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Plans are under way for a new multimillion dollar fish screen to deter salmon from entering the Rangitata Diversion Race system. RDR chief executive Ben Curry said the irrigation company had applied for resource consent to replace the existing bio-acoustic fish fence with some form of physical screen. The existing fence creates a shield of bubbles, which, combined with noise from underwater speakers, divert fish way from the irrigation canal and back into the Rangitata River. It was expected to prevent 80 per cent of salmon from entering the irrigation system, however the results have been disappointing. Recent reports commissioned by Environment Canterbury have shown the fence only to be about 30 per cent effective. “The current system hasn’t met our expectations and hasn’t met the expectations of the manufacturers,” Curry said. “The biggest issues are the turbidity (water colour) and the speed that it moves through the screen.” The RDR takes 30 cubic metres a second (cumecs) from the river and that is bound to have some impact on salmon numbers, Curry said. However, he said that effect has been known for the last 70 years, since the irrigation scheme was developed, and recent concerns about the low numbers of fish returning to spawning grounds cannot be blamed solely on the RDR. “Despite the disappointment with the

Ben Curry performance of the current fish screen, we have a fish screen there. While it is not diverting 80 per cent of the fish it is diverting some of the fish. I would argue that there has been an improvement in the past 10 years,” Curry said. The company’s management board have been working with experts to develop a design for a physical screen which has been submitted to Environment Canterbury for approval. The next hurdle will be to find a costefficient way to stop the high levels of sand and vegetation suspended in the river water choking a physical screen. He anticipates the new fence will be installed in the same general location as the current screen, near the RDR intake to comply with an existing Water Order on the river. The resource consent is tied to the proposal to build a large scale water storage facility further downstream and Curry anticipates Environment Canterbury commissioners will hear the matter in the next few months.

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■ METHVEN

Crossing plan canned

Good rain, but not quite that much

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Methven Community Board members are disappointed a proposal for a new pedestrian crossing has hit the dust. Ashburton District Council graduate engineer roading Jeremy Lambert prepared a report on the board’s pedestrian crossing suggestion, which was

accepted at the board’s first meeting of the year yesterday. “The peak hourly traffic volume on Methven Chertsey Road does not meet the required number for crossing aids to be considered,” Lambert said. “Installing a crossing aid will not improve the already good level of safety.”

Board chairman Dan McLaughlin praised the thoroughness of the report following the meeting yesterday. While board members were disappointed at the idea going no further, they now were considering pursuing the extension of a footpath up Methven Chertsey Road to make walking along the road safer.

The road was heavily used by pedestrians on school days as they accessed after-school sports at the nearby domain. The board had asked the council to look at this year’s budget to see if such a job could be fitted into the works programme, otherwise the idea would be submitted for next year’s annual plan.

■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY

Two new solo exhibitions ready to open The Ashburton Art Gallery is hitting the ground running in the New Year, with two new solo exhibitions set to open on January 29. From January 30 to February 25, Dunedin-based artist, James Robinson will display his work, Strange Attractor, in the Colin Redmond Gallery. Robinson is regarded as a significant New Zealand artist known for his honest and immediate approach. He was the Paramount Winner of the Wallace Art Awards in 2007, and has held numerous prestigious residencies at the Sarjeant (Wanganui), the McCahon Trust (Auckland) as well as the William Hodges in Southland and others in New York and Berlin. In August 2014, he was awarded a year-long residency near Melbourne, Australia. Also, opening on the same day, is an exhibition of recent works by South Canterbury artist, Michael Armstrong (January 30 to March 26). The majority of paintings in The Blurred Fringe of the Hyperbolic are on canvas, as well as drawings and sculptures exploring political, philosophical and scientific environments. Armstrong has more than four decades of exhibiting his-

Methven received a good dousing of rain over the weekend, but not as much as was measured at its MetService weather station. The MetService reported on its website that 83.1 millimetres fell in Methven on Sunday, however, the figure was incorrect, due to a malfunction in equipment at the site. Meteorologist Kyle Lee said yesterday the level of rainfall would have been more around the 30 to 35 millimetres, as reflected in surrounding weather stations. “One station is obviously overdoing it,” Lee said. Ashburton received 16.8 millimetres on Sunday, following 2.6 millimetres on Saturday. A low pressure system that moved over the country with an accompanying front was responsible for the wet and cool weather.

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Francis Hodgkins Fellowship which he held in 1984. Both exhibitions open at the Art Gallery on Sunday, January 29 at 2pm. Both artists will be attendance, with Robinson giving a

tory, graduating from University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 1976. He has been a tutor in art at the Timaru Aoraki Polytechnic since 1994 and his many awards include the prestigious

floor talk of his exhibition and will include a musical performance by Melbourne sound artist, Seth Rees. It is a free public event and all are welcome to attend at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

From P1 A tai chi ‘Have A Go Day’ attracted a number of budding enthusiasts to the St John Rooms, yesterday. Regular classes are held weekly, but Monday’s session was about encouraging beginners to come along and experience the ancient craft. Local tutors include, Helen Patterson who co-ordinates the beginner classes, and Christine Widdowson who runs the more experienced lessons. Widdowson said nine people participated in total. “Tai chi has been in Ashburton since 2001 and has built up a strong base of people,” she said. “It’s a gentle, but very effective form of exercise. It takes people away from the busyness of life and is calming and harmonising for the body.”

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Gearing up for NZ conference By SuSan SandyS

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The countdown is on for Methven Community Board members as they prepare to host the 2017 Community Boards Conference in May. About 240 people from boards throughout New Zealand are expected to converge on the town. The conference is held nationally every second year, bringing together members of community boards throughout the country, in order to share practice and host the community board awards. Yesterday, the Methven board held its first meeting of the year, and New Zealand Community Board Executive Committee chairman Mick Lester, a member of the Hastings Rural Community Board, attended. Lester was excited about the upcoming conference, to be held May 12 and 13, and impressed with the enthusiasm of the hosting board. “As a national body it makes

In brief Speeding cops pinged Police officers have been fined more than $160,000 in just nine months, for almost 800 speeding offences. In the year to September 30, 776 police vehicles were pinged for speeding, 64 of which were travelling more than 50km/h over the speed limit. Police Association president Chris Cahill said most officers who were fined accepted they were in the wrong. “Unless they can justify that for emergency reasons they have to pay. But we are only human.” - NZME

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New Zealand Community Board Executive Committee chairman Mick Lester (right) met Methven Community Board members yesterday, including board chairman Dan McLaughlin. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 230117-SS-0015

such a difference to us when we have the host wanting to make the conference as one that peo-

ple will remember,” Lester said. Board chairman Dan McLaughlin said the confer-

ence would be a good opportunity to highlight the profile of Methven.

Protestors launch action out of Ashburton By SuSan SandyS

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About 24 environmental activists launched themselves out of Ashburton to stage protest action at Fonterra’s Clandeboye dairy factory yesterday. Coal Action Network members from throughout New Zealand held their annual summerfest in the town over the weekend, and got an early start on Monday when they turned up at the factory with placards. Five people, including student Charlie Montague, farmer Mike Dumbar, grandmothers Rosemary Penwarden and Jill Whitmore and former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons, chained themselves to an entry gate for more than four hours to prevent coal being delivered. Later in the morning they blocked a second gate, claiming it disrupted traffic flow around

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Protestors were chained to the Fonterra Clandeboye entry gate yesterday and included former Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons (fifth from left). PHOTO SHANNON GILMORE the plant. They dumped a pile of woodchips and many were dressed as cows.

Spokesperson Cindy Baxter said a Fonterra representative came and talked to Fitzsimons at

the site, and said the co-operative was considering biomass as an alternative source of energy. “But this is what they have been saying to us for years,” she said. The group left about midday. Fonterra reported the protestors had no impact on operations, and the company listened to their concerns, repeating its commitment to transition away from coal. “We measure our performance based on energy intensity per tonne of product, and set the standard within the New Zealand dairy sector based on this metric,” a co-operative spokesperson said. v “Fonterra is committed to reducing environmental impacts across its operations through the use of new technologies and optimisation of our energy mix towards cleaner, more efficient forms of energy.”

A body has been recovered from the Otaki River, on the Kapiti Coast, after a boat capsized yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the scene about 1.40pm. “Police were alerted to a small inflatable boat with oars which had capsized,’’ a statement said. The body recovered by authorities is said to be that of a middle-aged man. One person is thought to still be in the water. - NZME

SH 73 to reopen State Highway 73 will reopen to single lane traffic past the Otira slip today, but with delays, and the rail line is expected to open on Wednesday. The NZ Transport Agency said its contractors had made good progress over the weekend clearing the significant slip that buried the highway and railway line near Deception Point, between Aickens and Otira. About 9000 cubic metres of material was removed on Sunday. NZTA journey manager Lee Wright said the slip was far larger than initial estimates, and was now put at between 40,000 and 50,000 cubic metres. - NZME

University reveals plans The University of Canterbury has revealed its new post-earthquake design. The “exciting” new development plan highlights a modern campus that interconnects, embraces New Zealand’s cultural identity, and aims to be a “little city inside a larger city”. The first stage of the master plan will be completed in time for the university’s 150-year Jubilee in 2023. However, three flagship building projects will be opened over the next two years to kick off the 30-year master plan. - NZME

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Women gush over good Samaritan A good Samaritan who helped an elderly lady at an Auckland supermarket is “overwhelmed” after being flooded with proposals from gushing single women. Aarron Nichols, a Papakura electrician, was lining up at the checkout at Countdown Takanini yesterday. A “little old lady” in front of him was having trouble with her card and he offered to pay for her groceries. A woman took a photo of the exchange and posted it to the Papakura and Takanini Grapevine Facebook page. She wrote: “You made her day! And if you are single, I’d like to buy you are beer (better than the lion red you brought maybe?) [sic].” Several other women praised him, swooning over his generosity. “What an awesome gesture..... such a kind soul......I’ll have him if he’s single,”one posted. However his wife, Stacey Nichols, was quick to claim her man. “Sorry ladies he’s taken. This

Aarron Nichols and his wife Stacey. man is my wonderful husband! Don’t worry I know how lucky I am,” she wrote. Nichols told the Herald he was “overwhelmed by it all”. “I didn’t think anyone noticed, I was just wanting to help her out. I didn’t really think of it as a big deal. “It’s so nice that someone wanted to acknowledge what I did but hopefully it just sends a message to others to pay it forward and a

small gesture can go a long way.” He said he was just “paying it forward” after a couple helped him and his wife in a similar situation on their honeymoon. His wife added her “down-toearth” husband is often the first one to put up his hand to help. “When he told me what he did I wasn’t even surprised because it’s not unusual for him to be compassionate towards others.” – NZME

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■ ONLY TWO WEARING SEATBELTS

Unlucky number 13 Police pulled over a vehicle carrying 13 people and found only two wearing seatbelts. Inspector Trevor Beggs, Waitemata road policing manager, said the car, pulled over by an officer in Auckland, was carrying five adults and eight children. The two adults in the front seats were the only occupants wearing seatbelts. “I don’t even want to think what the outcome would have been if they had been involved in a crash,” Beggs said. “No-one gets into a vehicle expecting to crash. “But we know people make mistakes, so why would you not take all steps possible to prevent harm coming to yourself and passengers in your vehicle? It takes two seconds to buckle up, and it could save your life in a crash.” He said there were 100 deaths last year associated with people not wearing seatbelts, and 92 the previous year, which was “very disappointing”. “We’re so much more aware these days of how a seatbelt can prevent serious injury or death in a crash – so why are we not using them?” Beggs says.

Front-seat occupants had a 60 per cent reduction in the risk of sustaining a fatal or serious injury if they crashed while wearing their seatbelt and rear-seat passengers had a 44 per cent reduction. Auckland Transport, which was supporting the campaign by reminding people to “buckle up buttercup” through radio advertising and giveaways, wants the increase in deaths associated with non-restraint use to stop. “From 2012 to 2016 there have been 61 unrestrained vehicle deaths,” said walking, cycling and safety manager Kathryn King. “That is far too many. “Putting on your seatbelt, and ensuring all of those in your vehicle do too, is a simple thing you can do to keep yourself and those you love safe.” Automobile Association spokesman Barney Irvine said recent signs that seatbelt noncompliance was on the rise were alarming: “We thought the issue of seatbelt use was largely done and dusted, but recent data suggests we’ve got a way to go yet.” – NZME

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Prime Minister praises Ratana event Bill English has praised the Ratana commemorations as one of the best parts of Maoridom after leading the Government on to the Ratana Pa for the first time as prime minister. English received a warm welcome at the first big Maori event of the year yesterday afternoon, where Ratana Church elders said they were eager to hear from the country’s new leader. They extended an invitation to English to attend the event a day early after he said it clashed with the first Cabinet meeting of the year. “We made a decision to welcome you here to Ratana,” Ratana’s senior secretary Piri Ruwhare said. “And I’ll tell you why – to give our people an opportunity to meet and greet the new Prime Minister of New Zealand and to listen to what you have planned for the next 12 months, irrespective of whether it’s an election year or not.” While noting that “we are not always going to agree”, Ruwhare said all were welcome at the pa “irrespective of the colour of their skin”. Led by the local brass band, English walked on to the pa near Wanganui with five ministers and 10 National MPs – a delegation he later boasted was “bigger than New Zealand First” and “almost as

Prime Minister Bill English and his delegation are welcomed on to Ratana Marae, Ratana, yesterday. PHOTO MARK MITCHELL/NZME big as the Labour Party”. His arrival was uneventful compared to his first visit in 2002 – the first by a National Party leader. On that occasion, he made an embarrassing gaffe by arriving an hour later and keeping one of Maoridom’s most important leaders, Tuwharetoa paramount chief Tumu te Heuheu waiting. English said yesterday he had first attended Ratana as “the leader of a failing Opposition” and that

the church had been “as welcome then as they are now”. Yesterday’s visit also marked a change from last year’s event, when the atmosphere was tense because of opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership and security levels were increased. English began his speech at the pa by speaking in fluent Maori, without notes, for around three minutes. Speaking to reporters later, he said he picked up “bits and

pieces” of Maori during his time in Government but could only understand “half of what’s said”. Explaining his decision to attend Ratana but not Waitangi next week, he said the Ratana event was more respectful. “As you have seen here today, the best of tikanga is good for New Zealand, it’s good for New Zealanders to see it, it’s such a warm and positive and hospitable way of business.”

