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Restricted fire season

Mid Canterbury officially moved into a restricted fire season last night and the onus is now on those thinking of lighting a fire outdoors to ensure they get the right permit before doing so.

The Ashburton District, which forms part of the Mid and South Canterbury region for Fire Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) was elevated to a restricted fire season

as of last night and deputy principal rural fire officer Don Geddes is urging people to make use of the website, www.checkitsalright. nz to become aware of their responsibilities before lighting any form of outside fire.

“It’s a one-stop shop,” he said.

“All people need to do is enter their address and the fuel type they will be burning and it will tell

you if that is okay, or if you need a permit, it will take you to where you need to go,” he said.

Shifting into restricted fire season was something that had been thought long and hard about and was only something that was ever done if absolutely required and that moment is now – but Geddes wanted to stress that while a restricted fire season limits what

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can be undertaken, it wasn’t a complete fire ban.

“We do need to clarify that this is not a fire ban, just a fire restriction and because the element of risk is a bit higher we need an added element of control,” he said.

“If there was to be a fire ban it would stop any fires being lit at all and that’s because the risk would

just be too great.”

With hot and dry temperatures ahead in the forecast and February shaping up to be a good weather month, the risk would likely grow in the coming weeks.

The remainder of the Canterbury region has been in a restricted fire season since the middle of December and will later this week move to a total fire ban.

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Long line of history in mystery rock

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

There might be thousands and thousands of rocks that make up the Rakaia riverbed, but one caught a fisherman’s eye which turns out to have interesting origins.

The fisherman, who asked not be named, was fishing at the Rakaia River when he noticed the rock, which he decided to take home due to its fascinating colours and shape.

GNS Science sedimentologist and principal scientist Greg Browne said it is always difficult to tell exactly what a rock is from a photograph, but said it looks like some form of concretion.

A concretion forms within sedimentary rocks like limestone or sandstone and typically zones where mineral-rich fluids have concentrated, and over time those fluids harden into a circular-shaped nodule or concretion.

“Typically the fluids concerned are rich in carbonate minerals and these can take various forms including calcium carbonate (calcite concretions), magnesium carbonate (dolomite concretions), iron carbonate (siderite concretions), barium carbonate (barite concretions) or manganese carbonate concretions,” he said.

“These minerals can all be present to varying proportions in a given concretion. They take on

The rock found in the river by a fisherman has been described as rare by a sedimentologist. different shapes depending on the fluid pathways that were present.”

Browne said it appeared the rock had come from a sedimentary succession which is a series of rocks that have gathered chrono-

logically, as can been seen in the moraines around Lake Coleridge or in the Rakaia Gorge.

“The rock is very heavy which would also support the idea of a concretion. Some of these miner-

als like magnesium, manganese, iron and barium are very dense and hence result in a heavy rock,” he said.

“Such rocks are also very hard.”

Brown says these rocks, al-

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though rare, do occur throughout the country.

“I suggest the collector retains the rock in their collection – it would make a nice talking point or anchor stone,” he said.

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Grieving father presents petition to improve Summit Road

By Susan Sandys

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A grieving father’s determination that no-one else should be killed in a car crash on Summit Road was centre-stage at the Christchurch City Council yesterday.

Jason Alexander of Ashburton presented a petition calling on authorities to improve the safety of the Christchurch road.

Supported by Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown and friend Bec Sandys, Alexander said he had

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been overwhelmed with the support for the petition, with more than 6000 signatures.

“I’m not doing this as a grieving father, I don’t hate the road because of the accidents,” Alexander told Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel and councillors.

“I’m doing this because unfortunately our younger generation are using this road as a place to burn rubber so to speak, at the top of the hill, and then race back down to the bottom, with undoubtedly bald tyres.”

Summit Road had always been a dangerous road and the older generation had a responsibility to put measures in place to ensure it was safe, he said.

“How can we as a community stand by and wait for this to happen again, how can we live with ourselves knowing we could have done something to prevent loss of life?”

Alexander’s daughters, 17-year old Tayla and 15-year-old Sunmara, were rear-seat passengers in a vehicle which crashed off the

road on November 27. Tayla was thrown from the car and killed on impact, while Sunmara passed away in hospital 16 days later after being trapped in the car and suffering burns to 80 per cent of her body.

Alexander said it was time to revisit attempts to make Summit Road safer. He referred to submissions in 2015 to restrict access to parts, and said a lowered speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour introduced earlier this year had not been enforced, judging from

burnout tracks and skid marks.

Dalziel extended the council’s sympathies and said members understood why a father must do everything he could to make sure other parents did not go through such an experience.

She acknowledged issues raised by the petition, of not only the safety of the road, but also driver education. She said the council would do all that it could to help, and the petition was referred to the Urban Development and Transport Committee.

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For Alison it’s all about the print

By Heather Mackenzie

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Alison Lewis has been volunteering at The Plains Museum for over a year now and she loves it.

Lewis has always had a passion for books, so it seemed a natural progression for her to follow that passion in to looking after the printing machines, typewriters and typesetting tools at the museum.

She said the role requires her to be part cleaner, part detective and part tour guide.

“There is not a lot of information around about these old machines and how to use them.” Lewis said she finds what she can about them on the internet.

“But a lot of it I have to work out for myself.”

“Like all machines of this age, they all have their own quirks. So what it says to do in the operating manual may not be exactly how they were operated in the past.”

Ideally Lewis would like to get at least one of the printers back in working order.

“I would love it if we could print our own posters and certificates here.”

Also prompting her to get a printer going is her understanding of what people want to see in a museum.

“People and especially children, like to see how things work.”

She said some children are really interested when they come in and others

not so much. However once they find out they can have a go on the manual typewriter their interest soon sparks up and they are soon merrily asking their parents or grandparents questions.

Many of the younger generation have never seen a typewriter before and have to have it explained what it is and how it works.

“It’s funny to think that something so familiar to us such as the typewriter has now totally gone.”

When visitors come in and have a look around quite often one of the machines will spark a childhood memory.

“I hear lots of visitors say things like ‘Dad used to work in a print works and I remember going with him to work and playing with the paper’.”

From time to time a knowlegeable visitor will pop in for a look and end up helping Lewis with something.

“One guy came and helped me get the paper guillotine working, it wasn’t cutting quite right, but he was a big help all the same.”

Lewis is well aware all her plans for the little print house will take time to come to fruition, but she’s in no rush.

“I’m happy pottering about in here, figuring out how things work or what they’re for, learning as I go. I’m in it for the long haul,” she said.

Lewis is always on the lookout for people who know about the printers or have worked with them.

If you can help, call in to the Plains Museum and ask for Alison.

Alison Lewis with the Intertype printing machine at Plains Museum. This machine was used by the Ashburton Guardian for many years.

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The Opportunities Party seeks a Rangitata candidate

By Susan Sandys

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The Opportunities Party (TOP) is on the lookout for a candidate to stand in the Rangitata electorate for this year’s General Election.

The former Gareth Morgan-led party is aiming to get into Parliament for the first time, and hopes a Rangitata candidate can help it do just that.

The party was formed in 2016 and won 2.4 per cent of the party vote at the last election in 2017.

New leader Geoff Simmons said party polling showing eight per cent of people wanted to vote TOP, but many didn’t as they were scared the party wouldn’t reach

five per cent and their vote would be wasted.

“It’s all about giving people the confidence we will get into Parliament,” Simmons said.

One of the strategies to do this would be not only getting as many party votes as possible, but also focusing on winning a seat in one or two electorates nationwide.

He had yet to investigate whether or not this would be possible in Canterbury region electorates, but said there were some areas nationwide where parties had in the past chosen to run a secondary campaign in order to help prospective partners into government.

“Those conversations are still very much open as well,” he said.

Simmons said when he last spoke to former Rangitata TOP candidate Olly Wilson of Timaru he was very busy, and he was not expecting him to stand again. Wilson confirmed to the Guardian he was not planning on restanding.

Simmons said he was on the lookout for a new candidate, and that would be someone with standing in the community and an understanding and affinity with TOP policies.

“It’s about fairness and wanting to do what works, not left, not right, just what works,” Simmons said.

Among TOP’s priorities was sorting out fresh water issues.

“And stopping exporting the good stuff we have to China and improving the quality of the rest,” he said with regard to water resources.

Another priority was affordable housing.

“The housing crisis is nationwide now, and we have seen that neither of the big parties is prepared to do what it takes to fix it,” Simmons said.

TOP was planning on releasing its first tranche of candidates next month, and yesterday announced its first confirmed candidate, Jessica Hammond, who would stand

in Ohariu. For the last election, Wilson was ranked number five on the TOP list, and ended up being the third highest polling candidate in Rangitata, behind frontrunner Andrew Falloon of National and Jo Luxton of Labour, who together gained more than 30,000 votes.

Wilson received 1585 votes, followed by Mojo Mathers of the Greens, who received 1307 votes, and Tom Corbett of ACT, who received 237.

TOP received 686 party votes in the electorate, polling the fourth highest in this area, behind NZ First and the Greens, but beating ACT, which received the least.

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In brief Flatmates lose case Two Auckland flatmates have failed to convince Work and Income they are not lovers and have been ordered to pay more than $150,000 in compensation.

Karel Modderman had and Shirley Eyre had their pension and welfare entitlements cut after a Ministry of Social Development investigation last year. MSD concluded after the extensive investigation that they were in a relationship, rather than just flatmates, and had been wrongfully claiming the more generous single person’s pension and benefit. They plan to appeal the decisions to the next stage, a Social Security Appeal Authority.

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Confirmed as deceased The draft consultation document on the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill is publicly available.

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Emotive, divisive question

By Heather Mackenzie

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The answer to the cannabis referendum question will remain a mystery until after Election 2020, however what isn’t a mystery is how emotive and divisive the legalising recreational cannabis question is proving to be.

The draft bill, as put forward by Minister of Justice Andrew Little states that the purpose of the Act is to regulate and control the cultivation, manufacture, use and sale of cannabis in New Zealand, with the intent of reducing harm from cannabis use to individuals, families, whanau and communities.

The core elements of the proposed scheme breakdown as follows; a minimum purchase and use age of 20, will be confined to private homes and licensed premises, conditions will be set for personal growing and sharing, public health messaging is a must, the whole supply chain from commercial growers to sellers will all have to be licensed and restrictions on marketing and advertising will be put in place.

The weighty sixty-four page draft consultation document on

the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill is available for the public to view on www.referendum.govt.nz and covers the act in fine detail.

“The draft bill is now publicly available, and is subject to ongoing discussion by the cross-party working group,” Little said.

“I expect there will be changes made to the draft bill following these discussions and I am working towards a final draft bill in late March or early April.

“The result of the referendum will be binding on the parties presently in government.

“Those parties have said they will abide by the outcome of the referendum. If National forms a government, they will not be obliged to abide by the referendum result.”

Rangitata MP, Andrew Falloon said he was disappointed at the decided upon purchasing age.

“As with any referendum it’s up to individuals how they vote, but my intention is to vote no,” he said.

“I’m disappointed the Government have gone with a purchase age of 20 when it’s widely accepted that brain development con-

tinues to occur until the age of 25.”

Falloon also has concerns around the mental health aspects of legalising a drug that has the potential to cause mental health issues.

“It’s similarly accepted that marijuana use disrupts brain development and increases the risk of schizophrenia and depression.

“Given the very clear mental wellbeing issues we already face in New Zealand, particularly in smaller communities like ours, the very last thing the Government should be doing is more easily enabling young people to increase their risk of mental illness,” he said.

Falloon is aware there is a strong difference between medical cannabis and recreational use.

“I support medicinal cannabis and the prescribing of it by doctors where they believe it will be of benefit to a person with an illness or condition.”

Also of concern for the National MP is the issues around drug driving on our roads.

As per AA statistics in 2018 ninety-five people were killed on

our roads in preventable crashes where drugs were involved.

Falloon is frustrated that New Zealand is behind countries like the UK, Australia and Canada who have had roadside oral drug testing for some time.

He said with the referendum looming several of his National Party colleagues have for two years now, been proposing the same overseas drug testing framework be applied in New Zealand.

“But each time it’s been voted down by the Government or they’ve refused to let it be debated.”

In December last year the government announced that police will be given roadside saliva drug testing devices. The plan is these devices will be introduced in 2021.

“The Government have finally indicated they’ll look to bring in a roadside drug test next year, but not until after the referendum; it’s putting the cart before the horse.”

If the referendum returns a Yes vote, the precise time recreational cannabis will become legal in New Zealand is unclear.

The two missing, presumed killed

by Whakaare/White Island’s devastating eruption have now been confirmed as deceased by the Chief Coroner. Whakatane local and White Island tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman and Australian tourist Winona Langford were yesterday confirmed to have been killed by the devastating eruption. “The Chief Coroner has ruled that both Winona and Hayden died on Whakaari/White Island,” Deputy Commissioner John Tims, National Operations Commander said. Their bodies have not been recovered from the active volcano. Tims’ announcement brings the official death toll of the disaster to 20 people.

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Pandemic response

Dry spell has Mid Canterbury in its grip

The Minister of Health has pushed back against claims health authorities are not properly preparing for a potential arrival of the deadly coronavirus and says the Government is “alert but not alarmed”. There have been 17 deaths and more than 540 confirmed case of the flu-like virus in China, with the city of Wuhan, the centre of the outbreak, shutting down public transport and advising people not to leave the area. While there have been no confirmed cases in New Zealand, Health Minister David Clark says New Zealand health officials have been monitoring the spread of the virus since January 6 and the Ministry of Health had sent out two notifications since. “It’s fair to characterise our response at this time as alert but not alarmed,” Clark told reporters. The World Health Organisation has met to discuss the global risk posed by the virus, but delayed a decision about whether the declare an international emergency until today.

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By Susan Sandys

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Climbing temperatures in Ashburton this weekend are accompanied by no rain in the forecast, at least until later next week.

January has been marked by warm temperatures and very little rain for the town, only 5.2 millimetres, compared to the longterm average for the month of 41 millimetres.

MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree said a ridge of high pressure leading to fine and settled weather was to ease at the end of next week, with conditions moving to a south-west flow. This

could bring some showers.

“But it’s quite far away to know what precipitation that might bring, especially to the east coast of the South Island,” she said.

Eastern regions are forecast to remain mostly fine this weekend, with temperatures expected to climb into the 30s.

Ashburton is set to hit 30 degrees today, and 31 tomorrow, 25 on Sunday and 28 on Monday.

A southerly change on Saturday evening will see temperatures temporarily drop, with the minimum forecast being 12 degrees.

“If it does get up to that 30, I would say it (lowering tempera-

ture) would be quite noticeable,” Crabtree said.

Despite the dryness, summer has not been too hot, and if predicted highs are reached today and tomorrow, it will only be the third and fourth times in the season that the mercury has hit 30 degrees.

Ashburton had a high of 31 degrees on January 12, following a high of 34 degrees on December 6.

The weather has been perfect for arable farmers, who have had a clear run for harvesting.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury provincial president Da-

vid Clark said the conditions had proved to be “a bit of a dry finish to the maturity of crops”.

“But the capacity of irrigation systems have allowed grain and seed and vegetable seed crops to grow in this district and be watered through to maturity,” Clark said.

If it turned into a prolonged spell of dryness, livestock farmers could be a bit tight for feed, but there was a lot of surplus feed in Mid Canterbury.

There was nothing unusual about the dry spell.

“This is what Canterbury does,” he said.

A woman who left her rental home with holes around the house, windows smashed and a pantry door ripped off has been ordered to pay up. Francisca Joan Kaweka-Webster was the tenant who lived at a property on Avenue Road, in Foxton, in the Manawatu-Whanganui region. A Tenancy Tribunal was told that last September, when her tenancy ended, the landlord arrived to find the house and garage badly damaged. Up to 25 holes were identified around the house – some of them so big that they went through to the next room. - NZME

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Record number for fundraising run/walk A record 150 participants turned out for Run and Walk Ashburton’s Summer Series Tuesday night event with a special fundraising twist. Delilah Simpson approached the event’s organisers about fundraising for Ronald McDonald House to help out families and children in need. Attendees raised $367.30 to be donated to Ronald McDonald House.

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TV veteran guilty of indecent assault

By Anna Leask An entertainment industry veteran has been found guilty of indecent assault after a high-profile trial in Auckland.

After three days of deliberations, a jury returned to the Auckland District Court yesterday with verdicts on three of the seven charges he was facing.

They were not able to reach verdicts on four other charges.

He was found guilty on two charges of indecent assault.

He was found not guilty on one charge of sexual violation.

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NZME The Government is defending its record on benefits amid the release of new figures which show the number of people receiving them is still soaring.

The Ministry of Social Development figures show 15,000 more people were on a benefit by the end of the December 2019 quarter compared with the same time the previous year.

The number of people on Jobseeker Support has increased by 10 per cent over the same period to a total of 147,464.

Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni has put the increase down to a softening in some sectors, like manufacturing, and low unemployment which made for a tight labour market.

But she said she was “heartened” by numbers that also

He said their primary task was to “try and reach unanimity”.

But on any given charge a majority verdict is permissible when allowed by a judge.

Less than an hour after that direction was given the jury returned to court with its decision.

As the verdicts were read the man, who cannot be identified, stood quietly.

He looked distressed but did not react openly.

His partner and her aunt, who have supported him in court every day of the trial, also remained quiet in the back of the court.

Judge Collins did not enter the convictions, preferring to do so on at his sentencing on March 20.

women on separate occasions.

Each woman was an employee of the man and the alleged incidents happened at end-of-project celebration functions.

Judge Russell Collins discharged the jury on the counts they could not reach verdict on.

He thanked them and discharged them.

The man may seek a discharge without conviction. If so he must file an application in early March.

At about 11.30am the jury were given a majority direction.

They had indicated to Judge Collins that they were struggling to reach unanimity on all charges.

Judge Collins enabled them to proceed to give a verdict with a majority.

showed an increasing number of people coming off the benefit and into employment over two consecutive quarters.

“We’re not interested in just getting people off benefit for the sake of it, we need to know that they’re going on to something positive and we’re seeing that.”

The number of people on the benefit has been steadily rising since the end of December 2017 when the number sat at 289,788 and has now reached 314,408.

National has slammed the rising figures with leader Simon Bridges saying benefit numbers were now back to levels last seen during the Global Financial Crisis. “Thousands of vulnerable Kiwis are now also struggling to find jobs with the economy showing sluggish growth and no plan from the Government to deliver the growth New Zealand needs.”

