sir Michael Cullen’s Working for Families package, although it will still leave benefit rates including tax credits lower in real terms, than they were before sole-parent benefits were cut by about $43 a week in today’s dollar terms in 1991.

The in-work tax credit for working families was introduced at $60 a week in 2006 and next April’s rise will be the first time

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it has gone up since.

Childcare subsidies for low income families will rise from four dollars an hour to five dollars an hour for up to 50 hours childcare a week - a change expected to benefit 18,000 families by about $23 a week.

The subsidy is aimed at making it easier for beneficiaries and low-income workers to get, and stay, in work.

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poverty. For example, will the increase in incomes be linked to median incomes, as national superannuation is, or will the value be lost over time? Where is the plan to improve crowding and quality of housing for children?

“What we need is a comprehensive plan to reduce child poverty.

A plan would set out exactly how we are going to do better for our children and how we’re going to get there,” Dr Wills said. “This Budget is not that.”

The package was a surprise after Mr English said on Tuesday that there “won’t be new initiatives” in the Budget to reduce poverty.

But it was in line with Prime Minister John Key’s promise after last year’s election to give top priority to tackling child poverty.

A Budget fact sheet says an improving economy, and tough new rules requiring beneficiar-

ies to seek work, have created “scope to increase benefit rates”.

Those rules will be tightened further next April by a decision to make all beneficiaries seek paid work for at least 20 hours a week when their youngest children turn three, up from 15 hours after children turn five.

Working parents will also get increased childcare assistance of five dollars an hour on incomes up to $800 a week, up from four dollars an hour.

As Dr Wills noted, Mr English has contained the cost of poverty relief by raising base benefit rates per family rather than raising family tax credits, which are paid for every child.

This also means they are cut by 30c for every dollar earned above $100 a week and by 70c above $200, compared with family tax credits which will fall only 22.5c for every dollar earned above $699 a week.

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It is available to those in employment, education or training and pays for pre-school, after school and holiday programmes.

Those with one child will get the extra if they earn less than $41,600 while those with three or more receive it if they earn less than $53,560.

Children’s Commissioner Dr Russell Wills, who has pushed for a plan to cut the country’s 24 per cent child poverty rate, said the package was a welcome surprise, but not enough.

“A weekly rise in benefits of up to $25 for families at the hardest end will be helpful for a family with one child, though less so for those with more children, as the increase is per family, rather than per child.

It’s also a pity these children have to wait another year - a year is a long time in the life of a child,” Dr Wills said.

“Let’s be clear, a one-off increase is not a plan for child

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Budget 2015 focuses on child-hardship package T he focus following Budget 2015 will be on the child-hardship package, which includes increased benefits and Working for Families credits, for lower income families.

The benefit increases come with the expectation of greater work availability for recipients.

It is important businesses play their part in terms of employment opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

From a business perspective, the Business Growth Agenda and continuing focus on long term meaningful strategic and challenging targets for the economy, means there are few real surprises in Budget 2015.

The Finance Minister still holds out the carrot of tax cuts in 2017.

For the moment though, it’s ACC Levy reductions worth $375m in 2016, and a further $120m in 2017, as well as R&D grant increases of $80 million over four years that provide the opportunity for businesses.

There are business benefits associated with the $97 million earmarked for regional highways.

On the demand side, a suite of tax measures announced ahead of the Budget requires all buyers and sellers of

Matt Hannah

BUSINESS MATTERS

property, other than the family home, to provide an IRD number.

This imposes identity requirements on non-resident buyers and introduces a new ‘bright line’ test that will typically see investment property taxed for capital gain if on-sold within two years.

A withholding tax on nonresidential investors is also being considered for introduction in mid 2016.

The stability of the Nationalled Government’s approach contrasts starkly with the stimulus for SMEs in Australia.

Unlike Australia, New Zealand’s economy remains relatively robust and strong.

The key pillars for Minister English’s seventh Budget remains unchanged from previous years - responsible management of the Government’s finances; building a more productive and competitive economy; delivering better public services within tight financial constraints; the

Christchurch rebuild.

Historically, the first budget of a third term starts to lay the groundwork for the Government’s legacy.

With popularity remaining high, it’s also the opportunity to deal with issues with one eye on the 2017 election.

Budget 2015 has not forecast an operating surplus until 2016/17, but it’s the direction of travel that’s more important than a single milestone.

Big picture though, New Zealand is at a turning point.

Over the last few decades, commodity industries and innovations have laid the foundation for an economy that has robustly weathered global financial turbulence and an earthquake event of far-reaching impact.

To take us forward over the next 30 years, we need a diversification of the economy and to move further up the value chain in knowledge or technology industries.

The challenge this represents should not be underestimated.

It is pleasing then to see the Government looking ahead in this way, with a view to laying the framework for this change to enable a prosperous future.

Matt Hannah is a director of KPMG Private Enterprise

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Time to consider winter road safety With school holidays on the horizon it’s time to think about winter road safety particularly when planning your next adventure with the kids.

Despite the panoramic landscapes snow can provide, winter can also be the most dangerous time of year to travel on our roads.

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It pays to plan your trip carefully and weigh up the positives and negatives of where you are going and make sure the route you choose puts safety over convenience.

Plan to drive in the middle of the day or in daylight hours, when visibility is better and ice and snow is less likely to be on the road.

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When travelling long distances be sure to get plenty of rest beforehand and plan where to have a break on your journey. If possible share the driving and allow for stops every two hours.

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It’s also best to keep at least half a tank of petrol in your vehicle in case you get diverted or if a road closes and you have to take a much longer route.

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Look out for shaded areas caused by high banks, trees and hedges on the sides of roads.

That part of the road will freeze sooner and ice may not thaw during the day.

Due to their closed in nature, bridges can also stay slippery longer than other road surfaces so make sure you slow down on approach.

Driving in frosty conditions is tricky because frost is more severe at daybreak, so be prepared for this after it becomes light.

Remember it may not be frosty when you leave at 6am, but by 7am it could become treacherous If you come upon winter maintenance vehicles on the roads who are helping to keep the road open, stay a safe distance behind them and do not pass unless you are instructed to do so.

If travelling and unsure of conditions of the road ahead listen to your local radio station or call 0800 4 HIGHWAYS. Alternatively you can check out the website www.highwayinfo. govt.nz Should you get stuck, stay with the vehicle and keep everyone warm until help arrives.

While grit and some antiicing agents is spread or sprayed

on some roads to help in icy travel conditions this isn’t a guarantee that you can drive at normal speeds so don’t be tempted to put your foot down!

Always obey emergency road closed signs and barriers.

Never tow in icy conditions.

Keep half a tank of fuel in your boot in case of road closures causing long diversions.

Have plenty of warm clothes on or with you in case of a breakdown.

If you have the misfortune to be involved in a crash, make sure you report it to the Police even if there are no injuries involved as it helps road safety in the long term.