Like Key last year, English will spend Waitangi Day in Auckland. He decided against attending the official event in the Far North because he would not have been allowed to speak at the powhiri at Te Tii Marae. English would not say whether he would return to Waitangi in future years. But he said it was not the only place to discuss issues affecting iwi and denied that he was shying away from debate around the Treaty of Waitangi by not attending. The Maori Party delegation, including co-leaders Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox, were welcomed at Ratana later yesterday afternoon. Mana Movement leader Hone Harawira, who is in talks about a merger with the Maori Party, will also be there. In a symbolic gesture, members of the Kingitangi movement will come on to the pa alongside the Maori parties. Though the Kingitanga is traditionally aligned with Labour, King Tuheitia last year criticised both Labour and New Zealand First at last year’s Ratana commemorations and has effectively pledged his support to the Maori Party. Labour, the Greens and New Zealand First will pay their respects at Ratana today. – NZME

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Marches a uniting force BY JOSE DEL REAL Ashley Donnert was unsure what to expect before she arrived for the Women’s March in Wichita, Kansas. And she was a bit nervous; in her deep-red home state, where pro-Trump slogans and merchandise are a common sight, she is largely outnumbered in her objection to US President Donald Trump. What she found were hundreds, if not thousands, of smiling marchers, chanting as they carried homemade signs demanding equal rights for women and protesting against the President. “It was amazing. I was not expecting a turnout like that in Wichita,” said Donnert, 27. “It was a day of hope. “And I hadn’t really felt that in a while.” The record-breaking participation in women’s marches across the country yesterday has drawn attention to the sharp opposition facing Trump across liberal American cities, which pushed Democrat Hillary Clinton to a strong popular-vote victory against him even though he won in the decisive Electoral College. But the demonstrations weren’t just confined to liberal enclaves. Protesters also gathered in red states and small towns across the country – in villag-

Ex-wife Stefani ‘incredible’ They’ve managed to remain on amicable terms as they raise their three sons, but singer Gavin Rossdale still feels deep regret over his divorce from Gwen Stefani. Referring to his ex-wife as “incredible” he admitted that ending their marriage was “the complete opposite” of what he wanted. The Bush singer and Voice UK coach, 51, split from No Doubt’s Gwen in 2015, amid rumours he’d had an affair with the couple’s nanny, Daily Mail reports. And he revealed that he wishes his behaviour had been different, saying: “I mean, obviously.” The singer who shares three children with Gwen described divorce as the “hardest, most painful experience”, aside from bereavement.

Hundreds of thousands turned out to protest Trump’s presidency. es on the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, in conservative pockets across the heartland, in rural towns in states like Virginia, and down throughout the South. In Anchorage, thousands of protesters gathered despite an unforgiving snowstorm and freezing temperatures, holding

signs with slogans such as “My body. My rights. My choice”. Farther north, in Fairbanks, thousands were undeterred by the extreme cold. At the same time, thousands marched in Boise as snow fell over them. Asked how she would sum up the day, Donnert said it was “hopeful”.

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“There are Trump supporters everywhere here, and so I expected some of them to turn up and be angry. But it was a very peaceful day,” she said. “The people of Wichita and the people of Kansas are generally very friendly people. “I was very grateful it was such a peaceful day.” - WP

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Alternative facts the new Trump buzzword BY AARON BLAKE If there was one talk-show exchange that describes the new reality for the political media – and for the truth – during the President Donald Trump era, this was it. It was a discussion about White House press secretary Sean Spicer, on his first full day in that job, having taken to the podium and made easily disproved claims about the size of Trump’s inauguration crowd. “Why put him out there for the very first time, in front of that podium, to utter a provable falsehood?” Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked Kellyanne Conway, counsellor to the President. “It’s a small thing, but the first time he confronts the public, it’s a falsehood?” After some tense back and forth, Conway offered this: “Don’t be so overly dramatic about it, Chuck. You’re saying it’s a falsehood, and they’re giving – our press secretary, Sean Spicer, gave alternative facts to that. But the point really is –” At this point, a visibly exasperated Todd cut in. “Wait a minute.

“Alternative facts? Alternative facts? Four of the five facts he uttered ... were just not true. “Alternative facts are not facts; they’re falsehoods.” “Fake news” is so yesterday. “Alternative facts” is where it’s at now. This, of course, isn’t the first time the Trump team and its supporters have responded to journalists calling out their falsehoods by claiming the truth isn’t so black and white or that it’s not a big deal. Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski offered this after the election, comparing Trump with a guy at the bar and saying, “You’re going to say things, and sometimes you don’t have all the facts to back it up.” That same week, pro-Trump CNN pundit Scottie Nell Hughes offered this on Diane Rehm’s radio show: “One thing that’s been interesting this campaign season to watch is that people that say facts are facts – they’re not really facts. “Everybody has a way – it’s kind of like looking at ratings or looking at a glass of halffull water. “Everybody has a way of

interpreting them to be the truth or not true. There’s no such thing, unfortunately anymore, of facts.” Hughes is not an official spokesman for the Trump team, but that last comment is basically what Conway was arguing – that there are so many shades of grey that clear facts just don’t really exist. This, of course, is a hugely cynical worldview. But it’s about the only way the Trump team can fight back, given how questionable the new President’s purported facts have been throughout his time as a politician. Whether you like Trump or not, it’s demonstrably true that he says things that are easily proved false, over and over again. The question the media has regularly confronted is not whether Trump’s facts are correct but whether to say he’s deliberately lying or not. Trump himself has been using his own brand of the truth, which is often false, for months. And there was really no way that his administration wasn’t going to have to deal with that same tendency during his presidency.

On Sunday in Spicer’s statement and now yesterday in Conway’s interview, the two are attempting to set a precedent that says they don’t recognise the concept of facts as the media has come to define them; they have their own “alternative facts” and they’ll rely on those. And as brazen as it is, it’s likely to appeal to Trump’s base. Polls have regularly shown a large portion of Republicans are more apt to believe Trump’s claims even if they are pretty patently false, as Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell wrote last month. It’s a symptom of media distrust. The New York Times’ Glenn Thrush tweeted this yesterday after Spicer’s statement: “Prediction: There will be a poll, out next week, that will show 70-80% of Trump supporters believing that Mall photos were fake news.” Both “fake news” and the concept of “alternative facts” are now cudgels in the effort to obfuscate when reporters point out that Trump and his team have their facts wrong. Welcome to our new political reality – or rather, realities. - WP

Madonna explains rant Pop legend Madonna sparked concerns after revealing at a women’s rally in Washington that she thought about blowing up the White House following Donald Trump’s election victory. The 58-year-old singer’s confrontational comment outraged many conservatives, prompting her to clarify her statements on Facebook. “I am not a violent person, I do not promote violence and it’s important people hear and understand my speech in it’s entirety rather than one phrase taken wildly out of context,” she wrote. “I spoke in metaphor and I shared two ways of looking at things”.

Name change for Kylie Kylie Minogue has revealed she plans to take her husband’s name when she gets married. The Australian star, who is soon to marry fiance and actor Joshua Sasse, said taking a different name “makes a statement”. Minogue’s name has been recognised around the globe both as an actor in Neighbours and as a singer for almost 30 years. In an interview with Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper she said: “Kylie Sasse is a great name ... Kylie Minogue has never exactly tripped off the tongue. I’ll definitely be taking Sasse but there will be Minogue in there somewhere.”

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In brief Storms claim 16 lives Deadly weather in the Southeast killed 16 people and injured dozens more, authorities said yesterday, as residents along the Georgia-Florida line braced for more intense, fast-moving storms – including unusually strong “long track” twisters. Yesterday, an apparent tornado blew through a mobile home park in rural Cook County in southern Georgia – shearing off siding, upending homes and killing seven people, local officials said. Coroner Tim Purvis said the tornado “levelled” the park before dawn and that emergency responders searched for survivors for hours after the twister struck. - PA

Murder charges likely The man accused of Melbourne’s Bourke Street massacre has been released from hospital and taken to police headquarters. Dimitrious “Jimmy” Gargasoulas is likely to soon face multiple murder charges, with five people dead and at least two still fighting for their lives. Gargasoulas, 26, had surgery on Saturday for a gunshot wound he sustained when police stopped his alleged deadly drive into lunchtime crowds on Friday. - AAP People pose as ECOWAS Senegalese troops secure the area near to the state house in the Gambian capital Banjul yesterday, one day after Gambia’s defeated leader Yahya Jammeh went into exile. PHOTO AP

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Exiled ruler plunders country Exiled Gambian ruler Yahya Jammeh stole millions of dollars in his final weeks in power, plundering the country’s state coffers and shipping luxury vehicles by cargo plane, a special adviser for the new president said. Mai Ahmad Fatty told journalists in neighbouring Senegal that already they have determined Jammeh made off with more than $US11.4 million during a two-week period alone. “The Gambia is in financial distress. “The coffers are virtually empty.

“That is a state of fact,” Fatty said. “It has been confirmed by technicians in the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the Gambia.” Fatty also confirmed that a Chadian cargo plane had transported luxury goods out of the country on Jammeh’s behalf in his final hours in power, including an unknown number of vehicles. Fatty said that officials with the new government “regret the situation” and would stop any additional belongings of Jam-

meh from leaving Gambia. It appeared, though, that the major damage had been done, leaving Gambia with little recourse to recoup the funds. Jammeh, who ruled the impoverished West African nation for more than 22 years, went into exile on Sunday under mounting international pressure. He is now in Equatorial Guinea, home to Africa’s longest-serving ruler. Gambia’s new president, Adama Barrow, who defeated Jammeh in December elections, remained in Senegal for safety

reasons after being inaugurated at Gambia’s embassy there on Friday. He has said he would come home “soon”. A regional military force that had been poised to force out Jammeh if diplomatic efforts failed rolled into Gambia’s capital, Banjul, to secure it for Barrow’s arrival. Hundreds greeted the force’s approach to the president’s official residence, State House, cheering and dancing, while some people grabbed soldiers to take selfies. - AP

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Pair jailed over ‘sinister’ petrol attack A man and a woman who lured a man into a car park where he and a friend were doused in petrol and set alight in a “sinister” attack have been jailed. Michael Brinias suffered severe burns that took years to heal after his former partner Kerry Ross and her then boyfriend and now husband Ben Woodhart enticed him and his friend into a car park in Adelaide’s north in 2013 over a promise to buy drugs. Ross and Woodhart, both 29, were found guilty of causing aggravated serious harm over the attack that was carried out by two hooded figures who have never been found.

Kerry Leanne Ross with her former boyfriend Michael Brinias.

In the South Australian District Court yesterday, Woodhart was jailed for at least eight years and

eight months and Ross was jailed for at least four years and three months.

Judge Rauf Soulio said it was difficult to understand the process of reasoning that led to such offending. He said the attack was not spontaneous or opportunistic nor was it committed in a fit of anger. The offending was carefully planned and carried out in a calculated manner while the use of fire added a sinister element, the judge said. Mr Brinias suffered third degree burns to 15 per cent of his body, including his face and hands, and was placed in an induced coma in intensive care. His friend also suffered serious injuries. - AAP

Nuke fired at USA The UK government has been accused of a cover up after failing to disclose that an unarmed nuclear missile may have been mistakenly fired at the US mainland. The serious malfunction happened last June just ahead of a UK parliament vote on renewing Britain’s nuclear deterrent. Theresa May has refused to say whether she knew that a Trident missile had misfired just weeks before a Commons vote on the future of the nuclear deterrent. - PA

Trump, Netanyahu talk US President Donald Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a brief conversation that Trump described as “very nice,” and Netanyahu called “very warm”. Netanyahu, in a statement issued by his office, said Trump had invited him to visit the White House in February, although a final date was not yet set. They discussed the Iran nuclear deal, the “peace process with the Palestinians,” and other issues,” the Israeli leader said, adding that he had “expressed his desire to work closely ... with no daylight between the United States and Israel”. - PA

Legal action threat Clive Palmer is threatening legal action against Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk over comments she made about his proposed new coal mine. Mr Palmer is trying to get an open-cut mine approved for a cattle station northwest of Rockhampton, under his company Styx Coal. Creditors for Queensland Nickel had tried to sell the station to help pay down $300 million debt caused by the collapse of the Townsville refinery last year, which also resulted in hundreds of job losses. However, they were prevented from doing so because Mr Palmer’s company held a mining lease on the property. Palaszczuk last week blasted Palmer for pursuing a mine mining project before the Queensland Nickel situation had been finalised. - AAP

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Dementia a growing challenge Megan Gnad

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ast week it hit the headlines that dementia is becoming one of the most significant, and growing, global healthcare challenges. As we look towards a future with a growing elderly population, and people living far longer than generations before them, we face unprecedented expectations in how we manage this challenge. It is estimated that two out of every three New Zealanders is touched by dementia, affecting 85 per cent of New Zealanders aged over 60. Alzheimer’s New Zealand figures state the total financial cost of dementia in New Zealand is $1 billion with 60,000 affected, and that number is expected to almost triple by 2050. The time to start planning is now. Do communities have enough facilities to manage this burgeoning influx? Do we need to focus on increasing specialised support within our hospitals and resthomes? And is it time to bolster training and education in how we manage on the front line? So much good work is already being done to cope, but with the numbers as they are, are governments planning enough with prioritising research, practical assistance and early intervention? This also includes the follow-on effects into the community, and where the burden often falls – on family and friends. Any family dealing with managing and watching a loved one slip into a diagnosis of dementia is traumatic, and we need to ensure support is on offer for them, too. There are also varying types of dementia and I’m sure a one-fitsall approach is not the answer either. Alzheimer’s New Zealand says there is currently no cure for dementia, although substantial resources are being dedicated to research to find a cure or a disease-modifying therapy. It is also becoming one of the greatest fears of ageing, with studies showing more than a third of respondents stating dementia is one of the things they fear most about getting older and 15 per cent saying they fear dementia more than any other condition, second only to cancer. The time to start planning is now so we’ve got a head start on coping in the long run. With that comes understanding, awareness, research and, above all, compassion for both those affected and their dedicated support networks.

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All farmers need to have input into the latest review of The Strategy for Sustainable Dairy Farming – it may be to your benefit to do so.

