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Pre-enrol children to prevent overcrowding BY RUBY HARFIELD

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Allenton School needs parents to preenrol their children early to prevent overcrowding in the next three years. The school will need more classrooms due to high roll growth but the Ministry of Education requires proof of these projections before they can provide funding. Principal Graham Smith said with a roll of 389, 10 more than this time last year, the school was near capacity. In the next few years they would need another two classrooms but the Ministry of Education would only provide funding for the additional space if the roll

was projected for the next three years. However, the current pre-enrolment list did not reflect the growth of students coming to the school each year, he said. The school’s Year 1 and 2 students made up nearly half the school and families tended to only enrol their children just before they turned five, Mr Smith said. The Ministry of Education would not provide funding based on estimations, they needed proof of pre-enrolments for the next three years, he said. Next year the school would survive with an increase but they would have to have a class based in the library by term three.

There is a junior class currently in the old dental clinic but that is not big enough for any more students. The school had been asking parents whose children turned five around the end of this year to wait until next year before their child started school, Mr Smith said. “That’s helped us.” The increase in growth might be to do with the growing economy and more families moving in the area and this was expected to continue, he said.

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Richie meets Stevie It was grins all round as All Black great Richie McCaw hung out with Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks backstage on Saturday. Two photos posted by Richie McCaw on Facebook show the All Black captain and his girlfriend Gemma Flynn cuddling up with Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks. In one of the photos, the couple are joined by Steven Hansen and his partner Tash Marshall - both sporting wide smiles - with Ms Nicks holding up an All Blacks jersey from the 2015 World Cup. The shots appear to be taken backstage before or after the show. The All Blacks captain and coach were among the 38,000 people who turned out at Mt Smart Stadium last night for the second to last night of Fleetwood Mac’s 15-month world tour, with torrential rain doing nothing to dampen their spirits. It is understood Ms Nicks dedicated a song to McCaw and Hansen during the Saturday night concert.

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Tho Block doors open The doors to the four renovated villas on The Block were thrown open to the public yesterday - and thousands queued to peek at the TV dream homes. The Block NZ: Villa Wars held open homes at the houses in Sandringham, Auckland, from 9am to 3pm. Block-a-holics snapped up the chance to check out the swish pads and meet and greet stars from the show. Four teams of two revamped the villas, and the pair who sell for the highest profit above-reserve will be crowned champions and top up their profits with a $100,000 prize.

Peter Jackson winged ﬁnal Hobbit ﬁlm New Zealand director Peter Jackson says he was winging it during most of the shoot for the final Hobit movie. “It was impossible, and as a result of it being impossible, I just started shooting the movie with most of it not prepped at all,” Jackson says in a behind-the-scenes video recently posted online. “I was able to wing it, right up until the point that I had to start shooting this very intricate battle, and I couldn’t wing it on that, really.” Jackson said many of the problems with The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies began after director Guilermo del Toro left the project during preproduction. “We didn’t wind the clock back a year and a half and give me a year and a half prep to design the movie I was going to make, which was different to what [del Toro] was doing.” Jackson admits he approached producers and said “I don’t what the hell I’m doing now.” The film opened in 2014 to mixed reviews.

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Mr Ugly pageant turns ugly A 42-year-old unemployed man was crowned Zimbabwe’s ugliest man at a pub pageant in Harare - but the contest turned ugly when the runner-up accused judges of bias. Maison Sere, who was missing several teeth and dressed in torn overalls, beat off five other contestants for the $US500 ($NZ761.51) Mr Ugly prize - a large sum in a country facing massive unemployment. “I want to thank God for winning this title, last time I came fourth. I just want to thank the judges for recognising me as the winner,” Sere told journalists during a night of festivities attended by 200 revellers. But William Masvinu, a three-time Mr Ugly winner who walked off with a $US100 ($NZ152.30) second prize this year, cried foul. “The judges were not fair, the organisers must look for new judges to start the contest afresh. I did not lose today,” Masvinu said. Show organiser David Machowa said he created the pageant in 2012 to celebrate “beauty in ugliness”. “The show was very successful, and I still have plans to host Mr Ugly world,” he said.

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Labour MP Phil Goff has announced he is standing as an independent candidate for the Auckland mayoralty, ending months of speculation about his political future. Speaking to supporters at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron yesterday, Mr Goff said he was standing for mayor “because I believe that together we can create a better Auckland - a city where talent and enterprise can thrive”. “That’s the kind of city I want to lead. For Auckland to succeed, it must operate effectively and efficiently. The Super City was supposed to eliminate waste and bureaucratic duplication. That will be my priority. Under my leadership, we will be fiscally prudent and learn to do more with less.” If successful, Mr Goff said he would focus on a number of issues that directly impact on the lives of Aucklanders, including tackling traffic congestion and increasing the housing supply.

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

■ EQC

Health programme ‘on track’

Some still waiting ...

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A lack of feedback during a public consultation for Ashburton College’s Year 9 and 10 health programme means the school is on the right track, principal Grant McMillan says. Ashburton College has been asking for feedback as part of their requirement with the Ministry of Education to publically review their health programme every two years. Mr McMillan said over the past

two years they were continuously in consultation with agencies, parents and students about the health programme and regularly tweaked the programme when needed. Because of this it meant when the time came for the public consultation most people were happy with the programme and did not provide much feedback. “It’s one of those things where if we don’t get any feedback then we are doing a good job. “If people are not happy with

what we do we would know about it.” Throughout each school year agencies such as Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service and the Ministry of Education provided information and update resources, Mr McMillan said. “That’s the main line of feedback.” A public consultation evening was held on Thursday for people to find out more about the health programme and to have their say.

A few agencies, parents and members of the public popped in and had some suggestions including an opportunity for the college and Hype Youth Health Centre to work together more frequently. The course will now be reviewed and any necessary changes made, he said. Anyone still wanting to provide feedback can do so by contacting the school or visiting www.ashburtoncollege.school.nz

■ ASHBURTON COUNTY LIONS

Local Garden Ramble proves a winner By RuBy HaRfield

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More than 200 people gathered for an afternoon of Devonshire tea, sunshine, music and stalls at the Ashburton County Lions Garden Ramble on Saturday. The event was held at Ashburton residents Sheila and Michael Shearer’s garden on Racecourse Road to raise money for the Heart Foundation’s Ashburton branch. County Lions president Helen Allan said the afternoon was a great success with between 200 and 250 people attending. “I think it went very well, it was a nice sunny afternoon.” There was a good variety of stalls, great music and everyone loved the Devonshire tea, she said. “They all seemed to enjoy a ramble around the garden and the stalls. “It was great that Michael and Sheila Shearer let us use the garden.” The Lions club tries to do something different for their major event each year, Mrs Allan said.

Canterbury’s string of earthquakes that started in September 2010 saw thousands of property owners around the Ashburton District lodge claims for damage with EQC. In the five years since, 7756 claims were lodged for building, land and content damage; 6372 of those have now been completed and closed, but 1384 property owners are still waiting for their claims to be dealt with and completed. Michael Price, head of Canterbury dwelling settlement, said there is no fixed date for EQC to have all Ashburton claims settled but the goal is for these to be completed by the end of 2016. When it came to opting for a cash settlement rather than going through the ECQ or EQR system, Mr Price said 3984 claims had been cash settled, where property owners opted to have the value of their damage assessed and then receive an agreed amount. This allowed them to arrange to have repairs to their property completed themselves. While there were a large number of claims lodged from around the district, only 522 claims were assessed at needing to be managed by Fletchers rather than under the EQC umbrella. Of these EQR has completed substantive repairs on all but five properties.

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Sally Reid and Nioelle Miles enjoying a Devonshire tea at the Garden Ramble. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 211115-TM-229

From P1 Anyone considering sending their child to Allenton School, even if their child was only a toddler at the moment, should pre-enrol as it would help future-proof the additional classrooms needed, the principal said. Pre-enrolments were easy to do and not set in stone – a family could still decide not to send their child to Allenton School later down the track.

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■ METHVEN MARKET

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Major success for Methven market

Ashburton’s new mums can now access even more information around the health and wellbeing of their babies. The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has launched a new service called Kiriata Mama (Mothers Television) in an effort to help empower new parents. Kiriata Mama will provide four continuous hours of health-related and parent focused programmes on a dedicated channel.Kiriata Mama’s broadcasting will include information on topics including breastfeeding, smoking cessation, safe-sleep, new born resuscitation, immunisation, family violence and healthy eating.

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The inaugural Methven Arts, Crafts and Farmers Market exceeded expectations with more than 800 people attending. The first monthly market, organised by the Methven Action Committee (MAC), was held yesterday. MAC chairman Richard Sheppard said he was completely overwhelmed by the support from the stallholders and the customers. “We’ve been blown away by it. It’s been fantastic.” The market was so busy that some stalls sold out and had to go home early, he said. Each of the 50 stalls, bar one (who would be away), had booked a space for next month’s Christmas market. Having over 800 people attend was more than they ever expected as it was the first time they had held it, Mr Sheppard said. The next market will be held on December 20 from 11am-3pm in the Methven courtyard next to The Mall.

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■ HELICOPTER CRASH

Crash victims named The bodies of three of the seven victims of the Fox Glacier helicopter tragedy have been recovered from the crash site. Police said yesterday the bodies had been taken to a nearby temporary mortuary facility for formal identification, which may take a number of days. The names of the six tourists who died alongside 28-year-old pilot Mitch Gameren were released yesterday. Among them were two couples from the UK. They were Andrew Virco, 50, and Katharine Walker, 51, of Cambridge, and Nigel Edwin

The Conservation Minister says a new partnership should help protect native birds and threatened wetlands in one of New Zealand’s most famous national parks. Maggie Barry says the initiative involving the Department of Conservation and Transpower would lead to conservation work in Fiordland National Park. She said the partnership was worth $100,000 over five years, and would focus on the Borland-Grebe Valley area, where the national grid operator had transmission lines. - NZME

Charlton, 66, and Cynthia Charlton, 70, of Hampshire. Two Australians from Sydney – Sovannmony Leang, 27, and Josephine Gibson, 29 – also died in the crash. Ms Walker and Mr Virco are survived by adult children. Ms Walker was the head of radiotherapy at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. In her biography on the hospital website, Ms Walker said she had worked there for 23 years. “I’ve worked my way through plenty of different roles in radiotherapy, from treatment planning and scanning, to radiotherapy itself and clinical tutoring.