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ven from darkness there must eventually be, at some point, light.

Unless you’ve been through the pain of losing a child, it’s only possible to imagine just how truly heart-breaking of an experience it must be. It could be easy to fall into despair, give up on the world and crawl deeper into the darkness.

And it must be even worse if you’ve lost two.

Yet despite having that incredibly horrible, and horrific situation thown at him late last year, Ashburton father Jason Alexander has chosen a different path – one which could go a long way to ensure that other parents don’t have to go through the pain and torment he’s faced over the

past couple of months.

Alexander’s daughter, Tayla and Sunmara both died as a result of a car accident on Christchurch’s Port Hills last year.

The two Ashburton teenagers were back-seat passenger in a vehicle which crashed down a bank and caught fire. Tayla passed away at the scene while Sunmara died a few weeks later in hospital with her father at her

bedside. Alexander, from the outset of this tragic situation, has been quite simply remarkable.

Despite his own battles and being at the bedside and watching his youngest daughter’s battle without being able to help, he kept a community of family and friends informed, commentated every step forward, and sadly, every step backwards showing true humility and understanding of people’s need to know the latest news.

From the outset he spoke to so many parents of young children whose lives have been taken in accidents. He spoke of forgiveness and not wanting to apportion blame on the shoulders of anyone in particular and most importantly, he spoke of his two

daughters.

Yesterday, he took things a step further when he presented a petition to the Christchurch City Council urging them to make Summit Road, where the accident occurred, safer and to enforce new rules around when the road can be accessed in order to ensure no other parent has to go through the nightmare he has.

And that wouldn’t have been easy.

No-one would have blamed him for walking away from it all and everyone would have understood if it was simply too much for him to deal with given the circumstances.

Yet here’s a father, just your normal everyday citizen, stand-

ing up in front of the decision makers and asking them for better in an effort to reduce the chance of more harm coming to other families from that same stretch of road.

And that, is truly admirable and can’t help but induce some form of emotion.

The world needs more people like Jason Alexander. Our community needs more people like him.

They say it’s only in the face of true adversity do we really show our true selves.

And in this instance, the true self of someone – Jason – is someone who we, as a part of the community where he, and his precious girls come from, should be incredibly proud of.

In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was executed in Florida’s electric chair.

In 2018, former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who had admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison.

Ten years ago: In an audio message, Osama bin Laden endorsed the failed attempt to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day and threatened new attacks against the United States. Afghanistan postponed parliamentary elections.

Five years ago: President Barack

Obama condemned the murder of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa by the Islamic State group and called for the immediate release of another Japanese hostage, journalist Kenji Goto (Goto was beheaded by his captors days later).

One year ago: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called home all Venezuelan diplomats from the United States and closed its embassy, a day after ordering all US diplomats out of the country; the Trump administration had said the order wasn’t legal because the US now recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido, and not Maduro, as

Venezuela’s legitimate leader.

Today’s birthdays: Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is 84.

Singer-songwriter Ray Stevens is 81. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 79. Singer Aaron Neville is 79. Actor Michael Ontkean is 74. Actor Daniel Auteuil is 70. Country singersongwriter Becky Hobbs is 70.

Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 69. South Korean President Moon Jae-in is 67. Actor William Allen Young is 66. Bandleadermusician Jools Holland is 62.

Actress Nastassja Kinski is 59.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Theo Peoples is 59. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is

57. Comedian Phil LaMarr is 53.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Sleepy Brown is 50. Actor Matthew Lillard is 50. Actress Merrilee McCommas is 49. Blues/rock singer Beth Hart is 48. Actor Ed Helms is 46. Actor Mark Hildreth is 42. Actress Christina Moses is 42. Actress Tatyana Ali is 41.

Rock musician Mitchell Marlow is 41. Actress Carrie Coon is 39.

Actor Daveed Diggs is 38. Actor Justin Baldoni is 36. Actress Mischa Barton is 34.

Thought for today: “I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.” — Bob Dylan.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, January 24, the 24th day of 2020. There are 342 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On January 24, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco.

On this date: In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of ’49. in 1865, over a thousand troops commanded by Duncan Cameron set out on what was to be the general’s final campaign in New Zealand, by invading Taranaki.

In 1935, beer was first sold in cans in Richmond, Virginia, by the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co. In 1939, at least 28,000 people were killed by an earthquake that devastated the city of Chillan in Chile.

In 1945, Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton was among a group of captives executed by the Germans at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria.

In 1965, British statesman Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.

In 1980, the New Zealand government ordered the Soviet Union‘s ambassador, Vsevolod Sofinsky, to leave the country within 72 hours after he allegedly delivered money to the proSoviet Socialist Unity Party.

In 1984, Apple Computer began selling its first Macintosh model, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz and 128k of RAM. In 1985, the space shuttle Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral on the first secret, allmilitary shuttle mission.

In 1987, gunmen in Lebanon kidnapped educators Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh.

(All were eventually released.)

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isturbing news this week for those people like me who love getting outside and enjoy the sun on your back.

Sunscreen bearing the name of Surf Life Saving New Zealand has had to be re-labelled because it wasn’t as good as it claimed to be.

A Consumer NZ test in November found nine out of 20 sunscreens failed to provide the protection claimed on the bottle.

Surf Life Saving’s cream was one of them.

I know my darling wife has issues with Banana Boat sunscreen and won’t use the product again as she has been burnt after using the product as directed on the bottle.

The stuff we use currently resembles a very, very thick white paint. It is obviously 90 per cent zinc and costs the best part of an arm and both legs.

It certainly does the job though even if it does leave you looking rather ghostly.

My how things have changed.

I remember mother applying baby oil to us boys before we went out to play.

Baby oil!!

What protection did that offer? NONE! It did make us go nice and brown though.

I still have my doubts whether she actually liked us all that much, what with the tap dancing thing and now this.

And didn’t they used to leave babies out in the sun to sleep?

I know people will say the sun wasn’t as harsh back then but I can remember my nose and cheeks peeling because of sunburn most summers.

Or did it only actually happen a couple of times and I’m just being a drama queen?

No, I’m sure I can remember heaps of other kids at school with the same look under their towel hat.

Imagine if you turned up

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to school like that today. The shock and horror on people’s faces. The looks down the nose from other parents while secretly thinking to themselves, thank God that hasn’t happened to my kid yet.

After our latest trip out to stay in Nigel (our caravan) Manda was worried that Maddison had got a bit burnt as she was a little red faced when we got home.

Turns out she had been running round after the dog and returned to a normal colour when some clothing was removed.

There was no chance of her getting sunburnt as several coats of the afore-mentioned white paint had been applied during the day.

At this rate, sunscreen will need to feature the next time we sit down and go through my joke sheet (pay slip) and work out our budget. Power, phone, internet, insurance, groceries, petrol and sunblock.

Here’s the official word from Consumer NZ Nine of 20 sunscreens we tested didn’t meet the SPF claimed on the label.

Three products also failed to meet requirements for broad-spectrum protection. Just eight sunscreens met their label claims.

It’s time the government made the sunscreen standard mandatory.

In a country with one of the highest rates of skin cancer in

the world, a voluntary standard isn’t good enough.

The nine products that didn’t meet the SPF claimed on the label: ❁❁ Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ A Touch of Mango and Papaya ❁❁ Invisible Zinc Face + Body Mineral Sunscreen SPF50 ❁❁ Natio Suncare Moisturising Sun Lotion SPF50+ ❁❁ Frankie Apothecary Natural Sunscreen + Kawakawa and Antioxidant SPF50 ❁❁ MooGoo Natural Sunscreen SPF40 ❁❁ Cancer Society Everyday Sun Lotion SPF50+ ❁❁ Marine Blue Australia Dry Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ ❁❁ Sunsense Ultra SPF50+ ❁❁ Banana Boat Dry Balance Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ ❁❁ Cancer Society Everyday Sun Lotion SPF50+ bottle.

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Up to standard Just eight of the 20 sunscreens we tested met their SPF label claim and the requirements for broad-spectrum protection.

Prices ranged from $7.20 per 100ml (Smart365 Sun Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ from The Warehouse) to $64 per 100ml (La Roche-Posay Anthelios XL Ultra-Light Fluid 50+).

These sunscreens met their SPF label claim and passed the broad spectrum test: ❁❁ La Roche-Posay Anthelios XL Ultra-Light Fluid SPF50+ ❁❁ Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ ❁❁ Nivea Sun Protect & Moisture Moisturising Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ ❁❁ Smart365 Sun Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ ❁❁ Oasis Sun Sport PA++++ SPF40 ❁❁ Badger Sport Unscented Natural Mineral Sunscreen Cream SPF35 ❁❁ My Sunshine Natural Sunscreen + Antioxidants SPF30 ❁❁ Solzinc Natural Sun Protection 30+ The full report is free, thanks to the Ministry of Health, and you can look it up at https://www. consumer.org.nz/articles/ sunscreens/know-theissue Till next week, Hoo Roo Phill Hooper Sunsmart Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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42 Charlesworth Drive, ALLENTON A well designed family home great for entertaining. Two north facing living rooms have excellent flow with kitchen and outdoors.

An extended veranda provides perfect shelter for outdoor dining and living. This near new home benefits from private and established gardens. Four bedrooms, master with walkin-robe and en suite plus a well-appointed bathroom with bath, shower and vanity. An

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A spacious home with two living rooms, three bedrooms and tandem garage. Excellent heating options with compliant log burner, heat transfer and heatpump. Spacious grounds with a full 1/4acre (1012m²) section and only a stone’s

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376 Wakanui Road, ASHBURTON Spacious four bedroom family home well positioned amongst mature and established gardens. Two generous sized living rooms perfect for relaxing and enjoying the mountain views.

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Beautifully designed family home in a quiet cul-de-sac. Four bedrooms, two separate living areas plus study nook and two recently remodelled bathrooms, all with quality fittings including a gas central heating system. With north facing dining and living area this home is perfect for family living.

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This holiday home has been enjoyed for many decades by the same family. The main cottage has kitchen, living, bathroom and one bedroom which is complemented by a large sleepout capable of sleeping up to four people. Situated close to the playground and tennis court and with a sunny garden this is exactly what a kiwi bach should be.

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A luxury chalet at the Mt Hutt Lodge Complex, located above the breath taking Rakaia Gorge with views out toward the Mt Hutt Range, is now for sale. Built over two levels and offering three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an attractive open plan living area, the chalet has a modern decor with natural timber finishes and stunning views.

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"Riverbrae" If you are looking for a property with quality arable soils and located in the favoured area of Highbank, then “Riverbrae” must be considered. This 55 hectare property presents itself as a strategic add on to an existing farming operation, smaller scale farm or larger lifestyle block. Farmed for three generations and most recently leased, this property has the soils to consistently produce a multitude of high yielding crops, as well as grazing and finishing livestock. The tastefully renovated character home sits in a well established sheltered garden setting.

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Mayfield Panthers Rock

Fairton JB Cullen Drive

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Ashburton Business Estate

Sale includes land and building plus stock at valuation. Superior country pub operating as a cafe', bar and restaurant. Located on the north eastern side of the Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road in Mayfield, a rural area with a growing population.

Asking Price $550,000 View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 2008

Many sites ranging from 2,108sqm to 13,000sqm, priced from $252,960 to $1,510,400. Situated off State Highway One alongside the main trunk railway. There are two entry/exits onto the highway for easy access.

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Allenton 21 Churchill Avenue

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Situated on a very private 1,146sqm back section.

The home has four bedrooms plus a huge conservatory built for all day sun. There is also an office or formal dining room.

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A grand statement home showcasing the features of its era. Polished floorboards line the traditionally wide hallway. Five bedrooms, family living and separate formal living room. Two covered verandas are the perfect spot to enjoy the cottage gardens.

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Investment with future potential. Long term tenant is keen to stay if possible. The roof has been replaced with color steel and the wiring has recently been replaced. The cottage is 90sqm and sits on a 500sqm section.

Asking Price $199,000 View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

Geoff Geering Drive - stage two. Sections ranging from 536sqm to 859sqm available. Prices are from $136,500 - $143,850. Ashburton District Council have developed this affordable but eco friendly sub division.

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Tinwald 4 Anne Street

Lake Hood 15 Ludlow Drive

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Situated on the westside of Tinwald, handy to the shopping centre and golf course. This is a fantastic opportunity to start you on the real estate ladder in 2020. A real family home with space for all to enjoy.

Asking Price $389,000 View Sat 10.45-11.15am or by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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An affordable option for anyone wanting the Lake Hood lifestyle with an open plan kitchen, dining and living room and separate lounge. Two bedrooms on the ground floor and master upstairs with a WIR and an ensuite. Double garage and mature plantings.

For Sale offers invited over $560,000 View Sat 12.30-1pm or by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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Bareland opportunity Bareland 8.0937ha (more or less) property with cattle yards and excellent building sites. This property has its own well, developed for domestic, stock and irrigation water. Irrigation consent to take 3.3 litres per second which equates to 130.96m3 per day.

Handy to Tinwald, Ashburton and the modern facilities and infrastructure which are on offer. Close to the combined recreational and residential developments of Lake Hood.

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Well located support, arable or grazing farm • • • • • • • •

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Investors or Nestors 7 Eton Street What a great time to purchase this 3-bedroom Summerhill stone home.

Very close to shops, schools, and kindergarten, local CBD walking distance.

Three bedrooms with a separate laundry. Updated bathroom, heatpump, HRV system. Recent carpet throughout and

dishwasher, good sized living area with also a dining area. Easy-care section with a bigger than normal single garage, this home is returning $350 per week with great tenants.

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This much-loved home is reluctantly for sale due to vendors transferring. Not only was this home designed by “Billy Thomas” but originally it was his home.

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Generous living area which flows through to the dining/kitchen area and opens to the patio area which captures most of the days sun making it bright and welcoming.

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$575,000

Situated in the desirable Coniston subdivision on a family sized section of 1,010m2. This permanent material home is constructed of brick with a Rockcote finish.

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Country Living close to Town • 4.2 hectares of land, 4 main paddocks • 310m2 two storey home • Renovated kitchen and updated bathroom • Bathrooms upstairs and down, spa bath

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Luxury in the lap of the mountains 978 Forks Road, Alford Forest Luxury abounds in this magnificent home set on two hectares that emanates a sense of refined sophistication. A stunning black cedar exterior commands the beautifully landscaped garden which integrates with the mountain views.

Gracious living and dining areas lead into each other and allow for fantastic indoor/ outdoor flow onto the picturesque patio entertaining area. The kitchen is the heart of this home, featuring granite top island, butlers’ sink, modern ‘farmhouse style’ oven with gas hob and walk in pantry, all linked by oak flooring.

Step out into the amazing views from the large master bedroom with a very generous walk in wardrobe and double shower ensuite.

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You’re in easy reach of Methven, Ashburton and Staveley, with a school bus at your gate to the popular primary and secondary schools in the area, approximately 10 minutes away.

The large, three bay concrete floored shed includes a separate enclosed workshop and middle auto doored garage. There’s plenty of room for animals on this two hectare lifestyle property and all the practicals are taken care of - plug for a backup generator, gas as well as electricity all add to this luxurious lifestyle.

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Population growth has slowed

By Hamish Rutherford NZME

New Zealand’s population growth over the past year will be slower than previously thought, with Statistics New Zealand slashing its estimates for gains from migration.

Since New Zealand abolished departure cards at border security in late 2018, Statistics NZ has been using a new method to calculate whether people are short-term visitors or migrants.

This has seen the estimated annual gain from net migration sit above 50,000 throughout 2019, and at an estimated 55,000 for the 12 months to October 31.

Yesterday Statistics NZ acknowledged that in the early months of its new calculations it was missing the link between arrivals and departures for around 1 in every 1000 border crossings, or around 15,000 out of around 15 million border crossings.

As a result Statistics New Zealand now estimated the net gain from migration in the year to May 2019 was 46,100, around 9400 be-

low what it previously estimated.

Since then migration has continued to ease, with the current estimate that in the year to November 30 the net annual gain from

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timately been revised downwards was larger than expected.

“While we had expected some downside in net migration, today’s result was even softer than we factored in,” Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod said.

The bank expected net migration to continue to fall throughout 2020, which could have an impact on the economy, with building activity ramping up at a time when population growth has been cooling.

“While a large number of houses will still be needed to address earlier underbuilding, we think a peak in home building is approaching,” Ranchhod said.

“The chances of overbuilding and a classic boom-bust cycle have increased, especially in Auckland.”

Migration peaked in mid-2016 at around 64,000, largely due to a turnaround in migration patterns from Australia.

Arrivals from across the Tasman briefly exceeded departures to Australia on an annual basis for the first time since the 1990s.

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A growing number of New Zealanders believe the population has less life insurance than it needs, according to industry research.

In a survey for the Financial Services Council conducted last year, 71 per cent said people are under-insured, up from 59 per cent in a similar survey conducted in 2011, although the FSC said the change is only indicative because the methodology and sample sizes of the earlier research were different.

The survey found 62 per cent of the 2061 respondents said they didn’t have life insurance while another 9 per cent said their policies were inadequate.

Even more said they don’t have income and/or mortgage insurance – 86 per cent – or critical illness insurance – 89 per cent – and those levels were little changed from the 2011 survey.

“While many New Zealanders are aware of the importance of types of life insurance, this isn’t reflected in adequate levels of cover for themselves,” said FSC chief executive Richard Klipin on releasing the research.

The research report, Gambling on Life, is the third FSC has published based on a quantitative survey conducted between December 2018 and May 2019 and on qualitative research resulting from two focus groups in May 2019.

Klipin didn’t directly answer the question as to why the latest report has been published so long after the underlying research was conducted other than to say that “this was the time we selected” and that he doesn’t expect sentiment will have changed much in the interim.

He also said it was “complete happenstance” that the release came a day after the Reserve Bank, the industry’s prudential regulator, released its own paper on life insurance, although he had been aware it was coming.

The RBNZ paper that found life insurers in New Zealand tend to be more profitable than their peers in other OECD countries, pay out less in claims, have higher costs and to have less solvency capital.

Klipin said the combination of the RBNZ paper and the FSC research “probably provides a deeper conversation for those deeper into the world of insurance” but that he doesn’t want to comment on any of the RBNZ findings.