Dairy strategy includes environmental stewardship A

ll manner of self-appointed experts have recently been making claims around the dairy industry’s strategy, and how we associate with others. About the only thing they got right is that we actually do have a strategy. Its official title is The Strategy for Sustainable Dairy Farming. Its purpose is firstly to inform Dairy NZ’s funding priorities but also to co-ordinate industry action on the various strategy objectives so that groups don’t go running around like headless chickens doing their own thing, possibly at cross-purpose to others. The strategy is focused primarily around on-farm, but also covers domestic issues that will take into account the processors. So it’s not about telling the various processors which markets to operate in, and what products to sell, etc. The strategy gets reviewed every few years or so; I was on the team that reviewed it last time and we are just starting another review. So it is quite timely with all this noise about it, as hopefully that will encourage more farmers to get engaged and offer their feedback on what is working well with the strategy, what isn’t, and most importantly what’s missing.

of dairy farmers. Now most of the self-appointed experts will tell you that the farm profitability objective is all about increasing production by converting all the sheep farms and buying in heaps of cheap PKE. Sorry to disappoint but that isn’t what it talks about. Instead the discussion is about improving productivity efficiency. The critics often don’t quite grasp the difference between production and productivity. Production is the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured. Productivity is the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input. So it is all about getting a better return for the effort you put in. Maybe it will be from increasing production but maintaining costs, or it could be from maintaining production but decreasing costs, or even decreasing production but dramatically reducing your costs and time. On the responsible side of the strategy we have: ■ Environmental stewardship: ■

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

The latest version of the strategy, which was signed off in 2013, comprises 10 objectives. Five relate to what we call the competitive side of dairying, the other five are on the responsibility side. On the competitive side we have: ■ Farm profitability: Increase on-farm profit and resilience through greater efficiency. ■ R&D: Research and develop innovative technologies and solutions to meet the future needs of dairy farms. ■ Talented people: Attract, develop and retain highly skilled and motivated people throughout the industry. ■ Biosecurity and product integrity: Enhance the assurance levels of New Zealand’s biosecurity and product integrity. ■ Industry information systems: Create and maintain industry-wide systems and structures to serve the needs

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Proactive environmental stewardship and wise use of natural resources. ■ Animal welfare: Farm to high standards of animal health, welfare and wellbeing. ■ Work environment: Provide a world class work environment on-farm. ■ Local communities: Enhance the communities we live in. ■ National prosperity: Grow dairying’s contribution to the prosperity and wellbeing of New Zealand. The main drawcard obviously on the responsible side is environmental stewardship, and the Sustainable Dairy Water Accord is the action plan for that objective. This accord is overseen and monitored by the Dairy Environment Leadership Group, which has representatives on it from Federated Farmers, Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, Independent farmer, regional councils, MPI, MfE, processors, the Federation of Maori Authorities and environmental NGOs. It’s chaired by DairyNZ. Yes, that’s right. Environmental NGOs have a say in our action plan as regards the environment. Currently Forest and Bird have a representative on the group and prior to that it was Fish and Game.

You will also see a lot of collaboration happening locally; I know in my province there is a lot of work being done with local iwi. At the same time we are also launching a review of the Sustainable Dairy Water Accord. I would encourage members of the public not just to rely on copy and paste press releases in the paper, or the self-appointed experts, to tell them what our industry’s plans are. Go online and read them yourself at www.dairynz.co.nz/ publications/dairy-industry/ strategy-for-sustainable-dairyfarming-2013-2020/ and www. dairynz.co.nz/environment/ in-your-region/sustainable-dairying-water-accord/ Farmers, you will get the opportunity this year to engage on these items, so please do.

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■ UNITED STATES

Markets in holding pattern Both the New Zealand dollar and the stock exchange are a tad weaker but relatively steady today in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s inauguration and analysts expect the situation to continue as markets take a waitand-see approach. ANZ Bank New Zealand senior economist Phil Borkin said Saturday’s inauguration did little to shed light on the Trump’s administration’s plans. Markets had rallied strongly after Trump’s election in November with the greenback pushing higher on promises of tax cuts and fiscal spending but “markets are now showing a healthy dose of scepticism because we still don’t have the details, we don’t know how he is actually going to achieve the goals he’s set out,” said Borkin. “Until we get that information, until markets are able to dissect it, we will remain in this holding pattern,” he added. Longer-term Borkin said the kiwi will likely weaken against the US dollar but will hold up on a trade-weighted index basis.

“The economic credentials here are very good,” he said. The New Zealand dollar was trading at 71.84 US cents versus 72.14 cents late Friday and 78.63 on a TWIbasis versus 78.90 late Friday. New Zealand Institute of Economic Research senior economist Christina Leung also said she doesn’t expect a “sharp easing” in the currency from Trump’s presidency. “The continued solid growth outlook for the NZ economy should continue to support the NZD at a high level,” said Leung. There will be some modest easing, however, as the US Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates which will reduce New Zealand’s yield advantage. She noted that Trump’s stimulus plans have lifted inflation expectations but also pointed to the uncertainty. “Whether there will be effects on actual inflation would depend on which spending plans he actually follows through on.” Westpac Banking Corp acting chief economist Michael Gordon

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p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,950.6

also underscored the lack of clarity around potential policy to predict the impact. “The policies he has been pushing are largely domestically focused and it’s hard to pin down what they actually mean for New Zealand, which means you are coming down to stuff that he hasn’t promised, the stuff he is going to do impulsively and you just can’t predict that.”

Gordon noted there is always policy uncertainty but “the additional layer this time around is you have a guy in charge who is extremely thin-skinned and vindictive and you don’t know how he is going to respond to any kind of setback.” Hamilton Hindin Greene broker James Smalley also said investors are waiting for more clarity as “we are in uncharted territory”.

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Vice-president Mike Pence watches at left as President Donald Trump prepares to sign his first executive order. PHOTO AP

He noted, however, the market is currently vulnerable to any risk-off trade due to the level of foreign ownership in the market. If investors become concerned about what Trump does they will start to reduce holdings from what they consider the more speculative part of their portfolio, namely markets like New Zealand, Smalley said. “If it’s a risk-off trade, our markets don’t do too well,” he said. While that could create a good buying opportunity for domestic investors “it might mean we get a lot more volatility in our market”. He noted any move toward greater protectionism in trade will have an impact. ANZ’s Borkin also warned of potential fallout from an antitrade stance in the US. “If we saw a world where protectionist measures started to rise and there was trade wars between some big, global super powers I don’t think New Zealand would necessarily do very well in that world,” he said. - NZME

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+0.61%

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+20.4

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p Rises 60 q Falls 46

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q S&P/ASX 200 index

5,611.0

–43.8

–0.77%

At close of trading on Jan 23, 2017

p Dow Jones Indust.

19,827.3 +94.85 +0.48% At close of trading on Jan 20, 2017

Phone battery design ‘caused fires’ Samsung Electronics Co. says problems with the design and manufacturing of batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones caused them to overheat and burst into fire. The announcement of the company’s investigation into one of its worst product fiascos comes three months after the flagship phone was discontinued. The world’s biggest smartphone maker recalled 2.5 million Note 7 phones in September after reports they were overheating and catching fire. It blamed lithium batteries from a supplier. New Note 7s with different batteries also caught fire. So Samsung permanently

dropped the premium phone in October. It estimates the problems will cost it at least $US5.3 billion through early 2017.

Samsung has taken heat for its handling of the recall and its hasty, apparently incomplete initial investigation into what went wrong. -AP

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London – $US/ounce

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+0.38%

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–0.06

–0.35%

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–0.07%

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0.9353 0.941 4.6276 0.6576 1.4065 0.5702 80.24 1.6625 9.5832 24.74 0.7097

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Double blow for homeowners Kiwibank is blaming rising funding costs on its decision to lift mortgage rates twice since the start of the year. According to interest.co.nz the state-owned bank announced increases to its two, three, four, and five year fixed term rates on both January 9 and again yesterday. The total increase ranged from 26 basis points to 35 basis points and have pushed its two year fixed term rate up from 4.39 per cent to 4.65 and its five year rate up from 5.40 per cent to 5.65 per cent. A spokesman for the bank said yesterday’s adjustments were “relatively minor”.

“Costs are rising. Not all adjustments are connected to the OCR (official cash rate).” The official cash rate was last adjusted in November when it was cut to a record low of 1.75 per cent. The next cash rate decision is due on February 9 although economists are not expecting any change in the rate. But banks have been talking about rising costs as they have been forced to borrow more money in the international market. Kiwibank was not the only bank to increase rates. ASB also announced changes to its mortgage and deposit rates

yesterday. ASB will lift its variable loan from 5.65 per cent to 5.8 per cent and has increased its six month, 12 month and 18 month fixed term mortgage rates by 10 basis points on both standard and special rates. The bank boosted its 90 day deposit rate from 2.6 to 2.75 per cent and also lifted its 18 month special rate from 3.5 per cent to 3.75 per cent but cut its 9 month rate from 3.6 to 3.35 per cent. Ian Park, ASB executive general manager retail and business banking, said the changes reflected increased funding costs in local and international markets. - NZME

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MARKET REPORT Dairy Good rains, at last, for Canterbury at the weekend will freshen dry soils. But more will be needed to kick-start dryland pastures. Recent windy conditions have seen very high evaporation rates sap moisture from the ground and even the regular daily 5mm dose of irrigation water is insufficient to ensure maximum pasture growth. Northern dairy farmers are being urged to book in their pregnancy tests eight weeks after the removal of the bulls to ensure all dry cows are identified early and the opportunity to cull inefficient animals can be taken, especially if feed is short. Facial eczema spores are starting to build, so zinc treatments should be started to prevent this insidious disease infecting the herd. The annual stock number count last year has shown dairy cattle numbers are static at 6.5 million, which is a good result considering how tough it has been to survive on recent milk returns. Last week’s auction was up only slightly by 0.6 per cent to show the market is neatly balanced. Although whole milk powders did ease back to $3283/tonne. Analysts are still comfortable at these levels for the present $6 payout. And it appears farmers are too, as forward delivery dairy cows have lifted in price to $1800$2150 per head. Some are questioning NZ’s mainly grass-fed system in relation to reducing the problems of nitrate leaching into the environment; so the sector needs to find systems that balance farming profitably in a long-term sustainable way.

duction period nears and early gas packed product will start next week to the UK. Sheep numbers continue to drop, down to 1.5 million last year. As the sector has now suffered a 30 per cent fall in the last 10 years, the nation’s sheep tallies are now just 27.6 million. Silver Fern Farms announced a big loss for last year of $30 million. Although a large part was due to a write down with the new partnership deal, a $7.5m trading loss was still very disappointing for all shareholders. No more excuses are left in the drive for profits by the new Chinese-backed company, as the directors have gambled everything on this new direction to turn this processor around. They plan to pay the sweetener from this deal in February with a 30c share dividend and this will be welcomed by cash-strapped sheep farmers. Blue Sky Meats had a meeting with Chinese-backed NZ Binxi (Oamaru) as they look to progress with the takeover bid, but with a soft market and falling sheep numbers they look to be in a weak bargaining position.

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 66 - 68 Prime 96 - 102 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 205 - 380 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 291 - 310 last week

Wool Last week’s North Island auction found new lows for crossbred wool and some fleece wool that did not even reach $3/kg clean would be very unprofitable for the vendors of these offerings. One wool exporter is blaming Trump and his anti-trade views for unsettling the Chinese from buying product, but it is ironic that merino wool in Australia is trading at near record highs.

Lamb Lamb schedules are still easing back as the weak currencies of our trading partners are hurting farm gate returns. Demand remains stable in all of our main markets as the Easter chilled pro-

Farm gate price watch … H

Beef Some more summer easing of prime beef schedules as processing volumes increase and the currency influences farm gate returns. Demand for chilled beef remains firm and US bull beef prices have flattened and some analysts remain positive for prospects in that market for 2017. But political instability in the US could change that optimism in an instant with the new leaders taking power this week. Beef farmers should be cautious with their pricing until the market becomes clearer.

Deer Schedules eased this week with the first fall for seven weeks, but still at summer levels – $40/hd, ahead of last year. Velvet sales are moving again as Chinese regulatory problems are being met and surplus quota is utilised for product keen to be sold. Prices are back to levels achieved about two years ago, but with currency effects and historical averages considered, industry officials consider the drop manageable.

4 wks ago

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 73.82 74.85 17.5 kg YX SI 82.82 83.98 19.0 kg YX SI 90.07 91.33 21.0 kg YX SI 99.07 100.47 Local trade (c/kg) SI 520 550 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 60.42 58.32 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 503 513 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 360 355 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 450 458 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 530 530 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 387 390 AP Stag 60kg SI 471 474 AP Stag 80kg SI 628 632 Auction prices … u NI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 727 727 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 376 409 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 371 399 Lamb 415 414

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260

52 week high low

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45.37

60.42

44.32

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535

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5,515 3,341 3,898 5,081

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0.6878 0.6658

307

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319

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61 83

88.88 100.28 108.95 119.85 590

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6,156 3,339 4,434 5,252

93 126

0.7248 0.6608

0.6369 0.5832

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Keep irrigation water off roads Mid Canterbury irrigators are obligated to take aim and water their paddocks – not the road. Irrigation on to roads, particularly gravel roads, is not only a waste of water but also has the potential to create safety issues for motorists, Environment Canterbury principal resource management adviser Richard Purdon said. “It is the surprise element and the force of the water that could easily startle a motorist, it is especially dangerous for those on motorcycles,” Purdon said. The Ashburton District Council has received a handful of complaints about irrigation on roads, and those responsible will be reminded, as irrigation consent holders, they are responsible for the use of water applied to their properties. “Resource consent conditions authorise the use of water to a consented piece of land, not to run to waste,” Purdon said. “We understand it can be difficult on very windy days, but hardstand areas such as state highways and rural roads are not consented or authorised to be irrigated.” Irrigation system operators must monitor the use of their water and equipment to make sure the water is used in the way that was authorised by their resource consent. “All irrigators should ensure that their water allocations are used diligently and not wasted. We will continue to monitor unauthorised use of water utilising our new locally based water zone officers and deal with it on a caseby-case basis,” he said. Irrigation New Zealand chief executive Andrew Curtis said the two main culprits for water going over-boundary were the end guns

An irrigator near the Methven highway last month was casting water on the road. Environment Canterbury says it is a waste of water and a safety hazard for motorists. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 191216-SS-046 on pivot irrigators and travelling irrigators set up too close to roads. “Watering on to roads creates a significant safety hazard, so it’s really important for irrigators to ensure they water within their property boundaries,” Curtis said.

“My advice is to ensure end guns are set and operating correctly and regularly checked. When you set up your travelling irrigator always have a set-back distance from the road.” Aside from the safety issue,

people don’t like seeing water being wasted by being sprayed on to roads, Curtis said. “Farmers who irrigate do so under strict regulatory regimes so it’s important they justify their use of water by being efficient and re-

sponsible with it.” To report irrigation spray on roads contact Environment Canterbury on 0800 324-636. If there is immediate danger to road users they should contact the police.