Ms Walker celebrated her 50th birthday in March. The Charltons were from Romsey in Hampshire, England. According to his Facebook page, Mr Charlton attended medical school from 1968 to 1973 and it is understood he studied dentistry and owned his own private practice for many years. The couple are survived by adult children and it is understood they had a number of grandchildren. The pilot’s sister, Brooke Gameren, wrote a tribute message to her brother on Facebook.

“I love you heaps...Fly high.” Mr Gameren’s good friend Kyle Paterson also wrote short heartfelt messages on Facebook, and shared a picture of Mr Gameren with the words “RIP my old friend.” Mr Gameren’s stepfather Kelly Bray said yesterday morning he was still awaiting further news from authorities about the search. He remembered him yesterday as an “all-round good guy”. “He loved the outdoors. He enjoyed the West Coast because he liked the hunting and fishing side of it.” - NZME

Mike Moore has announced he is leaving his post as New Zealand ambassador to the United States. The former Prime Minister suffered a stroke in April this year and a statement given to his staff on Saturday says next month will be his last in Washington. After leaving politics, Mr Moore became director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Mr Moore’s last day in Washington will be December 16. He thanked foreign minister Murray McCully and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for their kindness to him and his wife Yvonne. - NZME

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■ JONAH LOMU

Memorial well attended The first public memorial for All Black legend Jonah Lomu was held last night in south Auckland. The service was held at the Lotofalei’a Tongan Methodist Church in Mangere, which Lomu attended as a child. It was conducted in both Tongan and English and was broadcast live to Tonga via a livestream. The service was conducted by Tongan Reverend Dr ‘Alifeleti Mone and involved hymns and prayers. A large brass band also played. Although Lomu’s body was not at the church, some of his family members were there, including his mother Hepi. Lomu’s wife Nadene and their two young sons also attended. Various sport stars and other high-profile friends of Lomu were among the mourners. There were eight speakers, starting with Pacific Island Affairs Minister Peseta Sam LotuIiga.

The other speakers were Reverend Lopini Filise, Labour MP for Mangere Su’a William Sio, Cook Islands General Consulate Rosie Blake, Fijian-Indian community leader Vijendra Prasad, Tuvalu community leader Fala Haurangi, Lomu’s childhood friend Sinipata Kaufononga, and barrister Nalesoni Tupou. Lomu’s number 11 was taped to the entrance of the church in his honour. MC for the evening, Tagata Pasifika presenter John Pulu, said it was a real honour to be chosen to MC Lomu’s memorial. “This is a huge deal for me. The whole world and especially for a little island like Tonga, the concentration is here tonight as we celebrate, pay tribute to Jonah Lomu, who lifted the pacific and especially us Tongans to what it is today.” He said it was a special moment for everyone to come together and be part of the mourning service to farewell Lomu. - NZME

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Tony Rands cuts the ribbon to two new ﬂats during the IHC Ashburton Association’s 50th celebrations. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 211115-TM-025

Ashburton celebrates IHC 50th BY RUBY HARFIELD

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A weekend of celebrations marked 50 years of the IHC Ashburton Association. Chairperson Rose Keen said more than 100 people attended an open day at the IHC-IDEA Services complex on Saturday. During the open day two flats were officially opened by Tony Rands, brother of the late Lor-

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from the community over the past 50 years, which allowed the organised to provide a high-standard of service, she said. A well-attended social function and end-of-year dance was held on Friday night at the Ashburton Club and MSA. On Sunday St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church dedicated their morning service to the celebrations.

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■ CURE KIDS

■ TINWALD FESTIVAL

Skydiving in the Santa name of Cure Kids appears BY NADINE PORTER

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It was raining celebrities over Ashburton yesterday when The Bachelor reality television couple Art Green and Matilda Rice skydived alongside a prominent hotelier to raise money for Cure Kids. As part of AccorHotels Group, Ibis Christchurch general manager Tim Dearsely was persuaded to fling himself from 12,000 feet above Ashburton Airport with the Skydiving Kiwis team. A key partner of Cure Kids for over 10 years, AccorHotels works nationally each year to raise money to help the charity find cures for serious health conditions that affect many New Zealand children. Cumulatively the hotel group has raised nearly $4 million in the past decade for Cure Kids charity here and in Fiji. Yesterday’s high flying antics were part of a weekend of fundraising for Mr Dearse-

ly in which they hoped to raise $5000. By the time the trio had made it back down to solid ground, the target had nearly been reached. For Art Green yesterday’s jump was his third – but his first here in Canterbury, while Ms Rice nervously undertook her first skydive. The couple shot to fame earlier this year in the first New Zealand series of the Bachelor where Mr Green chose Ms Rice over 15 other women and they have been in a serious relationship since then. The couple said they were pleased to be able to use their public profile to help causes like Cure Kids, believing it was one of the highlights of doing the television programme. Ms Rice now works for TVNZ while Mr Green has a successful paleo food business.

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Elsie Vlaanderen, 8, gets into the festival spirit. BY RUBY HARFIELD

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A cold morning yesterday did not stop people from getting into the Christmas spirit at the Tinwald Festival. The annual festival was held at the The Plains Vintage Railway & Museum. Organiser Ann Craig said the event was great but it was a shame the weather was a bit cold in the morning. There would have been about 1500-2000 people there throughout the day enjoying

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train rides, pony rides, the fire museum, stalls and more. “The food stalls were extremely busy.” There was also a free bouncy castle for the first time this year which was organised by The Regent Cinema. The highlight for Mrs Craig was the talented musicians, many of whom were young Ashburtonians. “Some of the music was amazing.” Santa was also a big hit, arriving on board a steam train.

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About 230 students from Ashburton Intermediate, Ashburton Borough School, Ashburton Christian School and a number of rural schools were welcomed to Ashburton College on Friday. The prospective students were given a welcome, shown around the school and undertook some academic testing.

Sienna Poyner, 5, munches a scone at the Garden Ramble on Saturday. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 211115-TM-204

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Nearly 1000 people attended the annual Merry Little Christmas Market at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 221115-TM-139 Barbara Tarbotton and Betty Wilson chat at the Garden Ramble. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 21115-TM-246

Katrin Geifuss, Wyatt, 1, Shannon and Owen Hende, 4, having a picnic at the Tinwald Festival. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 221115-TM-117

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The former All Blacks skipper and celebrity chief Al Brown take a alook over some of the Methven locals’ baking. 221115-ET-002

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St Joseph’s Henry Hobbs looks for a way past Hampstead’s Jack Bausch at the EA Networks Centre Stadium on Friday. 201115-JJ-029

Tom Ravenscroft posted 27 for Ashburton College during his side’s three-wicket loss to Christchurch Boys’ Colts at the domain on Saturday. 211115-TM-078

Sam Hall recorded 18 before being dismissed by Colts Jackson Pauling, who took three for 28 off his 6 overs. 211115-TM-089

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Richie McCaw makes his way to the action in Methven on Saturday.

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NZ Flag referendum vs better health care Sue Newman

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ew Zealanders have just two weeks to play their part in spending $25.7 million. That’s the all-up cost of changing – or not changing – our New Zealand flag and right now we’re in the $17.3 million spending stage – the referendum. Ballot papers will have arrived in homes around New Zealand and every registered voter has the opportunity to have their say, to choose from five new designs, which one they’d opt for if we changed our flag tomorrow. When it came to whether or not change was needed, or wanted, there were three camps – those who wanted change, those who did not and those who didn’t care. Where most were united, however, was in sharing a degree of discomfort over the huge cost of the exercise. The $25.7 million is at best a guesstimate. Many say it will cost more, much more. And at the end of the day nothing may change. The strong opposition to change from older people in particular, is understandable. The New Zealand flag is what they’ve nailed their patriotic fervour to for all of their lives. And the desire for change is equally understandable from young people for whom the British Empire flavour of the current flag is irrelevant in their rapidly changing and increasingly multicultural world. But, at the end of the day, what is the power of a flag that does not have tradition and history behind it? A modern style flag will be completely at odds with our national anthem; its words reflect the current flag. Will an anthem change be our next step? Just think what the $25.7 million (and counting) could have achieved if it had been spent on something more constructive. If it had been pumped into the health system, how many more people would have been able to get urgently needed operations. The Government is happy to spend mega millions on a flag referendum rather than improve the quality of life of thousands of New Zealanders who live in pain simply because they cannot get onto a hospital waiting list. A new flag changes nothing, but more money for more operations changes lives. Seems an odd kind of reasoning, doesn’t it?

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Brussels on lockdown Brussels is on terror lockdown in fear of a Paris-style attack, with a gunman wanted over the deadly rampage in the French capital a week ago still on the run. The Belgian capital yesterday closed its metro system and shuttered shops and public buildings as a terror alert was raised to its highest level over reports of an “imminent threat” of a gun and bomb attack similar to the horror seen in Paris. Investigators are working around the clock to track Brussels resident Salah Abdeslam, one of the gunmen still on the loose after a co-ordinated wave of attacks on Parisian nightspots that left 130 people dead on November 13. Belgium-based jihadists are increasingly at the heart of the Paris investigation and police have multiplied raids in the city’s immigrant districts in a rush to stop a repeat of Islamic Stateinspired attacks that have killed hundreds around the world in recent weeks. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said authorities feared a “Paris-style” assault “with explosives and weapons at several locations” as he urged citizens to limit their movements. The carnage in Paris has put all of Europe on edge amid fears that IS extremists can move operatives freely among target countries in an abuse of the EU’s open-border Schengen zone system. In Turkey, police arrested a Belgian of Moroccan origin in connection with the Paris attacks in

Police patrol near the Grand Place in the centre of Brussels yesterday. Belgium has raised its security level to the highest degree as the manhunt continues for extremist Salah Abdeslam who took part in the Paris attacks. AP PHOTO the resort of Antalya, the site of this week’s G20 summit, along with two other suspects, probably Syrians. Ahmet Dahmani, 26, is accused of helping to scout the Paris attacks and then preparing to illegally cross the Turkish-Syrian border to rejoin IS after arriving in Turkey from Amsterdam on his Belgian passport. The UN Security Council on Friday authorised nations to “take all necessary measures” to fight IS jihadists after a wave of attacks across the world.

