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Samoa fundraiser raises $2700 for measles crisis

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Organisers have been blown away by the level of support the community showed for a fundraiser for the Samoan measles crisis over the weekend.

A bake sale and barbecue was held at the Ashburton Farmers’ Market on Saturday, with all funds set to be donated to two charities on the ground helping to combat the measles crisis in Samoa.

Organiser Kirsty Naish said they had raised around $2700 from the event, far more than they had anticipated.

“I was expecting us to raise around $1000 so this is amazing,” she said.

“The queue for the barbecue at 11am was pretty long and we had sold out of baking by 11am.”

Naish said even after they had sold out of items people were still coming to the stall to donate money.

The $2700 in New Zealand dollars works out to around 5000 Samoan Tala.

The funds will be distributed to The Helping Hands Samoa and Samoa Victim Support, who are working on the ground in Samoa assisting with the response.

The barbecue and meat was donated by ANZCO, while the baked goods were donated by members of the public.

Tyrone Schwalger provided live music throughout the day, while a colouring station was set up for kids to write letters of support to be sent over to Samoa.

Rasela Sa, Hedy Kasiano and Kirsty Naish organised the fundraiser for Samoa.

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Earthquake risk only an app away

By Sue Newman

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Fifty buildings across the Ashburton District are now listed on a national register of earthquake prone buildings and identifying those buildings has been much easier thanks to a new app.

The number of buildings on that register, however, is likely to be well short of the actual number that fall short of national building standards for earthquake risks as there are many tardy owners who have yet to complete engineering assessments of their properties.

The national earthquake prone building (EPB) register provides information about buildings that a council has determined to be earthquake prone.

The owners of those buildings will have been issued with an earthquake-prone building notice which they must display on their building.

The register has been created to make it easier for people to identify EPB buildings across New Zealand, but identification has just become much easier with a new EQ Prone app that was

launched recently.

The app not only lists all buildings on the government’s building website, it will also send a notification if a person passes a building that isn’t up to standard.

While buildings identified as being earthquake prone should have a sticker pasted on an outside wall stating their degree of compliance with building standards, not all owners have put those stickers up.

The sticker will list the building’s rating against national building standards – less than 20

per cent, very high risk; 20 to 33 per cent, high risk; 34 to 66 per cent, medium risk.

Across New Zealand there are 2865 buildings listed, with data taken from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s earthquake prone building register.

The app makes this information available to people as they a move around the country.

If the council notifies a building owner that their property is potentially earthquake prone and an EPB notice is issued they

must provide an engineering assessment within 12 months, or provide other information to the territorial authority if they believe their building has been identified as potentially earthquake-prone in error.

If the building owner does nothing, the council will assess the building at the lowest rating.

It may also obtain an engineering assessment and recover the costs from the building owner.

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Turning on lunch for the masses

By Sue Newman

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Dan Lysaght’s Chrismas Day starts early and this year it will be huge.

He’ll be on the job, cooking lunch before 7am and while that may be the case in many households around the Ashburton District, Lysaght’s lunch will be a whopper – 170 plus people seated around dozens of dining tables.

For the past eight years he’s been part of the Community Christmas Lunch team, and this year registrations have hit an alltime high. Lysaght’s not fazed.

With his mobile feast business, All Fed Up, he’s accustomed to being the man behind meals for many.

He became Christmas lunch chef by accident, starting out as the provider of condiments, moving on to helping out and then somehow, he said, his hand went up and he ended up as head man.

“I’m just fortunate I’m in a position to be able to do this with the equipment and the skills,” he said.

Lysaght’s modest about his role in turning on lunch for the masses, saying it’s a huge team effort from the individuals and businesses that supply food to the big team of volunteers who help out on the day.

Yesterday was preparation day, ticking off lists, packing boxes, carting gear from his business kitchen to lunch venue, the Tin-

Dan Lysaght, preparing for a mega Christmas feast as chef of Ashburton’s Community Christmas Lunch.

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Christmas morning, three

hams, two slabs of beef and about 10 legs of lamb will be in the spit roast oven by 7am Long and slow is the key to turning out

juicy, perfectly cooked meat, Lysaght said.

“This is all donated by families and individuals, about 30 of

them, and we’ve had one family giving us a ham for the whole eight years I’ve been involved.

“It turns up hot, sliced and ready to go.”

Christmas lunch for such a large number means top level organisation and many of the team have been on board for several years.

That means the event generally runs like clockwork, he said.

“It’s all a matter of being organised and Ann (Allott) and I know what’s needed and for me I’m just doing what I do for a job, so it’s really no big deal, but really it’s a great community effort.

“For us, it’s about giving back to our community, one that’s been really good to us.”

When the last meal is served, the community lunch is not over for Lysaght.

He might leave the hall around 4pm and head home but the next day he’ll be back to ticking boxes.

“On Boxing Day, while it’s fresh in my mind, I have a debrief to myself, do a summary, a fine tuning. That makes it really easy the next year,” he said.

For Lysaght’s family, their Christmas meal is celebrated in the evening and it’s always a double celebration – he’s a Christmas Day baby.

It’s a meal he won’t cook, saying he’s happy to sit back and enjoy his wife’s traditional fare.

This year their son Brendon and his partner will be flying in from Melbourne to join them.

Methven heading to the polls for community board

By Sue Newman

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A surge in last-minute nominations will force the Ashburton District Council to hold a by-election for the single vacant seat on the Methven Commmunity Board.

For the October local body elecitons, just four nominations were received for five available board seats. The council was then required to hold a by-election to fill the vacancy and called for

nominations.

With just one lodged by the end of last week and nominations closing at noon yesterday, it appeared the district may have been spared a costly by-election.

Three more nominations, however, were recieved by the time nominations closed, bringing the number of candidates to four. The by-election is estimated to cost about $14,000.

This is the second time in re-

cent elections that the community board has been forced into a by-election. The last occurred at the 2013 election, but ratepayers were spared funding an election as just one nomination was received.

Past board member and chair of the board, Liz McMillan, who is now the deputy mayor had earlier said she was at a loss to understand why there had been so little interest in board positions this

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Methven people tended to be quite heavily involved in their community she said, and often the people who would consider standing for the board were already on several committees.

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Tinwald crash brings traffic to a halt

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Traffic was brought to a standstill through Ashburton around lunchtime yesterday after an accident stopped traffic flowing over the Ashburton River Bridge.

Emergency services were called to a crash on Archibald Street between Carters Terrace and Wilkin Street at around 12.20pm.

St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said one person was transported to Ashburton Hospital with minor injuries.

Traffic was backed up along East and West Street on the Ashburton side of the bridge for over an hour, with the same on the south side.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said firefighters were not required to extract anybody from the vehicles, and were mainly needed to keep the scene safe.

A police spokesperson said there were two vehicles involved in the crash, which blocked the southbound lane.

Earlier on Monday morning emergency services were called to another minor crash just south of Ashburton on

State Highway 1, with St John assisting one person.

Over the weekend firefighters responding to a vehicle fire on State Highway 1 on Saturday got more than they were expecting when it turned out the fire had been started by the vehicle crashing.

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Tyrone Burrowes said they had sent one truck to deal with a car on fire in the Bankside area on Saturday around lunchtime.

When they arrived there was thick smoke coming from the vehicle and blowing across the road, forcing it to be closed for a short time, while fire had spread from the vehicle to nearby grass.

“We discovered the fire was a result of a crash and the female driver was injured so a couple of firefighters treated her while others extinguished the fire in the car and in the grass,” he said.

“We requested an ambo (ambulance) and she was treated for minor injuries.”

Traffic was held up for around half-an-hour and a detour was put in place until one lane of the road could be re-opened.

Traffic was brought to a standstill through Ashburton yesterday due to a crash in Tinwald.

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Watch out for your batteries This Christmas many people will receive gifts which contain lithium ion rechargeable batteries, and Fire and Emergency New Zealand are warning people of their dangers.

These batteries supply power to many kinds of devices including smart phones, laptops, scooters, e-cigarettes, toys, power tools and even cars.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s national fire risk advisor Pete Gallagher says lithium ion batteries provide a large amount of power in a very small package.

“But they do come with some risks so it’s important to take care when using them,” he said.

“In rare cases, they can cause a fire or explosion.”

“Sometimes batteries are not used the right way and this can increase the risk of a fire. Batteries not designed for a specific use can be dangerous. Like any product, these batteries can fail. They can overheat, catch fire, or explode.”

Gallagher said it is always follow the manufacturer’s instructions and to only use the battery that is designed for the device, and that they are put in the device the right way.

For rechargeable batteries, they should only use the charger that came with the device, and do not charge them or devices like phones under your pillow, on your bed or on a couch.

“Keep the battery contacts away from metal objects that could cause a short circuit and keep batteries at room temperature,” he said.

“Don’t place batteries in direct sunlight or keep them in hot vehicles and store and charge batteries away from anything that can catch fire.”

Gallagher said people should stop using the battery if they notice either a strange smell or a change in colour, too much heat, a change in shape, swelling, leaking, or odd noises.

“Always make sure you have working smoke alarms to give you the earliest possible warning that something has gone wrong,” he said.

“If it is safe to do so, move the device away from anything that can catch fire and call 111.”

When it comes to disposing lithium ion batteries they should not be put in the rubbish, and should instead be recycled at a battery recycling location.

Boil water notice issued for Rangitata huts, campground The Ashburton District Council is advising residents and campers at the Rangitata huts and campground to boil their drinking water for one minute before consuming, after tests on the private bore that supplies the area detected the presence of E.coli.

Drinking water, water used in food preparation and for hygiene purposes

should be boiled.

People planning on staying at the campground in coming days are advised to bring bottled water with them if they do not want to rely on boiling their water during their stay.

The precautionary boil water notice will remain in place until further advised.

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April 2019 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Mid Canterbury became a sea of colour at the annual colour run.

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Three lives were claimed during a fatal accident at the intersection of Hepburns and Mitcham Roads.

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Mount Hutt College principal, John Schreurs announced his departure from the school.

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A huge number of locals took time to go and visit the Ashburton Masjid on its open day.

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Christmas spuds by the bagful The spud patch has become a second home to the team from the Plains Railway.

They’ve been out there early morning following in the furrow as this year’s crop of Christmas potatoes is dug and bagged.

While it might not be a bumper crop, it’s good enough to guarantee top new spuds for Ashburton’s Christmas tables and plenty of money coming into the preservation society’s coffers.

About one and a half acres of agria potatoes were planted out this year, but the yield was hampered by a dry spring, with the rains coming a bit too late, plains member John French said.

Potatoes will be freshly dug each day until Christmas Eve. The plains team is also the supplier of fresh Christmas peas, but this year, the pea patch burst into life early in the season and has already been picked with those lucky enough to pick themselves a bucket or two, looking to a Christmas with frozen peas on the menu.

It was a case of all hands on deck over the weekend as members of the Plains Musuem team helped Bruce Smith and Bruce Hill weigh and bag their potato crop ready for last minute Christmas sales.

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The office Christmas party

By Rosie Twamley

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hristmas is a time where family comes together but it is also a time for workplaces and organisations to celebrate a year’s hard work and wind down for the end of the year. One way that workplaces do this is by having Christmas parties, also known as the office Christmas party.

Historian Grant Morris of Victoria University has gone through the history of office Christmas parties and how they can show the changing culture of New Zealand.

Looking at our British history allows us to try and pinpoint the first Christmas parties.

In the late 19th Century some factories in Britain were holding Christmas parties, due to increasing unionism at the time, and employers wanting to make more of an effort to look after their employees.

In the United States, Christmas parties gained momentum during the depression, as Christmas parties were held to bring joy to workers and to celebrate, which is still to a large degree what they are used for today.

After World War Two, at a time when things were more prosperous in New Zealand and other allied nations, parties became the norm in the workplace.

Morris claims this time was the golden age of the office Christmas party which went from the late 1940s right up to the 1970s.

During this time there were fewer health and safety regulations or rules, so Christmas parties were a time to let loose and do whatever you wanted to.

Another factor of this was the dynamic of having more women in the workplace after the war.

The 1960s and ’70s were a time of questioning authority and traditional ways of doing things, which therefore affected the office Christmas party, which in the 1980s became more extravagant with a more liberal, diverse and open society.

There was even a tradition of having children’s Christmas parties for the children of the workers!

Alcohol also played a large part in the traditions, today mostly on a smaller scale compared to this golden age.

Party with the boss Today the parties have once again been shaped by the history that came before them.

While it may seem normal for your boss to party with you because of their integration into open plan offices, in the more traditional era of a hierarchical society, office Christmas parties allowed workers and people higher up to be on the same level as each other, allowing more of a unified office when the structure would not have reflected that.

Morris concludes that office Christmas parties do not play such a prominent role as they once did.

They are no longer so extravagant, there is less effort going into them and this is not all such a bad thing.

Workplaces are more open and have many other chances throughout the year to be social together, especially with an increase in social clubs in workplaces.

The downside of health and safety, and the expense of Christmas parties, has influenced this decreased extravagance and effort, with Christmas parties being tamer, with people being more responsible than ever before.

Ashburton’s history of office Christmas parties is one with a lot of gaps, much like New Zealand’s history of office Christmas parties overall.

Yet, looking through the Ashburton Museum collection, I managed to find a few glimpses into the situation of office Christmas parties, which seemed to have followed the overall tradition of Christmas parties nationally.

The link between Britain and New Zealand, with the traditions that are upheld, is enforced with

the reporting in the Ashburton Guardian in 1934 about the York House Staff Party, where the Prince of Wales played Father Christmas for his 70 staff and their wives and relatives.

For clubs and kids Other parties were hosted by clubs and groups.

On December 7, 1948, the Savage Club held their Christmas party at the Radiant Hall. I’m sure this one wasn’t for the kids!

A newspaper article from the Ashburton Guardian on December 18, 1939, depicts multiple parties that had taken place recently.

The president of the Waireka Croquet Club entertained members at their Christmas party, while the Mt Somers Women’s Institute held a Christmas tree party where each child received a gift at the hands of Father Christmas.

Ashburton Oddfellows also held a children’s Christmas party where the children were given gifts by Father Christmas and the parents were entertained at supper.

The theme that seems to run through these Christmas parties is that they were largely for children, as an article from the Ashburton Guardian notes in 1950: the Allenton Presbyterian Women’s Fellowship held a Christmas party where the children were entertained with a sit-down meal, a lolly scramble and some children even had vocal solos and piano solos, along with the singing of Christmas carols.

One invitation, to Mrs T McArtney from the Mayor and Mayoress and Councillors of the Ashburton Borough Council to An Informal Christmas Social on December 17, 1964, seems more like the type of event that would fit into the golden age of Christmas parties.

Christmas parties today mostly consist of going out for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even afternoon tea, as a way for people to come together and celebrate.

So whatever you are doing to celebrate Christmas, be it with work or a social group, I hope you have, or had, a great time.