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A field full of sunshine near Methven A commercial sunflower crop near Methven (right) has been attracting attention as it turns from green into a riot of yellow. A 7ha paddock beside State Highway 77 is being grown by farmer Andrew Currie; the flowers will be harvested and the seeds sold for use in the bird seed industry. Currie said he first grew the crop 30 years ago, but abandoned it because it was so vulnerable to disease and weather. He has started growing it again as part of a broadleaf crop rotation. Currie said a better management plan for the sunflower crop had translated to a fantastic field of yellow that was making motorists smile. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 230117-SS-0034

■ KEEP PETS SAFE

Bad year for barley grass An Ashburton veterinarian says grass seed infections are up this year and people should keep a close eye on their dogs and cats. Catherine Hayward said the pesky grass seed seemed particularly bad this year and the sharp point could burrow through an animal’s fur and under the skin. “They can travel surprisingly fast and before you know it your pet has a grass seed inside their body. They can be anywhere. “This year we have removed

grass seeds from in between toes, inside ears, in armpits, on the body, under eyelids and even from under a tongue.” She said both cats and dogs were prone to grass seed attacks. There are some common signs if your pet has a grass seed, especially in their foot. “They often go suddenly lame then develop a small lump which oozes and is sore to touch, most of the time they won’t let you look at it.

“They are very uncomfortable so dogs will usually lick them.” In other places grass seeds could appear as a lump, sometimes with a hole that oozes and is uncomfortable to touch. If your pet has any of these signs they need to see a vet. Hayward said the seed mostly stayed in place but sometimes they could continue travelling through an animal’s body. “Worst case they can get into their chest and set up an infec-

tion which is life threatening. Even if they aren’t moving they need to be removed as they are very sore. “This is usually done under sedation.” Once a seed has been removed, animals make a quick recovery. She said the best way to prevent a grass seed from becoming a problem is to avoid long grasses and check dog’s fur and feet after a walk; cats should be brushed daily to remove any seeds.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Which ward does councillor Liz McMillan represent? a. Eastern b. Western c. Ashburton 2 – When was the first US to UK telegraph message sent? a. 1858 b. 1865 c. 1872 3 – Which is not a book of the Old Testament? a. Joshua b. Judges c. Jonah 4 – Bangladesh scored what record first innings total against New Zealand only to lose earlier this month? a. 395 b. 495 c. 595 5 – The Zambezi River source is in which country? a. Zambia b. Zaire c. Mozambique 6 – What name is give to the place where badgers live? a. Burrow b. Cot c. Sett 7 – Boz was a pseudonym used by which famous writer? a. Arthur Conan Doyle b. H.G. Wells c. Charles Dickens 8 – Where in New Zealand would you find the Stirling Falls? a. Waikato b. Milford c. Golden Bay

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Eight-year-old Piper O’Malley prepares to wow audiences for Big Little Theatre Company’s summer school show. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 170117-SS-0054

Theatrical abilities put to test at school About 60 children and young teenagers learnt how to integrate dialogue, song and character in the field of musical theatre last week. They were attending Big Little

Theatre Company’s annual oneweek summer school, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Aged from six to 15, the youngsters put on a performance on Friday night.

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Bangkok noodles with chicken and pickled squid 2 T vegetable oil oil 200g Tegel Fresh Chicken Skin on Thighs, sliced thinly 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1-2 eggs 1 T dark soy sauce 100g dried flat rice noodles – softened in boiling water and drained 100g fresh squid (or frozen and thawed), cut into strips and pickled in lemon juice and rice wine vinegar (enough to cover) for at least 15 minutes. ■ Heat a thin bottomed fry pan, or wok, to a high heat and add the oil, chicken and garlic. Saute until the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes. ■ Push the chicken aside to free up some space in the pan and immediately crack the eggs into the pan. Scramble with a fork and cook them until set. ■ Add the noodles, soy sauce and

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1 – Midori Otaki and family. 2 – Angela Naui. 3 –Alar Arun and family. 4 – Nana Sakaguchi and family. 5 – Louise and Matthew Glennon and (right) Sam Glennon. 6 – Reese Paterson. 7 – Mercedes Walkman.

New people, new perspective BY LIBBY NEUMANN

s a local, it is often hard to see the appeal of a town that you have lived in your entire life. It is sometimes only when you leave and discover another way of life that you truly appreciate how good we have it here in Ashburton. Here at the Ashburton Museum we have an exhibition entitled New Faces, New Lives. It displays the portraits and stories of some of the newcomers in our district. Many of the comments made by newcomers show how truly appealing Ashburton is to those who have experienced life in other parts of the world. They also tell locals quite a lot about themselves. A better life Angela Naui came to Ashburton with her family from the

Philippines because her parents wanted a better chance in life. Angela plans to stay here because she stated that, “Ashburton had just the right environment for me to flourish”. Alar Arun says he and his family came to Ashburton from India because, “I wanted a peaceful environment. I wanted to explore and expand my knowledge. I like to experience a new culture. I absolutely love meeting people and communicating with them.” Friendly and welcoming When asked what they liked about Ashburton newcomers say that it is a pleasure living in a friendly, exceptionally welcoming and supportive community. They tell us that people are really enthusiastic and encouraging, which they find amazing. Newcomers enjoy Ashburton’s sports, churches, schools, youth activities and networks of

support. Many comment on the great community spirit they’ve discovered and the new friends and connections they have made. Our environment For Alar Arun, “during winter the town will be surrounded by spectacular snow-covered mountains, especially Mt Hutt. I feel like I have my own skifield in my backyard.” Louise and Matthew Glennon moved here from the United Kingdom. They said that coming to Ashburton with their children Reece and Sam was for an experience of a lifetime and for a lifestyle change. The Glennon family love the sense of community here, as well as the domain and amenities such as the EA Networks Centre, sports, library and museum. The family also enjoys Ashburton’s frosty mornings and amazing Milky Way views.

Nana Sakaguchi, originally from Japan, moved to Ashburton from Christchurch following the 2011 earthquake. Nana said that she likes Ashburton because “I love the people, they are kind, generous and friendly. We have been able to buy a house with a garden to grow vegetables – that has changed my life. I’m no longer a city girl.” Nana plans to stay in Ashburton because she and her family have made some good friends in the area. They are settled in their jobs and the Ashburton community and have started a small clothing business in town. With new people, we gain a new perspective on Ashburton. As you look at the portraits and read the stories you will begin to appreciate not only the great aspects of our town, but also, the people in it.

YOUR STORY

f you are a newcomer, the Ashburton Museum would love to hear your story and feature you on the museum’s newcomers’ portrait wall. Call in or contact the museum at museum@adc.govt.nz. They’ll ask you four easy questions: Where did you came from? Why you love Ashburton? Why did you come here? and Why have you stayed? Then send in your portrait or contact the museum to help take your photo. The New Faces, New Lives portrait wall is now on exhibition at Ashburton Museum on West Street.

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Collated results from the NFL championship playoffs. American Football Conference at Foxborough NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 36 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 National Football Conference at Atlanta ATLANTA FALCONS 44 Green Bay Packers 21.

Hull City 22 4 4 14 20 47 16 Sunderland 22 4 3 15 20 42 15 Leading goalscorers: 15: Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Diego Costa (Chelsea) 14: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) 13: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 12: Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Romelu Lukaku (Everton) 11: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) 9: Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Sadio Mane (Liverpool) 8: Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Fernando Llorente (Swansea), Michail Antonio (West Ham), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Theo Walcott (Arsenal).

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RESULTS ■ American football NFL playoffs

Collated NBA results yesterday (home team in CAPS): ORLANDO MAGIC 98 Golden State Warriors 118 DALLAS MAVERICKS 122 L.A. Lakers 73 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 111 Denver Nuggets 108 TORONTO RAPTORS 103 Phoenix Suns 115

■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club January 20 Friday Triples - sponsored by Calder Stewart & Midlands Seed 1st B. White, N. Woods & A. Reid – 3 wins, 19 ends & 36 points, 2nd C. Dennis, A. Mackenzie & J. Dennis – 3 wins, 18 ends & 34 points, 3rd L. Spargo, G. & M. Eder – 3 wins, 17 ends & 42 points, 4th B. & S. Holdom & V. Whinham – 3 wins, 16 ends & 46 points, 5th B. Mayson, R. Tonks & M. Foggo – 3 wins, 15 ends & 32 points, 6th J. Lattimore, E. Maw & A. Holmes – 3 wins, 14 ends & 24 points.

Ashburton Bowling Club January 21 Saturday Roll overs played 1st Raymond Suttie, Alison Gibbs and Lois Connell 3 wins 10 ends 23 points; 2nd Ted Connell, Bruce Ching, Trevor Watson and Peter Quinn 1 win 1 draw 6 ends 11 points.

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Wednesday Evening Social Wheelers & McCup Series 16km, 9 Riders 1st Tony Ward 24m 12s F/T. 2nd Matt Marshall 24m 12s. 2f/t. 3rd Rob Hooper 24m 12s. 3f/t. 4th Marty Cuttle 26m 43s. 5th Paul Macfie 24m 19s. 4f/t. 6th Paddie Strange 28m 51s. 7th Kristine Ward 24m 25s. 5f/t. 8th Paul Summerfield 29m 03s. 9th Roger Wilson 28m 59s.

■ Football English Premier League English Premier League results and standings Chelsea 2 (Costa 45+7, Cahill 81) Hull City 0, Arsenal 2 (Mustafi 59, Sanchez 90+8 pen) Burnley 1 (Gray 90+3 pen) Send-offs: (Xhaka 65 - Arsenal), Southampton 3 (WardProwse 26, Rodriguez 39, Tadic 86 pen) Leicester City 0. Manchester City 2 (Sane 49, De Bruyne 54) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Alli 58, Son H M 77), Middlesbrough 1 (Stuani 26) West Ham 3 (Carroll 9, 43, Calleri 90+4), Crystal Palace 0 Everton 1 (Coleman 87), Stoke City 1 (Mata 19 og) Manchester United 1 (Rooney 90+4), West Bromwich Albion2 (Fletcher 30, Brunt 36) Sunderland 0, Bournemouth 2 (King 48, Afobe 82) Watford 2 (Kabasele 24, Deeney 64), Liverpool 2 (Firmino 55, 69) Swansea 3 (Llorente 48, 52, G Sigurdsson 74). Standings P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 22 18 1 3 47 15 55 Arsenal 22 14 5 3 50 23 47 Tottenham Hotspur 22 13 7 2 45 16 46 Liverpool 22 13 6 3 51 27 45 Manchester City 22 13 4 5 43 28 43 Manchester United 22 11 8 3 33 21 41 Everton 22 10 6 6 33 23 36 West Brom Albion 22 9 5 8 30 28 32 Stoke City 22 7 7 8 28 34 28 West Ham 22 8 4 10 29 36 28 Southampton 22 7 6 9 22 26 27 Bournemouth 22 7 5 10 32 39 26 Burnley 22 8 2 12 24 33 26 Watford 22 6 6 10 25 38 24 Leicester City 22 5 6 11 24 37 21 Middlesbrough 22 4 8 10 18 25 20 Swansea 22 5 3 14 26 51 18 Crystal Palace 22 4 4 14 30 41 16

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January 20 Par round at Tinwald 1st Ina Divers 4up: Maree Moore 3up: Daphne Hinton 2Up: and Val Cartney on C/B from three others 1Up. Nearest Pin: No 6 Helen Hawksby: No 12 MaryLou Watson 9 Hole Players: 1st Helen Hawksby 2up: 2nd Deb Ellery 2up

Ashburton Golf Club January 20 Midlands Seed Friday night teams Top Team: Concrete Blockheads 90.5 – Chris Ralston, Greg Fleming, John Power, Tom Blacklow. Men: Coastal Sharks 90.5, Rad Rebels 89, Darlo & the Cats 88. Women: Business Birdies 89Mixed: BRANZ 88, Tee Partee 85, Hoppy’s Hopefulls 80.5, Maccas 80.5. Top lady: Anne Watson 32Top man: Greg Fleming & Paul Morrison 33. Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Royce Jamieson. Paul May Motors – George BrownMac & Maggies – G McCormack, BP Ashburton – Alistair Read. Gabites Lucky Player – Denis Stoddart. BP Lucky Player – Chris Lovelock Twos: Owen Miller, Greg Fleming, John Power, Liz Ayton, John Hetrick January 21 Jim McKenzie Memorial Trophy Winners Men’s Opening: Paul May and Ken Clucas with a 4BBB score of 56 nett. Other winning scores: John Power and Bryan Donaldson 59; Bruce Day and Brendon Davidson 60; Murray Wackrow and George Brown, Ivan Blain and Murray Moorehead, Terry Molloy and Bruce Ferriman 61. Nearest Pins: Braided Rivers: Paul Greer; Rothbury Insurance: Paul May, Netherby Meats: Ken Clucas, South Island Seeds: Peter Bain, Charming Thai (longest putt) Paul Greer Twos: Paul May, Terry Molloy, Gavin Johnston, Peter Morgan, Hayden Ross and Ivan Blain. Birdy Jackpot: # 9, Nett Eagles: # 13 Nine Hole Results Winner: Cindy Meadows nett 26. Other winning scores: Hernando Marilla 27, Geoff Rhodes 29 and Neville Trueman 33.

Mayfield Golf Club January 14 Stableford Winners Men: John Sim 41, Bill Allan 40, Sam Shearer 40, Jeff McNeilly 40, Arnold Rushton 39 Ladies: Christine Ross 39 Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance Terry Kingsbury, No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys Brian Fielder, No 5 Marilyn Cross Property Brokers Steve Cross, No 14 ANZ Bank George Butterick, 9&18 ATS Steve Cross Two’s Christine Ross Eagle No 3 Geoff McNeilly Nett Eagle No 6 Not Struck Ash Vegas Player of Day John Sim 84-17-67

Tinwald Golf Club Twilight January 19 Par Leading scores in the par round played on Thursday: Men: -6; Bryan McFarlane 4 up, Nigel Heney 2 up, Kevin Bishop 2 up. 7-10; Kerry Venmore 6 up, Pete Marshall 4 up, Graeme Mills 4 up, Dave Allan 3 up, Ben Busch 2 up. 11 plus; Selwyn Munro 4 up, Darren Green 2 up, Eddie Tulip 2 up, Nick Wilson 2 up. Women: 0-14; June Bruhns 2 up, Sandra Marr 2 up. 15 plus; Sue Gutsell 5 up, Jenny Harrex 2 up. Bayleys nearest the pin: # 6 Graeme Mills, # 16 Cawte Whiting. Two’s; Cawte Whiting. January 21

Patriots eye another Super Bowl Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger leaves the field after the AFC championship NFL football game against the New England Patriots yesterday. The Patriots won 36-17 to advance to the Super Bowl. PHOTO AP Leading scores in the summer season closing pairs stableford. Men: Trevor Taylor and Dave Rush 84 c/b Lindsay Jackson and Cameron Miller 84, Wayne Smith and Gordy Kenton 81, Roger Duff and Brent Smith 79. Mixed: Selwyn Munro and Leen Bell 86, Terry Reynolds and Maxine Whiting 78 b/l Gordon Rennie and Jenny Harrex 79. Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland #2; Trevor Taylor. Gluyas Ford # 6; Trevor Taylor. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Owen Miller. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Maxine Whiting. Two’s; Owen Miller, Robin Simms, Gordon Rennie, Keiron Gray, Gordy Kenton, Simon Ross, Bob MacGregor, Trevor Taylor. Net Eagle; # 14 Leen Bell, Jenny Harrex. Winners of the closing day trophies: Trevor Taylor and Dave Rush in the men and Selwyn Munro and Leen Bell in the mixed. The highlight of the day was a hole-in-one to Maxine Whiting on the par 3 16th.