Always be prepared for snow when travelling into Alpine regions and carry tyre chains that you know how to use and fit.

It is no use carrying chains if you have never learnt how to fit them properly.

Consider having a survival kit in your car, with some emergency provisions should you break down.

Water and high energy snack foods are essential.

Always drive slower than you normally would as it takes longer to stop in slippery conditions.

Watch for shaded patches of the road.

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Through the Rotary Foundation, extensive financial and humanitarian support is provided for international healthcare, for food and supplies to disaster areas, for education and job training programmes.

The Rotary Club of Ashburton has 69 members.

Meetings, held weekly, include project planning, networking and social opportunities. The club raises funds through various projects. Funds go back into the community both locally and internationally.

About Rotary Club of Ashburton projects

Hosting earthquake affected schools from Christchurch.

Bookarama - held in Ashburton each September.

Bookarama: The Rotary Club of Ashburton’s major annual project is Bookarama, a second-hand book sale extravaganza which also includes sales of jigsaws, CDs, DVDs and tapes. It runs for a week starting in late September each year and has been running for more than 30 years.

Books for Babies & New Entrants: Every baby born to residents of the Ashburton District, and every 5 year old starting school, is presented with a book by the Rotary Club of Ashburton.

Antiques and Collectibles Fair: Run in conjunction

with the Christchurch Bottle Collectors Club, the fair has been run in Ashburton by Rotary for the last three years.

Samoa Project: The tsunami in Samoa in 2009 and the response through the international Rotary-based aid organisation Shelter Box, led Rotary Ashburton to become involved in helping Samoan schools. The club’s work in Samoa is ongoing.

Lest We Forget: A walk & run event over 8kms held each year around Anzac Day in the Ashburton Domain. The event raises funds for the RSA Poppy Appeal.

About Rotary’s Service

Rotary in New Zealand has founded a number of community organisations and programmes including CureKids, the National Kidney Foundation, Birthright, Outward Bound, Probus, Peer Support, the Crippled Children’s Society, Riding for the Disabled, the Asthma Society and the National Children’s Health Research Foundation.

Rotary also built the first Karitane Hospital, organised the first mobile TB clinic, brought Defensive Driving courses in New Zealand, started milk in schools and began the first health camps.

Today Rotary funds a huge range of programmes and study possibilities for youth through study opportunities, exchanges and leadership courses.

About the Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation helps fund Rotary’s humanitarian activities, from local service projects to global initiatives. Rotary Clubs apply for grants from the Foundation to invest in projects and provide scholarships. The Foundation also leads the charge on worldwide Rotary campaigns such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Rotarians

Providing books for new entrants.

and friends of Rotary support the Foundation’s work through voluntary contributions.

About Polio Plus

2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Rotary’s PolioPlus and three decades of progress and challenges the programme has faced.

Rotary, with nearly 34,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas, made polio eradication its top priority in 1985. Rotary has contributed US$1.2 billion, and its members have logged countless volunteer hours to help immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries.

In 2007 Rotary entered into a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which issued Rotary a $100 million challenge grant to raise funds for polio eradication. This partnership continued to grow, and in 2013 the Gates Foundation offered to match Rotary’s contributions for polio eradication 2-to-1 for five years (up to $35 million per year).

Today, polio remains endemic in only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

It has been more than eight months since last case was reported in Nigeria making a polio-free Africa a real possibility.

PolioPlus is truly international. Rotary has 1.3 million members in nearly every country working together to end polio for good.

Contact and Meeting Information The Rotary Club of Ashburton meets weekly.

New members are welcome.

For further information please check out our website www.rotaryashburton.org. nz or email rotarash@gmail. com or phone Alison & John 3089952, Phil 3086081 or John 3078816.

Rotary meets weekly.

THE COMMUNITY - LOCALLY & INTERNATIONALLY Saturday, May 23, 2015

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Rotary Club of Ashburton House Build Project Open Home Today, 1.00pm - 2.00pm at 41 Braebrook Drive

The finished house.

A little over six months ago the Rotary of Club of Ashburton embarked on a new project – to build and sell a house to raise funds for its children’s literacy programmes in Samoa and locally.

The Braebrook subdivision is now home to a new four bedroom, two bathroom, 227 square metre home on a 700 square metre section built

by Grant Love Homes and landscaped by Rotary Club members.

The house is now under offer so the project is now complete. Club member and building project sponsorship co-ordinator Walter Van Der Kley used his professional expertise to keep the project on track while a large number of businesses were keen to

get on board and offered sponsorship that varied from scaffolding to garage doors to site fencing.

The Rotary Club is hugely grateful for the assistance businesses have given the project.

“These businesses are people outside of Rotary, not Rotarians, but they could see the benefit of the literacy projects we are working on and were keen to pitch in with a variety of assistance”, Walter says.

“Their sponsorship has helped in no small way to make the project a success.”

Rotary members also got involved laying the lawn, planting gardens and undertaking general landscaping.

Funds raised from the house

sale will be used by the Rotary club for its work in Samoa.

The Rotary Club of Ashburton also supports literacy efforts on Ashburton with programmes that deliver books to each child born in the district and to each new entrant as they start school.

Since the Samoan tsunami of 2009 the club has been working through the Rotary Club of Apia to provide Samoan schools with books and book shelving.

A number of members have made trips to Samoa since 2009 to build shelving in schools and deliver books, both used and new.

A variety of medical equipment and wheelchairs have also been delivered.

Selling to raise money for Children’s Literacy Programmes The Community Rotary project has now finished and the stylish house in Braebrook is now under offer.

Main features: • Four bedroom house • Two living spaces • Easy care section

• 227 sqm property • Two bathrooms

We invite you to come to our Open Home this Saturday, Saturday, May 23, 1.00pm - 2.00pm at 41 Braebrook Drive For more information, please phone Walter on 03 302 6629 or 027 4088 994 or email walteravdk@hotmail.com

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Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

both days.

955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual

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

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

DUTY DOCTORS This service is for emergency medical care WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. only. Please remember your Community MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

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Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street is -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, 8am Monday. The surgery will be open from 10am - 12 noon and from 6pm - 7pm both days. -unrestricted visiting.

No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 ASHBURTON REST HOMES 3066.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA unrestricted visiting.

Saturday, and Sunday doctor and emergency details - please telephone the Methven Medical EMERGENCY DENTIST Centre, ph 302 8105.

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT for the name of the rostered weekend dentist provide an accident and emergency service.

Except in cases of emergency persons requiring in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, medical attention must consult their own or the Sundays and Public Holidays. duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently ELPLINE ERVICES requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners note of referral.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 PHARMACIES Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.

Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, org.nz for more information. from 10am - 1pm Sunday, and from 6pm - 8pm MENTAL HEALTH Call free on 0800 222 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

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VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

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

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

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

INFORMATION CENTRES

ART GALLERY

Due to relocation, the Art Gallery is closed until further notice.