The UN resolution came after gunmen with an al Qaeda branch run by a notorious one-eyed Algerian militant besieged a luxury hotel in the Malian capital Bamako, killing 19 people, most of them foreigners. Mali was struck a week after Paris and Beirut - where 44 people were killed in IS bombings and three weeks after IS claimed to have downed a Russian plane in Egypt killing all 224 on board. In grieving Paris, citizens defiantly poured on to cafe terraces on Saturday (NZ time) to mark

one week since the carnage, many observing a a noisy minute of non-silence. French police have released seven people arrested during the raid, but kept hold of Jawad Bendaoud, who has admitted lending the apartment to two people from Belgium “as a favour”. Seven attackers were killed or blew themselves up during their assault on Paris. Belgian-born Salah Abdeslam, 26, is believed to have fled to Belgium and a huge manhunt is under way to find him. - AFP

Russia pounds Islamic State in Syria Russia has bombed the Islamic State group in the heaviest strikes in eastern Syria since the war began, as Moscow’s military manoeuvres in the Mediterranean forced Lebanon to reroute flights. The United Nations, meanwhile, passed a motion calling for action against IS, a week after 130 people were killed in Paris, sparking international condemnation

and fears of similar attacks elsewhere in Europe. Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out more than 70 strikes in eastern Deir Ezzor province at the weekend, killing at least 36 people including 10 children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based group said the raids hit several cities and towns as well as three oilfields, and were the heaviest bombard-

ment of the region since the conflict began in March 2011. Most of Deir Ezzor province, including large parts of its capital, is held by IS. The regime still controls the military airport and several smaller areas. Yesterday, fighting raged between IS and regime forces around the airport, a day after clashes killed 30 people, 22 of them IS militants, according to the Observatory. Russia began

its bombing campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad on September 30, and pledged to step up the strikes after IS claimed that a bomb downed a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board. Russia said it had fired cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea and claimed to have killed 600 fighters in recent strikes. - AFP

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Mali hotel attack suspects hunted Investigators in Mali are hunting at least three people suspected of links to the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel in the capital that left at least 19 people dead. A Malian military source had said earlier there were at least 21 dead, while at least “three terrorists had been killed or blown themselves up.” The government has declared

Teen set alight A teenager is fighting for his life in hospital after being doused in petrol and set alight on the Gold Coast. The victim, 18, was found in his car at Southport yesterday morning with burns to “a substantial amount of his body”, police said. He was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and placed into an induced coma. The incident is not thought to be related to Schoolies Week celebrations taking place in nearby Surfers Paradise, a police spokeswoman said. - AAP

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a state of emergency after the bloody nine-hour hostage-taking at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on Friday, exactly a week after the Paris massacre. The Al-Murabitoun group, an Al-Qaeda affiliate led by notorious one-eyed Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, nicknamed the “Uncatchable” or “Mr Marlboro”, claimed the attack.

Gunmen went on the rampage through the hotel from the early morning, shooting in the corridors and taking 170 guests and staff hostage, many of them foreigners. The assault, which ended when Malian and international troops stormed the hotel, left 19 people dead as well as two attackers, President Ibrahim Boubacar

Keita said oyesterday. The victims included several Russians, three Chinese, two Belgians, an American and a Senegalese. Authorities are now “actively pursuing” at least three people over the attack in the former French colony, one security source said. - AFP

Some 75 people have been confirmed dead and another 100 are missing after a debris landslide hit a town in northern Myanmar near the region’s gold and jade mines, a local official said. A 300-metre pile of waste rock which accumulated during the mining process, also known as a spoil tip, collapsed yesterday in Hpakant Township in Kachin state, 350 kilometres north of Mandalay. “Seventy-five bodies have been recovered so far,” township administrator Tint Swe Myint said. The debris landslide destroyed about 50 houses nearby, and more than 100 people are still missing, he said. - DPA

China helps aid search China will contribute $20 million to the hunt for missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370, the government has reported on its website. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made the announcement at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders yesterday during a meeting with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the statement says. “The Chinese side taking this action is in line with greatest respect for human beings,” Li said. “We hope that Malaysia and Australia will continue the work of search and rescue and maintain productive communication with China.” MH370 disappeared in March 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. The search for the plane has involved more than two dozen countries contributing planes, ships, submarines and satellites. Leaders from China have repeatedly said they will spare no effort in the search. - Reuters

900 refugees a day Canada plans to fly in 900 Syrian refugees a day as of next month, according to media reports, as the defence minister said showing compassion for these people sends a message to Islamic State extremists. Canadian officials said details of a plan to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by year’s end would be announced this week. The Canadian media reports come amid fears that IS jihadists could slip into the country posing as refugees, in the wake of last week’s attacks in Paris that killed at least 130 people. Citing a leaked document, local media said the government was planning to fly in 900 Syrian refugees daily from Jordan to Montreal and Toronto, starting December 1. From there, they would be transported to two military bases in Ontario and Quebec, where they would be temporarily housed, according to the reports. - AFP

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Exploring NZ’s South Island The Queen Charlotte Track lies between Queen Charlotte Sound and Kenepuru Sound in the Marlborough Sounds. For most parts, the track leads through native bush along the ridgeline of hills between the sounds.

ueen Charlotte Sound is an excellent place for visitors to New Zealand’s South Island to unwind and forget their cares. Getting there is the first part of the adventure. After landing at the airport at Nelson, on Tasman Bay in the northern part of the island, you head overland to the harbour of Picton, about 40 kilometres due east. From Picton, you take an aqua taxi through a region of fjords, and after 20 minutes you reach Lochmara Lodge. Then comes the magical moment. The evening sun is sparkling atop the water. There’s the sound of pounding waves over the scenic beauties. The morning after arrival, you becomes acquainted with the “Roaring Forties” - the strong westerly winds that whip up white froth atop the waves in the fjord. Guide Jeremy Martin alters the scheduled kayak tour into a hike. “There is so much to discover here,” he says, as he leads his group - on foot, along one section of the 71km-long Queen

Michael Juhran heads off on a tour of New Zealand’s South Island. Charlotte Track. Its starting point, Ship Cove, is where Europeans and the indigenous Maori first met when James Cook arrived in 1770. The next day, with the winds having subsided, it is time to drive over to Sandy Bay, north of Nelson, for the sea kayak tour. It is ebb tide and the water is shallow, so Marty Milner of Abel Tasman Kayaks has to get out his tractor to transport his guests, their equipment and the kayaks out to deeper waters. Starting at Awaroa, the kayak tour along the coastline of Abel Tasman National Park is a pleasant one, with dolphins swimming alongside the paddlers. Young seals are playing onshore, under the watchful eyes of their mothers, as the kayaks pass by. After the kayak excursion, our visit to New Zealand continues overland by road to Banks Peninsula on the central-eastern part

of the South Island, close to the city of Christchurch. At the town of Little River, there appears to be a strange collection of aluminium grain silos. Then one sees travellers with their suitcases disappearing into one of the aluminium towers. In fact, it is a most unusual hotel. “We are living in a region dominated by agriculture,” says architect and hotel owner Stuart Wright-Stow, who came from Auckland 20 years ago seeking the quiet life. He said that at the time he asked himself, “Everywhere you look, there are silos - so why not put people up in them?” His favourite spot is Tumbledown Bay, 30 minutes’ drive to the south. There, the green and yellow tussock grass is shimmering on the barren cliffs. The wind is whistling and far and wide, no humans are to be seen. But life on Banks Penin-

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strong winds are blowing in from the foothills of the Southern Alps, and so Tim postpones a booked flight to Mount Cook until the following morning, predicting better weather. And indeed, the next morning the sun is out. The GAF Nomad plane takes off over the turquoise-coloured Lake Tekapo, flying westwards over the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers. The plane soars above more than 150 peaks that are some 2000 metres high, before circling around New Zealand’s tallest peak, the 3724m Mount Cook. A breathtakingly fantastic alpine mountain panorama. The final stage of the tour of the South Island once again has a landscape of breathtaking fjords to offer. These fjords, however, are lined by much steeper mountains than those in the north and are much narrower as well. Waterfalls come thundering down the mountainsides and are mirrored in the clear waters of Doubtful Sound in the extreme southwest of the South Island. There is absolute peace and quiet here. - DPA

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Vital game time for sevens By James Ford

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Mid Canterbury’s sevens rugby team had four preseason hit-out matches in Methven on Saturday against South Canterbury, Canterbury Red and two matches against Canterbury Black ahead of the South Island Regional Tournament in Timaru on November 28. The Hammers were downed 26-14 by Canterbury Red in their opening clash before losing out 26-10 and 31-7 to Canterbury Black and 29-5 to fellow Heartland side South Canterbury. Mid Canterbury coach Mark Cousins said the scorelines were secondary to getting his side game time and seeing as many players in action as possible. “We used 16 players over the day, it was about finalising things for the South Islands,” he said. “You’ve just got to get game time and get some of the 15s out of the system, and the best way to do that is play sevens, so we can find out who will do the business for us on Saturday.”