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Who says we don’t need a second bridge?

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f there were any doubts that a second bridge was needed across the Ashburton river, those doubts would have been dispelled early afternoon yesterday.

Picture this. Just after mid-day, those who habitually travelled home for lunch were doing so, peak traffic time on a normal day. Add to that the hordes of people who were making an early start on their Christmas break.

It was the perfect traffic storm in normal driving conditions, but add into the mix an accident just over the southern approach to the bridge and the result was chaos.

For around an hour traffic was log-jammed in all directions.

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managed to get to where they needed to be but that was it.

State Highway shut. Gridlock.

No one was going anywhere unless they were on foot.

If ever an example of the vulnerability of our single bridge was needed, this was it. There will now be travellers from all corners of the country talking about their long, long delay in Ashburton, travellers talking about the idiocy of having just

one bridge across the river.

What they won’t know is how hard we have been fighting and how hard we continue to fight for our second bridge.

And what most of those affected will assume, is that fixing the problem should be in the hands of the NZ Transport Agency. Few will blame the council.

It’s a state highway they will say, it’s a government problem.

The solution is simple, they will say – build another parallel bridge.

That’s not the answer we’ve been given, however. Our second bridge is on the radar, time frame unclear, but it, of course is in the wrong place. The transport agency tells us the problem is a local one, and the solution

must be a local one – a bridge off a largely residential street paid for, largely by ratepayers.

If the agency would take a look above the horizon for a moment, it would become abundantly clear that yesterday’s problem was a national one.

The motorists going nowhere weren’t all locals and it’s an odds-on bet if a quick survey was taken through traffic would outnumber local traffic two to one.

Full marks to our district councillors for digging their toes in and making it clear they wouldn’t be footing the lion’s share of the cost of a second bridge.

How that decision has been received is unclear. Reaction

from NZTA was zero.

This year the council received a $94,000 grant from the Provincial Fund for a business case study on the second bridge.

Clearly the scope of that study has to change. The council needs to go back to the drawing board, bring the four-lane, town centre bridge option back onto the table and go from there.

Looking to the future, a second best location will do absolutely nothing for our town – or district. Once it’s built we’re stuck with it. This is probably our final opportunity to get the second bridge in the right place.

Let’s grasp it with both hands.

Yesterday’s snarl-up provided us with the ammunition we need.

was walking down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass; the pope was unhurt.

Five years ago: Sony Pictures broadly released The Interview online — an unprecedented counterstroke against the hackers who’d spoiled the Christmas opening of the comedy depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. One year ago: An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died while in the custody of US Customs and

Border Protection; he was the second immigrant child to die in December while in the agency’s care. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump took Christmas Eve calls from children anxious to find out where Santa was on his gift-giving journey; Trump asked one 7-year-old girl if she still believed in Santa and added, “Because at 7, it’s marginal, right?” An hours-long co-ordinated attack on a public welfare building in the Afghan capital of Kabul left at least 40 people dead, as gunmen held out for eight hours against security forces. A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.

Today’s birthdays: Author Mary Higgins Clark is 92. Actress Sharon Farrell is 73. Actor Grand L. Bush is 64. Actor Clarence Gilyard is 64. Actress Stephanie Hodge is 63. Rock musician Ian Burden is 62. Actor Anil Kapoor is 60. Actress Eva Tamargo is 59.

Actor Wade Williams is 58. Rock singer Mary Ramsey is 56. Actor Mark Valley is 55. Actor Diedrich Bader is 53. Actor Amaury Nolasco is 49. Singer Ricky Martin is 48. Author Stephenie Meyer is 46. TV personality Ryan Seacrest is 45. Actor Michael Raymond-James is 42. Actor Austin Stowell is 35. Actress Sofia Black-D’Elia is 28. Rock singer Louis Tomlinson is 28.

Thought for today: “Christmas comes, but once a year is enough.” — American proverb.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, December 24, the 358th day of 2019.

There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today’s highlight in history: On December 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast.

On this date: In 1814, the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 following ratification by both the British Parliament and the US Senate.

In 1865, several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, that was the original version of the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1913, 73 people, most of them children, died in a crush of panic after a false cry of “Fire!” during a Christmas party for striking miners and their families at the Italian Hall in Calumet, Michigan.

In 1914, during World War One, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front between British and German soldiers.

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe as part of Operation Overlord.

In 1953, the worst railway disaster in New Zealand’s history occurred on Christmas Eve 1953, when the Wellington–Auckland night express plunged into the flooded Whangaehu River, just west of Tangiwai in the central

North Island.

In 1980, Americans remembered the US hostages in Iran by burning candles or shining lights for 417 seconds — one second for each day of captivity.

In 1984, actor Peter Lawford, 61, died in Los Angeles.

In 1990, actor Tom Cruise married his Days of Thunder co-star, Nicole Kidman, during a private ceremony at a Colorado ski resort (the marriage ended in 2001).

In 1994, militants hijacked an Air

France Airbus A-300 at the Algiers airport; three passengers were slain during the siege before all four hijackers were killed by French commandos in Marseille two days later.

Ten years ago: Sean Goldman, a 9-year-old boy at the centre of a five-year custody battle on two continents, was finally turned over to his American father, David Goldman, in Brazil.

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China’s Guangxi Fenglin Wood Industry Group is in talks with Trust Tairawhiti to develop a wood processing facility near Gisborne.

The firm, which had been planning a development at Kawerau, said it had recently signed a letter of intent to collaborate with the trust to develop a facility which ultimately could process up to two million tonnes of logs annually.

Wang Gaofeng, chief executive of Fenglin’s New Zealand arm, said a feasibility study the company had been working on with the trust demonstrated the potential of the local forestry resource.

“We’re keen to use our capital and expertise to help unlock that potential by investing in projects that add value to New Zealand’s exports and support economic growth in the provinces,” Wang said in a statement.

“No-one from the trust, previously known as the Eastland Community Trust, was immediately available to comment.

But it is actively trying to devel-

op more local wood processing in the region. It bought the closed Prime sawmill site at Manutuke, south-west of Gisborne, in 2015.

Last year it sold the main mill to Far East Sawmills but retained the 22-hectare site as part of a plan to develop a processing cluster there.

Far East received $500,000 from the Provincial Growth Fund toward the recommissioning of the mill, and in July, an investment of up to $19.5 million by the fund was announced to help develop the wood cluster.

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones said the volume of wood coming out of Tairawhiti during the next 15 years is “mammoth” and the region needs to find ways to extract more value from every log.

While it’s still early days with the Fenglin proposal, Jones said the Crown may have a role in helping remove potential obstacles to the project, which may include increased power supply for an enlarged facility and transport of finished product, either through the port or by rail.

Work is already planned next year on studies of potential barge sites north of East Cape to help access logs that are otherwise landlocked by poor roads in the area, he said.

Jones said he would work with Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker to see what other infrastructure may be required and a seminar of interested parties is likely early in the new year.

Wang’s statement didn’t detail

Fenglin’s proposal, which he said could create up to 300 jobs.

In a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange last week, its parent company said it was looking at a particle board plant capable of delivering 400,000 cubic metres of particleboard annually.

A formal land purchase or lease would be required, along with resource consents and Overseas Investment Office approval. Construction could take about two

■■RETAIL

Spending in the lead-up to Christmas is expected to surpass last year’s total today as Kiwis flock to retailers ahead of the big day.

Pre-Christmas spending – measured from November 13 – is at $8.317 billion, up 3.4 per cent on last year to date, according to Paymark, which processes about 70 per cent of the Eftpos market.

Last Friday was the biggest shopping day of the year, reaching $297.5 million through 5.1 million transactions, surpassing Easter Thursday ($263m) and Black Friday ($253m).

But Paymark spokesman Paul Brislen anticipates more big spending to come, with Christmas

Eve expected to surpass last Friday.

“We expect to see Christmas Eve beat this as well, so you’re looking at sort of a $300 million, at least, Christmas Eve looking at these figures.”

Brislen said it can be a little hard to judge when Christmas Eve falls so close to the weekend – as it did last year, which resulted in Christmas Eve not being the busiest shopping day – but this year there was an extra day buffer.

“It should be returning to that normal Christmas spending cycle of Christmas Eve being the busiest day.”

Brislen said they have seen a change in traditional shopping patterns in December.

“What we’re seeing now is an interesting change off the back of Black Friday coming on as a retail event.

“Traditionally what would happen is during December week by week the sales would ramp up slowly till you got to the craziness of Christmas Eve which is the busiest shopping day of the year. “[With Black Friday] we see a sudden spike at the end of November/beginning of December with the Black Friday weekend and then a quieter period for the first couple weeks of December and then back into it again as we get towards Christmas Eve. “[Black Friday] is becoming a very big part of the spending pattern for Christmas.”

Restaurant Brands continues US expansion

By Jenny Ruth NZME

Restaurant Brands is to pay $US73 million for 70 KFC and Taco Bell stores in Southern California as part of its US expansion plan.

The acquisition includes 59 KFC stores and 11 combined KFC and Taco Bell stores as well as a head office facility. It is subject to the approval of Yum!, the owner of the KFC and Taco Bell brands, and also needs landlord approval for the assignment of store leases. Settlement is expected by March next year.

“This acquisition provides Restaurant Brands with immediate critical mass and a capable and stable organisation in California from which we can further expand,” chief executive Russel Creedy said in a statement.

The stores have annual turnover of $US95 million and a 12-month

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Pre-Christmas spending increases NZME

years, it noted.

In 2018, Fenglin was cleared by the OIO to lease 33 hectares at Kawerau from the Putauaki Trust to build a particle board plant. That was intended to produce about 600,000 cubic metres of board annually, cost about $180 million to build and be operating by 2020.

The project, like an earlier one Fenglin investigated near Taupo with Contact Energy, was to have benefited from the local geothermal energy available at Kawerau.

Wang said that, despite the best efforts of the parties involved, the company hadn’t been able to complete the lease with Putauaki due to the potential risk of subsidence at the site if it was developed for further geothermal generation

by Mercury NZ. Jones noted that the original development discussions had been started by former Trade Minister Tim Groser and had had a “dinosaur-like gestation period”.

While Kawerau would be disappointed by Fenglin’s withdrawal, he said it was important that the Gisborne opportunity be pursued if feasible.

trailing store earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, before general and administrative costs, of more than $US12 million.

Restaurant Brands, which expanded into Hawaii in 2017, said it will offer continued employment on existing terms to all 1100 part-time and 500 full-time staff employed by the franchisee.

“The acquisition brings with it some very experienced and committed employees who we welcome to the Restaurant Brands family and we look forward to building the business further with them in what is a market with considerable potential for future growth,” Creedy said.

The purchase price is before “capital expenditure reimbursements for recent store refurbishment and customary working capital adjustments” and will be fully debt funded.

In its first-half report, Restaurant Brands said it had net debt of $109.8 million at September 9 and total bank debt facilities of $258 million in place. Total assets at balance date were $882 million.

Restaurant Brands chair Jose Pares said this is the next step in the company’s growth strategy. “The acquisition provides us with a solid beachhead in the US with significant opportunities for further development.”

Restaurant Brands operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Carls Jr fast-food stores and has operations in New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii. Its major shareholder is Mexico-based Finaccess Capital with 75 per cent.

Restaurant Brands shares were unchanged at $12.30 yesterday and have gained 47.3 per cent year to date.

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Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

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Plexure Gr +8.33% Restaurant Brands +6.50% Oceania Healthcare +5.13% Mill & Copth Hotels +4.65% Summerset Gr Hldgs +4.38%

Top 5 NZX decliners Company

Burger Fuel Gr Scott Tech NZME Tourism Holdings Tower

daily % fall

–6.06% –3.11% –2.56% –2.44% –2.07%

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

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17.04

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Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm Dec 23, 2019

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

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TT sell

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Government needs to pick up council funding recommendations L

ocal government is on struggle street financially. New Zealanders experience the impacts in various ways, whether through road congestion and lack of maintenance, slow and unpredictable environmental planning, challenged water supplies or high rates.

These problems are big enough to have instigated a lengthy Productivity Commission inquiry into the funding and finances of the local sector, with a bumper final report released in December.

Federated Farmers took a strong interest in this; the farming community has a long list of problems with their councils and our work on them is captured each year in the annual Federated Farmers Rates Report.

There’s sometimes good news in it, but not often.

This year we found that since 2000 the growth of rates has outstripped alcohol and tobacco price rises, a huge red flag in anyone’s estimation.

The cost of rates to farm businesses – often somewhere between $20,000-$50,000 a year – motivated some hard work on the commission’s inquiry with submissions aimed at getting reform of the property value rating system, on the grounds that it is very old hat and inequitable, and also with the cost of new regulation being thrown at local government to enforce.

In its final report the commission offered a central finding that local government’s rates and finances are fundamentally in good shape.

No need for a radical reform, but fixes required to deal with the

Nigel Billings FROM THE FARM

afore mentioned problems and some others besides.

This is a disappointment for the farming community.

In truth, the high rates on farms, derived from land or capital value rating systems, are concealing profound problems of rating base sustainability in provincial local government. It feels as if this is helping everyone else kick the can down the road, and it’s a very big can.

Underneath that hard-to-swallow finding though are some valuable recommendations that now urgently require the attention of the Minister of Local Government.

Among the major ones is a recommended protocol between central and local government to end the practice of transferring responsibilities from taxpayer to ratepayer.

The commission quoted some startling figures on this. The upfront costs of councils complying with the National Policy Statement for Freshwater, for example, were estimated to be between $1.4 and $2.1 billion, followed by ongoing costs of up to $59 million each year. Another was new drinking water standards, which could cost councils $384 million upfront.

Something badly needs to happen here, or many smaller rural and provincial councils will be brought to their financial knees

Productivity Commission chairman Murray Sherwin by a smug government free to legislate in lofty ways.

The present state of affairs – where government isn’t bearing the cost or risk – is in fact a recipe for bad regulation.

The Productivity Commission says the Crown should pay its way.

Amen to that.

Of significance too is the commission’s proposal that rates should be targeted according to the benefit principle – who benefits, pays. Short of giving property value rates the boot, this would be the holy grail for farmers with those massive rates bills mentioned earlier.

The commission settled on the notion that rates should be made up of targeted rates for specific services and, to help councils apply the benefit principle, a lifting of the present cap on uniform or flat per property charges.

If it could be achieved in practice this would do a great deal to improve accountability in the allo-

cation of rates, but for it to happen it would need some serious legislation beyond the wishy-washy principles presently in the Local Government Act. Other big-ticket items were the pressures of tourism and climate change.

Not much on the tourism front, where small rural councils are often on the frontline of costs while government collects the GST and the International Visitor Levy.

The commission made the case for a revamped system of central government support, which is presently patchwork at best.