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

BUS DEPARTURES

COMMUNITY SERVICES Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

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

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open weekdays 10am - 4pm, weekends 1pm - 4pm.

Research facilities weekday afternoons.

EA NETWORKS SPORTS AND AQUATICS CENTRE 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

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

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 111, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Jo Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Ian Hodge. Small: Ref Vetlife.

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

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Jessica Wood. Small: Erin Caswell.

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

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after-

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Milk nutrition for a modern world

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Canning and Blending Opportunities – Register your interest We’ve got your attention now. And our blending and canning plant is worthy of attention.

Our recently commissioned blending and canning plant in Dunsandel, Canterbury, is one of the most technically advanced quality controlled infant formula canning lines and admired by companies all over the world. Right now we’re experiencing significant growth, which means we need competent people to support us during this challenging but exciting time. This equates to opportunity. We’re big on internal promotion and on-the-job training, so within the advertised roles there’s room to grow if you’re up for the challenge.

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position sort www.storelink.co.nz Sits Vacant Sits Vacant Sits Vacant

Casual Truck Drivers

required digger driver class 4 license Contact: 022 032 8756 03 303 6555 (evenings)

D&E

• Previous experience not necessary, as complete training in ear wax removal will be available to the successful candidate • Position can be full or part-time negotiable • Be rewarded by a competitive hourly rate • We are looking for someone who will become a valuable member of our team and offer our patients great service

YOUR LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been looking for, please forward your CV to robyn@houseofhearing.co.nz

And check out our quality used vehicles at:

Applications close Saturday, May 30, 2015 Please note: All applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand.

to work along side partners to meet existing client $0 $0 $25 $50 $75 needs and also grow the client base. Building strong business relationships with our clients has been the PLEASE NOTE: key to our success. The successful applicant will that we have prepared this advertisement proof based on our need the interpersonal skills required to continue understanding of the instructions these client relationships.

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advertisement, it isof client’s Brophy Knight Limited is a member the responsibility NZCA $876.97 to check the accuracy of both the group.

This is a group of Independent Chartered $436.15 advertisement, the media and the Accounting firms throughout New Zealand $328.35 position nominated. committed to best Cancellation practice and improving the $prepaid of adverts booked with will incur a media cancellation member firms abilitymedia to meet client needs.

The $prepaid feegives of $50.

NZCA association also staff access to a large group of their professional peers and good training Rachel your contact: opportunities.

For further information about Brophy Knight Limited visit our website www.brophyknight.co.nz or feel free to give us a call on (03) 307 9051. All enquiries are handled in complete confidence If this sounds like you, then forward your CV by June 5, 2015 to: Accountant Brophy Knight Limited P O Box 314, Ashburton 7740 Phone: 03 307 9051 Email: enquiries@brophyknight.co.nz

SECURITY GUARD NIGHT PATROL

www.dne.co.nz AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE 153 Moore St 03 3077620

4 nights on 4 nights off,

Wanted Motivated Self-Starters ASHBURTON

If you are an existing real estate person looking for a new direction or new to the industry and want to explore the challenges of a successful Real Estate career then talk to us today. PGG Wrightson is a nationwide company with an excellent support network and high quality training to develop your capabilities.

We presently have positions available for residential/lifestyle salespeople based in our Ashburton office.

If you enjoy working with people, have excellent organisational ability, a strong work ethic and believe you can make a difference assisting someone with one of the most important financial or business decisions they wilI make, then phone now for a confidential discussion or:

Apply today: applications@pggwrightson.co.nz • Email your CV and covering letter before 19 June 2015.

• To discuss this position further please contact Susie Williams, Sales Manager Mid/South Canterbury on 027 346 9676.

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Ltd, Real Estate Agent, REAA 2008

www.pggwre.co.nz

Helping grow the country

from 6.00pm to 6.00am.

Full drivers licence required.

Contact Graeme Chettleburgh 027 694 8024 or 307 6223

FURNITURE & BEDS Lounge and bedroom Lounge suites, occasional furniture, dining suites and Sleepyhead beds See Cam today

Guardian Situations Vacant

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East to Burnett St, Ashburton Phone 03 308 5269

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

WINTER GOLF

SHAREHOLDERS COMMITTEE ELECTION NOMINATIONS FOR CANDIDATES SHAREHOLDERS COMMITTEE

Public Notice

Are you fed up with playing golf in the mud?

Not allowed to use your golf cart in the winter months?

The Shareholders Committee of Electricity Ashburton Limited, trading as EA Networks, comprises four members elected by shareholders and three members appointed by the Ashburton District Council. The Company’s constitution requires that every two years, two of the four members elected by the shareholders retire by rotation and a postal ballot held to elect two new members.

Or maybe you have a job with plenty of time off in the winter?

Free-draining

DENFIELD GOLF COURSE at Geraldine

Mr Ian Cullimore and Mrs Sandra Curd will retire by rotation. Mrs Curd has indicated that she will not be seeking re-election.

is South Canterbury’s best all-weather golf course and this year we are offering a SPECIAL WINTER MEMBERSHIP

At least one of the newly elected members must derive their main income from farming.

Three months golf over June, July and August with full playing rights for just $120 (plus levies if required).

The duties of the Shareholders Committee are: 1. To appoint Directors of the company in accordance with the criteria established by the Shareholders Committee.

2. To receive the Statement of Corporate Intent for the Company and to discuss the performance of the Company with the Directors.

3. To report on the performance of the Company, including the assessment of its performance on a comparative basis, against other similar companies.

NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE SHAREHOLDERS COMMITTEE Nomination of Candidates for election close at 4.00pm on Monday 15 June 2015.

Nominations shall be on the prescribed form obtainable from EA Networks, 22JB Cullen Drive Ashburton Business Estate or by emailing enquiries@eanetworks.co.nz. Nominations must include a brief curriculum vitae, limited to no more than 500 words and suitable for posting out with ballot papers. An optional passport size photo may be included.

ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS COMMITTEE MEMBERS If the number of nominations exceeds the two vacant positions, a postal ballot will be conducted to elect two members of the Shareholders Committee.

Gordon Guthrie, General Manager EA Networks

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?

CONSULTATION ON 2018 CENSUS CONTENT

 Housing  Commercial  Farm

Formal submission period open 18 May - 30 June 2015 Statistics NZ is consulting on the content of the 2018 New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings.

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

Statistics NZ is inviting written submissions on our Preliminary view of 2018 Census content.

You can make a written submission or find our Preliminary view of 2018 Census content by visiting www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2018-census. You can send postal submissions to: 2018 Census Content Team, Statistics NZ, PO Box 2922, Wellington, 6140.

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Please also join our nationwide conversation about census content here - www.2018census.loomio.org For help call 0800333106

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Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

You won’t find a better winter golf course (this side of Fiji) and you won’t get a better deal than this!