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club January 21 Arthue Diaper Memorial Trophy Played at Papanui Championship Winners: Tony Wilkinson (Papanui) Kath McCreanor (Timaru) Bill Garth (Papanui) Runners up: Stephen Kyle (Ashburton) Art Vernon (Papanui) Jack Blyth (Papanui) Third Place: Alice Maguigan (Papanui) Tony Morrison (Papanui) Helen Stace (Papanui) Plate winners: Bruce Hoffman (Papanui) Max Tomlin (Asc) Stu Stace (Papanui) Runners up: Lester Herron (Ashburton) Phillippa Browne (Timaru) Caroline Kinloch (Papanui) Third Place: Marion Harrison (Ashburton) Noeline Newton (Papanui) Dave Wagstaff (Papanui) Bowl Winners: Rewa Kyle (Ashburton) Pat O’Shea (Christchurch) Pauline Fowlds (Woolston) Runners up: Irene Herron (Ashburton) Lyn Whinham (Ashburton) Kath Head (Papanui) Third place: Jan Guilford (Ashburton) Mick Little (Ashburton) Tilo Petchick (Woolston) Cup and Saucer winners: Carol McNarey (Woolston) Janet Wilkinson (Ascot) Maureen Morgan (Papanui) Runners up: Wil Nuberg (Ashburton) Ron Paterson (Ascot) Karen Ansett (Papanui)

Third Place Marjorie Vincent (Papanui) Nicholas Xavier (Christchurch) Marie Daly (Papanui).

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis January 19 Sunset Doubles Division 1 Cates Gran & Seed ½-5½ Serve n Volley, Coasters 2-4 Ball Wackers, AFC 5-1 Carrfields 1, Lakers 4½- 1½ Heineken Openers. Division 2 Cream of the Crop 1-5 Miss Hits, Winchmore 2-4 Ruapuna, Golden Flyers 1-5 Doubles Faults, Carrfields 2 1½ – 4½ New Boys. Division 3 Burton Brothers 5-1 I’d Hit That, The No Hopers 0-6 Read Revellers, Highly Strung4-2 Backspin, Rough Enough 2-4 4 Aces. Ladies Go Girls 6-0 The Sunset Girls, The Ladies 1-5 Casual Sets, In with a Shot ½-5½, Dorie Damsels 4-2 Backhand Babes.

DRAWS ■ Bowls MSA Bowls Skips entered Skip2ItFlooringXtra MSA Half Day Triples Friday January 27, 12.30pm start M. Anderson, R. Neilson, R. Mitchell, C. Leech, G. Taylor, M. Smallridge, A. Smith, B. Williams, A. Waddell, E. Maw, N. Atkinson, B. Harrison, B. Marsden, R. Anstiss, M. Reid A. Mackenzie.

Ashburton Bowling Club January 25 Aussie Mixed Pairs 12.30am start, Whites or Club colours to be worn, sponsored by Wises Chemist Ashburton The following skips have entered teams. M Anderson, C Arnst, N Atkinson, J Argyle, W Blackwell, T Blain, G Clark, P Collins, C Dennis, G Eder, A Gowan, R Gutberlet, B Holdom, R Keeling, C Leech,

A Mackenzie, B Mayson, M Middleton, D Prendergast, M Quinn, M Reid, J Ryk, J Smart, G Sparks, C Stubbs, W Suttie, G Taylor, P Whinham, B White, B Williams. For information contact: G Eder 307 7498

Methven Bowling Club January 28 The following skips have teams entered in the Doug Hood Open Fours starting at 9am G Clarke, B Chapman, M Quinn, B Mayson, P McElwain, M Middleton, R Fensom, G Eddington, E Maw, N Aitkenson, M Smallridge, J Davies, G Pagey, J Brooker, B Holdom. One more team needed. Enquiries to W Blackwell 3028834 B Harper 3087623.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club January 28 The day will be run by Matt Davis of Sega Golf. The match will be a stroke round (with milligans), cost $10. Starting times: Morning 8am, Afternoon report to the Pro shop at 12.00 for a 12.30pm start. January 29 The Property Brokers Shootout will be held with play commencing at 10am.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis Draw January 28 Round 10 All games to start at 9am sharp Junior A Grade Methven Silver v Hampstead at ATTC; Hampstead Dorie v Southern Stingers at ATTC; Methven Green v Methven Jnr B at Methven Domain; Southern Smash - Bye. Junior B Grade – Duty Team Allenton Dorie Jnr B v Methven Black at Mt Hutt College; Allenton v Southern Stars at Hinds. Junior C Hampstead Jnr C v Dorie Wakanui at Dorie Hall; Allenton Aces v Southern Slammers at Hinds; Allenton Smashers v Southern Sharks at Allenton; Methven White v Methven Bye at Mt Hutt College. Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308-3020 as soon as possible.

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■ TENNIS

Final of the veterans? By Chris rattue Favourites have tumbled out of the Australian Open, leaving very famous veterans standing in the rubble. Believe it or not, a couple of legendary rivalries involving the 30-plus brigade could be reignited in the singles finals. Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal ... or make that Nadal v Federer, because the Spaniard owns Federer, despite the Swiss master being rated by many as the finest tennis player ever. This includes grand slam finals where Nadal leads 6-2 (they are the only men to have met in eight slam finals). Nadal’s overall Australian Open advantage is 3-0. Their last grand slam final meeting was in Paris, 2011. They play very different games. At his peak the golden retriever Nadal owned everybody on clay. The 35-year-old Federer has been an elegant tennis rapier, and the one place he got the better of the 30-year-old Nadal was on the grass courts of Wimbledon. The memorable tennis rivalries have tended to feature a good v evil, popular v unpopular component. But Federer v Nadal is more like Ford v Holden. They have inspired a golden tennis era of brilliant rivalries which includes Novak Djokovic. Federer and Nadal’s five-set classics include two Wimbledon finals, and an emotional 2009 Australian Open final of more than four hours. Gunning for the Pete Sampras record of 14 grand slams, Federer could not sustain his game in the final set. It led to the remarkable sight of the normally composed superstar appearing teary eyed as he received the second place prize from Rod Laver. “God it’s killing me,” Federer spluttered before receiving a consoling hug from Nadal, who won after recovering from a gruelling semi-final. “Well, first of all, sorry for today,” Nadal said to Federer. “Remember, you’re a great champion. You’re one of the best in history.” The chances of them meeting in a grand slam final again were remote. Their games have faded while Djokovic and Andy Murray are on an impressive prowl. But it could be game on again for Federer and Nadal. The 17th seed Federer is already through to the quarterfinals, where he plays the left handed Russian/German Mischa Zverev. Ninth seed Nadal played sixth seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils in the fourth round later last night. Remarkably, father of four Federer is now the favourite, in his first official tournament for

Roger Federer, jumping for joy after getting past Kei Nishikori, has become the improbable favourite to take out the Australian Open in Melbourne. PHOTO AP six months following a serious knee injury. Nadal has dealt with a wrist complaint, one of many injuries in his career. Verdict: Another epic in store? Yes please, we’d love to see one more Nadal v Federer stoush. Serena Williams v Venus Williams A unique rivalry in sports history. The two sisters are very close, their relationship unaffected by 27 clashes on the court. Indeed, most would argue that their strong relationship has affected their contests, rather than vice versa. The young Venus was expected to dominate tennis, but was quickly surpassed by her younger sister who leads their personal battle 16-11. They have met in eight grand slam finals, with Serena winning six. But well into their 30s, the chances of this happening again

are diminishing fast especially as Venus has endured an immune problem which causes fatigue and joint pain. As might be expected of two close sisters, the regular and hugely successful doubles partners don’t relish being on opposite sides of the court. After meeting as teenagers in the Australian Open, Venus said: “It wasn’t fun to eliminate my little sister.” Power shifted, with Serena winning four consecutive grand slams in 2002/03, all involving victories over her older sister in the final. But claims that their matches are underwhelming have dogged the pair, and if they were to meet this time many would predict a Serena walkover. Their first grand slam final meeting was the 2001 US Open, which drew a mass TV audience. But this rivalry has never really kicked off, with terms like drab and uninspiring used to describe the sisterly showdowns.

Some even suggested that results were pre-determined by the family, although this is unfair. But there is no doubt that the sisters struggle to find an aggressive spark when confronting each other. Another major clash between the Williams sisters would likely be more about novelty value than thrilling sport. Thirteenth seed Venus is through to the quarter-finals, and plays outsider Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Second seed Serena’s fourth round match against Czech Barbora Strycova resulted in a 7-5 6-4 victory, despite only getting 45 per cent of her first serves into play. The American has advanced to at least the quarter-finals at the past 10 majors. Verdict: An exhibition in waiting. Not sure if we really need another Williams showdown. - NZME

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Serena stays on track for Open title Serena Williams was far from her best, but perhaps that’s what makes her win against Barbora Strycova yesterday even more impressive. She overcame the Czech 7-5 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena to march through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and stay in the running to win her 23rd career grand slam. Williams’ serving was off for the most part of the hour and 45 minutes she spent on court – getting her first serve in only 45 per cent of the time – but still she had enough weapons with her ground strokes to win the match, hitting 28 winners to nine. “It’s good to know that I have a plan B or option two,” Williams said afterwards when asked about her serving performance. “I wasn’t serving my greatest today ... it’s always good to have something to improve on and I know I can do better. “I love pressure, I feel I play well under pressure.” The No. 2 seed will play either Johanna Konta or Ekaterina Makarova in the quarters. Williams’ serving improved in the first step, but her numbers were still far less impressive than what we’re used to seeing from the six-time Australian Open winner. Her first serve percentage stood at 55 per cent, and she was only winning 50 per cent of points when her first serve went in when the score stood at 5-5. Serving at 5-6, Strycova upped her tally of break points saved to seven, recovering from 0-40 down to force the game to deuce a couple of times. But in the luckiest fashion imaginable, Williams jagged a winner to claim the first set in 55 minutes. Strycova sliced a desperate forehand that skidded off the baseline, and Williams mistimed her backhand horribly into the top of the net, but it lobbed over like an unintended drop shot. Strycova couldn’t get to it in time and the set was over. There was no celebration from Williams who appeared almost apologetic. Strycova couldn’t believe her bad luck, turning to the back of the court and muttering to herself. However, while Williams’ serving may have been off, she started to find her groove with the rest of her game as the first set went on. The 35-year-old was hitting harder than Strycova, forcing her behind the baseline, and stepping into the ball with more authority. Her Czech opponent defended well though and kept herself in points longer than most would be able to against the 22-time grand slam champion. - AAP

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■ CRICKET

Early batting woes costly By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury’s Hawke Cup side has suffered a first innings defeat after their match against Southland was abandoned due to rain over the weekend. Mid Canterbury won the toss and elected to field. Richard Print struck early, securing the wicket of Rhuebyn Prattley in the fifth over. The wickets continued to fall steadily until Daniel Smith and Shaun Fitzgibbon set the innings

high partnership of 48 runs, stabilising the innings. Southland finished their first innings 184 all out after 54.1 overs. Fitzgibbon high scored for the southerners with 57 runs while James Southby took man of the match worthy bowling figures, taking five wickets for only 12 runs off 5.1 overs. Mid Canterbury’s first visit to the crease was a short one, all out for 68 after 30.2 overs. Matt Winter top-scored for Mid Canterbury with 17 runs, while

Jason Osborne was the pick of the Southland bowlers, taking five wickets for 18 runs off his 11 overs. Southland enforced the follow on, but given a second chance Mid Canterbury had the bit between their teeth and made a strong start, posting 88/0. Openers Robbie Polson and Southby scored 61 and 25 runs respectively, but saw their hard work come to nothing as rain forced the session and match to be abandoned.

Southby took the man of the match award. Mid Canterbury coach Garfield Charles believed the team’s achilles heel was once again poor first innings batting. Charles says it is still theoretically possible for the team to qualify with wins against North Otago and Otago Country but will need results to be favourable for the points to go their way. Mid Canterbury’s next fixture is against North Otago in Oamaru on February 11 and 12.