“What’s clear to us in the sector is what the Reserve Bank does is put a mirror, or shine a light, on what we do well and things we need to do better,” he said.

“There are a number of serious confronting issues that are facing the sector” stemming from last year’s conduct and culture joint review of the industry by RBNZ and

the Financial Markets Authority, which is the life insurance industry’s conduct regulator.

In September last year, the two regulators said they were disappointed by the life industry’s response to the review and that the industry needs to do “significant work” to address weak governance and ineffective management of conduct risk.

The lack of action was despite the 16 insurers included in the review identifying at least 75,000 customer issues valued at least $1.4 million that they needed to address.

Klipin said that “it’s sufficient to say the sector is spending a lot of time looking at itself, its products and services and how it can best deliver to New Zealanders”.

He stressed that the industry paid out $1.5 billion in claims to consumers in 2019, up from $1.15 billion in 2017, and that there were 3.93 million life insurance contracts in place at September 30 last year.

FSC figures show the industry collected nearly $4 billion in premiums in the year ended September.

A key issue for the industry is churn. The vast majority of “new” life insurance policies sold in NZ are actually replacing existing policies, although the Financial Markets Authority, the industry’s conduct regulator, and the industry disagree on the exact percentage – it could be anywhere between 87 per cent and 98 per cent of sales, depending on who you believe.

There can be valid reasons for replacing existing policies, such as changes in personal circumstances, but much of the industry activity appears to be designed to boost advisers’ income.

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Elegantly sporty

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hile SUVs and utes dominated new vehicle sales throughout 2019, it was great to both see and appreciate, the array of smart, great driving hatches and cars that also arrived.

The list included this sleek-looking Peugeot 508 GT lift-back, which exudes definite touches of style, sporting elegance and refinement, not only in the way looks both outside and within, but in the way it drives.

But of course its what it can do that really counts.

In this respect the proof is as they say in the pudding, for this 508 was one of the ten 2019 Car of the Year finalists.

For starters, its performance is such that it can be hard to convince passengers that the turbo-petrol engine is just 1.6 litres.

Especially with the way the 8-speed auto keeps the engine working in its most effective range and so makes full use of the 300Nm of torque available, which shows with the swift acceleration (0-100km in 7.3 seconds) and quick overtaking.

Then with the engine sitting at just 1800rpm while cruising at a constant 100km/h, the claimed combined fuel economy is 5.7L/100Km. That economy is helped out of course by its slippery shape (the Cd is just 0.26) and the strong but light new platform, with lots of aluminium used (front mudguards, bonnet and hatch) keeping the weight

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down to around1500kg.

There’s four selectable driving modes which alter the engine/gearbox responses, the suspension and the steering to suit your driving desires, mood, and/or the conditions.

So there’s lots to appreciate from within the particularly smart, cockpit-styled cabin, which has a real sense of occasion and sporty ambience with its high quality trim materials and pleasing attention to detail in the fit and finish.

It’s a nice place to be!

This 4.6-metre long 508 sits low, so getting in and out is a totally different for those used to an SUV, especially for rear passengers with the sloping roof requiring them to duck their heads.

But this was never a problem.

The black leather front seats not only look good but proved to be well-shaped for both everyday and sporty driving.

As well as being heated, they have selectable, rather delightful massage functions.

Then there’s the excellent dash and controls, from which you view and use from behind the sculpted steering wheel.

There’s a wide centre touchscreen, with large easy to use alternative controls for switching between the screens.

Sitting directly above said steering wheel, and in direct line of sight are the speedo and rev-counter.

The format of these can be easily changed to show just digital speed, sat-nav directions etc.

Harking back to the drive modes, whichever of these is selected means the well-controlled suspension (McPherson strut front, multi-link rear) comes up with sharp, nimble handling and excellent cornering.

Plus, there’s tenacious grip from the wide Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres, which were also suitably quiet on rough chip.

Meanwhile, the ride delivered is an excellent compromise between firmness and compliance, depending on your selection.

The brakes of course match the cars sporty potential.

For touring there’s 487 litres of luggage space, which is easily accessed via the powered hatch.

With back seats lowered, 1537 litres can be stowed.

Last but certainly not least, the 508 comes with strong safety credentials through being loaded with active safety and driver assistance technology including active cruise control.

PEUGEOT 508 GT ■■ Pricing: $55,990 (plus ORCs) ■■ Engine: 1.6-litre, 4 cylinder turbo-petrol. 169kW@5500rpm and 300Nm@2500rpm ■■ Transmission: 8-speed auto-front-wheeldrive.

■■ Quoted Economy: 5.7L/100km.

■■ Turning Circle: 10.8metres ■■ Tows: 745kg un-braked, 1600kg braked.

■■ Safety: Comprehensive driver assist/ safety packages.- 5 star ANCAP rating expected ■■ Warranty: 3 year warranty and roadside assistance package.

FINALE This great looking, sporty hatch, which is large enough to comfortably seat four, not only impressed with its quality and ability to be an involving and enjoyable driver’s car, but it also so easily slotted into being a very easy everyday drive.

Oh yes - if a bit more luggage space is needed there’s also an equally good looking 508 GT wagon.

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Jeep’s rock star

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eep’s new Gladiator is the first Jeep factory-designed and built pickup truck – or ute to us Kiwis – for 18 years, and it was launched to the international media in Central Otago.

That meant spectacular driving roads and scenery, some proper off-roading – and a fleet of 20 Gladiators fresh from the factory with their steering wheels on the wrong side.

There’s a touch of the surreal about the Gladiator anyway.

Yes, it’s a ute in roughly the same segment as the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux.

But it’s also the world’s only convertible pickup truck; more than that, one where you can also fold down the windscreen and remove the doors.

So don’t expect any work-trucky versions.

Like Jeep’s last pickup, the Cherokee-based Comanche from 1986-92, this is all about highend lifestyle. Jet skis, beach parties and definitely cappucinos in the city.

As you might surmise from the pictures,

Gladiator is mostly Wrangler from the B-pillar forward (including the dashboard).

But it’s unique from there back, including a more sophisticated five-link rear suspension system that owes a lot to the Ram 1500.

It’s big. The wheelbase is 479mm longer than Wrangler, it’s 691mm longer overall … and more interestingly, 175mm longer tip-to-tail than a Ranger.

Gladiator is not quite as adept off-road as a Wrangler, thanks to that rear overhang (departure angle drops 3 degrees to 26deg, for example). But it’s still staggeringly capable in the rough and the gap isn’t massive unless you’re a true “Jeeper” who wants the ultimate off-roader.

Gladiator gets the same 209kW/347Nm 3.6-litre Pentastar V6 petrol engine as the Wrangler, matched to a slick eight-speed automatic transmission.

Final NZ specification isn’t decided, but expect at least the choice of Overland or Rubicon specification: the former for a more comfort-oriented experience, the latter for serious rock-hopping.

Want to see lots of lovely old and not quite so old vehicles before they take off on a Rally?

Well then, head over to 86 Maronon Road on Saturday morning, where Vintage Car Club members will be departing on their 51st Annual Rally.

Get there around 9.30am to get a close-up look before the first car leaves at 10.00am.

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Ray McLaren Vehicle Sales Mob 027 602 3311

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Friday, January 24, 2020

■■MELTON

■■TE AROHA

Butt in confident mood

By Adam Hamilton Former champion Kiwi driver Anthony Butt is genuinely buzzing heading towards Melton’s huge meeting on Saturday night.

Despite his stellar record in some of Australia’s biggest races, headlined by seven Hunter Cup wins, Butt’s record in the Victoria Derby and Oaks has been bleak.

Remarkably, he hasn’t won a Derby and has only jagged the one Oaks title, aboard Geoff Small’s brilliant Pullover Brown way back in 2003.

“My one chance of winning the Derby was Lavros Star (1997).

“I won the heat on him, but got suspended and Ricky May won the final on him,” Butt recalled.

The now NSW-based Butt is confident of turning it all around at Melton this week.

And the punters have thrown their support behind him.

Butt trains and drives heavily-backed Derby favourite, Line Up, who ran blistering time leading throughout in his heat at Ballarat last week and is drawn to

Anthony Butt has plenty to look forward to on Saturday night. lead again from gate three.

He’s been $2.40 into $2.25 on the Aussie TAB since drawing gate three.

“It’s a fantastic draw, especially being inside Governor Jujon, who looks the main danger,” Butt said.

“Line Up really impressed me last week.

“He only came to us a couple of weeks before the heat, but obviously I’d driven him in those big

races over in NZ. “He’d been working well and I was keen to hold the front.

“He did a terrific job in quick time after having to sprint three times.

“He’s a great chance of leading again and has come through the heat win really well.”

Butt’s hopes of winning a second Oaks sit with Cran Dalgety’s speedy and improving filly, Dr Susan, who led, then took a trail

on Stylish Memphis and got clear too late when second in her heat at Ballarat.

“She was only starting to windup on the line last week.

“I was keen to hold the front, but Mark (Purdon, driving Stylish Memphis) had one crack at me and then his filly started to pulling hard, so when he came again I took the trail knowing it was a heat,” Butt said.

“There will be no handing-up this week, that’s for sure.

“We’ve drawn really again (gate five) and can hopefully find the front, while Stylish Memphis is outside the back and will have to work hard to get around the field and outside of us.

“Maybe she will just be too good Stylish Memphis, but Dr Susan is one of those fillies who has just absolutely thrived on the trip away.

“She’s getting better and better.”

Dr Susan has been backed from $3 into $2.50 and is now equal favourite with Stylish Memphis on the Aussie TAB.

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Bosson eyes up further Karaka success Opie Bosson doesn’t mind getting called greedy.

Especially when it comes for his desire for further Karaka Million success.

The champion jockey will team up with Cool Aza Beel in Saturday’s Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) and partner last year’s winner Probabeel in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m).

Probabeel completed a treble of Karaka Million wins for Bosson and Te Akau at the same meeting last year after earlier success with Melody Belle (2017) and Avantage (2018).

That recent strike-rate prompted some good-natured ribbing this week from Pukekohe trainer Nigel Tiley, who will saddle $1.90 Karaka Million favourite Play That Song.

“Opie’s won enough, hasn’t he?

“Three in a row is greedy. Four in a row would be very greedy.”

Bosson, who guided the Tiley-trained Silent Truth to win at Avondale on Wednesday and declared Play That Song as the horse to beat on Saturday, said he would be putting thoughts of winning four in a row at the back of his mind and concentrating on the job at hand with Cool Aza Beel.

“He’s a different type of horse to the other three but he’s still got that natural ability,” Bosson said.

“He’s come through his Tauranga win really well.

“He looks outstanding.”

Fairdale Stud-bred and sold Cool Aza Beel secured his place in the Karaka Million with a comprehensive three-length win at Tauranga last week after an ear-

Opie Bosson is on stranger to Karaka glory – but he wants some more. lier win at Wanganui and a luckless fourth placing in the Listed Fasttrack Insurance 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Pukekohe, when Bosson was suspended for failing to ride his mount out in the final 50m.

“He was quite impressive at Tauranga. He gave me a really good feel. I liked the way he relaxed and the last 600m of his race was top-notch,” Bosson said.

“I would probably preferred

he had drawn four or five rather than two but we are going to have to use the barrier a bit, otherwise we’ll get shuffled back.

“Play That Song looks the one to beat but I think my bloke will make her know he’s there.”

Just as he has done for the past three Karaka Million meetings, Bosson will shed the kilos to ride Probabeel at 54.5kg in the threeyear-old race and is looking forward to the race after the Sava-

beel filly’s emphatic fresh-up win at Awapuni earlier this month.

“It was a very good run and there was heaps of improvement in her,” Bosson said.

“I galloped her on Monday at Ellerslie and her work was pretty good. She’s not a great trackworker because she’s so laid back but she’s going well.

“She looks good and feels good and she’ll be a good chance again.”

Unbeaten filly aims even higher Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso will look to raise the bar for exciting filly Levante after taking her to Te Aroha for today’s ParkMate.co.nz 1400.

The three-year-old daughter of Proisir has had two starts for two highly impressive wins, producing scintillating finishes from the back of the field to win at Matamata on December 6 and December 28.

She was ridden on both occasions by Ryan Elliot, who will be in the saddle again in the $25,000 three-year-old race at Te Aroha today.

“She’s been pretty impressive in both starts so far and has shown a lot of ability,” Ken Kelso said.

“We’re very happy with her heading into this race on Friday.

“Her work’s been very good, she’s eating well and continuing to thrive.

“We thought about running her in the Mr Tiz Trophy (Gr.3, 1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday, but decided to take a softer option this week.

It should be a nice race for her.

“If she runs well again on Friday, we’ll look at stepping up to blacktype level for her next start.

“That will probably be in the Mufhasa Stakes (Listed, 1300m) at Ellerslie on February 29.

“We’re taking things one race at a time with her, but that’s the plan we’ve got in the back of our minds at this stage.”

The Kelsos will still have representation at Saturday’s rich Ellerslie meeting with Princess Kereru lining up in the Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m).

The Pins mare was a star over shorter trips last season, winning the Gr.3 Waikato Stud Plate (1200m) and Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) and finishing second in the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m).

After a fast-finishing third in the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes at Pukekohe in November, she stepped back down to 1200m and finished 10th in the Railway on New Year’s Day. “Her sectionals were okay in the Railway, but we were still a fraction disappointed by her run there,” Kelso said.

“We’re thinking she might appreciate 1400m now.

“Those races aren’t quite so pressurised all the way. That was the case in the Breeders’ Stakes at Counties, where she ran really well.

“So the idea behind running her in the Westbury, rather than perhaps aiming her at the Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham last week, is that we think these 1400m fillies and mares’ races might be more suitable for her now.”

Meanwhile, multiple Group Two winner Supera is on the comeback trail following the slight setback that ruled her out of last month’s Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie, for which she was the TAB’s fixed-odds favourite.

“She’s back in work now,” Kelso said. “She’s over that little hiccup and going very well.”

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d M3 Invercargill Dogs Today at Ascot Park

2:37PM

January 24

Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 12:02PM

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1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 7-8-9-10-11-12 WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ

$1,365, C0, 390m Trainer

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time 1 2 3 4 4 5 2 6 7 1 8 9 10

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86553 Southern Max nwtd Mitcham Sam nwtd 5 Mitcham Boult nwtd Homebush Gambler nwtd 26763 Homebush Surgeon nwtd Kipjo nwtd 6 Mitcham Queen nwtd 44 Adelphi nwtd 83767 Homebush Marissa nwtd 76586 Gotcha Georgie nwtd

12:18PM 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 2 7 3 8 9 10

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1 2 3 4 4 2 5 6 7 8 9 10

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1 2 3 4 5 3 6 7 1 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 2 5 4 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney S & B Evans J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney

MARK TURNER PAINTER PH021737111

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74666 Punch On Rex 22.74 88812 Homebush Mandy nwtd 18212 Maffra Daisy nwtd 74672 Baldrick 23.02 44837 Impressive Flash nwtd 65553 Andrea Said nwtd 51788 Chicago Head 23.14 21778 Homebush Maree nwtd 16488 Homebush Jordie 22.98 67X87 Long Live Love nwtd

$1,685, C2, 390m

J McInerney S Keen B Healey J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney

1 2 4 3 4 3 5 2 6 7 8 9 10

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MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND

$1,450, C1, 390m

J McInerney J M McCook J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J Guthrie

CONGRATULATIONS RABBITSFOOT

$2,505, C1, 457m

S & B Evans J McInerney J Allen J McInerney B Conner J McInerney D J MacMillan J Guthrie J Guthrie M P Hamilton-Dyett

GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ

$1,450, C1, 390m

J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J M McCook J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney M P Hamilton-Dyett

SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH

$1,450, C1, 390m

J McInerney J M McCook J McInerney S & B Evans J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J Guthrie

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$1,450, C1, 390m

77466 My Girl Sofia 22.84 7F865 Mitcham Ryder nwtd 67525 Goldstar Liberty 22.45 83145 Mick The Mouse nwtd 68484 Prince Rohit nwtd 67838 Homebush Erin nwtd 25542 Sozin’s Noir 22.36 4782F Crushington nwtd 16488 Homebush Jordie 22.98 35787 Archie’s Ranger nwtd

B Healey J McInerney J M McCook J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J M McCook

c M10

Today at Te Aroha

January 24

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Righthanded; Length: 1900m; Straight: 500m; Rail: Out 1.5m | irrigating; Weather: Partly cloudy DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 12:25PM OPT 276

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1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2-3-4, 6-7-8 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 3-4-5-6-7-8 APPARELMASTER WAIKATO 1200

$25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey

3 1 2 4

1 137X4 Hammer King (1) 61 M & K Murdoch T Yanagida (a2) 2 14X4X Nabiac (6) 59 TeamRogerson R Elliot 3 02155 New York Jazz (2) 58.5 S Ralph J Waddell 4 X6683 Memories Only (7) 58 L Laing J Riddell 5 51322 One Kotukustreet (3) 57.5 Wallace/Cooksley M Hashizume (a3) 6 5X131 Mekelle (4) 56 S Marsh C Grylls 7 X506X Appellant (5) 55.5 S Marsh D Johnson

1:01PM OPT 281

3 2 1 4

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$25,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m

M Cameron S Collett O Bosson J Waddell C Lammas R Elliot C Grylls

THE SPRAY RIG 1400

$30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1400m

1 1250X Te Akau Caliburn (3) 62.5 J Richards 2 44X31 Swisswatch (6) 59.5 S Ritchie 3 81771 Money Trail (1) 58 K Hawtin 4 55211 Byzantine (8) 57 J Richards 5 0X0X8 Dragon Lips (2) 56 D Walker 6 45852 Bruegel (5) 54.5 N Tiley 7 75522 Rocket Fuel (7) 54 G Richardson 8 2X585 Stacey Ann (4) 54 D Hollinshead

2:14PM 299

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3:26PM 305

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RACING TE AROHA SUPPORTERS CLUB 1600

$25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m

4:01PM 310

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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T Harris J Kamaruddin (a4) O Bosson T Thornton D Johnson T Yanagida (a2) J Waddell C Grylls M Coleman L Satherley SCRATCHED

COUNTIES FUNCTION CENTRE 2200

$30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 2200m

28621 Paisley Park (1) 60.5 G Richardson 76843 Mongolianconqueror (6) 60 J Richards 15134 Sherwood Forest (2) 58.5 T Pike 6X958 India (4) 56.5 S Autridge 32597 Lady Shabeel (9) 56 I Kennedy X4112 Leaderboard (8) 55.5 J Richards 10422 Joe’s Legacy (7) 55 J Price