To find out more contact: secretary@geraldinegolf.co.nz Or phone Max 03 693 8938 Or 027 561 0000

TRADES, SERVICES

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

TRADES, SERVICES

COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For Prompt Reliable Service Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 308 8989.

30yrs Local experience, Same day service if possible, *~ SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed ~* COMPUTER Tuneup and Repairs, New Computer Sales & Setup, Internet setup, Onsite Day Or Evenings and Weekends, LOW FEES, call Robin Johnstone at Networks Firewalls & PCS 308 1440 or 027-768 4058.

HOME handyman available.

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

We design, we build, we innovate.

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

IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

“Real Estate is about people; moving forward, being honest and building strong lasting relationships”

Guardian Motoring

307 7900

M 027 751 1801 B 03 307 7377 E nicky.butler@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

PLANTS, PRODUCE

CONVENTIONAL pea straw, weed free $6 per bale delivered. Phone 027 390 0002.

PLANT CLEARANCE - Big grade trees, camellias and rhododendrons, standards etc. Shrubs from $2.50. All must go: Friday, 8am - 3pm and Saturday 9am - 1pm.

NO EFTPOS. Braam Landscapes, 119 Maronan Road, Ashburton.

MOTORING

BATTERIES. STARTERS. ALTERNATORS - Starter motor and alternator repair specialist. Free no obligation quotes. Full battery range at super low prices, car, truck, tractor, deep cycle. Eftpos available. Farmlands supplier.

Robbie Bell Autoelectrical, 25 Golf Links Road. Pone 308 7700 or 027 221 3930.

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Public notice of application for on-licence, off-licence, or club licence (or application for variation of conditions of onlicence, off-licence, or club licence) Farmers Corner Ltd, Cnr Longbeach Rd and 5 H1, Ashburton, has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ashburton for the renewal of an on-licence in respect of the premises situated at 12 Longbeach Rd, Ashburton, 7773 known as Farmers Corner Ltd (Highway One Restaurant).

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is restaurant.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday - Sunday, 9.00am - 9.00pm.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Committee at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary, Ashburton District Licensing Committee, PO Box 94, Ashburton District Council No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 105 (1) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

MOTORCYCLES

WANTED to buy. Solex moped parts or complete bike. Would prefer complete bike but would look at any.

Phone 0274 374 786 or 03 342 9117.

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Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Samuel Roulston Happy 8th Birthday Sam. Hope you have an awesome day.

Love Mum, Dad, Jorja and Tabby. xxx 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.

Minion cake tin set available for hire.

$20 for 7 days The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287 www.kitchenkapers.co.nz

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

PLANTS, PRODUCE

LOST, FOUND

Lost a Dog?

Mandarins 1kg $2.99 bag Whole Pumpkin Whole Cabbage Onions 5kg Lettuce

$1.99 ea $1.99 ea $3.99 bag $1.99 ea

If you have lost a large tan coloured dog with a chain collar around its neck, it is wandering around Braebrook.

Phone 027 311 2532

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Specials available from 19/05 - 26/05

Y.F.C Hinds

OPEN 7 DAYS

65th Annual Ploughing Match

LOST, FOUND

HIRE

FOR SALE

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

TREES wanted. Suitable for milling and export. No obligation quote. Phone John Rose Logging 03 693 9385 or 021 935 628.

GRAZING

CARAVANS, TRAILERS

GOOD Quality grazing available with experienced Graziers Mid Canterbury BELLA, missing from William Region. Contact Phone No. Street area since May 19. 027 227 6075.

Please phone 021 136 7946.

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.

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.

FOR SALE

COUCH, two seater, grey, excellent condition. $400 ono.

Phone 308 4230.

FIREWOOD for sale. Dry pine $160. Dry pine/Arizonica mix $189. Dry pine/blue gum mix $198. Dry macrocarpa $250. All dry, clean, 3.6cu metre loads, delivered. Phone 303 6129.

CARAVAN for sale. 2007 ACE Jubilee. 23ft approx.

Fixed bed. Full new awning and porch awning. Solar panel. Movers, tandem. Large rear bathroom with separate shower. Phone 03 308 7019 or 0211 303 792.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ASIAN lover beautiful brunette, elegant, hot lingerie, relaxing massage. 020 4068 7352.

JASMINE, sexy, seductive and playfully, naughty lady.

In/out calls. Phone 020 4064 SCOOTER’S - new and 4885. secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred MISS Eva, abc, gf, no texts Reddecliffe at Electric all block calls will not Mobility Ashburton today. answered. Phone 021 044 0698.

Phone 308-3602

WINTER GRAZING

Church Services

- Winter grazing available for approx 150 cows at market rate.

Oats, kale and grass, with option to purchase straw/baleage on farm. Chertsey area.

For further information: Sam Houston • 021 969 844

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

- Grazing available for up to 250 cows. Mayfield area.

- 17 ha fodder beet, 30 ha grass and straw. Ashburton area.

For further information: John Harrison• 027 435 6243

10am Morning Service

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison “Livewires” for children Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer

PETER WALSH & ASSOCIATES LT D www.peterwalsh.co.nz

Ian and Christine Lowe’s start time 10.30am feature horses to modern ploughing.

308-1095

Entries close May 24

Neil Ross 302 6055

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

THREE bedroom house very sunny on lifestyle block.

Close to town $450 per week, including power and firewood.

No smokers or dogs.

References required. Apply Box No 1056, C/- Ashburton Guardian, PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740.

TIDY three bedroom brick house for rent. West side. $350 p/w.

References required. Phone 308 0025 or 027 812 1515.

WARM sunny three bedroom town house. Heat pump, small section, central Westside. No smokers of dogs, $380 p/w. References required. Contact box 1058 c/- Ashburton Guardian, PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740.

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CHURCH SERVICES

May 30, 2015

Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

GRAZING

Ashburton Guardian

ALL VERY WELCOME

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton)

We Help Save Lives 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 University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

Jubilee Christian St Andrew’s Fellowship Havelock St. 10am Every Sunday All welcome Fear is your enemy but faith restores the soul

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays@10.00am Including Children’s Church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron Sts Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

10am & 6pm

St James

Thomson St. 7 pm

St Paul’s Oxford St. 9.30am

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

Saturday

Anglican Church, 157 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www.toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12noon VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86

Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm

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

6.00pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

Sunday

Baring Square East.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship led by Rev. Laurence Ennor, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovetts Road, off Maronan Road.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald. Note: (joining with St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park Street, Ashburton ) 10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH.

Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives.

63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club and family day, everyone welcome.

M.S.A. Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

2.00pm ASHBURTON COUNTY SCOTTISH

SOCIETY. Ceilidh/Concert. Scottish Dancing and singing, bagpipes, raffles, afternoon tea. $5. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6.30pm- 8.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth group meet in youth room. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

Monday

New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, East St. All

welcome.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting. Waireka Croquet Clubrooms, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP.