Black Caps do it in a four-day canter By Daniel Gilhooly What started out as a tense fourth day in Christchurch yesterday turned into a landslide as New Zealand thumped Bangladesh by nine wickets in the second test. The tourists dropped a number of catches and meekly crumbled in the face of a sustained Black Caps pace barrage at Hagley Oval to lose the series 2-0 following a seven-wicket defeat in Wellington. The Tigers’ first-ever win over New Zealand was a possibility when play resumed after losing day three to rain. However, the home side dominated their toothless opponents from the outset, banking a fourth-straight win in unexpectedly easy fashion. Victory lifts them to fifth in the world rankings, leapfrogging Pakistan, who they also beat 2-0 in November. New Zealand held a 65-run first-innings lead before Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner all claimed three wickets each to dismiss Bangladesh for 173. It left a target of 109, which was knocked off just after 7pm inside 19 overs. Jeet Raval (33) fell in identical fashion to the first innings, playing on to Kamrul Islam. Fellow opener Tom Latham (41 not out) completed a polished match double while Colin de Grandhomme (33 not out) did his job after being promoted up the order to score some quick runs. A series of reckless dismissals undid the tourists, who were missing key run-scoring trio Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim – all from injuries suffered at the Basin Reserve. Man of the match Tim Southee (3-48) started the rot to add his five-wicket bag in the first innings. He claimed the cheap scalps of key pair Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan before Bangladesh had wiped out the deficit. Neil Wagner (3-44) employed hostility and Trent Boult (3-52)

Warner, Khawaja rested Star batsmen David Warner and Usman Khawaja have been left out of Australia’s one-day international series in New Zealand to prepare for the test tour of India. Australia have picked a 14-man squad for the three-match series against the Black Caps, starting at Auckland’s Eden Park on January 30. In-form batsman Shaun Marsh and Aaron Finch return to the ODI set-up having missed selection for the current series against Pakistan. Both have impressed in recent T20 cricket, with Finch the second highest run scorer in the BBL for Melbourne Renegades. - AAP

Stoinis released for BBL Cricket Australia will release all-rounder Marcus Stoinis from the ODI squad in time for the Melbourne Stars’ BBL semi-final tonight. Stoinis was added to the Australian squad as an injury replacement for Mitchell Marsh ahead of the third one-day international earlier this month. However, the 27-year-old will now be made available for the Stars’ clash against Perth Scorchers before re-joining the Australian team for the final ODI in Adelaide on Thursday. - AAP

Lyon content with cameo Nathan Lyon is unconcerned that his preparation for Australia’s Test cricket tour of India currently consists of four overs per BBL match and some video review work prior to departure. Sydney Sixers’ semi-final against Brisbane tomorrow could be the offspinner’s last hit-out under match conditions before Australia’s fourtest tour of the subcontinent. - AAP

Dragons sign Hunt Brisbane Broncos halfback Ben Hunt will officially become a Dragon in 2018, after St George Illawarra confirmed the signing news yesterday. It was reported last week that Hunt had accepted a lucrative $NZ6.3m deal with the Dragons for five years from 2018 and beyond. His new club has finally confirmed the news, releasing a statement to say all official documentation had been completed. Hunt will join the Dragons at the end of the 2017 season. - AAP

Sims signs dotted line Tim Southee was named man of the match after snaring eight wickets. used reverse swing to snare a procession of victims from there on. Opener Soumya Sarkar (36) and Mahmudullah (38) threatened, although their innings were based around flashy strokes rather than application. Swing specialist Southee became the fifth New Zealander to claim 200 test wickets. He is the second-fastest Kiwi to reach the mark, with his 56 tests eclipsed only by the great Sir Richard Hadlee’s 44. Bangladesh were their own worst enemies, playing strokes from the outset despite a firstinnings deficit of 65 after New Zealand were dismissed for 354 earlier yesterday. Captain Tamim was caught playing an unnecessary hook

to deep square leg while Shakib lamely stabbed a rising ball into gully. Opener Soumya Sarkar (36) and Mahmudullah (38) also swung freely throughout before falling to Colin de Grandhomme and Neil Wagner. The joust between Mahmudullah and Wagner was entertaining, with the aggressive Kiwi bowler at one point delivering a glare within inches of the batsman’s face. Wagner (2-15) claimed a second scalp on the last ball before tea, snaring Sabbir Rahman for a duck. Teenage debutant Nazmul Hossain had crawled to 10 off 50 balls but was teaching his senior teammates a lesson in application.

Bangladesh were profligate in the field, botching two catches behind the wicket to make it six drops for the match. The New Zealanders added 94 runs in 21.4 overs as Henry Nicholls advanced from 56 to a career-best 98, falling agonisingly short of three figures when bowled by spinner Mehedi Hasan. The innings will nevertheless ease pressure on the 25-yearold’s place in the team after a modest start to his career. Wagner scored an eventful 26, ending with a highly-unusual dismissal. He grounded his bat when completing a second run but it was back in the air when wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan took off the bails. - AAP

Brisbane have confirmed the signing of forward Korbin Sims from Newcastle for the next two NRL seasons. Sims, who played under-20s with Brisbane, was released from the final year of his contract by the Knights last Friday before the Broncos confirmed he had arrived at the club yesterday. “I’ve officially signed with the Brisbane Broncos,” Sims said on Twitter. “I’m very excited to get back into training.” - AAP

No panic, say Canes Hobart Hurricanes management deny the cricket team face a massive overhaul following their underwhelming BBL season, in which they finished second-last in the competition. The franchise was bundled out of finals contention on Saturday due to a seven-wicket loss to Perth Scorchers and there is scope for a new-look outfit next season with only nine players still in contract. - AAP

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■ UGO FOSCOLO

Top 3YO loving life in Sydney Star New Zealand three-year-old Ugo Foscolo is thriving in his new surroundings. The Group One winner continues to impress his new trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, who have confirmed his autumn programme. “Everything is going well and they are really happy with him,” said Jonathan Scully, who manages part-owner Kevin Hickman’s Valachi Downs operation at Matamata. “He’s settled in very well in the stables and he’ll have his first barrier trial in early February. “Gai and Adrian will then be looking at the Canterbury Stakes and the George Ryder and, all going well, the goal will be the Doncaster. “The 1600 metres will be right up his alley.” The $A500,000 Gr.1 Canterbury Stakes will be run over 1300 metres at Randwick on March 4 with the $A1 million George Ryder over 1500 metres at Rosehill a fortnight later. The $A3 million Gr.1 Doncaster will be contested back at Randwick on April 1.

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 24 January 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 12.02pm SOUTHLAND GREYHOUNDS WELCOME C0, 390m 1 87737 Another Duke nwtd M & ....................Jopson 2 26 Hello It’s Me nwtd ...................J T McInerney 3 56585 Definitely Maybe nwtd M &................Jopson 4 646 Botany Whisper nwtd .............J T McInerney 5 26728 Lucky Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 6 767 Unfathomable nwtd M & ....................Jopson 7 Festive Flair nwtd ...................J T McInerney 8 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd ..............C Roberts 9 88x Cool Chick nwtd M & .........................Jopson 10 47x86 Goldstar Delta nwtd ...............J T McInerney 2 12.22pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C0, 457m 1 Tom Tee nwtd ................................R Adcock 2 2 Bombs Falling nwtd J &...................D Fahey 3 36863 Dead Wong nwtd M & .......................Jopson 4 37264 Unbridled nwtd M &...........................Jopson 5 43 Sader Nation nwtd .........................G Cleeve 6 Trumped nwtd J & ...........................D Fahey 7 74 Waimac nwtd..........................J T McInerney 8 28652 Waimak Sheff nwtd ................J T McInerney 9 56675 Opawa Sledge nwtd L &..................... Wales 10 88877 Rookie Racer nwtd...................... B I Conner 3 12.42 SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C1/2, 390m 1 26651 Big Catch nwtd M & ..........................Jopson 2 36353 Zircon nwtd M & ................................Jopson 3 54125 Fear Marina 23.11..................J T McInerney 4 67732 Know Hero nwtd.............................G Cleeve 5 86515 Alex Rumble nwtd ..................J T McInerney

“It’s very exciting, he’s still a very young horse with a lot of improvement yet to come,” Scully said. Previously trained by Stephen Marsh, Ugo Foscolo was unbeaten in two starts as a juvenile, including the Listed Hamilton Vets Equine Stakes. This season, he successfully resumed at Hastings before finishing sixth in the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas. He returned to his winning ways in the Gr.2 Sarten Memorial ahead of his impressive victory in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas in November. Hickman and Todd Bawden, of Hamilton, shared in the ownership of Ugo Foscolo before they bought out their former partners following the gelding’s classic win at Riccarton. Also a shareholder in Ugo Foscolo’s sire Zacinto, Hickman has previously enjoyed success with Waterhouse, who prepared Bohemian Lily to win the Gr.2 The Roses at Doomben. - NZME

Humidor in Melbourne Talented New Zealand stayer Humidor will make his first appearance for champion Victorian trainer Darren Weir in Thursday’s Listed John Dillon Stakes at Caulfield. Formerly prepared by Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard, the Teofilo four-year-old has won four of his 10 starts, including the Manawatu Classic. - NZME

Top ride for Coleman Michael Coleman will be in the hot seat at Ellerslie on Sunday. The Matamata jockey has picked up the plum ride on the unbeaten Volpe Veloce in the NZB Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile. Trainer Graham Richardson has called on Coleman to fill in for regular rider Johnathan Parkes, who will miss the meeting through suspension. - NZME

NZ stakes boost

Ugo Foscolo demonstrates winning form at Riccarton.

The New Zealand Racing Board will provide an additional $4.77m over the next two and a half years to improve stakes, address ageing infrastructure and to encourage the entry of young people to racing. Chief executive John Allen said the Pilot Enhancement funds have come as a result of overwhelming feedback from the industry. - NZME

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 6 36745 Joey Baxter 23.19 ..................J T McInerney 7 48383 Homebush Riley 22.81 ...........J T McInerney 8 21121 Rosa Tee nwtd ..............................R Adcock 9 84888 Johnnybruce nwtd ..................J T McInerney 10 87778 Heritage Watch nwtd ......................J Guthrie 4 1.02pm GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1/2, 390m 1 51686 Harden Faster 22.93 M & ..................Jopson 2 22121 Botany Cold nwtd ...................J T McInerney 3 56614 Epic Knoxy 22.74 ..........................R Adcock 4 44263 Opawa Opal 22.84 L & ....................... Wales 5 F8883 Wunzee 22.72 ........................J T McInerney 6 71674 Homebush Bailey 22.96 .........J T McInerney 7 47821 Another Charm nwtd M &..................Jopson 8 66185 Paddy The Baker 22.54..........J T McInerney Emergencies: 9 84888 Johnnybruce nwtd ..................J T McInerney 10 77788 Ozark’s Watch nwtd .......................J Guthrie 5 1.22 EVOQUE CAFE@REMARKABLES C3, 390m 1 13157 No Bro nwtd ................................ B I Conner 2 42354 Opawa Lean Meat 22.55 L & ............. Wales 3 63326 Shift The Blame 23.04............J T McInerney 4 84881 Rand nwtd M & .................................Jopson 5 33348 Wears The Gold nwtd...................C Roberts 6 56265 Opawa Val nwtd L & ........................... Wales 7 71112 Homebush Flame 22.73 .........J T McInerney 8 11831 Birdie Tee nwtd..............................R Adcock Emergencies: 9 81578 Another Liz nwtd M & ........................Jopson 10 37266 Opawa Idol 22.56 L &......................... Wales 6 1.42pm ASCOT PARK CONSORTIUM C4, 390m 1 35136 Homebush Shane 22.78 ........J T McInerney 2 x5334 Storming Norm 22.63.................. B I Conner 3 81466 Max Stix 22.78 .............................C Roberts 4 63222 Harkonen Bale 22.18 ...................C Roberts

5 12124 Know Lapse 22.95 .........................G Cleeve 6 65515 Homebush Errol 22.70 ...........J T McInerney 7 41831 Homebush Kelso nwtd ...........J T McInerney 8 11187 Opawa Crystal 22.69 L & ................... Wales 9 77287 Seeking Baxter nwtd ..............J T McInerney 10 78547 Homebush Scribe 22.48 ........J T McInerney 7 2.00pm NEW YEARS RUN FINAL C1f, 457m 1 34632 Luciastar 26.85 ......................J T McInerney 2 17x11 Min Ho 26.22 J & ............................D Fahey 3 45525 Miss Blue Sky nwtd .....................R Hamilton 4 54333 Storming Mack 26.27 .................. B I Conner 5 24822 Sergio Destroyer nwtd............J T McInerney 6 25125 Lagoon Belle 26.36 ......................C Roberts 7 74543 No Tinkerbell nwtd .........................J Guthrie 8 42443 Opawa Alex 26.51 L & ....................... Wales 9 41552 Trendy Blake 26.99 ................J T McInerney 10 86654 Dan Blue Blood nwtd .............J T McInerney 8 2.18pm OTATARA STAKES C1, 457m 1 15336 Opawa Millie 26.30 L & ...................... Wales 2 16646 Wong Answer nwtd M & ....................Jopson 3 68124 Ghost 26.46 .................................C Roberts 4 68653 Opawa Richie nwtd L & ...................... Wales 5 21781 Cisco 26.40 J & ...............................D Fahey 6 54835 La Kinks 26.36 ...............................C Healey 7 231 Pipe Dream nwtd ...................J T McInerney 8 86654 Dan Blue Blood nwtd .............J T McInerney Emergencies: 9 74747 Bronson Jewel nwtd .....................C Roberts 10 17575 Cawbourne Leaha nwtd ...............C Roberts 9 2.36 CONGRATS FUNNY MUMMY C4/5, 390m 1 78637 Know Style nwtd ............................G Cleeve 2 12146 Cawbourne Craig nwtd ................C Roberts 3 84363 Puma Pants 22.14..................J T McInerney 4 16161 Wheelchair Norm 22.17 .........J T McInerney

5 18717 Another Belle 22.47 M & ...................Jopson 6 5x287 Cawbourne Patty nwtd .................C Roberts 7 62216 Homebush Sloan 22.56 .........J T McInerney 8 11455 Opawa Binge 22.68 L & ..................... Wales Emergencies: 9 77287 Seeking Baxter nwtd ..............J T McInerney 10 78547 Homebush Scribe 22.48 ........J T McInerney 10 2.53pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C4/5, 457m 1 61231 Southern Lights 26.10 .................R Hamilton 2 74132 Epic Dream 26.20 .........................R Adcock 3 21235 Jon Snow Lives 26.19 ..................C Roberts 4 11527 Eagle Tee 26.04 ............................R Adcock 5 13253 Hard Questions 26.04 ....................G Cleeve 6 41178 Definer nwtd .................................... R Breen 7 25634 Know Hassle 26.00 ........................G Cleeve 8 45142 Allen Hadrian 26.29 .....................C Roberts 9 8x123 Opawa Zena 26.40 L & ...................... Wales 10 57857 Chokehold 26.47 M & .......................Jopson 11 3.10pm ASCOT PARK CONSORTIUM C1, 390m 1 74352 Knocka Few Back nwtd ..................C Healey 2 68225 Opawa Crusade 22.38 L &................. Wales 3 6F337 Ana Dior 22.85 .............................C Roberts 4 23518 Mya Time 22.92 ................................B Eade 5 82324 Theseus 22.89 ..................................B Eade 6 31666 Homebush Skip nwtd .............J T McInerney 7 51864 Super Stevie 22.96.......................C Roberts 8 21186 Minder 23.18 ..........................J T McInerney 9 74744 Princely Money nwtd ..............J T McInerney 10 87567 Opawa Express 22.90 ................. B I Conner 12 3.27pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C1/2, 457m 1 53654 Cawbourne Steele nwtd ...............C Roberts 2 58178 Thoracic 26.57 .......................J T McInerney 3 78158 Opawa Peaches nwtd ...................R Adcock

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53246 Opawa Waihemo 26.48 L & ............... Wales 26641 Botany Alan 26.36..................J T McInerney 53351 Zipping Piper 26.56 ..................... B I Conner 52354 Arcane Sabre 26.46 M &...................Jopson 57274 Nessie Allen nwtd ........................C Roberts 75188 Pianissimo 26.26......................... B I Conner 87778 Heritage Watch 26.51 ....................J Guthrie 13 3.45pm RACING AGAIN 7TH FEBRUARY C1, 390m 1 54642 Another Jamie 22.73 M & .................Jopson 2 33635 Cronos nwtd ......................................B Eade 3 25276 Deborah Bay 22.69 ........................J Guthrie 4 75537 Definite 22.77 .................................. R Breen 5 72755 Idol Eve nwtd L & ............................... Wales 6 41552 Trendy Blake nwtd ..................J T McInerney 7 38146 Sergio Star 23.33 ...................J T McInerney 8 x124x Cawbourne Murf 22.79 ................C Roberts 9 76276 Star Apache nwtd........................ B I Conner 10 87778 Heritage Watch nwtd ......................J Guthrie SELECTIONS