J Waddell J Kamaruddin (a4) T Harris C Grylls S Weatherley (a) D Johnson L Innes

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PIAKO MITSUBISHI 2200

$22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m

X2368 Take It Out (3) 59.5 C Pomare J Fawcett (a1) 16 Kissinger (13) 59 N Tiley L Innes X5143 London Banker (15) 59 James/Wellwood V Colgan 39853 Mighty Connor (2) 59 J McKay D Johnson 68871 Marbuzet (9) 58.5 TeamRogerson S Weatherley (a) 49851 Rapidz (5) 58.5 T Cole T Yanagida (a2) 92944 Uabasso (1) 57.5 C Evans M Coleman 7X533 Motuman (11) 57.5 W Carter D Danis (a2) 43051 Moiras Town (8) 56.5 E Green S Spratt X0104 Trip To Freedom (7) 56 Baker/Forsman C Lammas 1067 Celestial Nymph (14) 55.5 S Marsh C Grylls 677X4 Iffraajinator (12) 55.5 K Fursdon S Collett 360X8 Lady Azamour (6) 55 P & D Williams M Hashizume (a3) The Midnight Shift SCRATCHED 42042 Ambitious Showgirl (4) 54 P Huxtable M Cameron 27300 Iskander (10) 59 J Ruddell

Today at Hatrick Raceway

January 24

Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 4:25PM OPT 54

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1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 7-8-9-10-11-12 TAB BONUS BACK PROMOTION FOR RACES 1 & 2 C1/C2

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 8 9 10

78413 Paris End 17.66 12873 Hypothetical 18.13 68441 Dino The Fox 17.74 18582 Dark Syrah 17.77 41424 Barbarossa Boy 17.74 25486 Bigtime Baxter 17.67 17737 Homebush Maxi 17.89 18463 Viking Ash 17.79 17788 Mitcham Doug 17.95 23531 Black Widow Baby 18.07

4:43PM 48

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$2,860, C1/2, 520m

M Olden J & D Bell A Turnwald L Cole B Mitchell B Mitchell J & D Bell M Flipp M Olden P B Briggs

F Kite G & S Fredrickson L Cole M Flipp J & D Bell S J Phillips M Olden P Clark D P Symes J McInerney

$3,325, C3, 520m

G & S Fredrickson L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole Ross & Voyce

ACCELL “LEADING THE WAY IN CANINE THERAPY” C4/C5 $4,735, C4/5, 520m

L Cole L Cole M Roberts C Roberts M Goodier L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole

NZ RACING SERIES OPEN SPRINT FINAL

13425 Bigtime Bronx 17.65 11153 Trojan Hoarse 17.28 45323 Bigtime Jasmine 17.61 35831 Bigtime Banjo 17.52 11451 Bigtime Kiss 17.60 82262 Bigtime Sheer 17.62 54X71 Bigtime Bee 17.52

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$1,685, C1/2, 305m

9:35PM 12

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$1,685, C1/2, 305m

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$8,500, NZRSf, 305m

G & S Fredrickson L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole

KERNOW CONSTRUCTION CLASSIC (GROUP 1) FINAL $30,000, C5f, 520m

26861 Big Time Ocean 30.26 11521 Bigtime Rod 29.91 33212 Spring Falcon 29.95 43351 Bigtime Bruno 30.07 56241 Dyna Dave 29.99 11442 Silent Dismissal nwtd 22272 Hey Fernando 30.17 25442 Bigtime Tank 30.16 11183 Oster Bale 30.09 21353 Uthor Bale nwtd

L Cole L Cole J & D Fahey1 L Cole C Roberts A Turnwald G & S Fredrickson L Cole C Roberts C Roberts

WANGANUI TOYOTA C5

$2,860, C5, 305m

21385 Eye Far 17.62 41176 Bigtime Stella 17.48 23711 Sir Duggie 17.18 42631 Frizzled 17.63 53754 Big Time Chance 17.78 411X1 Sheza Rippa 17.35 46174 Bigtime Lizzy 17.65 81265 Zara Cheebee 17.71 16187 Big Time Flash 17.60 58671 Big Time Billie 17.65

M Flipp4 L Cole2 L Cole M Roberts1 L Cole J & D Fahey3 L Cole M Flipp G & S Fredrickson L Cole

FIRST SECURITY C1/C2

78414 Gotcha Marshall 17.96 66643 Big Time Dusty 17.92 66387 Bigtime Chris 17.56 42356 Eye Kno 17.77 43148 Opal Nora 17.74 36777 Dyna Lenny nwtd 28176 No Mug 17.90 68825 Zoie Willow 17.30 77673 Homebush Yuri 17.96 22114 Waterloo Pink 17.90

J McInerney L Cole4 G & S Fredrickson W Woods3 J McInerney2 K Gommans1 C Morris J & D Bell J McInerney W Kite

RIVERCITY GAS C1/C2 2

11573 Summer Glee nwtd 36278 Mahala Bay 17.75 63287 Token Pick 18.15 46643 Mother’s Touch 17.89 58276 Arthur’s Crown 17.82 48478 Queen Kong 17.77 26136 Ophira Bale 17.73 65835 Tuff Temptress 17.84 48867 Breed Apart 17.75 82335 Always Dizzy 18.07

b M8 Addington Harness Today at Addington

J McInerney1 W Woods N Udy J & D Bell3 R Waite J McInerney M Roberts B Mitchell M Olden4 J McInerney

3 2 1

January 24

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1193m DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 5:12PM OPT 145

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4YO+ R40-R53, Up-R69 +Claimer., 2600m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 4

4

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

67408 Adam Patron (1) G & N Hope 82789 Caesar’s Quest (2) J McDermott 60693 Opawa Mach (3) K Cameron 79260 Pat Campbell (4) B Negus 90975 Xmas Bay (5) B Negus 00906 Flamboyant (6) S Blake P3107 Fun In The Dark (7) M Purvis 63310 Highland Reign (8) B Negus 05521 Nui Ba Den (9) M House Barrier

3 10

33537 The Governor (21) T Bagrie 11 22459 Glacier Coaster (22) B Negus 12 X0086 Fear Rockn (23) B Negus 1 13 49419 Bonny’s Gem (u1) M Purvis

5:43PM OPT 146

3

4 0

$2,035, C3, 305m

M Olden K B Benson G & S Fredrickson L Cole L Cole C Morris M Flipp F Kite P Clark F Kite

G & S Fredrickson L Cole L Cole3

8:03PM 20

OPT

$2,035, C3, 305m

QUALITY INN COLLEGIATE WANGANUI C3

15113 Big Time Izzy 30.12 33176 Big Time Seth 30.31 12434 She’s For Us 30.29 11183 Oster Bale 30.09 66131 Electrical Storm 30.46 14514 Melita Vella 30.02 22388 Big Time Maple 30.31 38161 Big Time Dynasty 30.37 47231 Big Time Kobe 30.63 15451 Bigtime Benji 30.44

7:33PM OPT 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

7

M Flipp L Cole L Cole S Kite L Cole N Udy M Olden G & S Fredrickson M Goodier B Marsh

PALMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C3

14535 Criminal Justice 17.89 32247 Doomsday 18.04 22857 Bigtime Spark 17.74 66645 Bigtime Charlote 17.77 38223 Big Time Tina nwtd 55511 So Severe 17.77 55431 Go Ash 17.61 81767 Bigtime On Track 17.77 18276 Bigtime Toby 17.91 84678 Sedgebrook Lover 17.69

7:03PM OPT 30

2 3

6

$2,390, C4, 305m

AON CPF C3

24524 Gazza’s Girl 30.44 27118 Bigtime Daisy 30.49 72276 Simply Smooth 30.46 53572 Bigtime Forest 30.20 78881 Big Time Gina 30.75 17382 Big Time Elsa 30.47 78764 Bigtime Puma 30.82 24137 Skinny Binny 30.60

6:34PM OPT 34

1 2 3 4 1 5 6 7 8 9 10

4

5

L Cole M Olden K Gommans R Waite B Goldsack D P Symes J McInerney N Udy J McInerney M Roberts

ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C1/C2

11347 Sedgebrook Sally 17.90 1513X Bavaro nwtd 31212 Big Time Jonie 17.52 53324 Zara Zara 17.81 64545 Justa Gift 17.62 36273 Bigtime Luna 17.78 X7147 Cockney Rip Off 17.72 32235 Bigtime Leo 17.75 18366 Bigtime Coco 17.72 15878 Homebush Rieko 17.70

6:03PM OPT 39

1 2 3

3

31422 Kongs Out Again 30.58 38352 Cavatate 31.36 31246 Meandering 30.42 54118 Big Time Odette 30.32 75134 Tuff Knight 30.37 66883 Tuff Treasure 30.81 73415 Zipping Romeo 31.14 88511 My Khloe 30.40 48325 Cossie Cooper 30.35 12466 Diamond Geezer 30.88

5:33PM OPT 40

$1,685, C1/2, 305m Trainer

TAB BONUS BACK PROMOTION FOR RACES 1 & 2 C4

26433 Idol Patches 17.71 66357 Big Time Frosty 17.57 64117 Bigtime Molly 17.68 15242 Rowdy Ruby 17.75 66573 Big Time Lebron 17.62 27618 Token Vikkers 17.75 15177 Running Freer 17.69 41824 Thunderation 17.48 87654 Fare Dodger 17.81 57827 Hip Hop Rapper 17.49

5:03PM 44

OPT

2

8 36513 Bigtime Emjay 17.52 9 66573 Big Time Lebron 17.62 10 66645 Bigtime Charlote 17.77

M Coleman M Hashizume (a3)

d M9 Whanganui Dogs

4 3 $35,000, OPN HCP, 1600m 2 JOSH SMITH @ BAYLEYS 1600

1 13518 Ohceedee (9) 60 S Cole 1 2 X31X2 Shezathinka (2) 59 J Richards 3 3 246X3 Amazing Az (4) 59 Gibbs/Bradley 4 0X880 Lucky Sweep (10) 58 S McKee 5 X9817 Jip Jip Rock (1) 57.5 P & D Williams 6 2X810 Civilised (7) 57.5 T Da Cruz 7 92174 Sagunto (5) 57.5 P McKay 2 8 6X725 Incantesimo (8) 56.5 G Richardson 4 9 30702 Sunburst (3) 55.5 D Guy 10 7X170 Peace Train (6) 54.5 R & R Rogers 11 I See Red OPT

D Danis (a2) J Fawcett (a1) J Waddell O Bosson J Riddell C Lammas S Collett R Elliot D Johnson L Satherley T Thornton

1 09600 Blue Breeze (6) 60 A Morley J Kamaruddin (a4) 2 23211 Weaponry (7) 58.5 J Richards O Bosson 3 7226X Woodsman (2) 58.5 T Gillies M Kareem (a4) 4 32008 Contessa Vanessa (5) 57.5 TeamRogerson R Elliot 5 12621 Gino Severini (4) 57.5 Wallace/Cooksley M Hashizume (a3) 6 1X250. Inscription (3) 56 R McCarroll S Weatherley (a) 7 63111. Scorpz (1) 55 S Marsh D Johnson

OPT

2

J Kamaruddin (a4) T Yanagida (a2) M Hashizume (a3) O Bosson C Dell S Spratt C Grylls T Thornton

$22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m

1 53254 Acutus (5) 59 J & B Vance 2 51X49 Up ’n’ Gone (6) 59 T Autridge 3 3 164. Green Hero (7) 57.5 C Cameron 1 4 1. Ripped (11) 57.5 R Collett 5 10X79. Looks Like (1) 57.5 R Tanner 6 303X6 The Dom (10) 57.5 M/Rogers 4 7 4X551 Shipshape (9) 56.5 S McKee 8 06X18 Three Sixty (2) 56.5 S & E Clotworthy 9 X7X12. Vino Bella (3) 56 J Richards 10 188X8 Elliot Power (4) 56 M Brosnan 11 077X8 Popova (8) 55 T Donaldson

2

1 2 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 9 10 1 11 12 13 14 0 15 0 16

3

1 PARKMATE.CO.NZ 1400 3

1 42140 Lochwinnoch (4) 57.5 M Wallace 2 23315. Amusez Moi (2) 57.5 N Tiley 3 4X48X Checkers (3) 57.5 Baker/Forsman 4 21 Osaka (6) 57.5 S Marsh 5 75710 Annie’s Song (1) 56.5 Gibbs/Bradley 6 11 Levante (7) 56.5 K & B Kelso 7 67X1 Love Struck (5) 55.5 James/Wellwood

1:37PM OPT 287

2

2

4:36PM 315

OPT

1 2 4

Te Aroha Races

1 4 $2,035, C2/3, 390m 3 J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney S & B Evans J McInerney J McInerney

11

S & B Evans S & B Evans J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J Guthrie J McInerney

77834 Black Dan 22.67 75636 Sass ’Em Up nwtd 83783 Homebush Flynn 23.30 78843 Goldstar Rebel nwtd 57455 Yi Feng nwtd 24112 Homebush Stasser nwtd 47685 Homebush Zack nwtd 86673 Mitcham Trudy 22.75 85786 Homebush Fudge nwtd 77677 Melting World nwtd

3:17PM

8 27518 Babiche (5) 54 C Cameron 9 40432 Scaglioni (3) 54 K Grass

ORETI BEACH RUN

$2,505, C1, 457m

66532 Goldstar Spook nwtd 45243 Goldstar Perrie nwtd 47745 Take A Hint nwtd 42844 Impressive High nwtd 55343 Homebush Maycee nwtd 73526 Big Tiny nwtd 77247 Punch On Scooby nwtd 16722 Bound Up nwtd 46656 Koputai nwtd 68484 Prince Rohit nwtd

2:57PM

CONGRATULATIONS KAZY

7

9

J Allen J McInerney J M McCook J M McCook J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney M P Hamilton-Dyett

$2,390, R/A, 390m

55532 Goldstar Ashton nwtd 2655F Mitcham Manering 26.68 71112 Pepper Chimes 26.00 83785 Shift The Blame 25.94 57766 Bruiser’s Day 26.37 56525 Homebush Boden 26.94 57686 Rocky Vincitore nwtd 46656 Koputai nwtd 77677 Melting World nwtd 67X87 Long Live Love 26.17

2:22PM

3 4 1 2

5

$1,365, C0, 390m

ADDED ENERGY RESTRICTED AGE

65552 Cool Beans 23.48 27734 Dream Runner 22.67 61858 Homebush Liz nwtd 86575 Father Leo nwtd 21853 Homebush Bomber 23.25 35474 Homebush Rehaina 23.16 41455 Macey Baxter 22.97 47486 Elite Blueblood 23.10 85786 Homebush Fudge nwtd 57X78 Glass Harpoon nwtd

2:00PM

2 3 1 4

4

13157 Opal Hunter 22.68 2F831 Reign Of Fire 22.49 36715 Cosmic Jase 22.65 87285 Homebush Aimee nwtd 46337 Sozin’s Symphony 22.74 13666 Homebush Sayer 22.53 75233 Homebush Rapper nwtd 47545 Goldstar Trooper 22.25 56872 Nikko Baxter 22.88 77731 Punch On Jessie 23.12

1:45PM

3 1

FIND US ON TWITTER@SGRCINFO

33531 Sozin’s Assassin nwtd 11465 Pretty Keen 22.98 61256 Dusty’s Ink 22.90 14262 Homebush Velma 22.47 42712 Homebush Monkey nwtd 86351 Blazing Banjo 23.00 84453 Homebush Caesar 22.69 53114 Homebush George nwtd 77731 Punch On Jessie 23.12 74673 Cosmic Stu nwtd

1:25PM

2 4

3

B Conner J McInerney J Guthrie J McInerney J Allen B Eade S & B Evans S & B Evans S & B Evans J Guthrie

18731 Amuri George 22.99 32443 Starr Blueblood 22.79 12118 Homebush Liam 22.90 16287 Homebush Alexei 22.92 51553 Sozin’s Empire 22.79 72455 Goldstar Willa nwtd 32157 Sozin’s Azure nwtd 21858 Souffle Sue nwtd 77731 Punch On Jessie 23.12 4857X Regal Jock 22.88

1:08PM 1 2 4 3 1 4 5 3 6 2 7 8 9 10

$2,505, C1, 457m

25663 Volcanic Whisper nwtd 566 Homebush Bede nwtd Tom Fox nwtd 2 Bundy nwtd Mitcham Nikorima nwtd 8 Mitcham Usain nwtd 27752 Homebush Showoff nwtd Mitcham Magic nwtd 83767 Homebush Marissa nwtd 76586 Gotcha Georgie nwtd

12:51PM

R Hamilton J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J Allen J McInerney J M McCook J McInerney M P Hamilton-Dyett

TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001

48334 Miss Nina 26.42 37463 Mick The Mower 26.60 47846 C’Mon Benny Boy 26.42 48873 Zefside nwtd 66751 Silouette Jet nwtd 34856 Bartholomew Cub 26.54 73322 Goldstar Whitey nwtd 67554 Goldstar Yankee nwtd 47848 Goldstar Vale nwtd 57X78 Glass Harpoon 27.08

12:34PM

1

2

1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 3 8 9 10

2 1

10

Compiled by

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 2 12 13 14 15 1 16

1 2 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1

ACTIVE ELECTRICAL MOBILE TROT 2

$10,000, 3YO+ R40-R55., 1980m

J Curtin J Young-Grant3 B Orange S Ottley C D Thornley G O'Reilly T Williams4 C DeFilippi K Townley

767X7 BJ Lindenny (21) D Bennett X2848 Tehoro Dazzle (22) R Holmes 64052 Sods Law (23) J & J Geddes 04455 Jerry Garcia (24) L O'Reilly Michelle 0X228 No Fears (u1) J Morrison X1707 One Majic Kenny (u2) R Dunn

K Cameron R Holmes J Geddes L O'Reilly SCRATCHED J Morrison (J) J Dunn

Barrier

3

WOODLANDS STUD 2020 YEARLINGS MOBILE PACE

$12,500, 3YO+ R55-R60., 1980m

X1452 Maharani (1) M Kerr 01570 Jimmy Cannon (2) D Keast 70X21 Mossdale Art (3) G & N Hope 75719 Invisible Girl (4) B Hutton 40575 Burst Out Laughing (5) M House 29113 Soundslikeart (6) R Dunn 91418 Plutonium Lady (7) Jones/Hill 03126 Hot Starff (8) B White 06640 Chiller Bay (9) Peter & Mitchell Robertson Barrier