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In brief Scott falls short Tournament favourite Adam Scott has fallen disappointingly short in his quest to claim a third Australian Masters title. The world No.12, who led after the first two rounds, finished on four under after a mixed bag on the final day at Huntingdale on Sunday. He showed moments of brilliance but some erratic tee shots and putting meant he was unable to make up any ground on the leaders. The 35-year-old picked up five birdies but had a costly double-bogey on the par five seventh and another bogey on the par-3 15th and signed for a two under par 69. The former world No.1 will rue a horror third round when he carded a six-over 77 on the par-71 course to surrender the lead and put a massive dent in his title hopes. Scott will now head to Sydney to contest the Australian Open. - AAP

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Australia coach Michael Cheika is already looking to next summer’s series against England in anticipation after his long-standing friend Eddie Jones was placed in charge of the Red Rose. Jones was appointed Stuart Lancaster’s successor on Friday and once the Six Nations competition has been negotiated, the 55-year-old will begin preparations for a three-Test tour against Cheika’s World Cup runnersup. The pair played in the same pack at Randwick and have remained in close contact since, but Cheika insists their relationship will be put to one side when they lock horns in June. “There’s no such thing as friends when the game’s on, brother,” said Cheika, speaking after the Barbarians had lost 49-31 to Argentina at Twickenham. “When the game’s on, it’s the battlefield and when it’s over, life returns to how we know it. “There will be a bit of banter when the tour comes and that’s good fun because we both enjoy that. “I want Eddie to be happy, but I don’t want him to do too well obviously. He’s a bit older (seven years) so has given me the odd bit of advice here

and there, which I’ve appreciated. “I know that won’t be happening any more though and he won’t be wanting me to do well! “That’ll be the relationship and I’m looking forward to the opportunity of when we go up against each other. “I’m really proud that we’re both Australian and from the same club, but will be doing battle in a different arena.” Cheika insists Jones, whose extensive coaching CV includes spells with Australia, South Arica and Japan, will prove a wise appointment by England. “I’m a mate of Eddie’s so I can only speak highly of him. He’ll be a good fit for what’s required over here,” Cheika said. “He’ll enjoy it, is an international level coach and will do very well. This is the sort of level he should be coaching at. “He’ll bring the style of play he believes will suit England best. I’m sure we’ll see that pretty much straight away in the Six Nations. “He will pick a staff to support what he wants to do and those will be the guys he’ll be looking to bring through.” - AAP

The Davis Cup final between Belgium and Great Britain will still go ahead next weekend despite the International Tennis Federation (ITF) admitting to concerns over the security lockdown in Brussels. The November 27-29 final is to be staged at the 13,000-capacity Flanders Expo arena in Ghent which lies just 60km to the west of the Belgian capital. Yesterday, Brussels closed its metro system and shuttered shops and public buildings as a terror alert was raised to its highest level over reports of an “imminent threat” of a gun and bomb attack similar to the horror seen in Paris last week. Despite the tension in the country, ITF president David Haggerty said Saturday that the Davis Cup final would take place as planned.

Pink balls This week’s inaugural pink ball test against New Zealand at Adelaide Oval will simply be the dipping of the toes into the concept. More are sure to follow, unless the match is a complete fizzer, which seems unlikely. Cricket Australia has invited chief executives from other test-playing nations to come to Adelaide and see the match and judge for themselves. New Zealand Cricket took some persuading to go ahead with the idea, and the players have had the deal sweetened by A$1 million prizemoney, with a 60-40 winner/ loser split. - NZME

Boxing success Australian boxer Daniel Lewis has delivered a polished performance to defend his national 75kg title on the Gold Coast, and move a step closer to the Rio Olympics next year. Lewis fought three strong rounds to see off promising Queenslander and former junior world champion, Clay Waterman. “Last time I started a bit slow, so I had to work hard and catch up.”

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Lauriston notched a third successive win, albeit by only one wicket, over Methven, while Tech stormed to a nine-wicket demolition of Coldstream in round three of the Pritchard Shield on Saturday. Visitors Methven batted first and were all out for 86 in the 33rd over. Sam Medhurst top-scored with 24 but it was an impressive day with the ball from Lauriston’s Michael Gilbert, who took four for 18, and Mid Canterbury skipper Bevan Ravenscroft who recorded 3 for 11. In reply, Lauriston were nine wickets down when they surpassed Methven’s total in the 30th over and had lost their previous two wickets with the score tied for a nail-biting finish. Sithum Jayatilleke (20) produced a stoic innings for Lauriston to top-score while Chris Henderson bowled exceptionally well to keep Methven in with a shout at the death, taking 3 for 7. In contrast, Coldstream hosted reigning champions Tech in their round three tie but could not make home advantage count, falling to a nine-wicket defeat in an encounter they’ll look to forget. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Coldstream were all out for a paltry 58 in the 21st over. Jeremy Print (16) was his side’s best with the bat, but the

Argentina ran in seven tries to beat a Barbarians team containing five World Cup finalists 49-31 at Twickenham yesterday. The Pumas warmed up in black No11 T-shirts in tribute to New Zealand great Jonah Lomu, who died last week at age 40. Winger Santiago Cordero crossed twice and set up another try for Argentina, whose entire matchday 23 are available for the newly formed South American franchise in next year’s Super Rugby tournament. The Barbarians’ lineup contained recent World Cup winner Nehe Milner-Skudder of New Zealand, and Victor Matfield - a world champion with South Africa in 2007 who ended his international career with a late try. - NZH

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home side had no answers for chief destroyer Ben Mably who took four for 7 off his eight overs, including a hat trick to mop-up the tail enders in a fine display.

Tech chased down Coldstream’s total on the first ball of the 12th over with just one wicket down and Mably rounded off a fine day by posting 32 as his side’s

best with the bat. Round four will see Allenton play host to Methven and Technical entertain Lauriston while Coldstream have a bye week.

Burling and Tuke yachting world champs again Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won the 2015 49er World Championship in Argentina today making it three consecutive world titles in the Olympic skiff class and extending their unprecedented unbeaten run to 22 victories in a row. In the women’s 49erFX New Zealand’s Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech finished 8th overall. Burling (24) and Tuke (26) had this victory in the bag with a race to spare after opening an unassailable 29 point gap after three morning races over the Alonso brothers from Spain, who struggled. The kiwis, described by commentators as being in a class of their own, placed 4th in the medal race to seal the deal and end the 16-race regatta 34 points ahead of anyone else. “We’re absolutely stoked to take another title,” says Peter Burling. “This one has been a really tough week and I think both Blair and myself are pretty tired now which shows how tough it’s been, but we are really stoked to take another title and I’m sure it will set in over the next couple of hours.” Yesterday the gold fleet sailed three finals races in the morning in which Burling and Tuke placed 13th, 8th and 8th. “We didn’t sail super well today, which we were a bit annoyed

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Blair Tuke (left) and Peter Burling (right) celebrate their win. about, but at the same time the guys that were close to us sailed worse so we ended up with a pretty huge lead again which is really nice,” says Blair Tuke. “It’s really nice to win our third world title, and all in a row,” adds Tuke. It was a good day for the reigning Olympic champion crew of Outteridge and Jensen who sailed themselves back into medal contention during the morning to edge out the Spanish for the silver medal. For Burling and Tuke, taking

the silver medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games has motivated the pair that is unrelenting in their focus and drive towards an end goal to go one better and win Olympic Gold at Rio 2016. Since being beaten by Outteridge and Jensen in London, (who are also campaigning towards Rio 2016), the NZL Sailing Team crew has won every 49er event they’ve sailed. Earlier this month the pair took out the highest award a sailor can receive in recognition of outstanding achievements in

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the world of sailing, named ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year for 2015. Tuke says, “Being named ISAF Rolex Sailor of the Year last week was pretty special and we had our heads down concentrating on this trying to get the best prepared we could, so we’ll sure enjoy it with our coach Hamish [Willcox] and the rest of the kiwis here. Then we’ll look forward to getting back to New Zealand and sharing it with family and friends.” - NZH

Craig Lowndes has taken the race win but his V8 Supercars title rival Mark Winterbottom has more to celebrate from Phillip Island. In a two-way battle for the title, Lowndes did his job by claiming an 11th career win at the coastal circuit yesterday. However, Winterbottom’s fourth place represented a resounding mission accomplished, acceptably minimising the loss to his huge championship lead. The career Ford man arrived at the meet 240 points clear of Lowndes and departs 179 points ahead. It could yet be more, with a final-lap lunge by Jamie Whincup for third place set to be scrutinised by stewards. Winterbottom’s lead means he is assured of a maiden title in the sport just by finishing each race at next month’s season-ending Sydney 500. - AAP

Super smash on fire The competition for top spot on the Georgie Pie Super Smash ladder has heated up after the Auckland Aces and Northern Knights picked up wins yesterday. The Otago Volts had a six-point lead atop the standings coming into the day’s play, and could have put themselves in pole position for the top qualifying spot with a win over Auckland at Eden Park Outer Oval. That win looked likely when Auckland were reduced to 128-8 after being put into bat. With only the masterful Colin Munro (45 from 17) putting up top-order resistance, Robbie O’Donnell (33 not out) and Mitchell McClenaghan (16) added 28 from the last 15 balls of the game to help the hosts reach a defendable 156/9. As it happened, that ninth wicket stand was crucial, as Auckland held on for a one run win. - NZH

Hartley on podium New Zealand’s Brendon Hartley has won the world endurance championship in Bahrain alongside Porsche teammates Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard. The trio took the title after his number 17 Porsche finished fifth in the Six Hours of Bahrain yesterday. The Australian-New ZealandGerman trio, who had to make two unscheduled pit stops, prevailed by five points to became Porsche’s first world sportscar champions since 1986. The Bahrain seasonender was won by the number 18 Porsche of Switzerland’s Neel Jani, Germany’s Marc Lieb and Frenchman Romain Dumas. - NZH

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■ CRICKET

College falls to three-wicket loss By James Ford

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Christchurch Boys’ High School Colts notched a three-wicket win over Ashburton College at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday following some fine cricket on day two of two. Colts resumed their innings on 204, 60 runs behind College with five wickets intact. College opened with their regular bowlers of Josh Buchanan and Sam Hall and the former claimed the wicket of Will Smith after being caught behind by Zach Naldrett. Hall then had new batsman Cullen Moody well caught at cover by Gareth Hunt and continued to bowl tightly to remove Tim Boyle thanks to another fine catch by keeper Naldrett. Buchanan took the next wicket, clean bowling number 10 Brelyn Little for 2 as both bowlers then achieved line and length to restrict Colts to a 20 run deficit at the 60 over mark at 244 for 9. The Christchurch side promptly declared and were quickly taking wickets. Michael Burton, who topscored in the first innings with 55, was deceived by Moody’s swinging bouncer and was caught by keeper Mitchell Hay for 2. Tom Ravenscroft (27) and Sam Hall (18) batted sensibly and had a 45 partnership before Ravenscroft was caught at mid-off by Boyle off Louie Chapman’s delivery. The home side then lost a cluster of wickets for just eight runs; Liam O’Connor (5) and Hall (18) were bowled by Jackson Pauling before Chapman dismissed Ben Niles for a duck. Zach Naldrett (0) and skipper Kieran Hunt (1) then both fell to successful lbw appeals, but Gareth Hunt and Will Graham put on 20 runs at just under a-run-a-