Diabetes chat over a cuppa. 36 Short Street.

6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

6.00pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Pot luck tea, meeting, raffle. Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

6.00pm

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real Women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB. Monthly meeting, Rover Den, Mania-oroto Scout Park, Chalmers Avenue.

9.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH TINWALD. Community garden working bee and fellowship, each Saturday, weather permitting. Behind the St Andrew’s

8.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship led by Peter and Sandy Renew 48 Allens Road.

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

6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.45am THE PLAINS LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015 TV ONE

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 0 9:30 F Come Dine With Me Australia PGR 3 11:55 Real Pasifik 3 12:25 The Food Truck 3 0 12:55 Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook 3 0 1:25 Highway Cops PGR 3 0 1:55 The Fixer 3 0 3pm Code –1 PGR 3 0 3:30 Border Security – International 3 0 4pm Topp Country 3 0 4:30 Taste Of A Traveller 0 5pm The Fishing Show 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Frozen Planet 0 8:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 9:30 F Nashville PGR As Will Lexington’s album climbs the charts, Rayna plans a free concert to draw attention to hers; Scarlett makes a decision about her future. 0 10:30 M Dear John AO 2010 Drama. Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried. 0 12:40 Gavin And Stacey PGR 3 It is Bank Holiday Monday, and the Essex contingent arrives for a sunny day out at the beach. 0 1:40 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

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8:30 Speed With Guy Martin Motorcycle racer and mechanic Guy Martin undertakes a series of speedbased challenges, exploring the boundaries of physics and learning about the science of speed.

9:30 Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR Baz Ashmawy immerses himself in extreme situations.

10pm Odd Folks Home PGR 10:30 Garage Gold 11pm House Crashers 11:30 NZ Hunter Adventures PGR

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Midnight This Old Thing 1am Extreme Collectors 1:30 Ray Mears’ Close Encounters 2:30 Speed With Guy Martin 3:30 Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 4am Odd Folks Home PGR 5am Holiday Home Sweet Home

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Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood. 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Eight Below PGR Continued.

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:25 Sidekick 3 8:50 Rocket Power 3 9:15 Power Rangers – Super Megaforce 9:40 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Tree Fu Tom 3 3:25 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Big Time Rush 3 5:30 Mr Young 6pm ICarly 3 6:30 M Rebound PGR 3 2005 Comedy.

A successful, but highly-strung, college basketball coach must lead a junior-high team, lacking in skills.

Martin Lawrence, Breckin Meyer. 0 7pm Storage Hunters PGR 8:15 M Rocky Balboa 7:30 Highway Thru Hell AO 2006 Action.

To keep up with a busy Rocky Balboa comes out of season, Jamie hires a new retirement to step into the guy, greenhorn driver Rob. 0 ring for the last time and face 8:30 CSI AO 3 0 the heavyweight champion.

9:25 F Chicago PD AO Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young.

Atwater gets used to his new 10:20 90210 PGR 3 Jen visits job; Antonio is stuck with Naomi with her son; Vanessa desk duty during his recovery; sabotages Dixon’s and Lindsay asks Voight for help.

Adrianna’s meeting with 0 a movie producer; Silver is 10:25 Hannibal AO 3 0 accepted at NYU.

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Round eleven.

Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2:30 Shearing Gang PGR 3 John must hold it together and cut out the sheep so his daughter’s wedding reception can be held in the wool shed at the weekend; lead shearer Mouse O’Neill has family problems.

3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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12:50 M Cloud Atlas AO 0 4am Jeremy Kyle USA AO 3 4:40 Rodney 3 0 5:05 Fresh 3 A magazine programme for youth, featuring talented local Pacific Islanders putting the Pacific on the map.

5:30 It Is Written 3

11:20 Last Resort AO 3 A search for three missing crew members leads Chaplin to Serrat’s compound; Sinclair and Shepard hold a secret meeting. 0 12:20 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

11:30 Sleepy Hollow PGR 3 Abbie Mills and Ichabod Crane search for Abbie’s missing sister, and discover more about the evil they are facing.

12:30 Home Shopping

6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show.

10:30 The X Factor New Zealand 3 The top three acts perform, competing to be the winner.

Noon F The X Factor New Zealand 3 The winner is announced.

2pm Face Off PGR 3 The remaining artists must work in teams to create dark and sexy alien-circus characters.

2:55 The Face Australia PGR 3 4pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking 3 0 4:30 F Native Kitchen 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News

11:15 Just Shoot Me! PGR 3 Finch and Elliott vie for the attention of a new writer; Jack pits Maya against Nina in a war of ideas. 0 11:40 Infomercials

7pm Storage Wars – Canada PGR A charity auction in Mississauga has the buyers dreaming of high-end goods and luxury merchandise.

7:30 MasterChef Junior USA 8:30 Top Gear USA AO 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Blues v Hurricanes. From Auckland’s Eden Park.

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 32 8am Tribe 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Maumahara 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm The Big Hit 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 F Waka Ama Sprint Nationals

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SUNDAY

12:25 Raw MC 3:05 Crossing Lines MV 4am New Girl MS 4:25 Modern Family PGL 4:50 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 5:15 CSI – New York MV

9:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) England v Black Caps – First Test, Day Two. From Lord’s in London.

10am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Chiefs v Bulls.

Noon Grassroots Rugby 1pm Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) Stage 13.

1:30 World Rugby 2pm Rugby – First XV Revision 3pm Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) Stage 13.

3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Chiefs v Bulls.

4pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Steel v Mystics.

6pm Cricket – International (Highlights) England v Black Caps – First Test, Day Two. 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Chiefs v Bulls.

7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Blues v Hurricanes. From Eden Park, Auckland.

9:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Crusaders. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

11:40 L Rugby – Super Rugby Force v Highlanders. 1:45 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 2:15 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 2:45 Random Rugby TV 3am L Rugby – Super Rugby Cheetahs v Lions. 5:05 L Rugby – Super Rugby

SKY SPORT 2 4:30 F City Slickers Rodeo 3 5pm F Project Whenua 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Irikura 6:30 Death Threat PGR 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M Vice Versa PGR 3 1988 Family Comedy.

Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage.

9:30 M Fermat’s Room AO 3 2007 Drama.

11:10 Te Kaea 3 2 11:40 Closedown

DISCOVERY

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MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Let There Be Light. 7:30 MythBusters PG Paper Armour. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Big Giant Swords PG 10:30 Railroad Alaska PG Collision Course. 11:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Growing Pains. 12:30 Gold Rush PG 2:30 Dual Survival M 3:30 You Have Been Warned M Makers or Fakers. 4:30 Auction Hunters PG Trading Places. 5pm Auction Hunters PG 5:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 6:30 Gold Rush PG Revelations. 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 King Of Thrones PG Backyard Bathroom.