10 04689 Lets Hustle (21) R Todd 11 X2184 Diego (22) J Cox 4 12 113 Steel The Show (23) N McGrath 13 191 Miss Graceful (24) N McGrath

6:44PM OPT 150

2 4

S Murtha M Stratford N Munro T Woodward

25462 Another Chapter (1) J Whittaker 86574 She’s Allthe Craze (2) B Negus P0255 In Sequence (3) K Barron 59374 Chasing Great (4) K Townley 66322 Clyde (5) D Williamson 59489 Unique Rose (6) M Edmonds 3315X Tailored Elegance (7) Purdon/Rasmussen 01300 Mikemaro (8) R Austin 75X12 Aorangi (9) K Townley

6:12PM 149

OPT

2

M McIntyre1 G Cook P Wallace A Edge3 S Manawatu S Blake2 B Wilmott C Negus S Wigg

4

M Anderson B Butt C DeFilippi J Curtin M Hurrell (J) J Dunn S Ottley S McNally J Morrison (J)

T Williams J W Cox4 S Tomlinson (J)1 B Orange

MCMILLIAN EQUINE FEEDS MOBILE PACE

$10,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+., 1980m

1 49X3 Miss Impression (1) M Shinn 2 2X Chubby Checker (2) K Barron 3 52828 Mongolian Conqueror (3) P Court 4 74084 Ride In A Concorde (4) N McGrath

2

J Morrison (J) B Orange3 S Ottley

GUARDIAN

5 6 7 8 9

3

35302 Maximilian (5) S Lock X4255 Chase The Hat Trick (6) K Chapman 24 Jimmy Arma (7) D Keast P337 Mossman (8) P Court 37734 Smooth Debate (9) G Burgess Barrier

10 7X68 Mr Clooney (21) S Blair 11 63426 Maggie (22) J & J Geddes Picture Me (23) Purdon/Rasmussen 13 93807 Franco Hatton (24) L Smart 14 7X833 Jaffa Josh (u1) P Borcoskie

1 12

7:13PM 152

OPT

4 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

5

HILLSIDE ITM MOBILE PACE

R Houghton B Butt T Williams C D Thornley G O'Reilly B Butcher M Anderson J Dunn S Ottley

Barrier

3 10

21211 Wild Excuse (21) P Burrows 11 574X4 Sociable (22) A Stuart 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

4 3 2 1

6

G Smith B Orange

WOODLANDS THANKS 2019/2020 BREEDERS PACE $15,000, R60-R80,R81-R85 W/C., 2600m

76502 Aveross Rustler (1) W Low 24072 Taxman (2) R Todd 70558 Rah De Rah (3) S Lock 01116 Held To Ransom (4) J Alford X5902 Spot On (5) R Dunn 01405 Eureka (6) G Payne 49841 Good On Ya Kiwi (7) R Holmes 46933 Mongolian Cavalry (8) P Court 81212 Bettathanfast (9) Dalgety/Purdon

J Young-Grant S Ottley R McIlwrick J W Cox J Dunn T Williams R Holmes J Morrison (J) B Orange

Barrier

8:13PM OPT 157

7

1 3

8

$15,000, FFA., 1980m

Barrier

10 0296P Amaretto Sun (21) K Ford 4 11 30967 Majestic Hurricane (u1) K Barron

B Butt K Butt C D Thornley T Williams B Orange J Morrison (J) S Ottley J Dunn G Smith

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

2 1 4

10 11 12 13

6:54PM 8

OPT

4 2 1 3

34098 Beau Vista (21) J & A Lethaby 05620 Senorita Margarita (22) B Negus 80405 Dianne Lorena (23) M House 0780X Skipperland (u1) T Bagrie

A Lethaby J Young-Grant B Orange M Hurrell (J)

Barrier

P Wakelin K Butt B Orange S Tomlinson (J) J W Cox SCRATCHED G Smith G O'Reilly B Butt T Williams J Young-Grant

10 MEET U ON THE LAWN 14/2 ADDINGTON.CO.NZ PACE $10,000, 3YO+ R48-R54,R55 W/C., 1980m

0X287 Takemybreathaway (1) G Scott 18647 Yoha (2) P Court 10X72 Katchalight (3) J Howe 0X371 Peraki Reactor (4) G Payne 0X651 Burlington (5) B White 07865 Machs Mareta (6) M Purvis 55631 Honour Scroll (7) S Lock 24652 Cloud Nine (8) N McGrath 2831 Kiss The Girls (9) Derek & Adele Jones

R Houghton S Ottley B Butt T Williams S McNally J Dunn R McIlwrick B Orange D White

10 31220 Folklore (21) J Cox 11 3212X Distinguished Taste (22) K Barron 4 12 0X1 Dance With Stars (23) Dalgety/Purdon

J W Cox K Barron M Anderson

1 2 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

$12,500, R56+ DiscrHcp, 2600m

1X010 BK Dawn (1) Wakelin/Noble 66775 Rum In The Sun (2) M Palermo 32731 One Over Da Son (3) N McGrath 38133 Justan’s Sister (4) S Matheson 20X16 Aladdin Sane (5) J Howe Desperateandangerous 21410 Majestic Chevron (1) N McGrath 30X41 One Apollo (2) B White 37611 Doff Your Cap (3) L Jones 5698X Red Hot Poker (4) G Telfer 91140 Sundons Flyer (1) B Negus

9:43PM 162

OPT

9

BUY A WOODLANDS YEARLING - FEBRUARY 17 HCP TROT

Barrier

b M5 Alexandra Park Harness Today at Alexandra Park

January 24

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Right-handed; Length: 1006m; Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 5:54PM OPT 2

1

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2-3-4, 6-7-8 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 3-4-5-6-7-8

1

3

3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

9 10 4 11 12

1 2 3 4

4

JAYMO CHASE RACE MOBILE PACE

Barrier

5

1 2 3 2 4 4 5 6 7 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1

1 2 3 4

STEINLAGER TOKYO DRY MOBILE PACE

Barrier

Z Meredith (J) M McKendry T Herlihy SCRATCHED Z Butcher D Butcher P Ferguson S Abernethy

$15,000, NON-WINS & R40 SpecHcp, 2200m

3 Asteria Lavra (1) Wallis/Hackett Ruby Ridge (2) D & C McGowan 76769 Expensive Crumpet (3) R Paynter 5 High In The Sky (4) Wallis/Hackett 0 Heston Hall (5) T Macfarlane 74348 Majestic Harry (6) J & M Teaz 08820 Daisy Hill (u1) J & J Dickie 5P232 Manchester On Fire (u2) Wallis/Hackett X5080 Majestic Sunrise (u3) R Paynter 4X683 Isaac H (u4) D Balle 7X626 Paris Under Siege (u5) Wallis/Hackett 0 Manchester’s Eclipse (u6) Wallis/Hackett 66770 Our Rosa (1) S Cornwall X8550 Ain’t No Princess (u1) M Pemberton

8

T Herlihy D McGowan A Poutama A Drake (J) J Stormont M Teaz J I Dickie Z Butcher D Butcher D Balle T Mitchell T Cameron S Cornwall S Phelan

BRECKON FARMS YG SERIES HEAT 4 MOBILE PACE $25,000, 2YO C&G., 1700m

4 Challenger (1) G Rogerson 42 Platinum Stride (2) R Green Luke John (3) Hollis/Robertson Vanquish Stride (4) R Green Barrier

P Ferguson Z Butcher L Hollis D Butcher

b M7 Invercargill Harness Tomorrow at Ascot Park

January 25

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1029m; Weather: Few Showers DOUBLES 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 TREBLES 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 QUADDIES 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 PLACE 6 5-6-7-8-9-10 12:00PM PGG WRIGHTSON MOBILE PACE $10,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ F&M., 2200m OPT 646 N Williamson J Dunn C Ferguson S Tomlinson (J) P Hunter G Lee M Williamson E Barron (J)

9 328X Arizona Doll (21) L Wilson 1 10 53832 Better Thana Missus (22) B Gray 11 Kallianassa 12 X000X Kennington Girl (23) P Andrews

A Beck B Barclay SCRATCHED A Armour

4

Barrier

Millwood Cleopatra (24) A Stuart 4034 Just Cheddar (25) A Black

12:35PM OPT 647

2

SHEET METALCRAFT MOBILE PACE

Barrier

9 3 10 11 4 12 13 14

82457 Targaryen (21) K Larsen 25850 Woman In Charge (22) W Adams 00 Mr Jingles (23) P Andrews 30236 Under Wraps (24) P Court 87780 The Mighty Cullen (25) H Hunter 30757 Delight N Gold (26) E Swain

1:10PM 655

OPT

4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3

9 27199 Delight (21) T Stratford 21402 Black Ops (22) A Beck 24222 Jacks N Jazz (23) G & J Knight 137P3 Coolhand Easton (24) B Norman 13 50X18 The White Rabbit (25) K Larsen 14 87835 Melton Mafia (26) G & C Lee

1 10 2 11 3 12

2 3 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 4 13

B Barclay J Morrison (J) E Barron (J) B Orange P Hunter E Swain

FORKLIFTS NZ MOBILE PACE

Barrier

1:45PM OPT 644

N Williamson K Larsen A Beck K Barclay J Dunn C Ferguson A Armour M Williamson

$10,000, R48-R49,R50 W/C., 2200m

45340 Iwanadancewitsumbody (1) H Hunter 33500 Dismara (2) C Laurenson 25547 Myrcella (3) G & C Lee 03855 Calico Hill (4) R Austin 0009X Franco June (5) R Wilson 4X247 Stay Aboard (6) M G Brown X1534 Flash Party (7) K & J Price 55381 Wee Ring The Changes (8) C Ferguson

4

M Williamson M Hurrell (J) C Lee R Austin J Morrison (J) S Tomlinson (J) N Williamson C Ferguson B Orange A Beck B Williamson J W Cox K Larsen G Lee

PURE PAC CHERRIES MOBILE PACE

$12,000, 3YO+ R50-R55., 2200m

1 Stratofortress (1) B Gray 312 Moonlite Drive (2) A Stuart 218X Miss Paddy Wagon (3) G Anderson 27130 Delightful GNP (4) K Barron 02612 Tulsa Jaccka (5) W Adams 321 Melody’s Mischief (6) Jones/Hill 61334 Nikasa (7) D Simpson 91970 Vigoroso (8) D O'Connell

J Dunn J W Cox B Williamson B Orange J Morrison (J) S Ottley B Barclay D O'Connell

13X60 Lock It In Eddie (21) T McGrannachan 104 Revitalise (22) N Williamson 36152 Dallas Grimes (23) M G Brown 66610 Tetrick (24) B McLellan 41182 Major Watson (25) N Williamson

A Beck M Williamson S Tomlinson (J) C Ferguson N Williamson

Barrier

2:20PM OPT 654

5

ALL THINGS HARNESS OWNERSHIP TROT

2:53PM OPT 657

6

ARDEN LODGE ROBIN DUNDEE CROWN MOBILE PACE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 11 2 12

4 3

4 3 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

$12,000, R48-R55, 2700m

27423 Rydgemont Milly (1) M & D Shirley 35921 Count Eyre (2) R Allen 10565 Miss Jessica (3) T Robertson 78X94 Tolkien (4) K Larsen 70313 Zoned Scarlett (5) B Williamson 665X1 Midsummer Queen (6) B Norman 91955 Spotlight The Valley (7) R Wilson X3434 Christmas Babe (8) A Black 83562 Emma Frost (9) P Williamson 43131 Lisa Marie P (10) P Williamson 39372 Alpine Retreat (11) C Barron 24X21 Richard The Third (12) B Gray

Barrier

9

A Beck J W Cox T Robertson K Larsen B Williamson B Norman B Orange N Williamson M Williamson C Purvis (J) E Barron (J) B Barclay

$14,000, 4YO+ Mares R70., 2200m

08900 Lady’s Lass (1) T Robertson 75PX8 Divinia Bellezza (2) A Stuart 52501 Vintage Rose (3) R Gutsell 1X3 Yankee Party (4) K & J Price 28545 Amore Lancome (5) Barclay/Ellis 25322 Dachy (6) I Goodman 25101 Bridesdale Robyn (7) R & C Wilson 52814 I’mallaboutthebase (8) S Baucke Kotare Yolande

T Robertson B Orange M Williamson N Williamson K Barclay S Tomlinson (J) C Ferguson S Ottley SCRATCHED

3:31PM OPT 658

7

BRENDAN FRANKS FARRIER/FASTTRACK $2.5K+STKS TROT $16,500, R56+ DiscrHcp, 2700m

4:04PM OPT 659

8

$12,000, R48-R69 SpecHcp, 2700m

1 2 3 1 4 2 5 6 7 8 4 9 3 10 1 2 3 4 4 5 3 6 7 2 8 9 1 10 11 12

2X524 Cuchulainn (1) B Gray 22037 Sekkie Monkey (u1) N Williamson 82190 Crusher Collins (u2) L Bond 34P13 Riteur (1) P Williamson 2117X Get Lucky (2) A Black 11218 Only One Way (3) P Williamson 05768 King Cassidy (u1) C Gerken 41115 Humble Ladd (u2) P Williamson 76544 Theodosia (1) C Butt 57804 Monty Python (1) P Williamson

4:34PM OPT 660

4 3 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

3 4 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

B Barclay S Tomlinson (J) K Barclay B Williamson B Orange A Armour N Williamson M Williamson C Ferguson S Ottley K Larsen A Beck

ASCOT PARK HOTEL INVERCARGILL CUP HANDICAP PACE $30,000, R70+ DiscrHcp, 2700m

31773 Kilowatt Kid (1) A Black 34023 Dadndave (2) T Trathen 87823 Cast No Shadow (3) P Court 22311 Heisenberg (1) R Dunn 31242 Nandolo (2) J Howe 24061 Bringitonhome (3) R Todd 64216 Franco Santino (4) N Williamson 14095 Robyns Playboy (5) R & C Wilson 110X1 Vintage Cheddar (1) A Black

5:04PM 656

OPT

9

B Barclay N Williamson J Dunn B Orange B Williamson M Williamson S Tomlinson (J) R McIlwrick C Butt

MCKNIGHT & BROWN HANDICAP PACE

441X Ask Me Major (1) Barclay/Ellis 74774 Triple VC (2) M G Brown X0085 Chuckles (3) Barclay/Ellis X0126 Dangerous (4) T McGrannachan 58397 Betterthanbrie (5) Barclay/Ellis 23663 Ivana Legacy (6) S Armour 32430 Triroyale Brigade (7) N Williamson 87951 Tartan Robyn (1) H Hunter 41X00 Mistacullect (2) B Munro 1451 Shadow Phantasy (3) Jones/Hill 71169 Maidonthebeach (4) H Hunter 88093 Cast A Shadow (5) A Beck

M Williamson B Barclay B Orange J Dunn J W Cox S Ottley N Williamson C Ferguson B Williamson

10 PENINSULAR BEACHFRONT RESORT/BEACH RD HP MBL PCE $12,000, 3YO+ R56-R74,R70-R75 W/C., 2200m

80600 Four Starzzz Shiraz (1) D O'Connell 24411 Stingray Tara (2) H Hunter 4P884 Mach’s Back (3) Barclay/Ellis 6857X Delightful Deal (4) N Williamson 22107 Deus Ex (5) G & J Knight 14227 Lawrence (6) A Black 64604 Unloaded (7) P Hunter 1112P Spirit Of St Louis (8) G Anderson Barrier

9 66796 Ideal Draw (21) T Stratford

c M6

B Orange B Williamson

$10,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+., 2200m

1 Croesus (1) N Williamson 2 24 Forsure (2) K Larsen 3 96 Saint Tropez (3) D Baynes 4 68 Love On The Rocks (4) Barclay/Ellis 5 Mach Quillan (5) M Brinsdon 6 75075 Hans Ideal (6) R & C Wilson 7 00995 Sly Tricks (7) A Wohlers 8 63879 I’m Watching You (8) H Hunter

2 1

Driver

Pay Me Speedy (1) C Faithful 05458 Major Menace (2) M Brinsdon 47 Von Art (3) R & C Wilson 47 Weren’t Watching (4) K & J Price X9046 A Rocknroll Maid (5) H Hunter 02794 Sunset Red (6) G & C Lee 04824 Indulgence (7) H Hunter 59958 Rakanellie (8) C Barron

3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

13

2 14

GET YOUR “YUMMY” FROM THE STABLES CAFE HCP TROT

1

M McKendry T Herlihy T Cameron J Stormont B Mangos T Mitchell R Fensom

Z Butcher A Harrison (J) T Mitchell P Ferguson T Herlihy D Ferguson (J) T Cameron M McKendry

$20,000, 3YO+ R58-R64., 2200m

12943 Romanite (1) T Vince 34551 On A Roll (2) J Young X2411 Underthesouthernsun (3) T Herlihy Be My Rock 81784 Little Miss Perfect (4) B Purdon 56757 Matai Geordie (5) P & V Blanchard 41434 Bugalugs (6) C Webber 32X34 Best Western (7) J Young

9:26PM OPT 22

T Cameron B Mangos D Butcher P Ferguson

JOIN A KIDZ KARTZ CLUB HANDICAP TROT

6

7

SCRATCHED Z Butcher T Herlihy A Drake (J) J I Dickie T Mitchell M McKendry A Poutama

$25,000, R56-R89 DiscrHcp, 2700m

1 14156 Tears Of Joy (1) Z Butcher 2 03566 Puma Road (1) S Reid 3 08347 Red Castleton (2) Wallis/Hackett 4 X8213 Swiss Miss (1) R Dunn 5 625D4 Forget The Price Tag (u1) T Herlihy 6 5X721 Pretty Majestic (1) R Dunn 7 97348 Kenny’s Dream (2) T Herlihy 8 00090 Woodstone (u1) R Dunn

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P Ferguson A Poutama N Delany (J) J I Dickie T Herlihy T Mitchell S Phelan Z Butcher

$20,000, 3YO+ R50-R57., 2200m

57811 Tommy Tukaa (21) J Young 75965 Longview Lady (22) B Mangos 31866 Down The Hatch (23) S Telfer 9095P Armed Reactor (u1) J & M Teaz