Tom Ravenscroft posted 27 from 47 balls during College’s second innings against Christchurch Boys’ Colts on Saturday. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 211115-TM-120

ball before Gareth fell to an lbw appeal. Will Graham and Scott Punselie then took the attack to the bowlers, which for a time was successful, before Graham was caught behind for 25 by Hay off Boyle’s ball and Punselie was bowled by Little for 20, leaving College all out for 111. Colts needed 132 runs from their second innings for an outright win and opener Jayden Ball (54 not out) was the catalyst for

the visitors’ eventual success. Kieran Hunt opened the bowling with spinner Punselie and Gus Mowat (3), who had scored 74 runs in Colts’ first innings, was deceived by Punselie’s quicker ball and was struck on the pads for lbw. Captain Chapman had a partnership of 30 before he also fell to Punselie’s delivery, though this time the stumps were struck. New batsman Faulkes (0) lasted just two balls when he was

Boult still a starter for test New Zealand insists Trent Boult is on track to play the inaugural day-night Test. Boult failed to bowl in the ongoing day-night clash at the WACA, where both sides agreed pre-match they would each have one full day of batting. NZ assistant coach Craig McMillan indicated earlier this week that all 15 members of the touring party would take some part in the two-day clash with Western Australia. Boult was expected to be on restricted duties, as was the case with Tim Southee who only bowled two short spells on Saturday. Boult had the whites on but didn’t roll the arm over once. The 26-year-old suffered a stress-related injury to his back earlier this year and was underdone when the squad arrived in Australia. The left-armer has been down on pace and struggled for control

Trent Boult for much of the first two Tests. “We’ll assess him over the next couple of days and he’s on track to be fit for the third Test,” NZ bowling coach Dimitri Mascarenhas said. Mascarenhas gave little away when asked whether Boult’s back was still causing him grief. “He’s going ok as far as I know,” he said. Boult would be a major loss for

New Zealand at Adelaide Oval. When on song his late swing is as potent as Mitchell Starc’s, the pair having both claimed 22 wickets in this year’s World Cup. If Boult is ruled out of the three-Test series finale, fellow left-armer Neil Wagner is almost certainly guaranteed a recall. Wagner grabbed 5-62 from 19 overs as Western Australia built a total of 13-345 in the centrewicket session. “He’s a good bowler,” Sam Whiteman said, having scored 117. “I’d class him as pretty skiddy. He’s on to you a bit quicker than you think, sort of hustle and bustle and gets in your face a little bit. He’s quite aggressive.” The combative quick also earned the praise of Mascarenhas. “He didn’t try any more or less than he usually does. That’s exactly how we expect him to bowl,” he said. - AAP

deceived by the spin and gave a catch to Tom Ravenscroft. Five runs later, Hay was another to fall lbw, this time off Buchanan’s ball. Then local boy Tom Bell, who recorded 50 not out in the first innings, was caught behind by Naldrett off Scott Punselie. Another six runs and another local boy lost his wicket, Will Smith returned to the pavilion as the last of the day to be adjudged leg before wicket.

Colts were now in the precarious position of 54 for 6, needing a further 78 runs. Moody provided the help Ball needed to edge towards the required runs with the pair putting on 30 before Moody fell to an excellent slip catch by Punselie off Kieran Hunt’s delivery. Tim Boyle followed Moody’s lead and helped Ball gain runs with only the odd half-chance to surpass College’s total with three wickets remaining.

Farah meets with Tigers over future Disenchanted Wests Tigers star Robbie Farah has met with club CEO Justin Pascoe to discuss his request to leave the NRL club. Pascoe rushed back from a family holiday out of town to sit down with the club’s longest-serving player and his management on Sunday, a day after Farah officially sought a release. The meeting came amid speculation of an extraordinary backflip by the joint venture, with a News Corp report saying Pascoe had offered Farah a four-year deal to finish as a one-club player just two months after he was encouraged to seek another club. After weeks of stubbornly insisting he would see out his contract with the Tigers despite falling out with coach Jason Taylor, it had seemed likely the 31-year-old Farah was on his way across town with a move arranged to the Syd-

ney Roosters. All that remained was for Farah’s management and the Tigers to agree on the size of a payout of the two years remaining on his current contract, worth an estimated $2 million. Roosters CEO Brian Canavan was tight-lipped on the Farah saga when contacted by AAP. “No news as the issue lies with Wests Tigers and Farah,” Canavan said. The Tricolours’ shock interest in the NSW vice-captain came despite the Roosters already having co-captain Jake Friend, touted as a future State of Origin hooker. Friend, 25, still has three seasons remaining on his current deal after re-committing with the glamour club midway through 2014. However his standing would be clouded should Farah join the club. - AAP

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■ BASKETBALL

Liverpool on top Liverpool produced its best performance since the arrival of new manager Juergen Klopp to beat Premier League title chasers Manchester City 4-1 yesterday. A stunning first-half display of high pressing and counterattacking saw Klopp’s side surge into a threegoal lead at the Etihad Stadium. It was the first time since February 2003 that City had conceded three before the interval in a league fixture. “It was very, very good. We took our chances and made brilliant goals in the counterattack,” Klopp said.

Barcelona stun Barcelona dealt a stinging blow to Real Madrid’s title hopes when Luis Suarez and Neymar continued their scintillating form to fire the champions to a stunning 4-0 victory in the La Liga ‘Clasico’ yesterday. Suarez struck twice either side of goals from Neymar and captain Andres Iniesta as Barca humiliated their arch rivals with an imperious performance at the Bernabeu to surge six points clear at the top after 12 matches and crank up the pressure on under-fire Real coach Rafa Benitez. Barca’s dominance, which prompted the angry Real fans to roundly whistle their own team and chant for president Florentino Perez to step down, was all the more remarkable considering coach Luis Enrique had started with a fit-again Lionel Messi on the bench. - AAP

Kiwi bowling blues

Harry Dargue (No 6) and Ethan Reodique (No 9) and team mates celebrate a miniball win over Hampstead on Friday at the EA Networks Centre stadium. PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 201115-JJ-024

Close matches in miniball finals By James Ford

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Age-group miniball concluded in style on Saturday with some razor-thin score lines in the finals at the EA Network Centre stadium. In the Year 3 mixed grade, Netherby and Hampstead could not be separated in their final at 12-12. Tinwald Top Shots were the

best of the Year 4 boys with a 18-12 final win over Lauriston Legends and Allenton Aces were the Year 4 mixed grade winners, downing Lauriston Lamborghinis 18-6. St Joseph’s Rockets proved the best of the boys’ Year 5 teams when they toppled Foothill Rebels Running 20-11 while Hinds Hornets were convincing in the girls’ final for a 20-5 victory over

St Joseph’s School. In the Year 5 mixed grade section final, ACS Shooters were in fine form for a 42-10 win over Wankanui Wildfire. The Year 6 grade was tightly contested with Longbeach Leapers seeing off Lauriston Ladies 18-13 to be crowned champions of the girls’ section before Allenton Bulls dug deep to score a narrow 29-27 win over a plucky

St Joseph’s Sixes in double overtime. President of Mid Canterbury Basketball Wayne Rodgers said the matches were played to a high standard and enjoyed by the players and parents alike. “It was packed every day with parents, everyone enjoyed themselves and it was a great day out, and all the finals were close,” he said.

Webster earns revenge for Breakers It’s fair to say Corey Webster enjoyed the final moments of this clash a little more than the last time he played Melbourne. Exactly two weeks after Webster and the Breakers were robbed of victory in Victoria, the shooting guard and his team yesterday found vengeance at Vector Arena. Webster set a new career-high by pouring in 39 points and the Breakers (7-4) toppled the league-leading Melbourne (9-3) to remain unbeaten at home this season. Yesterday’s 80-69 win would have been especially sweet after what happened the last time these teams met, when Webster was erroneously whistled for an

unsportsmanlike foul in the dying seconds and the Breakers were denied by a solitary point. Webster, who reclaimed his mantle as the competition’s top scorer, began as if on a personal quest for retribution, grabbing 14 in the first quarter to kickstart his side. And he closed out the game in a manner that suggested he was leaving nothing to chance on this occasion, nailing four triples in the final period to turn a onepoint deficit into a comfortable triumph. Shooting 52 from the floor and draining seven-of-nine from deep, Webster contributed almost half of his side’s total. But he did receive able assistance

from Cedric Jackson (10 points, nine rebounds, five assists), Tom Abercrombie (nine points, seven boards) and a defence that restricted the league’s best offence to their lowest total of the campaign. Those combined efforts lifted the Breakers level with Perth in second spot - ahead of their trip out west next Friday - and ensured the Kiwi club started a season 6-0 at home for the first time in their history. That run combining with the hottest streak of Webster’s career is certainly no coincidence. And the 26-year-old began this meeting clearly in the mood while matching up with Melbourne’s

Chris Goulding, whose theatrical flop stole victory for his side a fortnight previous. Coach Dean Vickerman was also keen on maximising the hot hand, playing Webster for all 10 minutes as the Breakers began with a steady shooting touch to take a one-point lead to the first break. But the home side’s offence went ice-cold to begin the second, scoring just three points in a six-minute stint that saw them make only one of their first 12 shots. Fortunately for the Breakers, the visitors were experiencing the similar issues with inaccuracy and barely edged in front by three heading into halftime.