9:30 Moonshiners – Jim Tom Specials M 10:30 Moonshiners M 11:30 MythBusters PG Duel Dilemmas.

6:55 Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes MVL 2014 Action. Jason Clarke, Andy Serkis. 9:05 Fright Night 2 16VLSC 2013 Horror. Will Payne, Jaime Murray. 10:45 Suddenly 16VLC 1996 Drama. Kirstie Alley, Jason Beghe, Jason Bernard.

12:15 2nd Serve MVL 2012 Comedy.

Josh Hopkins, Alexie Gilmore.

1:45 47 Ronin MV 2013 Fantasy Adventure. Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi. 3:45 Grand Piano MVL 2013 Thriller. Elijah Wood, John Cusack. 5:15 Wolves 16VLS 2014 Action. Lucas Till, Jason Momoa.

6:50 The Hangover Part III 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis.

8:30 Lone Survivor 16VLC 2013 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch.

10:35 Million Dollar Arm PGL 2014 Drama. Jon Hamm, Pitobash Tripathy.

12:30 Tabloid M Dressed for Revenge. 1:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 2am Man v Wild PG Everglades. 3am Man v Wild PG Ecuador. 4am Man v Wild PG 5am MythBusters PG

12:40 Paranormal Movie 16VLSC 2013 Comedy. 2:10 Wolves 16VLS 2014 Action. 3:40 The Hangover Part III 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

5:20 Grand Piano MVL 2013 Thriller.

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

Chicago PD

9:25pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 7:35 The Island MVL 2005 Sci-fi Thriller. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson. 9:55 The Bourne Ultimatum MV 2007 Action. Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles. 11:50 The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button MLS 2008 Drama. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett.

2:35 The Exorcism Of Emily Rose MC 2005 Drama. Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott.

4:35 500 Days Of Summer ML 2009 Comedy. Joseph GordonLevitt, Zooey Deschanel. 6:10 The Shawshank Redemption 16V 1994 Drama. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman. 8:30 Three Kings 16VL 1999 Action.

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube. 10:25 Payback 18V 1999 Action. Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry.

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Castleford Tigers v Huddersfield Giants.

6:30 L Rugby League – Super League 9:15 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Rabbitohs v Eels.

11:15 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Castleford Tigers v Huddersfield Giants.

11:45 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) 12:15 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Rabbitohs v Eels.

12:45 Small Blacks TV 1pm Canoeing – Sprint World Cup (Highlights) 1:30 Motorsport – WRC (Highlights) Portugal – Day One. 2pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Chiefs v Bulls.

2:30 Rugby League – Super League (Replay) 4:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Rabbitohs v Eels.

5pm L Rugby League – Holden Cup Wests Tigers U20 v Cowboys U20.

7pm L Rugby League – NSW Cup Wests Tigers v Wyong.

9pm L Rugby League – NRL Tigers v Cowboys.

11:30 Fox Sports News

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Tigers v Cowboys.

12:45 L Cycling – World Ports Classic Stage One. 2:15 Netball SUNDAY – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 12:05 The Exorcism Of Emily Rose Steel v Mystics. 2:45 Fox Sports MC 2005 Drama. 2am The Making News 3:15 Rugby League – Of The Dark Knight PG 2:15 The Super League (Highlights) Salford Shawshank Redemption 16V 1994 v Warrington. 3:45 L Rugby Drama. 4:35 The Curious Case Of League – Super League Catalan Benjamin Button MLS 2008 Drama. Dragons v Wigan Warriors.

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6am Rural Delivery 3 6:25 Road To The Young Farmer Final 6:50 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 0 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Survival Tales From The Wild 0 12:55 Anh Does Vietnam 0 1:55 Location, Location, Location 30 2:55 Dynamo – Magician Impossible PGR 3 0 3:55 This Town 3 0 4:55 Ultimate Swarms 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm Nigel Latta Blows Stuff Up 0 8:30 F When We Go To War AO As rumours of a Gallipoli evacuation spread, Charles, Manaaki, and Bea start planning for the future; back home, Awa and Cissy find their circumstances changed.

0 9:30 Our Girl AO 0 10:40 A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

6am Pajanimals 3 0 6:20 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:30 Art Attack 3 0 6:50 Crash And Bernstein 3 0 7:10 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:35 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 8am What Now Famous 40-hourfamine teams are in studio; author Dave Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, talks to What Now. 10am ANT Farm 0 10:25 The Bachelor PGR 3 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2:30 Suburgatory PGR 3 0 3pm Hot In Cleveland PGR 3 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 30 6pm Thunderbirds Are Go 0 6:30 Joey 3 0

6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 3 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Three60 9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation 0 11am The Bold And The Beautiful Omnibus PGR 3 1pm Big Angry Fish 3 2pm Motorsport – Jet Sprints (Highlights) 2:25 Motorsport – Jet Sprints (Highlights) 2:50 Motorsport – WTCC (Highlights) 3:15 Motorsport – SsangYong Racing Series 4:10 Motorsport – MotoGP (Highlights) 5pm Whale Adventure With Nigel Marven 0 6pm 3 News 6:30 N 3D Samantha Hayes and Duncan Garner present the news stories of the week. 0 7pm M Despicable Me 2 7pm The Illusionists 0 PGR 2013 Adventure.

8:25 M I Am Number Four Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, PGR 2011 Sci-fi Action.

Russell Brand. 0 Aliens and their guardians are 8:55 M The Dilemma hiding on Earth from bounty AO 3 2010 Comedy. hunters – they can only be When a man finds out his killed in numerical order, and best friend, and business Number Four is next. Alex partner’s, wife may be Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant. 0 cheating, he must decide 10:35 M Panic At Rock Island whether to tell his friend.

AO 2011 Horror. Simone Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Kessell, Anna Hutchison, Jennifer Connelly. 0 Grant Bowler. 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Tree Fu Tom 3 7:25 Rugrats 3 7:50 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 8:15 Max Steel 3 8:35 Rocket Power 3 9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 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 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm ICarly 3 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans.

Noon River Cottage Australia 3 1pm Village SOS 3 2pm N Jamie’s Great Italian Escape PGR Jamie escapes to Italy in his camper van, living off the land and cooking traditional Italian food with his own twist.

2:30 Grassroots Rugby 3:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Stephen Fry – Gadget Man

7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 F Hustling America PGR 30 8:30 The GC PGR 3 0 9pm South Park AO 3 0 9:30 N Burn Notice AO A terrorist recruits Michael to help steal equipment from a defence facility.

10:25 Welcome To The Family PGR 3 10:55 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

7pm Storage Wars – Texas 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 8:30 CSI – Cyber PGR The Cyber team must act immediately when a victim of serious cyber bullying plans a retaliation.

9:30 Elementary AO When a driver for a ridesharing company is intentionally run over by a city cab, Holmes and Watson wonder if it is a case of professional jealousy; Holmes gets a romantic request.