Race 1: Another Duke, Festive Flair, Cawbourne Palmer, Hello It’s Me Race 2: Waimac, Unbridled, Tom Tee, Bombs Falling, Sader Nation Race 3: Big Catch, Rosa Tee, Zircon, Alex Rumble, Fear Marina Race 4: Epic Knoxy, Harden Faster, Another Charm, Wunzee Race 5: No Bro, Wears The Gold, Birdie Tee, Shift The Blame Race 6: Storming Norm, Homebush Errol, Homebush Shane Race 7: Storming Mack, No Tinkerbell, Min Ho, Opawa Alex Race 8: Pipe Dream, Opawa Richie, Ghost, Wong Answer Race 9: Wheelchair Norm, Puma Pants, Opawa Binge, Know Style Race 10: Southern Lights, Epic Dream, Know Hassle, Eagle Tee Race 11: Super Stevie, Mya Time, Opawa Crusade, Ana Dior Race 12: Thoracic, Cawbourne Steele, Arcane Sabre, Opawa Waihemo Race 13: Cronos, Another Jamie, Deborah Bay, Trendy Blake 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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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 4 86547 Another Spin 17.33 M & ....................Jopson Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Jan 2017 NZ Meeting num- 5 42584 Dixie Miss 17.49........................R Blackburn ber: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 6 53473 Lucas Scott 17.43 ........................ L Waretini 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 7 12553 Blazin Action 17.86 S & ..................B Evans 10, 11 and 12 8 83488 Crystal Flame nwtd ......................... M Grant 1 3.51pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 10 78675 Goldstar Boomer nwtd ...........J T McInerney 1 14 Trixie Lee 17.20............................... M Grant 2 417 Ngakawau 17.56 ...............................J Dunn 4 4.48pm CHRIS & LISA EARL STAKES C1, 520m 1 67265 Opawa Bucks Eye 30.78 ............H Anderton 3 65665 Know Bias nwtd .............................G Cleeve 2 21751 Fair Pippa 30.73 J &........................D Fahey 4 67354 Ohoka Braxton 17.82 ................... L Waretini 3 81351 Translator nwtd J & .........................D Fahey 5 24373 Another Cruise 17.40 M &.................Jopson 4 11414 Dyna Alk 30.57.............................C Roberts 6 25733 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 5 341 Opawa Sophie 30.68 J & ................D Fahey 7 44866 Jinno Gino 17.65 ......................... J McMillan 6 45437 Flaming Sambuca 30.65 ........J T McInerney 8 44434 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ...................B Evans 7 46231 Ohoka Magic nwtd .......................A Waretini 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 8 56367 Goldstar Junior 30.58 S & ...............B Evans 10 48476 Cawbourne Teash nwtd...................J Tanner 9 17575 Cawbourne Leaha 30.33..............C Roberts 2 4.10pm DOGZONE DASH C1, 295m 1 83857 Royal Action 17.29 S & ...................B Evans 10 67687 Opawa Judy 30.84 L & ....................... Wales 2 187 Graeburn 17.67 ......................... A Bradshaw 5 5.06pm GOLDSTAR RACING DASH C1, 295m 1 37754 Poetik nwtd S & ...............................B Evans 3 74378 Epic Force nwtd H & ...........................Taylor 2 51787 Mulberry Thunder 17.70 ............... K Cassidy 4 74747 Bronson Jewel 17.51....................C Roberts 3 16172 Stormy Sunday 17.50 ............J T McInerney 5 757x2 Koputara 17.50 M & ..........................Jopson 4 65235 Bigtime Tip 17.39 M & ......................... Smith 6 77456 No Biffo nwtd ...............................D Kingston 5 12845 Smash Lilly 17.44............................ M Grant 7 1618x Ohoka Tyler 17.47 ........................ L Waretini 6 48167 Such Fun 17.74...........................D Kingston 8 75338 Kablitz 17.62 ................................ K Cassidy 7 53732 Idol Star 17.69 L & ............................. Wales 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 8 65663 Go Tommo 17.10.............................J Tanner 10 78666 Max Brainstrain 17.39 M & .................. Smith 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 3 4.26pm COALGATE TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 15643 Cosmic Chelsea 17.30 M & ............P Binnie 10 6558x Car Bootle 17.42 ....................... M Robinson 2 45865 Kelly’s Boy 17.60 .............................. S Whall 6 5.26 CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m 1 15 Unfounded 17.43 M & .......................Jopson 3 54226 Runnin’ Cloggs 17.61 ........................J Dunn

2 4554F Jinja Billy 17.47 ............................ L Waretini 9 6.21pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C1, 295m 3 57546 Adjudicator 17.23 S & .....................B Evans 1 67218 My Hoki 17.58 M &............................Jopson 4 34251 Opawa Sheldon 17.07 J & ..............D Fahey 2 23322 Kingman 17.39 ................................ M Grant 5 63776 Conaloo 17.53........................... M Robinson 3 32474 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 6 83728 Cairo nwtd ....................................... M Grant 4 38661 Royal Descent 17.60 .................R Blackburn 7 178 Travis Bickle 17.81 ..............................A Lee 5 6718 Settle Grettel 17.69 .........................J Tanner 8 17422 Giancana 17.45............................S Hindson 6 73852 Falconhurst nwtd ..............................A Joyce 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 7 86352 Homebush Banker nwtd .........J T McInerney 10 64687 Seaspray Cracker nwtd ...............B Freeman 8 27856 Cosmoholic 17.53 ........................A Waretini 7 5.46pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C1, 520m Emergencies: 1 54x63 Cawbourne Eru 30.79 ..................C Roberts 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 2 51357 Goldstar Miley 30.64 S & ................B Evans 10 48857 Goldstar Phelps nwtd S & ...............B Evans 3 23231 Draxler 30.32 J & ............................D Fahey 10 6.41 SPECTATOR’S BAR BISTRO STKS C1, 520m 4 32782 Spring Sam 30.74 ..................J T McInerney 1 21454 Goldstar Jagger 31.16 S &..............B Evans 5 56453 Another Message 30.42 M & ............Jopson 2 24222 Avalanch City nwtd.................J T McInerney 6 25564 Goldstar Dodge 30.88 S & ..............B Evans 3 11311 Vikings nwtd J &..............................D Fahey 7 78x85 Opawa Minstrel 30.57 L & .................. Wales 4 26554 Opawa Penny 30.77 L & .................... Wales 8 22F24 Opawa Cheviot 30.20 J & ...............D Fahey 5 65466 Nariti 31.53................................R Blackburn 9 78647 Opawa Ash 30.74 L & ........................ Wales 6 6F745 Rushcuter Action 30.51 S & ............B Evans 10 7788x Zipping Sonny 30.43 ..............J T McInerney 7 42135 Gentleman Tim 30.18 J & ...............D Fahey 8 6.06pm BUSINESS TIME AT STUD DASH C1, 295m 8 53442 Cawbourne Ridge nwtd................C Roberts 1 44485 Goldstar Bomber 17.33 S & ............B Evans 9 28658 Briseur De Reves 30.47 ............ A Bradshaw 2 67344 Lexie Rae 17.53 M &.........................Jopson 10 478x8 Opawa Janet 30.41 L &...................... Wales 3 87236 Hannah Rhiannon 17.33 ...............R Adcock 11 6.56 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 4 56152 Botany Dianne 17.88 .............J T McInerney 1 21 Smash Attack 17.36 ........................ M Grant 5 1x5x Genetic Marlow nwtd ...................... M Grant 2 8x533 Homebush Justine nwtd .........J T McInerney 6 45344 Ohoka Hunter 17.80..................... L Waretini 3 55177 Ad’s Spice 18.06 .............................J Tanner 7 8F187 Road Block 17.68............................J Tanner 4 431 Talk Talk 17.42 ....................................A Lee 8 75666 Charlie Runkel 17.37 ........................J Dunn 5 21684 Hatfield 17.53 ............................ A Bradshaw 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 6 83658 Unconscionable nwtd M & ................Jopson 10 67865 Jinga Snag 17.85 .............................A Joyce 7 78457 Jinja Loch 17.30 .........................H Wanhalla

8 42776 Bella Jade 17.42 ..........................C Roberts 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 10 18486 Goldstar Scout 17.50 S & ...............B Evans 12 7.21pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 24F51 Starry Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney 2 64327 Eug The Scrooge 17.69 M & .............Jopson 3 55128 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.77 S & ..............B Evans 4 44724 Tilt 17.48 ...................................... L Waretini 5 87627 Cut The Ribbons 17.79 .....................J Dunn 6 27713 Smash Fire 17.63............................ M Grant 7 72586 Zabambi 17.62 .................................A Joyce 8 54874 Cool Dexter 17.28 ...........................J Tanner Emergencies: 9 36838 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 10 78884 Lagoon Allira nwtd M & ....................... Smith SELECTIONS Race 1: Trixie Lee, Jinno Gino, Another Cruise, Know Bias Race 2: Ohoka Tyler, Bronson Jewel, Royal Action, Graeburn Race 3: Cosmic Chelsea, Runnin’ Cloggs, Blazin Action, Lucas Scott Race 4: Ohoka Magic, Dyna Alk, Fair Pippa, Translator, Opawa Sophie Race 5: Poetik, Smash Lily, Stormy Sunday, Idol Star, Go Tommo Race 6: Jinja BIlly, Cairo, Opawa Sheldon, Unfounded, Giancana Race 7: Spring Sam, Opawa Minstrel, Draxler, Cawbourne Eru Race 8: Road Block, Botany Diane, Genetic Marlow, Hannah Rhiannon Race 9: Kingman, My Hoki, Settle Grettel, Homebush Banker Race 10: Vikings, Avalanch City, Cawbourne Ridge, Goldstar Jagger Race 11: Jinja Loch, Talk Talk, Bella Jade, Homebush Justine Race 12: Starry Baxter, Eug The Scrooge, Goldstar Tu Puc 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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Quick crossword 1

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

7 8

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Previous solution: SOFTENER

9 10

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Some say we live in an age of narcissism, but the reasons a person might post selfies are usually much more complicated and nuanced than that. Healthy self-expression will be the hallmark of the day. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Truth-seekers like you are trustworthy, though you should be very sceptical of truth-finders today. The more certain a person is of being right, the less likely that is to be the case. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It feels as though you’ve come a million miles but you’re still doing the same things. The Zen proverb says, “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): If the mountain is so tall that you can’t see over it, you’re unlikely to want to climb to the top. Who has time for an infinite journey? We all need hope, a vision of the pinnacle, a reason to think there is one. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Many people document special events, but it takes an artistic mindset to want to archive routine parts of life. You’ll capture what’s interesting about the day-today and later be glad for the reference. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Others will be bothered and hurt by things you can’t predict and may never fully understand. You’re more experienced, tougher but still sensitive to the fact everyone has a right to their feelings. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): If you had any resistance to authority, you’ll drop it now. You need a leader more than you need to be the leader. Anyway, a power struggle would only waste time, when there’s much learning to be done. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Not knowing what to say to that person who is hurting, many will keep their distance. That’s why you’ll sidle up. Acknowledge the pain with compassion. You don’t have to solve it, just acknowledge. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): This is no time to doubt, worry or over-think. This is a time to keep on trying, doing, going. The direction is simple and clear: forward, forward, ever forward. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Even though you really want to know the whole story, you’ll resist the urge to push the matter, because privacy is sacred. You respect everyone’s right to it, including your own. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): While you can’t force everyone to get along, you can create an atmosphere of support, tolerance and calm. Others are likely to relax into it today. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): The human body has a delayed response to satisfaction. If you keep eating until you’re full, you’ll discover you’re over-stuffed instead. With food and most other pleasures, it’s best to take it slow.

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Across 1. Disapproving 8. In favour 9. Apse 11. Apron 12. Grounds 13. Tack 15. Teem 19. Renegue 20. Eaten 22. Pier 23. Adorable 24. Cattle market Down 2. Infer 3. Advent 4. Plunge 5. Impinge 6. Greasemonkey 7. Misanthropic 10. Fox 14. Convent 16. Age 17. Seldom 18. Bearer 21. Table

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12 13

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20 21

Previous solution: abed, able, alb, ale, bad, bade, bald, bale, baled, bead, bed, bel, blade, bled, dab, dal, dale, deal, deb, eld, lab, lad, lade, lea, lead, led.

Across 1. Intolerable 8. Nucleus 9. Solar 10. Tutu 11. Satisfy 12. Bet 13. Ammo 15. Easy 17. Sad 19. Arsenal 20. Bare 23. China 24. Glimpse 25. Flying start Down 1. Ignite 2. Tacit 3. Lied 4. Resist 5. Besotted 6. Enlists 7. Martyr 12. Boundary 14. Mastiff 16. Rascal 17. Slogan 18. Select 21. Alpha 22. Kiss

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

ACROSS 1. Experts (3,5) 7. Happen (5) 8. Ill-shapen (9) 9. Mythical bird (3) 10. Breach (4) 11. Harmony (6) 13. Imaginary observer (1,3,2,3,4) 15. Naked (6) 16. Thought (4) 18. Choose (3) 20. Barren (9) 21. Throw out (5) 22. Discard (8)

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Nth Ashburton at 12:10 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 12:10 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 12:12 pm, yesterday

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 18.1 19.4 Max to 4pm 11.8 Minimum 9.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.4 16hr to 4pm January to date 60.0 Avg Jan to date 43 2017 to date 60.0 43 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 19 At 4pm Strongest gust W 50 Time of gust 12:02am

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A ridge is receding to the North Island today, as an active front is approaching the South Island from the southwest Tasman Sea. Strengthening northwesterlies precede the front as it moves northeastwards across New Zealand tomorrow. This front is followed by a ridge of high pressure for the upper North Island from Thursday.