Sam Whiteman posted a domineering century as New Zealand’s bowling blues continued in a tour game against Western Australia. Whiteman scored 117 on Saturday, whacking the pink ball all over the WACA as the hosts amassed a total of 13-345 on day one of the two-day fixture. The game was essentially a day-night familiarisation session, with NZ’s trundlers having only used the pink ball in a home training camp and 50-over clash in Canberra. It was agreed pre-match that both sides would bat for one full day. The sight of Jon Wells being dismissed twice - once at No.13 suggested NZ fared decently in the glorified training run. A collapse of 5-21 inflicted with the second new ball under lights was also a big tick. - AAP

Golden State glow Golden State have again overcome a determined opponent as they inch closer to NBA history, defeating the Chicago Bulls 106-94 at Oracle Arena. The win lifts the Warriors to 14-0, tying them with the 1957/58 Boston Celtics (14-0) and 2002/03 Dallas Mavericks. Illustrating just how well the Warriors are playing, the 57/58 Celtics roster included future NBA Hall of Famers Bill Russell, Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman, while the 2002/03 Dallas side contained two men who would become league MVPs in Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash (twice). In a tight game, the Warriors were again led by Steph Curry, who traded threes with Chicago guard Kirk Hinrich through the middle of the fourth quarter to helped his side a 92-89 lead with just over five minutes left on the clock. - AAP

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Security ramped up for game Juventus continued to climb up the Serie A table as it beat AC Milan 1-0 to string together three consecutive Serie A wins for the first time this season. Paulo Dybala scored the only goal in a sellout at the Juventus Stadium yesterday, where there was increased security a week after the deadly attacks in Paris that took 130 lives and left hundreds more injured. Earlier, Mattia Destro came back to haunt his old side as he scored a late penalty to help Bologna draw 2-2 against title-chasing Roma in Serie A. Roma moved provisionally level on points with table-topping Fiorentina and Inter Milan, while Bologna inched two points clear of the relegation zone. Juventus leapfrogged Milan, moving a point above the Rossoneri and six below the top three. “It wasn’t a good game,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “We struggled to find space in the first half but the team was solid. “It was important to win the third match and go above Milan. I would say that tonight even though we’re still a long way from the top I’m happy.” Fans and players alike applauded during the French national anthem in Turin and Bologna. Juventus players Paul Pogba and Patrice Evra were playing for France in the friendly international against Germany at the Stade de France when explosions

Juventus’ Patrice Evra (right) jumps for the ball with AC Milan’s Alessio Cerci.

took place across Paris. There was heightened security in Turin, which is located little more than an hour’s drive from the French border. Madonna was also playing in Turin this weekend and Italian Premier Matteo Renzi was in the city. As well as extra police, with sniffer dogs and a bomb disposal car nearby, there were also 650 stewards — more than for a derby match. However, neither the stewards nor the police seemed worried, with one policeman tell-

ing The Associated Press “it’s the ordinary in the non ordinary.” Fans appeared unperturbed too. “I’m not scared at all,” Juventus season ticket holder Luca Marchesi said. “I think it would be excessive if they hit a football match. I mean anything is excessive, but especially sport. I know they attacked the Stade de France but the French President was there. Renzi isn’t here (at the stadium). “I really don’t think anything

will happen. I hope not! And I hope that’s not famous last words! But in any case you can’t just stay at home. That would be giving in.” Most fans told The Associated Press they weren’t worried at all and “if it happens then that’s destiny” but it was not going to stop them from following their passion and continuing with normal life. “We thought for about five seconds about not coming!” Milan supporter Francesco Artioli said.

Heat on FFA after Sydney FC players melt The A-League’s heat policy is under the gun yet again after Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold raised fears that a player could die unless the rules are changed. Arnold was left fuming after watching his players endure 34-degree heat during Saturday’s 0-0 draw against Perth Glory at nib Stadium. The match went ahead at the scheduled 4.30pm kick-off time

much to the disgust of Arnold, who wanted it pushed back by two hours. Football Federation Australia uses the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature as its guide to whether matches can go ahead. The WBGT takes into account the air temperature, humidity, wind and radiation to provide a more accurate indicator of the risk of heat-related injuries.

M3 Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Manawatu Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 3. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12. 1 2.32pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 1 485 Thrilling Cassie nwtd ....................... K Walsh 2 3 Eyes On Kitty nwtd............................M Flipp 3 28373 Pistols Princess nwtd ........................M Flipp 4 23538 Leggera Royal nwtd .....................M Roberts 5 8x468 Homebush Happy nwtd ................. R Maisey 6 3 Miss Hook nwtd......................J T McInerney 7 55262 No More Marmite nwtd K & ...............Phillips 8 1 Alquezar nwtd ...................................M Flipp 9 67663 Princess Novak nwtd..................... D Donlon 10 848 She’s Mustard nwtd..........................R Waite 2 2.49pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C0 C0, 457m 1 33321 Thrilling Riot nwtd ........................... K Walsh 2 256T Milly Rivers nwtd .........................B Hodgson 3 54535 Jazz Hill nwtd ................................B Mitchell 4 7724 Pacific Sunrise nwtd ..........................M Flipp 5 74 Chill More nwtd ................................ I Moore 6 773 Molly O’Shea nwtd ......................B Hodgson 7 38425 Debonair Pirate nwtd ........................D Edlin 8 66544 Fat Boyz Flyer nwtd.................... G Hodgson 9 776 Candy Crusher nwtd ................A Duganzich 10 66866 Bevs New Point nwtd ...............A Duganzich 3 3.07pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 375m

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Saturday’s match went ahead at the scheduled time after the WBGT measure showed it was safe to do so, and the FFA also approved a drinks break during each half to help players deal with the heat. But that wasn’t nearly enough to appease Arnold. “Does it need someone to die first? Seriously,” Arnold replied when asked about the heat.

“Yeah the wet bulb is saying (it’s ok). But at the end of the day, it’s roasting hot, and the players can’t run. They were buggered. “Don’t you think the game, in summer, should be played at night? The heat policy also hit the headlines in January when several Glory and Adelaide players reported vomiting, headaches and sunburn, after a game in Perth.

Phoenix hampered by injuries Wellington coach Ernie Merrick has flagged a potential need to fly an extra player across the ditch for this week’s clash with Sydney FC, as his A-League outfit attempt to rebound from their “backward step” against Western Sydney. Having been pipped 2-1 by the Wanderers in the final five minutes on Saturday, the New Zealand-based Phoenix will stay in Sydney for the five-day leadup to Thursday night’s Sky Blues duel at Allianz Stadium. Merrick hopes he will have injured midfielder Vince Lia (calf) and forward Blake Powell (hamstring) back for the match, and wanted the “exhausted” Michael McGlinchey’s energy to return after reportedly being furious the Kiwi international flew home economy class from a friendly in Oman. But he was also concerned about defender Ben Sigmund, who is being monitored after effects from a serious virus caused him to collapse during play at Pirtek Stadium. “I’m more looking at players coming back into the team,” Merrick said. “Blake Powell had a slight hamstring problem so he was out, Vince Lia has been out with a calf injury and we’ll have to see how Ben comes up. “I might have to fly out another player. Our youngsters just couldn’t cope with the pressure, and the pressure was really where the (Wanderers’ winning) goal came from.” Merrick was categorically unimpressed with the Phoenix’s performance against the Wanderers, saying they lacked their opponents’ vitality and took “a big step backwards” from the previous week’s barnstorming 4-2 defeat of cellar dwellers Adelaide. In particular he criticised his entire defensive line for running forward when McGlinchey nearly scored from a free-kick, an error that led to the Wanderers’ first goal. - NZH

Palmsteron North dogs Today at Manawatu raceway 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

63413 Banshee Boy nwtd .....................B Goldsack 83331 Dark Garnah 22.00 .................. S Gommans 41425 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.76 ..............B Goldsack 42532 Goodtime Lady 22.09....................... I Moore 43313 Gummy Gumpsta nwtd G R & ........ S Voyce 12246 Homebush Button nwtd..........J T McInerney 62113 Avedon Jeeter 21.54 .........................M Flipp 24115 Kinetic Assasin 21.99 K & .................Phillips 25363 Zamaddis Lass 21.87................... T Downey 31764 Cawbourne Paws 22.48 ...............M Roberts 4 3.24pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C4/5 C4/5, 375m 1 41617 Wheelie Good 21.47 ...................A Turnwald 2 13616 Kaputski 21.39 .................................L Ahern 3 14265 Allegro Class 21.25 ..........................L Ahern 4 12453 Red Moova Hoova 21.50 ...........B Goldsack 5 31465 Bye Bye Mystery 21.73 ...............A Turnwald 6 51563 Loving The Mix 21.34 ..................A Turnwald 7 15438 Homebush Zane nwtd ............J T McInerney 8 38357 Freedom Flyer 21.42 K & ..................Phillips 9 25231 Serena Rose 21.66 ..........................L Ahern 10 11476 Up High 21.69 .............................A Turnwald 5 3.42pm BUCK FEVER AT STUD C2 C2, 375m 1 44127 Chocdee Alice 21.60 ..............J T McInerney 2 52332 Semantics 21.65 ..............................L Ahern 3 15728 Cawbourne Doust 21.84 ..............M Roberts 4 33324 Knocka Few Back nwtd ....................L Ahern 5 12413 Snow Ball Chance 21.96..................L Ahern 6 8F613 Skinny Ankles 21.74 ...................A Turnwald

7 15724 Premier Prince 22.41 ...................M Roberts 8 55231 Manu Rama 22.11 ..........................L Doody 9 158F7 Takeaway 21.94 L & ........................... Morris 10 73736 Homebush Bounce 21.90 ......J T McInerney 6 3.59pm SHAKEY JAKEY AT ROCKEY RIDGE C1 C1, 457m 1 55736 Rikki’s Rebel nwtd ............................R Waite 2 53112 Fall From Grace nwtd ..................A Turnwald 3 44333 Zimmer Frame nwtd .........................L Ahern 4 64563 McJopson nwtd ................................ A Clark 5 66531 Rubbed Out 27.45........................... M Mann 6 75151 Opawa Shay nwtd .............................M Flipp 7 62455 Homebush Ginger 26.43 ........J T McInerney 8 34223 Kirkham Harvey 26.63 .................M Roberts 9 54484 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............J Woolston-Bell 10 34738 Sasha McBell nwtd ................J T McInerney 7 4.17pm NZ BRED SPRINT C3/4 HEAT 1 SPECAq, 375m 1 62141 Vinnie Baxter 21.65................J T McInerney 2 68146 Kerry Lane 21.56 .......................B Goldsack 3 27467 Blue And Curly 21.27 .......................L Ahern 4 66146 Deathstar 21.76 D P & ............. K Gommans 5 x8868 Wheelie Rascal 21.50 .................A Turnwald 6 86837 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 7 44446 Thrilling Logan 21.89 ...................... K Walsh 8 47886 Curious Life 21.71 ...........................M Olden 9 65464 Wheelie Chillie 21.66 ..................A Turnwald 10 77567 Homebush Olive nwtd ............J T McInerney 8 4.34pm NZ BRED SPRINT C3/4 HEAT 2 SPECAq,