On climate change, again co-funding is proposed for councils facing the challenges, particularly to regional infrastructure such as flood protection schemes – which already cost farmers an absolute bomb – and road networks.

On roads the commission felt that insufficient money was finding its way from road user charges

to councils to assist with the impacts of logging trucks, a massive problem already in some districts that can only get worse if farm to forest advocates get their way.

Above all the Productivity Commission’s work now needs some action.

The last Labour government and the last National government both largely ignored the recommendations of the 2007 Shand inquiry into local government funding.

That was over 10 years ago, but it could have made a real difference to the situation in which councils now find themselves.

Nigel Billings is Federated Farmers Senior Policy Advisor.

The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

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MARKET REPORT

By Guy Trafford

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s another year grinds inescapably towards its conclusion, it is perhaps time to look back and consider what has transpired in the recent past and ponder how it may impact upon the upcoming year.

If there was a theme that permeated many of this year’s conversations it would have to be the environment.

There has been a steady build-up of finger-pointing and a desire to hold the farming community accountable for impacts upon the environment which has now been taken into legislation.

The raft of regulations that have come into play in 2019 will likely be what the year is remembered for and there was an inevitability that something was going to happen and so it was no great surprise. Perhaps the most unfortunate aspect of the ongoing dialogue has been the lack of balance or appreciation on just how far the farming community has shifted its behaviour in recent years and the benefits that agriculture brings to the lifestyle of most New Zealanders.

Climate change has been in the media on an almost daily basis and little of it about positive outcomes. This has culminated, yet again, with world leaders unable to make any real headway in getting responsible responses from the countries who are creating the worst excesses of carbon pollution.

It makes the attempts of small nations who are trying to lead by example, at potentially the expense of economic benefit, look somewhat futile.

Most people once they get past 50 tend to view politicians and their decision-making processes with a large degree of cynicism.

As such when nothing much happens, we aren’t surprised and tolerate the status quo.

I heard Billy Bragg say that “the antidote to cynicism is activism”. We have seen that occurring in youth around the world including New Zealand where they are leading the protest movement to try and avoid a future severely impacted by climate change.

New Zealand may escape this route through the use of remedial legislation as has occurred this year otherwise farming could well become a major target, rights and wrongs aside.

When medical journals such as The Lancet become outspoken about the role of

agriculture and call for worldwide reductions in livestock numbers and to plant pasture land unsuitable for crops into trees (sound familiar?) we know that our livestock systems are going to face increasing scrutiny and pressure to conform to a non-meat future.

So, given we have had all this occur in 2019 it makes one wonder how will 2020 be different?

The regulators hopefully will put their pens away for the time being and let the ink dry on 2019 paperwork.

The good news is that the red meat sector is still experiencing high prices and these look likely to occur right through the season.

Dairy is a bit more uncertain, but indicators are positive.

Coarse wool seems to be a lost cause, but most have long since stopped relying upon it to pay the mortgage.

The wild card for 2020 is the elections.

So, a slightly quieter year ahead, widespread rain has fallen to help get through the dry periods ahead, so 2020 may be OK. Markets There was a sting in the tail of the last ‘real’ meat schedules for the year with drops of up to 35 cents for some classes. Even dairying took a hit on the GDT. The only bright spots were venison was unchanged and the finer end of wool had a very small rebound.

Sheep Lamb and ewe schedules took the largest hits and these followed through to the saleyards. Works are basically setting schedules for where they expect to be next year.

Wool Coarse wool continues to fail to achieve a meaningful value. However, a small lift in lamb, and the finer grades of wool.

Beef A similar story to sheep but not quite as dramatic in the falls. Saleyards have had reduced numbers and prices there have also dropped away but may be driven more by quality or a lack of.

Venison Schedules held but velvet showing a softening which is a concern.

Dairy The dairy season continues to provide a bit to be concerned about with the latest Global Dairy Trade auction taking another dip. This one was considerably more than a fortnight ago. Overall prices dropped by 5.1 per cent.

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Farm gate price watch … for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural December 23, 2019 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 112 -119 Prime 140 -210 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 228 -252 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 270.00 This week

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Source: WSI, NZMerino 1,067 1,557 727 424 540 302 293 364 280 2,428 2,980 1,588

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Source: Midlands Grain 430 440 300 428 435 280 425 430 290

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Nov-19 125.00 121.00 118.00

Source: PF Olsen 128.00 138.00 118.00

u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

6,910 3,169 3,986 4,944

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 125 17.5 kg YX SI 141 19.0 kg YX SI 153 21.0 kg YX SI 169 Local trade (c/kg) SI 880 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 123 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 555 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 448 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 543 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 600 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 424 AP Stag 60kg SI 515 AP Stag 80kg SI 686 Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices Mid mic (23.1-31.5) Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) Coarse Xbred >35 mic Merino

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 416 420 Wheat, feed 414 420 Barley, feed 406 410

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

6,150 4,674 5,109 5,063

6,374 4,785 5,224 5,062

6,698 4,266 5,063 3,169

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8,696 4,795 5,242 8,053

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u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6604 Euro 0.5964

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Pan-fried salmon with broad bean potato ragout

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■■ Heat a pan with some of the oil and sauté the potatoes for colour.

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Looking to maintain hot form

By Matt Markham

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Harness racing is all about form, and there’s few with better form lines at the moment than Selwyn based horseman, Jonny Cox. The talented driver is riding the crest of a wave at the moment in the sulky and he’s hoping that there’s no chance of it breaking any time soon as he heads into one of the busiest times of the year for anyone involved in the racing industry.

In the past 10 days, Cox has driven seven winners to elevate his season tally to 21 winners from just over one hundred drives, giving him one of the better strike-rates in the country.

And he’s only just heating up.

A big few weeks begins today at the Ashburton Trotting Club’s Christmas Eve meeting, where the former Southlander has a really strong looking book of drives, including one of the leading contenders for the day’s feature, the Ashburton Cup, in talented pacer, Nandolo.

Good enough to line up in this year’s New Zealand Trotting Cup, the dour pacer has been in good form recently, winning the Geraldine Cup two starts back before running a brave second in the Methven Green Mile and Cox said the latter run could have been a winning run too.

“I don’t think he saw Mikey Maguire come up the fence,” Cox said.

“By the time he actually did, it was too late and the race was over. He was excellent though, he did a bit of work and kept fighting right to the line and probably would have gone close if he’d seen the other horse.”

Today’s Ashburton Cup is a far cry from the Methven Green Mile though.

Going from the grass track over a mile to stepping out on one of the fastest all weather tracks in the Southern Hemisphere over

M7

Jonny Cox and Nandolo look a big chance in today’s Ashburton Cup. the ultimate distance of two miles is a big change up, but Cox is confident he’s got the right horse in front of him.

“We know he’s a good stayer and we know that off the back of a good speed he can come off the back of them and really sprint, so I think he’s got a good chance.

“There are a couple of nice ones in there, for sure – but he’s up to any of them and I think he’s got to be considered a big hope of winning it.”

Nandolo is trained by West Melton horseman, John ‘Coaster’ Howe, who gives Cox two other strong winning chances at today’s meeting in Phoebe Onyx and Aladdin Sane.

The two trotters are both extremely talented and while Alad-

din Sane is fresh up today, Cox is still expecting a big performance.

“He’s a very nice horse and has a big future in front of him I think.

“This week he might be a little vulnerable having not had a run for a while but his trial recently was excellent and I wouldn’t be surprised if he stepped out and won.”

Phoebe Onyx had been a bit of a heartbreak horse, but Howe has worked the oracle with the speedy trotter and the last two starts have been excellent.

“Coaster backed the work right off him and he’s thrived on it.

“We were a bit unlucky not to win on Friday at Addington, I locked wheels with the winner just before the post.

“Driving him for that one run and having a cold shot at them seems to be the way to go with him so we’ll take that approach again.”

Alongside the Howe trio, Cox also has drives at Ashburton today on Magical Mali, Dynamite and One Direction and he was particularly keen on the chances of the latter.

“We haven’t had much luck really, and I thought we’re in a pretty winnable race so in terms of value, we’ve got a really good chance I think.”

Today’s Christmas Eve meeting will see all the money from gold coin donations made for entry onto the course given to the Ashburton Branch of the Cancer Society.

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Matt Markham’s Selections Race 1: Call This Fun, Steel Dust, Superfast Lad, KD Hawk Race 2: Under Wraps, Mighty Reactor, Her Majesty, Estella Reign Race 3: Dhaulagiri, Pinup Boy, Missmollygoodgolly, Crystal Dyatom Race 4: Idle Stuartia, Aladdin Sane, One Over Da Son, Rogie Falls Race 5: Cheddar Valley, One Direction, Saginaw, Canstar Race 6: Scorcha, Change Is Good, Sweet Mary, Kendra Race 7: Jazzy Star, Nandolo, Matt Damon, Smokin By Race 8: Just Michael, Darryl Kerrigan, Just Holla, Chloe’s Joy Race 9: Lovey Dovey Moment, Majestic Chevron, Phoebe Onyx, One Apollo Race 10: Steel The Show, Maharani, Shadow Minister, Glen Elgin Thomson BEST: Sorcha (Race 6) VALUE: One Direction (Race 5)

Ashburton harness Today at Ashburton Raceway

Ashburton Trotting Club Venue: Ashburton Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.45pm ASHBURTON GUARDIANTROT $8000, nonwinners 3yo+, stand, 2400m 1 0x800 Raining In My Heart (1) fr...............T Chmiel 2 25097 Awesome Impee (2) fr................... P Wakelin 3 001 Pacino (3) fr....................................R Holmes 4 06 Bluff Hill (4) fr................................ K Townley 5 3048x It Wasn’t Me (5) fr..................... C D Thornley 6 22478 Superfast Lad (6) fr...........................S Ottley 7 40478 Mono Gamble (7) fr.......................T Williams 8 0P560 Ken’s Dream (8) fr............................L Dobbs 9 Call This Fun (9) fr.............................. J Ford 10 09856 Aldebaran Belle (10) fr.................C DeFilippi 11 6790x Make My Sundon (U1) fr..................... R May 12 00x Yuri (U2) fr..........................................J Dunn 13 7x0 KD Hawk (U3) fr...................................B Butt 14 585x9 Break Free (U4) fr.........................K Hadfield 15 90749 Steel Dust (U5) fr.......................... G O’Reilly 2 1.22pm SPRAY MARKS MOBILE PACE $8000, nonwinners 3yo+., mobile, 2400m 1 x5389 Jaffa (1) fr.....................................C DeFilippi 2 Her Majesty (2) fr.......................M Anderson 3 66607 Westburn Bliss (3) fr 4 x465x Reattore (4) fr................................ S McNally 5 280x0 Wecandream fr............................. Scratched 6 29600 Carita (5) fr............................... C D Thornley 7 380x6 Glenledi Chief (6) fr...........................S Ottley 8 07x Mighty Reactor (7) fr................ M Williamson 9 66230 Ringo’s A Star (8) fr.......................T Williams 10 x8839 Scared Stiff (21) fr...........................T Chmiel 11 Estella Reign (22) fr.............................K Butt 12 7408 Ride In A Concorde fr................... Scratched 13 Kensington Bill (23) fr.........................J Dunn 14 057 Velvet fr......................................... Scratched

15 Kiwi Dream (24) fr..........................R Holmes 16 302 Under Wraps (25) fr.......................B Orange Emergencies: Westburn Bliss, Velvet 3 1.57pm T F PEARSON MEMORIAL PACE $8000, nonwinners 3yo+, stand, 2400m 1 5 Khaki Nui (1) fr.............................. A Lethaby 2 40040 Unico Gem (2) fr...............................R Close 3 238 The Black Shadow (3) fr..................... R May 4 0x0 Magical Mali (4) fr............................J W Cox 5 Dhaulagiri (5) fr...............................T Chmiel 6 5650 Benbrae (6) fr................................T Williams 7 45 Asian Elvis (7) fr....................... M Williamson 8 24x97 Art Collector (8) fr......................... G O’Reilly 9 Royal Xchange fr........................... Scratched 10 x4786 Social Media (9) fr.......................M Lewis (J) 11 2304 Missmollygoodgolly (10) fr....... L McCormick 12 7x536 Uno Mia (11) fr......................K Tomlinson (J) 13 50024 Gottagettabeer (12) fr............. J Morrison (J) 14 0 Crystal Daytom (13) fr....................L O’Reilly 15 Pinup Boy (14) fr............................B Orange 16 Simply Bettor (15) fr.....................T McMillan 17 56838 El Chapo (U1) fr................................S Ottley 18 Dash For Cash (U2) fr...................... G Smith Emergencies: Royal Xchange, Crystal Daytom 4 2.33pm GREAT SOUTHERN TIMBER TROT $9000, 3yo+ r40-r55, stand, 2400m 1 35277 Franco Josiah (1) fr................. J Morrison (J) 2 05002 Majestic Sunset (2) fr......................T Chmiel 3 08x50 Global Flight (3) fr..........................R Jenkins 4 53886 She’s Allthe Craze (4) fr..........J Young-Grant 5 2x993 Rocknpop (5) fr.....................K Tomlinson (J) 6 40636 Rogie Falls (6) fr.................................. R May 7 1050 Idle Stuartia (7) fr.........................C DeFilippi 8 4120x Aladdin Sane (8) fr...........................J W Cox 9 16800 Lady Hillary (9) fr 10 787x5 Sunny Bill (10) fr...............................R Close 11 50037 Doff Your Cap (U1) fr............................B Butt

12 20756 Red Harbour (U2) fr................. C D Thornley 13 367x1 Chloe Rose (U3) fr................S Tomlinson (J) 14 59374 Chasing Great (U4) fr.................... K Townley 15 13008 Escargo (U5) fr..................................S Ottley 16 21005 Palisade (U6) fr................................... D Butt 17 275x1 Aorangi (U7) fr...................................J Dunn 18 00061 Jaw D Nancy (U8) fr...................... S McNally 19 x2327 One Over Da Son (U9) fr...............B Orange Emergencies: Franco Josiah, Lady Hillary, Chasing Great 5 3.07pm JOHN ROLLINSON CASH REGISTER MEMORIAL MBL PACE $9000, r40-r54,r55 w/c., mbl, 2400m 1 89807 Pat Campbell (1) fr.........................B Orange 2 00000 Victor Tango (2) fr..................... L McCormick 3 x8674 Adam Patron (3) fr............................... R May 4 30430 Senorita Margarita (4) fr..........J Young-Grant 5 x0683 Dreamy Damien (5) fr.............. C D Thornley 6 9x720 Saginaw (6) fr..............................R Cameron 7 5x761 Franco Riot (7) fr........................... A Lethaby 8 02180 Mordecai (8) fr.......................K Tomlinson (J) 9 81x95 Canstar (9) fr...................................T Chmiel 10 1340x Little Rain (21) fr..................... J Morrison (J) 11 06160 Szybka Lane (22) fr.......................T Williams 12 09x09 Get It On (23) fr........................ M Williamson 13 90x00 One Direction (24) fr........................J W Cox 14 01 Cheddar Valley (U1) fr........................J Dunn 6 3.39 WOODLANDS STUD FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $12,000, r85 f&m., mobile, 1609m 1 8x428 Lilac Star (1) fr......................... S O’Reilly (J) 2 40233 Anamajor (2) fr..............................T Williams 3 92038 Nakuru (3) fr.......................................J Dunn 4 31925 Team Kiwi (4) fr..............................R Holmes 5 40033 Kendra (5) fr........................................ R May 6 x1321 Cheezel (6) fr....................................R Close 7 12634 Sweet Mary (7) fr..................... M Williamson 8 01212 Change Is Good (8) fr................M Anderson 9 00667 Millwood Maizie (9) fr........................S Ottley