8:54PM OPT 18

2 1 4 3

$25,000, R67-R92 DiscrHcp, 2700m

Kerri Maguire X5656 Classie Reactor (1) R Green 24212 Dina Brown (2) T Herlihy 34X18 Man Of Action (3) R Green 49X87 Madame Connoistre (4) J & J Dickie 36262 The Batmobile (5) T Vince 54533 Shandelier (6) M McKendry 3133X Texas Tiger (7) P Turner

8:24PM 15

OPT

T Cameron T Mitchell A Poutama J I Dickie N Chilcott A Drake (J) B Mangos L Chin J Stormont S McCaffrey Z Butcher SCRATCHED P Ferguson

PARCHED? ‘NEVER FEAR THE ALEX IS HERE’ HCP PACE

35816 Warloch (1) M House 41058 Delightful Major (2) M House 11635 Some Do (3) B Purdon 13973 Mr Kiwi (1) J & J Dickie 83242 Revolver (2) T Herlihy 32195 Ball Of Art (3) B Purdon 24411 Double Rocket (1) A Donnelly 05098 On The Cards (1) B Purdon

7:54PM 11

OPT

3

Z Butcher

$15,000, 3YO+ R44-R54, 2700m

PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer

‘THE GREAT KIWI BBQ’ SIZZLES AP FEB 7 MBL PACE

94254 Dragon Tattoo (1) P Screen X2952 Delightful Catherine (2) T Herlihy 443 Cowgirls N Lace (3) T Herlihy 342X5 Chillysjustashadow (4) I Small Ticktockpocketwatch (5) D & C McGowan 3 Flo Ryda (6) White/Berger 524X Budapest Boy (7) A Jamieson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2

$15,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+., 2200m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

4 1 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

7:23PM 9

OPT

NZ BLOODSTOCK S.BRED SALES 17-19 FEB MOBILE PACE

S McNally R McIlwrick A Mugford (J) T Williams J W Cox S Ottley M Jones S Tomlinson (J)

2

P Ferguson

WHAT A DELIGHT IT’S OWNERS NIGHT FEB 14 TROT

1 35583 Magnafique (1) Wallis/Hackett 2 04262 Tobruk (2) Wallis/Hackett 3 20937 Secretofthesea Smile (3) D Jones 2 4 1 The Big Bird (4) J & J Dickie 5 32120 Saint Michel (5) T Vince 6 00088 Stow (6) Wallis/Hackett 7 39640 Minnie Bow Tique (7) K Sefonte 4 8 37974 Safrakova (8) L Chin 9 73387 Cyclone S Adams (9) T Macfarlane 10 01P65 Savitskaya (u1) L Chin 11 0D108 Our Spitfire (u2) Wallis/Hackett 12 Shes Like The Wind 1 13 8X9P9 You Really Got Me (u3) R Dunn

3

S Tomlinson (J) K Barron

04000 Shindal (2) S Lock 38302 Kansas City Jim (3) S Lock X6040 Little Rain (4) W Stevenson 60326 Szybka Lane (5) G Telfer P8900 My Nikayla (6) S Lock 09803 Get It On (7) D Love 1XP06 Olive Cook (8) Peter & Mitchell Robertson 61078 Franco Riot (9) J & A Lethaby

9:14PM OPT 161

1 2 4 3 1 4 5 6 3 7 8 2 9 10 11

8

Barrier

9 05382 Miss Shuga (21) B & G Hughes

1 3 $10,000, R40-R47,R48 W/C., 1980m 2 3 1 0400X Mamma Knows Best (1) M Purvis J Dunn 4 8:44PM OPT 158

364 Hawthornden Hunk (8) J & M Teaz

6:24PM OPT 4

HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY ROSE DAKIN MOBILE TROT

1 76898 Splash Cola (1) R Todd 2 3680P Didjabringthebeers (2) J Howe 3 70003 The Dominator (3) D Williamson 4 1376X Kings Landing (4) Purdon/Rasmussen 5 DX901 War Machine (5) M House 6 5X162 Smokey Mac (6) J Morrison 7 55635 Destiny Jones (7) D Hunter 8 30651 Pres The Belle (8) R Dunn 9 75562 Great Things Happen (9) G Smith

2

T Chmiel J Geddes T Williams M Hurrell (J) P Borcoskie

$12,500, 3YO+ F&M R85., 1980m

04510 Kotare Yolande (1) R Houghton 112 Elo Louise (2) R Todd X1321 Cheezel (3) R Todd 13471 Nemera Franco (4) S McRae 55631 Enchantee (5) N Le Lievre 77591 Ivana Flybye (6) S Telfer 12257 Change Is Good (7) M Kerr 55321 Bettor’s Heart (8) P Bagrie 06671 Millwood Maizie (9) J Gameson

7:43PM OPT 155

R McIlwrick S Tomlinson (J) B Butt J W Cox M Jones

WEEKEND RACING GUIDE

D O'Connell K Larsen B Barclay N Williamson S Tomlinson (J) B Williamson P Hunter M Williamson B Orange

Riccarton Park Races Tomorrow at Riccarton Park

January 25

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 2400m; Straight: 400m; Rail: True | 8mm irrigation applied; Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 1:20PM OPT 710

3

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 4-5-6-7-8-9 PUNTERS CHALLENGE 4 APRIL - ENTER NOW

$25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey

3 1 2 4

1 3X646 Nowhere Man (2) 61 M & M Pitman 1 2 317X0 Flytime (3) 60 A McKay 3 03150 Clooney (4) 58 B & R Wilson 4 X7628 Vendima (5) 57.5 N Ridley 1 5 02289. Pipiana (6) 56.5 M & M Pitman 1 6 52455 Solomon (1) 56.5 J Blackadder 7 5X303 Tee Cee Coup (8) 56 M & M Pitman 1 8 01035 Touch The Sky (7) 55.5 A Frye

1:55PM 707

OPT

4

K Asano (a2) K Mudhoo T Moseley J Laking T Comignaghi J Fawcett (a1) S Wynne B Murray (a2)

VALACHI DOWNS BARN C AT KARAKA

$22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1100m

1 74321 Noah (9) 59 C Trembath 2 01576 Where Angels Walk (7) 58.5 C Spittles 3 10X38 Swiss Eire (12) 58.5 M & M Pitman 1 4 0X1 Firmament (1) 57.5 M & M Pitman 1 5 1 Rocket Ship (2) 57.5 K & P Hughes 1 6 7X137 Miss Tilly Winks (8) 57 R McKay 2 7 59400. Far Site (4) 56.5 N Ridley 1 4 8 03443 Wynmoore (10) 56.5 K Moore 9 07504 Lincoln Zephyr (13) 56.5 C Trembath 10 5513 Top Ghia (5) 56 P Harris 11 31705 Montreux Miss (14) 56 A Carston 1 12 93477 Admiral Rous (11) 56 K McCauley 13 90296 Starmaker (6) 54.5 S Woodsford 14 6X303 Diva Express (3) 54 Rae/Williams-Tuhoro

1 3

S Wynne R Mudhoo (a2) B Morgenrood T Moseley S Toolooa (a3) T Comignaghi L Callaway A Balloo C Campbell (a1) C Barnes K Asano (a2) K Williams R Beeharry (a3) J Fawcett (a1)

2:30PM 712

NZB SOUTH ISLAND SALE 17 APRIL MAIDEN

2

5

3:05PM 713

6

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO DUNEDIN GOLD CUP TRIAL

3:40PM 714

7 NZB NATIONAL YEARLING SALES SERIES STARTS 26 JAN

4:15PM 715

8

OPT

$10,000, MDN, 1400m

1 2X952 Hombre (12) 58.5 J & K Parsons C Campbell (a1) 2 2256X Battle Man (5) 58.5 D Crozier 1 J Laking 4 3 X523X Ocean Of Champagne (6) 58.5 Kennedy/Furlong 1 B Murray (a2) 4 Van Halen SCRATCHED 5 9086 Resuscitate (13) 58.5 B Tapper B Morgenrood 1 6 37 Zakunda (4) 57 M & M Pitman 1 T Moseley 7 02 Spindleshanks (2) 56.5 B Smith R Mudhoo (a2) 8 84 Dancing Choux (9) 56.5 S Woodsford J Fawcett (a1) 9 553X7 Rockwithme (16) 56.5 A McKay T Comignaghi 10 850X9 Volvik (8) 56.5 T & L Prendergast K Williams 11 468X0. Belle Of Georgia (7) 56.5 M McCann 1 K Mudhoo 12 Flash Ash Vegas (11) 56.5 R McKay A Balloo 13 0 Gotchalookin (14) 56.5 J Blackadder J Lowry 14 7845 Matuki (3) 55 N Ridley 1 K Asano (a2) 3 15 66 Blackbook (1) 55 Wigley/Milnes S Wynne 16 8X9 Just A Promiss (10) 55 D Crozier 1 C Barnes 0 17 400X8 Chorister (15) 58.5 I Rogers 1 0 18 200X9. Altamente (17) 56.5 M Harris OPT

3 1 2 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

$35,000, OPN HCP, 2000m

01279 Kaharau (1) 60 Rae/Williams-Tuhoro 1 71372 Shezatoucha (7) 54 J & K Parsons X6665 Anythingcouldhappn (5) 54 S Woodsford 00305 Savapak (2) 54 L & R Didham 1 81347 Cinto Bay (3) 54 L & R Didham 1 01595 Mr Intelligence (6) 54 N & B Blatch 79696 Roullette (4) 54 M Osborne

OPT

$22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1800m

1 23327 Pop ’n’ Rock (10) 60 T & L Prendergast 2 62522 Vee Twelve (12) 60 J Burrows 3 00261. Take The Deel (5) 59 B Court 4 05X62 Baban (9) 58.5 J & K Parsons 5 5531 Jack Be Quick (14) 57.5 J & K Parsons 6 14 Tamalin (3) 57.5 M Daly 3 7 23342 Stop Making Sense (7) 57 S Woodsford 8 56329 Golden Valkyrie (6) 57 N Lloyd 1 1 9 04215 Too Ferlaxed (8) 56.5 S Woodsford 2 10 7X739 Fine And Dandee (4) 55.5 N Lloyd 1 4 11 03758 Effervescent (11) 55.5 S Marsh 1 12 9X009 El Campeador (13) 55.5 A Carston 1 13 75X07 Ferocious (2) 55 M McCann 1 14 X8949 Major Ish Choux (1) 54 A Carston 1 OPT

4:50PM 711

OPT

9

SPEIGHT’S TIMARU STAKES

T Moseley L Callaway J Fawcett (a) K Williams R Mudhoo (a) K Asano (a) S Wynne T Comignaghi S Toolooa (a) C Campbell (a) B Murray (a) C Barnes

RACECOURSE HOTEL & MOTOR LODGE

$22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m

1 48023. Augustace (13) 60 S Robertson 1 2 X0506 Jin Lu (17) 60 L & R Didham 1 3 061. Heapzahope (5) 59 K Moore 2 4 82023 Highly Unlikely (15) 58.5 M & M Pitman 1 5 0X001 Park Ranger (7) 58.5 B Tapper 1 6 93044 Devious (11) 58 Kennedy/Furlong 1 7 48X02 Why Me (1) 58 M & M Pitman 1 8 56052 Ataahuadreamsrfree (18) 57.5 N Ridley 1 4 9 X4612 Celine (12) 57.5 P Robson 1 3 10 X2220 Lady Byron (19) 57.5 D Frye 11 X2548 Perfidia (20) 57.5 J & K Parsons 12 1070X Malawi (2) 57.5 J & K Parsons 13 9X561 Shock Prospect (4) 56.5 A Carston 1 14 28405 Highly Xcited (8) 56.5 N Ridley 1 15 10X40 Mowenna (16) 56 J & K Parsons 16 Wanderin Over 0 17 26X80 Take Me There (14) 56.5 R Beckett 0 18 507X8 Raff (6) 56.5 N Ridley 1 0 19 68600 Devine Love (9) 54 D Crozier 1 0 20 07504 Lincoln Zephyr (10) 56 C Trembath 0 21 93477 Admiral Rous (3) 55.5 K McCauley

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S Wynne R Mudhoo (a2) J Laking K Mudhoo T Comignaghi K Williams T Moseley R Beeharry (a3) K Asano (a2) D Prastiyou B Murray (a2) A Balloo J Fawcett (a1) C Campbell (a1)

$50,000, OPN HCP, 1400m

1 X0302 Enzo’s Lad (5) 60 M & M Pitman 1 2 48499 He Kin Fly (2) 54.5 N Ridley 1 3 X0654 He’s Gold (3) 54 Champion/Murphy 1 4 92412 El Bee Darci (1) 53 R McKay 3 5 11442 Monza Circuito (7) 53 M McCann 1 6 23215 Xcuses Xcuses (13) 53 J Blackadder 2 7 61224 Belle Fascino (6) 53 S Marsh 1 8 40421 Killarney (11) 53 J & K Parsons 4 9 73620. Emily Margaret (4) 53 K & P Hughes 1 10 93000 Trudeau (9) 53 T & L Prendergast 11 X7436 Dreaming Easy (8) 53 S Tyler 12 0X331 Forged (12) 53 M McCann 1 13 36X11 Windsor (10) 53 T Rae 1

1

L Callaway T Comignaghi K Asano (a2) B Murray (a2) T Moseley R Mudhoo (a2) K Kwo (a3)

Compiled by

S Toolooa (a3) J Laking B Morgenrood K Asano (a2) J Lowry S Wynne T Moseley J Fawcett (a1) T Comignaghi L Callaway

A Mudhoo (a4) K Williams A Balloo K Mudhoo SCRATCHED K Kwo (a3)

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Friday, January 24, 2020

Ashburton Guardian 29

■■TENNIS

Weather has massive impact Some of the so-called true blue courts at the Australian Open were coated in red after a rain front that lashed Melbourne yesterday morning and pushed through a dust storm from the northwest and left its mark on the city and the tournament.

Crazy weather has plagued the season-opening major at Melbourne Park and caused yet more disruptions on Day 4, when two-time major winner Garbine Muguruza had to wait for the roof to be closed on Rod Laver Arena before completing her 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 second-round win over Ajla Tomljanovic.

Muguruza said as well as having a “tough battle to the end,” against her Australian opponent, she had to concentrate on staying patient with all the changing weather conditions.

Smoke from devastating bushfires on Australia’s east coast caused air quality in Melbourne last week to be ranked among the worst in the world, and impacted qualifying for the season’s first tennis major.

Heavy rain on three of the first four days of the tournament has caused more difficulties for players and organisers.

On Day 3, a blustery wind made conditions difficult.

On the plus side, there are three stadiums with retractable roofs, so the show court matches will always be able to proceed.

In the other completed singles matches yesterday, sixth-seeded Belinda Bencic and Donna Vekic advanced to the third round.

US Open semi-finalist Bencic beat 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 7-5, 7-5, and 19th-seeded Vekic had a 6-4, 6-2 win over Alize Cornet.

“First it was sunny, almost raining, windy,” Bencic said.

“You just have to accept it and try your best to adapt.”

Heavy morning showers delayed play on all outside courts.

That combined with the dust left a layer of red on some outside courts, making them unplayable in the morning.

Melbourne Park staff used high-pressure hoses to clean court surfaces.

Light rain became heavy in the early afternoon, forcing the suspension of the only two matches that had started on outside courts.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp said the “dirty rain” from the overnight downpour had forced public pools to close and left some cars with the appearance of having been “sprayed with mud”.

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Richard Carlyon told the ABC the brown rain was the result of dust storms, not bushfire smoke.

Right – Donna Vekic sends down another big serve on her way to victory over Alize Cornet at the Australian Open yesterday.

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■■CRICKET

Taylor comes to the defence of Williamson’s captaincy Batsman Ross Taylor has jumped to the defence of Kane Williamson, claiming the Black Caps cricket captain still has plenty to offer the team.

Following last month’s Boxing Day test where New Zealand were crushed by Australia, former Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum suggested Williamson had lost his love of the role.

McCullum questioned some of Williamson’s tactics and said his successor wasn’t enjoying the role as much, describing him as a “reluctant leader”.

McCullum’s comments sparked

rumours that Williamson could look to step down from the captaincy in the T20 format following this year’s World Cup. However, Taylor didn’t believe Williamson giving up the captaincy was necessary.

“I think he’s got a lot to offer this team as a captain in years to come,” Taylor said.

“Kane’s been through a lot over the last little while.

“Obviously the World Cup was pretty interesting for the whole team ... but I’m sure he’ll make the right decision for him and the team.

“I don’t think giving up a format as captain is necessarily the right way but him having breaks every now and then to take a bit of load off is what I think will be best for himself and the team.

“I think he’s doing a fantastic job, whether or not he takes breaks here and there.”

With the disastrous series against the rampant Australians still fresh in their memory, the Black Caps are now looking forward to a change in format and opponent.

Taylor said it was great having fresh faces join the squad ahead

of this weekend’s T20 matches against India at Eden Park.

“Any time we play India it’s a pretty exciting thing.

“To be at home with two games against the best team in the world, that’s what we live to play for and hopefully we can start the series off well,” he said.

“There’s a lot of people in the squad who weren’t even a part of [the series in Australia] and I think that they bring a new dynamic to the team.

“But the guys who obviously were over there will want to get back on the horse so to speak, and

obviously a different format in conditions that we know well and hopefully we can get off to a good start.”

Taylor added he didn’t believe there was an easier path to selection for Cantabrians and that players should be selected on merit.

“There’s obviously a lot of ND [Northern Districts] people in the team and I come from Hamilton.

“I don’t play for Northern, but if you’re the best players, regardless of where you come from, you should always be picked for the team.”

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Friday, January 24, 2020

■■CRICKET

Venues for World Cup revealed

Walking netball was a huge hit last year and it’s set to make a return to the courts next week.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

■■NETBALL

Return of walking netball Mid Canterbury Netball is bringing daytime netball back to the courts at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre next week.

Monday netball and Tuesday’s walking netball were both launched a year ago and they ended up proving to be a big hit, thanks largely to the fact that they cater to any player of any ability.

You don’t have to be fit, and you don’t even need to have ever played netball before.

It’s all about giving people an opportunity to get active, and getting as many people as possible playing netball, Mid Canterbury Netball development officer Natalie Shaw said.