375m 1 41384 Spirit Run 21.58 ..........................B Hodgson 2 82274 Box Of Fluffies 22.25........................L Ahern 3 28164 Another Miss 21.93 D P &........ K Gommans 4 62184 Stellar Force 21.45 ................... S Gommans 5 62141 Homebush Ramona 21.87 .....J T McInerney 6 46232 What’s Up Gee 21.46 .......................L Ahern 7 41688 Nikka Century 22.01 ........................ A Clark 8 24257 Varga Frost 21.52........................A Turnwald 9 65464 Wheelie Chillie 21.66 ..................A Turnwald 10 77567 Homebush Olive nwtd ............J T McInerney 9 4.52pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C2 C2, 457m 1 33571 Worboys 26.45 G R & ..................... S Voyce 2 14257 Lady Zeena 26.52 ........................ T Downey 3 36664 To The Bank 26.32 ....................... P Denbee 4 5421F Apollo 26.90 ..................................... A Clark 5 21112 Cawbourne Loch 26.47 ................M Roberts 6 74243 Double Entendre nwtd .....................L Ahern 7 53363 Heart You nwtd .................................L Ahern 8 28111 Absinthe Minded 26.65 ....................L Ahern 9 63857 Ollie Baxter nwtd ....................J T McInerney 10 77857 Cawbourne Philip nwtd ..........J T McInerney 10 5.09pm WHEELDEAL.CO.NZ C4/5 C4/5, 457m 1 68162 Cosmic Scramble 26.10 ..............B Hodgson 2 43124 Takamori 26.10 ..........................B Goldsack 3 84215 Skuzi 26.21 ......................................L Ahern 4 23412 Knuckle Bump 25.74 ........................L Ahern 5 16161 Allmendinger 26.16 .....................A Turnwald

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85851 Smash Allegro 25.97........................L Ahern 25634 Ritza Danny 26.10 ...........................L Ahern 32444 Premier Division 26.13 .....................L Ahern 18743 Cawbourne Matty 26.13 ...............M Roberts 12665 Rolex Roo 26.11 ..............................L Ahern 11 5.27pm PRESTON’S MASTER BUTCHERS C1 C1, 457m 1 22813 Tuff Diamond 26.49 .......................B Mitchell 2 34166 Shane McBell nwtd ................J T McInerney 3 84322 Uno Shay nwtd ..................................M Flipp 4 35234 Fox In Box nwtd........................ T Mischefski 5 23221 Opawa Extreme nwtd ........................M Flipp 6 25448 He’s A Jessie 26.28 .....................M Roberts 7 58681 Boston Thunder nwtd ..................T R Pilcher 8 67244 Cawbourne Satin nwtd .................M Roberts 9 75638 Torero nwtd ....................................R Murray 10 86628 Trendy Lass nwtd .................J Woolston-Bell 12 5.46pm MANAWATU HARNESS THIS THURSDAY AND SUNDAY C2/3 C2/3, 457m 1 44455 Big Red Chev 26.77 ....................A Turnwald 2 65211 Opawa Karen 26.16 ........................S Maher 3 66367 Segeyaro nwtd .................................L Ahern 4 35356 Extreme Twist 25.92 ....................A Turnwald 5 21774 Mariah 26.42 ....................................P Taylor 6 45554 Lakerville nwtd ................................ K Walsh 7 57253 Homebush Spook 26.39 ........J T McInerney 8 7688x Kwasant 25.91 ..................................D Edlin 9 63857 Ollie Baxter nwtd ....................J T McInerney 10 77857 Cawbourne Philip nwtd ..........J T McInerney

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Ko closes in on perfect end In her words Lydia Ko didn’t hole a putt in the third round. Not many golfers, even the ones as good as the world No 1, are totally satisfied after navigating their way through 18 holes. For Ko and the other elite performers on the LPGA tour that’s all history. This is it, the last round of the 33rd tournament of the season in Naples, Florida as they jostle for the top rankings and money list prizes. Each year seems to be extraordinary for the 18 year-old who became the youngest major winner in September when she closed with a final round 63 to collect the Evian Championship. A repeat score in Naples would clinch another bag load of honours. Ko’s been fighting a cool putter although she hit 17 greens and slotted three birdies on her inward nine to sign for a blemish-free third round 69. She began this last round two shots behind joint leaders Cristie Kerr who’s had back issues and Ha Na Jang who’s struggled with nosebleeds in the humidity. It’s been a torrid programme and Ko took the last few tournaments off to regenerate after struggling with her energy levels. Her advisers noted each of her five wins this season came after a fortnight break. “It allows her to decompress, get away from just the daily, if you will, stresses of competing week in and week out and charge and refocus and get into

those stretch of tournaments fresh and lots of energy and I think that’s the key,” coach Sean Hogan said. She’ll need all her remarkable skills to deal with the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship and fend off Inbee Park who is two shots back and challenging Ko for most of the headline season honours. This time last year Ko was three shots adrift going into the final round before she won a four hole playoff to take out both the final tournament and top money-earner titles. “I mean, it would be awesome. When you defend something or do something back to back, it’s always cool to do that,” Ko said of her repeat chances. “There’s still a lot of golf to be played so I’ve just got to focus on my game. I think that’s all I can do from here.” It’s been a formula which has taken the teenager to the top of the LPGA pile since turning pro two years ago and taking out 14 tour titles. This year she has won five times and had 11 top 10 finishes and earned Her exploits have surprised her new coaches in Florida who nominate Ko’s first major as the springboard for her strong second half of the season. “The final round at Evian really gave her the belief she could go away from the field in that final round and felt solid about the game, the course suited her eye and played some great golf,” Hogan said. - NZ Herald

◊ 50’S Up Brass Band Christmas Concert Monday, December 7 – 2pm @ Lincoln

Registration for the

Ashburton District Christmas Community Lunch 2015 The lunch is being held at the Sinclair Centre, at the rear of St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Park Street, Ashburton at 12.30pm on Christmas Day and there is no charge. This lunch is for anyone who would like to share Christmas Day with others. If you have any questions please phone Ann 308 0333 and leave a message.

You are warmly invited to share this special time with us.

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GOODWILL SHOP. Pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, 9.30am Cnr Main Road and Jane Street, Tinwald. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 9.40am Walking group, meet at the Church, 48 Allens MID CANTERBURY MENS PROBUS CLUB. Road, Allenton. Monthly meeting with mini and main speakers. 9.30am senior Centre, Cameron Street. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP-SHOP. 9.45am and 1.15pm Good second hand clothing. Ashburton Baptist GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Streets. Golf croquet singles. Waireka, Philip Street. 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH

to the future. Seafield Road. 1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome. 1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and golf croquet. New members

welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 6pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia. 6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens

Road, Allenton. 6pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Christmas tea, Christmas posy bowls. Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue. 7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. 10am HAKATERE/ASHBURTON U3A. Sheryl Stivens speaks on resource efficiency. St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis, M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12noon - 3pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC). Document or service from a JP, open every Tuesday. Community House, 122 Tancred Street. (rear of Westpac Bank). 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road. 1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB.

Club social day, new members welcome. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road. 7pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Bats available, all welcome. M.S.A. Havelock Street. 7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night section club night, new players welcomed, racquets available. EA Networks Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. It’s a frame-up, where counters are concerned (6) 8. Solo turn by the East is immoral (5) 9. In the toss of a coin is found mental and wandering (7) 11. How moths pan out as ghosts (8) 12. Seem pleased to show saphead the distance (5) 15. Flashy as the old u-turn can be (4) 16. Work steadily away at a layer (3) 17. Ill-favoured duckling, misnomer for a cygnet (4) 19. There’s room for exploration by astronauts (5) 21. Sort of 25 that pertains to a man of the cloth (8) 24. Took small bites at it in order to be blind (7) 25. One was mistaken to make it return in rancour or remorse (5) 26. Those people who included the alternative hypothesis (6)

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12. One, being less than thick, is got rid of (4) 13. Should be blamed for the pace bull adopts (8) 14. It may be a pneumatic bit of rubbery tube that turns up (4) 18. Such spirits may include rye, if blended (5) 20. All this signified the siren’s final call (5) 21. It may be treble entry in the bicycle field (4) 22. They listen to bits of corn (4) 23. Dressing nothing up with taramasalata starter (4)

SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Greenhouse gas 9. Firmament 10. Tondo 11. Hades 12. Torch-song 13. Ruminant 15. Duffer 18. Encase 20. Breeches 23. Contained 24. Chime 25. Swing 26. Intersect 27. Decentralised Down 1. Gift horse 2. Earldom 3. Nears 4. Overtone 5. Satire 6. Gatehouse 7. Sendoff 8. Wrong 14. Nostalgic 16. Respected 17. Creditor 19. Candied 21. Heifers 22. Indian 23. Costs 24. Carol

QUICK ACROSS 1. Overtake (4) 3. Military accommodation (8) 9. Unpaid performer (7) 10. Burial chamber (5) 11. Get up to dance (4,3,5) 14. As written (L) (3) 16. Defence presented in court (5) 17. In favour (3) 18. Locomotive controller (6,6) 21. Succulent plants (5) 22. Deprive of courage (7) 23. Belief in a supernatural power (8) 24. Warmth (4)

DOWN 1. Learn or improve by repetition (8) 2. Light meal (5) 4. Oxygen (3) 5. Stubbornly resistant (12) 6. Raise a false alarm (3,4) 7. Location (4) 8. Cancelling out (12) 12. Banish (5) 13. Salacious (8) 15. Sceptical (7) 19. Poetry (5) 20. Remnant of a wound (4) 22. Alien object (1,1,1)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Simple things may seem difficult to you, while what is extremely difficult for others may seem very simple. There is no “one size fits all” situation for life. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Leadership requires inner discipline. You’ll wonder if you have what it takes. You do. You just need more practice. Know that when you rule what’s happening inside yourself, you are ruling the most difficult territory of all. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The 20 or so individuals around you are powerful, but they are not the only people in the world. There are around seven billion others. Why limit yourself by only knowing a few? CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You can sense when you are being manipulated. You respect when it’s being done very well. All that’s going on right now inclines you to go along, just to see what happens. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You have armoured yourself against your own problems. That’s why you are more sensitive to other people’s pain than you are to your own. This is the reason you’ll be caught offguard today. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The people you’re around will be the biggest factor in your experience. There’s someone whose influence will be extremely strong. This connection is physical, psychic and cosmic. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ll consider living more dangerously. Those rebels in your midst do have a point: Pushing yourself causes a feeling of being fully alive. That’s important to your overall well-being! SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Well, it’s interesting the different ways people see things. You live so close to another person you will wonder how there can be such a magnificent difference between your point of view and theirs. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The people who like you don’t need you to do much else besides just be yourself. The people who use you require much more. Knowing this, you’ll make a decision or two about your relationships. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The answer is what it always is — love. The bottom-line to ask yourself: What is the most loving choice you could make? AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Don’t lend more than you can afford to lose. People aren’t as ethical as you today and they don’t care as much. Protect yourself with a bubble of awareness. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): If you want to have the place to yourself, you’re not selfish, rather, you are getting in touch with the soft animal inside you — the one who cares about territory and will defend it when pushed.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Doc McStuffins 3 0 6:50 Grizzly Tales 3 0 7:15 Ben 10 – Omniverse 0 7:45 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:35 Art Attack 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Cougar Town PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Love Island AO 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 F Tashi 0 4pm KC Undercover 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules New Zealand 0 8:30 Caught On Dash Cam PGR (Part 1) Special highlighting unusual car crashes filmed by CCTV cameras, phones, and go-pros. 0 9:30 The Walking Dead 0 10:25 2 Broke Girls PGR 0 10:55 Shameless AO 0