10 22118 Scorcha (21) fr...............................B Orange 7 4.14 CHELSEA PROPERTIES ASHBURTON CUP (HCAP PACE) $20,000, r63+ discrhcp, stand, 3200m 1 166x6 The Maroon Marauder (U1) fr.. M Williamson 2 x4693 Mongolian Cavalry (1) 10M............B Orange 3 25878 Cast No Shadow (2) 10M..................S Ottley 4 12223 Heisenberg (3) 10M...........................J Dunn 5 x3438 Queen Bee Bardon (U1) 10M............. R May 6 11211 Matt Damon (1) 20M..................M Anderson 7 21102 Jazzy Star (U1) 20M..................... S McNally 8 95831 Mikey Maguire (1) 30M................C DeFilippi 9 57312 Nandolo (2) 30M..............................J W Cox 10 70341 Smokin By (3) 30M.......................T Williams 8 4.49 GARY MCCORMICK TRANSPORT PACE $9000, 3yo+ r40-r55, stand, 2400m 1 00300 Pocket Call (1) fr..............................L Dobbs 2 78x68 Clive (2) fr.............................. G Thornley (J) 3 726x8 Classy Kid (3) fr............................ A Lethaby 4 22477 Bound To Impress (4) fr.................J Versteeg 5 79169 Dynamite (5) fr.................................J W Cox 6 6x850 Gotta Future (6) fr..............................J Dunn 7 07000 Ardent Lustre (7) fr.......................C DeFilippi 8 x0272 Chloe’s Joy (8) fr............................B Orange 9 90009 Flamboyant (9) fr....................B Laughton (J) 10 49960 Chaaat (10) fr........................... L McCormick 11 85754 Woodlea Explorer (11) fr.......... M Williamson 12 099x1 Just Holla (12) fr............................... G Smith 13 281 Unico Veloce (13) fr...........................R Close 14 38125 Just Michael (14) fr....................... G O’Reilly 15 4127x Morningstar Gold (15) fr.................R Holmes 16 86218 Darryl Kerrigan (U1) fr....................L O’Reilly 9 5.23pm W J DOYLE MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT $11,000, 3yo+ r56+ discrhcp, stand, 2400m 1 06452 Monrika (1) fr................................. S McNally 2 40712 Phoebe Onyx (2) fr...........................J W Cox 3 530x4 One Apollo (3) fr.................................. R May

4 60381 Justan’s Sister (4) fr..............S Tomlinson (J) 5 456x1 One Majic Kenny (U1) fr.....................J Dunn 6 8221x Valley Star (1) 10M...........................S Ottley 7 02141 Majestic Chevron (2) 10M..............B Orange 8 47x4x Time For Diamonds (1) 20M............... J Ford 9 14911 Sundons Flyer (2) 20M...........J Young-Grant 10 65111 Lovey Dovey Moment (1) 30M.M Williamson 10 5.53pm MCINTOSH CATERING MOBILE PACE $9500, 3yo+ r55-r63., mobile, 2400m 1 53834 Shadow Minister (1) fr....................L O’Reilly 2 20017 Eastwood Isabella (2) fr................T Williams 3 167x0 Majorca (3) fr............................ C D Thornley 4 59x14 Maharani (4) fr...........................M Anderson 5 0x031 Hot Starff (5) fr.............................. S McNally 6 3x7x2 Flame Lady (6) fr...................... S O’Reilly (J) 7 68130 Mr Midnight (7) fr...................K Tomlinson (J) 8 91480 Sounds Lika Gem (8) fr................. G O’Reilly 9 14074 Kingmaker (9) fr....................... M Williamson 10 2x731 Glen Elgin Tomson (21) fr..............B Orange 11 4253x Secret Bet (22) fr.............................T Chmiel 12 11 Steel The Show (23) fr..........S Tomlinson (J) Pacifiers on: It Wasn’t Me (R1) SELECTIONS

Race 1: KD Hawk, Superfast Lad, Aldebaran Belle, Steel Dust Race 2: Under Wraps, Glenledi Chief, Ringo’s A Star Race 3: Dhaulagiri, The Black Shadow, Missmollygoodgolly Race 4: Aladdin Sane, One Over Da Son, Palisade, Chloe Rose Race 5: Cheddar Valley, One Direction, Franco Riot, Saginaw Race 6: Change Is Good, Scorcha, Kendra, Sweet Mary Race 7: Matt Damon, Nandolo, Smokin By, Jazzy Star Race 8: Just Holla, Unico Veloce, Woodlea Explorer Race 9: Majestic Chevron, One Apollo, One Majic Kenny Race 10: Steel The Show, Glen Elgin Tomson, Secret Bet LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

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McDonald set for Hall of Fame history Just 12 years after riding his first winner, James McDonald is about to become the youngest person to be inducted to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame.

When his induction takes place at the Hall of Fame gala dinner in Hamilton on May 3, the Sydney-based champion will join

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16 other jockeys to have claimed their place in more than a century of New Zealand racing history.

“I couldn’t believe it when I got the call, it’s a huge honour and I still get goose-bumps just talking about it,” McDonald said.

“To think I’m joining great jockeys like Lance O’Sullivan, Jim Cas-

first Sydney metropolitan title in 2013-14 headlined by wins in the Gr.1 Golden Slipper (1200m) on Mossfun, Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) on Dundeel, Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) on Rising Romance, and Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on Shooting To Win.

came first, followed by a New Zealand premiership record of 207 wins in just his fourth season of riding in 2010-11.

Within a year he had been drawn to Australia, where he took no time to stamp his presence.

Aged 22 and with 1000 wins already signed off, he won his

sidy, Noel Harris and Shane Dye – these are the guys whose photos I had on the wall when I was a boy.”

From the time he first donned silks as a baby-faced 15-yearold, McDonald has been a headline-maker.

Apprentice championships

Waikato harness Today at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Bay Of Plenty Harness Inc Cambridge Meeting Date: 24 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 1.30pm GRASS TRACK RACING AT ROTORUA JAN 26 MOBILE PACE $8000, r54., mobile, 2200m 1 x8045 A Better Dancer (1) fr.........................C Wigg 2 5x436 The Batmobile (2) fr...........................S Wigg 3 63305 Happy Place fr.............................. Scratched 4 79887 Highview Justice (3) fr.......... J Kriechbaumer 5 53243 Lynton Creek (4) fr...............................K Hall 6 82320 Ally Mae (5) fr..................................B Hadley 7 x0x47 Veneto (6) fr.....................................N Munro 8 65367 Mister Slick fr................................ Scratched 9 06707 Unfinished Business (21) fr..........J Brownlee 10 39856 Runcle (22) fr..................................F Phelan 2 2.05pm ALABAR MOBILE PACE $9000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 00868 Comedy Act (1) fr..............F Schumacher (J) 2 6489x Carse O Fern Tom (2) fr................... M White 3 Class Rebel (3) fr...........................T Mitchell 4 73532 Jetson Hunter (4) fr....................... B Mangos 5 8 Forwardy (5) fr................................Z Butcher 6 0x570 Billy Idol (6) fr............................... K Marshall 7 Quarterback (7) fr..........................B Butcher 8 7578 Tommy Tukaa (8) fr..................... T Cameron 9 0x860 Blake (U1) fr........................... L Whittaker (J) 3 2.40pm FLYING MILE NIGHT JANUARY 10TH MOBILE TROT $9000, 4yo+ r41-r61. jun.d, mobile, 2200m

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 11.30am TAB BONUS BACK PROMOTION RACE 1 C0 C0, 390m 1 35652 Big Tiny nwtd..............................J McInerney 2 47721 Homebush Maree nwtd..............J McInerney 3 Savage Knight nwtd........................ H Cairns 4 26637 King Theoden nwtd..........................C Steele 5 54635 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 6 56378 Homebush Showoff nwtd...........J McInerney 7 33675 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 8 38xF3 Homebush Hans nwtd................J McInerney 9 765 Gotcha Georgie nwtd..... M P Hamilton-Dyett 10 77466 Kowloon Lights nwtd.......................J Guthrie 2 11.47am TAB BONUS BACK PROMOTION RACE 2 C1 C1, 457m 1 86586 Lakota Tonka 26.84......................... H Cairns 2 38478 C’Mon Benny Boy 26.42.................J Guthrie 3 51412 Know Frenzy 26.40.........................G Cleeve 4 47766 Chunk 26.28...............................J McInerney 5 35727 Zefside nwtd...............................J McInerney 6 75234 Bartholomew Cub 26.54....................B Eade 7 46358 Kia Tere 26.07 S &........................... B Evans 8 26751 Punters Last nwtd............................R Wales 9 58686 Trajan 26.14...............................J McInerney 10 767x8 Long Live Love 26.17..... M P Hamilton-Dyett 3 12.05pm CONGRATULATIONS ONE PERFECT DAY C2 C2, 390m 1 47164 Homebush Jordie 22.98.............J McInerney 2 11465 Pretty Keen 22.98..............................S Keen 3 25761 Dusty’s Ink 22.90.............................B Healey 4 354F1 Punch On Scooby 22.89............J McInerney

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Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 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 12.14pm (NZT) AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C2, 375m 1 23225 Don Morocco 21.33........................P Cleaver 2 14362 Mahala Bay nwtd...........................W Woods 3 78813 Fancy 21.71.................................. H Mullane 4 35414 Little Moo nwtd U &............................Cottam 5 13243 Kapai Tahi 21.56 R &...........................L Udy 6 12611 Go Falcon 21.39 W &.......................T Steele 7 57136 Seven Sharp 21.56..................... W Toomath 8 71171 Mad Jack 21.42................................ T Green Emergencies: 9 51482 Dignity Dented 21.67....................... T Green 10 61864 Luke Skywalker nwtd...................... L A Hunt 2 12.32pm MIGHTY WAIKATO MAIDEN SERIES HEAT 1 C0q, 457m 1 4 Pebble Beach nwtd............................D Lane 2 62662 Big Time Harley nwtd..........................L Cole 3 34534 Fool’s Russian nwtd............................L Cole 4 Big Time Miley nwtd............................L Cole 5 2x Thrilling Rosa nwtd.......................... K Walsh 6 Beret Girl nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 7 46535 Xena Poppy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 8 Big Time Baby nwtd............................L Cole

1 04321 Saint Michel (1) fr..............F Schumacher (J) 2 76460 Pretorius (2) fr............................K Bublitz (J) 3 x8000 Stow (3) fr................................... A Drake (J) 4 00641 Natty Pagger (4) fr..................... T Hanara (J) 5 01713 Lukyanova (5) fr...................... A Harrison (J) 6 42470 Westy Boyz (6) fr....................... N Delany (J) 7 44397 Majestic One (7) fr................... J Cowden (J) 8 x2400 Thatgirltrouble (8) fr................Z Meredith (J) 4 3.17 MARSH EQUINE & LIVESTOCK INSURANCE MOBILE PACE $9000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m., 2200m 1 93284 Yankee Dancer (1) fr......................B Butcher 2 x2505 Emmber (2) fr................................... M White 3 0x434 Downtown Babe (3) fr.................P Ferguson 4 76P52 Hey Good Lookin (4) fr.................. D Butcher 5 47 Artemis (5) fr...................................T Herlihy 6 4 Cowgirls N Lace (6) fr................. T Cameron 7 8709 Sheza Kamikaze (7) fr...............S Abernethy 8 74855 Courtney Jane (8) fr.......................T Mitchell 9 55643 Emmi Rose (21) fr...........................S Phelan 10 78636 Royal (22) fr............................. T Macfarlane 11 0497x Patagonian Princess (U1) frF Schumacher (J) 5 3.48 MOVENPICK@CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r50-r55., mobile, 2200m 1 45021 Sarandon (1) fr....................................S Quill 2 22199 Tempo Rose (2) fr......................... D Butcher 3 3281 Kerri Maguire (3) fr.........................B Butcher 4 34748 Milner (4) fr...............................B Webster (J) 5 65514 Bugalugs (5) fr...............................T Mitchell 6 53243 Lynton Creek fr............................. Scratched

7 87x28 Bella Roza (6) fr..............................S Phelan 8 79225 Ferritts Sister (7) fr.........................N Chilcott 9 65579 Cowgirls N Angels (21) fr....... L Whittaker (J) 10 51087 Peter Forsberg (22) fr................. J Abernethy 6 4.23pm STEVE DUNNE 80TH BIRTHDAY HANDICAP TROT $11,000, r40-r63 discrhcp, stand, 2700m 1 23889 Aoraki (1) fr................................... D Butcher 2 65756 Majestic Stride (2) fr..........F Schumacher (J) 3 73528 The Last Gamble (3) fr.....................D Moore 4 65870 Still Eyre (4) fr.......................... T Macfarlane 5 39604 Danke (5) fr..................................... G Martin 6 00001 Savitskaya (U1) fr................................L Chin 7 08x97 Rave Nation (U2) fr....................S Abernethy 8 71074 Superfast Ninja (1) 10M...............A Poutama 9 17849 Safrakova (2) 10M......................S McCaffrey 10 4x241 Madeakillin (U1) 10M.......................G Gillies 11 5343P Grey Stoke (U2) 10M.....................Z Butcher 12 92201 Phoebe Imperial (U1) 25M.............N Chilcott 7 4.58pm DUNSTAN HORSE FEEDS MOBILE PACE $11,000, r56-r69., mobile, 2200m 1 1080x Bubbled Up (1) fr........................... B Mangos 2 72265 Callie’s Delight (2) fr........................J I Dickie 3 01909 Armed Reactor (3) fr...................P Ferguson 4 x8432 The Bandit Queen (4) fr.................Z Butcher 5 21311 Ace Strike (5) fr..............................B Butcher 6 17746 About Turn (6) fr............................ D Butcher 7 86662 Young Conqueror (7) fr...................S Phelan 8 245x0 Imajollywally (8) fr...................... J Abernethy 9 71x67 Afortunado (21) fr.......................S Abernethy