“There’s the social element too.

“People want to get out there,

play with their friends and have fun,” Shaw said.

Monday daytime netball is your typical netball – seven a-side and normal rules – and it’s great for stay at home mums and dads, or people who may work at night and can’t play in Mid Canterbury Netball’s evening competitions, Shaw said.

Walking netball is exactly how it sounds – netball where you’re only allowed to walk around the court.

There’s no running and no jumping, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

In fact, in some ways it’s harder, because naturally when you play netball your instinct is to run, as Mid Canterbury Netball’s new centre manager Erin Tasker

found out when she gave it a go for the first time at the end of last year.

The principles of walking netball are the same as your traditional netball, but the added restrictions, like one foot having to stay on the ground at all times, means you have to employ slightly different strategies.

Tasker quickly found out it was a far greater workout than she was expecting, and a whole lot of fun.

“After playing a quarter at centre I was really surprised how much of a sweat I’d built up, but I had so much fun and couldn’t wait to have a go again the next week,” she said.

Walking netball takes place on a Tuesday at 9.30am at the EA Networks Centre and costs just

$2 per game, while daytime netball runs on a Monday at 9.30am and costs $5 per game, or $40 for the term.

Both sessions are an hour long and are open to men and women, people of all ages and abilities.

Parents are welcome to bring their kids along to sit on the side-line and watch mum or dad play.

Term 1 kicks off this coming Monday, January 27, and will run until the end of term.

Daytime and walking netball take a break during the school holidays.

There’s no need to register, people can just turn up and give it a go, and Shaw is hoping that people will continue to do just that, as they did in the first year.

The six cities which will host games for next year’s women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand have been named.

Auckland’s Eden Park will host the opening weekend of games while Christchurch’s Hagley Oval will be the venue of the final with Wellington, Tauranga, Hamilton and Dunedin also named as hosts.

The tournament, which will feature 31 games, will take place between February 6 and March 7.

It will be the third time New Zealand play host to the World Cup, last time being in 2000 when the White Ferns won the final in Lincoln.

The Canterbury region also hosted the 1982 final when Australia beat England at Lancaster Park.

Hamilton and Tauranga will host semi-finals with the final in Christchurch to be a day-night game, pending installation of lights at Hagley Oval.

ICC women’s Cricket World Cup CEO Andrea Nelson said the tournament promises to be a truly national event.

“Our goal was to ensure all 31 matches will be played at the best venues, encompassing a geographic spread that ensured as many Kiwi sports fans as possible get to engage with the tournament,” Nelson said. “It was great to see the enthusiasm from so many cities bidding for a chance to welcome the best players in the world to their backyard.”

Ferns skipper Sophie Devine

DRAWS ■■ Golf Tinwald Golf Club January 28 Ladies Division – Gwen Forbes Salver 9 Holes Sylvia Williams Tray Report 8.30 for clubhouse house meeting at 8.45.

Starters J. Bruhns M. Colville; Cards D. Bell M. Moore; Draw steward J. Bruhns.

Silver Ferns send a message with dominant victory

By Liam Napier Two-from-two and, just like that, the Silver Ferns have emphatically booked their spot in the Netball Nations Cup final.

It goes some way to explaining the Noeline Taurua transformation that this comprehensive 7145 victory at the Birmingham Arena was New Zealand’s first against Jamaica for four years.

During the Janine Southby era the Ferns lost their past three games against the Sunshine Girls – the last occasion coming with the five-goal defeat at the forgettable 2018 Commonwealth Games.

On the back of their World Cup success last year the Ferns are, clearly, a vastly different beast under Taurua. They now seem oddson to add the Nations Cup title to their trophy cabinet too.

Hot on the heels of Monday’s 16-goal dismantling of the England side in Nottingham to open this tournament, the Ferns largely continued their new-found confidence in what is expected to be a prelim of the final after Jamaica defeated South Africa in their opening match.

Seeking to build on the momentum from her side’s opening win, Taurua opted for the same

starting seven. Despite the towering presence of Jamaican shooter Jhaniele Fowler New Zealand comfortably eased out to a seven-goal lead in the opening quarter.

Aggressive zone defence limited possession for Jamaica while at the attacking end New Zealand showed patience, speed and slick movement with their relatively new combinations.

Jane Watson and Karin Burger, who continues to establish her presence at wing defence, nabbed several intercepts to inspire the Ferns to stamp their authority to lead 32-22 by half time.

The Ferns next meet South Africa on Sunday morning (NZT) before squaring off in the final the following day in London.

At this point it appears they might just canter to the title.

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Friday, January 24, 2020

■■OPINION

SITUATIONS VACANT

Making bad choices

By Chris Rattue

N

o, I’m not getting in behind Ian Foster.

The All Blacks can do with one less supporter for now.

Because yes, it still p***** me off that Scott Robertson was overlooked for the All Black job.

Time is not healing this wound.

With the season about a week away from kickoff, the opposite reaction is taking place.

The more I think about the decision, the angrier I get over the arrogance and complacency involved.

New Zealand Rugby isn’t getting away with this that easy, not in my world.

What were they thinking? How did they get it so wrong? Where was the desperation to turn things around?

Gone is the raw fire which used to drive rugby, replaced by corporate ways – designed to protect those at the top of course – which have encouraged complacency to blanket the game.

The rugby hierarchy uses the country’s All Black loyalty to get away with incompetence.

We’re getting screwed.

Departed coach Steve Hansen may have been right in claiming his successor Foster wasn’t getting the respect he deserved.

After all, Foster was part of a brilliant All Black set-up.

But on the other hand, Foster wasn’t part of a brilliant All Black coaching set up at the end.

He wasn’t even part of a very good one.

That horrible, ridiculous, pathetic, haven’t-got-a-clue World Cup semi-final performance against England involved the most comprehensive thrashing of an All Black side in a massive game EVER. England were superb, but an All Black side full of world-class players were rubbish.

If that doesn’t get you sacked, then what the heck does? If Hansen had put himself up for re-appointment after that, he should have got the boot.

His time was up. His formerly great team had collapsed.

Yet his assistant gets the top job.

There was a weird arrogance involved in appointing Foster, as if to say the All Blacks

suffered one bad day rather than being out-manoeuvred over the long haul.

The All Blacks – make that New Zealand Rugby - have totally lost me on this one. It was time for brave revolution, not questionable evolution.

Triple Crusaders champion Robertson was the breath of fresh air that rugby desperately needed at the top. He would have re-invigorated a game that is dying on its feet in this country.

Robertson has a smashing record, as a winner working with some of the best players in the world and promoting newcomers at the Christchurch-based rugby super power.

He wasn’t the finished article as a test coach, but no one is when they start off.

Foster certainly isn’t, that’s for sure.

Robertson is a man who looks outside the square and he’s still doing it, bringing in another overseas coach – the previously unheralded Mark Jones – at the Crusaders.

He was the antidote to a game that is going stale.

Look at Super Rugby, which is undergoing the softest launch since Simon Someone took over at the National Party.

You couldn’t make Robertson up in our national sport. He’s different, he connects with people, he’s still relatively young, and he is crazy successful. I know people who are completely disinterested in rugby who know of Razor and are intrigued by the man.

NZR stared a gift horse in the mouth and told him to go away ... and do what exactly?

So he keeps winning at the Crusaders, which proves what?

How does that make him a better All Black coaching candidate?

And if he loses, his stocks are lowered.

If he goes overseas, to try and prove whatever they want him to prove, he may be lost to the All Blacks forever.

The timing may never be right.

If Foster does enough to survive long term, Robertson will remain sidelined and unable to show what he could have drawn out of New Zealand rugby.

I don’t want to bag Foster outright.

He’s not a failure, he clearly has his strengths, but he was not the man for this job, not when Robertson was available.

And yes, it still p***** me off.

Daily Events FRIDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

Allenton.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

SATURDAY 9am ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, hot drinks and more. North end West Street carpark.

9am - 12pm CRAFT MARKET. Woodwork, jewellery, Rawleighs products etc. West Street car park.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY.

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We are looking for a skilled person to carry out clerical duties including: minute taking, responding to inquiries from members, production of newsletters, and annual reports, etc.

In Ashburton for 2 DAYS ONLY! SELL YOUR OLD STAMPS AND COLLECTABLES

The person will have the following attributes: • strong computer skills • a high standard of written and oral communication • confident to work independently • respect for confidentiality • integrity

Wanted: Stamps, Coins, Postcards, Military History, Sports Memorabilia, Banknotes, GOLD and all things collectable.

Retail Shop from Christchurch.

Licensed 2nd Hand Dealers.

For a detailed list of duties and requirements, please email: hakaterepresbyterian@xtra.co.nz

This Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26

Applications close: 5pm Monday, February 3.

Unit 4, The Academy Lodge Motel, 782 East Street, Ashburton

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TRADES, SERVICES

Call to book a time. We can come to you for large collections, or if you are unable to travel easily.

PLANTS, PRODUCE BLACKBERRIES and RASPBERRIES PYO only Reduced to $15/kg Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Smithfield Road

HANDYMAN WANTED to prepare and paint, a weatherboard house.

Phone 027 687 0870.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting for cars, homes and offices. Providing privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security. Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ. www.windowtinter.co.nz

Call Matt Power on 0800 Exchange (0800) 392426

PUBLIC NOTICES DEADLINES Ashburton Guardian RUN-ON classifieds close at 4.30pm, DISPLAY classifieds close at 2pm. Every week day, and on the day prior to insertion.

Phone 03 307 7965.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT NEW to town – Crace, Asian lady, 28 year old, size 10, 36D, busty, good massage, excellent service. In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

Advertise in Guardian Classifieds for only $10 Date to be published ..........................................................................................

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS EXCELLENT fundraising opportunity - free to hire.

Community fundraising BBQ situated at Mitre 10 Mega.

Visit our customer service counter today to book and for details. Phone 308 5119.

January 24 & 25, 2020 NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy duo. West Street Ashburton.

10.30am ST STEPHEN’S PARISH CENTRE. Seniors’ coffee club, all welcome. Park Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily

with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

Open every Thursday and Saturday with almost 1000 different toys to choose from for hire. 106 Victoria Street, The Triangle, Ashburton.

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

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT

FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10am - 12pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB MUSEUM AND PARTS SHED. Open to the public. Maronan road, Tinwald.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive

exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy duo. West Street Ashburton.

10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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What’s on 32 Ashburton Guardian Every day (until February 9, 2020) The Topp Twins: An Exhibition for New Zealand Ashburton Museum Interactive exhibition celebrating New Zealand’s famous comedy duo.

Plus hands on activities for kids.

Every day (until January 31, 2020) The Great Santa Hunt Ashburton Museum Find the hidden Santas around the museum Plus hands-on fun for kids.

Every day Mt Hutt Memorial Hall

January 25

4x4 Safari Stour River Bridge on the Ashburton Gorge Road, 15km from Mt Somers Fundraiser for Mt Somers Walkway Society.

Don’t miss this remote alpine adventure. High clearance vehicles only, numbers limited.

Contact: Robert Schikkler 03 3039 826 or schikker@xtra. co.nz 8am

February 7

Andy Irvine 160 Main Street, Methven Andy Irvine is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul of Ireland. He has been hailed as “a tradition in himself”.

Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained his highly individual performing skills throughout his over 50-year career.

6.30pm - 9pm Bec Sandys Comedy Role Model WIP Ashburton MSA Club Bec Sandys is hitting the global stage this year with two, one hour, comedy shows.

This is your chance to see her first show Role Model performed for the first time ever, before it debut’s at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in March.

7pm - 9.30pm

February 9

The Plains Railway and Historical Museum Complex 12 Maronan Road, Tinwald Enjoy a vintage railcar ride and explore the Museum Village displays, working blacksmith, vintage machinery and more.

Browse through the Ashburton Fire Museum, the Ashburton Woodworkers and the Lynn Woodworking Museum - take a miniature train ride with the Ashburton Model Engineers, view craft displays in the function room.

Inflatable fun, hot food, snacks

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Friday, January 24, 2020 160 Main Street, Methven NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories.

10am

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Please contact Adi 027 2208791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348 to register.

10.30am - 12 noon

Every Tue and Fri

Art Addicts Art Addicts (AA) is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s weekly art space for kids.

Wrap up your Wednesday school day and head to the gallery to get creative and explore themes in art.

A great space for children to learn and interact with each other. Children of all ages welcome.

Donations appreciated.

3 - 4.30pm

Methven Museum Main Street, Methven Keeping the history of the Methven district alive, come for a drive and visit us.

2pm-4pm

Every Wednesday Ashburton open coffee mornings Plunket rooms, 222 Cameron Street If you are new to town or been living here all of your life, come and have a coffee and chat.

All welcome! Child-friendly and coffee available from the popup playground.

Facebook: The Plains Railway and Historical Museum.

11am - 4pm

February 15

Burns Night 2020 Sinclair Centre, Park Street Tickets $25, BYO drinks.

Traditional Burns meal.

Tickets and enquiries: Susan 027 316 7063 Ian on 027 444 9467.

Seated by 6pm

Feb 28-29, Mar 1

Rakaia Salmon Fishing Competition Rakaia More than just a competition, a chance to catch up with regular fellow competitors, throw the odd yarn, tell a longwinded joke or two.

Come to New Zealand’s salmon capital and join the annual competition, open to all adults and children. www.rakaiasalmon.co.nz

February 29

Discover Mt Hutt Mt Hutt Ski Area and Snow Centre, Methven Discover Mt Hutt is an opportunity to explore Mt Hutt during summer.

10am - 4pm Twizel Salmon and Wine Rowing Complex, Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel Delicious food, wine and beer, local salmon, live music, busker entertainment.

Entry: presales $20 (eventfinda.co.nz or from Twizel Info Centre) – gate sales $25.

Visit www.twizel.info or www.facebook.com/ TwizelSalmonWine for more info.

11am - 5pm Mickey and Michelle Tramping/Music Tour Methven Memorial Hall Harpist Michelle Doyle and violinist/vocalist Michael O’Donnell are set to embark on an epic 3000km tour of New Zealand’s ‘Te Araroa’ trail.

Every second Fri of the month The duo are thrilled to be releasing their debut album A Walking Pace in this unique way and are donating 20 per cent of the tours merch sales to osteoporosis research, a subject very close to their hearts.

7pm - 9pm

In Colour, art and craft club In Colour is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s monthly programme for unleashing your creativity.

Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month.

These are social sessions which encourage you to connect with others through creativity.

Be inspired to learn a new creative pastime. Sessions are free and all are welcome to attend.

The gallery will supply basic colouring-in sheets and materials, along with tea and coffee.

Those attending are encouraged to bring along their own materials and projects.

10.30am - 12 noon the Blue Pub for $25 – cash only until all tickets are sold.

8pm - 9.30pm

April 15

The Ten Tenors Ashburton Trust Event Centre Following sold out performances throughout New Zealand, The Ten Tenors are March 14 thrilled to announce they’re Tutus On Tour returning by popular demand.

Ashburton Trust Event Centre The charming classical crossThe Royal New Zealand over group will perform a Ballet is delighted to expand selection of the best romantic the company’s much-loved pop songs, ballads and arias of regional touring programme all time from their latest album in 2020, featuring works Love Is In The Air. tailor-made for the RNZB by trail blazing choreographers at 7.30pm - 10pm home in New Zealand and on May 2 the world stage.

Vintage Car Club 6.30pm SWAPMEET

March 21

Ruddzilla In Methven (Stand-up comedy) Arabica Methven The show contains a mix of storytelling, one-liners, puns and double entendres.

It’s not a particularly dirty show but there will be a bit of cursing and mentions of adult themes here and there.

Described it as “Naughty but not filthy”.

8pm - 10pm

Every Sat

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10am - 3pm

The Ashburton Toy Library 106 Victoria Street, in the Triangle Open for toy exchange.

9.30am - 12.30pm

Every Sun to Fri

Ashburton Farmers’ Market Ashburton carpark, corner West and Havelock streets.

The Ashburton District Farmers’ Market is a regular, fresh, quality food market that promotes direct sales from producer to customer.

9am - 12.30pm Ashburton Aviation Museum Ashburton Airport A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the a mission to share the best cycling short films from around the world with you!

Showcasing our 2020 collection that has everything a cycle-centric audience could want - action, drama, humour, and plenty of inspiration; the evening is unashamedly and utterly designed and devised for the two wheel devotee!

So ... listen to the voice inside you; it’s telling you to go.

Grab your mates, grab your tickets, go on … grab your bike and come along for the ride!

7.30pm - 9.45pm

July 4-5

Maronan Road, Tinwald Experience the atmosphere of the annual Swapmeet with over 300 stalls. Sites $25.

Contact Karen 021 0243 1955 or funky_gran117@yahoo. co.nz Gates open 7.30am

Ashburton Model Train Show Tinwald War Memorial Hall Display of model trains from around the South Island and a range of retailers selling model trains, scenery items, diecast cars and figures.

Food available.

Ashburton Model Train Show Trains on the Plains.

9.30am - 4pm

May 20

September 11

The Big Bike Film Night Regent Cinema Ashburton Prepare to be inspired!

The Big Bike Film Night is on

Friends! The musical parody Ashburton Trust Event Centre Friends! The musical parody

Ashburton Aviation Museum Ashburton Airport A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

1pm - 3pm

Every last Sun of the month Nor’Westers Musos’ Club Feeneys Lounge, Devon Tavern, Ashburton Monthly open mic afternoon.

All the gear set up, just bring your talent, all welcome, any style of music.

2pm - 6pm is an hilarious good-hearted romp through our favourite moments from the hit TV show in an uncensored, hilarious, fast-paced, music-filled production.

Now it’s your chance to be part of the next chapter in the Friends saga.

You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll unagi!

With friends like these, who needs television? Pivot!

7.30pm - 10pm

October 17

Jackson Holmes Salmon Run Rakaia Domain The Jackson Holmes Salmon Run has something for everyone, competitive and non-competitive, individual or teams.

With seven events and several categories, there is plenty of choice.

All events are staged around the splendour of the Rakaia River and its riverbed.

The choice is yours: half marathon, duathlon x2, multisport, run/walk x2 and mountain bike. A must-do lead up to the C2C. 9am - 4pm

March 22

Tina – Simply the Best Ashburton Trust Event Centre Get the electrifying concert experience of Tina Turner with this full stage production brimming with Tina hits from the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.