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Danny Phantom 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 0 8:35 Hi-5 House 3 9am The Moe Show 0 9:10 Peppa Pig 3 9:15 Fireman Sam 0 9:25 Thomas And Friends 3 9:35 Bob The Builder 3 9:45 Barney And Friends 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Mr Young 3 5:05 iCarly 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 6pm Punk’d 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 F New Girl PGR 3 8pm The Goldbergs PGR 3 8:30 M Get Him To The Greek AO 3 2010 Comedy. A record-company executive has three days to persuade an uncooperative rock legend to go to Hollywood for a comeback concert. Jonah Hill, Russell Brand. 0 10:40 House Of Cards AO 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm Psych PGR 3 Shawn and Gus are sent undercover to a mental hospital to spy on a billionaire who pleaded not guilty to a murder charge by reason of insanity. 3pm Storage Wars PGR 3 Jarrod and Brandi try to play it smart, but the other bidders make that difficult; Barry and Kenny attempt to sideswipe Dave. 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Best Of Top Gear PGR 8:30 60 Minutes PGR 9:35 Mayday PGR After a commuter turboprop crashes at a fog-bound Irish airport, investigators discover a gap in aviation safety that is putting passengers’ lives at risk. 10:35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Golf – Australian Masters (Highlights) Round Four. 7am Basketball – NBL (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United. 7:30 World Rugby 8am L Darts – World Series Finals Day Two, Session Two. Noon Champions League Weekly 12:30 Football – Arsenal TV West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal. 3:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix. 4pm Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Auckland Aces v Otago Volts. 4:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Central Stags v Canterbury Kings. 5pm Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Northern Knights v Auckland Aces. 5:30 The Cricket Show 6pm Surfing – World Surf League (Highlights) 7pm World Rugby A show reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world. 7:30 Darts – World Series Finals (Replay) Day Two, Session Two. From Braehead Arena in Glasgow.

11:40 Entertainment Tonight 12:05 Infomercials

11:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 12:05 Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 2:05 Home Shopping

11:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Midnight Golf – Europro Tour Review 1am Golf – Australian Masters (Highlights) 2am Surfing – World Surf League (Highlights) 3am Fishing Show 4am Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series (Highlights)

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7:30 Kia Mau! 8am Iwi Anthems 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Fitness In The Whare 3 9:30 Joe’s World On A Plate 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Fitness In The Whare 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 4:30 SpongeBob

THE BOX 6am Criminal Minds 16VS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Storage Wars PG 7:40 Lizard Lick Towing PG 8:05 Survivor – Gabon PG 8:55 NCIS LA MV 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 Criminal Minds MV 11:25 Hawaii Five0 MV 12:15 Hawaii Five-0 MV 1:10 Hardcore Pawn PGL 1:35 NCIS LA MV 2:25 Criminal Minds 16VS 3:15 Survivor – Gabon PG 4:05 Storage Wars PG 4:30 Lizard Lick Towing PG 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 NCIS LA MV 6:30 Hardcore Pawn PGL 7pm Storage Wars PG 7:30 Criminal Minds MV 8:30 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 9:05 Crash Investigation Unit M 9:35 CSI MV 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 Criminal Minds MV

TUESDAY

12:30 Survivor – Gabon PG 1:20 Lizard Lick Towing PG 1:45 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 4:25 Crash Investigation Unit M 4:50 CSI MV 5:35 Hardcore Pawn PGL

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SKY SPORT 2 Tarau Porowha 2 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #HakaNation PGR 3 8pm Karanga – The First Voice 8:30 Once Upon A Time In PunchBowl AO 9:30 Firefly AO 3 Caught On Dash Cam 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 8:30pm on TV2 11pm Mataora 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Chaos Caught On Camera M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 8:30 Mythbusters PG Motorcycle Flip. 9:25 Space Voyages PG 10:20 How The Universe Works PG Dawn of Life. 11:15 I’d Kill For You M Texas Black Magic. 12:10 Web Of Lies M Cyber Psycho. 1:05 Deadline – Crime With Tamron Hall M For Better, or for Murder. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:30 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Space Voyages PG 5:40 Mythbusters PG 6:35 The Pool Master PG 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:30 You Have Been Warned M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

TUESDAY

12:30 Most Evil M 1:25 Deadly Sins M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Dukes Of Haggle M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Yukon Men M

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:35 Small Time MLS 2014 Drama. Christopher Melon. 9:10 Oculus 16VLC 2014 Horror. Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites. 10:55 Oliver Stoned 16LSC 2014 Comedy. Seth Cassell, Brea Grant. 12:30 Taken 3 MVL 2014 Action. Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace. 2:20 The Possession Of Michael King 16VLS 2014 Horror. Shane Johnson. 3:45 Oculus 16VLC 2014 Horror. Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites. 5:30 Knights Of Badassdom 16VLC 2013 Comedy Horror. Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten. 7pm Lucy 16V 2014 Action. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman. 8:30 Clown 16VL 2013 Horror. Eli Roth. 10:15 Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit MV 2014 Action. Chris Pine, Kevin Costner.

TUESDAY

Midnight 2nd Serve MVL 2012 Comedy. Josh Hopkins, Alexie Gilmore. 1:25 Lucy 16V 2014 Action. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman. 2:55 Knights Of Badassdom 16VLC 2013 Comedy Horror. Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten. 4:20 Clown 16VL 2013 Horror. Eli Roth, Andy Powers.

Get Him to the Greek 8:30pm on FOUR

MOVIES GREATS 6:20 Men In Black II PGC 2002 Sci-fi Comedy. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith. 7:45 King Arthur MV 2004 Adventure. Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd. 9:50 Ocean’s Twelve ML 2004 Action. George Clooney, Brad Pitt. 11:55 21 Grams 16VLSC 2003 Drama. Sean Penn, Naomi Watts. 2pm Yes Man MLS 2008 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Rhys Darby. 3:45 Men In Black II PGC 2002 Sci-fi Comedy. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith. 5:15 Fun With Dick And Jane ML 2005 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni. 6:45 Firewall MVL 2006 Crime. Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany. 8:30 The X-Files MV 1998 Sci-fi. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson. 10:35 Austin Powers In Goldmember MVLS 2002 Comedy. Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles.

TUESDAY

12:10 The Marine MV 2006 Action. John Cena, Robert Patrick. 1:40 Fun With Dick And Jane ML 2005 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni. 3:10 Firewall MVL 2006 Crime. Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany. 4:55 The X-Files MV 1998 Sci-fi. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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6am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Phillip Island Supersprint, Race 31. 6:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Phillip Island Supersprint, Race 32. 7am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Phillip Island Supersprint, Race 33. 7:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Auckland Aces v Otago Volts. 8am L Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series Ford Ecoboost 400. From the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. 1pm Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (Highlights) Ford Ecoboost 300. From Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida. 2pm The F1 Show 3pm Sky Sport UK News 3:30 Football – Chelsea TV Chelsea v Norwich. From Stamford Bridge. 6:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United. 7pm Squash – Men’s World Championship (Replay) Finals. 8:30 Golf – Australian Masters (Highlights) Round Four. From Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne. 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm New Zealand Football Weekly 10:30 Champions League Weekly 11pm Squash – Men’s World Championship (Replay) Semi-finals.

TUESDAY

1:30 Squash – Men’s World Championship (Replay) Finals. 3am The Crowd Goes Wild 3:30 Fox Sports News 4am UFC Fight Night (Replay) Neil Magny v Kelvin Gastelum.

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Richie thrills Methven fans Former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw may have officially retired from the game that made him a household name, but that didn’t stop him taking to the field in Methven on Saturday. Two days after announcing he was hanging up his boots, the former All Black captain visited Methven after the town’s Canterbury Farm Source store won a Fonterra competition run throughout the country, with one South Island store and one North Island store winning. And he wasn’t the only special guest of the day, with ce-

lebrity chef Al Brown – who recently fronted TV3’s version of MasterChef – also in attendance and chief judge for a baking competition, The Great Meridian Bake Off. The day started with a meetand-greet with local shareholders at the Canterbury Farm Source store in Methven, before moving to the Methven Domain where Brown sampled the district’s baking, and McCaw took part in a pre-arranged game of touch with some of his fans, both young and old. McCaw was perhaps the busiest

on the field, splitting his time between both sides – whoever had the ball, he was on their side – and he showed his fans that even World Cup winning captains can make mistakes, dropping the ball more than once – and when he dropped it, the big crowd made sure he knew they’d seen it. He may no longer be an All Black, but McCaw can still pull a crowd, with hundreds of people heading along to the domain for the opportunity to meet the New Zealand rugby legend. The 34-year-old made it worth their while too, signing hundreds

of autographs and posing for countless photographs as he was continuously mobbed by fans. Canterbury Farm Source’s Methven store manager Logan Tasker said the day was enjoyed by all, and it was a privilege to host such a popular and wellknown pair. “And to have the opportunity to bring them to meet our shareholders, and the wider community,” Mr Tasker said. Dargaville won the North Island prize and will receive their visit from McCaw and Brown this weekend.

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EVERYONE LOVES RICHIE ■

“What he has achieved on the field, as an individual and as captain of the All Blacks, is nothing short of unbelievable. Richie will probably go down as the best who has ever played this game.” – Jean de Villiers, retired South Africa captain.