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MBL TROT $50,000, ffa., mobile, 1609m 1 13527 Gershwin (1) fr.............................A Poutama 2 11101 Oscar Bonavena (2) fr....................M Purdon 3 42240 Marcoola (3) fr................................Z Butcher 4 47764 C K Spur (4) fr..............................A Donnelly 5 85556 Destiny Jones (5) fr....................... D Butcher 6 415x2 Enhance Your Calm (6) fr.............. B Mangos 7 14115 Temporale (7) fr...............................T Herlihy 8 73132 Majestic Man (8) fr.................... M McKendry 9 6.02pm FINE LAWN:WE’VE DONE THE GROUND WORK 4 U MBLPCE $9000, 3yo+ r40-r49., mbl, 2200m 1 50200 Quick As Fire (1) fr............F Schumacher (J) 2 17000 Bettor Trenz (2) fr...........................Z Butcher 3 x0666 Major Blink (3) fr.......................... J Robinson 4 8900x Sarabi (4) fr............................. A Harrison (J) 5 75749 Amaro (5) fr.................................P Ferguson 6 80x00 Mighty Monica (6) fr...................... D Butcher 7 0x230 Louie The Horse (7) fr....................T Mitchell 8 47754 Allonblack (8) fr..............................N Chilcott 9 7P078 Benjamin Button (21) fr..............S Abernethy 10 0640P To Sir With Love (22) fr............ T Macfarlane 11 x000x Itsthefinalcountdown (23) fr.......... K Marshall 12 56000 Drum Withers (24) fr................. M McKendry 10 6.28 MARK WAMBOLD MEMORIAL HCAP TROT non-winners & up-r54 w/c spechcp, stand, 2700m 1 07 Monsinee (1) fr....................................L Neal 2 69 Wishing Crystal (2) fr................. J Abernethy 3 Skee King (3) fr.................F Schumacher (J)

4 x4024 Strength Of Heart (4) fr................A Poutama 5 50956 Reign (5) fr................................ M McKendry 6 64x6 Isaac H (U1) fr....................................D Balle 7 8 Isa The Great (U2) fr..................S Abernethy 8 47P8 Battle Commander (U3) fr............B Edwards 9 90321 Tears Of Joy (1) 30M.....................Z Butcher 10 51455 Presidential Jewel (2) 30M............... M White 11 65870 Still Eyre (3) 30M..................... T Macfarlane 12 x391x Duchess Of Cambridge (4) 30M... D Butcher 13 x6543 Flying Taine (5) 30M.......................N Chilcott 14 98700 Keystone Cavalier (U1) 30M.. L Whittaker (J) 15 8000D Our Spitfire (U2) 30M.....................T Mitchell Emergency: Still Eyre Pacifiers off : Isa The Great (R10) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Lynton Creek, The Batmobile, Ally Mae, Runcle Race 2: Tommy Tukaa, Carse O Fern Tom, Quarterback Race 3: Natty Pagger, Saint Michel, Lukyanova, Majestic One Race 4: Emmber, Cowgirls N Lace, Artemis, Royal Race 5: Kerri Maguire, Bugalugs, Cowgirls N Angels Race 6: Phoebe Imperial, Madeakillin, Safrakova, Grey Stoke Race 7: About Turn, Bubbled Up, Young Conqueror, Callie’s Delight Race 8: Oscar Bonavena, Majestic Man, Temporale, Marcoola Race 9: Louie The Horse, To Sir With Love, Allonblack Race 10: Presidential Jewel, Flying Taine, Duchess Of Cambridge LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 5 53686 Gracie Lee 22.85.......................J McInerney 6 25654 Reign Of Fire 22.49....................J McInerney 7 21361 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 8 67743 Opawa Hypo nwtd............................ R Wales 9 87457 Amuri Liv nwtd...........................J McInerney 10 47667 Goldstar Liberty 22.45 J M............... McCook 4 12.22pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C2 C2, 390m 1 75811 Homebush Alexei 23.38.............J McInerney 2 77282 Eyrewell Bentley 22.74.................... H Cairns 3 44821 Go Mufasa 23.08.............................R Wales 4 65414 Shanly Star 22.61......................J McInerney 5 32533 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 6 25832 Homebush Caesar 22.69...........J McInerney 7 87454 Must Be Rusty 22.38..................J McInerney 8 72482 Sozin’s Noir 22.36......................J McInerney 9 87457 Amuri Liv nwtd...........................J McInerney 10 47667 Goldstar Liberty 22.45 J M............... McCook 5 12.40 FIND US ON TWITTER@SGRCINFO C1, 457m 1 68776 Melting World nwtd..........................J Guthrie 2 33465 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns 3 23875 Lakota Kohana 26.68...................... H Cairns 4 65768 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 5 43755 Goldstar Ashton nwtd S &................B Evans 6 77248 Miss Honey 26.10............................ R Wales 7 52326 Miss Nina 26.42............................. B Conner 8 56738 Mick The Mower 26.60...............J McInerney 9 58686 Trajan 26.14...............................J McInerney 10 767x8 Long Live Love 26.17..... M P Hamilton-Dyett 6 12.58pm JINGLE BELL DISTANCE FINAL C2df, 732m 1 53645 Alotta Talk nwtd J &..........................D Fahey 2 83254 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S &................B Evans 3 23381 Goldstar Sydney nwtd S &............... B Evans 4 88785 Bruiser’s Day nwtd......................... B Conner 5 Vacant Box Five n & a 6 35142 Classy Witch nwtd...........................G Cleeve

7 52462 Go Belle 42.98.................................R Wales 8 31326 Opawa Hilary nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 7 1.16pm NZ RACING SERIES ADVANCED (C4-C5) FINAL NZRSf, 457m 1 82114 Double Speed 25.98......................R Adcock 2 72574 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 3 36141 Eyrewell Turbo 25.92....................... H Cairns 4 36434 Know State 25.89............................G Cleeve 5 75333 Know Refusal nwtd.........................G Cleeve 6 82245 Tee An’ Cee nwtd........................... B Conner 7 72421 Opawa May 26.29............................ R Wales 8 13515 Know Shame 26.09.........................G Cleeve 9 21455 Know Betrayal 26.51.......................G Cleeve 10 14255 Know Denying nwtd........................G Cleeve 8 1.33pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C3 C3, 390m 1 32837 Joe Bonanza 22.74....................J McInerney 2 65415 Go Gunna 22.70..............................R Wales 3 22214 Mitcham Reado nwtd.................J McInerney 4 38126 Homebush Tesan 22.54.............J McInerney 5 45187 My Girl Sofia 22.84.........................B Healey 6 17786 Nippa Enough 23.22..................J McInerney 7 28717 Sozin’s Blue 22.68.....................J McInerney 8 86136 Bashful Buffy nwtd.....................J McInerney 9 57851 Amuri George nwtd....................J McInerney 10 47568 Homebush Sayer 22.53.............J McInerney 9 1.50pm TURNER PAINTER 021737111 C3 C3, 390m 1 12163 Know Debt nwtd..............................G Cleeve 2 28844 Special As nwtd J M......................... McCook 3 28251 Citizen Aguero nwtd...................J McInerney 4 32151 Souffle Sue nwtd........................J McInerney 5 58728 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 6 27653 Starr Blueblood 22.81................J McInerney 7 65177 Cosmic Stu nwtd........................J McInerney 8 71177 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney

9 57851 Amuri George nwtd....................J McInerney 10 47568 Homebush Sayer 22.53.............J McInerney 10 2.08pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C2 C2, 457m 1 63451 Mitcham Manering 26.68...........J McInerney 2 37426 Homebush Boden 26.94............J McInerney 3 13657 Black Dan 26.48.........................J McInerney 4 71358 Homebush Hotshot 26.35..........J McInerney 5 12555 Goldstar Whitey nwtd S &................ B Evans 6 12113 Know Baby nwtd.............................G Cleeve 7 74618 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 8 51211 Goldstar Mauney 26.20 S &............. B Evans 9 87816 Our Anna nwtd.................................R Wales 10 46772 Goldstar Yankee nwtd S &................ B Evans 11 2.24pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1 C1, 457m 1 52212 Goldstar Perrie nwtd S &................. B Evans 2 24453 Khatia nwtd................................J McInerney 3 14843 Lakota Wichapi nwtd....................... H Cairns 4 58154 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 5 82545 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 6 12372 Homebush Monkey nwtd............J McInerney 7 45533 Homebush Velma nwtd..............J McInerney 8 44743 Sozin’s Assassin nwtd................J McInerney 9 14627 Opal Hunter nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 75636 Prince Rohit nwtd.......................J McInerney 12 2.45pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 C4 C4, 390m 1 11215 Sozin’s Symphony 22.74............J McInerney 2 13185 Homebush Finn 22.58................J McInerney 3 51287 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans 4 12416 Amuri Magic nwtd......................J McInerney 5 53667 Thrilling Watch 22.39....................D Roberts 6 81845 Punch On Buzz 22.60................J McInerney 7 13356 Nikko Baxter 22.88.....................J McInerney 8 8171F Princely Gold 22.49....................J McInerney 9 57475 Goldstar Trooper 22.25 S &..............B Evans

10 76x78 Eyrewell Ebony nwtd....................... H Cairns 13 3.00 GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 390m 1 727F8 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney 2 75577 Homebush Miles 22.44..............J McInerney 3 34565 Andrea Said nwtd J M...................... McCook 4 33743 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 5 35716 Bound Up 23.14.........................J McInerney 6 82512 Father Leo nwtd.........................J McInerney 7 68325 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 8 77762 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 9 66478 Crushington nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 586x7 It’s A Joke 22.49.........................J McInerney 14 3.22 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE C1, 390m 1 35685 Brut Magic nwtd..............................C Healey 2 76667 Homebush Carl 23.32................J McInerney 3 75636 Prince Rohit nwtd.......................J McInerney 4 66756 Cool Beans 23.48......................J McInerney 5 47123 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 6 16375 Chicago Head nwtd....................J McInerney 7 1747 Homebush Zack nwtd................J McInerney 8 74722 Dream Runner 22.67 J M................. McCook 9 48585 Homebush Hundy 22.87............J McInerney 10 757x7 Glass Harpoon nwtd.......................J Guthrie 15 3.44pm RACING IN THE NEW YEAR 7TH JANUARY C1 C1, 390m 1 66765 Lakota Scout 23.09......................... H Cairns 2 26457 Yi Feng nwtd..............................J McInerney 3 75747 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 4 64746 Punch On Rex 22.74..................J McInerney 5 21667 Homebush Erin nwtd..................J McInerney 6 14627 Opal Hunter 22.68......................J McInerney 7 55217 Southern Angel 22.85..................R Hamilton 8 53138 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 9 56686 Blazing Banjo 23.00...................J McInerney 10 767x8 Long Live Love nwtd...... M P Hamilton-Dyett

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 9 4 Dobby Who nwtd......................... M Prangley 10 66477 Goldstar Hadlee nwtd................. G Hodgson 3 12.53pm MIGHTY WAIKATO MAIDEN SERIES HEAT 2 C0q, 457m 1 Big Time Mac nwtd..............................L Cole 2 23 Thrilling Baxter nwtd........................ K Walsh 3 1 Holy Grail nwtd J &..........................D Fahey 4 Allegro Curtis nwtd..............................L Cole 5 Wit And Wisdom nwtd................. G Hodgson 6 Thea Who nwtd........................... M Prangley 7 Big Time Anton nwtd...........................L Cole 8 Dx52x Birds Fly High nwtd.........................P Henley Emergencies: 9 255 Amaro nwtd................................ A Lawrence 10 5 Award Winner nwtd.......................... T Green 4 1.11pm DENIS COLE MEMORIAL WAIKATO SPRINT HEAT 1 C5q, 375m 1 11225 Buddy Boom 20.86 U &.....................Cottam 2 21263 Athenais 21.19...................................S Ross 3 47116 Zipping Gabby 21.32 J &.....................D Bell 4 858x1 Noah Who 21.03......................... M Prangley 5 27423 Go All Lin 21.54.............................. S O’Neill 6 22333 Cheese And Chalk nwtd.....................L Cole 7 35211 Bigtime Kiss nwtd................................L Cole 8 41518 Kelly’s Girl 21.30......................... G Pomeroy 9 33355 Spring Mechanic nwtd R &...................L Udy 10 14777 See Eye Be 21.04......................... H Mullane 5 1.45 DENIS COLE MEMORIAL WAIKATO SPRINT

HEAT 2 C5q, 375m 1 21111 Trojan Hoarse nwtd.............................L Cole 2 12413 Thrilling Peta 20.93.......................... K Walsh 3 31232 Does He Exist 21.33........................R Roper 4 17481 Raging Demon 20.99 R &....................L Udy 5 24432 Bigtime Shine nwtd.............................L Cole 6 66311 Suspicious Minds 20.89.....................B Craik 7 31515 Captain Kev 21.09 W &....................T Steele 8 63533 Typical 21.25......................................S Ross Emergencies: 9 52672 Zugzwang 21.20............................. S O’Neill 10 14777 See Eye Be 21.04......................... H Mullane 6 2.20pm THRILLING BRAT DISTANCE HEAT 1 C2dq, 650m 1 13275 Student Loan nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 2 56623 Fear The Fur nwtd........................... S O’Neill 3 23331 Shaynee 38.34..................................S Lozell 4 55487 Aleng nwtd......................................S E Hunt 5 11634 Gao Gao 37.81............................... G Farrell 6 63137 Emgrand Rose nwtd....................A Turnwald 7 65551 Gray Bale nwtd..............................W Woods 8 22544 Smoochie 38.24......................... A Lawrence 7 2.56pm THRILLING BRAT DISTANCE HEAT 2 C2dq, 650m 1 35616 Odnoc Ankie nwtd.......................P Ferguson 2 83723 Go Angel 38.17............................... G Farrell 3 34352 Little Teegs nwtd........................ A Lawrence 4 71134 Thrilling Nina nwtd........................... K Walsh

5 25331 Cavatate nwtd J &................................D Bell 6 F4418 Dig Dig Dig 38.46............................ S O’Neill 7 77457 Hua Hua 38.17..............................R McPhee 8 26343 Opawa June nwtd........................A Turnwald 8 3.31pm FARMLANDS COPRICE WAIKATO CLASSIC HEAT 1 R/Aq, 457m 1 21424 Enjoy The Perks 26.13....................P Henley 2 73153 Big Time Dynasty nwtd.......................L Cole 3 16273 Go Vegas nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 4 12787 Kiwi Gunn 26.10.............................R Adcock 5 21111 Seve nwtd..........................................D Lane 6 16222 Thrilling Stomp 26.05....................... K Walsh 7 22212 Big Time Ocean nwtd..........................L Cole 8 F4487 Bigtime Annie nwtd.............................L Cole 9 4.02pm FARMLANDS COPRICE WAIKATO CLASSIC HEAT 2 R/Aq, 457m 1 41212 Archie John Hill nwtd J &.................D Fahey 2 11161 Ozzie nwtd.........................................D Lane 3 23241 Zoro 25.81.................................. A Lawrence 4 74285 Big Time Rhino nwtd...........................L Cole 5 Vacant Box Five n & a 6 13633 Big Time Seth nwtd.............................L Cole 7 16556 Bigtime Bruno nwtd.............................L Cole 8 13832 Mother’s Touch nwtd J &......................D Bell 10 4.37pm FARMLANDS COPRICE WAIKATO CLASSIC HEAT 3 R/Aq, 457m 1 37541 Big Time Izzy nwtd..............................L Cole 2 66787 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole

3 11121 Bolty nwtd..........................................D Lane 4 72131 Opawa Toddy nwtd J &....................D Fahey 5 Vacant Box Five n & a 6 44232 Stefano 25.57............................. A Lawrence 7 21131 Melita Vella nwtd.................................L Cole 8 28315 Big Time Kobe nwtd............................L Cole 11 5.13 FARMLANDS VIRKON WAIKATO CUP HEAT 1 C5q, 457m 1 51112 Zipping Luther nwtd J &.......................D Bell 2 66173 Our Rick 25.62...................................E Potts 3 78411 Keysile 25.56...............................P Ferguson 4 52114 Bigtime Bret nwtd................................L Cole 5 71221 Bigtime Brody 25.47............................L Cole 6 13442 Thrilling Amigo 24.96....................... K Walsh 7 55643 Ringside nwtd................................R Adcock 8 61113 Sakichi 25.38..............................P Ferguson 12 5.46 FARMLANDS VIRKON WAIKATO CUP HEAT 2 C5q, 457m 1 75112 Bigtime Shadow nwtd.........................L Cole 2 12334 Opawa Viking nwtd..........................S Codlin 3 22313 He’s All Shine nwtd...........................S Lozell 4 51112 Bigtime Tank nwtd...............................L Cole 5 32218 Thrilling Vice 25.48.......................... K Walsh 6 16654 Robson 25.51..............................P Ferguson 7 32112 Silenci 25.65...............................P Ferguson 8 x5368 Opawa Light nwtd..............................E Potts LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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RESULTS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club December 20 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: Icaritos 26.1 Ryan Stoddart, Dylan Stoddart, Mitchell Stoddart; Men: The Fishermen 28.2, Henpecked 29.3; Women: Lynn’s Lassies 29.9; Mixed: Stroke & Poke 29.1 Nearest Pins: Columbus Coffee Vicki Moore, Mac & Maggies Ryan Stoddart, Paul May Motor Peter Wright, Gabites Ltd Arthur Pawsey December 21

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Radius Care Player of the day: Bev Chinn 8621=65 and 43 pts.

Other good scores: Brent MacGregor 42; Jeff Hurst and Dylan Stoddart 41; Adrian Hopwood, Gordon Crawford and Chris Robertson 40; Paul May and Steve McCloy 39; Eric Parr, Grant Hastie, Tufuga Sa, Nick Ralston, Paul Greer and Kevin Smith 38 on c/b.

Twos: Tufuga Sa, Barry Jury, Josh Ackerley, Marilyn Walker, Wendy Parr, Bruce Day, Charlie Alexander and George Brown.

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Charlie Alexander; Rothbury Insurance: Wendy Parr; Value Plus Processing: Barry Jury; South Island Seeds: Paul Greer: Property Brokers #6: Paul May Charming Thai Longest Putt: Ron Carlson; Tinwald Tavern Lucky Prize: Ryan Stoddart

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■■ Tennis

Birdie Jackpot: # 2; Nett Eagles Jackpot: #5

■■ Shooting

DRAWS

Mid Canterbury Tennis December 19, Sunset Doubles Division 1: Heineken Openers 3½ v Coasters 2½, Croziers Turkeys 4 v Cates Grain & Seed 2, AFC 6 v Lakers 0, Geraldine 4½ v Double Faults 1½.

Division 2: Cream of the Crop 2 v Ruapuna 4, B Team 0 v Ball Wackers 6, Winchmore 3 v Faultless 3, Agitated Panda 5 v New Boys 1, Carrfields 2½ v Court Nite 3½.

Division 3: Backspin 6 v Miss Hits 0, I’d Hit That – PB 6 v Willies Wonkers 0, Read Revellers 2 v Rough Enough 4, 4 Aces 4 v Farm & Kitchen 2, Wanna Bees 2 v The Ladies 4, RMF Silva – Great Sets 6 v In with a Shot 0.

Ashburton District Rifle Club December 22 At 600 yards. TR, John Snowden 50.5, 50.5, 100.10, Allan White 50.4, 49.4, 99.8, Martin Fleming 50.5, 49.2, 99.7, John Fleming 47.2, 47.0, 94.2, Brian Hawksby 47.5, 46.2, 93.7, John Miller 45.2, 48.2, 93.4, FTR, Brian Graystone 54.2, 52.0, 106.2, Mark Alexander 49.0, 54.0, 103.0, Murray Cook 50.2, 52.0, 102.2, Coby Snowden 50.3, 51.2, 101.5, George Cuthbert 46.0, 45.0, 91.0.

FO, Mike Chui 56.2, 55.3, 111.5.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club December 28 The Summer Stableford rounds continue and the third qualifying round for the Property Brokers shootout will be held. Mixed days over summer.

Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 12noon for a 12.30pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

ASHBURTON ANGLICAN PARISH CHILDREN’S TWILIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE

Christmas Church Services

Celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with us: CHRISTMAS EVE Carol Service 7pm with the support of the Ashburton Silver Band

All welcome Cnr Cass & Cameron Streets.

Ph 308 7610

7pm at St Stephen’s Church, 64 Park Street

CHRISTMAS EVE

“Transforming Lives through Gospel Power”

At St Andrew’s, 151 Thomson Street CHRISTMAS EUCHARIST at 9pm At St Stephen’s, 64 Park Street MIDNIGHT EUCHARIST at 11.15pm

Christmas Day Service

At St Stephen’s, 64 Park Street

63 Princes Street 9.30am

You are welcome Rev. David Bayne Ph 307 7355

Celebrate Christmas with Us!

St David’s Church in Allenton 67 Cass Street Phone 3085409

www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

St David’s Candlelight Service

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Services Ph: 308 8042 email: standrew@ ashburton.co.nz

Everyone Welcome

ALL VERY WELCOME

St David’s Union Church 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Ph 308 5174

Minister Reverend Johanna Warren.

DAY

Family and community BBQ and children’s activities

Christmas Eve Service - 8pm Greenstreet

11.15pm

Christmas Day 9.30am

SUNDAY SERVICES - January Holy Communion 10am at St Stephen’s, 64 Park Street 10am at St Andrew’s, 151 Thomson Street

WEDNESDAY COMMUNION SERVICES From January 8, 10am at St Stephen’s, 64 Park Street Parish office: Phone 308 5438 Email: stephash@xtra.co.nz

Mid Canterbury Catholic Churches

Christmas Services

Wednesday, December 25, 9.30am

CHRISTMAS DAY 9.30am CHRISTMAS

December 22 3pm

CHRISTMAS EUCHARIST at 10am

Hakatere Presbyterian Church

December 22 Thomson Street, Carol Service 10am December 24 Lagmhor Church, Carol Service 7pm December 25 Oxford Street, Christmas Day 9am

Sunday, December 22 10am

in the Sinclair Centre

warmly welcome you to celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus with us.

CHRISTMAS DAY

Ashburton, Methven, Rakaia, Tinwald Tuesday, December 24 6pm – Ashburton 6pm – Rakaia 9pm – Methven 9pm – Ashburton

Wednesday, December 25 8.30am – Tinwald 10am – Ashburton

Daily Events TUESDAY

- Family Mass - Carols from 5.45pm - Carols from 5.30pm - Carols from 8.30pm - Carols from 8.30pm

We welcome you

Dec 24, 25 & 26, 2019 Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy duo and The Great Santa Hunt around the museum, plus hands on activities for kids free. West Street Ashburton.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

7pm HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Christmas Eve Service at Lagmhor Church led

by Rev Johanna Warren, all welcome, Lagmhor Church, Jacksons Road, off Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road.

7pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Children’s Christmas Twilight Service, Park Street.

8pm ASHBURTON NEW LIFE. Christmas Eve Service, carols, dance and more.

58 Melcombe Street, Tinwald.

8pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Greenstreet Christmas Eve Service, Greenstreet Staveley Road.

9pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Christmas Eucharist, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

11.15pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Christmas Eve Supper followed by Christmas Eve Worship, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

11.15pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Midnight Christmas Eucharist, Park Street.

WEDNESDAY (Christmas Day)

9am METHODIST CHURCH. Christmas Day service with Rev Heather Kennedy. Paterson’s Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets.

9am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Christmas Day service led by Rev Johanna Warren, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Christmas morning worship, 48 Allens Road.

9.30am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Christmas morning service. Park Street.

THURSDAY (Boxing Day)

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy duo and The Great Santa Hunt around the museum, plus hands on activities for kids free. West St Ashburton.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Rd.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art

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RURAL TRADING POST FOR SALE

HUNTAWAY pups. Well-bred and raised. Ready to go now, have been vet checked, had their shots etc. $400 each. Phone Timaru 027 367 5556 for more information.

RAFFLES Lions Club of Ashburton Pakeke Christmas Stocking Raffle Results 1st - Willi Chapman 2nd - Judy Chisholm 3rd - Joan Healey Prize winners have been notified.

Prizes Kindly Sponsored by: Barkers of Geraldine Bunnings Warehouse Countdown North Countdown South Harvey’s Bakehouse Mega 10 Netherby Meats New World Placemakers Sim’s Bakery Tinwald Super Value

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BEAUTIFUL $20 bouquets, $40 flower boxes, available at our shop. Cash only, or order and pay by internet banking. Open daily and Christmas Eve until 8pm phone 027 695 0992 to order.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

HOPE, attractive and busty.

Available for appointments.

No texting. Also available through-out Christmas and New Year. Please phone 021 027 59055.

LOST, FOUND

LOST - Black box containing hearing aids. Lost in car park between East and West streets, Ashburton on Monday, N.Z & & Brokernet Ltd. bers of NZBrokers I.B.A.N.Z December & NZ Brokernet N.Z 16, 2019. Rewards & Brokernet NZ Ltd. NZ Ltd. offered. & Brokernet NZ Ltd. Phone 027 562 6773.

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EMILY and Celine available, new to town, Asian ladies, 6, sexy wide body, Chinese 20mm high xsize 30.7mm prostate massage. In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

NEW season potatoes $2.50/ kg, 81 Elizabeth Street, Ashburton.

Christmas orders taken. Phone 308 3195 or 027 531 9103.

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Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

Weekend Services

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

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For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

Pharmacies

Lifeline

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will Toll-free: 0800 353 353. be open from 10am - 12 noon Wednesday (Christmas Day), OMMUNITY from 10am - 1pm Thursday (Boxing Day).

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Ashburton Rest Homes

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

Emergency Dentist

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Tinwald Medical Practice, Archibald Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Wednesday (Christmas Day) until Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

8am Thursday (Boxing Day) from 10am to 12 noon and 6pm ELPLINE ERVICES to 7pm. No appointment necessary.

Alcoholics Anonymous Sealy Street Medical, Sealy Street, Ashburton, will be the Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) duty practice for Thursday (Boxing Day) until 8am Friday. or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Consultation will be by appointment only.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, Ask for the Crisis Team.

New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Phone 03 364 8791 Methven & Rakaia Area For weekend and emergency services please phone Victims Support Group Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical 24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the Direct dials to a volunteer. after-hours service each weekend.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates outside of these hours leave a message.

24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number Alcohol Drug Help Line to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered Call us free on (0800 787 797). nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days. advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

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Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. closed on: Wednesday, December 25, 2019.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

The Ashburton Resource Recovery Parks will also be closed on: Thursday, December 26, 2019.

RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS

Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Ashburton Museum

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter Contact - President 021 1356 969.

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Full emergency service all weekend.

Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 Mail Closing Times noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday POST DELIVERY CENTRES clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

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April 2019 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

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Above – Aaron Briggs and Ben Wilkinson were two players to take part in the Hinds Squash Open.

Above left – A huge number of young competitors turned out for the Figure Fitness Duathlon.

Left – Sam Willis helped Mid Canterbury United make a winning start to their first look into Mainland’s Division One competition.

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Above – The South Island Secondary Schools’ mountain biking championships were held on Mt Hutt.

Left – Charlotte McKenzie was in sharp form at the Target Shooting Mid Canterbury Open.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The bottom line is that you have to do things to remember them. Memories are created with action. Being told something or experiencing it passively as an audience member of a show leads to forgetting.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You will find the right match for what you’re offering, though not right away. You’ll start with situations that work well on some levels but not others, and you’ll learn from this so later you create an amazing fit.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Ideas live longer than people.

Ideas can change what people cannot, scale macro or micro, alter landscapes, oceans, asteroids, atoms. Given the power of ideas, shouldn’t you be having more of them?

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The options haven’t always been conducive to living life your way, but you didn’t let that stop you from dreaming.

Now you have choices you didn’t have back there. Act. Move and make things happen.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Taking the high road has so many benefits beyond morality that it could even be considered a strategy, and certainly one you’ll never regret, no matter how the other person happens to play it.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Be the chooser instead of the chosen. You know enough about who and what is out there to make good decisions. If you wait until someone picks you, you won’t get the chance to pursue your own interests.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s all coming together in a way that will defy expectation and explanation.

So have faith, keep doing the work and don’t worry. Worry ruins the process, which later you’ll realise was the best part all along.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Sure, you’re known for being serious about your endeavours and intense in your affections, but you can lighten up with the best of them. Your lightheartedness gives a lift to all around you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Prioritising your mental and spiritual wellness means different things at different times. Right now, it’s a matter of pacing yourself and being satisfied that whatever you’re doing is enough.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It was once just a little idea, and now it’s hogging the dance floor of your mind. This song needs singing. Express it. Let it pop from your mouth the first moment that seems spacious enough.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Warm exchanges happen with those you know well and those you don’t. The former will be sweet, the latter enchanting. Socialising is work though. And so, for best results, take breaks.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You do the happy things, and then joy courses through your being. Your passion will inspire, and even those who don’t share your interests will be uplifted.

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CONWAY, Angela Monica – 9.01.1936 – 22.12.2019 Passed away peacefully at home, Ashburton. Aged 83 years. Loved wife of Richard, loved mother and mother-inlaw of Catherine and Michael, Rachel and Richard, Hamish and Alice. Loved Oma of Alex, Oliver and Tilly; Sophia and James; Max and Millie.

And loved special friend of Olive, her extended daughter.

She will be greatly missed.