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information. 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show With special guest Octavia Spencer. 0 10am Tipping Point Quiz show in which four players take on an extraordinary machine, hoping to win its jackpot. 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Location, Location, Location 3 0 2pm Kiwi Living 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Little Monstar 3 0 7am The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue! 3 0 7:25 Transformers – Robots In Disguise 3 0 7:50 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 0 8:35 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Step By Step 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 1pm I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2:30 Judge Rinder PGR 3:30 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 0 3:40 Wander Over Yonder 0 4:05 KC Undercover 3 0 4:30 My Wife And Kids The Kyles are taken advantage of by Junior’s in-laws. 0 5pm Friends 3 0 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am Infomercials 7am Sticky TV 7:05 Kate And Mim 3 7:30 Sticky TV 7:32 The Moe Show 3 0 7:55 Sticky TV 8am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 8:25 Sticky TV 10am Infomercials 11:30 Baggage PGR 3 Noon The Biggest Loser Australia 1pm M Pop Star PGR 2013 Romantic Drama. Christian Serratos, Rachele Brooke Smith, Ross Thomas. 3pm Entertainment Tonight 3:30 American Ninja Warrior 3 0 4:25 Wipeout 0 5:25 The Best Of Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm MasterChef Australia 0 8:05 The Force PGR 0 8:35 N Eat Well For Less Gregg Wallace and awardwinning greengrocer Chris Bavin set out to help families save money, sort food facts from food fiction, and eat well for less. 0 9:50 City In The Sky 0

7pm Shortland Street 0 7:30 Renters PGR Judy deals with an eviction with police assistance, and is met with anger from the tenants; Gareth visits a flat that is absolute carnage and filth. 0 8pm Motorway Patrol PGR 0 8:30 Sensing Murder AO 0 10pm Medical Mysteries

11:05 1 News Tonight 0 11:25 Major Crimes AO The team tracks a killer who is making his own film with his victims as the stars; a new romance takes wing. 0 12:20 Allegiance AO 0 1:15 Te Karere 3 2 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11pm Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 11:30 Empire AO 3 0 12:30 The Last Ship 3 0 1:25 Shortland Street 3 0 1:55 Infomercials 2:55 Mike Tyson Mysteries 3 3:05 The Good Witch 3 0 3:50 The Real PGR 3 4:40 Baby Daddy PGR 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

7pm The Block Australia PGR 0 8:05 M RIPD PGR 3 2013 Sci-fi Action. Police dispatched by the Rest In Peace Department must protect the living from destructive souls hiding on Earth. Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker. 0 10:05 NewsHub Late 10:35 The Night Shift AO 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

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BRAVO 10am Million Dollar Listing 3 10:55 Hoarders 3 11:50 Snapped – Killer Couples AO 3 12:40 Vanderpump Rules 1:35 Wahlburgers 3 2pm Wahlburgers 3 2:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 3:30 Flipping Out 3 4:30 Dance Moms – Abby’s Studio Rescue 5:30 Hoarders 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 7:30 Hoarders 3 Andrew’s brother has called Adult Protective Services, and he must clean up his home or they will remove him and his belongings without his consent. 8:30 Botched PGR 3 9:30 The Real Housewives Of Atlanta 10:30 Hoarders 3 11:30 Snapped – Killer Couples PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

7:30 The 33 MC 2015 Drama History. Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche. 9:35 Cold Deck 16VLS 2015 Crime. Stefano Gallo, Paul Sorvino. 10:55 Joe Dirt 2 – Beautiful Loser MLS 2015 Comedy. RIPD David Spade, Brittany Daniel. 8:05pm on Three 12:45 The Vatican Tapes MV 2015 Horror. 2:15 Straight THE BOX Outta Compton 16VLSC 2015 6am CSI MV 6:50 Criminal Drama. O’Shea Jackson jr, Intent MV 7:40 The Glades Corey Hawkins. 4:40 The MV 8:30 Shipping Wars Exorcism Of Molly Hartley PG 8:55 The Simpsons 16VLSC 2015 Horror. Sarah Lind, PG 9:20 Criminal Minds Devon Sawa. 6:15 Furious MV 10:10 NCIS MV 7 MV 2015 Action. Vin Diesel, 11am Shearing Gang PG Paul Walker. 8:30 Dope 16VLSC 2015 Comedy. A geek and his 11:30 Shearing Gang PG friends usually keep their heads Noon Ice Road Truckers down and stay out of a trouble, PG 12:50 Container Wars but a chance encounter with PG 1:15 Criminal Intent a drug dealer changes all that. MV 2pm Raw MV 5:15 The Shameik Moore, ZoÎ Kravitz. Simpsons PG 10:15 10 Cloverfield 5:40 Criminal Intent MV 6:30 The Carbonaro Effect PG Lane MVC 2016 Thriller Horror. John Goodman, 7pm Container Wars PG Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Containers bound for the John Gallagher jr. Winter Olympic Games in Russia miss the boat; a waterlogged container piques everyone’s interest. 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Covert Affairs MV 9:30 Suspects MVLSC 10:30 Criminal Minds MV 11:25 NCIS MV

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Midnight Ryan Baxter – Re-Enactor M 2015 Comedy. Matt Whittaker, Travis Shakespeare. 1:25 The Exorcism Of Molly Hartley 16VLSC 2015 Horror. Sarah Lind, Devon Sawa. 3am Dope 16VLSC 2015 Comedy. WEDNESDAY Shameik Moore, ZoÎ Kravitz. 12:15 Raw MV 2:40 CSI 4:40 10 Cloverfield MV 3:30 The Simpsons Lane MVC 2016 Thriller PG 3:55 Covert Affairs Horror. John Goodman, MV 4:45 Suspects MVLSC Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 5:35 The Carbonaro Effect PG John Gallagher jr.

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6am The Fairly Odd Parents 6:25 Kid v Kat 6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar 7:15 Bella And The Bulldogs 7:40 Henry Danger 8:05 Avatar – The Last Airbender 8:30 Sanjay And Craig 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 3 11:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 12:10 Bondi Rescue PGR 3 12:35 Mayday PGR 3 1:35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Great British Bake Off With cake week almost finished, the 11 remaining bakers are challenged with biscuit boxes, biscotti, and more. 0 8:35 M Pink Floyd – The Wall AO 1982 Animated Drama. 0 10:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:30 Pukana 2 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Fresh 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm City Slickers Rodeo 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Iwi Anthems 3 4:30 The Stage – Haka Fusion AO 3 5pm Kapa Haka Regionals 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 3 2 6:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 32 7pm KTK – Next Level 3 7:30 F Kai Ora 3 Anne invites her friends over to complete the series with a Maori classic waiata. 8pm Native Affairs – Summer Series 8:30 Utopia PGR 3 10:30 Media Take 3

11:40 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Five. The final day at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. 12:10 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 12:40 Closedown

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 Te Kauta 3 Chat show featuring guests who reminisce about their younger days and some of their naughtiest secrets. Midnight Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:55 The Making Of The Town R16 7:10 Something To Talk About ML 1995 Comedy Drama. Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall. 8:55 Lions For Lambs MVL 2007 Drama. Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise. 10:25 Van Wilder 16LSC 2002 Comedy. Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid. 11:55 Clash Of The Titans MV 2010 Action. Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson. 1:40 Made In Dagenham ML 2010 Biography Drama. Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins. 3:35 Something To Talk About ML 1995 Comedy Drama. Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall. 5:20 X-Men Origins – Wolverine MVL 2009 Action. Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber. 7:05 Whipped 16LS 2000 Comedy. A group of college friends must reassess their attitudes when they all pursue the same woman. Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt. 8:30 The Day After Tomorrow AO M 2004 Action. A climatologist must save the planet from a catastrophic weather change. 10:35 The Butler MVL 2013 Drama Biography.

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12:45 The Nutty Professor M 1996 Comedy. 2:20 X-Men Origins – Wolverine MVL 2009 Action. 4:05 Whipped 16LS 2000 Comedy. 5:30 The Nutty Professor M 1996 Comedy.

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SKY SPORT 1 6am Tennis – Australian Open (HLS) Day Eight – Night Session. 7am The Fishing Show 8am Hockey – India League (RPL) 9:30 The Cricket Show 9:55 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Four. 10:25 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Five. 1:05 The Cricket Show 1:35 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Five. 6:30 The Fishing Show 7:30 Football – NZ Premiership Highlights Show 8pm Football League Show 8:30 Fight Night On Sky 10:30 Fox Sports News 11pm Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v Burnley.

WEDNESDAY

2am Football – A-League Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar FC. 2:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 3:30 UFC Now 4am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Semi-final One – Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars. 4:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second Test, Day Five. 5am Tennis – Australian Open (HLS) Day Nine – Day Session.

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

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Chinese New Year – The Biggest Celebration On Earth 7:30 Baby Animals – In Our World 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 10am Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 10:30 Junk Gypsies 11am Tiny House Hunting 11:30 The Water Brothers Noon Chinese New Year – The Biggest Celebration On Earth 1pm Chris Tarrant – Extreme Railway Journeys 2pm Walking The Himalayas 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Bondi Vet 4:30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat 5:30 The Living Room 6:30 Money For Nothing

7:30 Building The Dream Charlie helps Matthew, an architect trying to build the perfect home for a very demanding client, his wife. The couple plan to build a home that makes the most of the great views. 8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 The House That 100K Built – Tricks Of The Trade 10:30 Money For Nothing 11:30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat Matthew Evans, Ross O’Meara, and Nick Haddow trace the path followed by the first Europeans to chart Tasmanian shores, exploring the foods and culture. 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Double Your House For Half The Money 2am Bondi Vet 3am The Living Room 4am Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR 5am My Dream Home

SKY SPORT 2 6am Football – A-League Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar FC. 6:30 NZ Football Weekly 7am Football – A-League Shootout 8am Tennis – Australian Open Day Eight, Day Session. 9am Golf – US PGA Tour Careerbuilder Challenge. 10am Golf – European Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championships. 10:30 Tennis – Australian Open Day Eight – Night Session. 11:30 Tennis – Australian Open Match of the Day – Day Eight. 1pm Motorsport – WRC Monte Carlo Event. 2pm Golf Central 3pm Sky Sports News UK 3:30 World Rugby 4pm The Cricket Show 4:25 L Cricket – Women’s Big Bash League Semi-final One – Teams TBC. 7:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers. 8pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades. 8:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 9pm Cricket – International 9:35 L Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Semi-final One – Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars.

WEDNESDAY

1am The Cricket Show 1:30 Fox Sports News 2am Golf – European Tour 2:40 L Hockey – India League Dabang Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh Wizards. 4:30 Golf – US PGA Tour 5:30 Football – A-League 24Jan17

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How Do They Do It? PG St Petersburg Metro; Civet Coffee; Chip Makers. 8am Auction Hunters 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:25 You Have Been Warned M Not Safe for Work. 10:20 What On Earth? PG 11:15 Deadly Sins M Lethal Love Triangles. 12:10 Cry Wolfe M Clown Schooled. 12:35 Cry Wolfe M Not So Charming Prince. 1:05 Unravelled M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG Leather; Grand Canal; Flyboard. 3:20 Auction Hunters 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Blackout. 4:45 Dual Survival M 5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Nick Jonas. 7:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Courteney Cox. 8:30 Naked And Afraid XL M Human Prey. 9:30 Dual Survival M Tracking Lions. 10:30 River Monsters PG Colombian Slasher. 11:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Alien Death Ray.

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Unravelled M 1:25 Cry Wolfe M 1:50 Cry Wolfe M 2:20 Auction Hunters 2:45 Auction Hunters 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Moonshiners M

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Sport England turn to MMA England have turned to mixed martial arts in search of techniques that will aid their quest to become rugby’s No.1 team. The reigning champions open their grand slam defence against France at Twickenham on February 4 armed with insight into wrestling, ju-jitsu and judo gleaned by defence coach Paul Gustard. Gustard has been practising with an MMA expert based near England’s Surrey training camp and believes some of the skills he has learned in the octagon will assist coach Eddie Jones’ men throughout the Six Nations.

New coach required Bree Middleton and Cameron Slee show off the rewards of their hard work from the Swimming Canterbury West Coast Championships. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Swimmers in the medals BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

The Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team has had a successful trip to the Swimming Canterbury West Coast Championships held in Dunedin last week. Three titles were won at the event by Ashburton swimmers. Bree Middleton won two titles, the 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle. Middleton also won the Jubilee Trophy for the fastest 13-14

year old in the 800m freestyle. Silver medals in the 100m and 200m freestyle completed Middleton’s medal haul along with fourth in the 200m individual medley and sixth in the 200m backstroke. Cameron Slee was the other swimmer to take out a title, winning the 50m breaststroke. He also came close with a silver in the 200m breaststroke and a bronze in the 100m breaststroke.

Slee also broke all of his personal bests in the other events he competed in. Also bringing home bronze medals were Isabelle Wilson who received two bronzes, one in the 100m breaststroke and one in the 400m individual medley. Bailey Tait earned a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle. A large number of personal best times were broken at the event.

Andrew Peel improved on his personal best in the 400m individual medley by nine seconds and by five seconds in the 200m individual medley. Matthew Scammell also made large seven and five second improvements on personal bests. Jared Scammell, Josh Giles, Blake Farr, James Robertson, Katelyn Hogg and Victoria Binnie all recorded improved personal bests in one, if not multiple events.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga staying in the moment BY DARREN WALTON It’s understandable that former Australian Open runner-up JoWilfried Tsonga senses another opportunity at Melbourne Park. It’s also understandable that he is not looking too far beyond his quarter-final against reigning US Open champion

Stan Wawrinka tonight. The departure of world No.1 Andy Murray from his top half of the draw ensures Tsonga won’t run into a player who boasts a dominant 14-2 winning record over the Frenchman. “It’s always an opportunity when a guy like this lost, of course,” said Tsonga, who’s also

reached five other grand slam semi-finals. It’s why the one-time world No.5 and most accomplished player of his generation yet to land a major is preferring to focus on there here and now. “My next game is going to be Stan. I cannot look forward,” Tsonga said. “(But) for sure it’s better for

me if I don’t have to play Andy because I have a bad record against him.” But Tsonga knows he’s still an underdog against the formidable fourth seed who is bidding to become the first man other than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to win back-toback grand slam titles. - AAP

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Double Olympic gold medallist shot putter Valerie Adams is looking for a new coach, following news her longstanding mentor Jean Pierre Egger is retiring. The 74-year Swiss coach didn’t travel to Rio with Adams for last year’s Olympics after suffering a knee injury. Adams, who won gold in 2008 at the Beijing Games and four years later in London, took silver in Rio, beaten on the last throw by American Michelle Carter. Adams, 32, said she won’t be returning to her Swiss base to train, but would be spending more time in New Zealand.

Attacking trio return Newcastle A-League coach Mark Jones expects to regain his key attacking trio for a pivotal three weeks after ruing a “lack of silk” in the front third that sealed their downfall against Western Sydney. The Jets’ mini-revival, featuring one loss in six games, came undone against mid-table rivals the Wanderers in Campbelltown on Sunday. The 2-1 setback pushed the Novocastrians down to eighth in the league standings and dents their hopes of a first finals berth in seven seasons.