7pm - 9.30pm

www.ateventcentre.co.nz Brendan Dooley

March 27

Ben Hurley Live at the Blue Pub The Blue Pub, Methven He’s the bearded guy on Seven Days and now he’s coming to the Blue Pub In Methven!

Join Ben, MC Bec Sandys and support act Peter Livingstone for this night of hilarity at Samuel’s Summit Bar at the Blue Pub. This is a guaranteed sell-out so grab your tickets now.

Tickets are also available from

If you would like to see your upcoming event listed here, please contact Sonia - email sonia.g@theguardian.co.nz

Tutus On Tour 2020

Comedy Magician Brendan Dooley is fast becoming the world’s top young magician being described by the New Zealand press as “a new generation of talent already snapping the heels of established acts”.

Recently received the New Zealand’s Top Comedy Magician Award, which makes him the youngest ever to receive it, these shows will beBOOK entertaining.

NOW All tickets Open Hat Mayhem! – Kids show 4.30pm and Cheeky, Quirky and Classy Adult Family Show at 6.30pm.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet is delighted to expand the company’s much-loved regional touring programme in 2020, featuring works tailor-made for the RNZB by trail $12 at $27 blazing choreographers home in New Zealand and on the world stage.

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Relationships are a two-way loop. Just as you toil to present your best self, the other person toils similarly to receive your ideas and meet your expectations.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Psychologists refer to the “integrated self” like it’s possible for a complex creature in an equally complex environment to be fully united in thought, emotion and action. We can only do our best.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Avoid those who can’t take a joke and won’t give one. The humourless lack subtlety of thought, are risk-averse and worst of all are apt to spread the soulsucking disease of seriousness.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Though thoughts may whiz by in an unintelligible blur, the emotion you’re feeling is evidence of their content. Slow down, rewind, investigate. Chances are those sadness-producing thoughts aren’t even true.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’ll ruminate over an exchange.

Sure, in the greater scheme of things perhaps this exchange is meaningless with results of no real consequence, and yet somehow it also means everything.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You get to choose who you spend time. Most people take the best of the ones they see around them, sampling from but a few hundred of the 7 billion people on earth. You’ll have luck casting a wider net.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): People worth their salt will foul up just like the rest, but they’ll own up to their mistakes and try to make amends.

Anyone who tries to brush errors under the rug is a potential danger source.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Word of the day: pantisocracy – a utopian social order in which all are equal.

The group won’t get there. None ever has. But anything you can do to shore up differences will be appreciated.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There are invisible tethers that hook you into certain people and endeavours and keep you there. There is so much else you could pay attention to if you wanted. Why? See if you can figure it out.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): As for these thoughts you’d rather not have, you don’t have to flee, battle or bottle them. Avoid feeding them. Try distraction. Not everything has to be turned into an emotional journey.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You are no longer afraid of the thing that used to keep you from love.

Take a moment to acknowledge the growth and really absorb what it’s like to be here... because you’re about to have another spurt.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’ll go on unselfconsciously just doing you. What you believe is simply the right thing to do in the moment will be heroic and deeply moving to someone else.

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IN MEMORIAM

Canterbury owned, locally operated

Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

Ph 307 7433 Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

SEGERS, Kevin Miles – January 24, 2019 Those special memories of you will always bring a smile.

If only we could have you back for just a little while then we could sit and talk again just like we used to do.

You always meant so very much and always will do too.

The fact that you're no longer here will always cause us pain.

But you're forever in our hearts until we meet again.

Love Mum, Richard, Tim and Maria, Corey and Madi, Austin, Haven, Clay, Dad and Edna Segers.

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6:30 Darwin And Newts 0 6:40 Peppa Pig 6:45 Moon And Me 0 7:05 My Little Pony 0 7:30 Star v The Forces Of Evil 3 0 7:50 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 8:15 Ducktales 3 0 8:35 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Religious Infomercials 10:05 Neighbours 3 0 10:30 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 11:20 Army Wives PGR 3 0 12:10 Mom PGR 3 0 12:35 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0 1:05 Little Big Shots 0 2pm American Housewife 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Bluey 0 3:40 Powerpuff Girls 3 0 3:50 F Bunk’d 3 0 4:40 House Rules PGR The remaining four House Rules teams tackle exterior renovations and, with a place in the final to be won, the teams face their toughest challenge yet. 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

THREE

PRIME

6am The AM Show 9am House Rules PGR 3 Teams compete in Western Australia as the clock ticks down on Chiara and David’s renovation. 0 10am Infomercials 11:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:30 Face The Truth PGR Janelle struggled for years as a single mother because John was a deadbeat father, and now she wants him to put his name on her son’s birth certificate, but he refuses.

1pm Dr Phil PGR 2pm American Ninja Warrior 3 4pm Find Me A Dream Home Australia 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm F Extreme Cake 7pm The Project 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 Makers 0 7:30 M Keeping Up With The 7:30 Doctor Who 0 7:30 The X Factor Celebrity Joneses AO 3 2016 Comedy.

8:40 M Jack Reacher 2 AO The first live show. 0 0 2016 Action Thriller. When 9:15 Call The Midwife Christmas 9:35 Modern Family – The Final an army major is framed for Special Season PGR 0 treason, Reacher discovers a Mother Mildred and the conspiracy. Tom Cruise, Cobie 10:05 NewsHub Late Nonnatus House team 10:35 American Dad AO Smulders. 0 go to the Outer Hebrides 10:55 Mom AO 3 0 in response to a nursing shortage. 0 11:15 Bad Mothers AO 3 When Kyle’s son divulges a secret, Sarah faces a dilemma; Bindy’s quest to save Maddie has unintended consequences. 0 12:10 American Crime AO 3 1:30 Infomercials

11:25 AP Bio 0 12:10 The Russell Howard Hour AO 0 1:05 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:30 Regular Show 3 1:40 Infomercials 2:45 Love Island Australia AO 3 0 4:50 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 5:10 Neighbours 3 0 5:35 Walk The Prank 3 0

Call the Midwife Christmas Jack Reacher 2 Special, 9:15pm on TVNZ 1 8:40pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 10am Mom’s A Medium 3 10:30 Dance Moms 3 11:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 3 1:30 Below Deck – Mediterranean PGR 3 2:30 Four Weddings Australia PGR 3 3:30 The People’s Court 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 Dress To Impress 3 7:30 Catfish 3 Ramon’s one hope of happiness is Paola, a girl he met on Facebook but, after many failed attempts to video chat with Paola, is she really who he thinks she is?

8:30 M Something’s Gotta Give AO 3 2003 Comedy. A swinger with a taste for younger women falls in love with a woman more his age after a near-death experience. Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton.

10:30 Snapped AO 3 11:30 Snapped – Killer Couples AO 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 CSI – Cyber MV 8am Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 8:25 Highway Thru Hell PG 9:15 Storage Wars – Texas PG 9:40 MacGyver M 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 CSI – Cyber MV Noon Jeopardy PG 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:50 NCIS MV 1:40 Seal Team MV 2:25 MacGyver M 3:10 CSI – Cyber MV 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy!

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Saturday

11pm American Dad AO 3 Stan discovers the Langley Falls historical mural has been ruined by graffiti and neglect, and persuades the town to allow him to restore the mural himself.

11:30 Fail Army AO 3 Series with pranks and compilations featuring the web’s biggest failures. 0 12:05 Infomercials

6am Ben 10 3 0 6:30 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 7am Krypto The Superdog 3 7:30 Danny Phantom 3 8am Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 3 8:30 The Moe Show 3 0 9am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3 10am The Doctors PGR 3 11am Antiques Roadshow 3 0 Noon Everybody Loves Raymond 3 0 12:30 NCIS – New Orleans PGR 3 0 1:30 Frasier 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm A Place In The Sun 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Pawn Stars 3 6:30 Sky Sport News 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

7:30 L Cricket – Blackcaps v India First T20.

From Eden Park in Auckland.

11pm Raw AO The latest WWE action.

Midnight Tennis – Australian Open (HLS) Day Four.

1:10 Football – A-League (HLS) Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets.

1:40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 2:40 Closedown

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6:04 Fighting With My Family MVLSC 2019 Drama. Florence Pugh, Dwayne Johnson. 7:48 Please Stand By ML 2017 Drama.

Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette.

9:23 Wraith MV 2017 Horror. 11am #roxy PGVLS 2018 Romantic Comedy.

12:42 Gringo 16VLSC 2018 Action. 2:30 Fighting With My Family MVLSC 2019 Drama. 4:15 Bob Fosse – It’s Showtime MC 2018 Documentary.

5:17 Supercon 16VLSC 2018 Action. 7pm Daughter Of The Wolf 16V 2019 Action.

When the son of an ex-military specialist is abducted, she captures one of the kidnappers and uses him in an attempt to find her boy.

Gina Carano, Richard Dreyfuss.

8:30 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again PGS 2018 Comedy. As Sophie prepares for the reopening of Donna’s hotel, she steps back in time and learns about her mother’s complicated past.

Amanda Seyfried, Lily James.

10:25 The Old Man And The Gun ML 2018 Drama.

Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek.

11:58 Breaking And Exiting 18C 2018 Comedy.

Milo Gibson, Jordan Hinson.

7:11 Dogtown And Z-Boys M 2001 Documentary.

Sean Penn. 8:41 Blood Diamond 16V 2006 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou.

11:01 50/50 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. 12:38 Slumdog Millionaire MVL 2008 Drama.

Dev Patel. 2:35 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy.

Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. 4:10 Safe Haven MVS 2013 Romantic Drama. Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders.

6:10 American Hustle ML 2013 Drama. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams.

8:30 The Lincoln Lawyer MVLS 2011 Thriller. A sleazy defence attorney has a crisis of conscience when he represents a wealthy client who has a foolproof plan to beat the system.

Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei.

10:30 Mama MVLC 2013 Horror. Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier.

Saturday

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12:07 The Family Man 12:05 CSI – Cyber MV MVL 2000 Comedy Drama.

12:50 Wheel Of Fortune PG Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, 1:15 Jeopardy! PG 1:40 Border Don Cheadle. 2:17 Legally Saturday Security – Australia’s Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy.

1:14 Ties That Bind M 2010 Frontline M 2:05 Arrow MVS Reese Witherspoon, Thriller.

2:40 Supercon 16VLSC 2:50 Cyclists – Scourge Of The Streets? MVL 3:40 SVU MV 2018 Action. 4:21 Daughter Luke Wilson. 3:50 Safe Of The Wolf 16V 2019 Action. Haven MVS 2013 Romantic 4:25 Storage Wars – Texas PG 5:46 Mamma Mia! Here We Drama. 5:42 American 4:50 MacGyver M 5:35 The Hustle ML 2013 Drama.

Go Again PGS 2018 Comedy.

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6:30 Paia 6:40 Pukoro 2 7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 7:20 E Kori 7:25 Pipi Ma 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Darwin + Newts 3 7:50 Smooth 3 8am Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:30 Our Songs 3 9am Sachie’s Kitchen 3 9:30 Opaki 3 10am Waiata 3 10:30 Fitness In The Whare 3 11am Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 Noon Hamu And Tofiga PGR 3 12:30 It’s In The Bag PGR 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Opaki 3 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3 3:30 Hahana 3 4pm IVF World Sprints 3 4:30 Tribe 5pm Paia 5:10 Pukoro 2 5:40 Tamariki Haka 3 5:50 E Kori 3 5:55 Pipi Ma 6pm Potae Pai 3 6:10 Darwin + Newts 3 6:20 Smooth 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

7pm Tangaroa With Pio 7:30 He Kakano 3 8pm Game Of Bros PGR 3 8:30 M Bridget Jones – The Edge Of Reason AO 2004 Romantic Comedy.

10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

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11:30 Closedown

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6am Love Your Home And Garden 7am Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure 8am Attenborough – 60 Years In The Wild 9am A Taste Of South Africa 9:30 Tiny House Nation 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum 11:30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour PGR 12:30 American Pickers 1:30 The Day The Rock Star Died PGR 2:30 Yukon Gold PGR 3:30 Baby Animals 4pm The Water Brothers Few are aware of the problems facing outdated infrastructure networks that carry water. The Brothers investigate how ageing water networks can be upgraded.

4:30 James Martin’s American Adventure 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Building The Dream 8:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY Dick Strawbridge and his wife Angel offer advice and practical help to Britons buying chateaux in France.

9:30 Dream Gardens 10pm Carver Kings

11pm American Pickers Midnight Mysteries At The Museum 1am James Martin’s American Adventure 2am Alone AO 3am Baby Animals 3:30 The Water Brothers 4am Escape To The Chateau – DIY 5am Mysteries At The Museum

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6:30 Sevens – Condors (HLS) Day Two.

6am Big Bash (RPL) Heat v Sixers.

From the Gabba, Brisbane.

8am Sevens – World Series 6:30 Big Bash (HLS) Strikers v Stars.

(RPL) Cape Town – Day Three.

From the Adelaide Oval.

From Cape Town Stadium.

7am Big Bash (HLS) Renegades v Hurricanes.

5:55 L Super Rugby From Docklands Stadium.

– Preseason Highlanders v 7:30 Big Bash (HLS) Scorchers Crusaders. v Thunder.

From Wanaka.

From Perth Stadium.

8am Big Bash (RPL) Heat v 8pm Sevens – World Series Sixers.

(HLS) Cape Town – Day Three.

11:30 Big Bash (HLS) Strikers v Stars.

9:30 Sevens – World Series Noon Big Bash (HLS) 2016 (HLS) Wellington – Day Renegades v Hurricanes.

One. 12:30 Big Bash (RPL) Heat v Sixers.

11pm Sevens – World Series 1pm ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) 2016 (HLS) Wellington – Day Australia v England.

Two. 2pm Super Smash (HLS) 2:30 Super Smash (HLS) 3pm Big Bash (RPL) Heat v Saturday 12:30 Sevens – Ignite7 (HLS) Sixers.

6:30 ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) Australia v England.

1:30 Sevens – Ignite7 (HLS) From De Beers Diamond Oval, From The Trusts Arena.

Kimberley.

7:15 L Blackcaps v India 3am Gallagher Premiership First T20.

– London Irish v Chiefs (RPL) From Eden Park, Auckland.

From Madejski Stadium, 11:30 India v Australia (HLS) England.

Second ODI. From the Saurashtra Cricket 4:50 Sevens – World Series Association Stadium in Rajkot, (HLS) Cape Town – Day One. Gujarat.

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12:30 India v Australia (HLS) Third ODI. 1:30 Blackcaps v India (HLS) First T20.

2:30 Big Bash (RPL) Hurricanes v Thunder.

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10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Outback Pilots PG 11:40 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 12:30 The Perfect Murder M Vanishing Act. 1:20 The 1980s – The Deadliest Decade M The Cheerleader Murder.

2:10 Weather Top Tens PG Top Ten Most Bizarre Weather.

3pm Homestead Rescue PG Storm-Shelter Showdown.

3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Blood and Guts. 4:45 Gold Rush PG 5:40 Outback Pilots PG 6:35 Sydney Harbour Patrol PG 7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 8:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:25 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Best on Ground.

10:15 Expedition Unknown PG Search for the Sultan’s Heart.

11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC King of the Forest.

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Dallas McLeod has been given another opportunity to start this weekend for the Crusaders.

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Dallas gets another shot

By Matt Markham

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Scott Robertson has shown loyalty to some of his younger Super Rugby contenders by throwing them back into the deep this weekend for their second pre-season fixture of the year.

Off the back of an impressive performance last Saturday against the Hurricanes in Ashburton, Robertson has named a number of his younger prospects in the starting line-up for this weekend’s clash against the Highlanders today in Wanaka.

And included in the line-up is Mid Canterbury’s Dallas McLeod.

After producing an impressive shift in the opening half of last

weekend’s romp over the Wellington based Hurricanes, Robertson has given the former Mount Hutt College 20-year-old a further opportunity to impress, naming him to start at second five-eighth in today’s clash.

It’s a further nod towards the prospect of the young player and while once the likes of Jack Goodhue and others return to the mix in the coming weeks, it’s enough to suggest that McLeod is in with a shot of getting some serious game time when the competition begins.

Robertson said during the week that the performances of some of the younger members of his squad in Ashburton last week

made the selection process a little trickier this week. ‘‘As coaches, we were really pleased with what we saw in Ashburton, particularly from some of our young players who certainly put their hand up,’’ Robertson said. ‘‘We’re proud of them for taking their opportunity and it’s given us something to think about ahead of round one next week. ‘‘The pre-season is a chance to test some of our combinations and structures, and we’ll do more of the same this Friday night.”

David Havili has been named to lead the squad and will play the match from fullback, in what is a very strong Crusaders back-

line featuring Braydon Ennor, Brett Cameron, Will Jordan and Mitchell Drummond who took no effects from his nasty knock last week against the Hurricanes.

Meanwhile the Highlanders have taken a two-half approach to the match, naming sides for both stanzas, one of which includes former Crusaders playmaker, Mitch Hunt.

TEAMS David Havili (c), Will Jordan, Braydon Ennor, Dallas McLeod, Leicester Faingaanuku, Brett Cameron, Mitchell Drummond, Whetukamokamo Douglas, Tom Christie, Tom Sanders,

Quinten Strange, Mitchell Dunshea, Michael Alaalatoa, Andrew Makalio, Isi Tu’ungafasi. Reserves: Brodie McAlister, George Bower, Oliver Jager, Cullen Grace, Sione Havili, Bryn Hall, Fergus Burke, Manasa Mataele, Harry Allan, Luke Romano, Fetuli Paea.

Highlanders: First Half: Josh Ioane, Tima Fainga’anuku, Rob Thompson, Tei Walden, Jona Nareki, Mitch Hunt, Kayne Hammington, Marino Mikaele Tu’u, James Lentjes (c), Dillon Hunt, Pari Pari Parkinson, Josh Dickson, Siate Tokolahi, Nathan Vella, Ayden Johnstone. Second half: Josh McKay, Kirisi Kuridrani, Sio Tomkinson, Michael Collins, Scott Gregory, Josh Ioane, Folau Fakatava, Teariki Ben-Nicholas, Dillon Hunt (c), Zane Kapeli, Jesse Parete, Jack Whetton, Josh Iosefa-Scott, Sebastian Siataga, Daniel Lienert-Brown. Reserves: Ethan de Groot, Sione Misiloi, Aleki Morris.

Walking netball back on Mid Canterbury courts

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