Messages to PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

A celebration of Angela’s life will be held at the Sinclair Community Centre at St Andrew's, Park Street, Ashburton on MONDAY, December 30 commencing at 3pm. Followed by a private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

PALMER, Pauline Marie – On December 22, 2019, passed away suddenly but peacefully at her home, Ashburton. Aged 80 years.

Dearly loved wife of the late Des Santy. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of the late Sue, and Jonathan Reveley, and Michael (Perth).

Cherished and much loved Gran of Ben and Jessie, Todd, Matt and Jemma and much loved great Gran of Hailey-Marie, Evah, Lachlan, and Oscar. Special friend of Kim, Megan, and Amy. Messages to the Reveley family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Funeral details to follow.

DYER, Margaret – The family of the late Margaret wish to extend their sincere gratitude to those who have offered such kindness, support and messages of sympathy and comfort. Please accept this acknowledgement as a personal thank you.

Loved, Missed, Remembered.

Rose and Phil Nicholson, James and Pam Dyer and families.

ESLER, Kate Coreen (Katie) (nee Wainwright) – Taken too soon, peacefully at Ashburton Hospital on Sunday, December 22, 2019, aged 35 years. Dearly loved and cherished wife of Hamish. Much loved and devoted Mum of Holly and Ryan. Cherished daughter of John and Julie Wainwright (Timaru). A loved sister and sister-in-law of Matt and Jillisa, Bex and Nick, Simon, and Stacey and Greg. Loved daughter-in-law of Diana and Angus and Jim and Julie. A good friend to many.

Messages to 75 Pages Road, Ashburton 7700. Special thanks to the District Nurses and staff at Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital. Katie will be farewell at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on MONDAY, December 30 commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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FRIDAY and Mackenzie; Jackson, and Additional inscriptions, Timaru showers 17 10 Fine with increasing high cloud. A few spots Cleaning and Concrete work Morgan; and Joseph. Loved THURSDAY Carried out by qualified of rain possible from afternoon. Northerlies. great grandad of Grayson. A Morning cloud and patchy rain or drizzle, Queenstown showers 19 9 tradesmen. service for Alister will be held then becoming fine. However, isolated SATURDAY at St Thomas Church, Church 620 East Street Ashburton Dunedin showers 15 11 showers return for a time in the afternoon.

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10pm The Radical Story Of Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Patty Hearst AO 0 Jude Law, Jack Black. 0

12:15 Billy Connolly And Me AO 3 0 1:10 Kath And Kim AO 3 0 1:35 Mrs Brown’s Boys AO 3 0 5:35 Fishing And Adventure 3 In the Hauraki Gulf, the boys experience the feeding frenzy brought about by the huge numbers of dolphins and gannets. 0

11:05 M The Night Before AO 2015 Comedy. 0 12:50 Happy Endings PGR 3 0 1:10 Kevin Can Wait 0 1:35 Suburgatory PGR 3 0 1:55 Less Than Perfect PGR 3 0 2:20 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 2:45 Scrubs PGR 3 0 3:05 The Crystal Maze 3 0 3:55 Home Improvement 3 0 4:50 Girl Meets World 3 0 5:15 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 5:25 Powerpuff Girls 3 0

11:20 NCIS – LA AO 3 0 12:15 M Bad Blood AO 2015 Thriller. Taylor Cole, Billy Miller, Christine Adams.

1:40 M Deadly Shores AO 2018 Thriller. Carly Schroeder.

3:10 M Degrees Of Fear AO 2018 Thriller. 4:40 M 4 Wedding Planners AO 2011 Comedy.

Corries of Christmas Past 9:25pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 11:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:30 Backyard Envy 3 1:30 Below Deck – Mediterranean PGR 3 2:30 Four Weddings UK 3 3:30 The People’s Court 4:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 Dress To Impress 3 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 8:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 9:30 Botched AO 10:30 Snapped PGR 11:30 Cults And Extreme Belief AO 3

Christmas Day

12:20 M Valentine’s Day AO 3 2010 Romantic Comedy.

Jessica Alba, Jamie Foxx.

1:50 M Jersey Girl PGR 3 2004 Comedy Drama.

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler. 4am Snapped PGR 3 5am The People’s Court 3

The Holiday

8:40pm on Three

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!

MVL 8:05 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 8:30 Ice Road Truckers ML 9:15 Storage Wars – Texas PG 9:40 CSI MV 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! MVL Noon Jeopardy!

PG 12:20 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:45 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 1:35 The Simpsons PG 2pm Raw Live MVC 5:05 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Storage Wars – Texas PG 6pm Ice Road Truckers ML 7pm Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 7:30 CSI MV 8:30 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 9:30 Combat Dealers PG 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Ice Road Truckers ML Christmas Day 12:05 The Magicians 16VLSC 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! PG 1:40 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 2:05 Combat Dealers PG 2:50 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Storage Wars – Texas PG 4:50 CSI MV

11pm Ballers AO 12:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 1:05 Closedown 5:30 Go South 3

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:28 Close Up – Bradley Cooper PG 7:58 Charlotte’s Song 16VLSC 2015 Drama.

Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager.

9:25 Fallen MVL 2016 Drama. Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine. 10:55 The Prodigy 16VLC 2019 Horror.

Taylor Schilling, Peter Mooney.

12:25 Breaking In 16VL 2018 Action. Gabrielle Union, Billy Burke. 1:55 Venom MVL 2018 Action. Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams.

3:45 Charlotte’s Song 16VLSC 2015 Drama.

Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager.

5:15 The Strangers – Prey At Night 16VLC 2017 Horror. Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson. 6:40 Hot Summer Nights 16VLSC 2018 Drama. Timothee Chalamet, Maika Monroe. 8:30 The Institute 16VSC 2019 Thriller.

Subjected to violent pseudoscientific experiments, a woman must escape from the Rosewood Institute or be lost.

James Franco, Allie Gallerani.

10:15 Sorry To Bother You 16VLSC 2018 Comedy.

LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson.

7:18 We Bought A Zoo PGL 2011 Drama. Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson.

9:18 Elysium 16VL 2013 Action Sci-fi. Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley.

11:05 Life Of Pi PGC 2006 Drama. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan. 1:10 Elysium 16VL 2013 Action Sci-fi.

Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley. 2:57 Anna Karenina MS 2012 Drama. Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Emily Watson.

5:05 Non-Stop MVL 2013 Thriller. Lacey Chabert, Veronica Cartwright, Betsy Russell. 6:50 Hitchcock M 2012 Biography Drama. Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette. 8:30 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama. A careerdriven workaholic undergoes a life change when he intervenes in a convenience store holdup.

Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle.

10:40 Rush Hour 3 MVS 2007 Action. Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan.

CHOICE

6am Gardeners’ World 6:30 River Cottage – Summer’s Here 7:30 Best Cake Wins 8am Animal Park 9am Gourmet Farmer 9:30 Big House, Little House 11:30 James Martin’s French Adventure 12:30 Horizon – The Honesty Experiment 1:30 Britain’s Most Historic Towns 2:30 The Kiwi, The Knight, And The Qashqai 3:30 Wildlife Icons 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie makes stuffed Cypriot chicken with pan-fried asparagus and vine tomatoes, cabbage salad, and St Clement’s and vanilla ice-cream float.

5pm Rachel Khoo – My Swedish Kitchen 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 M Lost Christmas PGR 7pm Whanau Living 3 2011 Drama. As night falls on 7:30 F Carluccio’s 6 Seasons Christmas Eve, an enigmatic PGR 3 man wakes on the streets of 8pm Waka Man 3 Manchester with no memory 8:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 of the past, and the ability 9pm Intake AO 3 to find the lost. Eddie Izzard, 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng.

10pm Whawhai 9:30 Designing Paradise 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 10pm My Floating Home 10:30 American Pickers 6:30 Paia 3 6:40 My Mokai 3 7:10 He Rourou 3 7:20 E Kori 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Ariki 8:30 Hip Hop – NZ Nationals 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 R&R 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 My Party Song 3 11am Tautohetohe 3 Noon IVF World Sprints 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Celebrity Playlist 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 2:30 Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Paia 3 3:10 My Mokai 3 3:40 He Rourou 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 E Ki E Ki 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 5:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

11pm Te Kauta 3 Chat show featuring guests who reminisce about their younger days and some of their naughtiest secrets.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Super Rugby Crusaders Wins (RPL) Hurricanes v Crusaders.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

8am Super Rugby Crusaders Wins (RPL) Crusaders v Brumbies.

10am Super Rugby Crusaders Wins (HLS) Crusaders v Highlanders.

Noon Super Rugby Crusaders Wins (RPL) Crusaders v Lions.

2pm Super Rugby Crusaders Draws (RPL) Crusaders v Sharks.

4pm Super Rugby Crusaders Wins (RPL) Bulls v Crusaders.

From Pretoria.

6pm Super Rugby Crusaders Draws (RPL) Stormers v Crusaders.

From Cape Town.

8pm Super Rugby Crusaders Wins (RPL) Crusaders v Blues.

From Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch.

10pm Super Rugby Crusaders Wins (RPL) Crusaders v Rebels.

From Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch.

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Gardeners’ World 1am Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1:30 Rachel Khoo – My Swedish Kitchen 2am Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour 3am Wildlife Icons 4am Designing Paradise 4:30 My Floating Home 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 2 6am Big Bash (HLS) Strikers v Scorchers.

6:30 Super Smash (HLS) Knights v Aces. From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

7am Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) First Test. From the Waca, Perth.

9am Big Bash (RPL) Strikers v Scorchers.

12:30 Super Smash (HLS) Knights v Aces.

From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

1pm India v West Indies (HLS) Third ODI. From Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.

2pm Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) First Test. From the Waca, Perth.

4pm Big Bash (HLS) Strikers v Scorchers.

4:40 L Big Bash Hurricanes v Renegades.

From Blundstone Arena.

8pm Australia v Blackcaps 1987 (HLS) Boxing Day Test.

From the MCG, Melbourne.

10:15 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) First Test.

From the Waca, Perth.

Christmas Day

12:25 Super Smash (HLS) Knights v Aces. From Seddon Christmas Day Park, Hamilton.

Midnight Super Rugby Christmas Day Christmas Day 1am Big Bash (HLS) Crusaders Wins (RPL) Quarter12:05 My Revolution MC 12:08 I Am Number final – Crusaders v Highlanders. Strikers v Scorchers.

2016 Comedy. Samuel Vincent, Four MV 2011 Sci-fi 2am Super Rugby Crusaders 1:30 Big Bash (HLS) Anamaria Vartolomei.

Action. Alex Pettyfer, Stars v Hurricanes.

1:25 The Strangers – Prey Timothy Olyphant. 1:55 Anna Wins (RPL) Semi-final Two 2am Big Bash (HLS) – Crusaders v Hurricanes.

At Night 16VLC 2017 Horror.

Karenina MS 2012 Drama.

4am Super Rugby Crusaders Hurricanes v Renegades.

2:48 Hot Summer Nights 4am Non-Stop MVL 2013 5:30 Big Bash (HLS) Wins (RPL) Final – Crusaders v 16VLSC 2018 Drama. 4:38 The Thriller. 5:43 Nothing But Strikers v Scorchers.

Jaguares.

Institute 16VSC 2019 Thriller.

Trailers M

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 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

24Dec19

DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG All About the Bass. 7:30 Car Crash TV 7:55 Car Crash TV 8:20 Fast N’ Loud PG Thunderstruck. 9:10 Kindig Customs PG 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M Lost Highway. 12:30 Blood Relatives M It’s Your Funeral.

1:20 Web Of Lies M The Social Media Butterfly. 2:10 Car Crash TV 2:35 Car Crash TV 3pm Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG X Marks the Spot.

3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Lunatic Fringe. 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Bad Bass.

5:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 6:35 Outback Opal Hunters PG 7:30 BattleBots PG 8:30 Expedition Unknown PG Lost Tomb Of The Mummy.

9:25 What On Earth? PG 10:15 Naked And Afraid XL PG Belly of the Beast.

11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Christmas Day

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Wheels That Fail PG 1:10 Wheels That Fail PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Moonshiners M 3:15 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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Wednesday, December 25, 2019 TVNZ 1

TVNZ 2

©TVNZ 2019

6am Alphabetical 3 0 6:50 Sun, Sea, And Brides To Be 3 7:40 Praise Be 3 8:40 Tiny House Nation 3 10:15 Royal Variety Performance PGR 3 0 12:15 Emmerdale PGR 0 1:05 Coronation Street Catchup 3 0 1:50 M The Man From Snowy River PGR 3 1982 Adventure Romance. Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan. 0 3:30 Supershoppers 3:55 Jamie’s Quick And Easy Christmas 3 0 4:45 F Extreme Cake Makers 3 0 5:10 The Celebrity Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 6:50 HM Queen’s Christmas Message Her Majesty the Queen’s Christmas message to the people of the Commonwealth. 0 7pm The Celebrity Chase 0 7:50 Elvis All-Star Tribute 3 0 8:20 Lotto 8:25 Elvis All-Star Tribute 3 0 9:20 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:10 HM Queen’s Christmas Message 3 0 10:20 M You’ve Got Mail 1998 Romance. 0

12:15 Kath And Kim PGR 3 Kimmy is bored, Brett is working 48 hours straight, and Sharon has a new best friend. 0 1:10 Infomercials 5:35 Fishing And Adventure 3 The crew go to the Bay Of Islands for an overnight mission with the challenge to catch a table fish weighing over 10 kilograms.

©TVNZ 2019

6am Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:20 PJ Masks 3 0 6:45 Thomas And Friends 0 7:05 Masha And The Bear 3 0 7:15 MyaGo 3 0 7:20 My Little Pony – Best Gift Ever Christmas 0 8:05 Be Cool Scooby-Doo! 3 0 8:25 The Lion Guard 3 0 8:50 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 9:10 Regular Show 3 0 9:20 We Bare Bears 9:35 Less Than Perfect PGR 3 0 9:55 BlackIsh 3 0 10:20 The Middle 3 0 12:15 American Housewife PGR 3 0 1pm Will And Grace PGR 3 0 1:25 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 2:05 Life In Pieces PGR 0 2:30 M Arthur Christmas PGR 2011 Animated Comedy. 0 4:05 Ellen’s Game Of Games 0 4:55 The Simpsons 3 0 5:15 Celebrity Bake Off NZ 3 0 6:30 M Moana 2016 Animated Adventure. 0

8:05 Jacinda Ardern Presents Goodnight Kiwi The Goodnight Kiwi and Cat are joined by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

8:10 M Wonder PGR 2017 Drama. 0 9:55 F Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:15 F 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0 10:40 Mom PGR 3 0 11pm F The Middle 3 0 11:45 F Happy Endings PGR 3 0 12:10 Suburgatory PGR 3 0 12:30 Less Than Perfect 3 0 12:55 Home Improvement 3 0 1:20 Murphy Brown 1:45 Infomercials 2:45 Army Wives AO 3 0 3:30 Love Island Australia AO 3 4:45 Don’t Tell The Doctor PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

THREE

Richie McCaw – Chasing

Goodnight Kiwi, 8:05pm on TVNZ 2 Great, 7:25pm on Prime

BRAVO 6am Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 6:25 Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 6:50 Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 7:15 Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 7:40 Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 8:05 Four Weddings UK 3 0 8:55 Four Weddings UK 3 0 9:45 Four Weddings UK 3 0 10:40 Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 11:10 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 Noon Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:55 Backyard Envy 3 1:50 Below Deck – Mediterranean PGR 3 2:45 Four Weddings UK PGR 3 3:40 The People’s Court 4:35 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 Dress To Impress 3 7:30 Botched – Most Outrageous Patients PGR 3 8pm Botched – Most Outrageous Rejects PGR 3 8:30 Paramedics – Life On The Line AO 9:30 Emma Willis – Delivering Babies AO 10:30 Snapped PGR 3 11pm Snapped PGR 11:30 Snapped – She Made Me Do It PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:20 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:40 The Simpsons PG 7:05 Charmed M 7:50 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 8:15 Ice Road Truckers ML 9am Storage Wars – Texas PG 9:25 Pawn Stars PG 9:45 CSI MV 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Charmed M 11:50 Jeopardy! PG 12:10 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:30 Combat Dealers PG 1:15 Pawn Stars PG 1:35 Pawn Stars PG 2pm World’s Wildest Weather PGV 2:45 CSI MV 3:30 Charmed M 4:10 The Simpsons PG 4:35 Jeopardy!