10:30 Top Gear USA AO

11:40 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:50 Attitude 3 0 1:20 Marae 2 1:50 L Football – English Premier League 4am Infomercials

12:25 The Flash PGR 3 0 1:20 Marvel’s Agents Of Shield AO 3 0 2:10 Infomercials 2:45 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 3:35 Suburgatory PGR 3 0 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 The Carrie Diaries PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:50 Infomercials

11:30 Tony Robinson Down Under 3 From the search to identify the Great Southern Land, through the colonial trials and tribulations, Tony Robinson discovers the key events and major influences that define Australia today.

12:30 Home Shopping

CHOICE TV 6am Ray Mears’ Close Encounters Survival expert and presenter Ray Mears follows two of Australia’s most iconic animals, the saltwater crocodile and Tasmanian devil.

7am Natural World 8am Yard Crashers 8:30 Speed With Guy Martin 9:30 Holiday Home Sweet Home 10:30 This Old Thing 11:30 Extreme Collectors PGR Noon Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 12:30 Odd Folks Home PGR 1pm Natural World 2pm Yard Crashers 2:30 Merlin 3:30 IFish 4pm Nigel And Adam’s Farm Kitchen 5pm Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill 5:30 Coast 6:30 Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 7:30 Talk To The Animals A zoologist takes an in-depth look into the world of animal communication.

8:30 The Time Of Our Lives AO A drama following the lives of a typical extended Australian family.

9:30 Twentysomething AO Jess and Josh are best friends, housemates and twentysomething.

10:30 Coast A fascinating journey around the coast of the United Kingdom.

11:30 Heaven’s Kitchen At Large

MONDAY

12:30 The Time Of Our Lives AO 1:30 Twentysomething AO 2:30 Yard Crashers 3am Merlin 4am Heaven’s Kitchen At Large 5am Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill 5:30 IFish

11:10 Jono And Ben PGR 3 Presented by Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce, with Guy Williams and Rose Matafeo.

12:15 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 Series using drama to teach te reo Maori. 2 1pm The Rugby Show (Replay) Kings College v Otahuhu College.

2:30 Code 3 3:30 Rugby – World Cup 2011 (Replay) South Africa v Australia.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Paepae Chris and Tupoutahi Winitana debate the latest issues with te reo speakers from around the country.

THE BOX 6:05 The Amazing Race Omnibus PG 9:25 The Simpsons Marathon PG 11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:45 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Ice Road Truckers PG 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Wild West Alaska M 7:30 The Musketeers MVLS King Louis wants to experience the life of an ordinary Frenchman, but his night of fun quickly comes to an end when he and d’Artagnan are kidnapped.

8:35 CSI MV 9:35 CSI MV 10:35 Rogue 16VLS Grace Travis is a loving wife and mother, and one of the bay area’s best detectives. When her son is killed, Grace resumes her undercover life in an effort to find the killer.

11:30 The Musketeers MVLS

7:10 Small Blacks TV 7:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Force v Highlanders. 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Blues v Hurricanes.

11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Waratahs v Crusaders.

Noon Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Force v Highlanders.

12:30 Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore.

1pm Cricket – International (Highlights) England v New Zealand – First Test, Day Three. 1:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Mystics v Steel. 2pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Thunderbirds v Fever. 4pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Vixens v Swifts. 6pm College Netball (Replay) Wellington Girls v Mt Albert Grammar.

7pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Tactix v Firebirds. From Marlborough Lines Stadium 2000 in Blenheim.

9pm Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

10pm L Football – International Japan v New Zealand Football Ferns.

From Marugame Stadium in Kagawa, Japan.

12:30 L Cycling – Giro D’Italia Stage 15 – Marostica to Madonna Di Campiglio. 3:30 Cycling – World Ports Classic (Delayed) Stage Two. 5am Fox Sports News 5:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Tactix v Firebirds.

SKY SPORT 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Tigers v Cowboys.

9:30 M There Will Be Blood AO 2007 Drama. A story of family, religion, hatred, oil, and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds.

MONDAY

12:25 Te Kaea 3 2 12:55 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Walk a Straight Line. 7:30 MythBusters PG Duel Dilemmas. 8:30 You Have Been Warned M Makers or Fakers. 9:30 What Happened Next? M 10am What Happened Next? M 10:30 Extreme Drug Smuggling M 11:30 Naked And Afraid M 12:30 Wingsuit Warrior – Jeb Corliss v The World M 1:30 Moonshiners – Jim Tom Specials M 2:30 Railroad Alaska PG Collision Course. 3:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Ben Stiller. 4:30 Moonshiners M 5:30 Gunslingers M 6:30 Gold Rush PG 8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 9:30 Dual Survival M 10:30 Treehouse Masters PG 11:30 You Have Been Warned M

MONDAY

12:30 What Happened Next?

M 1am What Happened Next?

MONDAY M 1:30 A Crime To Remember 12:30 SmackDown! MC M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 2:10 Rogue 16VLS 3am CSI MV 3:50 CSI MV 4:40 Counting Cars PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 The Musketeers MVLS

When We Go to War 8:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:50 The Making Of Edge Of Tomorrow PG 2014 7:05 Million Dollar Arm PGL 2014 Drama. Jon Hamm, Pitobash Tripathy.

9:10 Lone Survivor 16VLC 2013 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch.

11:10 Paranormal Movie 16VLSC 2013 Comedy. Kevin Farley, Nicky Whelan. 12:40 Wolves 16VLS 2014 Action. Lucas Till, Jason Momoa.

2:10 The Hangover Part III 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis. 3:50 The Mystery Cruise M 2013 Crime. Gail O’Grady, Michelle Harrison. 5:15 The Wedding Bros 16LS 2008 Comedy.

Dan Fogler, Brendan Sexton III. 6:40 The Conjuring 16C 2013 Horror. Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga.

8:30 Transformers – Age Of Extinction MVL 2014 Action.

11:15 Pain And Gain 18VLS 2013 Action.

MONDAY

1:25 Skid Marks 16LSC 2008 Comedy.

2:50 Jamesy Boy 18VLSC 2014 Crime.

4:40 The Wedding Bros 16LS 2008 Comedy.

6am Fox Sports News 6:30 Motorsport – Formula One Qualifying (Replay) Grand Prix de Monaco. 8am Motorsport – GP2 Series (Replay) Monaco – Race Two. 9am L Motorsport – AMA Motocross Glen Helen National.

1pm Sunday Footy Show 3pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) West Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys.

Despicable Me 2 3:30 Rugby League – Super 7pm on TV3 League (Highlights) Castleford Tigers v Huddersfield Giants.

4pm Rugby League – Super MOVIES GREATS League (Highlights) 7:15 500 Days Of Summer ML 4:30 Rugby League – NRL 2009 Comedy. Joseph Gordon(Highlights) Rabbitohs v Eels.