PG 4:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:15 Storage Wars – Texas PG 5:40 Ice Road Truckers ML 6:25 Pawn Stars PG 6:45 Pawn Stars PG 7:10 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 7:35 CSI MV 8:20 The Force MC 9:10 Piha Rescue PG 9:35 Piha Rescue PG 10pm Helicopter ER M 10:45 SVU MV 11:30 Ice Road Truckers ML

Thursday

12:15 Charmed M 1am Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! PG 1:40 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 2:05 Helicopter ER M 2:50 Piha Rescue PG 3:15 The Force MC 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Storage Wars – Texas PG 4:50 CSI MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

MAORI

CHOICE

6am Go South 3 Continues – a journey from Auckland to the deep south, with an immersive soundscape.

9am Go South 3 Continues – a journey from Auckland to the deep south, with an immersive soundscape.

Noon Go South 3 Continues – a journey from Auckland to the deep south, with an immersive soundscape.

3pm Go South 3 Continues – a journey from Auckland to the deep south, with an immersive soundscape.

5:30 Prime News News, sport and weather, with updates through the night.

6pm World Endurance Championship (HLS) 7pm Storage Hunters PGR 0 7:25 M Richie McCaw – Chasing Great 3 2016 Documentary.

A look at the private life of rugby great Richie McCaw. Stuart Barnes, Tom Benge, Aston Bentham. 0 9:20 Underarm PGR 3 0 10:10 Ballers AO

6:05 Gardeners’ World 6:30 Fabulous Baker Brothers 7:15 Better Homes And Gardens 8:05 Reindeer, Family, And Me 8:50 Tiny House Nation 9:30 Hairy Bikers – Home For Christmas 10:15 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 11:30 Tiny House Nation 12:15 Posh Pawn 1pm M Lost Christmas PGR 2011 Drama. Eddie Izzard, Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng. 2:30 M What We Did On Our Holiday PGR 2014 Comedy. David Tennant, Rosamund Pike. 4pm Travel Man – 96 Hours In Jordan Christmas Special 4:45 Sue Perkins And The Chimp Sanctuary 5:30 M Barnyard PGR 2006 Animated. An irresponsible barnyard cow finds the courage to be a leader.

7pm M Lost Christmas 7pm M Surviving Christmas PGR 2011 Drama.

AO 2004 Comedy.

As night falls on Christmas 8:30 M The Love Punch Eve, an enigmatic man wakes PGR 2013 Comedy. on the streets of Manchester 10pm M 20 Feet From with no memory of the past, Stardom AO 2013 and the ability to find the lost.

Documentary.

8:30 M Dreamgirls True story of the backup AO 2006 Musical Drama. singers behind some of the 10:55 Te Ao – Maori News 3 greatest musical legends of the 21st century.

11:15 American Dad PGR 3 Roger converts to Judaism, and sets out to make Hanukkah more popular than Christmas.

11:35 Entertainment Tonight News stories on celebrities, film, television, music, fashion, award shows and special events.

Midnight Infomercials

11:15 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

Midnight Closedown

11:25 Koroua 3 A series of conversations profiling some of the last remaining Maori male elders, focusing on the transition of Maori from before urbanisation to the present day.

11:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

Jacinda Ardern Presents

PRIME

6am Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 6:45 Coca-Cola Christmas In The Park 3 0 7:30 A Christmas Feast With Peter Kuruvita 3 8:25 M Snowmance PGR 3 2017 Romance. Ashley Newbrough, Jesse Hutch, Adam Hurtig. 0 9:55 M A Taste Of Christmas PGR 3 2017 Romance.

Laura Bell Bundy, Brendon Zub. 0 11:20 M Christmas With The Andersons 3 2016 Family Comedy. 0 12:50 M Christmas Comes Home To Canaan PGR 3 2011 Romantic Drama. 0 2:20 M A Cinderella Christmas PGR 3 2016 Romance. 0 3:55 It’s A Wild Christmas 3 0 4:50 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5:35 Modern Family 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Daddy’s Home PGR 2015 Comedy. 0 8:40 M Love Actually PGR 3 2003 Comedy Drama.

A look at the love lives of eight very different London couples in the month before Christmas. 0 10:50 Bob’s Burgers PGR

MOVIES GREATS

6:13 Hitchcock M 2012 Biography Drama.

Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette. 7:55 Rush Hour 3 MVS 2007 Action.

Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan.

9:25 I Am Number Four MV 2011 Sci-fi Action. Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant. 11:12 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama. Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle.

1:19 Dinner For Schmucks MLS 2010 Comedy. Steve Carell, Paul Rudd. 3:11 Gravity MLC 2013 Drama. Sandra Bullock, George Clooney. 4:42 Grown Ups 2 PGVLS 2013 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

6:22 Fast And Furious 6 MV 2013 Action. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson.

8:30 10 Things I Hate About You PGS 1999 Romantic Comedy. A modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew, in which a woman tries to find a partner for her elder sister.

Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles.

10:05 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. Seth Rogen, Thursday Zac Efron, Rose Byrne.

12:05 The Work Wife 11:40 Dinner For Schmucks 16VC 2018 Thriller.

Kevin Sizemore, Cerina Vincent. MLS 2010 Comedy. Steve Carell, Paul Rudd.

1:30 Green Book ML 2018 Drama. Viggo Mortensen, Thursday Mahershala Ali. 3:35 Cold 1:32 Gravity MLC 2013 Drama.

Pursuit 16VLSC 2019 Action.

3am Grown Ups 2 PGVLS 2013 5:30 The Meg MLC 2018 Comedy. 4:38 Fast And Action.

Furious 6 MV 2013 Action.

6:13 Sorry To Bother You 16VLSC 2018 Comedy.

LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson. 8:03 My Revolution MC 2016 Comedy. Samuel Vincent, Anamaria Vartolomei.

9:23 Hot Summer Nights 16VLSC 2018 Drama.

Timothee Chalamet, Maika Monroe. 11:13 The Institute 16VSC 2019 Thriller. James Franco, Allie Gallerani. 12:50 Sorry To Bother You 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson.

2:40 Green Book ML 2018 Drama. Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali. 4:50 Spitfire PGL 2018 Documentary.

6:30 Cold Pursuit 16VLSC 2019 Action. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern. 8:30 The Meg MLC 2018 Action. After being attacked by a 23-metre-long shark, Jonas Taylor and his crew must take down one of the deadliest predators of all time. Jason Statham, Cliff Curtis.

10:25 Pet Sematary 16VLC 2019 Horror. Jason Clarke, John Lithgow.

6:30 Paia 3 6:40 Pukoro 7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 Pipi Ma 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Darwin + Newts 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 8am Ariki 8:30 Road To The Nats 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 R&R 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 10:30 My Party Song 3 11am Tautohetohe 3 Noon IVF World Sprints 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Celebrity Playlist 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Paia 3 3:10 Pukoro 2 3:40 Tamariki Haka 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 Pipi Ma 4pm Potae Pai 3 4:10 Darwin + Newts 3 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Stand Up Stand Out ’19 5:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

SKY SPORT 1 6am National Top Four First XV (HLS) Co-ed Final – St Kentigern College v Fielding High School. 6:30 National Top Four First XV (HLS) Girls’ Final – Christchurch Girls’ v Hamilton Girls’. 7am National Top Four First XV (HLS) Boys’ Final – King’s College v Hastings Boys’. 7:30 Farah Palmer Cup – Championship Final (HLS) Otago v Hawke’s Bay. 8am Mitre 10 Cup – Championship Final (HLS) Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay. 8:30 Farah Palmer Cup – Premiership Final (HLS) Canterbury v Auckland. 9am Mitre 10 Cup – Premiership Final (HLS) Tasman v Wellington.

9:30 Super Rugby Final (RPL) Crusaders v Jaguares.

10am Black Ferns Wins (RPL) Canada v Black Ferns.

Noon All Blacks Wins (RPL) All Blacks v Pumas. 2pm Black Ferns Wins (RPL) Black Ferns v USA. 4pm All Blacks Draw (RPL) All Blacks v South Africa.

6pm Black Ferns Wins (RPL) Black Ferns v England.

8pm All Blacks Wins (RPL) All Blacks v Wallabies.

10pm Black Ferns Wins (RPL) Black Ferns v Australia.

Thursday

Midnight All Blacks Wins (RPL) All Blacks v Tonga.

2am Black Ferns Wins (RPL) Black Ferns v Australia.

4am Maori All Blacks Wins (RPL) Maori All Blacks v Fiji.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 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

Midnight Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour 1am Posh Pawn 2am M Surviving Christmas AO 2004 Comedy.

Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate.

4am Tiny House Nation 5am Reindeer, Family, And Me

SKY SPORT 2 6am Big Bash (HLS) Hurricanes v Renegades.

6:30 Australia v Blackcaps 1987 (HLS) Boxing Day Test.

From the MCG, Melbourne.

9am Big Bash (HLS) Hurricanes v Renegades.

12:30 Australia v Blackcaps 1985 (HLS) First Test.

From the Gabba, Brisbane.

2:30 Australia v Blackcaps 1985 (HLS) Second Test.

From the Sydney Cricket Ground.

4:30 Australia v Blackcaps 1985 (HLS) From the Waca, Perth.

6:30 Australia v Blackcaps 1987 (HLS) Boxing Day Test.

From the MCG, Melbourne.

8:45 Australia v Blackcaps 2011 (HLS) Second Test.

From Bellerive Oval, Hobart.

11:15 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) First Test.

From the Waca, Perth.

Thursday

1:15 Australia v Blackcaps 1985 First Test.

From the Gabba, Brisbane.

3:15 Australia v Blackcaps 1985 (HLS) Second Test.

From the Sydney Cricket Ground.

5:15 Australia v Blackcaps 1985 (HLS) Third Test.

From the Waca, Perth.

25Dec19

DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG Bad Bass. 7:30 Wheels That Fail PG 7:55 Wheels That Fail PG 8:20 BattleBots PG 9:10 Expedition Unknown PG Lost Tomb Of The Mummy.

10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M Double-Crossed. 12:30 Blood Relatives M A Brother’s Blood. 1:20 American Monster M Don’t Forget Me. 2:10 Wheels That Fail PG 2:35 Wheels That Fail PG 3pm Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG The Jungle Strikes Back. 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG New Captain on the Block.

4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Model A Madness. 5:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG No Time for Redemption.

7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Bears Descend.

8:30 Alaskan Bush People PG Clear and Pheasant Danger.

9:25 Raising Wild PG Trial by Fire. 10:15 Moonshiners M 11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Thursday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Wheels That Fail PG 1:10 Wheels That Fail PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Moonshiners M 3:15 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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24 Ashburton Guardian

Jonny lines up cup hope P15

A look at sport in April P19

Ashburton’s Wendy Suttie rolls another one down.

Bowlers fail to fire

By Matt Markham

mtt.m@theguardian.co.nz

There was no progression to Bowls Canterbury’s Finals Weekend later in the season for the Mid Canterbury contingent competing in the Centre Pairs on the weekend, but there were some good showings from those in action.

Playing across Canterbury on

Saturday in the section play stage of the competition a number of Mid Canterbury names featured among the players, including at Methven where the women’s pairs were played.

There, Ashburton’s Rachel Davies and Wendy Suttie along with Allenton’s Sandra Keith and Noeline Woods stepped out onto familiar territory in a bid to earn

the right to make it through to the post section play stage of the competition on the Sunday.

However, only Davies would.

She and Suttie did the necessary to head to Belfast on Sunday morning to play, but that was where their bid stopped, out in the first round when beaten by Chris Kibblewhite from the Elmwood Park club.

Keith and Woods both failed to make it through to the next stage.

In the men’s competition, Allenton’s Alec Crawford and Hinds bowler, Alan Hill both had teams engaged in the action.

They played at Leeston against 14 other pairings in a competition where 64 pairings across four greens were in action.

Neither made it through to the tournament’s knockout stage the next day, but Methven’s Craig Carter, who plays out of Bowls Hornby did.

He was also playing at Leeston on Saturday but like Davies, his day was short on Sunday, put out in his first game when he was beaten by Burnside’s Graeme Rees.

Warner sounds a warning for Black Caps’ bowlers Australian opening batsman David Warner has warned the Black Caps will be wasting their time with the bowling tactics they used in the opening test defeat in Perth.

The Black Caps bowled short and at the body of the Australian batsmen, which dried up the runs in Perth and has been a big talking point despite the host’s im-

pressive 296-run victory.

Aussie batsman Steve Smith was out to short-pitched bowling from Neil Wagner in each innings with commentator Kerry O’Keeffe labelling him the “modern day Bradman”.

Cricket fans will know the most effective strategy to Bradman was also one of the darkest days in

cricket with Bodyline, which was used in the 1932-33 series between Australia and England.

With a green and more livelier pitch expected for the second test in Melbourne starting Boxing Day, Warner says short deliveries would be a waste.

“If they’re talking about it being a green wicket and they bowl

short, then you are probably wasting it aren’t you?” said Warner, who has scored two hundreds in his last two appearances at the MCG. “For us it’s just another game and if Wags (Kiwi paceman Neil Wagner) does what he does normally, then we just have to play it accordingly.”

The Black Caps may beg to disagree.

Wagner’s short bowling approach has worked time and time again against different teams and on different surfaces. Before the series in Australia, more than 64 per cent of Wagner’s test wickets were taken from short balls, according to Cricinfo.

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