Levitt, Zooey Deschanel.

5pm Rugby League – NRL 8:50 Three Kings 16VL 1999 Action.

(Highlights) Tigers v Cowboys.

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, 5:30 L Rugby League – NRL Ice Cube. 10:45 The Exorcism Raiders v Bulldogs.

Of Emily Rose MC 2005 Drama.

7:55 The After Match Awen Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Guttenbeil and guests discuss the Campbell Scott. 12:45 Jurassic big issues in rugby league.

Park PGV 1993 Adventure. Sam Neill, 8:30 Rugby League – NRL Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum. 2:50 The (Highlights) Tigers v Cowboys. From Lost World – Jurassic Park PGV Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney.

1997 Sci-fi Adventure. Jeff Goldblum, 9pm Rugby League – NRL Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite. (Highlights) Raiders v Bulldogs. From 4:55 Jurassic Park 3 MV GIO Stadium, Canberra.

2001 Adventure. Sam Neill, 9:55 L Motorsport – William H Macy. 6:30 Cold Creek Superbike World Championship Manor MVL 2003 Thriller. 8:30 Mr United Kingdom Round.

Bean’s Holiday PGC 2007 Comedy.

MONDAY 10pm Bulletproof Monk MVL 2003 1:30 L Motorsport – Action. 11:45 Mean Girls MC 2004 Superbike World Championship Family Comedy.

United Kingdom – Race Two. MONDAY 3am Rugby League – NRL 1:20 Jurassic Park 3 MV 2001 (Highlights) Tigers v Cowboys.

Adventure. 2:50 Mr Bean’s 3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Holiday PGC 2007 Comedy.

(Highlights) Blues v Hurricanes.

4:20 Cold Creek Manor MVL 2003 4am L Motorsport – Indycar Thriller.

Series Indianapolis 500.

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SEWELL, William John (Bill) – 16 - 05 - 1945 – 6 - 01 - 2015 Janice, Blair, Jason and Jane, Lisa and Martin (Lodge) and their families would like to thank everyone for their kindness, love, support, messages, cards, phone calls, visits, baking and flowers. Many thanks also to everyone who attended the service to celebrate Bill’s life.

The love and support received during this time is much appreciated and will always be remembered.

TODAY: Fine. Northerlies ease in the morning.

CHRISTCHURCH

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DEATHS

WHITE – Ben and Kerry (nee Ward) welcome Jackson Mark White on May 21, 2015 in London.

Both baby and mum doing well.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 9.2 10.3 Max to 4pm -1.2 Minimum -5.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm May to date 5.2 Avg May to date 44 2015 to date 236.0 264 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 13 At 4pm Strongest gust S 46 Time of gust 12:05am

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Puzzles Saturday, May 23, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1. Lack of consideration isn’t yet vision one may swap for nothing (13) 9. Singers may be sent gross of variations (9) 10. Urge one on to parking within a mile perhaps (5) 11. Rest attention on the first diesel oil supply (5) 12. Arrangement of class leads into a reformation (9) 13. Too fastidious about a resort on the Riviera (8) 15. Didn’t connect, but felt one’s absence (6) 18. Animal feed stored in half of itself with nothing added (6) 20. Candour shown by writer in one steamship (8) 23. Sort of schizophrenia for which feline is given a pickme-up (9) 24. Affected by sea movement, it returns dial one lost (5) 25. It’s the last limo to leave (5) 26. They support models built by amateurs when they’re about right (9) 27. Pictures projected in stall sender has to sort out (7,6)

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Enter CAESAR in his ___’ (J Caesar) (5-4) 16. Reveals how old cess is (9) 17. An astronaut is given room to supply the crew (8) 19. According to the letter, it was wrong to print it (7) 21. Lasted out to the finish and was rude about it (7) 22. In the event that it is boxed (2,4) 23. Self-important as the rooster at the top of the yard (5) 24. What it adds up to with time is a lot different (5)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Restoration 8. Railings 9. Else 10. Testy 13. So-so 16. Lair 17. Slur 18. Arts 20. Fetch 24. Echo 25. Prie-dieu 26. Threatening Down 2. Evil 3. Trite 4. Right 5. Ideas 6. Promulgated 7. Resourceful 11. Scoff 12. Yeast 14. Oily 15. Kilt 19. Scour 21. Egret 22. Clean 23. Lion QUICK Across 7. Elated 8. Polite 10. Trigger 11. Prize 12. Reel 13. Dazed 17. Dummy 18. Cite 22. About 23. Legless 24. Gunner 25. Meteor Down 1. Gesture 2. Matinee 3. Beige 4. Complex 5. Mimic 6. Sever 9. Treadmill 14. Quitter 15. Wizened 16. Censure 19. Cadge 20. Wound 21. Egged

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QUICK ACROSS 1. Hobble (4) 3. Rebellion (8) 9. Fill with fear (7) 10. Earth (L) (5) 11. Important occasion (3-6,3) 14. Label (3) 16. Stop (5) 17. Perceive (3) 18. Awkwardness (12) 21. Indicate (5) 22. Unsettle (7) 23. Swiftly (8) 24. Sheet of floating ice (4)

DOWN 1. Able to read and write (8) 2. Bogged down (5) 4. Earnings (3) 5. Go-between (12) 6. Progress (7) 7. Provoke into action (4) 8. Disillusioned (12) 12. Prepare for a race (5) 13. Judicious (8) 15. Authentic (7) 19. Match (5) 20. Musical composition (4) 22. Friend (3)

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SUDOKU Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

YOUR STARS

by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Something authentic is taking place on the friendship and relationship fronts, with a chance to give the past and unsaid words a voice.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Weekend or not, a triple alliance of income, work and career forces comes together in a way that creates unlimited possibilities and confidence.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Playful and adventurous forces come together in time to bring the weekend spirit into play, with a reminder not to take life too seriously.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) There’s a chance to relax and unwind, with the first weekend of the month long wind down of your old solar year calling for some quality time out.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Just in time for the weekend an alliance of cosmic forces makes this an auspicious time for communication and relationships.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Whatever you’ve been building over recent months seems to be coming together, with all likely to be revealed over the coming days.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) A confluence of playful and adventurous forces comes together just in time for the weekend, with an opportunity to make up for lost time.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) As your professional instincts kick in expect some lucky hunches that need to be trusted, even if you can’t see why they should be trusted.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) This is a weekend were relationship tension is likely to make way for an opportunity for a communication and/or relationship breakthrough.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Weekend or not, a rare triple alliance of income, work and career forces makes it worthwhile to keep professional and money hats on.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) After a bumpy week there’s a lightness that brings the weekend alive, with a chance to put the cares of the working week aside and have fun.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) A need to keep your work hat on shouldn’t be at the expense of downtime over the weekend, matters of the heart or home and family matters.

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